LPL History

Chapter 328 Zhou Yu Avenges His Defeat with a Solo Kill, Former Master's Mentality Collapses

Taobao Quan glanced at the mini-map.

Since Acorn had called him, he had no reason not to go, after all, Taobao Quan was also very helpful to Zhou Li.

Back then, in that 1v3 match, Zhou Li kicked him in the groin, almost causing him to lose his manhood.

Taobaoquan glanced at the minimap. Since Acorn had said at the start that he didn't need Taobaoquan's help to catch up, Taobaoquan originally wanted to pull ahead to 4th place.

But seeing how much pressure Acorn is under under the tower, he decided to go top after finishing the red buff.

However, what Taobaoquan didn't know was that the Blind Monk had already sneaked into his jungle.

The best way to solve a problem is to eliminate the person who raised it.

The best way to prevent ganks is to eliminate the person who might gank you.

Kakao was criticized a lot for his jungling in the LPL, with people believing that he always liked to mindlessly enter the enemy jungle and do high-risk, low-reward things.

But this is actually a double-edged sword.

When a team has lane priority, a jungler like Kakao can drag the enemy jungler down with him even if he doesn't gank the lane.

In fact, when Zhou Li was with LGD, Taobaoquan enjoyed this treatment in every game.

Taobao Quan believes that it has nothing to do with Zhou Li, but rather that his jungling strategy is too strong.

It wasn't until the blind monk kicked him in the head with a sonic boom that Taobao Quan's mind was finally jolted awake.

Wei Shen, who was in the mid lane, rushed towards the jungle immediately.

However, at the same time, Jayce in the top lane had also disappeared from sight.

In this 2v2 situation, LGD's lineup is clearly at a disadvantage.

More importantly, the Irelia under the tower still has a whole wave of tower minions to farm, while IG's Cho'Gath is already on his way. If a fight breaks out, it will immediately become a three-on-two situation.

Wei Shen thought for a moment and then said:

"Acorn, you better come! If you don't come, we're going to explode."

Acorn was getting frustrated looking at the huge wave of minions in front of the tower.

This is where the advantages of being a South Korean player become apparent.

He can pretend he doesn't understand.

When Wei Shen saw that Acorn wasn't coming, he simply turned around and left, leaving Taobao Quan standing there cursing under his breath.

In the end, Kakao's Lee Sin managed to take Taobao Quan's red buff right in front of him.

However, this did give Acorn, who was in the top lane, some rare time to develop.

After taking the tower's attack, Acorn simply chose to return to base and teleport back out.

He knew that if he didn't return to base, he would still be suppressed and beaten.

However, once she recalls to base to replenish her supplies and comes out again, a level 3 Irelia can put a lot of pressure on Jayce. If the opponent doesn't want to risk being solo killed while farming, they will also need to recall to base to preserve their health and then teleport back.

The Irelia who was on TP saw Jayce in the lane.

For Irelia to solo kill Jayce, the most crucial battle lies in the E skill.

In this version, Irelia's Q skill only refreshes after killing a unit, so Acorn cannot directly Q Jayce's face, otherwise he will be pulled to death after being blown away by Jayce's hammer form.

For Acorn, the best approach is to capitalize on Jayce's positioning mistakes, use Q on the low-health minions near Jayce to quickly close the distance, and then use E's stun to unleash a combo.

The Q skill must be used only after Jayce has used his E skill to create an opportunity for a solo kill.

Zhou Li naturally knew that this was the only way for Irelia to get close to Jayce.

If it were anyone else, they might have simply chosen to stand far away from the low-health minions, but Zhou Li was clearly not one of them.

In professional matches, a one-on-one kill in a lane is a very rare occurrence.

Because players usually won't play aggressively unless they are absolutely certain of victory.

After all, competitive matches are different from casual games; a single death can often trigger a huge chain reaction.

In this situation, the best way to incite the other party to kill is to first put yourself in danger.

Therefore, Zhou Li took the initiative to stand next to the low-health minion.

However, at the same time, it also creates a very ambiguous distance.

Whenever Irelia couldn't resist trying to Q in, Zhou Li would quickly turn around and create a small distance, giving Acorn the feeling that he could hit her with his E, but it seemed like he couldn't quite hit her.

After several back-and-forth struggles, Acorn was hit three more times for nothing.

Acorn, who was now furious, finally couldn't hold back any longer and charged forward, using his Q ability to attack the low-health minion.

At the same time, Jayce quickly placed the acceleration gate under his feet, pulled it open immediately, and turned around to unleash an enhanced shockwave that slammed directly into Irelia's face.

