My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 482 War Against All!
Hit the road.

After several minutes of 1v1 solo matches, Kiin was starting to sweat profusely.

The principle is simple.

Because Graves' basic attack has a slight knockback mechanism, when a new wave of minions comes out of the tower, Graves can easily auto-attack twice and then use Q to last-hit the minions almost without missing a single hit.

This will lead to two subsequent extensions.

One is Aatrox who continues to push the lane into the tower and farms under the tower.

Another is to support the jungle, putting pressure on KT's offense in the top half of the map.

Whatever it is.

All of this gave Kiin an immense sense of pressure at that moment.

In particular, Graves always managed to dodge his skills simply by moving around, and if he couldn't dodge them by moving around, he could react at the last second and use his E skill to create distance. Otherwise, he almost always used his skills on the minion wave.

This basic skill and reaction made him realize for the first time what it means for time to take its toll.

actually
Is it really that powerful?

Compared to Kiin's inner thoughts, Luo Ji's inner thoughts were much simpler: if you show your face, I'll attack you; if you don't show your face, I'll attack the tower. But if you show even a little bit...
I'll show you what it means to have fine wine in a luminous cup, and to fly away with your bunker.

"Hey Ka, can you find the enemy jungler's location?"

"It's right here with me, buddy. My excavator skills are top-notch. You think I'm joking with you?"

The art of listening!
Looking at various games, heroes who can make opponents reveal their footsteps are all pretty overpowered, and the Excavator is no exception.

A person who can operate an ordinary excavator is a traditional warrior, while a person who can operate a high-level excavator is like an MI6 agent.

He knew exactly where Cuzz was.

"What's wrong? Are you thinking of killing me?"

"not me."

Luo Ji shook his head and said with a smile:
“He’s almost sixty, and I have a feeling he’s about to decide to kill someone.”

In fact.

The Aatrox did a good job of withstanding pressure in the early game, but that's all he could do. If things continue like this, as Graves updates his items, the difference in CS between the two sides will only widen.

At least at the six-minute mark, Aatrox had already missed 12 minions from Graves.

A few more minutes.

Luo Ji was able to gain a 30-creep lead over the opponent, matching UZI's performance back then, thus achieving the "threshold of fair laning against the opponent" on the field.

"Kiin has actually been forced to this point?"

"That's normal. He didn't play in the Asian Games before, and he didn't play in the Swiss rounds either, so it's naturally impossible for him to play in the knockout stage."

off the field.

All the LCK viewers could clearly see Kiin's distress.

But he has to try.

Top laners need an invincible mentality. If a player plays Aatrox for the entire game without any killing intent, then he's practically useless. It's not that you can comfortably withstand pressure just because you can hold your own; it depends on the champion.

It's reasonable for the likes of Dog Head Wine Barrel to be able to withstand pressure.

Is the Sword Demon able to withstand pressure?

I'm afraid they'd be bombarded by fans from the competition area if they even went back to their family tree.

then.

Just as Luo Ji used his Q in front of the tower again, Kiin's Aatrox suddenly made a move, releasing his perfectly timed EQ combo diagonally, targeting Luo Ji's Graves.

To take down a cannon minion, you need to follow up with a basic attack after that Q.

It can be moved and twisted open.

This artillery piece was practically being handed over.

Kiin's timing was impeccable; for LOL players, cannon minions are sometimes even more important than life itself.

"So you really couldn't resist, huh?"

Luo Ji murmured something.

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already started making his move.

Just before being knocked up by the Sword Demon, the R skill [Ultimate Bomb] was fired head-on, meaning that the ultimate skill was successfully thrown at the opponent's face the instant he was knocked up.

Ultimate skill to negate crowd control!

Upon landing, he immediately unleashed a basic attack.

R [Great Annihilation]!
Seeing the Sword Demon activate his ultimate and move forward, Luo Ji then began to retreat after his basic attack, deliberately creating an upward movement before unleashing another W [Smoke Bomb].

Just for a moment.

Kiin immediately lost sight of Graves on his screen.

But the arrow is on the string.

He could only make a quick decision based on the last information he received before his vision disappeared.

Top lane is a position for strategic maneuvering.

Even though the opponent was moving upwards before disappearing from sight, Kiin didn't believe that the opponent would reveal information so easily.

then.

When the second Q was used, it wasn't aimed diagonally upwards, but slightly downwards and forwards.

However.
From God's perspective, the Graves who seemed to be dodge Aatrox was actually actually moving diagonally upwards. As he moved, Kiin's position shifted downwards, and Aatrox's second Q almost brushed past him.

And in the instant after they were separated.

The E skill slide from the side and below allows the AEA combo to be continued once again.

All of Kiin's basic attacks landed, but the opponent's two crucial Qs were either negated by their ultimate or misled by the smoke grenade's vision. Kiin finally resigned himself to his fate and began to retreat.

at this time.

All that remained above his head was about a hundred health points.

Conversely, the Graves player he was laning against still had half health remaining, seemingly unharmed in this wave.

Actually.

Both Luo Ji and Kiin understood that, in the early stages of this game...

The Sword Demon has collapsed.

He had used TP earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to only miss 12 minions, but he had to go back this time.

Back and forth.

At least two more waves of minions will be lost.

