In the first level of the game, Master of Shadows and Crafty Enchantress, who had learned Q skills, were basically unable to fight against each other.
At most, they would use their skills to find opportunities to poke each other.
In this game, it seemed that the mid laners of both blue and purple teams were playing more cautiously. They slowly and methodically dealt the finishing blow and controlled the distance between themselves and their opponents. At the same time, they seemed to be slowly looking for opportunities to observe their opponents.
Speaking of which —
Before today, it seemed that Lin Feng and Moon had never fought against each other face-to-face.
Even during the MSI Mid-Season Invitational Tournament held in Shanghai, a certain someone was selected by Han Shihao as a "lucky spectator" during the exhibition round. However, at that time, he was only matched up against Han Shihao's ADC at the bottom lane.
Unlike now …
This was a proper mid laner duel.
Among the Four Kings of Esports, other than Autumn, the god of support, the other three were all mid laners. For Lin Feng, whether it was Han Shihao or Phoenix, they were all old rivals or old friends from the S1 season. They had played against each other countless times and were very familiar with each other.
In other words, all the information he knew about Moon, who was ranked last among the Four Kings. All the information he knew about Moon came from various competition videos or comments he had heard from friends of other professional players.
But of course, he couldn't underestimate the captain of Team Fate's mid laner.
After all, there were so many players in League of Legends. Other than Phoenix and Han Shihao, who had been at the top of the pyramid since Season S1, Moon was the only mid laner who had become one of the Four Emperors through his own strength.
As for the others —
For example, Morning Star, Orian, and Spoon. Although they were all top-notch players in their respective regions and even in the world of esports, they were still only the Seven Kings.
Only Moon stood out and became one of the Four Kings.
Previously, when the three teams were training at the Dragon Ascension Esports Stadium, Morning Star had talked to Lin Feng about the captain of Team Fate's mid laner. He didn't hide his admiration for Moon at all.
Yes.
Back then, Morning Star was regarded as the strongest mid laner below the Four Emperors because he had defeated Moon in the middle lane in an international tournament. That was how he had received countless praises and admiration.
But in private, when Morning Star talked about what happened in the past, he said it differently.
"Logically speaking, that time … there was a lot of luck involved."
"On one hand, the version at that time suited my style very well. Moreover, the Card Master I chose relied on jungler and support a few times in the early stages to help alleviate the pressure in the lane. Only in the middle stages did I find a chance to roam around and bring up the tempo.
"On the other hand, I remember that it was also Fate's own coaching team that made a mistake during the ban selection segment. Moon was arranged to be a fan player, so he had to contribute to the team —"
"Even so, I was having a hard time fighting back then."
"But if he had randomly chosen a hero like Jayz or Syndra at his own pace, I reckon I would have blown up the lane."
"That guy's strength …"
"He's far stronger than what everyone sees on the surface."
Lin Feng obviously wouldn't ignore Morning Star's warning. Besides, he didn't have the habit of underestimating his enemies.
And that was Lin Feng's attitude.
There was no need to even mention Moon, who was the purple square mid laner.
He knew Ye Ci's background, and he also knew that during the S1 season, Ye Ci and Han Shihao had clashed countless times with each other, causing a huge commotion in the world of professional esports.
So now, even though he was one of the Yonkō (Four Kings), he didn't dare to let his guard down when facing Ye Ci. He even treated Ye Ci as a terrifying opponent on the same level as Han Shihao.
As a result, both sides were very careful in their lane matchups.
However —
The two mid laners were playing steadily, but soon, something happened on the flanks.
The match lasted for a little over 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
On the top lane of Summoner's Canyon, the female system voice announced the kill. "First Blood (First Blood) —"
The spectator's camera quickly turned around, and what they saw was the cold corpse of Fate's top laner, Jayz, lying in front of his own tower. The blue team's top laner, Lan Bo, and jungler, Olaf, had calmly retreated.
Level 2 Olaf, grab!
Gank!
Success in one fell swoop!
The crowd below the stage burst into an uproar, especially the Assassin Club members who were watching the match. They were overjoyed and cheered excitedly.
"Captain is awesome!"
"F * ck! Kill them! "
In the front row of the crowd, Ceng Rui couldn't help but exclaim in admiration when he saw Olaf get the first blood and the red buff on his body.
"As expected of the number one jungler in LMS …"
"Really, he's really daring."
Although he was on the blue side, under normal circumstances, Olaf couldn't rely on himself to complete a successful gank with a level 2 single-target buff to catch his opponent.
Therefore, Nian Thirteen's jungling Berserker made a rather bold wave of invading the jungles. He started by killing the red buff jungles on the opposite side, then quickly turned to the top lane and cooperated with his teammate, Lambo, to surround Jess in the top lane.
Clean and direct.
Bold and decisive.
He had successfully beheaded the enemy.
Such a series of maneuvers showcased the ferocious playstyle and strength of one of the seven king-level junglers in the LMS division.
In the front row of the crowd, Anxin also showed some admiration.
"That's how it should be played."
"Dealing with this kind of tactical system in the early stages is a very good way to break it."
Indeed.
Based on the tactical system that everyone had helped Team God develop last night, the first move was to grab the jungler's level 2 red buff. The tempo was extremely fast, and once it was successful, the opponent's mid lane would immediately pay a heavy price.
However, Nian Thirteen's approach was a good way to deal with the blue team's situation. He would invade the opponent's half of the jungle at the start of the game. First of all, if he could confirm that the opponent was red, then the possibility of the opponent gank at level 2 was very high, and the team's mid lane would be able to take precautions in advance.
In addition, if the opponent was a regular blue, then the team could choose to directly negate the red buff and take the opportunity to grab or grab. It was a profitable move.
The current situation was that Nian Thirteen had successfully killed the red buff wild monster on the opposite side and obtained a kill. It was a big win.
Although it could be seen that Fate's jungler Prince had immediately changed his choice to invade Olaf's half of the jungle to take back a red buff, at least Lin Feng's mid lane, Master of Shadows, would be able to determine the opponent's jungler's position, and the pressure of gank in the early game would be reduced by half.
"This opening is not bad …"
Ceng Rui praised.
However, An Xin shook her head slightly and looked towards the direction of the purple team, Fate.
"It's too early to celebrate."
"This … is just the beginning."
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