My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 468 Do you understand the value of the Training Match God of War?

The night the first round of the qualifying tournament was drawn.

This sparked another round of discussion online, but not about who won or lost; instead, it was a collective lament about how time flies and people age.

If this were DK in Season 10 or Season 11, everyone would feel a lot of pressure.

But just a year or two later, they found that DK was no longer able to put any psychological pressure on them.

If we were to say that V5's weakest point right now is their mid and jungle, then...

So, DK.

Right now, the strongest position is in the mid and jungle. As for the other positions, it's questionable whether the old guards have enough fuel left to finish the Swiss round.

"That's life."

"A normal professional player only has a few opportunities to play in the world championships in his lifetime, and he may only have one chance to win the championship."

"If you miss it, you'll miss it forever."

FOFO was still lost in thought.

He directly projected this onto Deft, saying that if Deft hadn't faced the seemingly invincible V5 last year, he would have had a real chance to win the championship.

"is it?"

Weiwei asked suspiciously:
"Then how do you explain Faker?"

"I said, Faker is an exception among normal professional players."

"What about Brother Tiger?"

"."

For a mid-laner like FOFO who dreams of entering the World Championship, Xiaohu's professional career, even without winning the S-series championship, is indeed something that FOFO can only aspire to but never achieve.

He really had no way to refute that.

The next day.

The group stage of S13 Swiss Round has finally arrived.

Compared to the other groups' infighting among weak teams, everyone's attention was more focused on the China-Korea showdown between V5 and DK.

Even in the heart of kimchi.

When Luo Ji and his group arrived at the competition venue, they could still vaguely see many Chinese faces in the audience.

The army of international students is starting to exert its strength.

of course.

Calling them a weight-loss army wouldn't be wrong. At least Luo Ji once thought that even if he couldn't control his weight, he could just come and stay at Kimchi's place for six months or a year, and his fatty liver, high blood pressure, and other ailments could probably be cured on the spot with food therapy.

Surprisingly.

Before the match, Xu Xiu and others actually came to the V5 rest room and exchanged team uniforms with them.

However, due to time constraints...

They took a picture together, exchanged team uniforms, and left, but Luo Ji could still see the deep wariness in Xu Xiu's eyes.

after all
In the period leading up to the start of the Swiss round, teams from various regions were actually playing scrimmages like crazy, and the two teams with the highest scrimmages win rates were identified.

One is DK, and the other is G2.

In the past.

The team that received this treatment is TSM, the team that is recognized as a scrim god who is always fooled and tricked by others. This truly embodies what Zz1tai meant when he said, "I can take down a opponent with one shot in scrims."

Immediately following the main competition
Emm
Anyway, Xu Xiu felt pretty upset.

Seeing them leave, Nofe then began to make arrangements:

"As for DK, their weakness this year is still very obvious. Last year, their bot lane and support were weak, and their top, mid, and jungle couldn't carry the bot lane, which was a weak point. This year, they've changed their focus from bot lane and support to top lane and support, which makes them a very easy team for us to counter."

"We can just play the same way we did in the LCK."

"When playing against weak teams, we'll play it safe and use a late-game composition with strong meta elements to secure points. When playing against strong teams, we'll try to be different and use some unusual strategies to trick other teams into banning us. So, in this game, Meng will play freely, and Weiwei will go up in the jungle first to get a feel for the intensity."

Everyone nodded.

After hearing this, Casa simply found a comfortable spot and lay down on the sofa.

Swiss reels are BO1.
Since it wasn't his turn to go, he decided to rest today. As he lay on the sofa, he subconsciously took out his phone to order takeout, only to realize later that this was a small kimchi restaurant, and takeout wasn't as readily available as in China.

So I simply let it go.

soon.

The first match begins.

Since the draft phase in the play-in stage is mostly exploratory and mainly involves banning and picking based on a few popular meta picks, we skipped the draft phase altogether.

V5: Top lane Irelia, Jungle Hecarim, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Xayah + Rakan

DK: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Riel, Mid lane Azir, Bot lane Varus + Alistar
Classic strong opening double poke
"Your Irelia isn't exactly a champion that can be easily banned."

"But at least it will make the opponent less likely to pick Jayce recklessly, right?"

Luo Ji responded to Nofe's words with a smile.

That's true.

You can pick Renekton in the top lane this game, but it's a bit difficult for Renekton to rush Jayce solo. As fellow professional players, the enemy team generally won't give you a chance to get a solo kill unless the jungler comes to help.

But it's different for Irelia.

If you, Jayce, dare to land an E, she'll actually pounce on your face.

Show off whatever you want.

Q starts by recklessly hacking at you, almost like someone from the Highlanders.

"Chang Dong (Canan), listen up, you have to stay calm this time."

As soon as the lineup was announced, DK's coach started buzzing in Canan's ear like a mosquito, giving him a headache.

That Rat King is a bit arrogant, too.

If you don't know this player, you can think of him as a top laner with a slightly wider champion pool, like Ale. When he's carrying, he's incredibly strong, and when he's underperforming, he can hold his own against the bottom-ranked top laner in the league.

But he picked Jayce.

Even if you play cautiously, you're still incredibly aggressive. You can't just play Jayce and cower under the tower, can you?

Doesn't that guy, Rat, have any pride?
The lineup has been selected.

Game start.

One level.

