My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 485 The Plagiarist of Another World
In the KT lounge.

Silence enveloped the entire room.

Even KT's coach, knowing he should say something to boost morale, chose to remain silent due to the huge gap between the two teams' players.

too strong.

V5's strength doesn't lie in the individual players' skill, but in their ability to come up with unconventional ideas on the spot, and then profit handsomely from these unconventional ideas.

This was also a best-of-five series.

This made KT's players realize once again that talent can be a cruel thing.

One percent talent is more important than ninety-nine percent effort, but what's even more cruel is that even that one percent talent can vary in quality.

Kiin finally understood how much Zuse valued Mebius.

damned!
Haji (Yu)qi, is this the kind of target you usually consider your enemy?
Even if you are a god-king, your opponent, Ultraman from Nebula M78, is completely beyond the reach of the heavens!
"listen."

crucial moment.

BDD stepped forward again.

"There's no time for us to hesitate. KT has made it to the World Championship three times in history."

"In S5, we were in the quarterfinals."

"In S8, we were in the quarterfinals."

"Now that we're in S13, I don't want us to be in the quarterfinals again."

“I’ve been with the team since 2018. I’ve played against monster teams like GENG and T1 for six years. I’ve wasted my youth and exhausted my talent. Now that we’ve finally made it to the World Championship again, they insist that we are made through trials and tribulations.”

"Do you think we wouldn't know if what they're refining is gold?"

"Beryl did the draw; LPL can't manipulate it at all. Everyone has their bad luck sometimes. Can you guarantee you'll never face a strong team before the World Championship finals in your entire life?"

"I don't want to be in the quarterfinals, I want to advance, I want to be in the semifinals, I want to experience the view from the top. I just want to ask, can we do it?"

Suddenly.

The entire KT lounge fell silent once again.

Yes.

They've always been unlucky.

Ssumday faced KOO in S5 and was defeated 1-3. From then on, Ssumday never recovered, marking the day when he was widely regarded as Korea's best top laner and his career collapsed.

S8 encountered the peak IG, which everyone knows.

Now in S13, they've run into V5, the team Luo Ji plays for. Even without V5, they would have faced JDG, the number one seed from the LPL, in their previous life.

It's as if the attribute of "misfortune" has never left them since the team was formed.

but.
We should at least give it a try, right?
The final stand is the most intense. They were already on the brink of defeat, with 0/2 left, but their fighting spirit was rekindled by BDD's shouts.

They were definitely unlucky.

Indeed, KT has never made it past the quarterfinals in its team history.

But if we believe in this kind of mystical stuff, then what about EDG's championship win in S11?

Since EDG is allowed to do it.

That.
Why can't they?
My sword is not necessarily weak, is it?

at the same time.

This is the V5 lounge.

Having won two consecutive matches, Luo Ji and his team are now considering strategies for the next game.

The first two rounds.

They all used the same strategy to win the game: Luo Ji gained an advantage through individual solo play in the top lane, and then Karsa found a way to amplify that advantage.

This playing style is fine.

The problem is that we can't keep using this method of play.

"This is a rare opportunity. Although we are leading 2-0, KT is indeed a rare and strong team. While we still have time to make mistakes, we need to try our best to find the right lineup."

Nofe's words came with extreme decisiveness.

Consumables must be used properly.

He knew perfectly well that in this precarious situation, the opponent would either have a phenomenal performance or completely falter in the third round, but he was determined to find the right opponent to test his skills.

"The third one."

"Let's try the T1 strategy that Meng mentioned, leaving the last two picks for the bottom lane, and picking the top, mid, and jungle for the first three picks. If T1 adopts this strategy, then the bottom lane will undoubtedly enter a phase of competing with each other's champion pools."

“I’m not worried about Ruler, but Jwei, you must be prepared.”

Listening to Nofe's earnest instructions.

Jwei nodded seriously.

Meiko is the ultimate support player in the LPL, but his professional career cannot be replicated. The new generation of support players who want to become famous can only follow Beryl's path.

exactly
He was already mentally prepared to face off against the top LCK support players.

The fifteen-minute break flew by.

Here at the commentary booth.

Wang Duoduo and Tong Xi also began their pre-match warm-up.

They thoroughly enjoyed watching today's matches. In the first three rounds, WBG vs. JDG was an internal battle, so it was a tough match for both teams. BLG lost to T1, which was a bit of a disappointment. The only match that stood out was the V5 game.

Clean, crisp, and exhilarating.

In the blink of an eye, it's already 2-0, just one game away from their lightning-fast exit.

They absolutely loved it.

Wang Duoduo: "In the third game, KT chose the red side, and I feel like they will probably do something to target Mebius."

Tongxi: "That's right. In two consecutive games, the top lane was singled out and destroyed. But when it comes to targeting the top lane, it seems that Mebius's hero pool is not enough to deal with everything."

God knows if anyone has ever kept track of how many heroes Luo Ji has played in the top lane.

