nucmednet Chapter 90: The Feeling of Redmi
Chapter 90: The Feeling of Redmi
"They've already come to the bottom lane, and I can't move right now. Don't engage the Rift Herald yet; they won't dare to initiate a fight."
JackeyLove gave real-time commands via voice chat.
Forge used the ultimate he stole from Karma to poke the enemy, while Ning and Duke retreated from the flank towards the top lane one after the other.
With the Rift Herald proving ineffective, while imp was rushing to the bottom lane, JackeyLove and Baolan pushed the minion wave forward. With Baolan's Demolish, they managed to rack up a lot of turret plating.
imp returned to his lane, cleared the minion wave, and could only watch helplessly as JackeyLove and Baolan retreated. He only moved forward a few steps from under the tower when Galio got a little closer.
Seeing the opposing team reappear online, Ning couldn't sit still. He took advantage of his equipment to invade JDG's blue buff, but he was a step too slow in the fight for the blue buff and failed to take it.
Ning's recklessness occasionally carries a hint of subtlety; he doesn't invade the jungle to steal the blue buff without a reason.
Firstly, in the mid lane, although Forge did not completely push the minion wave, he managed to hold back Yagao.
Secondly, regarding the top lane, Duke was already level 10, while Zoom was level 9. Furthermore, Duke's Gnar was at full health, and his rage was about to be fully stacked.
In contrast, Zoom's Renekton was not only behind in level, but also had less than half health, and most importantly, the minion wave was about to be pushed to the tower.
Therefore, Ning's goal was clear: after boldly invading JDG's blue buff area, he would then move up to catch Zoom's crocodile.
Zoom was alert. The moment he spotted Ning with a ward in the tri-bush, he turned and retreated. At the same time, Gragas came from the flank and threw a Q skill, slowing Ning and covering Zoom's retreat.
Ning turned around and cleared the control ward in the triangular bush, feigning a retreat, but actually already had moved to the jungle's Gromp.
The blind-vision EQ combo happened to knock up Gragas, triggering Thunderlord's Decree. Gragas then unleashed his ultimate, Cataclysm, leaving him with no choice but to Flash away.
After this round of damage, Gragas, without Flash or any other buffs, had no choice but to go back to base.
The crocodile and barrel went home together, and Duke happily ate another layer of tart crust on the road.
While the opposing jungler and top laner were away, Ning took advantage of the opportunity to go to the Rift Herald and completed the solo run by himself.
"Have you noticed that IG has been doing a better and better job in terms of communication and command lately?"
Rita finally voiced the question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time.
Guan Zeyuan said thoughtfully, "I seem to have heard that IG's command in the early and mid-game is no longer Ning, but JackeyLove as the main commander throughout the game."
Rita became interested: "I knew it! I felt like IG had changed. Whether it was the top and jungle decision to get caught by double TP in the bot lane, or the decision to lure the Rift Herald to let the bot lane take tower plates, these decisions were very smooth, even from our perspective."
"And IG has really reduced its minor mistakes a lot these days."
JDG players' lounge.
"That's strange. In just a few days, the IG team seems completely different."
Hongmi frowned, somewhat puzzled.
Although they won against IG in the last game, as the head coach, he knew very well that apart from gaining an advantage in the bot lane, the top, mid, and jungle were actually at a disadvantage in the early game, especially the top laner Renekton, who was out-farmed by Duke by dozens of CS.
If Duke hadn't made that mistake, the final outcome would have been very uncertain.
The script for this game was almost identical to the previous one. The bot lane gained an advantage in the laning phase, but the top, mid, and jungle lanes were still lagging behind in many aspects.
Despite being double-killed in the bottom lane, IG still maintained a nearly 1,000 gold lead.
The top laner, Gnar, is leading by one kill and 10 CS.
The mid laner also has a 10-CS difference.
Needless to say, Ning's Jarvan IV not only had a level advantage over Gragas, but also a 18-creep lead in CS.
That means imp was ahead by 9 CS and 2 kills.
Even so, JackeyLove still has two assists.
Overall, the current situation suggests that the bottom lane has a slight advantage, while the top, mid, and jungle lanes are all at a disadvantage.
Ning has performed exceptionally well in both games, counter-jungling, controlling the dragon, and now securing the Rift Herald. It's fair to say that Ning completely dominated Gragas in the early game.
Fortunately, imp performed admirably, securing early kills and taking down the bottom lane tower at 14 minutes and 30 seconds.
As a former player who won the S4 World Championship, Redmi has always been confident that his coaching in the LPL is a game-changer, not only in terms of player management, but also in tactical arrangements and team decision-making.
Although his performance fluctuated at the beginning of the summer season, after watching the matches, he firmly believed that it was not because the opponents played well, but because of the players' own form, and that they had not adjusted their form properly.
But after the two matches against IG today, he overturned his previous opinion, not his previous one, but his current one.
He realized that the problem against IG wasn't that his players were in bad form, but rather that his top, mid, and jungle players simply couldn't beat IG.
Whether it's decision-making in the jungle or laning ability, they are behind IG.
On the contrary, the reason why IG was able to win the first game was because they were not in good form today.
Interestingly, after JDG secured the first turret kill in the bottom lane, the gold difference between the two sides returned to the same starting line.
The game lasted 15 minutes and 41 seconds.
While imp returned to base to replenish supplies, Galio appeared in the mid lane, and JackeyLove, along with Baolan and Ning, finally took down JDG's bottom lane tower.
At this moment, the second dragon is about to spawn on the map. Baolan and Ning have already gone there, while JackeyLove is still greedily waiting for a wave of enemy minions.
IG training room.
"Jack is too greedy."
TheShy glanced at the map in the bottom right corner: "JDG has surrounded us. Does Gragas have Predator? JackeyLove is in danger."
Chen Song took a deep breath and shook his head: "His old habit has relapsed. He can't possibly be greedy for this wave of minions again. The JDG mid laner is no longer visible on the map. Ning and Baolan have already gone to the dragon pit."
"They probably thought they had Purify and their ultimate ability, so the enemy couldn't kill them."
TheShy frowned: "This is so wrong. This is just like me before. I gave away a kill just to get a wave of minions. There's really no need to play like this."
Chen Song was initially angry at JackeyLove's decision, but when he heard TheShy's sudden words, he was amused and turned to look at TheShy: "Shy, you're not bad, you know all this now."
Back to the game.
Green Hair's Galio had already rushed from above the dragon pit to the bottom lane's tri-bush, with Karma following behind and casting a speed boost shield, while Gragas followed behind Karma.
JackeyLove retreated to JDG's bottom lane tower immediately, but it was too late.
Galio initiated with a taunt to control JackeyLove, who almost instantly used Cleanse to break free of the control. At the same time, he used his ultimate to move to the right, intending to buy himself more time.
He was still a bit overconfident when faced with the attack from four JDG players.
After Karma chained him up, Gragas used his Q skill to get an assist, and finally imp's Kai'Sa flew over to finish him off.
"Use the ultimate move? Use purification? That doesn't make any sense, does it?"
Guan Zeyuan was puzzled, but he forced an explanation: "It should be to buy time, using the ultimate skill and Purify to delay the time for teammates to fight the dragon."
"But Zoom's big alligator has come too!"