Chapter 138: The Hero with the Strongest Snowballing Ability! Ye Bo's Dangerous Cliff-Edge
Before going on stage, Ye Bo saw that there were clearly many more cheering signs for him in the audience, waving at him non-stop, and he instantly felt his blood boiling.
However, looking to the side, the T1 players who had just sat down were actually even more relaxed than him.
Clearly, the adjustments for the second game had made the T1 members feel they had found their form again; just as Gumayusi said in the trash talk, they were all very confident in themselves.
Li Li Xianghe stretched his neck, his eyes fixed on the screen in front of him.
Six years ago, he was also at Madison Square Garden, even sitting in this very position, when he lifted his third championship trophy.
Returning here again, for him, this brand-new T1 five-man group this year had special significance.
The Korean commentary desk also noticed the calm and composed appearance of the T1 members.
"Please try to win this game, T1, show your strength to the whole world!" the Roaring Emperor exclaimed: "T1 fighting!"
The guest commentator was T1's meritorious support Wolf, who clearly also held absolute confidence in his own team: "We are on the blue side this round, we will have an absolute advantage in the draft, the chance of winning is definitely not small!"
A crisp, powerful sound.
The draft panel appeared on the giant screen on-site.
The "Haier Brothers" on the LPL commentary desk took a breath: "The draft begins, both sides have sent Akali and Sylas to the ban list respectively!"
"Actually, looking at the first game, it can be seen that Faker should feel his control over Akali isn't top-tier, but he doesn't intend to give this special trick to Ye!"
"As for Sylas, this hero is a signature for both mid laners, so a self-ban on the red side is no problem!"
"Eh? T1 has sent Taliyah to the ban list!?"
The second ban on the blue side was somewhat unexpected.
Ever since Taliyah was heavily nerfed in the playoff patch, although she retained the powerful mechanism after the rework, her stats were weakened too much, and her ban/pick rate in the previous World Championship stage was quite low.
And T1 banning Taliyah was naturally because they saw the game between EDG and G2 in the first round.
The first round matchup made the T1 members feel Ye Bo's ability to influence the situation through laning advantages.
Then in this game, with EDG on the red side having the counter-pick, this advantage might be further magnified.
So in the second round, they changed their response strategy, preparing to let Li Li Xianghe pick a major mage like Azir, which he was most proficient at, to bind the opponent's laning.
They had absolute confidence in Li Li Xianghe's major mages and absolutely believed they could make the opponent's mid lane go silent and helpless!
But the Pyke from the first game today suddenly reminded them — this person doesn't just know how to lane.
As for choosing to ban Taliyah, it was because Bengi believed that if Ye Bo dared to pick Pyke or Akshan, then their T1 mid-jungle wasn't G2's mid-jungle!
Both sides' first round bans —
T1: Akali, Taliyah, Sejuani
EDG: Sylas, Caitlyn, Azir
EDG had already proven in the first round that they could bring out Caitlyn, but coming to the red side, they still had to ban it.
And the final pick for both sides was the real focus of the draft game.
T1 normally banned the patch-strong Sejuani, but EDG made a change, choosing to ban Azir in the end.
This meant that Aatrox and Yuumi, which had the highest ban/pick rates in the patch, were all released by the red side.
This was a multiple-choice question for the blue side.
It's just that there was almost nothing to hesitate about.
Because Fiora, who could counter Aatrox, was still outside, and Zeus's Aatrox proficiency could only be considered above average; there was no reason to hard-counter the red side's counter-pick, at least it had to be left to the second round of the draft game.
What's more... actually, T1 wasn't afraid of the opponent picking Aatrox at all!
"T1 snatches Yuumi, a very correct choice!" the Roaring Emperor was pleasantly surprised: "It's worth mentioning that Yuumi's win rate in previous games was as high as 85%! It's a terrifying 11 wins and 2 losses, and EDG actually dared to release it!"
