Chapter 30: Roaming
This truth, Zhao Dingguo knew that the heroes of Scourge also understood.
If they could choose, Scourge would mostly not choose Medusa to deal with Lycanthrope. Even if they wanted to choose Medusa, other heroes must be specially matched with her, most likely heroes who were especially good at defense. They would firmly guard the high ground and waiting for Medusa to develop into the peak!
But this Regular Match mode was All Random, and once the result came out, it couldn"t be changed!
Although the heroes of the Scourge did not seem to be specialized in defense, they already have Medusa as the carry, so they could only drag the battle as much as possible, the slower the whole battle, the better!
Therefore, which side could grasp the rhythm as needed would become the most crucial point to win this battle.
Zhao Dingguo only touched DOTA for a few months. Although he had some faint understanding of the rhythm, the specifics are really not up to date. But that didn"t matter. The situation was actually very simple – quick fight quick win!
“Quickly! If you have the chance, roaming more and open the situation quickly!”
Lycanthrope summoned 2 Spirit Wolves while talking about his tactical intentions in the channel.
With this in mind, Zhao Dingguo and Clinkz began to match the two heroes of the Scourge.
Both sides had a range and a melee, it seemed that they were evenly matched. However, Clinkz had a skill called Searing Arrows which could add good fire damage without the need for equipment. Therefore, he should be able to suppress Medusa. Not getting enough money for good equipment, then this late hero was useless!
At the first few waves, the situation on the lane was slightly dull.
Although Zhao Dingguo"s Orge Magi has a stun skill, at level 1, Fireblast"s effect was actually very limited and not enough to kill a hero. Therefore, both of them choose to farm as much as possible. When the opponent moves wrongly, they would hara.s.s a few times, which made the other party lost HP.
The plan of the Scourges was similar.
Magnus has only one stun skill – his ultimate skill, which couldn"t be learned before level 6. In the early stage, he mainly relied on Shockwave to deal damage. Even if he cooperated with Medusa, he could not kill anyone.
Therefore, for a while, there was no kill on the lane.
The situation on the bot lane was roughly the same.
Lycanthrope mainly farming in the jungle, and from time to time he frequently came to the lane for EXP. Warlock was almost a solo player, but he himself had a healing skill, plus enough supplies, so even if there were two enemies on the lane, there was not much pressure for the time being.
In contrast, Lich in the middle lane was quite aggressive to Viper of the opposite side.
In a short time, two battles have erupted!
As a typical Intelligence mage, Lich mainly relied on Frost Nova to hara.s.s the other side. The damage was good and it also had a slow effect. For Viper, he relied on Poison Attack. When Lich reached level 3, he almost killed Viper, but eventually let him escape.
After consumed a Healing Salve, Viper quickly rejoined the battle!
First Blood has never appeared!
“It seems to be waiting for me reaching level 6!”
Lich sighed in the chat channel, and he expressed regret that he had not finished the killing.
However, Zhao Dingguo took the First Blood that the Lich had scheduled in his heart in advance.
When both Zhao Dingguo"s Orge Magi and Clinkz reached level 3, he found an opportunity. There was only one ghoul left, and there was still a distance between the two waves of ghoul soldiers. At the same time, the treant soldiers had only one remaining too, but a new wave of treant soldiers arrived.
Judging from the position of the line of soldiers, the follow-up treant soldiers should be able to reach the lane three or four seconds sooner than the ghouls.
Medusa, who was slightly behind, didn"t realize the danger.
She rushed to kill the creep and earned forty gold coins, so she withdrew a little late. Although the gold coin was in hand, the ghoul in front of her was also killed. A new wave of tree-man soldiers just rushed over and began to attack Medusa.
If there was no external factor, then Medusa"s move caused no problem. She only needed to step back a few steps, waiting for her new wave of ghouls to come. Although it"s inevitable that she would lose some HP, it had nothing to do with the overall situation. However, Zhao Dingguo took the timing just right, and when she turned around and left, he threw out a Fireblast!
In level 3, he learned the level 2 Fireblast and the level 1 Ignite.
The level 2 Fireblast"s damage was 145 points. Deducting by the hero"s spell resistance, the HP loss was actually not much. However, the next 1.5 seconds of Stun was very important. A wave of tree-man soldiers chasing her behind quickly swept up and began to attack. Clinkz also took the opportunity to active Strafe, his ordinary attack was mixed with Searing Arrows. With the attack of the treant soldiers, the HP of Medusa was quickly destroyed by 60%!
At this time, the ghoul soldiers of the Scourges rushed in, and Magnus who ran back in advance gave a Shockwave from far away, which was both a deterrent and a relief.
Because Zhao Dingguo"s Fireblast was still in cooldown, it"s hard to kill Medusa.
However, what surprised Zhao Dingguo was that Medusa looked at her HP and felt that it was a waste to use Healing Salve directly. She just ate a tree with Ancient Tango of Essifation, ready to slowly recover the HP value.
This undoubtedly gave Sentinel a chance!
Ten seconds later, Zhao Dingguo and Clinkz, whose skills have been completely cool down, began to attack!
By the restoration, the HP of Medusa has been raised by more than half. However, under the Fireblast of Zhao Dingguo and Searing Arrows of Clinkz, her HP value dropped rapidly again. After the stun time pa.s.sed, the HP of Medusa was only 20% left!
Medusa, who felt bad, began to turn around and escape.
Of course, Zhao Dingguo would not let her get what she wants, threw Ignite level 1 in time. Although the DoT damage was not high, the deceleration effect was not obvious, but it gave Clinkz a chance. Clinkz who had learned Wind Walk immediately caught up in stealth and successfully killed Medusa when she just escaped into the tower range!
First Blood!
The red letters on the screen appear so that all the BG users of Sentinel felt refreshed. However, Clinkz himself was a little lost in the excitement, while Zhao Dingguo was surprised. Originally, he clearly saw the last arrow of Clinkz going out, and Medusa fell to the ground. But in the end, this First Blood reward actually belongs to him!
Zhao Dingguo, who had more than four hundred gold coins in the air, was suddenly rich.
After carefully thinking about it, Zhao Dingguo discovered that it was his Ignite skill that took Medusa"s last HP. The ordinary attack of Clinkz was only a little short of damage, but it made him lost the reward!
“Good luck!”
The BG user who manipulated Clinkz snorted across the computer and was somewhat envious.
Zhao Dingguo also felt lucky, so he smiled casually and then bought Boots of Speed at the roadside field store. Next, he must save 1000G more and then buy Energy Booster to synthesize Arcane Boots. But before that, Zhao Dingguo decided that he would take the chance when Medusa had not come back to life to roam to the middle lane.
If Lycanthrope didn"t say it beforehand, maybe he still couldn"t think of it. With the reminder, it is not surprising that he thought of this.
Considering that his MP was not enough to use two skills, Zhao Dingguo uses a Clarity Potion while walking from the river. When the effect of the potion was finished, he also reached the middle lane, hiding in the fog of war far away. Once Viper was too far forward, he would rush from the darkness and cover him from behind!
However, the BG user who manipulated Viper was not a fool, so his action was still cautious. Zhao Dingguo waited for a little while and found no chance.
This would undoubtedly make Zhao Dingguo somewhat anxious!
The two heroes on the top lane of Scourge were not rookies who don"t understand anything. Once they found that he had not appeared on the road for a long time, they would definitely remind other roads to be careful. At that time, it"s difficult to ambush Viper!