Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 349 Sunset Glow, Scout's Transformation
"Xiao Tian actually wants to counter-gank too?"

"Oh no! It seems Xiaotian doesn't know the factory manager is in this bush. He's using his scanner to walk past the factory manager's line of sight and hide in this bush on the top lane!"

As the two commentators exclaimed in surprise, everyone else was also taken aback.

Isn’t this too ridiculous?

But upon closer examination, it does make sense.

From Xiaotian's perspective, since Zaozi and Meikou had just returned to base after pushing the bottom lane, they couldn't gank them for the time being. So, if they wanted to gank, they could only try ganking the top lane.

Doinb, the mid laner, just got killed by Elise, and his level has fallen behind. If Xiaotian goes to the mid lane to help him, it will put all the burden on Doinb's shoulders. If he's playing Ryze or Viktor, he can still farm and develop after getting resources.

However, Nightmare wasn't Doinb's signature move in this game. At this point, as the captain and commander, Doinb would subconsciously shift the blame, passing the responsibility that would normally fall on the mid laner to others.

The fact that Hanzi is willing to take the blame is the biggest reason why FPX bought him!

"My God, Factory Manager... Did this guy stalk the screen?" Wawa exclaimed in astonishment, then shouted excitedly, "Before the match, many people didn't think much of Factory Manager's performance today. Now, can anyone tell me, if you cover up his ID, who would still think he's the veteran you all looked down on???"

Before the doll could finish speaking, with the arrival of the barrel, Fiora's positioning and movements immediately became bolder.

Not only did they actively use their Q skill to trade blows, but they even dared to greedily farm one or two minions when they had no openings or speed boosts.

The two junglers waited for about 20 seconds before Xiaotian finally lost his patience and, seeing that the crocodile only had half its health left, prepared to make a move.

Based on Fiora's experience, if we don't play now, Renekton will reach level 6 soon. Once a top laner like this reaches level 6, it will be much harder for them to gank like they did at level 5, adding a lot of uncertainty.

An opening appeared in front of the crocodile, and Fiora used her Q as usual. This time, instead of fighting and retreating, Fiora used her E skill and landed another auto-attack on the crocodile.

On the other side, Gragas also emerged from the bushes, picked up the barrel and drank a mouthful of wine, then used an E-Flash to knock up the crocodile.

The crocodile, having recovered from its dizziness, now had only one-third of its health remaining. It quickly dove into the grass, looking utterly panicked.

It has to be said that Flandre's acting skills are top-notch; he's practically an Oscar-winning actor reborn.

Anyone without a god-like perspective would think that these crocodiles were doomed.

Fiora's W is still active, and both players are level 5. To turn the tide and get a kill, the audience would only have a chance if Flandre's ID was changed to TheShy.

But then, things changed!
In the bushes where FPX had no vision, after Fiora walked into the bushes, she was surprised to find that the crocodile's health had recovered to half and it was still covered in the red rage of Tyrant's Fury.

Crocodile, is it at level 6?
How can it be?

The man was instantly dumbfounded, countless details flashing through his mind.

But that's not even the scariest thing. From the grass in the riverbed, another deformed spider emerged, followed by three spider sons, coming on menacingly.

The two FPX players, Ueno and Naruto, who made the first move, are now surrounded!
"Ah, ah, what's a spider doing here? Can I walk? Can I walk? I'm not even level 6 yet!"

When Doinb, who was directing the mid lane, saw the top laner's avatar, he immediately switched screens to that lane and felt a chill run down his spine.

Fiora face-checked the bush and was immediately hit by Renekton's empowered W. Fiora, who already had little health, lost one-fifth of her health in an instant, putting her in grave danger.

Once she realized what was happening, Fiora immediately used a backflash followed by a QW combo to try and escape.

However, Fiora's position was pursued too deep, and she had already chased him to the first bush near the red side in the top lane. Even with Flash and Q to retreat, she couldn't escape very far.

Seeing that Fiora didn't have her W skill, Li Luo smiled confidently, used his E skill to ascend and descend, followed by AQWA to transform into human form, and then used a fatal Q skill to finish off the enemy.

On the other side, Gragas, without Flash and E, was also chased and entangled by Renekton's E skill. When Li Luo came over and used a close-range E, Renekton took the kill.

"The Gragas is gone! That counter-gank by Clearlove was absolutely brilliant, it's like it's ingrained in Clearlove's genes."

