Chapter 370: Tianji horse racing? How can they play League of Legends like this?

"Both teams have designs in terms of positioning and layout, but V5 seems to be better, Gumayusi gave away the first blood!"

The God's eye view is even more transparent.

It is very clear that V5's bot duo is going to make a move on the mid lane. Assuming that it wasn't the bot duo standing in the mid lane for T1, the unlucky one would be the mid laner.

Looking at it from the perspective of hindsight, it is also very simple to analyze.

The "conventional" bot duo cannot steal like this at the start—after all, the opponent's bot duo pushes the lane fast enough. Even if they really complete a kill this way, they will lose at least two waves of minions when returning to the bot lane, plus the collapse of the bot lane laning.

The price is much greater than a kill!

But in this match, V5's bot duo is going to the top lane, clearly not afraid of the opponent's top laner pushing the lane.

They even hope the opponent does this!

Once the opponent's top laner dares to push the lane, the duo will return to the top lane later, and they can immediately control the minion wave backhand, leaving the opponent with no qualification to eat tower minions or experience!

Just understanding this point alone is enough to make the hearts of the five T1 members extremely cold.

They all know.

It's not just that they took out a "secret weapon"—the opposite side also took out a "secret weapon" in this match!

{Where did this bring me? Is this still League of Legends! }

{Good good good, the support stands in the mid lane at the start, right? I'm really familiar with this! }

{I suggest adding a health pack behind the tower, and it's best to add the ability to buy equipment without returning to the base, that would be perfect. }

{What kind of strange thing is this? You can't play if you don't play the game normally, right? }

{What is called playing normally? As if League of Legends was 1112 lane distribution from the beginning. Wasn't it EU that did a 1112 so it's called EU style, and then the old WE started lane swapping called reverse EU style... Aren't they all played by people! }

Compared to the debate in the barrage, the players in the back area were constantly making various exclamations.

Everyone's face was full of shock and surprise.

No one expected that in this BO1, these two teams would actually take out a tactical system that was completely unfamiliar to even professional teams like them, and could even be said to have never been thought of!

"T1's idea for this system is very clear: retain their top lane advantage, let the mid and bot lanes swap, and use the bot duo's advantage to force the mid laner to resist pressure."

"This way, grabbing K'Sante during the BP earlier, and targeting the double shooter combination to lock the bot lane first, and perhaps even deliberately releasing V5's mid lane Yone, can all be explained."

"Why didn't I think of this!"

JDG coach Homme and WBG coach Daeny gathered together, and the two were quickly analyzing the systems of both sides.

Daeny's face was full of regret.

"V5's lane distribution looks more traditional, but it is also the design most suitable for them. After all, neither their top nor bot lanes are the type that plays laning."

"Through such a swap, they can force out a lane advantage, pure profit."

After analyzing for a while, both of them thought that the ideas of both sides had their own merits.

So the question is.

What about the price?

"Aren't they afraid of losing tower plating in the bot lane?" Ruler on the side listened to the Korean conversation between the two coaches and asked.

This is also the most direct doubt everyone has when seeing the lane swap system for the first time.

You know, the reason why the lane swap tactic disappeared was the plating mechanism introduced in S9, which would make the side that actively swaps lanes bear natural economic losses.

Regarding this question, the coaches of the two teams naturally couldn't answer him.

After all, no one has actually used it. Everyone judges according to the subconscious of "brain testing," or rather, everyone lives in stereotypes, and few people will change the status quo without the pressure of external patch constraints.

But in reality.

The results after V5 and T1 tested it were both surprising.

Actively transferring the bot duo away from the bot lane, no matter whether it is the top lane or the mid lane that is swapped down, will definitely fall into a plating disadvantage before the five-minute {plating protection mechanism}.

But the key is.

What exactly is this so-called "disadvantage"?

—You know, although the single lane that swaps lanes will definitely be beaten 1v2, people are not idling, and they will quickly clear the minion wave once it enters the tower!

Similarly, the other duo lane that swaps over is just slower at hitting plating, not standing there without hitting the tower.

From 1 minute and 30 seconds when the minion waves meet, to the fading of the 5-minute plating protection time—actually, it's only a total difference of 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

Even if you push it to the limit, at most you will be less than 1 plating progress behind the opponent's bot lane!

175 gold for one plating, what does it bring in exchange?

It is the reversal of at least one single lane that was originally "definitely at a disadvantage" into "definitely at an advantage"!

Perhaps more than one lane!

Take V5 for example, originally neither the top nor bot lanes could necessarily have an advantage, and the top lane was even highly likely to be at a disadvantage—

—But after the lane swap, the bot lane will become a stable advantage.

And the top lane, which was originally highly likely to be at a disadvantage, at most just changes position to suffer, and the result hasn't changed at all.

Even if the opposite side really wants to kill him, they must use the power of three people to dive the tower, so as to attract the enemy's firepower to the greatest extent. Not to mention, the anti-dive under the tower might give operational opportunities, and at worst, they can achieve "mutual explosion" with the opponent's top laner.

It can be said that the role of this disadvantageous top lane position has been exerted to the greatest extent!

