You actually want me to...

Well, let's consider this a successful peaceful development.

The kill in the mid lane is not a problem for TES overall. In fact, from the draft phase onwards, White Crescent was conducting targeted tests against FPX.

What kind of team is FPX?

In the early game, FPX relies on the strong individual skill and health of their mid laner, along with sacrifices in item builds, to force a faster jungle support. For FPX, any team can collapse, but the jungle cannot, because if the jungle collapses, the team will lose its engine.

Therefore, FPX usually picks a comfortable mid and top laner, allowing the bot lane to withstand pressure, and gives Si Shao a roaming support to coordinate with the jungler and support depending on the situation.

TES's lineup in this game was specifically designed to counter this strategy.

As the saying goes, for FPX, LWX is like a neutral objective given to the opposing team. But when you want to take him down, you have to pay a price. In this game, TES picked the Swain and Pantheon combination, which effectively locked down Terror's roaming while minimizing the cost. This is because these two strong champions can kill LWX almost without any difficulty.

Jump when you're within range, and kill when you can stun. Pantheon's ultimate can also be used to roam effectively to support the team's needs, and if necessary, he can even fly to the top lane to protect Kalista's development. TES's strategy in this game was incredibly clear.

The jungler should protect the top lane at all costs, while the bottom laner should keep a close eye on the support.

As for the mid lane? As long as Knight doesn't die in the early game and can hold off the Renekton, that's ideal. In the mid-game, he just needs to stand up and poke. It's that simple.

Although the overall lineup doesn't have as high a margin for error as FPX, its fighting power in the early and mid-game is unmatched. Once a small-scale team fight breaks out, FPX is unlikely to win if the numbers are equal. That's the lineup of TES.

I won't compete with you on mistakes, but I can force you to make mistakes.

The stopwatch starts counting down now.

If the score is within 30 minutes, TES will win.

If the score is more than 30 minutes, then FPX will win.

The bet has been settled.

Metamorphosis: Chapter 90: ADCin2020

When they learned they were facing TES's bot lane duo, LWX and Si Shao refused. Even though they're a championship-winning bot lane, you can't just throw anything into the bot lane and let them lane against each other!

Is this the kind of lineup that a normal person could field?

You could say that playing this game is one thing, but what's really absurd to them is that Roland was playing Pantheon and JKL was playing Swain. Logically, TES's bot lane should not have been able to put too much pressure on them since they were playing different champions.

However, when JKL actually got his hands on Swain, Si Shao was astonished to find that the opposing support's attention to detail was even better than Roland's previous support play. Their positioning, vision control, and timing of pokes were almost perfect, leaving both of them completely dumbfounded.

"No, isn't he an AD carry player?"

"I don't know either. Could it be that all top AD carries have the potential to become top supports? But wait, how come you play support so badly, Da Congming? Could it be..."

"It's an illusion! It's definitely your illusion."

Although he hadn't spoken yet, LWX could roughly guess what his support Xiang was going to say, so he simply spoke up and interrupted his spellcasting animation.

However... there is indeed such a legend circulating in the LPL.

It is said that in the LPL, which is known for its esports powerhouses, there were five "once-in-a-decade" genius players: Miracle Reappearance Ghost Foot Seven, Bath Emperor Jian Lantern, Mid-lane High Ground Steady Stick, Reverse Sun God Wei Yizhen, and Undefeated Legend Principal Wang.

They achieved undefeated glory with their unique talents, thus earning the title of "Generation of Miracles." There's also a rumor: LPL actually has a sixth member of the "Generation of Miracles," the "Phantom Sixth Man"—JieQ Lawu—who is a force to be reckoned with even by the five other members of the "Generation of Miracles."

According to legend, he once held a 100% win rate in the LPL for his support role, making him one of the legendary players who are considered unbeatable, closely following that legendary AD carry.

Now, this talented young support player has finally stood on the field once again. As soon as he stepped onto the field, he immediately left the champion support player, Si Shao, helpless.

Yes, in every sense of the word.

Although the robot relies on its Q skill hook, and the opponent is indeed known as a master of landing Qs 100% of the time, they also have Pantheon in the bot lane who can help block the hook at any time.

