You actually want me to...

SN picked Maokai and Syndra, while TES opted for Ekko and Ornn (Fun fact: Knight is also known as Han Yi Ai).

Both teams' lineups:

SN: Top lane Maokai, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Varus + Tahm Kench

TES: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Ekko, Bot lane Miss Fortune + Leona

It's worth mentioning that SN's top laner today was BiuBiu, not Bin. Bin was in poor form on January 16th, which led to netizens questioning his skill. At that time, he was nicknamed "Little TheShy," so the management had to put him on hiatus for a while to hone his skills.

This is a very normal thing in the league; it's part of the normal rotation.

After all, even Faker can't maintain his form all the time; he can only try to prolong his career as much as possible. Other players are even less likely to achieve this.

Some people might slump for a year, only to have a couple of good games; others might rise to prominence for a year, only to falter in the crucial month or two. These things exist and are somewhat mystical; there are no eternally victorious generals on the field.

There's not much to say about the early game. Considering the strength of the mid, top, and jungle, TES's jungle will inevitably be invaded and warded at the start, so Karsa's jungle pathing can't be hidden. So Karsa simply stopped hiding and started with red buff, telling me to stay away from my bot lane.

Roland, however, had a little trick up his sleeve. At the start of the game, he placed a defensive ward at the entrance to his own jungle, but when he went back to base, he replaced the trinket ward with a scanner. This is a trick that only appeared after the start of Season 10, and it is still active in ranked games. It's like getting a free ward.

I waited with Ah Shui for the blue buff to respawn, and immediately activated it when the sweep was ready. Then, together with Miss Fortune, we cleared the trinket ward and gained experience.

This is a minor trick. If you can destroy a ward at level 1, and there are at least four people sharing the experience, then the bot lane duo can reach level 2 after farming the second minion of the second wave. The principle is similar to the bot lane duo farming a small rock golem before going to lane several years ago.

The goal is simple: get two points!

There's not much to say. Given the richest man's personality, if he knew the prince's movements, he would definitely invade at level two. So there's nothing more to say, just attack.

Anyway, once the bottom lane secured level 2 and took control of the lane, the Leona went to the river bush. If the enemy Lee Sin dared to come, he was just asking for trouble. He would lose experience and be taken down.

It's estimated that even the SN bot lane duo didn't expect the opponent to be so aggressive. At level one, Leona was tanking Varus's damage, and she was even using potions to farm minions. They were really scared.

Knowing that the enemy team with wards would reach level two first, Varus and Tahm Kench decisively retreated when the enemy was about to reach level two. Seeing this, the richest man had no choice but to abandon his invasion plan, and the game in both jungles changed from an invasion-and-be-invaded situation to a mirror start.

"Okay, Ka-bro, I've saved your jungle."

"It's okay, I'll grab it as soon as I get down. Get ready."

???

"So you've lost your upper jungle?"

"That's not important. As long as we gank and kill them, the entire bottom jungle is mine." There's not much to say, and Karsa understands that ganking bot should be done as early as possible.

Tahm Kench is currently level 2 and has his Q skill. He probably hasn't leveled up his level 2 skill yet, so this is the best time to gank him.

If there's only one target, the AD carry might not be able to kill them, but the support is guaranteed to die.

then

The strategy is clear: catch the toad first.

Just as the SN bot lane duo finally managed to take a few steps forward thanks to the health advantage gained from Varus's Q, the support Roland immediately initiated with his E skill, managing to hook Tahm Kench at the last second. Jarvan IV then appeared and used Flash + EQ to knock Tahm Kench up.

Without giving them any chance, the three of them used their damage and Ignite to chase down and kill the enemy support, finally giving the kill to the jungler Jarvan IV to prevent him from crashing out of control.

First Blood!

Casa, you have successfully summoned a god at level two!

First Encounter: Chapter Sixty-Three: An Unforeseen Path

Holy crap, Karsa ganked bot lane at level two!

[It's over. After TES changed their bot laner to JKL, Karsa's muscle memory has returned.]

In this kind of situation, Kasa really knows how to play even with his eyes closed.

[369: So, love can disappear, right?]

Having secured the advantage in the bottom lane, Roland followed Ah Shui and pushed the minion wave forward, subtly moving his position towards the jungle, clearly showing his intention to protect the jungler.

