Chapter 148: Over the Mountain Saplings! A Blessing from Drowning!

Chapter 148: Over the Mountain Saplings! A Blessing from Drowning!

Chapter 148: Over the Mountain Saplings! A Blessing from Drowning!
"This game is a bit like the two sides switching offense and defense. DK has Azar, Graves, and Shen. In the mid-to-late game, they will have a huge advantage whether they are solo or in a team fight!"

The two people on the LCK commentary desk were still analyzing the lineup.

CT said: "DK really made adjustments in this game. After finding that EDG's discipline was not bad and there were not many defensive loopholes in the early stage, they chose to move the focus of the main C position to the mid-to-late stage, letting the stable mid-jungle duo take on the responsibility of carrying!"

"From this perspective, Pike should be the main rhythm point for EDG in this game," the Roaring King frowned and expressed his concerns, "Although YE had selected him in the previous group stage, that game was against a melee opponent like Galio after all."

"This matchup should be easy to play! Anyway, have complete faith in our Showmek!" CT couldn't wait to instill confidence in the LCK live broadcast audience who had suffered a defeat.

[If you don't understand, just ask, can Pike really still play mid lane now? 】

[Hello, yes, it is possible. As far as I know, there are no relevant regulations in the laws and regulations of 233 countries in the world.]

[Haha, it’s fine if you bully the old man, but you dare to choose to hit my show god? YE, wait for death! ]

[Hey, the guy above, you dropped your military certificate! ]

Similar to the verbal battle in the live broadcast room, the cheers from the audience once again resounded throughout the Madison Square Garden Theater.

Until the sound gradually died down, Summoner's Rift suddenly descended!

"Both sides are still on the defensive. It seems that they have no intention of invading at the first level!"

Although both teams have a certain ability to take the initiative, unlike the previous game, neither side has an absolute advantage.

Except for the jungler, eight players from both sides played against each other on both sides of the river, and each position could see their opponent.

It is the most standard 1111 long snake formation.

Canyon looked at the hero portraits on the scoreboard and thought about his jungle plan for this game.

When Graves fights Maokai, he has advantages in the jungle, whether in terms of clearing the jungle efficiently or in terms of his own jungle core positioning to put offensive pressure on the opponent.

But these are not too obvious in the first few levels.

The real advantage period of the male gun is when he quickly buys out the extremely smooth and cheap "eye-clearing knife". The combat power and vision suppression formed can create a suffocating offensive and defensive rhythm in the wild area.

The only advantage of the tree is the success rate of ganking.

Think of the "self-destruction" jungle clearing method used by Jiejie's tree in the previous game.
Obviously, the most important thing for Canyon in the early stage of this game is to fully control the information of the big tree and make accurate counter-camping.

"This tree should be opened in the lower half, retreating from the lower lane for two and a half minutes, and retreating from the upper lane for three and a half minutes."

"All of you take your positions and don't expose my information."

"I'm going to fight him at level three."

It’s still the same truth: in the jungle game, what matters is information.

Whether it was the fact that LeBlanc placed a ward deep in the jungle at level 1 that affected the overall situation, or that Maokai's mid-term vision detection prevented him from finding the attack point in the previous game, it all came down to the fact that information in the jungle was exposed.

But Canyon's judgment on whether to open the jungle with Maokai was entirely based on his understanding of the jungle.

Maokai is under pressure of being "counter-jungled" when facing Graves, especially in the first wave of game in the jungle, which is of utmost importance!
If the first wave of jungle is counter-attacked, it is very likely that the snowball will start to roll directly.

And if you want to avoid being counter-jungled.

The most direct way is to "reverse attack" and leave the opponent empty-handed.

Canyon thinks from the perspective of a big tree————————

{If you are a policewoman, you should theoretically clear the jungle from the upper half to the lower half, but this conventional approach can easily lead to counter-jungling → then you may have to do the opposite and clear the jungle from the bottom to the top}
{The male gun has no control, the only means of keeping people is a smoke bomb. If he wants to do anything, he will rely heavily on the red buff, so the opponent may start with red → In order to avoid empty counter jungle, you also need to brush from bottom to top}
The so-called game.

