LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Chapter 257: The reworked Irelia makes her debut, experience her art!
On the RW side, the RW team, under the chairmanship of Doinb, are discussing how to play the next game.

Doinb said: "The first step is to ban Pike."

Everyone else had no objection. They had already experienced the horror of this hero once and didn't want to experience it again.

Doinb continued: "Also, Yasuo, this hero seems to have been strengthened a lot, and he was also banned."

Everyone continued to nod. Yasuo is indeed quite amazing now, second only to when he first came out.

The next step is to discuss what they want to play next.

Doinb looked at A Guang in the top lane: "A Guang, can you do something? I know your Mundo is great, but can you play something else?"

A Guang was speechless. In fact, he felt that Mundo was a very good choice. In this version, Mundo was quite strong in the top lane whether in laning or team fights.

There is nothing that can be done about the fact that he was not as effective as Yasuo in the last game. After all, EDG's lineup is a system. Yasuo has teammates to help him, but his Mundo is just fighting alone.

Now that Doinb has said so, I can only obey.

Doinb continued: "Then it's the bottom lane. We should choose a strong offensive player in the bottom lane, otherwise we won't be able to cooperate even if we want to."

The two people in the bottom lane nodded repeatedly.

After a short break, both players came on stage again.

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan explained:
"Welcome back. The second match between the two sides is about to begin. I'm sure everyone wants to see Mozi's crazy performance in the first match. In the second match, Pike will definitely not let him play. It depends on whether he can come up with something else."

Rita continued, "Of course. Brother Mozi's advantage in this area is unmatched."

Su Mo and the EDG team appeared on the stage, and the audience cheered:

"EDG! EDG! EDG!"

The director gave Su Mo a close-up shot. The fans, who had not yet recovered from the shock of the double pentakill in the previous game, immediately became excited again:
"Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi! Brother Mozi!"

Su Mo came to his seat, put on his headphones, and everything was ready.

The second game's BP begins. This time, EDG is on the blue side and RW is on the red side.

BAN position situation:
EDG: Ryze, Taliyah, Braum

RW: Pike, Yasuo, Swain
Guan Zeyuan commented: "I saw RW ban Pike within one second of the start of the BP. I really wanted to laugh. How much psychological trauma is this? I feel like when RW finishes the game today and goes to sleep at night, they will dream of a Pike chasing them and killing them."

I remember describing it this way: “They could hear the sound of Gurgle drowning, but when they looked back, they couldn’t see where Pike was.”

Rita joked, "Stop talking, I'm already scared. Let's analyze the BP. The three heroes of RWBAN are all used by EDG in the last game. There's no problem."

"The key is that EDGBAN dropped Braum. I think it is very likely that EDG will continue to use warrior heroes. Generally, these heroes are very afraid of Braum in team fights."

Entering the hero selection stage, EDG on the blue side got Kindred on the first floor.

Rita commented: "Zz1tai actually picked Kindred, this was the hero that RW played in the last game. Are we going to start teaching him?"

RW locked Lucian and Alistar on the first and second floors.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "RW didn't choose Kaisa in this game, but chose Lucian, who is stronger in the laning phase. They probably felt that their early-game combat effectiveness was a bit weak in the previous game, so they needed to strengthen it."

Remember to reply: "That's right, now Kaisa has been given to EDG, EDG will definitely take it."

EDG locked Morgana and Shen on the second and third floors.

Guan Zeyuan was confused for a moment: "Ah? Morgana as support, Shen as top? Mozi playing Shen? Or Scout playing Shen? It can't be that Zz1tai is playing Shen, right? Where's Gragas?"

Remember shaking his head, he didn't understand the situation now.

RW locked Galio on the third floor and entered the second round of BP.

RW plus BAN Kaisa and EZ.

EDG bans Troll and Shen.

RW got Sejuani on the fourth floor.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "This is a problem. EDG didn't take Kaisa earlier, and now the opponent has banned him. Does EDG think that RW has a problem with letting Kaisa out, so they don't dare to pick him? If that's the reason, I don't think it's necessary."

"At the same time, in this game, RW gave the fifth floor counter position to A Guang in the top lane. This choice is also very bold. Can A Guang hold up?"

EDG got Clockwork and Irelia on the fourth and fifth floors.

