Chapter 150: Trading Buff for Time

At this time, the factory manager was still thinking about the subsequent counter-jungle strategy and did not notice that in the upper jungle area, not far from him, Lin Dong's Amumu had been waiting for a long time.

This time, it’s really not the factory manager’s problem.

Because the route that starts with three jungle wolves almost never appears on the field.

Even in Rank, it is extremely rare.

the reason is simple.

Under normal circumstances, a jungler who wants to clear the jungle quickly and does not take damage can either choose toad to start, punish the toad to gain the Gift of Toads buff, and rely on this buff to quickly clear the jungle monsters, or a jungler who relies on basic attacks for damage can punish the stone beetle to gain the Gift of the Iron Fist buff and quickly clear the jungle.

Apart from this situation, there is only the route of starting with double buffs, such as this wave starting in the opponent's jungle, to prevent the opponent's jungler from grabbing the buff, so you can only start with the blue buff, not the toad.

But the problem is...

No one has ever seen a jungler kill three wolves at level 1!
Because of punishing three wolves, only a little wolf spirit can be obtained, which can provide a vision in the jungle, a bit similar to the W skill of Skates. This effect is used to prevent jungle invasion, but it is of no help for early jungle clearing.

So almost no one would choose to kill three wolves at level one.

But this time, Lin Dong was different.

He couldn't beat Graves in a one-on-one fight in the jungle, and he didn't want to call on his teammates for help.

After all, as a herbivorous jungler, even if teammates come to help, there is still a possibility of failure.

In this case, there is only one way left.

Snatch food from the tiger's mouth!

Don't pay the punishment, learn the E skill at level 1, and quickly kill the three wolves.

Because he had the punishment and the jungle knife in his hand, killing wild monsters would give him extra experience bonus, and the first wild monster killed by the jungler would also give him extra experience bonus, so even without the buff, Lin Dong still reached level two.

Then he decisively learned the Q skill and walked directly towards the four birds in the lower jungle area.

When he reached the middle lane and saw that the distance was almost right, Lin Dong directly pressed the Q skill, using the characteristic of Amumu's Q skill to drive his own displacement, and quickly entered the four-bird area. He still followed the same method and relied on the E skill to quickly kill all four birds.

Seeing that Amumu actually learned the Q skill instead of the W skill at level 2, the three people in the commentary booth were stunned again, and the colonel couldn't help but speak.

"Shouldn't Amumu learn W at level 2? Why did Dong learn Q?"

The doll next to him started to guess.

"Amumu's W skill consumes mana too quickly. He couldn't get the blue buff at the beginning of this round. I guess he wanted to save some mana this way."

"And if we only look at the speed of clearing the jungle, there isn't much difference."

"After all, I have the Q skill, so I can use it to move directly, saving the time of walking."

"The only downside is that it might hurt a little bit when you're jungle, but if you punish the red buff, you can get health back, which is actually pretty good."

"what?"

As soon as the words fell, the doll's body suddenly stiffened.

Because he suddenly discovered something very outrageous.

At this moment, Amumu on the screen, after killing four birds, actually... passed by the red buff directly.

Didn't continue to refresh the red buff.

Instead, directly use the Q skill, Q to the stone beetle, and kill the stone beetle!

Looking at this strange jungle route, the three people in the commentary booth were all stunned!

"Ah? Not going to refresh the red buff?"

"Three wolves, four birds and a stone beetle, can this group of three reach level three?"

"It seems like I can actually get there! I've already reached level three! Although the experience points provided by the three wolves and four birds are lower than the red and blue buffs, the experience points provided by the stone beetles make up for the experience gap!"

"But the problem is... if we don't farm the blue buff or the red buff, wouldn't it be a big loss if we farm the jungle like this?"

"And if there's no red buff, it's not easy to catch people, right?"

"and many more?"

"As for Dong, he didn't choose to gank, but... chose to go directly into EDG's bottom jungle?"

"The problem is, EDG has left vision at this location!"

"This wave should be discovered, but Dong seems to have not realized it yet and still chooses to enter EDG's bottom jungle area!"

In fact, Lin Dong knew that this position had a view.

On the contrary, he came here because he knew that EDG would have vision at this position!
It's dark under the lamp, that's a conspiracy, to catch the other party off guard.

And this time, he used an open strategy.

Simply put, Lin Dong just wanted the factory director to know his movements and location.

And it's not just the unknown, he also has to figure out which wild monsters he has already killed and which wild monsters are left in his jungle!
What he wants is for the factory director to come and arrest him!
At the same time, the factory manager had indeed discovered something was wrong.

When he quickly finished brushing the blue buff and the toad and turned around to brush the three wolves to level up, he was shocked to find that the three wolves were gone when he passed the wall!
In this version where all wild monsters in the jungle are refreshed at the same time, the factory manager almost instantly determined the opponent Amumu's jungle opening and clearing routes, and then raised his eyebrows.

