Chapter 131
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Seriously… No matter when you hear it, the countless ping sounds are just so endearing as our allied champions hurriedly rushed out of the fountain.
It was to seize early vision control.
‘Hmm.’
I assessed the current situation.
‘We have a slight edge with our invade composition, but…’
The opponent must be aware of that fact too.
But there was no need to hold back on invading.
Whether they read it or not, a favorable situation is still favorable.
[⬇]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) is on the way]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) is on the way]
“Let’s go, friends.”
Our allied formation is in the top lane.
To catch them off guard, invading the top jungle would be effective, and if we want to push them back and gain an advantage in jungle routes, invading the bottom jungle would be better.
[⬇]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) is on the way]
I chose the top jungle.
If luck’s on my side, I might catch the enemy laner who’s checking vision or force their summoner spell out; if not, I can at least control vision on their blue side jungle.
The enemy team is team 5%.
Given their experience, they’re seasoned players, so I needed to create some confusion in the early game.
‘Now.’
Having devised an invade route that circles around the top tri-bush, we entered the top lane brush.
As soon as we placed a ward in the top brush, the figure of their Malphite appeared.
Bam!
Leona’s E skill flashed,
Malphite’s summoner spell was blown.
For a level 1 Malphite without a survival ability, it was a choice he had to make.
‘👍’
‘ᵔᴥᵔ’
‘🐧’
What a sweet payoff.
– Oh lol
– Looks like he froze for a second?
– But Malphite had to blow his flash either way.
– I guess they didn’t ward the tri-bush.
– For real lol
– Penguin’s cute lol
The time was now 1 minute.
Staying in the top jungle any longer would be a risky choice, so the bot lane started heading home.
Returning to base, the bot lane slightly checked the vision in our blue jungle.
Nothing was there.
That means the enemy started at red.
[❕] [❕]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) sends a retreat signal to YSG ManGi (Sylas)]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) sends a retreat signal to YSG ManGi (Sylas)]
‘No need to leash.’
No, for the top lane plan that’s about to unfold, it would be better not to—Sylas needed to take control of the lane as quickly as possible to set up a dive.
– Ah lol just go
– ManGi looks gloomy
– Is there a jungler who hates leashing even when offered??
– Gloomy
ManGi also headed directly toward the top without needing to say much.
‘Then…’
I moved around to the enemy blue side’s three camps to assess the situation.
The top lane was pushing steadily.
The mid lane was being pressured.
The bot lane… is caught in a strange standoff, possibly fearing a kill potential despite being able to push.
‘I don’t know Lee Sin’s path yet, but there’s a high chance he’ll head toward bot lane.’
Even though Sylas hadn’t leashed, the enemy was likely suspicious that I started at the enemy blue.
Of course, that’s just a matter of probability; they don’t know where I am for sure, so I’d gained an edge in terms of information.
‘Should I ease that concern a bit?’
But the cost of that would not come cheap.
[⨷] [⨷]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) targets SY TheOne (Malphite)]
Currently, the top situation was forming into a classic dive opportunity.
If Malphite hadn’t blown his flash during the early invade, he would’ve managed the lane more aggressively.
But regrettably, his flash was already gone, and even TheOne wouldn’t be able to flaunt himself against a counter like Sylas without a summoner.
So, the dive opportunity flowed naturally from the initial invade plan.
Little by little.
As the top minions pushed in, Malphite found himself isolated.
His health situation wasn’t too bad, but unfortunately for him, the circumstances weren’t great at all.
‘Let’s take down his passive first.’
I started applying pressure on Malphite from the back of the top lane.
The merciless boulders hammered down on him, slowly breaking down the seemingly invincible giant.
Malphite is the traditional AD counter.
But that only holds if he has decent items, and most importantly, Sylas and Taliyah are AP champions.
And hard AP champions at that.
– Enemy eliminated!
– First Blood!
A clean dive success.
Of course, Malphite has teleport, so he can minimize losses to some extent, but even this was a massive gain.
– Oh
– Whoa
– Insane
– “Give it to me, sis! Give it to me!”
