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Chapter 183 Top Laner Lu Ban! Stopping Killing with Killing!

The moment the trolls arrived, the two sides immediately began fighting.

A pillar was diagonally placed in the path of Irelia's Q, interrupting her dash and putting her Q skill on cooldown.

The troll, who had originally intended to relieve stress, was immediately drawn in by this temptation.

With W activated, they charged forward with a roar, while on the other side, Ah Shui's Kai'Sa activated E to flank from the side.

Unfortunately, as Irelia retreated, the moment the two short sides met, Xiangguo, who had been waiting in the bushes, immediately emerged.

A deadly smoke grenade, along with its slowing effect, sealed Kai'Sa's fate.

With Irelia's Q skill ready again, and Alistar's crowd control, the three RNG members gained a significant advantage in this small-scale team fight.

Although there are no resources to invade, Kai'Sa in the bottom lane will be completely suppressed by Irelia this game.

"He should be going back to farm the jungle camps in the bottom half of the map. Be careful, don't get lured up and give away an advantage again."

Xiangguo, satisfied with his assist, walked towards his jungle, saying as he did so.

"OK"

Letme nodded repeatedly. As a newcomer to the bot lane, he naturally had to follow his teammates' instructions.

Indeed, at the current pace, the troll should go back to farming his lower jungle.

After all, if you just took the blue buff and immediately go down to gank instead of farming the jungle, it will be very detrimental to your rhythm and development.

But this is not absolute.
The worst thing a jungler can do on the field is to rely on "habitual thinking".

How can you catch someone by relying on habitual thinking? Only a gank that goes against the grain can catch someone off guard.

After leaving the bottom lane's vision, the troll immediately went back to base in the shadows instead of farming his jungle monsters, and then headed towards the top lane.

Seize him!

"Wow, this little dog has no vision at all. Ning's Trundle has already circled around. We might have to use Flash to get out of here!"

Miller shouted.

From God's perspective, the troll left his house and headed straight for the road.

Passing by his own blue buff, he sneaked through the red team's top lane tri-bush, making a flanking maneuver from behind and blocking Lucian's retreat.

At the same time, the usually cautious Fiora became bolder, using her Q skill to stab towards Li Luo.

Li Luo reacted quickly. The moment Fiora's Q came in, he dodged it and headed towards his tower without looking back.

Generally speaking, being ganked in the top lane is very damaging.

Especially with this kind of gank after the top laner ganks, even if you don't get a kill, getting a summoner spell is a huge help to the top laner.

"Oh dear, that puppy got a little greedy. He could have used Flash and his E skill to create distance."

While the commentator's words weren't entirely unreasonable, anyone who plays top lane Lucian knows that Flash was definitely not going to be used in that situation.

Even if you manage to escape by using Flash, you'll still be solo killed when Fiora reaches level 6.

"The troll's E skill cannot be interrupted, otherwise getting hit by it will be fatal."

Li Luo stared intently at the troll that appeared behind the screen, carefully observing the troll's hand-raising motion.

The troll's E and R animations both have a very obvious pre-cast animation, where he raises his staff and points it at the sky.

However, Ning is no pushover either. As the S8 FMVP, his skills are beyond question.

The troll activated his W ability and used the speed boost to get right next to Lucian. He immediately used his Q ability to bite down, and then kept following behind him with auto-attacks.

Left with no other choice, seeing Fiora getting closer and closer, Li Luo had to control Lucian to use his E skill to slide towards the tower.

It was precisely when he saw the slide that Ning's eyes lit up, and he flashed to follow up, also predicting a fatal E skill.

When you're almost at the tower, 90% of professional players will choose to play it safe and flash back to the tower to ensure their safety.

10% of professional players might continue to be stubborn, or simply not realize what's happening.

But Ning believes that, given Uzi's reaction, this move will definitely elicit a response.

Unfortunately, Li Luo managed to hold back at the crucial moment. Yes, not that he didn't react, but that he held back.

Because the pillar wasn't pointing in your direction, but rather it was predicting where you would teleport.

"Holy crap, is Uzi's heart made of iron? How can he endure this?"

King Ning cursed inwardly, watching Lucian stroll back to the tower with an air of nonchalance, his heart filled with resentment.

Lucian's momentary sluggishness just now was clearly due to pressing S. Even if he were stupid, he wouldn't think that Uzi was slow to react and didn't realize it.

The opponent anticipated his Flash E and predicted it.