Acorn cursed and turned to move, but Jayce followed behind, attacking relentlessly.

He then immediately switched to hammer form and pounced forward with a leap into the sky.

Seeing Jess's actions, Acorn immediately perked up!
Although Jayce reduced his health to half, Jayce hadn't gone back to base and his own health was only slightly more than half.

With that much health, if Irelia gets close, she can easily turn the tables!

In Acorn's opinion, Jayce could have continued to hold his own, but the kid on the other side was clearly getting impatient!

The instant Jayce landed with his Sky Leap, Irelia used her E skill to freeze him in place!
He then immediately activated his W skill and started slashing Jayce!
The director immediately switched the camera to the road where the conflict broke out.

Jayce was stunned by Irelia's close-range attack and panicked, immediately using his E skill to knock Irelia away.

Everything seemed to be progressing as Acorn had anticipated.

Without a second thought, Acorn used his Q skill and charged straight at Jayce's face.

Jayce retreated while auto-attacking, and the moment his ultimate's cooldown was over, he switched to cannon form, using the acceleration from his ultimate to create some distance, and then plunged into the upper bush.

But Acorn, seeing Jayce with a third of his health remaining, was already determined to kill him and chased after him.

However, Zhou Li did not choose to continue pulling upwards. Instead, he turned around and moved towards the lower bush, seemingly worried that the Irelia would escape.

Both sides were at a very low health level at this point, and it seemed that either of them was confident of killing the other.

But Zhou Li remained calm and composed, and even while walking through A, he didn't forget to chat with everyone and leave a question mark for Acorn.

Acorn naturally saw the question mark that popped up in the public chat, and his temperature instantly rose.

In his view, this Jess was clearly a dead man, so how dare he ask him questions?
All he needs to do now is wait for the nine-second cooldown of his E skill, then flash to stun the opponent, and Jayce will be dead for sure!

Of course, before that, the most important thing is to dodge Jayce's next shockwave!

So even though he couldn't reach Jayce at that moment, Acorn didn't use Flash to chase him. He was waiting, waiting for Jayce's Q!

"rush--"

Acorn had already reacted before Jess had even raised his hand!

"boom!"

Golden light flashes!

However, two golden lights flashed at the same time!

"Oh!!" An incredulous gasp erupted from the crowd!

Acorn was stunned for a moment as the shockwave hit his face!
"Wow! Zhou Li's reaction is incredible! That's a Q-Flash! Acorn was already incredibly skilled, using Flash the instant Jayce raised his hand to try and dodge Jayce's shockwave! But Zhou Li's reaction was just too fast; his Flash was used almost simultaneously with Acorn's! Both of them used Flash at the same time, which is equivalent to neither of them using Flash! Acorn still took the damage from the shockwave, and his health dropped to almost zero!"

At this point, Acorn was in a desperate situation with no way out and had no choice but to grit his teeth and push forward. Relying on Irelia's faster movement speed, he finally managed to use his E skill to stun Jayce.

However, at this point, the difference in health between the two sides was already too great.

Irelia's health is too low to withstand the refresh of her second Q skill.

After the stun ended, he simply unleashed a basic attack and secured the kill on the Irelia.

First blood!

As the first blood was drawn, a thunderous cheer erupted from the crowd.

"My God! Zhou Li! He just got a solo kill in the top lane!! This top laner, who came to the LPL as Acorn's underling for various reasons, and later left LGD for various reasons, has now gotten a solo kill on his former mentor on the field!!"

"Wow, that solo kill! Both of them were absolutely amazing! I could feel the tension between them even through the screen! For Acorn, he probably still has some issues with his younger brother's 'backstabbing'. They came to the LPL together, but ended up parting ways on bad terms. Now, facing his younger brother's challenge, the older brother probably doesn't want to lose."

"But for Zhou Li, for this top laner who was once known as the worst and most useless Korean import, his reappearance in front of the public this time, bringing out Jayce, which we have never seen him use before, may be to prove his strength to everyone, or perhaps to tell LGD whether you made the wrong choice back then!"

"The competition has only just begun, and perhaps nothing is set in stone yet, but this kind of duel is truly getting my adrenaline pumping!"

The chat room was now completely buzzing with excitement.

Holy crap, a solo kill!

No, Zhou Chu is really something!

Is this a reaction a human could make?

【strangeness.】

What is Acorn doing? Getting solo-killed? This is truly embarrassing, even in Korea.

I love watching these kinds of feuds and grudges.

