I'm a platinum-level author, so what if I play professionally?

Chapter 80 Let's keep in touch via message in a bottle (Second update, please subscribe!)

Although Song Wen's tongue was a bit sharp, Wang Ke did feel less nervous after their banter.

The pressure of sitting on stage is actually very high.

Especially for the support role, the audience is right next to him. Even if he tries his best to control himself, he can still catch a glimpse of the audience's every move out of the corner of his eye.

Such a lively occasion was extremely stressful for Wang Ke, a goblin who usually stayed at home all year round.

For professional players, mindset is of paramount importance.

Many random players who are unstoppable in ranked games become just ordinary people after becoming professional players, largely due to their mentality.

Therefore, Wang Ke never believed that he could become a qualified professional player.

Looking at those League of Legends-themed novels, confidence is almost a standard feature of every protagonist, and Song Wen is no exception.

To put it bluntly, everyone except the protagonist is trash in the protagonist's eyes.

This alone is something that most normal people can't do.

Song Wen clearly sensed Wang Ke's emotions and said, "Actually, you should play a support role; it has a higher margin for error."

Thresh is, after all, a character who needs to hook.

"I came up here to help you, a loser who went 8-0 and still lost the game, to win, not to show off my tolerance for mistakes."

As Wang Ke finished speaking, Song Wen didn't seem to feel anything, but the other three members of the Snake Team had strange expressions.

I have a feeling that this sentence wasn't directed at Song Wen, but at them.

At this point, both sides had entered the game. Wang Ke tapped Song Wen and said, "One minute and thirty seconds, remember to ward F6."

Then he pinged Saofen again.

"You go to the top half of the server and start clearing the lanes. I want to go online and fight Crystal for lanes."

Although Wang Ke is naturally no match for his opponent in terms of individual skill, the combination of Thresh and Sivir means that the team composition is likely to secure lane priority in the early game.

The biggest difference between him and his opponent lies in micro-management and extreme maneuvering during skirmishes. However, under normal laning conditions, Wang Ke's understanding of the laning phase is definitely no worse than his opponent's.

Wang Ke had just logged in when WE's bot lane duo logged in almost simultaneously.

In order to gain an advantage in the bottom lane, WE's bottom lane duo did not help the jungler clear the jungle.

The brother-in-law chose to learn the Q skill at level one, switched to cannon form and started attacking minions, while Alistar was also pushing forward.

Clearly, WE's bot lane duo still wanted to try and reach level two first.

Seeing the opponent's actions, Wang Ke immediately learned the E skill.

Thresh moved to the middle of the minions, used his E skill to deal damage, and pushed away Alistar who was trying to attack the minions.

But Ben still didn't want to give up on pushing the lane, and came back again to use his Q skill.

However, WE's bot lane duo clearly failed to notice a problem.

Under normal circumstances, for lane-sustaining champions like Sivir, the first priority when choosing a keystone rune is Warlord's Bloodlust to provide themselves with sustain.

In this match, at Wang Ke's request, Crystal used Fervor of Battle as his keystone talent.

Although Wang Ke intended to let the bottom lane fend for itself in this match, there was no reason to give away the advantages that should have been gained in the early game.

As for the issue of solo sustain, if you've already gained an advantage in the early game, is it really that hard to go back and buy a Vampire Scepter for 900 gold?

Meanwhile, Sivir appears to be pushing the lane with her W skill active, but due to the bounce effect of her W skill, she is actually stacking Fervor of Battle.

Seeing that WE's bot lane duo was determined to reach level 2 first, Wang Ke immediately said, "Go straight for Alistar!"

Thresh and Sivir immediately turned their attention to Alistar and began auto-attacking him.

Seeing their actions, the WE bot lane duo initially thought they were giving up on pushing the lane.

After all, under normal circumstances, if one side starts to abandon attacking minions and instead attacks the enemy, it means they want to use the minion wave to gain some health advantage.

But before the Snake team duo could even attack twice, Ben quickly realized something was wrong.

Because the output of these two players was clearly too high.

Ben could only retreat towards the bushes, but Wang Ke played extremely aggressively. The moment Alistar entered the bushes, Crystal lost a ward and continued to chase Alistar with auto-attacks, forcing Ben to continue retreating and creating space.

"Play Jinx."

After Ben created some distance, Thresh and Sivir began to focus fire on Jinx simultaneously.

Jinx started to auto-attack while retreating, but it was clear that she couldn't out-attack Sivir who had almost fully stacked Fervor of Battle, and with Thresh chasing her.

"Pay for treatment and continue the follow-up!"

The director immediately noticed the fight in the bottom lane and quickly switched the camera to it.

Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in surprise, "Snake's bot lane is playing so aggressively! They immediately used Heal to pressure Jinx's health! Mystic's side could only use Heal to create distance!"

After repelling Jinx, Wang Ke did not choose to push back, but instead directly pushed into the bushes, not giving Alistar a chance to stand in the bushes.

Ben placed a ward in the bush to scout, but Thresh immediately activated his scan.

Wang Ke did not choose to bring a ward at level one, because the vision that Song Wen placed at F6 was enough to predict the enemy jungler's movements in the early game.

The inclusion of a scanner is intended to ensure the bottom lane's dominance and put sufficient pressure on WE's bottom lane duo.

With the vision in the bushes cleared, the pressure on WE's bot lane duo suddenly increased.

Because they clearly won't be able to reach level two this time.

Thresh can use the bushes to constantly move in and out to harass them, and once the opponent reaches level 2, they will even face the risk of being hooked.