"I have to say, that counter-gank was brilliant! Fiora will definitely have to use her first teleport to secure the top lane. The first dragon should go to EdgG without a doubt."

As soon as the commentator finished speaking, the audience erupted in cheers!
The venue, which can only accommodate two thousand people, exuded an aura comparable to that of ten thousand.

"Ahhhh!!!"

"The factory is too ruthless!"

"I filed a complaint against the director using my real name, but they didn't even give my dog ​​any screen time."

"I'm stunned. Was the factory manager really this awesome? If you don't understand, just ask: why didn't the factory manager play last year?"

"Has the factory manager forgotten that game where SKT gained a 10,000 gold lead?"

"That counter-gank was amazing! This guy's awareness is truly frightening. Compared to him, Xiaotian is still too inexperienced."

There was a lot of discussion at the scene, and FPX was apologizing repeatedly in their team voice chat.

"Oh no, I was careless this time. I didn't consider that I could get experience from this position."

Xiao Tian looked apologetic.

Edg was able to turn the tide because of Renekton's sudden level 6 and ultimate ability.

Originally only one-fifth of his health, the crocodile used his ultimate to raise it to almost half, a 250-point health boost, plus the healing from his Q skill. If both of them had their skills available, it would be fine, but without their skills, it was simply hopeless.

As for the timely arrival of the spider to provide support, in their eyes, it was just a fluke, with the factory manager farming nearby.

"It's alright, it's alright, don't come again, just help me out."

The man spoke unclearly, and with the help of the coin man's translation, he managed to stammer a few words.

The LPL live stream chat was flooded with "6" in unison, expressing their surprise and admiration.

According to S10 statistics, Silver and Gold are the most popular ranks among League of Legends players, accounting for a full 60% of all players. While this data may not be perfectly accurate, it roughly translates to about half of the viewers being in these ranks.

In fact, even the doll who is constantly criticized for having no understanding of the game and only yelling, has a better understanding of the game than at least 90% of the audience.

Even the commentators, when the spider was crouching there, subconsciously meant that this crouching was pointless, let alone the audience.

Many commenters, before they could even type "Factory Manager is still the same Factory Manager, still so pathetic" in the chat, were slapped in the face by what happened next, and had no choice but to obediently delete it and start using 7777 instead.

In the game, after Spider and Renekton secured the kill on Gragas, Spider helped Renekton push the top lane, bringing Spider to level 5.5. With more than two-thirds of his health remaining, Li Luo thought for a moment and then stubbornly walked into Xiaotian's upper jungle.

If Xiaotian's teammates today were the same as Uzi's in the game, then even if he won, he wouldn't go to the top side of the map to steal jungle camps.

Unfortunately, FPX's mid laner is currently Doinb.

As the saying goes, Doinb is both their strength and their weakness.

When Doinb was at his worst, that's when FPX was at its strongest.

When the entire situation requires Doinb to step up, it indicates that there is a major problem with the team.

Toad, Three Wolves.
I mustered up the courage to clear two groups of jungle monsters, but as expected, I didn't see the Gragas anywhere.

"Little dog, the barrel might be down there."

Upon hearing Li Luo's greeting, Zaozi took a step back, just as the barrel reached the bottom lane's triangular bush.

"Wow, is everyone on Edg now using the full map? This has completely stunned FPX!" Outsiders were dumbfounded.

The moment the Gragas arrived in the bottom lane, there wasn't a single ward from Edg. But as if it were a fairy tale, Uzi managed to retreat at the last second.

This means that Gragas wasted almost fifteen seconds of jungle clearing time on getting to the front.

"This is terrifying, bro. This team has five players, and not a single rookie. Look at Edg, every single one of them is a veteran who came from the ancient times. They are all very experienced. FPX will not be able to gain any advantage at all." Miller had just finished speaking when he immediately gave Wawa a wink.

The doll, upon receiving Miller's signal, was visibly excited and immediately shouted:

"Yes, Edg is definitely a contender for the World Championship this season. But starting from this game, we can see a terrifying transformation in this team. In less than ten minutes, last season's champion team was completely dominated, with an economic crushing advantage across the board. I really don't know how they could lose."

The doll was extremely skilled at this kind of pretentious act, and continued shouting:
"If Uzi and Xiaoming's bot lane was Uzi leading Xiaoming's attack, then the current combination with Meiko is Uzi being led by Meiko in the attack. It's an incredibly fierce combination that's completely incomprehensible!"

"This is a test for Lin Weixiang. If he can hold on, he will grow; if he can't, he will be haunted by inner demons!"

