You actually want me to...

Games start.

To be honest, as this was TES's first match as a fully-formed team, Haro and Ale were actually a little nervous. Their original intention was to figure out how to coordinate with Roland's mage support pick, but when Leona came out, they were completely stumped again.

If it were just that, it would be barely acceptable, however...

When Haro saw his captain fawningly following the top laner towards the top lane right from the start, all the images in his mind vanished instantly.

“Ah Le, let’s go! I’ll just go with you. They’ll never guess that I’ll be following you on this journey.”

"what?"

"Wait a minute, you go sell first. Once you see Ornn, go straight for him. I'll hold my position until I'm ready to engage. You know what I mean?"

"well!"

Upon hearing Roland's arrangement, Ale naturally stood at the entrance of the upper jungle river. Sure enough, shortly after he took up his position in the bush, Ornn's figure appeared in front of him.

What else is there to think about?

Just do it!

"The weapon is with me." Cube wasn't nervous at all after seeing the weapon take the initiative to attack. After all, the three of you—mid, bot, and jungle—were all in the bottom jungle. At most, the top laners would just exchange skills and auto-attacks before recalling to base.

As the saying goes: friction that doesn't cause death won't cause pain; it will only bring pleasure (to both the person making the friction and the person being frictionped).

Ornn initially refused Weapon's fencing invitation, but after glancing at the massive lamppost in Weapon's hand, he couldn't resist in the end.

So, just as they were locked in fierce combat, a golden figure had already slipped into the blind spot and stealthily crept up to the vicinity.

"I am the light of the sun, your goddess!"

Seeing that his condition was right and his health was suitable, Roland stopped pretending and immediately used his E skill to initiate an attack through the wall.

Just as Ornn was wondering why a woman's voice would suddenly appear in the 1v1 battle between men, the figure of the Sun Maiden had already appeared beside him.

Bind, Ignite, Supreme Basic Attack!

Seeing this, A-Le quickly activated his E skill to control the enemy and finish off the enemy with a basic attack. Only when Ornn, who had escaped the control, flashed away did the two of them stop their actions.

That's enough damage.

Even though Ignite only deals 70 damage at level 1, they're not afraid of Ornn at all, given his low health.

One second later.

[TES_Ban kills VG_Cube]

First blood secured.

"Holy crap, they got first blood!?" JKL was stunned when he thought it was just a flashy ambush, but he ended up getting the enemy's kill.

"Absolutely. I completely gave them a psychological advantage. By the way, wasn't the way I decisively turned around just now cool? Didn't it feel particularly elegant?"

"I can only say it's so-so. The classic water-drinking ritual is missing, which makes it a little less sophisticated."

"That means you don't understand. The secret to elegance lies in rhythmic slowness, coupled with rhythmic movement. It's a matter of understanding for each person. Just like the pretentious saying that 'elegance never goes out of style,' there will always be a lot of controversy. But I'm different. No one has formally refuted my point of view to this day."

"For example?"

"For example, I think the original meaning of this sentence should be: Yua, never out of style."

......

"To be honest, it's true." X4

After saying that, the four of them burst into laughter in perfect unison over the phone.

Although the first kill wasn't particularly valuable for the support player, the atmosphere within the team instantly changed after Roland entered the game, giving them the illusion that they were certain to win the match.

The ability to subtly influence an atmosphere is terrifying, and Ah Le and Ha Huang are all too aware of its importance. Ha Huang, in particular, having come from the powerhouse EDG and then spent time with a struggling team like RW, is undoubtedly the most qualified to speak on this matter.

It's one thing if you can create excitement and set the pace in practice matches, but it's another thing if you can perform like that in official matches. Originally, Harvey thought that it would be pretty good if Roland could maintain 50% of his practice match performance. Although there are hero mic calls on weekdays, those videos are likely to be technically edited.

But now, this ability to casually steal and create memes... it's like you were being modest about your antics during practice matches? Is this your true skill?

A-Le: [Holy crap, is this the true strength of the champion FMVP?]

Ha Huang: [Damn, this guy's amazing! Father, I've got the right car.]

Integration: Chapter Thirty-Four: Defense is, in a sense, the best offense

Back online, Roland, who had secured First Blood, didn't hesitate to buy Cloth Armor and a Control Ward, putting his 400 gold to the best use.

It's actually quite easy to understand.

In the early game, everyone uses trinket wards, which naturally gives the opponent an effective ganking opportunity during the cooldown period of trinket wards. However, having an extra control ward at the start of the game can reduce this threat by a significant margin.

What does that mean?

For the blue side, since the enemy jungler Hecarim doesn't have the ability to jump over walls, the mid laner only needs to place a trinket ward at the entrance of the bottom jungle, and Roland himself needs to place a control ward in the bottom river bush. This will make them virtually invincible against ganks.

If you and the AD carry take turns placing a ward with your trinket in the bush, then the advantage will be there.

In the skirmishes on the side lanes, vision control in the bushes is crucial. Controlling vision of these three bushes can not only give your team an advantage, but also pose an unknown threat to the opponent, because no one knows if your jungler will sneak in through these bushes.

