League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 379 A Pull and a Tear: The Gap in Jungling

"I have to say, SSG's lineup is really solid!" Miller couldn't help but comment, looking at both teams' lineups. "A classic 4-1 split push lineup, and the protection for their carries is also quite thorough!"

Shen goes without saying; due to his global ultimate ability, this champion has been a popular choice for split pushing since Season 3.

Shen's ultimate, Malzahar's ultimate, Lulu's ultimate.

SSG used the ultimate abilities of these three heroes to build a solid defensive line for Kog'Maw, protecting him.

In any case, this time, Kog'Maw definitely won't be traded for by any skateboarder.

Even two skateboard shoes didn't work.

As the match was about to begin, Banbazi closed his notebook and gave a final instruction over voice chat: "The goal for this match is simple, right? Crush that Kog'Maw!"

Xiangguo reached back and bumped fists with his coach, then laughed and said, "Don't worry, just watch whether I lock him down or not!"

Vi's skill mechanics are practically useless; her damage, mobility, and tankiness are all completely outclassed by Camille, a champion of the same type.

When Camille came out, many people said she was basically Vi plus, with a hexagram that could surround all five points.

But NIO still has its irreplaceable aspects.

As long as this hero's ultimate ability's head-locking mechanic is still active, he will be the absolute nemesis of a four-protect-one lineup!

As a hero who can initiate fights against three-star opponents, this is the perfect choice!

And this time, both Camille and Vi are present.

With this hero combination, how could they possibly fail to kill a mere AD carry?

On the other side, Edgar was also giving instructions to his teammates: "Kids, if you protect Jaehyuk well, we can win this game, understand? Don't let the bottom lane turret fall in ten minutes, and this game will be much easier."

"clear!"

The members of SSG also responded!

On one side, they were relentlessly initiating attacks on the AD carry; on the other side, they were forming an impenetrable defensive formation around the AD carry.

It's another classic clash of spear and shield!

At this moment, the two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage. The two old acquaintances did not say anything this time, but simply nodded to each other before turning around and leaving through their respective passages.

Both coaches selected a fairly reasonable lineup based on their respective team styles.

Next, it's time to see how the players perform.

The match started quickly.

Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo walked together to the upper half of the map and stood at the blue buff position.

Since the battle revolves around AD, it will definitely have to go down the lane, and I believe SSG will be no exception.

In this match, both top lanes will be fair 1v1.

However, Camille is at a disadvantage against Shen, so Chen Dongqing still needs to be careful.

After helping to kill a couple of jungle monsters, Chen Dongqing turned and headed to the lane.

Chen Dongqing was quite cunning this time; he didn't go into the grass on the path, but just hung in the middle without moving.

A few seconds later, a Shen emerged from the grass above.

Cuvee was clearly trying to ambush Camille in a bush. If his Q could slow her down, he could at least chase her down and whittle down her health by a third.

But Chen Dongqing was not fooled.

Cuvee, having failed to ambush, had no choice but to turn back and farm creeps to secure level 2.

Level 1 Camille is not easy to fight against Shen, so Chen Dongqing did not go up to rush level 2. Instead, he watched from behind and waited until the melee minions were low on health before using his W to finish off all the minions.

Then, he stood on the top lane and leisurely switched screens to look at the other lanes.

Once Shen reaches level six, with the threat of his ultimate, it will be less convenient for QG to engage in fights. They must accumulate enough advantages in the early game!

So from the very beginning, QG had already planned to speed things up.

As we all know, under QG's influence, the mid-lane Galio has a very extreme playstyle.

In the mid lane, Gao Dewei relied on his passive and Q skill to relentlessly push the lane while sacrificing health.

With the help of three bottles of Corruption Potion, Godve ignored the enemy Malzahar and relentlessly pushed the lane.

QG has used this tactic countless times: push the lane with three waves of minions into the tower, then recall and teleport to gank the other two lanes.

If nothing unexpected happens, then the Ruler Emperor will at least lose a wave of troops in this wave.

The opposing team's four-protect-one composition can greatly increase their chances of winning by causing their AD carry to lose a wave of minions!

But unfortunately, there were unexpected events.

Gao Dewei's aggressive push in the mid lane, sacrificing health to push the lane, undoubtedly sent a clear signal to SSG, and his intention couldn't be clearer!

Seeing this situation, the veteran player An Zhangmen keenly observed the flaws in QG's tactics and came up with a solution.

By the time he reaches level 3 in the bottom lane, the enemy mid and jungle will also be there. Even if he counter-ganks, it won't work, and the bottom lane will definitely suffer a loss.

so.

Having just finished taking the red buff, Ambition abandoned his plan to quickly reach level 3 by taking the swamp frog and blue buff, and headed straight for the bottom lane.

Giving up two levels in the top half of the map and then ganking the bottom lane is clearly a hugely wasteful strategy, and almost no jungler would do that.

But the problem with this route is that it's so incredibly stupid that nobody thought of it.

