LPL History

Chapter 231 Li Ji's green hair adorns the perilous mansion; the succubus's key falls, silencing the entire army.
NJWS players' bench.

Faced with this dreamlike start, the second brother, gogoong, tried to remain calm and said:

"Ah...it's okay, everyone stay calm, we can definitely win in the later stages."

No one objected to what the second brother said.

After all, this is the only way I can hypnotize myself now.

Although no one showed it outwardly, the pressure they were under was undoubtedly immense.

If this match were just a regular group stage game, it wouldn't be a big deal.

The key point is that this match is the opening match of this World Championship!

And their opponents are LPL teams that have always been crushed and looked down upon by the Korean region.

The opening match of a World Championship like this often receives the most attention during the group stage.

Clearly, they messed things up right from the start.

Zefa also mustered his spirits and spoke:

"Their level 1 team was clearly specially designed; those cunning and treacherous guys. But our individual skill is definitely superior to theirs, and we can definitely fight back!"

Seeing that Zefa was on the same side as him, the confident second brother nodded.

He focused intently, opened the tab panel, and glanced at Yasuo on the other side.

Two kills occurred in the level 1 team fight, both taken by Rengar; Yasuo only got an assist.

The gap between the two sides is not very large, and there is still room for maneuver!
As soon as the players logged on, NJWS discovered that they had been tricked by WE.A again.

After returning to base, WE.A immediately opted to switch lanes, moving Caitlyn and Thresh to the top lane.

Because Elise learns her E skill at level 1, jungling is very difficult.

Watch originally wanted to start with the bottom half of the jungle camps so that the bot lane duo could help him get more kills, but thinking about Rengar who had already gotten two kills, Watch decided to start with the top half of the blue buff camp to avoid being ganked by Rengar in the jungle.

But this requires Old Niu to help him clear the field.

The problem is that the hero Old Bull has very low damage, so he's very slow to kill.

If the enemy team has a Maokai (elder brother) coming to top, Alistar can help watch out for a while longer because Maokai pushes the lane slowly.

However, now WE.A has moved the duo to the top lane. If they stay in the jungle for too long, Alistar will lose a whole wave of minions.

Seeing that Save hesitated to speak, Watch took the initiative to speak:

"You go ahead, I can do it myself."

Although the game will be slower, in watch's opinion, since WE.A has chosen to move the bot lane duo to the top lane, Zhou Li's strategy is most likely to start with the blue buff and then enter his own top jungle.

Fortunately, he chose to start with the blue buff in this game. If he had chosen to start with the bottom half of the map, he probably wouldn't have been able to defend his top half at all.

Save understood this principle, so after hearing Watch's words, he nodded and headed towards the top.

However, what Watch didn't know was that in the Korean commentary room, Jeon Yong-jun had already turned his voice up to the maximum, seemingly hoping to make his voice penetrate Watch's ears through his loud voice!

"Wow! Save, don't leave!! Watch! Watch, look into the bushes! The poodle is watching you from there!! Oh my god, he doesn't even realize it, this is going to be a disaster!"

Watch was completely unaware that a lion was lurking behind him, ready to pounce.

Zhou Li's original plan was to switch lanes and directly steal the spider's blue buff.

After all, the blue buff is still very important for an AP jungler like Elise.

Unexpectedly, when he circled around to the blue buff bush, he saw Alistar and Elise diligently farming the blue buff.

Due to the lane swap, Alistar abandoned Elise halfway through the fight and ran to the top lane.

A spider that has learned the E skill at level 1 is incredibly powerful when jungling.

Watch, completely unprepared for Zhou Li's level 1 entry into his jungle, didn't even bother to check the bushes to save time, instead pulling the blue buff towards the direction of the giant ghost.

Watch breathed a sigh of relief as the blue buff was about to enter Smite's kill threshold.

Once he reaches level two, things will be much easier for him.

However, the next second, a dark figure suddenly darted out from the bushes!
Caught off guard, Watch was startled and instinctively pressed the Punish button!

Amidst the flashes of golden light, his spider failed to level up to level two!

Instead, the lion dog that landed in front of them shone with a silver light!

"Got it!"

