Chapter 196

No one knew what had happened.

When the view switched back to mid lane, they were only just level 3, yet Syndra's health already looked extremely dangerous!

"No wonder V5's bot lane played like that, and why Wukong camped like that," Miller said, wearing an expression of sudden realization.

"V5's bot lane knew they didn't have Flash, but they played aggressively on purpose! This way, even without information on Xin Zhao's jungle path, they could confirm Xin Zhao would come to gank bot!"

"And letting Xin Zhao come to gank bot had another purpose: to clear space for mid lane to apply pressure. Otherwise, with the threat of Xin Zhao's level 2 gank, it wouldn't be easy for Zoe to apply pressure!"

"A chain of traps!"

The director hurriedly pulled up the replay.

After the rework, Syndra, thanks to her already excellent skill kit and significantly increased hero and damage caps, instantly became a meta powerhouse, and Ye Bo had naturally practiced her.

Having long mastered her to level 7 proficiency, he operated her like a fish in water, with considerable speed.

With the major changes to her hero mechanics, Syndra's current laning logic was completely different.

Take level 1, for example.

Syndra's level 1 Q damage and mana cost were almost unchanged, but the cooldown went from 4 seconds to 7 seconds!

Although after collecting 40 passive shards to evolve Q, it could store 2 charges, and the operational ceiling and strength were clearly higher than before—the level 1 strength was obviously much lower.

Therefore, Syndra now mostly levels W at level 1.

W's cooldown is 5 seconds longer, and the damage and mana cost are about the same, but the benefit is that it's easier to hit!

W's coverage area is almost twice that of Q!

However, the downside is that leveling W at level 1 makes it significantly harder to contest lane priority, forming a stark contrast to the previous laning phase where one could gain a huge advantage at level 1.

Although Rookie is famous for his "Two Balls, One Lady," in reality, he hadn't played the new Syndra much, and his understanding was the same as most players, choosing the level 1 W strategy.

But to Ye Bo, this was a flaw.

Even if Q became 7 seconds, one could still cast it at least 4-5 times during the first wave, so the ability to contest the lane was still there.

In comparison, W could only be cast 2-3 times at most, and one still had to choose between smashing a person or a minion.

Most importantly.

If Zoe could secure lane priority, her laning ability would double!

Simply because if there were no minions in the way—the hit rate of her Paddle Star and Sleepy Trouble Bubble would both be greatly improved!

The first two trades were normal; both sides were contesting the lane normally, and even because Zoe's two Paddle Stars were aimed at the minion wave, Syndra's W successfully hit Zoe, giving her a slight health advantage.

But starting from the third wave.

Zoe's positioning suddenly became aggressively forward.

A Paddle Star was thrown forward seemingly at random, but it suddenly turned at an unpredictable node, smashing into Syndra!

Rookie actually realized the opponent's intent and wanted to move to create distance, using minions to block.

But he found the opponent's Paddle Star was very strange!

Strange in its angle, strange in its timing.

As everyone knows, Zoe's Q skill, 【Paddle Star!】, first flies out with a slow, and then can be recalled at any moment during that time, and the second phase's return speed is extremely fast.

Since Paddle Star's damage is based on {flight distance}, in most cases, it is cast behind oneself, waiting until it reaches the limit before pulling it back.

But in this case, because of the increased flight distance, even if the second phase's return speed is fast, the increased distance creates much more room for movement and reaction.

Therefore, balancing damage growth with casting timing is a matter of great skill.

And the true essence of Zoe's laning is actually not how far you pull the Paddle Star—it's about making the enemy never guess where the next star will land.

And because Paddle Star is AoE damage, simply standing close to minions cannot avoid it; on the contrary, it's easy to get "hit along with the minions," so one must create enough distance.

What shocked Rookie was.

Every one of Ye Bo's Paddle Stars, whether in timing or angle, could be said to be pushed to the limit.

Every wave seemed to hit by a hair's breadth; it felt like every wave was pure luck!

Of course, Rookie knew very well that this obviously couldn't be luck.

It was simply pure understanding and mastery of the hero.

It's not like he hadn't laning against strong Zoes before, for example, Scout—the head-to-head record between the two was nine wins and two losses, with Rookie having the nine.

But Ye Bo's Zoe brought him the most intense pressure he had ever felt.

Before the camera turned, it was Zoe, having reached level 3, using a "minion-piercing Q" to weave through the minion wave and close in on Syndra, consuming her health while hitting the minions, and reaching level 3!

Instantly leveling W, then applying Ignite, triggering 【Thief's Hand】 for a speed boost, and hitting Syndra down to near-death in one go.

