She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

"Too…"

"The bot lane duo doesn't need to rely on each other; just maintain pressure."

"Okay." Deng Jiayu's voice was as energetic as ever.

None of them were truly stupid; they were well aware that DTG's lineup actually had very poor initiative, and forcing Lee Sin into the lineup resulted in very low synergy with the other positions.

Reluctance to part with the current meta pick isn't inherently a problem; the issue lies in the truly awful Ziggs pick in the mid lane. It's a relentless attempt to counter him without considering team composition.

Once you fall behind, you can't hold your lane, and you can't provide any help to your teammates. You don't know what use you are in the early game.

DTG is helpless. They all know what WLD is going to do next, and they also know why the players on the sidelines are not moving, but they can only choose to accept it passively.

The jungler doesn't have his ultimate, and the mid laner is getting crushed. What can you do? You can't expect the side laners to dominate the lane. The girls from WLD aren't like those bottom-ranked teams whose players you can easily bully.

While the thorn flower symbolizes a resilient and untamed soul, we cannot ignore the sharp thorns beneath its beauty; they are notoriously prickly.

After respawning, Eagle went to the dragon pit and used his ultimate skill to try and steal it, but of course, it was impossible.

"The Bomber's Science Hellfire Cannon is not hellish at all; the damage is really low, and it didn't even do much damage to Rek'Sai's buffs."

"To be honest, it would have been better to leave it for clearing the line. Eagle seems a bit dazed after being beaten by Su Mu, and he's starting to act without any strategy."

"Objectively speaking, it is indeed unpleasant to be beaten like this, but mentality is the most important thing during a match. If you can't adjust yourself in time, this game is basically over."

Lanling looked at Eagle, whose brows were slightly furrowed and whose face was somewhat heavy, in the camera, and then at Su Mu, whose expression was relaxed and carefree, with the usual curve of his lips. She concluded that the difference between the two was much greater than she had imagined.

It's not just about skill level, but also about mindset.

204. League of Legends designer!!!

"WLD took the Herald and immediately placed it in the mid lane."

"Leaving aside the outer tower with only one layer of armor remaining, the second tower may also be destroyed. DTG's mid and jungle players don't have their ultimate abilities, so they can't give WLD enough of a threat."

"If the Bomber loses the outer mid-lane turret, he can still fight, but if even the second turret is destroyed so early, it's really unplayable."

"..."

Eagle understands the situation perfectly, but there's nothing he can do. He can neither change the fact that Rek'Sai summons Vanguard to crash into towers, nor can he stop Sion from snowballing his economy.

What you fear most is what happens. Not only are WLD's mid and jungle pressing the defensive side's position, but even their support, Nautilus, is coming over to apply pressure.

The outer tower was destroyed as expected, and the vanguard hadn't even managed to make its first impact.

The fully healed vanguard headed towards the second tower; who dared to stop him?

Fiora does have Teleport, but the problem is that even if she comes over, she can't solve the core issue.

Eagle and Huolang had no choice but to retreat and abandon dealing with the vanguard. Eagle threw out a few bombs to clear the minion wave, hoping that WLD would stop while they were ahead.

Facing this situation in the first ten minutes, with a clear mid-lane gap, is extremely frustrating.

"Keep pushing." Su Mu called out to his teammates who were considering retreating, "Protect the vanguard and push the high ground tower."

Bai Wei quickly assessed the risks and nodded.

When DTG saw the movement of the three people in the mid lane, their faces twitched.

Goodness, is it really necessary to be so greedy?

I'm furious and annoyed, but I don't have a good way to counter it for the time being, so I can only call the players on the sidelines back to defend them.

Otherwise, who knows if WLD would be so determined to conquer the mid lane?

I've already experienced the game where the side lane towers are still there, but the mid lane was cleared early; I don't want to experience that again.

With all three DTG players returning to base, it means the towers will be left undefended, resulting in significant losses.

They managed to defend the mid-lane inhibitor crystal at such a cost, but they still couldn't stop the Herald from charging towards the inhibitor tower, which was then destroyed by Sion sacrificing himself.

After calming down and weighing the gains and losses, it seems that whether the players on the flanks come back to defend or not doesn't make much difference.

With all three mid-lane towers gone, won't we still have to face Sion constantly driving into the Nexus to steal it?

