I am the leader of the anti-racism movement.

"I'm not talking about this game anymore. I'm betting all my beans on WE. I'm going all in."

There's no need to say more; once you've shown your attitude, a large number of die-hard fans will definitely emerge. Whether you play well or poorly, you'll still get criticized, but at least the criticism won't be too harsh. Look at V5 in the Spring Split of later years—they didn't win a single game, but everyone could see they genuinely wanted to win; they were just bad at it. Ironically, this actually boosted V5's popularity significantly.

It was precisely this popularity that allowed them to evolve into a dominant force in the Summer Split, suddenly gaining a large following of long-time fans. To be honest, these fans probably initially came for their "weird-flavored beans," but the team didn't even manage to distribute a single pack. Later interviews revealed that the players themselves ate them all? Apparently, they tasted pretty good?

This is absolutely outrageous!

Soon, the ban/pick phase of the match began.

EPA: Kindred, LeBlanc, Ekko

It seems they figured WE's mid laner was easy to bully; once you shut down their signature champions, they were practically useless without LeBlanc. Like the Azir in the last game, they didn't put any pressure on WE until the late game.

WE: Lissandra, Kennen, and Poppy

They'll continue targeting Gongzi. As for why not ban Rumble? Anyone who plays Rumble top lane in the LPL knows what I mean. If you dare to pick him, I'll gank you. A champion with no mobility, squishy, ​​and easy to push lanes—isn't he just a walking ATM?

Both teams' lineups:

EPA: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Nidalee, Mid lane Kassadin, Bot lane Ezreal + Trundle

On the other hand, WE's lineup consists of Maokai in the top lane, Graves in the jungle, and Alistar and Ashe in the bot lane; they're only missing a mid laner.

"I didn't expect you to pick a big tree, Leg Bro. You haven't played in so long, do you still remember it?" Luo Fei teased Leg Bro when he saw him pick a big tree. Although the team was much more serious, he still understood that the atmosphere shouldn't be too tense, otherwise it would easily backfire.

"Absolutely. Back in the day, when EDG recruited Maokai, they required him to be a top laner. I thought they were definitely waiting for me, and I almost went. If M3 hadn't intercepted me halfway through, I would be the MSI champion now, and I wouldn't be sitting here with you guys." Leg Bro knew what he was talking about and immediately started his performance.

This shake and a pat caused the other three members of WE to burst into laughter, and the atmosphere of the whole team instantly returned.

"How about it, Wangzai, Lulu is your best pick?" With this lineup, picking Lulu in the mid-game will make him and his brother-in-law very stable in team fights. He doesn't know how they can lose.

"No, I'm playing Murloc this game."

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"No, stop messing around with your merman."

"Trust me, Lulu might drag the game into the late game, but I can end the fight quickly with Murloc."

ummm

After thinking for a moment, Luo Fei thought about Wangzai's Murloc in the previous game and wondered if he should reconsider. The main problem was that Wangzai's Murloc, in its only appearance in a competition, didn't seem to have any highlights.

"Believe me, I have a feeling I can win this game."

"Stop joking. I've thought the same thing many times when playing ranked matches, and I still ended up losing streaks. That's the fourth biggest illusion in the game." After thinking about it, Leg Bro still felt it was better to play it safe.

"Let him be, Leg Bro. At least he's right, he does play Murlocs quickly. And judging from our recent duo queue sessions, he hasn't been as bad as he was in the previous matches. He's still pretty good at Murlocs."

"Nice! Trust me, the ground fish is the best!" With that, Xi Ye instantly locked onto the Tidal Sea Spirit Yuan Hua.

Seeing that the lock is already locked, Leg Bro (a nickname for a player) doesn't have much to say. Actually, thinking about it, it's not so bad. As long as you don't make any stupid mistakes before level 16, Fizz can basically dominate Kassadin from level 1 to the end. It's just that this guy has a very low margin for error, and the skill ceiling and floor are too big, which is why he's not seen in many competitive matches.

With the lineups for both sides finalized, the game officially began.

Chapter 139, Section 146: As long as it's big enough, accuracy doesn't really matter.

At the start of this game, EPA didn't consider switching lanes. In the last game, their jungler Graves was able to beat Nidalee in the early game. But this time, the junglers were switched.

