Chapter 72: Ghost Shadow Back Slash

Relying on Draven's successful cash-in, the stalemate in the bot lane laning was broken.

Senna and Tahm Kench's laning strength lies in Senna being a long-range hero who doesn't need to AA minions, and can use her range and Q skill to constantly consume the opponent, while the opponent can only hit Tahm Kench who isn't afraid of consumption.

Previously, the bot lane was indeed suppressing Draven, gaining a certain lane advantage in CS.

But, when Draven has an advantage, it's different!

The reason why everyone says Draven's snowball ability is terrifying is because his Q skill 【Spinning Axe】 can add a high amount of extra AD bonus, with a max level value of 115%.

This means that, similarly, when obtaining equipment with 100 attack damage.

Draven's every AA will deal a full 115 points more than double the damage of others!

"Like Top Esports in the last game, EDG got an early-game aggressive lineup like Draven, Pyke, and Xin Zhao, so the priority for resources like the Little Dragon and Rift Herald will be extremely high!" Barrier looked at the formation already starting on the red side.

"EDG's bot lane is already preparing to move in advance, they should still be waiting for Pyke to reach level six."

The reason why Top Esports collapsed so quickly in the last game was because of Draven's characteristics, and the critical loss of two consecutive Little Dragons, which is something an early-game aggressive lineup absolutely cannot tolerate.

Pyke although occasionally shared experience with the jungler, in the case of stealing jungle monsters and successful roaming, he had already made up for the loss, and his leveling was only fast, not slow.

At 5 minutes and 20 seconds, both mid lanes reached level six one after another, and then both disappeared from the map.

At the same time, the bot lane duos of both sides also disappeared.

"This wave Senna and Galio don't have Flash, so I won't charge, Master Ye hooks whoever, we hit whoever!" Barrier, who was preparing to start the dragon, commanded.

"Hmm, we should be able to fight this wave easily, Viper and I have all skills." Meiko also expressed agreement.

However, Ye Bo faintly felt something was wrong.

Although with Top Esports' personality, they often go to hard-fight team fights that look difficult to win.

But this wave both mid and jungle are missing, Senna's development after dying twice is really not good, the biggest reliance seems to be a level six Galio...

"Flandre be careful, I feel like their mid and jungle might go top again."

Because there is no vision of the opponent's mid and jungle, Graves has been focusing on development and hasn't exposed information recently.

So Ye Bo can only guess.

"Then I'll just retreat to the second tower?" Flandre hesitated for a moment.

There is a choice-based mind game here.

The so-called operations in Summoner's Rift, in fact, in the vast majority of cases, can be roughly explained as "deploying troops."

That is, letting what kind of person do what kind of thing.

The canyon is so big, doing anything requires time, generally speaking, two solo lanes will carry TP, and TP also has a long delay.

And regardless of economic disadvantage, combination disadvantage, or even skill disadvantage.

As long as it hasn't exceeded the conventional boundary, it can generally be forcibly cracked by "numerical difference."

Then the choice of deploying troops for each wave is the result of the mind game.

Just like the Little Dragon in this wave.

A normal 4v4 dragon fight, EDG is definitely going to win steadily.

But what if Top Esports chooses to give up, and secretly lets the mid and jungle go top for a 3-on-1?

And what if Top Esports is pretending to give up, but actually wants to trick one or more people into protecting the top lane, and then counter-grab a 4-on-3 numerical difference in the dragon pit?

Changing to Top Esports' perspective, they also need to consider whether the opponent will grab the top lane while starting the dragon, wanting to eat both ends.

Layer upon layer.

Any choice made by both sides will directly lead to different results.

The safest thing for this wave is to let Kainan retreat directly to the second tower, assuming the opponent is coming for a 3-on-1, hard-eating the loss, and the four people in the bottom half steadily collect the Little Dragon.

But Ye Bo felt that Kainan had already lost a big wave in the early game, and his lineup is the only AP + big AOE supplement.

If Kainan's development continues to be sacrificed, it will very likely be a hidden danger for EDG!

Mainly because he saw the state of the top lane and found that because Kainan died in that wave, he should have reached level six at the same time as the mid lane, but he was at least one minion wave behind.

Ye Bo substituted his thinking.

He believed that if it were him, he wouldn't let this opportunity go either.

However, for EDG, the Little Dragon is something that cannot be lost, so he can only move himself, using Pyke's movement speed advantage to quickly return to the battlefield.

"The Little Dragon can be fought slowly, I'll lean towards the top lane." Ye Bo made detailed adjustments: "If their mid and jungle are there, pull the dragon away first, I'll be back very quickly."

"Flandre, don't get your health consumed, I really feel like they might have gone."

"OK."

