Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 255 Breakthrough! Reaction speed beyond the limit!

The strengths and weaknesses of top League of Legends professional players are so well-known that even ordinary players could easily point them out.

Uzi is too resource-intensive and a liability to the team; once he falls behind, the team collapses.

Clearlove is usually very conservative; he stays alive whether his teammates are alive or dead, thus missing many opportunities to turn the tide of battle.

TheShy is too aggressive, which easily gives the opponent opportunities to pick off isolated players. He often becomes the team's weak point and cannot become a stable carry for the team.

Faker is too confident and too proud, but he sacrificed his personal style for the team and became more team-oriented.

Every legendary player has their own strengths and weaknesses. Only by harmonizing the strengths of the players, compensating for each other's weaknesses, and bringing out their respective strengths can a team be considered perfect.

There is no absolutely correct way to play. Some seemingly strange drafts, item choices, and key team fight decisions have their reasons if they lead to victory.

The audience only cares about winning and losing.

If you lose, everything you say is wrong; if you win, including the commentators, there are countless ways to exaggerate the seemingly illogical principles to the skies.

For example, Bai Xing's playstyle, a 50/50 playstyle, is now unanimously recognized by RNG fans as...
The "Renaissance" of four safeguards and one guarantee.

The two of them went on the field for the first game, and they didn't care about anything else, they just focused on military training.

Instead of buying tank or damage items upon returning home, the prince first pulled out a pair of Boots of Speed, and without even clearing the jungle, headed straight for the lower half of the jungle.

"Little dog, Lu Benwei, gank the bot lane a few more times."

Once Draven creates an opening in the bottom lane, the strategies for both sides to win the game become clear.

When the advantageous lane plays against the disadvantageous lane, the extensive use of basic attacks and skills to trade blows will naturally lead to the lane being pushed into the tower.

Therefore, as soon as the bottom lane made contact, RNG immediately became the one pushing the lane.

Of course, Li Luo wasn't just recklessly aggressive; it was just that the poorly developed Nidalee and the Kassadin, who had just reached level six and was barely surviving under the tower, didn't put any pressure on him at all.

The classic four-for-two is here.

The Fizz takes the first hit from the tower, dealing initial damage. Once he's at half health, he uses his E skill to jump and avoid the tower's aggro, allowing the Blitzcrank to tank the tower's damage a second time.

The robot's E skill provides reliable hard crowd control, which, combined with the unavoidable EQ combo from Jarvan IV after the knock-up, allows Draven to follow up with damage.

The script was exactly the same as the S7 match against Samsung, only the actors were different, but the result was exactly the same.

For the bot lane, level is the most important thing.

If the marksman you're facing is ahead in levels, it means the opposing mid laner is at least 3-5 levels ahead.

Ezreal and Sona died in two consecutive waves, completely ruining their development.

In this situation, Draven and Blitzcrank directly bypassed the bottom lane's first turret and openly started cutting off the minion wave between the first and second turrets in the bottom lane.

This situation is considered an incredible start for Draven even in casual games, let alone in professional matches.

Vg's bot lane has completely lost its ability to lane. If they are not careful and die again, Draven can simply slaughter them in the fountain.

With a bitter expression, Ding Huang withdrew the pickaxe he had made and took out a small component of Ezreal's Iceborn Gauntlet: Glacial Armor.

What to do?

The only option left is to make pressure-resistant gear.

But to his utter surprise, after this equipment upgrade, the two opponents blocked him from going online. Without Teleport, the top laner was basically out of the running for the bottom lane.

The distance is too far, making it difficult to reach anyone. Unless you have a hero with a long-range support ultimate, such as Sion, Kled, or Pantheon, it's hard to catch anyone even if you go to the bottom lane.

However, when he saw Draven and Blitzcrank blocking the second tower, Gnar charged down with half-anger, determined to kill the arrogant Draven.

"Swift, let's gank bot lane together, otherwise we won't be able to farm the bot lane minions!"

By S10, among the entire VG veteran team, only top laner Audi was still standing strong in the LPL.

Mid laner CoCo, jungler Swift, ADC Dinghuang, and support Xintai—all four of them disappeared from the LPL scene after S8.

Frankly speaking, in the entire VG, only Audi still has a shred of ambition to win; the others are just coasting along, hoping to earn their basic salary.

Sona flashed and used her ultimate to engage, but Draven dodged it with a well-placed movement, managing to control only the Blitzcrank.

Gnar and Ezreal leaped out and unleashed all their damage on Draven. Without the protection and control of Blitzcrank, and without lifesteal, Draven's health dropped to below half in two seconds.

At the same time, the leopard woman, hiding in the shadows, threw out an extremely vicious spear.

