Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 131 Intellectual Suppression, Varus's Little Trick
"Haro, don't move in the early game. Focus on farming the jungle. Don't try to steal Lee Sin's red buff."

Doinb glanced at Syndra, who seemed to be moving upwards, and then looked at himself, Karma, who was incredibly weak in the early game, and could only say helplessly.

At this point, Haro finished taking the blue buff and seemed to be heading towards the top half of the jungle for the Lee Sin. If he wanted to take the red buff, he would switch to the red buff.

However, the experienced Doinb didn't think so. At this moment, Syndra was level 2, and her combat power was completely different from his Karma's level 2.

If RNG deliberately creates a diversion and waits in the upper jungle, then if their counter-jungling fails and the level 2 Jarvan IV dies, the game will be completely ruined.

At this point, the safest strategy is to farm jungle camps, trying to ensure that you don't fall too far behind in levels even if you lose a buff.

With the team buff provided by Karma in the mid-game, just like in the previous game, we had a few impressive team fights.

However, Donib never expected that after finishing the red buff, the Lee Sin didn't immediately return to his top jungle. Instead, he started farming the blue buff from the red side.

RNG's cleverness backfired; they made a gamble based on Doinb's experience, but the result was obvious: they were right!

From bottom to top, three and a half minutes into the game, the Lee Sin with three buffs had already reached level 3, while the mid laner had only just reached a little over half of level 3.

However, the top laner was completely unaware and was still happily farming minions.

"Try to seduce me, I'm coming."

This was the first time Xiaotian and Letme had teamed up in a competition, but they had played together many times in ranked games. Although they were still a little rusty, they were more than capable of dealing with Aguang.

Letme's Camille first used her E skill, hooking herself onto the wall, seemingly about to kick the weapon to trade damage.

Unexpectedly, Letme seemed to be trying to bait out the weapon's E skill, and kicked to the weapon's side.

Now, Camille's only escape skill is gone.

As expected, Ah Guang seized the opportunity, using his Q skill to move backward and dodge Camille's W skill slow. He then activated his E skill to launch a counterattack.

Even if I were blind, I could still smell the stench on you.

A bald man suddenly emerged from behind Camille, and two people appeared in front of the weapon all at once.

In less than a few seconds, Xiaotian got the first blood, and Aguang became Rw's first breakthrough point.

The top lane was in a terrible state, and the bottom lane was also struggling. At this point, Liu Qingsong's Braum had been driven to the brink of collapse by Li Luo.

With a range of only 525, Vengeful Spear was easily defeated by Varus's 575 range, and in a few last-hitting moments, Mago's health was reduced to half.

This kind of range advantage is generally unlikely to be seen on Kalista.

However, because Ma Ge wasn't particularly proficient with this hero, Liu Qingsong on the other side had to use the Guardian to shield himself every time.

With this ebb and flow, Braum's mana was depleted extremely quickly. He unleashed several Qs, but none of them hit. This was the first time Liu Qingsong had experienced such a difficult time since the Demacia Cup.

With Riot Games' deliberate adjustments, the core mechanics of League of Legends have shifted from macro-management to combat, which is the main reason why Varus is now ranked in Tier 0.

Poke Varus is undoubtedly the king of the patch. In previous matches, poke Varus players usually went to the mid lane.

The first item, Naked Manamune, takes a relatively long time to develop. It usually takes about 20 minutes before you can get the second item and your damage output will be decent.

However, with the Manaflow Band talent, Varus is no longer limited by mana and no longer needs to build Manamune.

In terms of equipment, a super cheap armor penetration item has been released. When the enemy AD has just finished building a few small items, you can shoot the enemy until their scalp tingles.

Simply put, the new talents and items have significantly accelerated the power spike of poke Varus, allowing him to exert his power during the laning phase.

Once you get your first item, and as long as you don't lose the lane, no matter how powerful the enemy AD carry is, they won't be able to beat you in lane. If you hit two Qs from a distance, the enemy will basically have to go back to base.

