The top lane Graves can suppress most short-range heroes in the early stage, and even if he plays against long-range heroes, he can push the line and gain control of the line. Why can Kennen counter-suppress Graves?
The reason is actually very simple.
In the early laning stage, Kennen's reach is much longer than that of Graves, and Graves's normal attacks can be easily blocked by the minion line . At this time, Kennen can find an opportunity to use Q or basic attack to consume without damage. Even if Graves E in the face when the level is high, Kennen can directly use EQW to pull back. It is definitely a good deal to exchange blood in the early laning stage.
This has also been proven in the King Rank and Secondary League competitions.
What about after level six?
In the early game, the hero Graves can basically be regarded as a tanky AD.
But it's still a crispy skin.
What squishy heroes fear most is burst AP!
Among all the AP heroes in the top lane, when it comes to instant burst, Kennen is second and no one dares to say he is first, not even Rumble can do it.
Tianlei is not joking with you.
Even after level 6, when Kennen consumes enough energy, he will have the opportunity to summon thunder to kill the enemy...
To sum up, RNG's coaches Fly and Looper released Li Fu, the rumored "pentakill male gun". It's a bet whether you dare to choose it.
Obviously, they won the bet and everyone had a smile on their face.
Next, RNG's BP quickly came to an end amid laughter and joy, and in the end, the lineups of both sides were revealed.
Blue side RNG: Kennen on top, Centaur in the jungle, LeBron in the mid lane, Annie and Braum in the bottom lane.
Red side IG: Graves on top, Sejuani in the jungle, Alita: Mid, Ice Witch, Jinx and Lulu on the bottom lane.
Seeing the lineups of both teams, Miller and Guan Zeyuan on the commentary desk also began to comment.
"RNG's first lineup was very aggressive. Centaur, LeBron, and Annie were all very suitable for charging. In comparison, IG's lineup was relatively conservative."
"Yes, IG's lineup is more suitable for counterattacks, but A-Sturgeon chose Sejuani very team-wise, and together with Rookie's Asura, they formed a double polar control combination. This means that IG's lineup will not be in a situation where no one can start a team fight. But it feels that IG's Graves and Jinx have a heavier damage task on their shoulders. They must pay attention to their positioning in team fights, otherwise if they die suddenly, IG's lineup will be very short of damage."
"Yes, and after RNG won the first game, in the second game, whether it was the two bans of Wuxin or the lineup, they were more targeted at the bottom lane. This is to let Uzi play a 'satisfying game'. This time, IG's bottom laner Wuxx must withstand the pressure."
"That's right, but I think the top lane is also very interesting. Knowing that IG changed their lineup to Fu Ge as the top laner, RNG chose to let Graves go and take Kennen. Apart from other things, there are not many teams in LPL who dare to have such confidence in BP. I remember that in the past two weeks, when other teams encountered IG's change of lineup to Fu Ge as the top laner, Graves was banned by default, haha."
“…”
At this point, both players' final rune talents have been adjusted, and the game quickly enters the loading interface.
At the start of the game, both sides stood in a long snake formation.
After both sides' soldiers came up to the top lane, Li Fu glanced at Kennen on the opposite side with a thoughtful look on his face. He was naturally very clear about the other side's intention of choosing Kennen.
At this time, if he came up with the intention to kill and exchange blood.
Then the hero Graves is stuck in the line of soldiers and can't attack anyone, and he will definitely lose if he crosses the line to exchange blood. At this time, what he needs to do is to take advantage of Graves' advantage in pushing the line quickly and send the line of soldiers under Kennen's tower first.
The hero Kennen's early-game clearing speed is far slower than that of Graves, so he will definitely not be able to push forward against them.
Once the troops enter the tower, Li Fu can do whatever he wants.
There are only two choices before Looper: either miss the attack or be consumed by the male gun and establish an advantage.
The only thing to worry about is the movements of the opposing jungler.
