Chapter 281-Assassin’s Creed, the designer’s assist!
The lineups of both sides were determined, but when it came to exchanging heroes, there were different answers.

“IG Red Side:
Top laner TheShy: Wild Huntress - Nidalee

Jungler Yuanshen: Exile Blade-Riven
Mid laner Rookie: Desert Emperor - Azir

Bottom lane JackeyLove: Jhin

Support Name: Rise of Thorns - Jyra
ANX Blue Party:
Top Smurf: Deep Sea Titan - Nautilus
Jungle PvP Stejos: Spider Queen - Elise

Mid Kira: Shadow Master - Zed

Bottom lane aMiracle: Caitlyn, the policewoman of Piltover

Support Likkrit: Nami, the Tidecaller.

As soon as this lineup came out, the audience was immediately blown away!

"Jungle Riven?? No, Riven has Teleport, this is top lane Riven!!"

"The world's top laner returns for a limited time!! Smeb's pants are cold!"

"Okay, okay, BYD, this is how we play, right?"

“IG, you’re not acting!!!”

The LPL audiences were making jokes, but the foreign audiences at the scene looked confused.

They knew Yuan Shen's ability to play top lane, after all, the previous Olympics had a great influence.

But TheShy's jungle Nidalee last appeared at MSI, against SKT. (Chapter 208)
The other teams who were watching this game also felt a chill in their hearts.

"TheShy seems to only know how to play Nidalee in the jungle. As long as he bans her, their top and jungle will be unable to swing."

Kkoma gave advice.

They are the first victim of IG's original style of play: the top and jungle swing.

"But... there aren't enough ban slots!"

Faker was silent for a while, but what he said made Kkoma unable to refute.

EZ Jayce jungle, climbing combination, policewoman fast push system, Lucian three-way swing...

Even if we put aside the previous double shooter system and top lane Viktor and Corki gameplay, IG has so much to offer in this version!

There is no limit to the number of ban slots up to three.

The current IG is enough to give any team a headache in BP.

This is different from last year's World Championship.

In last year's World Championship, IG was able to deal with Gangplank and Iron Man, and Yuan Shen also had to deal with Crocodile and Fiora, two of the most iconic heroes, plus Ryze...

Although BP is difficult, it is not like this year.

Because SKT also has its own signature.

They can also deal with Iron Man, they can also play Ryze, and they must target Rumble, and MaRin has also learned how to play Gangplank.

To be honest, IG had an advantage in BP last year but did not have an absolute advantage. It was simply a reaction to Yuan Shen encountering the top lane version.

But this year is different.

This year's IG makes everyone feel powerless.

……

"In order to seize the rhythm point of the jungle spider, ANX released Zyra, the top support in this version, allowing IG to get a very smooth Jhin + Zyra combination in the bottom lane. But it is obvious that ANX came prepared. They released Zyra because they are confident in dealing with this hero and brought out a support that is unpopular in the arena." Wawa explained.

The Tidecaller Nami.

Yuan Shen was not surprised by the appearance of this mermaid.

This hero has been developed since the summer season. Originally, Wolf also chose Nami as his S6 champion skin.

The original purpose of its development was to enhance the early laning ability of the bottom lane, in order to be able to deal with strong support heroes in the bottom lane such as Zyra and Malzahar.

The combination of Nami and Caitlyn is no match for Jhin + Zyra in laning.

"As expected of the No. 1 wild card, his mind works really quickly." Yuan Shen muttered.

"By the way, is Riven still playable in this version?" Jack expressed his doubt. "I saw that you haven't played this hero in a long time in the Ranked game.

This version of Riven is really terrible in the early stages.

Not to mention fighting against other heroes, let’s just talk about the opponent’s top laner Titan. Riven uses EQ to exchange blood, and Titan counterattacks with WEQ to consume blood and trigger Grasp of the Undying. Riven is definitely the one who suffers.

Titan's current E skill has too high a basic damage, and the W shield is also very thick. A set of light-speed OA in the early stage can be offset by the W shield and Grasp of the Undying.

"It's okay. The opponent's lineup is quite fragile. I have a set of equipment and playing style that I want to try." Yuan Shen shrugged. Although they would not deliberately act this time, they were not obliged to play too seriously. They just had to play normally.

It's a good time to try out a new outfit.

This set of equipment was developed by him and TheShy together. They have tried it several times on the Korean server with a small account, and the results are pretty good.