In a normal situation, Syndra could call the jungler to save her.

But both junglers only had 4 CS right now!

Forced, Syndra had no choice but to use her first TP, at two and a half minutes.

"Rookie's laning pressure is so high."

"Although Zoe didn't bring TP, using the first TP this early means there's no room for error in the laning phase from now on!"

Danny, in the back, looked away from the sofa when he saw Syndra forced to TP at level 3, his expression a mix of crying and laughing, like he was constipated.

His mind was filled with thoughts of how to torment that chicken butt after the match.

He had already anticipated that this match's BP might be difficult.

Needless to say, the bot lane, without any major surprises, would almost certainly be suppressed for the entire game.

Wukong in the jungle, as one of the strongest junglers in the meta, would have a level advantage, and Xin Zhao would be inferior to his opponent in both fighting and team fighting, as well as in initiation and control.

Jax in the top lane, as a meta hero, although the opponent pulled out an unexpected Maokai top, which acted as a counter-pick while also suppressing him, at least TheShy wouldn't have too much trouble laning, and it would be easier once the split-pushing phase arrived.

The biggest variable was the mid lane.

It didn't even need to reach the late game.

Once it reached the mid game, Zoe's utility would drop sharply, and her team fight impact wouldn't even be as good as a single hair of Syndra's!

This is also why not many people have played Zoe in recent patches—she's a bit extreme.

Compared to the Aurelion Sol from the last game, Zoe is actually the true "Mid Lane Nidalee."

Aurelion Sol's laning wasn't that strong, but Zoe's entire kit is based on laning and early game combat power; she plays for snowballing, and she only becomes strong if she can "kill with one Paddle Star."

But achieving that on the professional stage is easier said than done.

Conversely, Syndra, as long as she's even, is ahead!

But now, there was a trend of her falling apart in the early game!

Danny could only hope that his team, which should have an extremely high ceiling in terms of raw talent, could display superior individual skill and stabilize the situation.

As long as they could stabilize, they would have an absolute advantage in the mid to late game!

Weiwei also knew he had a heavy responsibility in this game.

At 4 minutes, after clearing the jungle, he glanced at TheShy in the top lane and still wanted to go for a mid lane gank.

"Rookie, I can come."

"Yes, yes, you can come, it's still quite easy to gank... Damn it!!"

Just as Rookie spoke, he saw a scene that filled him with despair.

Zoe had actually dropped a 【Cleanse】 from the third W minion balloon that spawned.

"Forget it, don't come."

What does Cleanse mean?

Xin Zhao is a short-legged hero; the only way to touch Zoe is for Syndra to initiate with a QE push for control, then land a long-range W, and then E to close the distance.

But picking up a Cleanse meant this combo couldn't be pulled off.

Even if Xin Zhao blindly closed the distance, he might be countered by Zoe for a full combo, and with Ignite, it might even be dangerous!

Syndra used E to poke normally, and Zoe naturally wouldn't easily use this Cleanse—and Syndra's E skill had a 17-second cooldown; she couldn't use it randomly for poking in the early game, otherwise, what awaited her was Zoe riding in her face without restraint!

Rookie couldn't help but mutter in his heart, what kind of luck is this...

This is a real Zoe, choosing her own skills, right?

It's worth mentioning—

Due to the "solo lane experience" buff in S13, level 6, which used to be reached around 5:30, could now be reached as fast as 5:10!

Of course, the experience for the bot lane duo remained the same, and it was still very difficult to reach level 6 during the Rift Herald fight.

And the skills picked up by Thief's Hand could be kept for one minute.

Exactly one minute later was the time node when the mid laner would reach level 6.

With her ultimate, Zoe's suppression would undoubtedly rise to another level!

During this time, Xin Zhao could only try to gank top or bot.

But Maokai in the top lane was too hard to kill, and his skill kit countered Jax; he could use his Q 【Bramble Smash】 in the opposite direction while Jax was in the air from his Q 【Leap Strike】, knocking Jax back and down!

The principle was somewhat similar to Gragas's E, making it very difficult for Jax to coordinate with the jungler.

As for the bottom half of the map.

V5, relying on the huge advantage gained in the bot lane, had the support constantly invading for vision, and with the occasional Hawkshot from Ashe, they had almost completely exposed Xin Zhao's bottom jungle.

There was simply no opportunity to go bot, and the bot lane priority became even more consolidated.

At 5 minutes, V5 directly started the Dragon.

But at the same time, Xin Zhao snuck around to the mid lane...

"Come! His Unsealed Spellbook isn't ready!"

What Rookie had been wary of before was that Cleanse, and he had calculated this time difference.