"Ha, it's because Sang-hyeok's Azir puts too much deterrence on the opponent!" SKT war wolf Wolf showed a smile, then specifically helped the opponent explain.
"But there's really no way, the ban spots on the red side in this patch are very limited, you have to release something~"
Yuumi was almost a must-ban or must-pick in previous games, and as long as she was picked, she didn't lose much, only losing two games against wildcard teams.
Looking at the data alone, it was much more terrifying than Aatrox!
"EDG has picked Aatrox + Renata! They are both good choices..."
The Korean commentary desk didn't see any clues.
But Bengi behind T1 clearly noticed something unusual.
"They picked ADC later, they want to force us to take Sivir first, and then pick one from the top-jungle restrictions..."
After Zeri completely disappeared and couldn't appear at all, the best cat-climbing frame for Yuumi was Sivir, who had the strongest survival ability, followed by Miss Fortune.
If T1 didn't pick Sivir in the second or third round, the opponent would inevitably snatch or ban it; they could only turn to pick Miss Fortune to play against Sivir, not to mention the increased laning pressure, it would also be easier to be ganked, falling into the predicament of the first game.
But if they snatched Sivir.
Then among the top-jungle duo, one person would inevitably be targeted for a ban in the second round of the draft.
Outside the field, there was Fiora for the top lane and Maokai for the jungle, the optimal solutions for both lanes.
"No need to struggle, give it to the jungle, I have plenty of heroes to pick for the top lane!" Zeus's voice was very confident.
"Hmm, then let's take Sivir and Maokai." Bengi didn't think too much.
EDG picked Kalista in the third round, entering the second round of the draft.
EDG: Fiora, Yone
T1: LeBlanc, Zoe
"Both teams targeted the top and mid lanes for bans, it's just that this Yone ban seems rare..." the Roaring Emperor's voice was slightly hesitant.
"I remember Youqi seems to have played it, at MSI, it should be a ban targeting the top lane," Wolf recalled like a treasure: "Yone, should be able to beat Aatrox?"
It's no wonder everyone would be confused.
Because Yone's appearance count in the entire S12 could be counted on one hand, and it was only mid lane Yone.
The only record for top lane was Zeus using it in the mid-year MSI, putting on a quite brilliant performance.
But at that time, no one played Aatrox, and Yone's matchup naturally wasn't against Aatrox.
So, no one had a concept of the matchup relationship between Yone and Aatrox at this time.
And from the clearly shocked expressions of the T1 members and Zeus himself when they saw Yone being sent to the ban list, it could be seen.
This ban was definitely beyond their expectations!
Because in fact, this was considered one of their "secret weapons."
Yone's suppression of Aatrox was even greater than Fiora, who could only split-push; it was an all-around suppression from laning -> team fighting -> split-pushing!
Of course.
Actually, they didn't intend to hide it, and even deliberately gave the opponent Aatrox in the previous game against G2, wanting to pick it out to see the effect first.
After all, actual combat on the field might be another matter.
But once it could be successfully verified, T1 would create new draft pressure for opponents who wanted to pick Aatrox on the red side!
Even if the opponent knew there was this Yone counter-pick, it was highly unlikely they could squeeze out another ban spot in the first ban stage!
It was just because G2 in the previous game was just messing around, so T1 naturally didn't have the need to expose it in a hurry, which is why it was left to this game.
However, they also forgot.
Within EDG, there was a Yone master whose understanding was no less than Zeus's, and he knew very well the difficulty of the matchup between these two heroes.
Although Ye Bo had practiced with Flandre, the counter of these two heroes was inevitable; unless there was a draft requirement, there was no need to ask for trouble.
And in this game, EDG's power point was destined not to be in the upper half of the map, so focusing on the top lane draft was very important.
"EDG picked Viego, as expected, they left the counter-pick for their mid laner!"
"T1 picked Camille + Viktor for mid-top, a very solid lineup!"
The best choice to beat Aatrox in the top lane wasn't there.