At least there is no risk of being solo killed...

T1 has a similar idea.

The only difference is that T1 wants to target the mid lane, which logically can also achieve the same effect.

Undoubtedly, if T1 only pays the disadvantage of one plating in the bot lane, spending a mere 175 gold economic gap, they can firmly restrict the development of V5's mid laner in the early game.

Everyone who knows this team knows what a super-value deal this would be!

Both sides' ideas are no problem.

The only problem is—this match had an accident.

The two sides, without knowing each other, did not engage in tactical games, did not probe each other, and just had a "tactical collision" directly.

And V5's tactical set seems to have been tailor-made to hit T1's soft underbelly!

T1's original top lane advantage was reversed by the duo lane into a disadvantage, and V5's bot lane, which was prepared to be at a disadvantage in exchange, became even... T1's only advantage in the mid lane was also messed up by the opening design!

It looks like a three-way loss situation!

"Gumayusi returning to the mid lane after resurrection is not a big problem. Even if Yone eats first blood, he can't beat the duo lane, and he even handed over Flash..." The Roaring Emperor beautified the loss of the first wave as much as possible.

The worried Wolf directly revealed the truth: "But this way the top lane laning is very uncomfortable. K'Sante in the bot lane was originally used to resist the pressure of the duo lane, and cannot suppress Renekton."

"This way, whether it's the small dragon fight or the Rift Herald fight, it must be V5's advantage. Playing on will definitely be our loss!"

Looking at the hero alone, Gnar, who also faces the duo lane, is of course better at "surviving" than Yone.

But don't forget that Gnar is a top laner, and Yone is a mid laner.

The biggest difference between the two lanes is that the mid lane minion wave is too short, Yone almost doesn't need to worry about being caught, while Gnar needs to be cautious at every step!

"Two, how to break the situation now!?" The Roaring Emperor, who was anxious, turned his head and asked urgently.

Bang pondered for a while, frantically searching his memory in his brain.

"Lane swap play was very common in our era. Generally, in this kind of situation where the lane swap fails, there are only two ways to break the situation: re-catching the matchup, and forcibly breaking through a single lane."

"Re-catching the matchup is to use the timing of the first lane swap to re-distribute lanes, to catch the matchup you want to find. For T1 in this match, it is to swap top and bot, and keep the mid lane unchanged."

"But the shortcomings of this problem-solving idea are obvious. The opponent is not a fool. If you want to catch a lane swap, you must first have absolute lane priority to create an information gap—but neither the top nor bot lanes can possibly have lane priority. Once your own duo lane returns to the base, the opponent's duo lane might immediately follow!"

"And forcibly chasing the matchup, whether you can catch it or not, will highly likely fall into a disadvantage in the minion wave exchange!"

What Bang said was only the "initial version" of the lane swap from the ancient era.

Clearly, if the lane swap was so easy to crack, it wouldn't have become the symbol of the old era and the nightmare existence of Riot designers.

T1, who has researched this in the arena, of course knows this. They can't be stupid enough to forcibly chase the matchup in the early game, they can only try to break through at a single point.

"Can we dive Yone?" Keria pointed at Yone's avatar on the scoreboard.

"Jarvan IV might be counter-ganking. Can Youqi act a bit?" Oner looked at the mini-map.

T1's coordination is skilled, and it can be seen that they also have their own understanding and insights.

Hearing the request for defensive assistance, Zeus immediately started to posture. Even though it was a disadvantageous 1v2 matchup, he suddenly moved forward aggressively, hoping to lure the opponent's jungler over.

Unfortunately, V5 has practiced this lane swap strategy for a long time.

The response experience for this situation is clearly far stronger than the opponent.

"The top laner must be pretending!" Beryl wasn't afraid of Gnar who came to posture at all, and directly bravely pressed forward: "Xun, you just watch Master Ye near the mid lane, be careful that the opponent wants to dive the mid!"

Seeing the opponent's action, Zeus immediately retreated, not daring to be suppressed in health—after all, once his state declined, he would also have the risk of being forcibly dived by three people.

Just when the T1 members were about to make a move, fortunately, Lee Xianghe, who was switching screens in the bot lane, reminded them. Keria placed a ward to clear the Jarvan IV behind the wall next door, avoiding a dive that almost led to a big explosion.

This is the handling in the lane swap game.

An seemingly balanced environment, one moment of inattention could lead to huge consequences with chain reactions!

And in the next few minutes, everyone also saw one of the most important effects of the "lane swap" strategy.

—The junglers of both sides almost couldn't actively gank the opponent's duo lane in the early game.

The reason is also very simple.

After all, the jungler going over is just 2v2, and there is no 100% certainty of winning the fight. At the same time, once the opponent has a jungler counter-ganking behind, it will explode instantly!

Such a decision with little gain and high risk is clearly something no one would do.

The key point is that the jungler actually has no other decisions to make.

If you don't dive your own duo lane, you inevitably have to defend against the opponent's duo lane diving the tower. There are only these two paths—this means that the junglers on both sides have become a "single-threaded game." ===== CHAPTER 371 =====