From a certain point of view, Lin Feng's Master of Shadows, Tribulation, was quite similar to the Temporal Assassin, Ike, that Han Shihao had chosen in the training match between SSK and Team God.
Both were assassins.
Both belonged to the category of single-point burst and single-second targets.
But Ike was indeed more flexible than Tribulation, not because of anything else, but because the former was suitable for a wider range of battle situations and had more flexible functions.
In a team fight, both Ike and Tribulation had the ability to enter the battlefield, but the latter was more inclined to cut into the opponent's core in a single second. Ike, on the other hand, had the ability to control the team if his W skill was used accurately, and he could coordinate with his teammates to enter the battlefield, or he could be used to make a sudden attack to instantly explode a terrifying area of AOE damage — this had been demonstrated by Han Shihao in the previous training match.
In addition to fighting in a team fight, Ike's ability to carry alone was equally strong.
The E skill "Phase Dive" was used to point the tower, and the tower pushing speed was not inferior to any Blademaster or Weapon Master.
In this aspect, Tribulation was far inferior.
Therefore, players often saw Ike's dual summon bring out "Flash" and "Teleport", but rarely saw a Master of Shadows bring out "Teleport".
But —
Although I seem to be inferior to Ike in these aspects, the fairness of League of Legends lies in that when I am inferior to other heroes of the same kind in some aspects, the designer will be quite considerate to help me make up for it in other aspects.
The part that the Master of Shadows was made up for was his assassin's characteristic.
In the field that Tribulation was best at …
The designer had also made his strong characteristics to the extreme.
I don't have the considerable damage of AOE.
I don't have the ability to carry alone to push the tower, and I even lack the means to harvest and kill combo in a team fight.
But as for an assassin …
As long as I'm determined to kill you, you won't be able to escape even if you grow a pair of wings.
In fact, Lin Feng's Lord of Shadows — Retribution had already shown this in the team battle in front of the Small Dragon Fjord. He simply used a big move to deal damage to the opposing ADC, Obama. He then blinked close to his face and followed up with a small combo with [Ignite]. Finally, he exploded the Holy Spear Ranger to death.
Lucian was quite a flexible ADC hero.
But once he was targeted by Tribulation …
There wasn't much room for maneuvering at all, and he died without even the slightest bit of anger.
Therefore, the Master of Shadow Stream was indeed a hero with both unique characteristics and flaws. It was true that you could stare at one person and directly kill them, but the problem was that … you could only stare at one person to kill.
I can insta-kill your Holy Lance Ranger.
Keeping an eye on your Jess will do the same.
Even Star's Jungler Prince, who was well-developed, couldn't handle my Kalpa's burst damage because he was a damage dealer.
But …
Dealing with any one of them alone wouldn't have much of an impact on the overall battle situation.
There were too many possibilities for the purple Fate team's lineup. Any combination of two or three heroes would be able to complete a combo in the team battle, and it would be enough to pose a fatal threat to the blue team's Assassin team.
Therefore, Lin Feng came to the conclusion that his Tribulation could only have a decisive impact on the rhythm of the match if he killed the opposing mid lane Beauty Sala.
However, Beauty Sala was the most difficult one to deal with.
A certain someone frowned and thought for a long time, but he still couldn't come up with a solution. He could only shake his head and give up for now.
If he couldn't think of a solution for now …
He would just leave it for now.
He could kill a few others and make do with it.
…
After the mock competition officially entered the middle stage, the clashes between the blue and purple teams became more frequent. Although there weren't any large-scale team battles like the one at the Small Dragon Fjord, there were still many close combat situations.
On the purple Fate team's side, Star's Jungler Prince began to exert his strength and began to move around frequently.
Together with Moon's Crafty Enchantress, the two of them worked together in the middle of the jungle. With a wave of ganks from the bottom lane, they killed the Hitman duo on the blue team's side, and each of them received a kill. Then, they destroyed the blue team's defensive tower at the bottom lane.
But not long after, when Star's Jungler Prince returned to the jungle, he was ambushed by someone who had been waiting in the bushes for a long time.
A combo that flowed smoothly and extremely fast was completed in one go.
He killed Prince Carwyn and took him away.
Star stared blankly at the black and white game screen in front of him. Then, his expression turned serious.
"Mine."
Moon's calm voice came from the side.
"It's fine."
"He won't be able to get anything more."
Indeed, although the Master of Shadow Stream had gained another kill in this wave, it was only one kill, and there were no other follow-up benefits. In contrast, on the top lane, the purple team Fate's Jess immediately seized the opportunity to forcefully open a Lamborghini after noticing that most of the opponents were in the middle and lower regions of the map.
His impeccable combo took down the target's HP bar, the enemy of machines. Then, he blinked to recover the damage and killed Rambo under the tower.
He also took down the blue team's defensive tower on the top lane.
At this time, Nian Thirteen, who was the blue team's jungler, couldn't find a suitable opportunity to attack. The opponent's vision was too good, so he could only reverse engineer the resources in the upper half of the opponent's jungle.
But for a hero like Olaf, he should have focused on roaming and gank.
Reverse engineer in the early stages could cause some damage to the opponent.
Reverse engineer in the middle stage of the game was really just making up for it when there was nothing else to do.
Nian Thirteen couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"F * ck.
"I can't do this.
"If this drags on, my role as a hero will become less and less useful."
…
The match had reached the 22nd minute mark.
The number of kills on the blue team and the purple team was 9 to 13.
There wasn't an obvious gap between the two teams, but in terms of the number of defensive towers, the purple team's Fate team was already ahead of the top and bottom lane's defensive towers. The team's economy was also more advantageous.
More importantly, the entire situation seemed to be falling into the purple army's rhythm bit by bit.
Moon's mid-laner, Temptress, and Star's jungler, Prince. This mid-laner duo was much stronger than Tribulation and Olaf on the blue team in terms of gank and small-scale team battles.
If they continued to follow the opponent's rhythm, the opponent would only continue to get more kills and map resources. The snowball would continue to roll.
"Team up!"
Nian Thirteen, as the Assassin team's captain, couldn't take it anymore and made a decision. He even ordered the support players beside him.
"Find a chance to Q."
"You can even blink."
"It's best if you can drive to the opponent's backline. If you can't get there, just Q their Prince or Jayce in the front row! What? What if we get Q'd? "
"F * ck! We'll still fight them! "
This was the only solution they could come up with. Of course, with the damage output of the blue team and the explosive damage of Will's jungler, Olaf, who was equipped with equipment that allowed him to develop, it was not impossible for them to fight the enemy head-on.
Even Lin Feng frowned and thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.
"Sure."
"Let's give it a try."
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