Xin Zhao pulled the Little Dragon out, and at the same time turned on the scanner to cover Renata as she approached the dragon wall to throw skills to probe—at the time of the first Little Dragon, there is no Sightstone to make vision.

And when the Little Dragon had already started, Renata threw E towards the jungle bush on the shore to probe, but didn't hear the skill hit—

It could almost be confirmed.

At the same time.

In the top lane, Flandre steadily retained his health, letting the minion wave be pushed, and had no intention of retreating.

"Can kill, they've already started the dragon!" Top Esports' bot lane analyzed through the fleeting information from the scanner.

"I'll tank, I'll tank, he's not level six, just dive him." Rookie, with slurred speech, was clearly confident.

In fact, before the mid lane reached level six, Graves had already moved towards the top lane.

Karsa is a jungler player with his own ideas, even during the "Jin Yuliangyuan" period, he didn't rely much on mid lane commands, and after coming to Top Esports, he had already developed the habit of "self-reliance."

It's just that he didn't actually think that much.

He just thought that Kainan was "stuck at level six" after being killed in the last wave, so he wanted to use the Little Dragon's resources to perform a swap.

Although Vladimir's TP was interrupted, his experience is actually about the same as Kainan's who revived and TPed to the lane, but Kainan without an ultimate skill must be hurt more!

Troop deployment mind games are like this.

Perhaps, your opponent actually didn't think that much at all, and the final result presented cannot see the process of the mind game.

But if you want to gain the upper hand in the mind game, you have to think one step further.

If you are used to deploying troops based on normal thinking, once you encounter a truly powerful "thousand-layer cake layout" type player, you will inevitably be played in the palm of their hand!

"Kainan feels like he should retreat! Flandre's oiliness didn't play out this wave, level five Kainan has to face a three-man siege!" Barrier broke into a cold sweat for Kainan, who was shivering under the tower.

"Pyke is already on his way, but there's only a single Pyke, it's really not certain he can save him!"

Guan Zeyuan defended Flandre: "Actually, it's understandable, if Kainan retreated directly to the self-closing bush this wave, he would have to lose at least three waves of minions plus two or three plates, his level and development would explode, first of all, the laning in the top lane would be unplayable."

"Galio directly turned on Predator, very decisive move!"

As the minion wave entered the tower, Galio directly turned on the wolf head and appeared from the flank, blocking Kainan's retreat.

"I'm almost there, can you hold on for a while!" Ye Bo's voice was urgent, his brain was conceiving how to handle it.

Flandre didn't reply, but hearing Ye Bo's voice, he immediately changed his original operation idea.

In Kainan's perspective, the best way to handle this wave is to use E to run away before Galio rushes over, use Lightning Rush to charge into the minion pile and stack the marks to detonate, trying to eat as many minions as possible to protect his development.

It's just that if he did that, the main battlefield wouldn't be under the tower!

Therefore, Flandre used his seasoned experience and understanding of Graves to make a different handling method, wanting to create better conditions for Pyke.

Kainan faced the rushing Galio and didn't open any skills.

He just stood in the corner behind the tower!

Flandre knew very clearly—this position would make Graves very uncomfortable, and the output efficiency would be reduced to the maximum extent.

Galio chased into the tower, started with a full W charge, followed by E to kick up, and then dealt full QA damage!

Vladimir followed up with a Hemoplague and sucked a mouthful.

Graves took a sliding step forward, slightly anxiously throwing out the smoke screen, quickly pulling the trigger of the shotgun...

"Oh, why is Karsa's Graves lacking details, Q and AA were both split by the tower, he should have E-faced first before hitting!" Zhang Zui sat in God's perspective and saw it clearly.

"But Kainan is too fragile at this point in time! And Galio, he can swap aggro when diving!"

Kainan has transferred the dual resistance of the E skill to the ultimate skill, and without opening the ultimate, he has no means of self-protection.

Although the main output Graves didn't handle the details to deal full damage.

But Kainan's health line still dropped rapidly!

Flandre could only try his best to throw all his skills at the three people in front of him, dealing all the damage.

Galio was controlled, but he didn't retreat out of the tower at all, choosing the face-to-face Graves as the target and jumping up in place 【Hero's Entrance】!

The defensive tower's last attack fell, Galio jumped into the ten-thousand-meter high sky and disappeared, transferring the aggro!

Vladimir tacitly followed up with an AA to attract aggro, relying on the pool to be able to transfer the defensive tower aggro once more, fearless.

A smash-fist from the Colossus of Justice smashed Kainan's corpse into a deep pit!

At this time, Pyke finally arrived at the battlefield.

But in fact, Pyke had already walked to the tri-bush; if he had directly used E over the wall, he could have arrived at least 3 seconds earlier.

The normal handling would have been to Flash Q over the wall to interrupt Galio's ultimate takeoff, and then use R to execute and split the money to Kainan to stop the loss, so the mind game support would have been effective.