"Three wolves starting? This idea is good. The jungler on the opposite side is really good."

"He knew he had no advantage in a one-on-one fight in the jungle, so he chose to avoid the limelight for the time being. However, he did not think of giving up all the monsters. Instead, he grabbed the monsters that were easiest for him to farm. At that time, I would definitely not come over. After all, whether it was the blue buff or the toad, they were more important to me than the three wolves."

"This guy... has a deep understanding of herbivorous jungle fighting."

Thinking of this, the factory director's expression immediately became serious, as if facing a powerful enemy.

After taking a look at the jungle area, his brain started working rapidly.

"Now, I have two choices."

"Turn back and clear my upper jungle area."

"This means that I will trade jungle with the opposing jungler, and I will have to gank the top lane."

"The problem is that Graves is not a jungler who is good at catching people, but a farming hero."

"So there's only one other option."

"First, gank the middle lane to gain the lane control, then go back to my bottom jungle to prevent Amumu from counterattacking my jungle."

"If we calculate the time, this should be just right. I can start this round with three buffs, plus I can get a group of frogs, which is a big win. The opponent Amumu can't get any blue buffs, so his jungle clearing efficiency will drop significantly, and he will definitely be at a disadvantage in level by then."

There is indeed nothing wrong with the factory director's idea.

But he miscalculated one thing.

According to his calculations, Amumu would clear the lower half of the jungle and then go to counter jungle.

But actually.

Lin Dong didn't even hit the red buff.

Not only does the double buff have a third more HP than other wild monsters, it also has relatively high resistance and is killed very slowly.

Although he didn't refresh the red buff and had no health advantage, he bought Lin Dong precious time.

Ever since.

Just as he walked to the middle lane and successfully disgusted a wave of Jieyue, when he raised his eyes, he saw Amumu's figure appear in his field of vision.

Looking at Amumu’s level, the factory manager was stunned!
"Wait! Level 3 Amumu? How can his level be so high? I still need a group of wild monsters to reach level 3!"

"Eh? No!"

"He has neither red nor blue buffs. How did he reach level 3?"

"At least three groups of wild monsters at level three, excluding the double buffs and the toad. In other words, this Amumu killed other small wild monsters and forced to catch up with the level!"

"It's bad. Even though we have a health disadvantage with his fighting style, he has gained time advantage!"

"No! We can't let him take away the blue buff, otherwise we'll be in trouble!"

Thinking of this, the factory manager gritted his teeth and shouted directly in the voice chat.

"The enemy jungler has entered my jungle, go straight to the blue buff to catch him."

"With his speed, he should have used his smite, but I still have smite in my hand, so I can't let him get the blue!"

After hearing what the factory manager said, Meiko took a look at the laning in the bottom lane and felt that there should be no problem, so he immediately set off towards the jungle.

However, when he and the factory manager reached the blue buff, they were surprised to find that the blue buff... was there too!
Entering the jungle and not countering the blue buff, what does this mean?
Could it be that it was just to counter a group of three wolves?
However, the factory manager at this time already felt something was wrong.

as predicted!

Just the next second.

Between the second tower and the first tower in the middle lane of EDG, a short figure appeared here again!
Amumu!
He walked directly between the second tower and the first tower, was hit by the defense tower, and then used the Q skill to fly directly to the four birds in the upper half of EDG!
Looking at this scene, all EDG members were stunned.

"Fuck! Why did Amumu run away from this place?"

"Wait? He didn't seem to run away. He didn't counter the blue buff just now, but he countered the three wolves!"

"No, it's fine that he's so arrogant when playing Nidalee, but why can he be so arrogant when playing Amumu as a herbivore? And he passed through this position without dying, right? By the way, why didn't the mid laner catch him?"

“Catch some ass! The Graves just helped me disgust Diana. I must push this lane as quickly as possible! Otherwise, my lane will be stuck. And how do I know that Amumu will run from here?”

However, looking at Amumu with the grease on his feet, the factory manager was stunned.

Because at this moment, he had wasted too much time from top to bottom, and he absolutely could not care about Amumu anymore.

If he goes to catch Amumu again, as a brush jungler, his level will definitely fall behind.

But the problem is...if you don't care.

It seems that his level will also fall behind!
Because the three wolves were countered, he couldn't reach level 3 in the first time. Seeing Amumu go to his own jungle, he ran back to catch people, resulting in a waste of time.

At this moment, he had only one way to go.

That is to first clear the blue buff and toad in your own jungle, then control the crab in the river in the bottom lane, and then go to VG's lower jungle area to clear the red buff.

There is no way, because VG's top laner Skateboard Shoes must have lane rights, and it takes time to clear the jungle by himself, so the upper half of the jungle must be released.

In this way...

In this game, he did start with three buffs.

But it seems... a little different!
He thought the three buffs at the start turned out to be three jungle areas!