Guan Zeyuan exclaimed, "Irelia! Irelia is on the stage! Irelia was reworked in March this year, but because she was too strong after the rework, she was never allowed to play in the competition. This is the first time that Irelia has stepped onto the competition stage after the rework. Oh my god, is Brother Mozi going to teach us how to play the game today?"

Rita laughed and said, "Isn't Brother Mozi always like this? When it comes to new heroes and new versions, everyone only knows how to play them after he has played them."

I remember looking forward to it: "I really want to see what a professional player's Irelia looks like. After Irelia's rework, she became very popular in the casual games, and many players with unique skills appeared and killed people in the Chinese and Korean servers, but those were all casual games with no gold content."

RW's choice came to a standstill, and the director gave a close-up of A Guang, who looked very nervous and under a lot of pressure at this time.

This is the fifth-floor counter position. Normally, the person who gets the fifth-floor counter position needs to play a carry game.

In the end, RW got Gnar on the fifth floor, and both sides began to adjust their lane situations.

Ji De suddenly said, "Just now I was so attracted by Irelia that I forgot to mention that EDG's lineup doesn't have an ADC. Who will go to the bottom lane with whom? This is a problem."

The countdown entered the last twenty seconds, and the lineups of both teams were determined:

Blue side EDG: Top lane Irelia, Jungle Kindred, Mid lane Clockwork, ADC Morgana, Support Shen

Red side RW: top single Gnar, jungle Sejuani, mid single Galio, ADC Lucian, support Alistar
Seeing this lineup, Rita analyzed: "EDG got a lineup that completely hits the middle, top and jungle in this game, and the two heroes in the bottom lane are both supports."

"Although it seems a bit outrageous that Morgana and Shen go to the bottom lane, I have to say that Morgana is a hero that can easily clear the minion line. She just needs to use W, so her ability to withstand pressure is very strong. In addition, she has a magic shield, so it is difficult for her to be attacked first. There shouldn't be any big problems in the bottom lane."

Jide agreed: "That's right. When fighting in a team, these two heroes are purely for the mid, top and jungle. Judging from the last game and this one, EDG's understanding of the summer version seems to be very focused on the mid, top and jungle, and the importance of the bottom lane has decreased."

Entering the game screen, the factory manager began to set the pace: "Develop well in the bottom lane, and we will do things in the mid, top and jungle."

"Xiao Mo, the other side will definitely target you, so be careful."

Su Mo responded: "What are you careful about? Will the other side surrender if we kill them too quickly?"

Everyone laughed after hearing this. If someone else said this, everyone would think it was just a joke, but when it came out of Su Mo's mouth, it was a different matter.

Su Mo chose Doran's Blade and went out, heading straight for the top lane.

Rita commented: "The fact that Irelia didn't choose Doran's Shield proves that she has no intention of resisting the pressure. She has to fight Gnar in the lane. I wonder if Gnar is ready."

The first wave of soldiers came out, Su Mo's Irelia returned to the line and took the initiative to approach the opponent's line of soldiers to attract the attention of the opponent's line of soldiers. In this way, the line of soldiers was no longer in the standard formation of three in front and three in the back, but was completely messed up, with the lines of soldiers on both sides mixed together.

The opponent muttered, "What's the point of doing this? Don't let the soldiers be at low health at the same time? Come one by one?"

A Guang's Nal also came online, and he stood cautiously, not directly crossing the line of soldiers to find Su Mo.

The first soldier was low on health, Su Mo used his Q skill to finish him off, then entered the bushes.

Gnar wanted to use his Q skill boomerang but didn't have time to consume his opponent, so he just threw it over with a test.

empty.

Suddenly, Irelia turned around and used her Q skill again to kill the second soldier. Gnar also finished off the soldier while keeping a distance from him.

Then came the third soldier, and Su Mo's Irelia pulled back after using Q.

Then, the fourth one!

Su Mo's Irelia's passive skill has already reached level 4, but he is still not in a hurry to attack.

Guan Zeyuan muttered, "I always feel like Daomei is waiting for something, gathering strength and ready to explode at any time!"

The second wave of soldiers arrived at the line, and the line was still chaotic.

Irelia used Q on the minions for the fifth time, and this time A Guang predicted the Q and hit it!
"Nice!" A Guang felt comfortable now. He didn't go up for A and kept his distance.

