She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

"That's right. Originally, when Ekko was dealing with Malphite, Nunu could have countered Feng Lan Ye's bot lane. The problem is that Sivir and Yuumi can't keep anyone in place, and Janna's Q is a strong counter to Nunu."

Objectively speaking, the analysis is correct. When Su Mu received this lineup, he was already mentally prepared for the current situation.

Even with a strong roster to offer, she faces an unavoidable prerequisite—

Teammates don't have a deep hero pool.

They are not professional players who specialize in this field. They practice constantly to improve their skills through matches, so it's impossible for them to expand their hero pool rapidly.

Take Zhang Xiaoyu for example. Since the team was formed, the heroes she played most often were heroes like Malphite and Treant Protector, who were more suited to playing passively.

Up to now, the only extra items we can offer are a few more: Garen, Poppy, and Ornn.

Having Zhang Xiaoyu practice champions like Gnar, Kennen, and Jayce would be quite unconventional.

For example, Zhao Lisi and her partner in the bottom lane have a limited hero pool. The more matches they play, the more likely they are to be figured out by others.

This is also why she picked Irelia. The old version of Irelia had a tough and powerful mechanism, and it was really strong when the stats were high enough, especially when paired with the current version of the equipment.

The old version of Irelia from a bygone era had Trinity Force and Zephyr, but now she has a much more aggressive item build.

The drawback is its low margin for error, as it heavily relies on understanding and timing of entering the battlefield, but there is no doubt that such equipment can carry.

That's enough for Su Mu; she has plenty of confidence to carry the team.

Some of the commentators' analysis came true; Zhang Xiaoyu was caught and killed once, and during her Flash cooldown, she didn't even dare to finish off a single enemy.

In just 5 minutes, the weapon was already 20 hits ahead of hers, a significant disadvantage.

The situation is very favorable for Feng Lanye. The more the two junglers develop, the more comfortable they will be. Even if they win step by step and the mid lane is not pressured, it will be difficult for them to have room to maneuver later.

Janna counters not only Nunu & Willump, but also Irelia. Her QR combo is extremely annoying for any dive champion, no less so than Lulu's RW combo.

Ironically, the duration of knockback-type controls cannot be reduced by resilience.

Everyone at Fenglanye was in a good mood, with smiles on their faces.

The ever-victorious "Step by Step to Victory" team, which has crushed all its opponents and never suffered a defeat, is nothing special after all.

League of Legends is a team game. When the skill gap between players in different positions is too large, it is far less effective than when the skill level is more even. Not to mention that they have three international server Challenger players and two others who are at least Master.

"It's time to take down Irelia. I'll farm this wave and level up to 6." C3 signaled for the jungler.

X2 glanced at the minion wave, "Can gank, coming right away."

Just a few seconds ago, we spotted the Yeti recalling to base, which means that Step by Step to Victory is currently without any support on all three lanes.

Seeing his teammates coming this way, C3 looked at the Irelia not far away with the same gaze he would give a walking 300 gold.

"Ok?"

They actually dared to come to our door on their own?

When C3 saw Irelia use her Q to push towards the low-health minion, he was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, "You dare to be so arrogant when the jungler isn't here."

You think you have someone behind you? Well, you've picked the wrong target!

C3's killing intent grew, and he didn't take the Irelia with TP and Flash summoner spells seriously. His finger on the W key was poised to strike, waiting for his teammates to arrive.

"on!"

As X2's Ekko threw down his W, C3 instantly burst out and E onto Irelia's face, then W with his red rage stunned her, and a burst combo brought Irelia down to half health.

Ekko E out of the jungle, and time-space artifacts appear on the ground. He is about to enter them to stun Irelia, and then take her down in one combo.

Everyone was glued to the screen, but they were soon stunned by what happened next.

Suddenly, Irelia killed the third melee minion with her Q and leveled up to 6. The next second, she flashed out of Ekko's W circle and came to his side, slamming her blade into Ekko's head and stunning him.

Upon seeing this scene, a sense of foreboding flashed in C3's eyes.

My teammate is only level 4!

Su Mu's lips slowly curled up, outlining a confident arc that made many girls who were already paying attention to her appearance light up.

She's so cool!

Su Mu's fingers tapped lightly on the keyboard in a staggered manner, and clicked the mouse rhythmically, his skill arrangement was well-organized.

