You actually want me to...

No joke, after learning that their opponent was TES, the entire WE team was even more excited than Roland. You know, they never miss a single episode of TES's Hero Microphone Show. They've already earned the nickname "Esports Deyun Society" among everyone. These WE players often stream listening to crosstalk during their daily streams.

Fortunately, the game started quickly, giving Roland little time to feel awkward.

First round of bans:

TES: Jarvan IV, Pantheon, Varus

WE: Kalista, Sett, Braum

WE had a clear strategy: since TES's support wasn't the same as the prophet from their previous life, their aggressive bot lane duo naturally became their weak point. WE felt they had to respect Roland's limited experience with defensive support Braum.

One round of PICK:

TES: Crocodile, Spider, Luna

WE: Monkey King, Miss Fortune, Olaf

I don't mean anything by it, I'm just laying it all out in the open and telling you that I'm going to target your AD (Attack Damage). See what you can do about it.

Second round of bans:

Thresh, Taric, Zilean, and Tahm Kench were all banned, making it four support champions banned. WE's killing intent is starting to get palpable.

Second round of PICK:

WE is in a dilemma. Coach Ma's champion pool is limited to a few: Mario, Pantheon, Aurelion Sol, and Twisted Fate. With the versatile Pantheon banned, and Twisted Fate being a countermeasure that's easily targeted if picked before the enemy mid laner has chosen their champion, Galio is a good option. However, the problem is that if the enemy jungler is Elise, what if they build Mario/Knight and then pull out Lucian?

There's no other way. WE has already revealed their strategy, and TES must be well aware of it too. So, they might as well not hide it and give the ban to the support, then lock in the Dragon King as their fourth pick.

"Tsk tsk tsk, that's bold."

"That's normal, their Teacher Ma always sacrifices himself."

"I feel like Ah Shui's Aphelios pick might not be able to hold onto it."

"Then it's hopeless. Let's take the Minotaur. Life and death are in the hands of fate. Anyway, Aphelios has been nerfed. Aban, try to find the enemy Monkey King's position and prevent him from getting in."

"OK."

In their final two picks, TES secured Jayce and Alistar.

TES assembled a four-core lineup: top laner Renekton, jungler Elise, mid laner Jayce, and bot laner Aphelios + Alistar.

Although it seems like all of them are core players and they will definitely fight fiercely for resources, this kind of lineup is actually the most effective against WE. This is because having core players also means being strong in lane, allowing you to end the battle right from the start.

WE, on the other hand, drafted Nautilus, forming a lineup of top lane Wukong, jungle Olaf, mid lane Aurelion Sol, and bot lane Miss Fortune + Nautilus.

The competition has now begun.

At the start of the game, a minor skirmish occurred between the two sides in the upper jungle. Relying on their stronger Wukong and Olaf combination, WE attempted to forcefully invade TES's jungle, establishing vision around the blue buff and ganking the Elise.

However, WE's coaching staff clearly underestimated White Crescent.

The moment the lineups for both sides were revealed, White Crescent instructed Left Hand to move slightly higher at the start, and this proved to be very useful.

We can't beat 2v2, but 3v2 is a piece of cake.

Jayce's arrival immediately scared off WE's top and jungle duo, but it wasn't without its price: Aurelion Sol came in from the lower jungle and placed a trinket ward near the F6 camp. Since both were meant to scout the enemy jungler's movements, this ward, while not revealing everything, at least narrowed down the possibilities.

Since Alistar is a weak early-game fighter, Roland could only mark a ward location for Karsa and then follow the AD carry back to the bottom lane.

In the early game, help the jungler if you can, but if you can't, then it's none of your business.

In this game, Karsa circled back slightly and still started with red buff. The Spider was definitely going for a fast level 3 build, it's just a matter of whether or not it would gank top.

"We're just playing passively in the bot lane this game, and we don't have lane priority. We'll wait for you three to carry the game."

"If it were ranked, I might be happy with the bot lane duo. But coming from you, I don't believe a single punctuation mark."

"What? Do I look like the kind of person who gets easily agitated?"

"That's right, our bot lane has always been very stable, okay?"

369. Knight, Casa: ...

First Encounter: Chapter Ninety-Six: Weakness Tactics

The early laning phase was actually quite simple for Roland and Ah Shui.

When the attack ranges of both AD carries are similar, the difference in individual player skill becomes apparent. In the laning phase alone: ​​the AD carry determines the lower limit of the bot lane's performance, while the support determines its upper limit; however, in team fights, the opposite is true.

But in a match of this intensity, does the laning phase really require such a high skill ceiling?

No need.

With just Ah Shui's individual skill, he was already able to occasionally poke the enemy AD while also farming minions, thus lowering the enemy's health.

Although Titan's hook is deadly for Ah Shui, it's okay, we have Alistar this game.

In all the bot lane games that Roland and Ah Shui have played together, Alistar is undoubtedly another solution to the problem of him being easily hooked. Anyway, he has Alistar's charge, so at worst he can knock the enemy AD away, and the two supports can have a showdown to see who can take down the enemy AD first.

