LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

It's almost 8:30 in the evening, and the audience is still waiting at the scene just to watch YM's game.

The number of people in the online live broadcast room has been at its highest level for a while. Vincent and Bobby saw the viewing data of major competition platforms and felt that their performance in the second half of the year was off to a good start.

There is a reason why YM and KZ are arranged in the last game.

The two teams are the strongest teams in the spring split of the LPL and LCK divisions, and they have the greatest weight in the deciding points that affect the rankings. If the other teams cooperate well, YM and KZ can even decide the ticket to the finals for the first place in the group.

If this contest between the No. 1 seeds in the two major regions is moved forward, the winning or losing will be lost and it will not be able to bring the sense of urgency to the audience. Only by pushing this kind of important game to the end can there be suspense and stimulate everyone's excitement. Enthusiasm for watching the game.

And currently, the popularity of both teams is one of the highest. The number of fans is here, and they are the basis of the game viewing data.

You know, although the intercontinental competition schedule states the time - for example, RNG will face G-Rex at 3 p.m., KT will face MAD at 4 p.m....

But in fact, except for the first game, the game is not strictly according to this schedule.

In the game that started at three o'clock in the afternoon, RNG tied the opponent in 25 minutes. Is it possible that we have to take a forced break and wait until four o'clock to start the next game?

impossible.

The post-game interview on the stage is over, and the two teams for the next game are about to take the stage to prepare.

The length of the games is uncertain, and one game after another is superimposed. No one knows how far the start time of the final game of the group stage will differ from the estimated time of the schedule.

Sometimes, the audience watches the game according to the schedule, but they don't expect that the previous teams won the victory too quickly, causing the game they wanted to watch to be played in advance, and even if they were unlucky, it would even be over.

After all, there are still a small number of viewers who use the event reminder function in the live broadcast platform APP. Those die-hard fans often open the event live broadcast room in advance to catch a glimpse of the game progress; or they simply hang there and go about their own business first, waiting for those who support the home team. Come back and watch when the game starts.

Either way, the live broadcast data can be improved, which is exactly what Bobby and Vincent want to see.

Not to mention the live audience. If the game between the African team and G-Rex is placed in the last game, you can see the Dalian audience waiting. If you can give them 1/10 of the remaining people, it will be considered a face.

By then, the stands on all three sides were empty. Not only did the players feel uncomfortable, Vincent and Bobby also had no way to explain themselves.

Just put YM to the end and the problem will be solved.

Even if the first five games were filled with Lao Ba’s secret burgers, the audience would have to endure nausea and eat them just to wait for YM to appear on stage.

Therefore, the moment I saw the YM players stepping onto the steps, a deafening roar instantly erupted from the three stands in the distance, filling the Dalian Central Gymnasium. The muffled sound of the cheering sticks was replaced by high-pitched cheers. cover!

This momentum is much higher than when facing the Flash Wolves in the opening game. It is probably because the audience has been waiting for too long. They were tortured by the African team and G-Rex for too long in the last game. At this moment, all the emotions they had held back in their hearts were finally released. Express it.

The YM players waved to the audience in the stands, while the KZ people on the other side of the stage looked solemn.

Lin Ran sat down in the player's seat. The referee had already logged into the player's game server account. After the machine had been ravaged by the previous five games, there must be no major problems.

After a little debugging, he accepted the invitation to enter the custom room.

As soon as he entered, he saw the Garlic Bastard doing some work.

YMTian: [khan ni de guan jun lian ne? 】

Khan leaned forward, trying to discern what the boy meant.

He has been away from the LPL for a while, and it took him a while to understand - Khan, where is your champion face?

Khan, who understood the meaning, immediately became anxious and typed a bunch of words with his hands. As a result, the server used for the international competition could not send Korean at all.

He sat in a chair scratching his head, looking like he had degenerated into a baboon.

His Chinese proficiency, which he has not used for a long time, can be said to be as good as flying down three thousand feet. Khan is now only able to understand Chinese, and his vocabulary for typing replies is quite poor.

Khan silently put the matter of learning Chinese on the agenda. At the same time, he deleted all the content in the chat box and replied with a question mark.

"Hahahaha," Xiaoyao could always be disgusting. When he saw Khan's reply, he immediately laughed out loud and turned his head to look at Khan on the other side. "He started to pretend to be cold. It's really outrageous."