It sounds a bit mystical, but prediction is inherently mysterious. Even the strongest predictions are based on our understanding of the subject.

Why is the factory manager's prediction so strong?

Rumor has it that the factory manager watched the opponent's video for three consecutive days before the match, and only after fully understanding the opponent's movement habits did his success rate greatly improve.

Li Luo did indeed make a prediction. In this game, speed of reaction is not the key for mid-laners, because this kind of E skill that jumps out of the ground is actually a test of psychological strength.

With the pillar empty, neither the troll nor the Fiora had the ability to hold anyone back, and could only helplessly watch Lucian recall under the tower.

But the consequences of failing to catch Lucian in this wave are far more complex than that.

This wave of attacks abandoned the bottom half of the jungle and went straight to gank top. Judging from the timing, Graves should already be counter-jungling, so Tahm Kench and Saburo in the bottom lane are naturally gone.

What the trolls had left was naturally the lower half of the jungle.

This made RNG's bot lane even more aggressive, with Alistar even standing behind the minion wave, completely thwarting IG's idea of ​​getting experience.

"It's okay, this wave knocked out his TP, I'll have another TP now. If I can solo kill him, he'll be in big trouble."

TheShy couldn't blame Ning at this point, since he often engaged in this kind of psychological game.

Ning didn't understand TheShy's Korean, but after seeing him tap Lucian's teleport, he guessed what it meant.

"Okay, okay, I'll go catch it. Be careful."

After Lucian, with half health remaining, recalled to base to replenish his equipment and then teleported back to lane.

In the early game, top laners, especially AD top laners, should use their Teleport (TP) ability first to return to their lane and create a level advantage over the bot lane.

Only when there is a level difference can the second and third TPs have a deterrent effect.

TheShy immediately opened the tab, checked the equipment, and found that Li Luo had bought another Doran's Blade and a Control Ward.

A ward was placed directly in the red team's triangular bush, clearly telling you, "I have a ward here, this path is blocked."

Fiora didn't go back to base to buy items and teleport back; she still had a Doran's Shield on her.

Because I gained some experience from the troll's gank earlier, if I recall to base now and rush over, both sides should reach level 6 in about the same amount of time.

According to TheShy's calculations, as long as he can secure level 6, he can immediately gain an advantage in the top lane by utilizing the extra teleport.

Seeing that TheShy was still lingering on the lane, Li Luo's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he immediately dashed over.

e, w, q. Charge in, forcefully unleash a powerful attack and all burst damage.

Fiora reacted quickly and immediately tried to counterattack, but she was startled by Lucian's burst damage halfway through and used WQ to escape backwards.

Of course, Li Luo's radical actions this time were not without reason.

First of all, the troll just finished ganking, so he'll definitely be going to farm his own top jungle now. Besides, with this control ward and Flash, he'll be level 6 in no time.

Without Flash, the outcome of the battle is still uncertain.

Lucian's aggressive trade of blows, coupled with the addition of a Doran's Blade, gave him a significant advantage, forcing Fiora to retreat and watch the minion wave from afar.

"In that case, he should have three or five more soldiers than me to reach level 6?"

TheShy looked at his experience bar and made an uncertain judgment.

When it comes to calculating experience, professional players, while still better than ordinary casual players, are not as mysterious as some people on forums claim.

Besides the six minions in a solo lane at level two, eight minions in a duo lane, and five waves of minions at level three, many professional players can accurately calculate these.

However, at levels 4 and above, most people have to rely on their own experience and long-standing intuition to make calculations.

For example, by looking at how many minions you need to reach level 6 and the position of the minion wave, you can roughly calculate whether the opponent will reach level 6 in the next wave.

However, because Lucian was distracted when he escaped, he forgot whether the experience from the large wagon soldier had been gained.

TheShy himself isn't sure how many minions Lucian needs before reaching level 6.

And this is precisely the key to laning in the top lane.

There's one more soldier.

Li Luo watched the next wave of stumbling minions approach, but in his mind he was thinking about how to entice TheShy to engage.

If things proceed normally, everyone will reach level 6 after this wave of minions is cleared, which means there won't be an opportunity for a solo kill.

However, if you kill a melee minion and reach level 6, the minions will block your path, and you might not be able to unleash your full R skill.

In his plan, this ultimate skill needed to hit at least half of the bullets to kill the Fiora when her health was low.

He took two steps forward, pulling the minion wave; it looked like he was about to start controlling the lane.

