LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

"Welcome everyone to watch the 2017 Asian Competition. Here is the live broadcast of the first match day of the group stage..."

Today's opening game commentary is by I remember He Zeyuan. Zeyuan's voice is extremely loud and he is constantly brewing his own emotions.

It’s not just for this opening match.

The end game is Samsung versus RNG.

He was already ready to go.

And I remember feeling a little down.

When the LPL team headed by YM just came on the stage, the negative reaction of the audience was clearly visible.

He, who is also a crook, felt very embarrassed.

"This game will see if YM can maintain their strong performance against IG. After all, Flash Wolves are not a weak team." Zeyuan spoke first.

"That's right." I remember hearing my partner's words and I immediately came back to my senses and adjusted my emotions. "Flash Wolves can be said to be the overlord of the LMS region..."

The director quickly switched the screen, and BP panels appeared on both sides of the screen, symbolizing that the game was about to begin!

"YM took the initiative to choose the red side when they had the priority to choose the side. In this way, the Flash Wolves were on the blue side that banned first and chose first. They decided to ban Luo!"

White Crescent has banned the strong jungler Zac in the version as usual.

Steak flipped through the notebook in his hand, his brain spinning rapidly, thinking about coping strategies.

He attaches great importance to this group match.

Although no matter how poor the results in the group stage are, there are knockout rounds to play in the division, but ranking is also crucial to the three major divisions.

The top-ranked division does not need to play in the semi-finals and can directly wait for the challenger in the finals.

Steak also knows that in addition to Flash Wolves and AHQ, the other two teams in this division have a lot of hips.

If they want to get a good group stage ranking, they must win enough games.

"How about banning Galio and Thalia?" Steak said proactively, "We can grab Thresi later..."

(Taiwan server translation: Galio = Galio, Thalia = Taliyah, Thresh = Thresh)

The team members had no objections.

"Flash Wolves banned Galio and Rockbird, while YM banned Barrel and Lucian." Remember to say after seeing clearly the second and third bans on both sides.

"It can be seen that Flash Wolves are still very afraid of Ran and Liu Qingsong's support roaming ability, and they try to limit their hero pool as much as possible." Zeyuan spoke loudly.

"That's right," remember looking at the BP panel on the screen, "Flash Wolf chooses Thresh!"

As a result, one of the two supports Liu Qingsong used in his previous victory over IG was banned and the other was robbed.

"YM locked in very quickly. Xayah and Spider Queen are both good heroes at their respective positions!"

"Flash Wolves will take Syndra and Digger again," Zeyuan analyzed. "They will also bring out a strong midfielder to compete head-on with YM!"

White Crescent Moon is still thinking.

Lucian was disabled, and Syndra was revealed on the opposite side.

There are no mid lane heroes left who can beat her.

Lin Ran had just used Rambo to beat Syndra on the broiler last week, and the effect was remarkable; he had also used Ekko and Murloc before to restrain him, which were both good choices.

However, the two heroes Ekko and Murloc are not suitable for YM's current lineup.

White Crescent Moon has already chosen Spider for Xiaotian. This hero must gank the invasion in the early stage, otherwise there will be no point in choosing her.

The two heroes, Xiao Yu and Ekko, need to be at level 6 before they can take the initiative in the middle, which is obviously not in line with Spider's strong period.

The remaining Rambo becomes stronger from level 3 onwards, and pairs well with Spiders.

But if Lin Ran gets Rambo first, Liu Qingsong will definitely face a situation with no support available in the second round.

"Let Shao Shao take it first. It's okay for me to choose the last one." Lin Ran took the initiative.

"YM added Tahm at the end of the first round!" I remember saying in a calm tone, "This is a good choice. Facing Thresh, you can protect your own teammates, and you can also try roaming support in the mid-term."

At the beginning of the second round of BP, White Crescent blocked Spear of Vengeance and Verus, while Steak indeed banned Rambo and Ike.

The white crescent moon and the steak looked at each other in the air.

The two of them knew the choice of heroes in the middle.

"In the second round of selection, let's get the top laner Prince for Jin Gong first..." I remember my mind racing, "Let's see how the Flash Wolf will respond?"

"With Big Mouth and Big Tree, Flash Wolf's team battle formation suddenly became very solid!"

There is no displacement of double C, but with the protection of Thresh and big trees, the output environment will not be very uncomfortable by the prince.

"Finally, it's YM's fifth selected unit..." Zeyuan was full of expectations.

