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Chapter 218 LGD's Top-Tier Teamwork

Because Shen's Soul Blade pulled the crocodile during its retraction, the crocodile will be slowed down for 2.5 seconds while escaping from Shen.

957 also plays Shen frequently, so of course he knew that.

Therefore, if the crocodile keeps running away, it will only get hit by Shen for nothing.

That won't do; we have to fight back.

So, the crocodile walked towards the lane while retaliating against Shen.

After using Q skill, Shen landed three basic attacks with a damage bonus, hitting the crocodile squarely.

The third strike, in particular, produced the effect of the Undying Grip.

After those three basic attacks, Shen reduced the crocodile's health by 40%.

Of course, the damage output of a level 1 crocodile is not as high as that of Shen.

However, the crocodile's keystone talent is Fervor of Battle.

By this time, the fervor of war had been fully ignited, significantly boosting the crocodile's attack power.

In this exchange of blows, the crocodile also took away nearly 30% of Shen's health.

Although there was some loss in blood transfusion, 957 is acceptable.

As long as it's a blood transfusion, that's fine!

Putting aside the fact that their jungler is Elise, Renekton's Q skill's healing ability also means that Renekton is not afraid of losing in trades.

For Zhou Dian, after using Shen's Q skill to land three basic attacks and gaining a little health, he should have known when to stop.

Because the crocodile's Fervor of Battle was fully stacked, and Shen's Q skill was on cooldown.

If we're talking about A, Shen's Undying Grip is definitely better than A's War Fever.

Since Shen's reach is slightly longer than Renekton's, Zhou Dian naturally has the initiative in this blood exchange.

Zhou Dian can stop whenever he wants.

The two top laners separated and went to their respective top lanes.

However, as soon as they arrived online, before either of their top laners had even finished their CS, Zhou Dian controlled Shen to pounce on them again.

He knew when to quit while he was ahead, but that doesn't mean he'll keep taking it back!

Level 1 is when the crocodile is at its weakest. If you don't bully it now, when will you?
As soon as the crocodile's fighting spirit faded, Shen immediately pressed forward.

Even though the War Fever level had been reset to zero and the level one crocodile had become ineffective, 957 was unwilling to back down.

"Perfect timing!" 957 thought.

He was just worried about not finding an opportunity to exchange blood with Zhou Dian.

Most importantly, Shen's aggressive forward movement, positioning him closer to WE's side, inevitably draws the aggro of the red team's minions.

This will cause the top lane minions to push towards WE.

In 957's opinion, don't be fooled by Zhou Dian's current domineering and seemingly impressive demeanor.

Once the minion wave pushes forward and Zhou Dian gets stuck in front of WE's top tower, he's going to suffer.

The top and jungle duo of Crocodile and Spider are strong at tower diving, but that doesn't mean they can only dive towers.

Actually, ganking normally is more effective, as there's no obstacle like enemy turrets.

So, instead of retreating when faced with Shen's advance, the crocodile charged forward.

The crocodile took a step forward and stood next to Shen, and the two exchanged blows.

At this point, Shen's Q skill was ready again. Zhou Dian pressed the Q skill, and Shen summoned his spirit blade back once more.

However, the crocodile suddenly took a half step to the side and twisted its waist slightly. Shen's Soul Blade flew past the crocodile's body without pulling it down.

Just like how Zhou Dian was able to precisely time the moment when the Crocodile's fighting spirit disappeared and press forward.

957 also timed it perfectly, and Renekton moved ahead of time to dodge the Soul Blade pulled by Shen's Q skill.

However, Shen's Soul Blade did not pull the crocodile.

However, Shen's passive cooldown is reduced by four seconds after he hits an enemy champion with a skill.

From the moment Shen first encountered the crocodile in the river and used his Q skill to pull the crocodile in, this effect was already in effect, and the situation had already improved by then.

A thin white shield appeared on Shen's body again, blocking another basic attack from the crocodile.

When Renekton auto-attacked Shen, Shen naturally retaliated with an auto-attack of his own. This auto-attack also carried the extra damage from his Q skill and the Grasp of the Undying effect.

The crocodile's health dropped a little more, reaching below half health.

After making that move, Zhou Dian immediately controlled Shen to turn around.

After Shen used his Q skill, he still had two basic attacks with bonus damage left to unleash.

However, Zhou Dian stopped trying to damage and wear down the crocodile and instead directly increased the distance between Shen and the crocodile.

Two reasons.

First, both sides' melee units are about to die, so Shen needs to turn around and finish them off.

If Zhou Dian doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to get a few more last hits, his life will be in danger at any time once the crocodile and the spider reach level three. At that point, the spider won't show up, and Shen won't have much chance to get last hits.