WE clearly anticipated this situation, but it didn't matter. Their combination was definitely stronger than the opponent's from level two onwards, so they just had to be a little humble at level one.

Just as they were all thinking this, Alistar suddenly emerged from the bushes with his W skill, ramming Miss Fortune with his horns. At the same time, the charge forced Miss Fortune's auto-attack to be blocked.

Melee Minion -1

"Holy crap?"

"Are you just being disgusting? Just hit them."

This is intolerable! We can tolerate the AD carry, but we can't tolerate the support! They dare to interfere with his last-hitting melee minions now; will they dare to interfere with his last-hitting siege minions later?

No, we have to fight, we absolutely have to fight.

Missing's Titan threw a hook at the Earthshaker without hesitation. From this position, he could keep the Earthshaker next to the creep wave. They were bound to win this 2v2.

However, the instant he cast his hook, Roland maneuvered the Minotaur to take a few small steps to the side. Those simple steps were a giant leap for the bottom lane.

The hook narrowly missed the minotaur's head, and then... hit Aphelios, who was last-hitting a creep, at the perfect distance.

JKL: ? ? ?

Missing: ? ? ?

Seeing herself being thrown forward involuntarily by the hooked AD, Missing knew something was wrong. This forced displacement, while sending herself into the minion wave, also closed the distance to the enemy Aphelios, making it easier for the enemy bot lane duo to deal damage to her.

This is insane!

"Whoosh!" As a seasoned support, Missing immediately used Flash to escape her current position. Their bot lane duo was designed to maintain pressure in the early game; if they greedily used Flash and lost too much health, they would truly be at a disadvantage in all three lanes.

At that moment, the online comments exploded.

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[What kind of trickery is this? It's making me laugh.]

[Ah Ban's little maneuvers were so flashy!]

[JKL: I'm standing so far back, why are you still hooking me?]

The laning phase in the bottom lane was so dramatic that even the director couldn't immediately shift the camera away from the bottom lane to the top lane to observe the battle. It just goes to show that this year's director is still too inexperienced and needs to be more mindful of when to enter the fray.

"Titan didn't flash."

???

"No, this is what you mean by a weak bot lane?"

"Isn't it because Big Head's passive ability is too useful? That hook is like it has an automatic cruise control system; it can always hook onto him no matter what."

"Enough! This was an accident, an accident, you know what I mean!"

JKL is really in a bind; he was definitely positioned far enough back. All I can say is that the hook's range is just too long; Titan definitely needs a nerf.

The bottom lane produced impressive results, and the top lane also made a splash.

What does crocodile + spider mean?

This means the top laner will directly combine and evolve into a desert spider.

Spider flanks and initiates, Renekton follows up with half-anger. Basically, unless there's a network connection interruption or Stickman gets possessed by 369 and makes him use W to fake a monkey, this top lane is guaranteed to kill.

First Blood!

The crocodile has just drawn its first blood.

"Nice, Kaka 369, we're waiting for you guys to carry this game."

"Of course, of course."

"Um... although it's not very nice to interrupt you abruptly, he seems to be missing from the mid lane."

"What?!"

The moment Zuo Shou finished speaking, a bald man suddenly rushed out of the bushes. Olaf, the jungler, grabbed two axes and charged towards the TES top and jungle duo.

If it were just Bald Qiang, perhaps Casa and 369 wouldn't be too panicked.

But then there's a Dragon King with a super-sized Rasengan following behind, that's just ridiculous.

"No, how did his reinforcements arrive so quickly?"

"That's how it is with the Dragon King. By the time I realized what was happening, he had probably already flown to the Dragon Pit. But it's okay, I can push this wave and he'll explode on the spot."

"..."

Whether the Dragon King will explode or not, they don't know; the problem is that they are about to explode on the spot.

After hesitating for a while, and remembering that he had teleportation, 369 simply turned around and used his body to block the Rasengan, giving Kasa a chance to escape.

[WE_Teacherma kills TES_369]

One for one, and he also managed to steal the entire wave of minions that the enemy top laner had just pushed under the tower. Teacher Ma's roaming was a complete victory.

"Wow, Teacher Ma's support came so fast!" Wawa exclaimed as she watched the Dragon King finish clearing all the enemies and start returning to base.

"After all, he's the Dragon King's specialty, but the fact that he was able to withstand Knightjes' pressure and find opportunities to move around is really impressive."

While roaming mid-laners are strong at controlling the pace of the game, their strong roaming ability inevitably comes with corresponding weaknesses, such as weak laning phase. Take Aurelion Sol, for example; calling him weak isn't entirely accurate, because his damage output is unpredictable.

But even if you say he's strong, when you play him, the damage output is still incomprehensible, it feels like scratching a itch. In general, it still depends on the summoner's skill level.

The left hand clearly suffered from this.

Although Zuo Zhong has a wide variety of mid-lane heroes, he has never really faced Aurelion Sol in lane before. He couldn't figure out the opponent's damage for a while and suffered a small loss in the early game, which gave the opponent time to roam.