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Chapter 221 A chilling blood transfusion! The cowardly tiger has become withdrawn!

Soon, the minions arrived at the mid lane. Xiaohu was initially cautious, but when he thought about his hero advantage, he relaxed.

Xiaohu took the initiative to press forward, and Wang Yao's handling was also cunning. He first took a step forward, giving Xiaohu a distance that seemed to be able to make an AWA.

As expected, Xiao Hu fell for the trap, but then Wang Yao suddenly took a step back, which forced Xiao Hu to take two more steps forward.

Wang Yao then stopped.

Xiaohu successfully executed an AWA combo. In the current version, Ryze's W [Rune Imprisonment], even without the E skill, can cause a 0.75-second imprisonment duration if cast alone, which is sufficient.

The vampire can only be dealt with using one Q skill!

A clump of blood was drawn from Ryze's body and then flew into the vampire's body, restoring some of his health.

This AWA combo also allowed Ryze to trigger the effect of his talent [Phase Rush].

With the movement speed bonus, Ryze can chase down the vampire and land another auto-attack before creating distance.

In other words, Ryze landed three auto attacks plus the damage from his W skill, while Vladimir only landed the damage from his Q skill. In this exchange of blows, Ryze undoubtedly came out ahead!

Little Tiger was very proud of himself at that moment.

"You like playing Vladimir? I don't even know how Vladimir can lane against Ryze! If I don't smash your head in this game, I'll write my ID backwards from now on!"

When the commentator on stage saw this scene, Colonel Guan kept shaking his head, saying, "I feel that there's really no need for that vampire to be holding it."

"If you just need a mid-lane carry, Orianna or Syndra are good choices. Why insist on picking Vladimir, who is bad at laning?"

This is the point that puzzles everyone.

In reality, Orianna is indeed easier to lane against, but you have to consider that the enemy jungler is Jarvan IV. A clumsy champion like Orianna will face more pressure in lane against the mid-jungle duo of Ryze and Jarvan IV.

If you push the lane too far, it's easy for Xiangguo's Prince to gank you.

Vampire at least has the W skill Blood Pool to protect himself, which is why Wang Yao chooses to build Vampire as a counter-pick.

Xiaohu's advantage in the mid lane made him a little overconfident. He started playing more aggressively and even thought about cooperating with Spicy Pot to invade the jungle as soon as possible.

"The prince can invade the enemy's jungle. I have absolute lane control in the mid lane, and the enemy can't move at all."

Xiaohu quickly relayed the advantage he had gained in the mid lane to his teammates.

However, not long after, Xiaohu noticed that something seemed a little off; his health wasn't much higher than his opponent's.

Normally, if you can get so many free basic attack damage every time you exchange health, you should have an absolute advantage in health.

How come the vampire only has less than 60% health when I glance at it now? And when I look at my own health, it seems like my health is even lower than the vampire's!
This is strange. Even though the opponent failed to exchange blows, why didn't you have an advantage in health?

When Xiao Hu went forward to exchange blood with Wang Yao again, he finally discovered the real reason.

Whenever the two sides were exchanging blows in the mid lane, Wang Yao would deliberately lure Xiao Hu to take a few more steps forward.

Every time Xiaohu tried to give up the chase, the vampire would stop, let him unleash a combo, and then they would trade blows. The key was in the extra steps Ryze took; his basic attack damage would attract the minions' aggro. While it seemed the vampire didn't gain a health advantage, the minion damage actually made up for it!

Although the vampire will lose some health when you calculate it carefully, the vampire has a Q skill that heals, and the vampire doesn't need mana.

It's important to know that the mana regeneration effect of Doran's Ring will automatically be converted into health restoration for heroes without a mana bar.

In addition, [Predator] is a talent in the Domination tree, and the first row of minor talents in the Domination tree includes [Taste of Blood], which also grants a healing effect when dealing damage to heroes.

The combined effects allow the vampire's health to gradually recover.

On the contrary, Ryze who starts with [Sapphire Crystal] doesn't have the base stats provided by [Doran's Ring], so he starts with almost 100 fewer health points than Vladimir.

Xiao Hu belatedly realized that Wang Yao was deliberately using his health to deplete his mana!
Vampires can use various methods to slowly sustain themselves and maintain their health in a relatively healthy range.

Since Ryze is not an assassin champion and lacks burst damage, the damage he can deal in one combo is limited, making it almost impossible for him to suddenly burst down a champion and secure a kill.

Furthermore, Ryze lacks online recovery ability; once his health is reduced, he either needs to use a potion or return to base to replenish his supplies.

Of course, Ryze can also stay in lane at half health, since Vladimir's early game damage is quite average, and he doesn't even have the ability to coordinate with the jungler.

The problem is that Xiaohu's Ryze with half health can only stay in the mid lane at most, and he doesn't have the ability to roam and support.

Vladimir can't roam, so if he can drag Ryze to his death in the mid lane, Ryze will definitely be at a greater disadvantage, while Vladimir will be completely unaffected.

At worst, I'll just farm and develop in the mid lane. Anyway, my Vladimir's late-game damage is stronger than Ryze's. I'll just take care of your backline Varus!

"That vampire...how cunning!"

Xiao Hu then realized he had been tricked, but there was nothing he could do now.

His Ryze had already lost most of his health to Wang Yao, so at least until the first round of returning to base to replenish his supplies, he didn't have the ability to gank with the jungler.

Xiao Hu, who was originally very active in communication, began to slowly withdraw into himself after realizing that he had been tricked.

Xiao Hu was a little scared. He was afraid that he would make a big mistake again when facing such a terrifying opponent.

Meanwhile, in the jungle, Spicy Hot Pot checked the situation in the bottom three lanes and found that the situation was very favorable.

There's not much to say about the mid and bot lanes. In the top lane, it seems that Gnar could put some pressure on Sion in the early game, so he chose a very risky playstyle.

Instead of following the usual jungle route, he quickly cleared the three camps in the bottom half of the jungle, reaching level 3 first, and then headed straight for the river crab in the bottom lane.

He wants to control both river crabs!
As long as you have both river crabs in your hand, the Factory Manager's early offensive threat will be greatly reduced.

Xiangguo patiently waited in the bottom half of the map because he knew that Sejuani started her jungle camps from the top half and would definitely come to the bottom lane to control the river crab at this time.

As expected, the two junglers met near the Dragon Pit.

Mala Xiangguo, taking advantage of their online presence, completely ignored Sejuani's existence and started aggressively attacking the river crab!
However, to his surprise, the factory manager's pig sister was not afraid of him at all and charged straight at him.

(End of this chapter)