Chapter 777
Abstract Tactics
"What kind of tactical system is this?!" Zita shouted at the top of his lungs on the commentary stage, and the audience in the entire stadium fell into a frenzy of discussion.
On the big screen, the final lineups for both sides were announced.
Blue side (JDG):
Top lane: Olaf (369)
Jungler: Vi (Kanavi)
Mid Lane: Syndra (Knight)
ADC: Xayah (Ruler)
Support: Rakan (Missing)
Red Team (EDG):
Top lane: Amumu
Jungle: Blind Monk
Mid Lane: Orianna
ADC: Varus
Support: Lena
As the game entered the loading screen, the three commentators finally recovered slightly from their shock and began to analyze this seemingly outrageous lineup.
Wawa swallowed hard: "To be honest, in all my years of commentating on the LPL, this is the first time I've seen Amumu in the top lane. But looking at this lineup as a whole... EDG's counter-attack ability is simply off the charts! Orianna's ultimate, Lena's malicious acquisition, Varus's spread, plus Amumu's ultimate crowd control. If JDG's Vi and Rakan try to engage, they'll likely be locked down and killed by EDG!"
Miller frowned and pushed up his glasses: "The team fight logic of the lineup is correct, but the problem lies in the laning phase! How can Amumu fight Olaf in the early game? Olaf has true damage and high attack speed. If Amumu can't farm minions under the tower, the front line's tankiness simply won't be enough."
Zizai stroked his chin, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait! Guys, I just remembered one of Amumu's skill mechanics! His E skill, [Amumu's Wrath], has a passive effect that reduces physical damage taken by a fixed amount! And every time he's hit by a basic attack, the cooldown of his E skill is reduced by 0.5 seconds! Olaf's main source of damage in the early game is chasing with basic attacks... Could Mozi be thinking of using this mechanic to withstand pressure?"
Loading complete, welcome to Summoner's Rift!
"0 minutes 00 seconds."
Ten heroes were born from the spring.
The director very considerately focused the camera on Su Mo's Amumu immediately.
"Cloth armor, plus four health potions?!" Wawa exclaimed, "An extremely aggressive starting build! Mozi is determined to stack armor to the maximum!"
In contrast, 369's Olaf started with an extremely aggressive build: Doran's Blade and a health potion, along with Flash and Ghost as summoner spells. This was a standard "mad dog" setup, clearly indicating his intention to dominate Amumu in the early game.
The atmosphere in JDG's team voice chat was extremely tense.
"369, you need to pressure him relentlessly in lane. If he tries to steal experience, use Sprint and kill him!" Coach Homme gave him his final instructions before leaving the stage.
"Don't worry, coach. If he dares to pick this thing, I'll chop his head off at level one." 369 gritted his teeth, needing to vent the frustration of being solo killed by Riven in the previous game.
Kanavi also said in broken Chinese: "I'll start with red buff, then go straight to top after clearing blue buff. 369, you control the lane, we'll dive him at level three."
On the EDG side, however, the atmosphere was unusually relaxed.
"Brother Mo, will you farm in the top half of the map to protect me?" Ah Chen asked, playing Lee Sin.
"No need." Su Mo picked up his thermos and took a sip of goji berry water, his tone flat and without a trace of emotion. "You start with red buff and go to the bottom half of the map to gank Xayah and Rakan. Vi will definitely camp top lane early on, so you counter-gank bot lane and secure the first dragon. They can't dive top lane."
"Alright!" Trusting Su Mo completely, Ah Chen's Lee Sin went straight to his own red buff.
"1 minute and 30 seconds," the entire army launches an attack, and the lines of troops converge.
Hit the road.
Olaf, playing with extreme arrogance, crossed the minion wave and blocked EDG's melee minions, holding his Q skill [Reverse Throw] in his hand, staring intently at Amumu, who was taking small, quick steps towards him.
"Here it comes! 369 is blocking the lane at level 1, not letting Mozi gain any experience at all!" Miller said nervously.
Su Mo remained calm, clicked the mouse lightly, and Amumu stepped forward.
Seeing this, 369 threw an axe without hesitation!
A precise hit! Amumu is slowed!
"I'll kill you!" 369 charged straight at him, picked up his axe, and with the high attack power of Doran's Blade, slammed a basic attack into Amumu!
However, the expected scene of the health bar rapidly decreasing did not occur.
"puff."
A very deep, muffled sound rang out. An appalling damage number appeared above Amumu's head.
With the 15 armor provided by the Cloth Armor and the physical damage reduction from Amumu's level 1 E skill passive, Olaf's auto-attack only took away less than 30 points of health from Amumu!
Not only that!
The moment Su Mo was hit by the basic attack, he activated his E skill, "Amumu's Wrath"!
