Chapter 149 Who says junglers must farm buffs?

Hearing Lin Dong's words, everyone in VG was stunned at the same time.

After all, for VG, now that they have locked on the three heroes of Skateboard Shoes, Kennen and Diana, it is indeed a bit difficult to make temporary changes to the lineup.

In fact, Diana and Kennen are okay, these two heroes are quite strong in team fights.

The problem is... skate shoes.

Hongmi spoke subconsciously.

"Team fight? The problem is that Skateboard Shoes is not a team fight hero!"

"The price of strong laning and snowballing abilities in the early game is that in small-scale teamfights, Skateboard Shoes is very powerful, but once in a 5v5 match, the AOE that Skateboard Shoes can provide is very limited, and even if you make Runaan's Hurricane, it won't work, after all, it's easy to be targeted and there's not much room for output."

Hearing this, Lin Dong smiled and spoke.

"That's fine. Let Saint Spear take Skate Shoes and go to the top lane. Kennen's laning suppression power is not as strong as Skate Shoes. As for Ma Ge, you can directly use Miss Fortune to fight in the team."

"Skateboards? Top lane? Me?" Saint Gun was slightly stunned. "Then what about Kennen? Kennen can't play jungle, right? Diana can play jungle, but Kennen can't go mid lane, right? Mid lane Kennen can be played, but against Ryze... pushing speed is a big problem, and Kennen's damage can't go over the minions and hit Ryze. This swap is completely disadvantageous!"

But this time, before Lin Dong could speak, Xiao Duan volunteered and spoke.

"Let me do it. I think supporting Kennen can give it a try."

"It just so happens that the opponent in this game is Bard as a support. This support is also very annoying in laning phase because of its long reach and strong consumption ability. As long as Bard and EZ get the lane, Bard will definitely roam after reaching level 3."

"Choose other strong support, such as Alistar, who can't open EZ, and the range is very short, which is too stressful."

"Kennen has both the ability to consume enemy laning and the ability to start teamfights."

"The only problem is..."

Having said that, Xiao Duan subconsciously looked at Lin Dong, hinting at something.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lin Dong shrugged helplessly and said.

"It's okay. I'll add a tank and a large group control to help you fight in a group."

"By the way, Brother Saint Spear, remember to bind your passive skill to me later!"

As a result, VG's lineup was quickly determined.

At the same time, on the other side.

Seeing VG hesitate in choosing their position, Abu and Zzitai thought that their operations were effective.

Especially the factory director, he said with a smile.

"What did I say?"

"Since we lost to VG last time, I've studied their jungler!"

"Even if the opponent's jungler builds tanks, most of the time, they will choose carnivorous heroes that can fight in the early stage, such as Warwick and Elise. And even if he chooses a development hero, it will be a late-stage hero that can facilitate invasion and has strong survivability, such as Graves and Kindred."

"In the final analysis, he is just like RNG's jungler Mlxg, who just wants to take control of the jungle!"

"But sometimes, the more this happens, the more likely it is to go wrong!"

"If he had picked a herbivorous hero like Sejuani or Zac who doesn't fight back and can still be useful even when at a disadvantage, the game would have been much easier, but he didn't!"

However, the factory director had just finished speaking.

VG's fourth and fifth floors connected and chained down at the last second!
Female gun!

And Amumu!
And looking at the moment of these two heroes.

The factory manager's expression suddenly froze!
the reason is simple.

Because Amumu is what he calls... a herbivorous jungler who doesn't fight back when attacked or respond when scolded, and who can still play a role even when at a disadvantage!
At the same time, looking at VG's lineup, the people in the audience were also confused and started talking about it.

"Ah? What's going on with this female gunner? Isn't there a skateboard shoe?"

"Wait... I think I've seen someone use Miss Fortune as a support, but if Miss Fortune and Skateboards go to the bottom lane, does that mean they'll use their ultimate to throw Miss Fortune over to start a teamfight?"

"I don't think so. This female gun...could it be for Saint Gun Brother?"

"Saint Spear originally started out as an AD player, so he'll definitely have no problem playing with this kind of hero, but where does Kennen come from?"

"Kennen in the mid lane against Ryze, I'm afraid his head will be blown off, and Leng Shao is not good at this kind of mid lane!"

"Could it be Kennen as jungler and Amumu as support?"

"Don't tell me, don't tell me, this is indeed something the Winter God would do."

In fact, looking at VG's exceptionally magical lineup, the EDG players were just as confused as the audience, and they also started to speculate.

However, at this time, the factory manager still didn't believe that Amumu in front of him was a jungler.

After all, whether it is his research or the head coach Abu's little notebook, the data of VG players are clearly recorded.

Among them, the number of times Lin Dong chose to hunt in the wild by eating herbs was 0.

