Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 343 Top-Tier Showdown, The Beginning of the Peak

The game loads very quickly in top-tier matches of King of Glory.

Before Li Luo could do any more analysis, all ten players from both sides had already entered the game.

This time, he took Electrocute and selected Spirit Hunter in the red tree to increase movement speed. In the secondary tree, he chose Absolute Focus from the Sorcery tree to increase damage and Riverwalk to further ensure roaming speed.

The prince of Mount Tai brought the Dark Harvest, which is common in ranked games, and combined with the armor penetration items that have been reduced in price, he can play as an assassin when he is ahead and as a front-line tank when he is behind.

Upon entering the game, Taishan typed a line of pinyin in the public chat:
Is champion7 Mingkai?

His Chinese is good, and he can even say Chinese tongue twisters, so he has no problem with basic communication.

Before Li Luo could answer, Deft started talking to Taishan.

With a smile, Li Luo didn't say much. He gave a signal to the top laner and went to the red buff area of ​​the red side to start farming.

Since the bottom lane is easy to gank in this game, based on the current version's experience and trends, if he wants to gank the bottom lane at level three, his route will definitely be red buff, blue buff, and Gromp to quickly reach level three.

Li Luo chose to start with the red buff, and the DRX duo in the bottom lane naturally went to the blue side to try and invade.

Just as they reached the tri-bush in the bottom lane, they ran into Viper. The three of them grappled together, and in the ensuing chaos, Miss Fortune used Flash, Ezreal used Flash, and Pyke used Ignite.

Without the help of the bottom lane, Taishan's Prince was a step slower in clearing the jungle.

The Prince, who is farming from the red buff, now has to make a choice: whether to finish farming the red and blue buffs and quickly gank top and mid, or to counter-gank at the red and blue buffs.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands, Mount Tai made a risky decision.

After he finishes clearing the red buff and the Krugs, he plans to make an initial move and try to catch Miss Fortune who doesn't have Flash.

This is currently the most correct approach, and the only one that can allow our bot lane to develop safely.

"Our jungle clearing speed will definitely be faster than theirs this game, and I started with red buff and leveled up W, so I'm in great shape after the game. As long as Jarvan IV can't gank before I get to the bottom lane, we're not afraid of this 3v3 at all."

Spider jungler can clear blue buff and Gromp together at level 2, making jungle clearing much more comfortable than Jarvan IV's cramped Krugs clearing.

Normally, pulling two jungle monsters together to farm wouldn't be a problem, but most of the people flooding into the live stream are low-ranked players, who are quite impressed to see the spider farming so smoothly.

Barrage-
"As expected of the factory manager, that Spider's jungle clear was so smooth!"

"You're so observant, host!"

"66666666"

The popularity of the live stream actually increased instead of decreasing.

At this crucial juncture, as we approach the top of the Korean server rankings, our performance in this game is exceptionally important.

On the other side, the prince was also very skilled at pulling jungle monsters. Although he used up a health potion while fighting the Krugs at level two, he was still in good health when he arrived at the bottom lane.

However, at this moment, Taishan made a fatal mistake.

Because of the initial fight in the bottom lane, Taishan was unable to return to base in time to get his red sweeper and then come back to jungle. At this point, his position was clearly exposed to the red team's vision.

This kind of mistake is considered a major mistake in a competitive match, and the same applies in high-level ranked games.

While the top laner, Niu Guli, was outwardly engaged in a fierce battle with Doran, he was actually observing his jungler's every move.

At first, the way the Spider started farming in the bottom lane made him frown, and he couldn't understand why the Spider wasn't helping the top lane. But when the Prince appeared in the bottom lane's vision, he immediately showed a surprised and puzzled expression.

"Impressive, definitely a jungler with high intelligence."

At the same time, Li Luo also saw Taishan's figure, quietly wedged on the wall where the toad was coming down, and jumped down with a preemptive cocoon and E skill.

The level 2 prince, who was crouching there to block the damage from the three, was directly killed on the spot.

The first blood was easily secured by Li Luo's Spider. From start to finish, the Prince didn't even get to use his EQ before he died.

"This spider is a bit annoying."

The dead Taishan frowned slightly. His jungle clearing and ganking style was actually a bit different from the traditional junglers in LCK. He was the more aggressive type.

Taishan also plays with spiders, so he naturally knows how to play with spiders.

However, he still felt disgusted when the spider appeared in the opponent's hands.

Of course, what is happening right now is also one of the reasons why the Spider is so dominant in this version.

With its fast jungle clearing speed and strong ganking ability, as long as the E skill can maintain its hit rate, the Spider's ganking efficiency is simply terrifying.

