My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 258 Hidden Outside the Chessboard: Not Only Old Zhan, But Also the Cupping King

GENG acted very quickly.

The moment Titan slipped away from the bottom lane, V5's bottom lane duo didn't even notice. This is where the disadvantage of shrinking the battlefield lies: it's difficult for the support to create vision.

"Titan has started to move."

"Who is the target? The jungler, or the mid laner?"

Amidst the whispers of the players off-screen, Lehends, having escaped from the bottom lane, headed straight for the mid lane.

Ruler, on the other hand, continued to dominate the lane, using the enemy's power to his advantage while pretending that the support was still nearby.

Xiao Yan and PPGOD were completely fooled.

Middle road.

Sensing an opportunity in the bottom lane, Rookie once again started using his abilities to actively push the minion wave, trying to contest roaming rights with Ryze again.

That's exactly the flaw we're looking for!

The Ruined King and Titan emerged almost simultaneously from the top and bottom positions of the mid lane.

"Coming for me?"

"Wait, why are the Titans here too?"

With Rookie's exclamation, the V5 duo in the bottom lane, who had been wondering whether Nautilus was there or not, belatedly realized they wanted to keep Xayah.

How
Since it was GENG that launched the attack, they had naturally anticipated this scene and Ruler had chosen to retreat in advance.

Under the control of Titan's Flash.

GENG_Chovy killed V5_Rookie
Even Rookie couldn't escape being captured by the three GENG members who were ganging up on him.

"As expected, I saw through it."

Nofe frowned from the sidelines.

If the match only came down to the top, mid, and jungle, then V5 would undoubtedly be a world-class team. The problem lies in the level of their bot lane.

If you want the bottom lane to not drag the team down, a steady and conservative playstyle is the most suitable. However, just like there are counter-relationships between support, such as hard support, soft support, and defensive support.

The consequence of being conservative is...

They had absolutely no way to counter the enemy support's roaming.

When Ruler abandons his lane dominance and chooses to sacrifice himself, the freed-up Lehends will become an unstable factor on the field.

"mine."

"No, ours, we didn't see him roam to the bottom lane."

They were so focused on the 2v2 matchup that they forgot that LOL is a 5v5 game, but there was nothing they could do about it.

The bot lane is inherently a sacrificial role, but Varus isn't like Xayah, who can be easily discarded by the support; he still needs to be protected to some extent.

However.
Soon, viewers watching from outside the screen were once again terrified by GENG's actions.

After ganking the mid lane.

GENG's jungler and support were even unwilling to give up.

After taking a few steps down in front of V5's vision range and pulling out of the opponent's vision range, he actually started to move towards the top lane in the opposite direction.

This?
[Trying to catch Galio isn't enough, now you want to catch Camille too?]

[Holy crap, a thousand-mile gank? Did they just abandon Ruler in the bottom lane?]

This is our only chance. Galio is dead, and there's only one Karsa left in the top half of the map. If we don't kill him this time, we're doomed.

[A high-stakes gamble. If they can even kill Camille, then they've got the Rift Herald.]

obviously.

GENG has been driven to the brink by V5.

now.

Luo Ji was blocking the top lane minions not far from the tower, and with the mid lane information provider already dead, he was completely unaware of GENG's actions.

"Soon."

"My teammates will be here soon."

GENG here.

Dolan's eyes flashed with a hint of malice as he watched his teammates getting closer and closer on the minimap.

He had resigned himself to the fact that he couldn't beat Luo Ji in a 1v1, but he had teammates. In this day and age, who cares about fighting alone?

Those all require building up influence and connections.

quickly
The Ruined King and the Titan invaded V5's top jungle one after the other, intending to cut off Camille's retreat, but this time, Lehends' Titan had been missing for too long.

"I dreamt that they went up there."

"You went up?"

Luo Ji was stunned for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, we saw GENG's Nautilus successfully dash out from the jungle bushes diagonally behind the turret with a Hexflash and Blade of the Ruined King.

No?

So you're going to catch me like that?!
The moment Titan hooks out.

Luo Ji almost instinctively used Flash towards the turret, dodging the Titan's hook while simultaneously moving even closer to the turret's interior.

He...he dodged it?
The three members of GENG stared in astonishment at the suddenly appearing Camille.

In their expectations, the crocodile didn't scare the opponent away beforehand, and the Titan was a divine soldier who appeared out of nowhere after the Sea Flash. There was no reason why Camille should have been able to dodge this wave.

so.
Is it that damn young man's reaction again?

E [Charging recklessly]

Seeing that the Titan's control had failed to apply, Doran's Renekton finally made his move, using his ultimate to dash into the tower and approach Camille. Just as he was about to use his Red Fury W to stun her, he decisively struck.

This is the moment!

Luo Ji's eyes lit up suddenly, and he used his E skill, [Hook Lock], on the farthest wall behind the turret.

Control offset!

Even though the crocodile had already used his W in a state of red rage, Camille's E skill's first stage of displacement was unstoppable. No matter what kind of control it was, as long as it hooked a wall, it couldn't stop his subsequent displacement. Only the second stage of E could be interrupted by control.

That's not the point.

But
Just as Camille successfully distanced herself from the GENG trio using her E skill, Karsa's Hecarim arrived in the jungle.

E [Hook and Lock] Second Stage, a powerful kick to the crocodile's good leg.

R [Shadow Strike]: Charge straight into the center of the crowd!
The moment Peanut saw Hecarim unleash his ultimate, he decisively betrayed his teammates. Actually, it wasn't really betrayal; Karsa and Luo Ji's target from the beginning wasn't him, but his two teammates.

