Chapter 290: A Brand New Tactic!? Can We Encounter Such a Good One Again Next Year?

"The two poor souls desperately trying to escape were taken down by his teammates, and the Tristana even jumped from the river all the way to the high ground on the way! My god, what are we witnessing!"

"BLG has just met with a sudden death!"

Even the livestream chat and the commentary desk didn't react in time before the match was suddenly put to an end.

【My goodness, that segmented rocket jump—the Kha'Zix must be calling him a pro!】

【Holy crap, so the true form of Poppy in cannon mode is actually a Lee Sin in cannon mode!】

【It really is, and that last play actually saved the Rumble, right? Did the 'Prisoner Gun' actually land a decent ultimate for once?】

【I'm dying of laughter, did anyone see Bin's face when he got toyed with? Every time the Tristana jumped, his eyebrows jumped along with it—he was doing an eyebrow dance!】

【Brother Bin, why did you lie to us? You said you wouldn't lose!】

【Heh, looking at Bin's credit score, to be honest, he'd struggle even to rent a shared bike without a deposit!】

Wang Duo was still feeling the thrill at the commentary desk: "That final play was truly stunning. Master Ye and the Rumble's ultimate formed a perfect combo, turning what was a not-so-perfect Equalizer into a flawless masterpiece!"

"This kind of composure under pressure is truly worthy of being called the bearing of a great general!"

Gu Gu excitedly added: "And the crowd control negation! Master Ye's Tristana crowd control negation is just so pleasing to the eye, so, so, so silky smooth—it feels like no crowd control can ever hold him down!"

Wang Duo felt the same: "Exactly! I've seen plenty of Tristana crowd control negations, but his is the most comfortable one I've ever seen. Especially that last wave, I believe he negated the crowd control from both the Wukong R and the Rakan RW simultaneously."

In fact, whether it's Tristana or any other hero capable of so-called "crowd control negation," the principle is the same.

It has nothing to do with "priority"—it is simply "a displacement move interrupting a displacement move," using a second control command to overwrite the first.

But Tristana is indeed quite special.

Compared to other heroes whose displacement methods are almost all "instantaneous."

Tristana's W has a very obvious "wind-up" animation that lasts nearly 0. seconds!

This is originally a weakness of the hero, and a limitation placed on Tristana's displacement skill by the designers.

Yet, when used for crowd control negation, it becomes her greatest strength!

If you analyze the skill deeply, you'll find that Rocket Jump is a "displacement action" that only "begins" after 0. seconds.

And this means that within those 0. seconds, even if Tristana is hit by several crowd control effects, it won't affect the outcome.

It is infinitely close to having a 0. -second "crowd control immunity" effect!

Just like in that last play, with the Wukong R and Rakan RW hitting at the same time, Tristana was still able to force a jump away while tanking two knock-ups.

You have to realize, although it looks like they hit at the same time, in code execution, there is no such thing as absolute simultaneity; there must be a sequence.

And if that play had been performed with the Sylas E or Yone Q that Ye Bo has used in the past, he might have been interrupted by the second knock-up!

Clearly.

Tristana is also a very classic hero who looks simple and brainless, but in reality, requires a great deal of micro-management.

Added to the fact that she is fundamentally an ADC marksman, the requirements for "marksman techniques" like stutter-stepping, kiting, and positioning are extremely high.

—This is also why, although Tristana has been played in the mid-lane since the ancient days, there are still very few mid-laners who can play her well even today.

It has nothing to do with raw skill.

It is simply because the abilities required for this hero are very unfamiliar to "traditional" mid-laners; the cost of practicing specifically for this hero is too high, and it may also conflict with the aspects the player is already good at.

It's like some traditional ADC players who just can't seem to play Draven, Xayah, or even Aphelios—marksmen whose kits are centered around "skill combos."

So, what about Ye Bo?

On one hand, Ye Bo once gained the sparring techniques of an AD player during a fateful duel, so practicing this aspect was a familiar path.

On the other hand, it is naturally just a matter of practice!

By practicing enough, the timing for using W has become muscle memory.

In fact, as long as they are willing to spend the time, professional players can definitely learn it. The difference is just that some people are unwilling to let go of what they are already good at to spend that extra time.

The director showed the post-match highlight reel.

Sure enough, in the highlights, you could see Tristana's various "crowd control negation shows." Facing a lineup where almost everyone had crowd control, you barely saw him get hit by any!

Even the secondary broadcast of the Four Dogs of Huya were shouting in disbelief.

