Chapter 259-Seamless double E, eight shots in one second!
It’s normal for professional players to mix and match.

Just like a car, the engine is equivalent to the carry position, the most important core, and the cornerstone of team building.

However, without a suitable chassis, body and brakes, the car will definitely not be able to run fast, let alone win the title of the world's number one.

It's just that the functions they undertake are different.

There is one thing that Smile has not analyzed thoroughly about IG's lineup.

Players who mainly play ADC often find that they are slightly ahead in equipment, but are simply unable to defeat the opponent's normally developed top tank.

In other words, one's own development is very ordinary, but when fighting against the enemy's collapsed top laner, the damage is abnormally high, as smooth as cutting melons and vegetables.

It's the same economic gap, so why do these two completely different phenomena occur?
The answer is simple.

grade.

In a single-player lane, level advantage is often more important than equipment advantage.

A top laner that develops normally will definitely be ahead in level, but a top laner that collapses may not even be as good as the support in level.

Many times, ADC cannot defeat tanks, not because their equipment is too bad, but because their level is too low.

When ADC is at the same level as tank heroes, or even ahead of them, the word "tank" is simply a joke.

And this joke is happening.

After making the Bilgewater Scimitar, Lucian's online consumption and endurance are unstoppable. The big tree can only hide under the tower, wait for the line of soldiers to push over, and then eat the soldiers to develop.

957's handling method was already very stable, but he still failed to predict what TheShy would do next.

There is no way. In fact, even Yuan Shen couldn't think of how TheShy would play...

The soldiers enter the tower, and the big tree uses EQ to clear the soldiers.

At this moment, Lucian's light-speed combo reappeared, and the fully stacked War Fervor when last-hitting was perfectly continued. E clicked and then the small scimitar slowed down, Q clicked and then W clicked and then the baptism of the holy spear -

Lucian was one level ahead, and every time a bullet hit the tree, its health dropped at a visibly decreasing trend.

Da da da da da!
Holy light silver bullets poured out, and 957 immediately activated the damage reduction effect of his ultimate skill [Vortex of Revenge], but he still couldn't withstand this terrifying output.

Flash and escape?

With TheShy's reaction, he can follow the flash seamlessly and keep up with the output perfectly.

Running away is a dead end. We have already seen how strong Lucian's pursuit ability is in the last wave of solo kills.

When he saw Lucian using his ultimate to kill him over the tower and was already under attack from the defensive tower, 957 gritted his teeth and decided to fight.

W flash!
The principle of Maokai's W flash is similar to that of Murloc's Q flash and Malphite's R flash. It is a little trick to complete the combo faster and leave the opponent no room to react.

In terms of game effects, Maokai still uses W to flash, but the key sequence is changed to W flash.

Lucian is a squishy hero after all. If Maokai controls him under the tower and uses his ultimate to deal explosive damage and then follows up with a Q, there is a chance to kill him.

But TheShy's reaction speed was so fast that when he saw Maokai flash, he immediately flashed out of the tower and at the same time used [Cold Pursuit] to bring Maokai out of the tower.

AAAQA, got another solo kill.

When the director's camera was focused on the top lane, Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but exclaimed: "TheShy's reaction and operation are so smooth! But why is Lucian's output so high?"

Maokai and Lucian are both popular choices in the game.

Therefore, the audience and commentators have often seen the scene of Lucian fighting Maokai.

However, what they often see is that even after Lucian deals a full set of damage, he can only knock down about one-third of the tree's health. When have they ever seen Lucian killing the tree as if it were a cardboard mannequin?

Barrage--

"I'm afraid I'm not playing a fake Lucian."

"This Lucian's damage is super doubled?"

"Turn it off, it's boring."

"Auto-aim + headlock + damage cheat, it's confirmed."

The tree died again, the kill money was given away, and two waves of soldiers were lost.

But this is not the point.

The point is...

"WE's top tower may not be able to be defended."

Smiled and said: "At this point in the game, the damage reduction mechanism of the defense tower has disappeared. The outer towers in the middle and upper lanes are actually similar to the lower tower. They are very fragile..."

As a shooter-type hero, he has a fast tower-pushing speed.

Not to mention that when the big tree was pushed into the lane, the health of the outer tower in the top lane was not very healthy.

Lucian quickly destroyed the upper tower.
Just take the first blood tower, 650 yuan of economy...

The director brought up the economic panel and just over ten minutes later, the economic gap between the two teams' top laners had reached 2000.

The team's poor economy directly broke through the life and death line of 2500 and reached a gap of 3000.

