Chapter 192: The Advantage of Homeland! Fishing Rasengan! The Clockwise Dragon

"Just arriving at the new season, and it's also the first game of the new format, these two 'mischief twins' from V5 have already brought us an unexpected surprise."

"It's truly hard to imagine seeing someone pick this in ranked; I'd have to be suspicious myself!" Wawa joked.

Pyl noticed an angle: "Actually, looking at the niche heroes Master Ye has picked before, the Aurelion Sol is already a relatively normal choice. I'm actually quite curious about the Jhin support."

"After all, the Heimerdinger support was brought to the professional stage by player Beryl. As the developer, perhaps he has a special way to deal with it?"

Back during the World Championship, asking players to practice a hero they had never touched before on short notice was indeed a significant challenge for many.

However, two or three months have passed since then.

Heimerdinger support has now basically become a required course for support players; everyone can pull it out.

Even in the previous Demacia Cup, non-mainstream choices like {Azir support}, {Syndra support}, and {Xerath support} appeared, specifically used to dismantle Heimerdinger's turrets!

When a pioneer appears on the professional stage, followers, besides quickly imitating, will naturally explore and play games at a higher dimension.

It's just that the performance of those non-mainstream supports was average and didn't produce any real miraculous effects—otherwise, Heimerdinger wouldn't still be a high-priority choice among supports now that the new season has officially started.

The reason for this, besides the fact that the current bot lane is still a lane-priority meta.

More importantly, most people's attention is still focused on clearing the turrets, only thinking about limiting Heimerdinger's most obvious strong point.

But when Beryl first took a liking to Heimerdinger, he actually valued this hero's stable, ultra-long-range engage ability, the turret's zoning ability, vision ability, and combat ability.

Compared to those non-mainstream heroes, once they leave the laning phase and enter roaming, utility, gank efficiency, and team fight performance, many problems immediately appear.

And Jhin.

Strictly speaking, it counts as the "second Heimerdinger" that Beryl found!

However, just as the casters were still discussing the strange hero picks from both sides, they discovered that the Red side's movements seemed strange.

"Eh?" The sharp-eyed Pyl suddenly discovered something, then keenly sensed the anomaly: "Bad! Could it be a level-one design!"

"You don't say, if this team didn't have a level-one design, I feel like that would be the abnormal thing." Miller joked from the side.

"Netizens all say these mid and support players each have a ghost of an idea, and can upgrade it into a three-star ghost of an idea on the spot!"

The WBG side, of course, is also very clear about this.

Professional data websites have previously done statistics; among the teams that used "unconventional starts" at the S12 World Championship, EDG and DRX were the teams that ranked first and second in frequency, respectively.

Among them, those stunning corner vision-blocking maneuvers by EDG, and the breathtaking wall-piercing portals by DRX in the finals, all left a deep impression on everyone.

And from the various reviews and microphone leaks after the matches, it's not hard to know who the protagonists were.

Now the two protagonists within the teams have met.

Just as Miller said, to say they would play honestly and by the book, no one would believe it!

When Danny was coaching at T1 in 2021, he once performed the operation of benching Faker to engage in a 12-man super permutation and combination—he didn't care about who was a god or not; he was very skilled at disciplining people.

Looking at his face, he probably even dares to pinch a tiger's butt!

Before the match, Danny gave everyone a death order: whoever commits a disciplinary error at level one, don't blame his big hands for being merciless!

Fortunately, looking at the positioning in this game, V5 doesn't seem like they want to fight a level-one team fight either.

"Doesn't seem like they're coming, so I'm going to set up turrets?"

Liu Qingsong, standing in the tri-bush with the AD, saw that the opponents all appeared on the map, so he prepared to head to the bot lane to plant turrets.

Everyone understands Heimerdinger well now; they all know that "protecting turrets at level one" is the most basic operation.

So as long as there is a Heimerdinger in the matchup, the start basically unfolds into a level-one battle in the bot lane's second bush, protecting vs. dismantling turrets.

However, because WBG is overly wary of the opponent's various early-game designs, they dare not easily show any flaws in positioning, worried that the opponent might pull a "feint in the east and attack in the west."

They didn't go to plant turrets right after leaving the base; after setting up vision, they cautiously maintained a single-line formation.

But since all four V5 members have already appeared on the map, there is naturally no reason for Heimerdinger not to head over.

"Should not have come... Vi! Came and placed a ward!"

Karsa, standing guard alone at the top lane entrance, soon continued: "It's fine, you go ahead, it's just to insert an invasion ward; I'll go back and switch to a sweeper."

It is currently 0:40.

For Heimerdinger, if he doesn't go to plant turrets at this time, he will at most have one turret stored when he gets to lane, which has no great strategic significance.

For the jungler, clearing the jungle at 1:30, going back to base to switch to a sweeper and coming out again is completely in time.