The reading bar ends and Summoner's Rift comes into view.

Yuan Shen's talent caused the Haier brothers to start discussing.

"Riven with Thunder Lord?" Wawa asked curiously.

"Before Thunder League, it was not strange for any hero to carry Thunder, ADC could carry Thunder, and Riven was no exception." Miller analyzed: "But after Thunder was weakened, basically no Riven would carry it. Riven's strength lies in the ability to fight continuously under high cooldown, not as an assassin with a burst attack."

"Currently, in the casual games, War Fervor is generally the most popular, followed by Grasp of the Undying. Of course, I will not question Yuanshen's understanding of the hero Riven." Miller stacked it up crazily.

“He may have another understanding.”

After all, Miller is an old commentator who has watched Yuanshen grow, become famous, and win championships since his debut. He knows Yuanshen's style very well and guessed the truth.

IG's lane division quickly shocked everyone.

Riven, wearing the [Assassin's Creed] skin, went out with Doran's Blade and walked to... the middle lane with the sword in hand!
Netizens immediately started talking about it.

"Mid lane... Riven?"

"Turtle, I'm dreaming about S3, Riven robbing?"

"The mid lane Riven was originally brought to the arena by Faker in order to counter the then very popular Zed and Gragas."

"You also said that that was the S3 version of Riven. The current Riven has been nerfed so many times that it no longer has such a big advantage."

"Indeed, if we only look at the heroes in the mid lane, it's a 50-50 chance."

"Yuanshen: Xianghe, watch carefully in the audience, this is my broken wings dance, are your wings ready to bloom?"

"I haven't seen mid lane Riven for a long time!" Kira was quite serious when playing the game.

"Their lane swap is brilliant. It's a bit difficult for Riven to fight against Titan in this version, but it's different for Azar. Azar has no pressure against Titan at all."

You know, the reason why Kira chose Zed in this game was to counter Rookie's Tsar on the opposite side.

But in the end, it was perfectly avoided.

The troops are about to touch each other. It is too late for ANX to switch lanes now.

However, ANX previously lacked experience in major competitions and was unable to play to their full potential.

But after playing in the World Championship for four consecutive days, they have more or less adapted to the rhythm of the World Championship.

It won’t be easy for IG to win them easily this time!
Alignment begins.

Kira had already seen the talent Riven brought on the reading screen. As for this rune...

After clicking on the attribute panel, Kira couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Armor penetration rune..."

The Armor Piercing Rune significantly improves the burst of AD heroes.

Therefore, assassin heroes like Jie and Talon basically need to carry armor penetration to increase their burst output.

But if it comes to sustained combat capability, the attack power attribute is more beneficial. ADC heroes and top lane warriors basically have attack power.

The hero Riven is positioned as a warrior... The armor-piercing rune doesn't seem to have much benefit?

Although Riven has been weakened many times, she can no longer crush Zed from start to finish like before.

But from the perspective of hero mechanism, it is more comfortable to play against Zed.

Before level 6, it is difficult for Zed to defeat Riven in a head-on confrontation.

Riven is too flexible and can easily dodge Zed's crucial shuriken. Even if she can't dodge it, the white shield of her E skill can offset some of the damage. The high burst damage of the three-stage light-speed QA and the hard control of W make Zed lose his temper.

Only after reaching level 6 will Zed have the space to show off Riven.

and……

"I have one more ignite than him, that's my advantage." Kira thought to himself, secretly harboring murderous intentions.

"He came to an unfamiliar environment and faced me. Plus, I don't have a summoner skill. Maybe I can kill him alone!"

Kira played very cautiously and always kept a safe distance from Yuan Shen.

If Zed doesn't touch the minion line, the enemy minions' health will not drop quickly. Zed's Q skill, which has a cooldown of only 6 seconds, can help him take down most of the minions.

Even if Riven takes the tactic of pushing the line, Zed's passive can also make good use of the tower damage.

Yuan Shen knew this, and due to Kira's cautious positioning, there were not many confrontations in the middle lane in the early stage.

In the top lane, it goes without saying that Titan will definitely be suppressed by Tsar. If Rookie cannot suppress the opponent with a long-range attack against a close-range attack, it would be a dereliction of duty.

The Tsar was fully prepared for changing lanes and also brought a TP, so mana consumption was not a problem.

The bottom lane became the focus of the director's attention in the early stage of this game.

Both sides had very strong duos online, and the fight was extremely intense.

