Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 356 Unsolvable Strategy, Hot Pot Plus
in the game.

After this game-changing surge ended, Edg's mid and jungle players officially took off.

Xin Zhao secured a kill and an assist, while also reclaiming the red buff from Taliyah, bringing his total to two kills in this match.

This was something no one had anticipated before the match.

After all, given the lineup for this match, the heroes that Top Esports chose for their three lanes were actually not easy to catch.

Zhao Xin, relying on his hero characteristics, was able to directly break through Top Esports' Wild Eater strategy and kill Kaka's Taliyah twice in just a few minutes.

This makes the laning phase on the bottom and middle lanes extremely difficult.

At the same time, because Taliyah was short of gold during both of her recalls, he still hasn't completed his jungle item, making his jungle clearing speed incredibly slow.

The first wave of Taliyah's blue buff was taken by Xin Zhao, and the second wave of her red buff was also taken by Xin Zhao. So, from the start of this game until now, Xin Zhao has had four buffs at the beginning.

"Taliyah is really at a disadvantage. She's already two levels behind the top laner, so it's impossible to gank top lane now. She runs out of mana just from farming jungle camps."

I remember the teacher shaking his head helplessly when he saw this scene.

"Furthermore, after the factory manager went back to base, I felt he wasn't the kind of guy to mess with. He'll definitely be lurking in Taliyah's jungle. Once he catches Taliyah, given the current equipment difference between the two, Taliyah will probably be gone in one fell swoop."

"Huh? The factory manager just pulled out Boots of Mobility? My god, a Xin Zhao with Boots of Mobility in the early game, Top Esports' mid and bot lanes are going to be in trouble!"

After replenishing his equipment, Li Luo controlled Zhao Xin and headed straight for the enemy's lower jungle.

Over there, Taliyah had just finished killing a crab and was about to go deal with her own toad.

"Is Zhao Xin really only farming enemy units and not jungle monsters? With the increased jungle monster respawn rate in this patch, if a jungler doesn't farm, they'll fall too far behind in gold, and the equipment gap between them and the carries will only widen as the game progresses."

The rock sparrow is diligently fighting its toad, and it's almost ready to be taken down.

However, just as Taliyah was about to finish off the Toad, she saw Xin Zhao rushing over in his Boots of Speed ​​and immediately using Smite.

Zhao Xin killed the toad, and a white light shone on Zhao Xin, leveling him up to level four!
???

Ka Ge was completely dumbfounded, but after he came to his senses, he felt a surge of anger rush to his head.

When Spicy Pot was still with RNG, the first and second teams practiced together many times, and I experienced Spicy Pot's inhuman counter-jungling style.

The problem is that at least Ka Ge can figure out Xiang Guo's tactics, and knows when he's counter-jungling and when he's farming.

As for the current playstyle of the factory manager, it's just like an upgraded version of Xiang Guo, making people's heads spin and not knowing how to deal with it.

"Zhao Xin has come to my jungle again! Someone, can you save me?"

Ka Ge shouted helplessly again. Less than six minutes into the game, he had already been caught and killed twice by Zhao Xin. If he died this time, the game would be completely over.

Upon hearing this, the other prophet rushed over.

But he forgot one thing: how could Miss Fortune face the Gragas + Xayah combo without Braum?

No sooner had Braum left than Miss Fortune was reduced to half health and forced to use her Flash to flee in panic.

"Wow, this is really a case of 'they start fighting without warning'? The factory manager drew the aggro from the prophet, and Uzi and Meiko almost took down Miss Fortune. All things considered, if Xin Zhao hadn't died in this fight, Top Esports would have been at a disadvantage."

Everyone present was completely dumbfounded by Li Luo's arrogant and unrestrained fighting style.

So, in Season 10, junglers were supposed to actively seek out fights with the enemy?

Does the reduction in jungle monster rewards and the increase in respawn rate mean that Riot Games is actually encouraging junglers to fight in the jungle more often, instead of just farming?
Rita suddenly realized and said excitedly:

"I get it! I get it! The factory manager's playstyle this game was very clever, perfectly matching the changes in the current version. In the current version, you don't actually need to farm jungle camps, because if you spend all your time farming jungle camps, your economy won't be much higher than others later on. It's better to just go for the starvation strategy like Xiangguo did back then, and have no one farm anymore."

"Zhao Xin can divide the battlefield and coordinate with the team's output in the mid-to-late game thanks to his skill forms. Taliyah is useless without gold!"

Rita's "wise words" immediately awakened many professional players who were still watching the game.

These professional players, unusually, have also begun to ponder the true purpose of the version changes.

Everyone knows that Riot Games has always encouraged fighting. Now, seeing how much profit Xin Zhao can relentlessly counter-jungle, these junglers are all tempted!

Just like Rita said, why bother farming jungle monsters to death?

Anyway, this version is so bad that you can't farm in the mid-to-late game. It would be better not to farm at all in the first place. Just pick junglers who are strong in the early game and supportive in the late game, and turn the jungle into the fourth lane in League of Legends!

