LOL: Do I have to be a spinning top too?

The game has finished loading, and ten beams of light have appeared in Summoner's Rift.

Li Hu flexed his fingers, his gaze sweeping over Gwen's Summoner Spells on the screen...

In training matches, he brought Flash and Ignite, a standard playstyle with maximum kill intent.

He started with Ghost and Teleport, Doran's Shield and a Health Potion, making him a versatile player who can tank, deal damage, and escape.

"Dog head hitting Gwent with Sprint?"

The youth training coach behind him frowned and whispered to Zhou Xiang:

"Can this person survive?"

Zhou Xiang didn't reply, staring at Li Hu's screen.

At level one, Li Hu swiftly maneuvered his Nasus, hugging the wall as he slipped into the top lane bush, then crept forward along the bush until he reached the toilet stall...

This is the most classic hiding spot on the top lane. As long as the opponent doesn't specifically check the bush, Nasus can steal the experience from the first wave of melee minions that die here.

His mastery of the Nasus champion was ingrained in his muscle memory; he was acutely aware of the champion's strengths and weaknesses.

Li Hu knew exactly when to be strong and when to be weak, which matches he could play defensively and which he had to play dead in.

Gwen is attacking the Nasus. The level 1 Nasus doesn't even have the right to gain experience; if he dares to move forward, he'll lose half his health.

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Even if he didn't intend to get hit by the spinning top this time, and wanted to carry the game hard.

But given the hero's attributes, in the early game he can only passively take hits; getting any experience is a huge bonus.

"A natural-born hero who gets whipped like a spinning top, saving me the trouble of giving myself away."

Li Hu muttered to himself, a relaxed smile playing on his lips.

The opposing team's second-team top laner, Aspire, clearly didn't take Nasus seriously.

Gwen from Aspire swaggered into the lane from the river, slinging her scissors over her shoulder, looking like she was about to unleash a spinning top.

He took two steps into the bushes, but didn't see the dog's head. He snorted softly.

He crossed the minion wave and stood at the position of the first tower and the bush on the red side, ready to nibble at Li Hu when he came up to sniff out experience.

But even after the first three melee soldiers had fought each other to half health, Gwen still hadn't seen the dog's head.

Aspire then realized something was wrong... This guy must be hiding somewhere, waiting to gain experience points.

He quickly dealt with the half-health melee soldier, then picked up his scissors and crept towards the toilet grass.

Li Hu observed Gwen's movements and immediately understood her intentions.

The other person wanted to go into the toilet to find him, beat him up badly, and then continue blocking the line.

His mastery of the matchup told him that he couldn't let Gwen get close to him this time.

Otherwise, if you get caught in the crossfire, you'll lose at least half your health, and your lane control will completely collapse.

Gwen walked into the toilet the moment the grass entered the toilet.

Li Hu's dog head emerged from the other side of the bushes and walked back along the wall.

When Aspire saw the dog's head appear, he immediately used his E skill, Intermittent Ghost, to dash forward, and then used his scissors to attack directly with the extra attack range.

Li Hu didn't turn his head and walked straight towards the bushes on the line.

Just as Gwen's first strike came down, he had disappeared into the bushes and lost sight of her.

Aspire was forced to take an extra step forward to get into the bush and clear vision; it was this one step that allowed Li Hu to retreat to the edge of the bush.

As Gwen swung her second slash, Li Hu countered with an E Soul Flame, spreading out a ring of fire that simultaneously burned the three nearly dead melee minions.

The three soldiers fell to the ground instantly, and the experience points were credited.

"Got three last hits, that feels good." Li Hu's lips curled up slightly.

Aspire is getting a little anxious.

Losing three creep experience points to Nasus while stuck in lane at level one was an absolute disgrace to him.

He controlled Gwen to keep chasing and hitting the dog's head, constantly slashing at it with scissors.

However, without the speed boost from her E skill, Gwen couldn't catch up with Nasus, who was moving close to the bushes.

Li Hu's operation was extremely delicate.

He used the wall between the toilet grass and the line grass as cover, moving back and forth around the wall.

Even though Gwen gains extra attack range and attack speed when her E skill is activated, and her movement speed is indeed faster than Nasus',

But Li Hu's positioning was always right at the edge of Gwen's basic attack range, and every time Aspire felt like she was about to slash him.

