LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

This is undoubtedly a happy spring for Knight. As the absolute core of YMA, he led the team to leave the secondary league with an impressive record of 32 wins and 1 loss.

But he also knew that his fate with YM was coming to an end.

Riot Games has not allowed the same club to have two top league teams since Season 4. At that time, in addition to the generous salary packages when the Samsung Ten players came to China, this policy also played a role in fueling the flames.

YMA must change their name after entering the LPL. If Knight wants to stay in the YM first team, he can only serve as Lin Ran's substitute.

However, Lin Ran's competitive form is too stable, and his physical fitness is much better than that of AD AD in the big-headed cup. If his left hand is used as a substitute, he has almost no chance to replace him.

Knight will naturally not be satisfied after winning FMVP, so leaving is inevitable.

YMA easily won the championship in three rounds. It was already 9pm when I left the venue after the interview.

Lin Ran and the young people from the second team went to Haidilao for a meal. Garlic Bastard and Liu Qingsong were too lazy to order takeout, so they came over from the base to have a meal.

"Brother Ran, look at this!" Xiaotian glanced at the phone and shouted excitedly as if he had discovered a new world.

Lin Ran took the phone and took a look.

It was an official Weibo message from LPL.

[Out of consideration for the regularization of the competition, we will add two awards for the best lineup of the regular season and MVP starting from this year to express praise for the outstanding performance of the players]

(Tip: Some readers asked why they didn’t write regular season MVP before. It’s not that they didn’t write it, it was because LPL didn’t have such a thing at that time... The regular season MVP award was established for the first time in the 2017 Spring Split, and the winner was QG.Doinb)

[After voting by the expert panel and public review representatives, the results of the LPL Spring Regular Season Honors Selection are now officially released]

[Regular season first lineup top laner: IG.TheShy, jungler: YM.Tian, ​​mid laner YM.Ran, ADC: RNG.Uzi, assist: RNG.Ming]

The midfielder was taken over by YM, the first lineup in the bottom lane was captured by RNG, and the top unit was newcomer TheShy.

ADC's first lineup was taken away by Uzi, and Lin Ran felt it was very normal.

Jack did not play many games this spring due to stomach problems, and the strength of AD is closely related to the strength of the support. This year, he partnered with two new assistants, Prophet/Liu Qingsong, and the matchup was not outstanding.

But Lin Ran, his superior, was a little surprised. He originally thought he would be awarded Jin Gong.

After taking a closer look at TheShy's data, he knew why.

The average output is 555, ranking first in the same position, 50 points higher than the second-placed Loong; the damage ratio is 27.8%, still ranking first in the same position; TheShy also has 23 solo kills.

Lin Ran felt outrageous when he looked at this data chart. As mentioned before, Lin Weixiang's average output was only 550 points. The damage data of TheShy was much higher than that of ordinary ADCs.

However, TheShy's high output and frequent line pressure gave him unlimited targets. In addition, he was always willing to catch and die. He died a total of 134 times throughout the season.

In this data, he ranks first in the top lane and second in all positions - only behind LGD assistant Ayato Hirano.

The jury still gave TheShy the top lane spot.

Because Jin Gong's statistics are not that flashy, he ranks in the top five in terms of average output per point and damage ratio, and ranks in the top three in terms of average injury sustained per point.

However, selecting the best lineup based solely on data performance is not fair to blue-collar top laners like Jin Gong and 957.

Their role on the field goes far beyond what is shown in the data. Many times they make strategic sacrifices for the team.

For example, if the jungler pushes down the first-health tower and gives up help on the road in order to control the dragon, then these blue-collar top laners can only huddle under the tower and inevitably miss shots. How can this sacrifice be reflected through data?

Lin Ran continued to look down, and the second lineup finally included Jin Gong and Jack.

However, neither of YM's two supports were rated as the best lineup. The newcomers and their performance were relatively average, which is normal.

Lin Ran crossed the best lineup picture, and then saw a photo of himself in makeup. In the photo, he was holding a playing card in front of his chest and looking ahead with a smile.

2017LPL Spring Regular Season MVP——YM.Ran!

This result was expected by Lin Ran.

The only ones who can compete with him are Uzi and Kandi, but in terms of record and data, Lin Ran can't lose to them.

It would be unjustifiable not to award this award to him.

Knight took out his mobile phone with half of the screen broken, opened the Weibo interface, and saw this message.