True Sight wards give the bot laner the courage to push the lane, while Cloth Armor gives the bot laner the ability to reach level 2 first.

After going online, JKL and Roland ignored the opponent's poke damage and focused solely on last-hitting minions. The level 1 Miss Fortune's base attack damage was as low as 52, and even with Doran's Blade, it was only 60. In contrast, level 1 Leona's armor was as high as 47, and with Cloth Armor, it reached 62.

What is this concept?

Because I'm so afraid of pain, I maxed out my defense.

My defense is higher than your attack power, so why should I be afraid of a female gunner's basic attack damage?

Yes, the base stats of these three top-tier support champions are just that awesome, completely different from that mid-laner with only 19 armor who keeps blaming himself as a "League of Legends designer".

Of course, that alone wouldn't have been enough to make them act so recklessly in the early stages.

Here comes the most crucial point:

In Season 11's Mythic item version, all four support support items received varying degrees of early-game power reduction, while gold acquisition speed was increased. Simply put, their health and attack/ability power were nerfed.

Before the nerf, Trundle + Miss Fortune was pretty strong against melee supports at level 1, mainly because of the multiple Ignite buffs.

As a result, while support items have been nerfed, the enemy team is starting with an extra Cloth Armor?

What's the point of even hitting it then!

It's not that EZ is really strong in the early game, but the unconventional builds like Conqueror and Cloth Armor Leona are truly unbeatable!

"That felt good. You're really good, kid. No wonder you always say that you should pick a support that no one else has used before, and that the one you've trained yourself is the most comfortable to play with." While taking the second position and putting pressure on the opponent, JKL finally breathed a sigh of relief, just as he had hoped.

That's right.

Compared to the more conservative forecasters, he prefers this kind of aggressive player who is likely to get a level 2 advantage as soon as he goes online. As for how he gets the advantage and whether it will attract the attention of the enemy jungler?

None of this matters.

Anyway, whether he's courting disaster or not, in this version of the game, AD carries are always paying off their debts, so he might as well enjoy playing online first. After all, having more debts is never a bad thing.

"Good heavens, according to your logic, wouldn't Baolan be your ex-husband?"

"No, what kind of ridiculous analogy is that?"

"Baby~ Who told you to look like a monk? I almost thought you were a male prostitute."

"Holy shit, don't disgust me."

While chatting and laughing, Roland also kept his eyes on the minimap. Since the troll didn't have much ability to keep enemies in place, Roland left the lane immediately after helping JKL push the lane to prepare to place wards.

Roland placed this ward in the bush opposite the wolves' camp in the lower half of the red side's jungle, a classic "vision gap".

The term "vision gap" is an unofficial term referring to a small area that few people pass through during the laning phase.

this location.

Junglers with mobility skills can easily reach the wolves camp by going over the wall, like Lee Sin with his Sonic Wave. Junglers without mobility skills, in order to keep up with levels in this fast-paced version, generally won't waste time flanking that location.

When do they usually discover it?

I'll glance at it when the second blue buff spawns, at the end of the laning phase, or when the support roams.

A 75 gold ward is a huge win if you can survive in the enemy jungle for more than three minutes. If you happen to spot Centaur's location through the ward, then you've made an even bigger profit.

After sneaking in through the wall and establishing vision, Roland instructed Knight in the mid lane to put on an act to conceal his true intentions, pretending that he was going to gank the mid lane.

As it turns out, he succeeded.

......

"The enemy support missed." Five seconds after Leona disappeared, Hang immediately said this in the team voice chat.

"EZ's position is very subtle; I can't tell if Leona is there or not."

"It should be in the middle. Ryze's positioning is too normal. It's obviously not normal."

"???"

Although Fofo's words were somewhat incomprehensible to his teammates, they trusted the team leader and tacitly agreed to it. To test the truth, Fofo deliberately exposed a movement flaw, and sure enough, a fresh Leona emerged from the bush the next second.

However, he had anticipated this and easily dodged the Japanese woman's E with a simple movement.

Seeing this, Roland didn't pursue, but instead turned around and used a basic attack to take down the cannon minion in the middle lane with his support item, and then gave Knight in the middle lane an emote.

"How about that? Am I being a good friend? I specially waited for you to come over without taking an A."

"Stop! Who said we're brothers?"

"what?"

"Based on that cannon vehicle just now, you're my daddy this round!"

"Pfft!" X2

Hearing this conversation in the team voice chat, A-Le, who was frantically performing fancy last-hitting maneuvers in the top lane, suddenly flinched and became a master of abandoning the enemy. Ha-Huang wasn't much better off; he almost pulled the jungle creeps out of range.

After setting up his "trap card," Roland returned to the bottom lane with a comfortable expression and began to think about his strategy and item build for the game.

First of all, support items of the mythic type are immediately ruled out.

Although Riot Games has carefully categorized all the equipment for players, Roland believes that the support role's equipment is something the designers must have come up with out of their minds.

It's already incredibly weak, and the component parts are ridiculously expensive.

Take the support item Iron Sun recommended by the store as an example. Its component item, Legion Shield, costs a total of 1500, and its attributes are only 30 dual resistances and 10 skill movement speed.