Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 297 A five-minute quick attack, let's get started!

Welcome to League of Legends!

In the ten seconds before the fountain barrier disappeared, cheers rose and fell from both sides, growing louder and louder, as if they were competing with each other, with shouts of RNG trying to overpower Skt.

Despite playing away from home, RNG fans displayed just as much momentum as SKT, showing no less strength than their home advantage.

"SKT opted for a long, straight defensive formation to defend their own jungle, which makes sense. SKT's lineup is very weak in the early game, so avoiding fights early on is a good choice."

"Hmm, RNG's moves are a bit strange. Are they planning to invade the jungle with Lissandra and Nautilus?"

After the barrier was removed, the five members of RNG, the blue side, quickly bought their equipment and headed straight to the bottom jungle along the lane leading to the bottom lane.

Next, the blind man separated from the other four and went alone to defend the red buff and the river entrance.

The other four RNG members were positioned at the bottom lane and sneaked into the bushes leading to the river for the red team.

Sure enough, from RNG's perspective, a wild, fresh Braum appeared, standing at the Blue Buff pass, helping the team guard the pass.

From God's perspective, the director quickly switched between the two sides' perspectives. Sure enough, after seeing the blind man, Bang's cannon gave a retreat signal, the meaning of which was self-evident: the other side might also be in a long, single-file formation.

"Shi Senming," Xiao Hu said in a low, sinister voice.

“I understand, no rush, let him get tired before we go on.” Xiao Ming stared wide-eyed at Bloom, who was twisting and turning like he had ADHD.

Even Li Luo was so flustered by the two's crazy behavior that he held his breath.

Studying Skt's level 1 team fight positioning is something every team analyst must do. By carefully analyzing a player's behavior and habits over a certain period of time, you can roughly determine where he will appear under what circumstances.

This time, RNG has its sights set on Wolf, a lucrative target.

While other people's habits might change, Wolf's will never change. He played very few games in S8. By analyzing his previous videos and recent ranked games, you can roughly understand Wolf's thoughts.

Including RNG's five games against SKT in S7, Wolf's favorite level 1 positioning on the red side was also here.

Seeing that Bloom finally got tired and stopped, Xiaoming took a deep breath, focused his attention, and shouted:

"Up, up, up!"

In an instant, the four people who were still in the grass emerged from it, and Titan was even more decisive, teleporting forward directly.

Upon seeing the four RNG players, Wolf reacted swiftly and made a decision. He used Flash, this time targeting his own blue buff.

However, the cunning Titan hooked at the head of the enemy, effortlessly pulling Braum back a short distance.

Basic attack, triggers Titan's passive root!

I lit it and put it on without hesitation.

The other three also rushed forward, with Ice Maiden using her W skill to root the enemy. The biggest burst of damage came from Kai'Sa's AQ combo and the high damage from triggering five stacks of Plasma passive.

Before the rest of Skt could react to how tanky a level 1 Braum could be, Kai'Sa easily took down Braum in the blink of an eye.

First blood!

At the same time, Xiao Pao's figure also appeared at the end of the blue buff. Seeing this, Li Luo flashed a team logo at Bang in a very cheeky way.

The crowd immediately erupted in cheers and jeers.

It was clearly Skt's team logo.

"Wow, the puppy is going a bit too far now, haha. He got the first blood on Wolf and even showed Bang his team logo. He's getting cheeky!"

A wave of reverse bidding caused the atmosphere at the scene to explode.

In a world-class competition that attracts global League of Legends fans, even missing a single minion will draw criticism in the live chat, let alone the almost mocking reverse tag that tries to tilt you.

Putting everything else aside, the show's entertainment value alone was already off the charts from the very beginning.

Upon seeing the logo, Bang on the other side did not back down and also displayed his Skt team logo.

A thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

"6666"

"RNG really profited from this, but did nobody notice that Xiangguo's Lee Sin went to the blue buff to start his jungle?"

"Bang's still so cheeky, he'll get beaten to a pulp soon."

The fallen Wolf walked out without a word, his face dark, unaware that a shocking scheme surrounding the bottom lane had already begun.

"Titans don't have two summoner spells; they must have activated their own red buff."

After observing the movements on the map, Wolf, who was now in command, spoke.

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone on SKT reacted immediately, as if they had practiced it countless times. Faker's Vel'Koz moved up a bit, away from the blue side's bottom half of the map, while the top laner Singed began to roam freely between the minion waves.

