Chapter 1230: Luo Quan, I'm Your Fan (Part 2)

The ecological environment of the top lane in League of Legends is very similar to a food chain, with absolute counter relationships; unless the rank gap is extremely large, it's impossible to win the lane otherwise.

Against most tank top laners in League of Legends, Darius basically finds himself in a nearly unwinnable situation.

However, the specific situation still requires specific analysis; if it's Sion, then it can't be played as mindlessly as against other tanks.

Although Sion isn't that strong in lane, after level six he becomes one of the tanks with the highest burst damage, possessing very strong killing potential.

Meanwhile, before level three, Darius is actually relatively weak; encountering a level one Q from Sion, fighting to the death would absolutely not make him a match for Sion.

So when seeing Renyi try to rely on his level one strength to push the minion wave and Q someone, Luo Quan directly controlled Darius to turn around.

This signal basically directly avoided Renyi's level one design.

After Luo Quan moved to a position where she could advance or retreat safely, she immediately followed up with a Shadow Blade.

This is Darius's Q skill, manifested as raising his weapon and smashing forward, consisting of three stages, each with a different form; if the enemy is hit by the weapon's tip, they also take extra damage and are knocked up.

Whether a Darius player is good or not depends on whether the controller can hit enemies with the tip of the Q skill.

Renyi saw Luo Quan trying to harass, and although he consciously tried to dodge with positioning, Luo Quan anticipated his anticipation, and the Q position was slightly lower.

Successfully hit!

Sion's health decreased by one segment, and he was simultaneously knocked up by the greatsword.

Seeing this, Luo Quan hesitated not at all, pressing forward with the posture of pursuing victory, and then her body suddenly veered downward.

At this moment, Sion's Q skill had just been unleashed, a serpentine spread of molten stone pillar erupting from the ground beside Luo Quan.

"Holy shit, you can even dodge this?!"

"Is this scripted?"

"Playing well is just cheating?"

"Every thought of Renyi's is being squeezed to death, and now the most likely opportunity to gain an advantage is gone

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"Once Darius levels up, he becomes harder to deal with."

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Skill missed, still the minion wave; if Renyi dares to counterattack, he'll be focused by minions with no chance to win, so he turned and fled.

However, because he had just used his skill, there was a slight delay in his retreat, and Luo Quan, walking over, hit him again with the second stage of Q.

By this point in the level one exchange, Renyi had already lost so badly he was practically pantsless, describable in one word as "jī!"

If a tank can't gain sufficient advantage against Darius during his weakest phase at level one, then from level three onward it's basically a state of constant suppression, and even a slight misstep in positioning could lead to being solo killed.

However, as an old-school champion top laner, although this championship isn't an S-tier one, it's still absolutely an honor ranking among the top in domestic top laners.

After realizing his disadvantage, Renyi activated the "equality for all beings" mode, not forcing last hits he couldn't get, and for important minions he used the longer-range W skill to last hit, focusing on not making mistakes and not getting tilted.

Against this turtle-style playstyle, Luo Quan truly had no good solutions.

As long as Sion isn't pressured too much, he will definitely be useful in the mid-to-late game.

But if Darius fails to gain an advantage, how is he supposed to join team fights in the mid-game?

Therefore, for Luo Quan, this situation is definitely unacceptable.

Good news is, someone on the enemy team will help.

Just as she had anticipated earlier, Renyi's teammates know Sion vs. Darius is a bad matchup, and since Darius control is Luo Quan, they will definitely give more attention.

Four minutes in, any jungler at this point has basically cleared the jungle already.

Our side's Shadow Isle Master is being pressured by Viktor under the tower, and the bottom lane Yasuo plus the stone golem are even more being pushed.

With both lanes pushing, where else could Lion Dog come from besides invading the jungle?

Obviously, it's Luo Quan, who is currently frenziedly pressuring Sion under the tower.

And to attract a gank, she even didn't place vision in the grass, presenting the image of a clueless newcomer unafraid of being caught.

This information, the enemy can know at a glance by looking at her item status bar.

So after Lion Dog cleared the stone golem, he directly walked toward Luo Quan.

And this behavior immediately drew the audience's teasing:

"Here he comes, top lane calls dad!"

"I admit your Darius, Luo Quan, does have something, but if I pull out the father-son camp, then how would you respond, sir?"