Because Ye Bo brought Ignite, he was using the {Unsealed Spellbook} rune—and the first swap time for Unsealed Spellbook is 6 minutes.

This moment was just right; the enemy bot and jungle were going to do Dragon, and Zoe was also rapidly pushing the wave, preparing to support.

Syndra feigned using skills to push the wave, but in reality, she was quietly "saving balls."

Although there had been trades in mid lane before, Syndra's early game burst in this patch was vastly different from before.

Xin Zhao's Flash wasn't up, but Zoe still had Flash.

WBG's mid and jungle had to ensure a one-shot kill!

And to "one-shot," the most important thing was Syndra's ultimate 【Unleashed Power】; each additional Dark Sphere increased damage by 120+, and the damage difference between three balls and six balls was a full two times!

Rookie's idea was absolutely fine.

If they couldn't one-shot her, Zoe, with both summoner spells and the speed boost from Thief's Hand, could definitely escape easily.

The only problem was...

In Ye Bo's eyes, this intent looked a bit too obvious.

Ye Bo noticed that the opponent, who usually kept a Q skill in hand for counter-play, not only used it directly this time—but Syndra didn't use her W skill while pretending to clear the wave.

Why not use the W skill?

Because the W skill could "extend" the duration of the Dark Spheres; by grabbing one when it was about to disappear, incorporating it into the combo, and finishing with R, one could deal the damage of an extra sphere!

More obviously, with Syndra's damage in this patch, even if the opponent saved up six balls, it was absolutely impossible to kill him.

Then there was only one possibility...

But Ye Bo, who had already insightfully grasped the opponent's thoughts through his own understanding of Syndra.

Pretended not to notice, still standing in a position that looked somewhat dangerous.

Danny, in the back, leaned forward, staring intently at the screen.

The dragon's wail could come from the dragon pit at any moment, and Rookie knew he couldn't wait any longer.

"Come, come, come!"

Hearing the call, Xin Zhao immediately charged out of the side bush with his spear.

Syndra aimed at Zoe's feet, first throwing out 【Scatter the Weak】 followed by the delayed 【Dark Sphere】, executing the "EQ delayed push"!

The reworked Syndra changed the linkage mechanism of the EQ skills—meaning the "push first, ball later" EQ combo, which used to be "easy for anyone," had its difficulty increased several times; it required precise timing and extreme distance to even be possible.

Rookie's confident execution was clearly the result of years of accumulated muscle memory.

The benefit of the EQ delayed push was obvious; compared to Q first then E, the instant E skill had almost no reaction time, and the later Q would be displayed due to projectile delay, and by the time it condensed and could be seen, it had already been pushed!

That delayed Dark Sphere shot with extreme precision toward Zoe's feet!

But just at this moment.

A portal suddenly appeared under Zoe's clean soles, and she dove into it, disappearing, while her figure instantly 【Portal Jumped】 to the side!

The pushed Dark Sphere passed almost by the strands of her pink wavy hair.

"Huh!?"

Rookie's expression changed drastically.

And Zoe's figure, which was about to return to its original spot, suddenly erupted again, flashing forward to close the distance and E!

Spitting an unreactable lightning bubble in Syndra's face!

Rookie reflexively flashed backward.

But the 【Sleepy Trouble Bubble】 had already formed, and a wave of drowsiness swept through his brain, making Syndra sleepy.

"Portal Jump Scatter Bubble Blast!"

Xin Zhao forced a charge, wanting to stall the enemy for his mid laner, even wanting to use his body to block the Paddle Star.

But Zoe, relying on the dual speed boost from Thief's Hand and Celerity, forcibly created distance, pulled a super-long Paddle Star from the side, and deliberately waited 2 seconds for the sleep to end before smashing it into Syndra!

Rookie was hit in the face by the Paddle Star; his first reaction was to immediately turn and throw his ultimate, but the damage was significantly lower!

The first sphere grabbed with W had already disappeared, and the drowsiness and sleep duration had dragged out the time for the second sphere.

This meant it was just a near-naked ultimate with four spheres, not to mention the previous EQ had missed!

Zoe followed up with Ignite, completely ignoring Xin Zhao behind her, chasing Syndra, picking up the Flash shard on the ground, and continuing the pursuit.

A passive-empowered auto-attack secured the kill!

"Sibal Roma!!"

Danny roared in front of the screen, feeling heartbroken over the failure of this rare opportunity.

"It's over!!" Wawa shouted urgently from the commentary desk.

"Syndra was auto-attacked to death by Zoe! Xin Zhao couldn't catch Zoe at all, and Zoe even has a Flash left in hand!"

