Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 130 The Variant Four-Protect-One Strategy: Abu's Shock
"Honestly, I remember it being a long time ago that a puppy picked Varus, but for a top AD player like him, I'm not surprised by anything he picks for the bot lane," Wawa laughed.

"Since winning the S7 championship, Xiaogou has been a completely different person."

"The champions played on the Korean server are incredibly diverse, almost like Faker's style. They've even pulled out champions like Garen. Chris will probably give Uzi a lot of tactical priority now."

“Yes,” Miller nodded, then suddenly raised an eyebrow: “Is RNG going for a level 1 team fight right now? Tahm Kench used his Q skill to lock down the enemy.”

The competition has officially begun.

Just a minute and a half later, the same tactics as the All-Stars, the voice broadcast of "All-out attack" came out, and the five members of the red team RNG immediately assembled.

They marched very neatly through the triangular bushes in the bottom lane and entered the lower jungle of the blue team, Rw.

"Damn, RW was careless! The first team and the second team have completely different playstyles!"

"To save wards, MaGe and the support didn't ward the tri-bush. Braum was standing there until 1:25 when he left. With that five-second difference, Rw is doomed!"

"It looks like they're going to forcibly take the Prince's Red. Once that's gone, it'll be very difficult for Haro, at least in the first six levels, to do anything against the Blind Man."

The comments section was filled with various opinions, and the five RNG players didn't hold back, brazenly walking towards RW's bottom laner.

Rw used the "Five Passes One Long Snake Formation" strategy because their top laner was Jax and their mid laner was Karma, who was very weak in the early game.

At this moment, Doinb saw the five people appear in his field of vision and quickly ordered his team to retreat.

"Let's go, Haro gave up the red buff, let's go straight for the blue buff, we can't engage in team fights early on."

Although RNG's lineup isn't particularly strong in level 1 team fights, it's still much stronger than RW's lineup.

Tahm Kench and Camille, two heroes with crowd control abilities, and Lee Sin and Varus's extremely high base damage in the early game, mean that even if they force a fight at level one, apart from Kalista and Braum having some fighting power, Karma and Jarvan IV in the mid lane are just two super minions.

Haro acted decisively, following Donib's command and heading towards the upper jungle. Ma Ge and Liu Qingsong also assessed the situation, placed a ward on the red buff, and headed directly to the bottom lane.

As for the lower jungle, we had no choice but to give it up.

"Rng is going to..."

"A four-protect-one strategy, indeed!"

Anyone familiar with RNG's playstyle, including the commentators on stage, could see RNG's true intentions.

"Wow, speaking of which, I just realized something," Pdd slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "This tactic of aggressively ganking the bottom jungle and forcing the enemy jungler to make plays in the top side is exactly the tactic used by Royal Club in Season 3 and Season 4! It disgusted me so much back then, and my kid complained to me every day about how awful this tactic was."

"Yes, we picked a lineup that was stronger than the opponent at level one and forced our way into the bottom half of the map. That way, even if Haro finishes his blue buff, he won't be able to touch the bottom lane."

"On the other hand, Tian can clear his red buff before clearing his blue buff, always maintaining his position in the bottom lane."

Miller's eyes lit up as he sensed a familiar scent.

"Although Chris went to LSPL, his tactical skills are truly unparalleled."

As we all know, in a four-protect-one lineup, the jungler and top laner are the most vulnerable to being sacrificed.

In a four-protect-one game, the top laner should be prepared to teleport to the bottom lane at any time when a fight starts.

This imbalance means that the top lane champion's level is no different from the duo lane champion's. Furthermore, for a four-protect-one top laner to achieve this effect, they must play extremely cautiously and avoid being targeted by the enemy jungler.

This really tests a top laner's "awareness." If a top laner in a four-protect-one strategy gets targeted and destroyed by the opposing team...

In the S8 top lane meta, even if an ADC gets fed, a top laner who is also fed might be able to one-shot the ADC.

Therefore, when facing "three-man ganks" or "four-man ganks" tower dives, top laners can't even farm properly. If they can't pick some utility top lane champions, they'll end up as a super minion for the entire game.

RNG lost the S8 tournament and had to return home because they didn't pay enough attention to the nerfs to utility champions in the top lane, which prevented Letme from playing the role of a typical top laner.

"Chris's got something; the old man and the puppy just click."

Sitting in front of the computer screen, Abu pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and muttered to himself.

As a veteran coach from the same era as Chris, the two have faced each other hundreds of times, so they naturally have a deep understanding of each other's playing style and coaching style.

"If it were the version before the S8 changes, RNG's mindless invasion of the jungle would inevitably result in the sacrifice of other lanes, but in the current version..."

"By picking champions like Syndra and Camille, who already have lane dominance, and then transferring that pressure to the enemy laners, the enemy top, mid, and jungle are forced to focus solely on their lanes and unable to effectively target the bot lane."

"This makes Uzi's individual skill especially important. With such strong individual skill, the bot lane basically becomes a fair 2v2 battle, just like in Season 3. RNG's tactics are once again ahead of the meta and the era, and they're even starting to create a variant of the four-protect-one strategy. This... is a bit difficult to counter."

"Even if the team makes mistakes in the early game while trying to exert pressure, they can make up for this disadvantage through Uzi's perfect development. To break this tactic, the only way is..."

Thinking of this, Abu gave a wry smile.

"To break Chris's seemingly unbeatable tactic, either you need to dominate the top and mid lanes, or you need a bot lane duo that can completely overwhelm Uzi and Xiaoming. But is that even possible?"

As a coach who has been coaching EDG since their early days, Abu sees many echoes of the old SKT in the current RNG bot lane, and even the entire RNG team has the feel of SKT at its peak.

At the same time, as a weakness that was exposed by various teams when SKT was in a slump during S4, he also understood how to counter this mindless playstyle.

"RNG's players in every position are too strong right now. The only way to break this shameless playstyle is to completely dominate the opponent in lane."

Thinking about Ray, the top laner, and Scout, the mid laner on his team, Abu's face became even more worried. Although these two are considered top-tier players in the LPL, RNG's top and mid laners are not to be underestimated.

As one of the top mid laners in the LPL, no new generation of mid laners has been able to completely dominate Xiaohu in lane. Even IG's mid laner Rookie can only manage to suppress Xiaohu.

As for Letme in the top lane, he has truly become a prodigy since winning the S7 championship. His style has suddenly changed from an EDG-style top laner to an SKT-style top laner. Although there are still many flaws, his overall style has undergone a transformation.

Difficult!

He's got the makings of a champion!
Just by observing RNG's second team's movements for the first three minutes, a bold idea suddenly popped into Abu's mind.

If RNG can continue to maintain this style, they will definitely have a spot in the S8 World Championship, and as for the championship, it's not impossible.

but?

Are you kidding me, officer?

Is RNG really going to establish a dynasty?
(End of this chapter)