Chapter 117: Use the ultimate skill just to block vision?

Looking at VG's lineup, Mlxg couldn't help but have a headache.

The opponent's lineup is okay in laning phase, but once it comes to team fights, both their pulling ability and their ability to consume resources first are extremely powerful.

The key is……

Why is there a Karma in the top lane?

How did this thing end up on the road?

Karma's Q skill actually has a short range, it's just an ordinary skill and cannot be considered a Poke.

But the problem is...

Although Karma cannot change her form at level 1 like Nidalee, Jayce, and Elise, she is also a hero who has an ultimate move at level 1.

The R skill, [Mantra], can strengthen Karma's other three basic skills, giving them additional special effects.

Strengthening the Q skill [Mind Flame] can increase the casting range, distance and damage of the Q skill to a higher level.

If it was just Poke, it would be fine.

The problem is that Karma's E skill [Inspire] can only provide acceleration and shield to herself or one teammate, but once it is enhanced by the R skill, it will provide acceleration and shield to all nearby teammates.

Combined with the ultimate skill of Annie [Hunting].

By then, Mlxg will be able to guess with his feet how fast VG's lineup will move and how strong its pulling ability will be.

When playing in a team, you definitely can't start a team fight.

Fortunately, in this game, RNG's lineup was not too restrained.

Whether it is Thresh or Elise, they are both prize-grabbing heroes.

Hit Q or E and you can kill.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t hit the Q, there are plenty of opportunities.

And with a Tsar around, the pressure of attack is at least not particularly great.

The question is... I chose a spider in this game. How should I start the game in the early stage?
Take another look at the opposing lineup.

There is no need to look at the bottom lane.

If Annie and Tam walk together, who can catch them?

The middle road counts too.

Not to mention that Varus was originally used to restrain the Tsar. His arms are extremely long and there is no need for him to move forward to consume the energy.

Don’t you even look at who the opposing mid laner is?

Faker’s substitute, SKT’s twelfth defensive tower!
After looking around, Mlxg was surprised to find out.

In this game, my best choice is to gank the top lane, invade the opponent's jungle, and challenge Mantis in a one-on-one duel?
Although I am playing Poppy in the top lane and her damage is not enough, the top lane is long and Karma's long arms will definitely push the line, so I have a chance.

When it comes to one-on-one duels in the jungle, I am naturally not afraid of my opponent.

Anyway, as long as you turn into a spider form and have the little spider around, the opponent's mantis will not be able to trigger the isolated and helpless effect.

Thinking of this, Mlxg's thoughts immediately became clear, and he directly determined the opening route for this game in the voice chat.

"Help me in the bottom lane. I'll start with the red buff, and after reaching level 2, I'll go gank top. The opposing jungler might counter-gank, and we'll have a 2v. Then I won't continue to gank, and will go directly to the opposing jungle to find Mantis."

"I can pull the mantis, but the mantis can't pull me."

"He can't trigger Isolation and Helplessness, so he can't beat me in a one-on-one fight."

"I'll go straight to the opposing jungler and kill him!"

Obviously, at this time, Mlxg still naively thought that his opponent in this game was an assassin Mantis, and he urgently needed to get a kill in the early stage and then quickly snowball through the kills.

It’s a pity that Lin Dong already knew Mlxg’s jungle style very well.

Want to come to my jungle and find me to self-destruct?
no way!

What is the style of play that the self-destruct flow fears the most?
It’s the empty city plan!

Recalling the game between RNG and LGD in the spring season this year, Mr. Guo, who met the jungle king Eimy for the first time, was just like Sofm. He looked at the empty jungle and was easily killed by Wei Shen and Imp as if he were a wild monster.

If Mlxg hadn't reacted quickly and adjusted tactics quickly in the second game of Bo3, LGD in S6 would have already established the reputation of "LGD does not kill unknown people".

Therefore, in this game, Lin Dong’s thinking was also very clear.

If the opponent's spider's tactic is to "catch".

For this round, my strategy can be summed up in just one word.

brush!
Brush hard!

Even if you want to get up to speed, you have to wait until you reach level 6 and evolve a skill!
In this round, Lin Dong, contrary to his usual practice, chose the Stone Beetle as the starter.

Punish the Stone Beetle to obtain the [Gift of the Iron Fist] buff, then brush it all the way from top to bottom!

Of course, Lin Dong did not forget to remind Brother Saint Spear.

"The opposing jungler might quickly gank us, so be careful. I won't come to counter-gank you."

"Just suppress the laning phase, don't be greedy, you can't kill them anyway."

Hearing Lin Dong’s reminder, Brother Saint Spear smiled slightly.

"Don't worry, I'm familiar with this."

"Okay, remember to place a ward in the triangle grass later and help me check the position of the opposing jungler." Lin Dong nodded and immediately continued to clear the area.

Of course, there is a reason for letting Saint Spear Brother fill the ward position.