Suddenly, Irelia used her sixth Q skill and upgraded to level 2 at the same time!

A Guang’s first thought was to retreat, but he found that he couldn’t move!
Rita exclaimed, "How fast! Too fast! When did Irelia release her twin blades? I didn't see it clearly, I just felt a flash, and then Gnar was controlled!"

"Knife Girl uses her Q skill to get close to him. He now has five layers of passive, his attack speed is very fast, and his basic attack has additional magic damage bonus. Gnar retreats while attacking. I dare not fight him anymore. The damage is completely different. Gnar's health is decreasing very fast. He is about to be killed!"

A Guang's Gary gave up his flash and retreated, and Irelia followed up with her second Q skill, A, A, A to get the kill!

A Guang's Gnar died in front of the defense tower.

The audience was shocked:

"Ah? So easy? This is a one-man kill?"

"Can this hero's early-game damage be so high?"

"Did anyone see when he released the twin blades?"

"I think A Guang was so dizzy that he didn't understand the situation."

The director gave a close-up of A Guang's expression. Indeed, A Guang was dizzy now, staring at the screen in a daze, as if he couldn't believe that he was killed by a single person.

Inside the EDG team, the factory manager was also quite surprised: "He killed the opponent so quickly? He's only level 2, and he's using a short ranged weapon against a long ranged weapon."

In fact, the factory manager had been staring at the top lane, but he stopped looking when he found that the fight was not going well. However, when he didn't look for a few seconds, the bottom lane actually completed a solo kill?

Meiko joked: "Doesn't this match seem like an easy win? We've already won, hahahaha."

After Su Mo killed the enemy alone, he pushed the troops into the defense tower. He didn't even need to return to the city for supplies and just continued to fight on the laning line. He didn't have enough money and didn't need to return to the city. The third wave of troops came, and Su Mo pushed the defense tower together.

Gnar TPs back and eats the minion line under the tower first. He is much more careful than before, even under the defensive tower.

When Gnar reached level two, Su Mo lost the chance to kill him under the tower.

But it doesn’t matter. I can continue killing when the soldiers come out. Gary doesn’t have flash.

At the same time, the jungler of RW originally planned to go to the top lane after getting the double buffs. But now the top laner has been killed once, so in order to avoid any accidents, he chose to give up the idea of ​​going to the top lane.

In case you fail in the two-on-one match, you can just click on this game.

So Piglet chose to give up ganking the top lane and instead go to the middle lane to have a look.

In the middle lane, Scout's Clockwork is ruthlessly suppressing Doinb's Galio.

However, Doinb is very experienced in this regard. He is not afraid of being suppressed by the mage. It is not that difficult for Galio to beat the mage. He is mainly afraid of heroes like Yasuo.

In the bottom lane, Morgana's laning mode is very simple. Just throw a W skill into the line of soldiers and the soldiers will die on their own.

Although you will miss some last hits, as your level goes up, the chances of missing hits will decrease.

Four minutes into the game, the troops were pushed out in the top lane and the laning continued normally.

After experiencing the strength of Irelia, A Guang is now very careful.

Suddenly, Irelia used Q continuously to attack the minions approaching, and Guang quickly used his E skill and retreated.

However, Irelia didn't come up at all, didn't take any action, and didn't even use the Twin Blades.

I remember the commentator saying, "Gnar is like a frightened rabbit right now. He gets scared whenever Irelia gets close to him. It's so uncomfortable. There's no way to last hit or develop."

"I thought that if A Guang picked a hero like Gnar, he would be stronger in the laning phase. Now it seems that I just thought too much. He is still as wretched as ever."

At this moment, Daomei took action!

When A Guang saw that Irelia didn't come up, he took the initiative to move closer to the line of soldiers, thinking it was safer, and used his Q skill to finish off the enemy.

Almost at the same time, Irelia used Q to close the distance between the minions, flashed, and used her double blades!

"Move!" A Guang tried to move, but failed because it was too fast!

"No?" A Guang felt that something was not good because he was controlled and failed to catch the boomerang. The CD of the next Q skill was very long, so he could not use the Q skill to slow down Knife Girl.

Irelia Q comes up to deal damage, the fifth level of passive is full! She attacks while blocking the position forward.

