LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

With a smile on his face, Watch opened the first black ball in his hand, revealing the green ribbon inside.

Expand it, and the black and gold icon will appear on it.

"The first team in the top half is RNG!" Zeyuan informed the audience of the results of the draw, while also explaining the rules, "In this way, according to the rules that qualifying teams in the same group will not meet before the finals, G2, who is second in Group B, Definitely going to the lower half!”

The guest kept moving and put his palm into the glass basin again.

"Since the first draw is the division result, there are three black balls in the basin with the ribbons of the top teams in other groups..." I remember explaining, "Anyway, our three teams are all first in the group, which means that they are definitely There are two teams meeting in the same conference.”

"I hope we can see the civil war in our LPL division in the semi-finals." Zeyuan sent his best wishes.

Watch opened the second ball, the smile on his face became brighter, and he showed the content in the dazzling white ribbon to the audience.

"YM..." I remember hissing, "In this case, the two teams in the top half will definitely be RNG and YM!"

Li Yuanhao, who was standing next to Lin Ran, cursed in a low voice in Chinese, his expression extremely grim.

Obviously, no team wants to encounter a monster like YM before the finals.

Broiler and Mr. Dai, who came to participate in the lottery ceremony on behalf of KT, looked at each other with ease in their eyes.

They were placed in the bottom half.

Although they both consider each other to be powerful opponents, a collision between the two will definitely lead to a war.

That is much better than meeting YM.

Watch then opened the ribbon with the IG and KT team logos printed on it.

In the panel displayed on the large screen at the scene, the four groups were ranked first in one corner.

The four teams ranked second in the group will be drawn soon, which will directly determine the results of the top 8 knockout matches.

Not only the audience, but also several player representatives on the field were very nervous.

Lin Ran still looked disgusted, with a calm expression.

It doesn't matter who comes second among these groups.

Watch came to the glass basin containing four other black balls, put his hand in it, and soon took out one of them, opened it and showed it to the audience.

The unique Black Knight logo appears in front of everyone.

"G2!" Ze Yuan said loudly, "This has triggered the avoidance principle, and they will come to the second half."

"The opponent is...the IG team!"

Seeing the G2 team logo appearing below IG on the top eight division panel, Ah P showed a relaxed and relieved smile.

Except for RNG, the three groups ranked first. They had little chance of winning against anyone, and IG looked like the weakest one.

For G2, this is considered a good signing.

Broiler, whose smile was full of collagen, walked down the steps and came to the Summoner's Trophy in the center of the stage with Ah P. After a friendly handshake, they went backstage.

"So who will RNG's opponent be?" Zeyuan was still in suspense in the live broadcast room.

Watch has revealed the answer.

The little bee logo represents the VIT team!

Since KT, who belongs to Group C with Little Bee, is located in the lower half, the avoidance principle is not triggered, and the VIT icon is closely connected to RNG!

Although Li Yuanhao doesn't think this lottery is particularly good, it's not bad either.

Among the second teams in several groups, FNC is naturally the strongest, TL is recognized as the weakest, and VIT can be said to be in the middle.

He left the stage hand in hand with Little Bee mid laner jiizuke.

Now there are only four players left on the field. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that at this point, all division opponents have been determined.

Caps also realized something, raised his crotch and looked serious.

The watch paused for a moment, pulled out another black ball, and opened it to reveal the team logo inside.

T.L.

"The principle of avoidance has been triggered again. Since TL is in the same group as YM, they have avoided the top half. They will start a battle with KT!"

The remaining Lin Ran and Xiao Mao also found their destination.

The top eight divisions are now announced.

First half: RNG vs. VIT, YM vs. FNC.

Bottom half: IG vs. G2, KT vs. TL.

The Korean spectators in the stands could not control their excitement and kept making noises.

In the Korean streaming room of Mouse Channel, fans were also chatting and discussing.

[Brother is so handsome, the top eight are playing Liquid, the top four are playing IG, isn’t this a walk-off final for KT? 】

[Good sign, why do you say it is a good sign? 】

[Sure enough, there is a lottery luck bonus in local battles. KT will fight all the way and face the weakest opponents, right? 】

[In this way, the decisive battle in Incheon will begin between KT and YM. The two No. 1 seeds in the major competition will face off! 】

[What if, I mean what if, the top eight of FNC crush YM to pieces? 】

The Korean audience laughed.

