My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 243 A skillful hand, a common hand, a skillful hand—none are as good as a pearl-like hand.

This one.

V5 is on the blue team.

In the current World Championship version up to the group stage, the blue side has a win rate as high as 57%, but everyone has gotten used to it, since the blue side will generally have a higher win rate in the next few years as well.

Since the draft picks in Game 2 of the group stage are not of any reference value.

Therefore, it will be omitted.

finally:
V5: Top lane Renekton, Jungle Fryego, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Sivir + Yuumi

G2: Top lane Darius, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Sylas, Bot lane Seraphine (Wheelchair Man) + Alistar
Correct.

G2 has consistently been a top-tier team known for its unconventional tactics throughout the group stage.

Not to mention the audience, even Luo Ji was stunned when he saw this lineup. Even a time traveler couldn't possibly remember the lineup for every match.

This combination of a wheelchair user and a cow is indeed a bit too abstract; he's only ever seen this combination in hentai anime.

And
Pick Darius to counter his Renekton?

【warrior!】

[Bibab, do you want to dance too?]

[I've approved your application to join the Party, comrade. Don't use such a foolish method to give away points next time; it's easy to cause misunderstandings.]

[Look at the camera, I'm totally stunned! No, bro, how could you do that?]

Compared to the LPL side's commendable applause and clapping.

on site.

This sparked wave after wave of cheers from the audience. Darius, as the representative of the top lane god in Silver rank, is indeed a champion that attracts many fans.

It was precisely this move of his that led to this.

This greatly excited the LPL viewers who were jet-lagged and watching the game late at night.

"No, how dare they? This is Crocodile, Crocodile! It's one thing if he doesn't pick Gragas, Shen, or Yang, but he picks Darius?"

"Is there a possibility?"

XLB hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's because you don't usually play Renekton."

"Haven't I ever been out before?" Luo Ji was taken aback and asked.

"No way, it seems like your champion pool is the opposite of everyone else's. They're always using Renekton and Gnar, but we haven't seen you use them much in matches." Rookie chimed in.

"Oh, mine."

Luo Ji shook his head in anguish:
"Whenever I play a stat-heavy champion like Renekton and completely dominate my lane, my conscience is tormented. That's why I now prefer to play skill-intensive champions like Mordekaiser and Volibear."

"I was being too dramatic, which gave others the misconception that I couldn't cook crocodiles."

"I will definitely change."

The remaining four members of V5:
Start.

The runes and item build are all standard Conqueror and Doran's Blade.

You can't be timid when playing top lane.

The main point is that you can't be timid when playing Renekton. If you're afraid before the battle even starts, you'll end up losing even if you could beat them before. Besides, it's really not worth him being so serious about dealing with Bibabub.

One level.

Both sides remained in their normal positions.

With G2's unconventional lineup, if they lose the level 1 team fight, the game is basically over. A 20-minute game can be decided in just two minutes.

So they won't gamble unless their lineup is very strong in level 1 team fights.

Seeing that the other side wasn't causing any trouble at all.

Luo Ji marked the red buff and said to XLB, "Brother Long, can we start with red buff this game? I need the blue buff."

"Huh? You want blue?"

XLB paused for a moment.

He actually started thinking about his playstyle after giving the blue buff to the top laner.

"Oh no, I'm just going to auto-attack a few times to build up my rage, I don't need the mana."

"Oh, whatever, I'll definitely be on the road at level three anyway."

Upon hearing that Luo Ji only needed to vent his anger, XLB said that there was no need to ask him about that, and he would even give him the blue one.

In V5.
Although the oldest members of the team are Karsa and Rookie.

But in the hearts of all the substitutes, there can only be one sun in the sky, and V5 only has one sun, which is Luo Ji. He didn't even hide his intention to reach level three.

As for the bottom lane?

cough cough.

XLB stated that G2's current roster clearly shows that the bot lane is just a liability without jungle support, so the bot lane naturally has an advantage and doesn't need any help. In fact, they need to be given tasks to prevent them from slacking off.

This one.

The team must adhere to the timeline, push forward relentlessly, meet tactical requirements, accelerate the final push, and resolutely win the battle to defeat the enemy in the bottom lane, delivering a satisfactory result to the entire team.

With the possibility of joining the top-tier group no longer a possibility, Luo Ji then began to take his own actions.

Why pick Darius to play against Renekton?

Because Darius can pressure Renekton by learning W at level 1, preventing Renekton from gaining experience, not to mention that Bibabu played Darius with Flash and Ghost in this game.

It's easy to end up like when Luo Ji played Darius before, where he would auto-attack until he had almost finished the fight, then use Flash + Ghost to chase after the enemy.

As a champion that many players dislike but enjoy playing themselves, Darius is a hero that many players want to know how Luo Ji can counter a level 1 Darius who uses W to pressure the lane.

soon.

They then saw Luo Ji's solution.

Instead of taking over the top lane's toilet or sending a support to pressure the enemy's top lane, Luo Ji firmly guarded his jungle position from start to finish.

Until the minion wave begins to appear.

They all remained standing motionless outside the blue buff.

"Eh?"

