ATPnovel Chapter 38 Kael's Laning Phase
Chapter 38 Kael's Laning Phase
The moment Neeko spotted the AL ward, she placed a ward in the mid bush, revealing the positions of Miss Fortune and Bard.
Mu Chun maneuvered the Tsar to retreat first, followed closely by Nico.
Just as Bard and the female gunner pressed forward, Mu Chun seized the last bit of time the Sand Soldiers had left to stab at the two of them.
Neeko's Q fell along with the Sand Soldier's spear, hitting Bard and then exploding again. At the same time, a comet crashed down, and one Q dealt damage three times.
Bard also used his Q, and a golden energy projectile shot out, hitting Neeko and slowing her down before flying behind her.
The energy blast hit the wall behind Neeko and bounced back, stunning her.
The female gunner followed up in time, taking minimal damage from the sand soldiers and landing a QA.
Fortunately, Mu Chun was far enough away from Neeko that she wasn't hit by Miss Fortune's Q ricochet.
Nico used her healing ability in time to save her health, and then accelerated away from the pursuit of AL and the other two.
"Meiko used her healing ability directly. The Tsar's damage was too low in the early game, forcing the healer to engage. Both sides then stopped short of engaging, and AL gained a small advantage," Guan Zeyuan said.
At 1 minute and 40 seconds, the minion waves converged.
Mu Chun took the initiative to attack the front-line minions, drawing their aggro and pulling the minion wave towards his own side.
Both sides have their own perspectives on traditional Chinese medicine.
Neither side's support dared to go in directly.
Mu Chun positioned the Tsar, placing sand soldiers on both sides of the minion wave, while simultaneously last-hitting minions and controlling the lane, and observing the skirmishes between the supports.
Neeko used her Q first, but Bard dodged it by moving forward the instant he raised his hand.
At the same time, Bard entered the Sand Soldiers' attack range. Mu Chun controlled the Sand Soldiers to poke him, and Bard managed to create distance in time, but he was still hit by Neeko's attack.
The moment Kael pulled out of the Sand Soldiers' attack range, he saw Neeko still trying to auto-attack him, so he immediately controlled Bard to catch Neeko's auto-attack animation and use his Q.
This Q is angled trickily, slowing Neeko down while flying to the minion wave it hits, stunning Neeko.
Bard followed up with two auto-attacks, and Miss Fortune also landed a QA.
After Neeko used her potion and retreated, the health advantage gained by AL allowed them to reach level two ahead of schedule.
Mu Chun also hurriedly retreated, but still took some damage from the female gunner's E skill.
Bard, however, made himself a cup of coffee to restore his health.
The difference in health between the two sides' supports was particularly noticeable during the pull and tug-of-war.
Fortunately, Miss Fortune used her E to poke but didn't use it to push the lane, so the minion wave still pushed towards her team. Once Neeko leveled up, she could control the minion wave in front of the tower.
Once she reached level two, Neeko stepped forward to withstand Bard's attacks.
The E skill followed by the Q skill managed to reduce the target's health by a bit.
Soon, under Nico's cover, Mu Chun safely advanced to level three.
Neeko's health is slowly recovering; she's still a bit behind Bard, but not close enough to be lethal.
"Can you come? I'll take the whole river crab." Jiejie's voice suddenly came.
Mu Chun looked at the minimap and saw Nightmare and Xin Zhao appearing together in the bottom river, fighting for the river crab.
Bard on the line chose to retreat, and the ward in the middle of the bushes caught his figure in the last few seconds of vision.
"I can come," Meiko said, then added, "Muchun, you stay put. Don't fight Bard until he shows himself."
"OK," Mu Chun replied, then mechanically controlled the Azir to last-hit minions and clear waves, occasionally harassing the Miss Fortune.
As Mu Chun was clearing the lane, he noticed Bard showing up, and the junglers and supports from both sides were fighting for the river crab.
The female gunner was still pushing the lane in front of the tower, and Mu Chun controlled the minion wave very well, with no sign of it entering the tower.
The next wave of minions is coming soon, and the minion wave will be pushed forward.
