LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

The flight arrived at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport in the afternoon.

As soon as Lin Ran got off the plane, he felt the difference in climate between here and Shanghai. It was obviously drier and the tip of his nose was slightly itchy.

The advantage is that your skin won’t have that sticky feeling of being covered in moisture when outdoors.

A total of more than 40 people from the four teams, coaching staff, and Tengjing staff took another group photo at the airport, and asked each club to send out official blog posts to appease the fans, and then boarded the bus to catch up. Go to Crowne Plaza Dalian Sports Center.

"I thought I was going to live in Wanda," Xiaoyao looked like she hadn't woken up. She got in the car and felt paralyzed by the air-conditioning. "Isn't Dalian the hometown of Principal Wang?"

Wanda, a giant enterprise that ranks among the best in the country, made its fortune in Dalian. The IG City Heroes Competition team also fell in the Liaoning Division to which Dalian belongs. It can be seen that Wang Sicong has feelings for this place.

IG manager Su Xiaoluo was sitting aside and looking out the window. This place was familiar yet unfamiliar to him.

Dalian is also his hometown, but after he was admitted to Fudan University, the number of times he came back was significantly reduced. He only stayed for two more years because he resigned from his institutional position and came back to open a law firm.

Poppy, who was sitting in the front row of the bus, was still explaining, "Wanda has a hotel in the center of Dalian, but it is a full 20 kilometers away from our intercontinental competition venue. There is no need to live there. It is too inconvenient to go back and forth."

All the team members nodded in understanding.

Although the competition format of the Intercontinental Championship is not long and the gold content cannot be compared with the mid-season and world championships, there are not many teams at all.

There are three divisions in the Asian Competition, with four teams in each division, adding up to 12 teams. Counting various personnel, there must be more than 100 people, which is more than the MSI main stage.

How to properly arrange these people is an issue that the hosts Tengjing and Riot China have to consider.

Living too far away from the venue is difficult to manage and may lead to problems. Vincent and Bobby discussed it and combined factors such as price and location. After comprehensive consideration, they decided to arrange their stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

"Two people live in one room." Riot China employees came here early to arrange everything and allocate room cards one by one. "On the east side of the corridor are people from the LPL competition area and our Riot Games, and on the west side are South Korea and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan competition areas. , please be careful not to go wrong."

Vincent took over the topic, "Three meals a day are included in the hotel. We checked it out in advance and found that the variety of dishes is quite rich, including various types from China and Korea..."

Dalian is very close to South Korea, and many Korean companies have taken root here, so the food style provided by the hotel will naturally be biased.

Lin Ran took the room card, dragged his suitcase and walked in. The garlic bastard Pianpidian followed him.

The room was quite good in all aspects. It was considered to be the standard configuration of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you could see the Dalian Sports Center in the park, and beyond was the endless coastline. Lin Ran looked into the distance, and this touch of blue made him feel Feeling relaxed and happy.

The phone suddenly vibrated. After Lin Ran unlocked it, he found that it was his girlfriend's reply to the message that he had reported safety after landing in Dalian.

After a brief chat, Su Cheng had classes to attend in the first period of the afternoon. Lin Ran told her to be careful when going home at night, then closed the chat window and carefully read the process document that Guo Hao had sent previously.

The first joint training time is scheduled for six o'clock tonight - probably because the training room has not been decorated yet, and Lin Ran will have a promotional video and two e-sports media interviews tomorrow, which is expected to take a whole afternoon. time.

He set an automatic reminder for his itinerary on his mobile phone, then took a shower, slumped down on the big soft bed, skillfully placed pillows on his lower back, and opened the live broadcast platform on his tablet.

Four LPL teams came to participate in the intercontinental competition, but the summer split has not been suspended. Now that the schedule has entered the middle, the other 10 teams left behind want to rush to the rankings.

Especially the four teams in the middle stage - TOP, EDG, WE, Snake, fought fiercely. Their points are very close. If nothing else, these four teams plus the four teams in the intercontinental competition will basically be squeezed. Full playoff standings.

In this case, the regular season ranking is very critical. No one wants to bump into YM prematurely. It is simply a mantis trying to control the car, and whoever bumps into it will die.