The little mummy unleashed an angry head-shaking out, dealing magic damage that instantly took away a significant portion of Olaf's health!
369 paused for a moment, then continued to auto-attack, refusing to believe it.
But just as he was about to unleash his second and third strikes, he was horrified to discover that, because the minions' aggro was drawn to him, EDG's three ranged minions began to focus fire on him.
Meanwhile, the extremely weak physical attacks from ranged minions hit Amumu, triggering his E skill cooldown reduction like crazy!
The E skill, which originally had a long cooldown, was ready again in just two seconds!
"boom!"
Another E skill landed on Olaf's face!
"Holy crap?!" 369 was shocked. He realized that after chasing and attacking for so long, Amumu's health had barely dropped thanks to using health potions. On the contrary, he himself had taken damage from minions and Amumu's two E attacks, and his health had dropped to two-thirds!
369 quickly picked up the axe and slunk back into his own bushes.
"What the hell is this damage reduction?!" 369 exclaimed in the voice chat.
In the commentary booth, Zz1tai slapped his thigh and laughed wildly: "Hahahaha! Did you see that?! This is Mozi's research result! Cloth Armor plus E skill passive, Olaf's level 1 auto-attack is like scratching a thorn! And the faster Olaf's attack speed, the faster Amumu's E skill refreshes! 369 got a huge beating!"
"2 minutes and 30 seconds," both sides reached level three.
The other three lanes were extremely close. In the mid lane, Xiaoyue's Orianna, with her longer range, slightly pressured Knight's Syndra, but Syndra continued to farm steadily, and neither side gave an inch. In the bot lane, JDG's Xayah and Rakan duo were extremely strong, pushing EDG's Varus and Lena under their tower.
However, the style of the scene on the road became extremely bizarre.
369 realized he couldn't control Amumu's health at all. As long as Amumu stood in the minion wave, he could let him attack, and as long as he couldn't kill him, a few E skills would be enough to overwhelm Olaf.
The minion wave was naturally pushed to EDG's top lane tower.
At this moment, Su Mo's Amumu's health remained at three-quarters.
"Kanavi, can you come over? The minion wave is pushing into the tower!" 369 called for the jungler.
"I have arrived."
Kanavi's Vi finished off the blue buff and gromp in the top half of the map, reached level three, and then circled around from the river bush to the tri-bush behind EDG's top lane tower, cutting off Amumu's retreat!
"Exactly 3 minutes!"
"They've made their move! JDG's top and jungle are going to tower dive and kill Amumu!" Wawa shouted.
Olaf from 369 immediately activated Ghost, used his Q skill to slow Amumu, and charged forward despite the turret's damage!
Kanavi's Vi emerges from behind the tower, charging up her Q ability, Power Punch, preparing for a fatal control and burst! Facing a desperate situation of being surrounded by two opponents.
Su Mo maintained his calm and composed expression.
Vi's Q skill was fully charged, and she charged forward in a mere 0.1 seconds!
Su Mo did not retreat, but instead took a very precise step towards Olaf.
"Snapped!"
Vi's Q skill, incredibly, grazed the edge of Amumu's bandage and missed!
"He dodged it!! Vi's fully charged Q was dodged by Mozi's positioning!!" Miller exclaimed.
The moment Vi landed after missing her Q, Su Mo countered with a Q skill, [Bandage Pull], hitting Olaf, who was tanking the tower, with extreme precision!
dizziness!
Olaf, with 369's health, was pinned to the turret!
Immediately afterwards, W skill [Despair Aura] was activated, and E skill [Amumu's Wrath] was unleashed!
The turret's laser relentlessly bombarded Olaf. 369 was terrified and tried to Flash away, but he couldn't use any skills while stunned.
Two laser beams blasted Olaf's health bar instantly to zero, combined with Amumu's damage!
"EDG.Mo has killed JDG.369!"
First Blood!
After killing Olaf, Su Mo glanced at Vi, who looked embarrassed beside him.
Seeing that things were going badly, Kanavi quickly used Flash to escape the turret's attack range and disappeared into the jungle without looking back.
"First Blood!! Another First Blood!!!" Guan Zeyuan shouted wildly on the commentary stage, "Under JDG's top and jungle's tower dive, Mozi dodged Vi's Q with his positioning, and then used his Q to control Olaf who was tanking the tower, completing a tower dive kill! This Amumu played so calmly!"
369 stared at the black and white screen and slammed his fist on the table: "Damn it! Why is his movement so awkward?!"
"3 minutes and 30 seconds," the first group of river crabs spawned.
Because Vi failed to tower dive in the top lane, she not only used Flash but also revealed her position. In the bottom half of the map, A-Chen's Lee Sin recklessly controlled the bot lane scuttle crab and put direct pressure on JDG's bot lane.