"That Scatter the Weak was completely avoided by Portal Jump! Master Ye is just showing off!" Pyl said, getting hyped again.

"The weak scatter, but the strong do not retreat!"

"Too bad Rookie didn't have TP, a huge wave of minions was missed, and it all went to the jungler!"

Miller's tone was equally pessimistic: "This doesn't benefit the jungler much; the jungler doesn't get much experience from eating lane minions now, it's different from the last patch."

The S13 jungle changes also made adjustments to the "Jungle Hunter."

{Before completing the first pet evolution, junglers only receive 75% experience from lane minions. }

It used to be that there was only an experience penalty if you killed a lot of minions and triggered the Jungle Hunter, but now there's an experience penalty before the first evolution is even completed.

Clearly, at less than six minutes, the jungler couldn't have completed the first evolution of the jungle egg.

But knowing this, Xin Zhao had no choice but to bite the bullet and eat them...

【Is Chicken Saint really okay? He couldn't hold up at level 3, and at level 6 he just fell asleep. This feels like even if a B-surname streamer came, he could bully him!】

【? That's a forced hate. If the big streamer is really that strong, why is he streaming at home right now?】

【Indeed, getting solo-killed on stage is still better than watching a stream at home!】

【Not to mention, just now Big B was saying Master Ye's Zoe laning is too scary. Even Big B didn't take the opportunity to say it's because the mid laner is bad, get my meaning?】

【Suddenly remembered, Master Ye's first Zoe debut seems to have been against WBG? Then the second time playing Zoe was against Brother, and the third time was killing Chicken... Good guy! This Zoe specializes in beating IG people!】

【Implying IG are Darkin, and one day they will be infected by the Void and then sealed by the righteous Aspects, right? Good, good, the above remarks only represent the personal opinion of the bullet screen, I'm running first.】

"Hey!?"

"What is Master Ye going to do now!!"

Having shaken off the pursuers, Zoe's health was at most less than 300; logically, she should have recalled.

But unexpectedly, Zoe secretly headed toward the river.

"Zoe is still roaming with this health!? She has a bounty, Lucian just needs to E up and auto-attack twice and she's dead!"

"And WBG's bot lane might have some suspicions..."

Just as the commentary desk said.

Rookie, who was still waiting to respawn, had already realized that this Zoe might not give up so easily and would run to other lanes.

Especially because V5 had just cleared the vision in the bottom river while doing Dragon.

At this moment, the river was pitch black, and it looked wrong!

But just as Rookie opened his mouth, a Sleepy Trouble Bubble flew out from behind the wall in the bot lane!

Gala, facing this bubble with no warning, reacted with god-like speed, flashing in the opposite direction to narrowly dodge it.

However, the elderly Liu Qingsong wasn't so lucky.

"How!?" Rookie widened his eyes in disbelief.

"How could it be so fast!!"

Zoe, at most, had only disappeared from mid lane for five or six seconds.

Even if she flew, she couldn't have flown to the bot lane!

At most, she should have just reached the middle river bush, not even stepping into the dragon pit!

"Wow, wow, wow! Master Ye's Zoe!"

"His bubble is too imaginative, can you throw it like that?"

"If it's out of five, I'd definitely give Master Ye's operation a five!"

The commentary desk became a bit excited.

Because this Zoe's movement was a way that even they, with their god's-eye view, hadn't thought of!

Zoe just came to the edge of the mid bush, and then used a "wall-glitch R" super-distance Portal Jump toward the enemy blue zone.

Then she used the "picked up" W Flash to get close and aim at the long wall of the bot lane river.

Almost crossing the distance of the entire river!

"The Eight-Thousand-Meter Wall Bubble!"

Portal Jump, combined with the infinite extension mechanism of Sleepy Trouble Bubble through walls, has infinite possibilities.

This was actually a brand-new understanding Ye Bo had just realized recently, discovering more room for imagination in this hero.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of that little troublemaker who pestered him every day to play with her.

"You promised to practice Star Portal angles with me today! No going back on your word!"

Of course.

In fact, the new understanding Ye Bo realized went far, far beyond this...

Nautilus in the bot lane was hit by the bubble control and killed in coordination with Wukong, who circled from behind.

Lucian, facing three people, was instantly isolated and helpless, having no choice but to retreat, letting the opponent enjoy the plating.

"My god, the tempo suddenly radiated out; Master Ye's Zoe feels like just standing in mid lane can radiate across the entire Rift!" Wawa exclaimed.

"Although WBG's team composition still has room for error in the mid game, they have to hold on in the early game; they can't be pushed too fast."

"The good news is, Xin Zhao recovered quite a bit of development, and TheShy's laning top is also not bad..."

