ctnovel Chapter 14 Letme: How could there be such an outrageous outfit for going out!
Chapter 14 Letme: How could there be such an outrageous outfit for going out!
Seeing everyone's attention on him, Lin Mo explained, "Coach, think about it. The enemy banned both Malphite and Maokai, which clearly means they're targeting me relentlessly, even trying to tower dive and kill me! Garen is such a tanky champion, with his W's damage reduction, and most importantly, his passive health regeneration! Even if I get badly damaged, I can just stay under the tower for a while and my health will be back to normal. They simply can't tower dive me! And if I don't die, their momentum will be disrupted again!"
"This is called an upgraded version of the 'rock-solid, never-die-and-return-to-base' extreme hunger-starvation strategy!"
Abu was stunned.
The factory manager also frowned, frantically trying to reconstruct Lin Mo's logic in his mind.
Don't tell me... you really shouldn't tell me!
If you're determined to forgo farming minions, Garen's passive healing ability is an amazing skill for surviving pressure.
Even if the enemy jungler wants to gank, they'll probably have a headache seeing a Garen camping behind the tower!
But... what use would Garen be in team fights then?
And if you pick Garen first, won't you just get used as a punching bag by the enemy?
The factory manager was pondering this when, unexpectedly, Abu said directly, "Give it to him!"
Abu thought, since he played so badly with the Stone Golem, he can't play any game worse than the previous one, right?
Therefore, EDG immediately locked in Garen with three locks.
"As long as we live, the tower stands!"
The image of a muscular man in heavy armor, wielding a giant sword, appeared prominently on the giant screen above the stadium!
The entire competition venue seemed to be silenced at that moment.
Two seconds later, the scene erupted in chaos!
From the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan's surprised voice rang out: "Huh? Garen? EDG locked in Demacia's Might? Did they accidentally pick the wrong champion?"
Rita was equally astonished: "This hero isn't some kind of tactic either, is he?!"
The chat in the official live stream was flooded with question marks like a waterfall:
"?????????"
"First it was Malphite, this game it's Garen??? You're telling me this is the LPL semifinals? I thought I'd stumbled into a Bronze 5 promotion match!"
"Holy crap, Mo's got guts! Picking Garen in a pro game? I'd call him the biggest madman in the league!"
RNG: We feel our intelligence has been severely insulted!
"They won by luck before, and now they're doing this in a do-or-die game. Do they really think RNG is an easy target?"
"If EDG wins, I'll eat my computer screen!"
"I'm telling you this: EDG is going to lose. Because RNG can't make the same mistake twice!"
On the RNG team's stage.
The Firefox coach looked at the giant Garen on the screen, completely baffled.
Letme turned to the coach: "Feng... his pick of Garen, was that within your expectations?"
Firefox's lips twitched twice.
Predicting my ass! What normal professional team would pick Garen in a do-or-die game?!
But as a coach, you can't lose your composure.
Firefox took a deep breath: "I did think about it, but I didn't expect them to actually pick it. In that case, you can pick a counter to him and teach him a lesson later. Coordinate with the mid and jungle to create an opening in the top lane."
"Understood!" Letme rubbed his hands together eagerly.
Therefore, RNG locked in Gnar.
Upon seeing this pick, Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but say, "With RNG picking Gnar, it feels like Garen is going to get whipped around like a spinning top."
Rita: "Yes, Garen's impact is much less than Malphite's when he's not doing well. EDG seems to be under a lot of pressure this game..."
The draft phase ended quickly after the two commentators discussed it.
Ultimately, the lineups for both sides were finalized.
RNG (Blue Team):
Top Lane: Gnar, the Lost Tooth
Jungle: Lee Sin (the Blind Monk)
Mid Lane: Syndra, the Dark Sovereign
ADC: Ashe, the Frost Archer
Support: Fairy Witch - Lulu
EDG (Red Side):
Top Lane: Garen, the Might of Demacia
Jungler: Graves - The Outlaw
Mid Lane: Taliyah
ADC: Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover
Support: Karma, the Enlightened One
Both sides immediately entered the game loading phase.
Five seconds later...
Welcome to League of Legends!