The key point is the second reason.

Shen's Q skill and Renekton's Q skill both have an 8-second cooldown at level 1.

Both sides first used the Q skill in the river, but Zhou Dian was the one who used the skill first.

Shen's Q skill is used more than a second earlier than Renekton's Q skill.

Naturally, Shen's Q skill is ready about a second earlier than Renekton's Q skill.

At this point, Shen used his second Q skill. After auto-attacking the crocodile once, the crocodile's Q skill should also be ready again.

The crocodile is now in a red-rage state. If you get hit by the crocodile's red-rage Q, this exchange of blows won't be as profitable.

Shen had just pulled out of Renekton's Q skill range when Renekton's Q skill was ready again.

957 instinctively wanted to use his Red Fury Q to try and close the health gap between the two sides.

Fortunately, 957 reacted quickly enough to realize that the Crocodile's Crocodile Strike (Q) was unlikely to hit Shen, so he stopped in time and didn't actually press the Q key.

It was just a hair's breadth away; the crocodile's red-rage Q was about to hit nothing but thin air.

Once the Renekton wastes his Q skill, 957 is sure that the enemy Shen will immediately press forward and will inevitably push the Renekton out of the experience zone, meaning he will definitely miss out on the experience from the first three melee minions.

Crocodiles are not afraid of suffering small losses in blood transfusions.

But I'm afraid of losing experience due to the pressure.

If you miss out on experience, it can easily lead to not reaching the required level and lacking key skills at crucial junctures, thus hindering your team's jungler Elise's rhythm.

Spider is a hero who needs to establish momentum in the early game, otherwise she'll be useless.

Thinking about this, 957 couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Zhou Shen, the details are terrifying!" 957 thought to himself.

With the Crocodile's Q skill still active, 957 confidently stepped forward, controlling the Crocodile whose rage bar was red, and last-hit the first three melee minions.

Seeing that he hadn't managed to bait out the crocodile's Red Fury Q, Zhou Dian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"957 still has something, huh? If it were Letme or Mouse's Renekton, I would have definitely pulled out that Red Fury Q," Zhou Dian thought to himself.

Shen's time to bully the crocodile was limited to this moment. It can only be said that Zhou Dian pulled the game to 957, and Shen gained a lot in terms of blood exchange.

But in the end, it felt like a bit of a failure. It wasn't perfect!

"Ouch, that's tough, Leg Bro! The Crocodile lost half its health as soon as it came online!"

Seeing Shen and Renekton trade blows at level one, Miller in the commentary booth couldn't help but say something.

"It's a bit uncomfortable!" Ji De nodded.

He continued, "But it's alright. The crocodile gained experience, and the health he lost can be slowly recovered thanks to Doran's Shield and his Q skill's healing. And as the crocodile levels up, he shouldn't be at a disadvantage when trading blows with Shen!"

Although Zhou Dian's game skill level was higher than Miller's and he could see the details more deeply, he failed to notice the detail in the game between Zhou Dian and 957: Shen tried to bait out Renekton's red-rage Q by timing his Q skill's cooldown, but ultimately failed.

And the vast majority of viewers watching the game in the live broadcast room naturally wouldn't be able to tell.

What they could see directly was Shen chasing after the crocodile and attacking it relentlessly, even taking away half of the crocodile's health.

Wow, Zhou Shen is too arrogant! He always manages to dominate the opponent no matter what he plays.

Why is it that even when Zhou Shen plays a tank, he can still dominate the game at level one?

I don't understand!

【You're asking me? If I knew, would I still be watching the live stream here?】

[Is this Zhou Shen dominating the crocodile?]

[Leg Bro, Leg Bro, have some backbone! I'm really breaking down watching this!]

[60E really doesn't understand the game. What's so special about breaking through defenses? Isn't it normal for a level 1 Renekton to lose to a level 1 Shen?]

[Exactly, what's the rush! The crocodile's health will recover soon. Zhou Chu has a health advantage at level one, but what good is it? He'll regret it as soon as the spider tower dives him!]

[No need to tower dive anymore, the top lane minion wave is already pushing towards Renekton. Let's see how Shen plays now? Anyone who dares to go up for last hits will get caught and killed!]

【.】

Back to the game.

Although Zhou Dian relied on his extremely strong attention to detail to give Shen a significant advantage in terms of health against the crocodile at level one.

However, due to the inherent differences in hero characteristics, this situation is limited to level one.

Shen has a major flaw: he severely lacks area-of-effect (AOE) abilities, making clearing minion waves more difficult than killing enemies.