He witnessed the reaction of the Wanwan audience as he remembered.

Since his partner was also a Wanwan man and was a former analyst of Flash Wolf, he did not put too much emotion into the commentary work.

But Zeyuan still hopes that YM can teach Flash Wolf a lesson and slap the audience in the face.

Lin Ran was also discussing with Bai Yueya.

Among the popular mid laners in the remaining versions, almost none can beat Syndra in the lane.

Qinggang Shadow's mid laner is Lin Ran's unique skill. When paired with Spider, he can form a midfield combination with AD/AP damage attributes. The control connection is also very good.

But she didn't feel comfortable hitting Syndra either.

It's very simple. Syndra's weak retreat can easily interrupt Qinggangying's E [Wall Return].

Unless he uses his ultimate move, Qinggangying can't even get close to Syndra.

"Actually, Yasuo can beat Syndra, but Brother Yasuo's level is a bit green." Liu Qingsong took a sip of water and said.

Jin Gong laughed, "Lin Ran drops Yasuo? My grandma can play better than him!"

"Are you going to scold me again?" Lin Ran just discussed it with Bai Yueya, and finally couldn't help it when he heard his teammates arranged him in this way, "I used Yasuo to kill the Rat King alone in the All-Star solo game last year. Don't look down on me. ah!"

"Haha," Xiaotian said in a very unflattering tone, "Isn't that because you are too good at it? Is the Rat King anxious?"

Seeing the ten-second countdown for hero selection, Zeyuan was a little anxious.

"Haven't you chosen your hero yet?" He thought Lin Ran couldn't find a character who could fight Syndra. "If that doesn't work, there's still a little murloc!"

Suddenly, a broken magic sarcophagus appeared in Liu Qingsong's hero selection box, and azure arcane energy surged crazily in the sarcophagus fragments.

The scattered YM fans in the audience suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers, which still seemed out of place in the small venue.

"Zerath!" Zeyuan became excited the moment he saw this hero appear on the YM selection interface. "The hands are very long, and it's pretty good against non-displacement heroes like Syndra... Do you really want to choose?"

"We're running out of time, lock it down, it's Xerath!" I remember not expecting Lin Ran to choose such a hero.

The live broadcast room was full of barrages, and they became filled with indignation after witnessing the unfriendly behavior of the live audience towards the LPL teams.

【? ? ? Another trick? 】

[The first reaction in my mind was the electric knife Endless Zelas...]

[However, I have never used this hero in my career, is it possible? I also want to see Sima’s face in the audience. 】

[Can you still beat YM with the virtue of flashing urine wolf? However, you can blow up the maple with your eyes closed. If you don't pull out the network cable, it will be useless. 】

Lin Ran, the hero nicknamed Coffin Board and Ze Sanpao, is indeed rarely used, but it is not difficult for him.

Xerath's four skills are all non-directional skills with a range of more than a thousand yards. The hit rate of the skills in the hands of novice players is impressive. It has even become the only background board for major operation highlights. It can be called the IG of the hero world.

This is also the origin of the Electro Knife Endless Zelas plot.

After all, if AD equipment is used, basic attacks will not be dodged in most cases, so there is no room for being displayed.

Due to the instability of Xerath's skill release, Riot will naturally not let his upper limit be very low.

In other words, as long as the hit rate of the skill is high enough, Xerath's output will definitely not be bad.

This is also the reason why Lin Ran is confident.

Having played against Maple several times in training matches before, Lin Ran felt that there was a certain gap in physical strength between him and himself, so it was not a big problem to predict his positioning.

In addition, Flash Wolf's double C has no displacement in this game. Xerath's skills will not be blocked by front-row heroes like Dashu. It poses a considerable threat to the back-row, so it is naturally suitable for this game.

"A very unpopular choice!" Zeyuan was not prepared at all for Zerath, an unpopular hero. He could only receive the information given by the director and pass it on to the audience.

"Xerath only frequently appeared on the court for a period of time in the 2015 season due to version updates and changes in the mid lane environment. After the numerical correction, this hero began to sit on the bench again, and few people paid attention to it!"

I remember still being immersed in the shock of Lin Ran choosing Xerath, "How dare you choose..."

Maple was also unprepared for Lin Ran's Zerath.

Just kidding, two years have passed and there are very few professional players playing this hero in the professional arena.

Who in the right mind would have thought that Lin Ran would use Xerath?

Maple panicked at first, then calmed down.

