LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

Incheon.

It is located in the north of South Korea, only 65 kilometers away from Seoul.

This is the first time Lin Ran has arrived here.

Previously, Busan and Gwangju were in the southern region.

However, due to the small size of the country, I felt that the temperature did not change much after arriving in Incheon.

The temperature during the day is around 15 degrees Celsius, which is relatively comfortable.

Unknowingly, from arriving in Busan at the end of September to now, the YM team has been staying in South Korea for more than a month, and the autumn is almost over.

After arriving in Incheon, YM was given five days to prepare for the finals.

IG lives on the same floor of the hotel as them, but both parties have a tacit understanding not to disturb each other.

At the last step, all the players knew what the next final meant to their careers.

This may be their only chance in this life.

Only when Riot Games officially shoots a promotional video for the finals can the two teams officially meet. The rest of the time, everyone spends the rest of the time in their training rooms, studying the battle plan for the finals.

Now it is unrealistic to go to the opponent to arrange a training match. After all, even if we play two sets, nothing related to tactics will be exposed. It is purely to maintain the feel.

Therefore, Hongmi did not go to the IG coaching staff. He and Guo Hao used their connections to make appointments with the top domestic teams.

After Zhuo Ding and others failed to break into the World Championship, they took a month and a half of vacation.

It was time for vacation at the end of October, and TOP was preparing to show off their talents in the Demacia Cup, so they were training together with YM to find their form.

As for IG, Lin Ran didn't hear that they were looking for any LPL team, but when they were eating in the hotel restaurant, they met Broiler and King Ning who were passing by. They were mumbling something about DWG.

Lin Ran went back to check and found out that it was a Korean secondary league team, probably related to Jin Jingzhu.

…

Su Cheng arrived at Incheon International Airport in the evening of November 2.

The earlier flights had all been booked, and Korean time was already one hour earlier than domestic time. By the time she checked into the hotel, it was already 7:30 pm.

After washing up and drying her hair, Su Cheng received a text message from her boyfriend and quickly ran to the restaurant downstairs.

Lin Ran and other members of the competition training department were having dinner there, and the atmosphere was slightly solemn.

Only Jack smiled when he saw her and greeted her first, "Long time no see, Sister Chengzi!"

Su Cheng said hello to everyone with a smile. Except for the coaching staff of Hongmi and Gouba, she was not very familiar with them. The rest of the people in the YM training department were all colleagues she had worked with last year and were close to each other.

However, everyone was not interested and seemed to be hiding something on their mind.

She sat down next to her boyfriend and looked up and down the Shiba Inu, "I see that you have gained weight recently, and your head has grown a lot bigger."

"Nonsense!" Jack argued while still stuffing ramen noodles into his mouth, making his cheeks bulge. "You've obviously lost three pounds, okay?"

Su Cheng looked hungry. She looked around and saw Jin Gong at the next table still staring at the fried rice cakes on the plate.

"What the hell are you doing?" Su Cheng lowered his head to edit the message and asked her boyfriend, "Did you lose the training match this afternoon?"

After pressing the send button, Lin Ran's cell phone on the table rang.

He picked it up and took a look, tapping the screen with his fingers.

Su Cheng glanced at the chat box.

[I won, I guess the finals will be played tomorrow, everyone is quite nervous. 】

Ignoring this familiar period, Su Cheng finally figured it out.

"I'm going to starve to death..." She ran to find Jin Gong, "Please recommend some delicious food here!"

Su Cheng made an excuse and pulled Jiemugong up, who was still in a daze.

Jin Gong subconsciously wanted to use Xiba, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Lin Ran staring at him, so he swallowed the modal particle.

"Then what do you want to eat?" He tried to keep his tone gentle.

"Except for the fried food that's not easy to digest, everything else is fine!" Su Cheng handed over the menu and asked Jimu Gong to translate it for him.

Finally, she ordered a piece of soba noodles and was still chatting with Xiao Nao while eating her midnight snack.

"When are you going to get your hair trimmed?" Su Cheng gestured, "Your bangs are longer than mine, and you look so lethargic."