Facing Aatrox, one must never pick tank heroes like Ornn to get whipped.
Placed in front of T1 now, there were only Camille and Jax, two split-pushing choices, or Jayce and Gnar, two team-fighting choices.
And T1 finally picked Camille, a choice slightly biased towards split-pushing, making the lineup more comprehensive.
There was only one problem — Camille was the hero among these four that had the hardest time playing against Aatrox in the laning phase.
Clearly, this was Zeus and the T1 team's confidence in his operational strength.
But this had already achieved Ye Bo's purpose of painstakingly designing the draft.
The top lane needing to be able to stabilize itself was the most important and also the key point most prone to problems in this game.
The first game was due to the lineup's power, plus the mid laner's early variation gank affecting the top lane's laning, and later the Caitlyn system unfolded, causing Zeus to have no laning time at all and not make any waves.
When they had a training match against T1, the top lane problem made them remember it vividly, and also made Ye Bo very wary and attach great importance to it.
As for the mid lane pick, it was exactly what he wanted!
Viktor was seen as a substitute for Azir, and in some terrains, he was even stronger than Azir.
In the case where Azir was banned in the first round, this was almost an obvious pick.
"In that case, let's see what mid lane EDG will pick to respond, but Ye's hero pool has been almost banned out, right? I guess it's just choices like Akshan or Syndra, which can't pose any threat to Viktor!"
Wolf finished his analysis seriously and then joked: "I don't believe he would dare to pick a water ghost when laning against Sang-hyeok; this kind of hero has no chance against a long-range mage..."
"What is this!?"
Immediately after, the fifth pick for EDG appeared and locked in an avatar that made everyone's eyes light up, but then turned to astonishment.
A round-faced little boy riding a chubby giant snow monster.
【Holy crap! The little boy riding a snowman!】
【Wow, they've already won, this is the hero with the strongest snowballing ability in this game!】
【The dung beetle is here~~~ Can we still see this thing in a match? If you didn't say it, I would have thought this was a Western team~】
【Master Ye doesn't speak, just keeps spicing things up.】
【Too happy, a bit... won't they flip the car?】
【Believe in Master Ye, believe first, then believe!】
The scene erupted in an uproar and cheers, and the atmosphere was heated up by this one hero pick!
Just because this hero was absolutely cold enough, cold enough that most people hadn't even seen him much in the game, yet he made everyone curious!
In a situation where the formation was clearly determined, this Nunu was clearly only able to play mid lane.
Both sides' lineups were determined.
【Blue side: T1 || Red side: EDG】
【Top: Camille vs. Aatrox】
【Jungle: Maokai vs. Viego】
【Mid: Viktor vs. Nunu & Willump】
【ADC: Sivir vs. Kalista】
【Support: Yuumi vs. Renata Glasc】
"Ye picked a mid laner that no one has seen..." Wolf's voice was clearly not as calm as just now, but he quickly started to question anxiously: "But can this hero really play mid lane?"
"Hard to say, Ye has picked quite a few of these rare cold options, he really has a lot of research in this area," the Roaring Emperor said rationally.
"However, looking at the lineup, I still favor T1's lineup; they fully utilized the blue side draft advantage and picked a positional team-fighting lineup that fits their system very well!"
"And several patch-strong heroes were successfully taken, especially the Yuumi pick!"
"EDG still has some initiative before ten minutes, but as long as the level is dragged up, there is no reason for EDG's lineup to win a frontal team fight, or even side-lane operations!"
Yuumi has many strong points.
But the most important core is undoubtedly the terrifying mid-game "God-making" ability.
It is almost equivalent to directly giving the carry a combat power boost of one and a half to two items, enough to instantly elevate a hero with average development into an unrivaled super main carry!
This is also why T1 dared to pick a slightly slower-paced lineup in this game.
Ye Bo naturally knew this very well.
But he still made the draft choice to release Yuumi, naturally having his own ideas.
Simply put.
