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Chapter 432 Level 1 Solo Kill, This is How Darius Plays!

Given Maokai's current health, even if Darius gets Bloodrage, he still needs to auto-attack Maokai at least twice more.

It's not certain that A can kill them immediately.

But with Darius's attack speed at level 1, in the time it takes for Maokai to auto-attack twice, the turret will hit Darius at least three times!

Khan saw the green light appear above Darius's head and quickly estimated in his mind that after the turret hit Darius three times, Darius should still have a sliver of health left.

So he stopped running and the tree turned around and punched Darius.

In a one-for-one trade, Darius doesn't have Teleport, while Maokai does, giving Maokai a huge advantage.

Darius only gets a little over 100 gold for first blood.

Turning a huge loss into a huge profit, Khan couldn't help but sincerely thank Zhou Dian for his impulsive move.

The tree attacked Darius once, and Darius, enraged, also attacked the tree once, leaving the tree with very little health.

However, when Khan tried to auto-attack Darius again, he found he couldn't.

After exchanging auto-attacks with Maokai, Darius retreated slightly.

The basic attack range of Maokai is 125 yards, and that of Darius is 175 yards.

With just that small retreat, the tree couldn't reach Darius anymore.

However, Darius was still able to auto-attack Maokai.

Even at this point, when you're about to be killed by the enemy's tower, you're still trying to kite them with basic attacks. Is that really so absurd?

Khan felt a little dizzy.

The strength of this opponent far exceeded his expectations.

If Khan felt that his defeat by the Barbarian in the previous game was due to his lack of caution, then he should have thought it was because he hadn't been careful enough.

But now, he truly sees the gap.

The gap is significant in every aspect.

The differences between each individual item may be small, but when added together, they become significant.

In fact, Zhou Dian has not made any impressive high-level plays in these two games so far.

All of these maneuvers could be performed by a higher-ranked random player.

But in Khan's view, that's the most terrifying thing.

League of Legends is a game that doesn't have particularly high barriers to entry or particularly complex operations.

The battle between the two sides is nothing more than a matter of reaction to win, or a psychological game.

In both of these aspects, Zhou Dian has undoubtedly achieved top-notch performance.

Although this BO5 has only been played for a little over one game, Khan's immediate impression of Zhou Dian is that he is fast, accurate, and ruthless.

They have an amazing ability to seize opportunities!

In addition, his unparalleled composure means that once he seizes an opportunity, he will beat you so badly that you can't recover.

Moreover, once they seize an opportunity to gain an advantage, they will absolutely not make a mistake and give it back.

Anyone can have a stroke of genius, but Zhou Dian's strength lies in his exceptional ability to seize opportunities and his extremely low number of mistakes.

Taking advantage of his 50-yard range, Zhou Dian's Darius managed to pull down the tree.

Even with the highest initial attack speed in all of League of Legends, Maokai was still hit by Darius's auto-attack.

After landing that extra attack, Darius walked away from the tower without looking back.

At this moment, the turret's third attack had already hit Darius.

After taking that turret attack, Darius's health dropped sharply again.

However, he still had about thirty points left and was not dead.

This is where the Doran's Blade's usefulness becomes apparent.

Without the few dozen health points from the Doran's Blade, Darius would have already died by now.

But if Darius hadn't pulled back the tree and taken an extra auto-attack from it, he would already be dead by now.

After being hit by Darius's Bloodrage, the tree only had a few dozen health points left, slightly more than Darius.

Both of them had green lights flashing above their heads; that was the healing effect of the health potion.

Darius took two steps forward and flashed out of the tower above Dragon Ball before the next attack from the turret could lock onto him.

Behind him, a large tree with only a few dozen health points was under the turret, and it also had five stacks of Darius's passive bleed effect on it.

The tree's health kept dropping, and even with health potions replenishing it, it couldn't be sustained and bled to death.

First Blood!
The game notification sound for the first kill echoed throughout the entire arena.

Just over two minutes into the game, Darius solo-killed Maokai, securing First Blood for the match.

It's not surprising that Darius solo-killed Maokai.

However, a solo kill at level one is something you only see in casual games; it's extremely rare in competitive matches.

Darius walked into the bushes on the top lane and then recalled directly from there.

In the commentary box.

"What?! He killed him already?" PDD looked completely bewildered. "I thought Zhou Shen was just going to use Flash, but you're telling me he tower-dived and solo-killed him in the top lane at level one!"

"A level 1 tower dive solo kill, guys, what does that even mean?"