– Wow
– That’s so clean omg
– Insane insane omg
– Insane
『‘Silver Top Solo’ gifted balloons ‘10’.』
『“Jungleeeeeeeee”』
– TheOne is raging lol
– What’s our jungler doing
– Friendship, huh
– Insane
– This is painful to watch
– Top memes PTSD lol
I didn’t get greedy and headed straight back to base.
Being careless here would just make me prey for Lee Sin, who’s lying in wait to pounce.
‘I don’t see Lee Sin.’
At this point, I thought I’d see him emerge from bot soon and apply pressure, but surprisingly, there was no sign of him.
‘He could be in my blue jungle or…’
Or waiting in the top jungle to catch me if I got greedy.
Whatever it was, the situation was still favorable for me.
After returning home, I reassessed the lane situations.
In the top lane, Malphite was hurriedly receiving the wave after teleporting back.
In the bot lane, while they were slightly behind in wave position, the CS difference wasn’t too significant.
The enemy was on alert for a potential kill from Tristana and Leona.
‘The problem is mid…’
The blind pick mid Tryndamere.
Not long ago, if such a pick came out, you’d expect to see speedy champions being picked alongside it.
However, that pick has gained a pretty good reputation recently, resulting in various research.
And LeBlanc is counted as one of the counter picks to Tryndamere.
There’s no need to overthink; just consider the skill sets of Tryndamere and LeBlanc, and the answer’s clear.
‘This must be tough for a melee champion.’
Ranged versus melee, and Tryndamere is undoubtedly among the champions with the shortest range in melee champions.
That melee Tryndamere’s going to face LeBlanc mid?
What a terrible joke.
Even so, is Rainbow really Rainbow? The CS difference wasn’t that huge.
About a 10 CS difference.
But considering Tryndamere’s spells are Flash and Ghost, if left unaddressed, the difference would surely grow.
I swept through our top jungle, then headed straight to mid.
I couldn’t just watch as the pressuring Tryndamere continued.
‘At this point, it’s also time for Lee Sin to cover.’
Predicting Lee Sin’s movement based on the given information, I made my judgment.
[YSG DieHard – Lee Sin]
Originally, DieHard prefers aggressive play.
But no matter how early it is, DieHard’s presence in this game was almost non-existent.
Why is that?
DieHard knows me.
And I know DieHard too.
‘DieHard won’t engage in a duel against me.’
Drawing another conclusion from the information I’ve gathered so far.
‘DieHard is focused on farming for growth. That’s the method with the least risk.’
‘The timing to waste on mid cover has already passed. If Lee Sin was waiting, taking a counter gank would be perfectly fine for me.’
‘In other words, the mid lane is currently just LeBlanc.’
With the conclusion reached, I no longer needed to hesitate.
[⨷]
[Outlaw (Taliyah) targets SCV AllDay (LeBlanc)]
The ping was short, but it was enough for Rainbow.
Rainbow deliberately gave up a bit of poke.
So that the enemy wouldn’t catch on.
Very discreetly.
Of course, LeBlanc, who desperately wanted to pressure Tryndamere, couldn’t help but bite the bait.
No, even if she thought it was bait, she’d likely not care.
Typically, players using champions with great survival abilities like LeBlanc tend to be more risk-prone.
Taking down enemy jungles or turning pressure in other lanes.
That was one of the reasons for picking LeBlanc.
As I revealed myself in mid, I could sense the panic in LeBlanc’s movements as she had already used her W.
LeBlanc’s mind game.
Will she go back or not?
In fact, winning in this mind game is quite simple.
Just force the enemy to make a choice.
‘She surely can’t resist not going back.’
The ruthless stones slammed down on LeBlanc’s head, quickly taking out her passive.
At the moment LeBlanc reluctantly retreated with her W.
‘Gotcha.’
The perfectly timed Taliyah’s W snatched away LeBlanc’s escape.
– Whoa
– What the heck
– What a prediction shot
– Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!
– Don’t kill me, sis! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!
– How did you predict this?
– Lol how could she not go back
– Wow that’s insane for real
In this situation, LeBlanc likely figured using Flash would only waste a spell, and accepted her death graciously.
A smart choice, despite being the enemy.
– Enemy eliminated!
Successful ganks at top and mid.
And with that, the pace of the game began to escalate rapidly.
