You actually want me to...

Xiaoming, who had lane priority, was unable to establish vision control in the river. Even when the Prince was attacking the Scuttle Crab right in front of him, he couldn't do anything about it because his own jungler was in the upper river.

It has to be said, they were teammates after all.

Karsa was extremely familiar with Xiaoming's early-game vision setup. While securing the river crab, he also marked the possible locations of wards.

"Of these positions, there's definitely one that's been recently spotted. Keep an eye on it, A-Ban."

"OK, I'll keep an eye on Luo."

"Then you guys hold your ground in the bottom lane." After clearing another set of jungle monsters and accumulating enough gold, Karsa decided to recall.

In this round, their goal is still to target the top lane.

While Ornn is a tanky laner, TES doesn't have many other options. This bot lane duo is guaranteed to lose lane priority, even with Uzi... Well, Uzi coming isn't necessarily an option, considering there are often five players in the bot lane.

But at least Ah Shui doesn't get that treatment.

The bottom lane continued to withstand pressure, which created an opportunity for the top lane.

Because 369 forcefully pushed the lane in the early game, around the four-minute to five-minute mark, the enemy's minion wave was pushing back.

This is the dilemma of top laners. When you're playing a weak top laner and can't control the minion wave, do you push the wave or not when it's being pushed back?

Pushing might get you ganked and killed by the jungler.

But if you don't push it, it'll just explode on the spot.

If this minion wave isn't pushed, even a random Gold-ranked top laner could hold it there for minutes, let alone a professional top laner. So, any top laner facing this wave has to push it in, even if it means dying, because there's simply no other option.

At that very moment, the prince revealed himself, and Sylas immediately followed up with his E skill, forming a pincer movement to try and kill Ornn.

Helpless, Xiaohu had no choice but to use Teleport to protect the top lane.

"Wow, Karsa's gank was crucial! Xiaohu couldn't get back to lane without TP."

"As expected of an experienced jungler, Knight is also very skilled. He doesn't push the lane; instead, he lets the enemy minions farm the mid lane, making Rumble reach level six several tens of seconds later than Syndra." Karsa and Knight's mid-jungle duo truly deserves to be the best mid-jungle duo in the league at this point in time. In just the first five minutes, they have already given their team an advantage.

"666, awesome, Ka Ge, you carried us to victory this game."

"It's not that exaggerated... I can only rely on my experience in the early stages, but you need to keep an eye on Ming, especially when the top lane is close to level 6."

“I know, I’m watching.”

"However... there's no need to rush." ​​After thinking for a while, Kasa felt he hadn't said enough and added, "You can calm down a bit first. Xiaoming's commands aren't actually that outrageous. I think you can boldly guess his thoughts, even if you're wrong, it doesn't matter."

"As for the initial stages, leave them to us."

First Encounter: Chapter 84: A Moment of Patience Brings Calm Flow

In the bottom lane match at this moment, while Roland was thinking about countermeasures as the opponent pushed the lane, he also saw on the scoreboard that Ah Shui was slowly widening the CS gap with Batty.

It has to be said that, although they are clearly different people, the sense of déjà vu is really strong.

"Big Head, it feels like you're really on the road to becoming a god."

"Clam?"

"First, you're 30 or 40 CS ahead in lane, then you solo-farm four lanes in the mid-game, and finally, fast forward to the team fight where you're too reckless and die. Does this scenario sound familiar to you?"

"Indeed, if the support player wasn't so bad, the immersion would be almost at its peak."

During a break from farming minions, Ah Shui started arguing with him. Although they were the ones being pressured in the lane, JKL didn't face much pressure because he had his back against the turret and Braum by his side; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to pressure the opponent in farming minions.

To be fair, Xiaoming's support abilities are indeed strong.

Only players who have faced a support player can truly judge their laning ability. In JKL's opinion, it was a bit of a shame that Xiaoming was the support for the opposing AD.

Because in the current TES, it's JackeyLove leading Roland to exert pressure, while RNG is the exact opposite.

Around level 5, Batty's Miss Fortune should have saved up enough gold and started pushing the lane back to base. The TES duo also returned to base together after clearing the pushed lane.

Although... these days, the bot lane basically just serves to draw enemy fire.

However, you still need to buy the necessary equipment, just in case it creates opportunities for you to deal damage, right? Considering the existence of elemental dragons, the female gunner can't afford to carry too much money around without upgrading.

However, after leaving their bases again, both supports started heading towards the mid lane. As I said before, this is how supports play in the current version: don't worry about whether there's an opportunity in the mid lane, just head there first.

However, neither side was focusing their efforts on the mid lane; instead, the top lane was becoming increasingly active. Due to a level advantage and a slight champion advantage, Ornn was now likely low on health under his tower, hastily building up his items to boost his stats.

This attribute makes him less likely to be killed in a 1v1 situation, but he will be helpless when facing a 2v1 situation. Karsa has already moved towards the top lane, while XLB has clearly not reacted yet.

This is also a characteristic of RNG.

Before MID Tiger transformed into TOP Tiger, RNG's top lane was a sacrificial position. Actually, not just RNG, but strictly speaking, the top lanes of the three major teams were basically all in a sacrificial position, it's just a matter of who sacrificed themselves the most.

"Can we cross it?"

"You're not a six, and he's noticed that too. I guess it won't work." After all, he's the experienced Wolf. Although he's performed poorly this season, he still has the fundamentals. Wolf was the team's mainstay in the early days, and his awareness of anti-ganks was top-notch.

