Second-Rate Captains Play Guns, First-Rate Captains Play Blades, and Top-Tier Vayne Is Overpowered!

"Achoo~"

At the EDG player booth, Chu Ran suddenly sneezed, prompting Deft to ask with concern, "Caught a cold?"

"No. Probably some dog behind my back is cursing me."

For some reason, Chu Ran's first thought was Uzi. Maybe that was fate.

The match began. He chose Doran's Blade and one potion as his starting items, with Warlord's Bloodlust as his keystone and the standard attack damage, Magic Resist, and armor rune setup.

Signals from both sides continuously sounded throughout the jungle.

"They started at F6." Meiko had scouted Sofm's movements and quickly reported the information. "Brother Ran, I want to shot-call this game. I think I've got it again."

"Shut up. You've got a single-threaded brain. Let Ale call the shots. Just farm this game and come over when we call you."

Hearing Chu Ran's words, Ale felt slightly disgruntled.

Who exactly was EDG's crown prince here?

Oh~

His position as crown prince was nearly being taken away. Pawn, Deft, and Ming Kai all liked Chu Ran.

Their love for him had disappeared.

But it was fine!

Ale gritted his teeth. This match, he would prove who LPL's number one jungler really was. Their love would return to him.

"Oh, neither side has much intention of doing anything at level one. Both supports are warding the enemy jungle, and both junglers are starting at F6, so their routes are completely exposed," Miller analyzed. "But Zz1tai has ideas. He arrived top early and took control of the middle brush. He even placed a barrel in the brush and auto-attacked it down to one HP."

"He wants to ambush Player Easy's Fiora first. Player Easy has no idea, and we don't know whether he has faced Gangplank before or whether he can notice this."

At one minute and thirty-five seconds, Chu Ran arrived beneath the top outer turret ahead of the minion wave, but he did not see Gangplank.

His brows immediately furrowed. While he did not play much Gangplank himself—

Had he never eaten pork and never seen a pig run?

Second-rate captains played guns, first-rate captains played blades. Blowing up one barrel could refresh one flaming blade.

Level-one Gangplank, level-two Xin Zhao, level-three Renekton would take your life.

Although Gangplank was no longer as overpowered as before, few champions could withstand several of his flaming blades in the early game.

"How dare you! You really think I'm stupid?"

After analyzing it, Chu Ran immediately knew that Zz1tai's Gangplank had to be in the middle brush, waiting for him to step forward to last-hit so he could blow up both him and the minions with a double-barrel combo.

The barrels shredded armor and slowed, on top of Gangplank running Stormraider's Surge.

Anyone with slightly slower reactions might get tagged by a flaming blade. If he got hit by a double-barrel combo and a flaming blade upon reaching lane, taking level two first would become impossible.

"Come on, hurry up."

Watching Chu Ran's Fiora, Zz1tai's eyes brimmed with anticipation as he waited for Fiora to take a few more steps forward.

Zz1tai seized the opportunity. Seeing Fiora approach, he immediately auto-attacked the one-HP barrel at his feet and placed a second barrel beneath Fiora.

"This Lord will blow you up!"

Watching fire burst from the barrels, Zz1tai's lips curled slightly upward, but his smile vanished the next second.

Just as the double-barrel combo was about to hit Fiora, Fiora used Piercing Strike to dash forward, then walked toward the middle brush.

"His awareness and reactions are that good?"

"Oh? Player Easy's reactions and awareness were excellent. He used Fiora's Q Skill to dodge that double-barrel combo." Miller sounded surprised. He and Wawa had both thought Chu Ran would take a loss there, but this scene left them somewhat astonished.

At the player booth, Chu Ran wore a faint smile. With the double blessing of Brother Ale's Blessing and the Innate Sword Body Dao Embryo, dodging a double-barrel combo was effortless.

"There's one more barrel."

Chu Ran glanced at his own three damaged melee minions and immediately pressed forward.

Zz1tai instantly placed his third barrel in the top brush. Seeing Chu Ran's Fiora positioning, he thought Fiora wanted to pressure his HP while he was down two barrels.

If she dared to chase too deep, this barrel would make her suffer. Auto the barrel, then auto again—two flaming blades would trigger. Even if Fiora hit a vital and traded damage with him, he would still profit. Besides, he had started with Corrupting Potion.

