LPL History

Chapter 64: The Robot's Divine Hook Opens the Heavenly Gate, the Blind Monk Slays the Enemy Chieftain in a Second Stage (Please Read On!)

"Hey! WE! Why aren't you picking Anivia!"

Mars Live.

Seeing WE's player takedown, Su Xiaoyan, who was focused on the smile, couldn't help but speak up:

"It seems like it's better to break off the ice bird with fermented bean curd root."

During the ban phase, WE not only didn't ban Anivia, but also didn't ban any mid-lane champions. Instead, after banning Morgana, they chose to ban two top-lane champions: Irelia and Jax!

On the contrary, CLG banned Twisted Fate and Nocturne, two global meta champions, and then banned Ezreal.

Guns N' Roses thought for a moment and then tried to smooth things over:

"I have a feeling, is it possible that WE wants to farm against Rotroot in this game? We know that Lion's Karthus previously created a very terrifying CS record."

The viewers in the live stream were already getting excited.

Stop cheating, I almost fell asleep watching the last game.

[666, the enemy team has Anivia, and you're playing Karthus? Are you going to stand in Anivia's ultimate and sing during team fights?]

[I don't understand, why bother with the top laner? Are they hoping Strawberry will carry?]

[At least the opposing team banned Twisted Fate and Nocturne. It feels like WE got completely overconfident and didn't treat their opponents like human beings.]

[Does the guy with the loudspeaker really think that European and American players are the same as the lousy, low-quality players in China?]

CLG players' bench.

Seeing WE's ban, jungler Snoopeh started teasing again.

"froggen, it seems your performance last game wasn't very good. It seems like the other team didn't take you seriously at all."

froggen smiled and said:

"Then let's send them home."

CLG, having won the first game, were clearly in good spirits, except for top laner Wickd, who had a gloomy face.

Wickd is a very aggressive top laner, especially skilled at split pushing, and is also a one-trick pony.

But the opposing team managed to ban his Irelia and Jax right away.

I was just joking about froggen retiring, but now I'm actually retiring myself.

He really couldn't understand why WE wasn't targeting froggen, but instead came after him.

After WE, playing on the blue side, locked in Lee Sin as their first pick, CLG almost immediately locked in Anivia.

Then they added Titan to the jungle position.

WE, on the other hand, then picked a combination of Corki and Blitzcrank for their bottom lane.

The bot lane duo of Curly and Smile can definitely be considered one of the world's top bot lane combinations.

In contrast, CLG, which relies too heavily on Rotten Root, doesn't have a very strong bot lane.

Zhou Li has complete confidence in the laning phase in the bottom lane.

The only thing I'm worried about is the strawberry's journey.

Strawberry, who is used to enduring pressure, can actually hold his own in lane against an aggressive top laner like Wickd.

However, once Wickd's two signature champions, Irelia and Jax, get farmed up and start split pushing, no one on WE can stop him. And most importantly, these two champions severely limit the performance of WeiXiao's AD carry.

Therefore, Zhou Li chose to target Wickd.

CLG later added a bot lane duo: Urgot and Leona.

At this point, the crab hadn't been reworked yet and was still an ADC (Attack Damage Carry) champion.

The old version of Urgot was an incredibly overpowered champion.

His role is AD (Attack Damage Carry), but his ultimate ability is to control an enemy hero and swap positions with them.

However, this hero has a very long range, making it very effective at suppressing some short-ranged ADCs in lane.

At the same time, what seems like a weak ultimate ability can actually be effective when placed in CLG's lineup centered around Anivia.

Upon seeing the Lee Sin champion, after witnessing Zhou Li's Lee Sin performance last time, the WE team members tacitly refrained from asking any questions.

Instead, Zhou Li took the initiative to tease Ming Kai.

At this point, Mingkai was still young, and it was his first time participating in such an international tournament. In addition, he was somewhat disoriented after being beaten by CLG in the previous game, so he seemed a little nervous.

"Mingkai, watch carefully and learn well. I'll teach you some new moves today."