Luo Ji's unusual behavior quickly attracted the attention of the director, and the colonel also looked at the camera and asked a question.

This action.

It looks like they're up to no good.

Immediately following, under the watchful eyes of the live stream camera, at the exact moment the exploding fruit spawned outside the blue buff area, Luo Ji decisively landed his basic attack.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the crocodile was successfully bounced in front of the blue buff.

A flat A.

W [Ruthless Hunting]

Four consecutive basic attacks followed by a stun successfully interrupted the blue buff's basic attack.

Continue to go online.

Under the influence of the aggro mechanic, the activated blue buff naturally followed in the crocodile's footsteps.

But soon.

Once the blue buff moved out of the aggro range and realized it couldn't be caught, it turned back.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Ji went back and attacked it again.

But this time.

The blue buff was no longer being addressed, and Luo Ji had successfully achieved his planned goal—[reaching level 25 rage cap].

(PS: It's not working now because the jungle pulling mechanism has been changed back.)
As a time traveler.

This strategy of using 25 rage to prevent others from pushing the lane at level 1 can be considered a formulaic opening for Renekton in later generations, and it originated at the end of Season 11.

But as mentioned earlier, many tricks and methods are useful, but not everyone can get them.

Luo Ji used it in the World Championship.

That means almost the entire audience watching the game will be able to understand it.

As expected, the live stream chat erupted in excitement the moment the crocodile successfully logged in with 25% rage.

【ah? ? ? 】

[666, that's truly the limit.]

[I understand, 25% rage level, even Darius and Wanhao going all-in couldn't win, that's a lane-blocking tactic!]

If Darius at level 1 doesn't perform well, then G2's Darius option is practically useless.

Stunning!

Why has the plagiarism tactic remained popular for so many years?
It's precisely because the thrill of this kind of dimensional reduction attack is too intense.

The level 1 Crocodile with W card's rage doesn't want kills, but rather the qualification to smell experience and lane control.

When Luo Ji's crocodile successfully moved from the river to the top lane, Bibabu, who was about to force the crocodile out of the experience zone, was dumbfounded when he saw the rage bar above his head.

What the hell?
Does it start with a quarter of rage?

Did you get a 25% critical damage bonus from the DNF Sword Master's Iron Slash skill?

This is worse for Bibabu.

If he learns W, he'll go all in at level one against an angry crocodile, and he'll be at a disadvantage.

If he learns Q, the minion wave will definitely push towards the Crocodile's tower, and the Crocodile will be overjoyed.

General.

"He's really clever; he even figured out this kind of playing style for him."

off the field.

Countless top laners kept their eyes down, their mouths closed, and then sincerely expressed their admiration.

If it were them...

Either squatting in the toilet or tanking damage while farming minions at level 1 are both mediocre and inferior options, completely incomparable to the best option right now.

"That's strange. You're already playing these stat-heavy heroes, so why are you researching these kinds of strategies that people usually only research when they get beaten up by stat-heavy heroes?"

After watching the entire PPGOD event, I'm left with a lot of questions.

"Because crocodiles aren't always numerically powerful," Luo Ji replied matter-of-factly.

"But you just said that the crocodile was a numerical monster."

"I did say that."

Luo Ji nodded and continued:

"But it has to be the crocodile that uses its ultimate to count. Actually, you can understand it by thinking about it in a different way. The crocodile uses its ultimate to make up for the lack of stats, rather than the crocodile itself being a stat and then adding extra stats."

"You understand what I mean, right?"

PPGOD:?
With the lane priority and experience advantage, Luo Ji firmly grasped the initiative in the early laning phase.

Playing against Darius is very simple.

Don't be greedy for basic attacks.

In theory, Renekton has two dashes with his E skill. If the enemy Darius wants to take you down, you can E into the inner circle, unleash a combo, and then E out again.

The key is not to be greedy for basic attacks during combos.

of course.

This is the S12 version of the crocodile.

If it's the Renekton after the ultimate skill buff in the second half of Season 13, or the Renekton that everyone can beat in a single game right now, then the operation is even simpler, and you can almost blindly follow the formula.

General combos for skill-based heroes: If you can't auto-attack, use Q; if you can't use Q, use E; if you can't use E, use R; use W whenever it's available, don't miss.
Advanced combo: Tap wherever it lights up
This formula is always accurate.

After failing to suppress the crocodile in the early game and being pressured in lane, Bibabu made a few plays and then sincerely called for his jungler in the team voice chat.

We can't beat them.
We really can't beat them.
Before the game.

Bibabu's confidence in suppressing Luo Ji in lane stemmed from the strength of his hero, and he planned to start snowballing his experience advantage from level one.

But who could have imagined that Luo Ji's seemingly ordinary yet ingenious technique of receiving the pearl light would be so easily countered? There was no other way but to use another move.

It is rumored.

On the upper road of the canyon.

There is a legendary winning formula for top laners, which claims that as long as you master its essence, you will be invincible against any top laner in any game.

The contents of this secret manual are:
First father is inferior, second father is average, third father is slightly superior, fourth father wins.

If you lack the skills, your parents will step in.

Let's get going, Dad's coming!
(End of this chapter)