I just turned eighteen, and you want me to make a comeback?

Chapter 202-Unreasonable Gank
Who can stand it when a strong man stabs someone with a thick and hard spear and doesn't take any responsibility?
There's certainly more to Pantheon than just QQQ, but his ability to "punch without responsibility" is undoubtedly the main reason he's so incredibly powerful in solo lane in pubs.

This Spartan hunk held the top three spots in the Korean server's top lane for three consecutive years, according to OPGG statistics. It wasn't until the S8 minion aggro mechanics changes that he fell out of the top three in win rate and gradually became less popular in Ranked games, relegated to a T3 top laner position.

However, precisely because he became unpopular, Riot designers reworked him. In the S9 World Championship, the hero Pantheon became a hot favorite that must be banned or picked.

A blessing in disguise?
When Pantheon has Q, it is not profitable for Ahri to use her skills to exchange blood because Pantheon's Q cools down quickly.

Relying on basic attacks to target people?
It's also unrealistic. Normal attacks will attract the hatred of the soldiers. Wei Shen is not a puppet standing there stupidly. Xiye's Ahri can hit Pantheon.

When Pantheon has Q in his hand.

If you happen to encounter Pantheon's passive [Divine Shield] and his normal attack is blocked, it will be even more of a loss to exchange blood.

Not easy to fight.

After several rounds of trades without gaining an advantage, Xiye thought to himself, Pantheon was designed to be an extreme early-game champion, but pitifully weak in the late game. It's no exaggeration to say that in the late game, if Pantheon doesn't have a significant gold lead on the opponent, his development is effectively ruined. Once he reaches the six-item stage, he instantly transforms into a super soldier.

In this regard, Leblanc is far less extreme than Pantheon.

"Wangzai, be careful of Karsa." Condi warned and marked the signal.

"He should move the river crab in the lower half."

Wangzai is Xiye’s nickname in the team.

The reason for this nickname is simple, because Xiye's appearance is extremely similar to the logo of Wangzai Milk.

"OK." Xiye nodded and moved closer to the upper part of the jungle area.

This position is quite safe with Ahri having two skills.

However, in the Flash Wolves team voice chat, this is not the case.

"I'm level three." Karsa said.

"Dad, Karsa's dad, come and get him!" Wei Shen shouted immediately.

"He will definitely die this time!"

"What if we can't kill him?" Sheshe laughed.

"If I don't die, Pu Pu will live broadcast the fucking of a five-speed electric fan for me!" Wei Shen said without hesitation.

Imp: "???"

Talking dirty has become Flash Wolves' corporate culture.

They joked with each other, but their hands were moving quickly.

After getting double buffs, Taliyah went straight to the middle lane.

Without going around or waiting for any opportunity, he directly emerged from the jungle and appeared on the middle lane.

"?" A question mark appeared in Xiye's mind.

But before he could react, Pantheon flashed with golden light and rushed towards his face with shield raised.

【Holy Shield Strike (W)】--
Like Q, this is also a targeted skill that cannot be avoided.

As long as the skill can be released, there is no possibility of being dodged.

So, even though Xiye reacted quickly and used W, he was still stunned on the spot.

Afterwards, Rock Bird also flashed and performed the WEQ combo.

【Rock Burst(W)】--
The direction in which the rock protruded was towards Pantheon, bringing Leblanc in front of him.

Wei Shen controlled Pantheon, QAE, and put on ignite.

hum!
Taliyah and Pantheon both triggered the [Decree of the Thunder Lord].

One second... no more, no less, exactly one second, and the enchantress, who originally had about 80% of her health left, melted directly.

Leblanc was killed, but Pantheon's [Piercing Spear (E)] was still being released continuously, and the casting time was only half over.

From this point we can see that the damage of Taliyah + Pantheon was enough to kill an Ahri instantly and even had some excess.

There was no room for maneuver and he died suddenly.

This is an extremely unreasonable gank.

"What kind of injury is this???" Xiye looked up at the sky speechlessly.

Predicting the approximate position of the enemy jungler, Xiye has already kept a good distance, but unless he does not last hit and develop, and just stays under the tower.

Otherwise, they will all die.

Even if any other professional player were to come over, they would not be able to change this fate.

The game mechanism is there. Unless the opponent makes a mistake in cooperation or you cheat, there is really no room for maneuver.

Pantheon + Taliyah.

This was a very popular combination of tactics in the casual games and even in the competitions during the S9 period. Both the GRF (Griffin) team and the FPX team used it in the final game as a killer move.

Known as the 'rock climbing combination', it can be used to play mid and jungle, and can also be moved directly to the bottom lane to play black technology routines.

