LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 359 I'm not targeting Dota 2, I'm targeting all games.

The Butcher, also known as Pudge, is a hero with a simple role: a strength-type hero, but he's definitely not a front-line tank.

Because Dota 2 has a very fast-paced combat style, Pudge, who is relatively weak in lane control, is more often positioned for ganking, roaming, and killing.

The first skill is to shoot a bloody meat hook at a unit or direction, hook the unit and drag it to the butcher's side. If the unit is an enemy, it will be damaged while moving.

In other words, the Butcher's hook can hook friendly units, and it can even hook runes and damage various invisible units.

The second skill is a poisonous cloud that can cause continuous damage and slow down the movement speed of enemies, while also damaging both the enemy and the user.

Yes, it will also reduce your own health, making it a skill that hurts yourself as well as the enemy.

From this perspective, the Butcher's first two skills are somewhat peculiar.

The truth is that the third skill is the same. Every time Pudge kills an enemy hero, or an enemy hero dies nearby, he will passively gain extra power. He can then actively use it to increase his block rate for a period of time.

Regarding ultimate skills.

Pudge can bite an enemy unit, rendering it incapacitated and causing it continuous damage, while simultaneously restoring health equal to the amount of damage taken.

Pure old werewolf card ultimate move.

Although Lin Ruo hadn't played many rounds as the killer, judging from the skills, the difficulty of getting started wasn't actually that high.

[After selecting your hero, familiarize yourself with their skills. Dude, the opponent is a top-tier professional player.]

[Get out, Lin Gou looks down on VG pro player Refuse, daring to pull out Pudge, a champion who requires reading skill descriptions.]

It's normal to look at skills if you haven't played many games, but it's not normal to pick them against professional players.

But if it's Lin Ruo, then it's normal; the people in the live stream are used to it.

Within minutes of entering the game, the 4396 live stream experienced a slight surge in popularity, ultimately due to the sheer amount of excitement surrounding this ranked match.

The news had barely spread when Dota 2 players who received it on the forum flocked to the site.

They were hoping for a top-tier match. Of course, it would be even better if the Refuser could crush Lin Ruo in the match and stop him from climbing to the top of the national server, which would at least salvage some face for Dota.

After all, the terrifying implications of allowing a League of Legends pro player to smoothly ascend to the top of the Dota 2 national rankings are self-evident.

However, if even the person who refused couldn't stop Lin Ruo, then Dota 2 would be completely disgraced.

Unless Lin Ruo plays in the Dota 2 professional league in the future, he can never clear his name.

Soon the game started loading, and while Lin Ruo was entering the canyon, head coach Ming Kai quietly pulled up a bench and sat down next to him.

There's no way around it; he's the head coach, so naturally he has to take on the responsibility of constantly monitoring the players' ranking performance. As for what game they're playing, that's not important. Just tell me if they're playing ranked matches or not.

Anyway, it's not that he wants to watch high-level Dota 2 matches; well, this is his way of being responsible for the players.

"Kai, get me a bottle of AD calcium milk." Seeing Mingkai sitting next to her, Lin Ruo thought it wouldn't hurt to ask him for a small favor.

After all, he simply couldn't get away, because the game had already started.

Mingkai, who was being instructed, turned around with a serious expression and frowned, handing over a bottle of mineral water: "Drink less AD calcium milk, it's not good for your health."

He swore it wasn't because he was too lazy to go out and get it, but because drinking less beverages with additives and more mineral water is better for your health, and he was thinking of Lin Ruo's well-being.

Mingkai felt he was too great.

For her starting gear, Lin Ruo chose Power Gloves, a Round Shield, a Suppression Blade, and a Tree Branch.

This is the starting item that can achieve the highest attack power. As a melee hero, Butcher's early-game attack power boost is self-evident.

Before the minion wave arrived, Lin Ruo, controlling Butcher, placed a ward in the river area.

However, not long after, in the short time it took him to walk a few steps into the jungle, his trinket ward was unexpectedly wiped out by the Rejector's Electric Stick.

Lin Ruo was somewhat unsure. It was possible that the person who refused had left first and left a spy, which was why they were able to observe her movements and eliminate the spy as soon as the person left.

Out of caution, Lin Ruo bought a True Sight Ward before leading his troops forward, intending to remove the vision in the river earlier to avoid future trouble.

Because of the starting items, the Butcher's initial attack damage has reached over 72 points. The higher the attack damage, the more damage he deals to minions, so he has a certain advantage in the early game when it comes to last-hitting minions.