"Why are the five guys across from me so grim-faced?" Jack was also a little puzzled. He was shaking his legs and chewing gum at the same time. He was very comfortable in his childhood.

"Be nervous, after all, this is a key game that will determine whether his brothers in the same division will compete tomorrow." Lin Ran casually expressed his guess.

As he said, in the LCK lounge backstage, the players and coaching staff of the three Korean teams gathered together and stared at the TV screen.

The outcome of this final game is really important to them.

The schedule of the Intercontinental Tournament is very tight. There are two consecutive BO5 games on the weekend. Whether you can go straight to the finals and wait for the challengers depends on this game.

At this time, after Intel's "The World Focuses on You" and Lin Ran's BMW commercial were played in the live broadcast room, the signal was reconnected to the commentary box.

"Welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2018 Asian Competition..." I remember and Zeyuan appeared in the center of the camera. The two have already explained the two games in the second half, but they are still full of energy. "The next thing is the duel between YM and KZ !”

"Without further ado, the BP session has begun!" Zeyuan said in a loud voice, "KZ has the advantage of the blue side, and they disabled Thresh first!"

This is Liu Qingsong’s signature hero. In the early and mid-term, his ability to cooperate with teammates to cross towers and kill, or to support the battlefield is very strong. KZ does not want to release this hero.

"YM banned Yasuo. This is indeed a problem..." I remember frowning. His eyes did not stay on this game, but on the overall situation.

Happy Style Man relies on the revision of Infinity Blade, and now the strength of the mid laner is really not low, especially after jungle heroes with knock-up such as Rock Bird, Wine Barrel, and Qinggang Shadow began to frequently appear in the professional arena, Yasuo's His status is rising day by day.

As long as it is paired with a jungler who can knock up, Feng Nan who has been upgraded to level 6 is worthy of any midfield combination. R [Wind Breath Slash] can refresh the passive shield and provide additional armor-piercing effects of critical hits, making small-scale team battles possible. Simply invincible.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yasuo gives YM a lot of headaches, and he has to sacrifice a ban position every time.

Although Lin Ran has raised Feng Nan's winning rate to 50% in the Korean server rankings, since he has never used it in official games, except for a few people who said, "Brother Ran will definitely know Yasuo, it's all because of Redmi that they don't let him use it." Except for his pure iron fans, everyone else assumed that Lin Ran was not this hero.

Although he didn’t remember explicitly mentioning this issue, Zeyuan could still remember clearly what his second son was thinking, let alone his brain. He immediately caught up with the topic:

"From the current point of view, until the 8.14 test server version, Riot has no idea of ​​​​weakening Yasuo. It is estimated that he will maintain a strong period for a period of time. The key is that he faces the currently popular mid laners such as Dao Mei and Enchantress. It’s really a bit outrageous to have the upper hand.”

In the second hand, KZ banned Lu Xian, which prompted Zeyuan to speak:

"KZ's thinking in this game is very clear. Thresh and then Lu Xian are here to prevent the YM duo from getting a strong combination!"

Head coach Hirai is in a neat suit and is pacing behind the players with a notebook in hand.

He discussed with his colleagues from the other three teams all afternoon and finally unified the BP ideas for the final battle.

That is to cut off the connection between the YM bottom lane duo and the upper midfielder.

After all, YM is extremely good at linking up their midfielders and assistants. They can open up the situation through sharp attacks in the early stages of the game, liberating key rhythm points in sequence, and then quickly snowballing, extending their advantage to all five players.

Hirai wants Liu Qingsong and Jack to stay in the bottom lane and play by themselves, simplifying the game into a contest between the top, middle and jungle.

Only fighting in the upper half, KZ is not targeting anyone, he feels that only IG is worthy of competing with him.

After seeing YM ban Yanque, Hirai even banned Luo. While destroying the Phoenix Legend combination, he also prevented Liu Qingsong from getting a hero with strong ability to start a group first.

"In the end, YM restricted Qinggang Shadow," I remember noticing that an unexpected hero was released, "Aatrox was not blocked!"

After the crazy Sword Demon performance in the LPL on the first match day, Aatrox was firmly in the ban position in the five games before today. No team wanted to release this blood-sucking monster in team battles.

This game is an exception.

Since the opponent dared to let go, Hirai had no choice but to decisively lock the sword demon in seconds.