No matter how he looked at it, the advantage was his.

Chu Ran had already guessed Zz1tai's intentions. He directly warded the top brush and immediately spotted Gangplank and a barrel.

Gangplank could not retreat this time. His barrel had already blown the three melee minions low, and if he backed away further, he might lose experience.

"Want to hit two flaming blades?"

At that moment, when Chu Ran saw Gangplank's barrel, he felt a force surge through his body. He seemed incomparably familiar with the barrel's HP decay speed. Money-Bringing Boy had activated.

He walked straight into the brush.

Gangplank immediately struck Fiora with a flaming blade and was about to auto the barrel to refresh it, but Zz1tai's pupils suddenly contracted.

He discovered that Chu Ran's Fiora was faster with her blade than he was with his. Before Gangplank's blade could fall, Fiora's sword had already reached the barrel.

Gold +10

"Damn it!"

Zz1tai widened his eyes. Without two flaming blades, how was he supposed to fight this Fiora? Although he had started Corrupting Potion, his attack damage was lower than Fiora's.

Ding~

The sound of a vital shattering rang out. Gangplank's vital broke, and though Gangplank was pressed against the wall and Fiora could not reach the next vital that spawned—

Gangplank had used all three barrels, and his flaming blade passive was on cooldown.

He just had to grab him and beat him down.

Zz1tai gritted his teeth and drank a Corrupting Potion, his expression looking uncomfortable.

Whether to retreat had become a difficult problem.

If he kept retreating, he would not only lose lane control, but more importantly, the red side's three melee minions were about to die.

"Damn!"

In that instant, Zz1tai understood Chu Ran's intention.

If he retreated, he would lose the experience from three minions.

If he did not retreat?

How could his Gangplank beat a Fiora with higher attack damage? With Doran's Blade, Fiora even had more health than him.

Most importantly, he could not leave the brush yet. Moving away from the wall would expose the vital behind him to Fiora.

"So disgusting!"

Red Temperature Value +154

The game had only just begun, yet Zz1tai's mentality had already cracked a little.

Seeing this, Miller instantly widened his eyes as he understood, then cried out in shock.

"Hey! Zz1tai in the top lane! He's stuck here now, because that double-barrel combo just failed to hit Fiora. Instead, Fiora used Q to dash forward and pressure his position. Zz1tai is in a lot of trouble now."

"He can't retreat. If he retreats, he loses experience, but if he doesn't retreat, he can't beat Fiora! His own double-barrel combo has blown his lane apart!"

"The key point is that Zz1tai's Gangplank failed to land those two flaming blades. Otherwise, Fiora wouldn't dare play like this!"

In an instant, many viewers understood after hearing Miller's commentary. They widened their eyes, finding it hard to believe.

Holy crap? That was so detailed?

He was already toying with Zz1tai using the minion wave from the start?

6666, first time seeing a Gangplank blow his own lane apart with barrels.

And he even gave Fiora ten gold for free.

This was the Gangplank Zz1tai claimed could carry every game on stream?

Laughing to death, one shot, one kill?

Naturally, Zz1tai was unaware of the viewers' hot discussion.

He gritted his teeth and held on. He still had two Corrupting Potions, so he would take the experience from those three melee minions before retreating.

Although he would lose a lot of HP, Corrupting Potion could restore it.

He could still play!

"You really aren't leaving? What are you thinking?" Chu Ran laughed and continued auto-attacking.

Fully stacked Warlord's Bloodlust could deal additional damage. There was no way he could lose to this Gangplank.

Zz1tai was completely numb by now. Seeing the three melee minions die, he hurriedly retreated, but Chu Ran had no intention of letting him go.

He directly chased Gangplank down and slashed at him.

Gangplank's flaming blade came off cooldown. Zz1tai immediately drank his second Corrupting Potion, struck another flaming blade, triggered Stormraider's Surge again, and placed the barrel that had just finished charging beneath his feet.

He auto-attacked the barrel once and waited for its HP to decay naturally. If Fiora dared to Q in, he could blow up the barrel. Combined with Corrupting Potion and the refreshed flaming blade, he would earn back the loss from before.

Piercing Strike!

Seeing Gangplank speed up and pull away, Chu Ran directly used Piercing Strike to chase after him.