Therefore, Li Fu paid close attention to the movements of the junglers on both sides from the beginning of the game, and even found an opportunity to place a ward near the blue buff in the upper half of the opposing RNG.
Sure enough, 1 minute and 40 seconds.
As soon as the wild monsters refreshed, Li Fu found MLXG's troops and started to attack the blue buff while waving the electric wind in his hand.
At the same time, there was no need to say much about IG's Achuan, who also started from the bottom half with the help of the duo.
Miller, the host of the commentary, could not help but say, "Both junglers started with a mirror image of the blue buff. I feel that in addition to being more comfortable to start with the blue buff, another point is that A-Chun should have seen that Fu Ge's Graves would definitely have to push the lane against Kennen, so he chose to clear from the bottom up."
"Yes, this way Ah Xun can protect the male gun and fight. After all, Brother Fu's invasion eye has already caught the movements of the Spicy Hotpot people at the beginning of the game."
"But I feel that Mala Xiang Guo should also be very clear about this. If he also chooses to clear the jungle from the bottom up at the beginning, it is almost a clear route to clear the jungle. Once caught, it will definitely be a 2v2. But in this game, RNG's top and jungle 2v2 will definitely not be able to beat IG's top and jungle at least before level 6. Instead of doing that, it is better to clear from the top to the bottom and look for opportunities."
“…”
The commentator on the stage analyzed the opening.
As for Li Fu on the top lane, after seeing with his own eyes that the people from Mala Xiangguo went downstairs after clearing the blue buff and there was no chance of catching them at level 2 with a fake shot, the male gun on his line suddenly became very proactive.
Learn Q to push the line at level 1.
To be honest, when a Graves comes up and pushes the line mindlessly, there are really few heroes who can beat him.
Looper is certainly aware of this, too.
So he used his long arms to steal an A on Male Gun while finishing off the opponent.
"Looper played very smartly here. If he can't push the lane, he won't fight you. He just learned W at level 1."
"Yes , because he knows that before the soldiers enter the tower, it is Kennen's highlight moment to trade blood. Once the soldiers enter the tower, if his jungler doesn't come, it will be difficult for him to consume Graves in order to take care of the tower damage."
"Well, Kennen's W passively deals extra damage and stacks a mark every 5 basic attacks, and actively deals damage to the marked target and stacks another mark. The advantage of learning W at level 1 is that you can accumulate extra damage to consume the Graves while finishing off the opponent, and you can also actively explode again. The active W is the most damaging consumption skill among Kennen's three skills."
"Eh? It seems like Brother Fu wasn't affected at all."
"Wow, Brother Fu's laning details of the Graves...seems like there's really something to it."
Under the director's lens on the big screen.
Li Fu, who had maxed out his [Hand Speed Reaction], continued to push the lane in the top lane. Kennen's basic attacks could occasionally fail to defend against him, but every time Kennen was accumulating his fifth attack to come up, the movement of the Graves on the lane was almost synchronized with Kennen, thus blocking Kennen's basic attack distance.
Looper finally waited for the opportunity to get the last hit from Graves and attacked Li Fu for the fifth time, stacking a mark on him.
However, when he wanted to move forward to detonate the mark, Li Fu immediately pulled back.
Not only that, Li Fu's positioning when he retreated to the bush was also very strategic.
He did not immediately hide in the grass to escape Kennen's sight. Instead, he made a curve move at the maximum distance of Kennen's W detonation range, making it so that Looper's Kennen's W was not at a sufficient distance to explode. At the same time, he was hit several more times because he crossed the line of soldiers and attracted the hatred of the soldiers.
Not only that, after level 2, Looper once again took advantage of the opportunity when Graves was about to make a last-ditch effort to attack his passive.
However, Li Fu saw through the opponent's intention the moment before Looper moved.
He knew that Looper wanted to use W to shock him after A, so he paused deliberately, and Kennen really moved forward subconsciously.
