My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 457 Namo Amatas!
"what?"

"After ganking the mid lane, Tian did not choose to return to his own jungle to farm."

"He's going to invade again?"

"It looks like we have a chance. The mid laner just used Flash, and the bot lane has lane priority. We can force a push this time!"

Here comes the segment that will surely impress the LPL commentators.

What they want to see is this kind of rhythmic aggression. Based on their experience commentating on matches, going head-to-head with LCK is useless, because LCK is particularly good at seizing opportunities and exploiting weaknesses in the macro game.

But the same thing.

They are also particularly bad at things that go beyond their operational thinking.

For example, this wave.

Kanavi was actually on guard; the LPL's long-standing anti-gank radar was warning him, but when he tried to speak...

But he discovered
Chovy in the mid lane became withdrawn, while Ruler in the bottom lane also seemed indifferent.

The team's two carries are completely disregarding the situation.

What can he do?
Just take precautions yourself; if they really come, we'll give them the kill!
Just as he reached the blue buff location and started making his move, Keria in the bottom lane immediately issued a danger warning to the enemy support, Miss.

Kanavi cursed inwardly.

The result is the next second.

Right before my eyes, the familiar Pig Girl emerged from the shadows.

As he lunged at him, Tian subtly shifted his position, positioning himself further away from the blue buff than the tree, thus indirectly controlling the blue buff to gang up on the tree with him.

You actually came!?
Everyone here is a herbivore jungler, and the early game isn't easy for anyone, so why is it like this?
No cruelty to living beings, but no killing. Namo Amatas!
No matter what.

On the CHN team's side, Tian and Meiko had no intention of giving the ball to the other side.

After Sejuani provided crowd control, Ruler and Keria were already trying to move towards this area, even though Ruler would miss a few minions under the tower if he moved closer.

That's not the point.

The key point is that Sylas in the mid lane has also started to move closer.

That's really cool.

Kanavi immediately used Flash upon realizing something was wrong. He didn't know where the enemy support was, but he was very confident that he could survive if he didn't use Flash.

All you want is my blue buff, right?
Damn it!
Seeing Kanavi move aside, Tian confidently secured the blue buff, and then, with the cover of his teammates, successfully returned to his own half of the map.

"He's quite cautious."

"If I had used Flash even a little later, it wouldn't have been worth it. If you go back to farm the jungle, the river crab will be harder to control."

"Then let's not control it. Do you know where the enemy support's wards are?"

"of course."

As she spoke, Meiko pointed out a location.

Tian's change of tactics came very quickly.

He cleared all the jungle monsters in the top half of the map to level three, gained some experience while flanking the mid lane and passing by, and now he has stolen a blue buff from the enemy team.

After clearing his own F6 camp and red buff in the jungle.

He did not choose to continue farming the stone golems or controlling the river crab.

But
Based on the first wave of invasion and having clearly identified the defensive wards the opponent had placed to counter their invasion, Tian controlled Sejuani to move from the triangle to the bush connecting the bottom lane and the river.

Then he used his Q skill to charge straight in.

Seeing this, the director timely provided fog of war. In KOR's fog of war vision, Sejuani was completely blocking their effective vision invading jungle.

this point in time.

Because his blue buff was stolen, Kananvi, who could only farm Frog Queen and Three Wolves to quench his thirst, remained in the bottom half of the map, guarding his last round of defense.

But what they're guarding isn't the bottom lane, but the river crabs in the lower river.

If Piglet comes.

He at least knows where Pig Girl is.

If Pig Girl doesn't come.

After taking the crabs, he could go home and then continue his journey to the upper section of the map with peace of mind.

I don't know.

Tian's unusual invasion route, however, was a clever maneuver right under his nose. The moment the river crab successfully refreshed and the enemy Sejuani hadn't appeared, Kanavi almost instinctively clicked on the blue team's Malphite position.

Become!

Off-screen, many viewers' eyes lit up at that moment.

[Holy crap, this god is using vision control!?]

No, if you had performed like that in the playoffs...

[What did I tell you? Mebius's strength lies in his team buffs; everyone on his team visibly becomes more intelligent.]

[JKL: Ruler, good news! You don't need to worry about Tsinghua anymore, because you're going to Peking University soon!!!]

The minions in the lower lane successfully pushed into the tower.

And at that very moment, Tian's Sejuani peeked out from the jungle bushes opposite the enemy's bottom tower.

KOR player bench.

Ruler and Keria were both terrified, their faces turning pale.

???

No, buddy! ?

Didn't you mark that the enemy Sejuani was at the jungle monster location?

So, we're the two monsters in his eyes?
Without giving much time to hesitate, the first to launch an attack was none other than JKL, who had the longest reach. He positioned himself at the edge of the turret's attack range to draw aggro, and unsurprisingly, the turret attacked him.

After all, he's a tanky AD carry.
This kind of operation is practically a basic skill for JKL.

But Keria is a problem. If your AD carries tank the tower, I can't engage on you, but then your jungler and support are about to engage on my AD carry. So, which crowd control skill should I use?

The three members of CHN – jungle, support, and bot lane – cooperated extremely well.

AD will hold on for a bit, then start retreating.

The second threat from the turret shifted to Leona, but by then Leona's crowd control had mostly worn off, so they could switch targets after she finished tanking.