Xiaoyao smoothed his hair and found that his bangs were almost covering his eyebrows, which was really annoying.

"I had my hair cut once before I went abroad, and now it's grown again..." Garlic Bastard couldn't help laughing when he said this, "I couldn't help it, I accidentally stayed in South Korea for more than a month, which is really distressing."

Su Cheng spoke very pleasantly, and having worked as a colleague with the YM team members before, he knew their preferences and personalities very well, and he soon livened up the atmosphere at the dinner table.

Hongmi took a piece of Jeonju Bibimbap and sat next to Guo Hao, Gouba and Jiang Chenglu.

He was surprised to see the team members' emotions visibly adjusting.

"The former analyst on your team can do it."

Hongmi praised.

He can put himself in his shoes and imagine the psychological pressure the players are facing now.

The importance of this final is self-evident, and it can even directly determine YM Club and their personal status in the history of League of Legends e-sports.

Whether it is for fame and fortune, or for their own sense of accomplishment, tomorrow's game has extremely special meaning for several players.

Strictly speaking, Su Cheng is now an outsider in the YM Club.

But she once worked here again and was able to chat with the team members.

When the atmosphere in the entire training department is dull, the presence of such a person can really help the team.

Originally, Hongmi planned to cheer up the team members before going to bed and adjust their mentality. Unexpectedly, Su Cheng came over and took away his job.

It is necessary to adjust the mental state before the game.

Homme has been leading YM for nearly a year and has no doubts about the players' abilities, but professional competition is largely about mentality.

If a player comes on the field with a red face, biting his fingers and not saying a word, it will have a serious negative impact on the team.

Sometimes optimism isn't a bad thing.

"Have you read the public opinion in the past two days?" Su Cheng took a bite of the egg in the noodles.

Lin Ran responded frankly, "After reading a little bit, it made quite a fuss."

After IG defeated KT, both teams in the global finals were all from LPL clubs.

There was an uproar in South Korea. On the night when KT was eliminated, this news reached the top of Naver's hot search list. Many industry insiders and commentators were also reflecting on what went wrong with lck.

It would have been understandable to say that they couldn't beat YM before, but now facing IG whose lineup has only been established for a year, they were defeated with a score of 1:3, which proves that there are too many problems that need to be changed in the entire division.

Korean e-sports forums have been discussing KT's failure to qualify for the finals these days.

[I can’t accept that there is no LCK team in Incheon! ! ! 】

[TheShy is really a Xiba lunatic. How could there be such a monster? 】

[The question is why TheShy joined IG? Why didn't he participate in the LCK youth training? 】

[I heard that I went to SKT to try out junglers, but they didn’t want me, kkk]

[We must curb the rate of brain drain. Famous players can just go to the LPL to make money, but young newcomers absolutely cannot! 】

While reflecting on the youth training issues, some people also think that there is something wrong with the LCK's style of play.

The two teams GEN and AFs, which were eliminated in the group stage, were obviously acclimated.

The play style is too slow, and it seems like they haven't gotten over the map control version of the green jungle knife.

Only KT's game was more bloody, but they still failed to defeat IG.

On LOL forums in other regions, they are looking forward to the finals.

Some people hope that YM can win the championship again and create League of Legends history.

Some people also hope that IG, a dark horse, can overthrow YM and complete the great cause of slaying the dragon. Anyway, it has nothing to do with its own division, so it is reasonable to expect an upset.

In places like Kangbahupu in China, there are not a few people who badmouth IG.

YM relied on its wonderful performance in the past two years to win over a large number of fans. In comparison, IG's dog son is obviously weak.

In the audience prediction statistics before the finals, as many as 97% of the groups support YM!

When we took the elevator upstairs after dinner, the atmosphere in the YM training department became much more lively.

"Thank you, Sister Chengzi!" Liu Qingsong said suddenly before leaving the elevator.

He was not stupid, so he could naturally guess the purpose of Su Cheng's various conversations with everyone at the dinner table.

Garlic Bastard and others also spoke one after another. Su Cheng smiled brightly and waved goodbye to them.

Lin Ran originally wanted to stay and chat with his girlfriend.