You should know that the maximum distance of Graves' Q is larger than the range of Kennen's W.
So the next second,
Li Fu deliberately sold out his position and raised his hand to use Q to consume the enemy while continuing to push the tower soldiers inwards.
Then he pulled back instantly. Looper pressed W several times in a row, but it was all gray and there was no response.
What does it mean?
It means the distance is not enough.
All of a sudden, Looper felt like there was something stuck in his throat, and the feel of Kennen became extremely sluggish and stiff, causing a trace of doubt to emerge in his mind.
It wasn't like this when I was secretly training with Mata to play against Graves.
The next second, Looper's eyes narrowed slightly.
He also watched the MSI semi-finals not long ago. When Li Fu's top lane Graves beat Duke in the life-and-death game, he was a little disapproving and felt that this successor to Ma Run was a bit disappointing.
But it was not until today when he was actually in the game and faced Li Fu in person that he realized it was not Duke's fault, but that this man handled the details of the top lane really well.
Damn it!
How can a jungler be so careful in laning? !
Be so careful that all the soldiers enter the tower.
It was obvious that the two people in the top lane had different ideas.
Li Fu pushed the line and Looper exchanged blood.
But the current situation is that Li Fu successfully pushed the line, and Looper's Electric Rat stole blood for a long time, but the blood volume of the two seems to be almost the same. Anyway, the audience in the audience can't see any difference with the naked eye.
Ah this?
For a moment, all the viewers in the LPL event live broadcast room were shocked!
"6666"
"Thin! Brother Fu's line is too thin!"
"Heizi, who said that it's hard for Graves to beat Kennen?"
"This is called laning suppression!"
“…”
Of course, there were also RNG fans who immediately responded with sarcasm.
"Don't bark yet! Let's wait and see what happens in the team fight."
"No need for team battles, we can counter-kill at level 6."
"This male gun is obviously stupid. Isn't it a gift to push the lane like this?"
"Fu Xiaozi, please stop bragging. Your Fu Huang has been suppressing him for a long time, but he can't even make five strikes?"
“…”
It has to be said here that as the S-League champion top laner, Looper is certainly not only good at bullying people. Occasionally when he is at a disadvantage in the laning phase, his tower attacks are also picturesque, and he basically doesn't miss a single blow.
At this time, Looper in the RNG competition seat looked up at the last hits of both sides and was relieved when he found that he was not being pulled apart.
Unexpectedly, just as the cannon soldier entered the tower and he was about to repair the cannon, but before he raised his hand, the male gunner, who seemed to be walking towards the river to set up a reconnaissance eye, suddenly slid over with an E in the opposite direction and raised his hand to throw a W smoke bomb.
Turn off the lights!
In an instant, Kennen's hand, which was raised to finish off the enemy, suddenly dropped down uncontrollably.
When he walked out of the smoke bomb, the artillery soldier was already dead.
grass!
Looper's eyes twitched.
Many audience members at the scene couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw this.
Why is this guy still playing such a mean thing?
Li Fu just laughed.
Pi was very happy about this, but after he got the blue mana, it was almost empty. There is a price to pay for Graves' fast pushing of the line.
But this was also within Li Fu's expectations.
I saw him just find someone to go back to the city first. That's how the male gun hero is. He was not in a hurry at all.
However, Li Fu was not in a hurry, but IG's bottom lane was a little anxious.
Five minutes into the game, after the Spicy Hotpot player who was brushing down from the top went to the bottom lane to help trigger the flash of the support Lulu, Uzi's Annie took advantage of the E in her hand and started to cross the line to pressure the enemy.
IG lacks a summoner skill, and Lulu, a soft support without flash, is no match for Mata's Braum, so they can only fight back or curse without returning the attack, so the bottom lane is naturally under a lot of pressure.
"Brother, how is it?" Mala Xiangguo asked with a smile.
“What a wonderful start!”
Uzi's chubby face was filled with joy, "Great! Haha, you know the other side doesn't dare to fight back."
