LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

On April 7, YM played against TOP, which was the last regular season game of the 2018 LPL Spring Split.

From the opening match that started with YM to the final match that ended with YM, Tengjing gave it all the cards.

The master-disciple duel before the game attracted a lot of attention, especially many TOP fans, who very much hoped that their home team could win this game.

There are no other reasons. One is to prove oneself, and the other is to compete for the regular season ranking.

Now YM has 17 wins and 1 loss. The only loss was ridiculous. LGD lost consecutively in the first half of the season, but after it was confirmed that they would miss the playoffs, they began to become water ghosts.

YM was having fun at the time. Jack insisted on grabbing the title of Syndra, the number one player in Lin Ran's team, and chose a lineup without ADC.

The result was that the two undisplaced mages were completely guarded by the Wild King's Blind Monk, and were dragged down by the Water Ghost at 0:2 in the end.

However, this does not affect their luxurious record. Now that YM has already secured the first place in the division, TOP has no intention of competing with Big Brother for ranking.

Standing in front of TOP is Guodian.

EDG ranked second with 12 wins and 7 losses; TOP ranked third with 11 wins and 7 losses.

The two teams have the same losses. If TOP wins the final game, they will win the same game as EDG. However, TOP is far ahead in small points and can successfully rank second in the Eastern Conference.

In other words, this game is irrelevant to YM, but in TOP's view, the final game will determine how far they can go in the playoffs.

Backstage before the game.

Zhuo Ding muttered and repeated the instructions given to him by his coaches and teammates, and swayed his wicker-like body into the YM lounge.

By this time, Hongmi had finished its pre-game meeting, the door to the lounge was open, and many official cameramen also squeezed in.

"Hey, isn't this awesome?" Jack looked arrogant, "We haven't seen each other for a month, why are you like this?"

When they first met, they were about the same size. Now Shiba Inu is two full circles fatter than Jin Jin's left hand, and his calves are about the same thickness as Zhuo Ding's thighs. There is a huge difference in physique.

Zhuo Ding laughed shyly, and was relieved when he saw that his good brother Xiaotian had not turned into a steamed bun.

His eyes moved around and he found Lin Ran sitting on a chair fiddling with his mobile phone. He quickly went over and pinched his shoulders to show his kindness.

Lin Ran enjoyed it very much, leaned back and continued chatting with his girlfriend.

Seeing this, Zhuo Ding became even more energetic. He tapped his teacher's shoulders with both hands, barely even glancing at the cards in his hand.

Lin Ran felt so comfortable being squeezed.

"What's the matter?" He closed his phone with a smile and looked sideways at Zhuo Ding behind him.

The golden left hand is still too innocent, and he can't hide anything on his face. He can tell at a glance that he has something to ask for.

But what could a man of his age ask him to help with?

money?

Zhuo Ding still uses Xiaomi 6. He loves braised chicken when eating, and his food and clothing are not extravagant.

He doesn't like fighting late at night like Mr. Kang...

Lin Ran thought about it carefully and felt that Zhuo Ding was not here to borrow money.

When Knight heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Ran, can we face off again today?" He said vaguely.

Zhuo Ding paused for a moment when he said this. Thinking of the arduous task assigned to him by his coach and teammates, his tone became even more solemn, "Don't play tricks, use all your strength to compete."

"Really or not?" Jack chuckled at the side, "King Emperor, you've never been beaten, have you?"

Xiaotian also laughed, "Zhuo Ding, Brother Ran hits hard, don't be beaten to tears again."

Knight hesitated upon hearing this.

In the Demacia Cup at the end of S6, he met Lin Ran, who had just been crowned king in Los Angeles.

I was beaten dizzy throughout the entire game. At that moment, I was used to the rhythm of qualifying, and only then did I truly see how terrifying the players at the top of the professional circle were.

Zhuo Ding sometimes has nightmares about that German Cup match.

The immature and young self had no advantage in front of Lin Ran. He couldn't beat the line, and his roaming efficiency was low. He often went shopping in the river to check his WeChat steps. In team battles, he would either get lost or die suddenly...

All the thoughts were understood. It was difficult to hit even the skills due to the cost of laning. In the end, there was no feedback, the hands were shaking all the time, and even the replenishment of troops was frightening.

In that BO5, Zhuo Ding played the lowest performance of his career, which was completely mid gap.

