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Chapter 212 Wise and Rational Greed

When Eimy saw Wei Shen's Orianna coming over to ask for the blue buff, his first reaction was that there was another one at home, so he told Wei Shen to go and get that blue buff.

The main spider's level is a bit too low.

Nine minutes into the game, and the spider is still only level five.

Let's at least level up to level six first!

The spider is currently just a little short of level six in experience points. Once it consumes this blue buff, it will reach level six.

After all, in WE's entire blue buff area, there are only the blue buff monsters left now.

Without taking this blue buff, Spider will have to travel a long way back to her own jungle to farm jungle camps in order to reach level six.

But then Eimy realized something.

Currently, there is no one left in LGD's entire bottom bracket.

The blue buff at home is definitely gone.

If Orianna needs mana, she can only take the blue buff that Elise is currently taking from WE.

What should we do?
After only a slight hesitation, Eimy made a decision.

Let's give this blue buff to the mid laner, Orianna.

Orianna needs the blue buff more than he does.

My spider's level has already fallen behind, and I've done my part to help my teammates in the early game. Now it's my teammates' turn to step up their game.

Moreover, whether or not the spider is upgraded to level 6 is not that crucial and will not cause a qualitative change.

It's okay if I'm a little late for the CET-6!
It's already very late.

After Wei Shen's Orianna used a QW combo, he successfully secured the blue buff in WE's jungle.

He then returned directly to the mid lane and went to lane against Xiye's vampire.

With the blue buff, Orianna can relentlessly suppress Vladimir in a one-on-one situation for those two minutes.

Eimy's Spider, after giving the blue buff to Orianna, did not immediately go to level six.

It was still a level 5 spider, heading straight for the top lane.

He needs to hurry and help imp and PYL take down WE's top tower.

In this game, LGD must do their best to speed up the pace of the game.

After all, WE has two very powerful late-game carry champions: Vladimir and Kog'Maw.

If you can't end the game quickly when you have the advantage.

If the game drags on to the late game, the advantages gained earlier might become insignificant in the face of the strength of champions like Kog'Maw and Vladimir.

At this moment, EZ and Karma had already pushed LGD's top lane minions to WE's top turret and were about to push it down.

As soon as the spider arrived, 957, who was under the tower, realized that he couldn't defend the tower by himself.

957 pressed the Tab key and glanced at the equipment bar.

EZ has already completed the Manamune set and has one fully equipped.

If the Gragas stays under the tower, he's definitely going to be tower-dived and killed by LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner.

He had no room to maneuver.

Unless the three LGD players make a mistake in their own operation and coordination.

However, a mature professional player will certainly not pin their hopes on the opponent's deliberate mistakes during a match.

Therefore, 957 had no choice but to control the barrel to retreat, completely giving up WE's top lane tower.

On WE's side, the Vladimir was sweating profusely in the mid lane, dealing with the Orianna who was aggressively pushing the lane after getting the blue buff.

Kog'Maw is farming minions in the bottom lane, and Lulu is near Kog'Maw.

The blind monk had just respawned in the fountain.

There was simply no one who could help Gragas defend this upper tower.

LGD's minion wave pushed into WE's top lane tower.

EZ, Karma, and Elise started relentlessly attacking the turret.

WE's top tower is already in LGD's hands.

These are the extra benefits of killing the Lee Sin.

Not only did they take the kill money from Lee Sin and disrupt his rhythm, but they also directly helped LGD take down WE's top lane tower.

With LGD's jungler, support, and bottom laner pushing relentlessly, WE's top lane tower was quickly destroyed.

The economic gap between the two sides is now more than 3,000 yuan.

In the lower half of Summoner's Rift.

After Zhou Dian's Vayne secured the kill on Lee Sin, she didn't hesitate and immediately recalled to base.

Back at the fountain, Zhou Dian immediately bought a Ruined King.

I barely missed any last hits online, plus I got two extra jungle camps, and the Lee Sin kill netted me 300 gold.

This allowed Vayne to complete her core item, Blade of the Ruined King, in just over 9 minutes.

Of course, there is another key point to the fact that it was able to create such a ruin so quickly.

Vayne's starting item is a Long Sword, which can be directly incorporated into the Blade of the Ruined King build.

This saved me money by buying this item when I went out.

If you start with Doran's Blade, you won't have enough gold to buy Blade of the Ruined King right now.

Having a complete set and not having one makes a world of difference.

After buying Blade of Despair, Zhou Dian, controlling Vayne, headed straight for his own jungle.

Although the blue buff at home is most likely gone.

But Zhou Dian was unwilling to give up without taking a look.

Vayne walked near the blue buff and spotted the WE bot lane duo attacking it.

One against two, Vayne level 8, Kog'Maw level 7, Lulu level 5.

Furthermore, Vayne has already acquired Blade of the Ruined King.

If he had a powerful move, Zhou Dian could have easily taken on two opponents at once.

But now...
"Is Lulu weak?" Zhou Dian asked in the team voice chat.

“Yes, yes, it’s good that Lulu is weak!” PYL immediately said.

Upon hearing that Lulu was weak, Zhou Dian gave up his plan to rush over and steal the blue buff.

Vayne immediately turned around and went to the bottom lane to farm.

Big Mouth quickly took down LGD's blue buff.

Both sides essentially swapped their blue buffs. From the perspective of just the blue buff swap, LGD actually came out slightly ahead.

After all, it was LGD's mid laner Orianna who got the blue buff.

WE's mid and jungle players should have taken the blue buff at this point, but they didn't have a blue buff available.

After Vayne farmed a few minions in the bottom lane, Kog'Maw and Lulu returned to the bottom lane and started pushing the lane aggressively.

