LPL didn't want me? I joined SKT instead!

Chapter 28 Xiao Yan's Precise Control Causes Sect Leader An to Collapse (Part 2)

"How are we supposed to fight this? The policewoman is dead the moment she shows her face!"

"Who can save him?"

However, just when everyone thought that SKT's last pick would be a pure tank like Maokai to force a "four-protect-one" strategy, Huni's icon lit up and locked on without any hesitation.

Rambo, the mechanical enemy!

"Rambo?!"

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

The CT in the commentary booth slapped his thigh: "My God! Has SKT gone mad? Huni actually picked Rumble against Camille? This isn't a four-protect-one strategy! This is—this is a three-protect-two strategy to go toe-to-toe with SSG's firepower!"

With Rumble locked in, SKT's roster is now complete:

Top Lane: Rumble Jungle: Lee Sin Mid Lane: Orianna ADC: Caitlyn Support: Luna The moment this lineup was announced, SSG coach Edgar, who had been mocking SKT for "courting their own death," suddenly looked serious.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

This is not the kind of weak "four-protect-one" lineup that puts all hopes on the ADC.

Xiao Yan's decision to take the policewoman first might be a trap.

"I see—" Koma looked at the finalized lineup, his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxing, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes. "XiaoYan, you deliberately induced them to choose an aggressive lineup, didn't you?"

If it's a traditional four-protect-one strategy, SKT will collapse instantly if the female police officer is killed, because the remaining four players will have no damage output.

But things are different now.

In this lineup, Faker's Orianna and Huni's Rumble are both powerful carries with devastating AOE damage!

While SSG's lineup is unstoppable in terms of initiation, it has a fatal weakness: in order to counter Caitlyn, the heroes they choose need to charge in with their bare hands when entering the fray, and their positioning is very close together.

Once they've used all their control skills on the policewoman—

Then, Huni and Faker will have a chance to melt these guys instantly!

"That's right."

Xiao Yan adjusted his headset, looked at the policewoman carrying a sniper rifle on the loading screen, and a crazy smile appeared on his lips.

"They want to hunt me down? Fine."

"But this piece of meat of mine is poisonous."

"Sang-hyeok, Huni," Xiao Yan said calmly in the voice channel, "I'm the bait this time. During team fights, we need to position ourselves a bit further apart. I'll be in front, and they'll engage on me. As long as they use their key skills on me, you guys just unleash your ultimates and wipe them out. Don't worry about me dying."

Faker paused slightly as he was adjusting the keyboard.

He turned his head and took a deep look at the newcomer beside him.

In professional matches, the ADC is usually the most daring and protective "prince" in the team.

Faker has rarely seen an ADC who would willingly offer to be bait and sacrifice their life to wipe out the opposing team.

"Are you sure you can survive?" Faker asked calmly. "If you die, our tower-pushing momentum will be disrupted."

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"rest assured."

A glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes as he tapped his fingers lightly on the keyboard, speaking confidently.

"Want to kill me? Not so easy."

"All troops, attack!"

As the system's rousing female voice rang out, the mist over Summoner's Rift dissipated.

The ten heroes from both sides quickly bought their equipment and rushed out of the fountain.

This battle is destined to be either your death or mine.

"Wolf, I'm going to gank the jungle this game." Peanut chewed his gum, his eyes gleaming with a fighting spirit. Now that he had his signature Lee Sin, he naturally didn't want to farm too peacefully. "I want to rush level three and gank bot."

"No."

Xiao Yan suddenly spoke up to stop Peanut's movements.

He added a red exclamation mark to the map, marking it in the bottom lane tri-bush of SSG.

"Bro, start with red buff, then go straight to the enemy's blue buff. Since Ambition picked Gragas, he'll definitely try to target the bot lane and protect their farm. He'll most likely start with blue buff and farm bot."

Xiao Yan guided the policewoman forward.

"This game, I'm going to pin Ruler down under the tower and make him afraid to even farm minions."

The game had only been going on for 1 minute and 30 seconds.

The moment the two sides' minion waves converged in the bottom lane, Xiao Yan, who was originally trembling with fear because he thought he would be "targeted relentlessly," directly controlled the policewoman to walk out of the bushes.

The minion waves converged in the center of the bottom lane.

Logically, the most standard way to play the female police officer and Lulu combination at level one is to use their range advantage to push the lane aggressively and force level two as soon as possible.

Ruler, controlling Kog'Maw, looked at the enemy Caitlyn with the ID "XiaoYan" and prepared himself to farm under the tower while under pressure.

However, the next second, Ruler's pupils suddenly contracted.

The policewoman walked past her own ranged minions and stood confidently on the flank where the minion waves met, like a gatekeeper, blocking the SSG bot lane duo and the low-health minions.

