Chapter 514 - Missed Big Time!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lianda and Luocheng maintained their voice call. The damage that the Wukong had done when he tower-dived was clearly calculated and accurate, Lianda couldn’t help but grudgingly change his view on his teammate, “This Jungler is not bad, his timing of assisting is fast. He’s aggressive and his actions are also on point.”

Luocheng laughed. As the Jungler from the Taiwan team that had previously taken the runner-up position in the Worlds, wasn’t that only to be expected?

Wukong took a double kill which made up for the huge disadvantage at the top lane slightly.

Concerning the top lane which was lost, Luocheng didn’t feel anything at all. Even though the renegade was solo-killed only two times, Luocheng felt that his acting was not quite up to par.

And it wasn’t as though Xiao Zhuai could go to the top lane to gank or counter-gank, that would just drag down his own income. He had been focusing on developing his champion in the early-game and his level was now one level higher than Vi. With that double kill and a wave of minions from the middle lane, he probably needed just one more jungle camp and he could happily return to base with a Level 6!

“This Jungler leveled up d*mn fast!”

“Yeah, the second buff hasn’t even respawned and he’s already Level 6, it’s because of his jungle-clear speed and those two kills if I’m not wrong!”

“That’s weird, was Wukong’s clearing speed always that fast?”

In the livestream, a lot of people had realized this.

The level of a Jungler was extremely important, majority of the Junglers could only make it to Level 6 after taking the second buff, and to get to Level 6 before that was already considered fast. Usually, the Jungler would head to take the buff, and coincidentally, their team would get a gank at this time, gaining free experience from that.

Wukong’s jungling wasn’t considered to be very fast and he was considered to be a Jungler that relied on leveling. With a high level Wukong, it could definitely cause fatal blows to his enemies!

Xiao Zhuai didn’t rely on his level to counter-gank, because he clearly knew that they were in a 4 vs 6 situation. The moment an attack happened, a bunch of obvious mistakes would lead to their opponents gaining the advantage, making it difficult to win later on.

He took the red buff and then he helped Lianda to leash for the blue buff.

Both of them were quite tactful and of the same mind, and right after taking the blue buff, they simultaneously signaled for an attack at the bottom lane!

Although their champions’ appearance differed, their mindsets were the same; finish taking the blue buff and then go to the bottom lane to do their job!

At this time, the minions wave had been pushed toward their own turret. Lianda’s Ziggs and Xiao Zhuai’s Wukong had positioned themselves behind the turret in the shadows.

Luocheng and Shallow Dream naturally saw the arrival of their two teammates, but they didn’t particularly change the way they were playing, neither did they suddenly become more aggressive.

Suddenly, Shallow Dream broke away slightly forward, poking Nami who had come forward to hit the minion herself.

Nami’s reaction was just as quick, throwing an Aqua Prison at her.

Shallow Dream also had her E-skill ready in her hands, and seeing the opposing Nami raising her staff, Caitlyn also released her shot at the same time, a 90 Caliber Net launching her backward, using the impact on her slender body to avoid the bubble. She landed steadily on her feet, her rifle already poised to shoot!

The net landed on Nami which was followed up with a blazing Piltover Peacemaker flying true and onto Nami. Two basic attacks right after her EQ-combo directly took away half of Nami’s health!

Luocheng and Shallow Dream’s partnership had not been short, and while she was attacking, his Galio had unleashed a gust of wind with his wings. The whirlwind didn’t hit the opponent’s Siver, but Luocheng hadn’t been targeting her anyway. In actual fact, he was using this skill to create the draft in order to increase the movement speed of his two teammates who were hiding behind!

Xiao Zhuai’s Wukong had already built his Boots of Mobility, when he moved in stealth from behind the turret, adding on the bonus movement speed from Galio’s Righteous Gust, even with just 1.5 seconds of stealth, he was able to cover a big distance!

Nami had already been slowed by Caitlyn’s net and was trying very hard to retreat as fast as she could, but Wukong had already appeared in front of her.

Nami’s reaction was fast, and the moment Wukong appeared, she pressed her Flash. The skill she had used on Caitlyn previously also gave her a movement speed boost, increasing her movement speed.

Xiao Zhuai had a red buff on him, but sadly, he was still short of just a bit of distance from Nami and the bonus movement speed from his Boots of Mobility and Galio’s skill had also expired.

Nami’s passive was bonus movement speed and she could run extremely fast, making frontal confrontation a bit difficult, plus, the river was warded. Seeing the Nami extend the distance between her and Xiao Zhuai’s Wukong, it was obvious that for this time’s gank, they had only managed to force out a Flash.

However, Xiao Zhuai was persistent, and even though his speed had dropped lower than Nami’s, he still continued to give chase.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhuai’s Wukong let out a roar, spinning himself in circles, activating his ulti unto the oncoming wave of minions!

Cyclone!

The golden staff held by Wukong spun and changed into a gorgeous golden storm, passing through the minions but not sweeping in any enemy champion…

“This…is this Wukong a noob!?”

Yisheng’s eyes opened wide as he watched Wukong activate his Ultimate for no reason, and he couldn’t help but laugh.

