She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

If I remember correctly, that's all.

"I don't know if Aatrox is a jungler or a top laner." Bai Wei's long eyelashes trembled slightly as she guessed, "But I prefer top lane. Li Si said that Sun Jia Hui plays this hero more often on the international server."

"Whether it's top lane or jungle, it's not a problem. Aatrox isn't a strong champion in competitive play, and his performance in solo queue is also quite average. Let's wait for the rework."

"Huh? The hero is being reworked?"

“If it’s so weak that nobody plays it, the designers might rework it if they feel like it, I’m guessing.” Su Mu shook his head and changed the subject: “Xiao Yu, pick Malphite, and with armor items and maxing E, it’ll counter Aatrox. As for support, Xue Min, you and Li Si can decide, there are plenty of options.”

“Kalma is better; it’s more stable in terms of both pulling and protection,” Zhou Xuemin said.

As solid as a rock.

Always trust your soul.

When the five heroes for the blue team were finalized, the commentators and viewers were completely stunned.

What's this?

"Huh? The Step-by-Step Winning team locked in Malphite and Kamal for their last two picks. Who's going to jungle?" Zhang Wuhong's lips twitched.

"Malphite? Uh no no no, Malphite jungle means Karma top lane, but this champion is mostly used as a support, and occasionally someone uses him in mid lane, but I've never seen him in top lane..." Zhou Ling's expression wasn't exactly calm either.

To be honest, after playing on both the Chinese and international servers for so long, as long as the rank isn't a complete newbie's Iron-level match, I've never seen such a bizarre lineup.

"Or perhaps Pyke jungle?"

"It's even more impossible. Although Pyke's short Q is an AOE, he is inherently squishy, ​​and his passive can only store damage from champions, not jungle monsters. Not only does he face the problem of low sustain when jungling, but his ganks are also very unstable, unless he gets Dark Claw."

Zhou Ling frowned, completely unable to fathom the blue team's lineup.

"Let's see what Unstoppable's final move is. They've recently figured out a Qiyana jungle strategy on the international server, but it's still not consistent, and it's unclear whether Unstoppable's players have explored this aspect before..."

No one laughed at the commentator for being ignorant, because the vast majority of viewers were the same; they had never seen the bizarre lineup that Su Mu's team had put together.

Sun Jiahui's five bewildered expressions lingered for a long time. Only when the countdown to selecting people was almost over did she hurriedly grab the wine barrel.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the positions of the heroes on both sides began to change, and after about ten seconds, they remained stationary.

After the positions of each hero in the Step-by-Step Victory team were confirmed, countless people gasped in shock or were speechless with astonishment.

The positions of both teams are as follows.

Blue team's "Step by Step to Victory" lineup: Top lane Malphite, Jungle Taliyah, Mid lane Pyke, Bot lane Caitlyn, Support Karma.

The red team is unstoppable: Top lane Aatrox, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Qiyana, Bot lane Jhin, Support Alistar.

Aside from the bot lane duo, the top, mid, and jungle players in the unstoppable team were all preoccupied with the question of "who am I going to face?"

It's so strange, I don't know how to allocate runes and skills.

However, when they entered the game's match connection interface and saw the actual lineup of Su Mu's team, their eyes went black.

Mid lane Pyke 2san⊙事疚泣似，Jungle Taliyah?

"Damn it! Who do you think you are?" Sun Jiahui was so angry that her nose was crooked. She was determined to believe that Zhao Lisi was disgusting her.

Unfortunately, she hadn't even figured out who was really in charge in this game of "Step by Step to Victory".

62. Author's Note on Launching the Product

A screenshot of a live stream quickly spread across various communities and social media platforms.

Images of people playing Pyke mid and Taliyah jungle have surfaced, sparking curiosity among many.

Are college students these days so good at having fun?

Whether it was a genuinely planned scheme or just a publicity stunt, it certainly boosted viewership significantly, and the number of viewers in the live stream quickly began to climb, much to Pei Ling's surprise.

"President, you've been trying to recruit Bai Wei into the esports club. Is she really that good? We don't even know her game ID, let alone her international server stats..."

A male member behind Pei Ling asked a question.

"You don't understand. She started playing on the Chinese server three months after the game's public beta and reached Gold 2 in just 200 games, while I've only played less than ten duo matches with her. Could you do it?"

"...So amazing? I'm so envious. It's one thing to be good at music, but to be so talented in games too."

"By the way, Zhao Lisi seems to have reached the Master rank a few days ago, but to be honest, unless her lineup is really strong, I still favor Sun Jiahui more," another person said.