"Wow..." He couldn't help but whisper.

Below Lin Ran's makeup photo is a series of extremely exaggerated data.

A KDA of 7.7, an average of 2800 points of economic lead per game, an average of 43.9 kills per game, an average of 2.2 successful raids per game, and an average economic difference of 777 in 15 minutes per game...

Knight has just debuted for half a year, and what he likes to do most is to check out his statistics after playing games.

He compared Lin Ran's data with his own, and the inflated thoughts in his heart shrank directly.

Lin Ran plays in the LPL league. Compared with his secondary league data, he doesn't have much advantage. What's the point of inflating it?

…

The second-tier league is over and the promotion and relegation games have just begun.

VG fought Snake for 4 games and lost in the end. The original SKT midfielder and champion skin owners Benji and Hou Ye were one step away from the secondary league.

If they lose the BO5 against LSPL third place DAN again, they will really make history. The midfielder and jungler of the S championship will lose the secondary league. Before the stupid chicken came, who could have thought that VG would be reduced to what it is today?

LGD simply defeated NB 3:0, sending the remaining Rainbow QG quartet back to their hometown in the secondary league.

Everyone can see that this old team is not at the level of promotion and relegation. If they had not determined the full lineup too late, they would have been able to compete for the top three seats in Group B.

Unfortunately, the second-tier league runner-up Suning will face such an old team.

Manager Suning put on a stern face while listening to the team meeting, and the villain in his heart was roaring crazily.

In order to be fair and reasonable, the original promotion and relegation competition system allowed the runner-up team of the LSPL to face the winners of the two bottom teams of the LPL; the third-place team of the LSPL faced the losers of the fifth-place teams of the two LPL teams.

Normally, the bottom team is weaker and must play better.

But who knew that as runners-up, they would face Lao Gandaddy? Who doesn’t want to play against a bad team like VG?

The team manager suddenly felt that his future was bleak. Suning, the financial backer behind him, invested in this secondary league team and wanted a spot to be promoted to the LPL.

Originally, their lineup was definitely considered luxurious in the secondary league. As a manager, he offered his players one of the highest salaries among players of the same level.

Who would have thought that YMA would suddenly find a golden left hand and forget about losing the finals, but would have to face the entire LGD in the end!

Is there any justice? The runner-up Suning wants to fight the strongest, but the third runner-up DAN can pick the weak ones?

How can I communicate with the parent company if I lose my promotion quota?

Manager Suning was disheartened.

Without any surprises, Suning was swept out by Lao Gan Daddy 0:3 and returned to the secondary league to hone their skills.

DAN, the third runner-up in the second division league, was overjoyed. They originally had no hope of advancing, but they never expected that they could play VG!

DAN is also an old acquaintance of Lin Ran. He faced this team at the beginning of his career.

That's right, it's 2144D.

They have now changed their name to DAN.

Ggoong, the second Korean brother who is deeply loved by domestic audiences, is still in the team at this time.

When he saw that his opponents in the relegation match were Hou Ye and Benji, he immediately became excited, and his limbs were trembling with excitement.

I didn’t expect it! I didn’t expect it! You easyhoon and stupid chicken also have today!

Ggoong was defeated by OMG in the S4 Global Finals that year, and then was beaten into a muggle by Lin Ran in his debut in the opening game of last year's spring split.

He is really not good at beating the Chinese, but at this time he is facing SKT's champion midfielder!

My family from a distant homeland!

Ggoong has no worries about "Koreans don't fight Koreans". Wo Li Heng is a classic move.

In his excitement, he struck VG without any hesitation and hit him with autism.

3:1!

VG failed to relegation!

The five members of the DAN team hugged each other tightly and let out inspiring shouts.

The stupid chicken listened to the cheers erupting from his opponents and looked up at the ceiling of the venue, where the spotlight flickered and focused on the five DAN players.

Since he left SKT, how long has it been since he enjoyed such cheers and spotlight?

This was obviously the path he chose, but when it came to being demoted, Benji was still melancholy and unwilling to accept it.

Suddenly there were several whimpers beside him.

Stupid chicken suddenly remembered Faker's sobs after the S6 finals, and subconsciously turned his head.

It’s top laner Loong.

Loongs from heroes such as Shen and Poppy are often used in the competition field. They give people the feeling of being as stable as a mountain. They often remain calm when facing strong enemies, which is a strong support point for the team.

