Li Xu had chosen Dusk not because he was looking down on his opponent, but because he had thought it through carefully. As for the aspects that he had considered …
Hmm … After considering that the opponent's jungler was Excavator, his catching ability was not bad, and the opponent's top laner was Sareth.
Fine, I'm looking down on you. Bite me if you don't like it!
Facing a team that had lost the spring competition, it would be a miracle if I looked up to you.
The lineups of both sides were confirmed.
Blue SKT:
Top Laner: KING (Niyu, Dusk)
Jungler: Clid (Demacia, Princes, Gavin the Fourth)
Mid Laner: FAKER (Stinger of the Crowd, Akali)
ADC: Teddy (Fallen Angel, Morgana)
Support: MATA (Faerie Witch, LuLu)
Red JAG:
Top Laner: Lindarang (The Liberator, Sareth)
Jungler: Malrang (Void Burner, Raeksa)
Mid Laner: Grace (Dark Lord, Sindra)
ADC: Route (Lady of the Void, Kesha)
Support: Kellin (Deep Sea Titan, Notilus)
Kim Ji-hyun: "SKT's lineups are too confident. I should say that Li Xu is still as confident as ever. That BAN on Zooey was probably to make JAG think that Akali was going up. Looks like Li Xu is confident enough to face off against Sareth."
Park Ji-hwan: "Now, SKT wants to prove that not only can they swing from mid to top, but they can also swing from top to bottom. That's rare. Only Li Xu can swing from top to top."
SKT had not tried Dusk in their practice matches against other teams, but they had used it a few times in their internal matches.
Dusk's appearance in the top lane started during a practice match against Team Two. MATA had helped Li Xu pick the support at the last moment, but her hand had slipped and she had chosen Dusk.
Kim Ji-hyun had asked his team to leave the match and restart, but Li Xu had decided to give it a try. He was not unfamiliar with this hero since he would sometimes play as an AD.
Then, when the game started, Li Xu realized that things weren't that simple. With his full online stats, he actually used Sunset to gain a huge online advantage. He won the game very quickly.
Jin Zhengxun took a look. How the f * ck did he win? Was it luck?
Following that, Jin Zhengxun let Li Xu play a few more rounds of Dusk. In the end, he gained an advantage in every round, and this advantage was not small.
With Dusk, who was extremely fat in the early stages, the team could completely rely on Dusk to gain a huge advantage, and easily obtain victory.
In fact, when it came to online play, AD heroes like Xia and Verus were not weak at all. Every year, AD heroes like them would appear on stage in the All-Stars Solo Tournament.
However, a match was different from a solo match. You couldn't just consider a 1v1. Moreover, you couldn't bring a healer with you on the top lane. When the opposing jungler appeared, your weakness would be exposed.
However, Li Xu seemed to have broken this rule. Team Two's jungler's feedback to Jin Zhengxun was that this person seemed to be spying on his screen. He was too hard to catch.
When Jin Zhengxun saw that JAG had sent out Sareth first, he decided to test the effect. Li Xu's Dusk had fought Sareth in an internal training match, and the effect was not bad.
In the second round, SKT took the initiative to ban Zooey in order to confuse their opponents. As expected, Soar Mech Squad sent out Sindera at the last minute, successfully allowing Li Xu's Dusk to face Sareth.
Anyway, the opponent was too weak, and their top laner was not as strong as SKT's Team Two's top laner. Even if they lost the first round, it would not be difficult for SKT to reverse the situation.
In terms of talents, Li Xu chose Precision: Fatal Rhythm, Triumphant Return, Bloodline, Fatal Strike, and Enlightenment: Magical Shoes, Biscuit Delivery.
Clid's Princes was the first to run up and left an accessory eye in the top half of the red zone. Li Ge's Akali also planted an eye under the F6 pit to monitor Rexel's movements.
When he came online, Li Xu started with a normal attack the moment Sareth entered his shooting range, then moved sideways.
Seeing that Dusk had started to attack, Sareth's E used Stealth to close the distance and used the refreshed passive to block Dusk's A's damage. He used his normal attack to activate his passive, then immediately threw out a second Snatch.
However, Li Xu's sideways movement after the normal attack just happened to avoid Sareth's chain, and he took a step back to adjust the distance.
Dusk's step was just outside of Sareth's attack range, so Sareth's second normal attack could not be launched. Lindarang chased after him for two steps, but when he realized that he could not use his A, he could only turn around and retreat.
However, it was a little too late to retreat, as Sareth's shield only lasted two seconds.
Sareth E came right behind the blue close-combat soldiers. When he used his first passive, he had already attracted the aggro of the soldiers, and all six soldiers were attacking Sareth.
The moment Sareth turned around, Li Xu took two steps forward and blocked his position. He used a normal attack, and when the feather blade flew to Sareth, Sareth's shield disappeared. Taking advantage of the fact that Sareth was not out of attack range, Li Xu immediately used AQ.
Sareth passed by his own ranged soldier, and Li Xu's Q's dual blades hit Sareth, leaving behind two feathers behind Sareth.
At this moment, Sareth was already out of Dusk's attack range, and Li Xu did not stop. When Q attacked, he turned around and used a normal attack on the red side's ranged soldier.
Dusk's passive would penetrate the enemy after using the skill, but Sareth happened to walk behind Li Xu's target, and the feathers penetrated the ranged soldier while also hurting Sareth.
Lindarang looked at his HP worriedly. He had lost one-third of his HP just like that. Other than taking damage from an enemy's forbidden spell and being touched by a soldier, Dusk's HP did not drop much.
Damn it, why is this Li guy getting more and more powerful? The details are so f * cking ridiculous.
Sareth's skill was on cooldown, and he did not need to attack anymore. Li Xu took away two bars of HP, and the remaining soldier turned around to place an accessory eye on the red triangle grass to prevent Rexel from catching it at level two.
Just as Li Jiu's Sunset reached Level 2, he noticed Raxel's approach shortly after he inserted it.
Li Jiu was still giving the last hit to his own long-range minions. After Clid's Prince opened red, he immediately ran to the top half of the map without stopping. He was also on guard against Reksey's grab.
Under normal circumstances, once the opponent guessed that Princes had turned red, Rexel would not try to catch him at level two. This was because Princes would definitely run to the top half of the map to control the top half of the map.
If Rexel chose to catch him, it was likely that he would encounter Princes. A level two Rexel was not strong, and it would be a waste of time for him to come up. Being a jungler was a waste of time.
However, there was nothing wrong with JAG's jungler Malrang being a level two jungler. After all, with SKT's dual support, it was obvious who the core was.
As Rexel's jungler, of course, he had to eat meat in the early stages. SKT's two support junglers were fast at clearing lines and had strong protection. Even if they cooperated with Titan, it would not be easy to catch them. Dusk, of course, was the top lane's Dusk.
It was foreseeable that in this match, the top lane would be filled with bloodshed.
Moreover, if Princes was greedy and farmed some small monsters on the road, he might have a chance to get Dusk.
When Li Xu saw Rexel rush out of the triangle grass, Clid's Princes had already approached from the river.
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