As a result, Su Cheng pushed him out with a slap.

"Hurry up and go to training. If you have any questions, we'll talk about it after the finals tomorrow!"

Lin Ran could only stand outside and watch the elevator door slowly close.

Back in the training room, YM held the last pre-game group meeting.

Previously, they had held a tactical seminar on dealing with IG for four days.

During the day, I played a warm-up game with the Top team, and in the evening, I devoted myself to watching the opponent's games and the training game videos left when the two sides practiced together. The days passed very quickly.

"I stress it again," Hongmi said loudly, standing in the middle of the closed training room, "the key to tomorrow's final is to strangle the opponent's jungler!"

While speaking, he also imitated the action of pinching and tightening.

Xiaoyao was so familiar with this that he immediately shrank his neck and moved away from Jin Gong.

Hongmi was unaware and continued: "In terms of BP, I try to limit the role of the opponent's jungler who can drive the rhythm. You should also pay attention to this during the game. No matter what method is used, the final reward will be given The feedback result must be able to kill Ning!"

The previous semi-final between IG and KT made it clear to Hongmi that King Ning is the absolute rhythm engine of the team. As long as he can be silenced, his team will easily win the game.

Homme looked at the garlic bastard who was about to stick to Lin Ran's side, "You first release the jungler in the bottom lane to assist the linkage, or go to the middle lane to put pressure on the broiler, let the burning pot leave the lane, and help you find Ning..."

Xiaotian nodded to show that he understood clearly.

Then Gou Ba handed the printed eye position information to all the players.

"Everyone, please pay attention. Our early ward placement is also to restrict the opponent's jungler and try to lock King Ning's position," Gou Ba said towards the torn wound, "Especially Liu Qingsong, you are arranging vision. The key is, since the IG duo’s laning ability is relatively average, you should have a lot of roaming opportunities in this final, so pay more attention.”

He got to the point.

"The view in the red zone is mainly the grass of the Sharpbill camp and the point where the red BUFF connects to the Stone Beetle camp. These two places must be locked for him," Gou Ba spoke faster, "Especially the latter, I am in the information It has been marked. The prosthetic eye needs to be inserted in this place, and the eye position should not be stuck in the grass..."

Lin Ran lowered his head and looked at the A4 paper with Summoner's Rift printed on it in his hand.

"Because if the eye is inserted in the grass facing the red buff, and King Ning walks directly from the sideline to the stone beetle camp, this eye cannot see the opponent's movement. It must be moved outwards to unite with the sharp-beaked grass. The eye position will seal all routes in the entire red zone."

Normally, if you want to see the opponent's jungler's movements in the red zone, it is more appropriate to insert the eye in the grass directly opposite the red BUFF.

Many people will not deliberately get into that patch of grass. Sometimes they can poke a real eye into it and survive for several minutes, even seeing through the underwear of the opponent's jungler.

This can be said to be one of the most cost-effective real eye positions in the jungle. For 75 gold coins, it is possible to see the opponent's position multiple times.

But as Gou Ba said, if the eyes are inserted in the grass, the view near the stone beetle camp will be missed.

If you want to make up for the missing part of the field of vision, you have to move the ward outward and insert it outside the grass. While you can see the red BUFF, you can also detect the movement of the enemy jungler entering the stone beetle camp.

But if the eye position is outside the grass, you have to use fake eyes. In the middle and late stages, it is okay. Everyone has plenty of eye positions. However, before the auxiliary salary equipment is made in the early stage, the number of fake eyes that the team can use is not many, and the cooldown is The time is very long.

Arranging the field of view according to Gou Ba's idea is indeed a bit luxurious.

However, the YM coaching staff has made it clear that it is cost-effective without looking for eye position, and it is to completely lock down King Ning!

"The vision in the blue zone is relatively simple. The first one is between the Demon Swamp Frog and the blue buff camp, and the second one is the grass separated by a wall from the First Tower. If these two positions are blocked, King Ning will have nowhere to go. Escape!"

"There are two eye positions in the red zone and two in the blue zone. You must ensure the vision of these four places no matter what..."

