Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 236 A Dream Collaboration, A Secret Move!
Shen's position had long since crossed the river's center line, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was practically touching the line from the blue tower.

At this point, both junglers are level 4, and the top and mid laners are level 6. If a fight breaks out, it could easily turn into a chaotic brawl in the top lane.

The blind man hit the exploding fruit and stealthily went down into the river bushes, but at that moment an eye had already spotted his position.

The moment Lee Sin used his Q, Shen was prepared and dodged with a nimble little movement, then used his E skill to dodge Lee Sin's W attempt to continue dealing damage.

Helping the captain is difficult unless the captain can initiate a gank by hitting the laner first!

Just as the captain unleashed his ultimate ability, slowing down Shen and quickly destroying the powder keg, using the speed boost to catch up, Taliyah arrived!

With a single Q skill, the Rock Thruster hit the charging captain squarely in the face, instantly reducing his health by a third.

Peanut's blind man immediately stepped forward to protect the captain, but unfortunately, the moment Taliyah and Shen disappeared into the top lane bush, they used the vanished vision to cover up the start-up animation of their W skill.

A sudden rock protrusion appeared beneath the blind man's feet, and the next second he was about to be carried back.

Unfortunately, the little peanut now is not the little wreath of later generations, whose reaction is extremely fast!
As the rock splinter appeared beneath my feet, I dodged it with a Flash, and used the Flash to get closer to Taliyah!
At that moment, Twisted Fate and Galio simultaneously unleashed their ultimate abilities, their purpose clear: to provide support!
"Wow, Faker's Galio is moving faster than Xiaohu's here! He's already headed to the top lane first. This is going to cause trouble in the top lane!"

The doll said with a surprised look, "You know, in the early stages of the matchup between Galio and Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate firmly held the lane control in the first few vision-switching moments, but now Galio was the one who came to the rescue first."

In particular, the blind man flashed forward and, together with Galio, unleashed a wave of self-destructing trucks!
The moment the junglers on both sides start fighting, the mid and bot laners on both sides will also move, and the importance of lane control will be clearly revealed at this time.

"Wait a minute, Xiaohu's Twisted Fate has also activated his ultimate here, but it doesn't seem to be coming from the top lane? Xiangguo's Taliyah has already flashed backward, but Shen, who entered the bush with Taliyah immediately, activated his ultimate at the perfect position!"

"Where is this ultimate skill located?!"

"Get off the road!"

Two levels of reversal!

When Twisted Fate appeared in the bottom lane with Shen, accompanied by a blue shield, Mr. Dai realized that he had been surrounded in an instant!

Even Peanut and Faker in the top lane looked like they'd seen a ghost, seemingly not understanding why the Chinese team was ganking the bottom lane!

Taliyah used Flash to return to the tower, and with her Q skill clearing the wave, the three of them couldn't dive the tower.

Before they could regret or reflect, Brother Li and Little Peanut eagerly looked down the road.

It's unrealistic for the Xayah and Rakan duo to control the lane in a certain sense, because only when they are pushing the lane can they find opportunities to execute a perfect combo.

Rakan's E skill allows him to return to base, which means he can harass the enemy team indefinitely. Frequent harassment also means that the minion wave will drift towards the red team's tower.

However, the early disadvantage led the two to consider controlling the lane. At this moment, when Shen and Twisted Fate came down, the minion wave was right in the middle of the river.

If you run backward, you'll be blocked by Twisted Fate and Shen, and the four of them will surround and kill you.

Running towards the river, although Rakan has a chance to escape, without Flash, that chance is extremely small, and if Rakan and Xayah are separated, Xayah will definitely die.

If they can counter-attack and lift Kai'Sa up, then follow up with damage. If the two of them can forcefully kill Kai'Sa, this wave will not be a loss.

The moment this judgment was made, Deft and Mata quickly reached a consensus and turned to prepare for a counterattack.

In critical moments, top players all have their own judgment system, which is why top teams can often pull off miraculous plays. Mata countered with a backhand, choosing not to run away.

With his teammate so determined, Deft naturally had to play along. He controlled Xayah to flash, used his Q skill, and Wa followed up, unleashing a barrage of attacks on Kai'Sa.

However, Kai'Sa's effortless Flash dodge of Mata's ultimate and her skillful maneuvering to evade Xayah's Q skill, Feather, essentially sealed their fates.

All the kills went to Kai'Sa, who got two kills. Shen immediately recalled to base and then teleported back up, so he didn't lose anything.

On the contrary, the three members of the Korean team were farming minions, but they neither secured map resources nor got any kills, and they even lost two kills in the bottom lane. They suffered a huge loss!

"Is this the first global flow tactic variant that our Chinese team has developed? My God, can this tactic even be played like this?"

Ren Dong was dumbfounded. His skill level wasn't high, and he was completely stunned as he watched wave after wave of brilliant lane rotations and support.

