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Chapter 117 Sweeping GT! The Top Laner's Closed-Door Disciple—Holy Gun Bro!

"Ah, damn it!"

Looking at the gray screen in front of him, GimGoon let out a wail, "Idiot, you lied to me! Didn't you say Graves had just left the house?"

"Something's not right!" Savoki exclaimed, puzzled. "Graves' jungle route should mean he just left the jungle recently, how could he be in the top lane already!"

"You're asking me? How would I know!" Jingong was speechless.

This is only happening during a competitive match. If someone did this in a ranked game, they would be furious.

"We must have guessed Graves' jungle route wrong!" GT's jungler immediately realized and guessed the truth.

In this game, Eimy's Graves didn't even bother with the red buff after starting at F6; instead, he went straight to the bottom jungle.

After clearing the three camps of jungle monsters in the blue buff area, Graves recalled to base.

By the time Savoki entered LGD's blue buff area, Eimy had already recalled to base and left the high ground.

However, he estimated the jungle clearing speed based on the usual Graves' fast level 4 jungle clearing route, and concluded that Graves had just recalled to base.

Then Graves went out, took the red buff, crossed the river, entered GT's blue buff area, circled around to GT's top tower, and tower-dived to kill Rumble.

In this tower dive, Cassiopeia secured First Blood against Rumble.

Zhou Dian didn't greedily farm. He immediately returned to base to buy equipment.

After replenishing his equipment, Zhou Dian immediately used his teleport to log back in, not wanting to lose even a single minion.

Actually, he could have gone online on foot this time.

However, the first dragon in this game is a wind dragon, so there is no need to contest it.

Then why would he keep this teleportation feature?
Like I said before, if you're going to play Cassiopeia top lane, you have to play it a bit more solo.

This hero is useless if he doesn't develop well.

For the rest of the game, it became very easy for both Zhou Dian and LGD.

Cassiopeia is a counter to top lane, and after gaining the advantage of first blood, Zhou Dian made it impossible for GimGoon's Rumble to turn the tide, and the CS gap between him and Cassiopeia widened.

Of course, Kim Gong has done a very good job in terms of stress resistance.

Even though Rambo isn't exactly a hero who can withstand pressure.

Jin Gong never gave Zhou Dian a chance to get a solo kill, and he almost got one twice.

But Cassiopeia ultimately failed to solo kill Rumble.

However, around the seven or eight-minute mark, Rumble was no longer able to go forward to last-hit minions and could only stay in the back and use his Electric Harpoon (E) to steal a few last hits.

Furthermore, as soon as Rumble's ultimate is ready, GimGoon immediately uses it to finish off the enemy without hesitation.

There's no other way; this is the only way Rumble can land a few more hits.

Otherwise, Rumble's CS count would be simply unbelievable.

In this game, GT's mid and jungle players were Orianna and Kha'Zix, both of whom are champions who need to farm minions to develop. After LGD's mid and jungle players helped Zhou Dian establish vision, GT's mid and jungle players had no chance to catch Cassiopeia, and naturally could not help Rumble.

Aside from that tower dive at the 4-minute mark, Eimy didn't gank top lane once more. He just let Cassiopeia slowly torment Rumble in the top lane.

The focus of the early game should be on the bottom lane.

GT is still significantly weaker than LGD in terms of overall strength.

The bottom lane also opted for a strong laning combination, but the two of them, Xihuang and Savoki, were no match for imp and PYL.

Although I wasn't killed in lane, I was frequently pushed into the tower.

This gave LGD's mid and jungle players the opportunity to gank the bottom lane from four positions.

GodV played Karma mid in this game and focused on clearing the minion wave. After clearing the mid lane, he ran to the bottom lane.

In the early game, Clockwerk is no match for Karma in terms of wave clear efficiency.

Furthermore, Karma's E skill provides a speed boost, making her efficient at roaming and exploring the map.

Fearing something might happen in the bot lane, GT's mid laner would sometimes even lose lane gold and follow Karma to the bot lane.

This slows down the development of the clockwork.

GT couldn't win on either the top or bottom lanes, so their mid and jungle couldn't help them. They were completely exhausted, but LGD still managed to gradually expand their advantage on both side lanes.

When the game was about ten minutes in, both the top and bottom lane towers of GT were destroyed.

Economically, they are already more than 3,000 yuan behind LGD.

Next, LGD secured the Rift Herald and grouped up to push down GT's mid-lane tower.

Then, LGD completely controlled the pace of the game, and the economic gap widened further.

GT can't even wait for the clockwork to develop.

Rumble, who could have been a strong mid-game hero, was severely pressured in lane and lacked items, so he didn't deal much damage during his power spike.

Not to mention that LGD also has Karma on their side.