Hongmi responded to Sword Girl and Wine Barrel, making it impossible to figure out Irelia's split.

"KZ chose Zoe and Eye of Twilight, and the split is basically confirmed. Khan will go on the road with Sword Demon, and this Shen will be given to Grella!"

Hirai's move is to grab instead of ban, assisting Shen in the bottom lane not only to take the initiative to control, but also to use R [Secret! Mercy Saves the Soul] to support teammates remotely.

"They have placed all their bets on the top half," Hongmi poked his chin with the pen in his hand, thinking while still asking the team members, "Jin Gong, the sword girl, will be given to you, and then we will get the bull head for Liu Qingsong, double How about leaving C until the end?"

Naturally, the Xiba people had no objection.

Although the Sword Demon is very strong now, the Sword Girl who was previously reworked is not inferior at all.

Now these two heroes are absolute supermodels, and Irelia can still counter Aatrox, but the sword girl is stronger in the mid-term solo, while the sword demon is more effective in team battles.

After Lin Ran helped his teammates lock down the Tauren, it was announced that the second round of BP had officially begun.

Redmi blocked the trolls and male guns in the jungle position in order to limit the hero pool of Little Peanut; while Hiari chose to ban Enchantress and Nightmare. Both positions were reserved for Lin Ran, and they did not want him to get the ability. Suppress Zoe's mid lane hero and ensure the strength of KZ's upper, middle and jungle as much as possible.

"Take Tristana first," Hongmi walked over and patted Jimu Gong on the shoulder, "You have to sacrifice in this game."

Xibaren sighed.

After selecting this small cannon, he could roughly guess that Red Rice would avoid the top half of the battle and instead focus the team's resources on Tristana, who has a strong ability to push towers.

However, his ability to withstand pressure in the past two years allowed him to adjust quickly.

"Don't worry, leave the first half of the area to me!" Jin Gong almost slapped his chest as a guarantee.

"KZ got Verus and jungler Olaf in the fourth and fifth picks!" I remember glancing at the opponent's lineup and couldn't help but praise him, "Paired with Sword Demon, Zoe and Shen, the three lines plus the jungle have excellent early and mid-term combat capabilities. Quite strong!"

"Now it depends on what Brother Ran is going to get." Zeyuan was not surprised by Liu Qingsong's pre-selection of Lulu, so he ignored it and continued to speculate, "The problem is that the mid laner has been banned now. There is basically no role that can suppress Zoe in the middle... Do you think it will be a mid laner?"

"Don't tell me, it's really possible!" I remember recalling Lin Ran's several performances as a mid laner, and my eyes lit up.

But before he could continue his analysis, he saw Lulu's appearance changed in Liu Qingsong's hero selection box!

The cute purple-skinned garlic turned into a bald head!

His face was ugly and ferocious, his lower jaw completely disappeared, revealing sharp teeth, and his eyes showed a little cold light, which made people shudder.

The bone-penetrating spike on his right hand looks extremely sharp. From the bubbling blisters around him, it can be inferred that he is lurking on the bottom of the sea, looking like a water ghost.

The audience in the stands was extremely excited, and this excitement burst out the moment Liu Qingsong locked the hero!

At this moment, the Dalian Central Gymnasium is filled with people!

"Parker?!" Zeyuan's eyes widened with a surprised expression. The extremely obvious forehead wrinkles made him look ten years older, "How are YM going to separate ways?"

I remember opening my mouth in disbelief, but fortunately his voice was still smooth due to his years of commentary skills, "It's impossible to go down with Pike + Bullhead, right? That's... Pike mid laner!"

Hiari tilted his head.

He looked puzzled.

This is a key game that determines the ticket to the finals. Is this how you play?

The barrage reaction was even more violent.

【? ? ? Want to start a new life again? 】

[Then you have to do some earthly work, right? Is mid laner Pyke something that anyone can come up with? 】

[What happened to mid laner Pike? I often use it. Isn’t it fun to kill five consecutive times in a team battle? 】

[Oh, KZ are all pigs? Let me kill you five times in a row, right? 】

In ranked matches, players cannot achieve a high degree of coordination. Once a crispy piece is stolen by Pike, the power of the water ghost will be revealed after refreshing the ultimate move.

In the professional arena, where coordination and linkage are the ultimate, professional players have 10,000 ways to avoid Pike's killing move.