The policewoman's details and operations were perfect, and Nami actually showed an online suppression power that was not inferior to that of Jella, and the two sides fought on equal terms.

When the bottom lane reached level 3, the smell of gunpowder immediately attracted the junglers from both sides.

Nidalee and Elise arrived at the scene almost at the same time, but it was TheShy's Nidalee who took the first move. He used Nidalee's Q to hit the opposing policewoman.

But unfortunately, before the Leopard Woman could pounce and launch a combo, she was stunned by the Spider's cocoon who was squatting in the counter-attack. The policewoman used flash to avoid Jella's subsequent control.

The controlled Leopard Woman was hit by three counterattacks from ANX.

If Jhin hadn't given his healing to Nidalee to maintain her health, the first blood would have been lost here.

In this small-scale fight, IG suffered a small loss.

Nidalee and Caitlyn exchanged flashes, and Jhin used his healing. To look at it more intuitively, Jhin lost a healing.

But from a longer-term perspective, the Nidalee who escapes with low health must return to the city, and the jungle may be counterattacked by Spider and one or two groups of wild monsters.

"He should be going to counter Toad in the bottom zone. Be careful in the bottom lane and don't get outflanked." Yuan Shen took a look at the situation in the bottom lane and gave the command.

“OK.” IG’s bottom lane nodded repeatedly, indicating that they would not give any chances.

Indeed, according to the most stable rhythm, Spider should go to the counter jungle area.

But this is not absolute... What the first-line junglers on the field lack the least is counter-rhythm ganks.

After Spider left the bottom lane, he did not go to counter the two groups of wild monsters that he was sure to capture, but instead chose to... gank the middle lane!
"Wow, Yuan Shen is in a bit of danger this time! He may be forced to flash!" Wawa shouted.

On the big screen, Spider went around from the lower area, passed through the defense tower's field of vision, and made a flanking move, blocking Riven's retreat.

At the same time, Zed released WEQ instantly and rushed towards Riven.

Yuan Shen reacted quickly. At the moment when Jie WEQed, he used [Go Forward] diagonally and dodged Jie's shuriken. The shield offset some of the damage from Ghost Slash.

After controlling Zed with Soul-Shocking Roar, Riven ran towards the tower.

Generally speaking, when the middle lane is ganked, you can engage in fraudulent behavior.

For example, if the enemy jungler comes to gank from the bottom zone, you don't necessarily have to flee back to the tower, you can go to the top zone.

The opponent cannot tell whether your jungler is lurking in the upper zone, so they will often give up the pursuit.

But Yuan Shen can't do that... at least not now, because the health of the Leopard Woman must be returned to the city, and it is impossible for her to appear in the upper zone. Riven can only bite the bullet and escape back to the tower.

"E skill, don't get hit, if you get hit you will die."

Yuan Shen stared at the screen intently, trying to keep Q to avoid the cocoon.

However, Spider did not rush to use E, but instead used QW in human form first, and then continued to use basic attacks, using the red buff to slow down Riven.

In desperation, Riven could only use her Q skill to create distance.

It was at this moment that the spider suddenly flashed close to his face and threw out a deadly cocoon.

Out of instinct, 90% of the players will use flash to escape.

10% of the professional players might be stunned at this moment and fail to react.

But Yuan Shen held back... Yes, it wasn’t that he didn’t react, but that he held back.

Because this cocoon is a prediction of the flash.

"Fuck, is this guy's heart made of iron? He can even hold this in?" ANX jungler PvPStejos cursed. No matter how stupid he was, he would never think that Yuanshen didn't react.

The opponent predicted that he would flash E and predict the flash.

It sounds a bit mysterious, but prediction is something mysterious in itself. No matter how strong the prediction is, 70% of it depends on luck.

Yuan Shen did predict the outcome. In this game, how fast the reaction is is not the key point, because this kind of face-to-face E cannot be operated purely by reaction.

If the cocoon is empty, there is no way to kill this Riven.

There was no other way, the spider could only transform into beast form, bite Riven, and reduce her health to vent her anger.

Because, when he came to the middle lane, Nidalee probably went out to the jungle, so the two groups of wild monsters naturally couldn't go to counter. Losing two groups of wild monsters in the early stage is like a hero on the line missing a wave of soldiers with a cannon cart.

“It’s okay. I knocked down his TP this time, and I got the line back.” Kira comforted his teammates: “I will seize this advantage!”

