ctnovel Who is 008 Faker?
Who is 008 Faker?
As news of the first blood broke, Kim Hyuk-kyu's excited cheers immediately filled the training room: "Awesome, Zhixing-hyung!"
He knew that Li Zhixing would be fine.
Mata couldn't help but glance at him.
The situation in the middle lane went surprisingly smoothly.
The training match has only been going on for a few minutes, but Neo's performance has far exceeded his expectations.
It gives people the feeling of someone who has been through countless battles.
Mata was lost in thought and relaxed his laning phase for a moment, allowing Zyra to root him with her E. Immediately afterward, the enemy EZ E'd right in his face and burst him down, instantly crippling him!
Mata's expression changed, and he quickly used Flash to create distance, barely managing to save his life.
The situation in the bottom lane suddenly turned unfavorable.
SKT's bot lane duo is no pushover either; the temporary pairing of Kim Hyuk-kyu and Mata is clearly struggling.
And it's not over yet.
The bottom lane is alright, but the top lane is really tough.
Shen is not at a disadvantage when playing against weapons, but MVP top laner Homme is just a utility player. Although he has an excellent understanding of the game, he is obviously not outstanding in the laning phase. After a few exchanges, his health is already in danger.
Impact's weapon allows him to jump to the enemy's face with a Q, then activate E and start waving his arms wildly.
Homme had no other choice but to pull back with an E.
This is a common tactic for Shen when facing Jax: pull back with the E skill when Jax activates E to perfectly avoid it.
But as the saying goes, when you only have one path to take, that's when you're most easily controlled.
Impact used Flash early and waited at the end of Shen's E skill.
Although Shen still mocked her, she successfully used the second part of her E skill, stunning Shen.
The taunt didn't stop Shen from continuously waving the lamppost at him. Once the control ended, he followed up with a W!
Homme finally used Flash, but it was too late. The weapon's attack hit him from a distance, emptying his health bar!
"Oops!" Homme's frustrated voice echoed in the training room. "Damn it, just a little bit more!"
Being solo killed by your lane opponent is certainly frustrating, but having to use your Flash to die is even more heartbreaking!
Dandy showed up in the mid lane, and the Jax who got a solo kill could safely push the minion wave to the tower before recalling to base. This created a huge gap in the top lane.
Li Zhixing switched the screen to look at the situation in the top lane, but didn't react in any way, just logged in normally.
He doesn't have much say in the team right now, and even if he gives instructions, his teammates mostly won't listen.
Then he can only rely on himself to do things.
When he went out again, Sion had another Doran's Ring and a pair of straw sandals in his hand.
AP Sion mid lane has a very extreme playstyle. After all, he is a short-range champion, and it's unrealistic to compete with AP carries like Orianna and Viktor in terms of damage output in the late game. So, the only option is to focus on roaming.
The common playstyle for this champion is to build two Doran's Blades, Boots of Mobility, and Mejai's Soulstealer to snowball, which requires a high level of roaming ability.
Fortunately, Li Zhixing was well-versed in this matter.
If Orianna dares to last-hit a minion, she'll stun him with a Q, then activate her shield and close the distance.
Once you reach W level, champions like Orianna with sustained damage output simply don't have the ability to quickly break through the shield. They can only watch helplessly as Sion uses the shield to absorb damage, then counterattacks and deals over 200 damage to Orianna, leaving them with no chance to retaliate.
From the micro-management of the clockwork, Li Zhixing could tell that the opponent was a master, but unfortunately he had met this old rogue, and all his skills were useless.
Li Zhixing quickly pushed the minion wave into the tower and disappeared into the fog of war in the blink of an eye.
In an instant, the entire SKT team was on high alert!
The most nervous player is Impact in the top lane. He used Flash in the last wave, and Shen has strong crowd control abilities. If he gets hit by all the crowd control, he could really be chased down and killed.
There was no other way but for him to temporarily retreat and give up the suppression.
But to everyone's surprise, Li Zhixing's goal was not to set off.
Going to the top lane might get you kills, but it's pointless; the top lane will still collapse if it's going to collapse anyway.
