The mission started off badly.
In Li Fu's first Rank game in the Canyon of Heroes after joining Panda, he lost the game as expected after 24 minutes.
There's no way around it, that's just how the game is. The thousand-point king game at the top of the canyon is not a game for bullying weak players in a fish pond.
Li Fu's team has three professional players, but the opponents have four professional players, including the Tigers ' jungler and bottom lane duo, as well as EDG's new mid laner Scout, all of whom are top professional players.
On the other hand, Li Fu and his team started the game with two junglers, and Faker chose an AD to stay in the bottom lane.
It was okay in the early stages, as Li Fu took more care of the bottom lane, and the opponent tried to cross the tower several times but to no avail.
But as the opposing mid laner Scout gained an advantage, and perhaps to avenge his former position as a substitute, EDG's new mid laner frequently targeted the empty-nest old man in the bottom lane, Faker, and every time he called Peanut to join him.
Swift forcibly snatched a jungle Graves and was busy clearing and counter-jungling the entire time.
In this situation, even if Li Fu took care of Faker and crouched down, he would still be surrounded by four and two.
Faker has to bear everything alone.
As a result, Old Li's face became darker and darker.
At the moment the crystal exploded, he was so depressed because he was beaten into a loss by the Tiger Team's bottom lane that he couldn't help but ping Swift's Graves, asking him why a support wanted to steal the jungler.
Swift, however, said sorry.
He said that when he was selecting the players, he typed in advance that he wanted to play jungle, and then he answered the phone without watching the game, thinking that Li Fu would see it and change the support to give up the position, but Li Fu didn't change.
As soon as these words were spoken, the blame was immediately put on Li Fu.
Li Fu said nothing, only typed a "?" in reply at the moment the crystal exploded.
This question mark suddenly became a signal of some kind.
For a moment, the screen of Li Fu’s live broadcast room, which had just started broadcasting and had a popularity of over 7 million, was suddenly filled with question marks.
"???? (*N)"
"This guy is making fun of him. He fills in the position and then the support asks him to go jungle?"
"Who gave him this bad habit?"
"That's right, what kind of jungler is he? What kind of jungler is Fu Ge?"
"Let's be honest, shouldn't Swift consciously assist Fu Huang when he's in the queue?"
"The key is that this group took advantage of Fu Ge going to the bottom lane to help Faker and farmed like crazy, leaving Fu Ge with no resources to use throughout the game."
“…”
Of course, the more people there are, the more trolls there will be.
Some people laughed at Li Fu for losing.
"Is this the world champion jungler? Two of them can't beat a little peanut?"
"To be fair, does Fu Huang's blind monk have a presence in this game?"
"Indeed, even though we lost this game, Lee Sin's presence is definitely not as strong as Graves's."
"Stop yelling, Fu Xiaozi. Double jungle is fair competition. Who can you blame if your Fu Huang can't kill the opponent?"
"Indeed, Fu Xiaozi only knows how to talk about champion junglers. If QG hadn't been short of people last season, would you have made it to the finals?"
“…”
Amid the sarcasm and ridicule from the trolls and haters lurking in the live broadcast room, the pace of the barrage became increasingly louder.
Not only that, topics such as "Padre6 and Swift collided in the canyon to grab the jungler", "Faker was trapped by the LPL double jungler", "Fu Huang lost to Swift in the same game of jungle" and so on quickly appeared on the hot search list.
The comments below are also varied.
Some people think that since Swift has been assigned to the support position, he should just play support, otherwise what is the point of pre-selecting the position?
Some people also think that the professional jungler typed in advance and said "Please take a look" and then you can change. Isn't Fu Huang also a top laner? There is no need to rely on your name as the MSI champion jungler to not give in.
Of course, there are more humorous people commenting that there is actually nothing wrong with double junglers. It is a good opportunity for them to compete on the same stage and use their performance to prove who is "suitable" to be a jungler when two people are put together. Fu Huang's Lee Sin's performance is indeed not as good as Swift's Graves.
…
"It's bad! There's a quarrel on the Internet!"
At the LPL League's main venue, Tencent Esports' network public relations staff noticed the conflict that broke out between the players of the IG and NB teams during the rankings before the opening game of the summer season, which aroused public opinion, and they immediately reported it to their superiors in a hurry.
"What's wrong? This is a good thing!"
Unexpectedly, after hearing the report, the person in charge of Tencent Esports slapped his thigh and looked delighted.
