Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 254: The Prelude to the Leading Version
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Everyone was puzzled when they saw the prince starting to invade Nidalee's jungle.

Where are the people who predicted Swift would crush Shirahoshi before the match?

Where is your horse?
"Bai Xing was really daring this time. She pressed her advantage and boldly stole Nidalee's top jungle and got the blue buff. Nidalee is probably going to have a hard time now."

"A level 1 Nidalee only has the lower jungle; how can she possibly play like that?"

Pdd stated logically and convincingly, "That solo kill was absolutely fatal!"

"???"

"I can't argue with that!"

"Wow, do you have to assess the owner's skills before opening a club these days?"

In this highly anticipated match, no one expected that Shirahoshi would become the protagonist.

Just as the commentator was about to praise Bai Xing, before he could finish speaking, the kill sound effect rang out again.

"Rng.Uzi killed Vg.Martin"

After the kill, the director quickly switched the camera to the bottom lane, where only Sona was seen fleeing in panic, leaving Ezreal lying alone on the ground.

This left everyone puzzled.

Ezreal and Sona walked down to face Draven and Blitzcrank. If anyone was to die first, it would definitely be Sona. How could Ezreal, who has the E skill, die first?

"Ding Huang didn't use either of his moves; it seems he was careless."

Miller looked thoughtfully at Ezreal's two summoner spells.

If the LPL were to select a king of flashy moves, VG's AD carry player Martin would definitely be a candidate.

He was once the ADC for the Snake team, with the ID Martin, but he has been given many nicknames by netizens, such as Emperor Ding and God Ding.
Despite having the fourth-best resources among all ADCs in the league and the fourteenth-best conversion rate, Ding Huang not only plays terribly but is also never benched. Most importantly, he has a certain relationship with Snake's leadership.

Therefore, he also got the name "Martin the God of War".

In a sense, Ding Huang and Factory Director play the same way: the core is to play it safe, meaning that even if the whole team dies, I cannot die.

Of course, Ding Huang's positioning is extremely poor, and he is often the first to be killed, which has led him to prefer building resurrection armor as his equipment.

A major reason for Vg's losing streak is that in a 10-second team fight, they spent 9 seconds positioning themselves and 1 second escaping. Apart from their KDA, all other stats are among the worst.

There are countless memorable moments, such as Jhin getting a kill on his first back after a strong start and buying a Maw of Malmortius, Kog'Maw being killed by imp as a minion with a 7/0 score, and missing his ultimate when facing an enemy charging in.

Other players might take years to create one masterpiece GIF, but Ding Huang can create several in a year.

As the footage from the broadcast was released, Ding Huang's most memorable moment was added to the list.

It's ridiculous that Ezreal, such a squishy champion, didn't level up his E skill at level 2. He was hooked back by Blitzcrank, and Ezreal, who was already at a disadvantage in trading blows, was instantly killed.
"Wow?"

The audience was amused.

"So arrogant??? This is the first time I've ever seen an Ezreal not level up his E skill at level 2 against a Draven or Blitzcrank?"

"Is he just bluffing? Ding Huang is the most outrageous guy in the league!"

"Hey? Who said Ding Huang was steady before the match? Come out here!"

"Me, the God of War Martin, afraid of a mere Uzi? That's ridiculous!"

This wave of attacks saw Draven kill Ezreal, then kill Sona right under the turret, securing two kills and his passive bounty, putting him on a roll again.
Before the commentators could even praise the clever tower-tanking coordination between Draven and Blitzcrank, a kill notification came from the mid lane.

"Rng.Wh1t3zZ killed Vg.CoCo"

The camera quickly moved to the mid lane, where everyone fell silent as they saw Prince tower dive and, with the help of WuWuKai, kill Kassadin.
The child remained silent for a long time before finally managing to utter a sentence:

"So RNG can get a championship buff no matter who comes? Bai Xing and Wu Wu Kai teaming up to dominate the field, is this some kind of joke?"

"Did VG take bribes?"

"Why is such a bad team even playing? I suggest they disband right after this match, okay?"

"With that huge wave of minions pushing into the tower, Wuwukai got the kill, and Kassadin was doomed too."

"The Murloc hero is all about getting ahead. He's doing so well now that he's going straight back to base and buying a Sheen. Is this... is this just pure fighting?"

"Damn, this guy's really messing with people's mentality!"

Vg team voice chat.

Mid laner CoCo looked utterly frustrated. Just now, he practically watched the prince walk right up to him, and only casually unleashed his EQ combo when the prince was about to land an auto-attack.

During this process, he was trying to make Kassadin's buttocks squirm, but to his surprise, Kassadin was completely unmoved, and the dragon violently entered Kassadin's body.