If you can establish good vision control or control the lane to prevent ganks, the enemy bot lane will have a hard time laning. If the support picks a champion like Tahm Kench, the only weakness in team fights will be eliminated.

Poke Varus has the safest teamfight positioning of all AD carries. If you aim well, the enemy's squishy champions will be at your mercy. Many people think that poke Varus's damage isn't as high as that of a regular AD carry. Indeed, if you're shooting at dummy targets like in a training camp, poke Varus's damage won't surpass any regular AD carry.

However, don't forget that the output environment in team fights is a very important factor in determining an AD carry's output ability.

Just look at how Varus became a Tier 0 champion in Season 10 to see this.

In the S10 Spring Finals, in the penultimate game, JackeyLove's Aphelios built Infinity Edge, Hurricane, and Green Blade in the late game. Just by looking at this equipment, you could tell that JackeyLove planned to go crazy with auto-attacks and deal explosive damage in team fights.

The results of it?
In the final team fight, due to the poor output environment, Ah Shui only managed to attack the front line once or twice before being killed.

While the poke-style Varus doesn't have high burst damage in a short time, its strength lies in its stable output. If played well, it's hard to die quickly, and it can even be used in conjunction with assassins to shoot down the enemy's backline.

When OMG was playing against V5, Old Thief used an arrow to reduce the health of the enemy's most fed mid laner to a low level, and then Jayce immediately entered the fray and killed him.

When FPX played against EDG, Lwx killed Azir with two arrows, laying the foundation for their victory in the team fight.

If you watch games regularly, you'll find that such scenes are not uncommon.

However, poke Varus has almost no burst damage, especially in the early levels, making him very weak in duels.

Poke Varus needs to slowly whittle down the opponent's health before considering a kill—a gradual approach rather than a sudden, aggressive attack.

The only weakness in the early game was mitigated by RNG's modified playstyle and individual skill.

"Ming-san, you know what I mean~"

With a wicked grin, Xiao Ming immediately understood Li Luo's meaning. He glanced at the minion wave and immediately stood behind a few low-health minions, facing Lao Zei and Liu Qingsong.

"Good opportunity! Can Qingsong take this chance?"

How could the old thief possibly let such an opportunity slip by?

It's important to know that Kalista's Q skill can stack up to the next enemy by killing a minion.

At this moment, the soldier already had three spears on him. As long as he found the right angle, the toad, which had no mobility, would be stuck and would not escape death.

"OK, this is totally OK."

Liu Qingsong had been holding back for a long time, completely forgetting that this might have been a ploy by RNG's bot lane.

A precise Q skill shot sent a red spear piercing the toad, stacking four times. At the same time, Vengeance Spear flashed forward, attaching the fifth spear.

On the other side, Braum also landed a precise Q skill on the gromp.

The two unleashed their explosive damage in just one second, reducing the toad's health to below half.

"My arrows will always find their own target."

The fish had taken the bait, and Li Luo was not about to let it go. He hit Mago Kalista with a precise Q skill, taking down the low-health minions in the back row as well.

Attack speed bonus!
Varus' passive ability grants him an attack speed bonus whenever he kills a minion.

This attack speed bonus is usually hard to gain an advantage in the laning phase, but when the two focused their fire on the Gromp, the terrifying power of this passive suddenly came out.

Long arrows struck the Spear of Vengeance, and with the high damage and the passive effect of W, Li Luo pressed the E skill to detonate the three stacks at once.

On the other side, Xiaoming's toad was also in grave danger.

However, Tahm Kench still has the crucial E skill. As soon as the E skill is activated, a white shield that is no less powerful than half health rises up, extinguishing the Rw players' hopes of killing him.

Rng.Uzi killed Rw.smlz
Rng.Uzi killed Rw.Crisp
Doublie kill!
With success on both ends of the pitch, RNG demonstrated their championship-caliber strength in their first appearance at S8.

(End of this chapter)