Chapter 281: ABSOLUTE SUPPRESSION! DON'T PLAY AKALI IN FRONT OF HIM!

"Could it be an AD LeBlanc!"

Once Miller finished speaking, everyone immediately noticed the difference in Ye Bo's rune selection and starting items.

If it were just a Long Sword start, Xu Xiu had used it as early as the S11 World Championship, and Ye Bo had also used it in matches last year.

But regardless of whether it was Ye Bo or Xu Xiu.

In terms of rune selection, they had never taken {Fleet Footwork}!

Because this rune does not fit LeBlanc's needs—it provides zero increase to damage, instead enhancing laning sustain and mobility.

Yet, LeBlanc does not seem to lack this rune for either laning strength or mobility.

In everyone's impression, it seems only that kind of "troll build" AD LeBlanc in ranked games would take it.

And V5, in this game, also wanted to "verify" their understanding of the new season's meta; they didn't design much for the early game, just being more cautious because they were nearly caught off guard at level one in the previous game.

However, the EDG members did come to the mid lane to flash their emotes again, which was indeed just a simple interaction.

"Wow, wow, wow, I just realized EDG happened to pick three Championship skins; Sejuani, Akali, and Nami are all out!" Wawa said with a smile, watching the three people focused on by the director's camera.

Miller recalled and subconsciously replied: "It really is, the Ornn from the last game was also out, it seems only the ADC doesn't have one... no, wait, Aphelios has one too, it's just that Uzi didn't use it."

Mlxg, whose emotional intelligence wasn't very high, teased: "Hey, maybe Uzi doesn't like using other people's skins, but Vayne is too weak in this meta~"

The chat was already flooded with 【Bold!】 and 【I see Miller is becoming like me】.

Feeling that he had said the wrong thing, Miller wanted to change the subject, and fortunately, his partner Wawa cooperated tacitly: "But speaking of which, it feels like most people prefer the Prestige skin for Akali; it seems like no one uses the base model?"

"I just don't know which one Master Ye prefers himself. Speaking of which, I don't know when we'll be able to see his Akali again~"

Miller took over his partner's rescue: "Mm-hmm, after all, this is the first Prestige FMVP skin in history, and the Prestige version is the Dragon God from our Chinese mythology, so it's normal for it to be more popular, just like Dragonblade Talon."

They waited until the minions met before returning to the main topic.

The director activated the {Erlang Shen Perspective} to display all three lanes in one frame.

Looking at the team compositions alone, EDG has a slight advantage in the top and bottom lane matchups, while the mid-jungle matchup is at a slight disadvantage; it can be considered a 2-to-2 laning situation.

Fortunately, this game is different from the last one.

Whether it's the top/bottom advantage or the mid-jungle disadvantage, neither is enough to cause a landslide gap, so the early game should be relatively peaceful.

"Ale and Uzi are playing very aggressively here..." Miller tried hard to observe the perspective: "But Master Ye is playing even more aggressively!"

"He's going to cross the minion wave directly! It's his classic LeBlanc auto-attack animation cancel!"

This LeBlanc versus Akali matchup is not the first time Ye Bo has displayed it; they have swapped matchups many times, and most of the audience still has an impression of it.

Generally speaking, it's a toss-up.

Akali has extremely high burst damage, possesses top-tier life recovery in the League, and is an energy-based hero with no mana cost.

LeBlanc has some advantages in the early game, but it is very difficult to secure a kill; the common situation is that LeBlanc runs out of mana while Akali's health bar is left critically low.

And after reaching level six, the situation reverses, and it becomes a case where LeBlanc must be very careful; once she takes too many skills, she could be burst down in one combo—last year at the S-Championship, when Ye Bo faced Faker, Faker, who was down one kill in gold, almost completed a counter-kill.

It was just that he eventually fell under the tower to {Distortion}.

Of course.

All of the above refers to the common AP LeBlanc; this game's seemingly "AD LeBlanc" is not in that category!

Especially since it is Ye Bo's AD LeBlanc.

