LOL: I'm in the LPL, that's my fight!

Chapter 32: Slaying 7 Sauces While the Wine Is Still Warm?

"You must remember that as a game company, it's impossible for him to design a perfect hero."

"When a hero's mechanics are good enough, it's hard for him to gain an advantage in terms of stats. If his stats are high enough, then conversely, his mechanics won't be too outstanding."

"In the early game, Gnar has a ranged form to face fighters in the top lane, gaining an advantage by using his long range to fight against melee fighters. In the mid-game, he can use his beast form to tank damage and initiate team fights."

"The trade-off of Riot's design for it is that the rage is uncontrollable, the body is fragile before it grows bigger, it is afraid of being tower-dived, its pure tankiness in late-game team fights is not as good as Maokai, its split-pushing is not as good as Jax, and characters like Fiora are afraid of being ganked. While the ceiling is high, the floor is very unstable."

"The opposite of Maokai is the other extreme. No matter how well he develops, he can always play a role in team fights."

"Therefore, when playing Gnar against Maokai, you need to capitalize on the early game when Maokai's short range and slower wave clear with items like Sunfire Cape, and apply sufficient pressure!"

"So everyone has found the first disadvantageous matchup for both sides, right?"

"If you were the jungler in this situation, would you prioritize ganking top lane in the early game?"

Once the game finished loading, Fu Shiyan quickly bought equipment and left the house while explaining the game to the viewers in the live stream.

I've watched several games, and Crush's hand speed still makes me incredibly envious.

【Crush, I know several wealthy women in Shanghai, and they say they want to discuss a business deal with you.】

Will they be the focus of special attention?

[Of course! Gnar has a clear advantage in this lane. They've got Maokai figured out exactly what to do. Once he gets Black Cleaver and Iceborn Gauntlet, he can easily take on two opponents in the side lane.]

Fu Shiyan controlled his card to stand on the other side of the F4 jungle monster pit, without entering the jungle area.

"That's right. If Gnar can achieve an equipment advantage, he can put a lot of pressure on the red team's minion wave in a split push. But that also involves the stability of the pressure-resistant position."

"We all know that picking Maokai against Gnar is a disadvantage, so why do we often see this lineup chosen by high-ranking players and in professional matches?"

[Because big trees are useful?]

[After all, they are the three Egyptian God cards!]

"Yes, everyone's right, because the big tree is useful!"

"Picking this champion basically means the team has a stable frontline. As a tanky role, with tankiness, sustain, and some crowd control, Maokai won't be too worried about being targeted by the jungler or tower-dived!"

"Furthermore... um, I'll tell you all later."

Fu Shiyan kept everyone in suspense because, in the game, their invasion vision in the upper jungle had not seen any red team heroes for a long time after the start of the game.

He quickly typed in the chat channel:

"Watch out, the enemy is probably preparing to invade our red zone."

The other players on the blue side are not surprising. Even though the mid laner is Kassadin, who is crippled in the early game, Braum's level 1 fighting ability on the red side is not weak.

"Should we fight?" Flandre asked.

"Should we switch jungle areas?"

"I can accept it. The enemy Maokai has already gone online. Switching jungle camps will make my rhythm very difficult."

Fu Shiyan summoned Gnar, and the five heroes gathered in front of the bottom lane's second tower, standing close together to avoid being spotted.

"Defeat the Stone Beetle first to level up to level two!"

At 1 minute and 55 seconds, the monsters respawned.

The card signal was placed in advance.

Meanwhile, the red team...

Goging frowned and replied, "I haven't seen Gnar on the other side. I wonder if he's planning to switch lanes."

Change routes?

Nar withstands pressure, a Titan against a giant tree?

Or perhaps Crush is up to his old tricks again, trying to emulate the World Championship in a ranked game by having the top laner farm alongside the jungler first?

However, the red team members were quickly freed.

A level 2 barrel is approaching from the direction of the stone golem.

Follow the impact of the massive belly and testicles.

Alright, no need to worry about it anymore. The other person is just across the wall, farming jungle monsters on the other side.

Mingkai's face darkened as he looked at Trist, who had a yellow card hanging above his head, and his hair stood on end.

boom!

A golden light shone in front of the blue team's buff grass.

He, who usually reacts a beat slower than he thinks, had unusually smooth hand speed today.

However, it was of no use.

"The ocean is boundless!!"

From dispelling the red buff to using Flash to create distance and dodge the yellow card, the excavator didn't actually move very far.

Meiko, who was coming from the triangular grass, bumped into him.

"Haha, Factory, you should stay."

Behind the group, Imp was equally decisive, immediately following up with Flash to finish off the damage, giving the red team no chance to struggle.

First Blood!

"OK, first blood secured. Let's continue our previous conversation."

After securing the first blood for Mingkai with his teammates, Fu Shiyan acted as if nothing had happened and wanted to continue his explanation.

However, the next second, the live stream was filled with countless question marks.

【? ? ? 】

What does it mean to continue discussing the previous topic?

[Dude, how did you know Mingkai was coming to invade? Didn't you see anyone in the top half of the jungle?]

[What if the enemy team starts with blue buff, and you call Gnar down? That would be disastrous!]

[Alright, alright, so you think Crush can capture Clearlove with a flick of his finger, since there's a story of him killing Hua Xiong while the wine was still warm?]

Faced with the doubts expressed in the comments.

Fu Shiyan smiled and said, "Actually, this prediction just now is related to what we were talking about regarding the top lane."

"Gnar lacks crowd control in the early game, so his attacks on Maokai are more about harassment than solo kills. If the opponent is cautious enough, Gragas' gank success rate won't be very high."

"Therefore, our strategy for the top lane is that unless Gnar can establish a significant health advantage during the laning phase, we prioritize protecting and counter-ganking over actively ganking!"

"That's why we placed all three wards in the top half of the map at the start."

"Also, what does 'what if the excavator goes blue' mean?"

"These days, who doesn't start with red buff when playing Excavator?" Fu Shiyan retorted. "Since it's confirmed that starting with red buff is the most beneficial for Excavator, and the red team's bot lane support is Braum, then where is Excavator when there's no sign of him in the top half of the map...? It's really hard to guess!"

"On the other hand, the player 'Kelierlawu' does have a strong jungling strategy. After determining the advantages and disadvantages of the top lane matchup, he made the decision to counter-jungle the red buff."

"If we're not decisive enough and call the top laner over as well, the Gragas will be forced to switch buffs at the start, and then the ganking rhythm after that will be entirely in the hands of the Rek'Sai."

"As for why being reversed by one red card has such a huge impact, that involves the story between Nakano's two best buddies."

"..."

Snake Base.

"hiss!"

Manager Zuo Wu stood behind Flando, watching the entire scene unfold in the game, and repeatedly gasped in shock.

"Xuanjun, are you able to judge your opponent's intentions in the game just by using a few points of vision?" Zuo Wu asked curiously.

"Theoretically, yes!"

What do you mean by "theoretically possible"?