My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 257 We are not geniuses, failure is the norm

"V5 has a very strong strategy."

"The mid laner caused a commotion and pulled Peanut, while the top laner sacrificed health to hold the lane and entice Doran. This kind of coordination is something that a club that has been around for less than a year can pull off."

"This distance."

"Dolan has no chance of escaping!"

off screen.

Inside the G2 club.

The G2 team, who had already been eliminated in the round of 16 of the group stage, were watching the game while snacking and chatting away.

Normally.

They should have broken up long ago.

Even next year, it might not be five groups forming one team.

Unfortunately, they overestimated themselves during the group stage and ended up losing, which led to their defeat to V5 due to one condition.

Correct.

They are now actually V5's official practice team for the World Championship.

of course.

They give money, but not much.

From their perspective.

Hit the road.

Doran was already playing at full power, using his E skill for a second dash, Flash to pull the enemy away, and even using his Q to heal while his red-rage state was active.

But it didn't work.

Your Renekton is great at ganking top lane with a jungler, so why is my Camille so bad with a jungler?
Check out this top laner with amazing legs!

There is absolutely no possibility of escape in the face of 3D Maneuver Gear.

A few seconds later.

V5_Karsa killed GENG_Doran
Luo Ji didn't try to take the head from him.

For a jungler like Hecarim, taking the kill makes it easier to extend the advantage to other lanes, while it wouldn't be very meaningful for Luo Ji to take it.

Even if Camille gets a kill, if the opposing team is determined not to give her any chance, there's nothing Camille can do.

"Well done, Naruto."

"You too, Sass."

The smooth first blood secured immediately triggered the chuunibyou (delusional) spirit of the Ueno duo.

Bottom lane.

Hearing about the first blood kill that occurred in less than five minutes on the top lane, Xiao Yan and PPGOD exchanged a glance, and the tension between their brows instantly eased a lot.

It's truly reassuring to set off on the road.

In contrast.

Even the opposing bot lane duo of Ruler and Lehends didn't seem so scary anymore.

Ok.

Although there is still a lot of pressure.

The Varus + Gragas bot lane duo is completely fearless against the opposing bot lane and can even dominate them.

However, this was due to Casa's exposure in the upper half of the map.

Adhering to the principle of occupying half of the map, they instead huddled in front of the tower, not giving the opposing jungler any chance to mitigate their losses.

and
It was only the first few exchanges.

They could also sense the terrifying fundamental skills and incredible confidence emanating from Ruler, who was controlling Xayah on the other side.

He managed to get there by relying solely on his positioning.

It forcibly reversed a lot of the consumption that should have been consumed.

"Is this the special skill of a genius? They should be the ones on the defensive."

"Correct your thinking."

PPGOD chuckled and reminded them, "Don't forget, we're not geniuses; failure is the norm."

"correct."

Xiao Yan nodded.

"Genius, that sounds like a very distant dream."

Despite saying that to myself.

However, in the bottom lane, the two remained calm and composed, without any fancy moves or risky options.

From beginning to end.

Both maintained the most basic laning principle in the bottom lane, acting like two defensive towers, directly blocking GENG's "strongest weapon".

If we absolutely had to ask Ruler to evaluate V5's bot lane duo...

That is ordinariness.

Perhaps in the LPL, they are already considered above average, but in the World Championship, V5's bot lane duo is simply not good enough.

By all means
Despite this bot lane setup, Ruler had absolutely no way to deal with the opposing team.

With their hero pool limited and combos destroyed, they even fell behind in morale within five minutes of the start of the game.

He is a champion AD carry.

They had no way to deal with a bottom lane duo they'd never even heard of.

What a joke! ?

He had witnessed this scene before, and it was even closely related to his championship victory.

During S7.

GENG's mid laner Crown, relying on his Malzahar, a champion often considered a "noob" in the public eye, managed to keep the then-great demon king Faker firmly locked in the mid lane.

But right now.

You actually used the same tricks we used before to lock us up here?
Is this reasonable?

After Doran was forced to use Teleport to return to lane to avoid losing experience, he had to consider whether the enemy jungler was nearby for every subsequent trade of blows with Luo Ji.

in contrast.

Luo Ji, who still had Flash in his pocket, didn't need to worry about this.

This is tolerance for error.

Peanut gritted his teeth. He hadn't managed to ambush anything in the mid lane, and the bot lane was playing terribly. At this point, the only way to cut his losses was to invade V5's jungle.

"useless."

Beryl, who was also watching the game with the DRX team, suddenly spoke up:

"From the very beginning, Ruined King's jungle path was already exposed. Invading V5's jungle at this time only made V5 more aware of his position."

He's a genius at using his brain.

Let's put ourselves in that situation.

I knew how you farmed from the start, and then I successfully ganked top lane but you didn't appear on the map, which means you must have been attracted by Rookie's actions and were near mid lane. Karsa didn't even need to specifically check after that.

All Rookie needs to do is throw his Q skill, "Battle Gale," into the F6 area.

