What? A solo kill? Cup Noodles yelped into his microphone. What the hell is that Ahri doing? Wasnt she low health? Why did she not back?

No, wasnt like that, Old Huang replied. He looked at his screen, blowing out a large breath of smoke, and shook his head. That Orianna played that good. She flashed in the very exact moment that Ahri threw out her orb. There was nothing she could do.

Damn really?? Cup Noodles laughed. This is only Gold, what did I expect He clicked his tongue and said, Whatever. Just a typical solo kill in Gold. When that Ahri hits Level 6, shell be fine. Shell dive and Ill get my time auto attacking while they all jump on her. First blood was mine. Ill carry this game. Easy.

Cup Noodles had a point. Tristana was a late game hyper carry. A maximum level, full item build Tristana was almost unstoppable! The more kills she got in the early game, the faster she reached that point. That super late game didnt always come to pass, though. But that didnt really matter either. Starting from two items, a third on her way to completing her build, she would suddenly receive a big power spike!

Mhm. Old Huang stared at his screen, nodding. Everything Cup Noodles said sounded logical, but it still didnt feel quite right. So he warned, Just be careful. You can have a little more fun at bot, but then go take care of mid! Late game Orianna can get really strong. I dont wanna see that. The viewers would hate it. You gotta carry this one. Carry it hard!

Chill! Chill, man! Cup Noodles said. Then he chuckled and added, You just said that Ori used her Flash, right? Here. Let me show you what we do with a flashless Ori!

At 5 minutes, Lin Feng returned to base and spent his gold. The items he bought gave him the edge over the Ahri. When he returned to lane, he started pressuring the Ahri even harder than before. She wasnt allowed to do anything but sit behind her tower and try to stay in range for the experience. Lin Feng continued to widen the gap, accurately getting every last hit on the minions while keeping her from even getting one. It was painful to watch.

Lin Feng was pushing into the outer tower in mid lane, when he spotted the Tristana walking up the river into his lane. She Rocket Jumped on top of him and placed a bomb on his headExplosive Charge! Then she Rapid Fired at him with her auto attacks, dealing physical damage and charging up the bomb! His Oriannas health fell. The bomb would explode in a few more seconds too. He pushed down on his E and then his W. Oriannas Ball retreated to her side and protected her with a shield before it sent out a pulse of energy. This pulse boosted her movement speed and she sped away.

The Tristana kept firing at the Orianna all the way until the Orianna reached Blue teams outer tower. Then she had to give up. Her damage in the early game just wasnt enough. Itd take a little more scaling before she could burst down her targets. But she did leave the Orianna with almost no health.

Lin Feng rubbed his chin and grinned. Hehe, that Tristana looks a little interesting. This might be fun!

The Tristanas gank wasnt a gank in its truest form. Unlike most Junglers, Tristana didnt have any crowd control. All she could do was fire off her cannon and harass, in this case, the Midlaner. There was never a real threat to the Orianna. It was just a little trick to help the Ahri in her lane and force the Orianna to give up on some of the pressure she was exerting.

Cup Noodles had his Tristana walk back to bot lane while laughing into his microphone. Haha! Did you see that? Did you see her run away? Haha! Man, I totally pissed her off! Shes probably tilting off the edge of the world right now! Haha! Did you see that? Haha!

Old Huang blew out some smoke, smiling. Not bad, not bad. That was some quick thinking. Great move! It really worked great! This should make the game even easier! Now lets get that Quadra or Penta!

Cup Noodles had played this little gank in mid lane to perfection, as could be expected from a Master player. He first pushed out his wave in bot lane, making sure that there was nothing he was losing from his roam, before going up to mid lane. Then he attacked the Orianna, forcing her to give up on a minion wave and retreat. He got the Oriannas health down, made her lose CS, and gave the Ahri some breathing room to finally get some CS. This little gank couldnt have gone any better for Cup Noodles!

Thats how you reach Master as ad-carry. Takes some real awareness, Cup Noodles said into his microphone. He started laughing, proud of his little play. Then he decided he should explain it to Old Huang in a little more detail. Old Huang wasnt a Master, after all. If you cant push for any direct advantages in bot lane, you want to look around the map and see if you can put pressure somewhere else. Like here, I saw Ori pushing in mid. It was the obvious choice. You help your Midlaner, and that helps you later into the game. Now I tilted that Ori and thisll be an easy win.

