LPL History

Chapter 54: The moment the enemy troops were caught off guard, a shocking moment occurred; the misjudgment was refuted, and the perpetrator proved himself, turning the tide.
The sudden pause in the game caused a stir among the audience.

In the commentary booth, Xiao Cang and TT were clearly unaware of what had happened, and were just saying some meaningless things.

On the Ehome player bench, MM confidently told the referee:

"I can say with 100% certainty that it was a bug! Karthus kept attacking me across the minion wave! But my minions didn't attack Karthus even once! You can watch the replay! I'm absolutely not mistaken!"

Whether the minions attack Karthus or not has nothing to do with whether you get forced to use Flash.

However, if a bug occurs, the match will be reverted to the point before the bug appeared.

Then his health bar and Flash will both be back.

After listening to MM's account, the judging panel began to communicate.

After watching the replay, it was indeed found that when Karthus crossed the minion wave to attack Orianna, the blue team's minions did not make any move.

On the commentary desk, TT received a notification from the director and began to speak:

"We've received a notification from the director that there's a technical issue with the game. When Karthus was attacking Orianna, the blue team's minions had a problem with their aggro and weren't attacking Karthus."

At this point, the director began the replay.

Seeing the blue team's minions ignoring Karthus, viewers in the live stream started discussing it.

Did this soldier buy it?

[I initially thought all five members of Ehome were acting, but it turns out even the lowly soldiers were.]

[I was wondering why the girl was so bad; turns out there was a bug.]

[There's a mole inside! Stop trading!]

[Start over quickly, urgently!]

On the other side, the referee also came to the WE players' bench and spoke to Zhou Li:

"There was a bug in the game just now. When you were attacking Orianna, the blue team's minions had a problem with aggro. We've decided to rewind the game to when the minion waves just met. Is that alright?"

Hearing the referee's words, Zhou Li frowned in confusion.

"Bug? What bug? How could that be a bug?"

Seeing that Zhou Li was still being stubborn, the referee became a little impatient.

It's important to understand that the technology is not yet fully mature.

In fact, these kinds of technical problems are what bother them the most.

Because the so-called backtesting now relies entirely on them manually reviewing the events.

This would be a huge waste of time and energy.

Fortunately, the bug was discovered at the very beginning of the match. It would have been exhausting to wait until 20 or 30 minutes in.

"We've confirmed it's a bug. Your basic attack on Orianna will definitely attract the minions' aggro."

Seeing that Zhou Li was still being stubborn, Brother Dao impatiently urged him:

"Let's restart it quickly, it's such a hassle."

"Then please let the players go down and rest for a bit. Our staff here..."

"and many more."

Zhou Li interrupted the referee directly.

"I want to explain something to you. This is not a bug, but a mechanic. It's not that I didn't attract the minions' aggro, but that the minions didn't have time to attack me."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Brother Dao couldn't help but laugh.

"Zhou Li, that's enough. You say the soldiers don't have time to fight you? Who would believe that nonsense?"

At that moment, Xiao Wei suddenly froze.

He recalled the scene of Zhou Li frantically pulling at the defensive tower at the foot of the tower.

"You mean you pulled the minions around like you're pulling a turret?"

“That’s right,” Zhou Li smiled, showering Weixiao with praise, “You’re really smart, Weixiao.” The referee frowned, clearly not understanding.

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Li thought for a moment and then said:

"I doubt you'd understand if I explained it verbally. How about this, give me a custom game, and I can replicate what I just did and explain the core mechanics to prove it's not a bug."

After hearing Zhou Li's words, the judging panel communicated again and finally nodded.

The referee followed Zhou Li off the stage.

Then, dumbfounded, they watched as Zhou Li pulled out a megaphone from somewhere.

"Why...why did you pull out a megaphone?"

Zhou Li began by saying:
"The rules say that players are prohibited from bringing megaphones onto the field. Now that I'm off the field, it's reasonable for me to take out a megaphone, right?"

The staff had already set up a custom mode backstage.

Zhou Li sat down and turned on the loudspeaker.

"Hello, hello, hello, sound check... sound check."

He controlled Karthus to go to the mid lane and started auto-attacking Orianna, who was being controlled by the other player.

The director also focused the camera on the computer screen that Zhou Li was operating.

The referee, watching Zhou Li's actions closely, noticed that Karthus wasn't being attacked by minions and instinctively asked:
"how did you do that?"

In the live stream, the fact that Zhou Li's Karthus was completely ignored by the minions caused an uproar among viewers.

What the hell is going on?

[Another bug?]

[It shouldn't be a bug; let's hear what the guy with the loudspeaker has to say.]

Zhou Li coughed, cleared his throat, and said:

"As we all know, when a hero performs a basic attack or skill damage on an enemy hero, it will attract the aggro of nearby enemy minions, and the minions will prioritize attacking that hero. However, there is an exception. That is, if the enemy hero is damaged after the minion's attack projectile has been fired, that is, after the minion has completed its attack action, the minion will not immediately transfer aggro, but will wait until its next attack is ready."

Zhou Li, controlling Karthus A, continued to auto-attack Orianna.

"Pay close attention to my details. Every time I use a basic attack, I choose to strike during the gap between the ranged minions' attack projectiles and their next attack. At this moment, the minions are in the attack recovery animation, so they won't respond to new aggro targets. However, the attack speed of ranged minions is higher than Karthus's attack speed, so you'll see that many times I seem to be moving around meaninglessly, as if I'm blocking my own basic attack. In reality, I'm waiting for the minions to make their move."

Although Zhou Li had explained things in great detail, the live stream was still filled with question marks.

Some netizens also realized what had happened.

Holy crap, there's such a mechanism?!

I get it, it's the same principle as kiting a turret!

I've seen videos of Lion kiting turrets; each time the turret's aggro is triggered, it takes a long time before he attacks.

[Damn it, you only stopped turrets before, now you're stopping minions too!]

[As expected of "Megaphone Bro," Cun Zhi is truly skilled.]

[Hey buddy, this isn't a competition, how did it turn into your tutorial?]

I specifically tried the human mode, why didn't it work for me?

It's easy to understand at first glance, but impossible to master in practice.

Zhou Li stood up, and his voice, emanating from the loudspeaker, was righteous and indignant.

"This is a technique I've practiced diligently for sixteen years; it's my unique skill."

"But I am revealing this skill to the public today not to prove myself, but to pass it on to all Summoners!"

"The League of Legends esports industry started earlier overseas than ours. We are currently in the process of catching up. We want to catch up with the European and American regions, or even surpass them. I know I can't keep anything to myself."

"I hope that all netizens can exercise restraint, and that the domestic e-sports industry will flourish!"

(End of this chapter)