To be honest, LGD would prefer to eliminate Luo Fei. However, his playstyle changes instantly every time he switches to a new hero, making it impossible for them to find a way to counter him.
There's no way around it. Even though Luo Fei, who returned from S9, doesn't have the same practical experience as other junglers, he's watched a lot of videos and streams. You've seen the all-farm 1v9 Graves, right? What about the square jungle? You've seen that too? Next time, I'll go for the Karsa map control style.
If all else fails, I'll pull out Master Ye's Prince and unleash a few backflips, a triangle EQ kill, and I'll leave you completely bewildered. The jungler position is 40% skill and 60% strategy. The biggest difference between him and other junglers of this era is that he has so many strategies to learn from, unlike other junglers whose styles are difficult to change once established.
His playing style emphasizes one thing: unpredictability.
LGD picked first, immediately taking Graves as a substitute for banning him. Having watched so many matches, it's clear that Luo Fei's jungle carry Graves is something LGD is very wary of. WE countered with Alistar, a top-tier support in this patch; recall, in this patch, a level 6 Alistar ultimate is practically invincible.
"Wangzai, I'll get you another mid-laner. What do you want to use to beat Wei Shen?"
"Let's play the plane, and drag this game into the mid-to-late game to play it safe." Although Xi Ye really wanted that assassin to go toe-to-toe with the opponent, he still wanted to win more than the losing streak.
"Okay, you can always masturbate."
"???"
With the plane locked down, the pressure on BP shifts to LGD.
If the plane makes a move, will you pick Ezreal or not? If you don't, I will, and we'll instantly have a double poke composition. If you do pick, you won't have an advantage in lane.
However, LGD's two picks completely surprised WE: Lucian + Braum.
???
What the heck? Choosing these two, are you looking down on us or something?
On the other side of the table, LGD players seemed to look down on WE.
"Is this how you pick them? Braum going in head-to-head, we'll have a tough time in the mid-game." Wei Shen glanced at the lineup and thought his coach must have something wrong with his head. Isn't this just throwing the game away?
"It's okay. I checked the opponent's record. They've lost 41 consecutive matches and scrims. Even with a good lineup, it still depends on the team. Marin has been targeted a lot lately, so let him relax and find his form this game." In a sense, LGD's coach must also be a member of the "happy family," and he certainly has the right to be happy.
In Season 5, I got completely crushed by Mordekaiser in the group stage of the heavy armor version, so someone definitely has to take the blame.
Mid laner? This is Wutian, the face of the team. No, no, we need to replace him.
Jungler? LGD's performance last year was also largely due to the jungler's contributions. Even if he didn't make any great contributions, we should still acknowledge his hard work. Let's find another jungler.
Bottom lane? The top-tier IMP + Reaper combination, wouldn't it be a waste of time to rebuild synergy if we changed it? No, no, let's change it again.
Finally, there's the top laner.
Top lane is the way to go, isn't top laner notoriously the scapegoat? Look at that R... cough cough, look at that RW team, yes, RW team, it's because their top laner, A-Guang, can't carry 9 opponents, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to focus on top lane, isn't it?
Thus, LGD cleverly pulled off a stunt that brought in Marin, the world's number one top laner.
That's right!
Top laner Eun-jung killer, jungler king of wandering, mid laner reverse god, bot lane OMP + Grim Reaper.
This lineup is perfect.
LGD's management thinks that WE is just a bunch of trash and will get crushed.
Seeing how arrogant the opposing team is, WE won't hold back.
Fiora + Rek'Sai: Continue to pass the EZ problem to the enemy team.
In their last two picks, LGD chose Kassadin and Gnar. LGD said they were just being stubborn. They said that if they could not ban Mordekaiser in the group stage of S5, they could not pick Ezreal in the regular season of S6. What are you going to do about it?
This move really baffled the WE team.
Who are you looking down on? As the last pick, EZ was decisively locked in.
Both teams' lineups:
WE: Top lane Fiora, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Corki, Bot lane Ezreal + Alistar
LGD: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Kassadin, Bot lane Lucian + Braum.
The competition has officially begun.
Section 46, Chapter 46: As Confucius once said:
As soon as he entered the game, Luo Fei sensed that something was wrong with the opposing team.