From the group stage to the quarter-finals, KT's path to promotion was smooth sailing. Liquid looked like a noob. Although they defeated GEN, KT was the number one seed in the Korean LCK League. How could it be possible that KT could not easily defeat North American Sobi?

Lin Ran, who was also a head shorter than him, shook hands with his little hat, and walked off the stage like his elder brother holding his younger brother.

Several representative players from other teams were still waiting in the backstage common room. Ah P came up with a shy face and wanted to take a photo with Xiao Mao and Lin Ran.

"Come on, come on, the world's strongest mid laner wants to take a photo!" Perkz put his arm around Broiler's shoulders. He didn't know why the two of them had become so familiar with each other in such a short period of time.

Caps looked at perkz's optimistic face and felt depressed at first.

He could guess what Ah P was really thinking.

As the third seed in the European Division, G2 will be successful if they reach the quarterfinals of this year's World Championship.

Now he has undoubtedly become a successful person.

Even if they lose to IG, they won't feel resentful, and European audiences are even less likely to criticize G2.

But the FNC where Caps is located is different.

As the spring and summer double champions of the region, European audiences have high hopes for this veteran e-sports giant, believing that they can reach the semi-finals, and even stand at a higher level to re-create the glory of winning the S1 Internet Cafe Championship.

This is expectation, but also an invisible shackles.

Under such high demands, Caps is obviously very dissatisfied with the lottery results.

He originally planned to have a clash with RNG. FNC internally believed that this was the weakest group and they hoped to overthrow it.

But if you want to play YM...

Xiaomao feels that his team’s prospects for this year’s World Championship are dark.

It's also FNC's own fault. If they could win the game against AFs earlier, they might even be able to top the group.

The second place in the group is passive here, just relying on luck to send them weak opponents. This is basically unrealistic. There is a high probability that they will encounter strong teams all the way in the knockout rounds.

But Ah P’s smile was so contagious that he passed on his optimism to Xiaomao.

If we beat YM first, then RNG, and finally defeat KT or IG...

Wouldn't that mean that all the strong teams from China and South Korea have been swept away?

The gold content is ridiculously high!

We still have to have dreams, what if they come true?

Caps smiled like Mr. Bean.

Lin Ran next to him was frightened by this change of face at the speed of light, and he couldn't figure out what was going on with Little Hat.

"Look at the camera!" Ah P put his arm around Lin Ran's shoulders and told him to focus.

The four people showed the classic thumbs up gesture towards the camera. Their movements were uniform and looked quite funny.

As soon as Lin Ran finished taking a group photo, the VIT mid laner ran over, and the senior brother and others also wanted to join in the fun.

It eventually evolved into a group photo of eight player representatives.

Lin Ran thought that the photo-taking activity would come to an end.

But when he took the bus back to the hotel, he realized that he was too naive.

Wave after wave of professional players knocked on the door of the YM training room, hoping to exchange team uniforms with Lin Ran and take a photo.

Lin Ran brought a total of four short-sleeved team uniforms with him this time. Except for the one he was wearing, all the others were given away.

Fortunately, Guo Hao was prepared. When he came to Busan, he brought a suitcase specially used to store player uniforms and spare peripherals.

Players from various clubs rushed over in a swarm, and Lin Ran's thumbs-up gesture never changed. He became a ruthless photo machine, and his hands were almost numb.

Previously, because they had to prepare for the competition, the atmosphere was inevitably dull and tense, and no one had any extra energy to find Lin Ran.

Now that the group stage has officially ended, the eight eliminated teams will leave in the next two days. They finally found time to take photos with the top professional players they admire, leaving behind beautiful memories of their trip to the World Championship.

It took Lin Ran and Guo Hao more than half an hour to send these enthusiastic players away, but their suitcases were piled with various styles of uniforms from other clubs.

"FNC, TL, KT, AFs, G2..." Guo Hao took inventory one by one and helped Lin Ran sort it out. Finally, he discovered that there were signed short-sleeves from players from fourteen clubs. "Good guy, Brother Ran, put it aside." Where are the dragon balls collected here?"

"Including the one that Leader An exchanged before, we have all the uniforms of 15 clubs." Lin Ran drank half a glass of water to moisten his throat that was about to smoke.

