"Oh no, the other side found an opening and landed a combo. Can I get a turn?"
"I guess... it won't work." The factory manager replied with a headache, then bluntly stated that he couldn't go. He knew he should go to the top lane more often in the early game to help the Renekton exert pressure, but the problem was, if he went to the top lane, the game would fall apart.
Although they suffered a minor setback early on, Luo Fei still had the experience he needed. After the one-for-one trade in the top lane, he risked everything and ventured into the enemy's upper jungle, clearing all of Clearlove's jungle camps and abandoning his own lower jungle.
Then came the even more outrageous part: before leaving, Luo Fei casually tossed the control ward in the middle of the jungle entrance, as if he was afraid that Zac on the other side wouldn't see the control ward when he came up.
The ultimate technique: the True Eye Dissuades the Enemy.
I've openly told you I've been to your jungle, and even left a "tip" to show my satisfaction. So, in the early game when everyone is rushing to level 6, if Clearlove knows that the upper jungle has been invaded, he naturally won't waste time going to the top lane.
But if he tries to farm the bot lane, he's a bit helpless against the Sivir + Rakan combo.
Whether it's Sivir's spell shield or Rakan's W and E dashes, they can easily escape Zac's ganks. EDG really has no way to deal with this kind of female champion who comes with her own shield; they can only temporarily show up in the bot lane to help push the lane, and then have the bot lane duo help them take the dragon to mitigate the damage.
The factory manager, a seasoned jungler, realized he'd been tricked in no time. Damn it, even though I told you before the game to counter-gank top lane more, you don't have to be this obedient and attentive to top lane! I've never seen you this obedient in scrims!
The current situation.
With the top lane at a disadvantage, the mid laner lacking Flash, and the bottom lane being pressured in CS, the entire game's tempo was concentrated on Clearlove's Zac.
It was really sudden.
In the past, when Clearlove said he wasn't getting any rhythm in the jungle, he would either go to mid lane to rely on Pawn's carry or go to bot lane to protect Alpaca from ganks, and the team's advantage would naturally follow. If things went wrong, the team's two carries would hold them up. But now, he's suddenly become the team's mainstay again, which is just ridiculous.
So what can we do? We can only learn from others and use a four-man gank against two-man ganks.
Of course, before EDG started to mobilize, Luo Fei had perfectly guessed the opponent's thoughts and marked several jungle entrances in the bottom lane.
"Get ready, Wangzai, control the lane, top laner prepare to TP, I'll be there soon."
"Hey X4"
"Oh, I forgot to mention, it seems like today's match is followed by a fan visit day. I don't know how many people will be there, but I heard that this time it's not just all men coming in to fencing; there are a lot of girls. So everyone, please perform well and try to win 2-0, otherwise it will be quite embarrassing."
"Um!!!?"
"Girls??? X4"
Good heavens! When he heard this news, Xiye's hand, which was last-hitting minions, even trembled. Heaven knows how long it had been since they'd seen female fans at the club's team-building event, and he didn't know what they were doing there. Almost every time a team-building event had started since Season 6, it had been a bunch of grown men.
If you didn't know better, you'd think this was a fan meeting, but if you didn't, you'd think it was some kind of "battle of wits" or "sword competition."
Upon hearing that there might be girls coming today, Xi Ye and the others immediately perked up. Putting everything else aside, from the perspective of male pride alone, they would do their best to win today's match.
In the midst of the excitement, Da Congming, who had been single for a long time, suddenly mentioned something:
Are there many young and beautiful women?
"I don't know, but judging from how excited the silly team leader is, there are probably quite a lot."
"So... when they come over, will we have a team-building activity like before, with mating included?"
The remaining four members of WE: ? ? ? ? ? ?
"Ahem... I misspoke. What I meant was, is it still the same as before, with each person taking on several teammates?" Seeing his teammates turn around and look at him strangely, Da Congming quickly realized he had said the wrong thing.