That's fine, but the key point is that the Fizz was probably too nervous and made a mistake with his E skill. Before he could even sit on the target, the Fizz still managed to get the kill.

Don't you treat me like a human being?
CoCo was furious. He originally thought that RNG had lost their minds in this match, bringing in a boss and an old player, and that VG could easily win.

It now appears that things are not as simple as they seemed.
Of course, Coco was once a renowned mid-lane prodigy, having played for CJ and LZ teams in the LCK region.

His prime was when he played for CJ, where his mid-jungle duo with Ambition was quite formidable.

Many people assume that CoCo's name is the same as a certain domestic milk tea brand, making it a domestic brand. However, CoCo is actually a Korean brand.

VG spent a lot of money to acquire him, but they ended up with a complete idiot who ran away to serve his mandatory military service after the S8 tournament.

"Stay calm, it's alright. At least this game didn't start like a curse, it's still acceptable."

The other members of Vg are also masters of psychological warfare, and upon hearing this, CoCo immediately shut up.

Everyone has lost more than ten games, and if you count the time, it's been almost two months. We've gotten used to it by now.

It’s hard to resist!

While CoCo was still brooding over the tower, good news came from the bottom lane.

This time, it wasn't just Ezreal who got killed. Bai Xing cut off the bottom lane minion wave, and Blitzcrank Draven went under the tower. With one slash, Sona's health dropped by a third, shocking everyone.

"Hey? Bot lane! Sona got hooked by Blitzcrank in the bot lane! Even a Sona with good mentality is going to die!"

Before they could even be surprised by Draven's damage, the three commentators were already reporting on the bottom lane situation at breakneck speed.

【Dragon Strike (Q)】

White Star's old man EQ attacked again, heading towards Ezreal and forcing Ezreal to use Flash.

Li Luo, controlling Draven, charged forward with his W skill activated, followed by AE and a slowing Ezreal.

Boom!
The prince activated his W skill, both slowing down Ezreal. In exactly one second, Ezreal, who originally had 80% health, was instantly melted.

Ezreal died, and Sona, who had been hooked out, was still running towards the tower. It was a pity that Sona, who was in the early game, had no room to maneuver and died suddenly.

This was an extremely unreasonable gank.

"What kind of weird damage is this???" The usually composed Emperor Ding looked up at the sky speechlessly.

Having predicted the approximate location of the enemy jungler, Ding Huang had already extended his attack range quite well, but unless he stopped farming and focused solely on gaining experience...

Otherwise, they will all die.

Even if any other professional player were in his shoes, he believed that this outcome would not have been changed.

The game mechanics are what they are; unless the opponent makes a mistake or you cheat, there's absolutely no room for skillful maneuvering.

Robot + Draven.

In reality, even if it weren't for Ezreal being so squishy, ​​even with full resistances, it wouldn't make a difference. This combination has such high burst damage that once you're caught, not only will you not be able to escape, but even if they kill you, there will be a continuous stream of damage overflowing.

Even in the S9 version where hero attributes were weakened several times, at MSI, JackeyLove's Draven made it impossible for SKT's bot lane to farm, with only one player leading by about 4000 gold, and the game ended with JackeyLove's kills.

Not to mention the present, which has not yet been weakened.

With Shirahoshi's unreasonable ganks, all of this makes even more sense.

"I get it!" Miller exclaimed in the commentary booth.

"After the level 1 Jarvan IV ganked Nidalee and cleared Nidalee's upper jungle, he confirmed Nidalee's jungle movement and position. The information obtained by both sides was completely unequal. In addition, the mid and jungle combinations of the two sides were not on the same level in terms of combat power in the early game. Swift's Nidalee was going to avoid Jarvan IV, so this gank by Jarvan IV was actually coming right in front of you!"

"They can just ram your dragon head-on, simple and brutal!"

"This bot lane duo's tower-diving ability is truly outrageous."

Pdd nodded repeatedly. He was itching to play, watching Wu Wukai return to his peak form in the competition. He was thinking about commentating on today's match and then rushing home to contact the team to see if he could make a comeback.

The commentators had barely finished speaking when the live chat erupted in a frenzy.

"What kind of items does Draven have? Are you kidding me? Bloodthirster? Infinity Edge? At the very least, you could have gotten a Mercurial Scimitar!"

"Is this the understanding of the world's best ADC? I'm in love!"

"No way, Draven can build this item? Isn't this just messing around, or is it to mock Ding Huang's Ezreal?"

"Do you think I'll walk your path and leave you with nowhere to walk?"

If Li Luo's unusual item builds in matches used to draw criticism from some viewers, now everyone is more focused on the deeper meaning behind these items.

In later generations, after ADC equipment was nerfed several times, Draven's status plummeted and he rarely appeared on the field. It can be said that Arte single-handedly brought up the Manamune armor penetration set.

