LPL History

Chapter 262 The Prince devises a plan to break the rat's nest; Lu Xian splits up to lock down the wandering dragon.

"Look at the choices made by Samsung White. Both sides have placed the jungler last, which is a very rare occurrence!"

Samsung White's seating area.

Dandy looked at the few junglers and fell into deep thought.

In fact, among the strong junglers in the current version, only Kha'Zix remains.

However, the Kha'Zix champion is not very good at helping teammates set the pace in the early game.

Furthermore, he also had to be wary of the possibility that the opposing team might use Twitch as a jungler.

Dandy thought for a moment, and finally spoke:

"The prince!"

The Prince can not only set the pace in the early game, but also, if the enemy team chooses Twitch as their jungler, the Prince, a jungler with strong dive capabilities, is very effective against Twitch, who has no mobility.

At this moment, Zhou Li's brows were already furrowed.

Looking at Samsung White's lineup, he couldn't help but say:

"Holy crap, their lineup is invincible!"

Rumble in the top lane, Jayce in the mid lane.

Damn it, his team has two UZIs, which gives him double the power. Even Zhou Li felt immense pressure.

At this moment, the commentator, Wawa, thought for a moment and then spoke:

"Hey, I suddenly have a bold idea. Do you guys think it's possible that WE.A might be playing Twitch jungle?"

Bella shook her head and analyzed:

"Unlikely. Because we can now confirm that both sides are going to play an aggressive early game. And Samsung White's greatest strength is their jungler and support ganking and invading the jungle. If you pick Twitch, you can't play against Samsung White's invasion."

Bella's analysis is so logical and well-founded that it is hard not to believe it.

However, the very next second, WE.A locked in Lucian as their last pick!

"ah?!!"

Miller's eyes widened, clearly unable to believe what he was seeing!
"Why...why did they pick Lucian?!"

Royal Never Give Up (RNG) eSports Club.

Insec and UZI, who have become good friends, are sitting together watching the match.

After seeing WE.A lock in Lucian, insec suddenly stood up!

"Damn it! I know this episode by heart!"

At this moment, the live stream room is also filled with question marks.

【Wait, what does this Lucian mean?!】

[It even locked instantly?!]

Why does this scene seem so familiar?

[Lucian jungle! Zhou is paying homage to his good friend UZI again!]

[Bro, is this really Lucian jungle?! What the hell is this?!]

Well known.

Lucian cannot jungle.

Even with divine intervention, it wouldn't work.

So this Lucian pick is clearly intended for the laning phase.

Although he's playing in the laning phase, this Lucian isn't meant for the bot lane!
When WE.A completed the position swap, everyone was stunned for a moment!
Blue side: SSW Esports Club VS Red side: WE.A Esports Club.

Top lane: (looper) UZI VS (Flandre) Twisted Treant.

Jungle: (dandy) Prince of Demacia VS (Li) Plague Rat.

Mid lane: (pawn) UZI VS (xiye) Holy Gun Ranger.

ADC: (imp) Explorer VS (smlz) Yasuo.

Support: (mata) Thresh VS (ming) Nautilus.

WE.A's lineup was completely unexpected!
I thought Yasuo had gone to the middle, but he ended up in the hands of Sima Laozei.

As for the Holy Gun Ranger, he was brought in by Xiye and moved to the mid lane!

This bizarre route immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens.

【Huh?? Yasuo is coming down?】

[No way, this route split is just too bizarre.]

Why is WE.A doing scientific research during the finals?!

[It's always been Korean teams doing the research and development; why can't WE do it too?]

[If it were any other team, I could only say they were just messing around, but if it's WE.A, I can only say they're ten versions ahead!]

The Samsung White player's seat at this moment.

Dandy paused for a moment after seeing WE.A's lane assignments.

He never expected that, even after he secured the Prince, the opposing team would still dare to pick a Twitch jungler!

However, as a professional player, he quickly understood his opponent's intentions, and his expression soon turned somewhat unpleasant.

Although if the prince invades the rat's jungle, he can kill them one by one.

Without any mobility, the rat has absolutely no way to counter the prince's early-game burst damage.

And with his fragile body, he is extremely vulnerable to being solo killed by the prince in the jungle!

But all of this is predicated on the fact that the prince can enter the rat's jungle!
The current lane assignments in WE.A have made it extremely difficult for Samsung's Baiye support to roam.