Cup Noodles got back to bot lane and almost instantly started pressuring the Jinx again. This lane was too easy for him. He looked back up to mid lane. His Ahri was really far behind. He rubbed his chin and said, Ahri can use a little more help. Plus, itll be so much fun to tilt that Ori even harder! Ill go for another gank in a few! Hahaha!

Alright, sounds good. Old Huang checked the footage from the last gank in mid and saw some openings for his commentary. Make it good. I can talk a story around it. This should be good! Lets do it and get a useful game!

Any ally has been slain.

Cup Noodles panned his camera to mid lane. It hadnt even been a minute! The game clock read 6:30 minutes. And there was already another kill! What the How did she die again? Is she feeding? Trolling? What is going on?

The Ahri wasnt feeding. Or trolling. She was a Gold player playing against a Challenger. Playing against one of the best players in the world. Lin Feng had baited her, showing an opening that really wasnt there. The Ahri had just reached Level 6 and learned her ultimateSpirit Rush! She dashed forward and fired an essence bolt at the Orianna. Then she dashed again and attacked the Orianna with three Fox-Fires! That was when the real threat revealed herself. Sejuani. Blue teams Jungler. She charged at the Ahri and knocked her Airborne with her Arctic Assault.

Fidget Spinners flew at the Ahri. The Oriannas Ball was on top of her, also dealing damage. She wanted to get away. Flash or the third dash of her ultimate. Either could work! But neither would. She was Airborne and couldnt do anything. Then, as she hit the ground again and used her ultimate again, a shockwave spread out around her. It damaged her and dragged her backtowards Oriannas Ball. Her health was almost zero. She was dead.

Behind his computer, Lin Feng shook his head, smiling. So naive. She really needs to be a little more careful next time. Hehe.

If the Ahri player knew what was happening, how she was being played by a Challenger on the Ionia server, shed understand her frustration and anger. This was unfair! Absolutely unfair! There was nothing she could do about this. She couldnt win this game. She just wasnt good enough to face a Challenger. She was Gold! Dirty! This was a dirty play! Nothing more!

Cup Noodles started to feel a little worried. That Orianna now had two kills. His own lane opponents, the Jinx and Thresh, were playing absurdly defensive on top of that. He could get all the CS he wanted, but it was impossible to get anything more out of this lane. The Orianna would scale faster. Would deal more damage. Might even carry the game. This is shit. We need to shut down mid asap!

Mindlessly farming minions in bot lane, unobstructed by Blue teams Botlaners, Cup Noodles panned his camera to mid lane again. He had to do something, or risk losing control over the game. Ill make another roam mid in a bit. Just have to wait for Ahris ult to come off cooldown. If we play that right, worst case scenario we force Ori to blow her Summoner Spells. Best case, we get a kill and a tower. That should shut that Ori down. Ahri should finally be able to get back into it then.

At 8 minutes into the game, Cup Noodles had pushed out the minion wave in bot lane. He roamed up the river, looking to gank mid lane again. The Orianna was standing close to the bottom side river brush, farming minions in the middle of the lane. Cup Noodles chuckled. Perfect. Youre dead! Hehe! He walked through the river brush and then placed an Explosive Charge on the Oriannas head before Rapid Firing away, dealing physical damage and charging up the bomb!

Cup Noodles grinned, happy with his little plan. This is going to be easy. Doesnt even matter that Im not Level 6 yet. Theres nothing that Ori can do to me anyway. Even if everything goes wrong, I still got my Rocket Jump. Ill just fly away! Haha! And theres also the Ahri. Shes a little behind, but should still deal enough damage to be of some he

The Oriannas Ball flew straight towards Cup Noodles Tristana and hit, dealing magic damage. Then a pulse of energy spread outCommand: Dissonance! Shit! Cup Noodles exclaimed. The Ahri was right there! He expected that the Orianna would run away in this 2vs1. It didnt make any sense for her to stick around! But the Orianna didnt flee. She was going hard on him instead! His Tristanas health was getting low and the Ahri hadnt even started helping yet. He flicked his mouse and pressed down on his W keyRocket Jump! His Tristana aimed her cannon to the ground and fire, launching herself into the air.

Lin Feng smiled and muttered, Keep coming mid. Heh. Keep coming mid He pressed down on his R key. This was Oriannas ultimate skill Command: Shockwave! A skill that sent out a large shockwave around Oriannas Ball and pulled in all Champions caught within its range. It didnt matter if they were in the middle of an animation or not. The Tristana was pulled out of her Rocket Jump to safety and suddenly found herself in a peculiar position.

Fuck.