The match Lin Ran was watching was the battle between TOP and WE.

"What are you doing?" Garlic Bastard ran out in short-sleeved pajamas after taking a shower. He was a little curious when he saw Lin Ran and Ge You with a Buddhist look lying on the bed.

Lin Ran waved the tablet in his hand, "There is a game with Zhuo Ding."

The waiter and Knight had a good personal relationship. Hearing this, he immediately became energetic and flew to bed to watch the live broadcast.

"...Is WE so good now?" Garlic Bastard saw the data board above the viewing system and couldn't help but sigh, "Have you been tortured like this by TOP?"

Since WE's home court this year is in Xi'an, it was naturally assigned to the Western Division by Tengjing. In the intra-group cycle before the intercontinental competition, YM also met this ancient giant.

Xiaoyao didn't feel anything at that time, so YM just ran over and won.

Even in his opinion, a strong team like EDG in the upper reaches of the league is similar to Planet Light OMG, which has been struggling for several years. They are both teams that were pushed evenly by him in 20 minutes, let alone WE.

Now that I see this veteran e-sports team struggling to survive under the impact of the new TOP team, and just want to drag out a glimmer of hope and prevent the game from losing so ugly, the garlic bastard realizes that times have changed.

The all-powerful WE2.0 of LPL back then was fading away, and its collapse was just a thought.

Lin Ran took over Xiaoyao's topic, "The aging of the team members is too serious. I guess this is also the reason why Hongmi left."

Xiye, the youngest player in WE, is 21 years old, and other players are already on the verge of retirement.

In an e-sports project like League of Legends, every version change is a torture for veterans. A newcomer aged 17 or 18 can practice a hero in 20 games of ranking, while a player in his twenties, 23s or 23 can practice it in 50 games due to style restrictions. His heroic performance may not be as good as others.

The most critical problem is that today, with the rapid development of leagues, the slow pace of hero training will trigger a series of chain reactions. It can be said that one step is slow and the other is slow.

The first thing that bears the brunt is the team's league results.

After the veteran finally mastered this version of a powerful hero, he suddenly discovered that the version had changed again!

All the heroes that have been trained so hard before have been shaved off. New powerful characters and systems have entered the league stage, and the veterans have to start all over again.

A vicious cycle continues over and over again. If the league performance is not good, it will not be able to enter the World Championship. This kind of team has no need to support veteran players.

Isn’t it nice to smoke newbies?

The wages of the group of people who are about to retire are getting higher and the results are worse than the last. The experience they are proud of has basically no effect before facing the decisive BO5.

WE are facing such a dilemma now.

The entire team was dragged along by the version.

The fist chop was originally intended to weaken YM, using the mechanism of Rift Herald being able to resurrect, forcing the team to put more focus on the top half in the early and mid-term.

As a result, YM had not yet shown its decline, and it affected WE first.

WE has not been a team focused on the top half since the 1.0 era. When 957 was at its strongest, it was still a blue-collar team that did not waver in the jungle. This has nothing to do with strength, it is purely a matter of style.

WE, who are not accustomed to the new version, are now in an increasingly difficult situation, not to mention that after Hongmi left, the team's coaching staff has not been able to keep up.

A variety of factors are added together, and the decline of WE is inevitable.

"Zhuo Ding's single crocodile is not bad," Xiaoyao said happily while watching the live broadcast of the game, "7/2/4, I want to win the MVP."

Lin Ran was still watching the barrage.

He and other YM members have signed up for Dousha Live, and the platform has recently launched a new feature. Signed professional players will have eye-catching barrage prompts when entering various live broadcast rooms.

When he and Garlic Bastard entered the LPL official live broadcast room just now, they were obviously seen by viewers on the Internet. Now the chat channel is full of ridicule.

[YM’s midfielder doesn’t train and comes here to watch the game? 】

[Is this the plane landing in Dalian? 】

【Come on for the intercontinental competition! 】

[Not much else to say, killing LMS by blast, isn’t it OK? 】

The knife girl operated by Xiye was completely unable to withstand the pressure given by Zhuo Ding. After the crocodile made the blue-sucking knife, it was simply lawless. There was no suspense in a one-on-one fight against two.

