LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

In the afternoon of June 8th.

"Team uniform, mouse pad..." Guo Hao stood in the middle of the training room and reminded all team members to check their backpacks. "Jack, please tie your shoelaces tightly. If you go out like this, you might accidentally drop them."

This is the first day of the summer competition, and Guo Hao feels like the parents who watch their children walk into school every year on the first day of school.

He supervises the inspection of each player's essential items, and then talks about the commonplace precautions.

"We are not newcomers to the LPL. We all know these rules." Lin Ran said with a smile.

Having said that, Guo Hao still didn't mind the trouble and helped them confirm everything before leading the team to leave the base.

Sitting in a BMW-sponsored car, Bai Yueyue pursed her lips and flipped through the information.

Su Cheng sent him a 20,000-word version analysis report a few days ago. Bai Yueya's task is to find the answer to the version and then match it with the characteristics of each player and the overall style of the team.

Although the analysis report provided by the analysis team was very detailed, he still felt guilty.

The version has changed too much.

The results of the training matches in the past few days after the holiday have gone up and down, and the overall winning rate has even dropped to 60%.

Although YM plays training matches with strong teams such as SSG, SKT, KT, RNG, and WE, the 60% winning rate is still low for YM.

You know, from the spring split to the mid-season, their training match winning rate was close to 85%. Except for SKT, which can pose a threat to them, other teams are not YM's opponents at all.

As Lin Ran said before, the problem lies with Canyon Pioneer.

Originally this was just a big guy that could give heroes combat power BUFF, but unexpectedly it turned into a tower-pushing artifact.

Now YM must choose between four packs of two and Rift Herald.

Operational teams like SKT and Samsung are about to rise again - these teams now don't have to devote all their energy to defending YM's possible four-pack and two-pack.

If the bottom lane is besieged and the tower is overturned, the jungler will exchange it with the Rift Herald, and then directly summon it to push the tower.

At this time, Lin Ran will be quite passive - YM will get the first blood tower, but the first tower will also be pushed down.

You must know that his roaming support is based on the fact that the first tower cannot be demolished. The first tower serves as the team's vision and defensive gate in the wild area in the early stage. Once it is demolished, the consequences will be quite serious.

If they don't use four packs of two, their ability to snowball and demolish towers in the early stage will be reduced by a level - because ADC Jack, who is the main force in pushing towers, cannot develop.

Really stable development was delayed until the later stages, and YM was no match for veteran operating teams such as Samsung and SKT.

This is a contradiction.

White Crescent Moon hasn't figured out how to solve it so far.

The motorcade slowly drove into the Main Square. The cameraman Ichimura was already ready and ran over with the SLR camera hanging on his chest.

Everyone in YM got out of the car and said hello to him.

They have been to competitions abroad several times this year, and they have become quite familiar with the official cameraman.

Lin Ran responded to the village's request and gave a thumbs up gesture.

They arrived at the venue much earlier than the audience. After putting on makeup, they sat in the lounge and waited for White Crescent Moon to emphasize the tactical arrangements.

"Today's game..." Bai Yueya frowned, standing in the middle of the lounge and looking at the team members sitting around, "Lin Ran, you should use the late-stage core output, don't force yourself to play four-for-two."

Bai Yueya glanced at everyone, "Of course, if the opportunity is good, you still have to catch it."

Lin Ran nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Jin Gong, please pay attention to the arrangement of defensive eyes in the jungle in the early stage..." Bai Yueya continued in a deep voice.

The end of the meeting is approaching and the players have a short free time.

As long as Lin Weixiang is there, the lounge will never be lonely.

Wearing sunglasses, Lin Weixiang looked like a weight-gained version of Wyf. He was watching a video of earthy hornworms with headphones on, shaking his head and making two excited pig noises from time to time.

Liu Qingsong next to him looked disgusted and wanted to slap Lin Weixiang to the ground.

At 4:30, Lin Ran went to the back of the stage to wait under the instructions of the on-site staff, preparing to participate in the opening ceremony.

Player representatives from the twelve teams gathered together, Uzi and Guijiaoqi gathered together to whisper, and two fake Koreans, Broiler and Doinb, communicated in Mandarin that smelled like mutton skewers...

Even the top laner Langxing of the newly promoted team Suning found Wangzai Xiye as a chat partner.

Knight was left huddled in the corner, picking his fingers, looking lonely and cold.