At 7 minutes, three layers of plating had already been pushed off WBG's bot lane tower.

Combined with the BP composition advantage, V5's bot lane had actually achieved an effect close to a "perfect Caitlyn system"!

It had been reflected in the Caitlyn system before—if the bot lane had 2-3 layers of plating worn off before the Rift Herald fight, the enemy bot duo would lose the right to move, otherwise, they would be giving away the first tower for free!

Because of this, V5's top, mid, and jungle prepared to move to start the Herald on time.

Brother Wukong was clearing the jungle with great pleasure, and his development was actually far above Xin Zhao, who was restricted in the jungle, although Xin Zhao managed to keep his level balanced by eating a wave of tower minions in mid lane.

And in the 3v3 between the top, mid, and jungle, the room for Zoe, who had a huge advantage, was infinitely large!

Especially the last wave.

When Ye Bo showed the operation of dodging Syndra's EQ combo with his ultimate, Rookie felt that this frontal fight would be extremely difficult to win.

But, although this WBG team was clearly still in the adjustment period and didn't have a clear and feasible tactical system.

Its main players were all "self-setting" existences.

For example, Gala in the bot lane, clearly the old RNG style, needing a lot of resource allocation, but he could definitely carry if given money.

And for top and mid, it was clearly the old IG style—dare to fight, dare to feed, just wouldn't turtle and wait for death.

They all knew that playing like this at this tempo was no different from waiting for death.

Once the opponent took the Herald, both the mid and bot first towers would be under huge threat, and without the protection of the first tower and losing the jungle, Zoe's pushing advantage would be fully unleashed.

They had to find a fulcrum to hold the tempo.

Rookie stood up at the critical moment.

Despite being solo-killed, regaining the tempo he lost was also the mid laner's responsibility.

He quickly conveyed his thoughts and repeated them in Korean.

"Okay, okay!"

"Understand what you mean!"

At 7 and a half minutes.

Brother Wukong cleared the top river vision.

V5's bot lane, relying on their top, mid, and jungle 3v3 being worry-free, prepared to attack all three lanes simultaneously, accelerating the push of the bot lane's first tower and didn't go.

But at this moment... WBG's top and mid lanes simultaneously initiated a fight!

TheShy used a fake retreat to bait out Maokai's poking Q to avoid being knocked back, then used QE to jump in and stun—then actually directly activated his ultimate 【Jax】 to gain the "fake Guinsoo's" passive, significantly increasing his ability to stand and fight!

Brother Shengqiang was made highly alert by this sudden strong attack.

However, to guard against it being a bait, he deliberately held his ultimate, only using W to bind and auto-attack to trade health before pulling back.

Jax had actually been playing very aggressively, but unfortunately, Brother Shengqiang traded health for health, but always stopped at the right time, keeping his health very healthy, so there was no danger to his life in this wave.

At the same time, Syndra in the mid lane also took the initiative to seek a fight!

Rookie displayed his understanding and experience.

Since, throwing EQ might be dodged by Ye Bo's R.

Then simply, "exchange" to bait it out!

Ye Bo was actually "fooled" this time because the price the opponent paid was huge!

Rookie's approach—was to directly step forward and nakedly throw E, Scatter the Weak!

E is instant, while Q is a delayed mechanism, meaning Ye Bo had to "predict" to respond and couldn't gamble on this point.

But if both sides exchanged E and R, it was clear that Zoe would profit greatly.

After all, Zoe's level 1 ultimate only had an 11-second cooldown, while Syndra's E had 17 seconds!

But Rookie's thinking was also very direct.

The damage of level 1 E was only a mere 75 points; missing one E wouldn't have much impact on Syndra's damage.

The true function of E was that control segment, ensuring the subsequent WQ would hit.

But the problem was, EQ could be dodged by the opponent's operation, and in the end, it still wouldn't hit... On the contrary, baiting out Zoe's ultimate allowed him to "press the return," making QW 100% guaranteed to hit.

Achieving the same effect!

This was undoubtedly an extremely clever approach.

Although Ye Bo hit Syndra with another angled E after R-ing into her face, Syndra also fully unleashed her WQ + six-ball ultimate before the drowsiness took effect!

Dark Spheres and Paddle Stars collided in their faces.

Both mid laners' health dropped to near-death!

"This Jax, suddenly fighting me to the end, the jungler might be nearby!" Brother Shengqiang sent a reminder.

"Hmm, he also suddenly traded health with me like this," Ye Bo examined his own health bar: "Is he trying to catch one, to contest the Herald?"

"Xun, you still start the Herald, I'll B and come out, Syndra won't dare to go, he has no Flash!"

