I’m an Olympic Superstar - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Ganking at Level 2
Xiao Ran controlled Twitch to the nearby brush at the top lane and planted a ward before starting the fight.
“It doesn’t matter if I gank the top lane or the bottom lane, I need to make sure that I have the vision of the brush. Everyone knows that when getting ganked, the first thing to do is to enter the brush to cut off the opposition’s vision. Afterwards, if you can escape then do so, if not, trade for kills.”
When the opposing Darius saw Twitch coming for a gank, he immediately gave up the pursuit of Nautilus and ran to the brush beside him. It was entirely according to the script that Xiao Ran had plotted.
It was a pity that Xiao Ran had already planted a ward, hence, the crossbow bolts smeared with venom were constantly piercing Darius’s body.
“Darius cannot escape anymore and he will definitely try to trade kills with me. As for his way of thinking, I would like to offer him two words, ‘wishful thinking’. But it is regretful that the mid lane ignored my warning and is about to waste his Flash.”
Just as Xiao Ran said, Darius immediately turned and sprinted for Xiao Ran’s Twitch.
Xiao Ran controlled Twitch to constantly kite before plunging into the second brush, causing Darius to lose vision.
(TL note: Kiting is a type of maneuver to move and attack at the same time, dealing maximum damage)
Darius estimated and pressed the Q ability, Decimate.
Decimate allowed Darius to accumulate his strength before brandishing his giant ax violently in a full circle.
The enemies hit by the blade of the ax would suffer more damage than those hit by the shaft of the ax.
Darius would also receive a healing effect that was dependent on the number of enemy champions getting struck by the blade of the ax.
The Hand of Noxus a.k.a. The Hand of Beginner had such simple brute power. But how could Xiao Ran allow himself to be struck by the Decimate ability?
After a few normal attacks, Darius’s hp was already less than a third. Right now, Darius had also escaped to the brush that was nearer to his base and he wasn’t far away from the outer turret.
Right at this moment, the mid lane was just as Xiao Ran had prophesized. The enemy Lee Sin suddenly launched his Q ability from the river at struck at Orianna. It was fortunate that Orianna executed her Flash spell without hesitation and didn’t get lockdown by Viktor, otherwise, she would have delivered the first blood to the enemy.
At the same time when Orianna flashed, Darius displayed a high level of mechanics. After pressing Q, he flashed under his turret. From this angle, the blade of his ax would be able to strike at Xiao Ran’s Twitch.
If the blade of the ax had hit its target, Darius would recover some hp and Xiao Ran wouldn’t be able to finish his kill and Darius would have successfully escaped by entering the turret’s defense range.
“Oh Oh Oh, this Darius is playing rather well. He is using Q Flash to strike at me and recover some hp so that my damage wouldn’t be enough to kill him. But if I enter the turret range and dodge his Q’s blade, he will not be able to recover any hp…”
“Keke, did everyone see? He is level 2, I am certain that the other ability that Darius picked up is E. If I enter the turret range and dodge his Q, he will surely use E to pull me back towards the turret and trade kills with me.”
“Tsk Tsk, this Darius is rather competent. His mechanics, awareness, and strategy aren’t at the level of the Platinum tier. He at least Diamond I or II. He might even be Master tier.”
After Xiao Ran’s analysis, he controlled Twitch and firmly advanced instead of retreating. He walked into the turret range and executed another normal attack.
Right now, Darius’s Decimate was executed and the giant ax revolved an entire circle.
But Xiao Ran’s Twitch had walked right beside Darius, hence, the blade of Darius’s Q didn’t hit Xiao Ran and wasn’t able to recover any hp.
Which meant to say that Darius’s executed Decimate had only struck Xiao Ran’s Twitch with the shaft of the ax.
In order to heal, the blade of the ax had to hit the target. The shaft of the ax wouldn’t allow any healing.
“Damn it, you don’t think about leaving either!” Darius looked at the Twitch that was still attacking him and executed the E ability ‘Apprehend’ to hook Xiao Ran’s Twitch.
Apprehend: Passive: Darius hones his ax, granting him certain armor penetration.
Active: Darius sweeps up his enemies with his ax’s hook, pulling them to him.
This script was just as Xiao Ran had mentioned earlier.
It was a pity… The instant Darius executed E, Xiao Ran flashed out of the turret range and launched another normal attack. A giant rat symbol was formed above Darius’s head.
