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

[Background information: In S7, lane swapping was definitely not an option! Because if late-game marksmen like Twitch, Kog'Maw, and Xayah got the first tower and accelerated their speed, they would be too powerful!]

You can easily take on five enemies at once and grab all the resources! Especially since you can craft the incense burner, switching lanes is less efficient than using it!

[The author consulted Snake in detail, and the lineup and level 1 invasion strategy he designed for the author, which he considered a kind of "black technology" (unorthodox) approach, was said to be barely plausible!]

After both sides selected their lineups, they entered Summoner's Rift.

(Blue side EDG) vs (Red side WE):

Top Lane: [Lost Fang] vs [Heart of the Storm]

Jungle: [Demacian Prince] vs. [Lee Sin]

Mid Lane: [Colossus of Justice] vs. [LeBlanc the Deceiver]

ADC: [Reverse Feather] vs. [Abyssal Maw]

Support: [Phantom Feather] vs. [Heart of Freljord]

"EDG!!! Go EDG!!!"

"EDG!!! Add..."

"EDG!!!..."

"WE!!! Go WE!!!"

"WE!!! Plus..."

"WE!!!..."

Amidst the cheers of the audience, both sides entered Summoner's Rift.

"I'm aiming for a top 3 in the upper half of the bracket. If you guys have a chance to kill or overtake, call me!" Condi said in voice chat as soon as he entered the game.

"We have lane priority in this game. Either we get crushed by them, or we get destroyed ourselves!" Xi Ye nodded slightly: "I'm going out as AD LeBlanc."

"Kennen vs. Gnar, I need to push his lane early. Jarvan IV is slow at clearing the F6 camp at level 1, so EDG's bot lane duo might need to help initiate." 957 said to Condi, "Your bot lane can push the lane earlier!"

“OK!” Mystic nodded to indicate that there was no problem.

"Just be careful of Luo's level 1 W!"

Once both sides have confirmed that neither side intends to engage in a level 1 team fight, they should take their positions.

but……

To the astonishment of many, EDG's bot lane duo walked towards the top lane!

"Huh?" Wawa was the first to exclaim, "What does EDG mean by this? Are they trying to force a lane swap?"

"But while this might avoid the laning phase in the early game, WE will definitely gain a huge advantage, right? Gnar can't stop Kog'Maw from taking down towers!" Miller was equally puzzled.

"What is Gnar doing? Why isn't he going top lane? Is he trying to share mid lane experience? And why is he taking Jarvan IV into Lee Sin's jungle?"

Rita's dark eyes widened, and her rosy lips parted slightly: "What kind of strategy is EDG using?"

Since the end of Season 5, League of Legends has become completely unsuitable for lane-swapping tactics.

why?

Riot's designers have made a series of reworks.

Firstly, other players can no longer follow the jungler and gain experience from jungle monsters like they did in Season 5.

Another very important factor is that if two people share the experience gained on the road, there will be no experience bonus.

Only the experience gained in the bottom lane can be shared between two players, and this does not affect leveling up when there is an experience bonus.

In addition, the top lane turret has much higher armor and magic resistance than the bottom lane turret in the first 5 minutes.

In addition, the high bounty of 650 gold given when the first tower is destroyed means that once the bot lane duo of the team that actively switches to the top lane falls behind in both economy and level within 10 minutes.

Therefore, the lane swapping tactic could no longer be used after Season 5 ended.

However, the situation in this game was completely different.

"Come on, Mingkai, let's invade his F6!" Zhou Hanyang shouted to Mingkai, and when the F6 spawned, he and Prince invaded Lee Sin's jungle.

"Holy crap!!!" Seeing Gnar follow the prince into the jungle, Condi was completely bewildered: "What's going on with Gnar?"

While yelling, Condi could only retreat, giving up his own jungle area.

At the same moment, 957 also shouted.

"What is this thing?" 957's Kennen was lifted up by Rakan's W as he emerged from the river bush.

He never expected Xayah and Rakan to appear in the top lane, and he was completely unprepared to dodge their W!

After Rakan lifted Kennen, Xayah activated her W skill to follow up with damage.

Two against one, and Kennen was knocked out of the experience zone.

Luo stood guard in the bushes near Kennen, preventing Kennen from gaining any experience at level 1.

He's already lost half his health; if he gets hit by Rakan's W and has to use Flash, he might not survive.

At the same moment, Xiye's LeBlanc in the mid lane also exploded.

After driving away the Lee Sin, Gnar and the Prince immediately went to the mid lane.