"Understood!"

Ye Bo chose to be steady and recall first.

After all, Xin Zhao's Flash was back up; if he came to stab him hard, it might backfire.

Anyway, Syndra's state was the same as his; if he dared to wander around the Herald, Brother Wukong could easily knock him dead with a stick while invisible!

And Ye Bo, who had just switched back from the tense laning state, re-examined the map during his recall.

He suddenly discovered a vision blind spot.

And Ye Bo also realized that this trick seemed a bit familiar.

"Wait, why does it feel like the opponent is also baiting?"

"Bot lane, retreat a bit first, be careful they are a feint."

The bot lane duo, after the reminder, also suddenly realized something.

In order not to recall together and cause variables in the Herald fight, V5's bot lane had been suppressing hard in the lane, just to keep each other suppressed in the bot lane.

Because of this, neither equipment nor vision could be updated.

Beryl suddenly took it seriously: "Brother Hekui, shoot an arrow into their blue zone."

Deft immediately drew his bow and shot, illuminating the enemy blue zone, but found nothing.

"If there's nothing... then it's really possible they're coming."

"Should I go out to bot? I feel the enemy jungler should be what you said, coming to what... it's just 'Shengji Xi'!"

Ye Bo, who had recalled, quickly replenished his equipment and prepared to go out.

But he switched screens and glanced at the top lane again.

Suddenly had an idea.

"Hey Brother Shengqiang, you hit this, I can come for a bit..."

The moves Rookie thought of, in fact, had the same core as their opening bait—using feints in the top and mid lanes to cover the real movement of their jungler!

The Herald fight was imminent.

The top and mid lanes suddenly fighting like this, and both having the possibility of the jungler being there, looked like the jungler was looking for an opportunity nearby.

But in fact, Xin Zhao had already quietly snuck into the opponent's bottom jungle!

They also knew the opponent's bot lane hadn't recalled, so the vision shouldn't be set up too comprehensively.

Xin Zhao turned on his sweeper and successfully snuck in, already feeling that this design was half successful.

More importantly, Syndra.

Although Syndra was suppressed by Zoe's Ignite attack and was sweating profusely, she had already been suppressed by 25 CS in less than 8 minutes.

But Zoe's first Unsealed Spellbook swap was {Cleanse}.

Syndra had an extra TP!

After recalling, she directly TP'd to her own bot lane defensive tower—because the Inspiration secondary tree didn't take Boots, but took Biscuits + Cosmic Insight, a pure laning setup, making TP ready 40 seconds early!

Just in time to catch this wave.

That is to say, even if their plan was seen through, the worst case was Zoe coming bot.

That would still be a 3v4 numerical disadvantage fight.

It's just a pity the opponent's bot lane retreated too fast...

But at this moment, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired!

"It's coming! WBG obviously wants to use this Herald to launch a counterattack, but V5's bot lane is extremely alert and clearly prepared!"

"But what is Master Ye doing..."

"Ah?????"

"Ah!?"

"What the hell is this!!!"

The people inside the Herald pit didn't know about the sudden burst of screaming outside.

TheShy in the top lane did the whole act, and after dropping to half health, not only did he not retreat at all, but he jumped in the face of Maokai even more arrogantly.

It looked like he might as well have "I have a jungler behind me" written on his face.

The key was, this guy played like this whether he had a jungler behind him or not, so it was really hard to judge!

It seemed like Jax was baiting Wukong over, wanting to delay their time doing the Herald.

But no matter what, Brother Shengqiang just didn't fall for it.

TheShy glanced at his bot lane teammates who had already arrived, and looking at the enemy jungler who hadn't shown up, it was eight or nine out of ten that they had already started the Herald.

He deliberately didn't retreat timidly, still pretending someone was camping behind him, walking into a bush in front of Maokai to recall, covering for his bot lane teammates for the last bit of time.

And Maokai under the tower also seemed to believe it, having no intention of stepping forward, honestly clearing the tower minions.

It's just that Maokai seemed to be consciously controlling the speed of clearing the minion wave.

And just after the minion wave was cleared.

Jax, who had already opened the shop, suddenly heard an ethereal sound in his ear, and then felt his whole body lighten—followed by an overwhelming drowsiness!!

"Nande yo (What's going on)!?"

TheShy saw the Sleepy Trouble Bubble hanging on him, but couldn't see where it was shot from at all!

"Zoe! Zoe! Zoe!"

"What's wrong with Zoe, should we call a pause?" Weiwei turned his head in confusion to look at his big brother in the top lane, thinking his gaming chair was leaking electricity.

"Zoe is up! Zoe is up!!"