Zhou Dian had no choice but to retreat to his own bottom lane tower and wait for the bottom lane minions to push into the tower.

the other side.

Condi's Lee Sin went straight to his own red buff area after respawning.

After clearing F6 and reaching level 7, Lee Sin immediately headed towards LGD's blue buff area.

Condi wasn't going to invade the enemy jungle; he was planning to flank and dive Vayne.

Besides seeking revenge for being ambushed by Zhou Dian earlier, he also had the aim of helping Lulu push down LGD's bottom lane tower.

Condi's judgment was wise; the top lane tower was gone anyway.

Why not take advantage of the fact that Vayne is the only player left in LGD's bottom half of the map and go to the bottom lane to make up for the losses?

Soon, a large wave of minions was pushed by Lulu to LGD's bottom lane tower.

At this moment, Condi's Lee Sin had already reached LGD's blue buff area and was about to circle around from the red side's bottom lane tri-bush to behind LGD's bottom tower.

If Vayne gets cornered under the tower by Lee Sin, she's definitely going to die.

Just like with 957 before, Vayne has no room to maneuver when facing a fully-equipped enemy bot lane, jungle, and support trio.

“Condi is about to flank us. He shouldn’t have been spotted along the way. I wonder if Zhou Shen will realize it!” Remember said.

"With such a large wave of minions under the tower, I reckon Zhou Shen is unlikely to give up!" Miller added.

The implication is that he's referring to Zhou Dian, who is known for being extremely "greedy" when playing games.

It's very likely that they were "dazed" by the large wave of minions under the tower, causing them to be unaware of the arrival of the Lee Sin.

Or rather, the mere possibility of being tower-dived is not enough to make Zhou Dian give up on this wave of minions.

In a sense, Miller was right.

Given the situation on the field, any experienced top laner who puts themselves in Vayne's shoes would realize that they could potentially be outmaneuvered.

If it were a more conservative player like 957, he would abandon the first tower and retreat even before seeing Lee Sin.

This is known as the half-zone principle.

Zhou Dian is not unaware of the half-zone principle.

But a truly great professional League of Legends player never rigidly adheres to the rules.

What they will do is constantly adapt to the actual situation.

As Miller subtly implied, the mere possibility of being tower-dived was not enough for Zhou Dian to abandon such a large wave of minions.

If Lee Sin hadn't come, wouldn't Vayne have gotten an extra wave of farm?

Zhou Dian will only abandon the minion wave and retreat if he is 100% certain that the Lee Sin has arrived.

Zhou Dian is indeed very greedy when playing games.

But this is not mindless greed; it is intelligent and rational greed.

Therefore, for Zhou Dian...

The key question now is whether Lee Sin has arrived or not.

For the past two minutes, LGD's entire focus has been on the top half of the map.

Therefore, there are no wards from LGD in the entire bottom half of the map.

When Vayne emerged from the fountain, she had just enough gold to buy Blade of the Ruined King, and no extra gold for True Sight Wards.

Vayne has no true sight wards, and her trinket wards are still on cooldown.

Otherwise, Zhou Dian would have already placed wards in his own blue buff area or the bottom lane's tri-bush.

From the vantage point of view, the commentators naturally saw that Lee Sin had already moved from the drinking area into LGD's blue buff area and was not far from LGD's bottom lane.

But from Zhou Dian's perspective, apart from the small area covered by his own defensive towers...

The entire lower half of the game was pitch black!
How can I tell if Lee Sin has arrived or not?
It's very simple, just try it and you'll see.

WE's bot lane duo used ranged skills to harass Vayne, who was hiding behind the tower, just as the minion wave entered the tower.

Of course, Zhou Dian's sharp footwork completely thwarted them.

Subsequently, the two sides entered into a state of mutual non-interference.

Lulu attacks the tower with Kog'Maw, Vayne last-hits the tower.

Suddenly, Vayne used her Q skill to roll up and auto-attack Kog'Maw.

At this moment, Lulu was within the range of LGD's first tower. After being targeted by Vayne, she naturally had to move back slightly.

Lulu took a half step back, pushing herself to the edge of the turret's range.

Meanwhile, Vayne also moved up half of the map.

Now, WE's bot lane duo naturally had to retaliate.

Because from this position, you can easily kite the turret and attack Vayne while ensuring you don't get hit by the turret.

Big Mouth Lulu turned around and started attacking Vayne.

then
VN ran away in a flash.

He ran towards his own bottom lane second tower without looking back.

Zhou Dian was certain that the Blind Monk had arrived.

Because when Kog'Maw and Lulu attacked him, Kog'Maw didn't activate Biotic Barrage (W), and Lulu didn't use Polymorph.

Why did WE's bot lane duo keep those two key skills?
It's obvious they're waiting for Lee Sin to come over, so they can take down Zhou Dian's Vayne with a single burst of skills, giving Vayne no chance to make any moves!
So, Zhou Dian slipped away.

When Vayne reached the area between the first and second turrets in the bottom lane, Lee Sin emerged from the tri-bush.

Thank goodness, if I had been a second or two later, I would have been caught by the blind monk.

"Damn it! Why did they suddenly stop farming minions and just leave?"

Condi was really angry.

A few seconds ago, seeing Vayne standing still under the tower, he thought Zhou Dian was going to greedily farm this wave of minions, and that Vayne was doomed.

I didn't expect Vayne to leave so suddenly.

Why did they choose to retreat at the exact moment, making it so that their Lee Sin couldn't catch up with Vayne?

This made Condi feel like he had been tricked by Zhou Dian.

"That's impossible. I wasn't seen by anyone along the way. He couldn't have waited until I was almost there before leaving, could he?" Condi muttered to himself.

It couldn't possibly be that they've already unlocked the map, could it?
(End of this chapter)