However, last-hitting isn't just about attack power; there are many other factors that can influence it.

For example, the hero Electric Stick has a very significant ability to dominate in lane, especially against melee opponents.

Clearly, this melee combat refers to Butcher, so there's still a battle to be fought in the minion wave. All Lin Ruo can do is try to increase her resistance.

In terms of controlling the minion wave on both sides, Lin Ruo had a slight advantage, managing to keep the minion wave in the river area closer to her own turret.

Before last-hitting minions, he glanced at the starting items of the enemy Refuse, which were quite standard and didn't surprise him.

For level 1 skills, Lin Ruo learned the third skill, Rotten Flesh Stack. In most cases, when playing as a mid-lane Butcher, you should focus on leveling up the second and third skills.

The second skill is used first, followed by the third skill. Because the second skill, Rot, is learned at level 1, it damages both yourself and the enemy at the same time. Combined with the Butcher's high health and the slowing effect, it is possible to deal very considerable damage in the lane.

However, this tactic doesn't work as well when using a stun gun.

It's obvious that he can't win by simply fighting. Lin Ruo bought high-attack items just to make it easier to last-hit minions.

In this regard, he bought a ring to enhance his attributes in conjunction with his third skill, and tried to make himself tanky in the early game by stacking rotten flesh.

In this way, you can reach around 1500 health points at level six or seven, making it easy to dominate the mid lane while tanking damage with the electric baton.

In lane battles, Lin Ruo focused on last-hitting minions, since he couldn't hit the enemy, while the stun baton that could hit him was mainly used for harassment.

The refuser's movement was still very smooth, demonstrating his overwhelming dominance.

Without any particular plan, Lin Ruo used the opportunity of losing health to clear minions, prioritizing leveling up to level two and pushing the minion wave towards the side of the river where the electric stick was positioned. He placed a control ward and prepared to clear the vision ward that Refuse had previously placed in the river.

The level 1 Refuser, wearing the same chain as Ming Shi Yin to steal attack power, went up to chase Lin Ruo and attack. Although he was only level 1 and would attract more minions to take damage due to the disadvantage of the minion wave, he was still being attacked.

But he was just that brave, because Lin Ruo's overall health was not as high as his.

Furthermore, the deeper thought behind the rejection was to prevent Lin Ruo from eliminating the ward, thus wasting the purchased ward and gaining an advantage in both economy and vision. However, Lin Ruo was resolute and took the initiative to eliminate the vision ward.

He wasn't afraid even if he got hit, since he had the minion wave advantage. He didn't even need to use the stun gun; the opponent's health wouldn't be much better.

After retreating, if the refuser still dares to continue chasing, Lin Ruo's approach is even simpler: learn the first skill and use a hook to make the refuser stay longer and enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by minions.

It would be even better if they could hook into the tower, but the refuser also knew when to stop. After chasing A for a few times, seeing that the plan had failed, he decided to retreat.

Lin Ruo, who saw through everything, almost kept pace with him as he turned around, and seized the opportunity to release his first skill, extending his hook like a robot.

The target was pulled back precisely in the next second, and the person who refused to get face-to-face with the butcher for no reason inevitably received a friendly greeting from soldiers and men.

Before this, his health was much higher than the killer's, but now his health has dropped to a level lower than his opponent's.

The laning advantage vanished in an instant, and the Refuser, with nowhere to go, could only retreat to his tower to deal with the large wave of minions that followed.

Being suppressed in return is obviously not a pleasant experience, but there's no way to deal with it right now. The refuser can only follow the rules and use Kunkun's medicine to replenish his health.

Lin Ruo was quite satisfied with the considerable effort he had put in; this was the power of manpower and the strength of his troops. In Dota 2, the creeps were no weaker than the heroes.

However, the soldier couldn't help him with everything. After the refuser used the potion to recover his health, Lin Ruo inevitably had to give up the lane again and retreat.

The Butcher's hook has a very long range, which is also the main way Lin Ruo harasses in the early stage. As long as the Butcher hooks the Raider once in front of the tower or in the area of ​​his own minions, the Refuser will lose a lot of money because he will have to buy medicine to recover health.

Of course, returning to base is an option, but for a player like you, who is not even level 4, to be forced back to base by the Butcher is quite embarrassing in terms of reputation.

However, the one who refused did not expect that he would actually be beaten to the point of having to return to the city.