The mid-human translator Rookie understood: "Zoe! Zoe is top!"

"Dive! Dive directly! Don't give Maokai a chance to TP!"

If Zoe was top, Jax was eight or nine out of ten not going to survive.

And once Maokai was freed, he could immediately TP to the bot lane, which might shatter this opportunity!

Compared to Zoe, who had no Flash and might have a chance to be focused and killed.

Maokai landing was more likely to save someone.

Speed is the soldier's asset; WBG handled it extremely decisively.

Syndra walked directly out of the bush, walked out with the bot lane duo to bring the minion wave, and Xin Zhao behind also walked out to block the retreat.

A four-man dive was instantly formed.

V5's bot lane looked like they were already in a desperate situation!

The moment the minion wave entered the tower, Nautilus hooked in to tank the tower, Xin Zhao followed up with a stab, and Syndra pushed and hit both!

Fortunately, Syndra didn't have her ultimate, Xin Zhao only had level but no equipment, and neither bot lane had recalled, so their damage was limited.

The bot lane duo was still able to struggle and resist at the first moment.

Nautilus was tanking on the edge, preparing to let the jungler swap tanking.

But immediately after...

In the distance, something faint seemed to be flying over!

The next moment, Xin Zhao was also surrounded by dreamy bubbles, and the same intense drowsiness hit him.

"What is this!!!"

"Zoe!?"

A kill notification had already come from the top lane.

Jax ate Zoe's bubble, was hit by Maokai's longest-range ultimate + bush sapling, and combined with the true damage amplification of the bubble, ate a full set of damage!

He struggled to flash and Q to a ward at the end, but was followed and bound by Maokai's Flash W, completing the "solo kill."

But... how could Zoe appear in the bot lane again!

She didn't have TP!

How is this possible!?

"Don't move Xin Zhao first! Kill the one behind!" Ye Bo shouted loudly to remind them, telling the bot lane duo not to break the Sleepy Trouble Bubble.

Nautilus was already near-death from tanking, originally preparing to swap tanking to Xin Zhao, but seeing the opponent fall into a deep sleep, he hesitated for a moment whether to walk out.

It was this hesitation that made Nautilus take one more defensive tower hit, and his health instantly entered the execution range.

Deft decisively flashed AW to take the kill, then turned directly to coordinate with the incoming Paddle Star to focus Xin Zhao!

"Sell him, sell him, sell him!"

Xin Zhao knew that flashing was useless, as that would be giving Zoe a Flash to chase his teammates, so he simply used his life to drag the enemy, buying time for the bot lane duo to escape.

WBG didn't know how Zoe did it.

But clearly, there was no point in fighting here anymore.

Xin Zhao fell to the ground after just two hits in front of the pre-heated defensive tower cannon...

"Master, help kill the wave!!"

Although the wording was a bit strange.

But Ye Bo immediately understood Beryl's meaning, pulled out another Paddle Star, and smashed it into the minion pile under the tower.

It was already eight and a half minutes, and the bot lane duo, having eaten an extra wave of minions plus the experience of two kills, reached level 6.

Layers of water suddenly surged under the mermaid.

A Magic Crystal Arrow shot out with precision!

"Lucian has no Flash and was held by Tidal Wave! The Magic Crystal Arrow hit Syndra with precision!"

"It's over! It's over! Everyone has to die!"

The 【ACE】 notification sound.

Sounded at the same time as the 【Rift Herald】 kill notification.

"WBG seems to have blown up this wave!!!"

"My god! God! A result no one expected!"

"Blown up in such a way!!"

The commentary desk went crazy, letting out screams.

Screams erupted all around the venue!

Danny, in the back, looked like he had suffered a "major blow," staring at the camera with a very strange expression.

Perhaps he also felt that Zoe's action was extremely absurd!

Until this moment.

Everyone on WBG's side still didn't understand what had happened.

Why could Zoe appear in the top lane and bot lane at the same time?

This isn't scientific!

"Too absurd! It's really a bit too absurd!" Wawa still couldn't calm down until now: "It's hard to imagine what we just saw!"

"Why could it be like this! It's truly an unprecedented, unheard-of operation!"

Pyl, in the technical position, just opened his mouth wide, drooling in a daze.

"Quick, look at the replay!!"

Even if they watched it again in the replay.

It still left everyone in disbelief, their mouths unable to close.

Ye Bo had an impromptu idea when he saw TheShy's state and the position where he looked like he wanted to recall.

I saw the Star Aspect girl suddenly stop at the edge of the fountain.

Her pink twin tails swept up, and she pressed 【Portal Jump】 in front of the shop door behind her—and used the "misaligned delayed E" technique while jumping back.

