Chapter 279: Dual Teleportation! Vicious Dog Snatching Food! Words and Design

The rhythm has already deviated from EDG's pre-match expectations.

Zhu Kai, who had been calm and collected backstage, grew increasingly anxious, at one point urging Fofo to take flight from afar.

But he was watching the observer perspective, not Fofo's first-person view—otherwise, he would have seen that Fofo had actually been dragging the map the whole time, looking for an opportunity.

It's just that there really wasn't one!

And what the commentary desk can see, the players themselves certainly know as well.

Fofo also felt that the effect deviated from what they had anticipated; after all, this is a new version that has only been live for seven days, and even with practice matches, there isn't a sufficient sample size for reference.

Fofo knows that being solo-killed in the early game is already an unforgivable sin.

Now, the only thing he can do is use the advantage of Twisted Fate before the objective fight to create an opportunity, which is the only way to potentially salvage the situation caused by the lack of combat power in the mid lane!

"Dog-ye, can you push the next wave in the bot lane so they can't recall?"

Fofo hesitated for a moment before decisively speaking up.

Actually, he is quite familiar with Uzi—before Scout left EDG for BLG in last year's summer split, Uzi's mid laner was Fofo.

Although the number of games wasn't high, they could still be considered old teammates, so he felt comfortable enough to speak.

"OK!"

Uzi responded loudly; his hands had long been itching, and seeing the support finish clearing the vision, he immediately began to press forward.

Milio's laning ability is definitely on the weaker side among enchanter supports; his main buffing tool is the W skill, 【Cozy Campfire】, which increases the attack range of all allies within the zone, as well as providing bonus attack damage.

And the effect of increasing attack range varies depending on who is wielding it.

Although Uzi has retired and returned three times, his current strength is certainly somewhat weaker than in his prime.

However, when it comes to spacing and range, that is his signature skill!

Aphelios holds the green gun, fires a shot to mark the target, then instantly switches to the red gun to activate Q; being within Milio's zone allows the red gun Q to also benefit from the range increase, and while aggressively pressing forward, he uses the movement speed bonus to dodge the frog's tongue!

The red gun Q is fully channeled, then he switches back to the green gun; the range advantage fully demonstrates the principle that "an inch longer is an inch stronger."

Jinx wants to fight back, but Aphelios immediately uses Heal to aggressively press forward!

Exceeding the range of Jinx's low-level rocket launcher, combined with Uzi's skillful spacing and kiting, Deft and Beryl have no choice but to follow up with Heal and speed up their retreat to avoid the brunt of the assault.

After all, there is still the threat of Twisted Fate.

Fortunately, the V5 bot lane had been maintaining pressure, so this was just a trade of health.

However, the impact of this exchange is that the V5 bot lane is temporarily unable to finish pushing the wave and move out first.

Fofo's idea is also very simple.

Twisted Fate's ultimate has a massive range; as long as he walks near the F6 pit, he can fly directly to the bot lane minion wave.

But Twisted Fate lacks lane priority; if he suddenly disappears, the opposing mid laner will inevitably notice, and the bot lane will immediately retreat, giving him no chance to fly behind them.

So what to do?

Fofo's idea is to take flight from under his own tower!

Twisted Fate takes flight from under his own tier-one tower, which can land exactly in the lower half of the river near the Dragon pit, close to the tri-bush—as long as the opposing bot lane is coming to the Rift Herald via the river, he can directly "face-to-face" sandwich them!

Not letting the opposing bot lane recall is also to prevent them from heading to the Rift Herald directly from their base.

And if the V5 bot lane is extremely cautious and chooses to detour through their own jungle, he can still coordinate with Kindred, who has quietly arrived at the Dragon pit and is preparing to enter the opponent's lower quadrant, to force a capture!

Of course, it seems this possibility is not very high.

After all, V5's own mid laner has the opponent pinned under the tower; no matter how you look at it, they have the advantage, and even if there is an ambush, it seems their people would arrive first—how could there be any reason to deliberately take a detour and lose the initiative?

This is also the unique hero advantage of Twisted Fate!

A 5500-yard flight, a 1000-yard point-and-click stun.

The difference in support is laid out right here!

This move by Fofo not only shows his understanding of Twisted Fate but also demonstrates the characteristics of the mid lane position.

The perspective of each position sees different things.

And by comparison, as the very center of the Rift, the mid lane is always the angle most likely to spot opportunities and discover flaws in the overall situation.

The only difference is.

Some people will organize an attack once they discover a flaw.

Some people will choose to remain silent and pretend not to see it because they are worried about being blamed for their own shot-calling.

Of course, V5 under the god's-eye view is not being idle either.

"Are the V5 mid and jungle trying to tower dive!?"

"Twisted Fate is nearly full health this time, and he even bought a Catalyst; he's actually quite tanky!"

"But Fofo seems to be on alert; he actually retreated directly under the tower."

Vi has already arrived at the wall to the left of the blue side's mid tier-one tower.