But only the audience with God's perspective can see it clearly at this moment.
"The level one Titan went straight to battle after returning home?"

"Huh? Kai'Sa is going bot lane alone?"

On the scene, everyone was stunned to see that after returning to base, Titan went directly to the top jungle to help Lee Sin take the blue buff. For a moment, no one could quite grasp what was happening.

What are they doing? Are they going to keep harassing Skt's top lane?
But this is a Tier 1 Titan without two summoner spells!
After the Lee Sin and Nautilus finished clearing the blue buff, when they actually headed top, Wawa slapped his forehead in surprise and exclaimed, "RngRng is going to gank top lane right now! Khan's position is really tough!"

Having received Wolf's report, Khan had already pushed past the minion wave and moved to the back, swapping positions with Letme's Ornn.

No one could have predicted that RNG would play like this, and of course, Skt didn't either.

Wolf and Bang, who were laning in the bottom lane, saw Kai'Sa farming alone outside. Lacking vision, they assumed Nautilus was in the bush and didn't signal to notify him immediately.

But after Kai'Sa cleared the first wave of minions and reached level two directly due to the kill experience, Wolf quickly said:

"Watch out, Titan isn't in the bot lane!"

However, it was too late. The next second, the guy on the road suddenly realized that two burly men had appeared behind him. "Holy crap!"

"Level 1, three guarantees, one policy?"

The whole world was stunned.

Even Hanzi was stunned. A level 1 Titan, a level 2 Lee Sin, and a level 1 Ornn—he didn't even have a chance to escape from that position!
Without much struggle, the blind man simply reached out and delivered two powerful punches straight to the alchemist's heart.

Titan didn't even intend to use Q; he just walked straight towards you, trying to use his passive root to ensure the Q skill's hit rate.

Just like when he ganked Braum at level one, without any surprises, Lee Sin easily secured the kill on Alchemist using his QQ's execute.

"We've got the blind man! Alchemist has nowhere to run!"

"One kick and Xiangguo gets his second kill of the game! RNG has two kills in less than three minutes, wow!"

"Ghost"

Outside, the gasps of surprise from commentators in major competitions around the world were deafening. Every commentator at the venue could hear their undisguised admiration and astonishment.

"Everyone knows that the Kai'Sa and Nautilus combination is designed for strong laning phase; they're built specifically for that."

"But RNG directly used the opposite approach, taking advantage of Titan's early-game dominance and SKT's early-game weakness to catch them off guard in these two plays."

"Yes, Kai'Sa, who got First Blood, isn't afraid of two level 1 bot laners at all. In fact, Braum didn't even have Flash, so he couldn't threaten Uzi at all."

Longhair replied with a comment about the current situation, then awkwardly froze, because he himself didn't know how to evaluate this series of bizarre moves.

This feeling
"What the hell is this? RNG just lets Kai'Sa in the bot lane continue to farm solo? And Nautilus and Lee Sin go gank mid again? Is this even possible?"

Miller, despite his good understanding of the game, was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

In this year's S-series, almost all teams learned to coordinate with the jungler to roam after reaching the knockout stage. However, this should be done at least after level three. Who has ever seen a level one support roaming around with the jungler to gank?
Aside from the version that allowed lane swapping in the Dark Ages of Season 5, probably no other version has ever been this bizarre.

But now, RNG is using this old, shameless tactic, targeting Skt's lack of early-game strength to mess with their mentality.

Seeing his two colleagues exchanging bewildered glances, Wawa impulsively seized the opportunity to heighten the atmosphere for the match: "They're too strong! RNG is just too strong right now. Compared to SKT's conventional early-game farming style, they're so much stronger!"

"Faker was forced to retreat by RNG. My god, what the hell is going on? Nautilus stayed in the mid lane to help Lissandra push the lane, and Lee Sin went to take the red buff. Could it be that..."

At this point, Wawa couldn't continue, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

"Rng wouldn't be thinking of...?" After a few seconds of silence, Changmao spoke up, breaking the silence.

"Rent it all out?"

The level 2 Crystal Maiden, the level 3 Lee Sin, and the level 2 Nautilus headed straight for the bottom lane the moment after Lee Sin finished his red buff.

Upon witnessing this scene, the audience erupted in cheers. This near-perfect early-game skirmish was so spectacular it was breathtaking.