Killer's Graves is, after all, a famous player. Like a shadow cast by a tree, EPA was extremely worried about the enemy team gaining control of the early game. While the dragon isn't very significant this patch, that doesn't mean it can be given away carelessly.

With the duo in the bot lane, Graves would at least have to think twice before taking Baron. Since he was playing Ezreal, he figured he could just tough it out in lane. Of course, what they never expected was that at level one, after spotting the enemy hadn't switched lanes, Graves promptly peeked out and then turned and ran straight for the Baron pit.

"Huh? What is Killer trying to do!?"

"Wait, guys, I have a bold idea!"

As soon as the two commentators finished speaking, Graves used his E skill to slide from the dragon pit into the enemy jungle, then charged headlong into the bush opposite the enemy's red buff bush, and quietly stared at the red buff pit in front of him.

This. . .

"666666"

"This is too much of a gamble! How dare they invade like this?"

"Wow, that's incredible. They'd be in big trouble if they got caught."

"As expected of a man who bears the name of 'mad dog,' his courage is absolutely incredible."

Everyone was stunned. This was a move they wouldn't even dare to make in ranked games, let alone a competitive match. Was this guy really crazy? And because no one expected it, the EPA players naturally didn't expect it either. Gnar stood at the red buff for a while, then, finding no one visible at the jungle entrance, decisively slipped back to his lane.

His early laning phase was incredibly comfortable; what's going on with Gnar against Maokai?

In the early game, a long-range opponent beating a short-range opponent is a classic case of the father beating the son; almost no skill is needed, just blindly auto-attack and Q. To solidify his advantage, Gongzi never lingers in the jungle for long.

Only after confirming that the enemy hadn't launched a counterattack did Luo Fei slowly emerge from the bush, controlling Graves. Sometimes, being a little slower is better than being discovered and losing everything. In the jungle-centric meta of Season 6, junglers had little choice but to gamble in the early game if they wanted to make plays.

After clearing the red buff, Graves immediately set his sights on the enemy top laner.

"Leg Bro, you know what I mean, right?"

"It's a sure thing. I'll go once you're in position."

Leg Bro is quite cunning. He didn't even learn any skills when he saw his jungler doing this early game. Only after realizing that the enemy team had actually fallen for his trick did he level up his Q skill. After a while, both top laners reached level two, and Graves finally emerged from behind the vision, using his E skill and then unleashing a basic attack with the red buff.

"Holy crap, why is Graves here?" Gonzi was dumbfounded. Is this LPL cursed? What happened to the supposedly 'orphan' top laner's epic battle with the enemy top laner? Why is there always a third party? Don't you guys know about BISS's White Alchemy?

Of course, Leg Bro and Luo Fei didn't care whether he learned it for free or not. Wasn't group sex more fun? When they saw the wild daddy arrive, Leg Bro immediately used Flash + Asian Binding + Old Tree Push Cart to control Gnar tightly. With Graves' ridiculous Q skill damage, Graves Flashed and Flashed again to take down Gnar.

First Blood!

See, first blood is that simple, just start the persecution and it's over.

"Nice move."

"Don't rush, the minion wave is still in the middle. I'll go farm a Krug first, then come back and continue to harass him."

Jungling is all about psychological tactics. In this fight, Gonzalo used two Flashes to kill him, but the minion wave hadn't even moved. After he respawned and teleported back down, Maokai controlled the lane. Knowing that Graves was there, Gonzalo absolutely wouldn't dare to go up and farm minions, only daring to farm experience on the side.

What's even more absurd is that by the time Luo Fei returned after eating the stone golem, Gongzi's vigilance had almost completely subsided.

Everything was a calculation.

40 seconds later, even though Gongzi had already placed a ward in the tri-bush beforehand, the Graves' red buff hadn't disappeared, and with the help of Maokai's crowd control, he still managed to pin the enemy to the ground and relentlessly crush him.

What does dying twice in the early game mean? It means the top lane has collapsed, and it even affected the jungler. Crisis was having a pretty good rhythm, having finished clearing one side of the jungle and already invading the bottom half, fantasizing about a scenario like the enemy Nidalee in the last game.

The results of it?

If their top laner is collapsing, what about the upper jungle? If a fight breaks out, it's a loss for them if both mid laners provide support, and it's still a loss for them if both top laners provide support.

As for the bot lane? How are EZ and Trundle supposed to beat the Vengeful Spirit and Alistar combo?