It's nothing more than you thinking of the first level → he thinking of the previous level → and then you thinking of the next level - until the person who thinks of +1 more level wins the game.

Canyon thought of this level.

Moreover, his thinking is quite comprehensive.

The male gun drove from the upper blue zone to the lower zone, and then went directly into the opponent's blue zone————

If he fails to take the blue buff, he can forcefully invade and fight, creating the rhythm for Graves to counter-jungle.

If the blue buff is taken, the position of the big tree is clear, and the upper half of the area is completely empty. As long as the top lane does not give the big tree a chance, it will have nowhere to go.

Graves can go directly back to his own red zone to farm the jungle. While ensuring his own development will not be affected at all, he can also limit the pace of advancement of the policewoman in the lower zone!

Canyon's understanding of the jungle is profound, and the counter-jungle strategy he came up with on the spot is definitely a foolproof response.

But right now.

There were bursts of ghostly screams coming from the commentary desk outside.

"What does this mean!?"

At 1 minute and 30 seconds, the wild monsters are refreshed and the troops are online.

The commentary desk was still shocked by the dramatic changes on the field.

But the director was focusing on the wild area and suddenly detected the outbreak of a fight.

The picture instantly flew to the middle!

Just when everyone thought that the short-handed Pike would have to hide behind the minions and "learn from experience" when facing the long-handed Tsar.

However, Pike actually went forward side by side with the first melee soldier, looking extremely arrogant!

This move was certainly not Ye Bo's way of showing off - the purpose was to prevent the Tsar from having the opportunity to "make a move in advance".

Pike's E skill has a range of 550 yards.

The casting distance of Tsar's W is also 550 yards, but the "remote control distance" is 650 yards. Add the 300-yard attack range of the sand soldiers, and the range is nearly yards.

and so.

The chance for Pike to touch the opponent is when {the Tsar places the Sand Soldiers}.

Ye Bo has a deep understanding of these two heroes.

But it is obvious that Xu Xiu lacks experience in laning against Pike.

The Tsar met as usual and directly summoned a sand soldier from the pile of soldiers to poke him.

But who would have thought that at the same moment, Pike suddenly rushed forward with E [Phantom Wave] and rushed directly to the Tsar's face!

"Pike, is he going to E directly to the face at level 1? What kind of play is this!?"

"Wait. That hurts!"

Although the two skills have the same range, Pike rushed to the Tsar's face in an instant, almost getting close to him.

But the Tsar was not an immovable stake.

Xu Xiu immediately moved back quickly, so there was no reason for this E to hit.

Of course, it didn't hit.

Pike just flashed a red light on his body, and {Blades} was triggered, and he made three extremely fast AAA chops.

But the terrifying thing is————with just these three hits, the Tsar's health bar dropped by an outrageous one-third!
"What kind of damage is this?" Guan Zeyuan couldn't understand it at all: "You know, this E skill hasn't hit yet, it's just three basic attacks, if this E hits, wouldn't it directly knock out half of the health!?"

Wang Duoduo also shook his head in confusion: "Pike is too rare in the mid lane. Even YE has only played two games in his entire career. Could it be because of Doran's Blade?"

He looked around and it seemed that only the Doran's Blade was there, which seemed rather strange.

Generally, when this kind of hero plays in the middle lane, it seems that he should start with a long sword + three reds, or a Doran's Shield.

But at this time, if someone noticed the panel properties of Parker.

You will find that the attack power of the first level Pike is as high as a terrifying 93 points!
You should know that the basic attack power of most heroes at level 60 is only around 50 points, and there are many AP mage heroes that don’t even have points!

This is not only because Pike's basic attack power is already very high, but also because of his passive skill [Bliss of Drowning].