Normally, teams in the same division rarely engage in the process of exchanging team uniforms, but just now Uzi and TheShy came over to join in the fun and gave Lin Ran two pieces as gifts.

"What a star." Lin Weixiang felt like he had just taken a bite of lemon.

As a substitute, he naturally doesn't get much attention. Changing uniforms is almost out of the question.

"I am a hammer star," Lin Ran rubbed his cheeks, "My face almost stopped laughing."

The training room finally became quiet.

Gou Ba worked diligently on FNC’s group stage data performance, hoping to provide some help for YM’s next knockout rounds.

Hongmi is more direct. He took out his opponent's six group matches and reviewed them one by one, hoping to catch the insider.

In his opinion, if FNC can become second in Group D without even having a playoff, it proves that there must be something wrong with the team.

After searching like this, Homme really found a loophole.

After a night's rest, the YM players gathered together for a pre-match meeting.

The schedule of this year’s World Championship is very tight.

After finishing the group stage on the 17th, the eight-to-four knockout round will begin on October 20th.

Moreover, there is a BO5 game every afternoon and evening, and we have to compete for the top four spots in two days.

There is not much time left for the eight teams to study their opponents.

Hongmi didn’t bother with all the bells and whistles, and started talking straight to the point.

"Before studying FNC's weaknesses, we need to know what kind of team the opponent is."

He laid out the data directly.

"LCS.EU's summer split is not included in the scope of investigation. After all, there are still quite a few changes in the version. Let's take a look at FNC's performance in the group stage." Hongmi gestured on the screen with a laser pointer, "The first fifteen minutes , their mid-jungle affinity rate is very high, a full 21%, while the bottom lane affinity rate is the lowest, only 7%, and the top lane affinity rate is slightly higher, but still less than 10%.”

"Obviously, FNC is a team that relies on the midfielder to set the early rhythm. The jungler Broxah will rarely go to the bottom lane to initiate ganks. His tactical thinking is very clear, which is to help Caps open up the situation."

Xiaomao is now FNC's big daddy player, and the importance of the mid laner in the current version is self-evident. How can any jungler not help his absolute core?

"In the mid-term, FNC likes to free Hailisang to roam around... It is worth mentioning that this way of liberation is slightly passive. Instead of the jungler pushing down the tower and then taking advantage of the situation to help the support get off the line, it waits After switching lanes, assist Ou Cheng to travel to other places to provide support."

"At this time, FNC's rhythm switched to wild-auxiliary linkage. The two starting points arranged the field of view in the jungle to create room for the double C to develop."

Hongmi continued gushingly, "In addition, FNC's two top laners are relatively stable in the lane. The difference is that in the mid-term, Soaz is used to playing blue-collar heroes and following the rest of the team, but he does not play many times; The starting bwipo likes to run alone to lead the lane, and most of the time he uses a character suitable for single leading."

"The overall tactical style is also more operational," he emphasized here, hoping to attract the attention of other members of the team. "They are not like IG in early fights, but are accustomed to using lane changes and eye positioning. Delay the control until the middle and late stages, and wait for the double C pair of Ou Cheng and caps to take over the game."

"If you want to find a similar team as a template for this system..."

Lin Ran raised his hand, "I feel a bit like the old SKT."

The top laner likes to lead the lane, the jungler stays in the middle lane to help the big daddy, the bottom lane transitions smoothly during the laning phase, and waits for the mid-term assistant to roam to engage in linkage, leaving the ADC alone to mix lane development and chase level.

In addition, the play style is towards the late stage, waiting for the double C to control the team battle, which sounds very similar to SKT in the two years of S5S6.

Hongmi gave Lin Ran a positive answer, "Yes, they are indeed a bit similar to the previous SKT, but they still have quite a few flaws."

"The first is personal strength. There is a certain gap between their various positions and the peak SKT. You should be aware of this, and I don't need to explain it too much."

Several team members nodded repeatedly.

They played against SKT in the S6 World Championship, and the feeling of oppression can only be described as exaggerated.

The current FNC team obviously does not have that kind of top-notch personal ability. It can be considered top-notch in several positions, but it is not yet the top.

"The second point is also the key to our meeting today...the hero pool."

Redmi gives a chart.

The heroes used by Ou Cheng in the group stage are noted above.

Three in total.

Sivir, Cannon and Jhin.

