Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 222 Welcome to the Dray Alliance!

Since Xiaohu had already contributed the lion's share, everyone decided to choose a hero that could be described as having a "special skill".

After banning Zed and Akali in the third and fourth bans, it's no secret that their intentions are obvious to everyone.

The lineups of both sides are finalized.

Blue team (China) vs. Red team (Japan)
Top Lane: Ryze vs Olaf

Jungle: Xin Zhao vs. Lee Sin
Mid-lane: Heimerdinger vs. Azir
ADC position: Draven vs. Vayne
Support: Thresh vs. Leona
With a "thud," the lineups on both sides officially entered the exchange phase.

"The puppy's Draven is back! It's like a blast from the past! Let's crush the Japanese team's fountain in 10 minutes, okay?"

"The enemy ADC is really overconfident. He dares to pick Vayne against Uzi. Isn't he afraid of getting his head smashed?"

"If you don't understand, just ask. How much confidence does it take to pick Vayne when you see Draven? Is this some kind of mysterious faith of the Japanese team?"

"Heh, let's hope they don't get crushed by the Japanese team later."

"The pro-Japanese element upstairs is here to deliver horses? Sorry, I forgot, you don't have any horses."

"I'm a newbie, isn't Uzi supposed to be bad at playing Draven?"

"+1"

The live chat was buzzing with discussion. Some were silly netizens deliberately stirring up trouble, while others were genuine newbies who had basically never seen Draven in professional matches.

Yes, Draven's pick rate in S8 was arguably the lowest among ADCs.

Even compared to the utility ADC Sivir, she is far inferior.

Older generation ADC players rarely choose ADCs with such low margin for error in professional matches, and even if they do, they play them very poorly.

On the contrary, some new generation ADC players, fearless and bold, picked Draven and performed brilliantly in major competitions.

Among the many benefits given to the bot lane in S8, the only one who didn't benefit was Draven, whose role was awkward. As a result, even with a level 5 mastery, Li Luo found it difficult to use him in matches.

After all, compared to champions like Draven, Kai'Sa, Ezreal, and Caitlyn, they are not only easier to play, but also have a higher win rate.

But now, facing the Japanese team, this ugly-faced, fierce striker has finally taken action again.

"Wow, the humanoid weapon has pulled out his most ferocious weapon! Uzi picked this hero in last year's World Championship finals. Siguo Yi, I'm already looking forward to his performance."

Whenever the commentator praised a Chinese player, the director would hint to increase the intensity, and the male commentator in the middle would also abandon his pride and spout a barrage of nonsensical nonsense.

"We also hope that our bot lane heavy tank can unleash its strength and show the courage to challenge the strong when laning against Uzi. Ganbatte!"

Luckily, Xiaoyou didn't hear the commentary, otherwise he would have been so ashamed that he would have crawled into a hole in the ground.

The reason he was called "Heavy Tank" is because he once picked Urgot in the bot lane, and that's how he got the nickname.

The Asian Games has a high configuration, so the loading speed is not slow. Soon, both sides entered the game interface.

With two relatively weak level 1 champions, Heimerdinger and Ryze, the group didn't plan to invade, even with Thresh present.

In a normal start, the Japanese team didn't try anything clever in the laning phase. When it comes to macro play and lane switching, they can't even come close to the five major regions that have been playing macro play for many years. It's completely impossible for them to gain an advantage over the Chinese team through macro play.

Therefore, once the bottom lane was cleared, the Vayne + Leona combination was put at a huge disadvantage.

As soon as Draven with two axes appeared, Vayne instinctively retreated.

Vayne is taking Fleet Footwork and Doran's Shield this game, clearly indicating her intention to withstand pressure.

Li Luo had anticipated the Japanese team's strategy even before the game started.

It's not just Japanese teams that do this; when facing weaker teams, or even in casual games where the opponent knows their identity, their playstyle becomes extremely sneaky.

At this point, if you want to gain an advantage, you'll need to use your brain without the help of a support player.

Before entering, Li Luo brought with him a talent that no one had expected: stealing money.

Among the runes in Season 8, the two most popular and frequently used in solo queue games are Fleet Footwork and Press the Attack.

The former allows Draven to maintain sustained pressure in lane, frequently using his healing and W skill to chip away at enemy health, and then using his speed boost to find opportunities to kill them once they reach the kill threshold.

The latter, with Press the Attack, is the talent you need to deal with some aggressive ADCs, such as Tristana in lane, and it can be very effective.