Lin Dong must determine the position and route of the opposing spider.

As long as the opponent's spider is exposed to field of vision, the number of last hits on the panel will be updated. Combined with the buff on the spider, Lin Dong can easily determine what wild monsters Mlxg has killed since the beginning of the game.

This is the basic skill of jungle.

And as expected.

Just when Lin Dong had just cleared the upper half of the jungle and reached level three, the figure of the opposite spider also appeared in the triangle grass on the upper lane.

However, Saint Spear did not give any chance. The moment the spider appeared, he decisively gave up suppressing it and retreated all the way.

Seeing that there was no chance in the top lane, Mlxg frowned slightly and suddenly realized something was wrong.

"The opponent's top laner retreated too quickly."

"Does the triangular grass have wards?"

"If the triangle grass has the opponent's vision, I may be discovered when I enter the opponent's upper jungle area."

"In this way, the opponent's jungler will definitely go to my lower jungle area!"

"No, if the opponent's jungler guessed in advance that I would gank the top lane at level 3, then his upper jungle area would probably be empty!"

"The opposing jungler won't just choose to let the top lane go, right?"

"Otherwise, this Karma... is unlikely to run so fast, and after running, she won't go to the jungle area!"

Thinking of this, Mlxg immediately sent a question mark to his four birds and stone beetles, and strode towards the position of the red square stone beetle.

Although Mantis has not shown up, at this point in time, just by looking at whether the Stone Beetle is still there, you can know what Mantis's jungle route is!

Soon, he arrived at the location of the stone beetle.

As expected, the stone beetle was gone!
Looking at this scene, Mlxg almost subconsciously cursed.

"Grass!"

"How come the opposing jungler who plays an assassin jungler can also play a brush jungler like Graves?"

"Damn it! I'm still at a loss this time! Even if I go back now, I'll still lose a group of wild monsters!"

"Wasn't VG's jungler supposed to have a high first blood rate in the early game and love to stir up trouble?"

"Why did you suddenly stop doing it today?"

The problem is that he has already circled around, and it is definitely too late to return to defense.

We can only give a signal to the bottom lane duo and ask the support to go take a look at the stone beetle, at least we can protect a group of wild monsters.

As for the four birds... then there's really nothing we can do.

I can't beat Mantis in a one-on-one fight, but I can't beat the Tsar!

On the other side, Lin Dong couldn't help but shook his head when he saw Mlxg going back to jungle in shame.

The level and economy of a brush jungler will always be better than that of a rhythm jungler, that's absolutely true.

The opposing jungler has no chance of defending himself.

In this way, if you counter a group of four birds, it is equivalent to being ahead of the opponent's jungler by two groups of wild monsters.

If I can buy Tiamat as soon as possible after returning home, my jungle clearing speed will be even better. By then, I will have a level advantage, and I won't be afraid of the opponent's spiders in a one-on-one duel in the jungle.

However, this does not mean that this style of play is suitable for every game.

Because being a brush means giving up all ganking and counter-ganking rhythms to ensure your own development is prioritized.

But the problem is...

What should I do if my teammates explode when I don’t gank or counter-gank?
Although the brush jungler has level and economic advantages, if this advantage is not enough to support the team to win the team battle in the mid-term, it is better to go gank and counter-camp!

This was also the main reason why "World No. 1 Up" suddenly became "World No. 1 Send" after the emergence of the "Wild Core System" in a certain season later.

The jungler can already start farming, why is the top lane still standing here pushing the line?

If we don’t arrest you, who else should we arrest?
Still playing AD long hand single?

Direct military training to death!

However, this time, Mlxg certainly couldn't do it, and could only watch Mantis gain a small advantage in the early stage.

Fortunately, this advantage is not that big.

After discovering that the opposing jungler had started to farm, Mlxg also decisively started to farm.

Therefore, the rhythm in the early stage of this game seemed very strange.

It has been seven minutes since the start of the game. The two sides are in a stage of pulling each other's hair in the three lanes. You pull and I pull, but no one has killed anyone, and not even the first blood has been produced.

In seven and a half minutes, with the slight advantage of leading two groups of wild monsters in the early stage, Lin Dong reached level six first.

As previously arranged, in this game, Lin Dong did not choose to evolve the Q skill, but chose to evolve the W skill first.

Looking at the eye position that Xiao Duan placed in the opponent's bottom lane triangle grass, Lin Dong's eyes suddenly flashed and he asked in the voice chat.

"Xiao Duan, I remember... there is also a ward for the opponent in the triangle grass at the bottom lane, right?"

Hearing Lin Dong's words, Xiao Duan was slightly stunned, then replied.

"Yes, it's right at the triangle grass. I just went over to place a ward when the opponent's support went over to place one."

Hear Xiaoduan’s answer.

Lin Dong narrowed his eyes slightly.

Under normal circumstances, it is actually very difficult to judge when the enemy's eye disappears.