The game theory situations V5 needs to face for this Rift Herald fight are:

1. The bot lane duo comes directly, wanting to use a 5-on-3 to trade tower plating for the Herald.

2. Neither bot lane comes; V5 takes the Herald, but they might get four-man-dived in the bot lane.

3. V5's bot lane comes; they will definitely secure the Herald with 100% certainty, but they might lose some tower plating.

For V5, all three situations seem acceptable, but at the same time, they all inevitably carry some risks.

Especially with the threat of Twisted Fate's ultimate, it's actually quite easy to get caught out of position; the game theory situation is naturally limited, and the most likely choice is to play it safe and have their bot lane come over to secure the Herald steadily.

And Ye Bo has also thought of a strategy.

Launch a surprise attack on the eve of the Herald fight, using the full cooldowns of the mid and jungle to force a kill on Twisted Fate, and then the mid laner can recall and use Teleport to return to lane to secure the Herald.

Thereby using Twisted Fate's death to avoid the gap where a flaw might appear!

In fact, as long as V5 can steadily secure the Herald and hold onto it without using it immediately.

Then Twisted Fate will remain "unable to take flight"!

If he dares to fly, he will face the situation of his mid tier-one tower being smashed, creating a huge hole in their operations!

This is actually the choice with the relatively lowest risk—V5's mid and jungle both have point-and-click CC, so Twisted Fate doesn't actually have much room to maneuver.

The only thing to worry about is whether there will be someone counter-ganking, how many cooldowns need to be committed, and whether there will be a trade of kills.

But Ye Bo suddenly notices that the opposing Twisted Fate has actually retreated directly and stood under his mid tower.

"Did he find us? But I have my sweeper on," Xun says, puzzled.

"Kindred must have been driven to the lower quadrant by me; he's not level six yet, so he should only be able to farm my lower quadrant right now. But even in that position, I can still make a move!"

Ye Bo also feels a little bit strange.

Because if Twisted Fate had truly realized that there was a Vi on the left wanting to make a move, he shouldn't be standing exactly under the tower like this—this position is easy for Vi to Flash-Q onto, and he could potentially be instantly killed without any room to react.

If he had really realized it, he should be staying under the tower and deliberately leaning toward the bottom, sticking close to the absolutely safe F6 wall position.

After all, the positions of both junglers are completely exposed.

If Twisted Fate realized the opponent wanted to make a move on him but still stood in this position, even if the jungler were camping behind him, Kindred, who isn't level six yet, couldn't save him!

But, if he didn't realize he was about to be ganked.

Why did he suddenly hunker down under the tower?

In fact.

What Fofo thought was: if he "inexplicably" leaned toward the bottom, it might expose his "true intent" and be noticed, so he deliberately stood in the middle, trying his best to look like he was staying away from the lower quadrant.

He didn't expect that the opponent would have the intent to kill him.

After all, he is a Twisted Fate who is already losing the lane; using all cooldowns to kill him doesn't seem profitable, and if he dies, he dies.

And Ye Bo, seeing that the opposing bot lane has finished clearing the wave and disappeared, also looks like they want to come to the Herald to try something.

"Master Ye, can you come and pick us up this time?"

"If we go, it feels like the jungle and river might be flown into; it's not very easy for us to pass through. Maybe it's best to wait until we recall before coming."

Clearly.

Beryl has already seen through Fofo's sudden inspiration and doesn't want to give him an opportunity.

But at this moment, Ye Bo suddenly replies urgently: "No, no, no, you guys just come from the river! Come directly!"

"Xun, don't rush to show yourself yet."

On the other side, Fofo feels a surge of joy upon seeing the opposing bot lane disappear.

Because of his predecessor, too many myths were left at EDG.

This has led to him actually feeling somewhat "inferior" within the team, always feeling that his mechanics aren't good enough, his shot-calling isn't good enough, and his brain isn't good enough...

But it looks like he can actually use his brain just like his predecessor!

And the Aphelios duo that just disappeared naturally didn't head to the Herald; they were just crouching in the bot lane tri-bush, waiting to observe the movements of the opposing bot lane.

At this moment, seeing the opposing bot lane step into the river, they immediately get up and follow behind.

"It seems EDG wants to stage an ambush!"

The observer perspective sees both battlefields clearly.

"Although Twisted Fate will likely be unable to take flight and will definitely be forcibly interrupted by V5's mid and jungle, the bot lane is still 3-on-2 after all; EDG might be able to bloom on another battlefield!"

"Twisted Fate has used his ultimate! Then V5 this time should... hmm?"

"Vi isn't interrupting him!?"

Twisted Fate has already begun channeling 【Destiny】.

Fofo also sees the Vi nearby after activating his "heavenly eye."

But instead of stopping, he immediately begins channeling his flight the moment he activates his ultimate!

This is a smart decision—Vi has Flash; if she really wanted to interrupt him, he couldn't run away no matter what. Instead, by acting at high speed to catch the opponent off guard, there might even be a chance to forcibly take flight!