"The enemy bot lane is treating you like dirt," Song Wen's cheerful voice came over, "and the Alistar support is trying to steal level 2."

Wang Ke said helplessly, "We still have to thank Emperor 0. It was Emperor 0 who helped us create these stereotypes."

After saying that, Wang Ke pinged Crystal Bro again.

"Go forward! What are you doing standing behind the minion wave? The enemy has retreated to their tower. Let's just push the lane this time."

WE didn't give them any chances, so Wang Ke could only let Crystal push the minion wave to the tower quickly.

"Let's go, stop standing in front of other people's towers, what's the point? This wave of attacks has been released."

This push and release of the lane might seem like they didn't gain any advantage, but in reality, Snake Esports made a huge profit from this minion wave.

At this point, the minion wave will push into the tower, and WE's third wave of minions will definitely be pushed back out.

Faced with the third wave of minions, Wang Ke still chose to let Crystal release the wave.

By the time the fourth wave of minions arrived, WE's minions had already crossed the river.

This is the opportunity that Wang Ke is looking to seize.

Firstly, this type of minion wave can prevent ganks from the jungler. Secondly, with the battle line extended, as long as you hook the enemy, there will be plenty of room to maneuver.

Most importantly, this minion wave allows Wang Ke and Crystal to reach level 3 perfectly, and the minion wave is closer to Snake Team's tower, allowing them to easily apply pressure by blocking vision in the bushes.

The bottom lane duo can reach level 3 by clearing the first three melee minions of the fourth wave of minions.

Because of his successful attempt to reach level 2 first, Thresh used up his support item, Face of the Mountain, earlier than Alistar, and his passive skill also became available sooner.

Furthermore, since their AD carry was Sivir, it seemed that when the third wave of minions pushed back, WE still had three low-health ranged minions. However, in reality, Snake Team was definitely faster in handling this wave of minions!

When the fourth wave of minions converged, Wang Ke began to actively attack the minions while constantly observing Jinx's position to adjust his own.

When the experience bar was down to its last bar, Wang Ke had already controlled Thresh to charge in.

Flash to initiate!

As the Doom Pendulum hits Jinx, her Q skill is instantly unleashed!

This sudden move clearly caught WE's bot lane duo off guard.

Ben immediately used his W skill to try and knock Thresh away, but he obviously didn't expect Thresh to be so decisive, without any hesitation, and used his Q skill immediately!

The brother-in-law clearly felt that his health was still relatively good, and he also had Alistar by his side, so he did not choose to use Flash.

Otherwise, it would be a clear loss for an ADC to directly exchange Flash with a support.

Thresh's hook had already hit Jinx, and even though she was knocked away by Alistar, she managed to pull herself back up using her second hook.

At the same time, a lantern was thrown towards the location of Wheel Mom.

Ben immediately demonstrated his instincts as a top-tier support player.

Since Thresh was positioned between Alistar and Jinx, Alistar's W pushed Thresh backward. Now, Ben obviously doesn't have the space to interrupt Thresh's second Q with his Q, so he immediately moved towards Sivir's position.

He wanted to use his Q to interrupt Sivir when she flew over with the lantern, thus blocking Sivir's position and instantly reversing the situation.

But what Ben didn't know was that when Wang Ke was about to use Flash to make his move, he had already told Crystal to use his E skill when picking up the lantern.

Sivir used her magic immunity shield, picked up the lantern, and became immune to Alistar's knock-up in mid-air, directly sticking to Jinx's face!

Sivir is a really annoying champion. Her W skill will always bounce you off if you come up to farm the lane.

Previously, WE's bot lane duo tried to reach level 3 while pushing the lane, but they took several hits from Sivir's W. This time, Sivir flew over with seven stacks of Fervor of Battle!

On the other hand, WE's team is only at level two!

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan's eyes widened.

"Snake's bot lane suddenly went on a level 3 rampage! Mystic is being relentlessly attacked by Snake's bot lane duo! Those two are playing incredibly aggressively!!"

"Animal is now out of abilities and can only watch helplessly as Jinx gets beaten up! Mystic can't hold on any longer and has to use Flash! Crystal follows up with Flash and a Whirlwind Blade! Killing Mystic's Jinx! A lane kill has been secured in the bot lane! Crystal got First Blood at level three!!"

As Guan Zeyuan shouted, a gasp of surprise rang out from the audience!

The live stream was filled with question marks.

【? ? ? 】

【what? 】

[No, is this correct?]

[Crystal Bro is awesome! 0 Emperor should have been kicked out long ago.]

[The support player played exceptionally well this time; their initiation was incredibly decisive.]

[If you have such ability, why are you pretending to be a coach?]

[Shocking! We actually saw Snake Esports gain an advantage in the bottom lane.]

Wang Ke realized that he seemed to have underestimated himself.

In terms of reaction time and hand speed, he may indeed be at a disadvantage compared to top professional players.

However, it is clear that laning in the bottom lane is quite different from other positions, requiring more control over the minion wave, game strategy, and psychological warfare.

Because of his experience as a League of Legends novelist and analyst, he doesn't focus solely on the minions or enemy heroes like most players do. Instead, he habitually takes a God's-eye view of the game and mentally rehearses what will happen next.

From the initial push to secure level 2, to proactively conceding lanes, and then to aggressively pushing for level 3 and securing first blood, Wang Ke didn't need any exceptional maneuvers. He relied entirely on his understanding of both teams' lineups and the minion waves.

"Hey buddy," Song Wen's voice came through, "is he that strong?"

Wang Ke sighed softly.

"Wen, the plan has changed."

"I don't think the bot lane is unplayable."

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