But Ye Bo didn't do that.

On the way here, he conceived a deeper idea!

So even though he saw Flandre was about to die, Ye Bo didn't panic, still taking a deep breath to calm down, insisting on carrying out his intention.

At this moment, Pyke, who floated out of the water from the rear, moved.

Relying on the high movement speed of W, he approached Galio, who had no skills after landing, and AAed with Hail of Blades to light up the health frame above Galio's head!

But Pyke didn't raise his dagger.

Instead, he unexpectedly turned around and E-charged towards Graves below!

"Go go go!" Rookie shouted, knowing he couldn't escape death.

"No need to Flash! Just retreat, don't be afraid, I'm tanking the tower!" Wayward shouted a reassuring suggestion.

Although they didn't expect Pyke to arrive so quickly this wave.

But 1-for-1 is acceptable.

Anyway, the Little Dragon couldn't be taken, Kainan shared the money Pyke sent, but without TP, at least three or four waves of minions would be missed, and Pyke obviously didn't have the possibility of killing the remaining two, and could even continue to eat some plates.

But they didn't know—

Although Pyke's face was charging towards Graves.

In reality, it was a feint!

The true target was not Graves at all—but Vladimir who was tanking the tower!

To be precise.

The true target was everyone here.

Pyke jumped high in place during 【Phantom Undertow】, raising the blood-thirsty steel dagger to aim at Galio behind him with 【Death from Below】, but folded back again the moment the X mark appeared on the ground, handing over 【Flash】 to cross paths with Vladimir!

The drowned ghost shadow of Phantom Undertow changed three times in the air.

First charging towards Graves, then preparing to charge towards Galio locked by R, and then was forcibly pulled behind Vladimir by Flash at the moment of turning back, and finally was forcibly pulled back by the back-slash of Death from Below!

At this moment, it seemed as if only a pitch-black Z-shaped lightning bolt was left in the air!

Pyke's "R-Flash Ghost Shadow Back Slash"!

"Holy crap!!!" Three simultaneous shouts of national essence.

The stone statue's head was cut off on the spot.

And the other two people hit by the drowned ghost shadow stood still in place.

Vladimir's second tower shot had already been dealt, Pyke used the stun time of the E skill increased by {Sudden Impact} + {Serrated Dirk}, enough for Vladimir to sluggishly eat the third tower shot!

A level five Vladimir, facing a defensive tower preheated to full damage, couldn't possibly survive four shots.

Grasping the moment the third defensive tower attack hit.

Above Vladimir's head, a bloody red frame appeared.

And Ye Bo still didn't panic, pulling the operation details practiced these days to the limit.

He found the interval angle between Vladimir and Graves, aiming at the center of the lower left and upper right poles of the 【X】 mark, before slashing down the refreshed Death from Below!

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Pyke "Corner R"!

Pyke's ultimate is not a circular AOE, but an "X" shape with very strict judgment; the damage judgment point is completely only on the route of the X mark, which is why players with insufficient proficiency easily miss the ultimate at point-blank range.

But precisely because of this, as long as you can use the range of the four corners well.

The actual damage range of Death from Below is actually much longer than the center judgment point!

While Pyke executed Vladimir, the damage of the second ultimate also slashed onto Graves!

Death from Below was refreshed again.

"My mommy!?" Zhang Zui widened his eyes and held his head with both hands, making an extremely exaggerated shocked expression: "What kind of operation is this!!!"

"Holy crap holy crap holy crap!!"

"Too damn handsome! Master Ye is really too damn handsome!? Can he actually hard-operate his way back like this!?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute... seems like it's not enough, he's still chasing!"

Graves was under protection the whole time and didn't tank the tower.

Although he was hit by Kainan for some health and affected by the ultimate's splash damage, his health wasn't considered dangerous.

Karsa was also a bit stunned by this wave, but his brain was still very clear, flashing out of the tower the moment he was un-controlled, not letting Pyke continue to supplement damage.

Pyke had no skills, and theoretically had no reason to chase.

But, he was still chasing.

From the enemy tower to his own tower, a naked run takes about 12 seconds.

And Pyke's round of QWE is about the same CD.

Both sides' health was equal, Pyke after all had a refreshed ultimate, Karsa could only walk and AA to deter and want to persuade him to retreat, while rushing into the tower.

But Pyke was still unswerving.

Graves walked into the defensive tower, Pyke paused for a second outside the tower.

He was waiting for the CD.

Subsequently, he went underwater, resolutely E-charged into the tower + instant Q slow poke AA, confidently connecting and slashing down Death from Below that reached the health threshold!

Of course, Pyke entered the tower with all skills and had no possibility of leaving, it was a 1-for-1.

But at this moment, Kainan's equipment bar—actually had three golden 【Money Bags】!