Ye Bo was planning for the subsequent quarterfinals, semifinals, and even further schedules.
He also discovered how big the draft disadvantage of the red side was in this patch; several heroes were fixed ban spots that must be targeted.
And Yuumi was the most headache-inducing problem for all teams on the red side.
Previously, they had already solved EDG's Caitlyn problem on the blue side.
In this game, he just wanted to try "solving the problem," to see if he could try to crack the Yuumi problem again.
As long as it was successfully verified, EDG could greatly alleviate the draft predicament of the red side!
Becoming the second team on the surface that is "balanced on the red side"!
The first one was Samsung Gen. G.
And they even cracked Yuumi as early as the playoffs, forcing T1 to self-ban Yuumi even on the blue side, leading to their draft being completely exploded.
This was also an important reason why T1 suffered a 3-0 crushing defeat to the opponent in the LCK finals!
The key is that Gen. G's way of cracking it was something no one could learn.
Because they relied on their own support Lehends' foundation as the "No. 1 Singed in the Korean server," developing and picking {Support Singed} to perform a desperate counter, directly killing Yuumi from the root!
Most support players, including Meiko, naturally couldn't pull out Singed; this hero isn't something you can take out after playing a dozen games.
And Ye Bo thought of another way of thinking.
Of course, it was mainly because EDG had already entered the quarterfinals and had no worries, so they dared to directly use this game to experiment.
The game loading was complete.
When Li Li Xianghe stepped out of the fountain, he was still recalling memories about the snowman.
In fact, if you want to say the second person who knows the snowman best in this game — it is Li Li Xianghe himself!
Coincidentally, he liked the snowman hero very much, and even indulged in it for a period of time, playing mid lane snowman!
He even beat a B-surname big streamer in a matchup!
But it was precisely because he understood that after seeing this choice, he was even clearer about the meaning and purpose of this hero playing mid lane.
Especially after seeing the Viktor he was controlling... suddenly he had a bad premonition.
"I definitely can't keep an eye on him, once I report he's missing, you guys must retreat immediately, we can give up resources in the early game in this match," Li Li Xianghe was commanding.
"Do I need to come and gank him?" Oner asked.
"Might be hard to gank, we don't have enough damage, see the situation."
Although Li Li Xianghe knew how to play this hero mid lane.
But after all, he couldn't practice it too many times, and the time and patch were also quite different.
He didn't dare to be sure about the opponent's level of control, whether there would be anything he didn't know.
The facts were just as he thought.
Just as they went out, the commentary desk was preparing to interpret the rune choices of both sides, but was immediately attracted by the director's panning view.
"Haha, Ye is very happy, I now suspect that the 1v1 was called by Ye, this Nunu started pushing the snowball as soon as he went out!" Doll laughed happily.
"Eh?"
Miller was just staring at the equipment bar below.
And just as he was preparing to shift his gaze, he seemed to suddenly feel someone's equipment bar "flash."
But because it was fleeting, his eyes weren't particularly good and he didn't see it clearly, so he didn't continue to extend downward.
"Wow, Nunu's speed is so fast, he's pushing the ball by himself from below..."
"Wait a second!"
"Is there a design by EDG at level 1!?"
The commentary desk, which thought it was just Nunu's random operation, finally realized it later.
The moment the fountain curtain fell, Nunu directly pushed the W skill 【Biggest Snowball Ever!】 and pushed it straight towards the bottom of the map.
The other four teammates followed closely, rushing straight to the opponent's lower half of the map from the shortcut in the jungle.
When T1 members were reviewing their failure in the first round, they remembered the LeBlanc's "Infiltrating Vision" vividly; that vision could also be called the most important fulcrum of the entire game's rhythm.
So this time, everyone was more careful and cautious, paying extreme attention to the opponent's possible level 1 design.
But in this game, T1 had another new loophole.
Yuumi.
Yuumi is a hero who won't carry Flash; once hit by any hard control from the opponent's Flash, the W attachment will immediately enter a super long CD time, directly becoming a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!
