My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 403 People always overlook the things that are readily available to them.
The first game of a best-of-three series.

V5 is being quite lenient with EDG here, with both sides opting for a four-protect-one strategy and not trying to annoy the opposing carry. It all comes down to which side performs better.

Luo Ji originally thought...

You, Uzi, are already 26 years old and haven't played a professional match in a year (he played two rounds for BLG, which is negligible). You can't just beat Ruler when he's in his prime, can you?

result.

This guy seems to have a real phobia of dogs; in the first game, he couldn't even beat the opponent's four-protect-one strategy despite having a four-protect-one strategy.

During halftime.

Luo Ji practically shoved his face right up to Emperor Chi's, so he could clearly see that his face was screaming, "What's wrong with you, little brother?"

Today, Uzbekistan welcomes its loyal divine son once again!

[After retiring for so long, he still managed to dominate Ruler with a four-protect-one strategy; that's the true value of the one and only prodigy!!!]

Even Mebius was dumbfounded. Dude, what happened to your MSI form?!

[EDG's bot lane has two players, one with a 98 rating and the other with a 97 rating, totaling 51. I've only ever heard of Deft and Beryl being able to pull off such a high-level bot lane combination. It's quite an achievement.]

Nobody's a fool.

In the first game, both sides used a four-protect-one strategy, with the other four positions being essentially just an extra. Although Luo Ji mentioned in his livestream that he would do something funny, he didn't, which was quite considerate of the opposing team.

So, the second round.

They went all out on the road.

When Jiejie picked the Captain, he faced a dilemma: if he ganked top lane, he would be attacked by Weibo fans; if he ganked bot lane, he would be attacked by the Captain. Between loving his brothers and loving Weibo, he ultimately chose to love Weibo and focused on protecting the bot lane throughout the entire game.

结果
The entire EDG team was relentlessly destroyed by the Captain in the mid-to-late game.

A triple barrel combo plus a super move.

Uzi hadn't even seen the captain before his health was almost depleted, which made him realize for the first time that this was no longer the AD meta.

1:1 flat.

"What a pity, it's V5 after all."

"What's so annoying about Mebius is that if you ignore him, he can really develop and take over the game. If you do pay attention to him, V5 is really willing to never go to the top lane and just protect the bottom lane. Karsa's jungle environment is really too good."

"What can we do? That's the charm of being the number one on both sides of the road."

Many team coaches shook their heads.

Visible to the naked eye.

In the second game, Uzi's aggressiveness was actually much lower than in the first game. The communication between strong players is particularly mentally taxing, especially for a player like him who has been retired for several years. When the intensity increases, his mental strength can't keep up.

In the first game, Ruler was being dominated, but in the second game, the two sides were evenly matched.

can only say.

There's a reason why the "staying up as long as possible" tactic is becoming increasingly popular.

"The third game against EDG will be easier for us, but from my perspective, if EDG forces us to the third game, we've already lost."

this moment.

Nofe showed no mercy to any of the team members in his words.

Because everyone's attention was on Uzi, everyone's eyes were focused on his skills, awareness, and mentality.

But in Nofe's eyes...

What are EDG's rosters? What are V5's rosters? How can we possibly tie them 1-1?
Ruler was also very embarrassed.

He admitted that he suffered from his fear of dogs in the first game, but after clearly feeling the opponent's strength decrease in the second game, he realized that his mentality played a large part in the problem.

The third one.

Both sides selected their lineups very quickly.

EDG: Top lane Fiora, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Annie, Bot lane Aphelios + Yuumi
V5: Top lane Rek'Sai, Jungle Vi, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Jinx + Lulu
The moment the lineup was announced.

off the field.

Countless viewers widened their eyes almost instinctively.

Order an excavator?
Before Vi was released, everyone thought this thing would be Karsa's jungler, after all, Karsa really knows how to play this thing, and he has indeed used it in matches.

Can I place an order?
[This lineup... if I were Uzi, I'd be dumbfounded.]

[Five heroes, three of whom are strong at diving the backline, and two of them are even aimbots! Wow!]

[They're not going to install V5 anymore, just give them a token gift, they're starting to use all this high-tech stuff.]

To be honest, the unpopular heroes that Dream God plays are mostly hidden stat monsters. Is this one again?

It's not just the viewers in the live chat who are confused.

Even on the EDG player bench, Ale was silent as he looked at the enemy's champion pick, Rek'Sai.

He had used his imagination to the fullest extent, even imagining the opponent playing a long-range AD top laner.

But excavators?

Have you ever studied at Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School?

Did you ask Ning Wang which part of the excavator's auxiliary system you wanted to work on?
You dare to play that game?

"Ale, you should be fine playing this thing in the top lane, right?"

"In theory."

"?"

"Theoretically, I shouldn't die."

"???"

It wasn't that he didn't want to give his teammates confidence, but rather that he had rarely seen this thing in the top lane before, and he was completely clueless about the hero's burst damage and kill threshold. He could only treat it like a new hero and play against it.

The presence of the excavator was a hindrance.

One level.