In addition to the well-known effect of {storing damage taken}, Pike's passive skill also has the effect of {Pike cannot gain any health points, but will convert every 14 additional health points into 1 attack point}.

Doran's Blade's 80 health points, plus the 65 health points of the {Fixed Health Rune Fragment}——these two alone provide Pike with 10 attack damage!

A [Long Sword] worth exactly 350 gold coins.

Although Pike's E skill did not hit the target, it triggered the fixed armor penetration of "Sudden Impact".

Hitting the Tsar with only 25 points of armor, three basic attacks deal exactly 253 points.

A level one Tsar has less than 600 HP, so naturally it is one third!

Xu Xiu in front of the screen also looked obviously shocked.

He was a little indignant at first, as he didn't expect that the other party would choose this hero to deal with him.

It's a bit contemptuous!
Even though he made an appearance in the group stage, no one, including T1, DRX, DK and other teams that made it to the quarterfinals, paid any attention to this hero, and simply regarded it as EDG's "entertainment" choice.

After all, the strength gap between G2 and EDG this year is too obvious to have any reference value.

Now it seems that may not be the case.

The Tsar turned around and erected a sand soldier, then poked back at Pike who had 33 magic resistance, successfully knocking off 46 drops of blood.

The difference is quite obvious.

And Pike's laning method as a mid laner is: "Blood Exchange"!
After all, Pike doesn't have any pushing ability.

However, the way to fight for the line control is not just to clear the minion line - it can also be done by making the opponent dare not clear the minion line intensively due to the health disadvantage!
Both sides were promoted to level two at the same time.

Ye Bo first avoided the coverage of a sand soldier, and then took advantage of the opportunity when the Tsar set up the sand soldiers and sprinted to the E face!
Although Xu Xiu had not figured out Pike's strange laning strategy, he consciously kept his distance and did not allow Pike to hit him directly in the face.
The [Bone-penetrating Steel Nail] can be fired in one second at a close distance of 300 yards, instantly slowing the body by up to 90%!
The Tsar was easily followed again, and AAA poked him three times!

This time, including Q, the damage is 363 points, just enough to cover half of the health.

The second-level Tsar could only turn around and command the sand soldiers, chasing and poking out an extra QA, and after deducting 35 points of magic resistance, he successfully dealt 107 points of damage.

The charm of "Numerical Values" is fully revealed.

"Ah Xi, this hero," Xu Xiumeng hissed. "Jianfu, can you come and catch him? He seems to be actively using E all the time."

Although Xu Xiu didn't know this hero.

But he had so much experience in laning that he immediately noticed the problem with this laning method.

Although Pike's idea of ​​only using E as "close combat" + "triggering sudden impact", combined with the Q skill to slow down, and using Hail of Blades A as the main means of output, seems a bit cheating.

Although Pike's E has no damage to minions, the forward E can stun the minions and avoid them from being focused on by the minions!

As for Leblanc, who has the same displacement distance, because W must be used to deal damage, this is why Leblanc, who has a longer arm, cannot touch the Tsar.

But in this case, Pike no longer has any displacement skills.

Theoretically, it should be very easy to be ganked.

Canyon, who was fighting three wolves, heard the sound and switched screens to observe.

When he saw the health status of both sides, he was immediately shocked.

But he soon realized that something was wrong!

"No, this wave won't work yet."

"He dared to trade blood like this, it seems like there is someone behind him. He probably wants to force us to play 2v2 in the middle lane so that their jungler can know my position."

"I'm going to counter-jungle first, don't worry, just play it safe for a while."

After being reminded by her partner, Xu Xiu reacted immediately.

The "status" of the opposing mid laner in the team is already well known. Even if you say that the jungler has to risk his life to help ambush the mid lane, it seems extremely normal.

By "forcing you to fight in the middle lane and avoid 1v1 collisions in the jungle."

It seems to be a way to solve the problem.

Anyway, Tsar's laning ability is there. As long as his level is higher and the CD of his Q skill is increased, Pike will still have to take a beating.

