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Chapter 110 Marksman/Support Roaming

In the incense burner version, everything can be an incense burner.

Supports can build Ardent Censer, mid laners can build Ardent Censer, and junglers can also build Ardent Censer.

Actually, there are many support heroes who can also build Ardent Censer.

For example, a wet nurse, or a Sona (a female character in a Chinese folktale).

Any hero that can heal or shield can trigger the Incense Burner.

However, this type of hero has a fatal flaw: a severe lack of self-preservation ability.

In the Ardent Censer meta, whether you're an AD carry or a support, survivability is always a higher priority than damage output.

This is why Kalista, and later Xayah, although their damage output cannot compare to Kog'Maw and Twitch, are given a much higher priority.

The same applies to support positions.

"Saufan, can you even play Ivern?"

Upon hearing Wang Ke's words, Sao Fen's face fell.

"Emerald God—I haven't played in a long time, I've forgotten how."

"You just play whatever I tell you to play, did I ask you if you knew how?!"

Song Wen, the head of the disciplinary committee, was the first to step forward and launch an attack on the promiscuous fans.

"You can't even play Ivern properly as a jungler, and you dare call yourself a pro? If I were you, I'd drown myself in a chamber pot!"

Seeing Saofen blushing at Song Wenxun's words, Wang Ke comforted her, "It's not easy for anyone, Saofen. Since she doesn't know how to play, let's not force her."

Song Wen raised an eyebrow: "Then what do we do? Just because his hero pool is problematic, does that mean our whole team should be implicated?"

Wang Ke sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. Only Ivern can play Ardent Censer in the jungle—Nidalee seems to be able to too, but wouldn't it be a bad idea for Nidalee to build Ardent Censer as her first item?"

Wang Ke's second half of the sentence gave the fans a lifeline, and they quickly chimed in, "Nidalee is fine! I can build Ardent Censer as my first item on Nidalee!"

"This—" Wang Ke hesitated, "This isn't a good idea. I remember during the practice match, you said you felt uncomfortable playing Nidalee with Ardent Censer as your first item—"

"Did I say that?" Sofm started to play dumb. "I think it's okay. Nidalee's first item is Ardent Censer. It gives her AP and sustain, and she's strong in fights around the bot lane. Let's play Nidalee. I haven't played Ivern in too long."

"Alright, I'll get you Nidalee later, but it'll be a bit of a sacrifice for you, Comrade SaoFen."

A pleased smile appeared on the pink-haired girl's face.

"It's not hard work, it's what I should do."

Saint Gun Bro was holding it in for a while, so he simply raised his hand to cover his face.

Wang Ke also turned her head away, not wanting the fans to see her smile, which was even harder to suppress than AK's.

No wonder that telecom fraud became so rampant in Southeast Asia later on, but the locals were completely unaffected.

Wang Ke recalled that he had met a Burmese person online before, and at the time he even asked the person if they were involved in telecom fraud.

The response they gave was that they didn't want us locals to think we were stupid.

In fact, from the very beginning, Wang Ke never intended for Saofen to play the role of Green Goddess.

Some heroes can be used without much practice, but heroes like Ivern require a certain level of proficiency to play effectively, as they rely heavily on specific strategies.

Wang Ke had previously let Saofen play the Incense Burner Nidalee, but the Vietnamese guy only played it once and then said he couldn't play it and refused to play it again no matter what.

Although Song Wen could use violence to subdue the fans, there's no guarantee that they won't become like the "0 Emperor" and stop putting in any effort when faced with power.

Therefore, it is still necessary to win people over with virtue.

Look how great it is now! Even the sassy fans should thank him.

"Thank you, Brother Wang."

After Snake banned Jayce in the last pick, the right to pick fell to EDG.

Nofe immediately secured the Spider for the factory manager on the first floor.

Actually, if it weren't for the Ardent Censer craze started by Snake Elves, Elise would have been a solid Tier 0 jungler in this patch.

Snake team, on the other hand, locked in Galio and Gnar.

EDG secured a strong bot lane combination of Ashe and Braum.

Snake then locked in Nidalee for the jungle position.

Both sides entered the second round of tag.

Perhaps fearing that Snake might pull out some strange Ardent Censer combination again, Nofe went all out in the second round of banning, banning both Sona and Soraka.

On the other hand, Snake Team eliminated Camille and Rumble.

The rat was then locked on the fourth floor.

Seeing the Snake team's picks, commentator Wawa remarked, "The Snake team still chose Twitch; they can't be going to play Incense Burner again, can they?"

Miller said, "It shouldn't be, after all, EDG has already banned all the Ardent Censer support champions. And Karma has also been banned. Twitch is already a relatively high-priority ADC in the current version."

Seeing that Snake team picked Twitch, Nofe didn't hesitate and locked in Lucian again as his last pick.

"EDG still chose to trust their junior player and picked Lucian for the mid lane!"

"However, if we're talking about fighting Galio, Lucian is definitely the best choice right now."

The last pick fell to the Snake team.

Without much hesitation, Wang Ke locked up Tahm Kench for himself.