The dog darted into the bushes, and in the instant his vision was lost, he just managed to avoid the basic attack's wind-up animation.

The two of them then engaged in a game of cat and mouse, lasting for more than ten seconds, between the bushes on the road and the toilet wall.

"No, why is this person so slow, like an eel?" Aspire became more and more annoyed as she chased after him.

Gwen is indeed strong at level one, but that can't stop the opponent from simply not fighting you.

A dozen seconds later, Gwen's E skill went on cooldown, and Li Hu got all the experience from the first wave of minions.

He didn't linger in the fight, immediately activating Sprint and instantly maxing out his movement speed, before dashing towards his own turret.

In a few swift movements, they escaped Gwen's pursuit and safely retreated back under their tower, crossing the second wave of minions.

Full health, Doran's Shield, and a health potion still active.

I didn't lose anything.

"pretty!"

Zhou Xiang and his youth training assistant coach, who were watching from the back row, exchanged a glance, and a glint of light flashed in their eyes at the same time.

"That positioning...it's very intuitive," the youth training assistant coach said in a low voice.

Zhou Xiang nodded without saying anything, but in his mind he had already begun to reassess the value of this third place in the canyon.

The previous maneuver looked like an escape, but every angle around the pillar was perfectly timed.

Every time she entered or exited the bushes, she precisely interrupted Gwen's basic attack animation.

This isn't just plain sleaziness; it's an extreme mastery of distance and field of vision.

Without hundreds of games of Nasus laning experience, it would be impossible to pull off such a clean break under this kind of pressure.

This kid has actually trained.

Aspire forced himself to calm down.

Although he was a little annoyed that his lane control was broken in the first wave, he is a professional top laner after all, and he wouldn't let such a small thing cause him to lose his temper.

He quickly cleared the second wave of minions, leveled up to level two, and learned the Q skill, "Quick Slash".

Send all minions into the attack range of the red team's defensive tower, forcing the minion wave to enter under Li Hu's tower.

Li Hu steadily farmed minions under the tower. He used a basic attack to finish off the first minion of the second wave, leveled up to level two, instantly learned the Q skill Soul Drain, and then quickly used Q on the second melee minion attacked by the tower.

He quickly stacked up to his third passive ability.

When the third wave of cannon minions arrives, the lane intersection is positioned not far from the blue side tower, which is still a comfortable lane control position for Gwen.

"Alright, the offline status is back to normal now."

Aspire thought to herself.

When playing against Nasus, as long as Gwen controls the lane in her own half of the map, Nasus will always live in fear, as he could be easily crippled or even solo killed by Gwen's EQ combo at any time.

By then, the minion wave will push into the tower, allowing Gwent to whittle down the enemy's health without taking any damage. Nasus will either have to go back to base and lose experience, or wait to die under the tower.

Li Hu stood beneath the tower, watching as Gwen firmly controlled the minion wave near the center of the blue side's tower. He knew very well...

This position is the most disgusting.

While you can gain experience, last-hitting minions is risky; you have to trade health for every melee minion.

But you still have to get the dog head, otherwise you won't be able to get out of the mountain even if you survive for 40 minutes. This is a truth that everyone in the dominant region understands.

As Li Hu stepped out of the defensive tower, Gwen began to make her move.

Aspire stands to the side of the minion wave, and if Nasus dares to come forward to last-hit minions, he immediately uses his E to push forward.

The basic attack followed by Q was a rapid, slashing attack, with true damage exploding on the Nasus's body, each strike accompanied by a swishing sound.

Li Hu used his blood to finish off the minions and was immediately forced to retreat. Gwen did not pursue him further, but retreated back to the minion wave and continued to control the lane, waiting for the next opportunity.

After two rounds of attrition, the dog's health has been reduced to below half.

Li Hu took the first bottle of red potion, replenished his status with biscuits, and the time-warping potion provided an instant recovery.

Nasus's passive life steal starts to take effect, restoring one health point for each minion killed.

Although it's insignificant, it's better than nothing.

But the more Aspire played, the more she felt something was wrong.

This guy was really being pressured badly; his last-hitting was falling behind, and his health was constantly being kept below half.

But he could never find an opportunity to get a one-on-one kill.

