BXBX NOVEL Chapter 309: 1-3-1 Formation Tactic
Chapter 309: 1-3-1 Formation Tactic
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
An alarming signal sounded, Team Skycrown’s tactic of blindly pushing the turret had left everyone speechless. No one had ever done it before. Which god of a player came up with this way to push the turret?!
The fast push didn’t stop at just demolishing the turret. The moment the middle lane turret went down, Lee Sin, Soraka, and Malzahar beelined for the top lane.
With the wave clear of the three champions, the minion waves didn’t stand a chance!
The wave was quickly pushed under turret and the three of them continued to assault the turret as before.
Even without the cannon minion, Malzahar’s voidlings were able to tank the damage. Zha Ke, Team Revelation’s Top, was trying his best to clear the wave. However, his efforts didn’t help in pushing back the three champions who had their eye on the prize.
“Their First Blood at the top lane was planned,” said Zhang Aijing suddenly.
“What do you mean?” asked Forgetful Laughter.
“Using the top lane as a distraction, they pulled the Jungler’s attention and gank to the lane. After that, their Jungler joined the two at the middle lane to destroy the turret. Once that was done, their Top who revived would go to the middle lane to get some experience and gold,” replied Zhang Aijing, elaborating on what she noticed about Team Skycrown’s tactic.
“The three of them who were fast pushing will rotate to the top lane and use the same tactic to destroy the top lane turret. If nothing goes wrong, when the second cannon minion appears at the six-minute mark of the game, the top lane turret will be gone.”
Startled by that explanation, Forgetful Laughter turned back to the screen and sure enough, Team Revelation’s turret was already down by one third!
Plus, the cannon minion was about to make its appearance, and by the looks of it, they really could destroy the top lane turret at the six-minute mark!
If they managed to take down this turret, the members of Team Skycrown would have as much gold at the six-minute mark as if they had one kill each. More importantly, the significance of the turret was also higher than getting actual kills.
“Why do I feel like they’re not playing League of Legends?!”
Not farming, ignoring the opponent champions, focusing on turrets... are you guys playing Battle City?
At the six-minute mark, the cannon minion appeared!
The Jungler’s tempo was completely messed up as he was forced to abandon the jungle area and head to the top lane to help Zac, who has yet to leave the turret range for the last three minutes.
Do you remember often seeing this scene in comics? A coconut tree that’s about two to three meters tall on a small island, surrounded by the vast ocean.
Zac had basically been living in the aforementioned scene at the top lane for the past few minutes. His turret was the coconut tree, but his surroundings weren’t the vast ocean, instead he was surrounded by the opponent’s minion wave and those three blasted champions!
For the first time in their professional career, Team Revelation’s Top had been pressured to this extent. Yes, the minion wave was being consistently pushed backwards, but that wasn’t the reason he couldn’t get out of the turret range. The most important point was that they kept going for the turret, so how the heck was he supposed to ignore them?
“Alright, Hao Yue from Team Revelation has gone to help defend the turret. They might still have a chance at the top lane,” said Miracle, watching the scene play out.
Just as Miracle said that, the announcement for a second kill rang out!
Nobody knew when Zhou Yan’s Lee Sin had retreated and appeared at the middle lane!
The middle lane had already lost one turret, so unless Ryze had decided to farm under the inner turret, he would have had to walk quite far out from the turret range to farm.
Once Da Luo’s Renekton reached the lane just now, he had always been controlling the lane.
The second that Ryze stepped out to farm, Zhou Yan’s Lee Sin came at him from behind!
Ryze had Flash but he before he could even use it, Lee Sin had already claimed his head!
***
It was like Ryze’s death acted as a signal. The moment he died, Malzahar and Soraka who were under the pretense of using the cannon minion to push the top lane turret suddenly turned and cut through the jungle area. They passed the red buff area and headed straight to the middle lane.
The four of them—Lee Sin, Renekton, Soraka, and Malzahar— tore down the League of Legends uniform, and instead put on soldier uniforms!
With their cannons and the rest of the minions, the four of them continued to launch their assault.
Team Revelation’s Support, Jungler, and Zac rushed from the top and bottom lanes to defend, but they had to take a roundabout way to return to base as the key entrances had been overtaken by Team Skycrown. By the time they reached the middle lane, Team Skycrown had taken the turret!
“Just go all in!”
Hao Yue was frustrated and angry at this point, he had a bone to pick with Team Skycrown!
Since the game was currently four on three, Team Skycrown wasn’t afraid at all. Even if Team Revelation’s levels were slightly higher than theirs, they still had the advantage of having an extra champion. Didn’t Team Revelation understand that?
Although they failed in the attack, Team Revelation still managed to escape with what little life they had left, surprising everyone with their great control of their champions.
Team Skycrown didn’t care about that. After beating them to an inch of their lives, they cut through the jungle area again to the top lane. These people were running around the jungle area like it was their own home!
As the top lane turret only had half health left, the three of them and the minion wave easily took it down. It wasn’t even the eight-minute mark of the game yet, and Team Revelation had already lost one top lane turret and two middle lane turrets...
One turret was worth 150 gold, three turrets meant 2,250 gold!
In the early game, it was obvious who was leading in terms of gold. Every member would have one more item than their opponents!
***
Team Skycrown returned to base, buying their items.
These three gangsters now started to target the bottom lane.
Bai Feng frowned. Seeing just about everyone coming to his lane, he suddenly realized why his opponent had picked Caitlyn!
Yu Luocheng had always been at the bottom lane and his role was a simple one—just maintain pressure.