"Okay, then you put more pressure on me." said Mala Xiangguo.
"Don't worry." Uzi was full of confidence, as if he had already seen a solo kill.
When Mata heard this, a thoughtful look appeared on her face.
In this game of Mala Xiangguo, the Centaur cleared from top to bottom, giving people the feeling that they were targeting the bottom lane, but after another auxiliary flash, IG's bottom lane duo had begun to give up some of the last hit experience.
The soldiers and horses came to capture him at this time.
Big risk, small opportunity.
However, as the top jungler in LPL today, Mala Xiangguo's thinking is obviously not limited to this. He will first help the bottom lane to let Uzi put pressure on it. When the pressure is great, the opposing jungler, Sejuani, will definitely come to help clear the line.
After all, if the line of soldiers is always trapped under the tower, as long as the pressure from Uzi is great enough, the IG duo will be consumed every time they last hit. If they go home, they will lose the line, and if they don't go home, they will be at risk of being bypassed by the jungler and crossing the tower.
At this time, if you want to stabilize the bottom lane and not lose the line, the jungler will most likely come to help.
Sure enough, after Axun, who was clearing the jungle from the bottom to the top, finished clearing the jungle, he found that Li Fu had returned home. He then went to control the river crab in the upper half of the area and immediately discovered the abnormality in the bottom lane.
However, A Xun was very sensible. He did not go down immediately, but asked Li Fu first.
He knew that when Li Fu came up in the next wave, he would definitely try to seize the lane and push the opponent.
"Brother Fu, do you want me to counter-camp on the top lane?"
"No, I'll play by myself."
Li Fu smiled and shook his head, "Go help the bottom lane."
"Okay, be careful on the road." A Xun said immediately.
Li Fu nodded and slowly went online with the male gun.
He didn't teleport this time. Anyway, the military line would be under the opposite tower when he returned home, so he didn't have to worry about losing the line.
Li Fu was not worried, but Looper was. After clearing the tower soldiers and going home to replenish supplies, he hurriedly TPed back online.
He thought Li Fu would also TP to the line. After all, the main function of the Graves hero in the top lane is to suppress the lane. The effect of teleporting support in the early stage is sometimes not even as good as the profit from two waves of soldiers, and it would be even more of a loss if he didn't catch anyone.
However, when Looper came online and calculated the online time, he immediately found something wrong.
Western Eight?
Why didn't he pay TP?
Xiang Guo, who was in the upper zone to kill a group of wild beasts, also noticed this and said arrogantly, "It's okay. After we kill them all, he will have to tank even if he doesn't want to."
When Looper saw that Xiang Guo had already reached the upper zone, he had a slight thought in his mind and instantly came up with an idea.
He didn't say that he would push the line as soon as he came up while Graves was away. Instead, he controlled the speed of pushing the line back, pushing the line out little by little while placing a true eye in the grass in the river in the top lane.
When the top lane soldiers were pushed back to the middle of the river, Graves just came up, and Looper's mouth suddenly revealed a smile like a prey falling into a trap.
Why are you laughing?
Because at this time, Li Fu only had two choices.
Either you clear the lane and don't interfere with Looper's pushing, but it's difficult for the hero Graves to control the lane, so there's no point in doing so.
Then there is only the second option left - to go forward and push forward directly.
At this time, Looper knew that the opponent did not use TP and came online late, and Graves had no chance to set up a ward at the triangle grass before the line was pushed over. Mala Xiangguo's Centaur could take advantage of this time difference to come to the top lane to seize the opportunity.
Sure enough, the game lasted five minutes.
Li Fu walked back to the line and pushed the line directly. Mala Xiangguo, who was originally hesitant about whether to go and get a toad, immediately showed joy, put a red mark on Li Fu, and rushed to the top lane at full speed.
The commentator's voice on the stage suddenly rose!
"Eh? RNG is going to attack the top lane this time!"
