You actually want me to...

Many people's first reaction when ganking is to rush the AD carry, regardless of how many summoner spells the enemy AD carry still has, or how many crowd control spells the enemy support has saved up, and they just charge in headfirst.

If you're lucky, they might not be able to stop you from going on a rampage.

But if you're unlucky enough to encounter a ruthless player, like a skilled Thresh, two crowd control abilities plus a lantern can easily neutralize a gank. Many people have heard the saying "Don't tower dive with Graves," but few have heard the other half: "Don't tower dive with Thresh," which alludes to the absurdity of Thresh's skill combos.

First blood secured, a clean sweep of kills. For RNG, although the jungler lost out in this exchange, the bot lane undoubtedly gained a huge advantage, perfectly aligning with their main dual-carry warrior strategy.

However... at this moment, they were unaware that they had inadvertently activated something terrifying.

"Tsk tsk tsk, RNG is going to be in big trouble this time."

In the audience, White Crescent almost burst out laughing when he saw this. He was worried that the bottom lane duo might suddenly get wiped out again, but now he had no such worries at all.

"Huh? Why?"

The prophet scratched his head. Isn't this just a normal case of being killed before realizing the strategy? Is there anything special about it?

"You're still young, you don't understand. It's like that fat guy who loves milk tea. You can criticize his singing, and he won't care at all. But if you say he's bad at basketball, he'll immediately get angry. A-Ban is the same type."

"Coach, I didn't understand..."

"Simply put, the amount of loss or gain wouldn't have had a big impact on him originally, but RNG targeted him at this point and took the first blood, causing him to be stuck at home just a few dozen gold short of buying items. If you were the one waiting at home for the gold, how would you feel right now?"

"I understand."

This is why the prophet's perspective differed from the white crescent moon, and he didn't react immediately. But after he put himself in the prophet's shoes, he realized, "Holy crap! He would have had a hard time resisting this situation too!"

If we assume

If TES before this wave was just a harmless, casual team...

Following this, TES's team composition underwent a slight change.

For example:

This is the adorable Ah Le, this is the quiet and breezy Ha Huang, this is the rather reserved Knight, this is the one-on-one-fighting Jack, oh, and this one, this is the invincible A Zeus!

Let me show you what a real version of the answer looks like!

Activate the surprise box, come out, my most loyal servant.

Normal Summon: Ah Le; Special Summon: Diluc

Link to summon the Second Prince, costing 21 points.

Activate True Red Dragon Fusion

I fused the Golden Left Hand with Jump Face Jack

Come forth, guardian of Terra, crusher of Reunion, lord of Rhodes Island, mentor of the Demon King, beloved of Queen Theresa and Regent Kal'tsit, savior of the Infected, evil spirit of Babel, chess player, sharp blade of Hypergryph, inner guard of Seacats—Doctor-Kettle I!

To be continued ...

Contest: Chapter Twenty-Six: Absolute Courage

When Roland came out of the house again, countless bad ideas were already surging through his mind. Unfortunately, considering that his AD was Aphelios, after thinking for a long time, he had to reject all those bad ideas.

There's no way around it; if you don't protect this hero, Moon Man, he'll really just be a super minion.

This is how late-game ADCs are. In the current version, Aphelios has been nerfed several times, so it's basically impossible to take down a full health enemy with a single Flameblade ultimate. Currently, most builds rely on either the green or red blade build, and a significant characteristic of this build is that it is extremely dependent on Aphelios' items.

Simply put, wait for the AD three-item set.

Roland never expected that one day he would play a "protector of Athena" in the last game of a BO5 tournament. What's worse, he was locked in, but the enemy support could roam.

Thanks to the previous Udyr gank, Xiaoming finally got a chance to roam.

The strategy is clear: focus on the mid laner first.

Although TES's mid laner is playing Lissandra as a utility champion, if he can force Lissandra to use her ultimate in this mid lane gank, then both Xiaohu in the top lane and Guozi in the mid lane will feel much more comfortable in the laning phase for the next two minutes.

It's a bit of a pity that Knight didn't give him that chance. In fact, Knight seemed to have hit a breakthrough in this game. Not only did he not fall for Rakan's intentions, but he also went against the grain. When the enemy mid laner quietly went up, he gave the top laner a signal and then decisively went to the bottom lane.

Then, using the E skill to block the wall, he used a movement skill to return to the top lane.

In this game, Knight, who had clearly defined his playstyle beforehand, knew exactly where he was positioned – to provide support and participate in team fights.

The champion Crystal Maiden is actually a very weak laner in the current version. In other words, she can't get any lane priority. The reworked Crystal Maiden seems to have a great passive, Defile, but in reality, all of her basic abilities have had their damage reduced, her mana has been increased, and her Q ability's cooldown has been increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds.

what does this mean?

This means fewer opportunities to trade blows online and lower burst damage. The developers have clearly decided to push this hero towards a more team-oriented role. There's even a joke that you can pick up Crystal Maiden when you feel she's dealing damage, which shows just how awkward Crystal Maiden's current position is.

But ignoring the laning phase, this hero is ridiculously strong.

It's easy to maintain a stable lane, strong in team fights, and its AOE damage can be maximized in team fights. The current version's Aftershock talent + Everfrost active trigger makes this hero tanky, powerful, and able to escape, making him a true mid-lane initiator and damage absorber.

Then, RNG was completely dumbfounded.

It was supposed to be a 2v1 tower dive for our top lane, but as soon as we made our move, a Lee Sin suddenly appeared out of the bush.

