LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

"Congratulations to YM!" Miller said loudly. At the same time, the dry ice on both sides of the stage erupted wantonly, and the spotlights on the dome also intersected, and finally converged on the YM player seats.

"They swept RNG 3-0 and advanced to the 2018 LPL Summer Finals!" Wawa also raised his voice to echo.

However, the amplified voices of the two commentators did not cover up the passionate shouts of YM fans in the audience. Many people stood up and cheered for the home team they supported!

"We didn't expect such a result before the game," Miller shook his head and sighed. "We thought YM would win today, but the 3-0 ending was really unexpected..."

Many YM fans also find it incredible. They know the strength of RNG. Although they support YM in their hearts, most people don't think the battle can be ended within three games.

According to the prediction posts on major forums before the game, the vast majority of viewers believed that RNG would win one or two games.

Unexpectedly, today YM raised his sword and fell with extremely swift movements. He killed the powerful enemy RNG in just two hours.

The amount of discussion on the barrage was instantly full.

[YM’s state is too outrageous! 】

[There is only one IG team left now. Why do I think YM will win the championship again this year? 】

[Isn’t this necessary? The fifth LPL trophy in team history, I’m afraid it won’t be a sure win]

[Do you look down on IG so much? The team is very strong, so don’t open the champagne before it’s opened. The loan will not end well]

Uzi took off his headphones. His face was still red, but his eyes were blank and he looked a little confused.

His teammates were stunned but did not save him.

The policewoman who had just made a three-piece suit was sent directly to the spring water without even covering the Infinity Blade.

"My, my..." Letme put her hand on her forehead, her expression full of regret.

It can be said that his last wave of team fights had no effect.

A section of R [Call of the Forged God] did hit three of YM's people, but after Nightmare turned off the lights, his ultimate move lost its intimidation, and it was discovered that Ornn was standing on the side, which made YM charge even more unscrupulously.

Until Uzi's policewoman was killed, Yan Junze himself was still full of blood.

After the death of the policewoman, a pure tank blacksmith was nothing more than a toy for the YM group and had no combat effectiveness at all.

Looking back at the YM player bench, everyone was already hugging each other excitedly.

The director added a line of text to the live broadcast screen - YM became the first team in the LPL division to advance to the global finals!

"World Championship, World Championship!"

Jin Gong spoke half-baked Chinese and kept chanting this word.

Although this is the third consecutive year they have entered the World Championship, this year's edition is obviously of greater significance to them.

Miller looked through the camera, and when he saw the reaction of the YM players, he did not forget to explain, "Four of the YM players are only one step away from winning three consecutive championships!"

"And this year will be their best chance!"

Three consecutive championships are a sign of absolute dominance in any competitive sport.

If you miss it, you have to wait another four years, and it is basically impossible for e-sports players to maintain their strength for such a long time.

In other words, this global finals will be the only opportunity in this life for YM players who are determined to achieve three consecutive championships.

"Go shake hands, shake hands!" Lin Ran celebrated briefly and then said to his teammates.

While crossing the stage with his arm around the Shiba Inu, he did not forget to wave to Su Cheng's parents in the audience. After receiving their replies, Lin Ran returned his attention to the RNG players in front of him.

"Come on!" He patted Yan Junze's shoulder, earning a helpless smile.

After losing this game, RNG could only finish third in the summer.

IG, which has already entered the finals, is guaranteed to have a runner-up in hand, which will allow them to gain up to 90 points. In this case, both sides will reach the same score.

According to the principle of giving priority to summer split points under the same score situation, IG will be ranked higher than RNG and second only to YM.

In other words, the summer finals to be held in Nanjing three days later will not affect the qualifying spots for the World Championship, but will only determine the seeding order - whoever wins the championship will become the LPL No. 1 seed, and the losing side will Becoming the second seed in the division as having the highest points in the whole year except for the summer champion.

RNG has to play the bubble game no matter what.