Considering the version, the Demon Sect has been buffed. Originally, its base attack power was 25, but it was later increased to 35.

However, the version at that time was dominated by heavy armor warriors, who had low burst damage but strong sustained damage, so the Blood Pump set, Bloodthirster + Split Arrow was more suitable.

However, similar to later versions that included Manamune, the power spike for duo lanes was nerfed again, solo lane farming speed was increased, and jungle experience was slightly reduced.

As a result, the mid laner has an exceptionally large say, with high-burst mid laners having an even greater say. These mid laners often seek team fights to expand their advantage.

This means that when the AD position is evenly matched, if the AD is low-level, it's difficult for them not to become a high-level cannon minion during team fights in the mid lane.

After conducting a series of experiments during his live stream, Art discovered that the Blood Drain set was no longer effective, and that the Critical Strike set required a three-piece set to be truly powerful.

Before reaching full potential, you can only rely on passive wins and cannot carry the game. As for pure armor penetration items, their attack power has been nerfed to some extent, so their attack power is not very high in the mid-game, around 20 minutes.

At this point, the affordable and high-quality Demon Sect item filled the gap in attack power that the armor-piercing set lacked.

It provides 90 attack damage in the mid-to-late game, equivalent to a Bloodthirster, plus an average of 120 points of additional burst damage, and it only costs a little over 2,000, making it truly the king of cost-effectiveness in Summoner's Rift.

Draven stacks Manamune very quickly, so QWE doesn't need to be cast on the target.

Another cost-effective item is Bloodrazor, which has the second-highest armor penetration in the armor penetration series. It also provides attack speed and lifesteal, and only costs 3000 gold. Bloodrazor also improves Draven's lane sustain.

The combination of Demonic Cultivation and Blood Blade offers a smooth output growth curve due to its low price, making it a formidable fighting force in the mid-game.

The Manamune + Bloodthirster + Duskblade combo build is completed much faster than the crit combo build, which is all about exploiting a time difference! It's about creating a farming curve that's stronger than the enemy mid laner's to ensure your own development.

In a version without Bloodrazor, building Manamune might seem inappropriate, but there is one crucial item that has never been nerfed.

Storm Cutter!

The Stormrazor was incredibly powerful when it first came out; anyone who knows knows it's practically the ultimate weapon for ADCs, surpassing all other ADC items and ranking among the top choices for ADCs.

Vayne, Sivir, Tristana. All the diverse builds that used to exist have completely disappeared since Stormrazor came out.

Instead, a complete Stormrazor alliance emerged, with even Ezreal building a Stormrazor, which shows just how overpowered and effective this item was at the time.

岚切在刚出也就是10-15分钟左右，到2件套8到20分钟成型之前是几乎无敌的一件装备。

Even if it's just one and a half pieces, Stormcutter still has an almost absolute advantage.

However, with two pieces, the Stormrazor and the Infinity Edge are not much different.

A three-piece Stormrazor, Rapid Firecannon, and Infinity Edge set will absolutely not be able to beat a marksman with three critical strike chances; the difference is even greater with a four-piece set.

Only when you sell your shoes and get your true six-item build, and switch your Lan to other items, can you truly enter the late game as a marksman.

If you don't build Stormrazor, it means you'll be in a weak period until 20 minutes (due to the changes to the Infinity Edge mechanic). So, forget about team fights and farming, you won't even be able to lane effectively.

If you build Stormrazor, it means that the time it takes to reach its peak, which was already delayed to around 26 minutes, will be delayed to around 30 minutes. Four minutes is enough time to shut down the marksman on the field.

In extreme environments, could Draven with Manamune and Stormrazor replace him? Li Luo tried it in ranked games, and the results were surprisingly good.

Since all ADCs build Stormrazor and the late game drags on, wouldn't it be better to just forgo the late game and focus on winning in the early and mid-game?

Of course, an 8-minute Draven with a Manamune and a Longsword—what does that mean? Those who know, know.

"Wow, this build is a bit..." Miller exclaimed in disbelief.

“This is a build only a puppy would make,” PDD said in an indescribable tone.

As the team's most consistent carry and a player who excels at making a strong impact in the mid-to-late game, if he plays recklessly and loses his advantage, it will severely damage the team's morale.

Uzi's strengths are obvious. His dominance allows the team to make unexpected draft picks. At the same time, if Uzi has a comfortable time in the bottom lane in the early game, RNG's momentum will immediately take off.

The drawbacks are also obvious. At least in the eyes of PDD and some coaches, this risky and aggressive approach of wearing bizarre outfits in matches is intended to bring instability to the team.

But there is no doubt that Uzi has become a trendsetter in the competitive arena.

(End of this chapter)