Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 23 Still want to capture a level two? (Bonus Chapter)

As everyone joined, the public chat immediately became lively.

"Hey bro, let me have my way, go easy on me, I'll treat you to a meal later, okay, my good brother?"

"Oh my, Xiao Zhao, are you taking advantage of Nofe's inability to understand Chinese to cause trouble?"

"Xiangguo, you know what, Nofe just said that anyone who underperforms won't get lunch."

Even Mouse, the shining star of top lane, chimed in. Although Nofe was just joking, it wouldn't look good if he really took the blame.

"Alright, alright, everyone, be quiet."

nofe interrupted the discussion:

"No matter who the opponent is, we just need to play seriously. I believe that with your current strength, you are no less than RNG."

Nofe joined EDG in December 2016 as the head coach of EDG's League of Legends division. Previously, Nofe had served as the coach of the Korean LCK team Rox Tigers.

Coach nofe was not only a coach but also a professional player. Although he did not have an outstanding performance, he experienced a second spring in his life after switching to coaching.

"What about bans? Shouldn't we target Uzi?"

Scout, sitting in the middle of the team and flexing his fingers, asked, his Wuhan accent inherited from the factory manager sounding nothing like that of a foreign player.

In the previous LPL finals, they achieved considerable success by targeting Uzi's bot lane.

"Let's try targeting him in the first game," nofe shook his head and said, "This is just a practice match. If we're really looking at Uzi's performance from the fifth game, targeting him is pointless and would just be a waste of ban slots."

"OK."

No one in EDG had any objections.

Soon, as everyone typed '1' in the chat to indicate that they were ready, the match began.

Although it was a practice match, both teams adopted a strict ban/pick process, and the draft picks were not done casually.

Blue side EDG
Bans: Lulu, Galio, Caitlyn, Shen, LeBlanc
Top laner mouse: Cho'Gath
Mid laner Scout: Taliyah
Jungler clearlove: Sejuani

ADCIboy:Vn
Support Meiko: Janna

Red team Rng
Bans: Kalista, Xayah, Karma, Cassiopeia, Orianna
Top laner Letme: Maokai

Mid laner xiaohu: Syndra
Jungler mlxg: Prince

ADC Uzi: Tristana

Support Ming: Gem

After the match started, Feng Ge took a notebook, moved a chair and sat next to Li Luo, watching his screen and carefully observing his actions.

Although this was just a training match, it was no different from a professional match.

Regarding the extent of Uzi's improvement after recovering from his hand injury, was his performance in the fifth game just a flash in the pan, or did it finally blossom?

This is the key...

The first game started normally, with neither side choosing to engage in a level 1 team fight or switch lanes.

In terms of hero selection, RNG has the advantage in all three lanes, so there is no reason for them to switch lanes.

The early-to-mid-game combination of Prince and Syndra completely overwhelmed EDG's Sejuani and Taliyah.

This combination has strong burst damage and can easily eliminate one of your opponents upon meeting them. The Tristana + Taric combination in the bottom lane also has a natural advantage against Janna and Vayne.

If the bottom lane can quickly push the tower and then quickly rotate to the top lane to suppress the Cho'Gath's development, it's a very good strategy.

Both Sejuani and Jarvan IV chose to start at red, but Jarvan IV was on the red side, so after clearing red, he could only continue farming down the ranks.

As for Cho'Gath and Maokai in the top lane, both of these champions can be considered evenly matched, as neither of them has the ability to solo kill the other in the early game.

As soon as he logged in, Li Luo chose to draw minion aggro. Since the enemy bot lane was helping Sejuani take the red buff, given Clearlove's personality, he would either gank bot at level two or farm all the way up.

The bot lane duo of Tristana and Gem is all about lane dominance.

You absolutely cannot die in the first three levels. You must maintain a health advantage in lane and keep your experience and economy ahead.

However, pushing the lane makes you more vulnerable to ganks, so you shouldn't push the lane in the first two levels. Instead, you should push the minion wave back. This requires a little skill.

At 1:45, in the bush near EDG's side in the bottom lane, a Yordle carrying a cannon emerged, instantly drawing the aggro of the first wave of minions.

However, the positioning is very subtle, keeping the enemy outside the attack range of both melee and ranged units.

After dodging left and right for five seconds with the first wave of minions, he finally disappeared back into the bushes, escaping the minions' aggro.