Immediately after, Xiao Ran pressed the E ability, ‘Expunge’.
Expunge: Twitch detonates his vile venom and further devastates the enemies that have already been inflicted with his venom.
Deals 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 physical damage to enemies infected with Deadly Venom. Expunge deals an additional 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% of ability power) (+0.25 per bonus attack damage) physical damage per stack of Deadly Venom on them.
With six full stacks, the detonated E’s damage was an absolutely painful attack. It had immediately blown up Darius and leaving him with a speck of hp left.
This series of mechanics was so brilliant that all the viewers in the streaming room didn’t dare to let out a breath. When they saw that Darius was left with a trace of hp, everyone felt deeply disappointed.
Just a little bit more, just that little bit more!!!
It was such a pity!
This series of mechanics, be it Darius or Twitch was simply too dazzling. But it was a pity that no one was killed.
The feeling was like you were in a hotel with your goddess that you have been wooing for ten years and had finally been touched by your efforts. She had now stripped naked and after all the foreplay, just as you were about to fulfill your dream of ‘entering’, the room door was kicked open by the police who were inspecting the rooms. It was just like having a fishbone stuck in the throat, extremely unpleasant!
But Xiao Ran had turned around confidently and with ease as he pressed his Q ability and chucked a Health Potion before controlling Twitch to run towards the river.
As he ran, he counted down, “3, 2, 1, death!”
…
“First Blood!”
The system’s female voice announced the kill throughout the entire Summoner’s Rift.
As Xiao Ran was giving his analysis, Baby had switched her in-game screen from the bottom lane to the top lane to see if Xiao Ran was actually so godly.
As a result, she had a panoramic view of Orianna getting ganked in the mid lane and also Xiao Ran’s series of dazzling mechanics.
She had actually gone AFK under her turret with enemy champions in the lane to look at the battle in the top lane. One could only say this female celebrity was simply willful!
“Isn’t… isn’t this too godly!?” Baby was extremely astonished and her mouth was wide opened. How wide? Even an eggplant could be stuffed inside…
(Author’s note: It is just an eggplant, those readers with dirty thoughts should go reflect upon yourselves!!!)
Baby wasn’t the only person that was flabbergasted, the viewers in Xiao Ran’s streaming room was in an uproar and chaos. They immediately started to violent blast the chatbox:
“Damn me, how did he die? How did Darius die? Didn’t he have remaining hp!?”
“I am also bewildered when Kun Shen was counting down. I didn’t expect him to be counting down to Darius’s death!”
“Analysis God, where is the Analysis God? Tell me how did Darius die!!!”
“Are all the viewers above stupid? Kun Shen has the red buff, Darius is burned to death by the red buff!”
“666666!!”
“Ahhhh, my eyes!”
“My… god! Just too 6666!”
“This is fake, right? It is acted, right? How can someone be so 6666?!”
“This scene is too beautiful, I don’t even dare to look at it!!!”
“Twitch can actually be so brilliant as a jungler. I am going to purchase Twitch!”
“Say nothing else. I will main Jungle Twitch for 100 years!!!”
“Kun Shen, do me. After seeing your mechanics, I can imagine your hand speed. I am all wet!”
“Kun Shen is my hubby, no one can snatch him from me! Hubby, I am PMed you my WeChat number. Ask me out! Ask me out! Ask me out! Things of importance must be said thrice!!!”
“Hubby, I don’t need you to ask me out. I will deliver myself to you from 1000 miles away. I only wish for you to fly with me!!”
“Hubby, I want to co-inhabit with you. When you wish like doing me, you can do it. As long as you have any needs, I will open up all my holes!!!”
Xiao Ran was blushing due to the barrage of obscene comments. These people are really without moral principles, aren’t they seducing me without any disguise?
Xiao Ran didn’t even know how to reply to these bunch of aggressive girls, he could do nothing but look at his private messages silently…
Subsequently, Xiao Ran was enraged and started roaring in the streaming room, “Do you think I am pure and can be casually seduced? Do you think I am guileless and can be cheated?!”
“Where is the basic trust between humans? Can everyone speak the truth!?”
“If anyone else cheats this host’s feelings again, all chats will be banned!!!”
“Especially that person who says she will private message me her Wechat number. Our small boat of friendship has capsized!!!”