Displacement skills, flash, stopwatch, resurrection armor...

If you want to kill five times in a row, it is simply a dream.

The LPL division lounge backstage was also in an uproar. They all knew how difficult Pike's situation was in the professional arena.

"What are you doing?" Doinb was anxious.

He really wants to win.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious," Guan Hu crossed his legs and looked strategizing with his tactical goggles on, his duck voice became slow and steady, "We have to believe in Brother Ran, he is the pride of us Chinese!"

"Every time he uses some black technology, the opponent will always be the unlucky one. Don't worry." Mi Dehu looked calm and relaxed, but he was filled with hatred in his heart.

He himself is a victim of those black technologies and has been disgusted time and time again.

However, this sentence is a reassurance for those who are worried.

Everyone found that this seemed to be the case.

Except for a few newcomers, everyone has been playing in the league for several years and has played against YM. They all have the fear of being dominated by Lin Ran.

Thinking of this, they calmed down and looked at the KZ players under the camera with eyes full of pity.

The players present could even hear the commentary from Ze Yuan and Yi Ji on the TV screen.

"...This is the first time Bloodport Ghost Shadow has appeared as a mid-unit in the professional arena after landing in League of Legends!" Zeyuan adjusted his mood and decisively returned to work, "However, I often see mid laner Pike in the pub game. "

I remember frowning, "But ranked games are completely different from professional games. Battles break out very frequently in the pub game. Pike R [Fountain of Hatred] has its place. It can continuously kill heroes to provide extra bonuses for teammates." The economy is different in the professional arena, and the level of bloodshed is too different!"

This is indeed the case. Even for a pure and reckless team like IG, the number of kills per round cannot be compared with that of the ranked games.

Few battles broke out, which meant that it was difficult for Pike R [Fountain of Hate] to kill anyone. Once the two sides were unable to expand their economies, the teamfight environment for the squishy Pike would be very worrying when the game entered the later stages.

The explanations are all like this, one is playing the red face, the other is the bad face, Zeyuan immediately said:

"But the hero Pike has a very high operating limit. There is no doubt about Brother Ran's strength. I think he might be able to maximize Pike's power..."

At the LCK commentary booth next door, Madlife was still expressing his opinions.

"Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides first..."

The director has already shown the split between the two parties on the big screen.

Blue square KZ: top laner Sword Demon, jungler Olaf, mid laner Zoe, bottom lane Verus + Shen.

Red square YM: top laner Sword Girl, jungle jungler barrel, mid laner Pike, bottom lane cannon + bull head.

Madlife continued: "KZ's lineup is obviously much stronger, especially in the middle."

He acknowledged Lin Ran's strength, but he really felt that Pike's hand was poorly chosen.

"Pike is short-handed and has very weak laning ability in the early stage. Facing Zoe, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even last a last-ditch attack, and it will even drag down the jungler Tian... Although the mid lane hero has been banned a lot before, there is also Malza. You can choose."

As an older generation esports player in the LCK, he is more or less infected with the style of this region.

steady.

If Crown were here, he would definitely agree with him.

Why don't you choose Grasshopper to arrange Zoe?

It’s exciting to think about playing bugs with a Tianshan child who is thousands of years old!

Lin Ran, who was at the players' table, changed the hero from Liu Qingsong's hand and quickly changed his own runes.

"YM, come on!!"

Through the sound-isolating headphones, you can hear the fans shouting loudly in the stands.

Someone took the lead in shouting, and the rest of the audience immediately became energetic and opened their voices to cheer for the home team they supported!

Immediately afterwards, the few KZ fans also shouted.

You come and go. YM fans used their volume to crush their opponents for a minute. At this time, a male voice suddenly shouted:

"Daddy, come on!!"

The sound was extremely loud, and bursts of laughter erupted from the stands.

The YM team members also vaguely heard this unusual cheering sound.

"Why are there people from Lao Godfather here?" Xiaotian complained with a smile.

"That's nonsense," Lin Ran retorted, "This is obviously to cheer me up."

The other four people looked confused.

"Lao Gan Daddy = Water Ghost = Pike, is there anything wrong?" Lin Ran showed his own logic.

"Let the opponent see how powerful the water ghost is in this round!" He was quite excited.

Jack was hesitant to speak, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Finish one chapter tomorrow