"Among them, Jhin is the hottest tool in the current version, second only to Ice. The other two characters are only used by Ou Cheng." Hongmi explained, "If we talk about Sivir's R [Hunting] It’s barely helpful to the team, but what about the little cannon?”

"And his three commonly used heroes have a common characteristic-the clearing speed is extremely fast."

"These characters can use their clearing speed to quickly replenish their own economy in the mid-term, and they are also very effective on defense. This is also very consistent with his and FNC's play style, especially Xiaopao and Sivir. An ADC that needs a three-piece set to be effective requires extremely high operational capabilities of the team, otherwise with the current version rhythm, this kind of shooter will not be able to complete the equipment at all." Redmi said.

As an older generation ADC, Ou Cheng has a common problem: brushing.

I'll eat the economy first, and it'll be up to chance whether I can carry it or not.

But the biggest gap between him and Uzi is online.

Uzi is a fierce laning type, and his suppression power is already very strong. He can always bring someone over to help and completely penetrate the opponent's bottom lane.

Ou Cheng is invisible in the lane. Many times the audience feels that there is no such person, and his presence can only be noticed when playing in a group.

Both Sivir and Cannon are the type of shooters who are very useful in mid-to-late team battles. The former has high range damage, and W [Ejection] has a very impressive ability to create range output; the latter has a range advantage and can steal damage from a distance.

"Ou Cheng and FNC's system complement each other. His strong development ability and team battle output position allow him to control these core shooters in the late stage; and it is precisely because of Ou Cheng's output guarantee that FNC chooses to wait for the double C in the late stage. A tactical system that drives victory in team battles." Hongmi concluded.

"He doesn't play Lucian, does he?" Jack took over Ou Cheng's current Korean Server Rank chart from the analyst, which showed the characters he had played recently, including very few Lucian.

Gou Ba responded, "Yes, Ou Cheng is not very interested in this kind of ADC that wants to open up the situation online."

Rekkles still liked to play Lu Xian in 2014, but since the equipment design and range were changed, he didn't play it much.

The 500-yard shooting range is a bit shabby for Lu Xian, and his positioning has become a role where the opponent must have a certain advantage in order to make the same contribution to the team battle as the opponent's ADC.

Even if the changes to the blue-sucking sword can be regarded as strengthening Lu Xian, it still cannot change the essential flaw of short hands. The scene where Uzi was smashed by the G2 midfielder with the Holy Lance Ranger a few days ago is still vivid in his mind.

"Our BO5 the day after tomorrow is to make a fuss about Ou Cheng's hero pool..." Hongmi explained his thoughts.

The quarterfinals are still held in Busan. Lin Ran and his teammates don't have to travel hard and spend time on the journey, and can just continue to strengthen their training in Busan.

It's just that the rooms on the same floor of the hotel are half empty, and the noisy noise in the corridor every night has disappeared.

The time soon came to October 20th.

Today there will be two BO5 games in the first half, and both YM and RNG will play.

When Lin Ran rushed to the venue, he didn't forget to check the e-sports forum on his mobile phone.

There has been no competition in the past two days, but netizens have not been idle. They have been thinking of ways to fake their experience.

Nowadays, LPL public opinion in the forum is improving.

[Hot knowledge: The first place in the four groups in the quarterfinals are all Asian teams, while the second place in the group are all European and American teams]

[YM, RNG, IG and KT entered the semi-finals, and the three LPL ninjas surrounded KT. There is nothing wrong with this script, right? 】

[On the wrong day, the top four are expected to require three LPLs. I couldn’t even dream of it before the game]

[This year is really the most promising year for LPL! 】

[As long as IG kills KT in the semi-finals, will we...]

[Is it okay if you don’t breastfeed? What if the European and American teams explode in this year's knockout rounds and crush us all? 】

Lin Ran looked at the prediction posts of two European, American and Korean commentators before the game, and found that these commentators were all crazy about YM, and some even claimed that they would win another round and win the championship.

"I don't think I need to say more about the stability of the original team of YM, right?" CloudTemplar spread his hands while doing the knockout analysis in his live broadcast room, "I don't know how they can't make it to the finals. .”

"Can RNG and FNC defeat YM?" He looked at the camera and said in an extremely sincere tone, "It's very blue."