When he saw Lin Ran coming, his eyes suddenly lit up.

It was like seeing the savior.

Knight waved vigorously and grinned.

Lin Ran first chatted with a few players who came to greet him, and then sat down next to Jin's left hand.

"No one is chatting with you? Do you want me to introduce you?"

Thanks to his excellent emotional intelligence, outstanding achievements and popularity, Lin Ran is very popular in the LPL circle.

If he introduces him, those LPL stars will definitely accept the golden left hand as one of them.

Knight waved his hand quickly, but his voice was still unclear, "No need... I don't know what to talk to others about."

Seeing that he disagreed, Lin Ran nodded and stopped insisting. Instead, he asked, "How are you adapting to the new team?"

"Everyone is very enthusiastic," Zuo Shi smiled shyly, "They all take good care of me."

Lin Ran felt relieved.

With the character of Golden Left Hand, if he entered the society directly instead of playing e-sports, he would definitely be beaten up and suffer a lot.

Five o'clock has arrived, and twelve team representatives lined up to take the stage under the guidance of the staff.

Every time Ren Dong reads the name of a team, the representative player will appear on the stage to greet the cheers of the audience.

The one on the left was called out first, and Lin Ran sat there waiting silently.

In fact, knight's popularity is not low now.

The YM series mid laner has brought him a lot of traffic, and coupled with his performance in the lower leagues crushing other opponents, many viewers who support YM regard him as Lin Ran's successor.

Today, YM leads the opening match. Naturally, there are many YM fans sitting in the audience. They do not hesitate to applaud and welcome this future star of LPL.

The cheers at the scene reached their peak when Director and Uzi took the stage. Both of them can be regarded as the face of the LPL since its establishment, and the audience gave them full respect.

After the factory director left, Lin Ran was the only one left in the room.

"The house is not good," Lin Ranlin said to the staff when he came on stage, "the air conditioner temperature is set too high."

…

Ren Dong waved his hand violently, protracted his tone, and shouted loudly in a mellow voice: "Finally, let us welcome the player representative of the YM team - Ran!"

The audience was already boiling, and Lin Ran stepped onto the stage. Looking around, he saw that the audience was full of his supporters. The fans were holding light signs and support banners, and they were shouting non-stop.

If Uzi and Guijiaoqi are the flickering flames in the dark era of LPL, Lin Ran is the dawn light that tears through the darkness and brings hope to LPL!

Bobby, who was standing backstage, and the audience in the audience, applauded and celebrated Lin Ran's appearance.

Whether in terms of honor or personal image, Lin Ran is the iconic LPL figure he wants to create.

Bobby never minds using media resources to elevate e-sports stars to a higher level.

According to forum opinion, this is called god-making.

It’s actually quite normal in the e-sports circle.

With so many media resources at hand, if we don’t praise people like Lin Ran who have achievements, strength and a positive image, how can we praise players who have no achievements and no strength?

It’s unrealistic even to think about it.

For example, the marketing account must be more interested in riding on the popularity of Uzi than on the popularity of players like Yuhuang Dinghuangxuanxuanpi who are not strong enough in the lower reaches of the LPL.

Moreover, people like Lin Ran and Li Sang Hyuk are not considered god-creators in the true sense. At most, they are just using resources to pile up their already stable god status.

Lin Ran stood in the center of the stage as requested by the on-site director during the rehearsal, and YM's group makeup photos flashed on the big screen behind him.

In the photo, Lin Ran occupies the center position. Xiaotian and Jin Gong stand on both sides of Lin Ran with their arms crossed. Jack, the Prophet, Lin Weixiang, and Liu Qingsong stand opposite each other at the back of the photo.

Everyone looked grim. In the makeup photo, Lin Ranping stretched out his right arm. The forearm exposed outside the team uniform was well-proportioned and the muscles were slightly highlighted. The four fingers except the thumb were pressed together and upward, and combined with the slightly raised chin, it looked like The king aloft is waiting for the challenger below to appear.

In addition, YM fans also discovered that their home team has put on a new uniform.

It still has the classic black and red elements, but this version of the team uniform has a bit of a tearing feel.

Three deep red claw marks spread from the left rib to the right waist. The gaps around the three claw marks were filled with black, making it look mysterious and deep.

Above the left rib, there is a large blank space from the chest to the shoulder, and the left chest is inlaid with YM's black and red LOGO.

In the center of the clothes, there is a round blue and white BMW logo.