"Not pushing the lane?" WoIf paused, Lulu's Staff hovering in mid-air. "XiaoYan, this will cause the minion wave to—"

"Ignore the minion wave, WoIf." Xiao Yan's voice was chillingly calm. "Go to the river and place a ward, then apply pressure. I'll take care of these two."

At this moment, one of SSG's melee minions was low on health.

Ruler's Kog'Maw wanted to move forward and finish off the low-health melee minion. This is a professional player's instinct; missing a minion is unacceptable.

The moment Da Zui raised his hand, Xiao Yan moved.

The policewoman suddenly raised her long sniper rifle.

boom!

A bullet with a passive "headshot" effect hit Big Mouth squarely on the forehead.

Ruler winced in pain, but he took the hit to finish off the enemy. The coin bounced up, and Ruler landed the attack, but his health dropped by one bar instantly.

"Want to finish me off? Pay with your blood." Xiao Yan sneered.

Just as the attack on Ruler finished its recovery animation, Xiao Yan instantly turned his gun around and fired a bullet that precisely finished off one of his own low-health minions.

Finish off the enemy and pressure them, all at the same time.

It flowed smoothly, without a single superfluous movement.

The support player CoreJJ couldn't stand it anymore. He controlled Rakan and tried to use the W skill "Grand Entrance" to intimidate Xiao Yan and force him to retreat so that Ruler could farm minions more comfortably.

If Luo pushes forward, the policewoman will definitely have to retreat.

However, Xiao Yan's actions once again surprised them.

Faced with Luo's approach, Xiao Yan did not panic and retreat, but instead took a small, delicate step to the side and back.

This movement was just at the edge of the maximum range of Rakan's W skill.

CoreJJ hesitated.

If he lifts the weapon, he'll be trapped in a group of soldiers and get hit for nothing; if he doesn't lift it, he'll be a sitting duck.

In that instant of hesitation, Xiao Yan's sniper rifle spat fire once more.

boom!

The bullet hit Luo, he took a quick shot, then turned around and took out the second soldier with another shot.

"What the hell is that?!" In the commentary booth, the Roaring Emperor's eyes widened. "XiaoYan's distance control is terrifying! Every basic attack he uses while last-hitting minions is harassing the opponent!"

An extremely bizarre scene appeared on the screen.

The minion wave was clearly in the middle, but SSG's bot lane duo—Kog'Maw and Rakan—were forced back to the edge of the bush in front of their own turret by a female Caitlyn.

Every time Ruler wants to come up and last-hit a creep, he faces a difficult choice: should he let the creep go to save his health, or risk getting badly damaged just to get the gold?

As a top AD carry, Ruler was unwilling to miss any minions, so he gritted his teeth and used his positioning and attack range to the limit to try and get some last hits.

But the cost was devastating.

The first wave of minions has ended.

Xiao Yan's female police officer, 6 finishing blows. Perfect finishing blows, not a single one missed.

Ruler's Kog'Maw had 3 last hits.

He missed a full half of the soldiers!

What's even more terrifying is the contrast in their stats. Xiao Yan's policewoman was almost at full health, only losing a tiny bit of health due to the aggro of a minor enemy.

Ruler's health potion has been knocked away, but his health is only two-thirds left!

This is a suffocating "dimensional reduction attack".

"WoIf, get ready." Xiao Yan looked at Ruler, who was getting impatient and whose positioning was starting to go awry, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. "They're getting anxious, their opening is about to appear."

This sense of pressure made Ruler and support CoreJJ feel a sense of powerlessness, similar to when facing Faker's peak mid-lane dominance. You are clearly trying your best to make plays, but you find that your every move is within the opponent's calculations.

Ambition glanced at the bottom lane and his brows furrowed instantly.

As a seasoned veteran, he immediately recognized the seriousness of the problem.

That rookie policewoman's control over the attack distance was simply outrageous.

A little too much and he'd be in danger; a little too little and he'd be weak. It was like dancing on the edge of a knife, yet he always managed to precisely dodge the blade and deliver a counter-attack.

"Ruler is in a lot of pain," Master An thought to himself.

The core strategy for SSG in this game was to protect Kog'Maw's farm and wait for him to get his three items before taking over the game. If Caitlyn kept pushing him like that, Kog'Maw wouldn't even survive the laning phase, let alone get his three items; he'd probably lose even his tower plates.

"I have to go."

Master An made a decisive move. He had just finished clearing his own blue buff and gromp, and his original plan was to either farm the wolves or control the river crab in the top half of the map. However, the dire situation in the bottom lane forced him to change his strategy.

With his large belly, Gragas abandoned his original jungle farming rhythm and headed straight for the bottom lane river.