There is no way, we can only say that they met YM in advance, which prevented RNG from gaining enough points. If they were in the other half, they might be able to advance to the global finals with a points advantage.

Of course, RNG will defend the final stage of the bubble match. As long as it wins a BO5 game, the team can directly advance to the S8 global finals.

From this perspective, it is not particularly difficult.

Uzi was still dizzy and at a loss. He shook hands with the five YM members one after another and then slumped down on the chair again.

Lin Ran hammered Shi Senming's chest one last time, joked with him for a few words, then left the RNG player seat and stood in the center of the stage.

The five contestants put their arms around each other and thanked the audience. Not surprisingly, they received thunderous applause!

"Brother Ran, you have to be interviewed later, so prepare in advance!"

When he returned to his seat, Lin Ran received a notification from the staff.

While he was waiting at the entrance to the backstage passage, he saw the post-match output panel on the TV screen.

Because he was celebrating after winning the game, Lin Ran had never seen the damage map, and now he looked at it curiously.

His output is not particularly high, mainly because he spends most of his time pushing lanes from the side and developing the ice girl without pressure. In the middle and late stages, he also rushes into the back row to deal single damage.

Jack, the traditional damage king, also suffered a lot in this game. He was crushed by Uzi in the early stages of the game. In team battles, he relied on Sivir's roar to accelerate his teammates, and his output basically relied on W [ejection] and Q. [Swirling Blade] Come and rub it.

The real output king is Jianmu Gong who makes a fortune silently.

The game lasted 26 minutes, and he successfully dealt 24,396 damage, with an average output of nearly 1,000 points.

Host Yu Zhen was still leaning over the table, writing back and forth on his hand card with a pen, thinking about interview questions.

Lin Ran got a rare moment of silence.

However, he had just experienced a game and did not relax. Instead, he kept tense as a habit, and his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about reviewing today's game.

It has to be said that Jin Gong performed very well, and a large part of the reason is attributed to the cornerstone rune of [Omen of Stealing].

In the last two games, he played the classic long-hand and short-hand style. During the laning phase, he was basically able to earn an economic advantage of nearly 1,000 gold coins by pressing the knife and adding the omen of theft.

What does 1000 gold coins mean?

For three heads, five soldiers have to be spared!

Lin Ran feels that if Stealing Omen is not weakened, this World Championship will be the end of the blue-collar top laner.

Take the current most typical LPL blue-collar top laner Letme as an example. When using the 4-guarante 1 system, RNG will definitely choose to go on the road.

And once the opponent chooses to use a long-handed hero with a thief omen to suppress it, Letme will fall into never-ending torture.

In the mid- to late-stage team battle, the opponent's economy is already 1,000 yuan behind even before it starts!

This buys a giant belt!

You must know that this does not include other defense towers, heads, etc. economy.

It's just an ordinary top laner. As long as he uses a long-hand hero with a money-stealing rune, he can get a lead of up to 1,000 in front of a short-hand laner.

This simply doesn't give the LPL-type blue-collar top laner, who is used to using bulky heroes to resist pressure in the lane, waiting for team battles to show off, a way to survive.

If this trend continues, Jin Gong will also suffer. Although he has used a lot of long-hand heroes, YM's offensive system in this area is still imperfect.

Moreover, the long-hand suppression effect of Xibaren is not as good as that of more pure top laners like TheShy and Khan. This is a personal style issue and cannot be changed in a short time.

Lin Ran was just thinking about what issues he would discuss with Hongmi and the team members when he returned to the backstage lounge later, when he saw Yuzhen stand up and hand over his card.

"Okay, Brother Ran, can you take a look at these issues and see if there is anything that needs to be modified?"

Lin Ran took it and took a look at it. He thought it was okay and nodded in agreement. He followed Yuzhen and waited for instructions to get on the stage.

As usual, the audience still welcomed him with enthusiastic applause.

Yuzhen faced the audience with a smile on his face, "It's an honor to invite Brother Ran to our post-game interview today..."

Lin Ran held the microphone and said hello to the audience, and then prepared to answer the first question raised by the host.