The audience watching the live broadcast in front of the screen was extremely excited.

[I don’t know how much higher it is than the uniforms of other teams! 】

[This makeup photo is of a good standard. It is indeed the biggest brand of LPL. 】

[Let me tell you secretly, the main thing is that he is handsome, especially the guy in the C position. 】

[Are the team uniforms sold in the mall? @YM E-Sports Club, I want to give you money! 】

[Buy, buy, buy, wear the YM team uniform, I also own a BMW! 】

After all 12 team player representatives appeared, the 2017 LPL Summer Split kicked off!

"Good afternoon to all the Summoners present and in front of the screen!" The opening game was still the same as before, and Wawa opened the game loudly, "Welcome to the 2017 LPL Summer Split..."

After a whole commercial, Miller took over the topic, "We haven't seen each other for two weeks, and in the blink of an eye, we have gone from the Mid-Season Championship to the Summer Split."

"There will definitely be new changes in the new version. The summer split of the other four major regions started the day before yesterday. I can only say that this is completely different from the mid-season competition environment!"

Wawa nodded in agreement with his partner, "Today's opening match is also the highlight. The previous LPL champion EDG will challenge YM who just won the mid-season championship trophy!"

"More importantly," Miller crossed his arms and smiled, "the hot man is back."

The director switched the camera in real time and focused on the director in the EDG player seat.

He was joking with the little boy beside him, and there was a unique charm in the eyes of the dead fish.

"Look at how the factory director is adjusting after returning from missing most of the spring season!"

As soon as the baby finished speaking, the opening match officially started!

"YM, who had the priority to choose sides, chose the blue side, and they took the lead in banning Shen!"

EDG put Camille on the bench.

"Ban Camille... The dual-card dual-band system used by YM in the mid-season is very powerful. It seems that EDG has not found a solution!"

YM's second ban is given to Zach. This hero's maxed-out E skill can provide 1,800 yards of super long-distance movement. When paired with R [Dynamic Pinball], he can start a group without thinking, which is hard to guard against.

EDG has a unique skill of banning the spider with a backhand.

"Then there are only two T1-level jungle heroes left, Pig Girl and Wine Barrel," Miller adjusted his glasses and said, "Looks like it's one for each side."

"I have to say that the weakening of the Blind Sin is great news for the factory director," Wawa said with a hint of ridicule, "EDG can save a ban slot to do other things."

In the last ban, YM banned Syndra, while EDG hesitated and still did not dare to release Lucian.

Although the price of this version of Ruined has been increased by 100 gold, and the armor-piercing effect of Black Cut has also been weakened (pictured in the previous chapter), this does not affect Lucian's strength in the lane.

EDG now knows very well that if they want to win against YM, they can only rely on the mid laner.

A Guang on the road is a smaller version of Jin Gong, with much weaker ability to withstand pressure and carry ability.

The strength of King Z in the bottom lane is also extraordinary, and can often bring tears to the eyes of EDG fans; Meiko was still strong in the lane after losing Mr. Dai, but in the mid-term, he began to get lost and sick from time to time.

This combination of top and bottom lanes has basically no chance of winning if it doesn't rely on its younger players to forcefully break the game.

"If YM snatches the pig girl, the factory director will probably take the wine barrel!"

EDG took the Prince and Xia first with both hands.

It is worth mentioning that this prince is not used for jungle.

Instead, he walked into the work unit, which was quite retro.

The reason is simple, the version environment has changed.

The first is direct reinforcement.

W [Golden Holy Shield] has increased the shield value in the early stage, and the ability to exchange blood in online battles has been improved; and the additional shield value has been changed from the original fixed value to a percentage of the prince's maximum health, with a minimum of 2% and a maximum of 4%.

(Updated as shown in the picture, this enhancement is really outrageous. The shield of the current version of Prince W only has 1.5% of the maximum life shield. If you compare it, you will understand how strong it was back then)

The second is the replacement of version heroes.

Originally, in the Spring Split, only the top laner Phantom God was a tank, but now tank heroes have begun to rise in the jungle position. There is also a big meatball like Galio in the middle, and Tamburon in the bottom lane is also changing to a tank.

This universal tank version is too comfortable for the prince.

Q [Dragon Crash] can provide 26% armor penetration at full level, and Black Cut now has 24% armor penetration at full level. The two are superimposed together, and under ideal conditions can clear 50% of the opponent's armor.

