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Chapter 81 The True Champion AD [Please Subscribe]

After the sponsor's logo was scrolled across, the entire Summoner's Rift appeared on the large screen at the venue.

The first game of the BO3 regular season match between RNG and LGD has officially begun.

The cheers of both sides' fans immediately rang out.

The cheers from RNG fans were noticeably louder.

LGD's fans are already quite tolerant of themselves for coming to the venue to support them; they don't have the energy to shout encouragement anymore.

The ten heroes from both sides emerged from the fountains at opposite ends of Summoner's Rift and launched separate attacks, heading straight for the river.

Upon reaching the river, both sides were lined up along the river, occupying several key passes to prevent enemy invasion.

In terms of positioning at the start, both sides were relatively cautious and showed no inclination to engage in a level 1 team fight.

At this moment, in the LGD team's voice chat.

Eimy said, "Brother Zhou, play it safe in the front. Don't be too aggressive with your health exchange. I'm going solo, so I definitely can't get as fast as Spider."

Eimy's Graves in this game originally planned to start with the red buff and farm from top to bottom.

Facing the Jhin and Zyra combination, LGD's bot lane duo will face immense pressure in the laning phase before they reach their level.

Brushing from top to bottom can relieve pressure on your bot lane early on.

However, after seeing RNG pick Renekton for top lane, Eimy changed his mind.

The bottom lane is under a bit more pressure, but we can still play it safe.

If he encounters a dirty monster like the Desert Spider on the top lane and doesn't pay attention to Zhou Dian, he could easily get blown up!

So Eimy changed his mind and decided to brush from bottom to top.

“Then you can go solo the blue buff!” PYL said after learning of Eimy’s plan.

LGD's bot lane is under a lot of pressure and has to go directly to the lane to prevent the opponent from blocking the lane, so they can't help Eimy clear the jungle.

Fortunately, Eimy was playing Graves this game, and he could clear jungle camps without taking damage by leveling up E at level 1, although it was a bit slow.

At this moment, Zhou Dian said, "Brother Dan, you start with the red buff, I'll be fine in the early game!"

"Is it really okay?"

"No problem! But you have to start solo, I can't help you clear the jungle!"

Hearing Zhou Dian's calm yet confident tone, Eimy nodded, "Then stay calm, be careful not to get tower dived!"

From Eimy's personal perspective, he would certainly prefer to proceed according to the original plan, which is to start with a red card and continue grinding.

Listening to his Ueno's conversation, Imp raised an eyebrow, wanting to say something, but then held back.

He certainly hopes that Graves can start with red buff.

Graves starts with red buff and farms his way down the lane, which reduces the pressure on him in the bot lane.

Given Imp's position within the team, it wouldn't have been unreasonable for him to insist that Eimy start with red and continue farming when Eimy changed his mind and wanted to start with blue.

But imp knew even better that Fiora faced even greater pressure in the early game than he did in the bot lane, and therefore needed the jungler's help even more.

Imp's previous professional career in South Korea had already instilled a sense of teamwork into his game thinking.

Although Imp has started to play more casually due to his long losing streak, he hasn't forgotten his team spirit.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Dian actually suggested that the Graves start with red buff and farm downwards.

Doesn't this kid know how powerful the top and jungle combination of Crocodile and Elise is in the early game?

Is it a case of ignorance breeds fearlessness?
Or is he truly bursting with confidence?
On the blue side of RNG, Mlxg naturally started with the red buff and farmed up.

He even planned a quick third-round gank to catch Fiora off guard.

In this top lane matchup, the first two levels are Fiora's power spike.

In Mlxg's view, this greenhorn who just started his professional career picked Fiora because he wanted to show off, and he definitely wouldn't miss the opportunity to pressure the opponent. So, Mlxg said to Letme, "If Fiora tries to pressure you in the first two levels, just trade blows with her. I have an Emperor start this game, and I can quickly reach level three and go to the top lane to kill Fiora!"

“Okay, no problem!” Letme nodded.

The king of junglers in this version starts by taking advantage of the fact that the F6 camp refreshes four seconds earlier than the red buff.

The mid laner helps the jungler start the F6 camp, while the bot lane duo goes straight for the red buff.

The jungler quickly cleared the five raptors at the F6 camp to reach level two, and then took over the red buff, which had been severely damaged by the bot lane duo.

This strategy can also be used on the red side, except that the top laner helps with taking the red buff.

Clearly, the blue side is not as "regal" as the other.

Mlxg planned to start with an Emperor-like opening, then have Spider rush to the blue buff area to take it and level up to level three.

The speed at which this character levels up to level three will be extremely fast.

Often, when the jungler, who starts strong, reaches level three, the sidelaner is still only level one.

Of course, in this game, Fiora in the top lane is facing off against Renekton. Fiora has lane priority at level one, and by the time Elise reaches level three, Fiora will definitely be level two as well.

Upon hearing that Mlxg wanted an Emperor start, Uzi immediately said, "Don't go for an Emperor start! I'm not helping you take the red buff; I'm going straight to lane and pressure the enemy!"

Damn, I'm already being lenient by not letting you get a blue start, and you expect me to give you an imperial start?

After saying that, Uzi took Ming's Zyra and headed straight to the bottom lane.

Zyra arrived at LGD's bottom lane turret and began planting seeds.

This is the most annoying thing about Zyra support.

Of course, to make this point work, you have to not help the jungler get buffs.

Mlxg was speechless.

How much of an effect does it really make to suppress a few more last hits?
Will the enemy base just explode or something?
Forget it, if they don't want to help, they don't want to help. Let it be!
The other members of the team are afraid of Uzi, but Mlxg is not; he actually has a bad temper too.

However, the match had only just begun, and Mlxg was too lazy to argue with Uzi.

LGD on the other side are pretty bad right now, and their top laner is a greenhorn. It's okay if they're slow to get to level three quickly; that kid probably won't be able to react in time.

"Li Yuanhao (xiaohu), help me open F6!" Mlxg did not change his jungle route.

"Okay!" Wearing a pair of goggles with yellow lenses, Xiaohu immediately controlled Ryze and walked towards F6.

"Let's take a look at both sides' keystone runes and starting items. They're all pretty standard!"

“Zhou’s Fiora chose Doran’s Blade, Letme played it safe here, Renekton took Doran’s Shield! After all, Fiora is stronger in the first two levels, and Renekton can’t afford to lose too much health!” Miller focused on the top lane.

At 1 minute and 36 seconds, non-buff monsters spawned on the map.

With Ryze's help, Spider took down the five birds at F6.

Meanwhile, Eimy's Graves was still in the bush next to the red buff, waiting for it to respawn.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds, the buff monsters spawned, and Graves began solo farming the red buff.

On RNG's side, the crocodile didn't need to help the jungler; Letme simply went to lane with the minions.

However, he was still quite cautious. He first controlled the crocodile to crawl into the bushes on the top lane and waited for a while, afraid that Fiora would block his experience.

Fiora also doesn't need to help the jungler, but Zhou Dian didn't go to the lane, but instead went to the top lane river bush early.

At 1 minute and 48 seconds, the top lane minions converged, and the crocodile emerged from the bushes to start attacking minions and building up his rage.

In situations like this, if a different top laner were to come in, they might give up lane control and let the Renekton push the lane.

Even a fool could figure it out: spiders brush from the bottom up.

(End of this chapter)