My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 423 As is well known, light attributes are generally dark.

13.13 version.

To be precise, Riot Games has been gradually shifting its focus since patch 13.12. After all, AD crit items have been nerfed, and on-hit items aren't strong. The days when AD could dominate the game with just two items are gone.

This leads to.

The pace is gradually shifting back towards the top half of the map, and the top lane confrontation has changed from a tank duel at the beginning of the season to a clash between warriors.

The first few rounds of the competition.

Luo Ji's choice of Darius in the top lane was essentially an attempt to get a feel for the pace of the game.

Your understanding of LNG is correct.

They decided to play in the top half of the map, playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses. This was partly to follow the current meta, and partly because of Tarzan's rhythm and dragon control in the bottom half of the map during Season 13.

The original world at this point.

Despite ranking in the top four on the leaderboard, they only have a mere 50% control rate of elemental dragons, which is no different from simply giving the opponent their elemental dragons for free.

LNG lost the game.

Most of the time, Zika would play a terrible tank in the top lane, Tarzan wouldn't even look at him, and he'd just wander around the map, eventually feeding the enemy team.

then.

With the intention of playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, LNG almost used all three of their bans on mid laners in the first round of the draft.

It's not that they don't want to target the top lane, but they're unsure what strange things the top laner might pull out, so they'll stick with the mid lane.

Nofe wouldn't be happy about that either.

Banning mid laners, right?

Who is afraid of whom?

If you ban, I ban too. If you don't want me to have an easy time, I don't want you to have an easy time either. So let's all just give up. In the first round of the first six bans, six mid-lane champions from different versions were forcibly eliminated. This kind of game even made countless viewers cheer with excitement.

"V5 is really going head-to-head with LNG."

"Actually, putting aside the player's talent, FOFO's hero pool is quite deep, so he's not really afraid of Scout's hero pool suppression."

Many coaches were discussing it among themselves.

Then you see.

The first lineups for both sides have been successfully selected:

LNG: Top lane Jax, Jungle Wukong, Mid lane Azir, Bot lane Aphelios + Rakan

V5: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Riven, Mid lane Aurelion Sol, Bot lane Jinx + Nautilus
Normally.

Luo Ji felt he should get a Captain or something, because it would put pressure on the enemy's offensive capabilities, and the character would develop very quickly. With his half-signature skill level, he could easily suppress a Zika by the mid-game.

but.
The team lacks damage in the early game.

Aurelion Sol needs to farm, Jinx needs to farm, but once this lineup gets going, the opponent's teamfight space is almost infinitely compressed.

"this?"

"Is Weiwei going to protect the top lane this game?"

The moment V5's lineup was selected.

A heated discussion immediately broke out within the LNG team.

Before the game.

They had already anticipated that V5 would focus on the bottom half of the map, so they picked Jax and Wukong for the top lane, and Azir for the mid lane, meaning they would definitely be aggressive in the top half.

Jessie is the first choice.

They suddenly became uncertain, especially since the jungler had chosen Ryze.

Throughout Season 13, the champion Riel received numerous subtle damage buffs from the designers, particularly against jungle monsters, suggesting that the designers wanted to add her to the jungle role.

why?
Because Rui'er is a utility character created for team fights, and compared to the seemingly boring macro-management, team fights are undoubtedly more pleasing to the eye.

Simply put: he wants everyone to fight.

Fighting is fun!
In this match, V5's lineup was actually built around their jungler, Riel.

"come on."

"Wei, now Ryze is everywhere in high-elo Korean games, but you're the first in the LPL to officially bring it to the competition. How much fame you can make depends entirely on how amazing your performance is in this game."

Luo Ji, always eager for drama, immediately started making empty promises.

"The pressure is too much, bro."

Weiwei shook her head with a wry smile.

Even though Luo Ji had already developed this hero in advance, whether or not the hero can be played effectively ultimately depends on the summoner himself.

Normally

They were all familiar with the same routines and heroes, so he naturally didn't need to say much.

But this time.

The first LPL jungler, Rui, will have a significant impact, even if it's not as great as the first Nasus.

after all
This thing is really entertaining to watch when it's being group-buyed.

This leads to.

Weiwei was very nervous.

If I had to describe it, it's like an overweight person trying to lose weight. They're not afraid of you exercising intensely or lying down. What they're afraid of is someone who used to lie down every day, staying up late, smoking, drinking, constantly ordering milk tea and takeout, and eating heavily oily and salty food without a break. Then one day they suddenly wake up and start exercising like crazy, putting pressure on their kidneys.

He himself didn't know if he could handle it.

Before the game begins.

All the talents that were planned in advance have been selected.

Aftershock, Fountain of Life, Adjustment, Resilience, secondary rune priority is Cosmic Insight, start with Green Egg (jungle item), first get Ionian Boots of Lucidity (to reduce cooldowns due to over-reliance on Flash), add a small Sunfire Cape (to improve jungle clearing efficiency), and get Twilight Robe and Radiance Virtue (cheap).

In short.

It's a standard utility jungler who initiates team fights, but has almost no ability to invade in the early game, since its jungle clearing efficiency is relatively average.

"Good heavens, they actually took it out first again."

off screen.

The players in the JDG club were kicking themselves in frustration.

Original world.

Also on July 1st, JDG used the jungler Riven for the first time in a match as part of the new meta strategy. The reason they haven't used her since is...