In the Chinese commentary booth, Miller shouted excitedly:

"Watch, the fight failed! Zhou Li stole the blue buff and leveled up to level two! In that case, it seems like Zhou Li will not only take the blue buff, but also get the kill on the spider! The spider doesn't have Flash!"

Facing a level 1 Spider with less than half health and no Flash, Zhou Li easily took down the Spider!
"Oh!"

Amidst the cheers from the crowd, the doll couldn't help but speak up:

"Wow, Zhou Li is incredibly brave! To be honest, I was on tenterhooks for him the whole time! After getting two kills at the start, I feel like most people would choose to play it safe and farm first, especially since this is the World Championship stage. He just walked into the enemy jungle all by himself, it's terrifying!"

Bella laughed excitedly and said:

“I’m different from you. Seeing Zhou Li like this actually makes me feel at ease. Because today he’s just like he usually is in the LPL. This proves that Zhou Li is absolutely confident in terms of mentality. In this kind of competition, I think mentality is more important than the player’s ability.”

Miller also joked with a smile:
"Indeed, this kind of invasion that doesn't treat the opponent like a human being is something that neither LPL teams nor OGN teams are treated differently in front of Zhou Li."

The NJWS players' bench at this moment.

Watch's expression was extremely grim.

With his death, his upper half of the map was definitely gone.

Although the Spider hero doesn't need to farm jungle camps and is more about ganking, you first need to have enough resources to maintain your level!
The key point is that he still only has one E skill, so how is he going to jungle?

Watch had no choice but to send a distress signal to the bottom lane.

Zhou Li's screen was switching rapidly. After seeing that NJWS's bottom laner had stopped hoarding the wave and started pushing it, he immediately understood NJWS's intention.

So after finishing off the big monster, they decisively abandoned the three wolves and chose to return to defend their own lower jungle.

With the help of the NJWS bot lane duo, Spider successfully secured the red buff.

In order to allow the spider to regain some development, NJWS, who had absolute lane control in the bottom lane, decided to invade WE.A's bottom jungle.

However, when they entered WE.A's lower half of the map, they found that the blue buff had disappeared, leaving only a large ghost.

In the commentary booth, watching the Rengar fighting the three wolves, Quan Yongjun couldn't help but complain: "Wow, what's wrong with this guy? Doesn't his game have a fog of war? Why does it feel like he has the whole map open, completely aware of all of NJWS's movements?!"

It's worth noting that NJWS's move this time was quite decisive.

If Zhou Li had been even a little greedy and had taken an extra three wolves in NJWS's upper half of the map, then NJWS would have been able to turn the tide in his lower half of the map.

If he tries to eat the big ghost after finishing off the blue buff, he's likely to get caught and killed, or at least get caught and killed.

Seeing that WE.A's bottom half of the bracket was empty, watch could only helplessly eat a big monster to compensate himself.

He then headed towards the middle lane, hoping to find an opportunity.

gogoong's Zed is currently being pressured by Bie Xiye's Yasuo.

Perhaps it was due to champion counters, perhaps it was because Yasuo had more experience, or perhaps it was because he lacked Flash.

There are many reasons why gogoong could be found.

In short, it's impossible that your laning ability is inferior to your opponent's.

Seeing the watch moving towards him, the second brother spoke:

"Kill him! Kill him! This kid is obviously terrible at the game, but he's too arrogant!"

Watch arrived in the mid lane, but he didn't have a good way to deal with Yasuo who could move around and had a wind wall. After forcing back a wave, he turned around and went into his own jungle to eat the F4 and Krugs that he had missed earlier.

However, it was precisely because of watch's appearance that Zhou Li instantly changed his jungle route and turned to head towards the bottom lane.

At this moment, the NJWS duo is in the bottom lane, having only placed one ward in the tri-bush during their earlier invasion.

Moreover, both players were pressing the lane very deeply under the tower.

After all, in the eyes of the NJWS duo, Rengar was definitely going to farm in the top lane.

The Korean commentator noted that when the poodle suddenly turned around, Jeon Yong-jun immediately tensed up.

"Oh! Zhou Li! What's he trying to do? Is he going to gank the bottom lane? But if he goes to the bottom lane, it'll only be a 2v2! Is he really going to take such a risk?"

