You actually want me to...

Kobe understood perfectly.

When TES gets aggressive, if you're not aggressive enough and still stuck to your old, steady approach to gameplay, they'll definitely overturn your table and then kick you while they're at it.

To beat TES, we must fight fire with fire!

Roland selected the final position on the screen, but he gave the choice to Harold.

If we're talking about Lee Sin, Xin Zhao is a good choice, but in close combat, there are Yasuo and Irelia.

If you believe in yourself, even Ruined King isn't impossible, but you'll need JKL to create the environment for you to dominate.

Emperor Harper was happy to have the power of choice, but in the end, he still asked Roland to help him capture the prince, choosing to use the Demacian flag to create opportunities for his teammates and protect them.

The unwillingness to give up never faded, but people eventually grow up.

This time, it's not for my father.

Settled: Chapter Fifty: I Bet Your Gun Isn't Loaded

As the first game of the BO5 series officially began, the strategists of both teams immediately started strategizing and outmaneuvering each other.

"As for Yasuo, I remember a team mentioned and experimented with using Yasuo to counter Graves before, but the results weren't very good?"

In the commentary booth, I remember asking the senior officer next to me with some uncertainty. Since the number of games each commentator is responsible for is different, they really can't check the information immediately for some games that they are not commentating on.

"It did happen, but the counter-strategy didn't work in that game. It feels like DK is moving in the same direction as TES after those two defeats." The colonel recalled and confirmed what he remembered.

Meeting, learning, receiving.

TES gradually integrated the strategies that other teams had developed into their own during the playoffs, and it's clear that DK had also studied their playoff strategies.

There is a theoretical possibility that Yasuo can counter Graves.

Yasuo clears waves quickly, and so does Graves, but Yasuo's Wind Wall can be incredibly annoying for the enemy, and if there are enough minions, theoretically he can even dodge Graves' auto-attacks.

However, this is all in theory.

First, you need to ensure the online players are proficient. Second, you need to ensure that the upper jungle is not harassed by the jungler. Then another problem arises: if you are playing Irelia in the mid lane, you need to move the minion wave to threaten LeBlanc, but if you move the minion wave, it will move away.

The top lane is long and vulnerable to ganks, while the mid lane is short and easy to push. It's almost predictable that after level four, the jungler Lee Sin will be restricted to the top half of the map. Therefore, before level four, that is, before the first recall, is the only period when Canyon might be able to make a move in the bottom half of the map.

As they are old rivals, TES is very clear that the key to the early game tempo might lie with this Caonyon.

"Knight, find an opportunity to go into F6 and ward."

"It's possible, but the enemy can see me placing wards."

"That's exactly what I want, so the other side can see it, Ha Huang, you should understand what I mean, right?"

"clear."

Tactics are all about taking things by surprise.

If the enemy jungler chooses not to appear in the vision even though he knows that TES has placed a ward at F6, then by not revealing his vision, he is actually indirectly revealing his own vision.

Ha Huang understood, and then chose to solo the red buff in the upper half of the map.

In any case, the prince is an early-game aggressive hero, so it is necessary to take the red buff to increase his early-game combat power. Although starting with the blue buff might be a bit unexpected, Roland once said something very good: For a master, the best trick is not to trick.

From God's perspective, Canyon was truly bewildered.

Haro has faced off against TES before, and he has studied TES's jungle routes. In his opinion, Haro is a jungler who is above average in the LPL, but far from being a top-tier player. The reason he can stay in TES is undoubtedly his years of professional experience and his subtle talent. In this game, the opponent will most likely start with the blue buff.

Considering that the enemy had vision at his own F6 position, and that he, as a Lee Sin, would definitely gain an advantage if he ran into Jarvan IV in the early game, he decided to start with red buff without hesitation.

The matchup between the two junglers has changed from the LCK's expectation of a clash in the same direction to the LPL's expectation of a mirror start.

After confirming the safety risks at the jungle vision pass, Roland and JKL returned to the bottom lane with the arrival of the minion wave. The combination of DK Ziggs and Rakan is a very weak pairing before level three.

Because the Bomber must carry a Teleport.

Because the Bomber's abilities simply can't withstand several mana drains before the first time he returns home.

If it were another bot lane matchup, Ghost King might have been able to stall for some gold before recalling and TPing back. But this time, the opponent had Draven and Leona, so at level one, Ghost King simply gave up on all the ranged creeps except for the three melee creeps.

The early game weakness of the Bomber is precisely this.

It's not impossible to push the lane at level 1 against a strong team composition, but the biggest chance is that you won't be able to clear the lane cleanly, you'll run out of mana, and most importantly, you'll almost have to buy items by the time you recall.

But they had no choice; they had to make this decision.

Relying on Ghost King + Genshin Impact to dominate the lane is basically living in a dream. After the lineup was determined to focus on the upper jungle, Ghost King only had to face the pressure in the lane. Fortunately, he had Rakan by his side. If it were a few minutes later, he might only be able to stay in a position three Flash away and use his Q skill to farm at its maximum bounce distance.

Don't ask, the answer is just cowardice.

They could just summon a god-tier EZ monkey and give the opposing TES a show where all they see are bombs and no players. As long as the players are still alive, even if they are underdeveloped but have an advantage in the top lane, it's not unacceptable for them.

only...

Just after the TES bot lane duo reached level two, they surprisingly started pushing into the bushes simultaneously. By the time JKL and Roland emerged from the bushes again, they had already passed through the bot lane's "toilet," bypassed the minion wave fighting in the mid lane, and arrived directly in front of the DK bot lane duo.

"This is?"

"The Flow of Heaven and Earth as One?"

Before the colonel could finish speaking, Ji De had already completed the skill casting.

