LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

Lin Ran took off his headphones, drank all the ice water in the paper cup out of habit, glanced at the post-match data panel, and stood up to shake hands with WE.

"YM has won 6 consecutive victories in big games and 12 consecutive victories in small games." Without the obstruction of the sound-isolating headphones, he could hear the voice of Ze Yuan on the commentary table clearly. "After they face OMG, the last opponent in Group B next week, they will Will return to Group A!"

Su Xiaoyan looked at the WE people who were standing in the audience waiting for their opponents to cross the stage, "There is not much time left for WE. They have 6 games left. If they don't perform well, it will be difficult to win a good one." playoff position.”

Hongmi stood in the lounge with her arms crossed and a look of confusion on her face.

He is already thinking about controlling points.

In the spring of 2015, IG and LGD staged the famous Oscar night in order not to run into the then-domestic dominant EDG. Tengjing found a loophole to exploit and modified the rules of the competition:

The teams are divided into two groups AB, and the team with the highest ranking in the 8-to-6 playoffs gets 1 win by default...

Of course, the latter is a cerebral palsy operation, but it also curbs the behavior of controlling points to a certain extent.

But this is just containment, which does not mean it cannot be controlled.

The top spot in Group AB was sent to the semi-finals. Hongmi knew that WE's current state was far from RNG, and had no intention of competing for the top spot in the group;

The second place in the group, which is where WE are now, can advance to the semi-finals after defeating the winner of the match between the third place in the different group and the fourth place in the same group.

Herein lies the problem.

The third place in the different group is currently EDG.

In the six months since Emperor Z was on the field, EDG's record has been ups and downs. With Gui Jiao Qi's exemption card, they did not even enter the semi-finals in the spring split, setting the worst record in team history.

At the beginning of the summer split, Gui Jiao Qi took advantage of the rise of herbivorous junglers to officially return to the game. Although the bottom lane is still a hidden danger, he can still maintain a good league ranking by relying on the mid-field linkage between the factory director and his junior.

It was not until two weeks after the intercontinental tournament that their ADC, who had been waiting for nearly a year, finally passed the age limit and registered to play.

This thin boy who looks like a flounder is regarded by the team management as Mr. Dai's successor and a key figure in reviving EDG's domestic dominance.

Zet, the former Tigers' meritorious player, has left the public eye, and newcomer Iboy has appeared.

iboy, who was highly anticipated by many piggies, showed great strength in his debut, helping EDG win 7 consecutive small games. The domestic hegemon at that time showed signs of awakening.

However, due to the large hole dug in the first half, EDG is unlikely to catch up with the top two players in Group A, YM and IG.

If WE ranks second in Group B, there is a high probability that they will face this EDG in the 6-to-4 playoffs.

Hongmi doesn't want to meet them. Judging from WE's current state, it will be a disaster if it encounters them.

Redmi simply wants to use this loss to YM to start controlling points, and then drop one place. If it ranks third in Group B, WE's path to the playoffs is to first face the fourth place in Group A, and then challenge Group A. Second IG.

There is no doubt that this road will be much smoother - because Hongmi believes that WE, which he coaches, is not afraid of IG.

The door to the team lounge was pushed open violently, and the loud noise interrupted Hongmi's thoughts. He turned back to look at the team members filing in.

…

YM's winning streak continues.

OMG, headed by two star players Leng Shao and Sima Laothi, were completely unable to stop their progress. Jin Gong showed his extraordinary strength. In the forehand and backhand teaching game, the big bug killed Shen alone, and Shen killed the big bug alone. The Frozen Sunset man was beaten stupidly.

Winning two MVPs in a row, Jin Gong said in the post-game interview what Lin Ran taught him - "I can't just hang out, I can carry, but it's not necessary."

He understood the meaning of this sentence, but he didn't understand the gist.

Thick bangs covered his forehead, and Jin Gong had a bohemian look on his face. With the barbecue-flavored Chinese, it sounded quite charming.

The audience laughed heartily.

In the YM lounge, Su Cheng, who was sitting in Lin Ran's arms, was laughing. She looked at the screen in front of her, "Why is there a translator next to him?"

