novellk Chapter 4: Pull and Tear, The Miracle Walker
Chapter 4: Pull and Tear, The Miracle Walker
[The streamer can blow stronger than a Category 8 gale.]
Even a suona master shouldn't be so pretentious; you can't just brag about it like that.
..
Looking at the comments in the live stream, Zita was slightly indignant and said in a deep voice, "Viktor can easily beat Ryze, right? This hero has a longer range than Ryze. Honestly, I don't know how I can lose. I'll consider it a loss if I don't get more than 10 kills this game."
Lu Chen was naturally unaware that Zi Tai was boasting about this. He finished configuring his runes and talents and patiently waited for the game to load.
It's currently the end of 2016, and runes, a nostalgic item from that era, haven't been deleted yet.
"The memories of my dead are starting to attack me," Lu Chen thought to himself. Back then, he had spent real money to buy in-game currency and opened 20 pages of runes to match them.
Lu Chen's build for Viktor was also very standard: red and large quintessences with spell power, yellow with cooldown reduction, and blue with magic resistance.
Lu Chen actually planned to bring armor, because the enemy jungler was Lee Sin. He considered that Viktor didn't have much damage in the early game in the current version, and without upgrading his Hextech Core, Viktor was not as good as Ryze in the early game.
But in the end, they still showed some respect to the Korean server pros.
The talent points are allocated as 12-18-0.
The main point is the Storm Rush talent, which is similar to the Phase Rush talent in later generations. After triggering the damage, it can increase movement speed, and the triggering condition is relatively simple. Basically, it will trigger after hitting a skill.
Champions like Ryze and Jayce are quite well-suited to this talent.
Of course, many people also like to bring Thunderlord's Decree to increase damage during the laning phase, but Lu Chen's proficiency with the Wanderer mage has already reached the highest level.
Many ideas came to his mind, and he believed that the Wanderer with Wind Rider was much better at fighting Viktor than Thunder Rider.
At this moment, several passersby were already standing behind Lu Chen. This was mainly because Lu Chen's reputation had spread throughout the internet cafe in the past few days. Everyone knew that this internet cafe had a top player who regularly played on the Korean server, and they all wanted to come and take a look.
You know, let alone in the world of Kings, even in real life, the Grandmaster is always the most dazzling one.
Especially when paired with the announcement system in internet cafes—"He is the strongest king from Ionia."
Once this announcement is made, all eyes in the internet cafe will be on it.
However, some people don't like the announcements at internet cafes because when you're a bronze or silver rank player, it's not about showing off, it's about getting humiliated.
The game finished loading, and Lu Chen was about to put on his headphones, his eyes sharpening as he prepared to launch a fierce attack.
Suddenly, a voice came from the passersby behind, "Is that Viktor Zz1tai? I think that's his Korean server ID."
"It's Taizi. I just went to his live stream."
"Dude, you're striking a pose."
Hearing these voices, Lu Chen was taken aback, but quickly recovered. "Posture? Then watch carefully and learn from me. I'll give you a lesson on how to beat Viktor while wandering around."
Several passersby behind Lu Chen exchanged glances. They carefully examined Lu Chen and then looked at his game ID—【Kingslayer】.
With such a boastful tone, anyone who didn't know better would think he was a professional gamer.
Upon entering the game, Lu Chen naturally started with two Blue Crystal health potions, and there was no bloody battle between the two sides at level one.
In Korean Master rank games, level 1 team fights are generally avoided. If a level 1 team fight goes wrong, the rest of the game can wait until level 20.
Before the minion waves could converge, Lu Chen had already appeared in the mid lane. Looking at Viktor in front of him, he immediately showed off his hero honor badge and learned the W skill, Rune Imprisonment, at level one.
The current version of Ryze has not been nerfed. W is a targeted root for one second, and EW is for two seconds. In addition, the cast range of W is 615 yards.
Viktor's E skill, Death Ray, has a range of 700 yards, but it's unenhanced and only deals damage once. His Q skill, Siphon Energy, has a range of 600 yards, but it doesn't provide any speed boost when unenhanced.
If we make good use of the fact that Rogue's attack range is 25 yards longer than Viktor's, we can gain an advantage in trading blows at the start of the game. Rogue's attack range is 550 yards. Now Lu Chen needs to find out what skills he has learned at level one.
"What are you pretending for? Showing off your badge!" Zita was very annoyed and immediately activated his Q skill, Siphon Energy.
The player felt that although leveling up E skill at level 1 provided a small area-of-effect (AOE) and made clearing lanes faster, it didn't offer an advantage in trading blows. The cooldown was long, the damage was low, and it wasn't as beneficial as Siphon Energy.