Guan Zeyuan commented: "Will she be killed by A again? Why is the basic damage of the hero Irelia so high? There is only one Doran's Blade, but the output is very explosive!"

"Gnar's E skill CD is still a long time away. What should I do? Now I can only flee in a panic. I finally managed to get some distance away, but Irelia's Q skill came up again. Gnar is about to be killed!"

When Gnar walked in front of the defensive tower, his health was already low and he was taken down by Irelia's basic attack.

The live broadcast room was filled with excitement:

"No, this is not playable?"

"Designer, look at what you have done!"

"This is too abnormal. A full-health Gnar was taken down like this?"

"No, I have to play right away. It will definitely be weakened later. If I don't play, I will have no chance."

Now everyone has seen that this hero is extremely powerful.

It will definitely be weakened later, after all, the designers have to maintain the basic balance of the game.

Moreover, during the previous MSI, Riot's CEO said that Su Mo was their key target of observation.

They will definitely watch every game of Su Mo and then adjust the game balance based on Su Mo's performance.

On the field, RW saw that the top laner was killed again, and Doinb asked:
"What are you doing? Are you giving kills to the opponent? Guang? You were killed twice at level 3."

A Guang scratched his head awkwardly. He didn't want to do it, but he had no choice.

Doinb continued: "I was short-handed against long-handed in the middle lane, resisting pressure, and you were long-handed against short-handed in the top lane, and got killed? It's not appropriate."

A Guang hesitated: "The opponent's sword girl didn't flash..."

Flawless said, "Wait until our mid and jungle are level 6. You hold on first, build up tankiness, and don't die."

On the EDG side, the factory manager cheered: "Nice, Xiaomo, your Irelia is really good. How can you kill so quickly?"

Meiko joked: "So what Mozi said before was not a joke. We really can't kill too quickly, otherwise the opponent will surrender."

After Su Mo replenished his supplies, he returned to the top lane. Gnar was indeed building meat, but he had no money, so he only built a cloth armor and felt he couldn't even afford the red crystal.

Seeing Su Mo's Irelia returning to the line, Gnar retreated all the way and was now in trouble. Last-hitting was a problem. He could only use Q to last-hit, but Q had a CD. Although the CD could be reduced by receiving the Q skill, it was still not as good as a normal attack.

The game time reached five and a half minutes, and Su Mo's Irelia reached level six. He saw the opportunity and pushed the soldiers in the top lane towards the defensive tower, which happened to be the time when the next wave of soldiers from the opponent entered the tower.

Rita explained: "Right now, level 6 Irelia is laning against level 4 Gnar. Of course, if Gnar can finish eating the wave of soldiers under the tower, he might be able to reach level 5, and the gap can be narrowed a little."

"But! Brother Mozi doesn't seem to want to let Gnar eat the enemy. He's moving forward to put pressure on Gnar. Gnar is a little confused. Can he go up and eat the enemy soldiers?"

After a tug of war, Su Mo's Irelia chose to retreat and seemed not to want to go forward.

So A Guang stepped forward to finish off the enemy. He thought that Su Mo might be playing psychological tactics with him. He understood this aspect as he and Su Mo were teammates before and Su Mo often did this.

Suddenly, Irelia used her W skill, which was mainly used to reduce damage. Now no one was attacking her...

The next second, Irelia's W was aimed at the minions, and the ranged minions were severely damaged!

Immediately afterwards, Irelia used three consecutive Q skills to get close to Gnar, and at the same time, she used the Twin Blades!
"Jump!" A Guang used the E skill and jumped backwards, but it was too late, the double blades hit!
"Ionia, your spirit is high and immortal!" Irelia uses her ultimate and Qs up at the same time!

Guan Zeyuan exclaimed: "What is she doing? Under the defensive tower, with Gnar at full health, Irelia actually chose to go over the tower directly? Using her Q skill to deal damage at close range, Gnar is attacking and retreating at the same time. Irelia's attack speed is so fast that Gnar can't handle it!"

"Irelia's Q skill finished off the kill, QQQ...using the minions to quickly pull out the defensive tower, all in one go, a perfect tower dive!"

The audience was shocked:
"This is a bit too much. Even at full health, you can kill instantly by jumping over the tower. I'm scared!"

