You actually want me to...

Uzi never imagined that one day he would be sold out by his support in a ranked game.

An unforeseen path.

Normally, when you get matched with Uzi, not only casual players but even professional players treat him like a treasure. For example, a certain "dance expert" would instantly pick Lulu and play him like a dog to climb the ranks. But this guy was different. The first time the two met, he immediately used Flash to sell out the AD carry at the start of the game, leaving everyone stunned.

[Ahem, it happened subconsciously, oh my god.]

【. . . . . . 】

Seeing the string of periods in Uzi's chat, Roland probably didn't react immediately. But it's okay. Although he didn't have Flash this time and gave a bad start, Roland believed that with his skills, he could definitely win back Uzi's heart.

then,

He was terrified by the dog.

Despite having high expectations for Xiaogou's online skills and seeing him carry in matches, Roland could only say that this guy was just ridiculously overpowered when they actually duo-queued together.

Logically speaking...

The enemy team has a strong Miss Fortune and Nautilus combo in this patch, so we should be able to easily dominate them, especially since he's already used his Flash.

As a result, the dog managed to steal four auto-attacks from the enemy AD with his superhuman distance control, directly reversing the situation in the bottom lane.

"Good heavens, so you're the master of defying the meta, Xiao Zhi?" Roland blurted out instinctively. Seeing how powerful his AD carry was, Roland wanted to intimidate the opponent by taking advantage of their strength, so he immediately charged up his Q skill.

Pyke's Q skill is undoubtedly one of the more flexible hook skills.

He's not as long as Thresh, because length alone is useless.

It's not as large as the Titan, which caused it to lose its most important asset: speed.

Unlike robots, which are short-lived and can wilt for ten or more seconds if they don't hook, this robot is much more efficient.

His characteristic lies in his ability to control the pace of things, whether it's long or short, and whether it's controllable or not. He keeps the rhythm firmly in his own hands, maintaining control over the man's initiative.

Having pinpointed AD's direction, Roland, after fully charging up his hook, immediately aimed at Titan's position, pulling Titan back.

The Thirty-Six Stratagems: Feinting to the East While Attacking in the West.

Hook-type heroes are really effective with this move in the early game. There is basically a 60% chance of hooking the opponent back. Just as Roland was about to auto-attack and run away, he saw that the enemy Nautilus flashed and auto-attacked, then pressed the ward, and a teleportation light began to appear.

Roland: ? ? ?

what's the situation?

Roland was completely dumbfounded when he saw the teleportation light suddenly appear. "It's only been a few minutes! Have you guys stopped developing?"

However, the matter was far from over.

Seemingly due to the chain reaction caused by the first teleport, their own top laner Ornn also activated his teleport. Then two more teleports activated, and the mid laners on both sides were not to be outdone, directly choosing to teleport to the bottom lane.

In an instant, the lights of all four teleport points in the bottom lane lit up simultaneously, resembling a world-famous painting.

[Damn, this is a classic dog-like situation.]

[Four TPs at level two, this game is really exciting.]

Seeing that ID, everyone present knew how to win this match.

[Don't just stand there, Ah Ban, get moving!]

Seeing the absurd scene before him, Roland's lips twitched, and he immediately focused his fire on the Titan in front of him. Although the opponent had chosen to counterattack this time, the advantage was still on their side. By delaying the opponent's TP landing time, Roland controlled Pyke and immediately used his E skill.

With a brilliant straight-line dash, not only was the overly aggressive Titan stunned, but Riven, who had just landed, was also stunned. At the same time, their own Spider arrived in time, and the three of them ganged up on the Titan in the front.

Before the other three Teleport heroes even landed, the situation was already getting out of control. Once both sides' Teleport heroes landed simultaneously, the bottom lane battlefield completely turned into a chaotic free-for-all.

After Roland used his crowd control abilities, he was already watching the battlefield from a distance. His observation from the sidelines was incredibly effective. It's not that he's copying Baolan by standing behind the AD carry; it's just that you have to consider who's around the AD carry.

