Chapter 3: Bloodbath at Hanbok; Faker: Interested in Going Pro?

On the screen, Chen Yan looked completely innocent, as if he weren’t the one who had just caused Faker’s death. The stream chat didn’t flame him this time; instead, everyone started typing "familiar."

"I told you Yan-dog can't play Anivia."
"Level one W? Tsk tsk tsk, how are you supposed to lane like that?"
"Faker isn't clean either; how could he dare to stand in that spot alone?"

The viewers still assumed Chen Yan had simply made a mistake. As for Faker, he wasn't tilted yet, but his teammate Bang, sitting nearby, was already fuming.

"Aish, this mid-laner’s skill usage is terrible."

Faker was also puzzled. In the previous game, Chen Yan’s Cassiopeia had put immense pressure on him, yet in this game, his Anivia’s skill execution was... Could it be that he had misjudged him?

"Let’s see more."
"If it doesn't work out, I’ll solo queue next game."

With that, Faker glanced at the Anivia currently laning in the middle. Learning W at level one was going to make the laning phase tough.

After sabotaging Faker, Chen Yan didn't cause any more trouble. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to lose the game. On the surface, Faker dying at level one and burning his Flash didn't actually have a huge impact. Their team had lane priority in the top and bottom lanes, making it easy to protect Poppy’s growth in the jungle.

While contemplating, Chen Yan used precise, predictive movement to dodge the Lissandra’s Q while closing the distance.

AA.

While the Lissandra was stunned, she took two of the Anivia’s basic attacks, while she only managed one in return. An ice wall blocked the Lissandra’s path, and another basic attack landed. After triggering Thunderlord’s Decree, Chen Yan quickly retreated to keep the Lissandra from retaliating.

"Is this Lissandra even human?"
"She got kited to death."
"What's wrong with the Lissandra? Why did she lose so much health?"

The majority of the viewers were Bronze or Silver and couldn't quite grasp what they were seeing. How could an Anivia that learned W at level one be stronger than a Lissandra? And to lose nearly a third of her health bar was absurd.

Chen Yan explained, "Do you know what operation means? Do you know what kiting is?"
"Your brother Yan’s mechanics and kiting are top-tier!"

"Lissandra’s attack range is 550, Anivia’s is 600. I have 50 more range than her, and by using the ice wall to block her path, there is no way she can get her Thunderlord’s proc off."
"Also, the minions—I manipulated the attack interval of the enemy ranged minions so they couldn't switch targets to attack me."

Chen Yan explained while playing, completely at ease. This left the viewers in the chat stunned. You could play like that? They had heard of spacing for attack range, but manipulating minion attack intervals to prevent them from attacking was a technique many professional players hadn't even mastered, let alone the average viewer.

Seeing the chat filled with "666," Chen Yan was smug. "Basic stuff, don't be surprised. Type 'pro' in the chat, and if you haven't followed yet, hit that follow button and subscribe. Brother Yan only teaches you the real deal."

Unable to stand his arrogance, the chat began calling him a dog again. Chen Yan interacted with them without letting it affect his laning. The enemy Lissandra was being suppressed at level one, and the pressure grew. When Anivia reached level three, she cast her ice wall and Q at the same time, blocking the Lissandra from two different angles.

"If she doesn't flash, she's definitely getting hit by this Q."
"I used the wall to block her, then aimed the Q to predict her movement. Unless she predicted my prediction, she can't dodge that just by walking."
"Give me your Flash!"

At Chen Yan’s shout, the Lissandra indeed burned her Flash to avoid the skill.

"Don't worry, she has no Flash. Let's wait for our cooldowns."
"She’s definitely going to turtle up, so it's hard to kill her alone."
"But that's okay, we have a brother."

Chen Yan pinged the middle lane, then clicked twice in the enemy jungle. The chat didn't understand, but Faker did.

"Flanking between the enemy's tier-two and tier-one towers to dive the Lissandra?"

Faker’s eyes glinted. He looked at the Lissandra’s status and the cooldown timer for her Flash on the screen, feeling a bit surprised. Bang couldn't help but say, "This mid-laner has potential. Learning W at level one and suppressing a Lissandra like that, plus taking her Flash."

Faker agreed. This mid-laner’s laning was absurd. If his three solo kills in the previous game were due to carelessness, the current laning situation proved that this random mid-laner’s skill was not to be underestimated. He hadn't been wrong.

Faker steered his Poppy toward the enemy jungle. Seeing this, Chen Yan nodded inwardly. Faker truly lived up to his name; the support seemed simple, but a closer look revealed Poppy was timing her arrival perfectly with Anivia’s lane pushing.

As Anivia pushed the wave under the Lissandra’s tower, Poppy was already in position to gank. Chen Yan moved the Anivia forward, actively drawing tower aggro, then used an ice wall to block the Lissandra.

The Lissandra tried to use her E to escape, but Poppy appeared from behind, interrupting the ability while slamming her into the phoenix's wall, stunning her. Anivia’s W plus Poppy’s E was a very brainless combo.

"It's over!"

The Lissandra player’s expression changed. As his hero was stunned again by the Anivia’s Q, he took the E-attack, triggered Thunderlord’s, and was finished off with an Ignite.

"Is your brother Yan good or what? Guys, type '6' in the chat."
"A little Lissandra, easy to handle."

Chen Yan looked at the quest progress—2/3—and smiled. The phoenix wall had blocked Poppy’s escape path. Since Anivia had only taken one tower shot, by the time the Lissandra died, Poppy was also low on health from the tower damage and was eventually finished off by the enemy Kha'Zix, who had arrived too late.

Faker’s screen turned black and white. Bang frowned, "The placement of the phoenix wall was problematic, and the tower tanking..."

As a top professional, even as an AD player, Bang noticed the discrepancy. Faker was thoughtful, a strange idea forming in his mind.

From then on, Faker primarily focused on ganking the middle lane. The Anivia remained dominant in lane, and after level six, the Lissandra’s health was always kept low. Through the combo of Anivia and Poppy, the Lissandra was defenseless and caught repeatedly. Yet, exactly like before, the Anivia’s wall placement was "mistaken" again.

"Does this Anivia even know how to place a W?!" Bang complained.

Faker’s expression remained unchanged, his eyes constantly tracking the Anivia’s W usage. He finally reached a conclusion that left him both crying and laughing: this Anivia was doing it on purpose to mess with him.

However, once Chen Yan completed his task, he started playing normally, and Faker couldn't find any concrete proof. With Chen Yan playing seriously, combined with Faker the "Demon King," their mid-jungle duo made the opponents feel the cruelty of the game. With the top and bottom lanes also suffering, the opponents surrendered as soon as the timer allowed.

After the game, Faker didn't leave and continued to duo with Chen Yan. One win, two wins, three, four... They played seven games in total, winning every single one! Some players even dodged the queue the moment they saw their IDs.

Seeing that they couldn't find another match, they stopped playing. Before parting ways, Faker suddenly sent a message in Korean, "Are you interested in going pro?"

The stream exploded!