Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 306 Attack! The Sheep Spirit Recovers!
Wave after wave of minions pushed into the tower, only to be relentlessly devoured by the bottom lane's first tower, while Skt's bottom lane was blocked in the middle and couldn't get through at all.

Three bandits blocked the spot, brazenly displaying their military might.

In this situation, once they get there and get stuck, they'll be sent home at lightning speed.

Moreover, even though the top and mid laners' teleports were off cooldown at this point, Skt didn't dare to initiate a 5v5 team fight.

LCK's tournament style in the finals is increasingly cautious and avoids making mistakes, but this also has the side effect of making players feel restricted and constrained.

Bang has lost count of how many times he has felt withdrawn when facing RNG.

Even before, I only felt that way, but now, seeing these people standing like gatekeepers, I've really started to feel withdrawn!

"Can you help us? We really can't get any lines." Bang seemed to realize he was crying, and after uttering these words in a trembling voice, he immediately fell silent and began to control his expression.

"I can't help... I'm under a lot of pressure in the top lane too, and they're doing really well," the guy said vaguely. He was in a terrible situation too. Would going there solve the problem?
Kennen's entry is countered by Kindred, and even Lissandra makes it impossible for Skt to eliminate one of their opponents first – it's simply wishful thinking.

"The other three members of Skt are too afraid to come over! Are they just giving up on the bot lane?"

At this moment, as wave after wave of minions entered the tower, a huge uproar had already broken out in the outside world.

Everyone thought that after RNG did this, a small-scale team fight for resources would definitely break out between the two sides. Unexpectedly, the three members of SKT directly abandoned the bottom lane and went to exchange resources!
Even more outrageous, Skt's bot lane seemed to be AFK, pacing anxiously around the second tower.

"Wawa exclaimed in surprise, "Skt's pick wasn't very wise! Without Lucian's damage output in the mid-to-late game, relying solely on Kennen and Lissandra won't be very effective!"

In the game, the tower with two layers of armor was reduced to only one layer after three or four waves of minions. Although Kindred had left, the members of SKT knew that Kindred was just farming their own jungle.

RNG's bot lane dominated, making Skt's bot lane afraid to come over and farm.

It was an extremely comical scene, practically a masterpiece of the world competition.

As the gap in last-hitting between Taliyah and Lucian widened, and the duo's levels went from being equal to 1.5 to being 1.5, the entire audience went wild.

"If Skt keeps playing like this, the game is over. Even if Lee Sin is already soloing the Rift, the disadvantage of the duo can't be reversed." Miller was also dumbfounded and stared blankly at Skt's choice.

"Has the blind man still not come to help the bot lane farm?" Miller looked at the blind man in the game.

At this moment, the Blind Monk had just soloed Rift, but instead of returning to base, he placed Rift Slope on the top lane to help Kennen push the lane into the tower and take down three tower plates.

But the blind man's appearance only made Bang and Wolf's situation worse.

Blank's choice shocked everyone.

Did SKT really just ignore their own bot lane this time? Letting RNG's bot lane completely dominate them in their matchup?
"In that case, at 12 minutes, Uzi was dominating Bang by nearly 50 CS, and once the bottom lane tower is down, that number will probably go up to 60 or even 70!"

"Fifteen last hits equal the gold of one kill! This means that Uzi now has a four-kill advantage."

As the bottom lane tower was finally destroyed by the minions, gold rewards appeared on everyone in RNG.

Seeing this, RNG's bot lane duo pushed the minion wave without hesitation, turned around and entered the middle of the river to recall. At the same time, both the Skt players and LCK fans breathed a sigh of relief.

"They're gone. Those two are finally gone."

"This Taliyah," the doll said with a wry smile, "I don't even dare to think about what items she'll get when she goes back. She'll definitely have Morellonomicon and Sorcerer's Shoes, but I don't know if she'll have enough gold to buy a Needlessly Large Rod."

"As expected, Big Stick still didn't have enough money, so Little Dog managed to buy the Blazing Wand. Now Taliyah's spell power has exceeded 300. In less than 15 minutes, these two are like the Grim Reapers, and wherever they go, the Skt team is on tenterhooks."

In professional matches, the line between exceptional skill and mediocre skill is very thin.

Even now, after dozens of games using Taliyah, Li Luo's proficiency level is still only three stars.

Taliyah's proficiency is rather strange; a large part of it comes from his awareness, namely, the timing of his attacks and his ability to catch enemies.

But the climbing duo doesn't need that. They just need to ensure their position is absolutely safe and wait for Pan Sen to faint so they can be carried back. And that's exactly what Li Luo excels at.

RNG has a significant advantage in the bot lane, the mid lane is evenly matched but they have the initiative, and the top lane is slightly disadvantaged due to Lee Sin's help.