With a Titan, a Miss Fortune, and even a Riven and Akali lurking around, he absolutely cannot take a single step forward before the dog uses Flash.

Then... the viewers in the live stream saw this guy standing on the edge of the battlefield, and at the same time, they frantically started their battlefield commentary:

"Hey, that positioning, wow, let me tell you, Uzi's positioning just now would take years of AD career to get to where he is."

"Huh? Riven's in, but Xayah has enough feathers. He has to Flash to dodge Xayah's feathers to catch up with him. Ready, ready to bait Uzi's hook. Riven raised his hand. But based on my experience, he's definitely faking it and going back to base. He's just waiting for the other side to fall for it."

"Wow! Uzi! Uzi didn't fall for it, nice! Uzi used a reverse Flash to escape Riven's pursuit range, but he ran right into Akali who teleported down. What can he do?"

"Ah, Uzi's down~ But it's okay, it's finally my turn to shine." With that, Roland stepped forward and used an AQ combo to take down the Titan who had taken the most damage, then joined his teammates in a charge that wiped out the remaining three opponents.

There's no way around it, the puppy's positioning and decision-making are just too good.

In order to make sure their efforts weren't in vain, the opposing team used almost all their skills on the AD carry. By the time the AD carry reacted, they were met with a brutal beating from the rest of the blue team.

Outnumbered, skilled, and unskilled.

Even though the blue team mostly played mid-to-late game heroes, they still made a fortune in this wave.

clam?

You ask why there are four?

You can't expect a level 2 Karthus to give up farming and come to the bot lane to fight, can you? If there were such a jungler, how many people would get strokes?

A 1-for-3 exchange resulted in a huge profit for Roland's side.

[666666, a classic outsider moment.]

[That's not entirely true. At least the first wave was somewhat contained, so let's say it was partially controlled.]

[This bot lane is hilarious! Are they really just throwing all their abilities at the AD carry?]

Kassadin got a kill this time and just took off.

Meanwhile, in the streamer's chat, Xiaogou himself seemed somewhat helpless. The opposing team had many opportunities to win, but they deliberately used all their skills on him, leaving him both amused and frustrated. Looking at his three assists, Xiaogou hesitated for a while before waiting at the fountain, where he bought a short sword and a potion.

Such chaotic skirmishes in the Rift are commonplace for him, so he didn't react with any particular strangeness. He simply glanced at his support's equipment after seeing him recall.

Then, it turned completely petrified.

It was also Pyke's first time back home, and while he bought a longsword just like Pyke, he also bought an extra pair of shoes. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Pyke had just gotten two kills in the team fight, earning a whopping 600 gold, which completely demoralized Uzi.

ADCin2020

These days, AD carries are less valuable than support carries.

Back in the live stream, Roland glanced at his equipment inventory and chuckled as he spoke to the viewers:

"See? That's how you play this game. I'm in the lead right now!"

First Encounter: Chapter Twenty-Seven: Death Sings

After this fight, the biggest advantage wasn't that Roland's team had gotten their items, but that their bot lane duo finally had a chance to "fight fairly" with the opposing team after they lost their double teleport.

It's pathetic to think about it.

In typical solo queue games, the bot lane rarely ganks before the jungler plans to secure the first dragon, leaving the bot lane to rely entirely on themselves. This is because the assassin meta has increased the prevalence of top lane champions, meaning that even if the bot lane is doing well, they will still be one or two levels behind the mid laner due to the meta.

For the current mainstream burst-type heroes, if you are an AD carry two levels higher than me, I can still kill you instantly. If you are two levels lower than me, then it's just a matter of dominating.

That's the idea.

In a sense, this level 2 5v4 situation was actually a positive benefit for their aggressive bot lane duo.

After marking the opposing bot lane duo, Roland and the others didn't wait for Uzi's response and immediately charged up their Q skill upon entering the lane.