So Yuumi couldn't take on the "five-point" standing position of a position like a normal support at level 1.
Either just hang on someone, or there must be friendly forces within close range, so she can get on the car at any time.
T1 also knew this point.
But they had already deployed multiple standing positions based on picking Yuumi, choosing to let the mid laner stand at the entrance in front of the mid lane tower, guarding the "fake vision" blind spot where LeBlanc had entered before.
Yuumi stood at the corner outside the F6 pit, monitoring the traces of the big entrance.
This way, once danger appeared, Yuumi could easily jump over the wall with W to attach and save her life, thus safely protecting the lower jungle.
The defense of the upper jungle was relatively simple, with the jungler and top laner guarding one point each; in this game, the opponent didn't have a hero who could jump over the wall, so it was impossible to bypass the vision.
The ADC guarded the bottom lane triangle bush alone.
"Stand in your own positions, retreat immediately once you see someone, just confirm their information."
Li Li Xianghe was still deploying, this was mainly to the ADC.
Gumayusi understood, only standing at the edge of the triangle bush, absolutely having enough time to retreat once he saw someone coming in.
After all, EDG's lineup didn't have long-range retention capabilities like "hooks" or Amumu, even if Nunu pushed the ball, he could use the corner wall of the triangle bush to dodge quickly.
It seemed there was no threat.
And immediately after, four people walking from the top right appeared in Sivir's vision!
"They are below!"
Gumayusi immediately turned and went down, while inserting a ward into the bush, turning and throwing 【Boomerang Blade】 to trigger the passive 【Fleet of Foot】, gaining 55 movement speed bonus.
Relying on the movement speed bonus of the passive, Sivir could easily pull away from the opponent, even the distance of Renata's Flash Q wasn't enough.
But just at this moment... a "huge" snowball suddenly rolled out from the bottom, coming face-to-face with Sivir!
It was really huge!
Nunu's W snowball would gradually increase in size, damage, speed, and control effect according to the "distance" pushed.
It could be pushed for a total of ten seconds, but all the amplification effects would actually reach the full layer at the fifth second.
And it was very clear that this snowball coming face-to-face from the back court was definitely a ball that had been fully charged!
"Flash!" Li Li Xianghe, who was watching the screen, shouted quickly!
Gumayusi, who was still hesitating and judging whether he would be kept by the opponent after being hit by the snowball, heard the sound and decisively used his Flash diagonally face-to-face just before the snowball hit.
Li Li Xianghe breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
After the snowball was fully charged, the knock-up time would increase from 0.5 seconds to -> 1.25 seconds.
Once hit, the opponent's support would definitely have time to Flash and connect control, and then Sivir might directly send out First Blood!
"Beautiful!" Doll shouted excitedly: "Sivir's standing position was arrested at the start! Being hit by a level 1 snowball and forced to use a Flash, this is too comfortable!"
"Although they didn't manage to get a kill, looking at T1's standing arrangement, it seems they weren't prepared to guard this lower jungle, so EDG should be able to easily complete the jungle replacement!"
Miller pointed out his partner's mistake: "That doesn't seem like an ADC standing error, it's the angle of Nunu's snowball!"
There was not much trouble at level 1, and the director quickly cut out the replay.
Nunu bypassed the bottom lane minion line, a path that should have been much longer, but relied on the speed boost of the snowball midway, actually arriving nearly five seconds earlier than his teammates who took the shortcut!
Nunu, who arrived first, had his W ready when he walked to the public space of the bottom lane.
And Nunu didn't rush to make a move, just started pushing the snowball on the spot.
To be precise, it was "pushing the ball in place"!
The big snowball accumulated in place was pushed to the corner, and "turned" in with an almost fitting angle — so when Nunu pushed the full-speed snowball into the pit, the defensive tower below saw the opponent's figure!
But it was too late!