Overall, the initiative is still in RNG's hands.

“Forcing SKT to come and fight is advantageous for RNG. If the laning phase continues normally, and Letme gets targeted and dies once, that might be SKT’s turning point,” Wawa said.

"This is a bit different from the RNG of the past. In the Spring Split and MSI, RNG was eager to go head-to-head with their opponents, and even SKT couldn't handle the various details of laning against RNG well. But this SKT is obviously different; they have gelled very well."

Even as the two were talking, RNG had already launched their first offensive, taking advantage of their bottom lane.

Xiangguo set his sights on Xiaolong.

Skt was tempted to try and take it, but seeing Pantheon's menacing look, he decided against it.

the reason is simple.

SKT doesn't yet have a hero strong enough to withstand a Pantheon stun and still absorb the subsequent burst damage, even if it means absorbing all the damage while the hero is low on health.

At this point in time, if Pantheon and Taliyah split the battlefield, the odds of winning are only 28/20. RNG has 8, Skt has 2. After weighing the pros and cons, Skt once again had no choice but to give up the second dragon.

The advantage of one lane can radiate throughout the entire map, forcing SKT to avoid confrontation; this is the charm of gaining an advantage in the bottom lane.

This is a situation that a top laner with a significant advantage cannot create, and it is also the goal that many ADC players strive for.

With such a huge advantage, once the blue buff was secured, Lee Sin was completely unable to enter the jungle.

Taliyah and Pantheon act like Kindred's bodyguards, dominating the jungle.

The fifth mark was easily devoured by Kindred, leaving the blind man with no choice but to accept it.

"This game went so smoothly, it almost feels like our LPL region is the number one region now."

"+111111, I thought there was going to be a world war, but this is all?"

"It can only be said that SKT's bot lane has exposed too many problems. They often collapse in less than 10 minutes, even if the top lane gains an advantage, it's useless."

"Is the internet connection down here? It was clearly RNG who orchestrated the game to give Skt's top laner a huge disadvantage from the start, okay?"

The audience was buzzing with discussion, and forum posts were popping up everywhere, all talking about this match that seemed to have turned into a bot game.

Unlike the previous game, Skt still had the Alchemist and Vel'Koz lanes to farm decently, but in this game, almost everyone was visibly outclassed by RNG.

Of course, many players with a decent understanding of the game also pointed out the reasons.

The starting point for all of RNG's momentum in this game was the bottom lane. It all stemmed from Skt's disastrous four-man gank on the bottom lane.

In the current version, once Taliyah gains this advantage in the jungle, her passive map-running ability makes her impossible to counter, let alone an ADC. She becomes even more difficult to deal with. As long as Taliyah and Pantheon don't use their ultimates, these two abilities are like nuclear weapons, radiating across the entire map.

Within the range of their ultimate abilities, Skt dared not make any rash moves. On the other hand, Lucian and Alistar, if they were not controlling the lane, would not even be able to farm once the minion wave crossed the river.

Everyone knew that RNG's bot lane was unbeatable, and they also knew that Xiangguo was nearby in the bot lane.

But there's no way around it. Whether you realize RNG is targeting you or not, you have to farm minions and develop your character, unless you just AFK like before.

If it weren't for the fact that Alistar's support items had been upgraded, the early-game trinket wards would only last for one minute. Once they disappeared, the dark jungle would be like a ghost town, where you could be ambushed by three people even while you were last-hitting a minion.

Of course, the S8 version was still considered good. You have to know that in the S9 era, FPX won the championship by relying on their strong vision control and roaming. They placed wards only to fight, and there were no defensive wards at all.

The unparalleled individual skill, coupled with the version's distortion, created a situation that no one expected.

This version made RNG a dominant force in the World Championship. Everyone knows that top laners are strong in the World Championship version, but do you really dare to gamble against RNG's support? Do you really dare to give up the bot lane?
The overwhelming dominance of top laners in this meta has masked the weaknesses of many teams, such as the instability of IG's bot lane, the aging of SKT's bot lane, and the sleepwalking of G2's jungler. Now, RNG is tearing away the layers of decay beneath the surface of these teams' prosperity and striking hard at their weaknesses.

After RNG gained an advantage in the bottom lane, they started a standard 1-3-1 split push.

This tactic has been used countless times since the S6 full-team roster was assembled, and it still wins.

The following period will be a period of Skt's tenacious resistance.

The 4-1 split push, a signature tactic of LCK, is very famous. However, the 1-3-1 grouping tactic, a standard tactic of RNG, has also appeared in many matches.

A 4-1 split push is used to put pressure on the opponent, compress their development space, and then wait for them to make a mistake. A 1-3-1 split push is used to force the opponent's solo lane or duo lane to develop.

