Mingkai, if you're this cowardly, you should just go home and raise pigs.

"Wait, wait? I don't quite understand. Why did Gragas gain the advantage even though Fiora killed him and Sejuani even went to help?"

"7777777!"

"I don't understand at all!?????????"

"You bronze-level players naturally wouldn't understand; this is how you understand minion waves."

"Bronze player? Heh... What rank are you?"

"What's wrong with my master?"

"Master dogs are the lowest grade of dogs!"

"66666666!"

"If I encountered this in real life, I would definitely shout 'Awesome!' But this is the internet; the master has only just begun."

……

In fact, most viewers didn't understand the situation in the top lane.

They mistakenly believed that Gragas had caught Fiora off guard with a single play and regained the advantage.

But in reality, during those two minutes, the Gragas did almost nothing except occasionally push forward to force Fiora to reposition.

This is how we set off!

This is the lane that carry junglers dislike ganking the most.

In the game logic of jungle carry junglers, their ganks on lanes are not to support or help their teammates, but to accelerate their own development by getting kills on the lanes.

Even if you help the top laner, if they can't get a kill and haven't managed the minion wave properly, it's still a big problem.

Therefore, it is even quite possible that helping your teammates could backfire and cause them to fail.

why?

Top laners who don't understand the situation might have the illusion that they have an advantage because their opponent died once, when in reality they have no advantage at all.

This is why Xun especially likes to help the bottom lane!

The bottom lane has more kills, resulting in a higher success rate and faster withdrawal speed, and you don't have to help manage the minion wave yourself.

Simply put, the returns are on completely different levels.

Simply put, Xun is a jungler who is unwilling to do any dirty or tiring work.

On the contrary, Wei is genuinely helping his teammates, so he never focuses on helping anyone in particular, but rather on winning the game.

Saint Gun's failure to handle the first wave well must have its own reasons.

But there is another very important reason: Sofm didn't really want to help Flandre.

Why do you say that?

Fiora's push speed in the early game wasn't actually that fast. Sofm just came over to stand guard and help Flandre push the minion wave into the tower, that's all. In addition, Sejuani also shared Fiora's experience!

If you really want to help Flandre, you should push the minion wave into the tower with him, and then help Fiora, who isn't pushing the wave fast, clear the minion wave that Gragas just reached under the tower.

While this would waste Sejuani's time, Fiora effectively gained lane control and had time to return to base.

Fiora secured First Blood. Although she was behind in CS in lane, she had a good chance to build Vladimir's Scepter when she recalled to base.

Once Fiora builds lifesteal, she gains the ability to sustain in lane with Gragas.

Due to the immense pressure from the minion wave, it would be difficult for Gragas to even return to base and come back, so it was impossible for him to gank the mid lane.

With only Camille and Yasuo, it's actually quite difficult to kill a Galio who has Flash.

After all, Galio bought Cloth Armor Boots during his first recall.

With Yasuo and Camille in the mid and jungle, the benefits of Cloth Armor Boots are simply maximized.

The reason Snake's top and mid lanes exploded was actually all due to Sofm's choices.

So what did Sofm do with the time he saved?

Go help the bot lane and gank Meiko's Thresh to death!

This is the difference between understanding lane control and understanding the game.

In a way, Sofm is actually a variant of the jungle carry jungler.

After SNG won the runner-up title in S10, Sofm and Bin argued every day during S11 about how to play the game, as their understanding of the game was worlds apart!

And after Season 12, Sofm never genuinely helped TheShy!

Sofm wasn't targeting anyone in particular; he simply didn't like helping the top laner.

Saint Gun, Bin, TheShy...

That's true for all of them!

When Crystal was commentating on Sofm's matches with Zz1tai after retiring, he said something like this.

If Sofm genuinely wants to help you, you'll have a very comfortable online gaming experience.

However, this situation only existed during the S6 era, when Sofm had just arrived in the LPL and knew nothing.

Seeing such a high salary for the first time, he was afraid of being kicked out, so he helped whoever the coach asked him to help.

But after S7, Sofm became... I don't care, I'm going to invade his jungle this time. If I don't get the jungle camp, I'm doomed. You guys decide what to do.

……

After a gank in the mid lane, Gragas went back to base and bought a Tear of the Goddess. He then used the remaining gold to upgrade the Ruby Crystal he bought on his first back to a Burning Gem. With the remaining gold, he bought Boots and a small spell power item before heading out.

Zhou Hanyang originally planned to build an Archangel at most in this game, and then build tank items for the rest.

However, after gaining a significant advantage, Zhou Hanyang decided to go for a hybrid build of tank and AP.

This also makes up for EDG's lack of AP damage.

Besides that, it's also because of Fiora's item build.

Fiora first crafted Vampire's Scepter, then bought a pair of boots and a longsword.

According to Zhou Hanyang's estimate of Fiora's economy, Fiora could afford to buy 875 gold, but Flandre didn't do that. Instead, he bought boots and a long sword first.

So it's obvious that they plan to build Tiamat first and don't intend to continue trading blows with Gragas in lane.

Instead, they plan to push the lane quickly and then look for opportunities to develop in other areas.

As long as Fiora pushes the lane fast enough, Zhou Hanyang won't be able to control the minion wave.

In this situation, Gragas naturally doesn't need tanky items to increase his survivability, but rather AP champions to improve his wave clear ability.

Otherwise, if Fiora pushes the lane and then runs away, it will easily put pressure on other areas.

This is why gameplay and item builds need to be flexibly adapted to the situation.

Once Gragas gains an advantage, he can slowly whittle down Fiora's health with his W and Q, forcing her to use her W skill.

If Fiora doesn't use her W to predict Gragas's abilities, she'll just get harassed for nothing. If she does use her W, Gragas can use his E followed by his abilities to unleash a combo on Fiora.

The only good news for Flandre is that Fiora has already built Vampiric Scepter, allowing her to slowly recover health and stay in lane.

Finding no opportunity in the top lane, Snake naturally launched an attack on the bottom lane!

No matter what, Snake's mid-jungle duo is Galio and Sejuani, making them incredibly strong in the early and mid-game.

When Snake launched their attack on the bottom lane, the top laners' teleports were already ready.

Gragas and Yasuo both teleported to the bottom lane.

Yasuo teleported down and immediately used his ultimate (R) to blast Varus, then followed up with his ultimate and flew towards Varus.

Galio's W-Flash taunted Gragas and Kalista, but no one dealt any damage.

Yasuo and Camille together instantly killed Varus, leaving Snake with absolutely no damage!

In one team fight, Yasuo got three kills.

A Yasuo with 4 kills in just over 10 minutes of the game means that the balance of the game has completely tipped in EDG's favor!