The first thing is the laning phase in the mid lane.

If Lucian pushes the lane aggressively, Jayce's pushing ability is inferior to his.

The Yasuo pick in the bottom lane gave Mata a real headache.

Because Yasuo is different from a regular ADC, if Mata, as usual, chooses to roam around after three minutes and leave Imp alone under the tower.

So, the combination of Titan and Yasuo makes it very likely that the two of them will directly finish off imp's tower dive!

Furthermore, Yasuo's sliding movement means that once Mata leaves the bottom lane, Imp doesn't even have the right to go forward to check the situation!

In this situation, even if Mata and Dandy catch a rat in the jungle, the first team to come to their aid will definitely be WE.A's bot lane duo.

In addition, Lucian has lane priority in the mid lane—

Lucian, Yasuo, and Nautilus – these three champions, just standing there in the early game, will make you feel like you can't beat them.

"Damn it, the enemy team's lineup is giving me a real headache!"

Dandy couldn't help but swear.

"Although Zhou Li seemed arrogant, it was obvious that they had studied our tactical system very seriously, and we were already at a disadvantage in the draft phase."

Mata began to speak.

How good is WE.A's roster?
It's not actually that good.

Because WE.A's lineup lacks AP damage output, it's definitely a physical damage team.

However, for a team like WE.A that focuses on fast attacks and emphasizes extreme offensive rhythm, the consideration of whether they can gain an advantage in the laning phase takes far more priority than the overall lineup composition.

The same applies to Samsung White.

Once the lineups for both sides were finalized, the biggest feeling among the Samsung White players was that the laning phase would be extremely difficult!

This is not only the objective pressure, but also the psychological pressure on the players, which affects their state and thinking in the game.

Just like now.

Mata is still struggling with the decision: should he let imp go in this game and continue with the previous jungle-support duo roaming strategy?

While this is their most proficient playstyle, given the current situation, continuing to force roaming is clearly a high-risk, low-reward gamble. However, without roaming, the Ezreal and Thresh combination might not necessarily gain any advantage against Yasuo and Nautilus, even in lane.

imp clearly noticed Mata's hesitation at this moment.

He knew he had to seize this opportunity to speak up, otherwise he might not have another chance.

"Ah, I feel like we can try laning in the bottom lane this game. I think we're pretty strong in lane."

He had tried his best to be tactful, but it was clear that once Imp opened his mouth, it had the opposite effect.

As soon as Mata heard Imp's voice, she sneered.

"Shut up, you're brain-damaged." (*)

"Can you really win the lane? If it's Deft, maybe we can give it a try."

With just one sentence, Mata turned Imp into a scorching red.

However, when facing Mata, Imp could only feel angry but dared not speak out.

I could only send countless heartfelt greetings to Mata in my heart.

In fact, Imp had harbored resentment towards Mata for a long time.

It wasn't just because Mata always left him to roam freely in the bottom lane; more importantly, it was because Mata would often try to manipulate him.

As the ADC for the white team, Mata always compares him to Deft for the blue team.

Furthermore, according to Mata, compared to Deft, Imp is practically worthless.

Even Mata's own preference for roaming can be attributed to the fact that Imp is too bad and he can't beat him in lane.

But Mata is the team's commander and also Imp's senior.

Poor Pupu, even though she was bullied every day, she could only keep it to herself.

It's hard to say whether Mata played a part in the fact that IMP was later exempted from military service.

After hearing Mata's words, Dandy thought for a moment and then spoke up:

"Forget it, I'll try to find an opportunity myself first. The bottom lane can't collapse too quickly."

As the team leader, Dandy's words clearly carry weight.

After hearing this, Mama asked:
"May I?"

"no problem."

Dandy answered with great confidence.

After all, even if he were alone, Prince would have an absolute advantage in a 1v1 situation against Twitch in the jungle.

However, if you want to hack in, you need to be more secure.

Not only do they need to avoid WE.A's vision, but they also can't get too caught up in the fight, because WE.A's support will definitely be faster than their teammates'.

But not invading is not an option either.

The enemy team is using Twitch as their jungler, if you don't go and counter-jungle, are you even human?
Once the rat successfully develops, the opposing team's mid-game fighting power can turn a three-star white unit into a sieve.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers from the audience, both sides began the game!