The portal hadn't closed yet, and the Sleepy Trouble Bubble had already shot out from the center of the fountain, refracting at a strange angle.

This bubble, covered in starlight, was like being cast with a space extension spell.

Flying out from outside the blue fountain, passing through the high ground, through the defensive tower, and then passing through the middle of the top lane minion wave, flying all the way to the Sleepy Trouble Bubble in the top lane bush!

A Sleepy Trouble Bubble that used the wall at the edge of the Rift as a target, but changed lanes in the outer air and glided for ten thousand miles!

Finally hitting the bush almost invisibly!

TheShy had also experienced the pain of having his TP interrupted by the "Toilet Fountain E" from this angle before.

But... that time, Zoe was casting from the "toilet pit."

Logically speaking, even if it could really be shot back the same way, it could at most only be shot into the toilet pit!

So.

This time, it was actually an advanced combo of "misaligned delayed E" superimposed with "ten-thousand-mile wall E."

The position was reversed, but the target hadn't changed.

It's just that this time the bubble wasn't hidden in the wall.

But outside!

Flying out of thin air!

"Misaligned Ten-Thousand-Mile Delayed E!"

Summoner's Rift is nothing more than the Star Aspect's star-rail cannon mount.

This move is firstly a lottery.

Secondly, it can also confuse the opponent.

Because before witnessing this operation with their own eyes, no one could have thought of it, could have realized this point.

The fact is, everyone who witnessed this operation for the first time was going crazy, losing their voices over this magical scene!

And the second wave in the bot lane.

Because WBG acted decisively enough, Zoe, despite using Cleanse to speed up, had only just walked out of the high ground when the opponent acted.

But the second bubble—was ejected from the protruding stone edge of the high ground, using a protruding wall of the high ground as a "cannon mount."

Shooting from in front of the high ground tower toward the first tower!

"Misaligned High-Ground Ten-Thousand-Mile E!"

The person hasn't arrived, but the bubble has.

The laws of physics in Runeterra don't seem to apply to the Aspect of Twilight.

Every bubble and every wall is just her tape measure for measuring the Rift.

It was almost these two incredible Sleepy Trouble Bubbles that destroyed this match in one fell swoop.

And instantly ignited the entire tournament live stream!

【Holy!!! Shit!!!】

【Are you kidding me???????】

【66666666666666666666666】

【Mommy Ye! Master Ye! The true Rift scientist!!!】

【Five out of five! I give it ninety-five!!】

【The bubble shot out a year ago came back! Still this position, still TS, TS will remember it for a lifetime! Amazing!】

【If you told me this Zoe was played by the person herself, I'd believe it, it's too damn exaggerated!】

【Don't say! This move really needs Zoe herself to think of it, right? Strongly suggest choosing Zoe for the next championship skin! I think it's time for my Zoe sect to rise!】

In the live stream where everyone was hyped, even if someone was already "pre-ordering" the championship skin, no one seemed to care.

The faces of the five WBG members were still full of confusion.

They really couldn't understand!

Before seeing it with their own eyes, no one would associate it in that direction; it was hard to have that picture in their minds.

And without a doubt.

This wave was fatal enough.

The three in the bot lane directly dismantled the low-health first tower quickly, then turned to attack the mid lane.

The two in the top lane coordinated with the Rift Herald to dismantle the first tower with full plating!

In less than 10 minutes, the economic gap had already reached a terrifying 6k.

Several times more terrifying than the first game!

Even without this wave, V5's advantage was already quite significant—this was the three-lane advantage of the BP.

At a time when everyone was still in the exploration stage of global BP.

Clearly, V5 was at the forefront.

And when Zoe's Paddle Star was already close to being able to instantly evaporate flesh and blood into purple stardust, with only the wisps of smoke on the ruins of the defensive tower proving the enemy had existed.

The match had already lost any suspense.

Even if they guarded under the tower, they had to face the bombardment from Zoe.

The stable team fight composition, Maokai's tangled tree world and Brother Wukong's golden cudgel shattered the formation, Nami's Tidal Wave and Ashe's arrows provided long-range initiation.

WBG could hardly maintain even a "turtling" strategy!

The starlight mirage left behind by Zoe's Portal Jump, the Paddle Star rubber band thrown casually.

To the enemy, it was simply a terrifying image like the end of the world, crazily harvesting kills on Summoner's Rift, as if it were a starry playground!

Under WBG's last desperate resistance.

Ye Bo slashed down another quadra kill, helping the team complete an ace!

The match only lasted 20 minutes and 37 seconds before V5 shattered WBG's base crystal!

(End of chapter)