That day, the Blind Monk was beyond Mingkai's comprehension.

Is there something else?!
"What other moves do you have?"

Mingkai couldn't help but ask a question.

The Zhou dynasty remained silent, only resorting to unconventional methods.

Ability: Socialite, activate!

Ability: Personal charisma, activated!

Ability: Demon Wizard, activate! During the first game, he had already completed five minutes of workout and ten minutes of showering!

Ability: Super Hero, Activate!

Ability: Bathhouse Scrubber, Activate!
Finally, please let the gods return!

Ability: Rabies, activate!

Zhou Li pushed his abilities to the maximum.

This is his first appearance in an international competition. Zhou Li decided to bring a little bit of shock to the League of Legends Summoners in 2012!

Soon, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Red side: CLG.EU Esports Club VS Blue side: WE Esports Club.

Top Lane: [Wickd] Red-Warm Dwarf VS [caomei] Gravedigger.

Jungle: [Snoopeh] Deep Sea Titan VS [clearlove] Crystal Vanguard.

Mid Lane: Froggen's Anivia vs. Lion's Lee Sin.

ADC: [Yellowpete] Urgot VS [weixiao] Corki.

Support: [Krepo] Leona VS [FZZF] Steambot.

Looking at the lineup WE selected, the CLG members even started to laugh.

"What's going on? Lee Sin mid? Do you think you can beat our world's number one Anivia by putting some weird champions in the mid lane?!"

"Haha, frogeen has played Anivia at least thousands of times, what champion hasn't he played?"

At this point, both sides had entered the game.

Zhou Li signaled to his team's bottom lane and said:

"Go! Let's trade jungle camps with them this game!!"

Anivia is a hero who relies heavily on the blue buff.

Without the blue buff, Anivia's development will be severely affected.

In Zhou Li's plan, this game not only involved switching jungle camps at the start, but also controlling CLG's blue buff throughout the entire match.

Furthermore, Lee Sin's second Q skill has an execute effect, making it an excellent tool for securing kills in level 1 team fights.

WE players crossed the triangular bush in the bottom lane and had just reached the river when they saw CLG's five players also emerging from their jungle.

During this period of competition, everyone liked to group up as a five-person team and cause trouble at level one.

CLG believes that with so much crowd control from heroes like Nautilus, Leona, and Anivia, they have nothing to fear from WE's Blitzcrank if they can get the first move in the level 1 team fight.

CLG just didn't expect that their deliberate detour would lead them right into WE's face.

Both the Sun Maiden and the Titan lure themselves in front of the other, while the robot can pull the other over.

In this situation, the advantages of robots become immediately apparent.

Without hesitation, Curly hooked Rambo out of the crowd.

Wickd initially intended to use Flash, but seeing that his teammate's Titan had already used Q to engage, he simply turned and retreated while using Q, planning to coordinate with his teammates to deal some damage.

But this very action cost Wickd dearly.

When he realized he was about to collapse and flashed away from the battlefield, Lee Sin's second Q finally caught up!

First blood!

On the CLG side, they also used a strong control strategy to forcibly take away the robot at the front.

However, compared to WE's kill, it cost their mid laner an extra Flash.

Although CLG's subsequent output was weak due to their lineup, they could only scatter and flee, losing their lower jungle.

However, for CLG, it was perfectly acceptable for their mid-lane core, Anivia, to get a kill at level one.

Froggen even had a smile on his face at that moment.

He might only get a kill with a level 1 Anivia once in dozens of games.

At that moment, a message suddenly popped up in the game chat box.

【lion：GG】

The CLG members were stunned for a moment, then laughed even harder.

"Hahaha, are you already giving up at the very beginning of the game? Frogeen only got one kill!"

GG is short for Good Game. In competitive matches, it is typed by the losing side. Typing these two words usually means conceding defeat and letting the opponent end the game quickly.

As a courtesy, the winning side will reply to the losing side with a "GG".

froggen also got the idea to mess around, pressed the Enter key, and was about to reply with a GG when he saw a new message.

Lion: You guys lost.

(End of this chapter)