Generally, against Vayne, Draven is best positioned to take Fleet Footwork and stay behind the minion wave to poke and harass. However, against this kind of cautious playstyle, trying to poke in this way becomes less realistic.
Because Draven's movement speed is even slower than Vayne's when he doesn't have his W ability at level 1.

Seeing that Li Luo's Draven had no intention of killing, the easily frightened Yuta became bolder and took advantage of Li Luo's finishing blow to sneakily poke him twice.

The two exchanged blows, and Vayne, thanks to Fleet Footwork, still came out slightly ahead. Unfortunately, Draven stole a money bag.

Open!

100!

Vayne's auto-attacks harass and draw minion aggro. Not getting the last hits on the minions is secondary; the more serious issue is that it slows down the minion wave, allowing Draven and Thresh to reach level 2 while the minion wave remains firmly in the middle.

Even though I've reached the King rank, there's still a gap between me and top players, but I'm very clear about the essential points.

He was playing Vayne, and instead of rushing to last-hit minions, he aimed to reduce Draven's health, at least preventing Draven from maintaining full health and pushing the lane.

Otherwise, even if your own jungler comes over, it will be difficult to coordinate a kill on a full-health Draven.

Even more prudently, his Vayne hasn't learned any skills yet, and he has to decide whether to level up Q to continue harassing or level up E to knock up and escape, depending on Draven's playstyle.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Against a world-class AD carry like Uzi, let alone picking Draven, even if you pick a Starchild, he'll be on high alert.

Vayne, who also trades blows and last-hit minions, is clearly not as comfortable as Draven.

Soon, the third melee unit of the second wave of the red team was about to die, but the blue team still had two melee units alive.

Team China is aiming for second place!
Yuta immediately called out to the Leona and prepared to retreat. However, just as the two were about to make a move, Thresh, who had been watching from the sidelines, made his move.

Thresh, who has leveled up his E skill at level 1, has a passive that accumulates damage. Thresh's basic attacks deal additional magic damage, which gradually increases when he is not attacking. Therefore, his first basic attack abruptly killed the minion, which still had one-third of its health remaining.

A flash of golden light, and Draven and Thresh both reached level 2 at the same time, instantly using their abilities.

Almost instantly after the upgrade, Thresh flashed away!

The Doom Pendulum (E) —
Deals magic damage along a straight line from behind Thresh to in front of him. Enemies hit are pushed in the direction of the swing and slowed for 1 second.

The standard for judging whether a Thresh player is good or not is not how accurate their Q skill is, but how annoying their E skill is.

A skilled Thresh player, even with an experienced ADC, can easily crush the enemy duo.

As the current top domestic support player, Xiaoming has demonstrated his strength exceptionally well.

one stone two bird.

This E skill, at an unusual angle, dragged two people at the same time.

Vayne and Leona were caught off guard and pulled back, while Draven, standing behind them, activated his W and charged forward like a mad dog.

Thresh's damage is not low in the early game. With Draven and Thresh both landing a basic attack at the same time, they instantly took away nearly 200 points of Xiaoyou's health.

With only 530 health points at level 1, and after the initial exchange of blows between the two, Vayne's health has dropped to less than half. She's in dire straits; unless she can dodge Thresh's Q, she's definitely going to give up first blood.

Seeing this situation, the Japanese support player stopped running. If Vayne could farm up, they could still fight. But if Vayne died this time, even a Leona like himself would dare to farm minions in the bottom lane. It was better to sacrifice his own life to protect Vayne.

Unfortunately, when Leona was in the top lane, Xiaoyou's confidence in having her teammates hold the line prevented her from using her Flash immediately. Draven took the opportunity to land another hit and also used his positioning to catch the first axe.

The axe landed with great precision, striking forward.

This time, Yuta dared not hold back his skills any longer and quickly used Flash to create distance.

Unfortunately, Xiaoming saw all of this and made a move from an odd angle, perfectly looping the chain around Vayne's neck as she flashed downwards.

Drag and drop!

The immense force first pulled Vn back, and then, with Draven's auto-attack, the light of the healing spell appeared.

But Draven's level 2 burst damage is something anyone who's played him knows; how could a squishy Vayne possibly withstand it?

A level 1 healing spell restores less than 100 health points, and under Thresh's Ignite and Scorch, the amount of health restored is pitifully small.

A knife!

First blood!

