ctnovel 035 Tense
035 Tense
The competition began soon after.
In terms of the opening moves, Li Zhixing didn't come up with any special tricks; he just played a normal defensive opening.
If you pick the jungle duo of Spider and Tristana Thresh, in a mature professional league like in the past, the opponent would definitely be on guard against Spider's level 3 dive.
The two sides will engage in a fierce battle for the bottom lane, reaching the atmosphere.
But in this primitive era, Li Zhixing doesn't need to be on guard so much.
With the enemy in the open and us in the dark, apart from the two powerhouses SKT and MVP, the other teams know nothing about RISE and are unaware of what kind of team they are.
If you just treat them as an ordinary amateur team, you probably won't take any precautions.
Li Zhixing even dared to boldly guess that the opposing prince was farming from the bottom up, intending to go to the top lane to protect Fiora's development.
In this situation, it would be unreasonable for him not to gank the bottom lane at level three.
Of course, Li Zhixing didn't completely underestimate the other side.
Even if the opposing team is more cautious and sends the prince down to protect the bottom lane, it won't make much difference.
A combination like EZ and Lulu that can't push lanes or whittle down enemy health is considered a weak and ineffective combination unless it appears in the mid-Season 8. It's a pure black hole for the team.
After both sides chose this bottom lane matchup, the opposing bottom lane was bound to collapse; it was only a matter of time.
Li Zhixing had a clear strategy and directly chose the fastest route to reach level three, launching a surprise attack on the bottom lane.
At this moment, in the bottom lane, Kim Hyuk-kyu's Tristana, although only level two, had already established a stable minion wave advantage by utilizing the explosion effect of her E skill.
It's only a matter of time before the minion wave pushes into the tower.
At this moment, the opposing duo was still standing under the tower, completely unaware of the danger.
Li Zhixing wasn't in a hurry at the moment, and first took a stroll around the enemy's jungle.
Because the opponents of this era were so slow to react, Li Zhixing always subconsciously felt that there was a trap when facing such opponents...
After confirming that he had not found the prince, he then surrounded the bottom lane.
"After I tanked the tower first, both of them dove."
Li Zhixing succinctly gave a general idea, then immediately used "Cocoon" to hit Lulu squarely.
The next instant, Thresh's hook came down, continuing the control.
Only then did the turret buzz and lock the red line onto the top of the hammer rock.
Li Zhixing frowned slightly.
Mata did not fully understand his line of thinking.
He only used EW, and hadn't even had a chance to deal damage to EZ or attract the turret's aggro.
Mata's hook undoubtedly ruined his plan.
Moreover, killing a level 2 EZ doesn't require continuous crowd control; just one "Cocoon" is enough.
Are you still too nervous?
Li Zhixing kept making moves, switching to spider form with QR and then continuously attacking with AWQ!
Kim Hyuk-kyu's Tristana also used her E skill to auto-attack continuously. With the three of them unleashing their damage, killing an EZ was more than enough, and they easily sent him back to the fountain.
"First blood!"
The sound of blood gushing out echoed throughout the stadium, causing an uproar among the hundreds of spectators.
They clearly didn't expect the number of deaths in this round to increase so quickly.
And it's not over yet.
Mata's Thresh stepped out of the turret and then, under Li Zhixing's command, made a comeback.
"Don't rush, the enemy jungler isn't here. Wait for the cooldown to reset."
Li Zhixing's voice remained as calm as ever as he manipulated his spider subordinates to switch back to human form.
Mata realized he had just made a mistake, but fortunately, it hadn't caused irreparable damage. He forced himself to calm down and kept a close eye on the spider's movements.
Li Zhixing deliberately waited until Thresh's E skill cooldown was ready before auto-attacking and then using Q to attack, switching to spider form to get close and bite.
Lulu cast a shield on herself, but it didn't help much under the combined attack of the three.
After Li Zhixing was brought to low health, he used his E skill to ascend and avoid damage from the turret.
Meanwhile, Kim Hyuk-kyu's cannon took the opportunity to tank the tower with two basic attacks!
"Double kill!"
From the commentary booth, Jeon Yong-jun's roar was incredibly loud: "The turret is attacking! But Tristana isn't dead! Rise pulled off a perfect turret dive!"
With a 3-on-2 dive, all three members of RISE's bottom and jungle teams survived to low health, demonstrating a flawless tower dive coordination.
"That was a beautiful tower dive!" Kim Dong-jun exclaimed, looking at the three players' health bars. "Are they really not a professional team?"
The audience erupted in even louder cheers, followed by thunderous applause!
【Huh? You can even beat that?】
Can three people overpower two full-health opponents? Spider is such a OP champion!
This makes the defensive towers seem useless.
[It's obvious he doesn't follow Neo's channel. Neo's jungling is notorious for ignoring turrets!]
As viewers, what we want to see in professional leagues is the clash of titans between top players, and the seamless teamwork that comes from training.
RISE's tower dive perfectly satisfied the audience's needs.
Backstage at the venue, even the other contestants were shocked by RISE's tower dive.
That tower dive coordination is a bit over the top.
And that's too extreme! What if it didn't clear the barrier? Wouldn't it explode?
Did they just take down the MVP like that? Did the macro team just overpower them?
Kkoma looked at the scene before him and couldn't help but shake his head.
As expected.
This team is just too weird.
Just three minutes into the game, RISE stunned the audience with a perfect 3-on-2 play.
However, at this moment, Li Zhixing's reprimanding voice could be heard in the RISE voice channel.
"Zhao Shiheng, calm down," Li Zhixing said in a deep voice.
In his original plan, he left enough room for the opposing jungler to counter-gank.
If you coordinate a tower dive under normal circumstances, after taking down two people, at most one of them will be left with low health.
This way, even if the enemy jungler arrives, they can handle it calmly.
As a result of Mata's actions, all three were left disabled.
The fact that they were able to successfully tower dive is a testament to the enemy jungler's incompetence.
If the enemy jungler is smart, they would have counter-ganked in the bottom lane, and R1SE would have at least lost two players.
Li Zhixing never looks at the results; he only looks at the process.
Even if everything ends well, he will still be dissatisfied if the team members don't perform well.
Conversely, if the team members perform well but still get bad results, Li Zhixing will never put pressure on his teammates because of this; he will only feel that he himself did something wrong.
Hearing Li Zhixing call her by her full name, Mata blushed furiously: "I was too nervous, bro."
Li Zhixing said softly, "Don't be influenced by the audience, and don't be afraid of your opponents. Believe in yourselves; we are very strong."
Although they assembled four top-tier talented players, they were still too inexperienced due to the limitations of the era.
Achieving Li Zhixing's perfect goal is a long and arduous journey.
But Li Zhixing was pleased that his four teammates were at least not the kind of spineless wimps whose hands would tremble when they got on stage.
It's perfectly understandable to be a little nervous during your first competition; not everyone is like Lee Ji-hyeong or Li Xiang-hee, a true king crab.
"Okay!" Mata nodded, bought the real and fake eyes, and walked out of the fountain.