novellk Chapter 13: The World Champion is Just a Child
Chapter 13: The World Champion is Just a Child
Kim Gong was on the verge of a meltdown.
As soon as the lineup was selected, Warhorse devised a strategy to have the Prince enter the enemy's red buff area and then quickly clear his own lower jungle to allow himself to withstand the pressure.
There's nothing wrong with this tactical arrangement.
After all, IG's gameplay is very simple. It mainly involves the jungler ganking the top and mid lanes, and the most important thing is for TheShy in the top lane to set the pace, while the bottom lane is left to fend for itself.
If you can withstand the pressure in the early game and wait for your teammates to go to the bottom lane to create opportunities, you can basically win the game without any effort.
In the last game, the Captain vs. Vladimir matchup was exactly like this. Before TheShy's Vladimir could even get ahead, the other lanes had already collapsed. Even Vladimir, who had a mid-game advantage, was powerless to turn the tide.
But this one is different.
TheShy is playing Aatrox.
In the laning phase, the Captain only has a slight advantage at levels 1 and 2. After level 3, the Captain is no match for the Aatrox.
Furthermore, this Sword Demon's ID is TheShy!
Even Gangplank's advantageous laning phase against Vladimir was turned into a disadvantage by GimGoon. What can Gangplank do against Aatrox?
Moreover, he was sacrificing himself to withstand the pressure for the team. Not only did the team fail to play the expected rhythm in the bottom lane, but he also got caught and killed twice!
Anyone with eyes can see that IG's jungler loves to gank the top lane.
In FPX's scrimmages, whenever WarHorse (a champion in FPX's league) gave the top laner even a little attention, GimGoon felt he didn't have to put up with so much pressure all the time.
It's not like we can't beat them!
Other junglers gank top lane multiple times in a single game, but our jungler doesn't even glance at top lane.
Winning the game is all thanks to the jungler's good playstyle.
What if you lose?
They're still taking the blame on the road!!
With Ning's style of play, whoever plays top, wouldn't be like TheShy?
"Nice! The captain's done for!"
Ning recalled to base on the spot, giving the tower plate to TheShy, with a smile on his face.
With a sword demon like this, what will FPX use to counter him?
"Baolan, we don't need to retreat too far. They'll probably go for the dragon. We just need to clear the wave quickly."
JakceyLove was also quite excited.
Since returning home after MSI, they haven't won a single training match recently.
Needless to say, they collapsed within minutes of facing a team like FPX. Even against lower-ranked teams like WE, LNG, and V5, they couldn't even beat them in scrims.
Lately, whenever I hear about playing practice matches, my subconscious reaction is resistance.
I get thrashed every time, and I'm not happy to play against anyone.
"It's fine as long as the dragon gives way."
Ning added a sentence.
"The jungler should head straight to the bottom lane. The mid laner should place a ward at the enemy's F6 camp while the Titan is away."
Chen Song continued.
With Lee Sin absent, the dragon is bound to be lost. While the minion wave is open, it's better to build some wards.
JackeyLove then activates W and auto-attacks, followed by Q to quickly clear the minion wave.
"In this situation, the bot lane still can't be managed."
After taking down the dragon, Warhorse frowned and stared at the bottom lane minion wave: "Sivir is leveling up too fast, she's clearing waves too quickly."
After so many practice matches recently, Warhorse hasn't been led by the nose by the opposing team like this for a long time.
The team might make mistakes in the mid-to-late game and get turned around by the opponent, but it's never been as frustrating as it is now.
Even Doinb, who is usually very talkative, became somewhat silent at this moment.
When things are going against you and you're at a disadvantage, who likes to talk?
If the command is not done well, then you will be the one to take the blame.
Besides, with GimGoon as a big shot, there's no need to compete with him.
Compared to the current atmosphere at FPX, the IG training room has undergone a complete transformation.
Mafa, standing to the side, was in a great mood.
Correct!
Absolutely right!
Absolutely right!
That's the feeling!
This is the familiar scrim rhythm that IG is used to!
FPX?
Four packages for two?
Seriously, just play however you want!
IG's biggest rival has never been other teams, but themselves.
Ning's two ganks in the top lane helped TheShy establish a significant advantage, while the mid and bot lanes stabilized their development.
If TheShy continues to extend his lead, he'll be unstoppable in team fights, easily taking down four opponents and securing the game.
"The bot lane laning phase went very well."
Chen Song came up behind JackeyLove and praised, "From now on, the support doesn't need to keep following the AD. While ensuring vision in the bottom lane, start moving around. It's almost 10 minutes, so recall to prepare for the Rift Herald."
While the top and jungle players seemed to be playing well, the bot lane also performed exceptionally well in the laning phase.
Despite the fact that the Prince managed to control the minion wave well and not miss many last hits even when facing a strong laning duo like Lucian and Thresh, his ability to do so had a significant impact on FPX's subsequent rhythm.
It's no exaggeration to say that IG's bot lane played a crucial role in creating such an advantage for their top and jungle players.
Despite being world-renowned champions, these contestants are at most young men around twenty years old, and some are even under twenty.
What do these young men, whose hair has just turned green, like to listen to the most?
Of course, it's praise!
For them, receiving a little more salary might not make much of a difference emotionally, since they've already won the world championship and are already raking in prize money.
But if you praise them a few more times, it will be a completely different story.
They will definitely play more seriously!
Moreover, Chen Song's claim was not unfounded.
He built it up bit by bit through his personal experiences in his previous life.
This is why he was able to go from a Grand Slam player to a Grand Slam coach.
At the time, many coaches from other teams thought that Chen Song was lucky to be coaching top players.
Chen Song didn't bother to respond to these illogical remarks.
In the top league of the region and the world championship, which team has the worst players?
If we really want to nitpick, there will definitely be teams that finish at the bottom, but don't forget that there are no weak teams that can represent their region in the World Championship.
If you insist on being stubborn, then I can only agree with your point of view!
When it comes to gaining a significant advantage in the laning phase, who is the most feared by the opponent?
It has to be TheShy, without a doubt.
In the match where IG won, TheShy deserves more than half the credit.
The same applies to the game they lost; TheShy also received a similarly high percentage of blame.
This is also a point of frequent criticism for TheShy.
In the game they lose, their overall performance is often very poor.
In the following game, TheShy soloed the top lane tower and helped his team secure the Rift Herald, giving them a significant advantage.
Pushing down the outer turret and controlling the dragon, what will FPX use to defend?
When the god-like Aatrox soloed the entire game, the entire FPX team unanimously typed "GG" in the public chat!
At this point, the game time was less than 18 minutes.
Compared to the players whose mentality was affected, Warhorse seemed quite calm.
In his view, IG should never be viewed with a normal perspective.
After all, this is a reckless team, so it wouldn't be surprising if they came up with something strange.
Besides, training matches—are they important? Of course they are. But are they really that important? They're not that important either.
Throughout the entire LPL region, who hasn't heard that phrase?
"One shot, one kill in the labor-management training match!"