"I don't know about other things, but the way you put it is just 'LSP' (a derogatory term for someone who is overly critical or unethical).
Chapter 41, Section 513: A Fleeting Glimpse
Taking professional matches as an example, in a normal game, the outcome can basically be determined within the first fifteen minutes. If the result changes, it must be because someone has a breakout performance or someone underperforms.
The logic is simple. For example, if the early-game lineup doesn't gain an advantage, while the late-game lineup gains a huge advantage in the early game, or if the split-push lineup gets completely overwhelmed while split-pushing, then there's basically no chance of winning.
In situations like these, anyone with a discerning eye can immediately see the direction the situation is heading, just as the classic saying goes: some teams die in fifteen minutes but are buried in thirty.
That's roughly the idea.
For EDG, their lineup is relatively solid, with almost equal strength throughout the early, mid, and late game – a linear strength curve. In contrast, WE's lineup is strong only in the early and mid-game; if the game drags on, their two carries will struggle against EDG's two frontliners. Zac, in particular, becomes incredibly tanky in the late game.
So why would EDG be so eager to make a big impact in the early game when they have a lineup that isn't in a rush?
It's because WE's mid-game tempo is too strong.
With Sivir on the team, combined with WE's dual-command system, the entire lineup can quickly create a positional and time difference, using this time difference to gain map economy and thus widen the gap between the two teams.
Given the economic disparity, the opposing team's ability to initiate team fights is particularly terrifying.
All five players can initiate team fights. If they don't put pressure on the opponent in the early game, won't they be doomed in the mid-game? The problem is that EDG hasn't successfully strengthened their roster yet. If their AD carry were at the level of a top-tier AD carry, EDG could simply drag the game into the late game to protect their two carries and wait for the enemy to finish them off.
Unfortunately, there was no Danfan, because the flounder was not old enough.
As expected, just as both sides were developing steadily in the bottom lane, a green clay suddenly popped out of the river's blind spot, its target being WE's bottom lane duo.
Before level 6, Zac's gank is just a small slime. You can't say that Sivir is safe because she has a built-in condom. There's nothing he can do about it.
But after reaching level six, Zac is definitely the cutest guy ever.
Because the factory manager's vision control was so good, even though Da Congming activated his shield in time to avoid the E skill's control, he was hit by Zac's Q skill in the next second.
Then, auto-attack the minions, pull the minions and Sivir together towards the middle, and prepare to use your ultimate to control them.
A perfect combo was executed.
At the same time, both sides teleported in simultaneously. Judging from the timing of the teleports, it's easy to see that both top laners were already prepared to engage in this team fight head-on.
"help me!"
"They're here, they're here, what's the rush?"
All that advance planning and preparation was for a quick windfall. Of course, as the counter-ganking team, to avoid being immediately detected by the enemy, the Prince's position was slightly further back, preventing him from reaching the battlefield immediately.
But it's okay, even if he can't do it, Si Shao can buy him some time.
At this point in S7, the major teams' attention to the champion Rakan was far from what it should be. Just when everyone's attention was focused on the Sivir who had been targeted, a yellow light suddenly started.
ER Flash W
Like a fleeting glimpse of a beautiful bird, yet it made a grand entrance!
In just a moment of hesitation, the support player, Si Shao, initiated a team fight with three players in an instant, buying WE the most precious reaction time!
"Nice, Young Master Tear!"
No matter how many times, Luo Fei felt that Rakan in Season 7 was a bug that shouldn't exist, and his strategic significance was even greater than that of the Ardent Censer version of Kalista in some situations.
As a support player, I hold limitless possibilities. Because for most LPL teams, the moment I successfully initiate a team fight, you've already lost.
So next up is Demacia!
The EQ flash combo knocked up the charmed Zac, followed by Cataclysm, and then another dash forward, trapping the bottom lane duo who had no mobility skills inside.