Poppy can’t be counted as a jungler, after all, Poppy can at least fight back, and she is very fierce in a one-on-one fight in the jungle.

The number of times a small segment uses unconventional assistance is 1.

Recalling the previous Ekko jungle, although it was also very damaging, he had the hunter potion and could always develop normally as long as the jungle was not invaded.

So after a moment, the factory manager and Abu made the same judgment.

"The opposing jungler likes to play weird heroes the most. It must be Kennen as jungle! Amumu as support!"

"The opposing team is going to fight us in a team fight!"

"It seems that the opponent knows that we want to play a macro game, and their lineup cannot outperform us, so they just fight with us directly."

"It's smart, but... isn't it a bit too much to use Kennen as a jungler?"

Abu on the side shook his head and said.

"But you still have to choose Graves, because the opponent's teamfighting lineup has a lot of control after level 6. One of you and Deft must survive to make up for the AD damage."

"And... you know what kind of play Amumu is most afraid of, right? This hero has a fast jungle clearing speed and does not take damage, and has a strong ability to invade the jungle."

"When the time comes, you can just go to the other jungle to counter-jungle."

"Without the blue buff, Amumu is half useless. Without the four birds and the stone man, Amumu is two-thirds useless."

"When the time comes, just focus on these three groups of wild monsters and counterattack!"

Hearing Abu's words, the factory manager nodded and said.

"Don't worry, I'm not afraid of Amumu."

"He picked Amumu, and the rhythm of this game was completely in my hands."

As soon as he finished speaking, EDG's last floor was confirmed.

With the constant replacement of positions, the lineups of both teams were quickly determined.

The first game of Bo5.

VG, blue side.

Skateboards on top, Amumu in the jungle, Diana in the mid lane, and Caitlyn + Kennen in the bottom lane.

EDG, red square.

Gragas on top, Graves in the jungle, Ryze in the middle, EZ+Bard in the bottom lane.

Seeing that the first three floors were normal, but VG suddenly changed its formation at the last second, the three people in the commentary booth were all stunned.

Especially when looking at the jungler Amumu, the colonel asked a soul-searching question.

"Wait? Amumu jungler?"

"Can Dong... play the Herbivorous Jungle? I remember this was his first time playing it, right?"

"The only jungler he played who was more of a herbivore was Poppy. As for tanky Warwick, Elise, and Jarvan, they basically set the pace in the early game, but only became tanky later on."

After hearing what the colonel said, the kid next to him couldn't help but speak.

“Sometimes you can’t think like that!”

"For example, before the previous game between VG and RNG, no one knew that he could play Lee Sin?"

"In the end, the first game of Bo5 was picked, and then... everyone saw the operation at that time, that triangle kill, which directly knocked RNG out." "Maybe this Amumu is also his trump card?"

Miller, who was standing by, couldn't help but make fun of what was said when he heard this.

"Do you think there is another possibility?"

"This is indeed his first time playing Amumu. Is he using it to practice heroes this time?"

Of course, because this sentence was so ridiculous, everyone thought it was a joke and just laughed it off.

Little did they know that this time, Miller was right.

This Amumu skill was indeed used by Lin Dong for the first time!

In other words... since he traveled to this world, he has never taken Amumu!

Have no idea!

Who told the system to let me mess up?

To play badly means not to train if you can. If you have to play Rank or training games, you should finish them as soon as possible.

So under normal circumstances, Lin Dong always uses a jungler with a strong rhythm.

Either beat the opponent or be beaten by the opponent.

As for Amumu... a herbivorous jungler.

To be honest, when he entered, Lin Dong specially studied the skills of this version of Amumu.

Unsurprisingly.

This version of Amumu has not been revised, and his Q skill cannot be charged like it was later.

As for other skills, there is no change.

Looking at the factory manager's male gun, Lin Dong knew without even thinking about it that the factory manager would definitely use the invasion rhythm in this round.

The factory manager's rhythm is not as aggressive as Mlxg's, but he is definitely experienced.

Simply put, Mlxg's invasion style either results in a big profit or a big loss, while Zzitai's invasion style either results in a small profit or no loss.

Amumu is fighting against Graves in the jungle. Without the help of his teammates, his chances of winning are basically zero.

But fortunately, in this game, the top lane had an absolute advantage.

So as soon as he entered the game, Saint Spear Brother started talking.

"Amumu has a passive ability. If he plays as a jungler, he won't take any damage in the early game, but he'll be very short of mana, right?"

"Relying solely on the Hunter's Amulet to restore mana is simply not enough."

"How about you start with the blue buff? I'll help you, the opponent shouldn't dare to invade, and then you can farm the bottom lane."

However, after hearing this, Lin Dong shook his head and said.

"If I start with the blue buff, I will definitely go to the lower jungle area at level 2 and kill the four birds and the stone man. Amumu is fast at killing group monsters but very slow at killing single monsters. I will lose more that way."