If Nunu had started W and turned in directly, because the speed hadn't picked up, the defensive tower would have seen Nunu at least 1 second earlier, and Sivir might have had reaction time, and even might have had the possibility of holding back skill points.
Although they didn't manage to kill Sivir, EDG's level 1 strategic goal had been achieved.
In this game, they were targeting the hero Yuumi in every aspect.
Yuumi had another problem — level 1 team fighting was extremely weak!
As long as there was any control, Yuumi wouldn't dare to come down to AA, then it was equivalent to throwing a Q or E and this person was directly gone!
If T1 insisted on coming to defend this lower jungle.
Not to mention the lineup, anyway, fighting would be 4v5!
It was precisely by using this flaw of Yuumi that EDG could successfully implement the tactic of "forcing a half-jungle swap" that they were most proficient at in the summer season.
Forcing the opponent's jungler, at least before the second wave of jungle reset, to find it very difficult to go to the lower half of the jungle.
Because the lower half would always have no jungle monsters, if they came down and didn't catch anyone, it was very likely that the jungler would be directly collapsed in one wave!
Li Li Xianghe's anxiety became increasingly intense.
He already felt that the opponent's preparation for this game was quite sufficient, and could even be said to be a whole set of brand-new designs with a system.
1 minute 30 seconds, minions met.
Li Li Xianghe saw the empty mid lane in front of him, and seemed to have guessed what would happen next.
He didn't rush to AA, but retreated to behind the ranged minions in advance.
Sure enough...
3 seconds later, a huge snowball started from in front of the mid lane second tower, pushing all the way to the intersection of the mid lane minion line...
The snowball first rolled over, then exploded.
In an instant, three blue side back-row minions disappeared at full health!
"This! Killed instantly!?" The Roaring Emperor, who saw this scene for the first time, was stunned.
"Meeting at level 1... killed the minion line in one second!?"
Still remembered that Ye Bo once used the small trick of Zoe + Flash Q to perform a level 1 strong push.
Zoe's level 1 Q with Doran's Ring was a terrifying 160 points.
But Nunu's level 1 W fully charged was 234 points.
However, those who understood the minion stats knew that the health of the first three waves of ranged minions was 296 points, and these two numbers didn't seem to match.
But in fact, you only need to use W to "roll over" the minions first, and then detonate it the moment you finish rolling — you can deal two stages of W damage!
A similar damage principle is Anivia's Q.
By using this method, Nunu can easily kill back-row minions at full health.
Even, as long as you can hoard and pull the minion line, you can achieve "instant killing the minion line"!
Li Li Xianghe was no stranger to this move, and he also used it when he played snowman mid lane; this is the foundation of the feasibility of the snowman mid lane playstyle.
But he was using Viktor in this game... completely helpless!
The method to crack this push is also very simple, there are three ways.
First, use {Silence}, {Root}, {Stun}, etc., any hard control to interrupt the snowball's charging process from a distance.
Unfortunately, Viktor didn't have any.
Viktor's only control skill was W 【Gravity Field】, which indeed possessed stun control.
It's just that it requires the opponent to stay in the field for 1.25 seconds to take effect, otherwise there is only {Slow}.
But Nunu is {Immune to Slow} during the snowball pushing process.
Second, use your body to help the minions resist the snowball.
But Viktor only had 600 health at level 1, and a snowball rolling over dealt 234 damage... really using your life to resist!
Don't think that Nunu has no damage without the snowball.
On the contrary, the E skill 【Snowball Barrage】 can deal a whopping 241 damage at level 1 if you can hit it 3 times!
It hurts even more than the big snowball!
And if you have already been hit by the big snowball's knock-up, then how could the three stages of E be empty?
Third, it can be considered the only usable method.
While Nunu uses W to push the line, and other skills are difficult to attack the opponent, and he can't fight back at all, and can only be consumed, consume the opponent to death.
Li Li Xianghe did indeed do this.