When Lin Ran saw this, he felt that this person's remarks were outrageous, and put away his cell phone in a dull manner.

Looking forward through the bus window, the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center is right in front of us.

The street lights along the way have already hung up the pre-heating billboards for the quarterfinals. Lin Ran and South Korea's local star player Smeb stood face to face. Behind them were TheShy, Ou Cheng, perkz and others.

As he got closer to the venue, Lin Ran could see a long queue preparing to go through the security check.

Since there were no Korean teams participating in the first match day of the knockout round, most of the people who came to the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center today were LPL fans. South Korea is not far away, so it is not difficult to come to watch a game.

The audience held various YM support items and saw the bus with the Riot Games logo approaching, and the excitement became much louder.

Lin Ran waved to supporters from all directions, and then entered the convention and exhibition center through another entrance channel under the guidance of staff.

The game started at 5 pm local time in South Korea. After returning from the dressing room, he could rest for more than an hour. Lin Ran lay down on the gaming chair, closed his eyes, rested and cleared his mind.

The other four starters did much the same thing.

Everyone strives to clear their minds of distracting thoughts and keep their bodies and minds fully focused when the competition begins.

Hongmi is still writing and drawing in the notebook with BP ideas, constantly deducing the possible responses of the opponent in his mind, striving to do his best within a limited range and get a comfortable lineup for the players.

Time flies.

The peaceful situation was not broken until Vincent knocked on the door and came in.

Everyone filed out and walked through the backstage passage to the connection with the main stage.

"You just need to follow the positions during the rehearsal. It's not difficult..." Vincent warned a few words, then patted the players on the shoulders one by one, "Come on."

He knows what YM's goal is for this year's World Championship.

The group stage is considered to have a relatively high error tolerance, so losing a few games is no big deal.

But entering the knockout rounds, the situation is completely different.

They must win three BO5 games in a row.

There can be no mistakes in this process, otherwise the success will be undone.

Before taking the stage, Lin Ran called on his teammates to form a circle.

"No matter what happens in the next game... stay calm and keep communicating," he said in a solemn tone. "Believe in yourself and your teammates."

Lin Ran stretched out his hand, and everyone's palms were folded together, feeling each other's strength.

"YM..."

"Come on!" the six team members shouted in unison, pressing their hands down hard.

"Let's go, let's go!" Lin Ran high-fived, "Let the other side see what it means to be a true double champion!"

The contestants were in high spirits and ready to go on stage to fight.

FNC spring and summer split to win the European Championship?

YM also has it.

And there is also the Second Summoner Trophy, a veritable double crown!

"Welcome to Busan!" Roaring Emperor stood on the stage facing the audience.

"Starting today, the global finals will enter a fierce stage. The team standing on the stage only has one chance. If you win, you will continue to move forward. If you fail, you will regretfully withdraw!"

"Let us give warm applause to welcome the two participating teams in the first game of the knockout round!"

"First of all, the No. 1 seed from LCS.EU, winner of the S1 Global Finals... Fnatic!"

The Roaring Emperor waved his arms, and the six FNC players and the head coach entered from the backstage passage and appeared in front of all the audience!

"Top laner Bwipo, jungler Broxah, mid laner Caps, bottom laner Rekkles, assistant Hylissang, substitute Soaz, and head coach youngbuck!"

When the host introduced them, the all-European class FNC looked stern and looked very stressed.

The only exception was Ou Cheng. He even showed his heart to the fans and seemed to be in a good mood.

The audience did not hesitate to applaud and gave this European giants enough respect.

"Next..."

The Roaring Emperor took a deep breath.

Then he suddenly turned up the volume, "Two-time global finals champion in 2016 and 2017, LPL No. 1 seed—Young Miracles!"

With cheers from the audience roaring like a tsunami, Jin Gong led his teammates onto the stage!

"Top laner GimGoon, jungler Tian, ​​mid laner Ran, bottom laner jackeylove, assistant Crisp, substitute LWX and head coach Homme!"

This lineup is extremely luxurious and meets half a small goal. It can be called the salary ceiling in the League of Legends e-sports field.

Just putting it out there is enough to scare people.

"Welcome the two teams again!" Roaring Emperor's voice was extremely passionate, "To reach the peak, the first game on the first day of the knockout rounds... officially begins!"

My little cake, hehe, my sweet and glutinous little cake...