According to the data from the S6 World Championship, IG's chances of winning have now exceeded %, reaching %.

However, it is still unstable.

"WE collapsed again in the early game." Smile sighed: "They focused too much on protecting the development of the bottom lane and didn't provide any help to Brother Tui. IG gave TheShy an advantageous hero matchup but didn't target him. This is really..."

Halfway through his words, Wei Xiao suddenly realized WE's difficulties.

Targeting TheShy is a countermeasure that all teams will try to take when facing IG.

Because unlike Yuan Shen, TheShy is really easy to catch.

But this one is easy to catch, only when Yuan Shen is not present.

During the Olympics, TheShy and Ning's top and jungle were targeted.

Ning’s countermeasure was to help TheShy counter-camp.

As for Yuan Shen, he will help TheShy place wards to the greatest extent possible, provide information about the opponent's jungler's movements, and entangle the opponent's jungler...

Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, but TheShy still prefers the latter.

What he likes most is 1V1 laning, without the interference of the jungler, and then relying on his personal ability and Solo skills to win the laning victory.

Moreover, Yuan Shen can also play a greater role, including coordinating with Rookie, four-on-two in the bottom lane, and driving the rhythm of the entire game.

It can be said that in this version where the top lane is like an outsider, TheShy's playing style is inexplicably compatible.

Combined with Yuan Shen's awareness and command, they complement each other even better.

The current IG participating in S6 has an even greater version advantage than S5.

In S5, IG had a world-class top, mid and jungle combination and the world's number one top laner.

And now, no matter which position, IG fits the version very well.

TheShy's operation combined with Yuan Shen's awareness and command result in TheShy being difficult to be targeted by Gank.

He is steady and fierce, and his awareness of anti-gank is amazing. Every time he makes a solo kill, it seems that he has calculated the damage and the position of the jungler. If you want to catch him, you can only plan carefully and take him by surprise.

At least, you have to deceive Yuan Shen.

WE has already done this in this game.

Condi's Lee Sin ganked the top lane at level 2, ganking against the tempo.

Yuan Shen did not expect this and naturally could not remind TheShy.

But, what is the result?
Condi's development and rhythm in the early stage of the game were ruined by TheShy's weird operations, and he was caught by Yuan Shen when he was gaining experience in the middle lane.

Yes, even if you carefully plan an attack, killing TheShy is still a matter of luck. If you are not careful, even the jungler will lose.

IG already had such a top laner last year.

Yuan Shen is a top laner who has dominance in the lane and is difficult to target.

It may not be possible to restrict him.

But don't target him. After twenty minutes, you will find a big devil has appeared in the top lane.

This version drives the mid and jungle to cause trouble around the bottom lane, and the status of the top laner in the team declines.

Because the team resources that the top laner can get are reduced. If you want to carry, you must take the resources. This is common sense.

From this point of view, it does weaken the carry ability of the top laner in disguise.

IG's mid and jungle have rarely gone to the top lane recently. They have all been ganking the bottom lane and making trouble around it.

But, from a deeper perspective...

Is this equivalent to letting both teams’ top laners go their own way?

With both teams' top laners being left alone, if IG gave TheShy the heroes with the advantage in each match, then...

After figuring it all out, Smile got goosebumps all over his body. He suddenly felt that Riot had made the worst version change possible.

TheShy's laning ability is already very close to Yuan Shen's, and Yuan Shen is in charge...

The current IG top and jungle positions can almost be seen as Yuan Shen playing two positions!

No matter how smart the designers are, they are just ordinary people with relatively high IQs, not real gods, and they cannot truly control this game.

In fact, there are many examples of Riot designers getting slapped in the face because of mistakes at work.

Heroes like Ryze and Iron Man who have been reworked many times are among them.

The most amazing thing is that they remade a certain hero from A to B, but found it was useless, so after more than a year, they remade B back to A.

And the name of this hero is LeBlanc, the Deceiver.

The aircraft's revision from S6 to S14 is another vivid example. As for the return of Brutal Force, it is no big deal.

Riot designers all agree that this change weakens the top laner's carry ability, which in turn suppresses the top laner's status, making IG, which is good at coordinating between the mid and jungle, no longer so dominant.

Judging from IG's recent ups and downs, they feel they have succeeded.

Is that really the case?

Smile had deep doubts in her heart.

IG’s previous ups and downs may not necessarily be because the top laner was really weakened, but it may also be because they have not yet found a style of play that suits them.

Judging from the performance in this game against WE, maybe...

IG found its own style of play.