This is why Shen needs to build Tiamat.

Of course, Zhou Dian definitely can't build Tiamat as his first item in this game; that would be suicide.

Since Shen can't clear minion waves, if 957 doesn't want to fight Zhou Dian and Renekton just pushes the lane, then no matter how amazing Zhou Dian's skills are, it won't matter.

Shen could only struggle to cope with the endless waves of minions pushing in.

However, 957 doesn't seem to have any intention of pushing the lane.

The crocodile kept holding onto his empowered Q and only last-hit minions.

The reason is simple: Shen's push just now, although he only hit the crocodile twice, still attracted the aggro of the red team's backline minions.

The balance of the top lane minions has been disrupted.

Next, as long as 957 doesn't actively disrupt this minion wave situation, the top lane minion wave will definitely push towards WE.

If Zhou Dian Shen doesn't actively push the lane, the top lane minions will reach WE's top tower during the third wave.

By then, Shen won't be able to back out even if he wanted to.

Because a level 3 Shen can't gain any advantage against a level 3 Renekton.

957's crocodile can directly block the lane in front of his own tower, which is going to be very difficult for him in the weekly rankings.

Therefore, Zhou Dian's choice was to push the lane quickly and get the top lane minions to the Crocodile turret before the third wave of cannon minions arrived.

957 was delighted to see Shen aggressively farming creeps.

Shen's damage relies entirely on auto-attacks. Even if you attack like crazy, you still can't push the top lane minion wave to the top tower of WE before the third wave arrives!
"They were having such a good time getting blood transfusions from me before, and now they're in a panic?" 957 thought to himself.

So, is Zhou Dian in a hurry?
There's no rush!
Even when he chose to push forward and deal with the crocodile, Zhou Dian knew that the minion wave in the top lane would push towards WE.

He also knew that Shen couldn't push the minion wave by himself.

So what!
This game isn't a game for one person.

Zhou Dian had called Eimy early on.

After being called upon by Zhou Dian, Eimy, who had just finished clearing the red buff, immediately changed Graves' jungle route.

The Graves headed straight for the blue buff.

Since the observers didn't specifically show Graves on camera, almost no one noticed that after Graves finished the red buff, he went straight to the blue buff.

After taking the blue buff, Graves headed straight for the top lane.

At this moment, the observer's camera focused on Graves.

"Hey, how come Graves is farming so fast?" Miller was a little surprised.

Only after saying that did I realize that although the Graves had two buffs, his level was level two, not level three.

Miller then looked at Graves' jungle clear count and immediately realized what was going on.

"Is Graves taking two buffs and not even leveling up to level three before coming straight to the top lane?"

Miller started to wonder again, "What are you doing running onto the road like this?"
The OB camera moved up, from the river to the top lane.

At this moment, the top lane minion wave was not far from WE's top tower, and Shen was aggressively attacking the red side minions.

But anyone could see that Shen couldn't push the minion wave in by himself, and he was bound to be blocked by Renekton.

So, it's obvious why Graves ran up there!

957 was feeling smug when he saw Shen struggling to push the minion wave, when Graves suddenly appeared in the top lane.

"Chao, you didn't even farm the jungle monsters, and you came all the way to the top lane at level two? Are you even human?!" 957 was now truly furious with Eimy.

Condi, who was farming his own red buff, was also stunned when he caught a glimpse of Graves appearing in the top lane on the minimap.

At that moment, Condi felt that he should no longer use the nickname "Wild King" to mock Eimy.

He is the true king of the jungle.

This jungle route and jungle planning, is something even a human could come up with!
No matter how much WE's top and jungle players complain about Eimy's bizarre jungle farming routes.

None of this changes the fact that Graves has already reached the top lane.

If Shen can't push the minion wave, Graves should push it!

Once the Graves made his move, the remaining red minions were gone in a few hits.

Meanwhile, the third wave of cannon minions on the red team's top lane was still quite a distance from WE's top tower.

Faced with Graves and Shen leading the blue team's minions up the lane, 957 didn't dare to even think about physically blocking the lane.

If the crocodile dares to step forward now, it will be hit by the Graves' big shot.

So 957 had no choice but to obediently let the blue team's minions go under his own tower.

Seeing this, Miller said, "Eimy's arrival is just in time! He's saved Zhou Shen from his predicament!"

"Yes! If Graves doesn't come, the top lane will be blocked by Renekton in front of the tower!" Remember added.

"Zhou Shen and Eimy coordinated so well this time. LGD's top and jungle players seemed to have a telepathic connection!"

"I believe that this kind of mutual understanding and cooperation is the true mark of top-level teamwork!"

(End of this chapter)