"Well, you have to work harder." PvPStejos's expression looked a little better.

After Riven returns to the city, TP back to the line.

Kira looked at the equipment and found that the opponent had added a Doran's Blade and a True Eye.

Riven first went to the river and placed a ward somewhere, and then started laning against Zed again.

Kira did not return to the city to replenish her equipment, and her starting outfit was still a long sword + reusable potion.

Because when Spider came to gank just now, he shared some experience. If he goes back to the city, he probably won’t be able to grab level 6.

According to Kira's calculations, he wanted to grab level 6 and kill Riven with Ignite.

However, Yuan Shen, who returned to the line, suddenly fought very aggressively.

EQQWA.

Make multiple charges to get close to the opponent, and forcefully use Thunder and Jie to exchange blood.

Kira also reacted quickly, WEWQ in the opposite direction.

Of course, this kind of aggressiveness is not mindless. Riven has been staying close to the upper river where the true eye is placed, and with the addition of flash, she is not afraid of being caught at all.

This kind of forced blood exchange is actually a taboo for Riven.

After all, all the skills are used for displacement, so where is the damage left to exchange blood?

Therefore, even with an extra Doran's Blade, Riven will not gain anything by exchanging blood, and the odds are evenly split between the two sides.

The health of both sides quickly dropped to about 60%.

However, this allowed Riven to take control of the middle lane.

"Tsk, it seems like he will reach level 6 three or four soldiers faster than me."

Kira made an uncertain judgment.

The experience calculated by professional players is actually not that accurate.

Apart from the common sense of 6 soldiers in a single lane and 8 soldiers in a double lane when fighting for level , all other experience calculations are based on the experience of your own hero.

For example, I am still a few soldiers away from level 6, and then I look at the experience of the opponent who has a few more soldiers than me, and I can make a prediction.

Since Spider's gank took away some experience, Kira is unable to make an accurate judgment now.

And this was the solo kill opportunity that Yuan Shen was aiming for.

"There is another soldier..."

Yuan Shen looked at the enemy soldier with low health not far away, but in his heart he wanted him to die slowly.

Because his Thunder still had a few seconds left to cool down.

The damage of the Thunder Lord cannot be missing from the operation he envisioned.

This soldier was very considerate and held on until the cooldown of Thunder Lord was over. Riven took two steps forward and swung her sword to kill the low-health soldier.

"brush!"

The moment the upgrade special effect appeared, Kira, who was under the middle lane tower, instinctively moved back a little distance.

However, it's too late.

The power of the Holy Spirit poured into the broken sword, emitting a sword chant filled with brutal murderous intent.

"The time for small talk is over."

Starting with the ER combo, Rui Zun flashed into the tower without hesitation!

Zed also had flash, but seeing that his health was only a little over 60%, which was very safe in the early stage, Kira did not use flash decisively.

And this announced Kira's death.

Filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, the basic attack is launched, and W seamlessly cancels the backswing of the basic attack, controlling Zed.

When the first part of Wing-Broken Dance is released, the animation effect of the former is canceled. Then, Wind Slash is launched, canceling the backswing of Q, and then seamlessly connects to the second part of Wing-Broken Dance, canceling the backswing of Wind Slash.

The flying speed of Wind Slash was weakened by Riot designers, so the damage of the second part of Broken Wing Dance takes effect one step faster than Wind Slash, maximizing the killing effect of Wind Slash.

ERAWQRQ!

The Thunder Lord's decree is triggered!
too fast!
Jie's health points disappeared in an instant in the blink of an eye, leaving only the corpse wailing in death.

Riven used her third Q to go back out of the tower, only to be hit by a defensive attack.

"You...how did you get killed alone?"

ANX jungler PvPStejos looked at Kira with a look of "you've let me down", which made Kira come back to his senses from the shock and show an embarrassed expression.

"I didn't expect that he could deal damage so quickly. Besides, I've never seen this kind of combo before..."

This combo was so fast that the full burst was unleashed in almost the blink of an eye. Zed didn't have any room to counterattack or use flash, and the screen was filled with 666.

Only after the director played back the footage in slow motion could the audience see every detail of the operation.

"What a fast knife! This combo sequence is interesting, there's no such combo idea before..." "IG doesn't seem to want to lose! Yuanshen hits so hard!"

“Kira: Why are you pushing so hard!!”

"Nice, it's boring to make fun of Oscar every day, it's better if e-sports is pure, that's what a strong team should be like!"