Guan Zeyuan added, "I feel that it's very difficult for this situation to occur when I play ranked matches on my own account."

"Hey, isn't this something that only happens in the Silver rank?" PDD scratched the back of his head.

These words immediately displeased the top commenters in the official live stream.

【What do you mean by "breaking my license after prostitution"? Do you look down on us because we pay real money?】

[I'm Silver III, Darius can solo kill Maokai at level 1, I can do it too!]

[That's how Darius plays! After Bloodrage, he becomes completely brainless!]

[All you see is mindlessness. Zhou Shen's maneuvering was pretty good, wasn't it?]

[Ah, right, right, Darius players classically talk about kiting while using Ghost. My assessment is, anyone can do that!]

[A ruthless iron hand, slaughtering all in its path, crippling even chickens, damn it!]

[Yu XiaoC's fans, stop acting crazy here!]

【.】

The comments section was buzzing with noise.

On the big screen at the scene, the entire process of the solo kill was replayed.

On the surface, it appears that no action was taken.

Darius just used Ghost to chase and unleash a barrage of auto-attacks, with the only highlight being when he pulled Maokai under the tower and landed a few auto-attacks.

Finally, when Darius flashed out of the tower and Maokai bled to death, the broadcast simultaneously showed the facial expressions of both top laners at that moment.

Khan looked speechless, while muttering something under his breath; judging from his lip movements, it seemed to be "Shiba".

Zhou Dian remained expressionless, seemingly treating the solo kill on Maokai and securing first blood as if it were nothing more than last-hitting a minion. After watching the replay, PDD couldn't help but exclaim, "How can Zhou Shen be so calm? Even when he was about to die, he still pulled you back, and in the end, he made a miraculous escape. He's truly a monster."

"Judging from Zhou Shen's performance in these two games, I'm scared just watching him. Khan must be under immense pressure laning against Zhou Shen in this form!"

Even the usually taciturn Zhihuan sincerely said, "Others might pretend to be experts by not saying anything, but Zhou Shen probably doesn't think it's a big deal and is used to it!"

Guan Zeyuan then steered the conversation back to the main topic, saying, "Darius didn't bring Teleport, so recalling after this solo kill doesn't seem like such a good deal!"

In casual games, the situation described by Guan Zeyuan often occurs in the top lane matchup.

One side carries the power of ignition, the other carries the power of teleportation.

After securing a solo kill on the enemy with teleportation at level one with Ignite, I was forced to return to base with only a sliver of health remaining.

Then I went back to my lane and found that the enemy top laner was almost level 3, while I was only level 1, and the minion wave was still stuck in front of the enemy tower.

After securing a solo kill, he ended up collapsing himself.

This situation mainly occurs because the side with the Ignite buff attacks the minion wave, attracting the enemy minions' attacks, causing the minion wave to be pushed forward. After getting a solo kill, the player's health is low and they can't push the wave, thus ruining their own situation.

"Darius really profited this time. Look, the top lane minion wave is still in the middle and hasn't been pushed over," PDD said.

Darius had used Ghost to chase Maokai out of the blue team's minion aggro range before attacking him.

Therefore, it did not attract the aggro of the blue team's minions.

The minion wave was not affected by any external force, and the top lane minion wave was still in the middle.

While Darius needs to walk to the lane, Maokai can teleport up.

However, given the current minion wave situation, Darius won't lose much minion experience; the experience from the solo kill earlier is enough to make up for most of it.

The remaining experience gap between Maokai and Darius is insignificant compared to the inherent difference between the two champions.

Even if you manage to get Maokai to level six, what good will it do to get Darius?

Therefore, when Zhou Dian seized the opportunity at level one, he directly activated Sprint to chase the big tree, which was a calculated move.

Khan had no choice but to retreat towards the tower. He dared not engage Darius around his own minions.

If Maokai relies on minions to counter-attack Darius, he'll not only give away first blood, but he'll also be giving away free first blood.

Darius will never experience a situation where he gets a solo kill but ends up getting wiped out because he didn't bring a Teleport.

Without turrets, a level 1 Darius would have at least half his health left after killing Maokai, so he wouldn't need to return to base and wouldn't lose experience!

Back to the game.

After Darius B returned to the fountain, Zhou Dian glanced around and found that he had just the right amount of money.

I bought straw sandals, a 150-gold green bottle, and a true sight ward before heading out to the online server.

In Dragon Ball, Khan bought a health potion and logged in on foot instead of using teleportation.

