LPL History

Chapter 187 Zhuge Mingkai cleverly sets up a scheme to steal the heavens, and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong uses his pen to unravel the secrets of heaven.
As Bella finished speaking, a gasp of surprise rang out from the audience.

Although Nami, who has the highest KDA on EDG, has 10.33, Zhou Li's 12.3 doesn't seem to be much higher.

However, the actual difference between the two is not small!
Because Nami's position is ADC, while Zhou Li's position is jungler.

What is Clearlove's KDA, who is also a jungler like Zhou Li?
is 3.89!

This data is enough to make Clearlove's KDA in the jungle position rank second in the entire league!
After all, the factory manager always has unique escape skills. As a jungler, a position that often needs to take on the responsibility of initiating team fights and absorbing damage, this KDA is already very high.

As for the factory manager who ranks second, the gap between him and Zhou Li, who ranks first, is already as huge as an insurmountable chasm.

It's absolutely outrageous that a jungler's KDA is higher than an ADC's.

"Wow, Zhou Li's KDA is a bit scary. How did he do that?"

In the commentary booth, Wawa had already begun to express her feelings.

Miller began to explain:

"I feel this is largely related to Zhou Li's playstyle. If you observe closely, it's not hard to see that in the WE.A team, Zhou Li plays the jungler position as a core! He's completely different from the junglers we usually see. He's a player who carries the team in the end through absolute farming ability. Of course, this definitely requires the player to have absolute skill, which is actually very difficult to imitate."

“Yes,” Bella said, clearly having done her homework before the match. “Actually, there was a match yesterday where OMG’s jungler, Lingyao, seemed to have this idea in mind, but the final result wasn’t very good.”

The director deliberately lingered the camera on Zhou Li for a while, which made Abu, who was watching backstage, furious.

Fortunately, both sides quickly moved on to the business plan (BP) phase.

"Let's take a look at the draft picks for both sides! EDG is on the blue side, and WE.A is on the red side! EDG immediately banned Hecarim!"

Hearing Miller's words, Bella chimed in:

"Zhou Li used the hero Hecarim in the first game against Royal Club last week. In that game, Zhou Li's Hecarim achieved a godlike performance, and in the late game, he even staged a famous scene of 1v5. After he was farmed up, Royal Club had no way to deal with his Hecarim in the front line. After the game, Zhou Li was also jokingly called the 'fully insured truck driver, Zhao Zilong who went in and out seven times'."

In the live stream, many netizens have already started to notice Bella's commentary.

Who is this woman? Her commentary seems a bit off.

[I wanted to mention this when I reported the data before; I think this is the first time.]

[You're obviously a fan of my general's family.]

[Bella, Head of the Propaganda Department of the General's Office.]

The doll glanced at Bella.

This woman suddenly joined the PLU system from Qihuang last week as an LPL commentator.

I initially thought she was just a pretty face, someone who stood in the commentary booth to show off her skills.

I didn't expect it to actually be something.

The key issue was that there was quite a lot of stuff, even more than he had, which made him a little nervous.

I never imagined that the commentary industry would be so competitive now.

"WE.A opted to remove Kassadin."

EDG then banned Yasuo and Thresh.

WE.A, on the other hand, removed Angel and Enchantress.

The hero LeBlanc is now frequently seen in the support role, and she is extremely powerful.

"Hey! So Braum's been released! I feel like EDG will definitely go for Braum right now! Braum has a 100% win rate right now!"

Sure enough, as soon as Miller finished speaking, EDG immediately locked in Braum.

Seeing that EDG had indeed picked Braum, Zhou Li said:

"Take Lulu first."

The Braum spot was actually intentionally left for EDG to take by Zhou Li.

Although Braum's win rate is currently a terrifying 100%, Zhou Li believes that Lulu's priority should definitely be higher than Braum's.

Lulu is a hero who can now move freely between all three lanes, and whether she goes mid or top, she can reliably gain lane control.

Furthermore, Lulu's ultimate ability and polymorph pose a significant threat to him as a jungler.

