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

Chapter 72 The Straightforward Muscle Alliance! (Seeking first subscription)

"Phew... thank goodness, I managed to get the line."

Song Yuan calmed down a lot. After all, he had just learned this minion wave technique for targeting easy-to-gank top laners from Ming Ge, and he was not yet very proficient in using it.

"Level three, you can come and arrest me!"

The signal appeared on the top lane, and Jiang Ming, who was in the backstage, nodded in satisfaction at his teammate's top laner's actions.

By drawing the aggro of the blue team's minions, creating a situation where two melee minions are fighting one of your own melee minions, you can quickly eliminate your own minion wave and establish a push lane around the three-minute mark. At that point, the minion wave will be close to your side, but not the kind that has already reached the tower, making it easy for Rumble, who is positioned forward, to catch them all.

Of course, in Season 3, the minion waves were not easy to manage except in the mid lane, because everyone needed to farm jungle monsters before going to lane. In the short time between these waves, unless you were a champion like Jayce who had a built-in speed boost, it was actually difficult to tamper with the minion waves before they converged.

We have to thank the enemy Rumble for helping us by throwing out an extra E skill, because he was worried that Song Yuan wouldn't be able to time the attack correctly.

Speaking of the myriad ways to counter Poppy, the root cause can be traced back to LGD after S6, when they brought in MaDaHei, the third-generation top laner and the world's best Rumble player, to train the LPL region from teams to players.

"I am coming!"

Three minutes and two seconds!
Shi Zhenyu's level 3 Centaur appeared in the river on time, and a new wave of minions appeared in the top lane, which was blocked by Jayce in his own half of the map.

hum!
[Destructive Charge] Charge up in advance, then press the sprint button!

While the junglers in Season 3 were still debating whether to take Flash or Ghost as their Summoner Spell, the NXG players, who had Jiang Ming's advice on the optimal solution, didn't have this problem.

Shi Zhenyu was probably thinking about how many seconds in advance he should charge up [Destructive Charge] when ganking heroes in different positions in order to maintain the surprise of the attack without interrupting the skill.

boom!
The online Jayce suddenly erupted without warning, first hitting the Rumble who was last-hitting with a double EQ combo, and then instantly transforming, raising his warhammer to smash it into the Rumble's face.

"He's crazy?"

Star, unaware that something was wrong with the minion wave, was initially quite bewildered. Just moments before, one of them had been using his attack range to annoy him, a weakling who wouldn't engage him head-on, and now…

"Damn, it really is the jungler."

If the style of the hero you're facing online suddenly changes drastically—either controlling the lane, pushing minions like crazy, or coming straight up to challenge you to a head-on fight—you should know that this is most likely your buddy coming for you.

As a top laner who can reach the Challenger rank through solo queue, Star knows this principle even without thinking.

However, knowing this was one thing, but NXG's Ueno's offensive didn't give him any extra time to react.

Jayce's Sky Leap slowed Rumble, who struggled to use Flash, but he had followed the minion wave all the way to a position that was too deep. Rumble was easily kicked back by the Hecarim, who was moving quickly on all four legs and had put on Ghost.

With basic attacks and skills combined, Poppy, who was hiding inside the homemade mech, let out a scream and turned into a cold corpse. As for the 400 gold bounty for first blood, it went into Jayce's pocket.

First blood!

NXG-norsha has killed LGD-Star!

"Top lane Rumble is about to be ganked!"

"Wow, that's fast. We can see over here that the Centaur with Ghost kicked Rumble, who had already used Flash, right back."

The system's kill notification finally prompted the two commentators, who had been analyzing the bottom lane for so long, to shift their focus to the top lane.

The footage shows only a scene of devastation.

As for Lao Gan Die's Taobao rights, by the time he finished farming the two jungle camps in the top jungle and quickly returned to the bottom jungle to cause trouble for Graves, Pang Ran and Xu Jing had already pushed the lane and quietly widened the distance between them.

【? ? ? 】

[It's top lane again. NXG seems to really like ganking top.]

Why? Shouldn't this be targeting Big Mouth?

It seems like NXG doesn't focus much on the bot lane in the early game; it's mostly the top, mid, and jungle that's doing the work, with the AD focused on farming. Sometimes the support even leaves the bot lane to roam to other lanes...

[But in each game, NXG's bot lane seemed to be doing quite well, while the opponent's bot lane couldn't survive team fights no matter what.]

[I feel like I need to start thinking straight. I can't understand the strategy JM has devised for NXG. They seem to be able to catch us no matter what we do. It seems like this has happened in many previous matches.]

Because the previous qualifiers were not broadcast live and the video content was not released to the public, NXG's playstyle, which is different from other teams in the region, did not attract much attention.