The reason is simple.

Before Ornn's equipment is fully developed, although RNG's teamfight output is impressive, diving towers could lead to some unpredictable consequences.

While Swain in the top lane and Ornn in the bottom lane were pushing, Taliyah, Kindred, and Pantheon had already destroyed the mid lane turret and pushed the minion wave towards the second turret.

Crystal Maiden is clearing minions under the tower. Even with a Rocketbelt, she still looks incredibly fragile.

Li Luo maneuvered the Rock Sparrow forward, and its Rock Thruster was like a machine gun barrage, taking away more than a fifth of the Ice Maiden's health with just a glancing blow.

This injury made Brother Li's eyelids twitch.

"I can't hold on anymore, Alistar, come over here!" Seeing the next wave of minions about to enter the tower, Faker made a judgment and immediately called Wolf to come and help defend.

However, at the same time, Wolf proposed an even bolder idea:
Should we engage in a 5v5 team fight to decide the outcome, or continue on defense?
Wolf, the team leader, offered his opinion, and the team members all turned their attention to Faker. In this team fight that was crucial to the team's survival and determined the match point, they still entrusted the decision to this man who was once the Demon God.

Faker pondered for a moment, assessed RNG's ward placement, and then gritted his teeth:
"Find an opportunity, and strike!"

At 18 minutes, Crystal Maiden's damage output is almost at its peak. After that, as the enemy builds tank items and Crystal Maiden adds utility items, her damage curve will gradually decrease.

Similarly, for the blind man, the longer the game goes on, the lower Skt's chances of winning will become.

Now is the best time for Skt!

……

"Be careful, the other side might initiate a team fight."

Li Luo said that there was no basis for it, but based on the opponent's movement and the gradual disappearance of the eye, it was a kind of alertness from the body's inertia.

If the opposing team wants to win, they can't just sit by and watch RNG take down this second tower so easily, otherwise SKT won't be able to establish vision for the next Baron.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaohu, who had pushed the minion wave into the second tower, narrowed his eyes instantly and quickly shouted in the voice chat:

"Kennan is missing! Watch out!"

"Behind him, Kennen went behind TP!"

SKT's lineup relies mainly on Kennen's flanking maneuvers or Lissandra's strong crowd control to initiate team fights.

With Alistar, Lissandra, Lee Sin, and Lucian all on the front lines, only Kennen can turn the tide of battle. The more consistent Kennen's initiation, the higher the team fight win rate.

Although Ice Maiden has hard crowd control, her ultimate skill can only leave one target alive at most. There's even a possibility that she could be stunned and killed by Pantheon as soon as she engages, which is obviously unrealistic.

Therefore, the only option is for Kennen to use Teleport to flank from behind.

RNG understood this very well. When pushing forward, they cleared wards all the way, basically clearing all the wards behind them.

however

SKT lives up to its reputation as a veteran powerhouse. They are even more adept at setting up vision, especially when they know the characteristics of their own lineup, making it very difficult to clear out all the vision.

Kennen, accompanied by a purple light, appeared behind the group. With a cry of "Ah!", he activated his ultimate ability, charging forward with lightning around him, like a thunder god descending to earth.

The four Skt members on the front also rushed forward.

Lucian unleashed his holy lance, firing wildly in front of him.

The Ice Maiden took the lead, activating her E skill to dash towards RNG's group, trying to stun Kindred as soon as possible to prevent Kindred from using her ultimate.

"Hurry up and attack, their top and mid laners have teleported!" Wolf quickly reminded him after scanning the vision, while he himself stood firmly next to Lucian to protect the damage dealers.

Now, his skills no longer need to keep enemies in place or provide crowd control; instead, they are more about providing protection.

Wolf's voice seemed to be a signal, making Skt and the others even more impulsive, wanting to quickly eliminate the three.

"freeze!"

Just as the Ice Maiden was about to raise the massive ice coffin, Xiangguo pressed his ultimate move at the last second.

Sheep Spirits Live and Breed (R)
The sheep spirit bestows a blessing upon the ground beneath its feet for four seconds, creating an area where neither allied nor enemy creatures can die.

Units within range become immune to any further damage or healing once their health drops to 10%.

As a double-edged sword, Kindred's ultimate ability is extremely powerful and is one of the main factors in measuring the skill level of a Kindred player.

Many people overlook the most important effect of Kindred's ultimate: if you are reduced to 10% health while under the effects of Kindred's ultimate, then as long as you are still in the circle, even if a healer is healing you like crazy, it will have no effect whatsoever.

Therefore, in a sense, this ultimate move is the strongest offensive method to win with fewer troops that ordinary players would never think of!
(End of this chapter)