A new strategy for climbing the ranks in King of Glory: Five supports pretend to be AFK in the fountain to destroy the crystal and rack up high scores and stars.

The title alone sounds a bit unbelievable. The existence of five support characters is a bug in itself. There is no damage output, no front line, and the lineup is unreasonable. It is obviously giving away points. So why has this "secret" to ranking up been circulating in the community? Let's find out.

The match with no opponent turned out to be a scam.

Urban legends are generally not to be believed too much, but some netizens have actually encountered them and been thoroughly proven wrong, getting tricked in the game. When you're facing five supports, you'll definitely think you've won easily, especially since the opponents haven't even left their high ground. It's even worse than the AI mode, where at least there's AI to fight you. The supports have no defense and are convinced they'll be easy to beat, but they don't dare to act rashly. Instead, they order everyone to pile up on one lane and push straight to the turret. Under normal circumstances, everyone would rather choose to proceed step by step, at most invading the jungle, pushing two or three lanes gradually. Heroes still need to farm, earn money to buy equipment, and only attack the turret after the minion wave has moved forward. Even without any fighting, the game will still take more than 10 minutes.

Treating them like toys and wasting time pushing towers

A ranked match where you were supposed to "give away a star" turned into a scam after the Nexus exploded. While it's true you gained a star, the entire enemy team's results screen lit up, and top-tier lanes saw two stars jump out of the way – leaving everyone stunned. The winner gets one star, the loser gets two. Who could feel a sense of balance? The process was time-consuming and exhausting, only to be used like a bot pushing towers while the enemy remained completely unmoved, never leaving their base. The reward for losing was higher than that of the hardworking summoner. The experience was truly unpleasant. The question is, how does this underhanded tactic work?

The "Meng Tian Chicken Claw Flow" and the "Marksman's Death Flow" strategies are well-known, but where's the logic in the "Five Supports Camping in the Fountain" method? It perfectly treads the gray area of the system. Normally, an unreasonable team composition would automatically disqualify a player, meaning a restart. A reasonable player, seeing a teammate in an emergency unable to continue, would exploit this loophole to grant them freedom. This strategy only applies to marksmen and mages. Supports are categorized as hard supports, soft supports, and even unconventional supports. Tank mages can roam, much like Zhuge Liang jungling—a common tactic already established. This step is crucial.

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