My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 166 has no numerical values, it's all about gameplay.
At this moment.

The Alchemist, who was the focus of EDG's attention, did not invade the jungle as EDG expected, nor did he stay in the top lane. Instead, he quietly hid in the bushes next to the F6 camp, waiting for the jungle monsters to spawn.

If we say:
The special skill of the Dog Head Bar is the experience of smelling toilets.

So the Alchemist's specialty is leveling up a wave of units to level 2.

it's actually really easy.

If you're on the blue side, start by having your three wolves use Q and then auto-attack three times, then leave immediately. The poison will kill the wolf cubs. If you're on the red side, use Q and then auto-attack twice, then leave immediately. The poison will kill the two chickens.

If you complete any one of the above.

Once it goes live, the first wave of minions will reach level two immediately.

This strategy is from ancient times, a treasure of the Alchemist forum. However, when most people think of Alchemist, their first thought is cutting off minion waves, and Alchemist is rarely seen in competitive matches.

then
Even the mighty heroes, like a sea of ​​spears, momentarily forgot this tactic.

Until it goes live.

He was still wondering what the alchemist on the other side was doing.

Upon logging in, he noticed that Luo Ji's aggressiveness in lane was unusually high. However, since he was playing Renekton, he wasn't too afraid and instead engaged Luo Ji in a battle of wits.

Commentary seat.

The colonel had already given a sly chuckle.

See this.

PYL took the initiative to speak, continuing the commentary for this round:

"This wave."

"I had a mischievous idea in my dream."

"It seems that Saint Gun didn't notice his disciple's little trick. He thought he could reach level two first, but Alchemist secretly ate the experience from the monsters."

"How so? The alchemy skill was activated at the very last second before leveling up to level two. That timing was absolutely brilliant!"

On the playing field.

When he saw the Alchemist he was facing suddenly charge in, a question mark flashed across Flandre's mind.

He doesn't understand.

What does it mean that they suddenly come over and start fighting with me at this moment?
The jungler won't arrive so quickly. I'm not afraid of the opponent in a fight. It can't be that the opponent has lost their mind, right?

Just as he was thinking this.

next second.

The last minion of the first wave of minions fell with a thud.

The light of the second-level advancement suddenly shone brightly on the alchemist's body!
Cage Gun: !!!
I see through!
Something is wrong!

Referee, there's a cheat code!
The sudden Level 2 alert disrupted all of Prison Gun's plans.

Right now, I only have two choices: run back immediately or even use Flash, but that would mean I'd lose a TP in lane, and I'd be level 1 back under the tower, losing all my underwear.

Either use your red-rage Q to tank the Alchemist's damage and then use Q on the minions.

After Q, use E again to return.

I thought about it.

He decisively chose the second option, tanking the damage all the way up to use his red-rage Q to finish off the minions, healing himself while simultaneously activating his E skill after instantly leveling up to level two.

just
E [Over-the-shoulder throw]

Just as the crocodile used its E skill to pass the alchemist, Luo Ji, controlling the alchemist, used another E skill to successfully pull it back.

Saint Gun's face darkened.

At the same time as he used his second E skill, he flashed away. That is, the instant he flashed away, behind him, the Alchemist also flashed with a light.

However, this is because the crocodile has two dashes: E and Flash.

This left Luo Ji with no means to continue the pursuit, until the moment the crocodile escaped all the way to the foot of the tower and survived.

overhead.

It was struggling to stay alive with less than 100 health points left.

In other words, if this were a random game and the Alchemist had Ignite and Flash, he would most likely be dead.

[Holy crap, this is an ancient secret technique!]

[This is how the game started eight hundred years ago: a minion with a red or blue buff spawns and reaches level two in one wave, or a minion with an experience rune and a large health potion leaves the game, reaches level two in one wave of minions, uses a large health potion, and then completely dominates the opponent.]

No matter how old the trick, it's still useful as long as someone doesn't know it or has forgotten it (doge)

The key point is that this alchemist logged in at full health at that time, and nobody expected him to kill a jungle monster; that's the most surprising thing.

We are all like characters from a thousand-year-old ghost story.

Saint Gun Bro didn't realize he'd been tricked at first, but after he teleported back to base and then teleported back in, he quickly understood what had happened.

That son of a bitch took a shortcut.

Unfortunately, this strategy is only viable for a few top lane champions in the current version. If you try to play this way with other champions, you might end up losing experience because you can't get back to your lane after clearing the jungle camps.

"What's wrong?" Meiko asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I was just tricked by him using the methods of an ancient powerful being." Lao Qiang shook his head, trying to regain his composure.

However, it's the other members of EDG.

Hearing this, they all looked at the road with curiosity.

When Jiejie realized that his top laner had been forced to use Teleport, and the opposing team hadn't even used any of their healing items, he fell silent. At that moment, he was like a lonely young man who knew he had kidney deficiency but still opened a seafood live streaming platform late at night, despite his rationality being filled with all sorts of resistance.

but.
The flight still took off.

Countless lives vanished before his eyes, and as the captain, he could do nothing but grip the control stick. To make matters worse, the network suddenly went down, and the plane crashed in Macau's largest casino.

Less than a minute into the game, the top laner was missing a Teleport.

This matchup turned from a winning situation to a losing one. Strictly speaking, Alchemist is not good against Renekton, but Alchemist with two lives is definitely better than Renekton with one life.

Based on this start...

wild area.

Karsa's jungle role has also been successfully freed up.

In this game, he could either take advantage of the enemy top laner's lack of TP to gank the top lane and crush the Renekton in the early game, or continue to focus on the bottom lane. He doesn't necessarily need to apply pressure; he just needs to draw the enemy's attention, and the Alchemist will annoy the enemy.

correct.