"Wait, I think we might have fallen into a trap." After hesitating for a moment, he decided to speak up and discuss it with everyone.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Zero looked at him blankly. Was something wrong? Their wards had caught them completely, both in terms of vision and jungle camp location. Wasn't this supposed to be a perfect start?
Seeing Zero's naivety, Luo Fei thought that his teammates were still too young.
"Think about it carefully. LGD was the champion last year, so how could they make such a big mistake in the draft?"
"But this lineup is definitely better for us." Xi Ye was also confused. If this game goes into the mid-to-late game, how can we not completely dominate the opponent? Is there something wrong with this?
"It's precisely because our lineup is so easy and so good that something's not right! Think carefully about the games we've lost these past few days. There have been many games like this, haven't there? Blind confidence is the reason for our failures. Think about it again, the opponent's lineup seems to be countered by us, but in reality, they might be deliberately letting us down to lower our guard, and then taking us down in one wave, destroying our confidence, and then easily winning the second game, right?" As if he had discovered some incredible secret, Holmes Luo Fei suddenly felt that he had gotten something out of it.
hum~
Foolish LGD, trying to outsmart us? Didn't expect that, did you? We have monsters from the future here. You've only seen the first layer of the problem.
"I see. No wonder they were a strong team last year. Even when facing us after a losing streak, they prepared so meticulously. I admire them." After thinking it over carefully, Xi Ye and Leg Bro also felt that this analysis was very reasonable. With that kind of weird draft picks, it might just be a decoy to lower their guard.
Wow, what a deep scheme!
Is this what LPL is all about?
In an instant, the five members of WE felt that they were still too young.
"So how do we play?" They knew the answer, but they really didn't know how to handle this situation. When they were playing professionally, the managers didn't tell them they needed to learn the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
"This time, let's turn the tables on them. They think we'll get cocky, so we'll play it safe and hold out until we get our power spike, then we'll win." After discussing it amongst themselves, everyone agreed that this was a good idea. Therefore, Luo Fei switched his jungling style to Mingkai mode for this game.
Just farm and counter-gank, that's all.
LGD's side:
"What do you say about this game?" After looking at the lineups of both sides, Wei Shen was completely lost.
The plane isn't particularly strong in the early game compared to other mid laners, but it's Kassadin! Picking a squishy melee mage to lane against an ADC? And the jungler is a big farmer. Wei Shen thinks his coach must have fallen into a latrine last night.
"It's okay. I've studied the enemy jungler Killer. He's a map control type of player and likes to coordinate with the mid laner. The coach said that I'll stay in your mid lane this game, and if I counter-gank him once, he'll be completely destroyed."
At this point, Emil was brimming with confidence in himself and his team. He was a top-tier jungler, initially playing a more passive, "herbivore-like" style, but was gradually induced into a more aggressive, "starvation-style" approach. His characteristics were: few ganks, little farming, and constant invasions, suddenly becoming quite unsuccessful. During this period in the LPL, it was even said that with two top-tier junglers on the field, nothing would survive; the top and jungle synergy resulted in one dying and the other feeding.
That's why he spent a lot of time sitting by the water dispenser.
But it doesn't matter. As a loyal sycophant of his own coach, he managed to get back into the starting lineup by relying on other junglers. Now that he's back, he doesn't want to leave.
There's no way he'll ever be a substitute again. He can't even pour water properly. He just follows the coach's orders and acts like a bootlicker to maintain his starting position. Being back with the team feels like coming home, much better than being on the bench! All the guys there are talented and incredibly skilled. He loves it here.
So, in this match against the weaker team WE, he decided to follow his coach's advice and do the opposite. He immediately started counter-ganking in the early game.
Unexpectedly!
Do you think I'm still the same jungler who just buries himself in farming? Not a chance. This time, I'm going to transform into the next Clearlove, pulling off all sorts of amazing counter-ganks! So, Graves, having reached level two, immediately went to the mid-lane bushes for a fight, preparing to wait for Rek'Sai to gank at level two.
A very strange scene appeared on the screen.