This action by Vi looks like she just wants to scout the jungler's path, placing a ward at the F6 entrance is a very normal level-one invasion ward—but it is also something Karsa cannot accept!

Karsa's operation nowadays is plain and unremarkable; his most famous label is the title "Radar Bro."

What he is best at is analyzing the opponent jungler's future movements through vision and map information, and then making corresponding countermeasures himself, often capable of many spiritual counter-ganks and ganks.

And this style of play naturally fears the exposure of his own whereabouts more than anything!

0:50, Viego returns to base and heads out again.

But, just at this moment, under the god's-eye view, a dragon that had been soaking in the fountain for a full 50 seconds without moving seems to be starting to stir!

"It moved, it moved! Finally moved!"

Just at the moment 0:55 arrived.

The outside world almost thought that the Aurelion Sol had "disconnected," but it finally started to move!

And the moment it set off.

A rotating "Star Core" flew out from beneath it.

That is the Q skill 【Starsurge】 from the version that hasn't been reworked yet.

"Could it be that he waited until now just to push the ball!?"

Pyl saw the use of the Q skill and instantly guessed the intention.

"But..." Miller always felt something was strange: "I remember this Rasengan of Aurelion Sol eats movement speed, right? Where can this push to?"

"And even if it pushes, it doesn't feel easy to kill, not to mention the opponent wouldn't give a position at all..."

Pyl is a former professional player after all; combined with the abnormal information from before, he already realized something.

"No! It's that ward!"

"Are they fishing??"

The Aurelion Sol of this version is too niche, and this is the true reason it was reworked—it's definitely not a problem of strength or rarity on the professional stage; otherwise, the ones that should be reworked most are the thousand-year niche kings like Master Yi and Teemo.

But even if it's niche, everyone knows some of the characteristics of this hero.

The first is the "Rasengan" of the Q skill that can grow infinitely with "flight distance"!

In various highlight reels, the mid-game Aurelion Sol, through movement speed and the E skill's terrain-crossing, can at most let the Rasengan grow to an outrageous range that almost covers two minion waves!

But level one... actually, it works too!

The key to rubbing a Rasengan is movement speed, because once the Q skill's star core flies out of the radius of the body, it will immediately explode automatically.

But at level one, under the "Homeguard" bonus of 【Homefield Advantage】, the initial movement speed will skyrocket to 700 yards!

A piece of trivia—

"【Homeguard】 grants an additional 188 movement speed, lasting 8 seconds."

"But the 【Homefield Advantage】 in the spawn state provides 356 movement speed, lasting 15 seconds."

The difference in amplification is more than double!

The most intuitive difference: Homeguard generally can only last until walking out of the base, while Homefield Advantage can last until walking into the river!

And 【Homefield Advantage】 only triggers once in a game when entering the game at 0:00—and as long as you walk out of the fountain gate, or use a teleport-type skill, it will immediately expire and turn into Homeguard.

In fact.

Rookie had thought of Aurelion Sol's ball-pushing technique.

At the start, Rookie really mentioned in the voice chat: "Don't stand together when leaving the base, watch out for Aurelion Sol's ball push."

Fortunately, after waiting for the opponents to show their heads in various lanes at level one and confirming there was no intent to fight, he felt relieved.

But he didn't know a small detail.

The {last reset} time for 【Homefield Advantage】 is: 0:55.

That is to say, if you keep standing still in the fountain after spawning, you can continuously reset the duration of Homefield Advantage until it starts to naturally fade away at 0:55.

Normal people, either they are rushing for speed when leaving the base, or even if they reconnect after disconnecting, the time has already passed.

How many people would leave the base so precisely at 0:55 and naturally discover this small detail?

Of course, the most critical point is not this.

The true "bait" is that ward of Vi's!

The timing of Vi's ward placement is very critical.

If placed too early, Viego's recall time cannot be grasped; the opponent might not recall to switch to a sweeper at the first moment—which would also cause Aurelion Sol, who has calculated the two-way distance, to be unable to "just happen to bump into it."

If placed too late, Viego might consider not recalling because he is worried about affecting his jungle clearing efficiency, and Aurelion Sol's spawn movement speed effect would also disappear...

More importantly, Karsa's style of play would not allow himself to suffer in terms of vision!

The combination of hero characteristics and game mechanics has always been Ye Bo's strength.

And Beryl also handles the psychological game of vision with ease.

The combination of the two.

Is the key to this level-one design!

"Bad!! Karsa's route, it really seems to be aimed at that ward!" Wawa saw it clearly from the god's-eye view.

"The Rasengan is coming too!!"

Karsa's goal was clear, his movements naturally had no excess, he returned to base, switched to a sweeper, and headed straight for that ward placed at the river entrance.

Anyway, there was vision he placed on the outer edge of the river, so he didn't worry about being camped by anyone...