After all, wards are not like summoner skills. Their cooldown time is very short, and it is almost impossible to remember the disappearance time of each ward.

Except for one special case.

That is when both sides' eyes are at the same position and are placed at almost the same time!
In this way, your own eye position becomes an accurate timer.

As long as your own eye position disappears, it means that the opponent's eye position at this position will soon disappear!

Generally speaking, no support will immediately restore the vision the moment the eye disappears. Instead, they will deal with the minion line first, and then restore the vision after the minion line is dealt with.

But in this case, there will inevitably be a gap between the fields of vision.

And this vacancy is an opportunity!

Thinking of this, Lin Dong said immediately.

“There’s an opportunity in the bottom lane.”

"I can come this time."

However, after hearing Lin Dong's words, Xiao Duan shook his head and said.

"It's not easy to fight. We don't have the ability to hold back anyone, unless the opponent takes the initiative to rush over, but they can't be that stupid."

"No, the other side will rush over."

"Ah?" Xiao Duan was stunned. "That's impossible. The opponent's burst damage is not enough. Unless the jungle spider takes the initiative to catch, but you are the opponent's jungler, will you waste this time?"

"Yes." Lin Dong smiled, "Because I will come to gank the bottom lane, so he has to come."

After saying that, Lin Dong did not directly choose to go around RNG's triangle grass, but slowly sneaked into the grass in the bottom lane from behind VG's bottom lane duo.

But unfortunately.

This time, Lin Dong made a "mistake".

In one "careless move", he was seen by RNG's soldiers at the maximum field of vision!
Although it was only for a moment, Mata still noticed it.

The next second, Mata's reminder immediately sounded in RNG's voice.

"The opponent's Mantis is level 6 and coming to the bottom lane! Watch out for the bush nearby!"

"A level 6 mantis should have evolved its skills, and its burst damage is not low. Don't move forward."

"But that's not right. If he really wanted to catch us, he wouldn't have gone around us... I understand! That ward position before! They knew we had wards in the triangle grass! No wonder they came from behind!"

However, after hearing Mata's words, Mlxg's eyes lit up in the jungle.

"Wait? Mantis is in the bottom lane?"

"This position... I feel like I can do a counter-squat!"

"Wait a moment in the bottom lane. Let me get there first. Then you can show off your weakness and lure out the opponent's Mantis!"

After saying that, Mlxg also walked down decisively.

At the same time, in the commentary booth.

Looking at this scene, the colonel couldn't help but shook his head and said regretfully.

"Player Dong should be trying to use his advantage of reaching level 6 first to gank the bottom lane."

"But the problem is...he has already been spotted by the soldiers in this position!"

"This wave must be a mistake."

"Mlxg is also moving towards the bottom lane! This wave should be a counter-camp at the bottom lane..."

"Something might happen to VG this time!"

At this moment, Wawa and Miller on the side both let out a light exclamation at the same time.

"Huh? This doesn't seem right, does it?"

"Contestant Dong turned around right away?"

"and many more!"

"He turned back when the soldiers were killed! RNG didn't notice him! They thought he was still in the bush!"

"As for Dong, he turned around and went around, directly E'd from the wall to the river, and then walked all the way to the triangle grass in the lower half of the blue team!"

"Is this a diversion? But the problem is... even if it's the triangle grass, RNG still has vision!"

The two of them had just finished speaking.

In the triangular grass, accompanied by the special effects of withering petals, VG's eye position reached its time and suddenly disappeared!

A few seconds after VG's ward disappeared, RNG's ward placed in the triangle grass also disappeared!
At the moment when the triangular grass fell into darkness, the mantis took advantage of the maximum visual time, walked over, and drilled directly into the triangular grass!

At this time, the RNG players were still unaware of this.

Looking at this scene, the three of them widened their eyes at the same time, all of them were a little shocked.

"This is... someone who just happened to walk in after the view disappeared?"

“I have to say, Dong’s ability to block vision is truly amazing!”

"He even calculated the time when his vision disappeared?"

"But the problem is... even if we go around, it's useless!"

"RNG's bottom lane duo didn't push the line, and Mlxg's spider was about to hit them. This position... must have been discovered!"

However, the next second, something strange happened in the game.

Mlxg's spider did pass through the triangular grass.

But he didn't notice the mantis hiding in the grass!
Instead, he walked towards the mantis face to face!

It wasn't just him. No one in the RNG team noticed that Mantis was hiding here!
Seeing this scene, the audience instantly went wild!

"Huh? They didn't even fight? They were almost face to face!"

"Fuck? The spider didn't seem to see the mantis?"

"Isn't that right? It's all over your face and you can't even see it?"

"Wait? Just now, Mantis seemed to have used R, right? If you use R to become invisible, Spider can't see you! But... is R used just to block vision?"

"Here it comes, the most classic scene of Winter God, the dark under the lamp, is here again!"

(End of this chapter)