Oh no, what Sion did wasn't stealing, it was robbery!

If the Bomber could be positioned with his back to a turret, he might be able to prevent the minion wave from advancing once he levels up and gets his equipment. But now all three turrets are in ruins, how can he stop Sion?

"How about... I go and defend the mid lane?" Blaze suggested, his eyes darting around uncertainly.

He had never played a game where the mid tower was completely destroyed within 14 minutes. To be honest, he didn't know how to alleviate the situation. He could only offer what he thought was a decent suggestion.

Fiora's W allows her to block Sion's car without taking damage, and her skills deal true damage, making her several times faster at killing Sion than Ziggs.

Blaze thought his casual suggestion would be rejected by his teammates, but Eagle quickly replied that it was feasible and then ran towards the top lane.

The speed at which it moved was even faster than when it heard someone with low health say "come and get some meat."

The others did not object, clearly acknowledging that it was permissible to do so.

From a god's-eye view, it's clear that none of the five DTG members wanted to fall into WLD's familiar rhythm and were trying to find a direction to make changes, but that direction might not be correct.

While most WLD players returned to base to replenish their health and equipment, the situation stabilized briefly, and nothing major happened.

Lanling shook her head secretly, "DTG is in complete disarray; switching lanes won't solve the fundamental problem."

"We can't blame them, can we? Although we have God's perspective and can see things clearly from the sidelines, we still don't have a clear answer on how to deal with Su Mu's suicide-style Sion."

"Indeed, breaking through a team's strategy on the spot isn't as simple as it seems. For example, after the halfway point of the tournament, many teams knew what WLD's playstyle was and how to counter them, but they still ended up losing more often than not."

"Knowing how to fight doesn't guarantee a breakthrough, let alone a novel strategy. You definitely need to calm down, study carefully, and put it into practice. It's a bit much to ask players with no experience to find the optimal solution immediately."

"It depends on their ability to adjust. Currently, DTG's economic gap with WLD has widened to several thousand points, which is a very alarming difference at this point..."

"..."

During the match.

Seeing the Bomber run to the top lane, Su Mu's pupils shifted slightly, and he quickly understood the other party's plan.

"Yan Hua, go to the mid lane. Just ensure their development is a little better. Mainly coordinate with Weiwei and crush their bottom lane."

"Is Brother Mu still going to catch the bomber?"

"Yes, the top lane ecosystem is different, which perfectly suits my current playstyle."

"clear."

Su Mu bought two more armor-piercing items, purchased the shoes, walked out of the high ground, and drove off.

Upon hearing the sound of Sion driving, the entire DTG team suddenly jolted and instinctively converged on the mid-lane high ground.

Bad news! Someone is coming to forcibly demolish the highland crystal.

"Block Sion, block him hard, otherwise what's the difference between him and our wives in front of us?"

"Can't you use a more normal analogy..."

"Tell me, aren't you angry or not!"

"…All right…"

In the top lane, Eagle thought about how that damned Sion was trying to wreak havoc on the mid lane inhibitor, and he could finally farm properly in the top lane.

The minion wave isn't in a good position, so we need to push quickly to form a pushback wave. Once we control the area in front of the tower, it will be very comfortable.

So Eagle used all his skills to push quickly, but to his utter surprise, before he could finish pushing, a high-speed dump truck appeared in his field of vision, turning and heading straight for him.

He was stunned for a moment.

Despite subconscious muscle memory and attempts to dodge, Sion still managed to escape the blast radius when he stopped the car, losing about half his health and then being hit by Sion's E skill while in a brief slowed state.

The scene that followed was both familiar and terrifying: the massive axe that Sion had raised high above his head came crashing down.

And then... that was it...

On the canyon floor, a Yordle corpse lay.

Eagle froze, staring blankly at the gray game screen, at a loss for what to do.

He was defeated in seconds just like that?

With a blank expression, he opened the kill replay, saw the damage breakdown of the kill, and his lips trembled as he couldn't utter a word.

not much.

It's just that he took all four of Sion's abilities, and his basic attacks didn't even do any damage. That's not much...

Eagle remained silent for a long time.

Being used as a weak point, leading to this situation, coupled with the shame and anger of being killed several times, all turned into a helpless rage in his heart.

