Chapter 387

Getting back to the point, let's keep watching the match. Both sides' junglers chose to start from the upper half area, and both top laners are helping to start.

On VG's side, they'll gain an edge; Jayce can take Prince's flag for attack speed.

Yes, so his jungle clear speed will be a bit faster, but just a little; this version has no buffed son, and the Mantis's jungle clear speed is also very fast.

The jungle routes for both sides are almost identical: Buff → Three Wolves → Buff.

After Mystic's Ice Archer reached level two, he didn't learn the E skill that grants vision; instead, to strengthen lane pressure, he took Q, and vision was provided by the support Ben.

When Liang Yan finished clearing the Three Wolves, WE's duo had just finished pushing the second wave, and the minion line had already been pushed past the river midline.

At that moment, Ben's female gunner ran alone to the river, entering from the jungle entrance near the red side's blue buff, placed a ward at the entrance, and happened to see the Prince attacking the blue buff.

"Ben has located Jiao Shen's position."

"WE's early-game details are really well done; this wave, if Ben doesn't come, Jiao Shen would have a chance to catch them, because the Ice Archer didn't learn E!"

"This reminds me of the S6 World Championship, where RNG had a game with Uzi playing Ice Archer at level two without learning E, but the result was that he got caught."

"Uh…… this is the support's problem."

"Remember, the teacher is not honest."

"No, what part of me is dishonest? The AD got caught due to lack of vision—that's definitely the support's fault for not warding properly; what's wrong with that?"

"Alright, yes, very correct."

"Today there is no RNG match, no dog fans at the venue, and the audience is laughing happily."

"Liang Yan finished clearing the three jungle camps in the lower half, then turned around and headed up."

"It seems Jiao Shen has no intention of ganking bottom at all."

"Yeah, why? Objectively speaking, the Prince still poses a considerable threat to WE's duo lacking mobility; from this position, I feel that if he comes with the Explosive Fruit, given Jiao Shen's play, even if he can't kill them, flashing should be fine."

"Hmm…… could he be saving Flash to help Jayce catch the big tree?"

"The big tree is much harder to catch."

"Liang Yan not coming to gank bottom naturally has his own reasons."

"WE's bottom lane duo is strong; Mystic has become WE's absolute core, with very solid laning fundamentals and strong offensive desire, making such opponents ideal for honing the duo's coordination and lane understanding."

"Therefore, unless the duo is really being pressured too hard, Liang Yan won't excessively interfere with their lane in the early game."

"He's like a green tea bitch, being hot and cold toward the bottom lane, wildly testing Sima Laozei's minion wave handling."

"WE's bottom lane also didn't disappoint Liang Yan; even though they were wary of the champion jungler, they played more cautiously than usual yet still maintained a certain pressure."

"Mystic+Ben are indeed a very well-matched Korean aid bottom lane; although Ben joined WE this season, there is no problem with their synergy with Mystic—they are in sync, advance and retreat together, and cooperate seamlessly."

"However, fearing that the Prince could solo-kill them after taking the buff and reaching level three, the female gunner didn't dare place her ward too deep; the vision she provided only barely allowed sight of the blue buff camp, so they didn't know the Prince had already left the lower half, and they didn't dare press too hard in lane, lest the Prince come down with the Explosive Fruit to flank and catch them."

"Sima Laozei's growth over this period is also visibly apparent; after communicating with Liang Yan at the start, he knows Liang Yan may not necessarily help him ward, so even if Liang Yan just arrived in the lower half, he didn't desperately push the lane, and when Liang Yan turned and headed up, the bottom lane minion wave was basically in equilibrium, and the position was the red side's bottom lane comfort zone."

"At this point, even if Liang Yan doesn't come to help, as long as Sima Laozei doesn't think about messing with the enemy, his development won't be greatly affected."

"When the bottom lane finally reached level three, Mystic's Ice Archer finally learned the E skill, fired an arrow into VG's jungle—nothing there—thus confirming the Prince was no longer present, and they immediately began frantically pushing the lane, hoping to press VG's duo under the tower and dominate them."

"But at that moment, Liang Yan had already cleared the upper jungle monsters and returned to base, heading down toward bottom lane; WE's duo had just sent the minion wave in when the Prince appeared from behind VG's duo."

"Liang Yan still had no intention of ganking, fully showing his green-tea nature; he only helped the duo push the lane past the river before turning and leaving."

"Sima Laozei learned his lesson; after clearing the wave, he immediately retreated to base with Xiao Duan."

"WE's duo, however, pushed an extra wave before leaving."

"The second wave of jungle monsters hadn't respawned yet, so Liang Yan had nothing to do; he just loitered in the top lane watching Fu Lan Duo and 957 pull each other's hair."

"957's laning style in one word: stable."

"Not only is his laning stable, his anti-gank is rock solid; if he senses even a hint of danger, he can even forgo experience."

"Approaching five minutes, 957 still hadn't returned home, having been pressured by Jayce for exactly ten hits, but his health bar remained above three-quarters…"

"Liang Yan had no appetite for 957, bored to the point of yawning; seeing the two mid-lane champions suddenly get close, he switched over to take a look, and Ryze, rushing to push the lane and return home, bore the brunt of the turret's output, forcibly clearing the minion wave, dropping his health to about one-third and emptying his mana."

"That definitely means he needs to go back."

"Liang Yan glanced at the time, immediately turned and ran into the enemy jungle through the blue buff entrance, heading straight for the Three Wolves camp."

"Jiao Shen is coming to counter-jungle."

"The Three Wolves just respawned."

"You calculated it perfectly—just like home turf, familiar and well-known."

"EQAA punished and took down the big wolf, then turned and ran."

"The Mantis jumped from the mid lane jungle entrance, perfectly catching up with the two small wolves chasing the Prince toward the river."

"Condi saw that the big wolf was gone, fuming, and shouted:"

"No, is this your home?"

"But Liang Yan comes and goes as he pleases; Xi Ye's Ryze had just stepped out of the fountain, the Mantis hadn't evolved W, had already used his jump, and thus had no ability to hold anyone; Condi could do nothing against him, only watching helplessly as the Prince strode off with his spear."

"Then Liang Yan, on the way, came to mid lane, used Q to poke the minion wave to help the Marquis clear it, then went to his own lower half, started clearing from the Magic Swamp Frog all the way up to the Stone Armor Beetle, brought the red buff back to base, went out again and ran down to help the Marquis take the second blue buff."

"At this moment, as Varus's Q skill was about to reach max level, the bottom lane situation reversed; Sima Laozei had already pushed the wave out, and both the ADC and support were about to hit level six."

"At around eight minutes, Varus's last hits were suppressed twelve times."

"Liang Yan found Sima Laozei's submitted answer sheet fairly satisfactory."

"After finishing the river crab, he headed toward the enemy F6, while speaking into the microphone:"

"Ma Ge, push the lane with all your strength; in a bit we'll make a move on bottom."