He is also a veteran who has entered the World Finals since S3. He has experienced the period when Xerath was the strongest and still has some memories of this hero.

Stay steady, and you will win if you stay steady.

Lin Ran changed the talent of Netherfire Touch, then changed the summoner skill to purification, and roughly scanned the lineups of both sides.

Blue side Flash Wolf: top laner Big Tree, jungle digger, mid laner Syndra, bottom lane Big Mouth + Thresh.

Red square YM: top laner Prince, jungler Spider, mid laner Xerath, bottom laner Xia + Tahm Kench.

The key to their victory lies in their control of the line in the middle. As long as Lin Ran can hold down Syndra, he can fully utilize Xerath's long-hand advantage, and it will not be a problem to radiate disgust to other opponents on the wing.

As the Summoner's Rift map appeared in the center of the big screen, the audience immediately started to cheer for their home team, Flash Wolves!

"Be serious about this game." Lin Ran adjusted the backrest of the gaming chair upwards to ensure that his waist was comfortable enough.

"No problem," Xiaotian pinched his fingers and smiled, "This game has to let the audience see YM's strength."

"Crush them," Jack shook the mouse and bought the Doran Sword, "Brothers, charge, charge!"

"Go, go, go!" Jin Gong shouted.

The five YM people bought their outdoor gear and rushed out of the spring. At the same time, countless signals marked the opposite jungle area.

In terms of the first-level team, Casa's excavator is basically useless, while Lin Ran's Xerath has extremely strong output ability.

In this case, YM will naturally attack.

"YM teamed up and entered the lower half of the jungle area of ​​Flash Wolves, forcing Kasa to change to the jungle area..." Zeyuan said while looking at the movements of YM people on the screen.

"It's a familiar routine again. If Casa gives up his red buff and changes to the jungle, he won't be able to form an effective protection for the bottom lane in the first four minutes!"

Once the Flash Wolves lose control of the lower half of the jungle, YM can unscrupulously implement their four-pack-two strategy.

The bottom laner on the opposite side is like a delicate woman who has lost the ability to resist and can only be at the mercy of YM.

In fact, after they played four-for-two for a whole year, this tactic has become a conspiracy.

But this is where YM is strong.

Let me tell you clearly, I am invading the jungle. I am going to use four packs and two to overrun your bottom lane tower and use your two-man lane as an ATM.

But you can't solve it.

For example, how do we defend this first-level team, Flash Wolves?

If you can't prevent it, the excavator is a five at level one.

Flash Wolf also knew that the first-level team could not prevent the invasion, so Casa could only endure the humiliation and exchange for YM's red BUFF.

The minions arrive on their respective lanes, and the heroes from both sides finally come into contact.

Zeyuan suddenly discovered a blind spot, "Ran is directly out of the dark seal! This is the lane tyrant Syndra!"

On Xerath's equipment panel, there was a dark seal and a reusable potion.

"Ah..." Ran, who originally spoke very fluently, remembered that he rarely got stuck, "Do you feel that you don't have any pressure on the line? The blood volume provided by the Dolan Ring is very helpful when facing Syndra!"

[This going out outfit highlights the word "crazy"! 】

[It’s all over if you’re crazy, just put on Ran when you go out and you’ll win! 】

[I really don’t treat Syndra as a human being. It’s obvious that I look down on Maple. 】

Maple was stunned for a second when he saw the dark seal in Xerath's equipment slot.

Then his originally dark-skinned face became even darker, and with the unique thick dark circles under his eyes, Maple now looked like Prince Ning + Gaara.

You look down on people, right?

If I don't kill you just once today, how can I have the dignity to meet the folks in the audience?

The folks in Maple were also very dissatisfied with Lin Ran's appearance.

This dark seal and the unpopular hero Xerath were chosen as a naked provocation by them.

I don’t know who took the lead, but the audience in the venue booed in unison.

"Fengtang must beat him up!" A sharp voice came from the audience. (Fengtang=maple’s nickname, he used the ID of "Fengtang Years" to reach the top of the stage server passerby)

Even though he wore sound-isolating headphones, he could not completely isolate the outside sound. Lin Ran was still aware of the reaction of the audience.

Shhh, let's see if you can still say something after fifteen minutes.

He operated Xerath to accumulate energy, and headed towards Syndra with Q [Arcane Pulse]!

The corners of Maple's mouth raised slightly, and he confidently twisted his waist and walked downwards.

Then it happened to hit this arcane pulse.