EDG had absolutely no intention of engaging with V5, because V5's information gathering capabilities after going underground were just too amazing. They could forcefully infiltrate and be secretly ambushed without even realizing it.

Version 13.11 included some adjustments to the excavator. The current excavator...

The healing is not much less than that of Crocodile's Red Fury Q, and the Q damage has also been greatly increased. In a disadvantageous situation, a shipbreaker can carry a lane in 40 seconds (the cooldown of a max-level Q is only two seconds).

Of course, these were not the most important changes in Luo Ji's eyes.

Most importantly, the designers secretly modified this version of the excavator, making the range of the A-lift after the excavator dives underground much larger with its W skill.

This is a true core enhancement.

Plus.

In version 13.11, Luo Ji understood from the designer's requirements that the designer wanted the mainstream build for top lane to be semi-tank.

Players who experienced that era know that the designers of those versions really liked to teach players how to play the game. They would tell you that you had to play a semi-tank build, and you had to listen to them or you would go to jail.

You won't listen?
If they don't listen, they'll get a few beatings and then they'll behave obediently.

In conclusion, the excavator has become an unpopular stat-boosting monster in the current version, but it's somewhat helpless against heavy armor warriors.

Start.

Take Conqueror as your rune path, remember to take Demolish as your secondary rune path, start with Doran's Shield, and learn W at level 1. There's really nothing else you need to pay attention to.

Since no battles broke out at level one, Luo Ji simply logged in as usual.

Meet.

There's not much to say, I just went up and raised my hand.

Due to the stealth change to W skill A.

Luo Ji didn't even get close to the Sword Maiden's attack range; he simply lifted her up, shattering the bones on her body, and then immediately retreated.

Get a skeleton for free.

Ale's lips twitched, but he didn't take it seriously and just kept focusing on getting second place.

结果
A short while later, the excavator burrowed underground again and came back.

This time, it's A-level again.

They left after touching her.

The fact that Luo Ji's skill set doesn't require a mana bar allows him to unleash skills without any pressure, almost as soon as they're ready. Ale was also annoyed and immediately used his Q skill to exchange damage, then kept switching to basic attacks.

result.

After pulling it open.

The excavator waited until it burrowed underground again, and its health quickly recovered.

Passive [Eksa's Wrath]: Skills or basic attacks grant rage upon hitting targets. When burrowing underground, rage is consumed to restore a percentage of health.

The reason why it's difficult to fight heavy armor warriors is that while they are all numerically powerful, they also mostly have their own ways of healing, but light armor warriors like Fiora don't have that. She can only watch helplessly as her opponent heals.

He, however, did not reply.

Until now.

Ale hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet, because the excavator's damage was visibly low, so the moment he was in second place, he stabbed it directly with his sword.

Start.

Luo Ji continued to trade basic attacks with him, but when he realized that his health had dropped to one-third, the enemy Fiora had flashed and attacked his weak point.

Realizing that his opponent was serious, Luo Ji stopped fighting back.

One of them burrowed underground.

He covered his head and ran towards the foot of his tower.

Ale was already chasing A, but with each A's attack, the fully enraged Excavator's health would rise back up while it was burrowing underground. Even after chasing it all the way to the turret's attack range, the Excavator's health was still exactly the same as when Ale first activated W to slow it down.

Ale was so angry she laughed.

"Wait, what the hell is this thing?"

A low-output werewolf who is always healthy and can always run?

It even has control capabilities, a poke, and a lock?
What will he do when the jungler arrives?
"This is the research capability of my dream. Just looking at it is already terrifying."

lounge.

Nofe, who had been serious, suddenly relaxed.

Weiwei was clearly aware of this tactic as well.

in fact
A lot of data is laid out openly in front of everyone, but few people notice it.

For example, on OPGG, anyone who has looked at or researched it will find that Fiora has the lowest win rate against Rek'Sai in lane.

why?
Because Fiora is good at sustained damage rather than burst damage.

The excavator is the least afraid of continuous damage. Later on, the four top lane sisters became increasingly difficult to appear in professional matches. Only the fifth one, Gwen, was frequently seen. The only other one who could get a few games was Camille.

The core reason lies in its fault tolerance, recovery, and clearing capabilities.

at the same time.

Lower half.

Because it's an excavator, Jiejie can comfortably choose to love Weibo instead of his brothers this game. What about Ale in the top lane?
Fiora is now playing against Rek'Sai.

in his impression.

The excavator doesn't do much damage, so Fiora should be able to play it casually. I didn't plan to go up there, but in the bottom half of the map, Ruler played very steadily this game. After two consecutive games, he has gradually adjusted his mentality.

"Is the bot lane okay?"

"It's okay, Brother Ka, just go ahead."

"Okay~"

Casa is also a very decisive person.

If it were Uzi in his prime, he would definitely stay in the bottom lane, and even gank bottom at level two. But now he's just a retired Uzi.

That.
It's definitely better to go help M14 on the top lane!
This one.

Casarte's M14 modification code - KDJFKXQSVW50, explosive firepower!
(End of this chapter)