Yes, as early as a week before the start of the game, the LPL organizers were warming up for the opening game of the summer season. The higher the attention and traffic of the opening game, the more confidence it will give to those sponsoring companies to settle in.
Unexpectedly, Tencent Esports had just come up with a preliminary plan and had not had time to warm up, but the junglers of the two teams in the opening match encountered a conflict in a ranked game in the Canyon of Heroes.
Tencent Esports doesn’t care who is right or wrong.
Didn’t the popularity and traffic come all at once?
"Then let's..."
Seeing the supervisor's excitement, the people from the public relations department who came to report were dumbfounded.
"Don't suppress it! Don't suppress it! Let those self-media take advantage of it!"
“The more they rub against me, the happier I am!
…
May 26th.
On the day of the LPL Summer Season opening match .
After the last training match last night, IG announced the starting roster for the opening game.
Top laner Save, jungler Li Fu, mid laner Rookie, bottom laner Wuxx, support Baolan.
Each team is limited to two Korean players, and Rookie in the middle lane will definitely occupy one. If Li Fu does not start in the top lane, it means that the other positions in the team will have to be Chinese.
Actually, coach Chris originally wanted to let Shekeke continue to play, but Shekeke has been playing with Xiao Shiguang for a long time, and he has always believed that he will win as long as he dies. He has not been able to adapt to Wuxx's more aggressive play style in a short period of time. In simple terms, the rhythm of the support and AD is often out of sync.
After careful consideration, Chris decided to hire a newcomer.
Among the three supports in the current IG team except Shekeke, only Baolan's performance is the most eye-catching. He is very decisive in starting team fights. This decisiveness comes when the situation in the training room is clear and everyone knows what to do. Baolan, the new support, can often do his best.
There are also shortcomings. Chris feels that this newcomer lacks initiative. When the situation is unclear, he doesn't know what to do. It is difficult for him to become an independent support like Mata. He needs more training.
If IG's AD is still Xiao Guang, Chris will definitely not let Baolan play.
The little time itself is a bit cowardly.
Without anyone to lead him, Baolan, who lacks initiative, probably has no idea what to do.
But IG's current starting AD is Wuxx, who was bought from RNG.
Wuxx's playing style is very similar to Uzi's, that is, he is very daring and has a lot of ideas. When IG was lining up in the bottom lane, Chris observed the combination of Wuxx and Baolan. When the two were in the bottom lane, Wuxx would often talk, and at this time Baolan would become very proactive.
The laning situation in the bottom lane also became more serious.
This makes Chris sometimes have to sigh that there is indeed a chemical reaction between the contestants.
When Li Fu saw the starting lineup, he looked at the player named Baolan with some surprise.
If the memory fragments of the future of LPL glimpsed by the soul merged in his mind are correct, this support player named "Baolan" seems to have left a strong mark in the history of IG's team. However, his level declined sharply in the next two years, and when it was serious, almost the entire network was complaining.
But now, the time is four years earlier.
And the AD player he partnered with was not the young man that Li Fu saw in the memory fragments.
What will happen to these two together?
Li Fu didn't know.
But looking forward to it.
Also looking forward to is Save.
He was expectant and nervous.
Ever since Li Fu appeared on the list of substitute top laners, Save has been worried that he would not be able to start. In the past half month, even after the training games, he has been training hard in the training room and has seen Jiang Hai at four in the morning more than once.
It wasn't until yesterday when the coach announced today's starting lineup that Save felt relieved.
Then there was a hint of secret joy.
It seems that the coach is still very wise.
With a professional top laner like me here, Padre6 is at most just a backup. How could he really compete with me for the top unit?
It seems I was overthinking it.
How about giving some of the extra kimchi my mom made to Padre6?
Professional football is not only about competitive level, but also about social skills. From observing Save, who was promoted from the second team, for some time, he has probably realized that Li Fu’s say in the IG team is very important.
When he was playing professionally for NaJin in South Korea in S2, he was the absolute team bully. When it was time to finish eating, he would bend down, take the bowl with both hands, and jog to get more rice.
Fortunately, there seems to be no bullying culture among the LPL teams.
The only designated "team boss" Padre6 gave him a very easy-going feeling. Not only towards him, but even towards the rookie ADJackylove who was not old enough to play professionally in the team, he was very friendly.
It seems that leaving LCK and joining LPL was a wise decision.
Save stretched in front of the computer, raised his head and squinted at the sunny sky outside, thinking that today's opening game would be a good day.
