My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 152: Playing a match is a psychological battle.

6 month 15 day.

On the third day after the start of the Summer Split, the battle between V5 and TT officially began.

This time, the guest commentator was still Umbrella King. Perhaps because they felt that there wasn't enough competition at TT, the more well-known commentators were all sent to LCK.

After all, they don't have any real strength.
A true commentator can't explain those LCK matches where there's not a single kill for over 30 minutes; just finding something to talk about to get through the boring macro phase is an art in itself.

And the barrage army.

They also arrived at the live broadcast room early.

[Enter the show! 】

[One person, one team; those who are granted permission are like outstanding individuals.]

Finally, there are some V5 matches to watch! The 12.10 patch was so boring; the macro play was bad enough, but the hero picks were so conservative.

[Simon Xu from the LCK region had a terrible Spring Split, so will the LPL's Xu Xiu inherit that same poor performance?]

As it was Xu Xiu's first time stepping onto the official LPL stage, he appeared somewhat nervous.

"Don't panic, what's there to panic about? Trust your brother Ka. Everyone says Nakano and Junichiro are in cahoots, how could your brother Ka ignore you?"

"I'm not nervous."

Xiao Xuxiu clearly showed some unease.

Even though they had brainwashed him before the competition, it was still his first time, and the experience was something he couldn't overcome later.

His emotions told him that now was the best opportunity, and that's how countless e-sports novels are written.

但理智告诉他。

Wake up, this is LPL.

Every time everyone thinks LPL is bad enough, putting those bad LPL players into LDL is like a game-changer.

gap.

It's an insurmountable barrier that will always stand there.

soon.

BP starts.

The team still banned popular champions like Ahri, Monkey King, and Gwent, and then TT focused on targeting Karsa's champion pool.

After all, Rookie is in quarantine and won't be able to play for at least five games. With a rookie in the mid lane, if they target you in the jungle, then your team's tempo maker will be rendered useless, right?

then
TT: Top lane Kennen, Jungle Blade of the Ruined King, Mid lane Twisted Fate, Bot lane Luna

V5: Top lane Nasus, Jungle Poppy, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Twitch + Lulu
This lineup was revealed.

The entire arena was instantly stunned.

"Dog head?"

"Can this hero be used in competitive matches?"

Commentary desk.

The two commentators were completely stunned, their faces showing disbelief, even though they knew that version 12.10 was a high-fault-tolerance version and any lineup could appear in the game.

But this first shot.

Everyone else uses small pistols, why are you using a Maxim gun?
[Turtle, it still has to be my dream.]

[To be honest, that dog head is really good, right? Now it's basically impossible to tower dive in the top lane, once they get farmed up, they're unstoppable.]

[I see now, my dream is aiming to break Flandre's record for the most champions played.]

[TT's most troublesome episode: Twisted Fate only has one ultimate, but V5 has two powerful opponents.]

[How many times have I told you, when you're out there, call it the Desert Reaper!]

Really.

Everyone at TT was stunned.

Luo Ji's dog head was the last move he made. How could the red team possibly predict what V5 would play in their last move?

Originally, I was thinking that at worst, Xiao Xiang's Kennen could play cautiously, since he's a ranged champion and it wouldn't be a big problem.

Then a dog's head appeared.

The offensive pressure suddenly fell on TT, and Xiao Xiang couldn't do anything about Luo Ji's dog head.

How to fight this?
Before the update, junglers could relentlessly tower dive to show the enemy Nasus how powerful they were; now, with two basic attacks from the tower, someone can be instantly killed. Who the hell would dare to tower dive?
But the choice has already been made.

So they had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue playing the game.

"With that move of yours, the other side is probably dumbfounded." PPGOD's face was full of smiles.

He was the one who chose the hero on the fifth floor.

He could imagine how astonished the people outside the arena would be upon seeing this option.

"It's okay, you guys just focus on the bottom half of the map this time. Don't worry about me in the top lane, I'll clear it myself." Luo Ji's words were full of confidence.

current version.

Most players are still captivated by the allure of top lane Kayle, after all, her tower damage is so high that others can't dive her tower, and players below Platinum rank have almost no teamwork, so ranked games are mostly Kayle-centric games.

Only the dog-head players in the dog-head forum.

It was a satisfying game, too.

But the members of the Dog Head Bar are used to playing the game secretly, and they don't bother with fake accounts.

If Luo Ji hadn't clearly remembered that Cube was the first to pull out the dog head in this version of the game, thus establishing his position as the moderator of the dog head forum, he would have missed this information.

Start.

I chose Conqueror runes and took Doran's Ring. Then I rushed to the river, stood in the jungle for a while, and then started to move back to my top lane.

But he didn't come from the riverbed.

Instead, they go into the jungle and then openly and legitimately advance from the lane.

He knew very well that since the opposing team had studied them, TT must also know that he had the habit of entering the bushes to steal bushes at level one.

I deliberately waited a while until the minions logged in before joining them.

as predicted.

Before he even entered the bushes, Kennen's AQ was already out of his hand.

There is an ambush!
Luo Ji smirked as he walked back, getting beaten up all the way. Although his health was low, his plan had succeeded.

The renowned strategist Colonel Chu Jun, known for his expertise in balancing lane formations, once said:

When enemy heroes attack our heroes, our minions attack enemy heroes, and enemy minions attack our minions, the enemy minions don't take any damage, so this wave of minions will be pushed back.

obviously.