But you can only be a bit aggressive in the first few levels.

After Xu Xiu finished thinking, he began to calmly take drugs and fight against the enemy.

He no longer pursued deploying sand soldiers in the pile of soldiers, but only placed them at a long distance, at least not giving Pike the opportunity to directly E in the face, so that at most the line was pushed a little slower.
"Didn't notice! DK's mid and jungle didn't seem to notice it yet!"

"They were totally unaware of this first-level design!"

“It’s going to be spicy!!!”

The third wave of soldiers arrived in the middle lane.

Pike waits for the CD to be ready, then uses E to rush forward again.

However, the Tsar has learned his lesson and always keeps about 700 yards away from Pike. This way, even if Pike E's up and uses his short Q to slow him down, he will definitely not be able to complete three hits of Blades.

Although the price was a Tsar, he was actually on par with Pike.

But it seems to be able to make Parker helpless
But this time, Ye Bo did not rush to stab out the bloody dagger.

The moment Parker sprinted and landed, he raised his right arm high and lifted the bone-penetrating steel nail, gathering strength and aiming forward!
Another way of blood transfusion?

Xu Xiu manipulated the Tsar to swing left and right, shaking his chicken butt wildly to move around.

Of course he could see that Pike's way of exchanging blood by using E followed by Q charged hook was obviously a very "life-threatening" way of exchanging blood!

If Pike fails to hit Q, all his skills will be wasted, and he will be chased and counterattacked by the Tsar in vain!
In that case, the blood situation that was accumulated with great difficulty before will be reversed in an instant!

Xu Xiu's eyes focused.

But just as Pike raised his dagger forward.

Just as the drowned ghost of the Phantom Wave was rapidly braking back from behind, a golden light suddenly flashed!
Pike and the Tsar's figures suddenly overlapped!

The drowned ghost who was abducted by the limit, together with the Tsar who was close to Pike, was hit.

"EQ Charge E Flash"!
Since the Drowned Ghost turns around and follows extremely quickly, as long as the timing of the E flash is extreme enough, there will be no room for reaction. The only possibility is to predict the flash in advance.

But it was obvious that the Tsar had not yet realized the murderous intent and would not have used his flash just like that.

The E skill took effect first, and the Tsar was stunned on the spot for 1.25 seconds. Pike then took a step back and threw a bone-piercing steel nail sideways to throw the Tsar behind him!
Throw it at a slightly "deliberate" angle.

This location is exactly the junction of the river road intersection and the F6 wall.

The next moment, golden light flashed again, and a vegetative person suddenly appeared on his face. From the pit of his own F6!!

"Ah!?" Xu Xiu screamed in disbelief.

"Why is the big tree here!!!"

The level 1 DK had a perfect defensive position, and Xu Xiu also placed a defensive ward at the river entrance in the lower jungle area at 20 minute and seconds.

It is only 2 minutes and 30 seconds at this time, and the eye position has not expired yet.

In other words, the big tree did not come around the river.
The Tsar had no room to maneuver.

The tree tied up the Tsar with an Asian bind, then used the Q skill to knock him down and kick him back!
The Tsar's health was already not very healthy due to the continuous consumption, and this time he was hit by Pike's E flash and all his skills, as well as the full skills of the big tree that appeared.

With a mournful cry and the crowing of a rooster, he kicked his legs and fell to the ground!

【Frist blood! 】

"The first blood was taken by Pike! What a quick operation! Nice!" Guan Zeyuan raised his arms and shouted, breathing out a sigh of relief.

"This is EDG's design!"

Rita also said, "This way, the Tree's flash can be used as a gank flash. Hexflash is more useful than flash because it comes out unexpectedly!"

Wang Duoduo discovered the real key: "The most important thing in this wave is the magical "Climbing the Wall Sapling". This is definitely the first time we have seen such a skill in the arena. It should be discovered by the EDG players themselves!"

"It was that sapling that detected Uncle San's route to the wild, which led to the subsequent bold first-level invasion!"