Actually, it's because everyone is still getting to know each other, but no one expected V5 to be so bold as to let Weiwei be the first to try something new.

"Their way of thinking is actually different from ours."

Hongmi, chin in hand, pondered:
“Our initial idea was to build the Wolf Head and Spirit Hunter build, with the core goal of reducing the cooldown of the ultimate and Flash. However, their understanding was that it was more of a utility build, otherwise they wouldn’t have chosen Aftershock.”

"Compared to Reil's talent."

"I'm actually more interested in the synergy between these heroes' skills."

Ryle + Dragon King + Titan.

If Weiwei initiates a good team fight, the following scene will be extremely shocking. As it is the first appearance of jungler Rui'er, V5 has given her a lot of face in the draft phase.

at the same time.

Hit the road.

Zika, wielding her weapon, arrived at the top lane and looked at Luo Jijies, who was displaying emotes as if no one was around, with a very serious expression in her eyes.

He was the one who had been educated.

last year.

Before Luo Ji became the world's number one top laner, many top laners suffered at his hands due to carelessness on the field.

And this year.

They are already the best in the world, and they are visibly dominating a host of top laners. They also have many tricks up their sleeves when it comes to hero selection and item builds.

To put it bluntly...

If you ever find that Mebius is playing a popular meta hero against you in lane, it means he's going easy on you.

Correct.

Anything that has the attribute of "light" is actually quite sinister behind the scenes.

The same applies to Ultraman Mebius.

Start.

Luo Ji didn't level up any skills. Jayce's early game strategy against Jax was quite formulaic: if Jax learned E to block him, Jayce would learn E to kite him; if Jax learned Q to go all in, Jayce would learn W to fight him head-on.

This time he's in the Counter position.

Jayce is a relatively easy champion to counter with Jax. Other champions that are also easy to counter include Poppy, Gragas, Malphite (though that's questionable), and Garen, who was tower-dived and killed with half his health in a World Championship one year. So, strictly speaking, there isn't really a true counter.

but.
Under the same conditions.

Jayce was definitely a strict father figure in the early game, until he got his Blue Dragon Blade.
Zika didn't intend to go all-in with Luo Ji at level 1. He didn't think the opponent would be foolish enough to give him an opportunity at the start. Faced with Jayce's long-range threat, he could only grit his teeth and try to farm minions.

"This guy."

"Aren't they even giving us a chance?"

In the brief tug-of-war between the two, Zika immediately noticed the subtle details of Luo Ji's laning phase.

He almost never crosses the minion wave to attack him, and even if he intentionally sacrifices himself, Jayce is always in the same sequence as his ranged minions.

If you come over, I'll take advantage of you for free.

But you're selling your blood?

I didn't even open my eyes and continued to ignore it.

this distance.

If Zika uses Q to engage, he will definitely lose in the trade; but if he doesn't use Q, Jayce will definitely push his minion wave.

This gave Zika, who was trying to create a level 3 gank on top lane for his jungler, a real headache.

"LNG is thinking too optimistically."

"Who can argue with that? They probably never thought V5 would pick Jayce in the end. With this lineup, Gragas should obviously be in the top lane."

Many teams were just enjoying the spectacle.

of course.

Many clubs feel it's a pity that Zika, the top signing from the youth training program, is so outstanding. Normally, if it weren't for Luo Ji, he could represent the face of the new generation of top laners in the LPL (Bin, Ale, and Huxi are the previous generation).

But here’s the problem.

He and Luo Ji were from almost the same era, so he was just like some unlucky guy in the Go world.

He faced a 9-dan player right after his debut. Although the referee comforted him, saying that there were precedents of a 1-dan player defeating a 9-dan player, and that precedent was now right in front of him.

at the moment.

The sense of déjà vu is almost overwhelming.

Even Bin couldn't help but laugh while looking at the screen:
“I saw four parts shock, three parts helplessness, two parts bewilderment, and one part resignation in his eyes.”

"With this kind of wave-pushing efficiency, by the time the monkey arrives, the minion wave will already be in, and Jayce will have recalled. Mebius isn't one to give others a chance."

The person who knows you best is not your friend, but your enemy.

The well-known top laners in the LPL do not have any strictly defined animosity towards Luo Ji; they are merely opponents. However, their mutual respect as opponents has allowed them to take Luo Ji's next steps into account and clarify his thinking.

Push the lane, recall, and bring a control ward!

As Tarzan farmed his way up, all that could be seen in the top lane was the minion wave being attacked by the turret, and the empty bushes where no one could be seen at all.

"He went back?"

"Well, I should."

Tarzan was also a bit confused after hearing his teammate's top laner's reply.

Normally.

Picking Jayce was definitely a strategy to protect the top lane, but Jayce's approach was very similar to a conservative playstyle where the jungler isn't in the top half of the map and he's just playing around in the top lane by himself.

If this were a regular ranked match, people would have already started complaining that it was a game dominated by geniuses.

but now?
He could only silently complain.

Then I figured I'd keep farming jungle camps and wait for the next opportunity to come back.

I don't know.

His desire to gank at level three caused him to miss the opportunity to catch Rui in the jungle, because of this game.
Weiwei.

It was a misaligned opening move, with the ball being swept from top to bottom.

(End of this chapter)