My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 495 It's easier to break into Seoul than to get into Seoul through the entrance exam.
"Holy crap, bro."

"I'm here, brother."

"Watch me connect with my EQ combo and land a kill, bro!"

"Good kill! Bro!"

As Luo Ji swiftly beheaded the Sword Demon, Weiwei's voice, even more excited than Luo Ji's, rang out in the voice chat.

what?
You're saying he's a simp?
The guy who was playing Ma has carried him all the way to the World Championship semifinals, and he's about to face T1. If you don't fawn over this kind of carry, plenty of others will!
One wave of kills.

GENG was completely lost.

They ganked bot lane and gave away double kills, ganked top lane and gave away kills. Did they forget to check the almanac before leaving home? It feels like Peanut is the one who dies wherever he goes.

"Is this V5's dual jungler strategy?"

"At his age, Karsa will be in the right place at the right time to make the coin-making maneuver, but Weiwei is the complete opposite. However, as long as he gets the right position, his maneuver will be fine."

The matches were only one day apart.

Even boarding the plane wasn't a quick process, so at this moment, the entire eliminated WBG team was actually still watching the live stream from their hotel.

Danny watched the scene shift to the backstage area after the kill, wondering why Nofe, that veteran, hadn't left V5 yet to prove himself.

Damn it, Old Deng, move over a bit!

UR-level players should be given to the most capable. What the hell are you doing, just sitting there taking up space without doing anything?
There's nothing we can do now.

If problems arise online and offline, and operations are disrupted, then the only option left for GENG is to change course.

They didn't choose the first vanguard time point at the eight-minute mark to switch.

That node.

V5's bot lane duo was already likely to go up, so switching them at this point actually suited V5's intentions. By switching players and pushing them up, they could maintain their advantage.

Instead, they released the first vanguard directly.

Aphelios in the bottom lane charged up his White Blade and secretly built up two layers of plating. Then, when Xayah and Lena returned to the bottom lane, he timed his move perfectly and swapped lanes with Aatrox.

This change of course was disastrous for Dolan's development.

But they had no other choice.

A win for one is better than a loss for both; one path should be allowed to develop a little more comfortably, right?

That's the courage of a professional player.

Even Luo Ji didn't expect the opposing team to switch lanes so decisively. Clearly, there was a great commander on the opposing team. After switching lanes, he also realized that Peyz on the opposing team was not as simple as he had imagined.

His ability to steal A by exploiting distance alone is enough to prove his basic skills.

"As expected of the AD who managed to kick you out of GENG, your fundamentals are quite impressive."

"That's wrong, he's never beaten me even once."

Even though he knew Luo Ji was joking, Ruler couldn't help but speak up to explain himself.

In his eyes.

There is an inherent, insurmountable gap between professional players.

Your ideal esports dream: to easily make it into the World Championship and beat Faker to win the title.

In fact:
In ranked matches, I get ganked by high-ranking random players; in high-ranking matches, I get ganked by youth training candidates.

Youth training reserves are being heavily picked off by starting lineups, while starting lineups are being picked off by top-ranked LDL teams.

After a long and arduous journey to the LPL by winning the LDL championship, you unexpectedly discover that you are playing very well, until other teams notice you and start studying you, and you hit the rookie wall.

Then it's drawn by playoff teams, semifinal teams, and the two strongest teams.

They went all out to make it into the World Championship, only to find that those who used to relentlessly criticize them had been criticized by Faker for a full 12 years. For 12 years, they had all been criticized by Faker.

That's when you realize what a gap truly means.

This is just a good example; the situation is similar in other positions as well.

Why do established players team up, and why do unknown players voluntarily join teams on low-salary contracts? Isn't it all to ride on the talent of famous players and achieve better results?

"Do we need to switch the cable back?"

"No need. If you switch lanes, they'll switch lanes too. In the end, we'll still lose. They probably want to wait for the second dragon to switch lanes back to the bottom lane and leave it to me."

A melee fighter facing the opposing bottom lane duo.

Luo Ji not only has to consider the pressure of laning, but also has to worry about whether the enemy jungler will coordinate with them to gank him.

Fortunately, Weiwei and FOFO are both loyal supporters of protecting Yone, providing a true sight ward and a trinket ward to protect Yone in the top lane extremely well.

Wow, what treatment!

As expected, they still prefer Mebius in the top lane over Ruler.

[Isn't that the problem? Xayah + Lena are already incredibly strong defensively, so it's normal for them to survive.]

[Geng's most challenging episode.]

"It's almost time."

In this game, V5 clearly had a fast-paced, dragon-like rhythm.

Because of the double kill in the bottom lane in the early game, the first dragon was lost very early. If every dragon is like this, the dragon that is about to be taken will be taken around 18 minutes, and the dragon soul will be taken around 24 minutes.

GENG's lineup clearly couldn't accept the opponent getting the Dragon Soul so early.

That's why they forced a switch.

However.
Because the GENG bot lane duo switched lanes and vision was insufficient, Aphelios and Ding Zhen, despite both being in the top lane, maintained a certain distance.

Peyz was thinking that the line had been inserted.

With the support nearby, the enemy Yone probably wouldn't dare to come out, so he chose to recall from the bush closest to V5's turret on the top lane.

But I didn't expect it.

Luo Ji simply used his Q ability to continue the wind, then directly crossed the minion wave and aimed directly at Aphelios's position in the bush.

