League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 61 The Origin of Brainless Praise

First Blood!

NXG-door killed BLQG-NovaSlash!

It’s neither fast nor slow.

When NXG appeared in the field of vision, Caitlyn actually had time to react, but BLQG's Caitlyn could never have imagined that the remaining duo would so decisively follow up with Flash in the instant NXG was hit by Lee Sin's Sonic Wave Q and at the same time confirmed that the support was not around.

The three chased to the blue buff, and even the mid laner Orianna didn't need to deal extra damage. She simply used her E skill to cast a shield and get an assist, and then kept Orianna there.

"Hey, BLQG's Caitlyn was a bit too careless," Joker lamented.

"Yes."

"However, in a sense, NXG's bot lane also sacrificed their summoner spells to hold Caitlyn in the level 1 team fight. If Jarvan IV can take advantage of this opportunity to gank, then giving up first blood won't be too bad."

"Haha, is Wawa trying to say WE's strawberry?"

"In previous matches, many teams did indeed expend too much skill trying to catch strawberries, which led to them falling behind in the subsequent pace and losing the game."

"Yes, WE's first blood strategy was quite successful."

Here it comes, a classic first blood that's definitely worth it!

The tradition of mindless hype that later generations of players deeply resented for LPL commentators originated from these two guys.

Back in the backstage dressing room, Jiang Ming couldn't help but chuckle as he listened to the two people on stage spouting nonsense.

The level one policewoman lost both of her skills and even gave up her first kill. This is the maximum loss. How can we calculate it?

As for the description of WE's first blood king, Strawberry, that's even more absurd.

Why does WE's top laner always give up first blood?

While Strawberry's own limited skill is certainly a factor, the main reason is that WE's core players are all focused on Smile, with the jungler constantly stationed in the bottom lane, and mid laner Ruofeng not being the type of player who can win lanes and support the side lanes through individual skill. It's perfectly normal for other teams to target and study them in this way.

Under the deliberate guidance of the commentators, some obsessed WE fans actually took it as a truth that First Blood King Strawberry would bring WE more victories.

Yes, the enemy team targeting the top lane can indeed make it easier for the bottom lane to perform.

But that only applies to Season 2. With the version updates, and the arrival of Season 3, which was extremely brutal, the dominance of ADCs declined, while the strategic importance of mid, top, and jungle was increased. In the early stages, WE was able to rely on WeiXiao's individual skill to make a comeback in the late game. However, as everyone delved deeper into the version analysis, you would find that in the second half of Season 3, the invincible WE didn't even win a single league championship, let alone make it to the World Championship.

Back to the game.

NXG has now secured the first blood on Caitlyn, making the jungler Lee Sin's rhythm much clearer.

First of all, whether they take advantage of the opponent's double summoner spell cooldown to continue targeting them, or they use reverse thinking and take advantage of the time when the opponent's jungler might help Caitlyn counter-gank, they can go to the top side to cause trouble. For the next few minutes, the initiative will be on NXG's side if their Flash is not ready.

Furthermore, without her summoner spells, Caitlyn wouldn't dare to push the lane too much. So even if Lee Sin ganks top early on, Varus and Janna in the bot lane wouldn't have a hard time because of Jarvan IV's presence.

Judging from the core allocation of the team, BLQG will most likely choose the latter, since the ADC is their most important carry player on the purple side.

"I'll start with F4, rush to the top lane, and Old Song will trade blows with Kennen more often."

"Okay, brother, I love you!"

At one minute and thirty seconds, the minions had just begun to slowly emerge from the base when the junglers on both sides started fighting over the jungle monsters on the side lanes.

The purple team's Prince, a veteran jungler, fought the Krugs with the help of the mid and top laners, and the three of them shared the experience equally.

(This was the first detail I learned in the professional league back then. Don't think it's too far-fetched; back then, professional players didn't understand anything.)
In Season 3, buffs respawned slightly slower than other jungle monsters. Also, because the minion waves came to lane later, even if you helped the jungler clear jungle monsters, you wouldn't lose experience when you returned to your lane. The duo helped with the red buff, while the mid-laner Orianna and Renekton farmed the wolves.

This gameplay, which allows players to gain experience from jungle monsters at the start of the game, enables solo lane heroes to level up quickly, while making lane clashes extremely bloody.

With the protection of the clockwork shield, the crocodile responsible for fighting off the three wolves did not lose too much health.

On his way back to lane after clearing the jungle monsters, Song Yuan, who had just bought a large red potion, started to think.

He needs to find a way to wear down this power-hungry guy on the other side.

"Balance exists in all things!"

puff!

The sound effects of the skill hitting the target were heard.

The moment the top laners from both sides met, BLQG's Kennen tentatively used his Q skill, Thousand Birds.

The initial victory, achieved by attrition, significantly reduced the tension in BLQG's top laner's mind.

To be honest, when he saw the enemy's starting items, including the large health potion, he panicked for a second.

As the saying goes, a first-class captain, a second-class trustee, and a third-class crocodile will kill you.

A catchy rhyme doesn't just spread throughout the entire league out of thin air; a level 3 Red Fury Crocodile with a large health potion has an incredibly high kill threshold.

However, the fact that he can wear down his opponent proves that the difference in skill level cannot change the fact that he is a long-range Kennen fighting a short-range Renekton.

The crocodile who starts with a large red potion is not as good as his Doran's Blade in terms of basic stats. Also, as a consumable, the potion is gone once it's used up. As long as you kite and harass in the early game, and stay away from the opponent when you reach level three or when the opponent has built up their rage, you can safely develop.

Thinking of this, BLQG's Kennen became bolder and wanted to continue auto-attacking the crocodile.

On the blue team's bench, Song Yuan grinned, "Haha, young man, you're still too naive. You fell for it so easily?"

As a top laner who lacks recovery methods in the early game, Electric Mouse often has to take minion damage in order to whittle down the opponent.

The crocodile that gets hit by QA will likely lose a lot of health because it doesn't have Doran's items to boost its health.

But don't forget that Crocodile's Q skill has built-in health regeneration, and the large health potion can instantly increase 120-235 health and 10 attack damage after use, so the current health value does not represent the true state.

Besides...

"Besides, I have a jungler daddy!"

At two minutes and forty seconds, the level three Lee Sin arrived precisely on time.

"We see that NXG's Lee Sin has come directly to the top lane, but Kennen is still at full health, so it doesn't seem like there's much of a chance."

Unlike LPL teams that traditionally focus on nurturing their ADC to drag the game into the mid-to-late game team fights, NXG's move was more like a solo queue jungler ganking top, drawing everyone's attention.

The audience was also puzzled. How could a level 3 Lee Sin possibly take down a full-health Kennen? Not to mention, the crocodile hadn't even built up much rage.

[What's wrong with this crocodile? The jungler is coming, isn't he going to build up his rage?]

[Before, everyone online was hyping up how strong NXG players were, but even I, a Silver player, know that Renekton needs to build up Fury first when playing with the jungler.]

(End of this chapter)