"This... Yuan Shen's Riven got the first blood, why do I feel like the game is over? Am I a little too arrogant?"

"+1 for expansion, I thought so too.

Sometimes, the heroes of faith named by players with IDs have the magic that makes people want to trust them unconsciously.

Yuan Shen was ready to change lanes, and naturally he also adjusted the runes accordingly. He had red physical penetration, yellow/color armor, blue fixed cooldown, and essence was also physical penetration.

With the talent runes of physical penetration and thunder, Yuan Shen's previous combo of ER flash AWQRQ had a kill rate of about 70%, and he more securely suppressed Jie to 60%.

(This combo can still be used now, but it needs to be replaced with electric shock.)
After getting the first blood, Riven pushed another wave of soldiers, maximizing the benefits of the single kill before pressing the recall button, directly exposing Tiamat.

Riven, who has no flash, wants to continue to kill Zed, who has flash and ultimate. Unless Kira buys the outer part and walks to Riven's face to give her warmth, the chance is too small.

There is little gain from continuing to fight Kira.

Therefore, Yuan Shen chose the route of pushing the line, roaming and developing.

As soon as she came online, she used light-speed QA + Tiamat to clear the line. After pushing the line to under the tower, Riven disappeared from the line.

The disadvantaged Zed couldn't hinder Riven's rhythm.

Yuan Shen made a temporary cameo as the mid laner in this game.

Once the mid laner who has gained an advantage disappears, the pressure on the sidelines and jungle will be very great.

Titan, whose health was already suppressed by the Tsar, hurriedly placed wards in his own jungle, fearing that the opponent's mid and jungle would cross the tower and kill him.

As for the bottom lane of ANX, they immediately became a little timid and gave up the lane and lost health.

Spider also has to spend money to invest in wards in his own jungle to avoid being caught by Riven and Nidalee.

Yuan Shen observes the lanes for opportunities, and when he can't find any, he goes to the jungle.

TheShy gave both F6 and the three wolves to Yuan Shen.

He can rely on the advantage of the middle lane to invade the jungle and tear apart Spider's hair.

This is also his favorite style of play.

What if there is no opportunity online?
Just go to the opposite jungle and kill the opposite jungler alone.

With Riven out of Tiamat, jungle farming is so easy and enjoyable.

Originally, all skill damage was AOE, and now even normal attacks have AOE, plus the white shield to offset the damage, and the W skill to interrupt the key normal attacks of big wild monsters.

Not only is the jungle clearing fast, but it also does not cause any damage at all.

The deterrent power of the mid-lane advantage makes it difficult for ANX to handle all three lanes.

After all, this is the version that originally belongs to the mid-field.
The importance of the mid laner is unquestionable.

No matter what version it is, mid lane always has a place.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the game League of Legends is a game for mid and jungle.

The top lane position only started to rise in S5, and its status in S6 and S7 was a bit mediocre, which was very embarrassing.

Under Riven's high-intensity roaming pressure, ANX's defense eventually made mistakes.

When Rookie's Huangji returned to the city, the top laner Titan hurriedly tried to push the line of troops to the tower, but Yuan Shen took the opportunity to T to the ward position in the bush in the top lane, and he and TheShy came from behind to encircle and suppress the opponent. Without even using the ultimate move, the kill was once again taken by Yuan Shen's Riven.

Of course, ANX did not sit idly by.

While Riven was clearing the top lane and rushing towards the middle lane, Zed and Elise immediately went to the bottom lane and launched a four-on-two attack.

Kira's support switch was too fast, and IG's bottom lane, which was in a push, had no chance to retreat.

Even if they managed to escape into the tower, ANX still took the kill by jumping over the tower. Whether it was Zed's ultimate mechanism or Spider's ascension, they were both powerful tools for tower diving.

Jhin and Spider each got a kill.

“Dragon, dragon!” PvPStejos shouted, “The opposing jungler is attacking the Rift Herald!”

Exchanging resources is normal.

ANX formed a four-man team in the mid and jungle and immediately started to attack the little dragon.

but……

"What does Master Yuan want to do with this action?" Wawa asked in surprise.

"He probably wants to use his ultimate to grab the little dragon." Miller thought for a moment and guessed, "Inside the dragon pit, there is a fake ward that Ming had placed earlier, and ANX is not aware of this. If the damage calculation is accurate, I feel that Wind Slash has a chance to grab the little dragon.