Because the soft-haired champion is no longer available, Wang Ke needs to pick a support champion who can protect the ADC.

This version of Tahm Kench hasn't been reworked yet; eating enemies is still a basic skill rather than his ultimate, so he's still quite capable of protecting AD carries.

At this point, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side: EDG Esports Club VS Red side: Snake Esports Club.

Top Lane: (mouse) Prince vs. (Flandre) Gnar.

Jungle: (clearlove) Elise VS (sofm) Nidalee.

Mid lane: (scout) Lucian VS (black) Galio.

ADC: (iboy) Ashe VS (Kryst4I) Twitch.

Support: (mieko) Braum VS (white) Tahm Kench.

In the live stream, the chat was buzzing with discussion as people saw the lineups of both sides.

[This draft was subpar; only the top lane had an advantage.]

Why is there a mouse again? Are you playing with the incense burner again?

[This lineup is insane! Who should build Ardent Censer on this team? Nidalee?]

Go EDG! Come on, make it back from 0-2 down to 3-2!

[Go Mingkai!]

[That useless girl, get out of here!]

Both sides entered the game and formed a long, straight line, with neither side intending to engage in a level 1 team fight.

The fan who successfully got Nidalee was filled with gratitude and said, "Brother Wang, I'll start in the top half of the map and then gank your bottom lane."

Hearing what Sao Fen said, Wang Ke considered it for a moment and then shook his head.

"No need, go help Flandre this time."

Although this game still features an "Ardent Censer lineup," it's completely different from the conventional "Ardent Censer lineup."

Nidalee is a jungler after all, and her E skill has a long cooldown, so she can't achieve the same effect as a regular Ardent Censer support.

So, although Snake Team's lineup in this game is an Ardent Censer lineup, it is not a late-game lineup!

What Wang Ke needed to do was to start the rhythm immediately after the Leopard Girl took out the incense burner, taking advantage of the Rat's mobility and stealth.

The advantage of the Twitch is not gained through online play, but through "roaming and ganking" with Nidalee to get kills!

Therefore, Nidalee's development is very important in the early stages.

Nidalee chose to gank bot lane, but it was difficult for her team's Tahm Kench and Twitch to coordinate a kill on the enemy bot lane; they could only relieve some of the laning pressure on the bot lane.

But it's a different story when Nidalee goes top.

Gnar has an advantageous matchup against Jarvan IV. If Flandre and Mouse engage in aggressive duels, they can coordinate with Nidalee to tower dive.

Most importantly, with EDG's lineup, if Clearlove wants to gank, he can only go top!

If they can counter-gank the Factory Manager, that would be the most beneficial for the Snake team.

Upon hearing Wang Ke's words, Saint Gun thought he had misheard, and a look of surprise and delight appeared on his face.

After all, before this, his role as a top laner in the team was basically one of being left to fend for himself and sacrifice.

Snake's tactics have always revolved around the bottom lane or the mid lane.

"Holy Gun Bro, play aggressively in the top lane, don't be afraid."

"no problem!"

Hearing Wang Ke's instructions, Saint Gun was full of confidence.

If it weren't for the current LPL ecosystem, which forces top laners to only be able to withstand pressure, who would have thought that when Flandre first debuted, he was a pure mechanical top laner, extremely skilled at aggression in lane, with strong pressure, and always able to pull off many flashy plays, earning him the nickname "Acrobatic Top Lane".

At this point, both sides' minion waves have reached their lanes.

In this game, both Song Wen and Wang Ke had a clear tactical role: to hold their own in lane.

There are many ways to win a game, and it doesn't always have to be a case of first suppressing the opponent and then highlighting individual heroism.

Having already outmaneuvered the opponent mentally, taken the lead tactically, and mastered their strategies, it would be unreasonable to fall behind.

Four minutes later, Nidalee had already arrived in the top lane.

The top laner, Flandre, traded blows with Mouse aggressively, almost constantly holding the lane and forcing trades with Jarvan IV.

By the time Nidalee arrived at the top lane bush, both top laners had less than half their health remaining after using health potions.

For junglers, this amount of health is an irresistible temptation.

The factory manager has already rushed over from the river.

In fact, his original intention was to target the top laner who would inevitably push the lane in the early game.

Unexpectedly, the opposing top laner gave them such an opportunity.

At this moment, the factory manager was blinded by his desire for victory. Under immense psychological pressure, he was no longer able to analyze the situation on the field with the same ease as before.

So whenever an opportunity comes his way, he instinctively tries to grab it tightly, without even thinking about whether there is any danger behind him.

When the spider appeared in the top lane, the entire audience erupted in cheers.

However, their exclamations were not because of the factory manager's gank, but because they were watching helplessly as the factory manager walked into a trap.

When the prince used EQ to move forward and try to help the spider kill Gnar, he was met not only by Gnar's boomerang, but also by Nidalee's spear!

Nidalee secured the kill on Jarvan IV and even forced Clearlove to use Flash in coordination with Gnar.

Seven minutes in, the factory manager came to the mid lane to look for an opportunity, but Song Wen's E skill, a backstep, dodged the cocoon, leaving him completely outplayed.