"If I had to give credit to one person for this play, I think it would be Xiaohu. He deliberately let Galio push the lane first, and then used his ultimate to put pressure on Galio. He did a really good job!"

"And putting everything else aside, Taliyah soloed two waves of minions in the top lane, and she's almost level 6! This Lee Sin... he messed up his own game."

It was inexplicable; even Doll Miller didn't know how to explain this stroke of genius in switching lanes.

On the field, how many times have you seen Twisted Fate and Shen coordinate ganks, especially when the jungler goes to gank top and Shen flies to the bottom lane for support – such a bizarre and impulsive move.

"Perhaps the choice of Taliyah as a champion was for this reason."

As they were talking, Miller seemed to have thought of something and looked at the doll with a look of surprise. Unexpectedly, even the doll had guessed Rock Sparrow's intention.

"You mean jungle carry? Taliyah is a jungle carry champion?"

The two bot laners started swearing in voice chat again. For some reason, the mid, top, and jungle players didn't react at all to their complaints; in fact, they almost laughed.

It wasn't schadenfreude, but rather a helpless, bitter smile.

The LCK region is known for producing top-tier top laners, with several emerging top laners showcasing their talents every year. In contrast, the LPL has virtually no top laners available, with most being role players. Occasionally, a top laner might emerge with a carry performance, but it's like a flash in the pan, quickly disappearing from the competitive scene.

But it is precisely these blue-collar top laners who go further and further down the road of enduring pressure, and as they endure it, it becomes a matter of equality for all, and the top laners of the Korean team can no longer exert an overwhelming advantage.

Before S8, when watching Korean teams play, it was rare to see the mid and jungle constantly helping the top lane; instead, their main strategy was to coordinate invasions and help the bottom lane.

But since S7, RNG has become an insurmountable mountain for Korean teams.

You might say there are no flaws? Not really. RNG's flaws are extremely obvious, and even casual players can point out a few.

But if you're saying there are weaknesses that can be exploited? Well, the current predicament facing the South Korean team is precisely the consequence of exploiting those weaknesses.

Forget it, forget it anyway. The three members of the Korean team didn't expect their bot lane to beat the enemy bot lane. As long as they don't feed the enemy Kai'Sa like they did at MSI, they'll be fine.

Once you think about it, this economic gap of 2000 yuan isn't so hard to accept.

But when Peanut returned to the jungle to farm, he frowned and realized that things were not so simple!
Taliyah cleared two and a half waves of minions, making her a level higher than him and definitely giving her more gold.

Normally, at this point, both junglers would focus their attention on the bottom lane, watching the dragon and protecting the bottom lane's development at level 6.

But after returning to base to replenish her equipment, Taliyah suddenly appeared in the top lane and naturally started farming minions with Shen!

The word "jungle carry" popped into Peanut and Smeb's minds, but Taliyah is definitely not one of the jungle carry champions, is she?
Jungle carry heroes all have a very obvious growth curve; as their level and equipment improve, their damage will increase over time.

However, Taliyah's damage output is too inconsistent. Her Q skill is okay, but her W and E skills often miss, resulting in a lack of damage.

Even so, Smeb sensed danger facing the two of them and quickly said:

"Wanghu, help me in the top lane! I can't beat two people by myself, especially with Shen and Taliyah. If I get taunted, I'll be easily killed!"

"Okay, Brother Jinghao."

Just like Smeb said, it's a good thing he was playing Gangplank and had Orange to remove crowd control effects, otherwise Peanut would have had to rush to support Taliyah the moment she appeared.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the blind man, before he could even move, trouble struck in the bottom lane.

In the previous wave, they killed the Korean team's bot lane before reaching level 6. In this wave, Xayah and Rakan respawned and started their run. They had just cleared a wave of minions and hadn't even reached level 6 yet when Xayah made a careless move and was pulled by Nautilus again!
Luo immediately flew up to try and lift Kai'Sa up, preventing her from continuing to deal damage. Although he managed to lift her up, the pace of the game was indeed unusually fast, almost a one-sided affair.

Of course, it was Xayah and Rakan who bounced.

Rakan lifted Kai'Sa, which bought Xayah time to escape, but Mata forgot that both Kai'Sa and Nautilus were already level 6.

Seeing Xayah retreat, Titan calmly followed up with his ultimate ability.

Undercurrents surged, and shockwaves rose from the ground, striking Xia as she tried to escape.

Kai'Sa stood behind, a purple streak flashed by, and she instantly arrived beside Xayah, along with a W skill.

It's another instant-cast tracking W!

Seeing this move, which had already shone brightly in ranked games, reappear on the competitive stage, especially in the hands of its inventor, excited all the players watching the game from afar.

