Chapter 165: Another diversionary move, eh?

Hearing Meiko's words, the factory manager was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked towards the entrance to the jungle area in the lower half.

VG's bottom lane duo and jungler actually entered the jungle!
At that moment, his brows immediately frowned.

There is no doubt about Braum's passive level 1 combat capability.

As long as Braum is there, it is easy for the opponent to invade the jungle.

Therefore, VG’s move is not surprising.

But the problem is...

If the opponent wants to change the jungle area, it means leaving the top lane alone.

Why give Kindred's mark to Quinn?
So even the factory manager was confused by this inexplicable operation.

"Switching the jungle area is an open start. Even if we mark Quinn, we can still see that you are in the lower jungle area. Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth?"

"And they have Braum in the bottom lane. If they really want to bet that the first mark will refresh on the river crab, then wouldn't it be better to mark me?"

While he was confused, the factory manager also discovered a problem.

"Eh? Why didn't the opposing support Braum buy any equipment?"

"Is it so stressful?"

"Just because the lineup is at a disadvantage, you won't play the game?"

"Forget it, since they want to change, then let's change."

"It's just right for me to catch a wave."

Shaking his head, the factory manager didn't think much about it and immediately changed his jungle route.

Start with four birds, then red buff, stone beetles, and go all the way up to level three.

If there is a chance in the top lane, gank it. If there is no chance in the top lane, use Quinn's line rights to control the river crab.

In this way, the laning advantage in the top lane can radiate to the jungle area, making it difficult for Kindred to get the mark of wild monsters.

As for the factory manager, he is very confident in this move.

Especially after he got the troops.

But what he didn't know was.

Because of the system, Lin Dong can think of everything he can think of.

The reason why Lin Dong chose to exchange the jungle area with EDG is very simple.

That is to create the illusion that you are going to gank the bottom lane!
Then take the road to start the operation!

But normally speaking, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a fantasy for Kindred and Ekko to capture and kill Quinn.

Because Ekko's W control skill is unstable, once he is counter-ambushed by Zhazi, the rhythm will definitely explode.

So Lin Dong changed his thinking.

It was difficult for him to catch the enemy in the early stage and he was closely watched by the factory manager. Even if he missed his position on the map, the factory manager would calculate his last hits on the Tab panel and determine his route to clear the jungle.

In this situation, it is very difficult to catch someone.

But it’s not only the jungler who can catch people!

Assistance, the same can be done!

And assisting in catching people is another big advantage.

That is the unexpected.

The support roams around to place wards, support teammates, and help teammates apply buffs, so it is reasonable not to be in the laning area, right?
Especially in professional competitions, although they are both a bottom lane duo and share a wave of soldiers, the level of the support is often lower than that of the ADC. This is the reason.

But who would have thought that the support who disappeared in the laning area would be directly played as a jungler?

Of course, this routine must also have prerequisites.

Either have a very stable control skill.

For example, Braum's passive.

Either have special skills and the damage is high enough.

Like the rat and clown assistants.

The point is, this routine is not only disgusting in this way.

It takes time to catch someone, right?
If you can't catch the person, it's a waste of time.

Therefore, for junglers, it is rare to go directly to capture people without clearing wild monsters.

Of course, except for the self-destruction flow.

If you play like this, the jungler's level will be very low.

But if it’s the auxiliary who catches it… then it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, in normal laning, the support has other things to do and is at a low level.

So why not maximize the value?

So at the beginning of the game, after bringing Xiao Duan into EDG's lower jungle area, the first thing Lin Dong did was to drive Xiao Duan to the top lane.

"Xiao Duan, help me arrange the wards in the jungle first, then you go back to the city, buy the equipment, and go to the top lane directly."

"Ah?" Xiao Duan was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Why should I go on the road?"

"Nonsense, catch Quinn."

"Uh... I guess he can't be killed, right?" Holy Spear couldn't help but say, "The damage won't be enough, unless you come too."

"I didn't tell you to kill him." Lin Dong said calmly, "Make him use his flash first."

"I can't even use Flash." Saint Spear was confused. "If you don't come up, he knows that Braum and I don't have enough damage, so he definitely won't use Flash."

"The problem is... the opponent doesn't know that I'm not here." Lin Dong glanced at Quinn in the top lane, and then said, "You can make many mistakes, but he can only make one mistake."

Seeing that Lin Dong said so, Xiao Duan had no choice but to agree. He hurried back to the city and headed up the road.