"Don't worry, I'm coming," Master An said in a deep voice over the voice chat. "Just force him back so you can push the minion wave out."

However, just as the barrel stepped into the riverbed grass...

On SKT's side, Xiao Yan's eyes flickered slightly.

"They're here."

He silently counted the time in his mind. Based on Master An's jungle clearing habits and hero movement speed, if he wanted to protect the bottom lane, he should be in the river by now.

Xiao Yan showed no greed. He raised his sniper rifle and used his Q skill to penetrate the minion wave, accurately taking down three ranged minions in the back row.

Immediately afterwards, he instructed the policewoman to retreat without hesitation, creating an absolutely safe distance.

The very next second after he retreated, the ward that WoIf had placed in the river bush detected the massive body of the barrel.

"It's coming!" Wolf exclaimed. "That was close!"

Master An looked at the policewoman who had retreated back to the foot of the tower and felt a surge of irritation.

How come this newcomer has such a keen sense of smell?

Since he couldn't catch anyone, Master An could only wander around the river for a while, providing some pressure for the bottom lane duo, allowing Ruler to push the minion wave out and relieve the pressure of the minion wave pushing into the tower.

"Goal achieved, I'm leaving." Seeing the minion wave push back, Master An wasted no more time and returned to base to prepare to farm his red buff in the upper half of the map.

However, what he didn't know was that in the few dozen seconds he peeked out in the bottom lane, a silent raid took place in SKT's jungle.

"Peanut, come in."

Ten seconds before Master An appeared in the bottom lane vision, Xiao Yan had already given instructions to Peanut via voice chat.

At this moment, Peanut had finished clearing the blue buff and was positioning himself in the river as Lee Sin, waiting for Xiao Yan's command. As soon as Xiao Yan gave the command, Peanut sneaked into SSG's jungle like a ghost.

"Hehe, then I won't be polite about taking this red buff!" Peanut licked his lips excitedly.

The punishment is applied, and the red buff is obtained.

Peanut glanced at the F6 next to him, somewhat tempted: "Bro, can I have another set of F6?"

"No, let's go!"

Xiao Yan's voice was stern and decisive, "Sect Leader An has returned to the city. He has Home Guardians, so he'll be back in no time. If you greedily take this F6, you'll likely get ganked by him and Malzahar in the mid lane. Take the red buff and leave immediately; don't give him any chance."

"receive!"

Although Peanut usually plays aggressively, he now obeys Xiao Yan's commands without question.

Without any hesitation, he slipped over the wall and made a quick getaway, leaving behind only an empty red buff pit.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan also had control of the situation in the mid and top lanes.

In the mid lane, Faker's Orianna played extremely steadily and exerted great pressure.

Although Crown's Malzahar had a passive shield, Faker's precise positioning and QW combo made the shield break almost as soon as it refreshed. Faker firmly controlled the minion wave in the middle of the river, making it impossible for Malzahar to roam.

On the road, however, the situation is a bit more challenging.

Huni's Rumble was indeed having a tough time against CuVee's Camille. Camille's agile movement and shield made it difficult for Rumble to deal effective damage, and he was instead kicked in by Camille several times to trade blows, resulting in his health being somewhat suppressed.

"Huni, don't rush."

Xiao Yan switched screens to check the top lane and calmly directed, "Your task now isn't to pressure the enemy, it's to stay alive. Just use your E skill to last-hit minions. Missing a few minions doesn't matter, just don't give him a chance to solo kill you. Once you reach level six, your impact in team fights will be much greater than his."

"OK, I got it." Huni took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to rush up and roast the enemy, and obediently stayed in the back to last-hit minions with a harpoon.

At this moment, Anzhangmen, who had just come out of the fountain and was speeding towards his own upper jungle with the Home Guardian, was still in a relatively calm mood.

Although they didn't manage to catch anyone in the bottom lane, at least they preserved Ruler's farming rhythm, so this wasn't too much of a loss.

"After clearing the red buff, let's go to the top lane and see if we can gank a Polish player —"

Master An pondered the next route and maneuvered the barrel to the Red Buff camp.

However, the moment he turned the corner...

His steps suddenly stopped.

Empty.

Where the red buff should have stood, only a few fallen leaves drifted in the wind.

He wasn't even left with a single monster on the ground.

"Damn it!"

Even the usually composed Sect Leader An couldn't help but utter a curse at this moment, his composure instantly crumbling.

He glanced at the minimap and saw that the Lee Sin hadn't shown up in lane, clearly having already finished his jungle clear and made a hasty retreat.

In this wave, in order to protect the bottom lane, he not only exposed his position and wasted time, but also lost the most important red buff.

For junglers, this kind of start is a devastating blow.