Chapter 29: The E-Flash, the Shock Brought by the Truck-Driver Gragas
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Jiang Ming sensed something unusual from Ruofeng’s Twisted Fate movement.
“Is someone coming?”
You could only say that during the S3 era, players who loved straightforward, close-combat fights and would engage without hesitation—whether ordinary players or professionals—were just so sincere and charming.
This was a far cry from the later era, where a single misplaced minion wave, a misplaced ward, or even the jungle monster respawn timers could reveal the jungler’s position to everyone—an age of veteran players with silver badges who could read the map like an open book.
He decided to turn the situation to his advantage.
With a mouse click on the ground, he pretended to move Twisted Fate aggressively, as if trying to initiate with E for a solo kill. Then he shifted closer to the brush on the right riverbank, baiting Twisted Fate into using W to switch to the yellow card and initiate control—or perhaps tempting the blind monk lurking in the shadows to use Sonic Wave first.
“The goddess of luck is smiling!”
“I can smell his stench.”
If Ruofeng and Mingkai truly were here, then from the purple side’s perspective, Twisted Fate presented a perfect opportunity for a preemptive gank.
[Sonic Wave] [Pick Card—Yellow]
Both abilities launched simultaneously toward the blue side’s Twisted Fate. Mid-flight, Jiang Ming instantly pressed W and had his hero drink a sip of 1982 vintage, gaining [Drunken Frenzy] damage reduction. He took the hit and immediately cast Q behind Twisted Fate.
“Don’t worry, Ming! I’m here to back you up!”
Seeing the blind monk positioning himself, the Prince brandished his spear and stepped out. Stone Zhenyu, fearing a delay that might cost their leader his life, flashed EQ without hesitation.
The blind monk and Twisted Fate were knocked up.
“Damn, we got counter-ganked.”
The faces of WE’s jungler duo turned grim. “But it’s okay, the blind monk’s body blocks the front, so Twisted Fate’s E can’t hit me.”
Ruofeng comforted himself with this thought.
Once the knock-up ended, he planned to sprint back under the tower, at worst losing only the blind monk’s flash—flash for flash on the jungle role was acceptable.
However, Jiang Ming’s true target was never the blind monk. A healthy blind monk with flash was too difficult to pin down forcibly.
Watching Twisted Fate instinctively dash at a right angle toward their tower, Jiang Ming made his move—Twisted Fate predicted and cast E diagonally toward the right front.
“???”
Was he giving up flash pursuit of Twisted Fate, instead trying to trap Jiang Ming?
Young Mingkai smiled wickedly—kid, you probably don’t know my nickname.
If you want to trap me, you’re still a few years too early.
Bang!
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A streak of white light flashed across the screen—but it wasn’t the blind monk’s flash.
Relying on his hefty body’s momentum, Gragas suddenly vanished mid-air, only to reappear behind the blind monk the next second.
His belly slammed fiercely into the Bilgewater gambler.
Ruofeng: ???
Stone Zhenyu: ???
Viewers: !!!!!
…
On screen, Twisted Fate’s bulky form traced an impossible, angular trajectory, instantly flashing in from the side minions to face-check Twisted Fate. The E skill hit registered, damage popped out, Twisted Fate’s body blocked the way, and a quick auto-attack followed. Coupled with the Q exploding just as he rolled to the endpoint, Jiang Ming finished with a Ignite and another auto-attack, taking down the card master outright.
First Blood!
The kill announcement sounded.
However, at that moment, besides the players in the match, every outsider’s gaze fixated on Twisted Fate’s recent maneuver.
[!!!]
[What was that!]
[Did Twisted Fate E then flash? Am I seeing things?]
[????? E can be followed by a flash???]
[Cheating! Reporting! That blink moved with a curve? The blind monk just got bypassed.]
[Ruofeng’s expression before being knocked up—I took a screenshot, pupils dilated, hahaha!]
[Is the streamer playing Twisted Fate or a bulldozer???]
[Coach, I want to learn this!!!]
[S1 King says he didn’t see that move, streamer, explain quickly.]
[Everyone, spam ‘Rolling Meatball Chicken’ in chat!!!]
The players’ livestream chat exploded instantly, while many third-party observers screamed in disbelief.
What kind of play was that?
(Clearlove, to JM): “JM, was that a bug? You flashed during Twisted Fate’s E?”
Having anticipated this result when executing the E-flash, Jiang Ming typed a reply and explained in the livestream chat: “It’s not a bug. I call this move an E-flash.”
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“As the name suggests, it’s using flash during a skill with a trajectory, which can extend or alter the skill’s direction. It’s a very practical technique.”
“But since Riot didn’t optimize skill interactions well enough for some champions, flashing mid-skill often interrupts the cast, so to many it looks like a bug.”
At this, Jiang Ming blinked and glanced at the camera. “Dear League of Legends designers, if you’re watching today’s stream, I hope you’ll consider improving skill interactions in future updates.”
“By the way, in my private tests, I found many champions can use skills plus flash, though the success rate isn’t high.”
Wow!
The livestream chat erupted.
What did JM say?
It’s not a bug, but a skill worth practicing?
Twisted Fate E-flash—and other champions can do it too?
Many casual players were thunderstruck. Jiang Ming’s additional remarks startled everyone even more.
Goodness, you’re openly calling on the designers—skill interaction mechanics?
What on earth is that?
Some thought it was cool, some treasured the insight, while others scoffed, thinking the streamer was just seeking attention.
However, many of Jiang Ming’s fans supported him, as over the past six months, his numerous tutorial videos proved he was a genuine expert with deep game understanding.
If it weren’t real, he wouldn’t bother addressing the designers from afar.
At that moment, Jiang Ming’s stream popularity exploded. Online viewers broke previous records, and hashtags like #TwistedFateEFlash and #LoLHighRankPlayerCallsOutDesigners trended on Weibo.
On Baidu Tieba, posts flooded in like waves with titles such as “Rational Discussion: Does E-flash Mean Twisted Fate Will Dominate Mid?” and “Waiting for JM’s Update: Are There Really More Champions That Can Use Skill Plus Flash?”
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Honestly, Jiang Ming hadn’t expected such a reaction.
He had underestimated the impact of demonstrating a playstyle far beyond this era.
It made sense—blind monk was the most popular jungler on the Chinese server, and why else would Tencent dare to sell a skin without any flashy effects for over a thousand yuan? It was because blind monk’s gameplay was so flashy, everyone wanted to show off a roundhouse kick or R-flash, enjoying the crowd’s amazed reaction.
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