After the game, every question asked by the host Yu Zhen was clearly understood by the Xiba people, but they had to be translated into Korean by the staff.

Then Jin Gong replied in Mandarin with the flavor of barbecue.

The whole process was so magical that everyone in the audience was dumbfounded with laughter.

"As required by the alliance, the Korean aid had to be sent an interpreter for the interview," Lin Ran replied, "Brother Hao found a part-time staff member of the operations team who can speak Korean."

"So economical?" Su Cheng didn't expect that a club like YM would do such a thing.

"What else?" Lin Ran put his hand around Su Cheng's slender waist and asked her to sit on his lap. Although it hurt a little from his girlfriend's thin body, he didn't care, "What if I hired him just for an interview?" A full-time translator, that’s too much, right?”

Jin Gong can normally communicate with his teammates in Chinese in the club, and he can't use the uncommon words he doesn't understand. His Chinese language reserve is completely sufficient. Furthermore, YM does not have a Korean coaching staff, so there is no need for translators in daily training. .

You can't hire a full-time translator to prepare for post-game interviews. This is not how Guo Hao spends his money. After all, Jin Gong only accepts a handful of interviews in one summer game, so it's really not worthwhile.

"That's true." Su Cheng nodded, thinking about the problem.

Then they heard a loud shout coming from the screen.

"Fans, touch it!" Jin Gong faced the camera, holding the microphone with great enthusiasm, and his voice sounded like spring thunder.

…

Time flies to August, and YM will face the other five teams in Group A in the last two weeks of the regular season.

The schedule is very tight, and YM has almost no rest time, and the games are played continuously.

In the first game, they faced JDG, who had broken their unbeaten streak in the summer split.

This time Xiaotian was no longer confused. YM's three-way perfect helped him perfectly invade the clid wild area. Jingdong, which was already average in strength, had no power to fight back in front of them.

After sweeping JD.com, YM ushered in another e-commerce rival-SNG.

Before this summer split, Suning borrowed "Dan" to give birth to "chicken" and bought a spot in Dan's team. Currently, it consists of top laner Lang Xing + jungle hacker + mid laner Beethoven + bottom lane cat and ball kings with fury and yoon. Rotating lineup.

To be honest, the strength of this lineup is not weak. Mid laner Bei Duofen was previously teammates with Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang - they helped Dong Ruoji demote Greedy Saba and made great contributions. Their personal strength is also acceptable.

But that's just the past. Except for Lang Xing, who is considered a top goalkeeper among the current LPL top laners, the other four are only a little better than the league average.

It is very easy for YM to beat a team of this strength, because there is no special point that needs to be targeted - when playing JD.com, they have to guard against doinb's late-stage magic core, but against Suning, they don't have to think at all, they can just run over all the way.

On August 6, they faced the IG team.

The IG team is a typical old bottle with new wine, changing the soup without changing the medicine - focusing on the upper, middle and jungle, and the bottom lane has never been the core of their offense.

No matter how many personnel changes, IG will always have the same flavor.

It's just that this year their solo laners are exceptionally strong.

This group of reckless men brought a lot of trouble to YM. In the first game, they used TheShy Kenan's unstoppable output to stun five YM players, breaking YM's unbeaten streak in small games after the intercontinental competition.

But YM also adjusted very quickly.

White Crescent Banned the hero who could still carry this version of TheShy, and then arranged for the Garlic Bastard to target the bottom lane.

IG Baolan now seems to have a tendency to become the league's number one support.

There is no other reason, just because the soft-auxiliary version of the incense burner suits his style so well.

But West's strength is really not that good. White Crescent Banned his best Xayah, and his laning ability dropped by a level.

Coupled with the fact that Xiaotian and Lin Ran came to the bottom lane for military training from time to time, the IG duo quickly couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed.

At this time, TheShy and Rookie had not been able to open up the situation. The collapse rhythm of IG's bottom lane allowed Jack and Liu Qingsong to develop rapidly, and then used lane switching to push the tower to threaten IG's mid and top.

In this way, the personal ability that IG is proud of in the single line is abolished in disguise. In the middle of the game, IG, who is in a disadvantageous position, likes to make up for his own development through means such as "a reckless wave".

