LPL History

Chapter 17 Zhou Yu plays the stringed instrument to amuse the stone soldiers, his posture oblivious to the danger.
WE Training Room.

Looking at the Demoness's health bar, Brother Dao hummed "The Offering of Love" with a cheerful mood.

Joker stood behind Zhou Li, frowning and remaining silent.

If yesterday's solo match between Zhou Li and Yao Ji changed Joker's perception of Zhou Li's strength...

In just one minute, Zhou Li has been reduced to his original form in the Joker's eyes.

He couldn't understand what this kid was up to.

Although Zhou Li traded his health for the enemy jungler's Flash, it was definitely a win for WE.

But in Joker's opinion, it was just that Zhou Li was lucky, managing to use W the instant the opponent flashed and stunned him.

Otherwise, you should at least have a life if you don't have a Flash ability left.

For a professional player to engage in such reckless behavior is clearly a major taboo.

Zhou Li had no idea what everyone was thinking at that moment.

It can only be said that prejudice in people's hearts is a huge mountain.

If it were Ruofeng sitting here today, everyone would probably praise him for tricking the opponent into using Flash and giving the bottom lane lane priority. He really made a killing.

At this moment, Zhou Li was completely focused, devising a plan for the next move.

During Season 2, Kassadin was considered a hard counter to LeBlanc!
At this point, Kassadin was a true Voidwalker.

The ultimate ability has a range of 700 yards, and its damage is also affected by mana.

Its passive skill, Void Stone, also reduces magic damage by 15%.

And the most important thing, which is Kassadin's Q skill that makes him known as the mage killer - Void Sphere.

Unlike the later effect of providing himself with a magic shield, Kassadin's Q skill in Season 2 had a silence effect.

Furthermore, as the level increases, the silence duration of the Q skill can reach up to 2.6 seconds!
Kassadin's Q skill can not only interrupt LeBlanc's E skill chains, but also LeBlanc's W skill.

This interruption refers to LeBlanc being hit by Kassadin's Q skill during her W skill animation, which forcibly interrupts her movement and leaves her in place.

Because LeBlanc's W skill is a movement-based spell rather than an instant cast, it has a casting animation and a hand-raising animation.

Although this time is only a fraction of a second.

However, during the laning phase, if LeBlanc chooses to stomp on Kassadin's head directly within vision, the chance of her combo being interrupted is very high.

Even in team fights, Kassadin's presence is a major headache for LeBlanc.

When you use W to engage and try to burst someone down, Kassadin immediately silences you. Forget about bursting someone down, LeBlanc can't even use the second part of Shadow Step to reset herself.

Even during the laning phase, once Kassadin reaches level six, he can relentlessly gank LeBlanc.

In professional matches, Kassadin has a 70% kill rate against LeBlanc!

The only way to counter Kassadin's overwhelming advantage against LeBlanc is to exert as much pressure on him as possible before he reaches level six.

The difference lies in equipment or even level.

Now, Zhou Li's LeBlanc has learned W at level one, which makes it difficult for him to put pressure on Kassadin at level one.
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IG training room.

He took a deep breath and rubbed his hands together, ready to fight.

At the start of this match, IG was at a disadvantage overall.

But for him, a mid-laner, it was a dream start.

In previous matches against WE, although he was able to hold his own in lane, IG always lost more often than they won.

In Xiaoxiao's words, his attitude and influence within the team are far less than Ruofeng's.

Today's match, though just a practice game, has made him wonder if it might be his only chance in his life...

The minion waves from both sides had reached the second tower. Zz1tai saw that LeBlanc, who had just been ganked, had returned and was dancing in front of his tower again.

PDD glanced at it and said:

"Did Big Nose have a stroke today? He's oozing pus and smelling like a filthy stench."

Seeing the arrogant siren, Zita didn't even think twice before controlling Kassadin to press down on her.

Knowing that the opponent doesn't have the Q skill, he has absolutely no reason to be afraid.

After all, LeBlanc can't just use her W to jump into the tower and stomp on herself.

Kassadin appeared in front of the tower, but LeBlanc showed no intention of retreating.

She then took a direct hit from Kassadin's Q skill, and in response, LeBlanc only managed to land a basic attack.

"What does it mean?"

I feel like I can no longer understand the other person's thought process.

Coming in to trade blows when you're behind in health is an absolute waste of health.

It's hard to imagine that the person controlling the enchantress at this moment is a human.

Zita couldn't understand what the opponent was doing, but after using his Q skill, he still chose to retreat.

After all, Kassadin is short-ranged, so this trade of blows is a huge win for him. If he chases after the opponent and they take advantage of his longer range to auto-attack him a couple of times, then he won't be at a disadvantage.

At this point, the Demoness's health was down to half.

Under the astonished gaze of the opponent, he immediately used a healing potion, but still stood in front of the tower and refused to leave!
LeBlanc only started attacking minions and retreating after the first wave of minions left the tower.

"What is he doing?"
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Many of the professional players in Season 2 were highly skilled and talented in terms of mechanics.

Their understanding of minion waves is like that of the Stone Age.

It's worth noting that League of Legends officially launched its open beta in China on September 22, 2011.

It wasn't until February 2012 that the Chinese server held its first official tournament, the City Heroes Championship.

In other words, all things considered, the earliest players of League of Legends have only been playing for nine months now.

At this point, the players had developed an awareness of minion waves, but lacked systematic theoretical support, relying more on intuition and experience.

If Zhou Li suffers a setback at the start, he needs to rely on the management of the minion waves to completely turn the tide.

It's important to know that, compared to any other lane, the mid lane is the one that tests minion wave management the most.

This is Zhou Li's own way of overwhelming professional players in 2012, aside from the system itself!

Zhou Li controlled the demon queen, attacking melee minions with basic attacks while pulling her backward.

Meanwhile, after attracting the enemy's hatred, he began to move towards the river.

The purpose was to break up the formation of the red team's soldiers.

In doing so, LeBlanc instantly gained lane control.

However, his current posture showed a completely bewildered expression.

Because he clearly saw that not only was the Beastmaster attacked by two melee minions, but she also deliberately walked up to attract the aggro of the ranged minions.

As a professional player, Zz1tai instantly understood LeBlanc's intention, but he still felt that it was not a smart move to use his body to tank minions in order to push the lane when he was already at a health disadvantage.

With Zhou Li pulling them back and forth, the blue team's minions quickly gained a health advantage.

Furthermore, while Zita was advancing to finish off Zita, LeBlanc was also constantly whittling down Zita's health with basic attacks.

However, compared to the damage from a Q skill that comes with a counterattack, LeBlanc's trade of health doesn't seem to be a win at all.

(End of this chapter)