The idea behind this combination is to utilize the stable control of Pantheon's W skill, allowing Taliyah to deal 100% of the damage from the WE combo and achieve the ultimate single-point burst output.

Moreover, since it has both physical and magical damage, it is difficult to target it through runes and equipment.

For example, this one.

When laning against Pantheon, Xiye's Ahri runes naturally include armor but no magic resistance.

This resulted in him being very vulnerable in front of Taliyah.

In fact, even if you have full resistance, it will be of no use... The single-point burst of this combination is too high, and the damage overflows a lot.

Even in the S9 version where hero attributes have been weakened several times, the climbing combination can kill people in one move at level 2, not to mention that Taliyah and Pantheon are not hit much now.

Two Thunder Lords, Taliyah's WEQ damage, Pantheon's WQE plus a basic attack with a critical hit (E skill passive, a critical hit if the enemy's health is below 15%), plus ignite... Don't even mention the fragile Leblanc, even if it's replaced by a tough guy like Titan, in this version without aftershocks, he can't withstand this burst damage in the early stage.

Unreasonable Gank.

"I understand." The smile in the commentary booth suddenly understood.

"At level 1, you exchange jungle vision and confirm each other's jungler's starting position. Both sides get the same information. But from the perspective of the mid-jungle combination, even if you know the approximate position of the Flash Wolves jungler, it's meaningless!"

"They can just come at you head-on, plain and simple!"

"The hard control and burst of this combination are indeed a bit outrageous." Guan Zeyuan nodded repeatedly. He was feeling a little itchy now, and was thinking about going home and trying out this strategy after commentating today's game.

The commentary from the commentary booth had just finished when unusual movements occurred in Summoner's Rift.

On the scene, Ahri's kill was taken by Wei Shen's Pantheon.

After killing Leblanc, Taliyah and Pantheon together took the minions in the middle lane and pushed the line of troops to the enemy tower.

The economy of the middle lane must not be lost in vain. Condi's blind monk immediately rushed to the middle lane to replenish the line, but his position was not cautious.
Go straight forward to finish off the enemy, staying outside the range of the defensive tower.

Seeing Mr. Kang's position so arrogant, Wei Shen, who was returning to the city in the bush in the upper middle area, immediately canceled the return, made several consecutive signals, and called Karsa, who was fighting in the river crab nearby, to come over.

With the vision of the middle river wall blocked, Pantheon moved around the corner of the wall and attacked. The moment he appeared in the enemy's field of vision, he stepped on it with W at the extreme distance, stunning Lee Sin, and Taliyah followed up with WEQ's output.

The two's terrifying outburst sent Lee Sin's health plummeting. As soon as Mr. Kang could break free, he quickly cast a shield with his W, blocking some damage. He then flashed away, fleeing back to the tower. But it was no use. Pantheon continued his pursuit, taking two hits from the tower. When his cooldown ended, he unleashed another [Spear Throw (Q)], taking Lee Sin's life. He then turned and left the tower, taking two more hits from the tower.

However, the defense tower launched four attacks, but only two were effective.

The first hit was blocked by Pantheon's [Holy Shield], and the fourth hit after leaving the tower was blocked by Wei Shen's detailed basic attack on the minions.

“Aaaaaa——!”

There were both excited shouts from Flash Wolves fans and sad screams from the WE girls at the scene.

"Condi was too careless this time! He thought that the opponent's mid laner was returning to the city and he was backed by the defensive tower, so he was safe?" Smile said a little angrily.

"Well, I don't think Condi can be blamed." After all, he's one of our own players, and they'll see each other sooner or later. Guan Zeyuan quickly explained on Mr. Kang's behalf: "It's definitely going to take a while to adapt to this kind of novel strategy on the court. Condi probably didn't expect the opponent to be so ruthless."

In the WE team voice, Mr. Kang also hurriedly apologized.

No matter what the reason for the mistake was, he did provide some warmth.

Originally, WE did lose a blood when the opponent's mid and jungle killed Ahri.

However, this also gave WE an opportunity to fight back.

What opportunity?
flash!
The opponent's mid and jungler don't have flash, but their mid and jungler do, so this is the opportunity.

As a result, he died in this wave and also used Flash, which was the most fatal. Not only did he lose 300 kills, but he also gave up the rhythm point for the subsequent counterattack by using Flash.

"Comfortable, comfortable!" Wei Shen smiled happily. He got two kills including the first blood. He made a net profit of 700 yuan. Taking into account the money he earned from last-hitting, the money he had was more than enough to buy an armor-piercing serrated dagger.

Level 3 Pantheon, with a serrated dagger, what does this mean? Those who understand will understand.

Online invincibility!
Originally, it should be like this.

But Wei Shen did not buy the Serrated Dagger, but bought the five-speed boots + longsword.