Lin Ran was worried about how to end the game, wishing that IG would rush up and fight with him.

Their teamfighting ability is also considered to be at the top level in the world. The five of them are extremely good at controlling their skills and entry timing in teamfights. If they stand in a good position, there is no possibility of a comeback for the inferior IG.

Then he won the baron and pushed all the way to end the game.

This plot was repeated for two games, and YM allowed one to chase two and successfully won the key game.

Relying on the record of double defeating IG in the regular season, YM secured the top spot in Group A two rounds in advance.

Their remaining two games were against Lao Gan Daddy and EDG. The win or loss did not affect their ranking. White Crescent decisively began to experiment with new tactics to prepare for the playoffs.

In the game against Lao Gan Daddy, they tried to play jungle Cuishen once, but the effect was really mediocre.

This kind of hero has to stay in the back row, and it is difficult to start a team fight. The incense burner is mainly used for protection.

But the key point is that the effects of the incense burner do not stack. If the soft assistant and Cuishen give the shooter a shield at the same time, the special effect of the incense burner will only be triggered once.

Bai Yueya gave up after trying it for one round, feeling that the hero Cuishen must be matched with a dual-shooter system to be strong.

But this version selects the bottom double shooter, leaving very few options for the top laner - because although Cuishen is an AP hero, due to the characteristics of the hero, it cannot provide sufficient magic output.

This part of the missing AP output has to be filled by the top laner, and there are only two options: Kennen and Rambo.

Removing these two heroes seems to make up for the spell damage, but the problem arises again.

Kennen/Rambo + Cuishen + mid-to-lower shooter + soft assistant, this lineup has no frankness at all.

The shields and healing power of two incense burner monsters are completely unstoppable.

You must know that there is a delay in the release of [Redemption]. If the front row cannot withstand the damage, all your team's lineup will be scattered and killed before Redemption falls. No matter how large the amount of milk Redemption provides, it will be useless. .

But Bai Yueya used Lao Gandaddy, who was ranked last in Group A, as a test field and plowed the ground like an old cow.

He set up a top lane single belt system again, took out Gnar and let Jin Gong play by himself, and the four people in front held the old godfather down.

This tactic is considered to be a new thing that he, Su Cheng, and Doom have recently developed, and it caters to the version changes.

Since the rework of Big Bug, there are now more and more tank tanks in the unit, and it seems like we have returned to the era of single and three fantasy gods on the big tree of Poppy Titan.

In addition, most teams currently prefer to choose mid-to-late team battle lineups, using the milk volume and protection ability of the Incense Burner Monster to open up the formation and fight head-on battles.

In this case, bringing out a single hero on the top lane will work wonders.

For example, Gnar, Captain, and Qinggang Shadow basically have advantages in fighting tank top laners in the lane, and they can play a better role in the mid-to-late stage single belt involvement-because this version is relatively lacking in damage except ADC.

The originally semi-meaty single-band hero appears to be much more frank against this group of enemies with insufficient damage.

Moreover, the prevalence of soft assists makes it more difficult to deal with single points. After all, soft assists are good at protection, rather than providing control for grabbing side points.

The idea proved to be very successful.

Lao Gan Daddy couldn't handle Jin Gunnar's crazy single belt at all. Jinoo's Demacia Prince took some advantages in the early stage of the battle, but after the Xiba people leveled up, Gnar made a black cut + ice hammer and the situation became It was completely reversed.

The game was dragged to 48 minutes. LGD, who was tired of being single-handedly led, took the lead in launching the ancient dragon, while the four YM players challenged the battle in the dragon pit. Jin Gong jumped over the tower on the top road to kill Jianxian alone, successfully bringing the troops to the high ground.

In the end, the Wild King's Punishment steadily took over the ancient dragon, and the four Lao Gan Daddy used the status buff brought by the dragon BUFF to wipe out the four people on the front battlefield of YM.

But at this time, Jin Gong was already demolishing the last incisor tower. The ancient dragon had no BUFF gain on the return to the city, and everyone in LGD could only read the bar honestly for 8 seconds.

These 8 seconds are enough for Jin Gong to go through Lao Gan Daddy's base!