A level 5 Xayah, without any items, how could she possibly withstand the damage from Kai'Sa and Nautilus? Rakan didn't even have time to use his E to return before Xayah was already on her way to Elysium.

The embarrassed Rakan, without any skills, stood behind and watched helplessly as his AD died. Nautilus countered with a basic attack, triggering his passive. With both of them attacking, Rakan couldn't escape either.

Lee Sin, Xayah, and Rakan – this is the trio from the Korean team. Among these three heroes, especially the bot lane duo, initiating an attack is crucial. In top-tier matches like this, both ADCs basically rely on their supports to initiate.

In this situation, the Xayah-Rakan combo without lane priority is extremely rare. In fact, even if Rakan manages to initiate and lift the enemy before level six, it will be difficult for him to follow up with damage and secure the kill.

In League of Legends, supports can generally be divided into two types: enchanter supports and tank supports.

There's a saying that goes, "With a healer, you can play a fragile, fragile accordion, a star like Luna; without a healer, you can rely on hard crowd control like Niu, Rift, Tai, and Hammer."

However, there is another type of support that stands out due to its unique mechanism. This type of support is mainly represented by Gem Gragas, and it is also a variant of hard support, namely protective hard support.

The question is, is Rakan a tank support or a squishy support?

This question remained unanswered until S10.

Those who support support champions say that Rakan is so mobile that building defensive items on him to initiate team fights and absorb damage seems like a waste.

Those who support hard supports say that with R-Flash initiation, even with healing, Rakan's strong initiation ability cannot be denied.

The ongoing debate led to the observation that, as viewers often notice, each support player's Rakan is quite different.

Even after being nerfed and becoming less popular, players still frequently pull off impressive plays when picking Rakan.

Mata's Rakan is primarily a soft support, so asking him to play a hard support role isn't impossible, but he's not quite as skilled at it.

As for Titan, he's a powerful hero who can adapt to all three positions: top lane, mid lane, and jungle.

Furthermore, it's designed for players like Xiaoming who have a strong offensive drive, making it a perfect counter to the support champion Luo.

This is really going to be a disaster!

Little Peanut glanced at it, but didn't even bother to say anything to stop it.

Give them away, give them away, the more the better!

As long as it doesn't affect my social standing, I'll take all the blame; that would be best!
As he thought about it, a cold smile even crept onto Peanut's lips.

No one knew, not even his family, that Peanut had a contract offer from the Chinese team in his backpack.

Furthermore, only the documents from Party B remain of this invitation.

A wise man knows when to yield. Peanut, who sees no hope in the LCK, has decided to join an LPL team to make money during the Summer Split.

At this point, as long as you don't blame him, you can feed him however you want in the bottom lane!
After pushing the bottom lane into the tower, the two secured the first dragon without any jungler present.

Wind Dragon!

In this global lineup, the Wind Dragon is even more important than the Water Dragon and Earth Dragon, and its value is comparable to the Fire Dragon.

After taking down the Wind Dragon, movement speed increases. As long as they don't enter combat, the threat from Titan Twisted Fate and Shen will be greatly enhanced, especially after Twisted Fate gets the Rapid Firecannon. With the Wind Dragon's speed boost, who can withstand him running up and immediately drawing a yellow card?
After securing the Wind Dragon, the Chinese team's support speed increased significantly, and the Korean team had no more resources to make strategic adjustments across all three lanes. They began to play defensively under their towers, focusing on farming and avoiding fights.

Meanwhile, the Chinese team played exceptionally fiercely, adopting a 2-1-2 formation with all three lines engaged in combat.

The director, who was in a complete mess, gritted his teeth and, for the first time ever, turned on dual screens!

The left side shows the bottom lane, and the right side shows the top lane!
The captain teamed up with the Blind Monk to lane against Taliyah and Shen. As the economic gap between the two sides widened, the audience was astonished, never expecting such a one-sided development.

In one version, a strategy emerged where Taliyah and Pantheon would go bot lane, and they became dominant in the bot lane, which was incredibly annoying.

Although Pantheon was unavailable at this point, the difference wasn't significant with Shen present.

If Taliyah doesn't leave, how can Lee Sin dare to leave? Without a jungler, the top laner is 300 gold ahead, the jungler is 600 gold ahead, the mid laner is 300 gold ahead, and in the bot lane, not only is the ADC ahead by 1800 gold, but even the Nautilus has a 400 gold lead in Cloth Armor.

In just 8 minutes, a difference of over 3000 in economic terms occurred in a competition between top South Korean players on the international stage.

"Both Twisted Fate and Galio's ultimate abilities need to be off cooldown. If Galio's ultimate can't turn the tide this time, the Korean team is in serious trouble!"

Seeing the green dots already lit up on the two mid laners' laning phases, and the restless killing intent emanating from the top and bottom lanes, everyone watching the match tensed up.

(End of this chapter)