"Today's semi-final against RNG went very smoothly. Did Brother Ran and other YM players think about it before the game?"

Lin Ran looked at the host politely and replied seriously, "No, we are prepared for a hard fight in advance."

This is the truth.

He, his teammates and the rest of the coaching staff all thought the same thing as the two commentators.

I originally thought that today would be a tough battle, but I didn't expect that RNG would be so confused in terms of tactics.

In Lin Ran's view, RNG's semifinals are a microcosm of their entire summer.

At the beginning of the summer season, RNG wanted to follow the version and focus on the upper middle and jungle, replicate the S7 style of play, and let the spicy hot pot drive the rhythm of the first half.

However, the difference is that the hero pools of Letme and Xiaohu cannot keep up with the version.

What is completely different from S7 is that there are currently many swing characters in the middle and upper single-player lines.

Sword Demon, Sword Girl, Akali, Crab, Crow...

Even Yasuo can swing it.

But in RNG, currently only Crab and Crow heroes have enough proficiency.

If we want to force ourselves to reach the top half, Letme and Cancel must develop their hero pool.

Not to mention whether it can keep up with the pace of the version and master all the powerful characters. During this period of practice alone, RNG will have to go through a period of pain. No one knows whether this stage will be one month or two months, and there is no guarantee. .

The Summer Split is directly related to the quota to advance to the World Championship. If it loses, it is very likely to bid farewell to the S8 season. At this time, the head coach Heart wants to preserve the team's performance, replicate RNG's spring play style, and let Uzi carry the team's banner. .

This is indeed effective. Everyone in RNG is very familiar with this four-guarantee-one system. They can use it immediately and the results are guaranteed.

But the problem is that going against the version will not lead to good results.

RNG's players and coaching staff are not newbies, so they naturally understand this.

The result evolved to the end. Heart neither wanted to violate the version nor give up the results.

He was in a dilemma.

Originally, I wanted to have one of the same ingredients as my own Jungle Spicy Hot Pot. I want them all.

But the flip side of wanting it all is not wanting it all.

Throughout the summer, RNG has been jumping between versions and the system that suits it, not knowing what it wants to do.

The same was true for this semi-final. At first, heart planned to protect Uzi to win, but unfortunately it failed; in the second game, it decisively changed its formation and focused on the middle field.

He did not expect that YM was not afraid at all and deliberately released version T1 top laner Crab, and then successfully used top laner Lucian to crack it.

This time RNG reached the final step and could only hand the ball to Uzi.

The reverse version of the policewoman's speed promotion system achieved good results in the early stage, but Lin Ran seized two opportunities in the mid-term, delaying the pace of advancement. After YM was equipped, this version of policewoman Caitlin could not stop it at all. YM's mindless charge finally had no choice but to swallow a bitter pill and bid farewell to the playoff stage.

It can only be said that RNG has a problem with its thinking now and cannot figure out how to move forward.

Yuzhen looked at his hand card and asked his second question, "In the decisive battle two days later, YM will face IG. This is the first time the team has met them in the finals. Brother Ran, what do you want to say? ?"

Lin Ran thought for a moment and then answered, "The challengers who reach the finals are different every year, but YM will always be there. I think this is the best answer."

Celebrations and screams were heard endlessly, and Lin Ran's answer sounded confident.

This sentence also set the rhythm in the live broadcast room of the event, and the audience who were originally discussing other things turned their attention to him.

[Kang Xiaoran is here! 】

[Isn’t this the truth? Let’s first form a team in China and overthrow YM.]

[IG is going to be in good shape this year. I think I’m very good at winning the championship. Maybe I can win the first LPL championship in the team’s history]

[What kind of championship appearance? The last champion’s face was still in KZ, and he had just been beaten violently in the mid-season]

[It’s different from RNG. I believe in IG’s strength in the upper, middle and jungle. I’ve never seen IG’s crazy style of play after watching games for so many years]

After answering the question, Lin Ran returned the microphone and quickly ran back to the backstage lounge.