Looking at this scene, the three people in the commentary booth were all stunned.

The colonel couldn't help but speak.

"Hey, VG's Xiaoduan made a mistake!"

"I guess he was so eager to cooperate with the jungler to invade EDG's bottom jungle area at the beginning of the game that he didn't even buy the starting equipment!"

"Isn't this mistake a bit too low-level?"

"Now he must have realized something was wrong and immediately chose to go back to the city to buy equipment."

"But the problem is, if we go back to the city and then go online at this time, we will lose experience, right? This way, EDG's bottom lane duo can grab level 2!"

"It looks like VG is having a bad start."

"and many more?"

"After he went back to the city to buy equipment, why did he go to the upper road?"

"Is VG planning to send a support to catch Quinn?"

"This move of sending Braum to the front is indeed unexpected, but... it's useless, right? Although Braum has a passive, the damage of the two of them is totally not enough!"

"Braum has already gone, why doesn't Kindred go with him? If they go together, the chances of ganking success will be higher, right?"

"And knowing that Kindred is here, Kou Rou doesn't even need to use Flash..."

However, the doll next to him suddenly spoke.

"No, I don't know about braised pork."

"There is no vision in EDG's lower jungle area!"

"They only saw that VG chose to trade jungle, but they didn't know that Braum had returned to the city, and they didn't know that Kindred was actually still in the bottom half of the jungle."

"So from the perspective of Kourou, the situation is most likely that... VG is playing dirty again!"

"Pretending to invade the jungle, the jungler and support actually switched to the top lane to gank at level 1!"

"In this case, no matter how small the possibility of being caught and killed is, the pork belly will definitely flash!"

"Because Quinn is in the top lane, there is no room for error!"

"Has everyone forgotten... in the last game of the semi-finals, when VG played against RNG, Looper also chose Quinn as the top laner. As a result, VG used this tactic and the team collapsed in the early stages." This time, Wawa was really right.

At the beginning, EDG was indeed not cautious enough.

Although I saw that the opponent's Braum didn't buy the starting equipment, subconsciously, I felt that the reason why the opponent's Braum hadn't come online so late was that he must have gone home to replenish his equipment, so it was a waste of time.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Rou in the top lane began to suppress Ekko unscrupulously, even sticking to the nearest bush and directly crossing the line of soldiers to consume him.

Until Braum appeared in the top lane.

The moment he saw Braum appear on the trade route, Kou Rou was stunned.

"Wait? Why is this Bron here with me?"

"He's not trading jungle with us... Holy shit! I get it!"

"He just deliberately didn't buy his starting items, and then invaded our bottom jungle area, making us mistakenly think that Braum and Kindred were both in the bottom lane!"

"Actually, these two people's target is me!"

"Another diversion, huh?"

"This tactic is so disgusting! No wonder RNG failed because of this before!"

"I was wondering why the opposing jungler had already invaded the jungle, but the first mark was given to me!"

"At this position, Qian Jue must have gone around!"

"No! I have to use my flash immediately! I can't be held back!"

This time, the braised pork was very decisive.

The moment he saw Braum, he immediately ran back. Seeing Braum using flash to get closer and preparing to use AQ to inflict his passive, he also used flash immediately.

After all, at this point in time, even if the factory manager was in the upper jungle area, it would be too late to support him.

Fortunately, nothing happened this time.

The braised pork belly that survived the disaster suddenly felt lucky and reminded the person in the voice message.

"Luckily I used my flash quickly, otherwise I would have ended up like Looper's Quinn."

"Brothers, the enemy jungler and support are on top, and Braum didn't flash."

After hearing what Kou Rou said, Deft and Meiko in the bottom lane immediately understood and began to push the line forward to suppress.

Normally, the combination of Ashe + Thresh is not afraid of Jhin + Braum in laning phase.

Because Thresh is also a ranged hero, combined with Ashe's W skill, both the consumption ability and the pushing ability are stronger than VG's alternative combination, and it is easy to grab the second level.

But in this round, the two did not dare to press at the beginning.

Braum alone is not a big problem, the problem is that there is a Kindred in the jungle.

As a long-range shooter, Kindred can completely make up for the defect that Jhin only has four bullets and is less likely to trigger Bron's passive.

What if we push forward and consume the enemy's energy, and Kindred comes?
But now, things are different.