In this game, Xiye played LeBlanc as AD carry, so he chose to play a strategy of pulling the minion wave.

Just like ShowMaker playing Doinb in later generations.

Galio is unlikely to be able to do anything against LeBlanc pulling the minion wave, because Galio is a clumsy melee champion.

Knar isn't a melee fighter, so his attack range is definitely shorter than LeBlanc's, but two against one gives him an advantage!

You don't even need to suppress LeBlanc and trade blows with her. Just use one Q skill from each of you and then quickly auto-attack the minion wave to push it to LeBlanc's tower and treat it like a normal minion wave.

"What is all this nonsense? Gnar, don't you have your own strategy? Do you even know how to play the game?"

Xi Ye's forehead was covered in question marks, while he frantically pinged the bottom lane: "Push the bottom lane tower! They're abandoning the bottom lane! Let's take the first tower!"

“OK!” Mystic indicated that he understood.

The support Braum also started helping to push the lane.

When WE's bot lane duo, with a wave and a half of minions, entered EDG's bot lane turret to prepare to attack it.

A dazzling pillar of light shot into the sky and swept across the heavens.

The minion waves in the mid lane converge earlier than in the bottom lane, and since both Gnar and Galio have abilities, the wave push is faster.

By this time, the second wave of minions had been pushed through the mid lane, and Galio and Gnar had both reached level 2!

When Gnar came down, both WE players were slightly taken aback.

Without hesitation, Ben immediately declared, "Beat it!!!"

“Activate passive... you’ve overtaken them!” Mystic was even more decisive: “You take the hit, even if you trade, you’ll still profit!”

"OK! I'll see this through!" Ben was even prepared to see this through to the very end.

They pushed one and a half waves of minions into the tower, and the blue team's minions definitely wouldn't be able to get out for a short time, because the third wave of siege minions would definitely enter the tower's range.

If WE doesn't bypass Gnar to prevent him from gaining experience, they will definitely suffer a huge loss.

Because Kennen in the top lane was already AFK in the bush in front of the second top lane tower.

Xayah and Rakan pushed the minion wave to the tower, and Jarvan IV also cleared Lee Sin's red buff area. Jarvan IV was already fighting the Krugs.

If Kennen doesn't leave, he'll be dead as soon as he gets engaged on, having already been hit with a full combo.

The turret was attacking the minion wave, and Braum walked to the turret and waited for Gnar.

The instant Gnar landed after his TP channeling ended, Braum used his Q skill to apply the passive to Gnar.

however……

The moment Gnar landed, he fired a basic attack at Braum, bringing his rage meter to 100 and transforming him into Mega Gnar.

"Dude, I've controlled my anger in the mid lane!" Zhou Hanyang's lips curled up slightly, his eyes full of smiles.

The moment he grew larger, Gnar used his W skill to slam Braum into the tower, trapping Braum under the tower.

At the same time, he used his Q skill to deplete Braum's health.

The first thing Braum did upon waking was raise his shield, but while the shield could block Gnar's attacks, it couldn't stop the turrets' attacks.

While the turret was attacking Braum, Kog'Maw was also relentlessly attacking Gnar.

However, Zhou Hanyang chose the Colossus's Courage rune for Gnar in this game, and triggered the Colossus's Courage rune when he used W to control Braum.

In this game, Gnar chose to start with Doran's Shield. At level 2, Gnar has 756 health, and after transforming, his health reaches a whopping 887.

After triggering the Colossus's Courage, the shield granted by the talent alone is as high as 196!

Although the shield only lasts for 3 seconds, all of Kog'Maw's attacks during those 3 seconds are ineffective.

After taking a full combo from Gnar's WQ combo, plus two hits from the turret, Braum had no choice but to Flash away from the turret's range. Otherwise, another hit from the turret would have meant certain death.

If we could trade for Gnar, that would be fine, but the problem is that Gnar still has almost half his health left. How can we trade for him?

Gnar picked up a rock and started smashing it wildly at the minion wave.

Kog'Maw could only stand outside the turret's range and watch helplessly as Gnar devoured minions!

[As the author stated in Chapter 42, Scout is a bounty hunter-type mid-laner; the more gold you give him, the more damage he can deal!]

The author originally thought BLG would win the championship!

[The plan has changed; we're now preparing to change the team to win the championship!]

Scout, who had already amassed tens of millions in bounty before the World Championship, can be described in two words—invincible!!!

The words 'bounty hunter' truly embody the spirit of our brothers!

[The author's understanding of the competition is phenomenal, and so is their understanding of the players... Hahahaha!]