Xerath's level 1 Q has an output of 80 + 0.75 AP bonus. The damage is extremely exaggerated, and Syndra's health suddenly drops by nearly one bar.

Accident, just an accident... Maple comforted himself.

He stepped forward to suppress him, hoping to use the mechanism of Q [Dark Sphere] that did not attract the hatred of minions to exchange blood with Lin Ran, and then push him out of the experience zone.

But Lin Ran didn't think at all. He retreated behind his long-range soldiers and turned around, his body slightly paused.

maple saw the right moment, and the dark sphere condensed at Lin Ran's feet.

But Lin Ran suddenly took another step forward to face Syndra!

It was this move that prevented this dark ball from successfully hitting!

Lin Ran forwarded a basic attack on Syndra, and used the passive [Mana Surge] to restore mana while consuming maple's health.

Maple didn't dare to fight back.

He is standing very forward. If this basic attack is returned, it will attract attacks from the opponent's line of soldiers.

Such a blood exchange would definitely be a loss.

He could only turn around and retreat behind his own line of troops.

After the 9-second cooldown of Level 1 Q [Arcane Pulse] ended, Lin Ran charged up again.

Maple did the opposite this time and moved up.

Then he was hit by this arcane energy.

Gan!

Something is wrong!

Maple frowned, and the two arcane pulses not only hit his Syndra, but also depleted a lot of the health of the soldiers.

If this continues, Xerath can even advance to the second level first.

Maple felt that his dignity as Syndra was completely crushed by his opponent.

Another 9 seconds.

He saw Lin Ran operating Xerath to raise his arm again, and a ball of blue arcane energy gathered in his hand.

This time he learned the lesson.

Do the opposite and stay where you are.

Pure bronze silver operation.

But this works wonders for professional players in certain situations - because many players are used to moving to avoid skills, they will naturally also be used to predicting the opponent's movement when casting skills.

Sometimes standing still will dodge the opponent's prediction skills.

However, this does not mean that low-scoring players can kill everyone in professional games - because opponents are not fools. One of the weaknesses of low-scoring players is that their positioning habits are too easy to guess. The opponent can use skills to try twice to defeat low-scoring players. See through the player's movements.

Such as now.

Maple watched helplessly as the arcane pulse from the opposite side hit him again!

With three Q skills and one basic attack, Syndra's health has dropped to half!

You know, the second wave of soldiers has not been continued yet.

Syndra has half health, Xerath has full health...

Am I bronze and silver?

Maple fell into deep self-doubt.

He felt as if Lin Ran had guessed his own psychology, and all his actions were within his expectations.

Are you a monster?

The director also noticed the unusual contrast in blood volume in the middle. When switching the camera, he found that although Xerath only had half of his mana, he successfully cleared the line of troops and reduced Syndra to half health.

The two LPL commentators were stunned.

"This..." Zeyuan stopped talking.

Countless question marks flew across the vast number of live broadcast rooms.

The result of this kind of game change is completely beyond their understanding of the game.

【What the hell? Syndra is offline? 】

[I didn’t expect that Xerath wouldn’t lose a drop of blood. He really didn’t fight back after being beaten? 】

[Just looking at the health bar, I thought the two sides exchanged heroes. Syndra was suppressed by Xerath to half health. Is this an operation that carbon-based creatures can perform? 】

[This wave, this wave is mid gap! 】(mid gap: gap in the middle, common vocabulary for "interaction" in foreign servers)

In addition to the cheers of a small group of YM fans, there were also rustling exchanges in the audience.

The audience in Wanwan felt a little uneasy.

The accuracy of Ze Sanpao's skills is a little ridiculous.

Lin Ran, one of the parties involved, sat on the gaming chair and stared intently at Syndra's movements on the screen.

As soon as he fired the first Q shot, he felt something was wrong.

Feeling surprisingly good today.

There is a feeling that no matter how the opponent moves, I can hit the skill.

This feeling rarely happened after Lin Ran became a professional player.

First, the purpose of professional players training day and night is to stabilize their condition and deliberately prevent such sudden fluctuations in feel.

Because there are times when the hand feels hot and the god blocks the way to kill the god and Buddha, there are also times when the hand feels cold and does nothing.

As a professional player, relying on this craft to make a living will prevent you from showing crazy performance.

After all, no one wants to be defeated in one group stage match and then be defeated in the next knockout match.

The second is because he has a system.

The biggest role of this system now is to help him stabilize his lower limit, and at the same time limit his ceiling level to a certain extent - although this ceiling level may not be reached by all professional players.