Zz1tai's eyes lit up. He raised his blade to strike the barrel and detonate it, only to see Fiora auto-attack his barrel away again.

"This Lord—"

"No, how does this Fiora understand the barrel decay cooldown better than I do? Every time, she autos it faster than me." Zz1tai's face reddened slightly, and his mentality cracked another thirty percent.

This was unplayable!

"Over here!" Miller's face was full of disbelief. "The top lane Fiora auto-attacked Gangplank's barrel away again! Gangplank still can't refresh his flaming blade, so Zz1tai has to Flash!"

"Player Easy directly followed with Flash! My god! Is this going to be a level-one solo kill?" Miller widened his eyes and cried out.

The next second, beneath everyone's gaze, Chu Ran's Fiora raised her sword and brought it down. Zz1tai's Gangplank fell dead to the ground.

Not leaving?

Then he would send him on his way.

A kill notification appeared prominently on the big screen!

EDG-Easy has slain Snake-Zz1tai!

First blood!

At that moment, countless viewers were utterly shocked and tongue-tied.

At the commentary booth, Miller widened his eyes, his face full of amazement. "My god! A double-barrel combo, and because he refused to give up experience, he got the experience—but directly gave up his life!"

"Zz1tai!!"

Wawa could barely believe it. This was a rookie?

You called this a rookie?

What rookie came in and instantly got a solo kill in his matchup?

"Uh, it's unbelievable, but it's fine. Although he got solo killed, Gangplank has TP. Fiora's gold from this kill is pretty dry, so it isn't too bad."

Wawa said with a smile, and Miller quickly echoed him. "A small loss, I guess. Fiora also lost Flash, and she's facing an Elise jungle. If Elise comes top, she'll be in even more danger."

Suddenly, a barrage of comments began flooding the livestream room.

666666! Holy crap, rookie? This was a rookie?

I really like Miller and Wawa's reactions. This Fiora should have a lot of pressure in the early game, right?

Hahaha, but the one under pressure is Gangplank. That made me laugh so hard.

Classic. Still saying it isn't a loss, still saying it isn't a loss. Maybe it only counts as a loss once Snake's base explodes.

That's just how LPL commentators are. Anyway, it's always just two words: not a loss. I think I could commentate better than them.

Now, would all those haters please speak up! Why aren't you sending bullet comments anymore? Don't you have keyboards?!

Many Snake fans and Imperial supporters, though somewhat incredulous, still began criticizing.

Wasn't it just Zz1tai making a mistake? Stop yelling.

Exactly. Do you really think Ran Chu's Fiora played that well? If Zz1tai hadn't made a mistake, could he have killed him?

This is ridiculous. It was only one solo kill. You'd think Snake had already lost.

At that moment, heated discussion erupted across major livestream rooms. In EDG's backstage area, Ming Kai and the others were also somewhat shocked, though they felt even more delight.

"Holy crap, Little Ran is seriously insane. Ming Kai, how about it? Believe in my eye for talent now?"

"You got lucky as hell and pulled an SSR." Ming Kai laughed. "I just don't know why RNG let him go."

At the same time, in RNG's backstage area.

Uzi's face immediately darkened when he saw this. He angrily punched Xiao Hu's thigh. "What is Zz1tai even doing? If I were up there, I would've solo killed this Fiora already."

Although he was somewhat shocked, like many people supporting Zz1tai, he chose to believe Gangplank had played terribly rather than that Chu Ran's Fiora was strong.

At Snake Esports' player booth.

When they saw the bad news from top lane, Sofm and the others' Bodies Trembled. Countless question marks were immediately sent toward top lane.

Zz1tai's mentality exploded even further. "Mistake. Top has no Flash!"

"Bot has no summoners!"

Sofm pressed Tab and saw that Gangplank had no summoners, was 0-1, and had zero CS.

As for bot lane, he glanced down there.

Hiss—!

Deft and Meiko were pushing Crystal Brother and Mo around, their condition far better than theirs.

Looking again, his own AD carry and support had both lost all their summoners.

"This is what you meant by bot having no summoners?"

"Just tell me, do we have summoners or not?!" Crystal Brother roared. His mentality was also starting to crack.

Damn it!

They could not beat them!

Their bloody Bo10 must not have fully recovered yet. Otherwise, things could not possibly be like this.