"Centaurs! Spicy Hotpot's Centaurs have bypassed the triangular grass and are charging right up with Sprint + E!"
"Brother Fu also realized something was wrong, and he was moving towards the grass to block the view."
Swish—!
Two more eyes suddenly appeared in the bush.
Kennen and the charging centaur cast wards almost at the same time, instantly illuminating the bushes.
Ah this?
Horse hooves coming towards you!
At this moment, Li Fu's eyes also narrowed.
At this time, his passive skill of pure manliness has been stacked to three levels, but it will soon disappear.
If Li Fu doesn't use A immediately, his passive skill will be broken. But once he uses A, the pause when he raises his hand will be kicked back by the Sprinting Centaur's E skill. By then, he will be far away from the tower when he uses Flash.
A stunning moment!
He made up his mind instantly!
The moment the male gunman raised his hand, his body suddenly flashed in the air!
"A flash!"
"Ah? What does Brother Fu's A-flash mean?"
"Oh! The pure manly passive, the pure manly passive of the male gun is renewed."
Not only that, because Mala Xiang Guo saw the Graves raising his hand, he didn't go around and kicked directly with E. Unexpectedly, Li Fu suddenly used a flash, and as a result, the kick that was originally supposed to kick backwards directly pushed Li Fu against the wall.
Damn it!
Mala Xiangguo suddenly felt a little upset.
"Shark or not?"
“Kill, kill, kill!”
But the moment Looper opened his mouth, he roared in a low voice.
"Oh! Xiang Guo and Looper are going to be killed this time!"
"There is a red buff on the Centaur that slows him down. He is sticking to the Graves and attacking."
"The male gunner's health is dropping very fast! But Brother Fu is not panicking at all, he is also walking and attacking!"
"Kennen's passive has reached level three, he's going to stun people!"
"Oh! Brother Fu used this W, and Kennen was also turned off!"
"But the Centaur's damage is considerable. Although the Graves has entered the tower, his health is very low. The Centaur must be killed to defend the tower!"
"Wait! Another E, Graves has four stacks, he's a real man!"
"It feels like RNG's top and jungle are in a bit of a pickle at this point!"
"Oh! Kennen flashed up. Wait, why is Kennen holding the tower?"
"The level 4 centaur has taken down the tower twice. He can't go any further. If he goes any further, he won't be able to get out!"
"But Kennen's health is less than half, this wave... why do I feel..."
Before Guan Zeyuan could finish his words, Kennen, who had flashed into the tower to deal damage, suddenly took over the tower and threw a Q dart at Li Fu, who was knocked away at right angles. Li Fu had no choice but to attack with a basic attack, but it was too late when he wanted to turn back.
In the camera shot, the attack from the defense tower and Li Fu's QA fell at the same time, instantly taking away Kennen's health.
The Graves under the tower, who was only left with a little blood and was burned by , kept using basic attacks to stack the War Lord's Bloodthirst and taking drugs all the way, and in the end he actually managed to survive with only 6 drops of blood left.
"IG-Padre6 killed RNG-Looper!"
"First Blood!"
The shocking first blood kill moment resounded throughout the venue.
The comments in the live broadcast room suddenly became lively!
Two against one, but they were killed.
Can you play?
"Turtle! This is Brother Fu's top laner, the Male Gunner!"
"Hahaha, Heizi is talking nonsense!"
"It's so funny, what about those people who said that the male gunner will be caught and killed?"
"It's rotten, but it's me who's rotten."
“…”
On the upper lane, the low-health Mala Xiangguo turned his head stiffly and looked at Li Fu from a distance.
But what can he do? What can he do?
The jungler used the Centaur as soon as he sprinted up, and the Centaur himself had a short arm, so if he turned back at this moment, he would be dead.
The Looper next to him opened his mouth and looked at the spicy hotpot with complicated eyes, not knowing how to start.
Why was it me who died when you arrested someone?
Who are they arresting?