W+A+Tiamat
In an instant, the situation reversed, and WE successfully turned the tide!
Holy crap!
"This new hero's team fight initiation is absolutely ridiculous!"
"I'm fucking dumbfounded. I haven't even had time to process what's happening before I've been controlled?"
"Damn it, we finally found a support hero that can help us climb the ranks, and now he's going to get nerfed again after today."
Not only the audience, but even the commentators and countless data analysts watching the match were stunned. It wasn't that they didn't know this hero was good at initiating team fights, but rather that they didn't know this hero could be this good. As we all know, when a new hero is released, it might only take a day or two to learn, but it takes at least a week to become familiar with them, and at least a month to use them in a match. To be able to initiate team fights so smoothly and effortlessly in a match like this requires even more time.
To them, Si Shao's incredibly agile team-fight initiation was practically cheating.
Having gained some breathing space, Sivir activated her ultimate, using her movement speed to create distance. Meanwhile, Da Congming, as the AD carry of a top team, no longer played recklessly like in the original game. Instead, he consciously moved towards the riverbank, supporting Syndra while simultaneously forcing Ekko to relocate.
Everyone is around level 6-7. At this level range, an ADC like him wouldn't be afraid of a tiny Ekko on the other side.
It’s over.
One step wrong, step by step wrong.
He guessed the enemy team might have anticipated his gank bot lane, but he didn't expect this support Rakan to be so ruthless. He initiated the team fight in the blink of an eye; is this champion really that broken?
Although the situation in this small team fight was not very optimistic, the momentous scene made EDG surprisingly not too discouraged, and even a little smug.
The opposing support player can initiate team fights so smoothly with this hero.
What if this hero falls into the hands of Meiko, the LPL's top initiation support?
Wouldn't that make them invincible?!
As they suspected, the team fight didn't wipe out the team's two carries, but rather Darius, the kill-stealer who had come all the way from the top lane. With Sivir's ultimate speed boost, Darius's biggest weakness—his short legs—was eliminated. Combined with Jarvan IV's terrain advantage and Renekton's damage mitigation, Darius's Bloodrage stacked up remarkably smoothly.
Then came the ruthless Noxus stealing kills, taking all the kills from the bottom lane.
A quadra kill!
The shy man immediately took off from the spot.
"Holy crap, Xiao Jiang, you could at least let him win one!" Xi Ye was dumbfounded. How could there be such a brainless hero? No skill whatsoever, just going in with a huge lead and using his ultimate, one ultimate and a kill. He's already got 4 kills in just a few minutes! What about his MVP award this game?
That's all money!!!
"Forget it, with your stats you have no chance of getting MVP anyway, you might as well give it to Xiao Jiang."
"I clearly did the damage! The damage they sustained was definitely from me! This is a kill steal, a blatant kill steal!"
"Alright, alright, I'll just add some fish balls to your late-night snack tonight, it's on me."
"Holy crap! Thank you, boss, you're so generous."
Having gained an advantage, Want Want immediately stopped acting.
Of course, everyone should rely on their own abilities to win the MVP award, but if acting can give you an extra advantage, why not?
After this wave, countless viewers finally understood the true strategy behind WE's lineup.
Sivir accelerates, Rakan and Jarvan IV initiate recklessly, then Darius enters to clean up, while Syndra is merely a utility champion used for crowd control, pressuring the enemy's health, and protecting the backline. The worst part is that Darius, as the one cleaning up, isn't squishy like an AD carry or mid laner; he's tanky, has incredible sustain, and ridiculously powerful healing.
As expected, EDG suffered repeated defeats in team fights, which made all the teams pay more attention to the champion Rakan.
Around twenty minutes in, with Luo successfully initiating another fight, EDG finally gave up. They symbolically used a few skills to harass, allowing WE to easily push forward and overtake them.
WE leads 1-0.
Section 514, Chapter 42: Industry in the Country
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