Chapter 38: Outrageous Design!

"It's here, it's here, the main course for today!"

In the DYS livestream channel, the Bilibili secondary broadcast, before anyone even saw Sun Ye, who never misses a skill shot, they heard a ghostly howl from afar.

"T-S is playing Graves, I feel like this Graves pick from Graves is a bit inexplicable, and picking Zoe mid is also quite spicy," Xika on the side shook his head.

"But this person's ID is the spiciest, just wanting the streamer to call him 'Grandpa', right?"

"Alright then, this Wai Yi, even used Scout's skin, really just NTR-ing to his face!"

[So that's how you talk to Master Ye? I see you hairless Sword Saint and Kirby-beast Chen Guohan want to challenge our Wing Chun orthodox school!]

[What's wrong with skins? Who said whoever has a skin is number one, hmm, I'm asking.]

[Indeed, as everyone knows, the championship skins for Red Glasses and Mantis Girl are all fame without substance! A true god doesn't need a skin to prove anything!]

[It's not that I'm saying, Zoe is really not good in this version, with the durability update she can't one-shot anyone, she's trash, just playing against the meta, Wai Yi still thinks he's really Ip Man!]

[Indeed, the top lane is a dual-wielding brother-in-law posing as a law-enforcement Daoist, the little cart was lost and tragically devoured by the brain, the mid lane is an Eastern roaming martial arts duel against a Western camping myth, what a great East-West non-ancient world war!]

As the largest barbecue stall on the entire internet, the DYS livestream channel has always been famous for its "skewers"!

From the streamers to the audience, everyone is a master of skewering, making it impossible to analyze the ingredients.

And because of the team voice chat in last week's "Hero Mic Check," where Jiejie shouted "Master Ye" to Ye Bo at the end, this nickname was unintentionally set on fire overnight.

Coupled with the fact that the previous "1v9 Incident" happened to perfectly coincide with this nickname.

So much so that Tieba is now full of fan-made memes of Ye Bo and the movie [Ip Man]——

"Master Ye, cut his mid lane!"

"I want to fight ten!"

Ye Bo didn't know how he had inexplicably become popular again, but the red notification dots for new followers on Bilibili hadn't stopped these past few days.

But it also proved what he had thought before: the ID doesn't matter at all.

Anyway, whatever ID you pick, in the end, it will most likely be modified in all sorts of ways!

As for whether the final modification goes in a good direction or an outrageous one, it entirely depends on the "real-time performance."

"Wow, this is really not working, why is this Wai Yi still a Zoe with Teleport? He can't get the streamer's approval at all! Scout always takes Ignite!" Xika glanced at the runes and kept skewering.

"Focusing on the team. Hey, wait a minute! EDG is going to invade the jungle at level one! They're being dishonest again!" Sun Yalong suddenly pointed at the screen.

With the lesson from LNG, all teams have now discovered the sudden changes in EDG.

Originally, this year's EDG only seemed conventional, especially in terms of tactics, with almost no excessive design or changes.

This is because of the playstyles of the mid, jungle, and support trio.

For a team, the top laner and AD are relatively the most "isolated" positions; unless there is a huge gap in raw skill, it is relatively difficult for them to make an impact in the early to mid-game.

And Meiko's support style is inherently biased towards enchanters; his laning ability is strong, but his tempo and roaming are not as good as those support players who like to stir up trouble.

As for the mid and jungle, they are positions that must move together.

If the jungler wants to invade, but the mid laner wants to lane.

If neither side compromises, absolutely nothing can be accomplished.

The original EDG clearly had the jungler compromising to the mid laner in most situations.

This is also the first point of difference between Ye Bo and Scout.

Although he also likes to play flashy and carry heroes, what he truly thinks about is not "How am I going to carry," competing for stats and MVP.

But simply "How to win this game," with MVP being just incidental and left to fate.

However, WBG also made quite a few preparations.