E stuns, W activates, A, RA, A, RA. Each time the ultimate is used, it's after Sheen's cooldown is over. The triggered passive, plus the true damage from W and the damage from R, quickly reduces Ekko's health to almost zero.

When the dizziness ended, Ekko frantically used Flash.

But the instant X2 flashed, he snapped back to reality, his eye twitched violently, and his heart sank...

Irelia still has her Q ability to use...

He watched helplessly as the Blade Girl transformed into a swift shadow and pursued him, emptying his health bar with a simple blade strike.

You have been killed!

98. Starting Posture

"Irelia's brilliant 6-man play! This time the foreshadowing of her stealing her teammates' jungle monsters has been resolved. The CS count is off; Renekton didn't notice it at all, and neither did Ekko!"

"With Ekko dead, Renekton seemed a bit awkward. He used his E to go back and kill a low-health minion to reach level 6 as well, and then used his ultimate to avenge his teammates."

"Irelia still has two ultimate abilities available, and both sides are temporarily out of crowd control, so they're locked in a fight."

"The crocodile's next empowered Q is almost ready! If it hits, he'll have a huge advantage in the fight! My god! Irelia dodged the crocodile's empowered Q by using her Q on a low-health minion;"

"..."

Su Mu's expression was focused, not even blinking. He knew that when Irelia's Q killed a minion, it would refund the cooldown and a certain amount of mana cost.

Instead of immediately returning to the crocodile's side to fight, she transformed into a blur and used her Q to kill the two remaining minions on the lane, triggering her W and the passive effect of her equipment to recover some health before finally using her Q on the crocodile.

Her E skill has a cooldown that's twice as fast as Renekton's W, and it still has 2 seconds left to cool down.

C3 saw Irelia return and try to fight for about a second. Although the opponent's health was already very tempting, he still forcibly resisted the urge to continue fighting and decisively used Flash to pull back.

Many audience members immediately gasped in surprise, asking, "Why are you running? Doesn't your health match up with Irelia's?"

However, a more insightful commentator would understand that C3's decision was incredibly rational.

"Luckily, the crocodile dodged quickly! Irelia's E skill was less than 0.5 seconds away. If the crocodile had been stunned and caught, Irelia would have used her remaining two ultimates to trigger Sheen, plus her auto-attack damage. The crocodile, who didn't have a single skill available, would definitely have been no match for her!"

Seeing that the crocodile ran away without hesitation, Su Mu decided to stop while she was ahead, since she had temporarily lost the means to pursue it anyway.

Ekko has a buff; killing him once disrupts his rhythm and gains gold, killing three birds with one stone, which is quite profitable.

[Bathe!!]

[A 1v2 comeback, killing one and forcing the other to use a flash, Thai pants hot!]

Where's the person who said they were sucking their teammates' lifeline? Come out and rant!

I'm sorry, I was speaking too loudly earlier... I'm slapping myself for that...

On the commentary booth, Shengxi habitually took the perspective of the side at a disadvantage in the fight, recounting the events from that point.

"Feng Lanye thought catching a level 5 Irelia would be easy, but he ended up walking right into the line of fire. If he had waited until Renekton reached level 6 before making a move, even if Ekko died, he could still trade for Irelia, and he wouldn't have lost out."

"They're getting anxious. Now Irelia has extended Ekko's expiring buff, which is going to put Renekton in a tough spot. He'll be pushed back to the tower and will need to use Teleport to get back to lane, while Irelia can save her abilities."

"A lead of one TP can provide a certain protection effect to both the top and bottom lanes, deterring Feng Lanye from recklessly diving the tower."

"It's not easy to dive the Stone Golem when it reaches level 6. The support, Feng Lan Ye, is a Janna, so it's actually quite difficult to coordinate with the jungler. If they want to make a move, the mid and jungle need to work together."

"It's clear that the jungler and mid laner in Step by Step have great chemistry and trust each other a lot. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the jungler would never give up non-buff resources in the jungle to his teammates in the early game."

“This is the power of trust that is called Powder!” Lanling laughed.

……

The atmosphere on the Wind Embraces Leaves team's internal channel was somewhat somber.

They're skilled enough; how could they not know how much that mid-lane skirmish would affect the overall situation?

On the surface, it may seem that only Ekko died, but in reality, if Renekton wants to avoid losing farm, he will definitely lose a summoner spell.