What is the concept of Pantheon these days?

It's an incredibly overpowered skill that allows you to tank tower damage without taking any damage!

If he accidentally hooks Pantheon, before he reaches level six, he won't know whether the hook is for ganking the enemy or his own AD carry.

Yes, it's that outrageous.

TES's bot lane duo showed their power from level two onwards. As long as you leave the tower, I'll jump if you're within range. You'll either give up your life or your summoner spells. That's just how unreasonable my duo is.

Pantheon's W and Swain's E together theoretically provide more than two seconds of crowd control, enough to instantly kill any active AD carry in the bot lane of LoL, without any regard for logic.

"You big jerk! You always say I play aggressively as support, but you're practically crossing the minion wave to harass the enemy! How dare you say that to me?"

Are you playing AD (Attack Damage Carry)?

"No."

"If you were the AD carry, would you dare stand in that position if the enemy team had a Blitzcrank?"

"Don't dare."

"That's it. You're not playing a trash AD carry, and you can keep up with the damage output anytime, so why should I be timid?"

"Hiss~ You're absolutely right."

Having escaped imprisonment, JKL is overjoyed now that he's out of the loop. You think you're so tough, huh? How many times can you even land a few hits? Give me a chance and I'll jump right in your face, easily taking away two-thirds of your health. Isn't that much more effective than you sneaking around and only managing a few hits?

As the saying goes, the people who understand you best are always those closest to you.

JKL, also a champion AD carry, knew Xiang Ge's positioning and deceptive moves all too well. In just two or three waves, he taught the opponent a lesson, and in the end, the opponent didn't even dare to come out to farm minions, just hanging under the tower.

There's no way around it; ultimately, it's because this combination is too ruthless.

Pantheon jumps up with five stacks of his passive to stun, followed by three auto-attacks, then Q, and activates his shield to block the damage. He then instantly Qs again, and while Pantheon is stunned, Swain uses his passive to pull him in, followed by a QW + auto-attack combo to poke. He then uses E to keep the enemy in place and continues attacking.

This kind of aggressive engage can cripple a squishy character with minimal health loss. With the Thunderlord's Decree dual talent and Ignite, one-shotting someone is a piece of cake.

Watching TES's bot lane easily gain an advantage, many viewers in the live stream chat were starting to get restless. Even professional players couldn't handle this bronze-level strategy; wouldn't they be dominating in silver games?

[I've found my buddy, ranked matches are started, tonight I'm going to go on a killing spree.]

Remember to ban Morgana; don't ask me how I know.

[Actually, you could also try Kled + Pantheon, Taliyah + Pantheon, Volibear + Leona, Aatrox + Swain, Jarvan IV + Pantheon, Swain + Mordekaiser, etc., they're all pretty strong.]

[How could it not be fierce? These days, AD carries are practically useless; they have almost no offensive power.]

To be honest, the core reason behind the proliferation of all sorts of oddballs in the bot lane is that the AD carry role has been nerfed to an epic degree. Before the Legendary item update in Season 11, AD carries in ranked games were practically like ATMs (automatic generators). Perhaps it's fair to say that when you see AD carries like Miss Fortune appearing in competitive matches, it means that AD carries are basically useless these days.

Especially now that Aphelios, the top-tier AD carry, has been heavily nerfed, and Kalista, the top-tier AD carry, has had her E skill damage nerfed significantly, leaving only Varus with buffed assassin items as a viable option, other AD carries are really just filler, only used to bait out skills. As for the remaining AD carries... perhaps only Ezreal, who is currently adapted to the meta, is somewhat worth considering.

ADCin2020, this short string of numbers and English words perfectly encapsulates the hardships and bitterness of AD.

At the same time, Shanglu also seemed to have some ideas.

As we all know, Nidalee always clears jungle camps from bottom to top. In fact, due to her mechanics, her gank speed is even faster than Trundle's. At a very precise moment, Nidalee arrives in the top lane on time to gank Kalista.

Then, Saint Gun immediately used his seasoned experience to teach Xiao Tian a lesson.

He would hide directly in the bushes, neither going out to farm minions nor pressuring the enemy. As long as his own jungler didn't come to him on the minimap, he would never go out.