Nautilus didn't follow the AD to stand in the bottom half of the map; he followed the main force to stand in the mid lane early, adopting a 1-3-1 formation, ready to guard against the opponent's level-one invasion at any time.

"Fight? I can come fight, oh?" TheShy, who had already gone to stand in the top lane's first bush, said proactively in broken Chinese.

He knew deeply that if he wanted to play comfortably, first of all, his own jungler had to play comfortably.

After all, after half a year of getting along, he knew very well what his situation would be once SofM started "going demon."

"I'm a bit weak at level one, but, I can come take a look." SofM was clearly not as long-suffering as Tarzan.

"I'm here, I'm here! I'm coming!" ON, who was on standby in the mid lane, headed straight over.

Orianna and Sivir didn't come, not only because the two had weak level-one combat power, but also to guard against whether EDG would play another "lure the tiger away from the mountain" trick.

It could be seen that they had quite a lot of pre-game preparation.

They saw the EDG top, mid, and jungle trio first place a ward in the river's middle bush, then walk openly into the blue buff entrance, just standing there looking at the three opponents from afar.

They even flashed three [Teemo Thumbs Up] emotes.

Among them, Zoe's positioning was quite far forward, looking extremely arrogant and punchable.

"No way, he's so arrogant! How is he even more arrogant than me! On what grounds!" ON looked at that Zoe's position, his hands itching a bit.

"Feel like I can hook him, trade a combo?"

"Don't rush, be careful if they are here to ward again, but I have a sweeper, it's not a big problem."

Not to mention the opponents in the game, even those with a god's-eye view couldn't understand what EDG wanted to do.

Because this time, EDG really seemed to have no small tricks, nor did they go to place any strange wards; the bottom lane duo were both in very normal, conservative positions.

It was as if they really just came in to "act arrogant."

"What are you doing, EDG, what are you doing! On what grounds are you invading, where's the crowd control? Even if Zoe learns E at level one, it's useless, right?" Sun Yalong questioned shrilly from afar.

"Look, Nautilus is throwing the hook!"

After pulling and staring at each other for over ten seconds, ON watched Zoe's constantly forward-dashing movement and finally couldn't help but throw the hook.

The giant anchor flew out accurately, successfully hitting Zoe, pulling her back a short distance and following up with passive crowd control!

Jayce followed up with a shock blast, but didn't rush to switch to hammer form, just kiting and auto-attacking fiercely.

WBG's jungler is Rek'Sai; even if he learns W at level one, it's hard to follow up with CC, not to mention SofM didn't want to affect his jungle clearing tempo, which would make him very uncomfortable.

Zoe was hit for free, but didn't fight back, just retreated with half health under the cover of two teammates.

"This is so inexplicable, is this guy here to do comedy?" Sun Yalong clapped his hands in amusement: "Oh, acted arrogant, got hit for half health for free, and then just ran away like that?"

"Feels a bit funny, and Brother Sun, this Zoe is going to have a ruined laning phase!" Xika discovered another thing: "The minions have already spawned! With this health, Zoe either has to chug two potions to lane, or she has to recall and TP back!"

"This was an act of arrogance with absolutely no logic!"

The two "skewer" kings seized the opportunity to output, and the chat was also full of mockery and amusement.

To be fair.

Even until now, no one really saw what EDG was trying to do.

It looked like the mid laner took the top and jungle to show off, ended up getting beaten for free, and then didn't even fight back, just slunk away directly?

However, the three WBG members didn't lower their guard, keeping the coach's pre-game instructions in mind.

The three of them relied on the sweeper the jungler had swapped to at the start, huddled together and swept inch by inch along the path the opponent had entered, confirming there were no strange wards placed by the opponent.

But there really was nothing.

Besides thinking "this guy has some issues," the three WBG members also let down their guard.

In fact.

EDG really hadn't made any arrangements here.

It's just that, of course, Ye Bo wouldn't really go and act arrogant for no reason.