But at this moment, he lost the game and was about to be relegated. He finally couldn't control himself and burst out all the negative emotions in his heart.

He first came into contact with the professional league in S2. From barber to professional player, Loong has been chasing this road for 5 years.

He previously experienced a promotion and relegation match in the UP team, and then came to VG to serve as the upper unit.

At this time, Loong had reached the peak of his personal ability. Partnering with the former SKT champion midfielder, he thought it would be an amazing journey.

Even if you can't make it to the World Championship, it's still okay to play in the playoffs, right?

But he didn't expect the reality to be so cruel. At the age of 22, he was about to become an older LSPL top laner.

Loong was disappointed and frustrated. He felt that he had stumbled and spent 5 years just standing still without any improvement in his performance.

In competitive sports, people like him should be called losers, or losers.

(loong performed very well in the 2017 Spring Split, but still could not escape the fate of relegation and wasted his last peak period in the secondary league. See the picture for the data)

…

After VG and NB had no choice but to bid farewell to the LPL stage, the playoffs slowly began.

In the first round, IM will play against IG and QG will play against EDG.

IG's top mid laner almost penetrated IM. Now TheShy showed his sharpness, and the opponent's top laner AJ was almost beaten silly.

He looked at Master Rambo who was sitting on his face, grilling, and recalled the unparalleled Ma Run in S5. That was a pain that could never be erased from AJ's heart.

Three to one, IG advanced to the top six of the spring split.

EDG on the other side swept QG three to zero.

The above performance was broken in the six-to-four game.

IG and OMG fought fiercely for five rounds, and in the decisive round Broiler Clockwork stood up. [Command: Shock Wave] in the shadow of the Dragon Pit pulled the three OMG players, and the sudden burst of damage directly ended the game!

OMG's ADC Sima Laothief failed to take this step in the end.

Like VG's Loong, Sima Laothi is also a loser. He has never made it to the LPL semi-finals so far. The nickname hanging on his head is "Facial Paralysis AD" and "Emperor of the Relegation Tournament".

No matter how strong the emperor is, he is still in a relegation match.

On the other side is EDG versus WE.

A very interesting game.

The grudges between the two teams will start from the game of 'let's leave tonight'.

WE fan 60E and Piggy have a sworn hatred.

In the past few years, WE's performance was not good, and fans did not dare to jump too much.

But no one expected that last year's S6 Guijiaoqi kicked both sides into a two-level reversal.

With the strong rise of the Red Legion WE2.0 this spring, 60E finally dared to speak loudly. Before the game started, public opinion on the Internet was already brewing.

[EDG, it’s all over if you see if I, E Bao, fuck you or not! 】

[Oh, WE fans can dance too? Are you exhausted after holding it in for two years? 】

[That’s not true. We had already started a team when the top 8 of you Guodian were beaten into stupid dogs by the Tigers! After all, Mingkai is useless. When my teammates are 4, I will be 3. 9 is so 6! 】

[Hehe, we are better than the top 8 in the World Championship in our lifetime than WE, a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps that can't even enter the World Championship. 】

EDG's national title comes from the IEM competition in February this year. At that time, EDG temporarily withdrew from the competition, claiming that there was a problem with the Polish visa, and angry fans broke into the Polish embassy.

The Polish official who was criticized came forward and stated that EDG could not apply for a visa because it did not submit sufficient materials. The Shanghai official also came forward and said that the relevant materials could be processed in 5-7 days, which was in time.

After comparing the arguments from both sides, netizens discovered that EDG did not want to go to Poland to participate in the competition, and once again countered the EDG official blog.

Ed Zhu, the boss of EDG, angrily posted on Weibo, "Do the trolls want to destroy Chinese e-sports?"

Such funny remarks have become an eternal classic in the history of LOL e-sports, and Guodian has also become EDG's new title after their blitz against Poland.

Tengjing did not expect that the momentum generated by this six-to-four knockout match would directly hit the hot searches on Weibo. Naturally, Bai Qia’s popularity could not be wasted. Tengjing quickly paid for the hot searches, raising the popularity of the game to a higher level. .

Although the factory director played in the last four rounds of the regular season to help the team win 3 games, he still did not get a chance to play in this BO5.

The gap in team strength is too big, and EDG's problem cannot be solved by AD...jungle.

