From the perspective of team composition, the enemy team undoubtedly has stronger poke abilities.

Nidalee and Xerath both possess powerful long-range poke, and Sona’s healing can provide sufficient sustain for her teammates, whether in early lane phase or mid-game teamfights.

On top of that, there’s Riven as a burst threat.

You could say, as long as their mid-jungle poke lands in the mid-game, Riven can flash in and unleash explosive damage to finish off a teamfight!

Looking at William Thompson's side.

Their lineup isn’t bad either—Elise is a strong presence in the jungle and can handle the enemy Nidalee well.

LeBlanc can find opportunities in lane, and while Ezreal in the bot lane is a bit passive, this champion is hard to completely shut down.

That being said, when they saw the enemy top and jungle IDs on the loading screen, the chat in William Thompson’s stream instantly exploded!

“Holy crap! The enemy top is Theshine!”

“Theshine? Light guy? Isn’t that AG’s top laner?”

“Didn’t you notice the enemy jungle Nidalee’s ID?”

“Rocky? Isn’t that AG’s mid laner?”

“I just checked Rocky’s stream—he’s duo-queuing with Theshine and they’ve already won two games this afternoon. This game, Rocky got autofilled to jungle.”

“I’m dying, Brother William really has no luck today.”

“Shine's Dad’s Riven, and it’s a top-jungle duo queue...”

“Tsk tsk, I think Brother William is really going to lose it this game.”

“......”

Theshine and Rocky are both Korean, currently playing for LPL’s AG team.

In the recently concluded S6 World Championship, two of the three LPL teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Only AG, thanks to the outstanding performances of their two Korean imports, Theshine and Rocky, made it to the semifinals.

Before going pro, Theshine was already famous as the “world’s number one Riven,” known for his highly aggressive champion pool. He was a legendary solo queue player in the Korean server, and after joining AG as a starter, he quickly rose to stardom!

In the S6 group stage, Theshine’s Riven and Fiora dominated countless top laners.

Although AG didn’t win a trophy this time, their excellent group stage performance made them the only LPL team in S6 to avoid much criticism—instead, they received a lot of praise.

Theshine, with his stellar top lane play, was hailed as the “Light of Top Lane” in the LPL, and affectionately called “Light Guy,” “A Guang,” and “Shine's Dad” by many fans...

Seeing the chat, William Thompson finally noticed the enemy top laner’s ID.

He raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

Interesting!

After joining BMG, William Thompson only played two or three regular season games, so he never got to face this legendary LPL top laner.

As for S6, forget about it.

Played one game, lost a lifetime.

Now, in his very first game on the Chinese super server, he’s up against Theshine. William Thompson thought to himself—having climbed all the way from LSPL, he’s never been afraid of any top laner in lane, and suddenly felt a strong urge to “give it his all.”

......

Loading finished, the game begins.

Purple side’s five—William Thompson and his team—buy their items and leave the fountain, starting their invade from the top jungle.

Gone Crazy: Brother Shine, is that you? Want to add as a friend after this?

Rocky (blue side): Add if we win.

Hit His Egg (blue side): Damn, do pros add each other on Py too?

Greenridge Bridge: Brother Rocky, don’t come bot, I’m your fan.

Sophie Loves Me: Guys, go easy, it hurts!

As they’re chatting, Press F to Enter Tank suddenly types: Enemy top, be careful—do you know who our top laner is?

As soon as he said that, the whole chat went silent.

William Thompson’s eye twitched—he really wanted to Q this idiot duo partner of his to death.

Galloping Arrow (blue side): Moonlit Little Sword Immortal, who is this person?

Hit His Egg (blue side): No idea. Hey, enemy bro, give us a hint?

Other than Theshine, who didn’t speak because he doesn’t know Chinese, the enemy support was also using an English ID and seemed to be a Westerner—he didn’t say a word the whole time.

Press F to Enter Tank: Hehe, not telling you, let you stew!

Hit His Egg (blue side): ......

Galloping Arrow (blue side): ......

While the chat in the bottom left was lively, both teams grouped up and traded vision in each other’s jungle.

Soon, they both retreated.

At 1:55, buffs spawned.

Both junglers started at their bot side.

But when the minion wave arrived top, William Thompson didn’t go to lane immediately. Instead, he waited under tower for a bit before showing up.

“Brother William with the details!”

“Tsk tsk, playing mind games—making the enemy think their jungle is starting red and will gank top at level 2.”

“I have a feeling, Brother William is about to make a move.”

Facing a melee champion like Riven, William Thompson’s Yasuo definitely took Q—Steel Tempest—at level one.

The enemy Theshine was also playing with finesse.

After seeing William Thompson use Q, and without having leveled a skill yet, he immediately put a point into Q and used the first cast of Broken Wings to dash past the minion wave, heading straight for William Thompson’s face.

William Thompson knew the enemy had Ignite and wanted to chunk him down for a pre-six kill.

But he wasn’t about to give him that chance—after using Q, he quickly retreated to create distance.