"This hero can't possibly appear in my ranked match!"

"I'm clumsy and can't practice it, but no one else can choose me!"

"It's so scary! It feels even scarier than when Yasuo first appeared!"

Su Mo's actions scared many viewers.

This hero seems to require a lot of skill, but most people are clumsy and it is difficult to master it, so the only way to fight against Irelia is to ban her.

At this time on the RW side, Doinb was stunned when he saw that Gnar in the top lane was killed again, and was killed by a tower dive.

I can announce that we will not go on the road in this match, so let’s prepare for four against five.

Now that he had the ultimate, Doinb was eager to set the pace, so he commanded: "Go to the bottom lane, jungler, go to the bottom lane and cross the tower together."

So Piglet went straight to the bottom lane. Although she was only level 5, the bottom lane had a clear advantage, and the EDG bottom lane duo was not in very good shape either.

Six and a half seconds into the game, EDG's bottom lane was attacked by a tower diver.

Su Mo couldn't do anything because he had no TP, so he cut off the minion line in the top lane.

So the battle of wits and courage begins.

A Guang's Gnar chose to go through the jungle, but Irelia disappeared after cutting off the minion line in the top lane.

For A Guang, if he continues to move forward on the line, the possibility of meeting Irelia in the triangle grass cannot be ruled out.

In fact, with Su Mo's awareness, he would most likely set up an ambush in advance.

So A Guang took another approach. He chose to use the E skill from the top of the dragon pit and go down in a big circle.

The director gave A Guang a close-up, and the commentator laughed.

Guan Zeyuan explained, "A Guang, what are you doing? Where are you going? Are you planning to go through the river? Isn't that just as dangerous?"

"No, A Guang left EDG's upper jungle area. He wanted to cut off the minion line. Brother Mozi can cut off the minion line, but can't I, A Guang, cut off the minion line?"

The entire audience was laughing so hard, even RW fans found it hard to hold back when seeing this situation.

A Guang entered the triangle grass in the blue team's top lane and is now squatting in the grass. When the next wave of soldiers comes, he walks out and starts to cut off the soldier line.

On the other side, seeing that A Guang had not come yet, Su Mo started to push the top lane tower.

Suddenly, the factory manager gave a signal: "Xiao Mo, your troops have been cut off."

Hearing this, everyone in EDG was shocked. How could Su Mo be cut off from the enemy's army? Wasn't he always the one cutting off the enemy's army?
So everyone looked up and found a level 4 Gnar interrupting the level 7 Irelia's minion line.

Meiko exclaimed: "Guang is crazy, does he know what he is doing?"

Iboy commented: "I feel like he has no choice but to do this. He can't just hang up."

The factory manager commanded: "Xiao Mo, come here and let's catch him and kill him together."

Su Mo decisively refused: "No need, it will delay my development time. I might as well go to the opposite jungle to farm."

Su Mo really went into the opposite jungle to farm. Gnar is worthless now, and he has the E skill to move, so he can be pulled. By then, it would take him half a day to get dozens of gold coins, which is completely unnecessary.

In the commentary booth, I remember jokingly saying, "I didn't expect that Mozi would have his troops cut off one day. I think we can take a screenshot and change the level and record so that everyone will think that Mozi was abused and his troops were cut off."

Rita continued, "Now that Kindred has gone with Clockwork, it's understandable that Factory Manager chose to kill him. After all, they are old teammates. When fellow villagers meet, they will shoot each other in the back."

On the top lane, after A Guang finished cutting off the minion line, he chose to stand close to the wall. Soon, the factory manager's Pig Girl appeared.

Clearlove went up to chase him, and Gary used his E skill to climb over the wall and walk towards the wild area, then turned back and used his Q skill to slow down Clearlove.

Guan Zeyuan explained: "Here we go, a game of cat and mouse, but Clockwork is here too, speeding up Kindred. Gnar seems to be having trouble moving."

Suddenly, the director's camera turned to the bottom lane, and Doinb's Galio began to roam again, and this time the target was still the bottom lane!

Remember to mutter: "Wait a minute! Although A Guang's kill will definitely be given away, he seems to be making a contribution. He lured EDG's mid and jungle over, resulting in no one in the bottom lane. RW started to play four-on-two again."

(End of this chapter)