[Zhou Chu: Fortune changes every thirty years, never underestimate a young person's potential!]

This time, I will personally take back everything I've lost!

Am I the only one who remembers Zhou Chu carrying LGD back then?

I really want to see Acorn's expression right now.

[The most ridiculous thing is that this guy typed a question mark while he was hitting him. It's the familiar Zhou Chu, not at all unfamiliar.]

Acorn's angry roar of frustration echoed through the headsets of the LGD players after he secured a solo kill in the top lane.

His face turned red, and he even slammed the mouse down twice.

Shame!

What a shame!

In a match watched by so many people, I was actually solo-killed by the person I used to look down on the most?!

The key point is that the matchup between Irelia and Jayce isn't actually a 50/50 situation as some people say; on the contrary, Irelia has a significant advantage.

The question marks Zhou Li kept pointing out, while making his own, completely blew Acorn's mind.

He was completely focused and concentrating on his actions, but the opponent didn't seem to be taking it seriously at all!
In Acorn's opinion, Zhou Li must have been sweating profusely while facing him, but the kid was being malicious and deliberately left a question mark to show others how easily he was handling the game.

After that solo kill, Acorn's lane was completely destroyed.

Don't underestimate this just because it's a single head; Zhou Li even has one more teleport than Acorn.

Moreover, Jayce is a champion with an extremely strong ability to snowball in lane.

Once an advantage is gained in the early stages, the pressure will only increase.

Wei Shen glanced at the top lane and couldn't help but say:

"Irelia can be solo killed by Jayce?"

He assumed Acorn wouldn't understand. After all, the other party hadn't understood when he asked Acorn to come and support them.

But Acorn understood.

What made him even angrier was that he couldn't react at all; he could only pretend he didn't understand, since he hadn't understood either.

The game had only been going on for five minutes when Acorn went red!

However, he soon realized that the real torment had only just begun.

Kakao previously rebelled against Taobao's rights, but instead of going far, it chose to turn back and devour the river crab.

In just a short while, the top laner secured a solo kill.

Under Zhou Li's command, Kakao went directly to the location of the stone golem and placed a ward.

After Jayce returned to base, he teleported directly towards the ward.

Acorn was still regretting his lack of finesse in his play, reviewing how he should have executed the play to secure the kill, when suddenly, halfway through his walk, Lee Sin and Jayce burst out of the bushes around the Krugs.

Without Flash, Irelia was completely helpless against the combined attack of Lee Sin and Jayce.

Both heroes not only have built-in slowing abilities, but also have extremely high burst damage.

The outer tower of the highlands was right in front of him, but at this moment it seemed incredibly far away to Acorn.

[IG_Zhou (Future Guardian) has killed LGD_Acorn (Irelia)!]

"Wow! Kakao! What are you doing! These two just crossed the lane and killed Irelia again! At this rate, Irelia is basically unplayable! Zhou Li is already losing lane in front of the second tower! We have to call the jungler right now! Otherwise, Acorn might not even be able to get back to lane! Taobao Quan, aren't you going to come and take a look?"

Taobao Quan is currently stealing the Stone Golem in the bottom half of IG's map.

Looking at the road ahead?
Even a dog wouldn't be able to watch the road!

When his red buff was stolen, Acorn pretended not to understand and didn't help him at all.

Now that he's losing in the online battle, what does it have to do with Taobao's rights?

After trying to call for Taobao's rights twice, only to receive a reply that they couldn't come right now, Acorn suppressed his anger and came to the foot of the second tower.

Then I immediately started leaving the game running in the background.

What else can I do if I don't leave the game running in the background?
The two towers and the outer tower may not seem far apart, but if he wanted to get there, he probably wouldn't have enough lives even if he had ten.

However, LGD is a top team after all. Although their top lane collapsed, Taobaoquan still managed to do something in the bottom lane. With the help of Wei Shen's TP, they launched a four-man gank in the bottom lane, killing Xiaohai and Shekeke, and also securing the dragon.

LGD's only mistake in this game was in the top lane.

When Zhou Li's Jayce reached level six, Acorn's Irelia was still level three!
What made Acorn even more excited was that Zhou Li kept picking out question marks for him in the chat.

Although Acorn had blocked Zhou Li, he knew that this question mark wasn't just for him to see.

That was in front of the entire audience, slapping his face again and again.

Hirano Aya couldn't stand it any longer, so while he and Imp were at home, she had Acorn switch lines with them.

Acorn arrived in the bottom lane and breathed a sigh of relief.

We saw that IG also switched lanes.

(End of this chapter)