The opposing Kindred and Braum are both in the top lane!
So the two of them moved forward immediately.

Meiko is even more decisive.

Since the opponent's Braum used flash to gank the top lane, then use flash as well and forcibly catch the opponent's ADC's flash!

Isn't it just about forcing the opponent to evade and put pressure on him?

The auxiliary flash is exchanged for the flash of the opponent's key position, as if everyone can do it.

The next second, he flashed forward, got close to Jhin's body, and then swung Jhin back at the maximum distance of the E skill.

However, the next second.

What both Meiko and Deft had expected finally happened.

Just as Meiko flashed forward, Kindred's figure suddenly appeared from behind not far away.

Looking at this Kindred, all EDG members were stunned.

Meiko, in particular, blurted it out.

"Wait? Kou Rou, didn't you say the enemy jungler and support were catching you in the top lane? This Kindred is clearly in the bottom lane!"

"You're the insider, right?"

"It's over! This Kindred is already at level 2, and we can't get him to level 2 this time!"

Not far away, Lin Dong was watching this scene and felt emotional.

As a professional player, his reaction speed is really fast.

The moment he saw Braum, he immediately guessed that he was also in the top lane with Braum.

Because only in this way can we explain why the first mark was on Quinn, and why Braum would enter the EDG jungle with himself at level 1.

In Kou Rou's opinion, isn't this what VG is best at, a diversion?

After Kou Rou guessed that he was in the top lane, the bottom lane duo immediately took action.

There wasn't even a moment of hesitation.

If EDG had hesitated for a moment and Meiko had flashed a little slower, they might not have died in this wave.

However, nothing is ordinary.

After punishing and killing the blue buff and quickly reaching level 2, Lin Dong rushed out directly.

There is only one goal.

That’s Thresh after using Flash!
The E skill [Fear] was directly activated, the slowdown took effect immediately, and Thresh paused abruptly.

Although Deft on the side had already used his healing spell and immediately dealt damage to Kindred in an attempt to slow down the enemy and help Thresh escape, the two were positioned too deep, making escape almost impossible.

Not long after, the third ring of Kindred's E skill was hit. In the early stage, Kindred's damage was indeed not high, but it had been advanced to level 2. Not to mention an extra skill, combined with Jhin's output, it was more than enough to kill Thresh.

Soon, the screen in front of Meiko went black.

In the canyon, the familiar voice of notification was heard again.

"First Blood!"

First Blood! Born!

And...this first blood was not even caught by VG.

Look, it was EDG who gave it away!

For a moment, there was an uproar in the audience.

"Fuck? This can also get first blood?"

"No, what on earth is Meiko doing? Why did he flash over to give up? Didn't he know Kindred was in the bottom half?"

"Don't be a hindsighter, okay? With Braum going to top lane, EDG must have thought that VG would do the same as last time they played against RNG, with the jungler and support ganking at level 1! So they thought Kindred would be on top and the bottom lane would just go for it. Who knew VG didn't play that way in this game!"

"I was wondering why Braum was the only one on top, why did Kou Rou have to flash first?"

"Nonsense, what happened to Quinn who didn't flash at the first moment? I suggest you watch Looper in the semi-finals, that's really miserable."

"The key is whether Kindred's mark is the marked Quinn... If anyone has a bit of brains, the first reaction must be that Kindred is on the top lane, right?"

"To be honest, I'm beginning to suspect that Xiao Duan didn't buy any equipment at the beginning, was it intentional for EDG to see? Otherwise, since Braum hadn't appeared in the bottom lane for so long, how could Kou Rou still dare to push forward and reduce HP?"

"Damn! I thought VG's feint to the east and attacking in the west, and the level 1 jungler and support ganking was disgusting enough, but I didn't expect it to be even more disgusting!"

"The longest road that LPL has traveled is the routine of the God of Winter."

"You guys who play tactics really have dirty hearts!"

At the same time, in EDG voice.

At this time, the factory manager was stunned when he saw the top and bottom lanes blooming at the same time.

What happened?

Why is Braum in the top lane?
Why did Quinn, who was so weak, use his flash?

Why did we give away first blood in the bottom lane?
I just finished beating the four birds to level 2 and was preparing to attack the red buff!
If we want to compete for the rhythm in the jungle, we have to wait until at least level three, right?

It's not even level 3 yet, but the opposing jungler has already picked up the pace. What the hell is going on?

(End of this chapter)