Nine minutes later, Nidalee reappeared in the top lane, and just a few seconds before Jarvan IV's Flash was ready, she and Gnar tower-dived and killed the low-health Jarvan IV.

Meanwhile, the factory manager attempted to tower dive and kill the rat in the bottom lane, but ultimately only managed to force the frog to use its Flash, returning empty-handed.

At eleven minutes, Nidalee invaded Clearlove's jungle, forcing him to use Flash again after he had just finished using it.

Galio used his ultimate to engage in the top lane, and together with Gnar, they killed Jarvan IV.

Twelve minutes later, the Leopard Woman, who had returned to town, took out an incense burner.

In the commentary booth, Miller's eyes widened when he saw the pink outfit.

In fact, ever since the small items that Nidalee had previously released, he and Doll had been arguing about what Nidalee actually wanted to release.

Although I did consider the possibility of an incense burner, I felt it was simply too outrageous.

As it turns out, the first item Nidalee actually pulled out was an incense burner.

"With such a huge advantage, why would Nidalee choose to build Ardent Censer as her first item? This... this Snake team's obsession with Ardent Censer is a bit too much!"

Wawa also chimed in, "It feels completely unnecessary. If you build Ardent Censer now, the AD carry won't actually get the bonus, unless you stay in the bot lane the whole time."

The live stream was now filled with question marks.

【? ? ? 】

[Is the Leopard Woman emerging from the incense burner?]

[This is hilarious! A 2-0 Nidalee built Ardent Censer as her first item.]

[Fan, if you're being held at gunpoint, just blink.]

[Incredible item build.]

[Let's rename the Snake Team to the Incense Burner Team.]

[It's true that Nidalee's healing can trigger Ardent Censer, but I don't understand why she'd build it so early. Should she go support in the bot lane?]

Snake Team quickly explained to netizens why Nidalee was building Ardent Censer.

At thirteen minutes, the rat who recalled to base did not choose to return to the bottom lane. After buying Berserker's Greaves and a Bilgewater Cutlass, the rat directly followed Nidalee to the mid lane.

The junior player in the mid lane was completely unaware that the rat had suddenly appeared from the shadows and delivered a Bilgewater scimitar blow to him. At the same time, Galio used his W-flash to taunt, and Nidalee threw a spear that hit him squarely from a distance. She then approached and healed the rat, triggering Ardent Censer, before disappearing into Clearlove's jungle without looking back.

The junior player used Flash in the mid lane, but still couldn't escape death, getting killed under the tower by the rat's Venomancer.

The rat then stood in the middle and started farming the lane, while Galio recalled to base and headed to the bottom lane to farm the wave.

At this point, Nidalee had already swept through the bottom half of the map and confirmed that Clearlove was not there. After clearing the minion wave, Twitch in the mid lane headed towards the top half of the map.

Meanwhile, the leopard woman was also running quickly towards the upper half of the map.

The invisible rat spotted the spider attacking the toad. After waiting a while, and seeing that the leopard woman was close enough, he began attacking the spider.

The factory manager was even taken aback when he saw the rat suddenly appear.

He couldn't understand how the rat was there, and he couldn't understand why the other party dared to attack him.

You should know that the factory manager is almost at full health right now. How dare you, a mere rat, try to touch a spider at full health?

The factory manager unleashed his skill, not bothering to wait for the cooldowns of other skills in the other forms, and immediately switched to spider form and pounced.

As the rat fought, it retreated towards the blue buff. Just when it seemed there was nowhere to escape, a Nidalee suddenly jumped over the wall.

The moment the pink-haired girl switched to human form, she immediately added an incense burner to the rat!

Then, with the help of the rat, they took down the spider's head.

After killing the jungler, the two didn't stop moving and rushed straight to the top lane.

Mouse's prince had been pinned under the tower, and now, facing a three-man siege, he was caught in a dilemma.

Fortunately, the rats didn't cause him too much trouble.

After receiving the Incense Burner buff, the Twitch immediately activated his ultimate ability, riddling the Prince with bullets even from outside the turret's attack range.

Seeing the prince killed, Gnar immediately teleported to the mid lane to farm, allowing Twitch to solo the top lane tower.

After the rat finished eating the top lane tower and the minion wave, he recalled to base and immediately bought Blade of the Ruined King and a small yellow card.

The Snakes' offensive attack left the commentators, Miller and Wawa, completely stunned.

"Wait, what is this rat doing? What kind of play is this? This time, he went mid and roamed with Nidalee, got three kills in three minutes, and then just took off from back to base!"

The doll said, "I know this tactic. There was a jungler-support roaming tactic before, right? This tactic is called jungler-marksman roaming."

Miller's tone revealed a sense of doubt about his many years of commentating on matches.

"Can this game really be played like this? Letting the rat roam and gank, and do you know what's even more outrageous? In this wave of roaming by Snake Team's rat, almost the entire team was moving around to give the rat room to farm, but in the end, neither Galio nor Gnar actually suffered much loss on the minion wave. This minion wave understanding is really terrifying."