LPL History

Chapter 72: Attempt to Rebel by Seizure Backfires; A First-Level Game Determines Life or Death (Please Read On!)
"Viewers watching the live broadcast! You are now watching the quarterfinals of the 2012 OGN Summer League! The two teams facing off are CLG.EU from the European region and WE from China! I am your commentator, Su Xiaoyan!"

"I am Guns N' Roses!"

Mars Live.

The two commentators were clearly in high spirits, their voices filled with barely suppressed excitement.

In the match that just ended, Zhou Li's Lee Sin performance caused the tournament to explode in popularity.

The explosive popularity of League of Legends is naturally a good thing for those of them working in the industry.

"In the match that just ended, our Lion player, with his Saint, directly kicked the third game for WE! Now the two sides have entered the decisive game. Hopefully, WE can continue their brilliant performance from the last game and win the match in one fell swoop!"

In the live stream, both players were already seated and the draft phase had begun.

To everyone's surprise, when the ban phase ended, neither Anivia nor Lee Sin were banned.

"Hey! CLG didn't ban Lee Sin! Are they really that stubborn?"

CLG quickly responded to Guns N' Roses' question.

CLG, playing on the blue side, immediately locked in Lee Sin on the first floor.

"CLG is using a pick-and-ban strategy! Is this Lee Sin going to be picked by Rotroot in the mid lane?"

WE player seat.

Seeing CLG's player selections, Zhou Li raised an eyebrow.

"How dare you! Playing Lee Sin in front of our Holy Monk?!"

Hearing the voice coming from the earphone, Zhou Li was stunned, and then saw Strawberry looking at him with a smile.

I never expected you to be like this, strawberry...

"Brother Zhou, what are we playing this time?"

Strawberry asked.

"He stole my Lee Sin, so I'll steal his Anivia."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Strawberry immediately locked onto Ice Bird without hesitation.

With a smile, he asked, "I don't think I've ever seen you play Ice Bird before."

“I’ve never played this before,” Zhou Li nodded. “Don’t engage in a level 1 team fight when we go in. Let me check out the skills first.”

"..."

Su Xiaoyan exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the selections made by both sides:

"The champion picks in this game were so interesting. CLG picked Lee Sin with Lion, while WE countered by picking Anivia!"

Guns N' Roses laughed and said, "It was really interesting. Whoever got crushed in this match was embarrassed. But we should also give a thumbs up to Rotroot for his courage. To be honest, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't dare to pick Zhou Li's Lee Sin to lane against him. It feels like Rotroot was actually gritting his teeth and going for the team, which was a big sacrifice."

As soon as Guns N' Roses finished speaking, CLG locked in Karthus.

"Um... so it seems CLG is planning to use Lee Sin in the jungle. I'm retracting a like."

CLG's actions quickly drew boos from the audience.

Everyone was excited and ready to see you two switch heroes and have another showdown.

As a result, your rotten root actually chickened out.

The rotten root looked very unwell at this moment.

He never expected that the opponent would steal his Anivia.

As the undisputed world's number one ice bird, Zhou Li's actions were not just slapping Rotroot in the face, they were practically shitting on his head.

He refused to believe that this person could play Anivia as well as Lee Sin!

Otherwise, why is his Frozen Root the world's number one Ice Bird, while your Lion isn't?
Rotroot countered by locking down Karthus. Although Karthus isn't particularly easy to play against Anivia, both Anivia and Karthus are Rotroot's signature heroes, and he has absolute confidence in his abilities.

Soon, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

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

Top Lane: [Wickd] Desert Butcher VS [caomei] Gravedigger.

Jungle: [Snoopeh] Lee Sin VS [clearlove] Mummy.

Mid Lane: [Froggen] Deathsinger VS [Lion] Anivia.

ADC: [Yellowpete] Goddess of War VS [weixiao] Valiant Bombardier.

Support: [Krepo] Janna VS [FZZF] Sona.

Upon entering the game, froggen's eyes blazed with intense fighting spirit.

As the world's number one ice bird, he must prove himself in this competition.

The two sides' minions clashed in the mid lane, and froggen pushed forward with Karthus.

While Karthus is at a slight disadvantage against Anivia, this disadvantage can be completely reversed through skillful play.

The most crucial factor is the accuracy of Karthus's Q skill.

At level one, Karthus has a clear advantage over Anivia. However, facing the aggressive Karthus, Anivia doesn't retreat but instead advances!

Those who have watched TGA know that Zhou Li's Karthus is one of his signature skills.

Unfortunately, the internet wasn't as developed at the time, and froogen didn't know that this mechanically skilled player who could make Lee Sin shine was also equally excellent at playing Karthus.