Admittedly, last-hitting minions before reaching level two will definitely cause an imbalance in the minion wave, pushing it towards DK. But that will happen quite some time later, especially since they didn't intend to move the minion wave after pushing forward. Instead, they just stood straight at the edge of the bush, pressuring the DK bot lane duo's position.

At that moment, the threat was palpable.

Good grief, aren't they afraid of being ganked by the jungler?

At this point, the jungler is at most level two. If they come to gank, unless they can catch both of them, it's a huge loss if even one jungler escapes. And if things go wrong at this stage... Canyon's rhythm will be ruined, right?

[Seriously, I bet your gun's empty - Summoner's Rift version]

[Judging from the actions in this episode, it seems like the Demon King and Genshin Impact were trying to play a proper game with their opponents, but these two reckless brutes ended up flipping the table.]

What are the downsides of playing the Seven Injury Fist?

The carry position doesn't get enough development, and although they seem to have secured the bush position, they still need to constantly dodge the Q skill damage from the enemy Ziggs. While it might not hurt once or twice, it can become quite uncomfortable if it happens too often.

But what are the benefits?

The advantage is that although Draven's passive is tied to the number of minions he last-hit, if he just wants to catch up in terms of gold, he can simply get a few kills. Moreover, being able to get experience on one side but not on the other will lead to two different outcomes.

One possibility is that the jungler comes, but if he comes at level three, he might face two level two or three opponents, while his own teammates are only level one and don't even have crowd control abilities.

Another scenario is that the jungler doesn't gank, so the bottom laner just waits for the minion wave to push, and the Ziggs' farm is stalled for almost a minute, which in turn affects the rhythm and route that DK's bottom lane had originally planned.

So... how would you choose when faced with this choice?

Canyon

Settled: Chapter Fifty-One: The Art of Vision

Many of the key moves that influence the course of the game are often hidden in one or two small actions in the early game. Canyon had already anticipated the bottom lane's request for help, but he really didn't expect it to be so quick.

Going down is a gamble, going up is a disaster. Since either way leads to a dead end, he simply chose the path outside of his options.

With TES in sight, Lee Sin chose to invade.

"broken."

"Shifting the blame eastward, no, this is a 'besieging Wei to rescue Zhao' strategy; this dog is just lucky."

Roland was furious at the sight of Lee Sin's actions. If Haro's jungle route was from bottom to top, Lee Sin's invasion of the jungle would have blown him up. But Haro didn't, so... Lee Sin, who had just turned around, ended up facing Jarvan IV head-on.

Enemies are bound to be furious when they meet, especially since they are both junglers with the red buff. So, as soon as they met, they started tugging at each other.

Roland had no choice but to go and provide support.

If he hesitated and the other side reported that he hadn't gone over, he had no doubt that Canyon could take down Harper alone.

With the woman gone, the "Heaven and Earth Together" playstyle, which required the cooperation of two people, could no longer continue. Ghost King and Genshin Brother took the opportunity to advance and gain some experience. When the light of their level 2 upgrade finally shone on them, Canyon, who clearly knew that the enemy support had arrived, decided to arrange for himself to retreat in the jungle.

“Leave him here, Emperor Ha.”

"We are already trying to get as close as possible to keep people here."

Canyon's actions undoubtedly provoked the anger of everyone on TES, especially the bot lane. It felt like they had a beautiful woman lying in bed ready to satisfy their desires, but just as they finished showering and were about to get started, the fire alarm in the hallway went off.

You drag the other person to get dressed and rush outside, only to find out that it was just a naughty kid who accidentally triggered the switch.

I turned around again.

The initial surge of desire has been almost entirely exhausted; the person is still the same, but the interest is gone.

Yes, that's roughly how I feel right now.

With three levels of power, Haro wasn't in a hurry to use his EQ combo. Instead, he closed in and used W to slow Lee Sin, then casually auto-attacked him towards his own jungle.

At the commentary booth, the LPL commentators were even more excited, shouting their hearts out.

"DK is about to make a big mistake. Canyon has freed up the bottom lane, but it seems like he can't escape now."

"Aban is in the bag, and JKL is rushing back while holding off the enemy's two bottom laners. DK's bottom lane duo is definitely not as fast as TES's team."

on the screen.

Knowing he was surrounded, Canyon slowly moved back towards the location of Frog Princess in TES's own jungle. Judging from his teammates' information, it could be predicted that Leona had probably already circled back to the entrance of the dragon pit opposite the dragon pit.

Given this, looking at the minion wave in the bottom lane, a bold idea popped into his head.

Just as the prince chased the Lee Sin to the vicinity of the Frog Queen, the Prince, realizing that the support was not far behind, finally used his EQ combo. However, Canyon was prepared and, at the moment the prince made his move, he placed a ward and used ward-hop to escape the taunt at an even faster speed. He then headed towards the bottom lane minion path on the side of the bottom lane wall.

"Shu~"

A flash of white light appeared, and it disappeared from the sight of the TES players.

"Did you dodge to the other side of the wall?"

Roland, who had just arrived near the battlefield, was completely confused. Wait a minute, if you flash over from this position, let alone recall, even if you were a jungler with TP, this distance would be enough for Draven to rush over and force her to stop with an E skill. So why would the enemy do this?

The skill of promiscuous sex when in a hurry?

Forget it.

This is only the first game of a best-of-five series. If you were to say it's one of the games that has the greatest impact on the overall mentality, like the third or fourth games, Roland might be more inclined to believe it.

In that case, we just need to simulate where the Blind Monk would have ended up if he hadn't flashed there from the beginning, right? After a brief moment of perspective-taking, Roland looked up at the bushes standing in front of him and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.

"Got you."