Knight feels that after more than a year of training in the competition, his strength has definitely improved, but he is definitely not good enough to challenge Lin Ran head-on.

He thought for a while, if he was beaten again...

I shouldn't cry myself.

probably not.

Knight calmed down and remembered what top laner Mei Mengxing Zoom had taught him.

He gritted his teeth and held his head high, "Just come, I will prove on this stage who is the best mid laner in the world!"

"Okay," Lin Ran heard this, stood up and patted Zhuo Ding on the shoulder, "I will fight you seriously."

In his opinion, Zhuo Ding showed a bit of joy at first, then the corners of his mouth raised slightly and then immediately dropped, making his mouth look depressed.

The facial expressions changed at the speed of light. Lin Ran felt it was outrageous when he saw it. For those who didn't know, he thought Zhuo Ding had secretly learned the trick of changing faces in Sichuan Opera when he went to OMG Chengdu to play a home game.

"It's so spicy," Knight was still shy, "Then I'll leave first to prepare."

As soon as he left the door of the YM lounge, he could no longer control himself. His body started shaking like chaff, and he covered his mouth to avoid laughing out loud.

"How's it going?" The chubby Zoom was still waiting outside. When he saw Zhuo Ding walking out of the room, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"It's done!" Zhuo Ding's words made the stone hanging in Zoom's heart fall to the ground.

His face showed joy, "Well done, Zhuo Ding! You have made great achievements with this bowl!"

"It's just... I guess it's hard to bear." Knight sighed.

Zoom comforted him: "It's okay, it's just a regular season game, don't worry about the outcome."

The two of them walked to the TOP team's lounge arm-in-arm, and the atmosphere was extremely cheerful along the way.

Everything is under their control.

In the last round of the group round-robin, YM took the snake game to the extreme. They often chose a lineup with no front row, no ADC or even no AP. Everyone changed positions and played, abandoning the results and creating happiness with all their heart.

The usual training matches continue as usual, but the coaching staff no longer focuses on the regular season - they are already studying their opponents in the playoffs.

Hongmi's move made the players very relaxed. Every time they ran to the Super Mall in the past month, Lin Ran and other team members were discussing enthusiastically what kind of lineup they would use later.

For them, without the pressure of performance, this kind of competition is equivalent to a disguised vacation. They have a lot of fun and the audience feels very happy - after all, they can let YM give them new tricks every time.

Even if you can win the game by playing like this, it's not because YM plays well, it's because the opponent doesn't play well.

In the entire Eastern Region, only EDG and TOP can put pressure on YM. WE, which performed quite well last year, has seen its core players plummet in strength after Redmi left, and now its record is on the verge of the playoffs.

As a result, TOP was very panicked when facing YM in the final match.

The more you play with snakes, the more scared I feel!

TOP's training department and some fans who don't know the truth have completely contradictory expectations for this game.

Fans hope that the team can take advantage of YM's reorganization and win against the world's best team to give them a long face.

Last night, TOP posted a Weibo post about tomorrow's starting lineup as usual, and most of the comments below were encouraging them.

There are even YM fans cheering them on, asking TOP to win quickly so that YM bastards can suffer a little bit. It would be best to hold more meetings so that the team members can take it seriously and stop thinking about Lin Weixiang's B-sword girl.

The training department of TOP saw the comments and felt that the fans wanted them to die.

They just want to lose this game now because the team is also studying their playoff opponents.

If the team wins YM, it will be ranked second in the Eastern Conference.

It may seem like the rankings are rising, but in fact the playoff situation will be even more difficult!

According to Tengjing's rules, the second in the Eastern Conference will face the winner of the third in the Western Conference (RNG) and the fourth in the Eastern Conference (WE) in the playoffs.

If nothing else, the opponent in 6-to-4 will be RNG.

How to fight this?

If we lose this game and TOP falls to third place in the East Division, we can play No. 4 in the West Division (BLG) first, and then play No. 2 in the West Division (RW).

This road is relatively easy to follow. Although RW has been very strong recently, in the end, it is a new force like them and has little experience in playoff BO5. TOP can even reach the semi-finals of the spring split if they give it a try.

Although it is not the first time to enter the playoffs, Zhuo Ding still feels that reaching the top 4 this year is considered a success.

There is no way, there are too many monsters in the LPL this year, not to mention YM, IG is rising again, RNG is gradually improving after Uzi's return, EDG is old and strong, and RW is the new Rogue...