Hearing the high praise from the doll, the FPX fans at the scene felt a shiver and instinctively wanted to retort.

But seeing that FPX had lost over 2000 gold in just seven minutes online, I didn't know how to start a conversation.

I'm so withdrawn!

Last season's champion AD carry, champion bot laner, and champion team, how did they manage to survive against a team that can be described as an aging veteran?
This is ridiculous!
The audience felt this way, and the FPX team, as the parties involved, was even more upset at this moment.

"This is outrageous, guys! How can we play games with all these people together? This isn't fair!"

Doinb's Nightmare was now down 14 CS by Scout.

Both being top mid laners, Doinb is a champion mid laner, while Scout's best result is only the quarterfinals. Being suppressed by a quarterfinalist mid laner is not only humiliating, but also a very unpleasant gaming experience.

But Doinb forgot one thing: living under the hype of being a champion, his laning ability is now so bad that he would hardly even be ranked in T1 in the LPL.

At his peak, Scout was a T0-level mid laner comparable to Rookie, and even in S10, he was definitely a T1-level mid laner.

In a chance encounter during S10, Abu frankly stated that the biggest reason Scout couldn't break through his mental block was not anything else, but rather a psychological issue that no one had considered.

Scout has a bad attitude!
Scout at his peak, in the S7 Summer Split semifinals, truly outmaneuvered Rookie in lane and roamed to completely surround him. It was the most helpless Rookie ever was in his career. Rookie, playing a push-heavy Cassiopeia, was pinned under the tower by Scout, only able to farm under the tower and his health was always low. In the semifinals, Scout completely dominated Rookie in a head-on confrontation.

Scout, who had also performed exceptionally well in the semifinals and was the Summer Split MVP, dominated the finals in every aspect, including laning and support. In the third and fourth games, he forced RNG to ban LeBlanc, a champion that was not popular in the current meta, in the fifth game. Scout's performance in that year's playoffs was a rare phenomenon in LPL history.

After the World Championship, Scout seemed like a completely different person, picking Lucian three times to speak out for Black people, which led to Edg's absurd elimination in the round of 16.

Even in Season 10, he still couldn't overcome his inner demons.

until
These elderly teammates, enjoying their golden years, stepped forward.

At first, Scout had his share of getting crushed in lane during scrims. Just when he was feeling most frustrated, he was surprised to discover that there was another god-like player on the team in the late game!
As long as he can hold on for thirty minutes, even if he can't carry the game, he can confidently hand over the reins to the rest of the team.
Scout has undergone a qualitative change!
His laning ability has visibly improved by more than one level, and the most direct manifestation of this change in mentality is that he is more daring and aggressive in lane.

He needs a strong player, someone who can tell him "I'm here to carry" even when he can't step up. Unfortunately, Edg has never realized this. They want him to become Faker, the second-best player in China, which is really asking too much of him.

"Uzi is putting more pressure on me than last year. This guy is ridiculous. He's been in his prime for so many years. He's been a player since Season 3. How can he still be this strong in Season 10?"

Seeing Senna get hit again by Kai'Sa's Void Strike, Lin Weixiang said with a bitter face.

Si Shao next to him also looked a little unwell, but he didn't say anything, his mind was focused on how to turn the tide in the bottom lane.

As for Xiao Tian, ​​he has become withdrawn!

FMVP is an honor, but also a burden.

Receiving this honor means that from today onwards, your performance cannot exceed the lower limit of the audience's expectations. Once it does, the psychological pressure will increase exponentially.

At this point, the Spider had reached level 6, while his Gragas had only reached level 5, and the economic gap between them was widening. The economic difference between the jungler and his opponent was as high as 960 gold.

In the game, having secured two kills and the Spider in the upper jungle of both the blue and red sides, he was already acting somewhat recklessly.

After clearing the upper jungle on both sides, Li Luo pressed the recall button.

This time, he didn't leave Xiaotian anything.

This is also the game experience that Spicy Hot Pot taught him when he was with RNG.

Junglers should be greedy!
This greed doesn't refer to kills or minions, but rather to jungle resources.

While the factory manager's playstyle is extremely well-suited to this version, it also lacks sharpness, which is perfectly compensated for by Xiangguo's experience.

When she got home, Spider immediately pulled out her big jungle item; the game had just passed seven and a half minutes.

"My God, this spider is going to turn into a spider demon!"

"Now that the spider has changed its equipment, who can withstand it?!"

(End of this chapter)