However, with the official live broadcast of the LPL preseason today, many players who had watched the final test broadcast of the qualifiers suddenly found themselves amazed by NXG's unique playstyle.

There are teams with stronger top, mid, and jungle players, like IG in Season 2, but players are clearly seeing a style of play like NXG for the first time.

"Be careful on the road, bring a ward, or you'll get a beating later."

"Ah."

"But you have to come to the top lane and check for me, I don't have Flash."

Little Star's vision went black, clearly recalling the tragic fate of BLQG's top laner Kennen in the first match of Group A.

"These guys are going too far. They have an endless supply of tricks for targeting the top lane, don't they?"

I don't think I did anything special just now, I was just farming normally, then Jayce came up and hit me, and Hecarim finished me off with a kick.

In fact, besides the heavy losses in the top lane, LGD's mid and bottom lanes are also in a bad situation.

Ryze managed to suppress Kha'Zix in the mid lane thanks to his long range, but once Kha'Zix reached level two and gained Leap Slam, he unleashed a combo that allowed him to jump in and trade blows. Ryze, who started with a Sapphire Crystal, was reduced to half health by EWA.

Don't doubt it, this is a mid-lane Kha'Zix with 0.8 AD scaling on E and 0.9 on W. There are no numbers, it's all about effort and skill.

E in mid-air, then W, and follow up with a basic attack upon landing!

If Ryze hadn't had his root ability, he might have been chased all the way to the tower and killed if he jumped in at level two.

Kog'Maw in the bot lane is doing pretty well. Graves, due to his short range, can't effectively suppress Kog'Maw before he gets his items. At level one, Graves only managed to withstand Sona's damage and take a full Q combo from the support thanks to Lulu's shield.

In the following minutes, before the horseman's sprint improved, both sides entered a brief period of peaceful development.

Many viewers subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief!
I told you, we're all top-tier players, how can anyone beat everyone every game and crush everyone with a dozen or so kills?

[After the last game, I thought LGD was also a noob, but I didn't expect that apart from Rumble giving up first blood due to a trick, the other lanes were actually on par with NXG.]

[Hehe, will NXG suffer their first defeat against LGD, just like in the Dota 2 tournament?]

However, some players have noticed that, despite the peaceful development process, the gap between the two sides is widening at an alarming rate.

The most obvious difference is the difference in last-hitting.

[The Graves in the bot lane is incredibly good at last-hitting; he barely misses a single CS. No wonder he gets such good items in the mid-game every time.]

[(Laughing and crying) With a 40-50 CS lead after 20 minutes, how could the equipment be bad?]

[Not bad, not bad, this AD carry is showing the flair of a smiling player. Looking forward to the clash between NXG's bot lane and WE's bot lane, the battle of last-hitting machines.] [The other lanes also have incredibly strong fundamentals; even the mid lane Kha'Zix managed to overtake Ryze in CS...]

[No, look at the centaurs!!]

"What's going on? Something's not right. Hecarim's jungle clear count is way ahead of Volibear's."

The two commentators on stage reacted just like the audience: "It hasn't been long, and they're already 14 jungle monsters ahead. I'm a bit confused. Are there really that many jungle monsters for Centaur to farm?"

"NXG's jungler didn't go to the lane to farm minions either!"

If you're not farming minions online, where do the extra jungle monsters come from? The answer is obvious.

"F4 is about to refresh!"

"Yeah, Ryze in the mid lane went back to base to replenish his supplies, so he can't watch."

"Bear above, you can eat with peace of mind... If the bot lane can keep an eye on the bot lane, then farm their Malphite too."

Taobao Quan: I'm going to OOXX!

Did you ask me before allocating resources to my jungle area?
On the surface, the two teams appear to be developing peacefully, but in reality, their behind-the-scenes competition and rivalry never cease.

The entire NXG team was constantly using their lead over the blue team to silently erode their strength.

The difference in basic skills is one aspect, but in terms of ward placement, monster respawn time, and other professional qualities, the two sides are not on the same level.

Rumble gave up first blood in the top lane and, after losing his flash, seemed to have stabilized the lane, temporarily preventing NXG's top and jungle from having any more opportunities to gank.

However, Rumble's reckless and timid choice not only widened the gap between him and Jayce in terms of CS, but also gave up half of Volibear's jungle protection in the top lane.

Every time Song Yuan logs in, he only needs to pay the price of a fake eye to help his own people accurately locate the bear.

Once their position is exposed, when Taobao Quan's bear tries to gank, the jungle resources on the other side are often taken by the Centaur who arrive at the respawn time.

With this shift in power, the bear was devoured by two or three groups of jungle monsters in a row, and the development gap between it and the centaur naturally emerged earlier, not to mention that a small dragon was also caught in the middle.