When omp returned to the spring, he could only see the devastated high ground of his home. Gnar was still howling, and he punched hard and smashed the base crystal to pieces!

After defeating Lao Ganba easily 2:0, YM took a three-day break and faced their last opponent EDG in the regular season.

Like YM, EDG has no ranking pressure. IG, which is ranked ahead of them, is far ahead in terms of points difference. Even if EDG sweeps YM in the last regular season game, it is impossible for them to rise to second place in Group A.

Neither the players nor the coach care about the result of this game. Both sides just want to finish the game and return to base to prepare for the next playoffs.

The big brawl mode was started again, and both sides did not care about the rationality of the lineup. The junior brother showed off his child robbery to deal with Lin Ran's childish rope.

The audience who bought tickets to watch the game were in awe. The 10 players on the field showed off their crazy moves, without the shackles of tactics and systems. The explosive talents of these talented teenagers made many viewers praise them.

As a well-deserved star player, Lin Ran naturally received the attention of the director, and the camera from God's perspective was almost focused on him.

In this game, he had a 50-50 fight with his junior brother Jie, and his performance was not bad - of course, the 2 heads and 1 assist that Lin Ran got from the first-level team also played a little bit. It's a negligible effect, allowing him to go out with only one more Dolan sword and one piece of cloth armor than Scout.

On the screen, he has already made an electric knife + attack speed shoes, and now he is riding the wave of E forward indomitably. The skin of Yasuo, the new night bringer released this summer, is as smooth as eating Dove chocolate. Lin Burning E, he came to the front of Jie.

Yasuo drew out his sword fiercely, the flame effect flickering on the unsheathed blade in his hand, and the Steel Cutting Flash poked away one of Zed's health points.

The junior didn't show mercy at all. His E [Ghost Slash] and basic attack also destroyed Yasuo's passive shield and a small amount of blood.

The primary school boy now only has one piece of equipment, [Youmu's Spirit].

Lin Ran felt that he was not afraid of disaster, so he simply did not use the line E behind him to go back. Instead, he handed over the wind wall to the rear to block the output of minions, and then used basic attack + Steel Cutting Flash to continue exchanging blood with his junior.

With the electric knife + attack speed shoes, Lin Ran's attack speed exceeds 1.5. The cooldown time of Q [Steel Cutting Flash] is very short, and the sword quickly stabs Jie's body.

The junior high school student saw that Lin Ran was so arrogant and dared to cross the line to exchange blood with him, and his eyes filled with anger.

In the early stages of this game, he saw that Lin Ran's first-level team had taken more kills, and he was still too timid to go up.

But at this time, the game had already gone on for 10 minutes, and the junior student saw it very clearly.

This Yasuo obviously has a strong understanding of troop lines and consumption. Lin Ran, as a top professional player, has better basic skills than him. This general knowledge is the result of accumulated training and talent over time, and has nothing to do with using heroes.

However, it is obvious that the level of this skill is not high. The E [Forward Slash] is extremely stiff when cast, and it can be called the zombie king of LPL.

Simply put, this Yasuo dish is refreshing and refined.

How can such a good Yasuo be put on the table? Do you still dare to choose?

Looking at the arrogant Yasuo in front of him, the junior finally couldn't bear it anymore. In the last wave of team battles, he and Lin Ran both surrendered Flash. This was the perfect opportunity for a solo kill!

After the little boy fired a basic attack, he decisively activated R [Forbidden Secret! Instant prison shadow killing array]!

The Impact Blade young woman Bai Jie soared into the sky, her whole body turned into a shadow, crossing in the air and leaving a mark of death on Yasuo.

Lin Ran stared at the screen intently, his fingers on the keyboard steady without any trembling. He was very calm.

Although Lin Ran and Yasuo are no good, it does not prevent him from knowing the skill mechanism of Zed.

The landing position of Zed's R skill is a very simple and easy-to-understand principle. Many people think it is behind the target.

Not actually accurate.

Strictly speaking, it should be: the shadow released by the ultimate move, the target hit by the ultimate move, and the disaster when the ultimate move lands, three points and one line.

If Zed and the target hit by the ultimate move are face to face, then Zed's impact point is indeed behind him.