"He's counterattacking your lower jungle, so you should counterattacking his upper jungle." Saint Spear said casually, "It just so happens that you have control, so I'll bind my passive to you. When you have time, you can come and give Gragas a training. It's like exchanging jungle areas, isn't that okay?"

I have to say, what Saint Spear said does make sense.

Because for most junglers, when they are unable to defeat the opposing jungler in a one-on-one duel, being able to change jungle areas like this is already the best option.

However, Lin Dong is different.

Even though I can’t beat Graves in a one-on-one fight, it doesn’t mean... I can’t gain an advantage!

The fight between junglers is not just about counter-jungling and ganking.

The most important thing is...clearing the jungle!
And it just so happens that Amumu has an advantage that Graves cannot achieve.

That is when you are killing three wolves, four birds and a stone man, the speed is extremely fast!

There is passive damage reduction. Once the W skill is activated and the E skill is pressed, basically a group of wild monsters will be gone. The efficiency of clearing the wild monsters is many times that of a single wild monster!
Not only that.

In fact, the economy and experience provided by the stone man, four birds and three wolves far exceed that of the toad and the river crab! In other words, the double buff is more profitable than the three groups of wild monsters.

But high returns also mean that clearing the jungle is more difficult and takes more time.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong suddenly had an idea.

"In this game, I won't open the blue buff. If the opposing jungler wants to come over to counter-jungle, then he can do it."

"No, I should say..."

"What I want is for the opposing jungler to come over and steal my blue buff at the beginning of the game!"

"Leng Shao, Xiao Duan, concentrate on the river in the lower jungle area and don't let the opponents in!"

"If the opponent wants to attack, then just attack. Miss Fortune has a passive skill at level 1, which makes her better than Ezreal in small-scale teamfights. Ezreal can't beat Miss Fortune before she makes Radiance!"

Seeing that Lin Dong insisted, Saint Spear Brother didn't say anything. He just silently cast the passive skill on Lin Dong and went straight to the top lane.

Soon, the actions of the VG team were captured by the EDG team who were also standing in the river.

Seeing this scene, the factory director couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said.

"What does the opponent mean by this? Do they want to defend their bottom jungle?"

"Oh, would you rather give up the blue buff and keep the four birds and the stone man?"

"The problem is that Amumu's jungle clearing speed is fast, and he needs mana to support it. After all, his W skill consumes mana too quickly."

"If the opponent plays like this, they might as well switch jungle areas with me!"

"At least that way, our top laner will be under a lot more pressure. Isn't it courting death if we play this way?"

Thinking of this, the factory manager shook his head, first left a ward at his own blue buff, and then walked directly to VG's upper jungle area.

Seeing this, Kou Rou also followed. The two of them, one in front and one behind, quickly entered VG's upper jungle area, waiting for the blue buff to refresh.

At the same time, the three people in the commentary booth couldn't help but frown as they watched this scene.

The colonel, in particular, spoke his mind.

"Player Dong, why don't you start in the upper jungle? It's obviously more advantageous to start in the upper jungle!"

"This decision feels a bit wrong. Amumu doesn't hurt when clearing the jungle, and the benefits provided by the red buff are not high. The key is the benefits of the blue buff."

"And by doing this, the pressure on the top laner Skateboard Shoes on Saint Spear's side has increased a lot. Originally, he could have been confident in suppressing the opponent in the laning phase, but now he can't do that anymore."

"Although EDG really doesn't like to gank top lane, it doesn't mean that Zhazi will never gank top lane!"

"If Amumu starts the game in the bottom jungle, this top laner Skateboard Shoes won't be able to play a role!"

However, as soon as the colonel finished speaking, both Wawa and Miller on the side were stunned for a moment, and then uttered a light "eh".

"Huh? Why is Amumu in the upper jungle?"

"Is he planning to go back to the jungle? But... Gragas and Graves are both in the jungle, but VG's Skateboards didn't come over."

"Could he be trying to snatch the blue buff directly from the factory manager?"

"The problem is that Kou Ru is very smart and chose to set up a ward in advance. At this position, the buff will definitely not be taken away!"

"Wait? Dong didn't choose to keep going, but...what was he trying to do?"

"Is he preparing for a three-wolf start?"

at the same time.

Lin Dong, who was standing at the three wolves' place, looked at the three wolves that were about to refresh, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Who said junglers have to farm buffs?"

"Since the factory manager wants to counter-jungle, let him do it."

"The problem is... counter-wilding takes time."

"If you can take down a jungle area, you'll make a lot of money. But if you go to a jungle area and can only take down a group of monsters, you'll lose a lot of money!"

"I want to see whether you can counter my buff faster, or I can counter your other monsters faster!"

(End of this chapter)