After acquiring Lulu, WE.A then locked in Lucian.

"This Lucian pick is specifically designed to disrupt EDG's bot lane duo," Bella explained. "The Lucian and Braum combination is extremely strong in the bot lane. Lucian's passive allows him to quickly trigger Braum's passive effect. Whether it's trading blows or going all out in the bot lane, this is arguably the strongest combination right now."

The right to choose has returned to EDG.

Seeing Lucian being picked, EDG immediately countered by picking Corki.

Then, he made an unexpected choice in the jungle position.

"Hey! Widowmaker! She's locked in! This Widowmaker must be a jungler! Looks like Clearlove's team has come up with some new strategies to deal with Zhou Li!"

At this time, the widow had not yet become the factory director's signature hero.

Furthermore, this hero's pick rate is not very high to begin with, so his appearance naturally drew quite a stir.

Seeing EDG lock in Evelynn, Miller said:

"But I actually have a question. The factory manager hasn't used Evelynn much before, right? This should be a pick specifically to counter Zhou Li. But as far as I know, Evelynn is very weak in the early game, and Zhou Li is a player who likes to invade the enemy's territory. It doesn't make sense. I feel like Zhou Li's team is probably going to pick Lee Sin... It really is Lee Sin! He locked it in!"

Lee Sin is a champion who is very effective against Widowmaker.

Both Q and E skills can reveal invisible units. At the same time, Lee Sin, a carnivorous jungler, can put a lot of pressure on Evelynn when he invades her jungle.

Subsequently, WE.A locked in Nami for the support position.

However, even with Lee Sin on the table, Clearlove didn't make any special moves.

He just gave a wicked smile, as if everything was under his control.

Subsequently, in their final pick, EDG locked in Ziggs for the mid lane and Jax for the top lane.

At this time, EDG had not yet evolved into the "Big Tree Club," and Koro1 himself was a very strong top laner.

Clearly, EDG not only wanted to gain an advantage in the bot lane, but also wanted to teach the relatively unknown Khan a lesson in the top lane.

The WE.A players' bench at this moment.

The Khan was anxiously inquiring about Zhou Li.

"Brother Zhou! Brother Zhou! What am I playing?!"

Faced with the Khan's question, Zhou Li instead threw the question back at him.

"what do you want to play?"

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, the Khan hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"I don't want to play Lulu."

WE.A has secured Lulu, meaning she can play in the top or mid position.

In fact, playing Lulu in the top lane against Jax is also a good option.

But clearly, Khan didn't want to pick a rather boring Lulu for his debut.

"Enough with the nonsense, I'm asking you what you want to play?"

The Khan thought for a moment, then tentatively asked:

"Jayce? My Jayce is awesome."

Zhou Li shook his head.

"No."

If Khan picks Jayce, their lineup will be far too passive.

We can't rely on him, the Lee Sin, to initiate team fights all by himself.

Seeing the disappointment on the Khan's face, Zhou Li spoke up:

"Riven, right? Don't you play Riven at the base every day?"

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, the Khan was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with unbelievable ecstasy.

"Riven? Riven! Can I play Riven?"

Khan's expression became visibly excited, and he jumped up and down on his gaming chair like a child.

It's worth noting that while Riven is a very common champion in casual games, her pick rate in competitive matches isn't actually that high.

However, in the current version, Riven can still be played, unlike later versions where she was nerfed into the bottom tier and could not be played at all.

Even so, Riven, as a lightly armored warrior, still has a low pick rate.

This hero has a very low margin for error and is highly dependent on equipment for development.

But for Khan, being able to use Riven as his debut champion in the LPL would be an absolute dream come true.

After all, this hero is really quite flashy.

Faced with the Khan's repeated inquiries, Zhou Li nodded.

"Take it."

"Whoa whoa whoa ahh ...

On the commentary desk, Miller excitedly shouted upon seeing WE.A's player selection:

"Hey! WE.A has locked in Riven! Top lane is Jax against Riven! That makes the top lane matchup really interesting!! Both top laners are going to have to go all out on skill this game!"