There are many strong opponents in the fierce playoffs. If TOP, a new team established less than a year ago, can reach the top four of the spring split, it will indeed be a satisfactory result.

In order to ensure their third place in the Eastern Conference, they must lose this matchup with YM.

But according to YM's temper in the last few games of the regular season, there is a high probability that they will continue to work hard in the final game.

If TOP uses a normal lineup, there is a high probability that they will win the game; if they don’t use a normal lineup and work with YM, if they lose the game in this way, they will be sorry for those fans who encourage the team to win the game on Weibo - although there are many Fans didn't realize the seriousness of the playoff situation, but they were enthusiastic about the club.

TOP, from coaches to players, all have a bit of arrogance in their hearts, but they don’t want to deliberately let things slip and lose the game. If they let things go, wouldn’t it be a replica of Oscar night?

So Zoom came up with a solution - just let YM use all his strength, wouldn't it? They couldn't win anyway.

TOP finally decided to let Zhuo Ding sacrifice his personal self to achieve his great self - sending him to provoke Lin Ran and make YM take it seriously.

In this way, TOP can successfully lose the game and maintain their ranking, YM can maintain their dignity of being number one in the regular season, and the audience can still see a hearty battle in the final game.

The only unlucky person is Knight who has to be taught a lesson by Lin Ran.

Zoom successfully created a world where only the golden left hand was injured!

…

"Good evening fellow summoners, the next game is the last game of the 2018 LPL spring regular season..."

The commentators for today's final game are Remember and Zeyuan. Their current status in the commentator world is lower than that of Doll Miller and Changmao. They are considered the backbone of the industry.

"RNG defeated RW in the last game. Although it will not have any impact on the final ranking, RNG also proved to fans that they are in hot shape now!"

Zeyuan nodded matter-of-factly, "That's true. Uzi is now carrying the team's banner, and the team members are becoming more and more understanding with each other. They are very likely to cause a shock in the playoffs."

After chatting for a few words about RNG, which won the previous game, they quickly switched the topic to the final game.

"Compared with the Western District, which has a huge disparity in performance, the suspense of the Eastern District's regular season rankings remains until the last game on the last match day!" Ze Yuan said loudly, "YM's game against TOP will determine the final ranking of the Eastern District! "

Remember to nod, "Apart from the competition for rankings, another highlight of the game is the matchup between the two mid laners. When Knight debuted in YMA, he was known as Brother Ran's successor. The two have a close personal relationship, and they feel like they are both teachers and friends. ,"

"Knight's performance this season is also very impressive. He is the absolute core of the TOP and has great statistics..."

The director also showed Lin Ran and Zhuo Ding's makeup photos. Knight on the screen had a stern look on his face, his left hand palm upward, vaguely clasped into a claw, while Lin Ran on the other side made the same movement with his right hand. The two people's postures were mirrored, as if they were the same model. carved out of it.

At this time, the audience discovered that the two mid laners were actually linked in the makeup photos.

【Huh? The last time the two teams met, the mid laner’s makeup photo was not this one]

[How many official makeup photos have been taken, just eating alone, right? 】

[Why don’t you hurry up and do it quickly? Are there any pictures of Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong? Garlic Bastard and Ran Ge’s are also available, please give me Kangkang]

However, the discussion about the makeup photos only lasted a few seconds. The data under the photos of the two mid laners quickly attracted the audience's full attention.

Lin Ran's KDA (7.7), 15-minute economic difference (+1557), damage conversion rate (146.7%), output ratio (29.1%), and group participation rate (79.1%) ranked first, and the average output was Ranked second - the first place was taken away by Song Yijin again.

[I feel calm. Isn’t this a basic operation for Ran? 】

[I feel strange that it doesn’t rank first in these data]

[Maybe one day, I mean, maybe, when Ran's data hits rock bottom, will you still support him? 】

[It’s okay, as long as he retires quickly enough, he will never be Laobi]

[There is a saying that is true. If the factory director retires after S5MSI is over, he will not be kicked out of 4396 by Little Peanut. People must retire bravely]

On the other side, Zhuo Ding's five statistics are also among the top three. He doesn't seem to be as invincible as Lin Ran, but he has one stat that is unparalleled.

Solo kill.

As of today, there are 18 big games and 45 small games in the TOP regular season. Zhuo Ding scored 33 solo kills!