At this point, when the two sides clash, the difference caused by this technique becomes apparent.

As you can see, the minions of the red team RNG are completely fighting their own battles, resulting in scattered damage.

Meanwhile, the three melee minions on the blue team grouped together, focusing their firepower on the same melee minion.

By blocking the minion wave in this way, the enemy's second wave of minions will arrive earlier.

This will push the minion wave back, so even if Vayne gets level 2 first, she won't have much pressure against Janna.

On the contrary, it is very safe for Tristana to hide under the tower to farm minions. Even if she doesn't place wards, the enemy jungler will definitely not choose to gank bot lane at level two.

As EDG's blue side, iboy and Meiko are on the lane, so they need to be careful of the Prince who spawns from the red buff.

This is the standard bottom lane strategy, and also a little trick for the red side.

Once you've determined the direction of the factory manager, or reached level two, it's safer to use Tristana's E splash damage to push the lane.

After taking the red buff, the factory manager controlled Sejuani to wander around the outer edge of the dragon pit for a while before leaving the lower jungle and heading straight for the blue buff.

Uzi is even blocking the minion wave when playing Tristana, is he that cowardly?
Seeing Xiaopao's move of blocking the minion wave, Clearlove frowned. Uzi is becoming more and more difficult to deal with these days.

After defeating the Gromp, Sejuani reached level 3 and charged down the top lane through the gate, only to be spotted by the ward Letme had just placed in patch 2.40.

At this point, Li Luo immediately leveled up his E skill at level two and began pushing the lane quickly.

An E was attached to the minion standing in the middle, and Q was activated to fire four explosive bombs, causing the surrounding minions to suffer a large amount of AOE damage.

The red team's minions, still in the middle position, began their triumphant march towards the blue team's tower.

Seeing Letme retreat, Clearlove knew he had been discovered, but he didn't go back to farm the river crab. He waited for the cooldown and jumped up from the Baron pit.

Continuing from the top lane tri-bush of the red team, Letme thought Clearlove had left and leaned forward a bit, when suddenly a thug approached from behind.

He was hit by both Cho'Gath's Q and Sejuani's charge, but Letme's play was also quite good, directly using his W, Old Tree Roots, to get under Clearlove's legs.

With a Q-flash, he knocked two people into the air and escaped back to the tower.

Unfortunately, the level 2 bugs and level 3 Sejuani lost their ability to follow up and could only watch as the tree retreated back under the tower.

Xiangguo, who had been notified to help earlier, leveled up to level three after clearing the blue buff and the three wolves, but didn't take the river crab in the lower jungle. Instead, he rode straight to the top lane.

An EQ combo failed to ignite the opponent, and the factory manager controlled Sejuani to dodge with a nimble twist of her waist. Neither side had a chance and had to retreat.

However, the factory manager was so angry with Scout that he had a stroke, but he still wouldn't give up and was determined to help Guang.

It turned a corner, hugged the wall above the road, and hid in the grass, preparing for a surprise attack.

Unexpectedly, Sejuani's passive was applied to the bug, and Letme just stood there absorbing experience without moving forward. This delay allowed Mlxg to directly take the river crab in the top lane and invade the wolves.

After hearing Letme call out that Clearlove was in the top lane, Li Luo in the bottom lane also began to exert pressure.

Don't doubt the combination of Tristana and Gem Knight; this is definitely the strongest, toughest, and most fun combination that Tristana can create.

Iboy, controlling Vayne, was about to devour a low-health backline minion when Li Luo applied E, followed by AQA, instantly granting her two stacks.

After finishing A, I didn't greedily pursue the output of the third and fourth layers, and immediately chose to hide in the bushes to escape aggro.

Because the controls and positioning were so seamless, the minions' aggro never shifted to the cannon.

As the 4 seconds elapsed, the explosive sparks hanging on Vayne were blocked by Janna's shield, but in order to prevent the third and fourth layers from being stacked up.

Not only did they lose two soldiers, but they also lost more than 60 health points.

This is Uzi's secret weapon for winning in the bottom lane: under this combination of attacks, players either lose minions or die.

Sigh, I found out today that someone who was jealous of me boosted my data, and my impression score with the editor dropped drastically (crying).

However, since it's also the day of signing the contract, I'll reward myself with 2,000 coins and add an extra chapter to share the joy of signing with everyone.

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(End of this chapter)