Chapter 40: A Twist in the Endgame
Strictly speaking, Aatrox versus Electric Mouse was not a difficult matchup. As mentioned earlier, Doran's Shield plus double Revitalize was already enough to withstand most of the Laning Phase pressure, not to mention his passive lifesteal. With this rune and item setup, killing Electric Mouse was honestly not easy. But if all he wanted was to lower his opponent's HP and make him hesitant, 369 felt he could still give it a try.
For no other reason than that Nuguri had been steadily going downhill, all the way into becoming chocolate.
Meanwhile, he had gradually gone from 369 to today's 999 Piyanping.
Could someone climbing the mountain defeat a god descending it?
Of course they could.
As long as a god fell from his peak, anyone could stomp on his head a couple of times. Nuguri's current form was actually still better than Teacher Shy's, at least. His form had visibly worsened, rather than him visibly getting Solo Killed endlessly.
"Since the other lanes all have advantages, then... let's try it!"
Same old saying: put yourself in the other person's shoes.
To understand how Aatrox could find an opportunity against Kennen, all he needed to do was infiltrate Kennen Bar as a spy, make a post asking how Kennen should play against Aatrox, and then some Kennen Big Shot would tell him: dodge the EQ with movement, poke when possible, and don't trade head-on.
Reversing that meant: as long as he tricked his opponent into believing he was about to use EQ, endlessly baited their movement, then pulled a little "Wolf is Coming," it would be over once the opponent made a mistake.
That was how 369 learned it, and that was how he did it.
His Aatrox repeatedly used the brush to