On the single kill list, Lin Ran, TheShy and Broiler are ranked behind. Their number of single kills is around 25.

The IG game is now over, and unless Lin Ran gets 7 more solo kills than Zhuo Ding in the final game, knight is destined to become the solo kill king of the S8 Spring Split.

"Knight's single kill count is a bit strong," I remember laughing. "I remember that at the beginning of the season, he scored 5 solo kills from FPX's mid laner Bing."

"Yes, Ah Bing's performance against TOP was not ideal," Zeyuan pondered for two seconds, "but objectively speaking, the schedule does have a certain impact on the solo kill data."

"Because the winning rate of IG and YM is too high, there are not many small games, and the number of accumulated single kills must be smaller."

As soon as he finished speaking, the BP picture appeared on the big screen at the scene!

"YM has the priority to choose sides in this game. They banned Ryze first on the blue side!"

Hongmi originally planned to be a casual BP and get a convenient hero for the team members. Unexpectedly, Zhuo Ding came to the lounge and issued a challenge, insisting on a showdown with Lin Ran in the middle.

In this case, he also became serious and let the group of young men opposite him see his strength.

"The first ban spot in TOP is given to Qinggang Ying. With the changes in the version, Camille's priority in the top lane is getting higher and higher. The mid-to-upper swing of Ran Ge and Jin Gong is also very deadly!"

Nowadays, the top lane ecological chain is dominated by tanks, and vampires who can easily and smoothly develop against tanks often appear on the scene.

Unfortunately, Qinggangying can be single-banded without any solution in the later stage when facing tanks; and when dealing with vampires, he can use E [Hook Rope] to get close and passive adaptive shield to constantly exchange blood, and even have the opportunity to kill alone. .

As a result, although Qinggang Shadow has not been strengthened recently, he has still become the hottest top laner in the version.

In the second ban, Redmi chose to block Xia Luo, the version's strong ADC, which could destroy TOP's arrangement on the red side and prevent them from taking the Xia Luo combination first and second.

"TOP banned Olaf..." Zeyuan was not surprised. "This hero also received a strengthening in version 8.5, and it was too strong in the early stage, so it is inevitable to be targeted."

The last ban spot in the first round was given to the captain by YM.

"Eh?" I remember frowning, "Is this banning Jin Gong's own hero?"

Zeyuan was also puzzled, "Although the captain received a weakening in the previous version, he is still very strong in the upper unit. After all, the two talents of Thieving Omen and Immortal Grip fit very well with the captain's Q [Gunfire Negotiation]."

He put forward another idea, "Could banning this captain be to get crows for Jin Gong?"

The Tactician Commander underwent a rework in version 8.4. The Old Crow completely retired from the stage of history, and is now the Noxian Commander Swain.

When the implementation was just reworked, Crow's strength was not very high, but Fist couldn't bear it and strengthened it in 8.5. Now Crow is also a man standing at the top of the top order food chain.

"Impossible," I remember immediately retorting after hearing Zeyuan's words, "It's easier for a crow to beat a captain, whether it's a laning or a team fight. There's no reason to ban the captain no matter how you think about it."

TOP's coach this season is Poppy, who came from the RNG Youth Training Department. He stood behind Zhuo Ding, flipping through his notebook, and had the same questions as Remember and Zeyuan.

The captain's ban is indeed inexplicable.

"Is it possible that they moved the crow to the middle?" Zoom put forward his own idea.

Bobby continued to deduce the idea of ​​​​his own top laner. In this way, it made sense to ban the captain. YM would most likely give Jin Gong the front row tank.

"Ban the crow, we can't solve it." Bobby said to his team members.

Hearing his coach's decision, Zoom felt it was a pity. The Crows were quite strong, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to take on the ban position in this game.

"YM blue side still has Thresh as the first choice!" Remember the brief analysis, "They have to ensure that Liu Qingsong has enough influence on the map in the early and mid-term, and use the perfect skill mechanism of Thresh to compete with their own team. The wild and mid laners link up.”

Now as long as Thresh is placed outside, Hongmi has always grabbed it without hesitation.

This is a powerful hero that YM used other people's hero pools to win for Liu Qingsong, so there is no reason not to choose him.

But Poppy was also prepared for this, "Take Verus and the prince, Sad, try to see Brother Ran to death in this game, don't make Knight feel too uncomfortable."