[The Law of "A Leaky Car Means Danger to People"]

[It feels like I could have a chance if I used Flash, but the enemy also has Flash, so it's hard to say.]

[Classic! You won't let me take the cannon minion, so I'll just use you as a cannon minion to finish it off. Kiin, Kiin, why did you have to provoke him?] [That positioning frequency, never taking Q2, you really can't pull that off if you're older, it's too extreme.]

Not everyone in League of Legends is in a low rank.

High-level players are often able to see the difference in skill between the two players from basic positioning and movement. Kiin has already seized the opportunity very well.

No matter what.

Boxing is afraid of young people.

Ultimately, the raw, uncontrolled punches of young people are more authoritative in causing damage.

"Cow batch!"

After watching Karsa's top lane matchup from start to finish, I instinctively gave him a thumbs up.

Followed closely.

He immediately launched a challenge from the jungle, specifically the bottom half. His goal was simple: to cause trouble in the bottom half and prevent the opposing jungler from focusing on the top half.

of course.

You can put it up there, but you have to be prepared to get counter-squabbled when you do.

Just one wave.

KT's early game tempo will explode.

As for now?

"Attack the vanguard!"

"War on the elemental dragons!"

"Attack the turret plating, war!"

As soon as Casa made that move, Cuzz instantly stopped moving.

The top lane is putting pressure on the bottom lane, and the bottom lane is receiving pressure. If you gank top, you're afraid the enemy will cause trouble in the bottom lane. If you stay in the bottom lane, you're afraid Kiin will raise a big carry in the top lane.

What can he do?

result.

Before he could figure out what to do, Luo Ji, who had gone back home to upgrade his equipment, was now completely dominating the Sword Demon in his lane.

It's still the same old routine.

Pushing lines and pressing towers consume resources and damage the plating.

They weren't worried about the enemy jungler at all, and even placed a control ward in the river. The enemy didn't even have a chance to clear the control ward; they were just getting beaten up.

A few minutes later.

Until the pioneering rhythm.

Kasa then slowly came up and controlled the vanguard.

The first elemental dragon was taken by the opposing team. There was nothing they could do; KT's bot lane Xayah and Lulu had lane priority, so taking the elemental dragon made them superior. However, the advantage of the first Rift Herald was earned through a hard fight in the top lane.

Then
After securing the dragon, Karsa decisively began to burrow towards the top lane.

"Don't rush, don't push it in so quickly, let me listen."

"Row."

Casa's excavator was already in place.

Luo Ji wasn't in a hurry at all. It wasn't that he was afraid of losing in a 2v2, but rather that he was afraid the enemy jungler would suddenly appear. Fortunately, he was playing Rek'Sai, so he could listen to the [voiceprint] to see if the enemy jungler was coming.

Only after confirming there were no footsteps nearby did the top laner officially push the lane towards the turret.

"coming soon!"

"This was Karsa's first time visiting the top lane this game. He brought the Rift Herald. Kiin didn't leave, but was it really appropriate for Graves to tower dive?"

"Wait, Kiin seems to have sensed it!"

"Did he go too far?"

From God's perspective.

Despite not seeing the excavator's vision, Kiin deduced that the enemy jungler was going to tower dive Kiin simply by looking at the accumulated minion wave. At that moment, he truly impressed the audience outside the arena. This guy can really run!
In case I can't escape.

They even went so far as to unleash their ultimate move.

This is where Old Deng's experience as a professional player comes in.

Karsa was on the verge of tears watching the accelerated Aatrox. Ruler and Jwei in the bottom lane sighed and retreated to the second tower to start their laning phase in the bushes.

"Damn, I didn't expect him to be such a coward."

"It's not exactly cowardly, after all, he went all out and his early laning phase completely collapsed."

The rest of V5:
Since Kiin chose to back down, Karsa didn't hesitate any longer. He immediately released the Herald he had been holding back in the top lane, and after releasing it, he pushed forward and began to pressure Aatrox's position.

That makes his meaning quite clear.

See this? Let's get going.

This is my dad!
The top lane, which already had only four plating layers left, was reduced to two layers after the Herald's impact, and then only the last layer remained under Luo Ji's subsequent attack on the A tower.

That's it.

They had already stopped fighting and started to retreat.

Because the middle lane is also gone.

"Running so fast."

"Don't these two have even the slightest bit of greed? It's the last layer of plating, why don't they just eat it all?"

BDD is numb.

If Luo Ji and Karsa had lingered a little longer, even if FOFO's Orianna marked the mid lane as MISS, he could have used Taliyah's ultimate to block the path and create terrain while quickly coordinating with the top and jungle to create a 3v2 situation in the upper half of the map.

No matter what.

Luo Ji and Casa, one big and one small fox, kept their eyes glued to the minimap the whole time.

They want to arrest us?

There are no doors!

"If we can't kill him now, this Graves will be very difficult to deal with next."

"Theoretically, Graves doesn't have the same counter-pick relationship as Aatrox. In the early laning phase, Mebius almost entirely created the gap through sheer skill. However, Graves is indeed a top-tier carry, capable of split-pushing and dealing damage in team fights."

off screen.

Many of the teams that successfully advanced had their eyes shining.

The understanding of the version in the World Championship may initially be diverse, but it will eventually lead to a situation where everyone copies each other, and in the end, only one or two version understandings remain.

They seem to have already grasped the "future".

(End of this chapter)