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Chapter 277 The Real C, The Real Mixer

Gnar's first reaction after meeting Yasuo.

We won't act immediately.

Instead, he immediately made a small lateral movement.

obviously.

Zhou Dian and Huni share the same idea.

That means first dodging the enemy hero's Q skill.

However, Yasuo has indeed learned the Q skill.

And Gnar's level 1 skill points.

Zhou Dian has still not learned any skills.

Even though he had already run into Yasuo and was facing him at close range, Zhou Dian still didn't plan to learn the Q skill right now.

Keep this skill point.

It's not time to use it yet.

After each side tested each other's positioning, Huni decisively made his move.

Yasuo drew his longsword and unleashed a Steel Tempest (Q) at Gnar.
However, it was still easily dodged by Gnar with a small lateral movement.

While dodging Yasuo's Q skill.

Gnar countered with a basic attack, hitting Yasuo instead.

It broke Yasuo's passive shield.

After being hit by Gnar's auto-attack, Huni immediately controlled Yasuo to turn around and run away.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Gnar; it was mainly because he saw that Lee Sin had also appeared.

After returning to base, Lee Sin respawned from the fountain and reunited with Gnar in LGD's blue buff area.

Yasuo left LGD's blue buff area and reunited with Olaf in the upper river.

Then, the two of them went down together, heading towards Faker's LeBlanc.

At this moment, LeBlanc is crouching in the bushes at the narrow pass leading to the upper river behind LGD's blue buff.

Faker's decision to wait here is clearly an attempt to see if he can find someone he's destined to meet.

And just like that, he actually managed to squat down.

Eimy's Lee Sin arrived at his own blue buff area, joined up with Zhou Dian's Gnar, and drove away Yasuo.

Then they parted ways again.

Then, the Blind Monk wandered over to the bush where LeBlanc was.

Clearly, Eimy wanted to make a routine appearance at this pass.

But he was really careless this time.

They just walked straight towards the pass.

Fortunately, it was SKT's side. Huni and Peanut never expected that someone would come knocking on their door.

The two of them walked straight toward the same pass.

So, before the Lee Sin entered the bushes, he saw the SKT top laner and jungler in the river on the other side of the pass.

Eimy quickly turned around in the bush and walked back.

Just then, a chain flew out of the bushes and linked to the blind monk who had just turned around.

It is the Enchantress's Phantom Chains (E).
Faker originally planned to wait until Lee Sin entered the bush before using his E skill at close range.

As a result, Huni and Peanut alerted the enemy, scaring the Blind Monk into making a hasty retreat.

The enchantress had no choice but to release the chain in advance.

After Lee Sin was chained by LeBlanc's chain, Eimy promptly used Flash.

A flash of yellow light appeared.

The blind monk broke LeBlanc's chains.

He managed to dodge the giant axe that Olaf threw from behind.

Seeing this, Wawa couldn't help but say, "Oh dear, Eimy was a bit careless this time, he used up his Flash at the very beginning of the game."

“That’s already considered somewhat lucky!” Miller added.

"Luckily, he didn't go into the bush. If Eimy had face-checked the bush and been chained by LeBlanc's E skill at close range, even if he used Flash, he wouldn't have been able to break LeBlanc's chain and would still have been immobilized."

"Olaf is right behind us. If he gets restrained, he's dead!"

Back to the game.

After the Lee Sin used Flash to escape, the game time was already 1 minute and 30 seconds.

The monsters are almost gone.

Eimy had no choice but to abandon his original plan to open in the upper half of the map and head to his own red zone.

He was about to open F6 and ask Wei Shen to help him get a few more hits.

Since LeBlanc has just learned her E skill at level 1, Wei Shen's Orianna should have no pressure in lane at level 1, and he can help her farm jungle monsters a bit more.

In this game, it was either Eimy or Peanut.

Originally, we didn't plan to start in the lower jungle.

The root cause is that in this game, neither of the bottom laners will help the jungler clear the jungle at the start.

LGD's bot lane duo is Kalista and Thresh, an extremely strong laning combination.

You need to get to lane before the minions to maximize the pressure of this laning combination.

After all, they've chosen a bot lane duo that focuses on lane dominance.

If you don't want to pressure your opponent in lane, then why pick this?

It's purely a side effect.

same.

Knowing that LGD's bot lane duo would be pushing forward early to exert pressure, they decided to do so.

Therefore, SKT's bot lane duo, Twitch and Tahm Kench, can no longer help the jungler clear the jungle; they have to go to lane with the minions.

If I help the jungler auto-attack a few jungle monsters, I'll log in a little later.

What awaits the mouse is likely to be more than a minute of not being able to eat any experience.

It might be until LGD's bot lane duo pushes the minion wave to the tower before Twitch can start last-hitting minions and gaining experience.

If it's just that simple.

That's barely acceptable for SKT's bot lane duo.

After all, mice are chosen to withstand pressure.

But obviously.

If this situation really occurs right at the start of the game in the bottom lane.

Then the rat can forget about eating this huge wave of tower knives.

At that time, the bottom lane minions will advance into SKT's bottom tower.

LGD's jungler Lee Sin will definitely be present in front of SKT's bottom tower at the same time.

I guarantee it will disgust you enough to make you sick.

It might just blow up your mouse.

Bang and Wolf are both experienced veterans.

I've thought these things through quite clearly.

So, while waiting for the game to load.

The two then told Peanut that they wouldn't help Olaf clear the jungle this game.

Tell Olaf not to start with his own blue buff.