Whoosh! Thump!
Although Swift is getting old, he still managed to predict Draven's movements with that shadow dart.

The angle and speed of this Q were extremely tricky, giving Draven no chance to react. After being hit by the dart, Draven was suddenly left with only one-third of his health.

Gnar's rage level has now reached 80 points, and he only needs a few basic attacks to transform and follow up with subsequent crowd control.

"If I trick him with his E, I can kill him!"

Hearing the extremely fast pace of the voice message, Audi steeled himself and, before his anger had fully subsided, leaped up.

Almost simultaneously, Draven threw out his E skill, forcibly interrupting Gnar, who was leaping into the air and trying to force his way up.

"Draven's E skill is gone, we can go in, kill him, the Blitzcrank can't escape."

Audi's thoughts raced like thunder as he instructed the Nidalee on the flank to use the mark of her Q to amplify her WQ combo and finish off Draven.

But the next second, just as Nidalee suddenly leaped into the air towards Draven, a golden light flashed.

Then, Draven, who should have been killed by Nidalee, actually survived.

"???"

Swift's honest and simple face showed a blank expression. He even forgot what to do next. He was pulled to the face by the robot, which had recovered from the dizziness, and was then pulled up.

Draven followed up with his ultimate skill and an auto-attack, instantly killing the squishy Nidalee.

At this moment, it wasn't just Li Luo showing off; Bai Xing, relying on her five-speed boots, also arrived on the battlefield and decisively used her ultimate skill to sit on the immobile Gnar and Sona, trapping the two of them inside.

Sona, a squishy champion, is doomed to die once she's crowd-controlled and has no ultimate ability to use her ultimate.

A four-man gank on two opponents resulted in one death and one free kill.

Normally, the commentators would have raved about Bai Xing's timely support.

but now.
Everyone's attention was focused on Draven's Flash.

"Bro, I've heard that Lee Sin's second Q skill damage can be dodged with Flash, but that's only possible in ranked games with high latency. In this match with 3% latency, Faker dodged Lee Sin's second Q in ranked games when the latency was around 25ms."

In the commentary booth, Wawa wore a serious and somber expression, and said in a slightly low voice, "As for using Flash to dodge Nidalee's empowered WQ combo and guarantee a hit, how is that even possible?"

Nine out of ten Nidalee players are pros, and the tenth is a pro among pros. Any League of Legends player, even if they don't play themselves, has undoubtedly encountered such an incredibly skilled Nidalee player.

You must have encountered a situation where you were low on health and were marked by Nidalee.

In this situation, apart from some heroes with skills that can interrupt, 80% of players don't have time to react before being pounced on and bitten to death by Nidalee's WQ.

A key indicator of a Nidalee player's skill level is whether she can land her Q. By using her W skill to jump and releasing the Q skill at a point in the air before landing, the damage will be delayed even if the opponent uses Flash or a movement skill.

Many people try to dodge Lee Sin's second Q, Diana's QR skill, and Yasuo's Q knock-up and then instantly flash to dodge R.

However, in many cases, it just results in a quick grave relocation. Those who would do this are either newbies or subconscious operational errors.

Whether Lee Sin's second Q or Nidalee's Q skill can be dodged with Flash has become a question mark in the minds of all players.

But in reality
"Nidalee's Q skill can actually be dodged; the key is timing."

PDD said thoughtfully:

"Of course, this timing is very difficult to grasp. Just like dodging Lee Sin's second Q, dodging Nidalee's Q skill is even more difficult. You must predict the moment when Nidalee's user presses the Q skill and flash at the same time to have a chance to dodge the damage that will fall on you at that moment."

Pdd's words sound mysterious, but they are not difficult to understand in the code.

There are many tricks to playing Nidalee. For example, the damage of her Q skill is based on the distance between Nidalee and the target at the moment of contact. So after casting Q, Nidalee should move as far away as possible (switch to cougar and jump backward).

For more advanced players, place a trap in the bushes and lure the minions to the trap. Once you gain vision of the minions, you can see the enemy's wards placed in the bushes.

Only advanced Nidalee players know to improve the hit detection of her W skill. Assuming Nidalee's W jump has a distance of X yards, the system code will already assume that the movement skill has arrived when the jump is halfway over the X yards.

Naturally, since the Q skill's hitbox is just reaching the center line, the W skill's distance can be used to judge the range, allowing it to be cast in mid-air.

Conversely, if you press Flash at the same time the opponent presses Q to execute while you are halfway through the W skill, the Q skill will be uncast by default and will remain in your hand. The damage can only be determined after the W skill lands.