You must know that this is not only applicable to him, all teammates can enjoy the armor-breaking effect!

This is undoubtedly a huge improvement for the team!

The last reason for the rise of top laner Prince is the change in equipment.

Gargoyle Stone Plate Armor is a piece of equipment that is extremely suitable for the prince. (The effect of gargoyle stone plate armor is as shown in the picture)

It provides the prince with good resistance, and the health provided by the active effect [Metalization] allows the prince to enter the field and delay enough time for his teammates - a top lane prince's EQ will cover the opponent's face one after another. Turn on the gargoyle stone plate armor to resist damage and then turn on the W shield. Just thinking about it makes me feel picturesque.

What's even more outrageous is that there is a linkage between the changes to the Gargoyle's Stone Plate Armor and the Prince's W [Golden Holy Shield].

The active [Metalization] of the Gargoyle Stone Plate Armor will increase the health value increase effect to 100% if there are at least 3 enemy heroes nearby.

With Giant Hydra + Black Cut, the level 15 prince has 2,500 health points. Under ideal conditions, when EQ’s ultimate move triggers [Metalization], his health points will be 5,000 points!

Every hero hit by the Golden Holy Shield can provide the prince with a 4% maximum health shield. If it hits 3 people, the shield value gained will be 600 points when [Metalization] is turned on!

A 200-double anti-prince face rider with 5000 health + 600 shield is simply a teamfight troublemaker!

What else can be said?

Riot designers are worthy of saying that they make music with their heart and make versions with their feet.

The single belt can deal with tanks, and the teamfighting functionality is better than other warrior top laners. This is the current strength of the prince, and he firmly holds the position of the single brother in the version. (The unit appearance data in the S7 Summer Split is shown in the picture, the prince is really leading the way)

If you want to make the two pieces of equipment, Black Cut + Gargoyle Stone Armor, in professional competitions, you must be a top laner who can eat up resources alone.

In the current version where the monster refresh rate is extremely slow, it will undoubtedly be even more difficult for the jungle prince, who has no money to farm and has to shoulder a lot of vision tasks, to make these two big items.

This kind of hero with no difficulty is more suitable for A Guang, who is not good at operations.

"Should we take Naluo?" White Crescent asked the seer's opinion.

The prophet subconsciously licked his lips, "...can't do it?"

So far, his Luo is a hero who cannot be trained. No matter how he plays, he doesn't have the elegant feeling of others. It is really a bit stretched.

"Jin Gong?" Bai Yueya looked at his steady top laner again.

Jin Gong pinched his fingers and said, "Sword Princess."

He got the S6 championship skin for Fiona, and Sword Girl is definitely his favorite hero.

When the audience saw the woman carrying a Western sword appearing in YM's selection box, they immediately burst into cheers!

This kind of hero with full sense of operation and enjoyment can always attract the audience's attention!

"YM locks Sword Queen and Verus!" Miller on the commentary table also shouted loudly, "Sword Queen versus Prince has a huge advantage when leading the lane in the mid-to-late game!"

In the early laning, the prince can use the dragon's impact to wear down the Sword Queen's HP. However, after the Sword Queen's level gradually increases and her equipment is gradually replenished, she will only be beaten.

Sword Queen's W [Laurent's Eye Sword] can block the prince's EQ or ultimate move, and the real damage caused by the flaw makes the prince's resistance useless.

In the first round of BP, EDG finally chose Jungle Barrel.

In the second round of banning, both sides blocked the opponent's unselected positions as usual.

EDG banned Yanque and Snake Girl; YM banned Luo first to prevent their opponents from successfully getting the Xia Luo combination.

In the second ban position, White Crescent thought a little.

There is still a mid-term strong point of strength in the aircraft.

And since Lin Ran faced SKT in the MSI finals and used Kassadin to perfectly restrain the aircraft, everyone knew that this version of Void Walker would return to the competition.

This group has a restraint relationship, and Kassadin cannot play first, otherwise it will be easy for the opponent to restrain him with the AD mid laner.

EDG has the last selection spot on the red side, and they must hide the junior midfielder until the end. The initiative is always in the hands of the opponent.

He had no choice but to disable it.

"EDG grabs Braum first and continues to improve its tankiness and backhand ability!"

"Clockwork, Victor, or Galio?" White Crescent gave three choices.

Lin Ran thought for a moment, "Wind it up."

He has no choice, otherwise the opposing prince + clockwork system of dribbling the ball into the field will be formed, and YM team battles will be very difficult.