But if the target has his back to Zed, it's a different situation. (See the Easter Egg Chapter for details)

In the second before the junior disciple used his ultimate move, Lin Ran had just shot an AQ on him, and then immediately turned around and stepped back.

Lin Ran is not a fool. He has an extra pair of attack speed shoes than Jie. In addition, the range of Q [Steel Flash] is farther than the normal attack, so naturally he has to focus on pulling.

After all, Yasuo is still very fragile right now, and he can't withstand the damage even if he stands there and fights Zed.

Just as he turned around to pull, Zed launched a basic attack and unleashed his ultimate move.

But now, Lin Ran's back was turned to his junior disciple.

In this way, the landing point of Zed's ultimate move will be in front of him!

After Lin Ran hit Steel Flash twice, he already had Whirlwind Slash in his hand, and Yasuo was exuding sword intent.

The unsheathed blade swung forward with force. The moment the whirlwind took action, Zed fell to the ground and hit the whirlwind without any suspense!

A dotted line symbolizing that Yasuo can connect to his ultimate move appeared in the air.

Lin Ran looked at the young woman Bai Jie flying in mid-air, and a bold idea came to his mind.

It’s considered an entertainment competition now, so it’s reasonable to show off your skills, right?

He slammed E towards the minion who was furiously attacking the wind wall, and then swung the sword in his arms in a circle from left to right!

The moment before the damage number popped up, Lin Ran activated his ultimate move and connected with the dotted line in the air!

When Lin Ran's Yasuo appeared next to his junior, he not only hit R [Wind Breathing Slash], but also the damage from the EQ minion's Steel Flash!

Yasuo's double wind skill!

This allowed Lin Ran to land his ultimate move and still have enough layers of Steel Flash in his hand.

After setting up the ignition and following up with a basic attack, Zed's HP dropped very quickly!

The junior didn't panic, he also set up Ignite on Yasuo, and then cast W [Shadow Secret!] to the side! The shadow of the clone] immediately threw the shuriken of the Q skill.

The two shadows left by W and R, together with the body of the robbery, formed a triangle, wrapping Lin Ran in the center!

The junior knew that Lin Ran's wind wall had not yet cooled down, and he himself had not been hit by E [Step forward]. Yasuo would definitely use Zed to move with E [Step forward] to avoid Zed's shuriken.

Therefore, the position of his shadow cast is very tricky. The calculated angle of the shuriken is the landing position of Lin Ran's E [Forward Slash] when it moves forward.

As long as Lin Ranjiao E relies on his displacement, he will hit the three flowers at the top - the shurikens released by Zed's body and the two shadows will all hit, and together with Youmeng's armor-piercing effect, it will cause huge damage instantly!

The junior kid used this shadow position to trick countless Yasuo. No Han Yisuo was of any use, and all of them would die.

But in his hurry, the junior forgot one thing - Lin Ran's Yasuo dish was fresh and refined, and it was different from the Yasuo he had seen before.

Now Lin Ran stood where he was and didn't move at all!

He remained unchanged in response to all changes and stabbed Zed with his sword.

In the blink of an eye, the little boy's subconscious prediction operation made it possible to steal the chicken but lose the rice!

The shuriken flew past Yasuo's clothes, and only the body Q, which was close to the face, hit Lin Ran!

Only one of the three shurikens hit, and Zed's damage was simply not enough!

The junior high school student didn't expect to understand that Lin Ran came to compete with the junior high school student with the mentality of killing people and eating meat.

From Lin Ran's point of view, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not, but he must take the head. After all, the original intention of choosing Yasuo is happiness.

And if he had just stepped forward and tried to avoid the shuriken with displacement, Yasuo's position would have left the triangle formed by Zed's two shadows + his body.

Once he leaves this triangle, it will be even more difficult for Yasuo to kill Zed without flashing.

Therefore, Lin Ran might as well stand still and exchange lives with Jie.

The failure prediction of this wave of junior students can only be said to be that he was standing on the fifth floor, thinking that Lin Ran was on the fourth floor, but he did not expect that this happy and charming man was on the first floor.