As a result, Amumu's sudden intervention made it so that... there were only three buffs!
After calculating the number of jungle clearings by both sides, at that moment, the corners of the factory manager's mouth suddenly twitched.

"Wait a minute?"

"Although I started with three buffs, I only killed six groups of wild monsters."

"But the Amumu on the opposite side cleared eight groups of wild monsters?"

"It's like the opposing jungler is two groups of wild monsters ahead of me at the cost of a buff?"

"Damn it, I was clearly in an advantageous position, so why am I at a disadvantage?"

Let’s think back to the strange jungle route taken by Amumu on the opposite side.

At that moment, the factory manager suddenly understood.

"Wait? Farming the jungle but not the buff?"

"He's using buffs to trade for jungle clearing speed!"

"Other heroes definitely can't do it, but Amumu has a passive skill that reduces damage, and he can kill four birds, three wolves, and stone beetles very quickly, so he can do it!"

"If I go to counter jungle, if I can counter the entire jungle area, I will definitely make a profit. But if I can only counter a buff and a group of small jungle monsters, then it's a tie. If I can only counter a buff, then I'm losing money!"

"In other words, the opponent's jungler didn't farm the buff because, on the one hand, farming the buff was too time-consuming, and on the other hand, he deliberately left the buff for me!"

"As a result, I was forced to enter the counter-jungle rhythm in order to pursue development!"

"But once I counter-jungle, it means... I give up the initiative! I am completely led by the opponent's Amumu!"

"No... this fighting style is too disgusting! They are clearly at a disadvantage, but they are fighting as if they have an advantage. Why?!"

"How did he come up with this?"

However, what the factory manager didn’t know at that time was.

Lin Dong's fighting style without brushing buffs was not something he came up with at all.

But it was copied.

Because he had seen with his own eyes how Sofm's excavator in the S6 Summer Season used this style of play to defeat the opponent.

If the junglers of both sides need to fight and gank, whether it is the red buff or the blue buff, it is indeed very important.

But if... it's not spelled right.

The red and blue buffs are actually the biggest problems that limit the jungler's clearing speed!

Because in the game League of Legends, designers pay great attention to balance.

Just like a hero with many control skills, his burst damage must not be high.

Wild monsters like the red and blue buffs, which are extremely beneficial to junglers, require time, and the difficulty of clearing the jungle will definitely increase.

But in terms of experience points and economy...there are no obvious advantages.

That’s why the jungle route of starting the game without brushing off buffs was born.

This way of playing can only be described as true genius.

Of course, this wild route also has its disadvantages.

For example, Lin Dong, who had just finished killing the stone man, found that his body had been hollowed out.

And there's not a drop left.

The disadvantage of not being able to get the blue buff at the beginning was clearly revealed at this moment.

Even if the hunter's amulet provides him with a mana recovery effect in the early stage, for a hero who needs to rely on activating the W skill to clear the jungle, this mana recovery is just a drop in the bucket.

Although his health is still healthy, his mana has completely bottomed out.

If the mana is not enough, the jungle clearing speed will immediately slow down.

Looking at the empty blue bar, Lin Dong shook his head, decisively gave up on continuing to jungle, and chose to return to the city.

In this round, he needs time!

But to everyone's surprise.

The first thing Lin Dong did after returning home was neither to upgrade his jungle knife nor to buy hunter potions like Ekko did before to provide recovery ability in the jungle.

Instead... he directly bought a blue crystal and a red crystal!

Everyone was stunned when seeing Lin Dong’s outfit.

Even Hongmi, who was watching the game in the VG lounge, frowned slightly and asked subconsciously.

"Wait? What the hell are these two crystals?"

At this moment, a firm voice came from the corner.

"Lin Dong should be making the Eternal Catalyst Stone this time."

Hearing this, Gao Jun asked back subconsciously.

"Amumu makes a lunch box? What kind of strategy is this? The Staff of Time? Although the Staff of Time is indeed suitable for a mage tank like Amumu, his jungle level and economy are too low, and he has to synthesize a jungle knife. This will slow down the pace too much."

And Sofm replied.

"It shouldn't be the Time Staff. It should be to make a small lunch box first, and then upgrade the Slag Jungle Knife."

"Because all he needs is the passive effect of the Catalyst Stone: recovering mana when hit, and recovering health when mana is consumed."

“For other heroes, the benefits are not high, but for Amumu, especially Amumu in this game, the benefits are very high.”

"Because in this round, Zhazi already controls three groups of buffs, he will definitely not be given a chance to get the blue buff again. If he can't do it alone, he might even call on the opposing Ryze to invade together."

"Since I can't get the blue buff, I'll make up for it with equipment!"

"But if we can't get any kills in the first wave of jungle clearing, the economy will definitely not be enough, so Lin Dong's advantage is not obvious right now."

"But once he makes the Eternal Catalyst Stone, the opponent will have a hard time in this game."

"As for the Catalyst of Aeons...have you forgotten Olaf before him?"

(End of this chapter)