novellk Chapter 10 Death is like the wind, always by my side.
Chapter 10 Death is like the wind, always by my side.
Mingkai adjusted his posture and put himself in top form again. Isn't he just like Peanut and Faker?
Don't underestimate him, he's the world's best jungler!
In an instant, everyone in the club gathered around to watch. Pawn and Deft were discussing which team they would join after leaving EDG following the Demacia Cup.
As a result, attention was also drawn to Mingkai's match.
"Interesting. Let's go see how Mingkai gets beaten up by Wanghu again." Pawn said with a wry smile.
Hearing this, Deft was a little stunned, the scene of this year's World Championship still vivid in his mind.
If he hadn't seen no hope of winning a championship with EDG in the past two years, neither he nor Pawn would have wanted to leave EDG.
After all, in terms of salary and environment, LPL is much more comfortable than LCK. Here, losing a game might just mean being criticized by netizens online.
In the LCK, if you lose a match, see if those fans dare to drive a truck to your club's doorstep; they'll definitely give you a huge stroke of luck.
"Yasuo versus LeBlanc," Pawn said, rubbing his double chin. "I don't think he can beat Sang-hyeok's LeBlanc."
"It's hard to say. Tianye didn't say this person was very strong." Deft put his hands on Meiko's shoulders and stared at Mingkai's big screen.
"Well... I think he's alright, but against Faker, forget it."
Meiko explained, "After all, just yesterday, Faker achieved the title of three-time world champion, and the name 'Great Demon King' is known to everyone."
Being able to solo kill Faker once in the mid lane already makes you a top-tier player.
In this day and age, one of the standards for judging whether a mid laner is strong is whether they have solo-killed Faker, although the significance of that achievement is not as high as in previous years.
Two years ago, everyone, from viewers and commentators to professional mid-lane players, aimed to solo kill Faker.
If you can solo kill Faker in a match, you can certainly brag about it for a while, if not for a lifetime.
Players like Westdoor's Fizz in the early days and Xiaohu at this year's MSI, after solo killing Faker, were considered by netizens to be able to rival Faker.
Of course, the final result was that Faker remained undefeated, and everyone else was defeated by him. Xiaohu even started his "Grand Filial Piety" journey this year.
This is only a three-time champion. If Faker had already won six championships by this time, Meiko would say without hesitation that Lu Chen would be brutally beaten by Faker.
After all, who can beat a six-time champion in the mid lane?
Even if you have a cheat code?
So, did the six-time champion not get eliminated?
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On the other side, Lu Chen straightened up immediately after seeing the two IDs on the other side. Most importantly, he became even more serious after seeing his own jungler's ID—Clearlove.
"No, 4 against 6?"
Lu Chen naturally understood the factory manager; he was invincible in internal battles and excelled in external ones.
A netizen's comment is spot on—"The factory manager makes the most ridiculous plays at the right place and at the right time."
As soon as he entered the game, Lu Chen saw a line of text typed by the factory manager.
"Brother, stay calm, I'll help you catch this one."
Stop reminiscing about WE; that's a past you can never return to. Don't leave RQ empty-handed.
This is Lu Chen's reply. Everyone says that the factory manager still misses WE because his Lee Sin only has WE, not RQ.
Although it was said in jest, there's a grain of truth to it.
As soon as he typed those words, one of his teammates displayed "6666" on the screen. Then, perhaps two other teammates found a translator and typed "6" on the screen as well.
The factory manager is a controversial figure in the LPL, but for some reason, he is very popular in the LCK.
In the LPL, many viewers felt that Clearlove was a terrible player who only knew how to rely on others, and ultimately Pawn's kidneys couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed.
But the LCK doesn't think so. They think Pawn and Deft are too bad, causing Clearlove's poor performance in the World Championship for the past two years.
The factory manager, despite not having a +7 yet, was well-known in the Korean server, and with the addition of the rookie Lu Chen, his teammates were quite interested.
"Hahaha, no, this Kingslayer is hilarious!" Meiko couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter, slapping her thigh.
"It's too explosive, it'll explode if you look at it for too long," Ah Guang laughed and agreed.
"That little brat, all he does is badmouth me!" Mingkai sneered. "This game, I'll show him my Lee Sin."
"Le, Mingkai, ban his account right now, this little brat is disrespecting you," Pawn chimed in.
Talk about it, talk about it, make trouble.
Actually, when Mingkai looked at the ID above Olaf's head, he felt a little scared. After all, being taught a lesson by both forehand and backhand was a psychological shadow that he could never erase for the rest of his life.
Thinking of this, he quickly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind. As the blue team, he planned to start with red buff and then gank mid at level two.
Lu Chen kept Yasuo in the mid lane, avoiding further confrontations with Faker's LeBlanc. After all, without minions, Yasuo was practically useless, while LeBlanc could easily use her long range to kite him.
In that case, before the minion wave even gets there, he's at a complete loss.
At 1 minute and 35 seconds, the mid lane minions converged in the mid lane. Lu Chen also went to the lane with the minions. Looking at the LeBlanc hiding behind the minions, Lu Chen gave Faker some space. He learned the Sweeping Slash at level 1 and used his E to move towards the minion wave.
With the "Bright Sword" talent enhanced, Lu Chen felt as if he had the world at his fingertips, and that he could even challenge Faker.
This isn't Faker in a competitive match; in ranked games, Faker doesn't play with the same seriousness as he does in a tournament.
Sure enough, as soon as he made that move, Faker immediately seized the opportunity and used his W ability, Shadow Stalker, to close the gap.
The goal is to wear down both the enemy and the minions. Although Yasuo has a wind shield, LeBlanc can use her W to return to the starting position, maintain a good distance, and then use two auto-attacks on Yasuo to trigger Thunderlord's Decree.
That's pure profit.
They pushed the lane again and traded a huge amount of health.
However, Lu Chen had already planned everything. With the support of Bright Sword, his reflexes were much stronger than before. He was just waiting for the moment when LeBlanc W came over.
With two stacks of passive stacks, the Sweeping Slash instantly landed on LeBlanc with E. As the Wind Shield disappeared, he hit LeBlanc with a basic attack, and then used E on another minion to create distance between himself and LeBlanc.
As a result, Faker failed to achieve the desired blood exchange effect. Instead, Lu Chen used the Wind Shield to gain two stacks of passive E and a basic attack, immediately reducing Faker's health by one-third.
More importantly, LeBlanc's W skill has a relatively long cooldown in the early game. Once she uses this skill, she enters a period of vulnerability, and her only advantage is her long range.
Trading blows and contesting lanes became impossible, while Lu Chen could push the lane mindlessly as long as he maintained a good distance. Although his E skill had a cooldown on minions, his auto-attacks with Doran's Blade at the start were definitely more damaging than LeBlanc's.
He'll definitely get to level 2 first, and at that stage, he can put pressure on Faker.
Take a walk more often, and by the time LeBlanc's W skill cooldown ends, Yasuo's passive wind shield will be almost ready again.
"Um?"
Inside the SKT club, Faker's smile faded, and he straightened his back, saying to Bang beside him, "This Yasuo is interesting."
At that very moment, just as Mingkai was preparing to gank mid at level two, he was stunned as he watched the minion wave gradually push towards LeBlanc.
"Something's up, Faker failed to secure second place?"
"It seems LeBlanc was trying to use her W to poke both the enemy and the minions, but he caught the opening when LeBlanc stepped on him and used E-A. His reaction was very quick."
Pawn lifted Meiko up and plopped down in her chair, his eyes full of interest.
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