Regarding the Butcher's skill point allocation, Lin Ruo devised a strategy: level up the hook at levels two and three consecutively, without learning the second skill.

Back when Lin Ruo was learning the third skill at level 1, the Refuser was somewhat surprised, because it meant he didn't want to fight him at all, which is why he went up to fight fiercely at level 1.

It's obvious they suffered a loss.

Lin Ruo's attempt to learn the hook skill at level two and three caused him another major setback. Unexpectedly, the Butcher did not learn the best melee skill, which caused problems with the Refuser's positioning.

That was a serious misjudgment of the hook's length. He thought that by standing outside the enemy ranks, he could suppress the Butcher's movement and at the same time control the hook's release distance so he wouldn't get hurt.

That distant two-point hook struck him squarely, then pulled him uncontrollably under the turret.

With the help of the turret's attack, the relentless killer quickly took down the electric baton's head in two hits.

First blood is born.

In less than three minutes into the game, Lin Ruo had already secured a solo kill against Refuser.

The in-game voice chat instantly erupted in cheers, with the third and fourth position players, who had greeted Lin Ruo during the hero phase, shouting "Awesome!" repeatedly.

A solo kill against a professional player named Refuse in 3 minutes? That's incredible, otherwise it would be ridiculous.

They were initially worried that Lin Ruo would likely be at a disadvantage in the laning phase against the Rejector, since Lin Ruo was a genius but not a seasoned swordsman.

However, Lin Ruo easily achieved a solo kill, and now you can't help but believe it.

"How did you learn this skill?" Mingkai, who was standing next to him, was also puzzled. It was indeed a bit hard to understand that a level 1 person could learn three skills.

However, it is still useful.

Whether it was to confuse the rejecters or there were other considerations, Mingkai, who doesn't play the Butcher much, could only silently say "awesome."

Lin Ruo's gaming skills truly exemplify the importance of intelligence in achieving superiority.

Yes, that's what the netizens in the comments section, who were both ignorant and stunned, thought too.

The only difference is that you have to say "awesome" and set the pace.

[That was a solo kill? That seemed a bit too easy.]

[Playing like this, Lin Gou, are you crazy for wanting to be number one in the Chinese server? How are the Dota players in your livestream supposed to feel about this?]

[I disagree. The guy who refused to play must have been using a substitute player. He probably went to the bathroom and asked the cleaning lady at the club to play for him. Guys, will saying this save face?]

Dota 2 players, please leave the live stream in an orderly fashion.

In response, Lin Ruo calmly stated, "Viewers in the live stream, please don't misunderstand. I'm not targeting Dota 2; I'm saying that all the games here are actually the same."

Who says that Lin Ruo is good at Dota 2 because he's deliberately humiliating Dota 2 players? That's definitely not the case, otherwise Lin Ruo would have humiliated many other games.

Moreover, although he successfully put on a show, the game is far from over.

Lin Ruo, who broke through the laning phase first, finally learned the second skill at level four to enhance her close-range ability, and continued to level up the second skill at level five.

If the electric stick gets hooked from behind, he could probably get a solo kill even without a turret.

Because of the two points allocated to the Rot effect, the Butcher's melee ability has already reached a preliminary level of strength.

Lin Ruo, who hadn't returned to base, prioritized entering the jungle and used the extended hook to obtain runes over walls, so he didn't have to worry about being ganked at all.

This is also one of the advantages of playing the killer: the hook can be extremely convenient in many situations, whether it's rescuing teammates, killing, or even acquiring resources.

Later, with the ultimate ability available, Lin Ruo's solo kill potential as the Butcher will increase significantly as he uses the hook to pull enemies and bites them to render them unable to move.

However, compared to the love-hate relationship with those who reject her online, Lin Ruo's best course of action is to stick to a roaming strategy, since having a hook is like having Blitzcrank in League of Legends.

Simply disappearing from sight can pose a significant threat, not to mention the effect of the hook pulling someone in.

Currently, the Butcher's damage output is insufficient, and he still needs teammates to assist him in securing kills. However, after 20 minutes, when the Butcher's damage output reaches another level, he will undoubtedly evolve into a true Butcher.

Lin Ruo, who was more than half a level ahead of the Refuser, promptly bought a bracer to increase his armor value and enhance his tankiness after his first roaming and resource grabbing.

Although the butcher is fleshy, this is reflected in his health points, not his armor.

Furthermore, this hero actually has relatively low armor, so it's necessary to supplement it appropriately.

(End of this chapter)