"Ruler, I'm here." Ah Chen used his ward to jump over the wall and directly flanked JDG from behind their bottom lane tower.
Although no kills were achieved, they successfully forced Ruler's Xayah and Missing's Rakan to use their Flash abilities twice, giving EDG's bot lane a significant lane advantage.
"4 minutes and 30 seconds".
Using the 400 gold from the first blood and a perfect last-hit under the tower, Su Mo pressed the recall button.
The moment he opened the shop and bought the equipment.
The audience gasped in surprise once again.
"Thorn Vest!" The doll's eyes widened. "At 4 and a half minutes, Amumu pulled out a Thornmail! Combined with the cloth armor he had before, Amumu's armor has already exceeded 100!"
Miller shook his head repeatedly, mourning for 369: "It's over, Olaf is completely unable to lane now. The Thornmail not only provides a lot of armor, but also grievous wounds and damage reflection effects. Olaf relies on lifesteal and high attack speed to survive, and now if he hits Amumu, he might lose more health than Amumu!"
After buying the equipment, Su Mo used the teleportation ability to return to the online server.
"5 minutes and 00 seconds".
The first batch of Voidbrood spawned in Dragon Pit.
However, JDG's top and jungle players are not even qualified to compete.
Back online, 369 tried using his Q skill to slow down Amumu and then went in to slash him.
"Stab!"
The Thornmail's reflect damage was triggered instantly, not only inflicting grievous wounds and reducing healing on Olaf, but the reflected magic damage, combined with Amumu's W [Despair Aura] burn, made Olaf suffer excruciating pain.
When Amumu is attacked, the cooldown of his E skill is greatly reduced.
"Bang!" An E slammed down.
369 watched as he lost a significant amount of health, then looked at Amumu's health bar, which wasn't even scratched, and completely lost his composure.
"Coach, how am I supposed to fight this? It's like I'm hitting a steel plate, and my health is dropping like crazy!" 369 cried out desperately in the voice chat.
"5 minutes and 50 seconds," we are about to reach level six.
Su Mo arrogantly crossed the minion wave and stood directly in front of JDG's top lane tower.
He doesn't farm minions; he just keeps the minion wave firmly under control. Whenever Olaf dares to approach for experience, he immediately initiates with his Q, stunning him before unleashing a WE combo to harass him.
A short, pitiful Amumu, his body wrapped in bandages, forced Olaf, a wild and unruly man wielding two axes, to cower in the bushes between the second and first towers, trembling with fear.
"Mozi has really mastered the mechanics!" Zz1tai exclaimed on the commentary stage. "He knows Olaf has no magic resistance in the early game, so he uses high armor and Thornmail to stand and fight. In less than six minutes, he has almost twenty CS ahead of Olaf! This top lane matchup has once again been turned into a one-sided beatdown by Mozi's unconventional strategies!"
As the game timer jumps to "6 minutes and 00 seconds".
Su Mo's Amumu was illuminated by a golden light indicating an upgrade.
Level 6 has been reached, and the ultimate skill [Curse of the Mummy] is unlocked.
Su Mo picked up the thermos next to him, took a sip of warm water, and looked at the trembling Olaf with his deep eyes.
“Warm-up complete.” His deep voice echoed in the empty battle arena. “The hunt begins now.”
6 minutes 05 seconds.
A large wave of red minions carrying cannons was slowly pushed by Su Mo to JDG's top lane tower.
At this moment, 369 was like a frightened bird, clinging tightly to the inner wall of the turret, staring intently at the experience bar—he was still three melee soldier experiences away from level six!
Once he reaches level six and gains immunity to crowd control from Ragnarok, he believes that even if he can't win, he can at least survive under the tower.
But he clearly underestimated the murderous intent of the Demon King who had dominated League of Legends for seven years, winning every world championship since S7.
Su Mo's Amumu walked into the turret's attack range.
Without any further probing, not even a second glance was given at the tempting tart shell.
The instant it enters the turret's maximum firing range!
"Golden light flashed!"
Su Mo decisively pressed the Flash button!
Instead of running away, he directly bypassed the front-line minions and flashed right into 369's face!
The ultimate move, [Curse of the Mummy], crashed down!
A huge circle of ancient golden runes exploded violently under the turret, trapping the unsuspecting Olaf in place!
"They've made their move! A level 6 Amumu tower dives and kills a level 5 Olaf!!" Wawa suddenly stood up on the commentary stage.
In the instant he was imprisoned, 369 frantically pressed his ultimate and Flash buttons in despair, but at level five, he had no Ragnarok to break free from this fatal control.
Su Mo activated his W skill, [Aura of Despair], and the little mummy's tears transformed into a pool of scalding magical water, relentlessly burning Olaf's health. Immediately afterward, a full-damage E skill, [Amumu's Wrath], slammed down. (End of Chapter)