As soon as WE.A entered the game, they displayed a strong offensive approach, immediately choosing to invade as a five-man team.

Their lineup is so strong that they could practically win a level 1 team fight even with their eyes closed.

Samsung White was also very smart; after establishing vision, they chose to retreat instead of engaging in a team fight.

Because they knew that WE.A was unlikely to force a trade of jungle camps with them, since WE.A's jungler was a rat.

WE.A indeed had no intention of changing the jungle.

The reason they invaded as a group was solely for one purpose: to establish a deep and comprehensive vision presence.

They must ensure that their bot lane duo can lane effectively against Samsung White's bot lane duo, preventing Samsung White from executing their lane swap strategy.

Thus, the first round of competition between the two sides unfolded in a somewhat comical manner.

From God's perspective, after the initial clash, both sides, with four players on each side, surprisingly chose to wait in the mid lane.

Samsung White wants to switch lanes, so they want to wait for WE.A to go live before switching lanes, even if it means losing some experience.

WE.A doesn't want Samsung White to switch lanes, so they plan to release Samsung White on a separate lane, even if it means losing some experience.

And so, under the watchful eyes of countless viewers around the world, an absurd yet plausible scene unfolded.

The minion waves of both sides have already met in the mid lane, and the mid laners of both sides have even started laning.

But behind them, apart from the jungler, the other three players went AFK right in front of a global audience!

In the commentary booth, Miller watched this scene with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"Wow! This scene is truly something to watch... Is this what they call a clash of masters? Both sides are waiting for the other to make the first move!"

However, Samsung White quickly took the initiative, with the duo heading towards the bottom lane and Rumble heading towards the top lane.

It's not that Samsung White lacks patience, but rather that compared to WE.A, they are actually at a disadvantage in this game.

Because the prince had a task he had to complete, which was to invade the rat's jungle.

Why are the two sides just stuck in this stalemate?

The longer the time takes, the longer the mice are given to develop.

Therefore, Samsung White can only be used first.

As soon as Samsung White made a move, WE.A, which had been positioned earlier, immediately detected their movements and took action to minimize the damage.

It can be said that from the start of the business proposal phase to now, WE.A has gained the upper hand time and again.

But the plot did not unfold so smoothly.

Soon, some unexpected situations arose during the game.

Because Samsung White has a small substitute in the mid lane!

According to the original plan, Lucian in the mid lane should have been able to gain lane control, but in reality, Xiye was unable to take control of the mid lane from Fat General.

This is not because Xiye is too bad.

It's not because the fat general is too strong.

There isn't really any specific counter-relationship between Lucian and Jayce.

It can only be said that Lucian, relying on his skill mechanics, can clear the lane faster than Jayce.

However, at this point, Fatty General's laning skills and experience were clearly superior to Xiye's.

Perhaps a few years later, when Xiye reaches his peak strength, coupled with the buff from external battles, he will be able to put up a fight against the Fat General.

But now, sixteen-year-old Xi Ye is clearly no match for the fat general.

Even though Xi Ye's strength has improved significantly after Zhou Li's training, it has only been half a year.

Many things can only be acquired through the accumulation and sedimentation of time.

Take, for example, the most crucial element of laning – psychological warfare.

This is something that Zhou Li (the Book of Rites) cannot teach Xi Ye.

After Dandy finished taking the red buff, he saw that the mid lane had gained an advantage.

A look of delight appeared on his face, and he immediately changed his jungle farming route.

Dandy decided to invade the rat's jungle directly at level two!
Dandy, true to his word, charged towards the upper half of WE.A's bracket.

Although he didn't know the rat's current location, at his current speed, there were only two possibilities—

First, the rat starts with blue buff in the lower half of the map. Whether the rat wants to quickly get double buffs or clear the lower half of the map first and then come to the upper half, Dandy can catch the rat.

Secondly, if the rat starts with the red buff in the upper half of the map, then if the rat chooses to finish off the entire upper half, the attacker can easily catch the rat. However, if the rat chooses to go straight for the blue buff, although the attacker won't be able to catch the rat, they can easily take down the rat's F4 and Krugs.

In Dandy's opinion, if the mid laner has lane priority and the opponent plays a Twitch jungler, then the opponent's jungle becomes his playground, and he can enter it without thinking.

(End of this chapter)