Chapter 64

Watering the flowers is obviously just a joke, just to give the audience some fun; since the base hasn't deployed troops yet, the two commentators began analyzing the two sides' lineups with a lot of chatter.

As everyone knows, Yang Kou Si is Europe's first blood king; his aggressive desire is the strongest among all European junglers; he usually rarely chooses this kind of hero that heavily relies on teammates, the Wild Core hero; moreover, his opponent in this match is a newcomer, and under normal circumstances there's no reason for him to be afraid.

So the two commentators reasonably suspect that either H2K has already played many practice matches against G2 and believes there is indeed a need to ban the jungler, or they have figured something out by studying the replay of this newcomer's previous match.

"H2K's lineup chosen for this game looks indeed more passive."

"G2 picked this male gun, which looks very aggressive; first, he has faster jungle clearing and stronger burst damage than Thousand Jade; facing a hero whose jungle duel ability is weaker than his own, if Firrrrrre is smart enough, he will definitely actively invade, trying to steal Thousand Jade's mark, even directly killing in the jungle; second, their top-jungle combination looks extremely violent, the combination of Thousand Jade and centaur is very weak at level 3, and if Jankos isn't careful, the game could explode within 10 minutes!"

"Yes, so Jankos will definitely try his best to avoid facing the male gun and to avoid a head-on 2v2 clash with G2's top-jungle."

「H2K's lineup advantage lies in its complete functionality—strong overall teamfight ability, they can engage strongly when the opportunity arises, and when they can't engage they can still poke; they should avoid small skirmishes and direct confrontations with G2 in the early and mid game as much as possible, and if a teamfight goes badly they must cut losses promptly; if they can do that, I believe H2K will easily win this game! 」

「Then it comes down to Jankos's shot‑calling ability. 」

「I have always had unreserved faith in Jankos's skill. 」

「I understand, you've always been his fan. Great minds think alike—I've already stopped being a G2 fan, so let's cheer for H2K together. 」

「No, no, no—as professional casters we should stay neutral and cheer for all EU teams together. 」

「Then why don't you ask the audience if they agree? 」

The audience said G2 get out of Europe.

Indeed, some people came just to watch Liang Yan's match, but that doesn't mean they also like G2.

The danmaku then said: 【Can't even take down SPY, what are you thinking to clash with H2K?】

The battle commenced after a shout of 'All units, advance!'

Liang Yan's Graves and Lao Zhang's Renekton stood in front of the Red side's upper jungle Stone Armor Beetle camp, while our Xia Lu duo waited in front of the lower jungle Magic Swamp Frog camp.

Indeed, it's another jungle invade opening.

This opening tactic is fairly common in these patches; the problem is Liang Yan is playing Graves, and while most viewers are silver‑gold, they still know some basics.

Graves jungle?

What the hell!

Many viewers turned to their companions and whispered among themselves.

The two casters had never seen Graves played like this either, and for a moment they were just as baffled—if you're not greedy for Wild Core, what are you even playing Wild Core for?

Liang Yan's understanding of Wild Core is——

The key to Wild Core lies in having the potential to become the core, not in how to exploit that core position for resources.

Such an interpretation is too ahead of its time; people nowadays really can't grasp it.

Around 1:30, Liang Yan pinged the Blue side's lower jungle F4 camp:

「Lu Ka, can you go place a ward there? 」

「OK. 」

AP piloted his Miss Fortune from the right-side path into the river.

G2's internal communication and execution have markedly improved in recent scrims against Snake, so Liang Yan can now issue some less forceful routine commands——this should be a normal jungler's prerogative.

「Someone's there! 」

Before AP even entered the enemy jungle, he spotted Yue Lun's Viktor standing on the slope, shouted, then suddenly realized something and quickly pinged it.

Liang Yan immediately issued a retreat ping:

「No need to go, come back. 」

「I can give it a try! 」

Whenever AP gets a champion he likes, he has blind confidence in his mechanics—no matter what happens, his first thought isn't to run but to 'outplay you'.

Liang Yan stopped trying to dissuade him after hearing that.

You could call him reckless, but that's Perkz—his recklessness is both his flaw and his strength. Liang Yan understands him.

AP charged toward Yue Lun on the slope.

Yue Lun turned and ran, took two steps, then suddenly fired a 【Death Ray】 backward.

AP laughed, his hulking Miss Fortune twisting in a seductive dance to dodge the laser spreading from the ground, then charged forward again.

When Viktor casts his E, there is actually no cast delay, which is one reason the skill is hard to dodge, but perhaps due to Yue Lun's execution error, Viktor's footsteps hesitated briefly, that momentary pause putting him within Miss Fortune's skill range.

With a bang, Viktor took a Miss Fortune 【Gatling Gun】 hit—though it only shaved off one health chunk, early‑game health is low, so losing that chunk instantly looks frightening.

After firing, AP ran; as Viktor closed in and raised his hand to auto‑attack, AP suddenly reversed, but Yue Lun reacted too late, turning slowly, and Miss Fortune lunged forward and slashed him.

After Miss Fortune's passive changed from 【Grinning Blade】 to 【Blazing Conviction】, it no longer slows enemies but grants her speed.

Yue Lun jumped in fright, dared not fight back, and turned to run.

Miss Fortune, sped up, broke into a sprint, knife drawn, and pursued closely.

The two champions' base movement speeds already differ greatly, and with the passive speed boost, AP knew he would surely stick to him.

But as his second strike landed on Viktor, VandeR's Bard suddenly surged out from the river shadow behind AP!

「What?! 」

AP yelled in surprise, but with no way to retreat he had to grit his teeth and keep swinging; Yue Lun fought while retreating, VandeR pursued from behind, and they tangled up until the enemy's second turret.

Viktor had less than 100 health left and dove headfirst into the turret.

Bard kept pelting Miss Fortune with 'tickles' from behind, each basic attack doing little damage, but AP had no escape and eventually Bard took his kill.

First blood! H2K's support VandeR easily secured it.

What's the situation, Perkz got carried away right from the start?

The audience erupted in noise, and the H2K fans on site began chanting H2K's team name in unison.

The commentators said with a smile:

Given that no river vision was set up at the start, Perkz really shouldn't have gone in for such a deep pursuit.

He seems to make such a seemingly low-level mistake from time to time, which is truly puzzling.

Liang Yan, however, said to AP:

"It's not a big problem; next time, we'll plant an eye behind him and then go deal with him."

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Yesterday, G2 posted an S15 expedition promotional video on some site; if you're interested, you can go search and watch it—it's quite interesting.

Also, go IG!