Chapter 314

"This lineup can definitely be said to have reached LNG's comfort zone. If the mid-laner were changed to Emperor, it would almost be the lineup they use most in the playoffs!"

"Of course, if we talk about the lineup alone, V5's side definitely can't be called bad either; it's also a common meta lineup, it's just that Orianna is relatively rare."

The commentary desk analyzed the lineups of both sides, seeming quite optimistic about the blue side.

And just looking at the lineup, one knew that the early game of this match shouldn't have the intense battles like the first two games.

LNG's movements could also clearly show they didn't want to cause trouble, fearing another accident.

Although they had a Blitzcrank, the ADC was a ranged minion with no skills at level one, and Shen wasn't weak at level one team fights, so there wasn't a very significant advantage in a head-on fight.

Nothing happened at level one for both sides, and the minion waves met normally.

"Brother Xianghe, how is the matchup between Orianna and Ahri?" Tang Huanfeng looked at the mid-lane matchup focused on the live stream.

"Fifty-fifty, I guess," Lee Xianghe paused, then added: "Mainly, it depends on the person."

Tang Huanfeng twitched the corner of his mouth.

He silently complained in his heart, "Isn't that the same as saying nothing?"... but he didn't express even half of it on his face, and was still giggling and agreeing.

And Keria stood up to pour water, and casually flattered: "Brother Xianghe means that, anyway, his Orianna can beat Ahri, and his Ahri can beat Orianna."

"Right, right, right! Minseok is right!" Oner also immediately added a sentence.

Zeus also shyly followed: "After all, Brother Xianghe has won championships with these two heroes since S3, he is too familiar with them."

Ever since Lee Xianghe returned, the atmosphere of the entire T1 had undergone a subtle change.

Of course, the few of them had always respected Lee Xianghe before.

But after all, the performance during that period when the opponent was in a bad state was obvious to all, and often it looked like he was the one who "lost" the game alone.

To say that the few who were also considered "genius players" by the outside world had absolutely no thoughts in their hearts was clearly impossible.

But now, the cohesion of this team had clearly reached a new height.

And the mid-lane laning had just begun.

It seemed indeed like the fifty-fifty split Lee Xianghe mentioned.

Ye Bo took the initiative to use Q to poke, utilizing the Q skill's nearly 900-yard collision range to poke from a distance, triggering Aery first.

Scout didn't want to be outdone, knowing that although Ahri's Q skill distance was about the same as Orianna's Q, the difficulty of hitting was obviously higher—at the same time, Orianna was also very detailed in standing apart from the minions, making it easy to miss if he just threw a Q.

He cleverly clicked W instantly to cast it, using Fox-Fire's speed boost to quickly close the distance, then used a basic attack to trigger the "Fox-Fire Tracking" mechanism, ordering all three Fox-Fires to attack Orianna.

Although Ahri carried Electrocute, which dealt higher damage.

But Orianna hit Aery first, and then used reverse pursuit to actively "catch" Aery, successfully refreshing and dealing Aery's damage twice.

Of course, Ahri's passive had recovery ability, so overall, the health trade was still fifty-fifty.

"The mid-laners on both sides are playing so fiercely... can two scaling heroes play so fiercely!" The commentary desk noticed the situation in the mid-lane.

"However, the junglers on both sides don't have very strong gank capabilities before level six, so relatively speaking, playing fiercely in laning shouldn't be a big problem~"

As the commentary desk was talking, the director's view suddenly cut to the bottom lane.

"The bottom lane is actually playing so fiercely too!?"

They saw V5's bottom lane relying on Tristana's E skill explosive splash, having just snatched some lane priority.

But Shen, who was pretending to farm, suddenly rushed forward with E in the minion pile!

Light, who was also snatching the lane, was caught off guard and couldn't dodge—because support Hang had just told him that Shen learned Q, which is why he walked forward to snatch the lane and attack minions!

And Hang's judgment was seeing Shen's "Spirit Blade" by the wall behind the minion wave.

Although he didn't play much Shen, basically other teams would more or less research and experiment with things V5 had used.

Hang knew the support playstyle of this hero.

Especially when playing against melee at level one, you have to bury the "Spirit Blade" behind the opponent's minion wave first, so that after the opponent comes to the lane, it's difficult to avoid the percentage damage bonus of the first stage of pulling Q, which has a huge advantage whether pushing the lane or fighting.

This is a very simple principle; after all, if Shen pulls Q from behind himself, the opponent can easily dodge it by running in the opposite direction.

And after the Spirit Blade is at the limit range of 2500 yards away from Shen, it will be forcibly pulled back immediately—but the point is that the position where the "Spirit Blade" returns is not at Shen's feet.

It's at the edge of the maximum range of 2000 yards from Shen!

To put it bluntly, in Hang's view, if Shen didn't learn Q at level one, it would be impossible to pull the sword to that position.

But clearly.

He didn't understand Shen enough, and didn't penetrate the mechanism enough.

For Beryl, this was actually just a very simple "geometry problem."