"Eh? What is this guy doing!"

"Holy crap? Holy crap! Holy crap!?"

"He's got another idea!"

DYS, who were still laughing and mocking, suddenly saw a bizarre scene from the god's-eye view.

At 1 minute and 30 seconds, the minion wave arrived.

Orianna, guarding the mid lane, did not see Zoe appear at the first moment.

After confirming that the opponent wasn't hiding behind the wall to throw a Q, or waiting for him to push the wave in, Angel made a judgment in the voice chat.

"Zoe didn't want to use Teleport, she'll have to miss a few minions, this way I can grab lane priority before level three."

"Okay, then I'll go invade the red zone later."

At the same time, a passionate battle was unfolding in the top lane.

What TheShy likes to do most is level-one suppression, and Jayce is also very good at this.

Jayce is not only ranged, but also has three skills at level one, giving him the advantage in both trading and poking.

Looking at Graves, after the S11 World Championship, his E skill armor was slightly nerfed; although he can still go top, his early laning ability has undoubtedly been weakened quite a bit.

Jayce started acting arrogant, forcefully standing in the first bush at level one, using the bush as cover to cross the line and kite Graves with auto-attacks.

Flandre was also playing very fiercely; after all, everyone thought he was here to "face his inner demons" this game, so he refused to back down at all in the face of Jayce's intimidation.

It's just that Jayce not only has a 75-yard longer range than Graves, but also has two more damage skills, and had already quickly gained the upper hand in the kiting battle.

The health gap was even intensifying!

"What is this Graves doing..." SofM in the jungle switched his screen to watch, unable to understand the opponent top laner's play.

"Eh, but the opponent's mid laner hasn't appeared in lane yet, why are they so slow?" Angel in the mid lane was a bit puzzled.

Zoe's recall timing is very awkward.

But according to the time estimate, she should be about ready to walk back to lane by now.

But when the first three melee minions of the first wave had already died.

Zoe still hadn't appeared.

"HOLY CRAP!!!"

At the next moment, a standard, authentic piece of national essence came from the top lane.

"Ai~ya! Fell for it!" Xiao Xiao and Xika, who were holding their breath, howled at the same time.

"TheShy~ is~ sun-baked!"

Just then, after Jayce once again pulled off an auto-attack and traded shots with his opponent, he returned to a brush to drop minion aggro.

However, from the "toilet pit" behind him, a colorful [Sleepy Trouble Bubble] suddenly flew out, hitting Jayce with extremely high piercing speed!

Jayce quickly fell into a drowsy state.

Zoe, who had been at half health since level one, walked out from behind him, looking as fresh as could be.

Zoe did not recall, but instead headed straight for the top lane while retreating, ducking into the top lane's toilet pit.

The health lost during the level-one skirmish was clearly intentional.

Because if not for that health total, the mid-laner missing from lane at level one would inevitably have aroused great suspicion, causing everyone's vigilance to skyrocket.

This was what made everything proceed so logically.

WBG had no reason to suspect anything; who would have thought someone would camp in this position?

Jayce's extreme forward pressure at level one meant his position was more than a little bit too far up.

And even if TheShy's spacing details were excellent, it was impossible to hit the opponent for free; a health gap of 70% to 50% was already considered a significant level-one advantage.

But the problem is, there are two people now!

Zoe walked out and used [Paddle Star] to break the 2-second sleep bubble, dealing double {True Damage} while also dealing higher damage due to the 30% magic resist reduction from the sleep!

Graves also used [Quickdraw] to dash into his face, and with the "True Grit" passive buff, he shoved the barrel of his gun right into Jayce's mouth!

"TS burned Flash immediately! Can he run? I feel like the opponent's damage isn't quite enough!" Xika was even more excited than Graves.

"Hard to say, hard to say, Jayce's position is too far forward, and his level-one trading was a bit too aggressive... Holy crap!" Sun Yalong suddenly shouted in disbelief.

