LPL History

Chapter 211 The Iron Curtain Couldn't Prevent the Mouse's Shadow, Golden Eyes Pierce Through the Nine Heavens

EDG Lounge.

Abu looked at the lineup WE.A had selected and, in a fit of rage, began to scream.

"What the hell?! What's going on?! Why is WE.A keeping stealing our roster spots?!"

After saying that, he glanced at Mingkai.

Feeling betrayed by Abu, Mingkai sensed Abu's gaze and said with displeasure, "What are you looking at me for? Do you expect me to tell WE.A the tactics?"

Abu smiled somewhat awkwardly, but then said righteously:

"Mingkai, don't take it personally, you really aren't in a good mood today."

Okay, of course this happens to everyone. It's good for you to take a break. Although I'm also thinking about the club, I'm actually thinking about you too. If you keep playing, you'll lose your confidence!

Mingkai didn't respond, but just sighed.

"After watching the draft picks for this game, I feel that even if I'm sitting here, I won't be able to muster any confidence when I face him again."

Everyone has always known that Zhou Li was in charge of WE.A's business development (BP) and wartime command.

EDG wanted to pull out all the stops this time, but for some reason, first Kog'Maw and Nami, then the backup pick Twitch, were all taken by WE.A through pick-and-ban.

Moreover, the key point is that although WE.A relied on aggressive play to win, their own lineup was still very solid.

In contrast, EDG's draft picks were constantly being targeted, forcing them to continuously use lower-tier alternatives.

In wartime command, more consideration is given to the players' on-the-spot reactions, competition experience, and psychological warfare.

Therefore, the draft (BP) process considers the player's understanding and experience of the game.

The factory manager couldn't understand it. How old was Zhou Li? How long had he been playing professionally?
If there's any flaw in WE.A's lineup, it's their lack of initiative.

However, the key to WE.A's success lies in their dual cores: Twitch and Kog'Maw, either of whom can take over the game in the late game.

WE.A doesn't need to rush or seek out opportunities first.

Therefore, the keynote of this match is that EDG must take the initiative to look for opportunities in the early stages.

So, who should a team rely on to create opportunities in the early game?

Jungler, of course!
Based on the factory owner's understanding of Ai Luoli, he didn't think Ai Luoli could take the initiative to set the pace.

Ai Luoli is a typical weakling in the Chinese server's solo queue tournaments; his mentality issues determine that he can never become an aggressive jungler.

The factory owner felt that he and Ai Luoli were different.

He's now glutinous, that's because he was made glutinous by the Zhou rituals.

Do you know why the factory is called the factory? The famous line, "I'll raise pigs in your jungle," shows that once the factory manager gains the upper hand in the psychological game and figures out the opponent's jungling habits, he is still willing to make a move.

And the love for lolis is innate.

Perhaps because he had been a substitute for too long, Ai Luoli always carried a heavy psychological burden every time he stepped onto the field, to the point that he dared not do certain things.

Take this game as an example. Zhou Li picked Twitch as the jungler, so no matter what, Ai Luoli's Prince should try to harass and attack Zhou Li's jungle.

While Twitch can clear jungle camps without taking damage, he is still a squishy long-range champion. If he is invaded and harassed by a warrior champion like Jarvan IV, it will be very troublesome and will disrupt Twitch's ganking rhythm.

But look at what Ai Luoli did?

Knowing that his hero was stronger in the jungle, he chose to start with the red buff and instead asked his teammates to place a defensive ward at the blue buff, fearing that the rat would invade his jungle.

Seeing EDG's opening strategy, Clearlove couldn't help but say:

"This eye should be made deeper; this way of attacking Ai Luoli won't work."

Upon hearing the factory's words, Abu asked:
"What would you do if you were in that situation?"

The factory owner instinctively wanted to share his understanding of the game, but the words stuck in his throat.

If we only consider the hero, he would definitely have his teammates set up a deep infiltration vision for him, and then quickly reach level three to go find the enemy's Twitch.

But when the rat's name was prefixed with the ID "Li", the factory manager immediately lost confidence.

Zhou Li's official ranking is Platinum I.

Naturally, no one would believe that this was the true level of Zhou Li's etiquette.

However, some newbies are still curious about Zhou Li's actual strength level.

That day, the factory owner couldn't hold back any longer and replied on the forum using a secondary account:
"Some people become the Grandmaster because their skill level is that of a Grandmaster, but others become the Grandmaster because the highest rank in this game is Grandmaster. There are differences between Grandmasters, and the same is true for professional players."

Although the factory only faced Zhou Li three times in the competition, he had studied Zhou Li's match videos more than a hundred times.

Zhou Li had long been the factory's most familiar opponent.

Even so, the factory still didn't know how to defeat Zhou Li, which was the root cause of his fear.

“WE.A spotted the vision in the lower river, so Zhou Li should be able to deduce that Ai Luoli started with the red buff. I think he will choose to have Shen help him start with the blue buff, and then quickly go to the lower jungle to get the red buff to avoid the risk of being invaded by the prince.”