If the jungler dies in the mid lane, then the top and bottom lanes will no longer give you any face. They'll either catch up on farming or push back.

Neither the champions, nor Jinx or Janna, currently have the ability to reliably kill opponents in lane.

Even Ekko himself faces the problem of having some of his jungle resources taken away, which slows down his development and affects his control of neutral resources.

One small change can have far-reaching consequences.

The reason why the jungler is considered a crucial role that influences the entire game and determines the pace of the match is as described above.

"This wave is mine, it was too rushed."

Sigh, I couldn't resist the temptation of the Irelia seemingly offering herself up.

What they delivered to my door wasn't a gift, but a deadly knife that could take my life.

"Irelia is gaining momentum too quickly, this is a bit troublesome..."

"Let's play it safe for now, prioritize leveling X2 to 6."

"Hmm."

Bai Wei certainly wouldn't let Su Mu's game-breaking play go to waste. If she couldn't catch anyone, she could control resources, safely securing the first dragon, and then aggressively invading the jungle.

He used a snowball followed by a Q to instantly kill Ekko's jungle raptor, then walked away right in front of him.

"No need to come over, let them leave." Shan

X2 prevented his teammates who had TP'd back from blocking the Yeti.

There was no way around it; he had to swallow his frustration. He couldn't be sure if Irelia would conserve her TP; what if she pulled off a counterintuitive play? V

Based on their research on the "Step by Step to Victory" strategy, they knew that Xiao Mu, the mid-laner, frequently used this tactic, catching opponents off guard on multiple occasions.

In fact, X2 was right. Su Mu went back to base to buy equipment and then teleported back to lane. If he had dared to chase Bai Wei's snowman into the river, he would have been caught and died again.

"The other team has good awareness."

Su Mu used his scanner to reach his teammates in the river in the jungle. Finding that Ekko wasn't overextending, he pretended to be walking back from his lane and appeared in Feng Lan Ye's vision.

"Xiaoyu is level 6, we can try ganking top lane, but the crocodile doesn't have Flash. Should we wait until I reach level 6 and tower dive for a kill?" Bai Wei offered her idea.

"The crocodile is already finished, don't worry about me for now, focus on getting weapons or targeting Ekko."

Bai Wei understood; she knew Su Mu wanted to slightly increase the strength of the upper half of the map or the jungle, and whether or not to fight for the Rift Herald would depend on the situation.

She knew very well that none of the teams had as much control over the vanguard as her own.

Sometimes it's not that they don't take it, but that they deliberately leave it. If you don't specifically list the data and study it carefully, outsiders can easily overlook it.

Why take the Vanguard? To push towers and eat tower plates.

If not taking the Vanguard title yields more profit than taking it, then there's no need to fight for it.

……

Ekko found things getting harder and harder. The Yeti was stealing jungle camps way too fast, and several times he even punished them in front of him or pushed the ball over to exchange Q.

There are two types of Yeti that deal true damage to jungle monsters, and Ekko simply couldn't out-steal them. Even when the Rift Herald spawned around the eight-minute mark, he still hadn't reached level 6.

X2 is in a hurry, and C3 is in a hurry too.

C3 also found himself locked in the mid lane. Irelia no longer tried to control the lane. With the blue buff, she was clearing minions at full speed, using W to auto-attack and Q on the minions. Her speed was incredibly fast.

He disappears after clearing the lane each time, putting pressure on the side lanes and jungle, and making it impossible for him to send out minions if he tries to provide support.

"The enemy is going to send out their vanguard, should we let them?"

"The location of the stone golem is unknown, so don't enter the river unnecessarily," Z1 warned.

X2 hesitated. Ekko's kill threshold was not low, but he also knew that it would be difficult to steal the Yeti jungle monster, since it was equivalent to having two Smite.

99. Advanced development

"Let it go. It'll be easier to fight once I've leveled up. Let's avoid the early game."

At this moment, X2 still doesn't realize that they underestimated their opponent, and instead attributes their current mid-jungle disadvantage to mistakes.

"If I go to the enemy's bottom half of the map, can my bot lane get lane priority?"

"It should be fine."

Hearing his teammate's words, X2 nodded and accepted the order. (Three) Phosphorus Sisan IV The three wolves wanted to head towards the lower half of the area.

But to his utter surprise, a massive, azure figure burst forth from the wall, slamming him away—

"Holy crap! The Stone Golem is here!"