Kim Jae-young spoke with some concern:

"But Rengar has two longswords! And this is Rengar! His burst damage is just too high. Zefa's Kog'Maw doesn't even have Flash. He can't win a 2v2 at all!"

Quan Yongjun's gaze fell upon the triangular patch of grass.

"But it's alright, we have a good view here, we should be able to see... Oh! Where is he going?"

In the live stream, the Rengar, heading towards the bottom lane, did not choose to go through the safer area of ​​his own jungle.

Instead, they chose to walk across the river!

It's like knowing that the other party has placed a ward in the triangular bush!
In fact, this is nothing more than a game of intelligence gathering and psychological warfare.

First, Zhou Li noticed that both supports placed the first ward in the bottom lane bush in order to contest the bush.

The ADC didn't use the ward once while in lane.

Therefore, there are only two possible outcomes.

One possibility is that there is absolutely no vision in the bottom lane.

One method is that Zefa will establish a deep vision when preparing to invade his own jungle.

After all, no one would put a hole in their own backside during an invasion.

Therefore, regardless of the situation, Zhou Li concluded that there was no vision in NJWS's bottom lane river, so he naturally chose to go through the river.

However, this seemingly simple intelligence gathering and psychological game looks to outsiders like having a complete view of the map!

"Wow! Gorilla! Can't you even see this problem?! Go check the river! What's going on with Zhou Li? I think we really should request a pause to check his equipment; his route is just too baffling!"

Upon hearing Kim Jae-young's words, Cho Eun-jung couldn't help but instinctively retort.

"Zhou Li's jungling has always been like this. Although his gameplay is very impressive, what netizens in the LPL talk about even more is his God's-eye view. If you watch his first-person perspective, you'll probably understand."

Zhao Enjing suddenly spoke up to defend Zhou Li, which clearly surprised Jin Zai Rong.

Quan Yongjun reacted faster, smiling as he said:

"Ah, that's true. I've also seen Zhou Li's first-person perspective, but I feel it's more hype than substance. Even as an observer watching him switch screens, I had no idea what he was actually looking at. And under such high pressure during the match, could Zhou Li really see all that clearly?"

Seeing that Zhao Enjing was about to speak again, Quan Yongjun directly reminded her:
"However, it must be admitted that Zhou Li is indeed a very strong player. If only his personality were without flaws. Such screen-switching behavior, including the controversial remarks he made before the match, all show that he is a very flamboyant person."

Jeon Yong-jun's words were clearly directed at Cho Eun-jung.

Think about what Zhou Li said before the competition!

This guy is now the enemy of all South Korean citizens!

If you continue to speak up for Zhou Li in the live stream, no matter how handsome you are, no one can protect you!
But Zhao Enjing's emotions were clearly running high, and she instinctively wanted to retort.

However, in the live stream, Zhou Li had already reached the bottom lane!

Quan Yongjun's exclamation made Zhao Enjing swallow back the words she was about to say.

"Oh! The big tree immediately used Flash to grab Zefa! Rengar walked over from the river! Zefa! Zefa used Heal, but from this position, it still feels like there's no hope of survival!"

"Gorilla can only give Zefa a heads-up! He has to leave, or he'll probably be kept here by the Rengar!"

"Wow, Zefa! He's going all out to take down the big tree! Can he do it?! Wow!! Not enough damage! And Zhou Li got that kill again!!"

As Jeon Yong-jun and Kim Jae-young sighed, Jo Eun-jung's emotions shifted from anger to agitation.

Now that she had calmed down a bit, she realized how unpredictable the consequences would have been if she had confronted Quan Yongjun in the heat of the moment.

Thinking of this, Zhao Enjing couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Zhou Li's face in the replay.

If it weren't for Zhou Li's brilliant move, her professional career might have been over.

The Zhou rites are truly wonderful!

Zhou Li must have sensed her danger, which is why he suddenly ganked the bottom lane!
Although this explanation is somewhat far-fetched, perhaps this is fate!

Zhao Enjing, caught up in idol worship, is like a young girl in love, starting to imagine things in her mind.

At this moment, even if Zhou Li farted, Zhao Enjing would still say "it smells so good!"

A sunny and cheerful personality combined with a socialite aura.

Zhou Li, with three fully stacked buffs, is definitely an e-sports succubus.

(End of this chapter)