"Zoe burned Flash to help auto-attack? Is he crazy!"

Jayce transformed to gain movement speed, trying to create distance, but because Graves had adjusted his position with premeditation, an E-dash easily caught up.

And although Zoe had no other skills left, she still decisively flashed in sync, stubbornly helping to chase and auto-attack to finish the damage!

With the movement speed buff from [Nimbus Cloak], even though Zoe's auto-attack only dealt 50 damage.

But at a time like this, even an ant bite hurts!

Graves chased into the tower as if his eyes had turned red.

TheShy tried to use the defensive tower to block Graves's basic attacks with precise movement, but was killed under the tower by a Flash-auto from Flandre!

After taking two tower shots at the end, the heavily wounded Graves walked out of the tower safely.

"Kill!!!"

"First Blood! TS is gone!"

"Oh, that's unfair, that's unfair!" Xika said with passion, but didn't forget to troll: "Wow, but this Ye, he really has some weird stuff!"

Sun Yalong changed his tune at lightning speed: "I have to give it up for my Flandre, this was too great. A mid-laner can gank top like this?"

"Don't say that, Brother Sun, it really works! This Zoe has Teleport; if he TPs back to mid, he won't lose much at all! As long as he doesn't get caught by the jungler later, it's a profit!"

"Damn, so that's what the TP was for?"

[The flavor is great, no extra salt needed.]

[Apologize! Apologize! Everyone apologize to him for me!]

[Truly great. Someone else would never be able to do this kind of thing. Unless they owed money, they'd only tell the jungler to be their dog. How could they ever sacrifice themselves for a teammate like this?]

[That's a bit much, damn it, can't win the lane so you call for help, right! Unfair!]

[But what's the use? Jayce only falls behind by one kill after TPing back. So what if TheShy gives up one kill!]

Although the comments were being sarcastic, there was some truth to what they were saying.

Being able to get a kill here was definitely a profit.

But exactly how much of a profit was hard to say.

After all, Jayce's minion wave was fine, and because the two of them chased him all the way, they attracted aggro, causing the wave to be pushed into the tower, so he wouldn't lose much by TPing back.

And although Graves got a kill, the price EDG paid would be four Summoner Spells to trade for First Blood.

However, immediately after.

Zoe's subsequent actions once again left everyone confused.

"What is this Zoe doing? Still not TPing, still not recalling?"

"What does that even mean! Is he trying to wait for them to respawn and TP out? Bold! Who do you think my TS is! Is the top player on the Chinese server that easy to gank, huh!?"

"It's impossible, no matter what, there's no way to camp here. Jayce will definitely have to take the tower minions when he lands his TP. How long would he have to wait? Is he really giving up mid lane?"

As early as when Graves chased into the tower, Zoe had already retreated alone and disappeared from vision.

But, with everyone's eyes focused here now.

Zoe had not pressed recall.

He just stood on one side of the "toilet pit," staring blankly at the wall, leaving everyone completely baffled.

Did he really think this was the end of it?

Just this little bit of gain was not enough, and it didn't quite justify such a painstaking level-one design.

The real dagger had yet to be revealed.

At this moment, Ye Bo.

His eyes were fixed on the time display in the top right corner, comparing it to Jayce's respawn icon.

He operated the mouse to aim at a rock on the wall, while his finger hovered over the E key.

Following the timing he had practiced countless times, he counted silently in his heart.

"3, 2, 1."

"Go! You!"

The operation has been recreated in the chapter's GIF, and you can also watch the video in the [Easter Egg Chapter] below for more clarity!

This operation is still viable in the current version.

It took a long time to succeed, but as long as you time the position correctly and practice it, you can use it consistently. It is definitely a legitimate mechanic!

Two-in-one 4.5k words.

The next chapter is at 8:00 AM, starting to resume normal updates.

Thanks to the big boss Zhi Ke Bin Ge for the 2000 point reward!

Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets!

Thanks to the brothers for the support!

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