Do you want love?

For a moment, the Nidalee, having cleared both jungle camps, was caught in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat, and could only adopt the enemy's "wandering" playstyle, throwing darts everywhere. However, without Luo Fei's accurate prediction skills, this gank was like tickling, having absolutely no impact on WE.

"EPA's jungler is terrible, he can't shoot at all."

"His learning is terrible. Speaking of which, isn't Crisis supposed to be a champion who protects the top laner? The top lane is completely destroyed, and he's just strolling around here?"

"I can only say, it's just not the same."

"That's it!? This is worse than using Reimu. Wouldn't it be better to use Konoha to fight rogue ninjas?"

Even Luo Fei, let alone the audience, couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the enemy ganking like that. Seriously, if you can't aim, go back to the jungle and practice some more. Nidalee is really useless if you miss your Q.

the other side,

Graves, having cleared both jungle camps, made another move, this time a pass-by gank. However, he didn't need to worry about anything else; he flanked Kassadin and immediately unleashed an EQW combo.

Whether Q can deal the second instance of damage is another matter, but the point is to use Q and W to slam him in the face first.

Sometimes, missing the target is really okay, even better. After all, if you hit the target, you're responsible, and it's hard to say who'll suffer the consequences. But it's different with a male gunner. I just rely on my real manly strength and brute force, pull out without mercy, finish my load, and leave. It's practically every man's dream.

This back-and-forth play completely disgusted the opposing team. They were familiar with this tactic; they'd been mentally crushed countless times in scrims by it. The problem was, there really wasn't much they could do against it—the difference in jungle skill was stark!

Back home, Luo Fei glanced at the 1000+ gold coins in his pocket and his face lit up with a smile. In terms of jungle clearing, Graves is actually no worse than Nidalee; it's just that Graves needs some item support in the early game, and only after getting the jungle item can he compete with the enemy Nidalee in efficiency.

Once he gets his gear up, he can take down most of the enemies with a single Q skill. While his current advantage doesn't guarantee he can do that, it at least keeps his jungle clearing speed up.

Just as he was pondering his next move, a kill notification suddenly caught everyone's attention.

[WE_xiye killed EPA_Republic]

???

what's going on?

What just happened in the mid lane?

PY: A friend in the group has a new book, "How Much Green Has Kal'tsit Gone Today?"

This name sounds like it's been used to torture people, the kind you all love.

Chapter 140, Section 147: The Perseverance of the Masses

Xiye, in the mid lane, made a perfect tower dive kill and then left triumphantly. Hearing his teammates' long-awaited praise through his headset, a subtle, indescribable smile appeared on his lips.

To be honest, rather than being surprised by Xiye's solo kill, the problem lies in the fact that Xiye couldn't get the solo kill in this round. Although Graves didn't complete his full combo, he still managed to deal a couple hundred damage, and the enemy Kassadin was actually at Fizz's kill threshold.

The only difficulty is predicting the Flash location. QAW triggers Thunderlord's Decree, then Ignite, followed by E-Flash and Flash into the tower – it's really just that simple. Simple as it is, it's still a good thing that Wangzai broke his fast.

Luo Fei was about to cry.

To be honest, Xiye has really underperformed this season. I remember him being known for his lane dominance, but I've hardly ever seen him gain an advantage in lane. It's good if he can even get a win.

This gave him a terrible headache.

It's like playing a mobile game where you know this character is a late-game powerhouse, and you want to develop him early for maximum enjoyment. But before he becomes a late-game powerhouse, his early and mid-game performance is truly terrible! To put it bluntly, any mid-laner from the other ten of the eleven LPL teams could easily be stronger than Xiye right now, even if you picked them blindfolded.

What's even more problematic is that Luo Fei has absolutely no idea what the awakening conditions are for this guy. As far as he can remember, aside from external battles triggering his buff, everything else just happens randomly in Season 7, leaving everyone completely baffled.

Surely this guy can't be like Haruno Ran, needing to lose a Sasuke before he can awaken, right?

That's so damn awesome.

Seeing that all three lanes were in an advantageous position, Luo Fei completely lost his nerve. What is the role of a Graves jungle carry? It's to invade and counter-jungle. And what's the fear of invading and counter-jungling? Of course, it's the fear of teammates falling behind in their lanes!

To be honest, being a jungler is a really lowly position.