League: Educating LPL is my duty.

Seeing the captain enter the bush, Smeb placed a ward and leveled up to level 2. He saw a barrel with two drops of health in the bush, but because it was too far away, walking over would waste time, so he chose to ignore it.

The weapon user stunned the captain with the second stage of E, then moved to block the captain's route back to the tower while auto-attacking the captain.

Both sides had consumed the Corruption Potion, giving the captain a slight advantage in health and weapon stats. However, the captain, freed from the control effects, unleashed a Fire Blade attack, instantly turning the tide of the battle.

Li Chen then moved to the range of his barrels, used the barrel explosion to slow down his weapon, and after creating distance, used his Q skill to bounce once.

The weapon user used their Q skill to jump in and continue chasing and attacking. The captain used his auto-attack to summon the newly spawned Fire Blade, and while attacking, retreated towards the red team's side.

At this point, both of their health was dropping rapidly. The captain's two fire blades dealt a significant amount of true damage, but the weapon's ability to stand and fight was clearly stronger. With the passive skill and Battle Fervor stacking up, the sustained damage was considerable.

In Smeb's eyes, the captain, whose escape route was blocked and who no longer had the explosive barrels, was basically a dead man.

But Li Chen fought and retreated all the way into the red team's bush. Just as Smeb continued to pursue, he suddenly found that his health had dropped and his movement speed had slowed down.

This startled Smeb, who had been so confident: "Damn it, how is this possible? He shouldn't have the new barrels ready yet. When were these barrels put here?"

Smeb, who was initially certain that the captain didn't have any barrels, was completely stunned by this. Immediately afterwards, the captain turned around and used a new fire blade attack.

After taking three Fire Blades and three barrels from the Captain at level two, even the strongest fighter couldn't win in a straight fight, so Smeb decisively used Flash to run under the tower.

But the captain wouldn't give up, using Flash to continue chasing A all the way to the red side tower. Even when the third wave of minions spawned, the captain took damage from the minions but didn't dare to fight back.

Smeb barely escaped thanks to the healing effect of the Corruption Potion, but he only had less than 100 HP left, and he had already drunk all the potions. Even with the last bit of the effect still lingering, he could only recover 160 HP.

Looking at the captain now, after drinking the health potion, his health should be at least half again. At this point, the weapon is no longer viable for laning and can only return to base.

Li Chen turned around and started pushing the lane, commenting at the same time: "Smeb's judgment of damage is really good, not comparable to that of ordinary top laners. His use of Flash this time was very decisive. If he had used it two seconds later, he would have definitely died. But it's not bad that he was forced to recall."

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Wow, he really sent Smeb back to base with his weapon just two levels higher?

[C once said that Smeb could only withstand the pressure when facing him, and I always thought that was just bragging, until today I realized...]

[C, that's going too far! You're playing this well even though it's not your signature move?]

Li Chen didn't reply to the chat. Looking at the teleportation icon on the siege minion, he said to himself, "Smeb is teleporting in at full health this wave. We're in a tough spot, but we have to push the lane in, or the minion wave will collapse."

Why is it that sometimes when you're laning as a top laner, even if you manage to solo kill your opponent, you end up losing?

It's because the minion wave wasn't managed well.

If Li Chen doesn't push the minion wave forward, he'll lose at least half a wave of minions when he comes out, and the minion wave will be blocked in front of Smeb's tower.

When the enemy jungler arrives, Li Chen will be completely helpless.

As Li Chen had predicted, Smeb immediately engaged the captain in close combat after landing, preventing the captain from pushing the lane.

After Li Chen used his A skill, he used Q to detonate the gunpowder barrel at his feet, blasting it along with the red team minions, trying to clear the wave as quickly as possible.

At this point, the red team had almost all its pawns gone, leaving only a low-health siege engine. Unable to withstand the damage from the pawns, the red team chose to retreat.

After taking down the last siege minion, Li Chen continued to advance along the minion wave, intending to push it towards the tower.

The fourth wave of minions was almost at the lane; if we didn't push forward soon, we'd be blocked by the enemy's weapon.

However, Smeb didn't use his E skill when he was fighting the captain, and now that the minion wave is in front of the tower, he chooses to activate his E skill to block the minion damage, trying to physically block the wave.

"You have a good understanding of minion waves, it's a pity your teammates aren't here."

Li Chen muttered something under his breath because his jungler, Lee Sin, had already given him a signal.

The fact that a blind player can reach the Challenger rank means they have a knack for it. As soon as they see the minion wave and the status of the weapon in the top lane, they instantly understand, abandon the river crab, and head straight to the top lane.

Finally, thanks to the weapon's efforts, the minion wave was successfully blocked in front of the tower. However, the price of blocking the wave was that the weapon returned to the lane with full health and full health potions, but by then the health potions were all used up and the health was only two-thirds.

This is the result of tanking damage from nine minions in the early game; even a weapon with E cannot withstand it.

Just ten seconds later, when Smeb saw a blind masseur emerge from behind his tower, he knew he was doomed.

As he predicted, Li Chen first engaged in melee combat with the weapon, sending several melee minions into the tower. Then, Lee Sin tanked the tower first, using his E skill to slam the ground, forcing the weapon to use its E skill before leaving the tower.

Next, Li Chen's captain took over the damage. He already had only a little over a third of his health left, and he didn't have Flash. Li Chen didn't expect to get out of there alive, so he decisively chose to take the damage until he died, helping the blind man get the kill.

After this fight, the weapon player got the first blood, while the captain only got an assist. But Li Chen and Smeb both knew that the weapon player was already in trouble.

The twelve minions under the tower and that siege minion basically meant that the weapon was no longer eligible to lane in this game.

After being resurrected, Li Chen bought a blue crystal and a red crystal, and then chose to return to the online lane.

A pushback wave is about to form in the top lane, and he won't lose minions even if he goes to the top lane.

"Brothers, did you see that? This is the helplessness of top laners. Once you fall behind, if your jungler doesn't even bother to look at you, you're basically going to jail for the rest of the game. Like this time, Smeb got first blood, but lost twelve minions and a cannon minion, and his experience was completely lost."

What? You're saying that Smeb was greedy and would have been fine if he had run away earlier? Bro, I can tell you don't play top lane often. For a top laner, sometimes the minion wave is more important than life itself. Smeb did make a mistake in this play, but his mistake was blocking the lane, not failing to run away in time.

He tried to turn the tide by controlling the lane, which was a mistake. However, staying under the tower afterward, even at the cost of his life, was the right thing to do. Even a streamer would have done the same in that situation. With a little skill, there was still a chance; without it, he was truly stuck playing on his phone under the tower.