Even if there aren't as many as Flandre, there are still quite a few. This isn't just a sea of ​​heroes; this is a hero black hole, where anything can be thrown in.

Also during the intervals of their conversation.

As the camera shifts...

Viewers quickly spotted the two teams of players on camera. Unlike before, when the camera focused on the KT players' bench, even through the screen, they could feel the same "resolute gaze" from the KT players, just like JKL.

That aura seemed to have solidified.

Despite being 0/2 down, KT still managed to exert tremendous pressure on the camera, and it was precisely because of this shot that...

Most people only realize this belatedly.

KT.

It seems they've been driven mad.

Here it comes, the third game, KT's last chance for redemption!

[Gold is refined through repeated tempering, but this is too much; it's almost turned to water. What should we do?]

They've been pushed to the brink. Back in S8, peak KT faced peak IG; now, in S13, peak KT faces peak V5. It's a complete mess.

Never mind, just question it first, then question it again, and finally question it all. Just keep questioning!

LPL viewers don't care about your determined gaze.

They've seen this stuff a lot in the LPL region.

What is the use?

What truly determines the outcome of a match isn't skill. Do you think you're fighting a boss in a game, where a few random thoughts flash through your mind and you unleash a power that isn't your own, then rampage across the field?

That's not how you do it, even in your wildest dreams.

"Ignore them, just do things according to our plan."

"If anger could change the outcome of a match, then the LPL region wouldn't have been so dark before S8."

"Haven't we lost before?"

Casa, also an older brother company, has exported.

During the dark ages, which region didn't want to completely destroy LCK?

现在
The situation has reversed!
The third one.

A round of ban:

V5: Tsar, Lo, Lenata
KT: Xayah, Jax, Graves

A round of PICK:

V5: Orianna, Jarvan IV, Rumble

KT: Vi, Rey, Gnar

Second round of bans: Titan, Kalista, Caitlyn, and Aphelios were all banned.

For their fourth pick, KT chose Kai'Sa.

To be fair, KT did consider targeting Luo Ji's top lane this game, but V5's strategy change was too quick.

The first round of bans on the top, mid, and jungle lanes forced KT, who were well-prepared, to disrupt their plans and change their strategy accordingly.

then.

Banning almost all strong champions in the current meta, and then picking Kai'Sa, makes it KT's best solution right now.

"This BP?"

"Why does it feel like this matches our playing style again?"

If we were to ask who was the most bewildered at this moment, it would undoubtedly be T1.

In the BO5 against BLG, they were the first team to realize the importance of bot lane priority, plus their Zeus in the top lane could beat anyone except Mebius.

This leads to.

The strategy involves a solo top laner farming and dominating the lane, followed by a chaotic brawl involving the mid, bot, jungle, and support in the bottom half of the map.

It has become T1's signature tactic.

But now?
This thing is actually being played by other people?
As if to confirm their guess, the moment KT picked Kai'Sa, V5's last two picks were the classic Senna-Tahm Kench combination.

Unpopular.

but.
Using these two items against the enemy Kai'Sa, let's just say you can easily take lane control.
"We've fallen for their trap?"

The KT coach looked terrified upon seeing this.

With these last two moves, V5 practically revealed their hand and tried to seize control of the lanes. They thought they had everything under control, but now they felt that their opponents were playing too recklessly.

Senna and Tahm Kench are both being released?

You've thrown all shame into this for the sake of line control, haven't you?!
But there was no other way; he could only fill in the last piece of the puzzle, namely, an unexpected option for the mid lane in S13—mid lane AKL.

So far:

V5: Top lane Rumble, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Senna + Tahm Kench
KT: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Vi, Mid lane Akali, Bot lane Kai'Sa + Riven
Looking at this lineup.

Many teams were twitching at the corners of their mouths, especially BLG and T1. One team only realized the importance of bot lane priority after losing to T1, but they had already been eliminated a step ahead of time. The other team originally planned to play around the bot lane, but ended up being copied by the official team without realizing it.

Of course, what made the sky fall for many teams even more was...

Rambo?

You can even drive a Rambo?

The Tiger Emperor next door only has four skill slots. Did you spend money to have so many heroes?
Until the lineup is finalized.

Nofe then deliberately stood next to FOFO before leaving the stage.

He doesn't need to worry about the top lane, he definitely has lane priority in the bottom lane, and Karsa is a veteran with a big heart in the jungle. The only lane he needs is to get a buff to strengthen his defense.

"Coach, no need to say anything, I understand, I will play more steadily."

He noticed the coach staring at him.

FOFO immediately raised his hand in response.

"wrong."

Nofe shook his head and began to correct FOFO's grammatical errors:
"Who told you to play it safe? You need to be aggressive, aggressive enough to attract the enemy jungler's attention, aggressive enough to create enough space for the two side lanes. You are the bait, but your sacrifice can bring victory."

"So, here's the problem."

"FoFo, can you do all this?"

(End of this chapter)