Given that the enemy jungler started in the top half of the map, Uzi naturally wouldn't take any level two anti-gank measures. So, he started by aggressively pushing the lane to coordinate with the mid and jungle for a four-man gank on the second lane.

So much so that when Ambition's Prince appeared in the bottom lane with a red buff under his foot, Uzi had no defenses and was even pushing the lane!

"Wow, Master An played that really smart!" Miller exclaimed in astonishment. "Who starts in the top half of the map and then ganks bot lane at level two?"

At that moment, Uzi was slowed down and held by Lulu's Q. Ambition seized the opportunity, quickly surrounded him, and first used basic attacks to lower his health. He then brought Uzi down to low health before unleashing an EQ combo!

Uzi knew that even if he dodged and used EQ, he would still be killed by a follow-up attack, so he simply gave up.

Finally, Ruler followed up and secured the kill with two basic attacks.

"Holy crap!" Uzi was so angry he laughed. "This is ridiculous! Two levels up in the top half of the map to gank bot? Who does that?!"

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene on the road.

Even with his 95% awareness, this route was clearly something he couldn't have imagined.

The camera then cuts to QG's jungle, where you can see that Xiangguo, who has been farming, has already cleared three camps and reached level three.

Seeing Ambition playing the game like this, Xiangguo couldn't stand it, so Vi bumped fists with his fist and ducked into SSG's bottom blue buff area.

In the mid lane, facing this situation, Gao Dewei also gave up the idea of ​​returning to base and chose to invade the jungle with Xiangguo after pushing the lane.

The duo of Naka and Jungle were incredibly strong, forcefully stealing Ambition's blue buff, which somewhat mitigated their losses.

But Master An didn't care at all.

When he made that grabbing move, he was already prepared to lose the buff.

As for the lost experience and economy, that doesn't matter at all. Just go on a hunger strike, that's what you QG guys love to do.

Xiangguo's starvation-style fighting strategy was perfectly exploited by Master An.

The prince returned to base and cleared out his own Krugs and F6 camps, successfully reaching level three.

Immediately afterwards, Master An quickly arrived at the upper road, looking for an opportunity.

The prince activated his scan to confirm there were no hidden enemies in the riverbed bushes, and then began searching for an opportunity within the bushes.

At this moment, Ilex was clearly unaware of the jungler's arrival and was frantically trading blows in the top lane.

Camille has her E ability, so it's very difficult for Shen and Jarvan IV to keep her alive with just their crowd control.

"Can we trick him into revealing his E?" Sect Leader An asked. "If he hands over his E, he'll surely die!"

"I'll give it a try." Cuvee responded by first casting Q, accumulating three stacks of the effect, and then, as his Q skill was about to be ready again, he proactively went forward to trade blows.

But Chen Dongqing wasn't stupid either. When he saw Shen pressing forward with Q, he naturally had to pull him away.

He controlled Camille and Shen to maintain an ambiguous distance, the two moving back and forth, pulling and tugging at each other.

Chen Dongqing quickly observed Shen's movement pattern. He seized the opportunity when Shen walked forward and was about to turn around, and took the initiative to kick him with a basic attack!

Cuvee accidentally missed dragging the mouse over and got a freebie.

Cuvee frowned and continued to suppress her anger.

But Camille turned and ran away again!

He could only turn back again.

But at that moment, Camille's feet lit up, she used Q to increase her attack range, kicked him again, and then used the acceleration to pull away!

hiss.

Cuvee frowned even more. He wanted to continue chasing, but Camille ran incredibly fast thanks to the speed boost from her Q. At the same time, she activated her W [Tactical Sweep], slowing Shen down on the outer edge. Then, she took the initiative to push forward and casually traded auto-attacks with Shen!

This time, it was a real injury from a kick!

From start to finish, Shen only auto-attacked Camille once, but Camille still managed to land a full QW combo!

With this pull and pull, the difference in jungler skills became apparent.

Oh, Cuvee's jungler is right there. Oh well, it's alright then.

A cold sweat trickled down the forehead of Master An, who had witnessed the entire scene.

What's going on, buddy? Why are you being pulled like that?

Seeing his top laner being toyed with like this, Master An inexplicably lost confidence in the match.

"Forget it, let's just grab him!" Knowing that the Steel Shadow was definitely not going to use his E skill, the Prince decisively rushed out of the bushes!

Cuvee blushed deeply. After hearing this, he immediately used EQW to fully charge Camille's attack!

But just as Shen E slid forward, Chen Dongqing reacted quickly and decisively hooked E towards the wall in the distance!

Although Camille was mocked, it did not affect the extension of [Hookshot].

Ultimately, using the grappling hook to hook onto the wall, Blue Steel Shadow easily moved away before the prince arrived.

Sect Leader An could only sigh in vain.

This guy is really too hard to catch.

And it's not just that it's hard to catch.

Ilex was also difficult to catch during the group stage, but at that time he was simply difficult to catch.

