League of the Unkillable Demon King - Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Top Lane Prince, You Will Be Minced

As his team’s top laner in the match, Chen Mu locked in Prince, a champion that was a standard Tiger Balm that could go top lane and mid lane. He could jungle; he could support—nothing short of the perfect champion.

Dash, slow, control, knock up, crowd control, deal damage; Prince had everything and was good at everything. His passive, Martial Cadence, alone was very relevant in the early, mid, and late game. Added with his flag that increased his attack speed, Prince could land assists and provide his team with very useful buffs during late game.

Taking Flash and Ignite, Prince played went up against the surgeon from the women’s hospital, Shen.

Firstly, Chen Mu hid in the brush. Every time they met, Chen Mu executed a QA combo. Exploiting the armor penetration effect from his passive and Q, Prince’s damage was higher than Shen’s QA combo. Moreover, each time Chen Mu landed a basic attack, he would turn around immediately and suffer only Shen’s Q.

Additionally, Chen Mu used his passive to farm CS. Among all the champions in League, Prince was one of the easiest champions to use to farm CS. With Martial Cadence that passively triggered every ten seconds, it was capable of inflicting a few dozen more attack damage points to the minions. If one could not farm CS properly while playing as Prince, then one had a problem with their basic League skills.

Chen Mu cast Q whenever his ability was off CD. On the opposite team, Shen, the Eye of Twilight, had a win rate of seventy percent in twenty matches—it was not a bad win rate. Similar to Chen Mu, Shen started to poke at him whenever his ability came off CD.

Nevertheless, the difference between both of them was that Prince’s Q was an AOE skill.[1] Prince’s Q could pierce through champions and minions at the same time. Before the seventh minion died, Chen Mu stepped up.

Shen obviously realized that Chen Mu was going to reach Level 2 before him and started to retreat. What he failed to realize was that Prince was not looking to kill the seventh minion. Prince closed in on the distance between Shen and him. While Shen was in the process of retreating, the minion was killed, and Prince knocked up Shen with his EQ combo that was cast at light speed.

“Eff me! How’s he so quick?!” Shen had been ready to give up his Flash but had not expected Prince to have such inhuman speed. Before the level up sign could even disappear, Prince cast his EQ combo.

Chen Mu aimed at the furthest point from him because it would obstruct Shen’s escape route. Additionally, he was able to land a few more basic attacks on Shen.

Using his Ignite, Prince moved forward as he blocked the direct path of Shen’s route to his tower. He increased the distance Shen had to travel. Thus, making him waste more time.

Shen, who had already used up his Flash at this point, was caught by Prince who continued to block his path while kiting. Eventually, Prince dived the turret and scored First Blood.

Looking at his grayscale screen, Shen was ridiculed by his teammates for having been solo killed while playing as the king of anti-suppression champions.

Shen typed in the chat and said: [I’m here to treat you. Why would you want to give up on your treatment?]

Chen Mu: [Because I brought Flash and Ignite.]

Shen: […]

It made a lot of sense. He had nothing to retaliate with.

After respawning, Shen could only buy two more Health Potions. On the other hand, after pushing the lane, Chen Mu went back to base before returning with The Brutalizer.

Pitching The Brutalizer against Doran’s Shield—needless to say—ten points of armor penetration were enough to turn Shen’s armor into very thin paper. Now, Shen could only stand at the furthest spot and use his Q to farm CS.

Each time Chen Mu obtained the upper hand, he would force the advantage of the system on his opponents, making them unable to land any last hits on minions. Whenever his minions were about to die, Chen Mu would chase away his enemy laner and only allow them to return after the minions had died. That was the way Chen Mu used to prolong the level up speed of his opponents.

It was the best opportunity for him. Chen Mu had to kill his opponent at Level 2. That was because after the jungler on Chen Mu’s team had taken Double Buff[2], it was most likely that the opposing team’s jungler would help him capture top lane. The minions had to take a long route to get to top lane. Once the jungler had circled to the back, the enemy became stuck. It was unlike mid lane that was connected to many potential escape routes.

It was hypothesized based on the typical jungling sequence in bot lane under normal circumstances.

The shortest amount of time it took, a Level 3 jungler took about two minutes and forty-five seconds to gank a top lane champion. At that point, a pro player would either ask Chen Mu to jungle while the jungler camped, ask him to place his wards or run in fear.

A pro player and a noobie, having played through hundreds of matches, the pro player would see their ELO points increase very quickly. Meanwhile, the noobie would maintain a score of one thousand ELO points and below. The key element that separated the two was the player’s ability to reflect on their own mistakes after losing.