When the prince reached the bush, he had already created some distance and was ready to run away at any time. Seeing this, Karsa gave up his ganking idea and canceled his guard.

Just as the prince withdrew, he happened to make eye contact with the jungler who was heading up in the jungle, and then they went back to doing their own thing.

Seeing this, the two supports who were originally heading towards the mid lane also decisively turned back, preparing to return to the bottom lane for a 2v2 duel.

It's pointless; this fight is definitely not going to happen.

However, on the way back, Xiaoming deliberately provoked Braum, trying to use his W skill to attack him when Braum was about to return to the lane. Fortunately, Roland reacted quickly and dodged with a W.

Then... the more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

Ah Shui next door was the most confused. One second he was about to praise this guy's good reaction, but the next second he missed an Ice Bite, then grabbed his shield and charged forward, only to be hit by several more attacks for nothing.

【666666】

[Wow, finally it suits my taste.]

"A moment of patience brings peace, while taking a step back only breeds more anger—this is so true."

I can't hold it in any longer, guys.

The contrast between the two performances was so striking that it made the audience laugh. They had been eagerly anticipating Roland's appearance to see conflict, but his timid behavior for so long had almost put them to sleep.

But there's nothing we can do; a real war can't break out right now.

Without Teleport, Rumble couldn't gank the bottom lane; Wolf was also cunning, giving the enemy no chance to tower dive and kill.

As a veteran top laner, he truly understands the fate of the top laners from the three major teams.

Online activities are an illusion; the real value of raiding lies in participation.

Only that small patch of secluded grass along the road is their eternal home!

It wasn't until both teams' bottom laners recalled for the second time at level six that the audience finally sensed an impending team fight from the subtle movements. Both recalling at this point to upgrade their equipment clearly indicated they were planning a skirmish.

"We don't have a significant advantage in team fights."

"It's okay, we can create an advantage."

"For example?"

"For example, waiting for Xiaoming to come up and deliver the kill." At this crucial moment, TES used a tactic they had long forgotten: the player-selling tactic.

Syndra pushed forward in the mid lane, while the bot lane duo lurked behind the blind spot, hoping that Xiaoming would make a mistake.

In this position, as long as Luo Kai is in the middle, with Rumble's damage, Zuo Shou is bound to die. Not to mention Ming, even if he were the one playing, he would still try to force an engagement.

It has to be said that this tactic really got Ming hooked.

The other players, accustomed to watching TES's replays, were quite wary of TES's baiting tactics. But using Left Hand as bait? They'd never seen anything like it before!

Just as Luo Kai charged forward, a barrage of skills rained down on him from the mist behind the wall.

Bites of ice, chains of corruption, the weak shall retreat.

One control skill after another was thrown at Luo, mainly because they were afraid that if they missed, Luo would actually get hit, so they simply didn't bother saving the skill. Xiao Ming never expected that the mighty TES team would actually use bait when facing RNG, and this wave directly resulted in them being controlled in place.

It’s over.

The moment Xiaoming saw that he was being controlled, he knew that something big was about to happen.

One second later.

First Blood!

With the first blood secured, RNG also lost the right to contest the first Rift Herald.

"Nice, Big Head."

"Basic operation, do not 6, all sit down."

"Tsk tsk tsk, RNG must be dumbfounded this time. Hey? Why are you going up? I can handle the Vanguard by myself. You and AD should go back to the bottom lane."

“No, I have a feeling they’re going to target 369.” After thinking for a while, Roland echoed his teammate’s guess.

After spending so much manpower, experience, and resources, the vanguard not only gained nothing but also failed to even launch a team fight. In this situation, if you put him in command, he would be thinking about how to cause trouble to make up for the losses.

There are too many people in the mid lane, so there's no opportunity to ambush. The bottom lane is too far away to set up an ambush. So the option is quite clear: the top lane.

"It's a bit of a gamble. If the enemy team doesn't gank this time, Ah Shui will be in danger alone in lane."

"That's easy, just ask him directly. Big Head, it's just a guess that there might be a fight at the top, but there's no actual evidence. What do you think?"

"Huh? Are you asking me?"

"Nonsense... Wait, no, why the hell are you going up too?"

"Isn't that obvious? If I go to the bottom lane, am I a walking ATM? Stop talking nonsense. If the enemy doesn't come to break our fast this wave, we'll use you as an example tonight to break our fast."

Roland: ? ? ?

First Encounter: Chapter 85: A World Where Only XX Is Wounded, Completed.

On the field, the commentators watched Roland's serious expression on the screen and spoke with considerable ease.

That's more like it; no wonder he's one of the promising new generation players they have high hopes for.

Even with TES's impressive track record, they still have high hopes for RNG, whose performance is currently fluctuating. Putting everything else aside, just the serious expression on his face in this picture, constantly talking about something, shows that he is 100% seriously giving his teammates tactical instructions.

Yes, they definitely deserve to brag about it.

"Cat Emperor, have you noticed that although Aban plays the support role, he is actually one of the few players who have shown consistent improvement since the beginning of the season?"

Just from remembering one sentence, the clever cat instantly grasped his intention. These days, if you don't have faith in three or four talented players, you're embarrassed to call yourself a professional commentator. Compared to those players who easily falter, Roland, a support player with obvious weaknesses, is like Moutai stock—stable and elegant.