"We don't need to leave here. Let's continue trying to gank the enemy bot lane. Judging from the time the Prince came to the bot lane and his CS, we can deduce that he must have started with red buff and Krugs. So now the only thing left in the Prince's jungle is the Raptors. He wouldn't risk such a big gank to counter-gank a Spider that might have left, so he will definitely go to the top jungle to catch up on his farm."

"As long as the top laner doesn't teleport down, this tower dive gank on bot lane shouldn't be a problem at all."

As he spoke, Li Luo controlled the spider, swaggering over from the blue team's ward and blocking the tower.

Ezreal has no Flash and is only level 2. Even if he is Viper, with his incredible skill, he still can't escape Elise's tower dive.

On the other side, Pyke fared even worse. Pyke, as a support champion, already has a very low margin for error, and when facing tower dives like this, he is even squishier than Ezreal due to his passive ability.

Without any fancy maneuvers, the Spider simply walked behind the tower and skillfully used QA to take away nearly a third of Ezreal's health. As the minion wave pushed into the tower, Miss Fortune used her speed boost to walk up and used QA to take away a significant amount of Ezreal's health again.

Faced with Ezreal in this state, Elise didn't even have the desire to switch to spider form and unleash a combo. After two basic attacks, Elise forced Ezreal to use his E skill from a blind spot, and then used her W to force him to reposition. Miss Fortune easily secured the kill.

"That timing for that tower dive was so perfect, it was like he completely guessed what the other side was thinking. No wonder he's Mr. Mingkai."

Deft felt a chill run down his spine.

If you don't connect Champion7 with Clearlove, it's fine, but once you do, his style makes perfect sense. When Edg was at its strongest, Clearlove helped his teammates establish an advantage by constantly invading, ganking, and counter-ganking, rather than relying on controlling map resources to ensure team fight advantage.

The changes to the jungle in S10 seem tailor-made for it, testing not only jungle clearing efficiency and strategies, but also awareness, counter-ganking, and ganking ability. This is why Edg was able to defeat the then-dominant SKT.

On the other hand, Chaowei and Li Luo both thought it was quite normal.

When your bot lane picks a lane-pushing composition, any smart jungler will try to push the lane and see if they can tower dive or counter-gank.

If, in this situation, the jungler doesn't push the lane, roam, or help with vision control, it just means their rank hasn't reached the average Diamond level. Miss Fortune's strength lies in her strong laning phase; her snowballing advantage becomes increasingly overwhelming, making her unstoppable in the mid-game.

But Miss Fortune and Yuumi absolutely cannot afford to be at a disadvantage.

When at a disadvantage and being pushed under the tower, Miss Fortune is essentially facing the offensive pressure of two people on her own. If she's not careful, she'll either get harassed by Ezreal or hooked out by Pyke.

Because of Deft's playstyle, DRX's coaching staff even tailored a strategy specifically for him, sacrificing Deft's gaming experience to allow the jungler to gank more often.

"We can try ganking here again. Ezreal has Teleport now, and we're pushing the lane. If Ezreal doesn't Teleport up to farm, he'll lose a huge wave of minions, giving our bot lane an advantage. But if he does Teleport up to farm, we can gank again."

Pretending to leave, before Li Luo could finish speaking, a blue whirlwind indeed rose from the blue team's minions.

The moment Ezreal landed, Li Luo turned back and immediately used Cocoon to smite the minions, controlling Ezreal before he could even use his E.

AQW was executed skillfully, allowing Ezreal to dodge the turret's damage and Pyke's crowd control. A perfect gank was executed once again, and the poor Ezreal was sent back to the fountain before he could even get a single minion.

The remaining Pyke, having been forced to retreat by his E skill, had no way to escape and could only be chased and killed by Miss Fortune.

This immediately caused an uproar among the regular viewers of the factory manager's live streams.
"Wow, that was incredibly precise and skillful! That Smite E skill... I wouldn't believe Clearlove hadn't recovered his full potential this time."

"This cocooning is absolutely ridiculous! While Ezreal's teleport was still protecting the minions, the cocoon struck, instantly smiteing the minions. 6666"

"Pyke shouldn't have hooked Spider, he should have hooked Miss Fortune."

"Now Ezreal is level 2 and Miss Fortune is level 4, they've completely blown up the map."

"Are Taishan and Viper discussing their illnesses here?"

Indeed, Viper's Ezreal was completely outplayed this game. If Ezreal hadn't been able to use his Q to survive, he probably wouldn't have been able to stay under the tower.

After several rounds, Ezreal only had a pitiful 7 CS, while his opponent Deft had 25 CS. The two were also two and a half levels apart in experience. After respawning and returning to lane, Ezreal only had a Cloth Armor and a Doran's Blade, while Miss Fortune had already pulled out her Serrated Dirk.