Viktor couldn't compete for the line at all, so he simply didn't AA minions and crazily consumed Nunu.
But Li Li Xianghe knew that this was also very difficult to be effective.
"Faker's laning is very successful! He pressed Nunu down quite a bit of health at level 1!" The Roaring Emperor said without hesitation, saying something good first.
"But Nunu would be consumed like this, clearly he is pulling the line with his body, waiting for the second wave of minions to come..." Wolf, after all, was a former professional, and had already seen the reason.
Nunu, relying on the protection of minion aggro, almost ignored Viktor, letting the opponent pull and tug by himself.
Li Li Xianghe also wanted to use the technique of "carding minion aggro."
But he really wasn't proficient in using this move, and inevitably made mistakes, although perhaps it was also related to Viktor's super slow {projectile speed}.
And Nunu first gathered the first wave of minions and the second wave of minions together — then directly started turning on the spot!
The snowball turned counter-clockwise first, rolling over a circle of minions, but it wasn't enough... he had to turn a second circle!
The big snowball smashed down, and the two waves of minions were almost melted instantly!
The final Q skill devoured a minion, directly restoring health equivalent to a bottle of red potion!
This is why Li Li Xianghe knew that consumption was also difficult to be effective.
Viktor's early damage is quite scarce, especially before the key E skill laser evolution is completed, it can be said that he has no damage and no pushing ability.
Nunu's super strong Q skill recovery ability simply couldn't be consumed by the current Viktor!
Of course.
It was very clear that Nunu couldn't do anything about Viktor either, otherwise he wouldn't be willing to be a sandbag and be beaten.
But picking Nunu out couldn't be for laning.
"Level 2 roaming!?" The Roaring Emperor finally discovered something wrong.
"Viktor has to face nearly two waves of minions entering the tower! Faker can't move at all in this wave!"
Li Li Xianghe, while eating tower minions, scanned the three lanes quickly.
But the completely empty vision information made him feel a kind of invisible pressure enveloping him.
Mid lane roaming is about time difference.
Every wave you have ten seconds less pushing and roaming time than the opponent, almost meaning the complete loss of roaming rights!
Most importantly, it was too early.
Nunu's gank relies on the high movement speed of W to arrive at the battlefield quickly, so he even had gank ability at level 1.
This point is also something that all other roaming heroes don't possess.
And because of the mechanism of W, Nunu generally starts pushing the ball from the middle of the river, and by the time the river ward sees Nunu, the speed is already too fast to be guarded against.
"Be very careful... I don't know where he will go, it might be the bottom lane."
"But not sure, you guys should be careful and retreat in both top and bottom lanes, don't trade health."
Li Li Xianghe could only make vague guesses.
After all, the bottom lane didn't have Flash.
But still that sentence — time was really too early!
At this time, the bottom lane was only level 1, the top lane was just level 2, and the jungle had just finished the second monster.
And EDG's lineup was clearly trained, and both top and bottom lanes had been very careful to protect the minion line from level 1, maintaining the line at the middle distance.
Not only that.
EDG's top and bottom lanes suddenly started to "show their faces" at the same time!
Both top and bottom started to press across the minion line, not even letting you smell the experience, directly putting on a stance of "Lucky Choice"!
T1's top and bottom lanes were also somewhat embarrassed.
How to retreat?
Could it be that they retreat to the tower, Nunu doesn't come out, and they don't even smell the experience!?
If it was really like this, then Nunu had already "remotely" completed the gank effect.
This is the disgusting part of mid lane Nunu.
You know he's going to run, but the super long-line gank method is difficult to guard against, not something a simple ward can guard against, and you will feel pressure every time you miss!
"Zeus!!"
The God's-eye view had already seen Nunu's target.
Camille!
The reason why Ye Bo chose to catch Camille was actually very simple — because he guessed that Camille didn't learn E.
Don't forget, Ye Bo's Camille also had Level 6 proficiency control.