"Man, you really should learn this team coordination from V5's final play!" Zitao shouted in his usual mocking tone, then turned to comment further.

"But honestly, the 'Prisoner Gun's' ultimate was really average. That last play almost caused a disaster; I feel like he still needs to practice Rumble."

Letme, as if feeling the pain himself, explained: "There's really no helping it. I'm telling you, you can practice Rumble's laning, but you really can't practice his ultimate. You absolutely can't. If you don't believe me, ask AJ!"

"Ask me? I play Garen~" AmazingJ, sitting next to him, gave him no face at all.

Crystal, meanwhile, teased: "Oh my, you three third-generation RNG top-laners, not a single one of you knows how to play Rumble. This is completely unconvincing."

Letme immediately turned red with anxiety: "That's a malicious smear! A pure malicious smear! I really can play Rumble! Back in the third game of the S7 Spring Split, I even burned TheShy to death once, okay! If you don't believe me, let's check the recording!!"

Come to think of it, what Letme said is basically the consensus among top-tier top-laners.

Rumble's laning is easy to practice; so-called heat management is not much harder than managing Gnar's or Renekton's rage.

Although his skill set consists of non-targeted abilities and requires high control, it can certainly be mastered through proficiency.

Only the casting of his R skill, 【Equalizer】, is unique.

It really cannot be "practiced" into existence!

This skill itself has no crowd control and has a very long cast animation; without a teammate initiating control first, it's very easy for the opponent to walk out of it—so the ability this skill truly tests is "seizing the opportunity."

Seizing the moment when the enemy's five members are lined up, seizing the intent to initiate and restrict their movement, or even predicting the enemy's movement for the next second.

These all rely on pure "talent"!

Zitao, as a substitute, didn't want to participate in this painful topic and, inspired by Crystal's words, had a flash of insight and changed the subject.

"Yes, yes, yes, I've heard the 'World's Best Rumble' say it himself, it's exactly like that!"

"That 'World's Best Rumble,' everyone knows who it is, right? Absolute gold standard!"

The other three dogs suddenly became silent upon hearing this, all revealing strange smiles.

Seeing the livestream chat filled with 【????】, the livestream genius Zitao immediately knew he had hit the right topic.

"Catch the mole! I'll count to three and we all say the ID together! Whoever doesn't say it is officially a mole! Direct punishment! Three, two, one!"

"TheShy!"

"MaRin!"

"TS!"

"Uzi!"

"Hey!!! Who said Uzi just now! Who!"

The four voices spoke simultaneously in a chaotic mess, but it successfully ignited the livestream, and the chat became incredibly lively.

By comparison.

The BLG preparation room in the background was not nearly as lively.

Tabe had just finished comforting a silent Chen Zebin, holding back from mentioning that he had told him to practice Rumble long ago, but the other party hadn't taken it seriously at all.

Unfortunately, while Tabe's BP level was on point, he still had quite a few problems managing his players.

His own personality wasn't tough enough, and he couldn't say things like "Let's watch the recording" to wake his players up; his restraint over the team wasn't strong, and he could only rely on the players' own dispositions.

Clearly, Chen Zebin hadn't realized where his problem lay in the previous game.

To be fair, regardless of how LeBlanc played in the last game, this game was meant to rely on Jax to split-push with Tristana; LeBlanc was more there to assist Jax and clear trash waves.

If Jax hadn't given away a key kill out of stubbornness, directly allowing the opponent to widen the gap in their matchup.

Actually, after his teammates sacrificed themselves to help him finish his items, as long as he farmed normally to get one completed item, he would have had an absolute advantage in a 1v1 against Tristana in the side lane!

On the contrary, Yagao played quite well afterward; he risked his life to clear all kinds of "trash waves" and didn't give away many opportunities.

And what Tabe couldn't say.

Yagao, as the big brother on the team, wouldn't let it slide.

"Chen Zebin, what was up with that play? You must have had at least 1, 00 gold on you after clearing that wave, why didn't you go back?"

"I almost killed the Tristana too, and Beichuan was coming..." Chen Zebin was still a bit unconvinced.

Yagao's voice suddenly became serious, his tone rising: "Then why don't you think about why they fought you! Isn't it because they saw you didn't recall! Even if Beichuan went, you had to wait for him to arrive. Giving up the dragon just to trade 1-for-1, do you think that's worth it!?"

"If we can't take the dragon or the Rift Herald, how are we supposed to play!"

Chen Zebin stopped talking.