The five members of ANX also caught Riven's move downward.

"If you want to steal the dragon, harass him!" said PvPStejos.

“OK!”

ANX support Likkrit nodded knowingly, controlled Nami to cast a W on himself, and targeted Riven outside the dragon pit, slowing him down and warning him not to get close.

The policewoman also placed a few clamps to block Riven's way forward.

Even if the four members of ANX don't have ultimate skills, Riven's body is too fragile. If she is hit by a control skill, she will be killed instantly.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, this Riven was just trying to grab the dragon. Even Jack was shouting in the team voice microphone, "If you can grab it, grab it. If you can't grab it, get out of here. You can't die."

Yuan Shen did come here with the intention of stealing the dragon.

But... the closer they got to the dragon pit, and the more he saw the poor health status of the four ANX players, the more Yuan Shen inevitably had a bold idea.

The four opponents didn’t have any ultimate skills, and after a wave of tower diving and the dragon’s damage, their health was very low.

On the other hand, Riven just TPed out and got a kill. Her equipment was updated to Phantom Flame + Tiamat, with ultimate and flash.

and so--

Why can't we fight?
Yuan Shen stared at the positions of the four enemies. From a bird's eye view, the four ANX players did not stand together, but kept a slightly dispersed distance so that they could coordinate at any time.
At this distance, if you use R, you can reach them all with W!
Riven's ultimate skill not only increases the distance of normal attacks, but also increases the distance of skills.

This judgment alone made Yuan Shen make a decision.

He first released a Broken Wing Dance into the air, and then used his ultimate skill in an instant.

“Use violence to stop violence.”

The power of the Holy Spirit hummed again, overflowing with light.

Move forward courageously.

Immediately, Gale Slash made a direct move!

As soon as the animation effect of Wind Slash appeared, Riven flashed into the crowd.

An orange-red light bloomed under Riven's feet. It was the special effect of Tiamat, followed by the soul-shaking roar of the female knight!

All four of them were stunned, and the second part of the Broken Wing Dance was released, forming another wave of AOE.

Tiamat+W+Q, three stages of damage, triggering the Thunder Lord's decree.

Unlike the single-target damage of the new talent of S8, Thunder Lord's damage is area magic damage. The four people were judged by thunder at the same time!

It was not until this outburst that Gale Slash, whose flying speed was weakened, finally flew into the dragon pit and swept over the bodies of four people.

ER Shantiamat WQ.

In just a blink of an eye, Yuan Shen completed this set of instant-kill combos. The burst damage of a well-developed Riven with Thunder Penetration was fully demonstrated at this moment.

The health bars of the lower-level policewoman and Nami melted directly.

The spider that took the damage from the little dragon was also killed instantly.

Only Zed, who had higher health and level and wore armor shoes, survived the first wave of outbreak. However, Zed, who had no flash and no ultimate, was blown high by the third stage of Broken Wing Dance and was killed by Riven's normal attack.

Quadra kill! !
When this English sound effect echoed in the Summoner's Rift, the entire venue fell into a brief silence.

"Oooooohhhhhhh-"

Immediately, there was a tsunami-like scream.

"The Exiled Blade reappears, the god descends to earth and kills four at once!!!"

“??? What happened?”

"My girlfriend asked for it, so I gave it to her. It's only been a short while, and she's already killed four people??"

"Girlfriend? Haha, who has yellow urine? It woke up the upstairs. Don't let the diabetes come, lest he taste the sweetness.

"Turn it off, it's boring."

"It's confirmed that the person was killed instantly!!"

The live broadcast room was filled with question marks on the screen, which could be said to be a scene exclusive to Yuan Shen when he was playing a game.

When other players played some wonderful highlights, the live broadcast room was full of 666, but Yuan Shen was different. Those operations that were so pleasing to the eye that they were filled with 666 were commonplace for him and he could see them often. For many fans, it was already a basic operation and they all sat down.

However, Yuan Shen would suddenly show some strange operations that involve the audience's blind spots in knowledge, making it impossible for people to understand what was happening.

By then, the screen will be full of question marks.

Although other professional players' operations are impressive, they can see the principles clearly, which can be seen frequently in the highlights of the strong group.

But some of Yuan Shen’s operations were always the first of their kind, and they made people’s scalps tingle, and they couldn’t help but doubt whether they had ever played this game before.

Everyone wants to know, what happened and how it works?
Riven was like a god descending from heaven and killed four people at once. After getting a quad kill, she took down the little dragon.

