Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 149 Suffocation and Suppression
Although the commentators said that, anyone familiar with League of Legends can see RNG's invisible advantage at this moment.

The analysts from various teams sitting in front of the screen all shook their heads repeatedly, and the factory manager, who was sitting with Abu, also noticed something amiss.

Unlike RNG's perfect resource allocation, IG is too chaotic, and its focus is not yet clear.

Olaf and Olaf, two champions who excel at early to mid-game invasions, were led by the nose by RNG, constantly fighting in the river or IG's jungle.

As a team where everyone is involved in the fight, the first top lane swap revealed a problem with IG: Letme signaled his teammates to farm his minions, while Duke signaled his teammates to retreat. His decision to farm minions highlighted the issue with IG.

Everyone wants to carry the team, everyone wants the economy, so who will sacrifice?

Is it Rookie, the veteran mid-laner who has been playing in the LPL for many years, who should be sacrificed?
Or should we sacrifice Du Bu Chuan, the top laner who won the S6 championship?

Or is it that Ning is giving up his jungle and sacrificing himself?
The reason why IG was able to be suppressed by RNG for a whole year in S8 in the previous life was also because of this.

In a winning game or when the mid and jungle can open up the situation, you can bring the enemy jungle into your own farming area, allowing your teammates to farm your jungle. This is why IG can be strong in every position when they are winning.

However, once the game drags on and they can't gain an advantage in the solo lanes, IG's rhythm becomes noticeably disrupted.

Although Duke is a champion top laner, his reputation has never been based on his mechanics. After all, the top lane was very easy to target and gank in Season 8.

Duke came to LPL to earn money for his retirement; it's unlikely he can carry the torch like he did in S6.

Looking at the last hits, it's clear that in just over ten minutes, Duke and Letme's last hits have become almost equal.

Looking at the bottom lane, it's quite exaggerated. Ah Shui's Ezreal has been down by almost 35 CS by Tristana in the 15-minute timeframe.

Basically, the advantage in the bottom lane is accumulated through last-hitting minions.

"Uzi is so strong in professional matches!"

From the start of the game until now, jacklove has been highly focused and has made a series of impressive plays.

The two have faced off in ranked games before, but the pressure in ranked games is completely different from the pressure in competitive matches.

Ezreal is a strong lane-pushing champion, JackeyLove has played him a lot.

Being suppressed in the early stages? That's normal.

However, he has actually only encountered a few games where he was constantly pressured and his teammates couldn't come to his aid in time.

In ranked games, even if you don't develop well in the early game, as time goes by, once it's time to team fight, Ezreal can easily make up for the lost gold.

However, in a match, once you are pressured in the early game, this pressure will continue until the end of the game if you don't make any mistakes.

Uzi's laning phase was incredibly detailed; he was practically like a sophisticated robot.

Whether it's dodging Qs with subtle movement, moving in and out of bushes to draw aggro, or advancing and retreating according to the situation, it's all about skillful maneuvering.
From the start of the game until now, Ah Shui calculated in his mind that his Q skill had hit Uzi no more than five times, and most of the Kleptomancy runes on him were for Xiao Ming's Q.

Meanwhile, the bottom lane's first tower, belonging to the pushing side, is also in grave danger.

What's most infuriating is that once Ning disappears from sight for more than thirty seconds, the cannon will immediately retreat, slippery like an eel, giving no chance at all.

Once this wave of minions pushes into the tower, the bottom lane definitely won't be able to hold onto the first tower. Left with no other option, Baolan, as a veteran player, could only say what he started...

"Gao Zhenning, come help the bot lane, or the tower will fall." "RNG is in a good position right now. Maokai is pushing the lane in the top lane, and Ryze has his ultimate to support. Ning doesn't dare to move around recklessly right now. Hmm, Xiangguo is going to use vision control to EQ down from the red side jungle to steal the Rift Herald. Let's see if Ning can spot him here?"

"Oh no, Ning's Olaf is heading straight for the bottom lane, and it looks like he's planning to gank it. He didn't even see the F6 camp spawn. It looks like Xiangguo is going to steal the top lane this time. But let's see if Ning can catch Uzi and Ming in the bottom lane."

They were constantly fighting, but Olaf was doing well. He then headed to the bottom lane with boots, jungle item, and Cinderhulk.

Olaf wouldn't normally build the Cinderhulk jungle item in a game. Whether from the perspective of jungle control or farming, the cooldown reduction and high attack damage of the Warrior jungle item are more suitable for Ning's personality.

However, due to the presence of Tristana and Ryze, Ning still had to take on some of the damage-absorbing duties, which indirectly reduced his damage output.

Meanwhile, Li Luo in the bottom lane still had almost full health after returning to base to replenish his equipment after taking down the dragon in the previous wave, while Ezreal and Braum had health close to two-thirds.

In the Season 7 Ardent Censer meta, Tristana consistently held the top spot in win rate, second only to Kalista.

Especially in the final match against Samsung, Li Luo used a jungle carry strategy, which refreshed the impression of the hero Tristana in the minds of players all over the world.

After that, Riot Games had to quickly find a way to nerf the champions, but after many designers considered it for days, they still gave up on the idea.

Tristana's skill mechanics are relatively balanced. The reason she became so popular in Season 7 was because of the Ardent Censer, which made her power spike come earlier.

Therefore, the designers made a bold decision and completely nerfed the Incense Burner item to reduce the early and mid-game influence of auto-attack-based ADCs.

Although Tristana's win rate remained high after that because critical strike items hadn't been changed, she lost her dominance compared to other ADCs in the current meta.

The reason for picking Tristana in this game was to compensate for RNG's early game tempo and to provide a guarantee for RNG's late-game composition.

However, this is only the first time that Tristana has appeared on the competitive stage since the Demacia Cup began.

Compared to later-game picks, more AD carries will choose Caitlyn or Vayne, while early-game picks prefer Varus, Ezreal, and Kalista.

There's another reason why no one dares to choose the small cannon.

It's dragging on too much.

This champion is too slow to become effective. With Ardent Censer, she starts to shine with two or even one and a half items, but without Ardent Censer, she can only become viable after completing Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, and Rapid Firecannon.

Both Varus and Ezreal, equipped with the same two items, can easily suppress Tristana.

Without armor penetration, it couldn't damage tanks in the early stages of Season 8.

Without critical hits, the character is too fragile and has a long W recovery animation, making them prone to dying in team fights.

Without the range of artillery, it's difficult to get close enough to directly threaten fragile targets.

These are three crucial items; without any one of them, Tristana won't be able to deal the damage that an ADC should be able to in this version.

Compared to Ezreal, who can become powerful with just two items (Morph and Trinity Force), Tristana is too slow and hesitant.

This is also Coach Kim's understanding of the game. Why not help the bot lane? Because Ezreal's two items can out-damage you with two and a half items, so there's no need to focus on the bot lane.

(End of this chapter)