"Crack~"

Knocked away!

Uh ~
I won!
When the distinct feeling of being knocked away was transmitted to Luo Ji's brain through the screen, he didn't get greedy at all. He interrupted the opponent's recall and retreated directly, which left Delight, who quickly returned to support, speechless.

"gross."

"He just came here to interrupt your return to the city. It's okay, I'll keep an eye on him for you this time."

The two were out of options. Peyz had chosen a bad position and hadn't expected the opponent to be so bold. So he moved two more bushes and ran to the bush closest to the GENG's top lane turret to recall.

this will.

They were genuinely getting anxious.

Because judging from the spawn time of the elemental dragons, they might even arrive when the enemy is already engaged in battle.

结果
E [The Edge of Barrier Break]

If you're playing Yone, you definitely need to make good use of your advantages.

This hero.

With just his E skill, he can freely loot without worrying about going too deep and not being able to get back; he just needs to keep an eye on his health bar.

Delight immediately noticed that the enemy team used their E ability to try and interrupt their AD carry's recall.

No matter what.

He was just a Dingzhen, whose name only sounded similar to that of the official, but he had no snow leopard to protect him.

Faced with Yone's spirit form attack, all he could do was symbolically throw out a Q skill and then give a bunch of buffs to the AD carry.

and.

Looking at his own AD carry, Yone casually interrupted his second recall.

That's it.

You can't keep him here; you can only watch helplessly as he disgusts them and then gracefully leaves after triggering the second stage of his E ability.

【666666】

[Trying to disgust people in various ways, huh? Hajime, you're so babyish~]

[I'm back. That familiar feeling came right back. So this is how Yone plays.]

[Peyz is so angry! He tried to return to base twice but failed. The dragon is going to be lost!]

This time.

The dragon is truly gone.

The initial push, recall, and rotation to the bottom half of the map to take over the bottom lane was a very good opportunity; it was just a matter of Aatrox losing a bit more lane wave.

Unfortunately, the first recall was interrupted, and the second recall was also interrupted, which delayed GENG's bot lane duo for more than ten seconds.

This leads to.

When Peyz and Delight finally recalled to base and rushed back to the bottom lane.

ear.

The mournful howl of the dragon could already be heard.

The blue team killed the elemental dragon.

Even Weiwei didn't expect that controlling the dragon would be so easy. Thinking about his own top laner Tongtiandai's performance, he became even more convinced of the established fact that "the top laner is the boss".

"Awesome, bro, you're really awesome!"

"666, Dream God is too daring. He's truly a god in international matches after this game."

"Nonsense, wasn't it already confirmed that he's the god of external battles?"

The mid, jungle, and support trio, being new to the World Championship, were quite active, chattering excitedly without stopping.

Indeed.

Compared to the poor performances of many LPL teams in international competitions, their performance can be considered quite satisfactory.

Fear of South Korea?

Luo Ji admitted that he did have a period of cyber-Korean wave fanaticism, but he was not a fan of so-called K-pop idols or K-pop contestants.

The Korean wave he likes is easier to break into Seoul than to get into Seoul through the university entrance exam.
The initial pace was set up like this.

There aren't many options left for GENG.

In the next fourteen minutes, if V5 gives up the Herald again, they can release the Herald in the mid lane to switch to the Elemental Dragon when they are close to getting the Dragon. Once the rhythm is established, GENG will face immense pressure in the early and mid-game.

The 20-minute mark is the beginning.

The Tsar and Aphelios, at most, only had two sets of clothes.

A team with two late-game carries using two core items to fight against an early-to-mid-game lineup that has secured the Dragon Soul?

Brother
This isn't fair competition, this is a free win.

But there was nothing they could do; at this juncture, they truly dared not engage the second wave of vanguard.

In order to secure this first salvo, Ruler and Jwei even abandoned the bottom tower and gathered the entire team in the top half of the map, giving GENG no chance at all.

What can Little Peanut say?
The only option is to proactively appear in the bottom lane and coordinate with Aphelios and Ding Zhen to take down the first tower faster than the opponent.

The blue team killed the Rift Herald.

The red team captured the first tower.

Resource exchange between the two parties.

Upon realizing the situation was not going well, both AD carries immediately switched to the mid lane, while their mid laners went to the bottom lane, and the top lane continued the Yone vs. Aatrox laning matchup.

Just this time.

GENG was clearly going berserk.

Chovy, who was originally going to lane against FOFO, changed his route and continued farming. He could indeed develop quickly, but his family's reputation might not be preserved in the LCK. So, he made a statement at the right time.

Mark the top lane directly, and pair it with the big tree of the little peanut.

The three men rushed to grab Yone, who was on the top lane.

Luo Ji: ???
When Luo Ji saw the Tsar and the Tree of Life rushing over to him, teaming up with the Sword Demon to relentlessly pound him under the tower, he was both annoyed and amused.

What's infuriating is that this guy has no sportsmanship; the three of them bullied him, a young comrade.

He couldn't fight back.

The funny thing is, with this kind of ganking, FOFO was able to easily break through the bottom lane tower, which was already being worn down by Xayah and Leona who had lane priority, all by himself.

For morale.

Are they really willing to do this kind of economically unprofitable gank?
This undoubtedly proves that GENG is now visibly anxious.

(End of this chapter)