My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 339 If I could do it all over again, I would be Liu Chan

BLG's rest room after the first match.

Elk seemed to be listening to the coach's motivational speech, but his mind was still replaying the epic moment in the previous game when Vayne single-handedly flanked the enemy.

As an AD top laner, he produced team fight effects that AD players could only dream of, and even Elk himself was no exception.

past.

He has never been a big fan of top lane players.

Because he has never experienced being a very strong top laner in the traditional sense.

Even Bin.

Anyone who watches BLG's matches knows that Bin often teleports down to engage again and finish off the enemy. In the first round of team fights, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are fighting 4v5 head-on.

You can play one round.

Luo Ji's performance, however, showed him that top laners could have such a side in professional matches, much like the blond guy in anime who's got his eye on his wife, whispering in his ear:

"Elk, has your top laner been here?"

"They say they refuse, but their actions tell a different story."

"It's a waste to pair an AD carry like you with him."

"Elk, your body is trembling. You must be looking forward to it too, right?"

broken.

Despite not being on the same team, Elk would subconsciously fantasize during halftime about what it would feel like to be his top laner, and following this line of thought, he thought about the upcoming Asian Games.

Top lane position.

Luo Ji's candidacy is a foregone conclusion; the entire LPL can't think of any top laner who can replace him.

If it's an AD position...
He gradually fell into deep thought.

His teammates and coaches, however, thought he had really been mentally broken by Luo Ji, and were now doing their best to give him psychological counseling.

"Is the pressure really that high?"

"Of course, if someone is playing a warrior and gets killed by him, that's one thing, but the problem is that he's playing an AD carry, so the damage is a bit too high for him."

Looking at Elk like this.

Bin, who had been holding in some anger, gradually let it dissipate.

To put it another way, the bot lane isn't easy either. You can't beat a Ruler in lane, and you're not as level as the Vayne in team fights. You're in the same boat as your opponent.

so.
The pot was in Nakano, the case is solved!

Compared to the blame-shifting frenzy at BLG, the atmosphere in V5's break room was extremely harmonious.

While listening to music with her headphones on, FOFO was replaying Luo Ji's performance in the previous team fight in her mind.

Then the more I thought about it, the more awesome it seemed.

On the surface, his top lane Vayne seems very fed and deals a lot of damage, but in reality, you'll find that his damage is nowhere near that of Kindred and Zephyr. However, he baits out a lot of enemy skills, which gives the bot lane and jungle duo the opportunity to reap the rewards.

There is such a two-way road.

FOFO's self-positioning became increasingly clear: to become Liu Chan.

Despite Liu Chan's seemingly incompetent nature in the Three Kingdoms period, he actually had some very obvious strengths: 1. He knew he was incompetent; 2. He knew who was capable; 3. He was willing to give power to capable people; 4. When it was time to pretend to be incompetent, he pretended to be even more incompetent than anyone else.

According to unofficial historical records.

When Liu Bei entrusted his son Liu Chan to Zhuge Liang at Baidi City, he had the foresight to see the merits of his son. So he secretly arranged for 500 axemen outside the tent. If Zhuge Liang had even the slightest thought of becoming emperor, he would throw a cup as a signal, and the axemen would rush in and kill Liu Chan, thus removing the biggest obstacle to Zhuge Liang's ascension to the throne.

Even that might not be enough.

According to another unofficial historical account, Liu Chan was always half a body length ahead of Zhao Yun, while the five hundred axemen might not have been able to defeat Zhao Yun.

"This round of the playoffs."

“They would never expect us to go all out in the winners’ bracket. Of course, even if they did, it wouldn’t matter, because they can’t withstand it.” Luo Ji said beside him.

Nofe was holding a laptop and arranging the next steps.

The S13 Spring Split playoffs are different from previous years. Last year, we were able to take it slow and even reveal our trump cards little by little because we had plenty of time. Even if we lost and went to the loser's bracket, we still had enough time to practice matches.

But this year.

Because of the Asian Games, the competition schedule for the first half of the year was actually compressed.

This means that if a team loses a match and falls into the loser's bracket, the BO5 matches in the loser's bracket alone, along with the videos that need to be recorded from time to time, are enough to completely fill up the players' time, so that even if the teams in the loser's bracket discover that there are problems with the team, they will not have time to make changes.

They're practically fighting with their cards on the table.

OK.

So the strategy is clear: go all out in the winners' bracket and don't go down in the losers' bracket. If you win the winners' bracket, you'll have a week to rest, enough time to study the game and other teams.

"In other words, the current BO5 series is essentially the finals for each team, but they just don't know it from each other?"

Casa, who had been slacking off, suddenly became the one to start the conversation.

Nofe nodded in satisfaction.

He likes this about Casa – he knows when to lend a hand. In the e-commerce world, this kind of talent is called a central controller; in the crosstalk world, a straight man; in the student world, a conversation starter; in the entertainment industry, Zeng Yi; in the sales world, a shill; in the opera world, a backing vocalist; in fraud gangs, a matchmaker; and in nightclubs, an atmosphere-maker.

Then he continued:
"From the first game, it can be seen that BLG's strategy has not changed. It is to focus on the bottom lane to control the lane and then rotate the dragon. However, this strategy works for them against other teams, but it doesn't work against us."

to be honest.

There's a significant gap between Elk and Ruler.

The original world hadn't played against him all year, and then at the Asian Games, Ruler dominated him in the bottom lane. Ruler's talent severely limited him. The only way to beat Ruler was to wait until he started to decline due to his age in Season 14, which is the Hawk playstyle.

The bottom lane will not have lane priority.

At this moment.

Luo Ji also spoke up:

"We need to understand that many coaches in the LPL are very stubborn. BLG did not choose to break through from the top lane in the first game, which means that they actually assumed that they could not beat us in the top lane. So in the second game, they will only continue to increase their bets on the bottom lane."

"We just need to keep disgusting them by following their line of thinking."

as predicted.

In the second game, BLG's draft picks were almost unchanged, except that they increased the weight given to the bottom lane.

No matter what.

It was no use; they still couldn't break through V5's bottom lane. Instead, Luo Ji continued to dominate the top lane, and FOFO, who was determined to just coast through in the mid lane, was completely unstoppable.

Unsurprisingly.

2:0
This immediately pushed BLG to the brink of defeat.

"Is the difference really that big?"

JDG here.

The players were completely mesmerized by the match. V5's dominance on both sides of the lane was far stronger than they had imagined. In the second game, BLG's bottom lane attack was clearly blocked by Ruler and Jwei working together, but Bin on the top lane couldn't stop Luo Ji's attack.

"I always said that BLG's wins during the regular season were entirely due to V5's two players setting up the pace. Tabe should have realized that if we want to beat V5, we have to find opportunities from their mid and jungle players who are the engine of their rhythm."

Redmi rubbed his hands together excitedly.

The first game was a test, the second game was a dismantling, so the third game should be all-out, right?

Although he doesn't have the keen insight of Luo Ji and Nofe to understand the rhythm outside the game.

However, I also felt that the competition format was somewhat off.

I just didn't think too much about it.

It seems V5 is quite keen on securing a spot in the winners' bracket.
Should we try to stop them?
(End of this chapter)