SWDnovel Chapter 7: Crushing Victory
Chapter 7: Crushing Victory
Moreover, Chen Song discovered another problem.
IG players communicate a lot, but due to language barriers, it sounds very "noisy".
"Ning, come here, Ning, come here."
"Don't rush me, I just finished refreshing the red buff."
TheShy communicated with Ning in broken Chinese. TheShy is the kind of player with an aggressive laning style and a very domineering playstyle, as can be seen from the fact that he picked Vladimir even when FPX picked Gangplank first.
In version 9.10, the spawn time for the river crab is 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
Tian's Prince chose to start with the red buff. His intention was clear: to farm from top to bottom and then help the bottom lane. This was also a common strategy used by the FPX team in the S9 season.
After clearing the river crab, the prince didn't rush back to his own jungle. Instead, he used the speed boost left by the river crab to perform an EQ combo and plunged into IG's upper jungle, heading straight for the blue buff.
Galio and Gangplank both have absolute lane control, and since Lee Sin wasn't seen contesting the Rift Scuttler, it's likely that Lee Sin started in the lower jungle.
Lee Sin would likely be too late to go to the top jungle, and since neither the mid nor bot lanes have lane priority, Lee Sin can't risk going into the enemy's blue buff area. After all, he doesn't know Jarvan IV's movements. If he rashly goes into the blue buff area, the enemy mid and bot lanes will arrive first, and under Galio and Thresh's control, it's easy to give up first blood.
Ning's Lee Sin also started with red buff. With Kai'Sa and Alistar in the bot lane, they couldn't withstand Lucian and Thresh in the early laning phase. Starting with blue buff and farming bot lane was pointless and would only trigger his passive. Only by starting with red buff and moving top lane to help TheShy stabilize the top lane, or even counter-gank Jarvan IV, could they control the early game tempo.
He knew in his heart that GimGoon was no match for TheShy. As long as he could help him withstand the early pressure from Gangplank and get his items, his individual ability would allow him to completely open up a breakthrough in the top lane and then lead the entire team.
Of course, that's a valid thought, but situations are always changing rapidly.
Tian's prince doesn't play by the rules at all. After clearing the river crab, he doesn't choose to go back to farm the lower jungle. Instead, he takes advantage of his teammates' lane control and directly invades the blue buff.
"Rookie, do you have time to check on Blue for me?"
FPX training room.
"Lee Sin starts with red buff, I'm countering the blue buff, Doinb and GimGoon, check my position."
Doinb's eyes were fixed on the location of the prince on the map: "You rebel, you rebel, I'll get there first, Akali can't get here."
"I can come anytime; the vampire isn't in good shape."
As the team's brain, Doinb is directing the team in his uniquely accented Chinese.
He glanced at the top laner's status and said, "Lee Sin should be here soon. Tian, leave a ward for GimGoon and go back to farm the bottom half of the map. Once we get back, buy boots and we'll gank them in the bottom lane."
Although the vampire is in bad shape, the Lee Sin is nearby, so it's still risky to tower dive recklessly.
"I just don't understand, it's already S9, and IG is still doing solo laning, what's the point?"
Doinb quickly pushed the minion wave and stood in the river bush in the middle and top lanes, saying...
FPX boasted the best record in the LPL with 13 wins and 2 losses in the Spring Split, starting with an eight-game winning streak and sweeping away many teams, demonstrating their dominance.
Mid laner Doinb was even selected as the regular season MVP.
Although he may not have the same lane dominance as Rookie, his contribution to the team is undoubtedly far superior.
After Tian successfully countered the blue buff and left with a ward, the Blind Monk finally arrived.
Ning and Zhilan will be betrayed, but there's not much they can do about it.
The Lee Sin's movements appeared under FPX's wards, and Tian had already returned to his bottom jungle to farm.
After clearing the three wolves, we arrived at the bottom lane river bushes.
Under the absolute pressure from Lin Weixiang's Lucian and Liu Qingsong's Thresh, Jackeylove's Kai'Sa was constantly pushed under the tower.
Kai'Sa is inherently a "weak" champion in the early game. With her short range, paired with a protective support, she's basically just a punching bag with no chance to fight back.
Unfortunately, the prince started with the red buff, which made laning difficult in the first place, and he also had to constantly be wary of the opponent pushing the lane and ganking him.
My buddy completely dominated them in lane, why is that?
Seven minutes into the game, Doinb had already reached level 6. After pushing down a large wave of minions, he headed towards the bottom lane.
"He crossed the line! He crossed the line!" Donib's shout echoed through the FPX training room.
When Doinb's Galio circled around from the river, Liu Qingsong's Thresh had already placed a control ward in the tri-bush, clearing out all vision in the bottom lane.
"Wait for my ultimate, wait for my ultimate!" Doinb shouted urgently as he emerged from the bush behind IG's bottom lane turret.
The prince of Tian was already there, crouching in the triangular bushes.
The moment the bottom lane minions were pushed into the tower, JackeyLove's Kai'Sa and Baolan's Alistar were hiding under the tower, watching a large wave of minions surge in.
IG training room.
"They might be going to cross..." Before JackeyLove could finish speaking, Thresh stepped forward and used his E-flash.
Under the slow control, the Prince directly entered the fray with his EQ combo, while Galio's ultimate ability lit up as he entered the fray.
JackeyLove reacted quickly, flashing to dodge the Prince's EQ combo, but he was still trapped inside the Cataclysmic Control Circle.
Baolan pressed his Q skill almost as soon as the Prince charged into the tower with his EQ combo, trying to knock the Prince out, but he was still trapped by Cataclysm.
"boom!"
Galio slammed down, the knock-up effect combined with Gangplank's ultimate ability covering the entire turret area.
The Minotaur was continuously controlled and couldn't even use Flash. Lucian's Divine Rapier and other follow-up damage came crashing down on him at the same time.
Baolan didn't even have time to unleash his ultimate skill before his health bar instantly evaporated.
Galio then finished off Kai'Sa with a single War Gale.
IG's bot lane duo both died, and FPX waited for the minion wave to be slowly cleared before Lin Weixiang finally took down the bottom lane tower.
After a successful 4v2 gank, just 10 minutes later, FPX's advantage of a double kill in the bottom lane, plus turret plating and the first tower kill, gave them a 3,000 gold lead.
Rookie's Akali seemed to disappear, completely invisible.
In 15 minutes, FPX continued to control the dragon and the Rift Herald, with their mid, jungle, and support constantly roaming, extending their economic lead to 5,000, while IG couldn't find any opportunities at all.
Ultimately, at the 25-minute mark, FPX secured the victory in this scrim with the Baron buff and an 8,000 gold advantage.
Chen Song carefully reviewed his phone's notes, which contained the notes he had taken during the IG training match earlier.
This includes key points such as mistakes, important decisions, and the business plans of both sides.
Through communication among the contestants, some contestants were also marked.
He discovered that Ning was the most talkative and also the most easily agitated.
TheShy's Chinese is not very good; he only knows short sentences and some keywords.
Rookie was a pleasant surprise. I knew Rookie's Chinese was pretty good, but I didn't expect him to speak it so well that he could communicate with his teammates in Chinese without any problems.
As for JackeyLove and Baolan, both of them are rather quiet, calm, and not very talkative, but they are both useful.
In Chen Song's view, this training match had little to do with the players' form.
To his surprise, TheShy, despite being at a disadvantage in the laning phase, managed to turn the tables on Gangplank through his individual skill, especially in his understanding of Gangplank's barrels. TheShy clearly has a unique understanding of this.