Relying on Caitlyn’s superior range and adding on her wave clear, Yu Luocheng’s experience gain didn’t suffer much. And since Bai Feng had been focused on trying to bring down the turret as quickly as possible, Caitlyn was now one level higher than him!
Yu Luocheng wasn’t going to fight against Bai Feng, he was concentrating on farming and defending the turret instead!
When his companions reached his side, he threw off the passive role he had been playing for the last eight minutes, turning into the sheriff that Caitlyn was known to be.
All five members of Team Skycrown were now pushing the bottom lane.
It was still the same play of ignoring the champions and focusing on attacking the turret. Their eyes only had the opponent’s turret in it.
If Team Revelation wanted to engage in a team fight, Team Skycrown would welcome it with both arms and even both legs. With the advantage of three turrets, they had more gold and better items, which ensured that they wouldn’t lose in a team fight.
“We have to engage, if not we’ll completely lose!” said Hao Yue, gritting his teeth in frustration.
“Go!” commanded Bai Feng.
At his word, Team Revelation immediately jumped into the fray. Hao Yue led the charge with Elise, throwing a Flash and Q onto Caitlyn.
Woosh!
Lin Dong’s reaction was astounding, activating his ulti the moment Elise hit the ground!
Nether Grasp!
Malzahar’s ulti was definitely one of the most disgusting ulti in the world! 2.5 seconds of suppression time! Unable to move for 2.5 seconds... just how much health do you think a level seven Elise has?
In those 2.5 seconds, Malzahar’s skills were enough to instantly kill him, and that wasn’t even adding on Lee Sin, Renekton, and Caitlyn’s skills yet...
Elise didn’t even have time to throw out an E. Before the 2.5 seconds were up, Hai Yue’s Elise was instantly killed!
The atmosphere was silently cold for a while after that gorgeous instant kill.
“Stop... stop! Come back!”
Bai Feng and the rest of Team Revelation collectively gulped, the kill was f*cking faster than they thought!
This felt like a scene that always appeared on TV, where a group of young and confused people were aggressively wielding machetes. On their boss’ command, the boys picked up their weapons and charged, intending to kill the little motherf*cker that had messed with them.
But then that little sh*t merely opened fire with the gun in his hands. As the smoke rose out from the muzzle of the gun, the boys were left confused and dumbfounded at the scene!
Why the f*ck would you attack when your opponent had a gun?!
The remaining four members of Team Revelation were also in that position. Whether they engaged or not, Team Skycrown had already displayed their skills.
“Give them the turret!”
Bai Feng gritted his teeth, turning around to retreat. They could only watch as Team Skycrown tore down the turret in front of their eyes!
***
“1-3-1 formation!” Zhang Aijing’s eyes opened wider, sparkling brightly as she realized what Team Skycrown was doing.
Their tactic was the 1-3-1 formation!
It all started with the middle lane turret assault. Then, once time was up, they allowed the top lane to give out First Blood. After that, the three champions would gather at the middle lane and go straight to take out the turret.
Once the middle lane was down, they would switch back to the top lane while the Top who had died at the top lane would swap to the middle lane to farm.
At the six-minute mark, they would continue to take the top lane turret. If their opponent’s Jungler came to defend, they would then take advantage of the fact that the middle lane was open and gank.
Even if they couldn’t kill, they would at least deliver enough damage to be able to continue pushing the lane!
Soraka used the gold gained from the turrets to consistently place wards, controlling the vision in the jungle area. She would even de-ward the opponent’s wards.
If their opponent’s Top and Jungler didn’t buy any wards, then they needn’t dream of going out to farm. But if they bought wards, then they would just be wasting their gold. Either way, they would be at Team Skycrown’s mercy.
After successfully taking down the middle lane, they would then head towards the bottom lane.
Caitlyn was the most suitable champion to 1v2 as she didn’t need to grow any faster. She just needed to survive and defend the turret!
When the assault on the bottom lane came, Caitlyn’s prowess at lane pushing was demonstrated, forcing their opponent to engage, and at the same time not getting herself involved.
It hadn’t even been ten minutes and the middle lane had already lost two turrets, while the top and bottom lanes had lost one turret each. The range that Team Revelation could reach at the moment was very, very small!
Next, they just had to carry out the Jungle Suppression tactic, continue to control the vision in the jungle area, and continue to push hard at the lanes.
With Malzahar’s existence on the map, whoever engaged first would be instantly taken out. In early game, a champion wouldn’t have much health and magic resist. Under Malzahar’s 2.5 seconds ulti, not even the Top would stand a chance!
By using the 1-3-1 formation tactic in the first ten minutes, Team Skycrown ensured that Team Revelation fell into their trap that all began when they drew First Blood.
After that, no matter how strong a team Team Revelation was, they were being led around by their noses!
With Malzahar and Caitlyn, plus Soraka and Leesin, and even a tank Top...
Which genius thought of such an ingenious tactic?!
With this kind of tactic in place, neither Bai Feng’s overall ability index of 23 points nor Hao Yue’s 22 points mattered, they were still completely helpless!
Within ten minutes, the gold gap between the teams was already at about 4,000. The jungle area had been completely controlled, and with Dragon, the gap was almost at 5,000.
Can’t engage in a team fight!
All vision was under their control!
In pushing the tower, they were practically an unstoppable demolition gangster team!
The whole game had already been overtaken by Team Skycrown’s game play, leaving Miracle and Qi Qiao at a loss on how to narrate the rest of the game.
No one had ever seen such a disgusting tactic, not to this extent of making everyone nauseous!
Even Team Revelation who was among the top four in the LPL couldn’t counter this play!
It was simply...
Absolute f*cking nonsense!