Not only in the top lane, but also in the mid lane, the Hecarim quickly responded. First, the Hecarim, who was at level four, passed by and helped to reduce Ryze's health. Kha'Zix then used his damage to force Ryze to use Flash.

Then, with both sides of the field of vision fully illuminated, EWAQA rode right up to EWAQA and unleashed a combo that defied explanation.

"Hey bro, wanna have some sex?"

After Ryze's condition was forcibly reduced, the LGD mid laner tried to hold on for a while under the turret, but a ball of energy flying out from a dark corner of the jungle killed him.

laugh!
23!

It was fortunate that he had a habit of taking blood-boosting drugs at any time, otherwise Jess's shot would have sent him back to the fountain to soak.

However, the mid laner was forced back to base twice within a minute, and his last-hitting was practically nonexistent.

However, Rumble, who was in the top lane, couldn't wait for his mid laner to interrogate him three times. Jayce returned to his lane, followed by Hecarim, who had reached level six and whose Ghost was off cooldown, plus a level seven Kha'Zix whose W had been fully evolved.

NXG recreates the top, mid, and jungle synergy!
As expected, Jayce finished his poke damage in his cannon form, Hecarim used his ultimate to dive into the tower and kick Rumble out, and Kha'Zix used his stealth to get close and finish him off with EWQA.

NXG-yihan kills LGD Star
"Qiangzi, how about I get the next buff? I haven't bought Tear of the Goddess yet."

"Sure, no problem." It's just a matter of getting a buff and getting the kill; Wu Zhiqiang was already satisfied.

Top lane Jayce skips the Tear of the Goddess build path and goes straight for Brutalizer, which will allow him to reach his full potential much faster in the mid-game.

"Little Dragon can take it now."

"OK, I'll go back to base to buy some equipment. Rumble will take a while to deal with. Let's see if we can take down the next tower while we're at it."

……

"Oh dear, NXG is swift and decisive. Their top, mid, and jungle players first targeted Ryze in the mid lane twice, and after you had to recall to base to replenish your supplies, they turned to the top lane. It's a pity that Rumble's flash was just a little short."

Was it just a little short of a Flash?
Joker thinks that NXG must have planned it all out. Considering that junglers can accurately predict the respawn time of enemy jungle monsters and wait in place to counter-jungle, remembering a top laner's Flash cooldown is not a difficult task.

"We saw that Jayce immediately bought Brutalizer upon recalling to base, and then bought two more Longswords. Does this mean he's not planning to buy Tear of the Goddess to build Manamune?"

"Oh, you can do that! Kha'Zix doesn't lack mana with Tear of the Goddess, so the jungler can just give the buff to Jayce."

"Another dragon spawned, and this time Jayce didn't go back to lane. He went straight to the bottom half of the map. It doesn't seem necessary. LGD's lineup can't fight team fights right now."

Soon, the five members of NXG showed the outside world why they did what they did.

(Awooo!)

(The purple team has killed the dragon!)

While LGD focused on farming without any interference, NXG easily secured the dragon, and all five players simultaneously displayed the message "190 gold coins added" above their heads.

Just when everyone thought that Jayce was only playing it safe and had come to participate in the team fight to secure the dragon, and that he would soon need to return to the top lane to continue the fight, Song Yuan and the mid-jungle duo plunged into the blue side's lower jungle.

"Xiaolong?"

"Why would we make such a fuss over a mere small dragon?" Jiang Ming shook his head.
It can only be said that the guys in S3 are really straightforward; they can't even grasp such a simple variation as switching lanes and ganking two.

Or rather, the current professional players in the league don't yet have the concept of lane switching.

Their professional worldview is that a few skilled players cooperate well in team battles, each farm in lane for twenty minutes, and then they engage in a passionate brawl.

A muscular version of League of Legends!
For them, solo kills online, jungle ganks, or group ganks are all big variables.

To win, you need to destroy the opponent's crystal. To destroy the opponent's crystal, you first need to defeat the opponent. To defeat the opponent, you need to crush their equipment and skills.

As for how professionals should fight when they lack the necessary equipment and technology, or when they are at a disadvantage, they are still clueless.

In the game, even a gold or silver player would know what the purple team is up to, given what's happening right now.

Kill people, take the dragon, and push the tower!
What is the best way to deal with the disadvantages of Nakano and Ueno?
The duo, like lightning-fast yo-yos, ran to the top lane to help Rumble push the tower, while the jungler either went to the top or the mid lane to help whittle down the tower's health.

Looking at the LGD players, Rambo Ryze even started playing a lane-controlling farming strategy.

Only Taobao's bear silently stood behind the bottom lane duo.

However, is a poorly developed Volibear paired with a combination like Kog'Maw and Sona really safe under the tower against NXG's five players?
"Gulu..."

"How's the bot lane, bro?"

"I think you can start collecting our three corpses now."

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(End of this chapter)