…
At the same time, NB Club.
In order to prepare for the opening match, Swift appeared to be calm and composed during this period, but he was actually gritting his teeth secretly, vowing to restore the glory of the No. 1 jungler in LPL.
At lunch, Swift finished a bowl of rice and glanced at the people in the team. He wanted to ask someone to get him another bowl of rice, but when he looked around, he found no one available. He felt melancholy.
What a bunch of impolite guys.
Compared to Save, Swift misses the clear hierarchy between seniors and juniors in LCK.
When he was in CJF in 2014, Swift looked at the senior brothers in the team who were showing off their power. He fantasized that there would be such a day in his future.
Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, the entire team is built around him, and he has become a real "team boss", but it's a pity that he is in LPL, a place where politeness is not understood.
Not to mention V in the top lane of the team, Aishe Jiayi and Tianzai Doomsday who came down are not newcomers either.
He didn't even have the courage to provoke the mid laner Dade.
After feeling melancholy for a long time and looking at the empty bowl, Swift had no choice but to get up and get another bowl of rice for himself.
While chewing the rice in his mouth, Swift was determined to beat the opponent this time!
…
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.
Due to the LPL organizers' pre-match warm-up for the "semi-finals that were delayed for a month", and the conflict between Li Fu and Swift in the ranking three days ago that frequently became a hot topic, it can be said that it attracted countless people.
In the regular season, it is difficult for the stadium to be full except for the Big Three. But today, it can be said that the stadium was packed with people. In addition to the fans of the two teams, there were also many spectators who came to watch the fun.
What's happening?
Someone has started the topic on Weibo and Tieba.
Today's opening match was described as a "father-son game".
Whoever wins is worthy of being a jungler.
If you encounter this situation in the ranking in the future, you will have to give up your position.
Although Li Fu has never responded to the bet between the father and son, the fans of both sides who have been arguing fiercely on the Internet in recent days have agreed to it. Swift even updated a Weibo post at noon today.
——Fight for you.
All of a sudden, fans of NB and Swift were screaming as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Everyone was expecting Swift to lead the new NB to regain everything they lost in the semi-finals of last season.
Soon, after all the audience were seated, the camera quickly turned to the LPL commentary desk.
Miller and Guan Zeyuan are responsible for today's commentary.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2016 LPL Summer Season. I am the commentator Miller."
"Hello everyone! I am Guan Zeyuan."
After the two commentators greeted the camera, Miller looked at the cheers from the audience when the players entered the competition room and couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that this is the opening game after all. Our audience is very enthusiastic about watching the game today."
"Well, it's a belated semi-final after all."
Guan Zeyuan said with a smile, "I believe that not only NB and former QG fans have been looking forward to this match for a long time, even IG fans may also be looking forward to this battle of proof, to prove that IG's journey has not been based on luck or anything else, but on strength from beginning to end."
Miller nodded, crossed his arms over his chest, looked at the live broadcast room and said with a smile, "Yes, haha, and I saw that the fans in our LPL official live broadcast room were also very enthusiastic about the game today. It seems that this opening game means something else to the fans."
Although Miller did not make his words very clear, everyone who came to watch the game was a veteran LPL audience, and they were all well-informed about the recent hot topics. Therefore, this time, the audience in the stands clearly shouted out the names of Li Fu and Swift to cheer them on.
"Alright! Without further ado, the opening match of the summer season is about to begin!"
"Yes, in the new season we will use the latest mid-season version 6.9. With each new version, there will be new gods. Let's take a look at the performance of our LPL teams in the new version."
“…”
The first game of the opening BO3.
IG is on the blue side and NB is on the red side.
Both sides started by banning three hands each.
Blue side IG: Alistar, Ryze, Ekko.
Red side NB: Vampire, Tree, Lee Sin
Miller couldn't help but smile and said, "We can see that with the changes in the new version, the hero Vampire has gradually emerged in the ranking. Just now when I was waiting in the backstage, I was discussing with others whether Vampire would be banned in today's game. I didn't expect NB to ban a song right away."
Guan Zeyuan knows more about the details of the hero, and he said, "Yes, mainly in the new version, the E skill is released in a circle in the form of charging. It is not as brainless as before, and requires players to grasp the timing more, but it also brings better feedback. In addition, the changes to the Q skill also encourage players to stack 3 layers in team battles to use Bloody Dash to achieve acceleration, double damage and blood recovery effects."