This time, Fiora wasn't having it and was about to stab Lucian right in the head.

In that instant, Lucian raised his twin pistols and swiftly eliminated the low-health melee minion.

"Shu~"

The moment the white waterfall upgrade effect appeared, Fiora, who was about to push the lane, instinctively used her Q to retreat.

However, the Q skill without a target not only went into a long cooldown, but also placed the user in an awkward position with no minions to block their path.

Seeing this, Lucian, who was itching to make a move, unleashed his W skill and simultaneously initiated an AAE combo.

“Death is mercy, and I have enough mercy to give you.”

With a skillful combo, Fiora flashed almost simultaneously as Lucian used his E while still behind the minion wave.

Lucian also has Flash, but considering Lucian's ultimate ability, Fiora didn't immediately use her W to block.

And this marked the end of TheShy.

Without any hesitation, Qaa followed up with her attack as soon as waaeaa finished, each basic attack perfectly timed.

Lucian was originally an ADC suitable for all ages, but after Omar's term ended, Lucian suffered repeated nerfs and reworks, and is now an ADC for skilled players.

Lucian's combos are not easy to execute, and to some extent, they are even more difficult than those of top lane fighters such as Irelia and Riven.

Riven can perform three QA combos in one second, using the Q, A, and S (or right-click) keys. The Q animation is relatively easy to control, and even if the third hit is different, it still knocks the enemy into the air and controls them. It can be slower (Riven's auto-attacks are also quite smooth).

Lucian used EWQ in his combo, and the QW skills had different cast times, making his auto-attacks less than smooth.

However, Lucian is one of the heroes who exemplifies that attack speed is not limited by basic attack speed.

In a sense, he has the highest attack speed among ADCs, and six attacks per second plus the damage from Q and W makes him an undeniable killer of squishy targets.

Use QW skills to cancel the aftercast animation of a basic attack, and use a stop (walk) basic attack to cancel the aftercast animation of a skill.

Under this high-damage combo, Fiora's health plummeted like water.

The aggressive attack further enhances this burst damage.

Fiora immediately used her W to try and block the damage, but it was too late.

Lucian waited for Fiora to finish using her W skill, then activated his R skill and easily killed Fiora under the tower.

too fast!
Fiora's health plummeted to zero in a mere second, leaving only her corpse lying on the ground, seemingly proclaiming the opponent's power.

Lucian used his refreshed E skill to leave the tower, taking only one layer of tower damage and even saving himself the need for Flash.

"TheShy, TheShy got solo killed?"

Ning, who was still happily farming in the jungle, looked at TheShy with disbelief.

Unfortunately, this time TheShy didn't return Ning's gentle smile.

He was now biting his lip and his face was flushed.

It wasn't that Uzi played Lucian exceptionally well or dominated the game; rather, it was that he was extremely proficient with Fiora.

The more proficient you are with a hero, the easier it is to lane.

Uzi understands Fiora's weaknesses and distance control too well, especially when using a champion he's already good at, like Lucian, which makes him even more overbearing.

The three commentators in the commentary booth were also a bit stunned at this moment. This exchange between the two was really over in the blink of an eye.

"Wow, that puppy's play was really cool! Every basic attack felt so smooth."

"It's amazing," the doll exclaimed.

The director immediately played back the slow-motion footage, and only then could everyone see every detail of the operation clearly.

"What fast guns! This guy clearly didn't even fire his passive dual pistols on the first skill, yet he managed to connect with a second dual pistol attack?"

"The person upstairs is a player from an ancient version. Hasn't this always been the way to play?"

"Now, I doubt anyone's been calling TheShy the best laner, right?"

"This guy got the kill, and with the minion wave pushing into the tower, it feels like TheShy is going to collapse!"

Sometimes, when we mention Uzi, we think of Vayne, but only veteran players who experienced the golden era of S4 Shr know just how strong Uzi's Lucian really is.

Throughout the history of League of Legends, only two ADCs have developed a new meta around Lucian.

The first one is naturally Uzi. In a match between SHR and TPA in S4, the GIF of Lucian perfectly comboing and instantly killing Tristana in the bushes was still circulating in the Uzi forum in S10.

Another team that naturally came up was SKT, the dominant force at the time. BANG's Lucian was also incredibly fluid, enough to make SKT customize their team lineup around him.

Even Faker, the "Demon King" at the time, used Lulu to protect Lucian, as instructed by the coach.

I'll be posting long chapters in the next few days! Thank you all for your support.
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