WE played extremely steadily in all lanes; I'd bet you lost if they crossed the river. Killer, the jungler who loves to cause trouble in the early game, also chose a fast level 4 start and started farming aggressively. Meanwhile, Graves, who also needs to farm in the early game, started stealing experience from the mid-lane bushes at level 2, leaving the commentators and viewers completely bewildered.
"This... does Eimy think Killer will gank at level 2?" Wawa looked at this scene in a daze. Your level 2 Graves counter-ganking is ridiculous. It seems that the title of "Jungle King" is really well-deserved.
"But Killer was clearly aiming for a quick fourth place this game, and Eimy was camping for way too long, the enemy plane was already level three." Miller was equally confused about what LGD was doing this game, with their bizarre draft and AFK jungler, wasn't this just blatant throwing?
"To be honest, was Eimy possessed this time? What kind of crap is he playing?"
"Before, all you did was grind, but now you're just AFK? Trying to tank Kassadin's experience is ridiculous!"
"Something's not right. Did WE guess the opponent's strategy? Why is Su Bilang playing so steadily this game?"
"Mad Dog Fly is playing incredibly steadily this game, is he really channeling Clearlove's spirit, just farming like crazy?"
Due to his incredible 1-4 record, netizens almost bestowed upon him the title of "King." However, considering that only his jungler and top laner were somewhat decent during WE's losing streak, the title was temporarily put on hold.
However, calling this fighting style "mad dog" wouldn't be an exaggeration.
While S9 certainly featured a wide variety of playstyles, those same strategies would have been incomprehensible in S6. It's important to understand that jungle changes occur frequently, with minor tweaks every few months and major changes every year, not to mention what happens years later.
The direct consequence was that his jungle routes became extremely unpredictable and aggressive. Especially regardless of whether he was winning or losing, he would recklessly try to cause trouble for the enemy AD carry, only to be taken down by the enemy bot lane duo, or more often than not, trade blows. Over time, the nickname "Mad Dog Fly" spread throughout the entire LPL.
Graves left immediately after Corki reached level three; professional players' predictions based on experience are very accurate. If they see the same number of minion deaths, and they're level three while the enemy isn't, it's obvious the enemy jungler has been there.
"Damn, they really were trying to trick us. Kassadin was a full 30 seconds behind me in reaching level 3." Xi Ye breathed a sigh of relief. If it were any other time, he would have already gone up and attacked the other side. Luckily, they were prepared this time, otherwise they would have fallen into their trap.
"I knew it! These veteran teams are definitely up to no good." With a touch of satisfaction at his successful prediction, Luo Fei also successfully leveled up to level four. Farming jungle camps is just that simple and enjoyable.
Seeing that the mid-lane plane had gained control of the lane, Luo Fei's lips curled into a strange smile.
"Wangzai."
"Ok?"
"Hurry up and push it onto the line, we need to get the achievement!"
"What?" They were just saying they wanted to be cautious, and now they're suddenly up to something again? Xi Ye thought to herself that her brain couldn't keep up with this idiot.
"You need to know, in S6, a team that hasn't undergone military training with Ma Datou is incomplete!" After saying that, he marked Gnar, who was pressing the line very deep.
after all
Confucius once said: "Is it not a military training to have friends coming from afar?"
Section 47 Chapter Forty-Seven: Do you LPL players have a hard time making a living?
Eimy felt like she'd been tricked.
The level 2 counter-gank was unsuccessful; instead, it caused the teammate to lose experience and slowed down the player's own development.
For the excavator, a gank with Flash is almost guaranteed to succeed. Unfortunately, he didn't predict it correctly, otherwise the excavator's rhythm before level 6 would have been completely disrupted.
But that's okay,
Sun Tzu's Art of War emphasizes that all warfare is based on deception. You anticipated that I wouldn't gank at level two, but you can't possibly farm to level four and still not gank, can you?
Eimy, the jungler who had reached level three, felt that his chance to turn the tide was now. Looking at the map, they were both exerting pressure on the top and bottom lanes, so the rek's shove unit would definitely go to one of those lanes to relieve the pressure.
As a jungler who enjoys studying other players, he noticed that the opposing jungler, Killer, was particularly unpredictable. With everyone focusing on ganking Marin this season, his style would definitely be the opposite – ganking the bot lane.
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