As we all know, in the game League of Legends, ranged champions have a lower base movement speed than melee champions.

Thresh is an anomaly. While he's a ranged champion, he has an attack range of 450, giving him an advantage against melee champions who only have a maximum range of 175.

But if you say that Thresh has a slow movement speed at long range, Thresh boasts a movement speed of 335, making him the best among his peers.

Compared to the two ADCs with only 330 movement speed, Thresh, with his extra five movement speed points, leisurely walked out of the turret's range without even using his Heal.

The level 1 Leona could only watch helplessly as the two drove off.

Who is this?
Why is this Thresh's Q being held so tightly?
Isn't he afraid I'll suddenly appear behind me?

The black screen startled Yuta, who broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone knows Uzi is amazing, but as the man behind the hero, Xiaoming's strength should not be underestimated either.

He might have been a bit inexperienced in S7, but at this point in time, he can definitely be considered a world-class support player.

"Damn it!" Seeing his ADC die, Endy, the Japanese support, pretended to be very angry.

"We seriously underestimated their damage; they have absolutely no intention of developing properly against us!"

Upon hearing this, a fierce flame of revenge ignited in Yuta's heart.

Being forced back to base at level 1 without having both summoner spells is basically the worst situation for an ADC.

Seeing that no siege engines were pushing the towers in the first few minutes, and that the towers were eating up the plump minions wave after wave, Xiaoyou felt even more upset.

"Come on, give me a boost, let me level up a bit."

Seeing that the two opponents were about to reach level three while he was still only level one, he, as the core of the team, said without any politeness.

The Blind Man hero is meant to gank, whether he ganks top or bottom doesn't matter.

Upon hearing what the team's carry player said, the Japanese jungler, Astaroth, immediately recalled after clearing the red buff and headed straight for the bottom lane.
The red team's Lee Sin started with the blue buff and attacked the red buff. If he goes back to base now, it's tantamount to giving the top lane's river crab to Xin Zhao.

"Wait until you reach level two, then we'll go!"

Astaroth is the weak point of the Japanese team, and his skill level is only Master, so he plays with a lot of restraint.

In addition, Japan has always been a country that values ​​seniority, so as a newcomer, he had to listen to the older members of the team.

Otherwise, if word gets out that he's disobedient, his professional career will basically be over.

Level 3 Lee Sin, Level 2 Leona, Level 2 Vayne.

The damage is not low; if you can get the first move, you can definitely catch someone.

However, what they didn't expect was that a figure with a gun had already taken position in the bushes below the lane, waiting to ambush them.

The factory manager squatted in the grass with great interest, constantly switching perspectives to observe the situation from all sides.

As for farming jungle monsters?

Sorry, but since we arrived here for training, the first habit RNG players helped Clearlove break was his tendency to farm jungle camps.

What's the point of farming jungle camps? You'd be better off getting a kill or clearing a minion wave than farming for half a day.

Furthermore, many times, the game ends with a score of 1-0-1 or 0-0-3, leaving the player with virtually no presence on the field.

The current factory manager prefers to do one thing more.

Just arrest him and that's it.

When the Blind Monk's Q landed on Draven, the outcome of this wave was already decided.

The moment he reached out, the figure with the gun didn't choose to save the person; instead, he thrust the gun at Vn.

Even blind girls have Flash; instead of trying to save others, they might as well take their own heads first.

“Baka!”

The massive damage hit Xiaoyoutai's Vayne in an instant. In just two seconds, before Xin Zhao's attack speed buff had even worn off, Vayne was already down to a sliver of health.

Draven, standing at the back, had a flash, and with a single axe strike, successfully secured the kill.

"You bastard, you killed me, and now you've lost your minions!"

Seeing the heads that were within his grasp disappear, even though there were still two people left to deal with, the factory manager had already started joking around.

This is a sure thing!

With all his skills available, Thresh can easily protect someone.

After the blind man used Flash and was pulled back to death, the support Endi was left alone in the cold wind of the bottom lane, bewildered and alone.

massacre!

This is a blatant massacre!

The difference in strength is complete!

In ranked games, such games are generally referred to as mid-push games.

However, surrendering is not allowed during the match, which means that as long as the Chinese team does not destroy the base, the massacre will continue until the large crystal explodes.

If no one is defending, this time could be 25 minutes or 27 minutes.

Ndi's mind is in a mess, and he's even started planning how to shift the blame on Twitter after the game.

(End of this chapter)