Neither Guan Zeyuan nor PDD noticed that Wei Xiao had suddenly become silent, and the focus of the discussion among the audience now was on how to equip Lucian.

"This time when he returned to the city, Lucian directly made the Ruined King and the Hammer. This should mean he is going to make the Black Cleaver. Black Cleaver and the Ruined King, this equipment idea is so novel." Ze Yuan said: "If I remember correctly, the mainstream equipment for Lucian now is Essence Reaver, Cannon, Endless Critical Strike..."

"correct."

PDD looked thoughtful and said, "However, Lucian was slashed by Riot a while ago, and now the second attack of his passive cannot trigger a critical hit... Well, now that I think about it, Ruined King is really useful. Lucian can trigger Ruined King's passive effect many times. Combined with Black Cleaver's armor-piercing effect, it feels very strong in the early and mid-game, whether it is against tanks or squishy targets! It cannot trigger a critical hit but can have an attack effect, which has no effect on Lucian with special effect equipment."

Lucian was popular for a long time in the spring season of S6. Whether facing Sivir or Jhin, Lucian could gain the advantage in the line.

A tall tree attracts the wind. Lucian took a hit some time ago, and his abilities were weakened in the mid-to-late stages, causing his win rate to plummet.

There were many people watching the semi-final match between IG and WE, such as Imp, who was eating KFC in the base while watching the game.

After seeing TheShy's outfit, Imp was stunned. After thinking for a while, he immediately knew that this Ruined Black Cleaver style Lucian would definitely be very popular, and it would most likely replace the critical strike style and become the mainstream play style of Lucian.

"Xibaer, as a top laner, have you studied the ADC equipment routines???"

Imp was speechless for a while.

……

After the previous tower was destroyed, IG's pace suddenly accelerated.

With the advantage in the top lane, IG controlled the Rift Herald, making Lucian's advancement ability even more unstoppable.

Afterwards, the mid and jungle continued to make trouble around the bottom lane. Whenever they had a chance, Spider and Crocodile would move down, forcing WE's mid and jungle to move down as well.

Not going?

Then your ADC is gone.

With eight people in the bottom lane, the top lane was completely left alone, and it really became a 1v1 single-player game between Lucian and Maokai...

But with a record of 0/2, two and a half levels behind, and more than economically behind the big tree, how could it be possible to beat Lucian?

The big tree before was still paper-made in front of Lucian, but now after Lucian got the Ruined King, it has become a membrane that can be pierced with a single poke.

Coupled with the minions enhanced by the Rift Herald buff, the tree can't even clear the minion line.

How to keep it?
In just two minutes, the second tower in the top lane was pushed down.

After pushing the second tower, Lucian just ran out of blue.

TheShy returned to the city and made Black Cleaver, then ate the mid laner's blue buff and controlled Lucian to go to the top lane.

The mid laner is a crocodile and does not need blue buff.

As for Yuan Shen, he can kill the opponent's wild monsters.

Besides, both Yuan Shen and Rookie are very fond of their younger brother TheShy.

It’s just a blue buff. Just give it to me. At most, Condi and Xiye will have to suffer.

If you want the horse to run, you must give it grass to eat.

There is only one reason why IG chose to let Lucian go to the top lane when the first and second towers were destroyed.

"TheShy wants to destroy the high ground?" Guan Zeyuan said in disbelief.

"Hey, hey, that's an exaggeration!" PDD also subconsciously denied it.

In professional competitions, after pushing down a tower, the teams often have to work together to operate and push forward.

There are very few people who can lead the way on their own.

Break through the highland tower and pass the level on the top lane?

Brother, this is not a bully game.

In professional competitions, the history of a top laner killing his opponent all the way through a match can be traced back to the ancient times of S3, when a man named Otto used a crocodile to kill Gogoing's Ryze.

But those who understand the S3 version will understand it.

In today's increasingly team-focused meta, this kind of thing is basically impossible to happen...right?

"No." Guan Zeyuan suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "It was exactly one year ago in the summer. When IG played against EDG, Yuan Shen used Fiora to kill AJ's top lane, breaking two outer towers and aiming for the high ground. If EDG hadn't fought desperately in that game, Fiora in that game would definitely have been able to clear the high ground."

"Same playoffs, same top laner... is it such a coincidence?"

Guan Zeyuan just joined LPL last year and is still a newcomer. He has a deep impression of that game.

That game happened to be the version before the arrival of the heavy-armored warrior and the top laner as king.

At that time, the dominance of the top laner had already been enhanced by the version.

but……

This year, it’s not the top lane version.