"RNG is really planning to take over this wave, considering that Ornn's TP is still available, Singed's TP has been used, and Gragas is in the top half of the map. If they take over, the only person who can come to support is Faker's Vel'Koz, but can Vel'Koz provide support?"

Classic Crystal Maiden early-game encirclement invasion.

The reason why Crystal Maiden can frequently appear in ranked games in this version, even though her win rate is less than 50%, is due to the low-priced items and the changes to the mid lane minion wave.

The equipment needed for the Ice Maiden is increasingly cheap, and the process of acquiring it is incredibly smooth. Even a small book and a cloth armor can be combined to create the final equipment. The entire equipment set doesn't even require an 850 magic wand.

However, the trade-off is a loss of damage output for Crystal Maiden in the mid-to-late game. But in a competitive match, this amount of damage is negligible.

A blatant, overt conspiracy, and a pre-emptive takeover bid.

The live stream chat was filled with question marks, with comments like, "Is this something a human being would do?"
The commentators were right; RNG's plan was to gank bot lane, and the minion wave in the bot lane also met the requirements for doing so.

Kai'Sa, who reached level two first, was in no way inferior to Tristana and Braum in pushing the minion wave. Moreover, while the bot lane duo was only level two, Kai'Sa had already reached level three.

With just a little help from the Titan, the minion wave will easily push into the tower.

At this moment, Crystal Maiden and Lee Sin had already positioned themselves behind the first tower, completely blocking Skt's bot lane's route to escape back along the minion wave.

In this situation, just like the familiar scene in the S7 World Championship Finals, but this time it wasn't Peanut who escaped, but Bang.

The little cannon used its W to leap over the wall in the bush next to the red team's first tower, followed by Flash, and then slipped away into the mid-lane river without looking back.

Only the pitiful Braum remained under the tower, with neither Flash nor level, and utterly powerless to fight back.

"Damn, Bang and Faker, you guys push mid, I'll stall for time in bot lane."

Despite his despair, Wolf didn't forget to give instructions, urging Bang to quickly push the mid lane and catch up on his farm. Under these circumstances, his teammates remained silent.

Right at the start of the game, RNG used a well-planned, interconnected strategy to completely overwhelm SKT. This was no longer a question of whether they were losing or not; it was a disgrace!
Is this still a top-level professional competition?
The four players grouped up and killed Braum, and the kill went to Kai'Sa. Because the bottom lane turret had no turret protection mechanism, they took three turret plates before they stopped and left. Meanwhile, the Tristana and Vel'Koz, who had pushed the mid lane turret down, had only managed to chip away half of the first turret plate.

With the Ice Maiden recall teleporting back to base, this time, when RNG players went back to base to buy equipment, almost every player had a control ward.

Viewers who frequently watch professional matches will know just how devastating the consequences can be if four true sight wards are placed in key areas of the opponent's map early in the game.

And this is the very early game, the very early game!
Just five minutes later, both sides were only level two or three, with the highest-level top laner only at level four. Under these circumstances, the four control wards still made all the fans who supported Skt feel a sense of despair.

And the amazement at the seamless teamwork of the RNG team.

"RNG's pace is too tight. The match against SKT even gave me the feeling of Samsung's playstyle that was a generation ahead back in S4. It's unbelievable." Miller said slowly after a long time. His words also stirred up the thoughts of the old viewers.

Samsung's dominant X-style offensive strategy back then is somewhat similar to RNG's current tactics. Both involve finding opportunities to outnumber opponents, thus creating a fundamental imbalance in combat strength.

"SKT's bot lane is completely helpless now. Uzi's Kai'Sa this game is probably going to build Stormrazor and Guinsoo's Rageblade to focus on early and mid-game burst damage!"

"To be fair, the BF Sword Kai'Sa's lane dominance is too strong. Although Tristana isn't weak in the early game, with such a large item advantage, it's even a bit difficult for her to withstand the pressure."

Seeing Bang unable to farm CS due to the pressure on the bottom lane, RNG's cheers rang out again. In just five minutes, RNG showed the world just how huge the gap between the two teams really was!
Even the fans who traveled from afar to cheer for RNG felt a sense of pride and triumph!

Before the match, some people predicted that the two teams would fight to a draw, but now it seems that RNG used tactics that were a generation ahead of SKT and completely crushed SKT!

(End of this chapter)