"I have to say, after watching these two games, Jiejie, the big tree, has definitely done a lot of research and practice! They really played something that no other team has played!"

Witness the whole process from God’s perspective.

When standing at level one, except for the jungler, the other four players on both sides showed their heads and faced each other. It can be said that there was no doubt or sense of danger at all.

No one would have thought that the tree would flash up the wall from the dragon pit at level 1!
And the most important core of this wave is——————How can we determine which type of jungler the male gun is?
After all, at the first level, neither side obtained any additional information.

If Graves is under red buff, Maokai is simply giving away a kill if he flashes up like this!
Obviously, this cannot be done by "guessing".

Talk about it.

This is the "magic point" that Ye Bo discovered when he was practicing the big tree.

At that time, Ye Bo was studying how to arrange the saplings of the big tree in order to obtain more information resources in the wild area and achieve the strategic goal of this hero.

Then I accidentally tried out that point.

It turns out that when the big tree stands on the edge of the wall on the upper side of the dragon pit and points the mouse pointer to the only point on the red BUFF wall, you can directly throw the sapling into the red BUFF pit in the dragon pit!
It’s so easy to get the view even though there are two walls between us!

Just throw it 15 seconds before the wild monsters spawn.

At this point in time, the jungler must have already chosen the half area to start from. If Graves starts with red buff, he will definitely be exposed and discovered by this sapling!
There is no need to rush to flash the big tree, after all, the sapling can only exist for 30 seconds.

Just wait for the red BUFF to appear, automatically detonate the sapling under your feet for a second confirmation, then flash up the wall and throw down the second sapling in the grass - this way you won't lose damage and can also minimize the risk!

The next step is to clear the red zone of the male gun, first clear the stone beetle, then clear F6 and reach the middle road.

Leveling up to level 3 in the middle lane will be much slower than level 3 in a single jungle area.

More importantly, the middle lane is the Tsar!
Just like in the first game, when the big tree reached level 3, it specially came to help the Tsar throw saplings for protection.

Because the Tsar is forced to choose W at level 2, and there is no skill point bargaining at level , it is almost impossible to choose E!

That is, there is no unique displacement ability.

So even if the Tsar was not in that position at the time, the Tree could fly out from behind using Hexflash and easily cooperate with Pike's Flash EQ to snipe and kill him!

[This is the first time I know that a tree boy can throw so far? A half-court three-pointer! ]

[This is EDG's team soul, the tree. This distance is ridiculous. It was thrown directly from the Mavericks to the Lakers! ]

[As expected of a hero passed down from our ancestors, may the spirit of Ancestor Seven rest in peace! 】

[To be honest, I know that this design was created by Master Ye. It smells so good! It still smells like this! ]

[Canyon: This is not right. Why does it feel like there is a shadow behind this tree? It seems like there is an old man in a bottle! ]

Some people in the barrage questioned that this was just "good luck".

The origin of this idea is, what if Graves doesn't come to the bottom zone after reaching level 3, or goes directly to counter the jungle in the top zone after hitting the buff at level 2?
The answer is to seek death!
This is actually the most ideal result that EDG expected.

After killing the Tsar and counterattacking the wards at the intersections left in the lower area, the position of the Male Gun can be completely determined.

If Graves really went to EDG's upper zone, this wave could have taken advantage of the time when the mid laner was killed, and together with the top, mid and jungle three packs, they could have caught Graves along the way!

Then the DK will be blown through in one wave!
There was nothing wrong with Canyon's counter-jungle strategy. It can even be said that it was because of this strategy that Graves was not put into a desperate situation.

Of course, it still feels very uncomfortable.

The Tsar has TP, so his death is not a particularly big loss to him.

But at this moment, Graves just walked into his own lower zone, and then saw the empty F6 pit.

Look at the red BUFF hanging on the tree.
Everything is clear!
Canyon's breathing became heavier.

But what he didn't know was.

The offensive against him has just begun!
(End of this chapter)