"This maneuver is incredibly difficult; I rarely see it even in casual games. It's mostly pure luck; no one can guarantee they can dodge it 100% of the time."

"Oh? You can actually dodge it? I've learned something new!" Miller nodded.

“That makes sense,” the doll said, a relieved expression on her face.

Pdd originally thought so too, believing that Draven interrupted Gnar's jump with his E skill, and then, seeing Nidalee pounce, instinctively used Flash to dodge Nidalee's kill when he had no skills available.

But on the big screen, this brilliant comeback was being replayed.

He immediately noticed something strange.

If Nidalee's first Q skill was fired from the shadows, then the bush where Nidalee appeared next was clearly visible. There's no reason for Uzi to choose not to use his skill on Nidalee just to dodge a Gnar jump before he transformed.

Could it be that.
PDD immediately looked closely.

Because the monitor in the commentary booth is embedded in the commentary console, it is difficult to see some details under the lighting unless you get close to your face.

The moment Nidalee tried to hit Draven with her Q skill, Draven made a very obvious movement to try and dodge the Q skill.

So it's not that the puppy didn't react, but rather that it forcibly suppressed its physical reaction to dodge the skill.

"Is this still a human reaction? Is this the performance of a player who has played professionally for five years?"

No, that's impossible.

PDD broke out in a cold sweat and instantly changed his mind.

This inhuman reaction should never occur in a normal human being, even if he is a top professional player.

Of course, after discovering this, PDD also voiced his doubts.

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated? This is a League of Legends competition, not a cultivation novel, my friend!"

The child didn't dare to be too definitive, but from the teasing tone in her words, it was clear that she didn't believe it.

Not only did Wawa Miller think PDD's statement was exaggerated, but many people, including those in the live chat, also thought it was just wild hype.

"Such an exaggerated claim is just wishful thinking. I would believe you if you said you dodged by luck, or if you said the puppy was confident of dodging, but your claim of luring the leopard woman with your body is absurd."

"To have figured out how to handle the whole situation in just two seconds? That's a bit much, isn't it?"

"Ten years of playing Nidalee has come uninvited; basically, as long as the latency isn't too high, Nidalee's Q skill is guaranteed to hit."

For many, this incredible maneuver exceeded their understanding of the limits of competitive League of Legends gameplay.

In the live chat, many die-hard RNG fans who were pddling PDD stood up and supported PDD's point, saying that PDD's words made sense and that PDD's move showed some thought. They argued that since PDD had made so many amazing plays in the past, it wouldn't be unusual for him to make one more.

Arguments often easily amplify and escalate emotions.

In an instant, the audience who had originally come to watch Wu Wukai and Bai Xing perform on the field were divided into two groups.

Contest?

With Draven securing two more kills and acquiring Stormrazor after returning to base, the outcome of the game was no longer in doubt.

Eleven minutes into the game, Draven with the Demon Slayer and Stormbreaker had a 4000 gold lead.

How can a trash team like Vg possibly turn the tide?
Moreover, Draven already had the urge to spawn-camp and spawn-camp, and before even taking down the second tower, he was already eager to try his luck under the high ground tower.

But no one knew, including the overhyped PDD, that Li Luo wasn't incapable of controlling Draven to go into the fountain and slaughter, but rather that he had entered a profound realm.

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations, host, for breaking your own limits in the competition and achieving a reaction speed of over 100, becoming the ninth person in modern human history to achieve this feat."

Uzi's reaction time at its peak was 99 points, but when Li Luo traveled over, this number had dropped to 88 points, which was considered above average among all professional players in the league.

After nearly a year of training and the use of tonics from the Codex, this value, along with continuous practice, has recovered to its maximum of 99 points after the Asian Games.

The limit of 99 is an extremely high and terrifying value even among athletes. Many athletes can only reach this value by taking some performance-enhancing drugs.

However, in terms of breaking 100 points, according to the system's prompts, he is only the ninth person in history to achieve this.

"It is said that boxers watch ordinary people boxing in slow motion"—this is the truth.

Vg's attack, now enhanced by a reaction speed of over 100 points, is like a slow-motion play, full of openings.

As for the top eight who broke through this reaction speed, Li Luo had some guesses in his mind, but the scope of modern times was just too broad.

It features legendary racing legend Michael Schumacher, baseball icon Babe Ruth, and hockey king Wayne Gretzky.
With too many candidates and too many projects, while there are traces to be found in terms of pushing one's strength to the limit, reaction speed is too subjective.

"No, maintaining a reaction time of over 100 points for an extended period is too mentally taxing."

Looking at the screen as if it had been slowed down, after actively closing and opening my eyes to let my brain calm down, everything returned to normal.

(End of this chapter)