With no one to provide support in the bottom lane, and Ekko's early-game strategy of aggressively pushing the lane with low health, SN's SofM completely lost control of the bottom jungle and could only helplessly take over TES's top jungle.

It doesn't matter. Although Karsa lost a bit in terms of jungle clear count, the gold from the first blood made his early game transition very comfortable. He even farmed enough Tiamat gold before going back to base.

Tiamat is, in a sense, a true counter to Sofm.

Because of Sofm's unique playstyle, he mostly widens the gap by pressuring your map resources; in simpler terms, it's a contest of fundamental skills. The most famous example is Sofm's poor driving test performance. However, if the opposing jungler gets Tiamat early, this gap will start to shrink dramatically, and he might even be able to overtake Sofm in the end.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with the bottom lane.

Before Karsa had saved enough gold to recall, Roland in the bot lane never initiated a fight against the enemy bot lane; he was simply looking for open spaces to pressure their positioning. It's also hard to understand what Sofm was thinking. If the bot lane recklessly engaged, and Lee Sin suddenly ran back to the bottom jungle, the Jarvan IV, who hadn't upgraded his items, would have his rhythm completely disrupted if he got caught.

Fortunately, the other side wasn't that ruthless.

After the prince finally had enough money to return home, TES's bot lane duo also officially followed him home, ready to begin their fighting journey.

In just a few minutes of laning, JKL had already figured out huanfeng's skill level and habits. After updating his equipment and leaving the base, he began his dominance in less than a minute.

He executed various maneuvers with ease, such as using his positioning to land the second Q, using his E skill in conjunction with Leona's positioning to annoy the enemy when they were last-hitting cannon minions, and even using the enemy's auto-attack animation to his advantage. His laning maneuvers were so smooth that they left Roland, the support player next to him, completely dumbfounded.

"No, Big Head, how come your skills have improved even though you've been resting for several months? I don't remember you being this good in ranked matches."

"When we duo queue, we can't really play in the club; we mostly play at home. The home internet signal isn't very good, so we can't perform at our best."

"It can't be that bad, can it? The difference between playing LOL on foreign websites shouldn't be that big."

"My family has a rail cable."

"Oh, that's alright then."

Upon hearing that name, a nameless sense of dread washed over Roland once again. Only those who had experienced the miserable days of working in urban villages could truly understand just how ruthless and depraved Tietong really was.

As time went by, JKL's pressure in the bottom lane increased. Seeing the SN duo's health dwindling, Roland gradually harbored murderous intent.

But just as he was about to make a move, the two opponents seemed to have anticipated this, abandoning their tower retreat and returning to base without even blinking, which greatly upset Roland.

That's what makes veteran players so disgusting.

With Snake playing Tahm Kench, Roland's attempt to force his way into the bot lane is definitely not going to work; it would only give the opponent an opportunity. So, JKL can only rely on his individual skill to slowly grind it down.

Of course, the main reason is that he hasn't reached level six yet. Otherwise, he could easily overpower the opponent with an RPG, and the three controls of REQ combined with Miss Fortune's ultimate could wipe out the opponent from full health.

"You take the coating, I'll go explore."

"Row."

With no chance in the bottom lane, they could only find some fun in the jungle and mid lane. They called on Karsa, and the two instantly formed a cunning duo, frantically plundering the map resources in SN's bottom jungle.

It seems that he was either highly skilled and daring, or it seems that the blind monk simply wanted to make an eye.

But it was during this stroll that they actually spotted the blind monk.

"Holy crap, we got Kago!"

What happened?

"A water monkey... oops, I mean a bald guy." With that, Leona, who was positioned around the corner, activated her E skill and hooked Lee Sin, while simultaneously slamming her shield down, instantly stunning him on the spot.

The opportunity was rare, so regardless of whether Karsa could keep up, even just slightly reducing the enemy Lee Sin's health and giving him a scare wouldn't be too much of a loss. Seeing the Prince rushing towards his position not far away, Sofm decisively used his Control Ward and W to escape, the whole action was so smooth that there was not a moment of hesitation.

"I made a profit, a true sight ward. It's a pity I wanted to bait out a flash, or at least a big one."

"That's enough. I guess they were just looking to use it as a ward and you happened to run into it." In professional matches, kills can't be forced. Mainly because players like Lee Sin, Jarvan IV, and Leona aren't as agile, and chasing them head-on makes it easy to get kited.