WE used their familiar operating rhythm and worked hard to drag the game to 28 minutes.

"TOP has finally dealt with the three lines of troops and is about to turn to focus on the fire dragon! But WE has time to defend!" As soon as the commentator Hao Kai spoke a long sentence, he began to torture the audience in a familiar way. Lin Ran even wanted to hand him an oxygen bottle. , I thought about it and turned on silent mode.

The two sides launched a round of desperate struggle in Dalong Pit.

Xiye activated R [Vanguard Blade] to sweep the top three, and with the double-winged blades entering the field, the damage was considerable, and relying on the shield provided by the bloody hand, he managed to withstand the first round of TOP's explosion.

Then mystic's Kai'Sa flew into the battlefield with R.

Lin Ran saw clearly that his brother-in-law's big move was obviously a mistake.

Originally, Kai'Sa was supposed to fly to the outside of the dragon pit, seal the pass in disguise, and slowly output the top generals with Xiye and 957.

If done correctly, Kai'Sa at this point in time can harvest the battle, and maybe even help WE recover from its decline.

But mystic's flight position was deviated, and he rushed straight into the dragon pit!

You know, there are three top Nakano Suke in the Dragon Pit!

"How dare you fly?!" The Garlic Bastard lying next to him was dumbfounded.

The audience was in an uproar!

Kai'Sa is like a moth to a flame, she is simply committing a crime!

You must know that she has dealt with Flash before, and now she has no way to escape!

Zhuo Ding had already activated his ultimate move, and the swollen crocodile used E [Rampage] to approach Kai'Sa. Looking at the behemoth in front of her, the daughter of the void could only be described as trembling.

In Lin Ran's view, Dao Mei's team fighting ability is mediocre. Xiye just relied on the equipment of Bloody Hand and the disarming effect of R [Vanguard Blade] to withstand a wave of explosions. WE's core output still depends on Kasha.

And this wave of mistakes by Mystic can completely ruin the game.

He immediately asserted, "WE is gone..."

But before he finished speaking, the crocodile waved the weapon in his hand and slashed with Red Fury W [Cold Hunting], but it didn't hurt Kai'Sa at all!

The brother-in-law even used Icathia Heavy Rain mixed with basic attacks to kill ppgod.

"What's going on?" Lin Ran and Garlic Bastard looked confused.

The barrage was also flooded with question marks!

The two of them immediately saw the real eye next to Zhuo Ding that was full of blood, but now only had one bar of blood left!

"This idiot is really committing a crime!" Xiaoyao couldn't help shouting, "Is this an operation that humans can do?"

Lin Ran immediately typed in the chat channel.

YM Ran: [Crocodile Red Angry W Eyes]

The Shark Fighting platform gave him additional special effects. The cool black and red borders made Lin Ran's barrage extremely conspicuous, and the response was equally enthusiastic.

【Hahaha I'm going to die laughing】

[Red Angry W Eyes I really didn’t expect that Brother Ran is also a disgusting person]

[Knight is also good at memorizing, he showed off for a whole game, and this wave of team battles caused embarrassment]

[I think this is obviously a barrage sent by Jack. Please return your account to Brother Ran! 】

YM Tian: [I testify that he posted it himself]

However, TOP still won this team battle in the end. The black cutter + the new blue-sucking crocodile already had a 40% cooldown reduction. Coupled with the effect of [Cui Yao], the CD of W [Cold Hunting] rotated very quickly. The brother-in-law's position is really too outrageous to survive.

Lin Ran saw that the game was over and just released his commentary voice.

"Congratulations to TOP. While defeating WE 2:0, it also raised its ranking to second place in the Western Division, second only to YM!"

At this time, the director also gave the scoreboard of the Eastern and Western divisions. Lin Ran saw that TOP had rushed to 4 wins and 2 losses with a strong three-game winning streak, successfully ending the round robin within the group.

It has to be said that the TOP players are also very good. Xiong Xiong has gradually lost his youthfulness, and now he has kept up with the team's rhythm, working together to attack the S game tickets.