Karsa had complete understanding and trust in his top laner's dirty play. And unsurprisingly, he continued with his jungle pathing.

His strategy in this game was to farm from top to bottom, protecting the bottom lane's Kalibr and Lie duo as they developed, but now he has more options to choose from.

"EDG is having a tough time at the start of this game."

off the field.

Zero looked calmly at the screen.

very beginning.

When Luo Ji suggested starting with F6, even an old-timer like him didn't react for a moment, let alone the opposing team's Lao Qiang.

The results were also encouraging.

Normally, in a 3v3 situation in the top half of the map, it would be difficult for them to fight against the enemy's top, mid, and jungle. However, because their teleport was forced out, the top laner was fighting with two lives against one.

So very quickly.

With the advantage of high health, Luo Ji would take the opportunity to push the lane and invade the jungle, eventually cutting off the lane in the upper half of the map.

Once this playstyle is implemented, EDG's Renekton's early-game dominance is completely over, because no one is laning against him, and he can't possibly become strong against thin air.

as predicted.

As expected, Luo Ji followed the three-step strategy for the top lane after the opponent used Teleport.

which is:
Treat him to a meal, behead him, or take him in as a dog.

With Karsa deliberately concealing his vision, the Gunslinger, lacking a TP, had no choice but to reluctantly give up and retreat to his tower in the face of Alchemist's pushing threat.

They could retreat back under the tower.

Luo Ji went straight across the minion wave to EDG's second tower.

After clearing the new wave of minions, they went deep into the enemy jungle and placed vision directly in EDG's jungle.

At the same time, Rookie pushed the lane aggressively and then recalled to base.

The barbarian king is shooting down airplanes.

In the early game, it was all about trading lane priority based on health. At the very beginning, Rookie was a little skeptical that Tryndamere could counter Corki.

Until the two played a Solo match.

Luo Ji's Tryndamere, who started with a bunch of healing runes and Doran's Shield, went head-to-head with Rookie's Corki. After just one game, Rookie immediately took back his words and shouted, "It's so good!"

Although this version is not as strong as Season 14, the healing talent is not as powerful.

But it's actually still a viable option. The mid-lane Tryndamere with the "Revival of the Wind" buff was popular for a while in Season 12, so it's a perfect substitute.

can only say.

The vampire daily life came in last place in the vampire competition ( ).

Now it's Jiejie's turn to feel bad.

The top lane was cut off, the mid lane was pushed, and the enemy jungler was playing incredibly aggressively in the bottom lane, acting like their own jungler was nearby. If you gank, you're afraid of being counter-ganked; if you don't gank, all three lanes are at a disadvantage, forcing them to either target the mid or bottom lane.

If there is any choice.

That must be the bottom lane, because the mid laner, Corki, lacks crowd control, and he...
He was afraid of the barbarian king's "chicken call".

Using E in one hand and W in the other will almost always result in insufficient damage. Even if it helps the mid laner out of trouble, it's only a temporary fix.

Then arrest them!

"EDG was completely outmaneuvered by V5 in the early game."

Off the field, the senior commentator returned to the commentary booth, his voice loud and clear: "This match is very similar to the T1 vs. V5 game during MSI. T1 took control of all three lanes, leaving V5's Karsa to deal with them."

"Yes."

PYL chimed in, "Normally, EDG should have had lane priority in both top and mid in this game, but V5 managed to overcome their disadvantage by employing one strategy after another."

“If this continues, Jiejie will be in a lot of pain.”

After everyone had finished speaking, Rita didn't try to show off her understanding; she simply continued explaining the current situation:
"Jiejie is trying to gank V5's bot lane to get out of trouble, but Karsa is also near the bot lane. It looks like the two junglers are about to clash!"

Not as if.

Instead, they've already encountered it!
On the screen from God's perspective, Karsa and Jiejie had already clashed in the river. The Karsa duo had lane priority, meaning they were closer to the river than EDG's bot lane duo. Seeing the two junglers meet, Xiao Yan PPGOD immediately controlled his hero to move over.

Casa is another story altogether.

Everyone knows I have powerful backers, so I have to take them down.
A wall slam.

Jiejie's Zhao Xin was slammed directly against the wall.

That's it.

Jiejie didn't dare to fight back at all.

After the control ended, I was so focused on running away that I was afraid that if I was even a little slow, the opposing duo coming from the bottom lane would successfully intercept me.

The rhythm was completely disrupted on the spot.

Designer, look at him!

[Oh no, after this match, will the designers start focusing on V5's match kills every day? No way, I haven't even started using these strategies to climb the ranks yet!]

[Three lane priority lanes, I can tolerate the top lane F6 strategy, but what's going on in the mid lane?]

The downside of mid-lane mages is their inability to push lanes and their vulnerability to ganks. Therefore, anyone who can push lanes should be allowed to play mid. As for Tryndamere, well, bad guys will always have their matchups; it's a classic case of the bad guys dominating the mid lane.

[I can already picture Tryndamere and Singed chasing after Tahm Kench, who's basically eaten the AD carry, and then demanding their meal.]

[The top and mid-tier heroes are all about skill, not stats.]

LPL viewers erupted in cheers.

They love watching these unusual esports competitions.

I don't know.

At that very moment, more than 2,000 kilometers away in the LCK, Xiu Shen, who had just finished a training match, happened to click on the live broadcast of the LPL match.

With the idea of ​​stealing something if possible, he secretly watched V5's matches quite a bit after V5 won the championship.

They had already reaped considerable rewards on ordinary days.

I figured it wouldn't matter if I didn't achieve anything today; it would just be a way to kill time when I was bored.

And now.
The moment he looked at the screen, his eyes widened to the extreme without him even realizing it.

and many more! ?
Mid-lane Tryndamere! ???
(End of this chapter)