On the other side, the prince could only try to salvage the situation. While Li Luo was down, he cleared the river crab in the top lane and also invaded the red team's F6 and Krugs.

The prince was once again spotted by the vision of the stone golem, Niu Guli.

"Now that the prince is in the top lane, after we take the river crab and gromp, we can gank the bottom lane. It's hard to say whether we'll get a kill, but as long as we can reduce Ezreal's health, we'll have come out ahead."

Vision is always an unavoidable topic in high-level games.

The ability to bypass vision control is a must-learn skill for any jungler.

Especially in a match where all players are professionals, it is even more difficult to analyze the warding habits of the teams based on their specific positions.

Taishan clearly overlooked Niu Guli's warding habits. Once detected by the wards, not only would his bottom lane be in danger, but it would also be very difficult to gank the top lane.

"Oh no, I have an eye here, Viper, back off!"

Seeing the Irelia cowering, Tarzan immediately realized what was happening and activated his scanner, spotting the ward next to him.

At the same time, upon hearing Taishan's words, Viper instinctively used his E ability to dodge Li Luo's E skill hidden in the bushes at the last second.

Seeing that the spider was indeed still in the grass, Viper's brow twitched, and he really wanted to curse.

If it weren't for Taishan's reminder, given the current equipment gap, he would probably have been instantly killed the moment he was controlled.

This kind of pressure situation is the best test of an ADC's basic skills and experience.

As Griffin's AD carry, Viper once again demonstrated Griffin's characteristic of being stubborn!
Relying on Ezreal's Q skill, he controlled Ezreal to stand far away in a place where he could barely get experience, occasionally using the Q skill to steal a minion.

Seeing Viper's expression, Li Luo raised an eyebrow and instantly understood Viper's thinking.

Anyway, he's already blown up. Now Viper is forcing him to dive the tower, creating a time gap for Jarvan IV to farm jungle camps and gain a level advantage. This way, Jarvan IV's advantage can make up for the disadvantage in the bottom lane in the mid-game.

Given Ezreal's characteristics, he can poke with his Q skill in the mid-game. Although he doesn't use it much, at least he won't let the game fall apart too early.

As expected, they didn't want to see me reach the top like this, so they approached this match with the mindset of playing a competitive game.

"But do you think you can survive like this?"

Stopping his chatter with his viewers, Li Luo's eyes narrowed, and he focused intently on the game.

The fact that he was able to achieve a 30-game winning streak on his Korean server super account wasn't entirely due to Clearlove's experience. In his mind, Uzi's proficiency with many level 5 heroes also played a role.

If you've already secured a significant advantage, and you still allow your opponent to turn the tide without finding a breakthrough, then these winning streaks simply won't have been achieved. In the eyes of casual viewers, the prestige of being ranked number one in the Korean server will be greatly diminished.

From the ADC's perspective, since Ezreal is acting like he's not afraid of anything, he should just give up on the bot lane and let Miss Fortune slowly accumulate an advantage.

After returning to base, Li Luo immediately bought Boots of Speed ​​and a small jungle item, and headed straight for the mid lane.

There's still one minute until the red buff respawns. The best strategy is to first help the mid laner, Chaowei, relieve some minion pressure, and then help Niu Guli try to tower dive and kill Gnar.

With lane control in both the top and mid lanes, it will be very difficult for Taishan to counter-jungle using his level advantage.

Both Chaowei's Orianna and Faker's Sylas had already returned to base once. When Sylas saw the Spider coming, he could only watch from afar as the two pushed the minion wave forward.

After clearing the minion wave, the two of them headed straight to the top lane, intending to cause some trouble in the top lane during the thirty seconds before the red buff spawned.

Irelia's wave clear speed is extremely fast, and once she stacks up her passive, even Gnar has to temporarily retreat.

Dolan's Gnar, on the other hand, retreated to his tower early on after receiving a signal from his teammates, watching the minion wave from a distance.

"Huh? Why isn't he pushing the lane anymore?"

Doran was prepared to be tower-dived, but he didn't expect that after Irelia made a fierce move, she directly controlled the minion wave.

Doran paused for a moment upon seeing the location of the Irelia, then alarm bells rang in his mind.

"Damn it! They're not targeting me!"

In Summoner's Rift, Li Luo had already taken advantage of the situation and crouched in the bush behind the blue buff wall with his Orianna. At this moment, after clearing the wave, Li Luo walked straight up.

Upon seeing Dolan's signal, Li Ge was stunned for a moment, but it was too late!

(End of this chapter)