As long as you pull the sword to the mouth of the Dragon Pit first, then walk towards the bottom lane bush in a "straight line is the shortest" path, maintain the edge of the limit distance, and then immediately E into the toilet pit of the bottom lane beyond the maximum range—since the Spirit Blade cannot exist inside a wall, you can let it "card through" the wall of the tri-bush.

Achieving the "Spirit Blade through the wall" to cross onto the minion wave!

The purpose of doing this is of course to confuse the opponent.

It's very clear that Shen learning Q at level one versus learning E at level one would result in completely different responses from the opponent!

"Shen taunted Aphelios for a full 1.5 seconds, and there is {Glacial Augment} making Aphelios unable to move!"

"Tristana walked up and hung the spark, cooperating with Hail of Blades to quickly stack layers. This bottom lane matchup definitely can't be played at level one. Blitzcrank barely used a hook to stop Shen's pursuit, but Tristana is still pursuing!"

"Light could only use Heal to save his life and pull away in the end, but his health was still greatly affected. The bottom lane laning has some early game disadvantages!"

"Hey, the top lane seems to be fighting too..."

Just after the bottom lane finished fighting, the busy director immediately cut to the top lane.

They actually saw K'Sante playing against Gragas, such a boring matchup, also passionately trading health.

And in fact.

This was also one of the "problem-solving ideas" V5 found in their previous two losses.

But before the health trade in the top lane was finished, the perspective suddenly cut urgently back to the mid-lane!

"!?"

"What's the situation!"

"Why is Scout almost dead at level two!!!"

When the perspective cut back, they saw Ahri had already run back under the tower with extreme low health, while Orianna still had two-thirds of her health bar!

How could Orianna suppress someone like this!?

When the director cut out the replay, watching the beginning of this health trade, everyone finally understood.

"What is Scout doing? Is this positioning at level two a bit too arrogant?"

"Although Ahri seems like an early-game hero and Orianna seems like a late-game hero in terms of perception, Orianna's 'standing and fighting' ability is crushing Ahri's!"

Actually, looking at the replay, it completely looked like Scout himself was "being stupid."

Not only did he actively go up to trade health and basic attacks with Orianna, but more importantly, it seemed like he wasn't thinking about leaving at first, and was still pulling his position in the opposite direction away from the defense tower.

But Orianna had the passive skill 【Clockwork Windup】 which could make {basic attacks deal extra damage, and attacking the same target continuously would increase the damage twice}, making her standing-and-fighting ability quite formidable!

Looking at Electrocute Ahri?

In terms of standing-and-fighting ability, she wasn't even as good as Emperor!

No one could understand what the opponent relied on to dare to stand and fight!

If it weren't seen with their own eyes, this unbelievable scene, even if written in an esports novel, would be questioned by a large number of netizens to the extent of "Is this author crazy and writing nonsense!"

【It's purely against the heavens, how can this kind of scene appear in this matchup? I don't even see this situation in Iron rank!】

【The most severe father of the thief!】

【It really is, it feels like Scout is more filial when he sees Master Ye than when he sees his own biological 'Da Fei'!】

【When Ximen Qing sees Wu Song, he knows he'll be beaten if he doesn't run; when the unformed Nascent Soul sees Left Hand, he knows he'll be beaten if he doesn't run; normal humans know they'll be beaten if they don't run after browsing Weibo and Xiaohongshu... only the Thief Saint, he doesn't know to run even when he's about to be beaten to death!】

【"Hmm? Is it sweat?" Scout reached out to touch his pants, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "So it was pee, I said, how could a mere Ye on the opposite side make me sweat?"】

Amateurs watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway.

To the bystanders, it seemed like Scout was just being stupid.

But Lee Xianghe, who knew this matchup extremely well, saw the truth.

"Lee Ruican's game psychology seems to have been completely guessed."

He clearly saw the many details of both sides.

For example, the angle of Orianna's Q at the first moment seemed like just poking, but in fact, it cooperated with his own unconscious positioning and pressure, secretly blocking Ahri's retreat path.

Plus Orianna's "confusing health" move of Q then not rushing to cast E, made Ahri think she could fight at first, only thinking about kiting.

But she didn't notice the awkwardness of her position at all!

When Orianna finished closing in, she pulled back E 【Command: Protect】 to deal damage, while adding a shield and applying double resistance—Ahri realized the health drop speed was wrong, and could only not fight back at all, hurriedly hugging her head and running to death into the tower!

It was equivalent to Ahri being chased and beaten for a long distance, and wanting to save Flash, which is why such an outrageous health gap appeared!

Just that little deviation in positioning caused such a huge consequence.

It can be said that every step of the game had the opponent completely pinched to death!

Lee Xianghe could see it so thoroughly because he felt that if he were in that position, and he were that Orianna, he would probably make the same move.

But then again.

Orianna, this hero, is his Lee Xianghe's specialty...

"Although Scout saved Flash, he was forced to use TP at only level 2! This is so painful!"

"And Master Ye's health is still extremely healthy, he doesn't need to return to the city at all, and even because the output was mainly basic attacks just now, even his mana is very healthy!"