League of Legends designer!!!

If you're not going to rework a hero, then don't do it.

Tank heroes with terrifying tower-destroying speed, right? Tank heroes with damage even scarier than assassins, right?

It can't be contained at all!

Now Sion can happily devour top lane tower plates again; who knows what kind of monster he'll raise this game.

205. Torture

Upon learning that Sion wasn't heading for the mid-lane inhibitor, those who had been waiting vigilantly near the inhibitor breathed a collective sigh of relief.

But when I saw Sion solo kill Ziggs in the top lane and start chipping away at the top lane tower plates, the slight sense of relief I felt instantly turned into frustration and resentment.

We're still losing money. Is now the time to relax?

There's no one available to defend the top lane right now, so it seems the tower is beyond saving. Fiora will have to return to the top lane to defend the second tower.

Su Mu finished eating two layers of tower armor and left under the stunned gazes of many. Even though the minion wave was still there, he didn't continue pushing. (Chess)

"How ruthless WLD is." Guilt

"That's really ruthless..." Coconut's eye twitched.

The fact that DTG's mid-lane tower was destroyed so early has a negative impact that cannot be easily ignored.

With wards in the jungle becoming harder to place, Lee Sin's farming space is inevitably being eroded, significantly increasing the difficulty of making plays.

Titan and Rek'Sai can easily light up one and a half areas without taking much risk.

Players who develop on the flanks will also suffer.

With all the mid-lane towers destroyed, the fact that the outer side towers still exist is a unique kind of torture, because it means that the cost for the enemy to gank from behind is greatly reduced, and the success rate is greatly increased.

Within just two minutes, DTG's bottom lane was ganked by four players three times, and someone died every time.

That's not the worst part. What's even more frustrating for DTG is that WLD didn't manage to take down the two side lane towers quickly enough.

In other words, for players on the side lanes to develop their abilities, the area under the first tower is not an absolutely safe spot.

Because the mid lane has been cleared, the area near the second tower can only receive rapid support and has enough space to escape.

The fact that we are caught in a pincer movement and unable to respond safely speaks volumes.

The minions will only target the turrets; don't even think about getting to the second turret until the outer turret is destroyed.

So if the side laner wants to develop, they have no choice but to go out, but going out is always risky. They will either get caught and killed or be forced back to the second tower, watching helplessly as the outer tower eats up all the minions.

If WLD doesn't actively attack the outer towers and instead relies on minion damage to slowly chip away at their health, the tower plates will naturally disappear after 14 minutes and they still won't be able to take them down.

With 2 minutes left until the 14-minute mark, DTG's bot lane will have to endure the same amount of threat from WLD's Gragas and Rek'Sai for just as long if they want to farm.

"The Bomber dared to push the middle lane, but was caught by Rek'Sai as soon as he left the second tower ruins and was instantly killed."

"DTG is having a tough time. Their mid laner is completely outmatched and can't provide any protection or deterrence. Their bot lane duo has missed four or five waves of minions. Miss Fortune is down by over 40 CS and is also 2 levels behind Ashe. How are they supposed to play?"

"Only Fiora can hold her own and isn't too afraid of Sion."

"Uh... I didn't expect you to have such a jinx, Coconut. You didn't secretly become Doflamingo's apprentice, did you?"

"Nothing of the sort!" Coconut said, slightly embarrassed. "The camera suddenly switched to the top lane and showed Fiora being killed. I don't know who started it."

"It's hard to say if someone dies online; let's watch the replay."

The mid-lane Rek'Sai killing Ziggs wasn't complicated, so the director chose to show the replay footage to the top lane.

In the video, a vulnerability appeared in front of Sion. Fiora probably thought she could trigger it with a Q, so she Q'd in, only to run into a minion that had been slowed by Sion's E, which led to her charging up her Q.

Once Fiora has used her Q, she can't escape Sion's Q skill range just by walking; she can only try to block it with her W.

A successful block not only grants immunity to damage, but also, because Sion's Q has a control effect when charged to a certain extent, it will counter-control Sion and deal a heavy blow to Sion's status.

Unfortunately, Fiora anticipated that Sion would abandon his fully charged Q and use it prematurely, but Sion charged it to the maximum and knocked Fiora into the air with one axe.