Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 63 Royal Treatment
The moment the match started, the commentator's heart was in his throat, and PDD's voice trembled with nervousness.

Shenchao also started to tremble and stammer.

"What's going on? Why is Tristana taking Smite? Oh my god, let me see. Xiangguo's Gragas has Teleport, Galio has Teleport, Karma has Teleport. Are they going to let Tristana jungle this game? What's going on?!"

Guan Zeyuan took off his glasses and wiped them again and again until the director urged him to speak, at which point he spoke in a trembling voice.

Bringing the wrong skill in the finals means there's no going back, and if you lose because of that mistake...
At the start, all ten heroes went to the battlefield. SSG took the usual defensive positions, but RNG did something different.

After quickly purchasing their equipment, the five RNG players rushed out through the gap in the red team's top lane high ground.

The group quickly positioned themselves in the upper half of the red team's jungle, neglecting to even place wards in the lower half.

Crown's Wanderer hesitated under the tower before heading towards the river. He wanted to place a ward at the F6 exit to scout RNG's tactics.

Just as they reached the river mouth, five people suddenly emerged from the bushes at the river mouth and the dragon. Tristana took the lead and jumped directly on Crown's head. The slow effect of her W skill made it difficult for Crown to move.

"Damn, five people? What's going on?"

Seeing that the barrel, heavily pregnant, had already walked up, Crown, fearing being left behind, decisively used Flash and Heal to speed up and escape to the mid lane.

This caused a gasp from the crowd!
He used his DF combo right from the start, which makes it difficult for Crown to lane now.

The mid-lane Ryze versus Karma matchup can be seen as a clash of mediocre players.

Is Wanderer a counter to Karma?
Indeed, Ryze's wave clear speed is more than twice as fast as Karma's, not to mention his AOE in team fights and his early-game support efficiency.

However, trying to suppress Karma in the early game is wishful thinking.

The strength of the Wanderer lies in having a certain level and equipment to support mana, and then using a series of skills to unleash a barrage of attacks.

Only with the advantage of having high-level equipment can you quickly clear lanes and roam.

Karma completely counters Ryze in the early game, let alone Ryze without the DF combo.

If a hero like Rogue doesn't develop well in the early game and can't create momentum, he becomes a squishy and low-damage waste in small-scale team fights in the mid-game after losing his advantage.

Even Karma's RE shield would be too much for Ryze to break through with a full combo, let alone a monster lineup like Galio whose W has magic damage reduction and Gragas' W has damage reduction.

If the enemy uses their DF combo, the Rogue must position themselves further back; otherwise, the Rogue, with his short legs and lack of mobility, becomes an easy target for the jungler.

Crown's carry spirit was eventually worn down, and he resigned himself to being a complete slacker and enjoying himself.

"The enemy team chose the wrong Summoner Spell; Tristana took Smite."

There were still 10 seconds before the game went live, and Crown had time to go back to base to replenish his supplies. After pressing TAB, he was pleasantly surprised to find that RNG's summoner spells were abnormal.

"This seems to be a strategy RNG used; they tricked Crown out of their way right from the start."

Pdd exclaimed in surprise, "I thought we were doomed, but it turns out this might be a secret weapon that RNG has prepared."

"RNG is switching lanes? My god, what kind of playstyle is this? I've never heard of it before, I've never seen it before. Is this how you feed your ADC?"

"Gragas and Lulu were taking the red buff when Xiaohu's Karma helped Tristana and Galio, who were taking the F6 camp, land a Q."

RNG's tactics were so novel that the commentators lost their composure and started offering their own opinions.

The scene was in complete chaos!

The lane swap tactic has been largely absent from the scene since the first tower rework, and the jungle carry playstyle has also disappeared since Season 6. Once a lane swap is successful, the top and bottom laners' laning skills will be completely neutralized. At this point, it becomes a battle of endurance and macro-management abilities. Whoever can secure the first tower first and establish a rhythm will gain the upper hand.

Similarly, this lane-swap tactical system places extremely high demands on the speed of support from both sides, but RNG had a full three Teleports.

For the average viewer, lane-swapping tactics are extremely unwatchable and the early game is also quite dull.

Riot Games repeatedly emphasized the importance of the bot lane and the first tower between Seasons 5 and 7, and also made a series of adjustments to the dragon.

This led to the gradual disappearance of this playstyle, but in this game, RNG revived the old trick and once again unleashed a new, innovative technique.

The moment the minions appeared, the top laner, Withered, was clearly a little surprised.

Then surprise turned into shock!

A giant bug facing off against Lulu and Gragas!

Holy crap, what the hell? There's absolutely no chance of winning!
As soon as Lulu went online, she stood behind the minion wave, showing off to the bug. With a predicted Q skill, she continuously hit the bug with auto attacks.

Lulu, equipped with Spellthief's Blade, deals extremely high damage; in just a few hits, Cho'Gath was left with less than half health.

Barrage--
"At 2 minutes and 15 seconds, the withered bug is about to go home, holy crap!"

"When did RNG become so flamboyant? My god, what is this thing? Is it really that awesome?"

"Galio, who was supposed to go bot lane, is still helping Uzi jungle. Seriously, what kind of weird strategy is this?"

"To be honest, this isn't the RNG I know. I'm completely dumbfounded."

Even the three commentators were quite shocked by RNG's bizarre playstyle, their increasingly astonished expressions reaching the audience's ears.

"My god, Karma's RQ combo at level 1, plus Galio's AQ, Tristana took down the raptor with one W, and quickly devoured the big raptor as well. Gragas and Lulu had already helped reduce the red buff to half health, and Tristana took down the red buff in three hits."

"And it seems like they're keeping Galio offline while continuing to help the puppy level up."

"This is a very old-fashioned lane-swap strategy, but back then, if you played like this, your top laner could share the experience. However, in this version, if your top laner doesn't farm jungle monsters, your top laner gets zero experience."

"The Tristana here has reached level 3 after clearing the blue buff, while Galio is still level 1."

"Holy crap, this is a pure jungler-focused playstyle, no, it should be a pure Uzi-focused playstyle!"

"As we mentioned during the player selection, RNG's current lineup is severely lacking in damage output. The strength of the entire RNG team depends on how much damage Tristana deals in the mid-game."

An even more comical scene unfolded when PDD jumped up from the side.

"Hey, hey, duo jungle, duo lane farming, no, at 2 minutes and 50 seconds, Tristana reached level 4, and Ruler is only level 2. This is terrifying. Is this RNG's ultimate?"

"But this wave of minions is going to be difficult to farm, as Ambition's Zac has already taken over the blue buff."

"SSG's instincts are sharp too. Ryze and Zac have already surrounded us. They're going for a four-man gank on the two, but... but RNG has three Teleports!"

"Karma used her Teleport right away, but SSG insisted on going in to kill Galio. Galio, at level 1, couldn't withstand it. Zac jumped in, and Ryze followed up with damage. First Blood went to Ryze with Crown."

"My god, a five-man gank on the top lane! Even the level 1 Withered top laner teleported down to try and take down the tower, but they couldn't break it. The level 2 Gragas and the level 3 Karma had already come to support, and Zac was caught out and killed."

"This kill went to Tristana, and the resurrected Galio used Teleport to go directly to the top lane, where he and Lulu pushed down the outer turret. Now it's time for Xiangguo to help Uzi farm."

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