After accepting the group interview after the game, Lin Ran also signed dozens of posters sent by the staff, and then regained his freedom.

He said goodbye to Guo Hao, handed his backpack to Xiaoyao, who was in the same dormitory, and ran to find Su Cheng's parents for a simple meal.

Su Hongmin was very satisfied with Lin Ran's performance today. He originally wanted to talk about future marriage today, but when his daughter said that the wedding date had been set, he immediately felt relieved.

Lin Ran coaxed his prospective father-in-law and mother-in-law to be happy, and reported to Su Cheng when he left the table. After receiving some compliments from his girlfriend, he returned to the hotel to rest.

When I came out of the shower, I saw Garlic Bastard lying on the bed, holding his cell phone and watching the game.

"Which scene is this?" Lin Ran turned on the hair dryer and asked casually.

Amidst the noise, he heard Xiaoyao respond loudly, "KT beat Griffin!"

"LCK finals?" Lin Ran finally reacted.

After getting a positive answer, Lin Ran quickly took out his tablet and planned to watch the live broadcast.

The LCK finals and LPL semi-finals started at about the same time, but Lin Ran ended the battle in three games, and the LCK has not yet decided a winner.

KT2:2 Griffin.

"This Griffin is so strong!" Xiaoyao exclaimed behind him, "This is also their first season as a team entering the top league..."

"It seems a bit like our time?" Lin Ran smiled.

In 2016, he and YM also struggled in the secondary league in the spring. In the summer, they defeated EDG and successfully won the league championship and entered the S6 global finals.

From this point of view, Griffin, the new LCK team, is indeed somewhat similar to YM.

After entering the top league in the summer, they achieved an impressive record of second place in the league. Now they have successfully reached the finals and compete with Galaxy Battleship KT for the No. 1 seed.

"If Griffin loses in this final, they won't be able to advance to S8 through their points advantage, right?" Lin Ran was still staring at the battle situation on his tablet as he spoke.

"Probably not...I heard from Jin Gong that the African team has the second highest points."

When the two of them talked about this, they realized the issue that had been ignored before.

Spring champion KZ.

The two of them have been training to prepare for their own playoffs recently, so they haven't paid much attention to the LCK situation.

Quickly read the previous matches.

It was only then discovered that KZ was defeated by the African team in the second round of the playoffs. Now the spring and summer splits combined only have 130 points, while the African team, which finished third in the summer split, also has 130 points.

The familiar rule of equal points came back. The African team relied on the advantage of higher points in the summer split to successfully squeeze out KZ.

If KT wins the championship, the African team will go straight to the World Championship, and KZ will join Griffin and SKT in the bubble game to start a fierce battle.

"This super powerful blue cat can do it!" Lin Ran dried his hair and glanced at the road, "176 dollars in replenishment in 15 minutes?"

"It has surpassed the timeline of one sword per second. The key point is that apart from the blue BUFF, he doesn't eat much wild monsters." He felt that this person was outrageous for NMB.

Without farming your own wild monsters, the total number of troops sent to a line in 15 minutes is 28 waves of troops, which is 177 troops.

What is the concept of Chaowei making up 176 dollars?

Excluding the 8 supplementary soldiers counted by the two blue BUFFs, Chaowei missed a total of 9 minions!

You must know that Chaowei has returned to the city to replenish supplies. Many people can't replenish so many soldiers in the middle lane with customization. This person can replenish so many knives in a high-pressure environment like the LCK finals. He is simply a monster!

Lin Ran looked at the opponent UCal and found that he, who was also hailed as the top newcomer in the LCK in recent years, had made 140 dollars in compensation.

To be honest, $140 in just 15 minutes is already an average level in professional games.

But Chaowei has 37 more knives than him.

After conversion, it costs about 700 gold coins, which is the economic difference of two heads.

To achieve this level of lead just by relying on last hits, Lin Ran felt that this could only be described as terrifying.