Pushing the lane? That's definitely the right thing to do, since picking Kalista is meant to crush the enemy's solo lane.

But he's not in a hurry!

Pressing now is the same as pressing later, so why doesn't he wait until it's safer to press?

The bot lane duo has already made their move, and Swain's W has revealed that FPX hasn't attacked the F6 camp, so it's easy to guess where Nidalee is. The enemy has deployed an entire division to take him down; if he goes out again, wouldn't he look incredibly stupid?

So, Flandre simply chose to AFK in the bushes, and even occasionally flashed his icon, taunting Khan on the opposing team through the bushes.

It's probably like this.

Jayce...in the bushes...Kalista (Shen Teng face) [“Come here (flicking his finger)!”]

Metamorphosis: Chapter Ninety-One: This Item Inherits His Will

"Wow, Flandre's awareness is amazing, he's got the experience of a veteran."

"TES' new top laner plays in a style that's perfect for them. Tian simply has no way to deal with such a smooth top laner."

There's not much to say; this is the difference between veterans and newcomers.

Compared to the new generation of players, Flandre's reaction and skills are definitely not as fast as theirs, because not everyone can be as freakish as Uzi. Many times, you have to admit that you have to get old.

But why can veteran players still sell for such high prices? It's because they have so much experience.

Without needing teammates to remind him or forcibly help him, he can expand the advantage if they help, and stabilize the lane if they don't. He can also make a sound in team fights. This kind of blue-collar top laner was almost the standard template for LPL top laners a few years ago, but he is especially valuable in the context of S10.

Yes, although LPL top laners had basically risen to prominence by S10, a closer look would reveal that their champion pools still had some issues.

Whether it's the domestically produced Duke or the imported Khan, they all have some issues with their hero pool. It's just that the current mainstream heroes highly overlap with their existing hero pools, which makes this issue less noticeable.

Seeing that the opponent wasn't giving them any chance, and that Tian wasn't the kind of jungler Ning who would camp relentlessly, he decisively retreated when there was no opportunity. It wasn't until then that Karsa's Trundle finally arrived, bringing a scanner to destroy the vision the opponent had just set up, while also giving the top lane an attack signal.

"It's safe on the road for now, feel free to drive on it."

"OK, after we finish pushing this wave, I'll help you get the river crab."

"Brothers."

"So, about that spear...?"

"Huh? Spear, what spear? There's no spear. I'm going down first. I'll wait for your message in the river~" After getting the promise from the top laner, Karsa swaggered towards the river. In this game, both their mid and top laners had lane priority in the early game, so they could eat the river crabs in the upper jungle very comfortably.

As for the lower jungle...

Just as Casa was still struggling with his decision, the familiar notification sound rang out again from above the canyon.

[TES_JKL kills FPX_LWX]

The kill in the bottom lane was actually quite simple. When pushing back the lane, Da Congming made a slight positioning mistake, and Roland suddenly used Hexflash to rush him from the bush and kill him. After a full combo from the two, even with Heal and Flash, Aphelios couldn't escape.

There's nothing we can do; Aphelios was nerfed again in patch 10.10, making him so weak in the early game.

"Holy crap, I almost didn't realize you had that W. Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Nonsense, if even you can tell that I'm going to use Flash W, then how stupid would the opponent have to be to get stunned by me?"

"That's true, but wait... the more I think about it, the more I feel like there's something hidden in your words."

"No, you must be overthinking it."

Roland forcibly interrupted Jack's follow-up and took the opportunity to start pushing and stealing lanes, while JKL watched this scene without any reaction, and even helped to pad the lane with a knife.

At the end of 19, the League of Legends released a patch aimed at curbing strategies like Brand and Veigar playing a double AP bot lane, or Pantheon and Jarvan IV using double support items in the bot lane. This was known as the support last-hitting penalty mechanism.

If that's the case, why still choose to give the troops to Pantheon?

Because Raven's damage is too low in the early game, Pantheon's damage is the main source of burst damage in the early game. Furthermore, support Pantheon is particularly dependent on when he can get Boots of Mobility. Therefore, it is appropriate to focus on farming in the early game.