It deals damage and generates a shield at the same time, and the next basic attack deals extra damage. The cooldown is also relatively short. He believes that Lu Chen's Rogue will learn Q Overload at level 1 because most Rogues start by learning skills in this way.
Thinking of this, Zita immediately clicked the mouse and lunged forward, preparing to hit Lu Chen with a QA combo. Even if he took a Q from Ryze, Lu Chen had a shield, so the trade would still be a win.
Don't underestimate this point; advantages are accumulated little by little.
Seeing that the wanderer had entered the spell's range, he didn't hesitate and immediately used Siphon Energy, creating a white shield around himself and instantly getting a free Q's worth of damage.
In this way, the blood transfusion was a huge win for him. A smirk crept onto his face as he muttered, "Serves you right for pretending! Pretending in front of me!"
While talking about his stance, he continued to chase forward, thinking of using the shield on his body to trigger the extra basic attack from the Siphon Energy passive. If he could get one more basic attack, he could directly trigger Thunder.
If he had landed a full combo on the wanderer, he would have taken away at least one of Lu Chen's health potions, giving him a great start in the laning phase.
"Pretend?! Stop pretending! Don't run away! Why are you running away!" A hint of arrogance appeared in his eyes.
Meanwhile, behind Lu Chen, the sounds of gossip from passersby echoed.
"Wouldn't it be a waste to go up like this? We'd get Viktor's QA for nothing, and why do we need to learn W at level one?"
Many people looked at Lu Chen's figure with some confusion. They doubted whether Lu Chen was really a Korean server master. They knew such a simple question, and they were better off learning Q at level 1.
Ryze's Q skill has an overload range of 900 yards. If you learn Q, Ryze can get a free Q skill damage right away. Although it's a small profit, it's still a profit!
Just as everyone was puzzled, the situation in the middle lane suddenly changed in the next second, under the watchful eyes of countless people.
Lu Chen remained expressionless. Seeing that the shield provided by the siphon energy on Viktor's body was about to disappear, he immediately turned around.
"You're turning back! Did I tell you to turn back?!"
The demonic figure whispered, turning around to prepare to unleash an extra auto-attack while the siphon energy effect was still active. However, he noticed that as he turned around, the wanderer took a step back.
This distance was just outside his attack range.
Seeing this, Zita felt something was wrong. He suspected he had been pulled, but he had no evidence. As a professional player, he naturally knew that Ryze's attack range was longer than Viktor's.
Who wasn't once a genius mid laner?
However, Zita didn't believe that a random player he encountered on the Korean server had such skill. Although the Sven has an extra 25 yards of attack range, how many players can actually control it well in actual combat?
Even in professional matches, it's rare to see a Rogue player achieve this against Viktor.
Seeing that A didn't come out, Zitai immediately retreated and waited for 1 minute and 35 seconds until the minion wave converged. However, he didn't expect that as soon as he took a step back, his shield disappeared and the extra passive effect also quietly passed.
At the same moment, Lu Chen raised his hand again, and the blue basic attack hit Viktor once more.
Zita wasn't one to suffer a loss. Even without the extra passive from the siphon energy, he naturally wanted to retaliate after being hit by a free basic attack. But when he turned around, he found that Wanderer had also turned around.
This immediately surprised Zita, and many viewers in his live stream also widened their eyes, while the passersby behind Lu Chen straightened their posture.
"Holy crap! This is a script, isn't it?!"
His exclamation had barely ended when he realized he could no longer move.
Rune Imprisonment!
Lu Chen used the Rune Imprisonment skill, which had been applied to Viktor's 615-yard range, to target him. His Wind Rider talent, which had been activated, suddenly triggered, and he began to relentlessly pursue Viktor, standing within Viktor's attack range and unleashing a flurry of basic attacks.
Zizi turned around, and Lu Chen also turned around. Zizi wanted to leave, but Lu Chen suddenly turned around again to chase after her.
During the struggle, Victor didn't touch Lu Chen's wandering body even once.
On the contrary, his own health is dropping rapidly. Even though it's just the mage's basic attacks, he can't withstand being attacked so relentlessly!
Pull and tug, a miracle walker!
Lu Chen only stopped attacking after he controlled Viktor to run back to the mid-lane tower.
Immediately, Zita downed his first red potion. Looking at the Wanderer's banner light up again, and the frantically scrolling comments, Zita's face flushed slightly. The abstract personality hidden deep within him couldn't hold back any longer.
"No, I just can't get it to work!"
...