He knew very well that Camille, when laning against Aatrox in melee, wanted to trade health at level 1 or 2, so she could only pick Q and W.
And this, happened to be something Li Li Xianghe didn't know.
Because he didn't play Camille.
When Nunu disappeared, Camille had already reached level 2, and hearing the sound from the mid lane, she could only pull back slightly, but wasn't willing to be too far from the minion line.
She thought she was far enough from the minion line...
But the moment she saw the speeding snowball, it was too late!
Facing the flying snowball, Zeus could only make a decisive decision and use Flash to dodge.
"Ah, Zeus seems not to have learned E at level 2," the Roaring Emperor let out a wail: "Just like that, he was hit and forced to use a Flash?"
"Less than three minutes, this snowman has already forced out two Flashes!"
"This had to be flashed, if he didn't flash, he would be hit by a full set of moves from two people, even if he didn't die, he would at least have to use TP, not worth the loss." Wolf gave a relatively rational evaluation.
"Wait! Look at Nunu's position, it seems he wants to push another ball!"
Nunu retreated after one hit, walking to the middle of the upper river to wait.
At this time, Viktor had just finished eating the tower minions and walked out, preparing to welcome the third wave of minions.
Li Li Xianghe switched screens to look up and shouted hurriedly: "Don't go out! He might have a second wave, this line will come over, just lose a little!"
As an aggressive top laner who focused on laning, Zeus, looking at the minion line disappearing behind, only felt his heart bleeding.
It seemed like there were ants crawling on his body!
It can only be said that if someone else said this, he would definitely go and smell that experience.
Li Li Xianghe thought hurriedly, while pushing the third wave of minions quickly, wanting to force Nunu back.
But just at this time.
Oner, who had just finished the upper jungle and was preparing to walk to the opponent's upper jungle, suddenly saw a fat man pushing a snowball rushing towards the mid lane when he walked out of his own jungle entrance!
"Sang-hyeok hyung! Nunu!!"
Maokai followed closely behind with a limp.
And Viktor just wanted to retreat, and a Viego had already walked out from the F6 direction, running towards him with the 【Heartbreaker】 charged!
The jungle efficiency of both sides was equivalent, and this wave was just level 3 out of the jungle.
The big snowball turned a proficient "right-angle turn" and smashed towards Viktor!
Fortunately, Li Li Xianghe was calm enough and had always been stingy with the use of Flash.
Viktor, while walking, poured E towards his butt, killing the two melee minions he had just AA'd to reach level 3, instantly clicked W, and then placed a Gravity Field in the direction of Viego's advance!
The snowball that seemed to be able to turn hit Viktor and threw him high.
Viego's Heartbreaker also moved forward.
But Viktor had already approached the tower, only being chased and bitten twice by Nunu, and Viego, deep in the slow of the Gravity Field, could no longer complete the pursuit.
Logically speaking.
This wave should end here.
Viktor was only hit with some health and didn't have his skills hit, and Viego didn't have any more gank opportunities and could only leave...
But Li Li Xianghe's consciousness suddenly flashed with fire.
He suddenly realized something!
Li Li Xianghe once again discovered EDG's deployment in time.
It seemed that this gank on the mid lane was clearly difficult to kill, and the best situation was to hit a Flash, and it was highly likely to hit some health.
But why did Viego have to come out to gank at this time?
Examine the scene.
Viktor was pressed to low health, and the top lane had just been hit with a minion line advantage.
So, what will happen next?
Maokai wants to enter EDG's red zone to swap jungle, but waiting for him will be Aatrox who came alone, and Nunu who came alone!
Their own top and mid can't come to support!
And if Maokai doesn't enter this red zone, their lower half of the jungle is already empty, and he will have nowhere to go!
No matter what, it could be a fatal blow to Maokai's jungle!
If he didn't notice.
This wave was almost an extremely hidden desperate trap!
The danger in it made Li Li Xianghe only feel his heart beating wildly, feeling like he was about to step into a cliff...
(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 139 =====
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