Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 138 Peak Consciousness, Complete Overwhelming
"This is probably the first time I've seen RNG's new lineup! Ornn in the top lane, combined with Karma's speed boost for initiating team fights, I'm kind of looking forward to it," Wawa said with interest.

"Let's see how A-Guang performs here, and see if Captain Jack Sparrow is stronger, or Ornn is stronger!"

The game officially begins.

"Huh, Varus seems to have a new talent skill, what's it called again? Hmm, Unsealed Scroll."

Xiao Ming pressed Tab and said something that sounded very strange.

It's important to know that the Unsealed Secrets talent is now rarely used, not only in competitive matches but also in ranked games.

In a time when laning ability is in dire need of support, equipping this type of utility rune undoubtedly weakens the strength of lane heroes, naturally resulting in nearly 10% less damage output compared to their opponents.

Don't underestimate this 10% gain. It may seem small in the early game, but once the game drags on to 30 or 40 minutes, the difference becomes very noticeable.

Many tank top laners have been pushed back into lane because they brought Unsealed Spellbook; this is not uncommon in ranked games.

But Sima Laozei's unusual behavior today made Li Luo see the second change in his butterfly wings.

If things proceed as they normally would, the unsealed secret technique for bot lane ADCs, especially Varus, should only be discovered in late February, some time after the start of the Spring Split.

This talent is precisely the best way players have figured out to deal with champions like Ezreal and Kalista.

As the early bot lane meta of Season 8, it mainly focused on poke and harass. At that time, Ezreal's W skill was not the Essence Leap that everyone is familiar with today.

The later Ww skill changes had three characteristics. The first was that it could mark turrets. The second was that the damage was increased. The third was that it had a strong recovery effect. As long as the skill hits again after hitting the target, the mana will be refunded.

But at this point, Ezreal's W is still the familiar skill that can ignore minions and deal additional damage upon hitting them, or it can provide attack speed when it hits an ally.

Because of the lane sustain provided by the Kleptomancy rune, Ezreal can frequently use his W skill to quickly deplete the opponent's health to a dangerous level.

However, the Unsealed Secrets talent is exactly the opposite of what you want to counter. Before the Unsealed Secrets was changed, as long as you accumulated enough Summoner Spell Shards, you could change a Summoner Spell without limit.

This also means that you can switch TP skills without limit to achieve the function of quickly getting online, or you can switch to Cleanse to save your life in team fights.

The fact that the old thief realized this two months in advance and was the first to develop the unsealed manual, becoming the first to try something new, made Li Luo feel a sense of crisis.

Since even the old fox can predict the future and develop new strategies, the top teams in S8 will surely not fall behind.

History! It's already changing!
Both sides started normally, but neither side managed to engage in a level 1 team fight. Both top and bottom lanes were dominated by farming heroes, and neither side seemed inclined to fight. After the time was up, they all went to their lanes.

This Ezreal build features Doran's Ring and potions, focusing on harassment in lane.

As long as you can land more Qs on the enemy, the benefits of Doran's Ring are far greater than those of Doran's Blade.

As soon as the bottom lane came online, Li Luo didn't rush to go forward and auto-attack.

Instead, he waited until the frog tried to come up and use its support item to last-hit a minion, then used his Q skill to hit the frog and steal back a money bag.

Very profitable!

Ezreal couldn't push Varus no matter what, but Ezreal's tower-diving ability was pretty good, so Li Luo wasn't worried about Rw's aggressive push and focused on improving the accuracy of his skills, striving to maximize the use of the Kleptomancy rune.

Varus pushes lanes very quickly; basically, two auto-attacks followed by a charged Q skill are enough to clear the backline minions.

However, Li Luo's Ezreal was able to hit the Q skill every time the old thief was charging up his Q, during the slight slowdown and stalemate.

With the tides turning, although Lao Zei pushed the lane to RNG's blue side tower, he was too afraid to come up and harass them because he was pushing the lane too far and the time was about right. He anticipated that the jungler was nearby.

While clearing the minion wave, use E to move forward, then use W and Q simultaneously, hitting the Tahm Kench who couldn't dodge in time. Then, use a small movement to dodge the Tahm Kench's retaliatory Q skill.

An extremely smooth, damage-free blood exchange.

Unfortunately, thanks to the White Shield, even if the frog was harassed, it didn't matter. After standing in the bush for a while, its health was almost completely restored. That's just how the game is now, and Li Luo couldn't do anything about it. Before the "heavy armor support" meta arrived, Ezreal was very weak against semi-tanks in the early game; these support semi-tank heroes were too easy to play.

Unless the skill gap is obvious, Ezreal has no way to deal with these two heroes in the early game.

"Xiao Tian, ​​you can come later, the bottom lane is under a lot of pressure."

"Can you hold on tight?"

The choice of the first gank is extremely important. Choosing to gank the bottom lane is a very risky move, as it is easy for the top laner to teleport down and start a multi-player fight.

Moreover, regardless of victory or defeat, the upper jungle is basically given to the enemy jungler.

If it were Xiangguo, he would definitely come down if Li Luo said so, since that's RNG's sacrificial playstyle—sacrificing himself to help the laners succeed.

However, Xiaotian is different. He hasn't truly experienced the abnormal RNG system from last season, so it's normal for him to have questions at this time.

"Let's give it a try. I bet they'll try to poke us down to their base when they reach level 3."

Li Luo said with a smile.

By pushing the lane, forcibly harassing the enemy, and then immediately recalling, a time difference will be created. Once RNG pushes forward, RW's bot lane will return to lane.

At that point, Li Luo and Xiao Ming will have to face the choice: going home means losing minion waves, while not going home means facing the enemy at full strength while in a weakened state.

"OK, OK"

Li Luo gave a hint, and Xiao Tian immediately understood. He then controlled the Blind Man to walk towards the bottom lane, not even making a move when passing the F6 camp.

Anyone who knows RNG knows that when in doubt, just raise Uzi and you're good to go.

Li Luo calculated the speed at which the blind man would arrive from the top jungle, as well as the experience difference between himself and the opponent when they reached level three.

"Xiao Ming, just use RQ to clear the backline minions."

Upon hearing Li Luo's words, Xiao Ming decisively unleashed his skill, devouring all three backline minions. This delayed Rw's push on the lane, forcing them to wait for the next wave of minions.

As soon as the second wave of minions arrived, Rw pushed the lane forward and began probing outside the tower.

The old thief first hit Ezreal with his E skill. Despite Karma's shield, the old thief was not afraid at all, and after taking a potion, he started attacking him.

The minions under the tower were still being destroyed by it in droves, while the toad stood behind, ready to devour Varus and leave at any moment.

Neither Ezreal nor Karma has the ability to lock down enemies, so they have no worries about being trapped under the tower.

But no matter how much they planned, they never expected that Li Luo had anticipated their thoughts and summoned Xiao Tian.

Just as the two were about to leave, a blind man who had already circled around appeared in their field of vision.

"Damn, RNG's 'protect the dog' playstyle is disgusting, we can't escape... Let's fight."

The two, who were originally planning to escape, instantly abandoned their plans and prepared to fight back.

But Li Luo wasn't about to give him a chance. He retreated immediately, waiting for the blind man to come forward.

Lee Sin's Q skill is difficult to hit if the opponent is prepared, and it relies heavily on prediction.

However, Xiaotian successfully guessed the old thief's movement and used a precise Q skill to close in and entangle Varus.

Varus was quickly killed by the damage output of Ezreal and Lee Sin.
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