Whether it's Tian, ​​JKL, or Meiko, they are all seasoned veterans, and their synergy goes without saying, even when the KOR bot lane duo pulls out all the stops.

finally.

They still couldn't withstand CHN's tower dive and kill.

CHN_JKL killed KOR_Ruler
even.

Know when to quit while you're ahead; kill the AD carry and run away.

When Kanavi finally arrived, the bottom lane was already a mess, with only the fallen and ravaged figure of Varus vaguely visible, much like the saintess in the goblin lair in Goblin Slayer.

It's all too late now. (Sad)

"Nice, God!"

"Ruler is doomed. He didn't finish the wave of minions, so he lost money and experience, and he even used up both summoner spells."

"I'm already lying in wait on the top lane, ready to win without lifting a finger."

"Mid lane +1"

For a top laner like Luo Ji who plays a front-line tank, there's nothing better than sitting in the top lane while good news spreads all around.

It can even be felt through the body.

The moment the kill notification sounded, the enemy Zeus began to become increasingly impatient.
Come to think of it.

Even with version 12.12, top lane is still a somewhat marginalized area.

If we don't proactively seek change...

He was also afraid that if he was fighting in the top lane, the other lanes would collapse all the way to their second tower.

Or to put it more bluntly.

He was anxious.

Faced with Zeus's probing, Luo Ji continued to maintain his defensive stance. In this situation, being aggressive would only create opportunities, while being steady would allow the opponent to break through his defenses.

After all, offense wins over the audience, but defense wins the championship.

Relying on their advantage in the bottom lane, CHN successfully secured the first elemental dragon in the Rift. After taking the dragon, Tian even showed up in the bottom lane a few more times, giving the bottom lane enough space to push the lane, recall, and rotate.

at this time.

Kanavi's eyes were already on the top lane.

They can't fight in the lower half of the map. In a 3v3, they'll get crushed by CHN. But Knight in the mid lane and Mebius in the top lane aren't giving them any opportunities. And the enemy's bot lane duo pushes and rotates the lane earlier than their own bot lane. So they can only keep giving up the Rift Herald.

"Time to split push."

"However, KOR's lineup is not as suitable for split pushing as one might imagine."

off screen.

Coach Redmi, who was watching the game, also explained to the players who stayed with JDG.

League of Legends matches are divided into two stages:
The first phase, the first half of the year, saw the meta shift towards reducing the importance of the top lane and increasing the importance of the bottom lane. The strategy of building tanky top laners as utility champions led to matches being decided more by team fights, meaning life and death were determined by team fights in the main battleground.

Because this would lead to frequent fights.

It is quite visually appealing.

The second phase, the latter half of the year, saw an increase in the importance of top laner vs. jungler matchups, a shift towards a mid-to-mid-game pace in the mid lane, and a decrease in the importance of bottom lane laners as they became more focused on lane priority. This was known as the side lane priority meta.

In theory.

The KOR team could choose to forgo the unimportant elemental dragons in the early game, just like CHN did with the dragon soul fight, allowing Chovy's Jayce and Ruler's Varus to farm relentlessly.

The problem is that.

Tian set the pace perfectly.

Looking back at the S13 and S14 seasons, Tian's team often had an extremely smooth early game rhythm, but his teammates would easily give him opportunities in the mid-game, to the point that he would become depressed during the game.

But these two.

With his teammates catching up in quality, his already strong rhythm took off even more.

even.

He also understood Chovy on the other side.

Despite having Jayce, a strong early-game champion, many players choose to stay in lane and avoid roaming to support other champions.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Becoming a liability is something a developmental player should do.

But you really can't just stay away from any wave of movement.

This is where the difference between Chovy and Faker becomes apparent. In a meta where mid-laners don't need to create opportunities, Chovy is very strong because he's a late-game carry mid-laner who quietly makes a fortune.

Faker, on the other hand, is the complete opposite.

For the first ten minutes, CHN's rhythm was extremely smooth.

Control the dragon, control the Rift Herald, push the bottom lane, force the bottom tower, control the dragon again, then rotate to another lane.
I know you're awesome at mid-game Varus, so I'll speed up the tower pushing and lane rotation process, making it impossible for you to manage all three lanes.

However.
Just as JKL and Meiko moved from the bottom lane to the top lane, successfully destroyed the outer turret in the top lane, and were preparing to go to the river to contest the second Rift Herald.

Lower half.

Zeus, however, revealed a weakness.

He deliberately let Luo Ji take the initiative to challenge him, then passively attacked him until he was fully defeated. In front of everyone in CHN, he successfully grew larger, lowering the CHN team's vigilance while pretending to retreat and slipping into their blind spot.

From CHN's perspective.

I've forced out your Gnar's ultimate, so the Vanguard team won't have Gnar's ultimate anymore. Doesn't that make things much easier?
The rest of KOR then took their positions along the river.

The top lane minion wave was pushed slightly.

JKL saw this.

He instinctively moved towards the top lane minion wave, intending to clear the wave before engaging in a team fight.

I don't know.

Just as he was heading from the upper river to the top lane, Zeus successfully used his Teleport to target the top lane bush.

And at the moment of landing.

With three seconds left in his ultimate form, he successfully jumped out of the bushes after landing!
这 是
The final [Buddha's Palm]!
(End of this chapter)