Seeing this, Mu Chun did not hesitate and moved the Tsar to take two steps forward, placing sand soldiers next to the female gunner.
The sand soldier thrust forward, and the female gunner retreated.
Mu Chun followed with E, and the Tsar moved towards the sand soldiers.
Place the sand soldiers next to the female gunner once, then twice.
Miss Fortune turned around and used AQA to trigger a powerful attack, but some of the damage was negated by Azir's E shield. She then activated W to accelerate and escaped the Sand Soldiers' attack range again.
Seeing this, Mu Chun followed up with his Q skill, and two sand soldiers dashed in, slowing down the female gunslinger twice more.
Tap it again, and Deadly Rhythm will be fully stacked.
Another shot, the female gunner turns around and uses AoE.
With the final thrust, the female gunner stepped out of attack range, and Mu Chun retreated to heal.
Another advantage of the Tsar in the bottom lane is that when he starts, he buys a Doran's Ring, which gives him an extra health potion compared to a Doran's Blade.
"Jiejie was the one who sank the last river crab. Hmm, the Miss Fortune's health in the bot lane seems a bit off." Guan Ze said with a puzzled tone.
The director cut to a shot of the Tsar and the female gunner retreating after exchanging blows.
Guan Zeyuan said, "The bottom lane traded some health, and it looks like Azir came out on top. The minion wave is also in a good position. Hope is going to become the weak point again. Can you sense it?"
"I wouldn't call it a breakthrough. Azir's development will be more comfortable, and he's not like Twisted Fate. Twisted Fate's development speed is unmatched in the entire League of Legends," Mao Mao said with a smile.
"Moreover, the Tsar's development cycle is much longer than that of the card, and he also reaches his power later," Gugu added.
"That's true. With AD cards, Chunfeng just pulled out Siren and went all in. If they had switched to Twisted Fate this time, it would have been a kill," Guan Zeyuan said.
The river crab was punished by Nightmare, and Xin Zhao was also spotted in the top half of the map. Miss Fortune, who had just been traded for health, naturally did not dare to get too close and could only use her Q and E to last-hit minions from a distance.
Neeko recovered her health and mana at the fountain, and Miss Fortune's health returned to three-quarters with the help of a red potion and Bard's coffee.
A large wave of minions has already gathered and is pushing towards the blue team.
"We'll push the lane in and then swap lanes with Shy. We can give up the dragon now," Meiko commanded.
Theshy nodded, "I'm fine with either."
"Okay." Mu Chun agreed without hesitation.
Jayce is more useful than Azir now. Replacing him can slow down AL's dragon pace and give him more time to farm.
"I can protect you, just push," Jiejie's voice broke in.
Seeing the Nightmare right behind him, Mu Chun placed sand soldiers, stabbing three soldiers at a time to quickly push the lane.
Neeko was also attacking minions nearby, and her Q hit Bard at the same time as it hit a minion. Her Q then bloomed again, accelerating the push of the lane.
"IG is pushing the minion wave aggressively, and Nightmare is right behind them. Are they trying to tower dive?" GuGu asked.
"Nightmare isn't level 6 yet, so it's unlikely he can tower dive, and with Azir's current damage, he can't even get through. He should probably switch lanes."
"It's been a little over four minutes now, let's substitute Jayce to hold off AL's dragon," Guan Zeyuan guessed.
After pushing the minion wave, Azir and Neeko recalled to base on the spot, while Nocturne also headed back.
Back at the spring, Mu Chun replenished his extraction, then glanced at the panel.
I've pushed the CS down by 15. Miss Fortune should miss a few minions after clearing this wave, so I can push the CS down by about 5.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something familiar in Jayce's inventory: TheShy had also acquired a Cull.
This is really no problem for a vampire in lane; we're on the same page.
At 4 minutes and 50 seconds, Mu Chun's Azir teleported to the top lane.
The moment you see the vampire, two sand soldiers are placed on either side of the minion wave.
The vampire went up to finish off the enemy and got stabbed twice. Then he used his Q to heal himself by sucking up some health from a minion. Neeko walked up to the top lane behind him.