Sadness nodded repeatedly with a puffy face, "Don't worry, I'll stay in the middle this game."

He can clearly distinguish who is the real boss of TOP. As long as Zhuo Ding plays comfortably, the entire team can be revitalized.

"Vampire and policewoman, YM directly showed two big cores in the late stage!" Zeyuan became excited. He knew that YM was serious about it and finally gave up those underworld lineups.

Seeing YM's first three players, Bobby thought hard and couldn't figure out what made YM's lineup reasonable.

The female policeman's strong period is a standard U-shape. In the early stage, the opponent's hand length is indeed very strong. However, in the mid-term, due to the low growth and attack speed and the lack of Infinity Blade, the output ability is very weak.

The vampire's strong period is also in the middle and late stages. Even if Lin Ran develops the outfit idea of ​​the spell-binding orb, he still needs a two-piece set and CD shoes to start to exert power.

When a vampire and a policewoman develop normally, around 20 minutes is the weakest time. The policewoman does not have a three-piece suit, and there is no strong protection against vampire damage...

In Bobby's view, these two heroes are not in line with YM's idea of ​​launching a decisive team battle around the Baron in the mid-term.

"Take the bull head first," thinking of this, the BP countdown was about to end, and Bobby said to Zhuo Ding, "I'll think about the rest..."

In the second round of BP, Poppy tried his best to fill up the time and leave himself enough time to think.

After thinking about it, he felt that YM must add a mid-term hero to support the entire team around 20 minutes.

So he chose to ban Jace and Zoe, two standard early and mid-game Poke heroes, without giving YM any room to swing.

Hongmi nodded in approval when he saw this. He knew that the other coach had seen through his arrangement.

But this is only one part of it. An old Yin coin like him has always dug a lot of holes in BP. As long as the opponent steps on one of them, he will be at a disadvantage in the lineup.

"YM chose to ban Ornn and Shen..." Remember to raise your volume, "This is targeting Zoom's hero pool!"

Qinggangying, Crow, Captain, Ornn, Shen... Both sides invested a lot of ban positions in the top lane, which made Zoom very uncomfortable.

"Let's get the crocodile first." Bobby also knew that he had to get a strong hero for Zoom, and the crocodile just met his requirements.

Desert Madness Renekton can easily suppress the vampire on the top lane, which can prevent YM from shaking the vampire to the top lane to the greatest extent.

Moreover, it is strong enough in the early and mid-term, and can also show its value in various team battles.

It is indeed a foolproof strategy.

Seeing the crocodile appear, Hongmi breathed a sigh of relief.

He released such a tempting hero and was afraid that the opponent's coach wouldn't be fooled.

"YM's last two moves, the Jungle Troll and...Quinn!"

There were faint exclamations from the audience that could not be suppressed, and the barrage was also full of question marks!

"Quinn!" Remember to turn up the volume, "Is YM going to show off some new routine?"

"Ah? What is this?" Zoom felt like he was being tricked, "Top laner or mid laner?"

Poppy was a little confused at first. The hero Quinn was used to play the mid laner for a while in S5 and S6. He can use his ultimate to frequently support lane runs. In theory, it is also a mid-to-upper swing choice.

But he came back to his senses as soon as he thought about it. If Quinn played a vampire in the mid lane, the lineup would be too weird, which would be equivalent to sending a vampire up to be killed by the crocodile.

As expected, this Quinn was assigned to Jin Gong's unit.

AD station on the road?

【Familiar taste! Who says YM doesn't do its job? 】

[I’m really going to die laughing. The three cores of YM don’t even have control. How can we fight in a team fight? 】

[I don’t even know how to win with this lineup]

"How about taking Clockwork?" Poppy asked his mid laner for his opinion, "Let's be more stable in the early stage of this game. In the middle stage, you can bring the prince and the bull head into the field."

"Okay, no problem." Zhuo Ding agreed happily.

The lineups of both sides are completely determined.

Blue square YM: top laner Quinn, jungler troll, mid laner vampire, bottom lane policewoman + Thresh.

TOP on the red side: top laner Crocodile, jungler prince, mid laner Clockwork, bottom lane Verus + Niutou.

The game is loaded in just a few moments, and Summoner's Rift arrives with a bang!

Thanks to the leader of Spongebob Charizard for the reward...big chapter tomorrow