"Is Master Ye's positioning too far forward? Is he trying to zone Akali out of experience range!?"

"But without the cover of a minion wave, Akali has a chance to land her skills!"

To be fair, Fofo's performance this year is definitely his career peak, and he has already locked in a starting spot for the 【CN Taipei Team】 in the Asian Games, squeezing out Maple, who is known as the "Bay Tiger."

This alone is enough to show that his strength is definitely on point—after all, the goal set by this year's 【CN Taipei Team】 is "competing for the gold and defending the silver"!

It's just that in a star-studded team like EDG, he seems a bit obscure.

Discovering this loophole, Fofo did not hesitate at all, immediately leveled up his E skill, and waited with focus.

The first three melee minions were about to die.

And LeBlanc had completely pressed forward to the distance, as if wanting to zone the opponent out of experience range, intending to perform the auto-attack wind-up animation.

Akali's {Shuriken Flip} flew out simultaneously!

In a normal matchup, the best way for LeBlanc to handle this is to immediately level up W and jump away; otherwise, trading E for E will definitely result in a loss.

But in this way, Akali would be able to walk into the minion wave to farm without pressure, while also using energy to trade for mana for free.

But Ye Bo's movements were very strange.

He did indeed level up W instantly, but he chose not to use it to dodge, taking the {Shuriken Flip} head-on.

At the same time, he even uncharacteristically continued to press forward with large strides.

And just before Akali's golden-red silhouette flew in with E2, and the golden-fire-blooming sole of her foot was about to kick LeBlanc's face—LeBlanc lightly raised her staff first, and only then did she dash out with W.

And looking closely... it was actually dashing toward the empty space on the side!?

"What kind of play is this?"

Wawa, whose game level isn't high, was still confused, while Mlxg, who has a sharp eye, had already exclaimed in sync, though not very elegantly.

"Holy crap."

It was seen that Akali's {Shuriken Flip} kick landed first, and LeBlanc's auto-attack took effect shortly after.

A wisp of yellow smoke drifted back, restoring health.

And because of the limit of LeBlanc's positioning, the end of Akali's follow-up flight was almost touching LeBlanc, and therefore, upon landing, she still suffered the lower-range damage of {Distortion}!

Not only that, the position of the dash was also quite particular.

"LeBlanc not only didn't bring Akali back, but instead brought her forward, and she didn't even waste damage while using W for displacement!"

"More importantly, Akali was pulled away from the minion wave; he failed to get the first three melee minions! Fofo missed experience!!"

"On the contrary, LeBlanc immediately W-ed back and got the experience herself!"

Miller quickly interpreted this belated, outrageous scene: "This is Master Ye's understanding of these two heroes. In just the first exchange, it already feels truly terrifying!"

Mlxg couldn't help but mutter: "Just this one wave is enough to make one start sweating, right~"

He was not exaggerating at all.

Fofo's expression in the camera was hard to maintain; he wished he could teleport back to the backstage and slap that B-tier coach.

And in fact, there was one tiny detail that only his opponent, who was extremely focused, noticed.

{Fleet Footwork}

After LeBlanc triggered it once with the first auto-attack, she immediately W-ed back and walked behind the minion wave, and then almost immediately auto-attacked for the "second" Fleet Footwork!

Originally, even if Akali also took LeBlanc's W damage, Akali would definitely be the one winning the trade if they exchanged skills.

But with two instances of healing, the health situation instantly reversed!

{The 'Energized' stack accumulation of Fleet Footwork only has two methods: auto-attacking and moving.

{Among them, the judgment of 'moving' does not have to rely on 'walking'—similar skill displacements, and even Flash and Teleport, can also stack it.

And the two displacements of {Distortion}, naturally, can both do it!

Looking back at Ye Bo's movements just now, they are even more full of profound meaning and details.

Attacking first, then dashing with W, is equivalent to consuming the full displacement distance of both W1 and W2 simultaneously, in order to perform an action that approaches a double-Energized effect.