The uproar that had already shouted for a while in the whole venue was suppressed again when Pyke chased.

At this moment, it was finally able to burst out into a tidal wave of sound!

"My God!!! An incredible perfect triple kill! What have we all seen!" Barrier hammered his chest and shouted, even excited to the point of saying his own catchphrase backwards.

"In a desperate situation in the top lane, player Ye not only predicted the support in advance, but also completed a magical reversal with extremely stunning operations!"

"Honestly, I didn't see that operation clearly, but this is player Ye!"

Guan Zeyuan also excitedly raised his voice: "EDG has already collected the Little Dragon, this wave can no longer be described as critical, it has completely changed the situation of the war!"

"Although it was a 1-for-1 in the end, I want to remind everyone about the bounty mechanism, Pyke won't have a bounty after just killing! It's equivalent to trading a head and getting double the money, completely earning crazy!"

The "Bounty Mechanism" only takes effect after being out of combat for a certain period of time, not immediately after getting a kill.

This is also why Ye Bo dared to 1-for-1.

And the three full-amount kill money slashed out by Death from Below, all, had a share for Kainan!

The director pulled out the replay to slow down the operation of this Z-shaped roundabout slash.

The gorgeous method, the weird angle, and the movements beyond conventional understanding once again exploded the barrage!

【I'm super! Master!!!】

【Confidence is the peak! Really handsome!】

【Those who don't play Pyke might not know how awesome this wave is, it made me, a Pyke player, excited, suddenly feel Master Ye is so handsome, want to...】

【You can see how high the error rate is just by looking, this is really not just operational ability, mainly Master Ye's mentality of daring to operate! And he's still a newcomer!】

【Master has too much camera sense, a natural star!】

【Indeed, this is why I like watching Master Ye's games, this is called handsome! Isn't it much more handsome than the guy next door who says "he's so handsome" after feeding?】

A full 900 gold coins in the bag, plus the experience of three kill assists.

The water ghost's telescopic bone dagger is like a climbing rope, pulling Kainan from hell to heaven in one wave!

This is Pyke's role, Pyke's significance.

If we talk about roaming and support ability alone, although Pyke's mechanism is very powerful, there are definitely many substitutes, and he himself has the hard injury of wave-clearing problems.

But, no other hero can give teammates extra economic ability like Pyke.

A level six Pyke, one successful gank.

Perhaps it is very likely to explode the economy in one wave!

This is the "speed-up" ability that belongs only to the hero Pyke, capable of exploding the rhythm of the game to an extent beyond common sense.

How beyond common sense can it be?

Just look at the 8-minute Rift team fight.

Pyke and Kainan, both already hold Mythic equipment!

This equipment gap, which would normally take at least 10 minutes, Top Esports, as long as they still have their brains, couldn't possibly dare to compete for it!

Top Esports' front and back stages were a bit silent for a while.

Crescent watched the recording in the back stage, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Damn it... this is the Draven-Pyke combination effect we imagined!

Why, didn't we play it out in the last game?

"Nothing, nothing, brothers!" JackeyLove broke the silence and adjusted the atmosphere: "The problem is not big, still playable!"

"Really or fake? The problem seems quite big." Karsa habitually sang the opposite.

"Aren't you still quite fat, if this Pyke is killed once with a big bounty, he'll take off, wait and come eat our bot lane."

"Our iron bucket formation, Pyke can't rush in, just be careful of Kainan!"

"What are you afraid of, anyway we haven't lost less this year, at worst wait until the playoffs to kill back!"

JackeyLove finished comforting with a strong flavor, and everyone thought it seemed so, even Karsa, who didn't have a very good mentality, shrugged his shoulders.

However, the atmosphere can be comforted, but there is no comfort in Summoner's Rift.

EDG fully played out the pressure of this offensive lineup, and quickly accelerated after getting the Rift Herald.

Galio has completely lost the opportunity to operate, Rookie can only keep a distance from Pyke extremely steadily at all times.

Kainan in the top lane turned over and became the master, Vladimir can only turtle and develop, and Draven in the bot lane goes without saying.

Top Esports' only hope at the moment is Graves.

Don't look at Graves' collapse at the beginning, but the two kills in the top lane were all collected by him, even if he died in this wave, he is still 2-1 in development, second only to Pyke.

And at this time, another combination advantage of Senna and Tahm Kench was able to be exerted.

This combination can almost not eat money under special circumstances!

Senna can't last-hit anyway, the truly important thing is the dropped Black Mist.

Tahm Kench is just a frontline role anyway, and it's hard to withstand the opponent's damage in a disadvantageous game.

Then it's equivalent to being able to squeeze out one lane's economy and give it to Graves, allowing him to accelerate development as much as possible without triggering the Jungle Hunter penalty.