But nowadays, Ilex will deliberately reveal a subtle flaw to lure you into trying to catch him, and then tell you that he is difficult to catch, wasting your time!

This is even more outrageous than just being difficult to catch!

Master An carried his battle halberd back into the riverbed, and the camera switched to the lower half of the scene.

CoreJJ has excellent awareness; knowing his jungler was in the top lane, he placed defensive wards in the bottom jungle beforehand.

At this moment, you can see a Piltover Enforcer punching their Gromp inside the defensive ward.

At the same time, Galio disappeared from sight, clearly having prepared to teleport back.

"The enemy is going to tower dive!" Ruler was stunned when he saw this in the bottom lane.

Ruler's Kog'Maw and Lulu matchup in this game didn't give him much of a say in the early game.

The bottom lane minions are about to push into the tower. If they don't run away, it will inevitably be a four-man gank on the bottom lane.

After a moment's thought, the Ruler Emperor decisively retreated and fled!

Although he could bring his teammates down to protect him, he wouldn't do that. In this situation, it wouldn't work if only the mid laner came. If the mid and top laners came together, it would be a loss, and he would be the only one to lose.

Of course, he can forget about profiting from this wave of attacks.

In the mid lane, Godvey, standing under the tower, saw that Kog'Maw had retreated, so he naturally didn't teleport and chose to return to the lane.

During this time, Ruler could only watch as waves of minions were shot down one by one by the defensive towers, his heart bleeding.

For a Korean-style AD carry like him, preventing him from farming lanes is tantamount to taking his life!

Xiangguo only left satisfied after the entire wave of minions was killed by the turret and Uzi had pushed down nearly half of the bottom turret's health.

Ruler sighed, swallowed his anger, and returned to the laning phase.

"This wave is mine." Master An sighed. "I shouldn't have ganked top lane. I couldn't catch them at all."

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Emperor Ruler shook his head. "It's a minor issue."

Although he did lose some minions, he did get first blood, so overall he still had an economic lead. Therefore, the situation was acceptable.

Of course, this must not happen a second time.

"Let's take it slow," Master An said. "I won't gank anymore; I'll just counter-gank in the bottom lane."

This line of thinking is correct.

Vi and Galio reaching level six is ​​a crucial point. At that time, QG will definitely launch a fierce attack on the bottom lane.

If SSG can defend well in this wave, they can basically get through the early laning phase.

QG is making similar plans.

"Wait until I reach level six!" Xiangguo said. "Once I'm level six, we'll go straight for the bottom lane, okay?"

"OK, then hurry up and swipe it."

"We've been waiting for you!"

The QG members all nodded in agreement, having no questions about it.

The game entered a brief three-minute silence.

During this period, Chen Dongqing's dominance over Cuvee continued in the top lane.

Although Shen is theoretically the counter to Camille, Cuvee couldn't gain any advantage in the laning phase!

Camille's 25 extra attack range after activating Q allowed Chen Dongqing to get at least three free hits from the opponent!

Camille hung on the wall and launched a flying kick, anticipating Shen's sword array. She used Q to accelerate and then followed up with W on the outer edge. After the sword array ended, Chen Dongqing went up again and delivered a true damage kick, bringing Shen to low health!

Cuvee had no choice but to return to town to replenish her supplies.

Chen Dongqing remained expressionless as he pushed the minion wave into the tower, forcing Shen to use his Teleport, and then returned to base to replenish his health.

In this back and forth, the TP difference has already emerged. With the minion wave pushing into the tower, Chen Dongqing can easily walk back to the lane.

This is an advantage achieved purely through individual skill.

Even though Cuvee was a counter pick selected later, it couldn't bridge the gap in skill between the two top laners.

Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction and informed his teammates of the information.

"OK, awesome!" Xiangguo nodded.

Without Teleport, if Shen can gank top lane and pull off a 3v1 dive, he can instantly turn the tide in top lane.

Of course, the priority of seizing it is still relatively low; this thing should be put on hold for now.

Taking control is the key!

Xiangguo farmed the jungle non-stop from beginning to end, so his level was naturally higher than the enemy's starvation-style Prince.

Xiangguo first gave Gao Dewei a blue buff, then went to the bottom half of the map, punched the red buff to death, and finally successfully leveled up to level six!

"Come on, get ready to gank the bottom lane!" With a shout from Xiangguo, Gao Dewei, taking advantage of the blue buff, quickly pushed the lane into the tower and headed straight for the bottom lane!

Meanwhile, in the bottom lane, Uzi's Twitch used W+E to quickly push the minion wave forward, which slowly entered the tower.

Needless to say, Chen Dongqing didn't even go to the top lane after returning to the city; he went straight to the bottom lane!

Meanwhile, the members of SSG, with their exceptional awareness, also noticed the situation immediately.

Through communication, everyone was prepared to provide support.

A large-scale team fight is about to begin!

I originally intended to finish writing this whole thing, but I didn't have enough time today, so I only wrote this much.

I'll update more tomorrow and finish this match right away. I mean it.

(End of this chapter)