Now, thanks to the system's capabilities, Zhou Li's proficiency with the Ice Bird has reached a perfect level.

Anivia later became a very unpopular hero.

In many people's minds, Anivia is a late-game champion.

However, with continuous version updates, Anivia has actually become a mid-game hero, because once it reaches the late game, Anivia's ultimate ability can't even scratch anyone.

However, in the current version, Anivia is still a solid late-game carry.

So even the Ice Bird, under the control of Rotten Root, was focused on grinding and waiting to take over the game later.

However, as mentioned earlier, after Anivia's ultimate was heavily nerfed, she became a hero focused on the early to mid-game.

This means that this hero is not weak in the early and mid-game!

Furthermore, Zhou Li also wanted to find an opportunity to enhance his demon wizard abilities.

It's important to understand that this off-field killing skill is exceptionally powerful. Take the Lee Sin from the last game, for example. Although his Lee Sin proficiency was at a perfect level, a large part of the reason he could show off so many fancy moves in the game without making mistakes was because his Leona was stacked up, providing a high amount of stats.

Therefore, unlike Furugen, who tends to develop safely in front of the tower after getting the Ice Bird.

The ice bird of Zhou Li is extremely aggressive.

Facing the advancing Karthus, Zhou Li countered with a basic attack.

When the level 1 Anivia didn't retreat from its Karthus, Rotroot couldn't help but laugh.

In his understanding, Zhou Li's proficiency with Ice Bird was obviously very low, and this time he picked up Ice Bird just for the sake of picking it up.

He raised his hand to unleash his Q skill, followed by a basic attack.

Anivia dodged Karthus's first Q and retaliated with a basic attack.

Karthus raises his hand to unleash his second Q, then continues with auto-attacks.

Ice Bird twists again and responds with a basic attack.

The third Q... got twisted again... the fourth Q... got twisted again!

When Anivia used her positioning to dodge Karthus's fifth Q, the entire audience erupted in gasps.

Mingkai, who had been staring at the mid lane, was dumbfounded.

"Damn, Zhou, how come Karthus's mines never hit you?"

Zhou Li's tone suggested he was looking down on someone with intellectual disabilities.

"Brother, I'm a bird! I can fly! It's perfectly reasonable that I can't blow up landmines, right?!"

Rotten Root couldn't help but swear.

He clearly lost out in this trade. Although Anivia and Karthus's basic attack damage is very low, Karthus was pushing the lane and harassing, which drew the aggro of the red minions, while Anivia did not.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the rotten root was about to turn back.

At this time, Zhou Li learned his first skill.

When a solid wall of ice appeared behind Karthus, the Fleshroot were dumbfounded.

The first level of Zhouli (周礼) did not teach Q, but instead taught W!

Zhou Li didn't learn Q because at this distance, as long as the Fleshroot isn't a bot, given Anivia's slow flight trajectory with Q, it's impossible for the Fleshroot to hit her.

However, learning W directly blocked the retreat of the Rotten Root, allowing not only to greedily land a few more basic attacks, but also for the minions to deal two more rounds of damage.

The minions' two rounds of attacks alone are enough to deal nearly two hundred points of damage!
At this point, the Rotten Root's health was already low, so it could only run blindly, trying to quickly create distance from the minions' attacks.

Ice Bird followed behind, constantly demonstrating his 5A-level combos.

After Karthus ran out of his attack range, Zhou Li immediately used Flash to chase him down and even applied Ignite to Karthus's head!

The Rotten Root dared not fight back at this point and immediately used Flash to escape.

From the commentary booth, Su Xiaoyan began:

"Wow! Lion almost solo-killed Fleshroot at level 1 in the mid lane, but he used Ignite and Flash a bit too hastily at the end. Fleshroot also had Flash, and Anivia had no skills, so it was unlikely that she could kill him."

If Zhou Li heard Su Xiaoyan's explanation, he would probably be so angry that he would have a stroke.

He clearly used a flash-for-flash combo on purpose this time!
The rotten root has exploded!

Keep in mind that at this moment, the blue team's minion wave is pushing towards their own tower!

He can safely last-hit minions in front of the tower, but what about the Rot Root?
In this state, with Rotten Root, Karthus is a Karthus without Flash or any mobility. If he dares to cross the river to last-hit minions, he'll die if the jungler comes to gank!
The only solution to the rotten root is to immediately call for the jungler to come and help him push the wave to the tower and reset the minion wave!
But do professional players at this stage have this awareness of minion waves?

No.

Therefore, the Zhou rituals had already begun to be enjoyed.

(End of this chapter)