Lin Ran didn't even think about retreating, and punched the old master to death. He knew what he was doing.

AQ! In conjunction with the previous double wind operation, Lin Ran once again charged up the whirlwind slash.

The younger brother has become half-blooded!

Yasuo was still attacking with basic attacks, and the junior couldn't bear the damage, so he could only change places with the shadow left by the previous ultimate move.

But the next moment, Yasuo slid forward and stepped on him without fighting the whirlwind.

Lin Ran was still waiting. He knew that the junior disciple had another shadow who could change positions.

Sure enough, the moment he stepped forward and got close to the junior, Zed's body transformed into W [Shadow Secret! On the shadow of the clone].

But the next moment, the whirlwind rolled over with endless sword intent!

Lin Ran put away his sword and stepped back without looking back. With the skin of the Night Messenger and the YM dog tag, he had a strong cupping charm.

The junior student looked at the whirlwind blowing in front of his eyes and wanted to move, but it was too late.

He watched helplessly as his last bit of blood was emptied by Yasuo!

The audience in the audience burst into deafening cheers, and YM fans looked flushed and waved the black and red cheering sticks in their hands!

There were also question marks and 666 in the barrage. This scene was even more exaggerated than when Lin Ran won the Intercontinental Championship!

[Is this Ran’s Yasuo? Are you sure you didn't hire Rookie to do the job for you? 】

[Guigui, something’s wrong, are you having fun with Shuangfeng? What about Yasuo, who could make mistakes even with his EQ flash in the All-Star Game? 】

[But using Yasuo to kill the junior disciple alone, I’m afraid I’m not dreaming, right? 】

"Oh my god, you did a good job, Brother Ran!" Jack, who was playing Draven in the bottom lane against iboy, saw the kill message and smiled wildly with joy.

The Garlic Bastard looked suspicious, "Did someone take away your body? Speaking of which, you sneaked to the annex building of the base last night. I felt something was wrong at the time..."

Lin Ran coughed twice quickly, "Don't scream, I still have to operate."

Although he killed the junior boy alone, Gui Jiao Qi, who had a keen sense of smell, had already rushed to the battlefield. Lin Ran also wanted to use the forward slash to escape with the help of the factory director.

But the veteran factory director's position was maintained perfectly. He knew very well that the displacement distance of Yasuo's E [Forward Slash] was a fixed value. As long as it was kept at a reasonable distance, Yasuo would hit him and send him away.

Lin Ran's E came up and was knocked up by the factory director's excavator, and the third stage of Q sent Yasuo back to the spring.

In the voice of the EDG team, the junior brother finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the factory director avenge himself.

Recalling the scene where he was killed by a single man just now, his face started to heat up.

Yasuo, the dishonest person he despised, could actually kill him alone.

Shame!

"Scout, how did you die? You were actually killed by Lin Ran with Yasuo?" Meiko sprinkled another handful of salt into his wound.

The junior student thought for a moment and said, "...He's too bad. I'm anxious."

An hour and a half later.

Commentator Miller looked at the data panels of both sides in the decisive game and said, "Both sides gave us a wonderful match. The two teams had a total of 60 kills, and they were competing throughout the whole process!"

Lin Ran became addicted after winning the first game with Yasuo. He also picked Yasuo in the next two games, but he was ruthlessly targeted by the factory director during the laning period. He played no role at all and became EDG's cash machine.

"Although YM unfortunately lost in the end, this game did not affect their playoff ranking. Their 14 wins and 2 losses were the same as RNG, but the relationship between victory and defeat allowed them to secure the first place in the league!" Watanabe standing aside Thinking about data.

"It is worth mentioning that 14 wins and 2 losses is YM's worst regular season record since the team was founded. In the previous two regular seasons, they only lost one big game in total!"

"YM walks to the semi-finals, where they will wait for the challenger to arrive!"

The end of the game between YM and EDG also announced the end of the 2017 LPL Summer Regular Season.

What will greet each team after that will be the surging playoffs and the brutal final promotion and relegation tournament!

2,200 monthly tickets (magic number...), 4.4W of franchise owners are owed a total of 6.4W.

January update progress bar (2.7W+0.7W=3.4W/24.4W)