Looking at Project Lucian, who was holding two guns and walking towards the enemy's high ground, Guan Zeyuan swallowed subconsciously, feeling nervous and expectant.

Ruined King, Black Cleaver, and attack speed boots.

In less than twenty minutes of game time, Lucian's equipment was almost unbeatable.

In comparison, Da Shu's equipment was extremely shabby.

Doran's Ring, Cloth Shoes, Catalytic Stone, Glacial Armor... He couldn't even make the first big item that the big tree must make, [Glory of Justice].

“The gap between the rich and the poor is too exaggerated.”

"Two kills and a blood tower, and more than fifty knives."

"Oh my god, when has Brother Legs ever been beaten so badly?"

After the first blood tower was destroyed, a few minutes passed in a flash, and the audience realized that the gap in the top lane had been further widened, and Lucian's advantage snowballed.

In the impression of WE fans, the state of the bottom lane brother-in-law is up and down. Sometimes he can beat the first-line ADC, and sometimes he may be suppressed by the second-line ADC. He is known for being a nervous knife. When Mr. Kang has no rhythm, he can only rely on stealing the dragon to liven up the situation.

Xiye, the mid laner, also grew up step by step, and only officially took over the team's carry position after returning from the Olympics.

Only the top lane is the most stable point since WE's reorganization, so 957 is affectionately called "Brother Legs" by fans because he is really stable.

Khan?

During the spring season, because Ben and brother-in-law had better coordination, WE chose to play two Korean players in the bottom lane, squeezing out Khan's playing position.

Before the summer season, he was spotted by the LCK region and chose to return to China to play.

Therefore, WE fans rarely see 957 being beaten so badly. In the last game, it was shocking enough that he was killed by TheShy's Kled while using Gnar. Unexpectedly, this game was even more exaggerated, and even the second tower was taken down.

The most outrageous thing is, this Lucian really wants to clear the high ground?

"I can't hold it alone." 957 said with a dark face, looking at Lucian's Rift Herald Buff which still had a half-minute duration.

At this time, IG was still putting pressure on WE's bottom lane. Crocodile and Spider would go to the bottom lane whenever they had nothing to do and deliberately appear in WE's field of vision, as if it didn't matter whether they could do it or not, as long as they could force the mid and jungle to come to the bottom lane to fight.

Come, let’s go on the road together.

When the top lane becomes a 1v1 solo lane, see who loses and who gains.

Both the upper and lower lanes were under pressure at the same time, and WE could only choose one of them.

Which is more important, the highland tower or the bottom lane outer tower?

Even primary school students know this problem, so how could WE not know it? They decisively sacrificed their car to protect their king and moved Ashe and Minotaur to the top lane.

rob Peter to pay Paul.

The bottom lane tower and the little dragon were lost directly, and then even the middle lane tower was destroyed as the four IG players pushed forward together.

All three outer towers were destroyed, and the economic gap was as high as 6,000. Two-thirds of the advantage was brought directly or indirectly by the top laner.

TheShy, with his hero advantage, became the key point of this game.

However, in this way, WE did curb Lucian's trend of destroying the high ground.

Sometimes, losing the outer tower is a good thing for the disadvantaged side.

Because, if the outer tower is there, you must guard under the tower, otherwise you will not get any economic benefits from the military line.

On the contrary, if all the outer towers are destroyed, there will be an economic disadvantage, but the activity range of the five people will also be reduced. In other words, the defense line will be shortened, and the five people on the defending side will be able to support each other more quickly, forming a deterrent to each other.

Taking the current situation of WE as an example, it takes at least twenty-four seconds for the middle tower to support to the top lane high ground, but it only takes about ten seconds for the middle second tower to support to the high ground.

Viewers who watch high-end game live broadcasts often hear words like "Let's put this tower down so it's easier to defend."

Under what circumstances and situations should you place a tower, and when should you defend the tower to the death? This is also part of the game operation.

Brother-in-law Ashe guards the top lane, Syndra clears the line in the middle, and Maokai guards the bottom lane. The jungler and support keep roaming in the defense line, providing vision and intimidating IG.

"WE has barely managed to stabilize the situation now." Wei Xiao said: "But I still say that IG's lineup is not afraid of dragging you into the late game. Look at Jack's little mage, in 200 minutes, he has already stacked points of extra magic power, which is more than the three useless big sticks..."

"Hey, TheShy is a bit naughty here, he still wants to attack the tower!" Guan Zeyuan said in surprise.

(End of this chapter)