“You’re all completely wrong…” Pei Ling shook her head, her gaze fixed on Su Mu’s ID, a hint of inquiry flashing in her eyes, “You know the team Qingxin, right?”

"Of course! I heard that Ye Ziyue, who leads the team, is a top 100 player in the international server, but what does that have to do with anything?"

“It’s very important.” Pei Ling said quietly, “The top 100 Challenger player in the international server that you mentioned, on the day of freshman registration this semester, had a 1v1 against one of the players from Step by Step to Victory with six items. Guess what happened?”

"I don't understand, Ye Ziyue abused people terribly?"

"No, it was Ye Ziyue who was abused terribly."

"Not surprising... Huh? What the heck! President, you're not kidding, are you?!" The male member stared in disbelief, wondering if he had misheard.

However, all he saw was the silent expression on Pei Ling's face.

The male club member swallowed hard and couldn't help but ask, "The person who abused Ye Ziyue was... Bai Wei, the school beauty?"

“She is indeed the school beauty, but not Bai Wei.” Pei Ling shook her head gently. “You’ll find out soon enough.”

The guess was denied once again, and the male member's forehead was already covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. If it wasn't Bai Wei, the school beauty, then it must be Su Mu, the school beauty...

Wow... goodness, is it really that unassuming?

The others were also stunned. After regaining their senses, they stared intently at the OB screen with intense curiosity, just in time to see a fight break out in the jungle.

"Pyke hooked Aatrox! Did Aatrox learn his skill? He learned E! He needs to Flash over the wall to escape, otherwise he'll be ganged up on and killed!"

Before Zhou Ling's voice had even finished, the Sword Demon used Flash to escape, just as she had predicted.

No one on the blue side flashed after her, since she's a warrior-type Anivia with two lives at level 1. Forcing her to flash is already a huge advantage, as it makes the opponent hesitant to use her Q mobility skill in lane.

The initial little incident had no follow-up, and both sides returned to their positions peacefully.

Help the jungler initiate fights or arrive at the lane to wait for the minions to converge. Except for the bottom lane, the other solo lanes have little combat power at level 1, and the development is relatively peaceful.

Temporary...

Su Mu finished off every single melee minion without missing a beat, then charged up his Q skill and walked towards Qiyana. Qiyana tried to twist and turn to get back behind the minions, but she was still hooked into the predicted trajectory.

With the Conqueror skill activated, Su Mu quickly unleashed three basic attacks to create distance, gaining a significant lead in health.

The kill threshold has been reached; now it's just waiting for the next Q and Hail of Blades.

This version of Pyke has a base attack damage of 60, and with the Adaptive Force rune and starting items, it's not much lower than Qiyana's.

If Qiyana hadn't experienced the power of the Hail of Blades rune, which provides intermittent burst damage, she would have been killed at level 2.

Despite suffering a loss in the first exchange of blows, Qiyana didn't seem to care much, not even using any health potions.

Soon, the second wave of minions arrived. Su Mu, keeping the minions' health low, killed one melee minion, leveled up his E skill for 2 seconds, and then blinked repeatedly towards Qiyana's location.

One of Pyke's classic ways to engage: E-Flash

Qiyana was caught off guard and stunned on the spot. Su Mu barely moved his fingers and simply lit AAQA.

When Qiyana's stun wore off, she realized her health had plummeted to the kill threshold and hurriedly pressed Flash. However, Su Mu's fourth basic attack had already landed, and even with Flash, she still took the hit squarely.

Once the Ignite damage is calculated, Qiyana's remaining sliver of health is completely wiped out.

First blood!

"Wow, what a cool Pyke! He used his E to flash away in just 2 seconds, and Qiyana didn't even have time to react before she was taken down!"

"The burst damage is so high! Is this the Conqueror Pyke's Blink Dagger? It's really effective as a mid laner, not just a random pick!"

Sun Jiahui was still occasionally using her E skill on the top lane, but soon she discovered that her teammate had been killed and her face darkened.

Playing Qiyana, and getting solo killed by Pyke?

"What's going on?!"

"I...I didn't know his burst damage was so high; he killed me in one combo when I had two-thirds of my health left..."

The mid-lane girl explained in a low voice, her tone tinged with grievance, but mostly with shock.

Pyke has been nerfed, yet he seems more threatening than a bot lane support. Also, the official champion introduction video and many support players assume Pyke takes Electrocute or Dark Harvest, so why did the opponent in this game take Hail of Blades...?