This ulti had missed big time, this was f*cking art. Was it because this guy had failed his gank and felt so unsatisfied that he slammed on his keyboard and accidentally pressed the R key?

There were over 200,000 people watching this game live within the country, and not long ago, Wukong’s exciting turret-dive performance had convinced everyone that he was quite a master. Who knew that not long after, you would see such a noob performance where his ulti would miss… they were not sure what this Wukong was thinking.

Lianda was also shaking his head helplessly, wondering how could such a basic mistake have been made. If he couldn’t keep up the chase, he should have just returned to the lane and continued farming.

However, Lianda who had decided to leave couldn’t help but continue to watch Wukong who was still spinning in his ulti.

Suddenly, Lianda realized something as both his eyes were staring at Wukong who was still spinning!

As the golden storm was still spinning and kicking up the dust, his movement speed was getting faster.

Wukong’s ulti could last for 4 seconds, and initially, Lianda had thought that the ulti was a big miss. But now he found that Wukong was approaching Nami faster within the 4 seconds which his movement speed continued to climb, and his face broke out into an unbelieving smile!

This…this wasn’t a miss at all!

Lianda slapped his thigh. He really had been playing Mid for too long, he couldn’t believe that he actually forgot that Wukong’s ulti, apart from being for the damage, had an extremely easy forgettable attribute, which was the bonus movement speed!

That’s right, activating Wukong’s ulti would allow his movement speed to increase over the 4 seconds!

The problem was that everyone subconsciously viewed this skill as a damage-dealing CC which could also knock up. Who would have thought there was someone who had this incredible thinking, using this move as a way to increase their movement speed!

As his speed increased, the gap between the Monkey King and Nami was shortened. At first, Nami was also mocking Wukong for missing his ulti, who knew that his movement speed would increase as time went by, and now only did she realize how stupid she had been in mocking him previously!!

“HA!!”

With a Nimbus Strike, Xiao Zhuai’s Wukong had finally caught up to Nami. Landing his E-skill on Nami, the slow effect from the red buff took effect!

One auto-attack followed up with a Crushing Blow!

Nami was squishy, and adding on to the fact that her level was not as high as Wukong, a set of combos would have brought down her health to dangerous levels.

Taking advantage of the slow effect from the red buff, Xiao Zhuai threw out another auto-attack, successfully killing the Nami!

For a moment, the entire Summoner’s Rift was silent.

Especially those who had been laughing at Wukong initially, they watched as the Jungler walked away with a kill in hand, and they were at a loss for words.

To be honest, how many people would have thought of this method, when you couldn’t catch up to your opponent, throw an ulti out, abandoning its most practical usage and instead, using it purely to increase your movement speed!?

In fact, a lot of people would just keep their useless ulti because they couldn’t even touch the enemy!

“D*mn, is that even possible!?” Yisheng wasn’t able to collect himself for a while, his disdainful smile was frozen just in place on his face.

Using his Ultimate to increase his movement speed!?

Was there anything more crazy and wasteful than this!?

However, it was this wasteful move that had given the desired effect, and his Support had been killed.

The Support dying was one thing, it was just one kill after all. But the more obvious thing was, they had lost the Dragon!

As expected, once the minion wave had been cleared a little, the four of them went toward the Dragon Pit.

“Do you want to initiate a fight? Wukong doesn’t have his ulti anyway!” Their Jungler, Zuoshen said.

Zuoshen and Nidalee were heading toward their direction.

Yisheng glanced and saw that Zuoshen was still at his pitiful Level 5 and he inwardly cursed. You haven’t even taken the red buff yet but you were talking as though you already got your ulti!

Also, after taking Nidalee’s blue buff, even if you got your ulti, did you think you were f*cking useful!? Hiding behind if it didn’t hit anyone, if so, the few of them going into the Dragon Pit to fight would just be serving the Dragon and their heads on a silver platter!

“Walker, harass them from a distance, just stop them from taking the Dragon. You, hurry up and get your red buff to level up to Level 6!” Yisheng instructed.

A Vi that had yet to reach Level 6 was really useless, rushing in would definitely be asking for a beating from Ziggs and Wukong.

This Dragon, they didn’t dare to go too near. It was better to see if Nidalee could land a few javelins or wait till their opponents had beaten the Dragon to a manageable level and they had lower health.

***

“Luocheng, our Jungler is a bit on the sly side. That ulti earlier, even I thought that he had missed it big time!” Lianda said, surprise evident in his voice.

Luocheng smiled without a word, Xiao Zhuai’s identity wasn’t that easy to be seen through.

Usually in Team Skycrown, Luocheng would be the one setting the pace to get the Dragon. In his estimation, he would be able to set a wave with the Dragon once his Galio had reached Level 6.

But for Xiao Zhuai, his pacing was clearly faster than Luocheng’s by a bit. In a big competition, these little bits of time they managed to save was the key to obtaining victory!

Luocheng turned around to glance at Zhou Yan who was still expressionless, but from his eyes, he could see that he was in deep contemplation.

Luocheng understood, Zhou Yan had already learnt something from Xiao Zhuai’s maneuver.