The Garlic Bastard raised his hand at this time, "If necessary, can I change the scan later?"

This version has relatively few soft assists, so few people will buy [Spellstealing Blade] which can complete the ward task faster.

In comparison, the Shield of Relics completes the task relatively slowly. It takes about 10-11 minutes for the hard-assisted salary equipment to be completed.

Prior to this, only auxiliary eyes and real eyes could be used.

It will be quite difficult to control the vision of these four points mentioned by Gou Ba.

"No problem, but if you change the scan later, you have to pay attention to the field of view when ganking in the early stage." Redmi decided.

After the meeting, Lin Ran played two sets of ranked games. Seeing that it was getting late, he went back to his room to sleep.

Xiaotian did not choose to practice more.

You have to get up early for the finals tomorrow. If you stay up late, you may not get enough sleep.

Only Jimu Gong was left in the training room.

"Brother Xiba, don't go to bed too late!" Lin Ran also reminded.

"I know!" Jin Gong clicked on the ranking list and continued to find the feeling.

In the training matches in recent days, he had a bit of difficulty facing the TOP's zoom.

If you want to solve this problem in a short period of time, you can only ensure your condition by increasing the amount of practice.

When walking through the corridor, Lin Ran saw the door of the IG training room open.

There was only TheShy in the room, and he seemed to be training hard.

After returning to his room and washing himself, Lin Ran lay on the bed. It was rare for Lin Ran to suffer from insomnia.

He knew that by this time tomorrow, everything would be settled.

By then, Lin Ran couldn't tell whether he would be ecstatic or depressed.

The time soon came to the afternoon of November 3rd.

The IG and YM players boarded two buses and headed to the final venue, Incheon Munhak Stadium.

It was one of the venues for the 2002 World Cup. The match between South Korea and Portugal was held at Munhak Stadium.

Previews of the finals have been posted on billboards along the route.

On the billboard, Lin Ran and Song Yi entered the sub-station on both sides.

The dark blue font of "2018 Season world championship" behind him is extremely deep.

Not long after, the bus took them to the above-ground parking lot next to Wenhe Stadium.

After going backstage along the staff passage, finishing his makeup and brief video interview, Lin Ran returned to the lounge with his teammates.

Hongmi once again emphasized matters related to the finals.

Then there was a quiet wait.

It wasn't until 3:30 in the afternoon that Vincent finally knocked on the door.

"YM players and coaches are ready to take the stage!"

All team members stood up.

"Don't be nervous," Guo Hao still warned, "if you use your normal skills, you will definitely win."

Just the slightly pale cheeks and dark circles under the eyes also revealed that Guo Hao's mentality in the past two days was not as calm as he showed.

"No regrets, okay?" Lin Ran joked with a smile.

Jin Gong took two deep breaths, his chest rising and falling violently.

Whether he can withstand the laning pressure given by TheShy today is very critical for YM.

We haven't played a training match with IG for a full week, and the Xiba people feel unsure.

The opponent is TheShy after all.

Looking at the entire World Championship stage, Jiang Chenglu’s strength has improved again.

Coupled with the adapted version of the hero pool, he can use all mainstream characters, maxing out his offensive capabilities, and putting a lot of pressure on Jin Gong.

Seeing his appearance, Garlic Bastard took the initiative to speak.

"How do you say cheers in Korean?"

Jack immediately replied, "Xiba means come on."

"Go, go, go!" Xiaotian punched and kicked, only using a vine whip, "You want my neck to hurt, right?"

"Huai Ting? That's how it sounds." Liu Qingsong also watches girl groups and often hears this word when watching live support videos.

"...Huaiting." The Garlic Bastard tugged on Jin Gong's sleeves and muttered softly.

Jiemugong came back to his senses and glanced at his teammates beside him.

The confident faces swept away the nervousness in his heart.

"Come on, come on!" Jin Gong hugged Xiaotian's shoulders.

Everyone rushed to the stage, crowding around each other.

Not long after, the angry voice of Garlic Bastard came from the passage.

"Sabisi eight people, please don't strangle my neck with your hands!"

Make adjustments to go to bed early and write the finals well.