In several small-scale team fights, as soon as Rumble cast his ultimate, Karma used her RE to give the entire LGD team a speed boost, quickly pulling them out of the range of Rumble's ultimate and preventing them from being burned.

GT suffered a series of defeats.

LGD's advantage is growing.

In the end, LGD destroyed the blue team GT's base crystal in just 27 minutes.

"So, let's congratulate LGD on their decisive 2-0 victory over GT, securing their second win in the inter-group competition!" Wang Duoduo announced loudly.

"Yes, congratulations LGD!" Zhihuan added.

On the main stage, the camera pans across the players' seats.

The GT team members remained calm, their expressions a mixture of confusion and indifference.

Anyway, we've already lost so badly, we don't care about losing one more game to LGD.

The LGD players, on the other hand, had happy expressions on their faces, each one wearing a smile.

Of course, he just smiled and didn't seem too excited.

Although they swept GT with a score of 2-0.

But GT is currently the bottom team in Group B, with limited strength, so beating them doesn't prove anything.

However, as long as you win the game, there's always something to be happy about.

The greatest source of joy in esports is the moment you win a match based on your own skill.

PYL, as the team captain, walked at the front, followed by Zhou Dian and the other three teammates, heading towards GT's player bench.

As Zhou Dian shook hands with each person, when he reached out to shake hands with GimGoon, GimGoon suddenly grinned.

Zhou Dian subconsciously assumed that Jin Gong was going to "go to the West Eight".

“Well fought!”

Four Chinese characters with an accent came out of Kim Gong's mouth.

This compliment caught Zhou Dian off guard, and he instinctively replied, "You too!"

Then I quickly caught up with my teammates.

Completely unaware that Kim Gong's face behind him had turned slightly green.

What do you mean, "you are also"?
I played pretty well too?

Isn't this just sarcasm directed at me, GimGoon?
Are you taking advantage of me because I don't understand Chinese?
"Damn it!" Kim Gong finally blurted out his national curse.

However, Zhou Dian, who was bowing to the audience at the front of the stage, certainly couldn't hear it.

On the bus back to the LGD base.

GodV didn't sit alone in a corner like he did last time.

Instead, he sat down near his teammates, and they chatted and laughed together.

In the second game between LGD and GT, the MVP was awarded to GodV's Karma.

Although Zhou Dian's Cassiopeia has high economy and high damage output, he spends a lot of time pushing lanes, resulting in average win rate and few kills.

Therefore, the MVP was awarded to Karma, who roamed around everywhere and had a 100% team fight participation rate.

GodV was also invited for the post-match interview.

Wei Shen hasn't experienced the MVP award and post-game visit routine for a long time.

This feeling is really good.

After the match against GT, Wei Shen gained a sense of accomplishment. This sense of accomplishment came not only from the victory and the MVP award.

It also comes from roaming around and helping teammates.

This is actually carrying the game in another way.

There is no inherent superiority or inferiority between playing a late-game carry and scaling up to carry the game.

The one who wins the game is the best.

Perhaps I was only focused on my own outstanding performance before, without really thinking deeply about the way of the game?

GodV had a vague realization.

These insights are still somewhat vague and require more matches to verify.

There are two matches on Sunday: LGD vs. GT, followed by Snake vs. WE.

In the first game of the BO3 between Snake and WE, after 957 picked Rumble for top lane, Flandre picked Cassiopeia for top lane on the fifth floor of the red side.

"Wow, Cassiopeia top lane! Flandre must have learned this from watching the LGD vs. GT match just now!" Wang Duoduo said.

"I thought Flandre might pick Lucian for top lane!" Zhihuan said with a laugh.

"In the previous match between Snake and LGD, Flandre was completely outplayed by Zhou's top lane Lucian. After that, I saw Flandre playing a lot of Lucian top lane in ranked games. I wonder if we'll get to see him play today!"

Not only were the commentators surprised by Flandre's choice of Cassiopeia in the top lane, but many viewers in the live stream were as well.

[The legendary top laner's last disciple – Flandre!]

[I'm speechless. HolyGun Bro, you don't learn anything good, but you try to play top lane Cassiopeia!]

[I'm going to play ranked later and I'll probably run into top lane Cassiopeia again! They're all terrible, you pros, please don't corrupt the casual players!]

[Holy Gun Bro: ??? If it's Zhou who corrupted the passersby, why are you blaming me?]

【.】

Saint Gun's choice of Cassiopeia against 957's Rumble is fine, but Snake's strength is currently far behind WE's.

After finally managing to get a few more CS in the top lane, good news came from the mid and bot lanes one after another.

The mid laner got caught and killed, and the ADC got killed in lane!

So, Flandre got anxious!

How can we not be anxious?

In his haste, he played too aggressively and made a rather serious mistake.

