My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 387 Praise of Om Messiah

"T1 is a bit of a disaster."

"Yes, they seem to have no defense against V5's ultimate-based strategy. Gumayusi's Aphelios couldn't withstand the first wave at all. Maybe he should build a Stopwatch."

"It's not easy to make. The Stopwatch costs 750 gold in this version, the price has gone up. Making it early on will slow down the AD carry's pace too much."

The LPL commentary booth.

The three commentators' faces were visibly flushed.

The current situation is that V5 can attack T1's backline, but T1 has no way to deal with V5's backline. Although Zeus has made up for his lack of development, this development is based on his teammates being engaged on and healed.

Even with a Gragas like him, and it's not Season 3, he can't unleash a devastating combo in an instant.

The next ten minutes.

T1 and V5 had several more small-scale collisions.

Faker was burning himself out, hitting his skills and lock-on with pinpoint accuracy several times, but there was nothing he could do. Ahri could only control him but couldn't kill him instantly, while Kled could almost guarantee Aphelios's kill once he locked onto him.

The exhilarating combo of turning off the lights, setting fires, and driving is something T1 couldn't figure out how to dodge, even if the barrel explodes.

Seeing that the overall team had a significant advantage, Luo Ji made a direct judgment.

"The only one who can save the other side is Baron Nash."

"What do you mean? Should we wait 20 minutes and force a team fight at Baron?"

"We need to pressure, but not pressure the team, we need to pressure the tower."

With the combined advantage of their powerful abilities and economic strength, V5 successfully secured almost both of the Rift Heralds.

Of course.

T1's outer towers also fell successfully early on thanks to the Rift Herald's protection.

I waited for the cooldown of a powerful skill.

Once again.

V5 assembled and began their push. At the 18-minute mark, after securing their third elemental dragon, they opted to push down the bottom lane, forcing T1 to recall Zeus's Gragas.

"Forcing the bottom lane at this point?"

Casa pondered for a moment.

Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously looked at Nofe. As if they were telepathically connected, Nofe also glanced back. Amidst the mingling aromas of grilled and fried chicken wings, they both understood the message in each other's eyes.

This is suspicious!

Both V5 and T1 assembled their teams extremely quickly.

The prowess of a top team was on full display at this moment; even when at a disadvantage, T1's vision control remained impeccable.

Although no conflict broke out, the mere struggle for vision and the adjustment of positions between the two sides were enough to make it feel like two sparks were colliding fiercely, constantly scattering sparks.

Under pressure from the nightmare Kree.

The Gragas and Alistar must stay by AD's side.

With their AD carry currently at a disadvantage in terms of equipment, they have lost the possibility of initiating a fight. The enemy AD carry has two items, while their own AD carry is still short of his second item. They can only wait for the enemy to initiate a team fight and then look for mistakes to launch a counterattack.

However.
T1, attracted by V5's restless movements, failed to notice.

As V5's army advanced, their entire team was gradually concentrated in the bottom lane. T1 was definitely not in a hurry. They gave up the third elemental dragon in order to push all three lanes. Currently, the top lane minions are being pushed towards V5.

With the two sides locked in this stalemate, the situation is only effective for them.

but.

Is this really the case?
"Three, four, one monkey is missing, but I can't see where it is."

"They're probably in the jungle. How should we plan our route?"

“We ran right in front of them, from their (red team's) blue buff, to their mid tower and outer tower, and then directly into their top jungle and into the river. They couldn't move as fast as us.”

"Then—let's go, guys!"

Anyone who watches a lot of T1 matches knows this.

Faker is a master of Ryze, and his favorite move is to use Ryze's ultimate to quickly rotate and rush Baron. For example, he can have the split-pushing player split-push in the bottom lane to draw attention, then lure the enemy over and teleport to the top tower, then take a couple of steps and use Ryze's ultimate to go directly into the Baron pit.

This kind of linkage.

I've played T1 more than once or twice.

Currently, V5 clearly shares the same idea.

R【Charge!!!】

Just as T1 was on high alert, the sound of Kled activating his ultimate ability rang out again from above the Rift.

"coming!"

Upon hearing the sound, Zeus instinctively hovered his finger over the R key.

immediately.

Before them, they saw Kree, leading the charge, rushing towards them at a speed they could hardly comprehend, as if he were about to charge at them.

This made everyone in T1 widen their eyes.

Immediately after
Then, to their incredulous gaze, he suddenly turned a corner, leading his group of underlings into their jungle.

T1 members: ? ? ?
No.

Dude.

Where did you go?

"Wait! Buhou, they're going to take down Baron!"

Although they were a little slow to react at first, once they did, the brains of the T1 players were shaking even more than those of the Sloth Master.

What kind of genius came up with this "point to the east while attacking the west" strategy? And the key point is, they really can't outrun the other side.

"Bro, is this how you play it?"

The "moving castle" tactic (Vision) is indeed a tried-and-true method.