Khan remained relatively calm and did not use teleportation.

Since he wouldn't gain any advantage in lane by using this teleport, it's better to save it to help his teammates.

Anyway, his top lane is already terrible, so he can only rely on his teammates this game.

Aside from the top lane, Cuzz's Jarvan IV finished his red buff at the start and headed straight for his own blue buff.

His plan for this game was to first take both buffs, and then check the situation in the top lane after taking the blue buff.

If you have the chance, go and catch it directly; if you don't have the chance, try catching it after you've finished defeating the river crab and reached level 3 quickly.

Even if we can't catch him at level three, we should force a gank on top lane to annoy Darius, relieve Khan's laning pressure, and then counter LGD's Krugs.

After the first game, Longzhu had a deep understanding of Zhou Dian's strength, and they knew they had to target him in the top lane.

However, just as the prince hit the Blast Cone and bounced from behind the wall to the Blue Buff camp, Cuzz saw Darius, who was using Ghost, pull the tree back with an axe and was beating it up.

Cuzz hesitated at first.

He hesitated whether to set off immediately.

But then I thought, he's a level 2 Prince and a level 1 Maokai, it seems like Darius can't do much against him without Ghost and Flash!
He was just about to tell Khan, "Hold on, I'll come up when I'm level 3," when he saw Darius chase him straight into the tower.

"As expected, Darius players are all irrational after Bloodrage!" Cuzz thought to himself.

Although he wasn't a professional top laner, he knew that if this trade went one-for-one, Darius, who didn't have Teleport, would be at a huge disadvantage.

So Cuzz turned around and focused on farming the blue buff.

Then he heard the game notification sound for first blood, and Khan's "Shiba".

When the screen was switched off again, the corpse of the tree lay under the tower, and Darius, with only a sliver of blood, calmly slipped into the bushes.

Even if he gave up the blue buff and rushed to the top lane, he wouldn't be able to catch Darius.

It's still important to focus on farming your own jungle camps; you can't mess up your jungle strategy in the early game!

Cuzz secured the blue buff with a Smite, then asked, "Donghe, did Darius use Flash?"

"Isn't that obvious? How could he possibly survive without using Flash!" Khan said irritably.

Didn't you get solo killed at level one? Why are you yelling at me like that?
Of course, Cuzz only dared to think this to himself, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"It's just one death, stay calm!" Dragon Ball's support player Gorilla suddenly said.

After Gorilla, the most senior player on the team, spoke up, Ueno and the other two remained silent.

After taking the blue buff, Cuzz controlled the Prince to enter the upper river and quickly destroyed the river crab, leveling up to level three.

At this moment, Cuzz suddenly didn't know what to do.

The original plan was to finish the river crab and quickly go to the top lane. Even if they couldn't catch Darius, they had to put pressure on Zhou Dian and make him have a hard time.

But now, the road is deserted.

Big Tree and Darius are still hiking back to the trail.

Catch the middle?

When Cuzz switched screens to check the mid lane, he didn't see anyone playing Taliyah either.

This was only the second wave of minions, and Taliyah had already pushed the minion wave to the base of Dragon Ball's mid-lane tower before retreating far away, playing it incredibly safe.

There's no way around it; in the early game, Orianna is destined to have her lane pushed against Taliyah.

In this game, Wei Shen strictly followed Dgc's instructions to him during the draft phase.

Don't think about anything else during the laning phase. Just focus on vision control and push the lane aggressively. After pushing the lane, try to disappear from Dragon Ball's vision and don't just stand there wandering around.

In the knockout stage, all the mid laners on each team are strong. Dgc's requirement for Wei Shen is to be a good support player, not to be the main carry.

Wei Shen has also readily accepted his role as a support player, and he did a very good job with Malzahar in the last game.

Cuzz didn't have a chance to catch up, and originally wanted to counter LGD's Stone Beetle.

Since Sejuani started from the F6 camp, she definitely hasn't farmed the Krugs yet; she's probably farming in the lower jungle.

But when he saw that his mid laner was farming under the tower, and thought that his top laner had already been solo killed, he was afraid that if he rashly entered LGD's jungle and got caught, his own mid and top laners wouldn't have time to come to his aid.

After thinking it over, Cuzz decided to control the prince and return him to his own blue zone.

There are still plenty of jungle monsters in your own jungle that you haven't cleared yet, so why take this risk!

In fact, there was no vision in LGD's upper jungle at this time, so the Prince could have easily gone in without being detected.

(End of this chapter)