As for Galio, another entry point paired with the prince...EDG will definitely not choose it.

Since the mainstream equipment of Wine Barrel is pure meat, EDG's current output point is only Xia Xia. Although Galio is said to be both meaty and output, its damage ability is still not as good as other conventional mages.

Moreover, EDG will definitely not trust Emperor Z's output ability. They will leave the output task to him and wait for Piggy to burst into tears again.

The Prophet uses Lulu as usual. Although this hero was weakened in version 7.10 (as shown in the picture), there is no better choice in the Prophet's hero pool.

EDG finally made up for Victor's practice, which is a large output core.

The lineups of both sides are determined as follows.

Blue square YM: Top laner Sword Girl, Fighting Wild Boar Girl, mid laner Clockwork, bottom lane Verus + Lulu.

Red square EDG: top laner Prince, jungler Barrel, mid laner Victor, bottom laner Lu Xia + Braum.

"EDG's lineup is so solid," Miller lamented. "YM's Sword Girl is a little bit out of the ordinary. This hero is not very capable in team fights!"

Lin Ran started sprinting, squeezing his fingers and waiting for the game to load.

Amid loud cheers at the scene, the screen of Summoner's Rift appeared on the big screen!

"Let's take a look at the red zone. They should come in. Xiaotian, go to their red zone." Lin Ran began to give instructions in the spring.

The opponent has a strong first-level team hero like Braum, so not invading would be an abnormal operation.

However, YM's first-level team cannot defeat EDG and has no way to defend. It can only take a look at the opponent's invasion trends.

"EDG did a great job. They directly wanted to force YM's people out of the red zone and forcefully counterattack this group of red buffs!"

Lin Ran saw Bronn rushing over immediately, "Get out, get out!"

He led the bottom lane duo to evacuate his jungle area, and Xiaotian also rushed to the opposite red zone at this time.

The factory director had no intention of returning to defense, and obviously wanted to force a change to the jungle.

Comparatively speaking, the top laner Sword Girl is not easy to catch, but the bottom lane control is more stable.

In this way, the factory director uses the strength of the first-level team in the lineup to protect his own bottom lane and threaten his opponents.

Everything went smoothly, and it looked like the slow-paced control that the factory director liked.

But sudden changes occurred.

"The HP of both mid laners is a bit low. What's going on?" Miller looked at the status bar and was the first to notice something was wrong.

At this time, it was just level one, and the health of Clockwork and Victor in the middle had dropped by more than half!

The junior student couldn't figure out why Lin Ran came forward and wanted to exchange blood with him when he was online.

Clockwork will definitely not be able to beat Victor with Q [Siphon Energy] in a level one fight.

However, with his aggressive laning style, when he saw Lin Ran moving forward, he naturally did not give in and fought decisively.

Lin Ran took a step forward and entered Victor's range, then began to retreat.

The junior fellow didn’t give in and followed up with another basic attack!

There was a shield that absorbed siphon energy, so Lin Ran didn't turn around to fight back, he just retreated.

After two rounds of this, Lin Ran lost even more blood.

At this time, a female warrior riding a Poro Pig appeared from above!

"Pig sister has hit the second level of red and is here! The younger brother is in danger!" Wawa's tone was a bit worried.

The factory director who was playing F6 quickly came out and wanted to help his teammates.

but……

"Xiaotian didn't give him a chance, Q flash directly knocked Victor away!"

The cumbersome pig girl flew up in the hands of the Garlic Bastard!

W [Winter's Wrath] uses the knock-up neutral to deal two waves of damage!

Coupled with a basic attack with a red buff burning effect, the little boy's health is reduced!

Even though he had purification, it was useless against being knocked back!

Lin Ran flashed AQ and took first blood!

Only then did the junior boy discover Lin Ran’s intention to exchange blood!

Clockwork has been tempting him to come forward to exchange blood, not only to reduce his blood volume, but also to deal with the army line!

Lin Ran only stepped forward to attack, attracting three melee soldiers to focus their fire, and immediately retreated.

But if he stays put and fights back, nothing will happen. Taking two steps forward to chase for blood will only harm him!

As he chased forward with a basic attack, he attracted two rounds of focused fire from the opponent's minions!

In this case, the troop line was moving towards YM, and he was forced to move forward and leave the safe area in front of his tower!

How dirty!

The younger brother secretly cursed.