See if any birds chase after it. This will tell you whether Peanut has actually invaded or not.

and.

With the experience of using the Karsa Radar jungler strategy in major tournaments, they might be able to directly pinpoint the Blade of the Ruined King's subsequent path.

at this time.

The best way to break the deadlock is to have the support player participate in roaming.

Stability is both a strength and a weakness of V5's bot lane.

When Titan roams at this point, the enemy bot lane won't realize that Titan has run away. Instead, they'll just think that Titan is hiding in some dark corner, waiting to ambush them from under the tower.

The opportunity was missed.

The entire early stage.

GENG's moment of glory was nowhere to be seen, and even Peanut found it strange, since he had been trying to change his course in various ways.

But the opposing force...

Yet it's as if it's on a leash, always managing to travel to the wilderness at off-peak times.

Why?

He didn't understand.

However, considering the enemy jungler's attention to the top lane in the last two games, he still sneaked to the bottom lane, hoping to find an opportunity to gank the enemy bottom lane.

No matter how cowardly you are.

You have to push the line back, right?
But what he didn't expect was...
Not far from his position was the Elemental Dragon Pit, where Kasa secretly slipped away with his scanner and began to engage the Elemental Dragons.

This is practically a case of blinding the light!

"what?"

"Should we directly target this little dragon?"

"The speed was average, but Hecarim has W, so it wasn't too damaging. The bot lane was pushing the lane, and GENG seemed to have no reaction at all."

"Rookie has finished pushing the lane and started coming down, so GENG should have noticed this wave."

Commentary seat.

The three commentators were somewhat baffled by V5's performance at this moment. Even though they had won one game and gained confidence, their sudden transformation was just too remarkable.

Even more outrageous is...

Rookie had already moved towards the river ahead, but Chovy, who was laning against him, was actually farming minions despite marking a MISS.

He's actually last-hitting minions!?
[Chaowei, what are you doing, Chaowei?]

[He's using half a blue buff, unsealed spell, and Ghost to last-hit minions; he really loves the minion wave.]

Why is Chaowei so obsessed with minion waves?

[I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling that Chaowei was sent by Wolf to torment Peanut. This is just too funny.]

This one.

Superway's talent is a talent with an enterprise-level understanding.

Unsealed Ryze (for details, please refer to the S12 semifinals match against DRX). There's no problem understanding it. With Chovy's playstyle of always farming mid, all his thinking is focused on how to better farm and develop.

Unsealing the Secret Manual.

It's equivalent to having a head start with a Sprint and a Teleport, and in crucial moments you can even switch to Smite to fight resource-based team fights.

But no one expected it.

He said he could farm minions, but he really only knew how to farm minions. Although it sounds strange, Chovy is just that kind of strange mid laner.

Aside from the second Asian Games, the original world's record in the S-series was 88848, which speaks volumes.

Rounding it off, it's just EDG.

The consequence of Chovy not following up immediately was that Peanut finally realized something was wrong.

River channel.

V5's assault on the first elemental dragon has reached its final stage.

"not good!"

"Dragon! They're fighting a dragon! Hurry!"

GENG finally realized what was happening.

No matter what.

Their reaction was clearly too late. By the time they reached the river, they were met with the dragon's howl and V5's mid and jungle players' "collapse and retreat".

It’s over.

It was almost the exact same start as the last game.

The key to all this is that Chovy in the mid lane can no longer keep V5's mid lane firmly locked down as he used to be.

No.

In fact, they did achieve that.

However, given Rookie's selfless nature, if he can help his teammates, he might not even need to farm minions.

Even this wave of retreat.

They even specially activated W to help cover for them.

Watching the opposing mid and jungle players leave, Peanut suddenly realized that these days, men are becoming feminized, women are becoming childish, and children are becoming evil, and he is also gradually aging. He realized that the "brotherhood in LOL" was a lie, and then he fell silent.

We need to find the flaws.

We must find V5's rhythm points and break through them.

even,

V5's strategy was laid bare before everyone: sacrifice their bot lane and wait for the top, mid, and jungle to make their moves, while their bot lane was unable to break through the opponent's bot lane.

That being the case.

“Lehends, I need your help.”

"No problem, if you need it."

Lehends readily nodded in agreement.

He also found out.

Since I can't put much pressure on the opponent in the bottom lane, instead of dragging it out, I might as well just abandon the AD carry and start roaming.

pity.

He realized it too late.

Just as Peanut realized.

When one's own strength is insufficient to change the overall course of the battle, the most appropriate course of action is to seek external intervention.

In this game, their support was a tanky support named Nautilus.

The original intention was to gain an advantage in the bottom lane or even completely dominate the opponent, but Gragas's decision to switch to the support role was truly outrageous and ruined their chances.

But that's okay.

Any hard support is fine.

Hard supports can roam, hard supports can engage, hard supports can fight head-on, and hard supports can take the blame.

In short.

Lehends, it's the one!
(End of this chapter)