"If top lane gets blown up, it must be the jungler's fault; with this much lane pressure and still no gank, isn't there something wrong with your brain?"

"At this age, a man's career and love life can come a little later, but jungling cannot."

"Oh no, Luo Bao still doesn't know, this first blood might have to be taken on her back."

"Haha, elaborate on first blood."

"Did you just start driving?"

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To remind Luo Quan, the audience at the venue all shouted loudly, starting to call out positions without any competitive spirit.

However, because they were in a soundproof room, Luo Quan noticed nothing.

Actually, no need to call out positions, because she had already guessed she would be caught.

After seeing Sion start boldly moving under the tower, Luo Quan immediately realized someone was coming.

Sion isn't last-hitting minions under the tower and still pressing forward—this isn't someone coming, what is it?

So Luo Quan immediately pulled back, and at the same time, having already communicated with the Sword Saint, he had also arrived under our tower.

"If Lion Dog comes out, focus fire on him first." Luo Quan unusually calmly said to Xiang Guo, who controls the Sword Saint.

Although Lion Dog's W skill can restore a large amount of health, it must be the enhanced version after having 5 points of brutality.

Lion Dog, after killing the stone golem and coming over, has no brutality on him; a full combo can at most accumulate four points, so if we focus fire immediately, it's definitely easier to kill than Sion, who is both tanky and has built-in displacement.

And as her words fell, Lion Dog with red buff came charging out from the river.

In order to keep Luo Quan, Ornn flashed a Q Volcanic Rupture, slowing and creating terrain, then timed an E Bellows Breath perfectly, wanting to use the terrain created by Q to knock Luo Quan up.

As a result, Luo Quan once again showed off her script-level positioning; the second before Ornn lunged forward, she dashed backward in the opposite direction, only taking the damage but not getting knocked up, dodging at least two auto-attacks!

Afterward she completely ignored Ornn, turned and landed a W Flame Spitter to tether Ornn, then executed a textbook three-part Q, each time hitting the Rengar with the very tip of the skill; one full combo brought it straight to low health.

At this moment, Master Yi also arrived posthaste; alongside Alpha Strike he activated Highlander for bonus damage, and upon landing an A-W-A mini-combo flowed like clouds and water; Rengar's health hit rock bottom instantly.

Startled badly, Rengar hurriedly cast his regular W to recover a sliver of health, then immediately flashed toward the tower to flee for his life.

However Luo Quan promptly followed with Flash, chasing him down and auto-attacking him to death alive.

And Ornn, after unloading a full rotation, was no different from a super minion; chased by Master Yi's auto-attacks all the way, he flashed back under the tower.

As it happened, Luo Quan was already in a pushing state; riding the minion wave, she and Jax together dove Ornn under the tower.

"Holy crap, Luo Bao's play this wave is insane, simply perfect!"

"Top lane exploded, fed Jax two kills, Ornn can't even stay under tower."

"Fairly speaking, giving the kills to Master Yi is even better; once this dog hero gets rolling he truly can't be stopped."

"Luo Bao actually has some skill; used to think claiming solo queue to King was bragging, now it looks like she's several tiers above an ordinary King."

"Calm, fast reactions, decisive and ruthless; this good and she doesn't go pro, just holes up at home as a small streamer?"

"Jax has a free-win game; everyone get ready to watch a god descend."

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In this kind of high-elo game, the enemy top laner getting two kills plus double buffs — even a fool knows the consequences.

Holding the gold from two kills, Luo Quan went back to base and immediately bought a Serrated Dirk and Boots, intending to press the advantage to the end.

And Master Yi, having secured the lead, also started frequently looking after top lane; when there was a chance he dove the tower, when there wasn't he invaded the enemy Rengar's jungle together with Jax.

Because Luo Quan's lead was simply too large, the enemy team didn't dare contest the Rift Herald; then Luo Quan took the Herald herself, ate all the jungle monsters, tower plates, and kills, and before twelve minutes had pushed down the top outer turret.

After completing her first mythic item Eclipse, Luo Quan bought a Ruby Crystal for extra health, then headed straight to bot lane to feed her teammates.

Originally Yasuo and Malphite were being crushed by the enemy; the moment Jax arrived the situation flipped instantly.

With Malphite's unanswerable engage plus Yasuo's extended crowd control, Luo Quan could easily collect the enemy ADC's head even playing with one hand.