To put it simply, it is to mechanically reduce the standard deviation of his strength.

Combining the two, it was extremely difficult for Lin Ran to encounter a time when he felt extremely hot like today.

Although it was a surprise, Lin Ran didn't feel very surprised.

After all, he is angry now.

As we all know, people can do many incredible things when they are extremely angry.

Some people can slide and tackle the tiger, so it makes sense for him to release his skills more accurately.

"Ran rushed to the second level first, and W [Eye of Destruction] hit Syndra again!"

"Then using the deceleration to follow up with the Q [Arcana Pulse], Syndra's blood volume can no longer withstand it!"

Maple is numb.

Xerath's W [Eye of Destruction] has a range of 1,100 yards, while his own Q [Dark Orb] has a range of only 800 yards.

Now he couldn't touch Lin Ran's body at all, and his health was already severely reduced.

However, Maple also noticed that Lin Ran was running low on mana, so he knocked off the potion in his backpack and prepared to force the line.

As long as Xerath Blue is used up, it will be a large ranged soldier and not a threat at all.

"Give me the blue, Xiaotian?" Lin Ran also realized that he was running out of blue, so he asked the Garlic Bastard for his opinion, "I want to keep suppressing him."

When Xiaoyao was in the wild, he kept cutting the screen to observe the laning situation in the middle. He didn't understand why Lin Ran's skill hit rate was so high.

But the facts are in front of him. Xiaotian is very pleased to see that the mid laner can achieve a laning advantage by relying on himself. As a wild father, he is very pleased.

"Lan can be given to you, but you have to accompany me to the wilderness later." Xiaotian put forward his own conditions.

"No problem, no problem!" Lin Ran agreed quickly.

"Wow... Xiaotian wants to give up the first blue buff to Ran. Isn't this too exaggerated?" Zeyuan was shocked on the surface, but actually he was laughing in his heart. "This is simply an emperor level for Xerath. treatment!"

"The main reason is that Ran did well in the lane in this game. In this case, Xiaotian naturally wants to provide five-star service to Ran." Remember to answer the conversation from the side.

Maple's heart dropped when he saw Lin Ran, who had just been drained of all his mana, return to the line with the blue BUFF.

I'm going to give you a slap in the face!

Maple watched Lin Ran, who had battery life, move forward arrogantly, and hit himself with another Q [Arcane Pulse]!

No matter how he moved, Maple felt that he had nowhere to hide in front of Xerath!

Is this not a script?

Syndra, who had just used a medicine bottle to restore her health, became disabled again.

If you continue to hide under the tower, you will easily get jumped by spiders.

Maple quickly shook the jungle.

"I can't come. They spiders must be nearby. How can we win when a goose beats a goose?"

Casa saw the blood volume of his mid laner and didn't plan to go here.

"Then you help me get out of the army line, I have to go back to the city!" Maple shouted.

The jungler likes this opportunity to take advantage of the experience to replenish the tail.

You are truly my brother!

Kasa secretly regretted not taking the male gun, otherwise the food would have been more enjoyable.

"In 3 minutes, Syndra was forced to return to the city. He had eaten up three waves of troops and could only replenish one dark seal and potion!"

Lin Ran, who had reached level three, stepped forward to suppress him, not wanting Kasa to block his troops in front of the tower.

Lin Ran's E [Impact Sphere] took action instantly. Kasa subconsciously wanted to hide, but was still knocked unconscious.

Follow up with a basic attack, and the passive [Surge of Mana] will restore mana again.

Next is W [Eye of Destruction] paired with Q [Arcane Pulse]!

"Three skills and one basic attack, the excavator doesn't have much HP!" Zeyuan was very excited.

"Xiaotian, go and fight him in the upper half, the excavator hasn't eaten yet." Lin Ran commanded calmly.

Kasa came to the middle lane not long after he was promoted to level 3. A glance at the CS count on the data panel showed that the excavator had brushed three groups of wild monsters plus river crabs in the upper half of YM.

"Xiaotian decisively took a detour and invaded the opponent's wild area, but Kasa was in poor condition and had no choice but to give up on the wild monsters!"

"In this way, YM gained a considerable economic and experience advantage in three minutes!"

Some readers said that my response to the Wanwan audience in the last chapter was written out of order.

I didn't write randomly.

It was quite disgusting that this matter was making a big fuss back then. Readers who have never heard of it before will know the true situation by searching for "2017 Intercontinental Championship TW Audience".