With the jungler gone, the Prince's team could happily take a wave of elemental dragons. Since the first elemental dragon was an earth dragon, it was almost meaningless in the early game when there was only one, so SN tacitly gave up on it.

However, Sofm is a jungler with ideas.

Just as the prince returned to base for the second time and Leona went back to her lane to help push the bot lane, Lee Sin quietly slipped back to the bot lane and was already circling around the back of TES's bot lane.

"Huh? Sofm has an idea." Seeing that the Lee Sin's route was obviously not going in the right direction, the director quickly turned his attention back to him.

"But the timing of this wave is pretty good. The Leona is almost level 6 and is about one wave of minions away from being available. It seems like she has a chance."

Watching Sofm mirror Karsa's gank route, countless viewers instantly focused their attention, while in SN's team voice chat, the players frantically began discussing their next steps.

"I'm going around in circles, I can sell it a little bit."

"I'm ready anytime. Let's take down the AD carry first. Leona is roaming, and Miss Fortune is already level 6 with her ultimate."

"It's okay, I'm already circling around. I'll just go straight for them. They'll definitely retreat when they see my bomb, and I'll just block their AD carry."

"clear."

Having received a signal from his jungler, Huanfeng intentionally or unintentionally created an opening. Seeing this, Roland naturally went all out without hesitation. He had been waiting for the right moment to fight Huanfeng, and now that Huanfeng had deliberately created an opening, wouldn't it make him look like an idiot if he didn't fight back?

With a double-hit combo of face-rolling on the keyboard, the combined bonuses from Aftershock and W skill made Leona resemble a war god, charging straight into the enemy team. The instant Leona went in, Lee Sin's shadow appeared in TES's vision, triggering a series of team signals from TES.

Seeing that he had successfully flanked the enemy, Sofm felt as if he had already secured a victory for the bot lane.

However... ideals are never perfect, and the actual scene seemed to be a little different from what he had expected.

Despite deliberately exposing her position and successfully circling around to the back of the enemy jungle, placing a ward in the tri-bush and pushing herself out of tower range, the Leona and Miss Fortune showed no intention of retreating. In fact, they pushed even further forward.

???

Upon witnessing this incredible scene, commentator Guan Ge, who was initially banging on the table and shouting wildly, almost burst out laughing when he saw the final scene.

"Okay, we can see Sofm's Lee Sin is flanking. He wants to gank and coordinate with the bot lane duo to trap them."

"TES, did you see that? Yes, we saw it. Our teammates are pinging the signal. Hey? Aren't JackeyLove and JackeyLove retreating? They're surrounded."

"Wait... Miss Fortune used her ultimate? This ultimate... Wow! This ultimate successfully cleared the minions, Leona is level 6! Leona then used her ultimate on Tahm Kench, SN's bot lane is in danger."

"Sofm never expected that after successfully circling around and trying to kill the AD carry, the enemy AD carry would instead charge right into his own teammate's face. Is this the TES bot lane?"

Wow! He...he's even carrying the tower?!

First Encounter: Chapter 64: Can We Tolerate This Probability?

TES's decision completely surprised Sofm.

Who the hell would have thought that in a professional match, the bot lane duo would decisively choose to counter-attack and tower dive when they saw the jungler flanking from behind? What kind of carbon-based creature could make such a decision? Because Varus had been ganked by Karsa once in the early game, he lost a wave of experience. At this point, Tahm Kench was level six, but Varus wasn't. Faced with the enemy bot lane duo's strong engage, he had no way to deal with it.

After a chaotic brawl, even though Sofm had almost worn out his mouse from clicking so many buttons, by the time he arrived at the battlefield, both teams' bot lane duos were already nearly wiped out.

In a 2-for-2 exchange, Lee Sin only managed one assist.

You might say SN made a profit this time, but actually they lost everything. The minion wave pushed into the tower, and the enemy bot lane duo missed out on a wave of minions. Varus in the bot lane was basically useless for a while. Plus, Lee Sin's position was exposed. During this period, TES's mid, top, and jungle players had an extremely comfortable time.

But you say it's a loss?

Sofm got an assist and farmed a little more minions under the tower. Judging from his individual performance, he had already made a fortune from this gank in the bot lane. The only downside was that he was playing Lee Sin.