The opposing team was only focused on pressuring Nasus at level one, but they didn't bother to learn any Nasus-fighting strategies from the Nasus forum.

You're still too young~
current version.

Nasus has received an epic buff and is no longer afraid of tower diving. Of course, if you ask what the buff is, I can tell you very clearly that this buff increases the damage of the turrets.
And it's a Kennen?
so easy.

I had a three-skill advantage right from the start. One of them was my E skill, [Soul Flame].

One is Ctrl+3 for "force taunt".

One is the [Substitute Attack] activated by pressing the "T" button.

Seeing the enemy Kennen guarding the minion wave like a hawk, preventing Luo Ji from farming, Luo Ji found it somewhat amusing and spoke up in the team voice chat:

"You might not believe it, but I had an incredibly strong start in the early game."

"what?"

Kasa was stunned.

I subconsciously shifted my gaze to the top lane.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked. But once I did, I saw that you were just hiding under the tower, not having last-hit any minions. What kind of super farm is that?
"this?"

"Don't worry about it. For a noob like me, being able to gain experience at level one is already a perfect start. It's a really fun game!"

Until the minion wave arrives.

Luo Ji began to farm the minions under the tower one hit at a time, and as he did so, he even felt his soul being purified.

There was none of the deceit and trickery of the top lanes during the MSI era; only the pure satisfaction of reaping what you sow.

This hero is quite unique.

When you put down your fatigue, pick up a Nasus, brew a pot of tea, occasionally Q a minion, and watch the enemy's clownish performance, you'll feel very relaxed.

the other side.

Look at how the dog head only farms minions when there are tower minions, and then goes AFK when there aren't.

They clearly didn't do anything.

But Xiao Xiang inexplicably felt a red warmth.

If things continue peacefully, his side will definitely explode, but you can't disrupt the opponent's rhythm. If you want to call the jungler over, you have to tower dive, but in this version, towers are incredibly powerful, and tower diving might even result in your own team feeding.

have to.

It's stuck in a vicious cycle.

On the road, Xiao Xiang was dragged into a realm of endless cycles of confusion and complacency by Luo Ji.

In the bottom lane, Nanfeng Puff also had no way to deal with the Xiao Yan + PPGOD combination.

After MSI.

V5's bot lane duo has undergone a qualitative change. Of course, their qualitative change is not a qualitative change in strength, but a change in mentality.

Your Luna is strong in the early game, while my Lulu is strong in the late game.

Why should I fight you in the early stages?
This is a very simple concept.

However, in ranked matches or competitions, you often find some players, even professional players, who just can't help but have the urge to go up and beat others.

But they managed to get it under control.

Of course, the main reason is that Luo Ji is creating a star effect. Everyone in the world is using the dog head to resist pressure in the laning phase, so why are they still chasing the laning strength?
It's better to develop steadily and wait for the mid-to-late game strength.

The V5's two side lines are both solid.

Xiao Xuxiu, who plays in the middle lane, stood out.

He remembered the guidance from Luo Ji a few days ago and began to try to make his laning phase a little more aggressive.

He did the right thing.

Galio's strategy against Twisted Fate is to trade health for lane advantage.

But he forgot.

Trying aggressive behavior or becoming addicted to fitness can generate feelings of excitement, pride, and satisfaction from "praising the sun and praising strength."

He's on top.

"We can gank mid!" UCL quickly said in the team voice chat:

"Middle?"

Kitagawa glanced at it with a hint of disbelief.

He had actually been camping V5 in the bottom half of the map for a while, but after seeing that V5's bottom lane really had no chance at all, he was in a state of confusion. He subconsciously looked over after hearing the call from the mid laner.

He actually saw an opportunity for Galio.

While they might not be able to kill him, forcing him to use Flash is no problem at all.

Kitagawa got excited!
at the same time.

Kasa also noticed the weakness in the mid lane. He instinctively wanted to warn them, but then remembered that his mid laner was a rookie.

Instead of actively reminding him so he won't learn his lesson, it's better to do what Luo Ji said and let him suffer more losses, so he can learn more deeply.

Ok.

It was definitely not because he had a bad sense of humor.

Since the mid lane has been temporarily abandoned, and the bottom lane is likely under full vision control, the only lane that can be ganked is the top lane.

I glanced at Kennen's position.

Xiao Xiang's Kennen positioning was also quite subtle, giving the impression that he could be bullied.

Row.

Then let's hit the road!
The "On the Way" sign lit up successfully on the minimap, and the voice of Casa coming to support him also rang in Luo Ji's ears.

Luo Ji's lips curled into a smile.

I know that the foreshadowing I laid a few days ago has succeeded.

The previous statement.

It's not only to lull your own mid laner into a false sense of security, but also to lull your own jungler into a false sense of security.

The so-called mixed learning.

The initial stage is manipulating the opponent, the advanced stage is manipulating the leader, and the ultimate stage is manipulating the opposing leader.

As long as Karsa abandons the mid lane and comes to the top lane to gank something.

Then,

In the time to come.

The enemy jungler will keep ganking mid, while Karsa, who has made a gank in the top lane, will keep ganking top to help the winning lane and not the losing lane, thus accelerating Nasus's development.

After both sides reach level 6 in the mid lane.

Both sides will focus their attention on the bottom half of the map, so Luo Ji in the top half will be ignored. However, with enough advantage in the early game, Kennen simply cannot stop Nasus from developing rapidly.

This will lead to...
When TT finally came to his senses and looked at the top lane again...

time,

It might already be too late.

(End of this chapter)