The doll also spoke up:

"All I can say is that WE.A truly deserves to be called a youthful team with an average age of only seventeen! They are able to confidently bring out such heroes."

The lineups for both sides were thus finalized.

Blue side EDG Esports Club VS Red side WE.A Esports Club.

Top Lane: (corol) Jax vs. (khan) Riven.

Jungler: (clearlove) Widowmaker VS (Li) Lee Sin.

Mid lane: (U) Bomber VS (xiye) Purple Garlic.

ADC: (namei) Airplane VS (smlz) Lucian.

Support: (fzzf) Braum VS (ming) Nami.

As soon as EDG entered the game, the four players rushed towards WE.A's jungle, making it seem like they wanted to engage in a level 1 team fight.

However, in reality, the factory manager was walking alone towards WE.A's upper jungle.

At this point, the widow can become invisible at level one.

After seeing that there was no one in WE.A's upper half of the map, they placed a ward in the bushes outside the red buff wall.

Meanwhile, the four members of EDG on the other side only launched a feint attack before choosing to retreat.

This was a tactical deployment specifically made by the factory manager.

It's true that Widowmaker is very weak in the early game and is very vulnerable to being counter-jungled.

But as long as the other side can't catch you, isn't that enough?
Therefore, the factory manager deliberately chose an unconventional jungle clearing strategy, instead opting to actively deny the enemy's red buff.

"Wow, the factory manager is really bold! He chose to start at the enemy's red buff! And WE.A doesn't seem to realize that."

EDG went to great lengths to protect Clearlove's Widowmaker.

The bot lane duo could have gone straight to lane, since Jax was already helping Evelynn secure the red buff.

However, they still chose to go live at night.

Meanwhile, the weapons used by the braised pork belly suffered even greater losses.

He immediately picked Q skill at level 1, and after helping Evelynn take the red buff a few times, he placed a ward and jumped into his own jungle. Then he came back to lane, looking like he was helping Evelynn take his own blue buff.

Koro1 seems to have suffered a huge loss in this round, not only learning Q at level 1 but also losing the experience of three melee minions. However, if EDG's plan can be carried out smoothly, Koro1 can quickly make up for it.

The factory's strategy is to finish farming the red items, then go home to get the blue items and the big ghost, and level up to level three.

At this point, because the weapon was released late, Riven would definitely push the lane.

If I go and gank top lane again, Riven will either die or be forced to use her Flash, and the disadvantage in top lane will be turned around.

At this point, the Lee Sin should have just realized that his red buff was gone.

Due to the changes in jungle experience, it's no longer possible to reach level 3 quickly with two buffs.

A Lee Sin player who chooses to start in the bottom half of the jungle will definitely choose to clear the jungle monsters in the bottom half first.

According to the factory manager's time estimate, by the time he gets his turn, the Lee Sin should only have just reached the red buff.

After catching the top laner, the factory manager will choose to return to base immediately.

At the same time, allow the mid-lane bomber and the bottom-lane duo to push the lane quickly.

This ensures that you can successfully take your team's red buff and the entire lower jungle, thus mitigating part of Evelynn's early game weakness.

This jungle clearing route will cause the respawn time of jungle monsters in the entire jungle to become completely chaotic.

It becomes even more difficult for the Blind Monk to catch himself.

On the commentary desk, seeing EDG's teamwork, Miller remarked:
"EDG's entire team is throwing the game! It's obvious that this level 1 team fight was specifically designed!"

The factory manager's idea is excellent.

However, what Zhuge Mingkai didn't know was that he was facing Zhou Li, who possessed the most powerful brain.

At first, when he saw the enemy bot lane duo come online late, he didn't notice anything unusual.

Because both the plane and Braum used their skills very precisely, reducing their mana pool.

However, after seeing that the weapons were also online late, Zhou Li realized that something was wrong.

Because he keenly noticed that the weapon's mana was abnormal.

The weapon's level 1 E skill costs 50 mana, has a mana pool of 339, and its base mana regeneration is 7.5 per second.