A system voice announced that the two teams had entered Summoner's Rift.
The competition has officially begun!
The director's camera naturally focused on the center of attention—Garen.
Soon, Garen's equipment inventory in the camera showed two new starting items.
"Wait a minute! Mo's starting outfit... what the hell is that?!" Guan Zeyuan stared blankly. "Three mung beans and a bottle of red potion?!"
Rita's lips twitched slightly: "Doran's Shield is the standard for tanky top laners now, starting with three health potions and a health potion... what kind of strategy is this?"
The question marks in the live stream chat never stopped:
"??????"
"That's so cowardly! They're even giving up the little bit of health from Doran's Shield, just to heal, huh?"
"This Mo is definitely a veteran player. Who taught him to build his items like that?"
"Damn, so this is what you call wearing your 'scoundrel' label on your face, huh!"
"..."
At this moment, Lin Mo, sitting in front of the computer, was very satisfied with his equipment build.
While Doran's Shield is good, its regeneration speed is too slow. But three green beans are different. Each green bean grants a +150% health regeneration effect, and three beans grant a total of 450%, making them practically mobile fountains under the tower!
Even if Gnar drains my health, I can quickly recover and maintain a healthy health level... Lin Mo thought to himself.
"The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in thirty seconds. Crush them!"
As indicated by the system notification, the minion wave quickly appeared.
Lin Mo, controlling Garen, swaggered to the top lane.
Having learned from the experience of the previous game, he played much more naturally in this game, no longer face-checking bushes, but instead standing properly behind his own minions.
Seeing this, Letme's Gnar crossed the minion wave without hesitation, raised his boomerang and smashed it at Garen's head, followed by a basic attack.
Lin Mo did not retaliate, but took a step back to create distance.
After all, Nalka is near the bushes and can avoid the minions' aggro at any time, so we can't let him attack for nothing.
Soon, the first melee soldier was left with low health.
Nalka positioned himself between Linmer and the low-health minion, his meaning clear: If you dare to take this minion, I'll AoE you and unleash my full combo.
Lin Mo glanced at Garen's aggressive movement, and without hesitation, pressed Ctrl+3 on the spot. Garen then began doing handstand push-ups with one hand.
The soldier was killed in action.
[Ding! The host wisely abandoned the dangerous melee minion, resulting in a +0.5% drop of Hand Speed Fragment]
Lin Mo was startled when he heard the voice in his mind.
Although the system mentioned a newbie bonus for the first game, with attributes doubled, this is still dropping way too little...
However, he thought again that even a small amount is still something, and as long as he played steadily in this game, he could still feed his teammates by accumulating small gains!
Over the next few minutes, the top lane took on an extremely bizarre character.
Lin Mo thoroughly implemented the principle of "never being greedy with his knife".
He would only go up and finish off the enemy when it was absolutely safe; if Gnar raised his hand to hit him, he wouldn't even glance at the low-health minion and would turn and leave.
If he was hit by Gnar's attack, he would shrink back to gain experience while simultaneously starting to passively regenerate health.
[Ding! Host missed 1 ranged minion, gain Consciousness Fragment +1%]
[Ding! Host missed 1 melee minion, gained reaction speed fragment +1%]
[Ding! The host ignored the temptation of the artillery soldier and missed 1 artillery vehicle, gaining 3% more consciousness fragments]
Just as Lin Mo was happily collecting the fragments, Letme on the other side gradually became impatient.
"Is this Garen crazy?!" Letme couldn't help but complain in the voice chat. "He doesn't even eat minions, and sometimes he even ignores experience! I poke him twice, and he hides behind the tower! By the time I finish pushing the lane, his health is full again! Is this build really that disgusting?!"
The spicy hot pot chef glanced at the screen and set off.
Nar was already at level three.
Although Garen was only level 2.5 and was 11 CS behind, his health remained almost full!
What's most infuriating is that the guy didn't even drink the red medicine he had on him!
"Didn't Feng say he was going to use the 'starvation' strategy again this game, letting us tower dive?" Xiangguo glanced at Garen, who was at full health and cowering in a corner behind the turret. "I definitely can't tower dive him alone. Let's wait for Xiaohu and me to come together and try!"