A player of 957's caliber would certainly not let such an opportunity pass by.

Taking advantage of Flandre's mistake, Rumble solo-killed Cassiopeia!
The comments section was filled with laughter.

[Haha, this snake woman doesn't know how to play!]

[Li Xuanjun, what are you doing?]

He's so bad at the game, I'm getting anxious!

If you don't have the skill, don't try to pick heroes randomly like others!

[Holy Gun Bro, don't ever say you're the top disciple of the legendary top laner again. The legendary top laner can't afford to lose face like that!]

[Holy Gun: I don't think anyone said I was the last disciple of the top lane master. Isn't this all made up by you guys?]

[The Holy Lance? A gun!]

[@TopLaneMaster, hurry up and release another Cassiopeia tutorial, showing you how to play a top lane Cassiopeia with a gunner!]

【.】

After Cassiopeia was solo killed by Rumble, Snake's three lanes collapsed.

As a result, WE easily won the first game.

Back in the locker room, Flandre sat in a chair without saying a word, while Coach Zhu Kai was frantically trying to give the players pep talks, but he couldn't be bothered to listen.

Saint Gunner glanced around at his teammates.

SofM only knows how to farm jungle camps, Crystal is half-crippled due to hand injury, Ohq is a complete waste AD carry, and there's also Zz1tai in the mid lane.

After several consecutive losses, Snake's manager, Zuo Wu, followed Zhu Kai's advice and tried to calm the fans by making substitutions.

However, Zz1tai's recent performance in matches hasn't been great either!

In the first game against WE, he was even solo killed by Xiye.

After looking around, Flandre had only one thought: with this team of teammates, how the hell am I supposed to win?

Do not!
Zhou Shen can carry four opponents single-handedly, and so can I, Li Xuanjun.

These teammates are completely untrustworthy; I must go it alone!

So, in the second game, Flandre picked Lucian for top lane.

"Oh my god, top laner Lucian, he's really here!" Zhihuan shouted.

"I just wonder if he can recreate the scene from last time when Zhou played top lane Lucian, sweeping across the entire map and killing wherever he went!"

“Last time, Flandre was the victim of top lane Lucian. This time, Flandre says I want to be the perpetrator!” Wang Duoduo said with a smile.

Because of his consecutive picks of top lane Cassiopeia and top lane Lucian, more and more viewers have given Flandre nicknames such as "the last disciple of the top lane master" and "Zhou Shen's disciple".

In the second game, the top laner Lucian really let Flandre have a blast for the first few minutes.

I placed a $30 bet on $957 in just seven minutes.

"Is this Lucian for top lane? This is fucking awesome!" Flandre thought to himself.

And then, his good days came to an end.

Next, WE's jungler, mid laner, and support took turns ganking the top lane.

Sometimes, even several people come together.

Saint Gun Bro was completely numb from being grabbed!
It's one thing if he doesn't have teammates to help him, but the problem is that with WE ganking the top lane like this, his teammates still can't win the fight, and they might even get killed in lane.

"I'm tired, let's destroy it!" Saint Gun decided to lie down and lay down.

In the end, WE won the second game in just 22 minutes, easily sweeping Snake and continuing their winning streak.

Evening, LGD training room.

While waiting in line, Zhou Dian picked up his phone and started browsing D-site.

I first opened the private message page and saw that there were quite a few more private messages.

At first glance, how come most of these newly added private messages are so highly consistent?
"Teach Holy Gun Bro a lesson!"

This private message appeared the most often.

Other comments included, "Hurry up and release another Cassiopeia tutorial so Flandre can learn how to play Cassiopeia!" and "Can you make another tutorial on top lane Lucian? Flandre wants to learn."

What's going on?

Zhou Dian didn't quite understand.

No problem, just browse around on forums like Baidu Tieba and Weibo, and you should be able to figure it out.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Dian figured out what had happened.

All I can say is, it's kind of funny!

On Weibo, the hashtag "[Teach Saint Gun Bro]" even trended on the hot search list.

Actually, right after the Snake vs. WE match ended, the trending topic was "Save Flandre".

Flandre's teammates seem to be acting rather inhumanely.

However, in the comment section under the relevant Weibo post, a large number of netizens were making fun of the meme, constantly tagging the top laner, and also saying, "Teach Saint Gun Bro a lesson!"

Many of these onlookers came from Tieba (a Chinese online forum).

Most people on Tieba (a Chinese online forum) disapprove of fan-circle behavior like "XX didn't lose the game even though they lost."

The fact that hashtags like "Save Saint Gun Bro" trended on social media is undoubtedly the work of a group of fan club members.

A guy on Tieba directly used the homophone "Teach Saint Gun Bro" to make a joke, which both disgusted the fandom fans and made a meme!

Good.

(End of this chapter)