"Take it easy, we'll be stronger once we've developed our strength."

Not having witnessed the mid-lane kill, Sun Jiahui couldn't get angry and blame her teammates, so she could only leave with these words.

In the live stream, countless "666" comments flooded the screen, sparking discussions about how Pyke could have such an effect with Hail of Blades in the mid lane. However, these discussions quickly subsided as Su Mu moved.

After Su Mu reached level 3, he learned the W skill and disappeared from the lane, wandering towards the red team's upper jungle and placing a trinket ward in the red buff pit.

The buff is still there, and the F6 camp is also there, which means that Gragas is clearing all three jungle camps in the bottom half of the map. This means that Aatrox in the top lane, who doesn't have Flash, can't escape.

The Sword Demon had just fought the Malphite, and neither of them had much health left.

Countless viewers were baffled. They glanced at Taliyah and Gragas, who had just finished clearing the bottom half of the jungle and were crossing the mid lane, and then looked at Pyke, who had already reached the top lane tri-bush. Their lips twitched slightly.

Wait, how come you, a mid-lane Pyke, can gank better than a jungler?

Sun Jiahui had just placed a ward in the river bush and returned to lane, hitting the Malphite with her E skill, when she noticed a figure behind her holding up spikes.

Who else could it be but Parker? Phosphorus

"Holy shit!"

Sun Jiahui uttered a string of Chinese verses, and seeing herself slowed by the Malphite's Q, she hurriedly headed towards the river. However, due to the significant reduction in movement speed, she was still hooked by Pyke's spikes and followed by his E—Ling.

[You have been killed! Flag]

Seeing Pyke recall to base after killing someone, Sun Jiahui nearly broke her teeth. Several question marks appeared in the mid lane.

——V

63. Is this some kind of grudge?

The girl playing Qiyana didn't dare to speak up or get angry. Getting solo killed by Pyke at level 2 was indeed her fault, but Pyke's sudden disappearance didn't even trigger a couple of question marks to her teammates...

Su Mu returned to the city and immediately pulled out a five-speed boot. He glanced at the Sword Demon's portrait and curled the corner of his mouth.

Playing the old version of Aatrox and casually using Q shows a complete lack of awareness of the dangers of the top lane.

It's alright, there's something even more treacherous ahead...

Upon discovering that Bai Wei hadn't cleared the entire jungle but instead came to the top lane to follow the minions, Su Mu knew that she and he had the same idea.

The barrel was just spotted by vision placed in the red buff pit, so it will definitely be active in the top half of the map next.

Either clear the top half of the map and control the river crab, or look for an opportunity to gank the top laner.

As for whether to gank the enemy top laner or their own... well, that depends on how much intuition and situational analysis the unstoppable team's female jungler has.

"Xiaoyu, go forward and seduce her," Bai Wei gave the signal first.

"it is good."

A stone golem with zero mana and half health can easily stir up certain thoughts in people, or lead to over-interpretation.

Sun Jiahui revived and TP'd back to lane. Seeing the Stone Golem diligently clearing the wave, seemingly trying to push it into the tower, she gritted her teeth.

Trying to push the lane into the tower to save a TP? That's incredibly greedy...

no way!

"Come gank the top lane Malphite. If you force him to use Flash, you can E-Flash and secure the kill!"

Upon hearing Sun Jiahui's words, the Gragas glanced at the river crab he was halfway through killing, then at the rock golem that was almost across the river, and had no choice but to give up farming and head towards the top lane.

At this moment, the OB camera focused on the top lane, allowing the viewers and commentators, who had a god-like perspective, to clearly see the positions of both teams.

"They're ruthless in their strategy of winning step by step. The mid and jungle players started coordinating early on, and they're trying to cripple Aatrox!"

"Neither Taliyah nor Pyke have entered the jungle. Unstoppable Force doesn't know their location. It remains to be seen whether Aatrox and Gragas can sense the danger."

Seeing the Stone Man activate W and use up all the mana from his last skill, Sun Jiahui glanced at her teammates' positions and her eyes gleamed.

Finally, I've made 300 yuan...

"Let's do it!"

The barrel emerged from the riverbed, took a sip of wine with its large, protruding belly, and swayed toward the stone man.

The stone man seemed very frightened and moved closer to the bushes along the line.

"I'm going!"

Gragas suddenly used his E-flash to crash into the enemy, precisely hitting the Malphite and knocking it back a short distance, causing a brief stun effect upon landing.