Olaf will then have to clear the top half of the jungle.

But Peanut only wanted to activate the blue buff.

Olaf should start with Blue Buff to fully unleash the champion's powerful jungle clearing ability.

Going to take out your own blue buff?

Too slow! Too painful!
For Little Peanut.

He wants to start with the blue buff, and also wants his teammates to help him take the blue buff. He wants to achieve this.

There was only one path left for Peanut.

That means taking LGD's blue buff at the start of the game.

Yasuo can help him fight.

That's why the SKT top, mid, and jungle players sneaked into LGD's blue buff area earlier.

Peanut just wanted to steal LGD's blue buff at level one.

Originally, SKT's top, mid, and jungle players grouped up and entered LGD's blue buff area in the first wave.

They didn't see anything, and they didn't catch anything.

Peanut was already prepared to abandon this audacious plan and simply return to his own red zone F6 to start the game.

Unexpectedly, just when we were about to give up, there was a pleasant surprise.

If Peanut hadn't alerted the enemy himself...

Faker's "mysterious ambush" might just be the answer.

Of course, being able to force out Lee Sin's Flash is already enough.

Now, with the jungle monsters about to respawn, Eimy has abandoned his own upper jungle and is controlling Lee Sin to go to the red buff area.

It's like handing over their own blue buff to Peanut.

Furthermore, Eimy temporarily abandoned his plan to have Wei Shen's Orianna help him clear the F6 area.

He's going to go and solo the red buff by himself.

Since he already had problems at the start, there's no need to drag his teammates to fix it.

Faker's LeBlanc starts with E skill at level 1, making her very weak in the laning phase.

Why not let Wei Shen's Orianna take the lead as much as possible at level one?

Just like the last game.

He might as well suffer a little longer.

Therefore, Eimy and Peanut are completely different types of junglers.

Eimy, don't be fooled by the fact that he doesn't do much.

But most of his actions on the field are in return for his teammates.

Peanut, on the other hand, needs his teammates to support him.

At this moment, Peanut's Olaf is able to openly start LGD's blue buff at level one.

Faker made a sacrifice.

Learning E at level 1 for the Enchantress is a sacrifice.

Neither of these two jungler types is superior or inferior.

It's just a different way of playing.

But it is undeniable.

Peanut's playing style, or rather, all players who need their teammates to support them, are like this.

In terms of in-game performance, he is usually better than players like Eimy who give back to their teammates and sacrifice for them.

Just because a player from the first category has a good KDA doesn't mean you can blame them for losing. After all, I had a good record and tried my best.

We cannot say that the latter type of player is just "carrying" or "lying down" just because they often have a poor KDA.

A player who gets resources and is surrounded by teammates should be the carry.

If you can't win, you can't blame your teammates who are "supporting" you.

In esports, no matter how you play, winning the game is the only true measure of success.

If you lose, it means you're not good enough, so don't complain!
In a lost game, statistics and such are meaningless.

In this kind of team competition.

To distinguish whether a player is a C or a mixed bag.

It's never about what heroes he plays, how many resources he consumes, or his final KDA.

Rather, it's about the player's mindset, spirit, and actual performance!
Some players can carry even when playing support heroes.

Some players are just coasting along even when playing hardcore heroes.

Game time is 1 minutes and 40 seconds.

The buff monsters in the jungle are respawning.

The mid lane matchup had already begun, with Wei Shen's Orianna relentlessly pressuring Faker's LeBlanc.

Anyway, a level 1 LeBlanc with E skill can't fight back.

And in the jungle.

Eimy's Lee Sin had just passed his own F6 camp and was still several steps away from the red buff.

Because it's a solo run, Lee Sin can only learn the W skill at level 1.

I can't learn the Q skill, so I just use two Qs from a distance to fly to the red buff.

This will waste a few precious seconds of early jungle clearing time.

Meanwhile, in LGD's blue zone.

Olaf and Yasuo started attacking LGD's blue buff the moment it spawned.

Nar was standing not far away.

Zhou Dian knew, of course, that he couldn't protect his team's blue buff from SKT's top and jungle duo.

But he can try to harass SKT's top and jungle players as much as possible.

Let Olaf get the blue buff as late as possible.

It would be even better if we could force Olaf to use his Smite.

He did this, naturally, to buy time for Eimy's Lee Sin.

If Olaf gets too ahead early on, Lee Sin will have a very difficult time.

Some narrow-minded fans might say...

This was clearly Eimy's own mistake.

Why should Zhou Dian help him clean up his mess?

However, a team is meant to help and sacrifice for each other.

In team sports events.

Winning or losing is never the responsibility of any one player.

It's a matter for the entire team.

Despite Zhou Dian's gaming style and playstyle, he often uses a 4-1 split push strategy, where he single-handedly farms resources.

It seems closer to "independence" and further away from "team".

But he is a player who truly understands what teamwork is.

Or.

All five players on the LGD team now understand teamwork.

That's the main reason they've been able to keep winning this year.

Back to the game.

Seeing SKT's top and jungle players, they started attacking their own blue buff.

Zhou Dian allocated Gnar's skill points to W.

Then, he controlled Gnar to step forward and landed a basic attack on Yasuo.

Gnar learns W at level 1, mainly for the purpose of laning against Yasuo.

As for engaging in such harassing behavior at this point, it would be better for Gnar to learn either his Q or E skill.

That was not within his consideration.

This stems from absolute confidence in one's own positioning and maneuvering skills.

However, Zhou Dian soon paid the price for this overconfidence.

(End of this chapter)