Because the opponent's movement was too flashy and too sneaky.

Every time he uses his E to poke, Nasus always manages to retreat very quickly.

Always stay at the edge of Gwen's Q skill's maximum range, preferring to lose a minion rather than give him a chance to get close and unleash his full combo.

Occasionally, when Gwen's E skill is on cooldown, Nasus will turn around and attack a low-health minion to stack three stacks of Soul Drain, and then immediately retreat.

Like a turtle that has retreated into its shell, leaving you with no outlet for your strength.

What infuriated Aspire even more was...

This guy's tower dive is incredibly solid.

Whenever the minion wave finally gets out of control and pushes under the tower, Li Hu begins his outrageous performance.

A full-health melee minion under the tower takes two hits from the tower, Nasus attacks once, stacks three Qs, and gains 21 gold.

A ranged minion with half health under the tower, the tower hits it once, Nasus attacks it once, stacks three Qs, and gains 14 gold.

Every last hit was clean and precise, the minion wave under the tower was handled flawlessly, and the Q skill stacks were steadily increasing.

Floors 30, 33, and 36.

"This guy's dog-head skills are ridiculously high."

Aspire silently acknowledged this in her heart.

To be able to farm like this under such pressure, it's definitely not a hero chosen on a whim; it must have been practiced for at least hundreds of games.

The laning phase lasted for four minutes. Nasus was seven CS behind and his health was always kept around half, but he was never solo killed.

Gwen's pressure was very good, but she just couldn't convert it into kills.

For the first time, Aspire felt a vague unease...

That's how Nasus is; you don't need to win in the early game, as long as you don't die, you're winning.

"This guy really understands how to play with dog heads," the youth coach clicked his tongue.

"He didn't miss a single tower dive, and his Q stacks were very stable."

"To be honest, this is the absolute peak that Nasus can be played to."

Zhou Xiang nodded, his eyes shining.

In the fifth minute, Li Hu's health was reduced to one-third.

However, his last-hit count was almost the same as Gwent's, and his Q stacks reached sixty.

In the fifth minute, Li Hu found an opportunity to recall to base and heal, then teleported back to lane.

Aspire became increasingly frustrated as the game progressed. He missed every single opportunity to solo kill Nasus at levels three, four, and five, as the opponent was as slippery as an eel.

"Why hasn't the top lane been cleared yet?" the jungler Cream asked.

"This guy is too sleazy, we can't kill him."

Aspire gritted her teeth:

A minute later, a system announcement came from the bottom lane.

FirstBlood.

Li Hu switched screens and saw that his own AD Lucian had fallen in the river, and the enemy jungler Blade of the Ruined King had secured the first blood.

There was a two-second silence in the headphones, then AD's voice sounded frustrated:

"Oh my god, I didn't expect him to come around from that spot."

The jungler immediately chimed in, "It's okay, it's okay, let's play it safe, I'm taking the first Herald."

The mid laner chimed in, "I have lane priority in the mid lane, so I can provide support. Don't worry about farming."

The youth training team was already weaker than the second team overall, and with the bottom lane going down, the difficulty of this game doubled.

In the seventh minute, Li Hu returned to the city.

I bought my first piece of equipment, the Radiant Blade.

It increases mana, skill speed, and has the Cursed Blade passive, making it incredibly painful to hit people when combined with the Q skill.

The first item is a standard dog head.

He pressed tab and glanced at the panel.

Although the bot lane gave up first blood, they didn't fall too far behind in CS. In the mid lane, Ahri even had a slight CS advantage over Taliyah.

He took a deep breath and began encouraging his teammates while playing with the dog head in the academic zone, his voice steadily reaching everyone's ears through the headphones.

"Stay calm, brothers."

"Our lineup has a strategy in the mid-game: take the dragon if possible, don't fight head-on, and it's not shameful to give up resources."

Li Hu's tone was very calm:

"My development this time is pretty good, wait for me to come out of retirement."

The jungler paused for a moment, then subconsciously asked:

"When will your dog head finally make its appearance?"

Li Hu looked at the Q level on the screen and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Don't rush, let's stall a little longer."

"You'll soon see what a truly mighty giant dog looks like."

"Definitely not that kind of vile dog that bullies the area!"