novelODS 043 Competitive spirit
043 Competitive spirit
"The first blood has been born!"
On the OGN commentary desk, the Roaring Emperor's voice was quite loud and clear.
"Ah, Neo's pace is as sharp as ever!"
Kim Dong-jun then chuckled and said, "If you think Neo only ganks the bot lane, you're sorely mistaken. This man is unpredictable."
In the talented team RISE, it's common to see players dominate their lanes by 10 or 20 CS, or even pull off a solo kill.
But in reality, it's clear to everyone that Neo, the jungler, is the absolute core of the team.
Because of his ganks and counter-ganks, RISE's lane is not threatened by the enemy jungler and he can use his talents at will.
Even now, Neo's first blood rate is still 100%.
In every game, he can attack from all sorts of unpredictable angles and get the first kill of the game.
"What an unreasonable monster!" the Roaring Emperor couldn't help but exclaim.
Since RISE defeated LG-IM in the quarterfinals, Li Zhixing's channel has gained countless new fans, including Roaring Emperor.
But after paying attention, he discovered that this person's main position was actually mid lane...
He achieved the only 3000 points globally in the mid-lane during Season 2.
If the jungler position is this unpredictable, what will happen to the mid laner?
The camera then cuts to the bottom lane, where SKT jungler Horo's Lee Sin is also making moves.
However, Li Zhixing had already communicated with the bottom lane, and Jin Hekui and Zhao Shiheng had retreated to the tower early on, giving them no chance at all.
Kim Hyuk-kyu watched as the soldiers in the distance fell one by one, but he wasn't annoyed at all. He just kept praising Ji-haeng's strength.
Lee Sang-hyeok was also watching the situation in the top lane, but he had a somewhat complicated feeling in his heart.
Lee Sang-hyeok is too competitive.
He not only has to beat his opponents, but he also has to beat his teammates.
Seeing that his senior had already secured the first blood, while he was hampered by his Flash cooldown and dared not press further, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
In his mind, failing to kill the opponent in a one-on-one situation is considered a death!
Lee Sang-hyeok pursed his lips, his resolve gradually hardening.
Li Zhixing helped push the lane into the tower, unaware of what his little brother was thinking. He was still pondering his next move.
This gank on top lane isn't really that significant, since Shen is a strong laner against Renekton. Even if you help him once or twice, Renekton will still control the lane.
That's why he didn't hold back and took the experience from two whole waves of minions in the top lane. After all that, Looper might actually be at a disadvantage.
Needless to say, the middle and lower lanes each have their own problems.
It seems we can no longer rely on online advantages; we have to break the deadlock ourselves.
Li Zhixing returned to the city and bought the Brutal Force, cleared his own jungle first, and then headed straight for the enemy jungle.
Although this version of Pantheon has undergone significant changes in its skill set compared to later versions, its gameplay and hero positioning remain largely the same.
Early game is pure god of war, late game is super minions, snowball as fast as you can.
Pantheon, who secured First Blood and built Brutalizer first, is unbeatable.
Because Lee Sin appeared in the mid and bot lanes one after another, Li Zhixing had already completely figured out his jungle route.
Pantheon charged into SKT's bottom red buff area and, sure enough, found Lee Sin farming the F4 camp.
Pantheon starts with Q, then sits down on the target, followed by an auto-attack and E for maximum damage, and finishes off with another Q!
With the blessing of brutal power, even the Blind Monk seemed somewhat delicate, and was quickly reduced to low health with a single combo.
This terrified Horo, who quickly slunk back down to the tower.
Li Zhixing was too lazy to continue pursuing the matter.
With Lee Sin's health at that level, a single basic attack won't be enough to finish him off, and the Q skill takes 5 seconds to activate, so there's definitely no chance of that happening.
He turned around, happily accepted the Blind Monk's F4, and then went down to collect the Malphite as well.
Because Lee Sin had been rendered unable to fight, SKT's laners were unable to support the jungle and could only watch as Lee Ji-hyeong's Pantheon feasted.
The jungle resources are extremely abundant in the current version.
Although there are fewer toads, the monster respawn interval is less than one minute.
For heroes with slow jungle clearing speeds, the clearing speed may not even keep up with the jungle respawn rate.
Therefore, Li Zhixing doesn't need to do anything; he only needs to maintain the rhythm of farming and counter-farming to make a fortune.
As long as you can create a lane advantage in the jungle, everything will be fine.
Of course, this is all on the premise that there are no problems with your teammates.
Even if all four teammates are exceptionally talented, mistakes are inevitable due to the limitations of the era and experience.
Li Zhixing returned to the city to replenish his equipment, and was just about to start the second round of farming when bad news came to the team.
In the mid lane, Lee Sang-hyeok brought Ahri to low health and pushed the lane into the tower.
In a normal situation, if he were to return to base to replenish supplies or wait for Li Zhixing to arrive and dive the tower, it would be a perfect laning phase.
But he didn't do that. Instead, he went straight into the tower, his killing intent overflowing!
Looking at the situation in the middle lane, Li Zhixing realized that things were not going well.
The opposing team is a professional team, not just random players in ranked matches. How could they possibly give him this opportunity to tower dive?
But even if he ordered Lee Sang-hyeok to retreat at that point, it would be too late.
As expected, the Lee Sin emerged from the F6 camp and formed a pincer movement with the low-health Ahri.
Lee Sang-hyeok frowned and quickly retreated.
But the opposing Lee Sin didn't hold back with his skills, flashing in and landing an E, then applying a slow effect.
The low-health Ahri took advantage of the slowed-down moment and landed a precise E.
Although Lee Sang-hyeok turned around and used an EQ combo to stun the fox, bringing the fox down to almost zero health.
However, when charmed, the subsequent W, which is enough to finish off the opponent, cannot be cast no matter what.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Horo's Lee Sin used two consecutive AQ combos to deplete Syndra's health bar.
SKT K Horo killed RISE Faker.
The sound of a kill rang out, and the situation instantly became delicate.
SKT's second team's strongest point is their experienced mid-jungle duo. If they get into a snowballing advantage, the outcome of the game is really hard to predict.
Lee Sang-hyeok was also slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but feel a little irritated.
They're really hard to kill.
This was actually his last chance to kill the fox. If he failed to kill the fox under the tower and let her reach level six, things would be much more difficult afterward.
But at that moment, a red circle spread out from the fox as the center.
This is Pantheon's ultimate ability, "Fallen Sky Strike".
Select a location within a 5500-yard radius, and after a 2-second delay, it will descend from the sky, dealing high damage to enemies within the area.
Lee Sang-hyeok's eyes lit up.
No one expected that, with both mid laners only at level 5, Li Zhixing's Pantheon would reach level 6 first!
All I can say is that Li Zhixing is just too fat.
He quickly reached level 3 at the start and then went to the top lane, where he not only killed the crocodile but also took away a lot of experience from the top lane.
He continued to farm and invade the enemy jungle, causing his leveling speed to become abnormally fast, resulting in the bizarre sight of him reaching level six before the mid laner.
Easyhoon's Ahri was still level 5, had no Flash, and even her E skill was on cooldown, so she had no way to resist Pantheon's ultimate.
Pantheon simply sat down and easily killed the fox.
Easyhoon ultimately failed to farm the wave of minions that pushed into the tower.
With Pantheon at full power, even standing under the tower, Horo's Lee Sin lacked the courage to make a move and could only watch as Pantheon turned and left.