"Wow, this outfit is a bit..." Guan Zeyuan was stunned.

"This... God Wei has really changed a lot!" Wei Wei also said in an indescribable tone.

In the past, Wei Shen was a core player who consumed all the resources and carried the game. It was rare for him not to consume resources from his teammates, let alone give them up.

However, since the defeat in the S5 World Championship, especially after joining Flash Wolves, Wei Shen's playing style has changed a lot.

Now Wei Shen has become accustomed to sacrificing his own development and laning strength to roam around and help his teammates establish an advantage.

Cooperating with Karsa to set the pace, he made his teammates' lives very comfortable.

This style of play has its pros and cons. If the mid and jungle have a good rhythm, then both Yuan Shen in the top lane and Imp in the bottom lane have the ability to take over and carry the game.

But once the mid and jungle fail to win, the pressure that Wei Shen bears will be directly transferred to his teammates, allowing his teammates to help him bear the pressure.

This is normal. No one is perfect. Which player has no shortcomings?
Uzi consumes too many resources.

Clearlvoe was too steady at times and missed chances.

Theshy is too aggressive and reckless.

Faker used to be too proud and too confident, but now he is too team-oriented.

Yuanshen, who is now attracting worldwide attention, is no exception. The carry heroes he chooses will cause some defects in the team lineup, which must be filled by his teammates.

Every player has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. A team is one that harmonizes the characteristics of the players, makes up for each other's shortcomings, and brings out their respective strengths.

League of Legends, a team game.

Strictly speaking, everyone is a slacker, and the strongest team is the one that protects each other.

After all, there is no absolutely correct way to play League of Legends, and some seemingly strange BPs have their reasons for being chosen.

But the audience only recognizes winning or losing.

We lost, so everything we said was wrong, and all the BP was wrong.

But as long as they win, the fans will have all kinds of weird ways to praise the players, praising them to the sky and making the world go round.

For example, Wei Shen's playing style is unanimously recognized by Flash Wolves fans as a dedicated mid laner.

If paired with Karsa, it becomes a dedicated mid-jungle.

When he is on the court, Flash Wolves' mid and jungle will try their best to set the pace, fatten up the team's two carry points, the 'top laner' and 'ADC', and unleash Snake's roaming ability.

After making the five-speed shoes and going out, Wei Shen looked at all directions. When the camera turned to the top road, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"A Yuan, I'm here, wait for me!"

There is a chance to catch it on the road.

Heroes with long arms will attack heroes with short arms, and will certainly not miss the opportunity to use normal attacks to deplete the enemy's health.

Naturally, it will cause a push.

957 uses Gnar to fight against Kled. During the period when his hero is strong, he must be aggressive. He will not be timid just because your name is 'Yuanshen'.

Therefore, what is shown in the top lane is Gnar's pushing status.

Of course, 957 is not mindlessly aggressive. Unlike Yuanshen, a "genetically mutated" species, his style is the traditional blue-collar, steady top laner of LPL. He established vision in the river early on to ensure safety, and always maintained a distance from Kled so that he would not be hit by [Duel (E)].

This was not the first time that Yuan Shen played against him. His evaluation of 957 was: his operation may not be sharp, but he handled all the details very delicately and he was very experienced.

Before the S8 transformation, 957 had always been a stable pillar of the WE team.

If you want to catch this experienced top laner, the only way is to wait for him to make a mistake or to surprise him.

"Walking so fast?" 957 was surprised when he saw Pantheon in his vision.
Wei Shen got a big advantage, but his decision not to strengthen his online ability but to strengthen his roaming ability was too unconventional.

957 expected that he might be caught, but he didn't expect Pantheon to come so quickly. His movement speed was too fast!
Fortunately, Pantheon has no flash, while Gnar has flash and E, so he has a lot of room for maneuver.

Gnar retreated, and Kled pursued.

957 kept a close eye on Yuanshen's every move, and when Kled came up and threw Q, he immediately used E to avoid it.

Kled's EQ combo, when performed quickly, can have a "hiding" effect, meaning that the enemy cannot see Kled's hook attack action.

957 predicted that Yuanshen would use the EQ combo.

His prediction was successful.

however……

957 was also predicted.

Kled started with his EQ combo, and Gnar used his E skill to jump away diagonally, but the direction of the hook was also diagonal.

"quack--!"

The hook made a sound as if it was being tightened. 957's heart tightened and he pressed the flash button, trying to create some distance and break the hook.

But almost at the moment before he flashed out, Kled also flashed out.

From the commentator's and the audience's bird's eye view, the two of them flashed almost synchronously, and the grappling hook remained linked the entire time.

(End of this chapter)