Even if the factory director comes on the field to deal with command issues, the personal abilities and teamwork abilities of the top laner and ADC are far from WE.

Just don't go on.

Although EDG was swept out by WE 0:3, EDG fans, who are known as starchy, made a fuss about the factory director not playing.

For a time, comments such as "If the factory director doesn't make it, he doesn't count as a loser" were rampant.

Facts have proved that Ah Q’s spiritual victory method works everywhere.

As long as you feel like you haven't lost, you haven't lost.

After this focus showdown, the places for the semi-finals of this year's spring split were officially determined, with RNG playing against WE and YM playing against IG.

Lin Ran and others took some time in the base to watch the semi-final between RNG and WE.

In the first game, WE controlled the Baron in the middle with a crushing force. In the disadvantaged game, RNG had no resistance against an operation team like WE, and was bulldozed by WE.

In the second game, RNG played Qinggang Shadow for letme, while 957 chose to use Shen as the counter.

RNG took advantage of Uzi's strength to gain a big advantage in the mid-term. Xiaohu's Ekko also got a lot of kills, and the opponent's economy was nearly 2,000 ahead of Xiye.

Lin Ran originally thought that RNG would successfully win this round.

But he didn't expect that RNG's wave of irrational tower jumping directly destroyed all advantages!

Letme single-handedly pushed the line of troops to the 957 tower.

Then Xiaohu's Ekko used the line of sight to cover his way forward, trying to cooperate with letme to kill 957 Shen in the WE bottom lane.

"Do the top two of RNG really want to jump over the tower to kill? Isn't the damage not enough?" Miller looked at the movements of RNG's top and he was unavoidably worried.

As the commentator said, RNG underestimated the frankness of Shen 957, and Xiaohu Ekko's E [Phase Dive] error hit the tower. In the end, 957 just counter-killed Qinggang Ying in a 1V2 under the tower!

Xiaohu was also taken away by the WE people who came over! The situation reversed instantly!

(Famous scene, taken from the second game of the 2017lpl spring finals)

"This Ike's damage is too low!" Liu Qingsong in the base shouted, "RNG dares to jump over the tower?"

"What kind of equipment does Xiaohu have?" Lin Ran spread his hands, "How can he play the game like this with such a huge advantage?"

Xiaohu's habitual and steady appearance since last year finally exposed its shortcomings.

Push stick + Zhongya + Yaoguang, Xiaohu had a big advantage of 4/0/1 in 25 minutes, and Ekko came out with this equipment.

If the second item he fills is Lich's Bane instead of Zhonya's Hourglass, and the E [Phase Dive] is not empty, 957's Shen will undoubtedly die.

"Isn't this too stable?" Xiaotian couldn't help but feel weird, "On the opposite side, the midfielder Karma + Lulu, Xiaohu also wants to play Zhonya? If they don't give Uzi the damage, is it possible that he, Ekko, will be beaten? ?”

Lin Ran also felt that it was outrageous. Xiaohu had a problem with his thinking now.

This kind of 4/0 Tian Huaike is not impossible to supplement Zhongya as the second piece, and Lin Rantian Hu Luxian has also supplemented the blue shield.

But it depends on the lineup.

Lin Ran used the blue shield at that time because his teammates had no shortage of output. He could win if he went up and used the black cut armor-breaking effect.

What about RNG’s round?

Xiao Ming chose Bron, and Spicy Hot Pot took Cuishen.

Nosuke has almost no output at all, and Letme is still an average-developed Qinggangying. With Xiaohu’s huge advantage, can the second one produce Zhongya?

Lin Ran didn't even know what to say.

After losing the second game, Uzi looked really disgusted.

In the last game, RNG, whose mentality was almost broken, still gained an advantage in the early stage, but was once again held back by WE in the late stage and managed to make a comeback.

Before the game, Lin Ran felt that WE would win this game, but he did not expect that the score would be such a disparity.

"3:0! Two BO5s, two 3:0s!" Miller shouted on the commentary table, "WE have proven their strength and locked a spot in the finals in advance!"

"WE's dominance this spring is evident. Even RNG couldn't win a victory from them!"

Uzi collapsed on the chair in despair.

Before the game, he thought he was likely to win the Silver Dragon Cup this year, but he didn't expect that WE only used a BO5 to make him realize the reality.

Uzi sighed heavily, rubbed his tired and sore palms, and turned around to leave the stage.