The bottom lane is the key.
Wearing straw sandals, Sain ran incredibly fast, quickly rushing from the river to the bottom lane without any attempt to conceal himself.
Kim Hyuk-kyu understood immediately. Graves used Lulu's speed boost to move forward with his E, and then used his W smoke bomb to hit Zyra in the face.
Zyra had barely stepped out of the smoke grenade's range when she saw Sion already standing in her face, giving her a death stare.
Use a point-and-click stun, detonate the shield to deal damage, then turn and leave.
The Graves pressed close, unleashing a Q "Large Lead Bullet" that dealt all three hits of damage, securing the kill!
"Push the lane, control the dragon."
As Li Zhixing announced his next decision, he had already reached the riverbed and was returning to the central route.
At this point, the jungler Lee Sin finally arrived.
It seemed as if everything was going according to plan.
The jungler was in the bottom half of the map, and the bottom lane had already pushed the lane. Even if the MVP player didn't want to listen to Li Zhixing's commands, there wasn't much else they could do but control the dragon.
As the dragon roared, each member of the team received 190 gold coins, and the team's economy surged dramatically.
After a series of maneuvers, the situation was resolved.
The MVP players looked at the situation before them with strange expressions.
This guy is actually pretty good.
"..."
At this moment, SKT's training room was packed with people.
Not only were the members of the second team training, but the members of the first team, who had already been formed, were also watching from behind.
However, a strange look appeared on the faces of the group.
"This guy," Wolf, the support player, said, looking at the situation, unsure how to describe it, "is ridiculously strong!"
Everyone here is a top-tier player, and of course, they have all experienced the prowess of Neo.
Everyone says that ranked matches and regular matches are two separate games.
Because when five people communicate and cooperate better in real time, some habits developed in ranked matches can become disadvantages. This is a process that requires a gradual adaptation.
But why does this Neo seem to be thriving?
"But we're not necessarily going to lose!" Wolf patted the boy in front of him on the shoulder. "Go for it, Sang-hyeok! Don't lose to him!"
Today, the person sitting in the mid-lane position of SKT's second team for a trial is none other than Lee Ji-hyeong's deskmate, Lee Sang-hyeok.
Lee Sang-hyeok, whose hair was still a mess, nodded solemnly as he listened to the words.
Lee Sang-hyeok never expected that Neo would become his opponent in today's training match, and that he would pull out such a strange thing to disgust him!
Of course, he had no intention of admitting defeat.
We're only down by one kill right now; the game has only just begun.
As a professional esports team, SKT quickly began to demonstrate its appeal.
Lee Sang-hyeok first followed jungler Bengi's Maokai to the top lane, taking advantage of the top lane advantage to secure a kill on Shen and catch up on his farm, before returning to base to buy a Chalice of Harmony.
This equipment provides both magic resistance and mana regeneration, making it a powerful tool in mage mirror matches.
After being re-released, Orianna faced significantly less laning pressure.
Immediately following, in a 4v4 team fight in the bottom lane ten minutes later, Lee Sang-hyeok finally began to show his talent.
Amidst the chaos of her own jungler Maokai being instantly killed, Orianna seized the opportunity when Graves charged in to deal damage, unleashing a QR combo that tangled up Graves, Lee Sin, and Lulu!
SKT seized the opportunity to counterattack, with Zyra's ER combo delivering a series of crowd control effects, instantly killing Lee Sin and Lulu!
Only Kim Hyuk-kyu's Graves barely survived thanks to Shen's ultimate shield.
Faced with a situation that suddenly became dangerous, Li Zhixing's actions were akin to snatching chestnuts from a fire.
With only half his health remaining, he didn't rush to escape. Instead, he calculated that the opponent was in a skill cooldown period, decisively activated his shield, detonated the shield, and forcibly killed the support Zyra. Only then did he use Flash to pull away with low health, forcibly ending the small team fight with a two-for-two exchange.
Li Zhixing's thoughts raced like lightning, the operation of the clockwork mechanism replaying in his mind.
He seemed to recognize who this Faker was.