Once Jax's items pulled ahead, he stood out with exaggerated damage yet unkillable durability.

At the twenty-minute Drake fight, facing five enemies, relying on her massive three-item lead, Luo Quan single-handedly engaged in the flesh, weaving in and out of the crowd seven times in and seven times out, replicating the legendary "God Descends" Jax.

Although she only secured a triple kill in the end, not a penta, the visual shock she created was already enough for her to brag about for several years.

You have to understand, the players in this match are basically all retired pros; several have won LPL championships or even MSI titles; even if their strength has declined, they're not someone a streamer can touch.

Yet they were stomped by Luo Quan leading her teammates, truly beyond everyone's expectations.

"I feel Luo Bao really has pro-player level skill now; she could totally go play in the LPL."

"Pretty interesting; if she went pro, she'd become the first female player in LPL history."

"Awesome, Luo Quan; never realized she was this strong before."

"I only remember she once got killed by Rengar twenty-odd times, and every kill the enemy would spam 'Luo Quan I'm your fan'."

"Haha, I remember too; that game was hilarious, nearly made Luo Bao crack."

"This time the enemy Rengar still wanted to recreate the famous scene, but got smashed by Luo Quan instead."

"Tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice; let Di get beaten by a girl in lane, he'll be mocked for a lifetime."

"All beings equal? Nicely put it's a fifty-fifty; bluntly it's win lane wait for teammates to carry; run into a stronger laner and this trick stops working."

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The first game wasn't even over yet, and the audience had already started grilling Rang Di.

If it were against another King or retired pro it wouldn't be this bad; the key is getting beaten like this by a girl, truly a laughingstock.

As everyone knows, girls in League of Legends are synonymous with scrubs; even with high rank they're assumed to be boosted.

Getting beaten like this by a girl means being laughed at for a lifetime.

However Luo Quan is a well-known King streamer, so Rang Di didn't actually get flamed to hell; the audience mostly just teased.

Soon, the Blue side where Luo Quan was, under her lead, secured the Elder Dragon, then pushed and flattened the base in one go.

With a fake-legendary 8-2 scoreline, she undisputedly took MVP of this game.

The previous Weibo hot search hadn't even cooled down, and new hot search material had already appeared.

Domestically speaking, League of Legends' popularity is genuinely high.

Whether LPL playoffs or regular season, they stably hit hot searches after matches; if a spectacular game or focus match appears, grabbing top five hot searches is no difficulty.

As for winning the championship, that's a guaranteed "explosion".

Precisely because the heat is so high, many entertainment celebrities like to come leech League of Legends' popularity.

Of course, quite a few also go leech Honor of Kings; either way they're both Tencent games, traffic is never lacking.

However, while many people leech League of Legends, cases like Luo Quan where League of Legends comes to leech her are exceedingly rare.

Generally speaking, after the first game of a match there's a pause to adjust tactics.

But since it's an exhibition match, that necessity is gone.

After swapping Red and Blue sides, the match continued.

This time Luo Quan faced targeted bans in the draft; the enemy directly banned Jax and Fiora, removing these two top laners who are hard to deal with once they scale.

Unfortunately, Luo Quan's champion pool is unfathomably deep; even facing such targeting and picking fifth, she still pulled out Master Yi to go against Rangdi's Darius.

This Darius pick was meant to establish lane dominance, attempting to ride the champion's raw stats to kill his way to victory.

And Luo Quan's choice was equally fearless; she used Master Yi to go toe-to-toe with Darius.

These two champions, overall Master Yi holds a slight edge, but the margin for error is low — absolutely no mistakes allowed.

Once a mistake happens, it's very easy for Darius to seize the opportunity and kill.

And if Master Yi gives up a solo kill, the lane basically becomes unplayable.

Especially when entering the game, it made Rang Di's face brim with murderous intent, clearly intending to win back all the face he had just lost from being blown up.

This scene made the spectating fan Dou Wei Luo Quan break into a cold sweat.

However, facts proved that a person's strength has little relation to whether their expression is fierce or not.

After entering the game, Luo Quan once again proved with her miraculous mechanics that her laning strength was far above Rang Di's.

In just under four minutes, news came from top lane of a solo kill; Luo Quan's Master of Weapons killed Rang Di's Noxian Guillotine on a sliver of health, and she hadn't even used Flash.