Chapter 359: Kinda funny

Huh, why isn't he pushing?

Meiko was about to have Zet give up laning and let the enemy push the wave, but Sima Laozei suddenly stopped.

The Frost Archer stepped back two steps, stood behind the red side's ranged minion by one position, and only last-hit.

At this moment, the bottom lane minion wave was balanced, each side having only the last two ranged minions left, their health about equal, and the clash point was near the middle of the river.

As long as Sima Laozei keeps only last-hitting, the clash point of the next minion wave won't advance.

Changzhang, who was about to come down to ambush someone, was also a bit surprised, and said:

Did you guys screw up?

No way!

Meiko shouted,

We've been trying hard to clear the wave; there's no way he could tell we were going to let it push.

That's just weird.

Changzhang trusted Meiko's command and acting, thus more Jia accept annoyed.

EDG had done in-depth research on VG, and Changzhang also understood Sima Laozei very well; this guy is the type of single-minded player, although he laned well, his understanding of minion waves had a big problem.

Just now, Changzhang knew from Sima Laozei's actions that the Mantis had come to the bottom half of the map, and Sima Laozei would definitely push the wave aggressively to pressure.

Then Changzhang only needed to come over and ambush once; the chance to counter-ambush Liang Yan was small, but there was a high probability to catch the lone VG duo when the Mantis left.

That's how it should be.

EDG's research on all LPL teams had never been wrong; it was precisely because Changzhang and Meiko laid the foundation for this team's Civil War Phantom God style, and the two were too familiar with LPL—even if the coach changed, as long as Changzhang and Meiko remained on the team, EDG would still be that Civil War Phantom God team.

This kind of unexpected situation was still happening for the first time.

Why would this happen?

The answer is obvious.

After Changzhang was silent for two seconds, he said:

I guess their jungler reminded them.

Damn...

Looking clean and refined, Meiko actually cursed like a king of foul mouths.

Are you still coming?

How am I supposed to go? I went back to clear.

Alright.

Meiko watched Changzhang turn back and walk up, so he had to leave the lane to go place wards.

Although I predicted the Mantis should also have left the bottom half, the enemy guy never plays by the book, so Meiko, being cautious, still took precautions.

At this point, Liang Yan had already cleared F4.

He then entered the river, placed a ward in the grass at the end of the river wall on the left side of mid lane, probed toward Da Long Keng, found the river crab still there, judged that Changzhang should have been wasting time in the bottom lane, likely still clearing the three wolves, so he signaled the enemy jungler's position to his teammates, then boldly took the second river crab, returned to the jungle, and prepared to clear the last group of Stone Armor Beetles.

At this moment, Changzhang entered the river, found the river crab gone, got a bit angry, glanced at the mid lane minion wave, and thought the Mantis might be lurking in mid.

Scout had just started learning Chinese at this point, couldn't understand much, so Changzhang didn't speak, gave a signal to mid lane, and ran over here.

Changzhang's original intention was to cover Scout while he pushed the lane.

Scout misunderstood, and when Changzhang entered the grass, Scout happened to activate his passive speed boost, rushed over to immobilize the Snake Lady and then apply Weakness.

Changzhang shouted 'Fuck', instantly decided to pop out from the grass after clearing the ward, then flashed and used E to slow the Snake Lady, then chased her with auto-attacks.

Remember to shout:

Scout suddenly went up! He directly applied Weakness to combo with Changzhang's damage to kill that low-health Snake Lady! There's a chance! Changzhang seized the timing perfectly!

Huh? But Changzhang just flashed?

Marquis cleansed the slow and ran toward the tower, Changzhang chased with two auto-attacks then cast Heavenly Sound Wave! Marquis flashed to dodge! So stable, Marquis!

Um... Changzhang's play seems a bit off?

Emmm... I can only say, it's a familiar taste.

The EDG fans' noise on the spot instantly stopped, replaced by uproarious laughter, and then someone started shouting 4396.

In the livestream, some hardcore EDG fans spammed barrage messages urging everyone to rush to the remembered Weibo, trying to trigger the piglet's unique skill—Ten Thousand Pigs Push Tower.

Unfortunately, few responded.

When Liang Yan saw the Snake Lady suddenly lose health, he switched over, saw Changzhang make a move in mid lane, immediately turned and headed mid; it wasn't far, when the low-health Snake Lady retreated under the tower, Liang Yan also appeared from the upper side path, and simultaneously typed on the public chat:

【xx】

It means thanks to Changzhang for his mercy.

Changzhang's face instantly darkened, and he then heard Scout stammering in the headset:

For the gods and demons, how to play?

Wasn't it you who went up first?!

Changzhang was a bit pissed, used two summoner spells but didn't kill anyone, already enough to be depressed, Scout then blamed him, making him naturally even more annoyed.

Scout stayed silent for a moment, not sure if he was pondering Changzhang's meaning or something, then suddenly said: 'You, play, wrong.'

Changzhang chuckled twice:

What did I do wrong?

Kinda funny.

What did you say?!

Changzhang instantly broke down and was about to start yelling, when Meiko's voice timely sounded:

Stop saying that, stop saying that. Ah, Mingkai, don't be angry, Scout doesn't speak Chinese, he misunderstood, it's not what you think.

After persuading for a while, finally managed to calm Changzhang down.

mlgb……

The factory manager cursed silently, but for the team he finally endured.

Now he's older, a bit more mature, and with the team's poor World Championship results these past two years, his edge has worn down a lot; otherwise, if it were the younger, vigorous factory manager of the hog farm from back then, he would never have swallowed his anger.

Liang Yan teased the factory manager, then went to mid lane to help the Marquis clear the incoming minion wave, and then went to the upper area to kill the Stone Armor Beetle.

He lost some time, but he also picked up a bit of mid‑lane minion experience, so it wasn't a loss, because in this version jungle monsters respawn after as long as 150 seconds, so the second wave isn't that fast.

Hmm, it means the jungler has more time to roam.

He went home to craft a tier‑2 jungle knife, placed a true vision ward, then headed out running down.

EDG's bot lane was solid, giving no opening, so Liang Yan didn't rush to engage and kept farming the jungle.

When the blind man appeared again, Liang Yan checked his equipment and saw that the factory manager hadn't crafted a jungle knife but had instead picked up a war hammer.

That's the correct understanding: in this version jungle monsters spawn slowly, so you don't need to worry too much about jungle‑clear speed; boosting immediate combat power is the proper way to play the Mang Seng in this patch.

The Praying Mantis can certainly play that way too, but if the second blue buff has to be given to mid lane, he'll be relatively short on mana and can't compare to a Mang Seng with no mana bar.