Without a championship in 5 years, the strange curse still lingers on Uzi.

Although he, Loong, and Sima Laothi have different achievements, their moods are exactly the same.

In competitive sports, there is only one winner. Some people achieve their dreams on the field, while others leave the field frustrated and regretful.

They are all melancholy guests, not the frustrated ones.

…

After watching this semi-final, Bai Yueya's face became solemn.

"WE is more difficult than we thought," he looked at his team members, "Their operational strength is still improving."

"And their rhythm in the early and mid-term is not too far behind. The time point to stop loss is between 20 minutes and 25 minutes." Lin Ran took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"It's still a version problem," Su Cheng continued to spin the pen, "We only need to hold on until Mystic's Big Mouth, Ice, and Verus can make the Destruction Hurricane, and then we can try to take over the team head-on."

"This is equivalent to letting their team battle lineup, which can only be used with a three-piece set, come out early."

The reason is the same as what RNG Uzi thought before.

It's just that Uzi needs to formulate equipment and plan to start a team in the mid-term, and control the baron to end the game.

WE, on the other hand, needs the ADC to formulate its equipment, use the team battle lineup to continue to push back, wait until the advantage is large enough, or use vision management to find the enemy's breakthrough point and then start a team to win the game.

Bai Yueya nodded, "If we want to win against WE, it is unrealistic to delay the game in the later stages. Winning in the early stages is the safest way."

"So everyone has to make the economy roll bigger in the early stage. Otherwise, when WE's lineup is formed and exerts its strength, we may be overturned by them like RNG."

White Crescent said there was nothing wrong with it.

RNG was overturned in the last two games, firstly because some players made mistakes in the mid-term, and secondly, because the advantage gained in the early stage was not big enough, and they could often be sent back in one wave.

WE then used mid-to-late line switching operations and single-band pull to control neutral resources to win the game.

"But don't worry, we still have an advantage in personal strength, and WE is still relatively passive in the early stage." Su Cheng comforted from the side.

Lin Ran and others also know that Kandi is currently trying to drive the team's early rhythm, but the results are not obvious.

Because WE is accustomed to using lineups that are strong in the middle and late stages, they do not have a combat advantage in the early stage.

The team members' laning strength has not yet reached the level where they can use inferior heroes to keep up with the laning. It is difficult for the jungler to make a breakthrough without gaining an advantage over the online heroes.

After seeing WE's strength, YM invested in intense targeted training.

White Crescent Moon has been studying WE for a long time, treating it as an imaginary opponent in the finals, and is quite well prepared.

As for tomorrow’s opponent IG in the semifinals?

White Crescent Moon didn't prepare many tactics at all, and planned to follow the conventional routine.

After playing for the past six months, he has a certain understanding of IG.

This team doesn't have many tactics. Generally speaking, it's just one - the jungler protects the top and middle, and the bottom lane is mixed.

YM is now much better than IG in terms of personal strength and level of integration, so Bai Yueya is not worried at all.

As he expected, Jack stood up when facing IG's bottom lane.

In two games, Verus played a big mouth in one game, and his performance was perfect.

Lin Ran saw that Jack was in good condition, and he was happy to mess around. Karma and Lulu protected the big AD with a single Holy Grail.

In the last game, when Jack saw the kid and Baolan fighting, he became more and more frightened, and his pride soared into the sky. During the laning period, he forced himself to cross the line to exchange blood with the kid, and almost hit the kid and Baolan in the face.

The child's wandering mind looked at the extremely fierce Jack opposite him, and for a moment he recalled Uzi back then.

The passive [Dog Fear] was triggered again, but fortunately, the child did not play VN in this game, so he took out EZ and used the Gua Sha flow, and finally managed to achieve 1W output in 30 minutes.

Jack's Big Mouth has an output of 29,000, with a damage ratio of 49.6% and a group participation rate of 100%. The data is extremely exaggerated.

"It's also 3:0! YM played very steadily. The whole BO5 game didn't give IG any chance, and they successfully crushed and won!" I remember shouting loudly, "They will meet WE in the finals!"

"Yes, the peak showdown from Group A will give birth to the king this spring!" Ze Yuan agreed.

LPL wins!

Well done Jack!

Mr. Dai is still stable. Draven Thresh was suppressed like this by Senatam. You really belong to you.

I'll take the high-speed train home tomorrow morning. 8 days and 7w words still count, don’t worry.