However, when he saw the weapon online, he found that the weapon's mana was only 297.

Taking into account the time it takes for the weapon to be available and the time it takes to apply the buff, theoretically, after only using the weapon once with an E-level buff, the mana should have been almost fully restored by now.

The total mana pool of 339 minus the mana pool of 297 results in a loss of 42 points.

Based on the fact that the weapon restores 7.5 mana per second, this means that if the Weapon Master learns the E skill, he will have just cast Counter Strike one second before he went online!
Is this reasonable?

This is clearly very unreasonable!

Even if it's like in the bot lane where he's trying to confuse himself, there's no need for him to use his E skill at the very last moment.

If a Tier 1 weapon doesn't have Counter Strike, how can it compete with Riven for lane dominance?
Just to act in a play, he directly caused his own lane to explode?
The weapon's subsequent online actions made Zhou Li realize what was happening instantly.

Even if you lose the experience of three melee soldiers by logging in at night, there's absolutely no need for the weapon to stand so far away, not even daring to smell the experience.

Kou Rou's actions clearly show that he hasn't learned Counterstorm at all.

So what did the weapon learn if it didn't learn Counterstorm?
The W skill only costs 30 mana and lasts for more than three seconds. Judging from the weapon's mana, it's clear that he didn't see the W effect when the weapon was online.

Therefore, the only weapon I can learn is Q!

Why would you learn the Q skill for a level 1 weapon?!

Considering the unusually short release time of the weapon, Zhou Li already had his answer.

"The factory has such a deep scheme."

He couldn't help but laugh and sent a signal to the Khan who was on his way.

"My red is most likely gone. Watch out, the widow might come after you."

The Khan, who was excitedly facing off against his opponent in the top lane, paused for a moment upon hearing Zhou Li's words, then nodded.

"OK! OK! No problem!"

Meanwhile, Zhou Li, after clearing his own bottom half of the map, leisurely walked towards EDG's bottom half of the map.

The reason he wasn't in a hurry was because the factory manager had made so many arrangements in the early stages to prevent him from finding out, so he certainly wouldn't rush to take over EDG's bottom half of the map.

There's a high probability they'll be very greedy and want to take all three jungle camps.

It must be admitted that for a widow, being able to take three jungle camps at the start of the game is an absolutely perfect start.

Meanwhile, the commentators in the commentary booth were quite taken aback by the Blind Monk's actions.

"Hey! Lee Sin went straight into EDG's jungle! Did he discover that Clearlove had already stolen his red buff?"

Miller's puzzled voice rang out, and the doll scratched her head, saying in confusion:
"This doesn't make sense. How was this discovered? WE.A didn't place any vision in the red zone."

Moreover, Zhou Li's blind monk was clearly not going to invade the jungle as a trial.

He seemed very certain that EDG's bottom half of the map had not been cleared. After crossing the river, before the F4's vision was even revealed, he had already kicked out with a Heavenly Sonic Wave.

"How did he find out? I'm really curious!" Miller felt an itch in his heart.

The child spoke:

"I feel like the only way to find out is through post-match interviews. Maybe that's just the intuition of a professional player."

At this moment, the factory director was unaware that his carefully planned scheme had already been seen through by Zhou Li at a glance.

He had already finished defeating the big ghost and leveled up to level three, then glanced at the top lane.

However, it turned out that Riven simply disappeared after pushing the minion wave to the tower.

I guess they chose to camp in the grass.

However, in this situation, it was no longer appropriate for him to forcefully capture the opponent, so he immediately changed his strategy, determined to eliminate his own three wolves before taking over the lower half of the territory.

At the same time, the factory manager also spoke to U in the mid lane and the bot lane duo:

"Push offline."

The factory manager, returning to the city, ran towards his lower half of the map. However, he was unaware that Zhou Li had already finished defeating his stone golem!

What's even more deadly is that because the factory manager ordered the bottom lane to push the lane, the Lee Sin, who was originally planning to recall, ran straight to the bottom lane!

(End of this chapter)