Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 168 "Letme", Terrifyingly So

Now that she had a level advantage, Irelia became even more dominant.

Everyone else is laning in a duo lane, with both players getting experience, but you're suddenly getting experience alone. That won't do.

By firmly blocking the minion wave in the middle, when Irelia reached level 4, Ezreal was still a pitiful level 2, and even Soraka was only level 2.

A 2v2 bot lane battle between four players in a top-tier Korean server Challenger game turned into a one-man show.

Leveling up solo is fast, but no matter how well you control the lane, you have to let the lane pass at this point.

Irelia is level 6, Alistar is level 3 against Ezreal is level 3, and Soraka is level 3.

The moment the minion wave arrives, use a charged W followed by a slide Q, and the minion wave is gone.

Before Aphelios was released, no other ADC in the entire league could match this level of wave clear speed in the bot lane.

After pushing the lane, Alistar recalled to base right in front of the two players. A few seconds later, a flash of light appeared, and he was back home.

Deft and Mata in the bottom lane didn't think much of it and started seriously farming under the tower to catch up in development.

The Irelia retreated and disappeared, while Alistar recalled to base in their sights, and as usual, he went back to buy equipment.

However, thanks to the strength of the bottom lane and the fact that Alistar was not on the lane, giving them ample time to place wards, they spotted Lee Sin jungling in the bottom half of the map.

The blind man was completely unaware that he was already under surveillance. He started with red buff and wanted to make plays in the bottom lane, but he had to give up because the Irelia was too high-level.

Incorrect jungle clearing routes resulted in very little vision in the lower half of the jungle.

However, the bottom laner signaled that the enemy had gone home, and Graves had just appeared in the top half of the jungle. Lee Sin farmed very casually, without any jungle clearing details, and just punched and kicked the wolves.

With a perfect field of vision, Li Luo activated his W skill and charged it up, triggering his passive ability and stealing the Blind Man's big wolf.

The blind man was completely bewildered and hadn't even come to his senses when a sharp blade flashed by. He had already been hit by Irelia's E passive, and the brief stun left him rooted to the spot.

A level 4 Lee Sin, a level 6 Irelia, one QA combo and Lee Sin's health was reduced to half.

This caused the Blind Man to panic and try to escape with a clumsy ward placement, but unfortunately, Irelia followed up with her ultimate skill and hit him.

Slows down, second passive effect.

No extra maneuvers needed, QAQA, the blind man secured the kill and also took away a fresh red buff.

From the moment Irelia appeared in the jungle to the moment Malzahar and Soraka arrived to provide support, the two were very fast.

But when they arrived at the scene, Li Luo had already escaped using the explosive fruit, giving them no chance at all.

The bewildered blind man then realized that this Irelia was the ADC in the bot lane.

The ping signal kept going until it couldn't be pinged anymore, indicating why the bottom lane wasn't giving a signal, clearly blaming Mata and Deft for their carelessness.

Of course, in casual games, Mata wouldn't bother with him. Damn it, even if I report a miss, are you still not going to farm the lower jungle?
Besides, the Alistar went back right in front of us, who knew the ADC would go and invade the enemy jungle alone?
Fortunately, the blind man was born in Hongkai.

If it was a Lee Sin who started with blue buff, then Irelia would have blue buff now, instead of red buff.

In the new version, Irelia's Q skill is extremely mana-intensive. With the mana sustain from the blue buff, she can endlessly harass with her skills, making her far more annoying than the sticky, sticky presence from the red buff.

Two kills, first blood, barely missed any minions. Irelia went back to base and bought a Sheen and a pair of boots. Of course, once Irelia and Alistar returned to lane, the large wave of minions pushing back towards the tower prevented Ezreal from trading blows. He could only watch helplessly as the minion wave continued to push towards Irelia's tower.

The second outrageous aspect of this tactic immediately caused pain to other lanes as well.

Once Irelia gains an advantage, Alistar no longer needs to be in the bot lane to ensure a margin for error. Irelia can now easily take on two opponents at once, which indirectly frees up the support.

Xiao Ming's Alistar went home and used his gold to buy Boots of Speed. After appearing in the bottom lane duo, he brazenly left the bottom lane right in front of Mata and Deft, right out of their sight.

But what could the two do? They could only send a miss signal and quietly watch the Irelia controlling the lane from a distance.

The pressure from Alistar's roaming was making Lee Sin very uncomfortable. He had originally planned to dominate the bottom lane, but now he was worried about the sudden appearance of Alistar and Graves.

After the lower jungle was scanned by Alistar's wards, it had become completely dark. The blue buff had also been stolen. Without the help of his teammates, Lee Sin dared not enter the lower jungle at all.

The little dragon also roared and fell down miserably. The water dragon provided some sustain, which was not bad in casual games.

For a moment, the situation reached a stalemate due to the red team's extremely cowardly tactics.

But when netizens saw the widening economic gap between the two sides from the observer's perspective, they were outraged.

"Holy crap, you're telling me this is Letme? Are you kidding me?"

"I don't understand, so I'm asking. Why does Letme's Irelia's E seem so fast? It's even more exaggerated than TheShy's Irelia."

"When did Letme learn this hero? My god, isn't he invincible?"

Li Luo obviously couldn't see the streamer's comments, but Xiao Hu had already come up behind him, watching his gameplay with an exaggerated expression.

"See? Place the first segment at a distance, and the second segment next to you. This will make your E skill much faster, and there are also variations, like when you're attacking minions."

Taking advantage of his level advantage, he casually walked around the courtyard and killed Deft again in front of Mata, then said to Xiaohu.

First time playing?

No, no, no, it's just that TheShy was too powerful in his world, and because of TheShy, Irelia became a champion that everyone could play.

Irelia's skills may become more widely known much faster than those of other champions.

Irelia was at her strongest after a major overhaul before the World Championship. While she is strong now, it's because she hasn't been nerfed yet. In the current 8.8 version on the Korean server, Irelia has already been nerfed.

But just like Sett in later generations, the current Irelia is still a numerical monster, and the designers' several nerfs are not as effective as a single buff.

At that time, in high-elo games on the Chinese server, warrior champions like Irelia, Aatrox, and Fiora were all the rage, while tanks were largely eliminated from the competitive scene. Even Ornn couldn't gain any advantage.

As for low-level games?

Even in the S10 Summer Split, players in lower-ranked games still struggled to play Irelia. Knowing her is one thing, but actually using her is another.

This champion is different from Kalista in Season 7 and Aatrox in Season 8. Instead, she's more like Nidalee and Aurelion Sol, a champion that requires skill to play. If you don't play her well, she'll look ridiculous.

Seeing that Xiao Hu nodded as if he understood, Li Luo felt relieved.

In one version, top lane Irelia would suddenly appear in the mid lane and effectively counter several strong mid lane mages at the time, such as Ryze. This champion was considered a must-practice for mid laners.

(End of this chapter)