Sofm's mouth twitched. Looking toward mid lane, he found that mid was also being pressured.

Why the hell play this game!

Farm up!

He would just protect his KDA.

On the other side, at EDG's player booth.

Ale and the others were all somewhat stunned. He had not even done anything yet, and Chu Ran had already gotten a solo kill?

"Brother Ran, I don't have a calculator, so I can only manually give you 666." Meiko praised him.

Deft and Pawn also called out "Nice" together. Their mid and bot lanes were still working hard, yet Chu Ran had already opened a breakthrough in top lane?

Their beloved Brother had not disappointed them after all!

"Well played, Brother!"

"Oh! Never before have I had such a wonderful start. Cheer for me, applaud me, okay?"

"Brother Ran, can you stop making me laugh?"

By the time Chu Ran recalled, bought double Doran's, and TP'd back to lane, Zz1tai's Gangplank was completely unable to play.

Every barrel he placed was basically worth 10 gold for Chu Ran.

"Ah—!"

Watching another one of his barrels get autoed down by Chu Ran, Zz1tai was starting to go crazy.

I don't want to play anymore!

"Sofm, fucking come gank! This Fiora is pushed up so far, and you're still farming the jungle! Still farming the jungle!"

Sofm completely ignored Zz1tai's words.

You want me to gank? Not happening.

I'll farm the jungle first!

As time passed, Miller, Wawa, and many viewers all fell silent.

Seven minutes into the match, Snake was behind in all three lanes, while their jungler was power-farming. How were they supposed to play?

It was twenty points already. Just call it.

"Sigh, Pawn and Deft are simply too strong here. Snake is under a lot of pressure, but it's fine. They have Gangplank this game. Although Zz1tai's Gangplank has died once, his Q Skill passive still lets him scale very quickly. As long as Snake holds on, they still have a chance to come back."

As soon as Miller finished speaking, the director immediately switched the camera to top lane.

In an instant, countless people gasped in cold air, and Miller's face filled with embarrassment.

What?

Why was this Gangplank constantly hiding under his tower and eating oranges?

Were those oranges really that delicious?

If you loved eating oranges so much, go buy some oranges! Why were you even playing in a match?

Some viewers were stunned by the sight. More importantly, they could hear the turret constantly going ding ding ding, yet it just couldn't land a hit, like it was constipated.

"Fuck, turret, hit her! Did you betray me?!"

Zz1tai watched as Chu Ran's Fiora continuously poked away at his HP with Q, while the turret could barely hit Fiora at all. His mentality was about to explode.

His barrels were already being endlessly cashed in by Chu Ran, and now even his own turret was an undercover agent.

How was he supposed to play?

At this moment, Zz1tai looked as though he were wearing Rylai's Crystal Scepter. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand how a rookie could have such overwhelming lane pressure.

"Oh! Player Easy! His Fiora's proficiency at poking under the tower is incredibly high. He used the gaps between the turret's attacks on minions to use Piercing Strike for risk-free poke against Gangplank. By the time the turret reacted, Fiora had already moved out of its attack range."

"He's kiting the turret!"

"Wow!" Wawa was deeply shocked by Miller's explanation. "You can do that?"

"Sigh. Wait! What is Player Easy doing?!" Miller cried out in astonishment. "He first moved toward the river, pretending to recall to lower Zz1tai's guard. My god! He wants to solo kill Gangplank under the tower? That can't be possible, can it?!"

As Miller's words fell, Zz1tai saw Fiora, who had disappeared from his vision, reappear and set off a double-barrel combo.

Laurent's Riposte!

Seeing Fiora block his double-barrel combo with W, while the blade from her W also struck him and slowed him, a bad feeling welled up in Zz1tai's heart.

"En garde!"

Zz1tai froze. Before he could react, Fiora's figure flickered around him like a ghost.

In an instant, the healing zone had already been triggered.

RAE Flash QA!

Immediately afterward, as Gangplank flashed, the E2 critical hit also landed on him. The massive Gangplank instantly fell, and the kill notification appeared on the big screen.

"EDG-Easy has slain Snake-Zz1tai!"

All at once, the on-site audience and the viewers in the Livestream room were left dumbfounded. Looking at the dead Gangplank, they gasped in shock as a massive uproar swept across the internet!