The characteristic of hook-type supports is that they rely heavily on intuition. This is something that is hard to explain. Sometimes when you play this type of hero, you can hook perfectly every time, while other times you play poorly and miss your hooks the whole game. It's all about not forcing it.

However, it seems that Roland's performance today was boosted by the loss in the match, as he was quite confident in his hook shot.

Charge up, release, pull back.

This time, the enemy AD was successfully predicted. The moment the Miss Fortune was pulled back, Pyke immediately used his E skill in the opposite direction to create distance. Taking advantage of this gap, Uzi controlled Xayah to come up and do a small combo.

Bottom lane fights work like this: unless someone initiates a gank or the lane is stretched out, the normal strategy is to engage and harass the enemy in waves. In lower-elo games, you can gamble on the enemy getting overconfident and fighting back, but in higher-elo games, damage calculations are much more precise. Once Miss Fortune regains her freedom, she can immediately use her E skill followed by a retreat, playing incredibly cautiously.

"This support is pretty good." Despite only having two or three coordinated plays, Uzi really felt comfortable with this support. Although he didn't ward much and his micro-management was a bit lacking, his ability to seize opportunities was truly amazing, and he was incredibly aggressive.

In a sense, it's like raising the puppy's laning phase score from 95 to 96.

Shortly after they retreated and were preparing for a second wave, they spotted the enemy jungler Karthus flanking around from the river's vision.

[Damn it, this wave of pressure was too deep.]

[A level 5 Karthus, a level 3 bot lane—is this what the new patch's ADC is like?]

[It's unimaginable how much health the bot lane will lose when Karthus uses his ultimate.]

Indeed, the Dark Harvest talent has been ridiculously buffed recently.

With the changes in the game version, apart from the buffs to various assassin items in the preseason, another rising star is the Dark Harvest talent. To be honest, the buff to the talent is not as powerful as it was in the S9 preseason. In fact, it is more like a slight revert than a buff.

But just this little bit is enough.

Dark Harvest, like in the current S11 version, is a rune that almost no one picks, unless they're stomping noobs. But in the S10 preseason, this rune, when stacked, really did deal visible damage, and when paired with a fast-farming Karthus jungler, it allowed Karthus to make a significant impact in the early game.

Seeing that he and the AD were ganked by the jungler, Roland acted quickly, pretending to retreat while frantically marking the enemy bot lane duo. Then, he suddenly turned around and activated his E skill, sliding directly to the enemy duo's side.

The puppy's Xayah also activated her W and followed closely behind. Just like his title suggests, this guy was born with a crazy gene flowing in his blood. When the two saw the jungler coming, they didn't even try to leave. Instead, they wanted to fight it out in a 2v3, which stunned the audience.

The opposing duo was completely caught off guard. These two, who should have run away by normal circumstances, had no courage to fight them now.

Despite being stunned by Pyke, Miss Fortune remained completely calm.

With just Pyke and Xayah, your early game damage is definitely not enough to kill him. In just a step or two, he can easily get back to his tower.

However, the next moment, a status buff called Burn appeared on the female gunner.

Deadly iodized salt~

At this crucial moment that no one expected, Pyke pulled out an Ignite from his pocket, completely stunning the opposing bot lane duo.

"As expected, there are still some."

Seeing the burning effect on the screen, the puppy's mouth twitched involuntarily, and he then tried his best to make the connection between his basic attack and skills as smooth as possible.

They're both professional players, so they're probably not too hard on their feet.

Without this spark, they would both have retreated, even if it meant selling one of them. But with this spark, the situation is quite different.

Because they misjudged that the support's Ignite hadn't worked in the previous team fight, the careless Miss Fortune was the first to be focused down and killed by two opponents. Just as Xayah was about to be hooked by Nautilus, Roland marked a minion, then marked the location of the enemy's bush behind the tower, and then took the lead into the enemy's turret.

Hate lock.

The next second, the puppy was successfully pulled close to the tower by the Titan's hook.