The situation has reversed.

In the current version, the damage from the turrets is ridiculously high.

on the surface.

This was a counterattack by V5, a two-on-three situation.

In fact, with their backing by their father, they are incredibly powerful right now.

First dizziness, then fear.

Then came the high leap of the Hextech ultimatum.

repel!

In just a few seconds, the situation on the field had changed from GENG's three-man gank to V5's top and jungle being completely slaughtered.

While it's not to the point that one wave would completely destroy the opponent's strategy.

But at this moment, GENG truly felt as if a layer of dark clouds, impossible to disperse, was shrouding the top of his forehead.

Holy crap, this is a dream!!!

He found the only solution that could guarantee a win!

[Turtle, Flash dodges the sea hook, uses E to reposition the crocodile while it's raising its hand, stuns the tower diver and waits for the enemy to arrive before using their ultimate. If you make a mistake in either of these first two steps, you're dead.]

This is how an eighteen-year-old reacts!

The last time I saw someone dodge skills by relying solely on reaction without any vision was during the World Championship, but that was a long time ago.
"Wow, that's awesome, my dream, it's really awesome."

"I'll listen to your praises after I've finished killing everyone. Bro, can I take this wave of kills?"

"You eat, you eat."

Under V5's flawless counterattack, Doran's Renekton didn't even get to deal full damage before being easily eliminated by the continuous crowd control.

The support Titan, in order to allow Peanut's Blade of the Ruined King to escape, willingly gave up any hope of survival and chose to keep Peanut alive.

V5_Mebius killed GENG_Doran
V5_Mebius killed GENG_Lehends
Double kill!

This wave.

In hindsight, GENG played too hastily.

If Renekton had been the first to initiate with crowd control, even if Camille used her E to escape, they wouldn't have wasted so much time and dragged it out until Karsa came to support.

But no way.

Since the strategy is to play fast-paced games, you have to accept the potential risks. In professional competitions, you can never be without the willingness to take risks and accept the consequences.

At the same time that the kill was successfully secured in the top lane.

Bottom lane.

Upon discovering that the Ruined King Titan had appeared in the top lane, PPGOD did not hesitate to dive the tower.

Gragas immediately initiates with E-Flash.

No matter what.

Ruler, wielding his signature hero, unleashed his ultimate move without even flinching.

"They predicted Gragas's E-Flash directly!?"

Little Lu Bu couldn't hold back any longer.

He jumped up and stared intently at the screen.

Gragas's E-Flash is very difficult to dodge because the skill has no wind-up animation. The only way to dodge it is to predict the enemy's movements and use your skills in advance.

And this wave.

It's clear that Ruler had calculated the timing of the opponent's shot, which further illustrates Ruler's explosive performance today.

"Don't get too excited."

Bengi waved his hand and said:

"Think about it carefully, even Ruler in this state was completely shut down by V5, leaving him with no room to maneuver. Just how terrifying is V5 right now?"

in the screen.

PPGOD's tower dives continue. It doesn't matter if E-Flash fails to control the opponent; they'll just try their best to trade kills with Xayah.

In short, we can't let him comfortably farm minions under the tower.

Normally.

They didn't have to be so aggressive. After all, Ruler was farming experience alone in the bot lane and was already level 6, while there were two of them, both still level 5. Tower diving is inherently risky.

But this opportunity is too good to pass up.

Even if PPGOD misses his E-Flash and trades with the opponent, the opponent's Ruler still loses out after the minion wave goes in.

So he went up.

just.

No one expected that the moment Xia landed from the sky with her ultimate skill, she would more decisively use Flash.

At the same time, they flashed diagonally.

It also completely changes the trajectory of the feather recovery projectile, and is accompanied by the recovery of an E skill.

"Hey~"

The barrel that was trying to approach him a second ago was completely held in place by the feather's retraction.

And at the same time.

Varus's E skill barely landed where Xayah's ultimate should have landed.

He missed.

See this.

Xiao Yan decisively gave up the support role.

A few seconds later.

GENG_Ruler killed V5_PPGOD
Ignoring the turret's support, this was a solo kill!

"He really is a monster-like senior, even though he's already 24 years old."

Conference room at the DRX Hotel.

Zeka stretched and yawned while mercilessly criticizing Ruler on the screen.

While both are players from the early days of the game, Deft, the veteran player, is in far worse shape and simply can't produce the monstrous reactions seen on screen.

of course.

Because the eldest brother is not up to par, they, as the younger brothers, have an even greater obligation to help him take off.

"Zeka, do you think Ruler won this tower dive?" BeryL, the Genshin Impact fan, suddenly spoke up after listening to Zeka's complaints.

"Isn't this obvious?" Zeka looked at the screen, somewhat puzzled.

The kill notification has even appeared.

V5's bot lane failed to tower dive and ended up losing a support instead. No matter how you look at it, V5's players suffered a huge loss in this situation.

"But have you ever thought about this?"

Beryl stared coldly at the screen, her breathing becoming slightly rapid.

As a support player in 97.

His reaction time is fundamentally different from other young supports in the same region; he relies more on his brain to play the game.

In his eyes.

Almost all the supports in the World Championship weren't very bright; their thinking was still stuck in the traditional support role.

but.

He realized he might have misjudged the situation.

"In this wave, Ruler, who is responsible for defending the mid lane, used up both of his summoner spells. So how can he escape from V5's rushing lineup when they launch the next wave of Vanguard push?"

"Is it merely relying on..."

"That [Storm Blade] that makes you unselectable for only 1.5 seconds?"

this moment.

The entire DRX's pupils suddenly contracted.

(End of this chapter)