Miller nodded, "Yes, and the other thing is the adjustment of the magic Hextech equipment, which makes it reasonable for Ekko to be banned."
"There is another point that I believe everyone has noticed, that is, neither side of our game today banned jungle core heroes such as Kindred, Graves, and Nidalee."
Guan Zeyuan paused here and continued, "Because the new 6.9 version is not as suitable for jungle cores as last season, I believe the appearance rate of jungle heroes this summer will face a reshuffle."
He was analyzing something in his mouth.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the blue team IG's first hero choice on the big screen made Guan Zeyuan choke for a moment.
Wild huntress, Leopard Woman!
On the blue team, IG was the first to grab the Nidalee.
???
A series of question marks suddenly appeared on the barrage of the live broadcast room.
Didn’t we agree that the wild cores will expire?
What the hell is IG doing by grabbing Nidalee?
…
"bluff."
Opposite the stage, in NB's competition seats.
Swift curled his lips and turned to the coach and said, "Coach, get me some men."
Yes, it’s not that I want to play with Centaurs, it’s that I want to get Centaurs directly.
When Doinb broke up with his mid and jungle last season, he criticized Swift for being so arrogant and interfering with the coach's BP. Now that Doinb has been exiled, Swift simply stops pretending.
To be honest, he really didn't think that the coaching staff could be much better than him, a top ten king in the international server of Canyon of Heroes, in terms of understanding the new version of jungle.
Fortunately, NB built its system around the jungler this season. The new coach who was parachuted in after Linko left also has a good personal relationship with Swift. Upon hearing the news, he went straight to him and locked in a player without saying a word.
"Eh? Both sides pick a jungler?"
On the commentary desk, Miller couldn't help but marvel at the sight.
"Yes, I think this is probably the different 'readings' of the new version by the two top LPL professional junglers." Guan Zeyuan immediately analyzed, "Many of our viewers may have heard that this version is no longer suitable for jungle cores, but they don't know why. Here I will tell you my understanding."
"Hey, you say." Miller added.
"I think the addition of the elemental dragon in the new version means that the best way for the jungler to speed up the team's rhythm in the early stage of this version is 'Speed Dragon', but the jungle core's fast attack mainly focuses on crushing the line of sight, position, level and economy, breaking through the surface with a point. Killing the dragon actually slows down one's own rhythm and gives the opponent a chance to breathe." Guan Zeyuan said in one breath.
After hearing Guan Zeyuan's words, Miller pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I think the jungle core version of the lineup last season can play in the late game, and the speed dragon is actually no problem, but in the current 6.9 mid-season version, it is difficult for the jungle core to play an effect and the teammates to cooperate with the late-stage big core. In addition, the jungle core rhythm is contrary to the priority of the current elemental dragon version to increase the small dragon."
Guan Zeyuan continued:
"Yes, and if a team picks Yehe, it means that his teammates have to fill in as a tool, which means the team will lack a front row and a control point, which means his teammates have to fill in the gaps, and then Yehe will support the upper limit of the entire team. But in the current version, it is hard to say whether the jungle core hero can support this upper limit.
Miller smiled and looked at the two players' seats. "However, there will always be trial and error in a new season and a new version. What we are seeing now is obviously the different reading abilities of two top players on the new version 6.9. So who has a better 'version reading' ability... There is no point in talking too much. We will see the truth in our own hands."
Along with the commentator's analysis, with both sides sending out their junglers first, the lineup systems of both sides are basically built around this foundation.
For example, if IG chooses a Poke hero like Nidalee, then they must add Jayce, right?
The original plan was to give Save Jayce, but coach Chris considered that Save was too easy to catch, so he decided to play it safe and let him take the top lane Crocodile.
As for NB, Centaur's ultimate skill has the ability to control the team, so it is necessary to make up for the AOE damage in the team battle. The NB coach directly added Viktor in the middle lane.
Dade, the mid laner, knew that this was not his favorite assassin version and had no objection to it. He just felt that it was a bit strange to use the former mid laner's "signature" Viktor in the first game.
Finally, the lineups of both sides were locked.
IG on the blue side: Crocodile on top, Nidalee on jungle, Jayce in the mid lane, Caitlyn and Madame Fantasy on the bottom lane.
Red side NB: Troll on top, Centaur in the jungle, Viktor in the mid lane, Annie and Braum in the bottom lane.
The lineup was locked, and the game began to load with cheers from both sides.