Although the factory manager did not participate in the competition, he had already begun mental simulations.

However, the next second, Zhou Li's actions made Chang Zi's eyes widen.

Zhou Li's rat actually learned the Q skill and used invisibility to walk directly into EDG's lower jungle!
"This guy's resorting to dirty tricks again!!"

Seeing Zhou Li's actions, Abu gritted his teeth in anger.

"How dare he?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Factory immediately understood. The most dangerous place is the safest place. EDG never imagined that Twitch would choose to go directly into their jungle alone!

Generally speaking, a level 1 jungler like Twitch will definitely learn the E skill.

However, in reality, since rats can pull jungle monsters without taking damage, it doesn't prevent them from clearing jungle camps by themselves, regardless of what skills they learn; the only difference is the speed.

Zhou Li's method of entering the prince's jungle was something no one expected; speed was simply not important to him.

As the jungle monsters respawned, the Prince started attacking his own red buff, while the Twitch started attacking the Prince's blue buff.

Even inside the break room, the factory could hear the exclamations from outside.

The way Ai Luoli farmed the jungle afterwards made the factory manager so angry that he wanted to rush up and kick her off her seat.

After taking the red buff, he went back to farming his Krugs, clearly abandoning any intention to attack and only thinking about clearing the jungle to reach level four quickly.

However, this seemingly safe approach will actually maximize his losses!

The factory saw that Zhou Li had even carefully placed a ward outside the blue buff wall, seemingly worried that Ai Luoli might suddenly change her mind. This move was an overestimation of Ai Luoli's intelligence.

After Ai Luoli finished clearing the stone golem, the rat had already knocked down half of his big ghost.

When Ai Luoli went to farm F4 again, the mouse was walking on the river.

The factory manager also keenly noticed that Xiye in the mid lane had placed a vision point in the mid lane river.

This viewpoint is clearly designed to help Zhou Li protect his upper half of the field.

Ai Luoli went to the lower half of the jungle and started farming her three wolves.

At that moment, he was still feeling incredibly lucky that Zhou Li hadn't come up with anything offensive or disgusting.

What he didn't know was that by the time he finished defeating the three wolves, the rats were almost finished with the red buff.

After the prince finished off the three wolves, he elegantly used his EQ combo to crash into the blue buff jungle camp, creating a dragon-like impact that shattered the air.

"Holy crap, where's my blue?"

Ai Luoli subconsciously complained and immediately walked towards the direction of the big ghost, only to find that the big ghost was gone!
Having had two camps of jungle monsters stolen, Ai Luoli, unusually, felt a surge of adrenaline and charged towards the rat's jungle area.

However, at this point, the rat's jungle area was completely empty.

Ai Luoli still refused to believe it. He thought the rats were still farming the stone golems, so he just charged in headfirst.

However, just a second before the Demacian flag was planted, the rat had already returned to the fountain.

Ai Luoli looked at the empty jungle area, somewhat bewildered. Having already lost the first move, he turned his attention to Lulu who was pushing the lane in the middle, and then headed towards the middle lane.

But what he didn't know was that the rat in the grass saw the prince's military flag in the last second of its return journey.

Zhou Li, who had returned to the city, bought a pair of straw sandals and a longsword in a second and headed towards the middle lane.

Watching the movements of both junglers, the factory manager sighed.

"Even if Ai Luoli doesn't die this time, she'll still get hit by a flash."

The prince, who had just arrived in the middle lane, had barely made a move and was chasing Lulu when Ai Luoli's headphones started playing a lewd sound effect.

"Hehe! It's me~"

Lulu's polymorph combined with her Q skill's slow, along with Twitch's W skill and the Red Buff's slow, made it extremely difficult for Jarvan IV to move.

Meanwhile, Ryze, who was behind him, was unable to offer him any help at this time.

"boom!"

Ai Luoli immediately used Flash.

Curly-haired guy noticed Ai Luoli's teleportation on the minimap and couldn't help but say:

"Come gank bot lane."

Ai Luoli scratched his hair in frustration. He felt that his bottom half of the map was gone, and it was entirely the fault of the bottom lane duo, who hadn't positioned themselves properly for him.

However, Curly's words did indeed help him open up his mind.

Although he was hit by Flash, he still had half health left and some healing potions.

Invading the top half of the rat's territory again is obviously unrealistic, but he can go directly to the bottom lane to gank.

Because at this point, the mouse will definitely go to eat the upper half of its own territory.

If he goes to gank the bottom lane now, the chance of encountering an accident is almost zero.

In the live stream, the factory manager watched as Ai Luoli moved towards the bottom lane and nodded.

"We definitely need to change tactics quickly now; there's a chance to catch them in this wave..."

He didn't speak; the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

Because in the live stream, the rat and the prince were moving to the bottom lane almost simultaneously!

Why did he go down in that wave? It doesn't make sense for him to go down.

The factory owner couldn't help but ask a question.

Watching Zhou Li's jungle play from God's perspective often brings an even greater shock to the factory.

"Did he open it?"

(End of this chapter)