[If it were me, I wouldn't have reacted in time either. It looked like they were coming for someone, but then you turn around and they're gone.]

[Can we really catch up?] Right now.

The overall feel of the T1.

It's like being possessed by the sixth red wolf in Delta Force, watching helplessly as the other side's flower runs away, with the background music of "When Longing Crosses the Sky" still echoing in the air.

Let me mention this here.

Kled's ultimate ability has a base dash distance of 3500, 4000, and 4500 yards, corresponding to the three levels respectively. The distance of a Flash is only 400 yards. This means that V5, in the three seconds of Kled's ultimate ability, created a distance equivalent to ten Flashes in front of T1.

Even Bolt would have to admit defeat.

Conversely, on the T1 side...

If everyone is wearing level 2 boots, theoretically it would take 32-35 seconds for a hero to move from the bottom lane to the top river, assuming that they immediately follow V5 as soon as it starts.

But the reality is.

They were stunned at first, and by the time they reacted, the entire V5 team had already reached the mid lane.

They belatedly approached the dragon pit.

inside.

Baron Nashor was nowhere to be seen; all that remained was a faint wail and the Baron buff circle that every V5 player had on the minimap.

"It's over."

Keria was utterly devastated.

He was already outmatched head-on, and now the enemy team has effortlessly stolen Baron Nashor. If V5 upgrades their equipment for the whole team, he won't know how to fight back.

"Hold on, give it a try."

Faker also fell silent for a while.

This isn't a technical issue at all; it's just like last year's BO5 semifinals, where V5 relied purely on their ingenuity to outmaneuver them.

Live audience
Match commentary
Live stream chat.
Whether separated by screens, stages, or even countless meters, everyone could still clearly feel the terrifying pressure that V5 exuded in terms of impromptu decision-making and command!

"The advantages have accumulated to a sufficient extent."

"That's not enough. We need to play it safe against T1. Countless predecessors have shown us that we should never underestimate T1 at Worlds before their Nexus explodes."

The memory of EDG's 10,000 gold deficit being overturned is still vivid in people's minds today.

They clearly had the Baron buff.

V5 continued to employ vision control and a strategy of slowly chipping away at T1's strength. Only when Kled's ultimate was ready again did they use it to quickly rotate and destroy both of T1's inhibitor crystals, leaving only the middle one intact.

That's it.

Instead of pushing hard, they continued to retreat to collect dragon souls to upgrade their equipment.

【steady.】

[What "Sword God of Shili Slope"? If you covered up the ID, I'd even think it was an LPL vs. LCK match from years ago.]

There's no way around it, Ruler is too fed, V5 has more initiators and an advantage, so they always have the initiative in their hands.

[I see now. This Kled is purely a driving tool; taking down the AD carry is secondary. The key is to act as a skilled driver and completely outmaneuver T1's commander.]

Under the overwhelming economic experience and equipment advantage.

The final wave of attacks.

Even though T1 had theoretically done its best, V5 still easily wiped out the opposing team with better equipment.

From start to finish.

T1's last pick, Gragas, failed to decisively counter V5's lineup, not even having the slightest impact.

And T1.
I am completely convinced of V5's demolition office system.

"V5 should win this match. If I hadn't seen it before, I wouldn't be able to think of a way to counter it right now. The only thing I can think of is to crush them online."

369 sighed.

The MSI tournament schedule was very tight, and even though they had flown back to China, they still had to quarantine in their hotel rooms, which gave them time to watch V5's matches.

then
Humbled.

At least 369 felt he couldn't do it like Luo Ji, putting all sorts of heroes into matches. It might work in ranked games, but it's really not suitable for competitive matches.

"That's how V5 is."

"If you're weaker than him in both lanes, he'll seriously dominate you in lane; but if you can withstand his laning phase in both lanes, he'll resort to underhanded tactics."

Redmi couldn't help but sigh.

Perhaps it's because everyone has been positive these past few years, but those who survived are all incredibly cunning. Based on the pattern of the previous three games, T1, having lost the match, should switch back to the blue side if they win the fourth game.

This illustrates the blue team effect, suggesting that V5 is also likely to win in the future.

If we lose the fourth game.

That.
The match ended abruptly.

As he was about to leave the stage, Ruler even glanced at the players on T1's bench. Despite the distance, the pain and struggle on their faces were still clearly visible, which made Ruler feel an indescribable joy.

"Control your expression, it's too obvious."

See this.

Luo Ji offered a reminder.

"Next time you encounter this situation, you can pretend to look around when you put away your mouse. If the referee asks, you can say that you don't know which game it is and thought the game was over."

"what?"

Jwei paused for a moment, then said:

"What if the referee suspects there's something in our mouse and wants to check it, and then won't let us use it in the next game?"

“Then let’s use a spare one. Before you take it apart, pray to it and remember to say it like me: Praise Om Messiah.”

"???"

(End of this chapter)