At this moment, Li Luo, who was still struggling with Ka Ge on the field, was of course unaware that his actions had been misinterpreted by many people.

If he knew, he would definitely be both amused and exasperated, and shout:
"Injustice!"

The reason he chose to target Taliyah's jungle so aggressively in this game wasn't because farming wasn't appealing anymore, but rather because he realized that Edg didn't need him to provide much support in lane.

If they can shut down the enemy jungler in the jungle and prevent the enemy mid and jungle from coordinating, Edg's current laning strength will completely crush them.

Top Esports' ADC has now fallen 22 CS behind Uzi, and was forced to use Flash earlier. If he gets another chance in the next wave, he will definitely be killed instantly.

Scout's Sylas in the mid lane completely dominated Qiyana on the left. Qiyana struggled for a long time, but Sylas could heal completely with a single W.

As for Flandre's Aatrox and 369's Kennen in the top lane, their development is about the same. In fact, as time goes on, when Aatrox reaches his power spike, Kennen will have to be careful that Aatrox doesn't seize the opportunity to solo kill him.

In this situation where he has a significant advantage across the board, ganking to help can certainly speed up the process of crushing the lane, but the benefits are nowhere near as great as going to the jungle and laning against Karsa.

"If we can't win, we'll retreat. Our equipment is in terrible condition right now, so let's stall for time." He quickly switched screens with his left hand.

Ka Ge isn't someone who doesn't know his own limitations; he was just annoyed by Zhao Xin's counter-jungling, which is why he thought of calling for a counter-attack!
Too embarrassing!

The way the factory manager is playing now gives him the immediate impression that he's not being treated like a human being at all!

However, the situation was unfavorable to them. Under Braum's cover, Taliyah could only fight and retreat, leaving her with 200 health points. She returned to the bottom lane's second turret to survive.

"Hey! What do we do now that Taliyah's gone? Is Xin Zhao still not leaving? Are they going to keep fighting? Who are they going to fight? Braum!"

"My god, the factory manager is on a killing spree! He's stabbing anyone he sees! Braum covered Taliyah's retreat but got himself caught in the crossfire!"

A cheer immediately erupted from the crowd.

"What is this? Is this guy brainless? You can't kill me, what's the point? You might as well farm another camp."

The prophet tanked Xin Zhao's damage output and, following the same route as Taliyah's retreat, returned to the tower with low health.

The on-site commentators were also stunned for a moment, then realized something and couldn't help but widen their eyes.

This is absolutely outrageous! In the first ten minutes, they were completely dominating the enemy jungle like this. It's outrageous!

It's a completely open and aboveboard act of rebellion!
With his health nearly depleted, Ka could only watch helplessly as Zhao Xin turned his spear and got stuck between the first and second turrets in the bottom lane.

The tower of the Yue female gunner!
Edg.clearlove7 killed Tes.hope
Massive killing!

Three heads, a killing spree!

"Wow!!! Miss Fortune got ganked and killed by Xin Zhao again!" "What the hell? Clearlove is so brainless! He just sent the enemy jungler and support back to base in the jungle, then went to the bot lane and killed the ADC. This..."

"Just go for it! Yeah, go for it!"

"I'm a bit depressed, bro. This Xin Zhao is too aggressive; he's completely switched roles with Taliyah."

"Just now I was meekly running away and got chased, now I'm striking hard, like Zhao Zilong spearing down Changban Slope?"

The audience couldn't help but laugh when they heard the teacher say that.

"That Xin Zhao got the kill on Miss Fortune and even took a tower plating. I'm so frustrated! How are we supposed to play like this? The enemy team is too aggressive. Who would have thought Xin Zhao would go straight to the jungle to duel Taliyah?"

"Right now, the factory manager seems very aggressive, coming up with one plan after another. He's basically made his base in your jungle, kind of like Xiangguo."

"No, Mala Xiangguo is much more stable than the current factory manager."

The cat king, who hadn't spoken for a long time, timidly offered his opinion.

He finally understood the game; the factory manager's strength could no longer be judged by past standards.

It's even more likely that the factory manager was mistaken for a rookie player with an aggressive playing style.

To try to deduce the jungler's farming route and strategy based on the past style of the former jungler will inevitably come at a heavy price.

The commentators were completely dumbfounded, while the audience was already cheering wildly!

"7777777!"

"Zhao Xin is freaking vicious!"

"What a ruthless Xin Zhao!"

"Hey, in this whole match, it seems like Clearlove only farmed one red buff and one blue buff in his own jungle from start to finish. He probably stole everything else, right?"

"You don't treat Brother Ka as a human being?"

"To be fair, even after Karsa came to RNG, RNG didn't seem that strong. Have you forgotten that game where he got schooled by Clearlove at the All-Star game?"

"To be honest, the factory manager's performance and mentality are really top-notch right now, but his jungling style has changed too much, hasn't it?"