But just at the moment Viego started to attack the ward.

A silent star core, whose coverage almost reached an entire screen, had already appeared right before his eyes!

The coverage of this star core was incomparably huge, and the speed at which it spread forward was extremely fast!

Aurelion Sol, by consuming two Corrupting Potions and using the triple movement speed bonus of 【Time Warp Tonic】 + 【Waterwalking】 + 【Celerity】.

Made his original "ball-handling limit" at the river entrance gain distance again.

At this moment, when Aurelion Sol appeared in the vision, before the sky-covering star core that was revealed in that instant, even the Shadow Isles master Viego was as small as dust!

"Holy sh*t, what the f*ck!" The elegant and easygoing Karsa couldn't help but curse.

He flashed backward almost as a reflex.

But, the flash was useless!

Vi in the back pursued forward.

The river movement speed bonus from 【Waterwalking】 helped Aurelion Sol continue to pursue; the movement speed of nearly 800 yards was extending the growth of the star core to the limit, and the further it went, the faster it expanded!

Viego's secondary tree didn't take 【Nimbus Cloak】, and the 400-yard distance he had just opened up was almost caught up to in the blink of an eye.

The star core exploded, stunning Viego in place.

The damage wasn't too high.

After all, the only thing that grows with the star core is its volume; there is no extra damage.

But just at this moment—a 【Deadly Flourish】 spanning 3000 yards shot over from the direction in front of the dragon pit from thousands of miles away!

Aiming at the stunned Viego, hitting it was naturally effortless, successfully connecting the second stage of crowd control.

Vi then charged up a punch and hit him.

Aurelion Sol approached and started to output with the three passive orbiting planets, forcibly sticking close with 【Phase Rush】.

The output method of Aurelion Sol, this hero, comes from the three "planets" orbiting at all times.

Although he didn't level W at level one, as long as he can maintain continuous close contact, the output damage mixed with basic attacks is still quite considerable compared to other heroes.

On the barrage, there were already "experts" from the Aurelion Sol subreddit who saw various details.

Ye Bo's Aurelion Sol's movements looked very strange, as if he was walking "around" Viego.

To be precise—he was using the movement speed bonus of Phase Rush to walk in a "clockwise" direction.

The rolling direction of Aurelion Sol's passive planets is counter-clockwise.

By adjusting the positioning, one can maximize the trigger frequency of the passive planets, thereby dealing higher damage.

"WBG can't save him here!" Miller made a mournful gesture.

"Heimerdinger ran off to place turrets, and only an Azir can rush over from mid, but Azir is basically an ultimate super minion at level one; there's no fighting!"

WBG's vision was already done incomparably carefully.

In order to implement the deception in positioning, V5 actually only had two people outputting against Viego right now.

If it were a normal lineup, as long as the mid lane wrapped around immediately, and their own bot lane came over from the tri-bush to support in advance—even if the two of them successfully killed Viego, they would be surrounded by the remaining three!

But on the WBG side, due to the level-one characteristics of Heimerdinger and Azir... it was almost equal to having no one.

They could only watch their jungler get turned to death by a series of star wheels and punches.

【First Blood!】

【V5 Ye killed WBG Karsa!】

"First blood erupted! Such a familiar feeling!" Wawa was incomparably excited.

"Yes, exactly, this is what we imagined V5 should look like!"

Pyl couldn't help but sigh: "And after V5 killed Viego, they directly had four people forcibly go bot... to dismantle the turrets Heimerdinger had planted before level one!"

"This clearly means they guessed Heimerdinger's movements; they understand Heimerdinger too well!"

"With a beginning and an end, the layout is truly exquisite!"

Miller added: "The key is that this design by V5 had no risk, no need to hand over any skills, and even if it hadn't succeeded, there would have been no loss. This wave even earned the jungler's flash and first blood for free! Made a fortune!"

【The Aurelion Sol subreddit is climaxing, Master Ye's clockwise dragon this wave is all details!】

【Oh no, it's the Big Jade Rasengan!】

【Turtle, such a big Q flying over, the pressure is really real! I suggest that in the next version's rework, the feature of the star ring orbiting should be retained, but it shouldn't be there at the start; you have to use a Q to summon a planet, and then change W to smash the surrounding planets out to stun people. Wouldn't that be perfect!】

【Good idea, it just so happens that the name Sol is too Western, I don't like it. How about changing the name to Taiyi? Purely Eastern!】

【What kind of Star-Casting Farmer Sol】

【My main team! Kill them hard for me! I love this kind of forced destruction invasion that no matter how you defend, you can't defend against, hehehe】

The director's camera mischievously cut to Danny in the back.

He was pulling at his own hair; although the sound couldn't be heard, everyone could see the elegant and easygoing lip shape.

More importantly.

Danny, from the god's-eye view, noticed a ward that Jhin had quietly placed...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 193 =====