Weiwei continued with his usual strategy of placing a ward at level one and then recalling to buy a scanner. Since he was on the blue side, he also chose to start farming in the bottom jungle this game, without knowing which lane the enemy jungler was focusing on.

They need the bot lane to help create opportunities.

Ruler and Jwei were also very skilled. They started aggressively contesting lanes to level up to two at level one, and at the very moment they reached level two, they didn't hesitate at all and immediately initiated a fight.

Fight them head-on!

In reality, even though both are at level two, Xayah and Rakan don't have much of an advantage when they engage on the opposing Varus and Alistar combo, but what they need is to apply pressure.

The moment Jwei initiated the fight, he immediately used a health potion from his inventory. Thanks to the extra range from Xayah and Rakan's E skills, he was able to return safely.

The DK bot lane is a bit confusing.

Especially Deft, we're all veterans, he can easily deal damage to the bot lane duo, why are you in such a hurry to take me down?

Are you saying I'm capable of killing you or something?
at this time.

The advantage of Xayah and Rakan's flexibility becomes apparent, or rather, Ruler's aging prowess and Jwei's youthful talent begin to shine.
It relies on displacement and positioning.

They managed to dodge Varus's Q skill, causing Varus to miss his Q.

This is very embarrassing.

The DK bot lane, which could have traded blows without losing, was forced to retreat because of this missed Q. Fortunately, the Earthshaker also has healing abilities, so losing a little bit of health isn't a big problem.

However.
The moment Weiwei reached level three, he immediately began invading the opposing team with his Centaur.

It is known that their bottom lane briefly held a health advantage and lane priority.

It's unclear which lane the opposing jungler is primarily focusing their ganks on.

Then let's just hack into it!

If Rui'er is on the red side and starts farming downwards, then the time when the enemy invades should be when the enemy is at the three wolves. Weiwei invades with the scanner on all the way, and when he successfully approaches the three wolves in the invaded jungle, he does not see any jungle monsters through the wall.

Eh.

The thought process became clear immediately.

While marking the danger signal on the top lane, he also hurriedly moved down to prepare to dive the tower.

"In the upper half of the bracket?"

Luo Ji did not panic upon receiving the message.

In fact.

In this game, the Rat King brought him some surprises in the early stages.

How Jayce plays against Irelia before level 2 is very important. At level 1, stand in the bush and learn W. Before Irelia can Q the minions to kill them, try to hit Irelia with a combo of AWAAA, while also auto-attacking minions to reach level 2 first, and then learn Q.

When Irelia uses her E, the first thing to do is to dodge it. After dodging, use Q to slow her down and unleash a combo. If you can't dodge, just hammer her away and run.

The other side is very clear about this process.

The initial start was almost perfect, until...
The opponent accidentally took one of his E attacks.

Oh wow.

All the initial details were wasted.

Once Irelia's passive is fully stacked, she can unleash a Highlander combo with her Q, almost draining Jayce's health bar. Jayce already had less health than Irelia because he was hit by her E skill and took a full combo.

After hearing that the jungler was in the top half of the map.

Luo Ji then decisively took drugs, creating the effect of a nearly full-health Irelia facing a half-health Jayce in the top lane.

Canyon originally wanted to go up and grab something.

Seeing the top laner's health, Barbie used her Q. If she were to gank the top laner directly, she wouldn't even know if she was ganking the enemy top laner or her own.

slip away.

Just as they were about to give up, Deft and Kellin immediately exclaimed in surprise from the bottom lane.

Centaur has jumped over the tower!
Advantages in health, numbers, and centaur movement speed.

With his clear objective of targeting Varus, who lacks mobility, Deft could only admit that he had tried his best but could not escape, ultimately giving up his precious first blood and 300 gold.

V5_Weiwei killed DK_Deft
First Blood!

There's no way around it.

Since Weiwei saw the enemy jungler diving under the tower in his own bot lane, the only thing he could think of was to invade the enemy's top jungle.

It is no coincidence.

He had just broken in.

In the headset, Canan's "Miss" signal came through again.

"Irelia is missing."

Canyon glanced at the minimap after receiving the message.

Jayce was pushed directly into the tower and pinned under it. Leaving would mean losing a huge amount of experience, so he was temporarily unable to move. He then asked:

"Can the mid laner lean on me?"

"Just barely."

Xu Xiu glanced at the positioning in the middle lane and could only promise that he would be able to get there once the fight started, but he couldn't get there in advance.
The top and mid laners of V5 must have communicated.

The clockwork ball was placed close to the river from beginning to end.

the strange thing is.

Canyon had clearly prepared himself for the possibility of being targeted by the enemy top laner, but he never saw the enemy top laner. When he finally sensed something was wrong, he used Smite to steal a buff and then hurriedly retreated.

in front of you.

The girl with the sword that he feared.

He then unleashed his final basic attack on the river crab in the river.

Rui didn't come to the jungle because Luo Ji knew that if they fought head-on, it would only result in a 3v2 situation where the enemy would come first, and Jayce would just lose some minions.

However, if you default to giving the opponent two sets of jungle monsters.

Take this river crab.

If you, Ruier, dare to continue being greedy, the river crab will accelerate your vision, and once the people and horses come out again, you'll be the turtle caught in the jar.

A wave of momentum followed.

V5 easily traded one of the enemy AD's lives by only losing a wave of jungle monsters.

This deal was worth it!
(End of this chapter)