Countless viewers were discussing it, saying that the Demacia Cup match felt like the World Championship.

On the field, Li Luo, who successfully secured the kill on Xayah, couldn't stop smiling.

"Wow, that's awesome! To be honest, when it comes to getting kills, we still have to watch Clearlove7's amazing plays."

"Brother Zaozi said with a smile, in a sarcastic tone."

"Exactly! They even stole our bottom lane tower plates! This world is truly a place where people's hearts have turned to dust and morality has gone downhill!"

Mei Kou immediately chimed in, laughing and giving signals to make a scene.

"Wow, the enemy team can't take this anymore! Three kills, two assists!" the top laner, Flandre, said enviously, then immediately revealed his purpose: "When are you coming top to collect some money? This Kennen isn't even warding, he's so arrogant."

"Wait, let me see how things go before I come back. You stay calm and just let him win without lifting a finger, isn't that better?" Li Luo replied.

Holy Gun Bro: "."

"Kennen's Teleport should be ready by now. If a fight breaks out next wave, he should go to support," Flandre reported on the laning phase after a moment of silence.

However, after the previous few waves, Top Esports had become incredibly timid. Even when KaGe saw Xin Zhao, he immediately gave up his plan to fight and turned to leave.

As for the left-handed Qiyana, White Crescent's original intention was to have the left-handed player and Kage work together to create an advantage and complement each other's economy.

Scout's Sylas was too strong, putting immense pressure on ZuoShou in lane and making it impossible for him to escape.

The first dragon is an earth dragon, and it shows no sign of opening on either side.

Edg was in a huge lead, and Li Luo felt that taking the dragon would be a waste of time, expose their position, and make it difficult to carry out subsequent invasions.

Tes wanted to initiate a team fight near the dragon pit with Kennen, but unfortunately, all three lanes were being pushed back, making it difficult to push out and engage in the team fight.

Fifteen minutes later, Zhao Xin secured the Rift Herald, sparking a 3v3 battle in the top lane, which ended with a 1-for-3 exchange.

By the 19-minute mark of the game, Edg had leveraged their laning phase advantage to extend their team's gold lead to 8,000, which was a significant gap.

However, Top Esports still has no way to break the deadlock. It has to be said that the addition of Kaka has not fundamentally changed the Top Esports team.

"Edg has already started building vision around Baron Nashor. At 20 minutes, once Baron Nashor spawns, with Edgg's current lineup, they can immediately initiate the fight."

When the audience saw that the blue team had complete vision around the dragon pit, they were all taken aback, and the commentators became excited.

"Even if we knew, there was nothing we could do. Edg's advantage was too great. It would be difficult for the enemy to engage with Uzi's Xayah, and 369's engage was also countered by Gragas. This team fight would be hard to win."

"Yes, looking at these games in the Demacia Cup, Edg's style is becoming more and more obvious. Top Esports has been trying to slow down the pace, farm items, and play a macro game, but they can't find the right opportunity."

This overwhelming style of play puts the players' individual skills to the ultimate test.

Once the Baron Nashor spawned, Top Esports essentially gave up on contesting it, entering a hopeless situation and burying their hopes for the game.

At 22 minutes, all five Edg members gathered in the mid lane. With a 12,000 gold advantage, Sylas stole Kennen's ultimate and unleashed a devastating wave of crowd control.

After that, Gragas blasted the Miss Fortune who was about to use her ultimate ability into her face, and was then focused down and killed by all five members of Edg, thus ending any suspense in the game.

In the quarterfinals, Edg won the first game and secured the victory.

This game made everyone fully realize Edg's strength and the gap between Top Esports and the current Edg.

The same thing happened in the second game of the Bo5 series. It was still an unsolvable jungle brawl. Once Kaka couldn't provide support to the three lanes, Top Esports couldn't handle it with just Edg's laning strength.

This game ended even more decisively. Knowing the gap in skill, Top Esports chose to give up the fight at 18 minutes and, with a gamble in mind, went to the bottom lane to gank Uzi. However, Uzi's Ezreal outplayed them and got a triple kill in one fell swoop.

Top Esports lost the first two games in the best-of-five series, giving Edg the match point.

In the third game, White Crescent came up with a crooked idea: he drafted a lineup for Top Esports that only had an early game and no mid or late game, hoping that Top Esports could gain an advantage in the early game and defeat Edg.

This is exactly what Abu wanted!

Without the five players saying much, Abu also arranged a lineup that only had an early game and no mid or late game, making it a clash of titans.

This game was lost even faster. In fifteen minutes, the combination of Hope and Prophet was completely crushed by Uzi and Sister. Hope's Lucian was directly beaten to 0-5, and his development was extremely poor.

There was no way around it; Edg, with their huge advantage in the laning phase, pushed straight through.

Highlands, crystal, tusk tower, base.

Bang!
The game screen freezes at 18 minutes and 55 seconds; everything is still. Edg has secured their ticket to the Demacia Cup semifinals!
(End of this chapter)