After watching the game, Lin Ran wanted to indulge and order a cup of milk tea.

As a result, when I clicked on the takeout app, there were no milk tea shops around.

"Isn't this too biased?" He muttered. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of his room on the seventh floor, he could see half-grown children sweating on the green field in the Dalian Football Youth Training Base outside.

There was really nothing to do. Fortunately, they were not the only ones who had this idea. Lin Ran shouted casually in the group, and several other teammates in the next room came over carrying snacks to play cards. Jack also pulled Broiler and TheShy over. .

"Fight the Landlord, fight the Landlord!" Shiba Inu rubbed his hands excitedly. He had long been unable to control his addiction to cards. "Today I will show you what Yucheng Judai is!"

Liu Qingsong scolded him unceremoniously. Jack once claimed on the microphone that he would be kicked out. He remembered this clearly.

TheShy smiled awkwardly but politely, turned his head and asked his mid laner in a low voice, "What are they talking about?"

In fact, he can understand some Chinese swear words, and even compared them with Xiba from his hometown, (Silly X, get out of here), etc., just in case he was scolded and still didn't know what happened.

Due to King Ning's influence, he also marked words such as pulling the crotch.

But now Liu Qingsong’s words are undoubtedly beyond TheShy’s Chinese understanding.

"Just..." Broiler didn't know how to explain it, "It's just a bunch of swear words, so don't learn it."

"Don't worry, I'm a good boy, I won't curse." TheShy said seriously, even hiding his cute looking big teeth.

The broiler hesitated to speak.

In a sense, TheShy's words are indeed correct.

He basically doesn't curse.

I just like the yin and yang and my typing speed is extremely fast.

This may be related to TheShy's piano learning experience. Others are nicknamed Canyon Pianist. This person is really good at playing the piano, and even earned him the title of the three biggest trolls in the Korean server.

Broiler can only silently hope that his little brother will never learn to be bad. Once he learns to troll people, coupled with his ridiculous hand speed, he may not be able to unify the Korean server and become undefeated in the East.

"What is this called...how do you play with the Earth Pearl?" Broiler had seen Xiaohai Youshen and Ning Wang like to play this kind of card before, and this was the first time they actually participated.

"I'll teach you!" Jack volunteered.

"The order of the cards is like this..." He taught the two Korean aids step by step, "You arrange them in my way, from smallest to largest."

"Then what?" TheShy rested his head on the clavicle of his cock and asked curiously.

Jack continued, "Then you go from big to small!"

When he said this, he looked matter-of-fact.

Lin Ran lay on the bed with his back against them, not daring to make a sound for fear of being choked.

"Ah?" Broiler still maintains the instinctive suspicion of human beings, "Steamed and fake?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Jack said without blushing, "Of course it's true!"

After explaining the basic rules, there were six people in the room, which were divided into two tables.

Lin Ran was just looking to see if the table between Broiler and TheShy would make a fool of himself, and he didn't pay attention to his own cards at all.

This drives the Shiba Inu shark crazy.

He said proudly, "Dude, it's like the reincarnation of a gambling monster!"

"Back then, Chen Daozai could win 37 million with 20 yuan. I, Jack, love today..."

Before he finished speaking, Shiba Inu Destiny was pinched by the back of his neck.

"Are you teaching **?" Broiler loser became anxious, pinched the Shiba Inu's neck and shouted angrily: "Look at the two cards left in my hand?"

Lin Ran and Xiaoyao glanced at each other.

This time I really live in Bengbu.

One to three, I can't afford it.

…

At half past five in the evening, a group of people just ran to the restaurant downstairs.

By this time, the number of players in Landlords had grown to twenty-one. Except for a few players who were sleeping in the room, the rest were basically here.

Several Korean players are still discussing the skills of Landlords. The theoretical Hongmi even wants to write a report to analyze this card game.

“There’s Jeonju Bibimbap here!” Jimu Gong’s eyes lit up with excitement when he saw the delicacies from his hometown.

He even dragged Lin Ran to have a taste, and then Lin Ran took the little bastard with him, and before leaving, the boy took Jack with him.

In the end, everyone in YM was dragged to eat Jeonju Bibimbap.