Even if it's a blind monk, with a bit of grit and skillful play, it's not impossible to get past him. His weapon's health is already at a dangerous level; if you kill him fast enough, you can still escape.

However, a second later, with the appearance of an ice claw next to the wall, the Ice Maiden, who should have appeared below according to the vision, inexplicably appeared in the top lane.

"freeze!"

E lands, followed by Flash and then WQR combo.

Although the damage wasn't significant, it was extremely threatening. At this point, RNG's top, mid, and jungle trio were still within the range of TES's top lane turret. With Lissandra's ultimate, they had no chance of escaping.

However, perhaps the fifth game unleashed the potential of the RNG players, or perhaps Xiaohu truly possessed a kind of protagonist's aura. In a situation where collapse was almost inevitable, Xiaohu's Gnar found a good angle before dying, flashing and using his ultimate to hit three TES players.

A single, powerful strike allowed Wei and Guozige to escape with a last-second flash.

[TES_Knight kills RNG_Xiaohu]

Considering that this support caused Crystal Maiden to lose some minion waves, and that Jax's condition was too low to allow him to jump in for the kill, the kill was ultimately given to Knight in the mid lane, slightly turning the tide in the top lane.

"Holy crap, that's impressive, Left Hand Bro, you've even provided support."

"Wall-blocking E is still very useful, but the opponents are too impatient; they are too eager to gain the upper hand in the early game."

Similar to the factors that led to their loss in the fourth game, in the fifth game, the offensive pressure was actually on RNG.

TES here.

With a weapon that's invincible in the late game, and an Aphelios whose damage output is terrifying after three items, the most deadly thing is the presence of Lissandra and Thresh. The later RNG gets, the less their short-legged lineup can threaten the opponent.

Unless the yellow chicken drifts and pushes five.

However, considering Cryin's personality and strength, such a thing is best left as a dream.

The personnel configurations of both sides are almost identical.

The top and bottom players each have the ability to defy fate, while the other three are all just utility players. Due to the lineup constraints, RNG must try to establish a rhythm in the early game as much as possible, otherwise the longer the game drags on, the harder it will be to win.

Thinking about it that way, it's no wonder Wei started to get anxious.

Just as the commentators were about to summarize the tower dive, the camera suddenly zoomed out to the bottom lane of the map in the center of the screen, where a battle had broken out on both sides.

Finding an opportunity when the AD carry went out to put away his trinket, Xiaoming decisively seized the chance to make a grand entrance and lifted Thresh, who was keeping watch for him from behind. Kai'Sa, who was in the corner, also decisively followed up with damage. With a kill already secured, Kai'Sa's damage output was not as low as expected, thanks to the support of her items.

WQ Ignite + Kai'Sa WQ Output

In just two seconds, the burst of damage successfully reduced Roland's health by more than half.

However, he wasn't in a hurry. While using basic attacks to trigger his passive, he interrupted Rakan's E move by pulling him back with Doom, and then used Ignite to finish him off, while moving towards the wall and using basic attacks on Rakan.

This is getting serious!

Seeing that Roland's Thresh was so badly injured but still unwilling to retreat, and was still trading damage with the enemy bot lane duo, the audience in front of the big screen knew that this fight would inevitably result in a winner.

Because the player who went first was the one to play first.

Thresh's health was quickly depleted.

"Shu~"

flash.

Roland dodged backward, having been carefully observing the distance, and disappeared into the bushes. At that moment, he had less than 100 health points, meaning he was practically dead if touched.

"Dog!"

"Just focus on the treatment, and leave the rest to your father."

"Shu~"

A health pool of less than 100 would be an enormous temptation for both Rakan and Kai'Sa.

Luo flashed to create distance and placed a ward in the bush, while Kai'Sa also flashed forward and auto-attacked Thresh in the bush. However... with the arrival of a green light, Thresh's health, which was on the verge of death, was raised a little more.

not dead!

Q [Death Trial]

"Clang."

Having anticipated the enemy's Flash, Roland decisively threw his hook at that moment, hooking the AD Kai'Sa who had actively Flashed forward.

Then, he threw the lantern aside, and Aphelios, who had lit the lantern, flew over while activating the active skill of his red blade, transforming into a spinning top. While spinning, he used his secondary weapon, Firefly, to spray AOE damage, and at the same time, he helped Thresh block the possible second Q skill from Rakan.

Cut the blue blade, [Frost Surges in the Dark]

Once the blue blade is exhausted, the purple blade appears. Follow up with basic attacks, use the Q skill [Frost Erosion] to keep the enemy in place, then switch to the red blade and finish them off in one strike.

[RNG's Gala kills TES's Ban]

[TES_JKL kills RNG_Ming]

Although Gala managed to heal Rakan's health, he ultimately couldn't withstand Aphelios's triple-slash combo and failed to survive.

With the support roles swapped, the battle now shifts to the AD carries.

Due to the impact of taking the dragon earlier and being ganked in the bottom lane, Ah Shui's blade switching rhythm was disrupted. At this moment, he was in the awkward situation of having a red and purple blade in hand, and his red blade Q skill had already been used up.

In a 1v1 close-quarters confrontation with Kai'Sa and with inferior equipment, such impulsiveness is practically tantamount to feeding.

"JKL, is this how you play? The red knife doesn't heal very quickly in the early game."

"Furthermore, Kai'Sa has a passive ability, so Aphelios definitely can't win in a one-on-one fight!"

Even on the commentary stage, the commentators were not optimistic about Yue Nan's choice. Logically speaking, the support swap was already a win, and continuing to play would only result in feeding.

But...