Only then did the director start playing the footage back in triple slow motion.

The director just watched it several times at 1x magnification before the audience could understand it. Now, in order to make the audience understand it all at once, he increased the magnification.

RER flashes TWQ.

This combo has overturned many people's imagination of light-speed QA.

Because, this combo doesn't even have an A.

Many players at lower ranks use the speed of their QA to evaluate a person's proficiency in Riven. The faster they play, the stronger they are.

This is actually wrong. To put it bluntly, light-speed QA is just a basic skill for output. It only takes proficiency. No matter how fast you can figure it out, it will only be 0.1 to 0.3 seconds faster, which is not very meaningful. In actual combat, those few tenths of a second are rarely needed.

The connection and release of combos is the real key.

Isn’t the ANX team familiar with the hero Riven?

Impossible. This hero is so popular in casual games that professional players know his nature very well.

But they still fell into the trap.

why?
because……

"What kind of combo is this?"

"What's the principle? Can Riven flash before using her R skill?"

"The damage is so high, I can play it as an assassin with full armor penetration..."

The ANX team was discussing in voice chatter, their voices full of confusion and amazement. Kira looked at the woman holding the Wind Blade on the screen, and suddenly felt that Riven's hero skin was so appropriate for the occasion.

——Assassin's Creed.

"Lost..."

Kira gave a bitter smile.

In the picture, Riven, who got the little dragon, returned to the middle lane and met up with Nidalee, who got the Rift Herald buff. With the buff that strengthened the minions, the middle lane tower was quickly pushed down.

The opponent's resurrected bottom lane also took the opportunity to push down the bottom lane tower.

Just these two towers have an economic advantage of nearly 2000.

Not to mention, there are these six kills and the unstoppable Riven.

Kira made a quick estimate and found out that the economic gap between the two sides was almost five thousand, and it had only been more than ten minutes. Given IG's ability to operate in an advantageous game, their chances of a comeback were too small.

“Riven is positioned as a warrior, but Riot Games released this skin for Assassin’s Creed. Could it be that… the designers had already anticipated that Riven would have this kind of play style?

Kira couldn't help but think so.

……

"Shit!" Riven's designer stared at the big screen in shock. He had just woken up from a nap when he heard from his friends that Riven would be playing in a game again after a long time, so he immediately couldn't wait to watch the world game.

He was so amazed by the combo that killed Jie alone under the tower in the previous wave that he couldn't help but applaud.

After this wave of operations, he just wanted to ask, what the hell is this?
Can you players be a little more obedient? I never thought of this when I designed Riven. My original intention in designing Riven was to let Riven wear high-cooldown tank equipment, use displacement to cut into the enemy formation, and rely on control to attack the front row!

However, these players first created a light-speed QA, which completely made Riven popular. After it became popular, all kinds of combos came, so that Riven was nerfed again and again. Last year, S5 clearly did not intend to strengthen Riven, but it was still popularized by Yuan Shen in the world game.

So, the designers cut down on the speed and cooldown of the ultimate move...

After the ultimate skill was weakened, not only did the confrontation decrease, but players in low ranks could flash to avoid Riven's R.

The results of it?
The weakened flying speed of the ultimate move actually became the opportunity for Yuanshen's new combo.

Yes, Riven's designer took a closer look and quickly discovered the principle.

Why didn't anyone use this combo in the past few years?

Because, before Riven's ultimate was weakened, this combo was not practical at all and was flashy.

The killing effect of Wind Slash is that the lower the enemy's health is, the higher the damage will be.

With the flying speed of Riven's Wind Slash before, when you flash over, Wind Slash will almost be there.

When the enemy is at full health, the benefit of Wind Slash is greatly reduced, and the output of the ultimate move is wasted.

But now the speed of Wind Slash has slowed down, so it is possible to use R flash and then perform a combo.

Tiamat's WQ, judging from the animation effects, only has half the release time of Tiamat and Q, only a few tenths of a second, to launch a burst of Thunder Armor-piercing, lowering the opponent's health and maximizing the benefits of Wind Slash.

This makes this instant combo possible.

In other words, the designer's weakening of the hero has become a weapon for the players.

Looking at the history of LOL hero changes, it’s all a battle of wits and courage between players and designers.

The operation and playing styles of many heroes can only be developed to the limit by players and professional players. In fact, the playing styles of many heroes completely violate the original intention of the designer.

