Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 49
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The Fox God is clearly positioned as a marksman, but when she was first released, Wei Xiao immediately used her as a Jungler.
Why? Because she has displacement skills!
Any hero with displacement can be used to show off!
He then proceeded to go 33-0 with the Fox God, wiping out the opposing team three times, securing two pentakills, which led the opponents in that match to develop the habit of permanently banning the Fox God.
However, Wei Xiao admitted that he had only played this hero around fifty times in total, and less than ten times this season. Picking her in a professional match was risky, especially against KPI, a strong team focused on the Jungler core.
So, when he proposed the idea, he sounded confident, but internally he was terrified. He was mainly afraid that Wen Shi Yu would disagree or think he was trying to cause trouble.
Yet, Wen Shi Yu’s response to his suggestion was: “Take it. If you think you can win, take it. If we lose the first game, we’ll reverse sweep them.”
Wei Xiao’s chest fluttered at those words, and he was delighted by Wen Shi Yu’s trust, though he couldn’t help but ask, “Aren’t you being too lenient with me?”
When he asked this, he expected Wen Shi Yu to respond in a joking tone, perhaps something like, “Then be sensible and don’t throw.”
Instead, Wen Shi Yu replied very seriously: “Based on current experience, I have no reason to distrust you, but if we lose this game, then I will have to seriously reconsider.”
Wei Xiao paused, then curved his lips and hummed in acknowledgment.
Wen Shi Yu trusted him, but not blindly. It was a judgment based on his performance so far.
What did this mean? It meant that up until now, he hadn’t disappointed Wen Shi Yu!
He absolutely would not disappoint him in this game either!
Just like that, Wei Xiao entered the arena filled with fighting spirit.
Ri Xi: “The match begins! FHM actually has the Fox God in the jungle!”
Yue Xia: “Although the Fox God Jungler has appeared in the TPL arena before, this is the first time Wei Xiao has picked her. We are very much looking forward to seeing how he performs!”
A few minutes later.
Ri Xi: “It’s clear that both sides are playing very cautiously this game. This is understandable; the Fox God is a marksman after all and needs time to farm in the early game. Fei Yu’s Full Moon Ferocious Wolf is also a late-game focused hero.”
Yue Xia: “Alright, the Full Moon Ferocious Wolf is level three. He’s heading to the bottom lane, preparing for a gank, but FHM seems to have predicted his movement and is starting to retreat.”
Ri Xi: “Wait, the Fox God has gone to the top lane!”
As soon as Ri Xi finished speaking, before the broadcast camera could switch to the top lane, the system notification sounded first:
[System Notification] Fox God has secured First Blood!
[System Notification] The enemy Bloodthirsty Baron has been slain!
Amidst a flurry of gasps, the director cut to a kill replay. The two teams’ top laners were locked in a fierce battle when Wei Xiao’s Fox God suddenly approached from behind. Once close enough, he immediately used his second skill, “Fox Shadow,” to displace himself onto the enemy’s face, followed by his first skill, “Fox Entanglement,” to root the target, and then his third skill, “Fox Devour,” to apply weakness. All three skills hit!
Both the displacement and the weakness apply bonus damage. After using his skills, Wei Xiao coordinated with his top laner’s attack and started auto-attacking, easily securing the kill!
Meanwhile, in the bottom lane, because Lu Qing Yang and Tang Li retreated in time, Fei Yu couldn’t find a good angle for a gank. Despite his frustration, he could only return to the jungle area dejectedly.
In truth, Wei Xiao didn’t know which lane Fei Yu would gank—it could have been the mid lane—but he felt the timing was right, so he gave a warning: “Fei Yu is about to start ganking, everyone be careful.”
His teammates responded immediately. Lu Qing Yang was already cautious when his ultimate was down, so upon hearing the warning, he retreated faster than anyone.
On the other side, Fei Yu had actually guessed that Wei Xiao would attempt a gank, so he warned his top laner.
However, KPI’s top laner, Mi Lu, was fearless: “He’s playing a marksman Jungler this game; he won’t be ganking this fast.”
The words had barely left his mouth when he died.
Fei Yu: “Serves you right!”
Mi Lu: “Damn it! Is that a marksman? What marksman fights face-to-face? That’s an Assassin playstyle, I swear!”
In any case, Wei Xiao secured First Blood and temporarily took the economic lead.
Yue Xia: “KPI was careless! Although the Fox God is a marksman, she is a burst hero, and her early-game damage is not low!”
Ri Xi: “Both Junglers rely heavily on gold. Let’s see if Fei Yu can catch up on this economic gap!”
Fei Yu looked at the gold difference between himself and Wei Xiao and secretly gritted his teeth.
He knew Wei Xiao wanted to challenge his position as the number one Jungler. During the pre-match trash talk, he had responded casually, but deep down, he was extremely nervous. He knew very well that his “number one Jungler” title, unlike Wen Shi Yu’s, wasn’t earned through consistent performance but was hyped up.
The KPI Club had marketed several of his flashy plays in matches to better monetize him.
But even so, he was still the most skilled Jungler after Wen Shi Yu, and he enjoyed everything the title brought him.
Therefore, even if they lost this match, he absolutely refused to lose to Wei Xiao in terms of skill.
He was going to show off, and he was going to show off hard!
Fei Yu shifted his view to the mid lane. The opposing MID, Zhou Miao Miao, was playing the Soul Suppressor, a magic Assassin. Although her damage was high, she was incredibly squishy.
Since FHM’s bottom lane was so hard to gank, he would gank the mid lane!
On FHM’s side, Wei Xiao noticed the health bars of the two mid-laners almost simultaneously and suddenly spoke: “Miao Miao, get ready, I’m coming!”
Zhou Miao Miao: “Hehe, I’ve been waiting for you!”
Wei Xiao: “Let’s grab a double kill!”
Zhou Miao Miao: “Huh?”