However, Lin Ran thought it was quite average and he couldn't eat the bean sprouts in it.

At six o'clock sharp, the four teams participating in the intercontinental competition in the LPL division gathered together in the spacious training room prepared by Riot China.

More than thirty computers have been clearly arranged, the chassis exudes colorful light, and the gaming chairs are placed extremely neatly.

Tengjing CEO Bobby stood in the center of the training room, "This is the second intercontinental competition held by Riot Games. Last year, we were the champions."

"This year, WE couldn't come, and we were replaced by the Xia team, which was just established half a year ago. I hope you can add glory to the LPL division..." Bobby looked at RW, who was also wearing black and red uniforms. This group had never participated before. The players in this level of competition are all high-spirited and excited, and he is very satisfied in his heart. "The other three teams should also take the lead. Our biggest enemy this time is still the LCK."

He also knows that strength speaks for itself on the field, so he left after saying a few hasty words.

Hongmi knocked on the phone, cleared her throat and continued, "Without further ado, let me talk about the version issue."

In a competition of this level, the coaching staff of each major team will naturally not hide their secrets and reveal all their understandings.

"This intercontinental competition is using version 8.13. Compared with 8.11 of the LPL Summer Split, there are two minor version updates. We have to pay attention to many points," he spoke quickly, but Jiang Chenglu has already adapted to it. , the words popped out like bullets from a Gatling gun, "First of all, starting from 8.12, the two jungle heroes, Blind Sin and Kindred, have been strengthened."

Redmi also made a slideshow and placed it on the screen through a projector so that everyone could see it clearly: Blind Sin's W [Golden Bell Cover] CD was shortened, E [Thunder Break] damage was increased, Kindred's Q [ Dance of Arrows] attack speed bonus and the output of E [Fear] have been strengthened.

"But there is one big plus - Rambo has been strengthened."

Having said this, Lin Ran was no longer sleepy.

At that time, he had a single Rambo in his hand that could knock the air out of the air in seconds, so that his opponents didn't even dare to leave the high ground.

Hongmi also switched the slide to the yordle, "The base and AP bonus of W [Shattered Shield] have been improved, and the damage of R [Constant Temperature Burn] has also increased a lot."

"Since top laners are rampant now, I estimate that Rambo will not appear in the top lane after this enhancement, and it should be the mainstream choice to use him as a mid laner."

Lin Ran nodded repeatedly, especially now that Enchantresses are popular, Rambo, who is relatively not afraid of LeBlanc, has many opportunities to appear.

"There is another more important piece of information, that is, the soft assistants headed by Karma have been weakened..."

All the players looked at the curtain. Karma, Lulu, Feng Nu, and even Clockwork's shield duration were all slashed.

In addition, the [Healing and Shield Strength] attributes of essential soft auxiliary equipment such as Incense Burner and Redemption have also been weakened.

The two blows made the already declining status of the soft assistant even worse.

"YM was targeted so miserably..." RW coach Han Yi really didn't want to laugh, but seeing this weakening, the corners of his mouth still rose uncontrollably.

There were bursts of laughter in the huge training room.

After the S7 World Championship, Soft Assistant was basically unable to enter the professional arena. There was no need for Riot to make such a move, but the designer still made the move.

Very purposeful.

It's obviously going to be the top laner of Kalma that Jin Gong has been using since the mid-season.

Riot doesn’t want this kind of hero with no laning difficulty to appear in the top lane, which emphasizes bloody fighting.

Every time I met Karma, the other top laner would just shut himself up and buy a house under the tower without any game experience.

YM and the others could only smile helplessly. This is how a big tree attracts the wind.

"But these are just appetizers. Version 8.12 is just a fine-tuning update. Version 8.13 is the top priority."

Hongmi paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on her face, she continued:

"This may be the biggest change that affects the intercontinental competition..."

"Sword Demon has been redone."

He clicks the mouse.

The reworked Darkin sword demon Aatrox appears on a huge curtain.

The scarlet eyes showed an aura of endless killing, and the God-killing Blade in his hand exuded a rich blood light.

Deterrence is coming.

Big chapter tomorrow