This combo of R-Flash-Tiamat-W-Q is only possible after Riven was weakened. Since the nerf has only been short, no one has been able to achieve it yet.

Yuan Shen was the first contestant to demonstrate this technique and use it in a professional dance competition.

The first person to try something new will gain the greatest benefit.

Precisely because it was the first one, the ANX team had no idea about this combo and, naturally, no defense.

Precisely because it was the first one, the classic scene of the god descending to earth and killing four people at once was born.

Precisely because he created so many firsts, the ID Yuanshen became so well-known in the arena and became another giant in the hearts of all LOL players after Faker.

Become the big devil in the single solo line.

Assassin Riven.

Since this Yuanshen uses the Assassin's Creed skin and the playing style is exactly the same as the Assassin's Creed, this style of Riven was quickly named so by the players.

Many people couldn't resist the urge to try it, so they turned off the live broadcast and opened a custom one to try it out.

That combo is so cool and shocking

From the visual effect point of view, with one R, the opponent's health bar melts instantly, and the speed of killing people is comparable to that of Leblanc in her peak period.

Of course, no matter how handsome she is, Riven with Thunderbolt Physical Penetration has a very low tolerance rate in her area.

Because this pure output Riven is really too fragile, and she especially needs flash when entering team battles. It can even be said that Riven cannot fight in a team battle without flash.

At the same time, once the opponent has a lot of control over the front row, even if they have a big advantage, Riven, who is a pure output flow, can easily die suddenly.

However, these defects do not exist in this one.

First of all, he didn't pick Riven randomly, but he was sure that the ANX lineup lacked a front row and hard control, so he boldly picked Riven. This is the privilege of the counter position.

A lineup with many squishy heroes and not too much hard control is the favorite of all assassin players.

Secondly, Riven is too fat, and the leading equipment makes this Riven's output particularly explosive. Even if she uses several skills to move forward and throws them all in the air, the remaining output of this Riven is enough to kill people. This reduces Riven's dependence on flash to a minimum.

Greedy Hydra, Phantom Flame, Duskblade, and cooling boots.

With this equipment, Riven used her ultimate to hit the policewoman, and her health was almost melted to half.

Finally, also because she was too fat, this Riven enchanted her shoes with the [Distortion] effect early on, reducing the cooldown of flash by 20%.

There are too many players who fail to see through these details and who simply copy others. It is expected that a large number of orphaned Riven players will appear on the national server.

Riven now has too much of an advantage.

The so-called strong version refers to the strength under balanced development. When the economy is significantly ahead, the impact of the version is minimal. If you are 3000 economically ahead and have an extra infinity or a big cap, the auxiliary hero can kill your ADC in seconds.

When the assassin Riven appeared on the battlefield, ANX didn't dare to join the team fight at all. The defensive towers were taken down one after another by IG. At 20 minutes, the economic gap had rolled to 8000.

A complete collapse.

After Rookie's Tsar developed the team's economy, the suppression power was particularly strong, especially the speed of killing the big dragon.

When ANX cleared the soldiers that were pushed to the high ground by the opponent and rushed to the dragon pit, they heard a wailing sound when they were halfway to the dragon pit.

The big dragon was killed instantly.

The fragile Baron, which had just been born, could not withstand the output of the five IG players, not to mention that IG also controlled two Earth Dragons in this game and killed them very quickly.

The game entered garbage time.

When attacking the front tower, Yuanshen reproduced the operation of a god descending to earth
Since ANX was alert and their positions were scattered, it was difficult to kill four people instantly in this wave.

But it doesn’t matter, just kill the policewoman who is the main force guarding the tower in one second.

Another wave of R flash Hydra WQ, the policewoman was unable to move and fell to the ground instantly.

Including the time at the dragon pit, this is the third time that the policewoman has been killed instantly by Riven.

aMiracle was very angry. He just aimed at him to kill the opposing Riven in team fights. Almost every time he attacked, the policewoman would die violently.

"What kind of hatred or grudge is that?"

He wanted to cry so much.

Once Riven uses her ultimate, one person on ANX's side will definitely die.

Twenty-four minutes into the game, the ANX crystal fort exploded, and the game was lost.
"It's a pity that ANX, the dark horse, didn't make it all the way." Wawa said with emotion: "Now if they want to qualify as the second in the group, they must win against SSG head-on."

"That's fine too. A head-on confrontation. Whoever wins advances!"

(End of this chapter)