"Look at me and then look at you!" The Garlic Bastard said in a tone that said he hates iron but cannot make steel. "If you want to play a magic core, you have to eat my wild monsters to replenish your development. If you are super powerful in the lane, you can replenish so many soldiers!"

"What the heck," Lin Ran was very unhappy when he heard this, and immediately started looking for the super powerful cat cake, "Have you seen him supporting me?"

"I want to set the pace, okay? I've helped you get benefits, so it's reasonable for me to charge two groups of wild monsters as protection fees, right?" He took it for granted.

Xiaoyao hummed and stopped talking.

Having said that, Lin Ran still admires Chaowei's basic skills.

There is a lot of information to consider in the professional arena, and occasionally you have to face enemy ganks and small-scale team battles.

Lin Ran watched for a while. Although Chaowei didn't take the initiative to do anything, he would still go to fights in the jungle, but at a slower pace.

Taking these factors into account, if you want to maintain the data of 176 dollars in 15 minutes, Chaowei basically has to not miss any troops in the lane.

"If Griffin can enter S8, it would be quite cool to meet them..." Lin Ran is looking forward to this very much.

Although they have frequently scheduled training matches with this upstart LCK team, it is still different from official matches.

But things didn't go as planned, and Griffin finally failed to calm down and made a mistake.

For a new team, this is understandable, but the experienced KT immediately seized the opportunity and launched a crazy attack!

The hairy crab used by Smeb has repeatedly achieved extraordinary results. He led his teammates to win the baron with great vigor and arrogance, and immediately flattened the opponent's three high ground, slowly opening up the economic gap!

The two sides started a team battle at the gate of the high ground. Smeb controlled Urgot to use R [Fear Beyond Death] to accurately pierce Griffin's super power in the back row, and grabbed him with residual health. Fear filled his body. The Sword and Tarzan in front used the shield refreshed by W to complete the counter-kill!

This operation was so smooth that Lin Ran thought Smeb was back at his peak.

The audience in Nexon Arena, the venue for the final, was also in high spirits, and even the radio equipment could not stop their passionate cheers!

KT was clean and flattened the opponent's base in one wave!

The moment the Griffin Master Crystal shattered, Ucal was still communicating with the old captain Score next to him. Mr. Dai also raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and Mata smiled like a big quail.

The error of "Why not ban Kalista" in the S7 bubble game will no longer occur.

They will participate in the World Finals at home in South Korea this year as the No. 1 seed!

"The winner of the 2018 LCK Summer Split is - KT Rolster!" The roaring emperor in a suit stretched out his arm and led the audience to shout KT's name.

Smeb put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky, his eyes moist.

The dazzling light on the stage is like bright fireworks rising into the sky.

The light in Madison Garden two years ago was so gorgeous and charming.

But that belongs to YM who finally won after playing five games, and he is just a loser.

Today, the fireworks finally bloomed for him.

The former teammates around him have been scattered all over the sky, but the revenge and anger in Smeb's heart has never been extinguished.

Before today's decisive game, he received the news that YM entered the global finals.

Thinking of this, Smeb's heart was filled with fighting spirit.

We haven’t seen each other for two years. Are you ready for this World Championship, YM?

Lin Ran didn't know all this yet. The morning after the semifinals, he flew to Nanjing with his teammates.

The schedule is very tight.

For the same reason, the regular season is too long, and the end of the regular season is delayed due to factors such as the Intercontinental Tournament and the Asian Games, which results in a very tight schedule for the playoffs.

Last year, the finals had already been played, and even the final qualifying spots for the bubble games had been determined.

Tengjing also had to make the schedule intensive.

This leaves YM with no extra time to prepare.

After going to Nanjing, they will also shoot promotional videos, talk trash, and rehearse the opening ceremony.

Training time is basically squeezed out after returning to the hotel in the evening.

Time flies by, and September 17th has arrived in a blink of an eye.

The finals are coming!

Big chapter tomorrow!

These top eight picks are okay. I think C9 has a chance.