A pro player, after being ganked by a Level 3 jungler once, would become particularly careful at the same point in the game from then on. Meanwhile, an ordinary player with a one-track mind would not realize the danger they were in at that point even after getting ganked a few dozen times.

Chen Mu belonged to the category of players who did not let their enemies get to him twice with the same tactic. After finding out the enemy jungler’s clear speed, Chen Mu avoided fighting whenever the enemy jungler was about to arrive. Chen Mu would rather be in full control of top lane until he reached Level 2, killed off his opposing champion, and obtained a level-advantage. By the time the enemy jungler reached Chen Mu, he was not strong enough to kill him.

Shen’s damage in the early game was extremely low and he was basically a tank that could only suffer beatings. Now that Shen could not farm for experience, he was in a state of total loss.

Nevertheless, players who played in premade teams were not without intelligence. Shen’s teammates got their jungling Blind Monk to head over to top lane. Both Shen and Blind Monk forcefully pushed the minion wave into Chen Mu’s turret range in front of him, destroying the minion wave that used to be under Chen Mu’s perfect control. It gave Shen a way out.

Chen Mu did not mind much about it. The appearance of the enemy jungler in top lane meant that mid and bot lane were safe. Moreover, the amount of experience gained by both Blind Monk and Shen at the same time would be shared and hence, they would be at a loss. If the jungler on Chen Mu’s team was decent, he would have entered their enemy jungle without any hesitation and taken all of the enemy’s jungle camps to the point of no return.

Nevertheless, it was obvious that most mediocre junglers had no such understanding of the game. The jungler on Chen Mu’s team attempted to gank mid lane, failed, and then returned to his own jungle.

Chen Mu was too lazy to remind him that everyone had their own thoughts and ideas. Chen Mu used to direct his teammates in the past. However, if one’s teammates were unable to understand your intentions, they might end up hating you.

Thus, Chen Mu laid low and continued to form. The enemy jungler would not stay top lane forever. Once Chen Mu hit Level 6, he could fight a 1V2 against the enemy top laner and jungler who were around Level 4 to 5.

Having scored a solo kill, Chen Mu’s total number of experience points towered over Shen’s. There was no way Shen could have calculated how much experience it would take for Chen Mu to hit Level 6. At last, when Chen Mu came to the last two minions, he grasped the opportunity presented by Shen who had made a mistake. Chen Mu pierced through the minions with his Dragon Strike and knocked Shen up into the air. Then, after triggering his passive, Chen Mu started to chase after Shen.

Once Shen used his only dash ability, Chen Mu cast his ultimate, Cataclysm, and framed Shen up in a rocky prison. Following that, he hit Shen to death with basic attacks.

“Shen, scram if you can’t win against Prince. Cover me later,” Varus said. They were roommates in the same university dorm. After realizing that they had quite a tacit understanding of each other, they managed to win ten matches in a row before encountering this monster that had a win rate of ninety percent. They had no other choice other than to let the champions from the other lanes attempt to balance out the disadvantage they were in. Blind Monk would not be able to defeat Prince even if he went top lane.

Thankfully, the Sheriff at bot lane was a very noob player. Judging from her ID name, the player had to be a girl. She made too many mistakes when it came to farming CS and moving. After being sent back to the Fountain twice by Varus, Sheriff found herself behind by one whole level. The moment Varus hit Level 6, he would be able to kill Sheriff one more time. However, once Shen started watching over bot lane, they would still have a chance at winning.

Chen Mu observed and analyzed the current state of the game. He understood that he should not buy items that would increase his health because it would make him a blood bank for Varus in the late game. Based on everyone’s CS score, Chen Mu determined that Varus was the best player among them since his timing was impeccable. Chen Mu only had to target Varus.

Chen Mu purchased an aggressive item—Sword of the Occult!

It was an item that gave the player two stacks for each kill they got; each stack was worth five points of attack damage. One would lose a third of their stacks if they died. It was a high-risk, high-reward item. However, since Chen Mu possessed enough combat strength that he could take own two champions at a time, he was not at risk of dying at all unless he got ganked by three champions who were willing to dive his turret.

“F*ck me! He bought the Sword of the Occult! He’s clearly belittling us!” Varus hissed after killing off Sheriff with a long-distance Q.

“Big Brother, come down here and avenge me,” said Chen Yifei as she pouted her lips angrily. She was being suppressed so hard in bot lane that she did not even dare farm CS anymore.

“Don’t worry. He’ll understand what fear is in ten minutes,” Chen Mu reassured her.

[1] This stands for Area of Effect.).

[2] Refers to both the Red Buff and Blue Buff.