"rest assured."
In the NB competition booth, Swift said calmly, "Don't be too intimidated by their title of MSI champion. If we hadn't missed the chance in the semifinals, we wouldn't know who would win the championship. Their bottom lane is full of rookies, and their top laner is also a second-team top laner. If we play well, they can easily win."
"Be careful of the invasion of Nidalee." V in the top lane reminded.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Swift laughed. "Haven't you heard about the last time he and I played together? How many jungle points did he clear, and how many did I clear? I was ahead by more than double, right?"
"Go against my will? Dream on."
…
The game is loaded and the first match of the opening game begins.
Swift’s words are harsh, but as the jungler that NB’s new boss has been trying to protect, he is also very meticulous.
He knew very well that the hero Nidalee had average ganking ability and was best at clearing the jungle and counter-jungling, so he placed a ward in the lower river at the beginning of the game.
Moreover, the placement of this eye is very clever, as it is placed on the edge of the river grass diagonally in front of the dragon pit.
In this way, if Nidalee wants to counterjungle, no matter if she comes directly from F4 through the river or transforms and crosses the terrain to come from the dragon pool, as long as she passes through the river, she will be detected by Swift's eyes.
Discipline him and there will be no return!
…
And what about Li Fu?
"Brother Ji, help me put a ward on F4 and catch the opponent's jungler's movements."
"no problem."
As soon as the game started, Li Fu asked Rookie to help him place a ward on the F4 side.
In this version, as long as Centaur is in the upper zone, there is a high probability that F4 will be cleared first.
The situation in the lower half of the Nidalee zone is actually similar.
But Li Fu did not start with F4 this time. Instead, he directly killed the red buff with the cooperation of the bottom lane duo.
Not only that, he also let the bottom lane push the line directly at the beginning.
Policewoman + Fan Mom.
This combination has the ability to push the line.
Li Fu's jungle opening also attracted the attention of the commentator on the stage.
"Eh? Nidalee starts with red buff? That's quite rare. Could it be that Brother Fu is going to counter-jungle at the beginning?"
"I feel like... it's not going to be easy to succeed."
"Oh! Nidalee has finished killing Red Beast, and he is walking towards the dragon pit. He transforms and uses W to jump down into the dragon pit. Wow, is he really going to counter-jungle?"
"Wait! Swift and his team placed an anti-invasion ward in the river at the beginning. Brother Fu will be exposed if he crosses the river from here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the commentator cut out the red team's unilateral vision.
However, what made Guan Zeyuan speechless was that there was no sign of Nidalee in the river vision of the red team NB. Swift, who had just finished killing the blue buff in the bottom lane, also did not notice anything and turned around to continue killing Toad.
Just hit the toad!
A smile appeared on Li Fu's lips.
He knew that if Centaur started with blue, the second group of wild beasts would most likely be Toads.
In that case, even if the duo helps at the beginning, the damage of the venom monster is not low, and the Centaur with strong AOE jungle clearing ability will be a bit hurt when attacking this kind of single monster.
Li Fu seized this opportunity.
The game time is 1 minute and 55 seconds.
Swift was halfway through hitting the toad when he felt a chill in his anus and turned around to look.
Li Fu was staring at him quietly.
"Wha?"
Swift subconsciously glanced at the river eye he had set at the beginning of the game, his mind was confused, and he didn't quite understand how Li Fu got here.
The commentator on the stage exclaimed!
"Oh my god! Brother Fu has once again demonstrated his ultimate skill in blocking vision!"
"Yes, he seemed to have predicted Swift's position and just followed the wall to bypass the vision."
"And there is another piece of information here. Centaur didn't expect Nidalee to come over at all. In order to quickly clear the blue, he used the punishment directly at the beginning of the game, but Brother Fu still had the punishment of Nidalee in his hand."
"Oh! Brother Fu killed the Toad with over 500 HP with one punishment!"
"Centaurs can't lose their temper. Swift really has no tricks this time. The red buff has an advantage over the blue buff. The Centaur's health is not high either. We can only let go of this toad."
"It's not just Toad. Brother Fu forced the troops away, and he went straight to kill the three wolves."
"Put down the trap, Nidalee is clearing the jungle quickly, Centaur wants to come over!"
"Oh, Nidalee's mark! Her Q hits, and Centaur is less than half health!"
"Are you so anti-wild?"
"That's right. The key is that NB couldn't get through the mid and bottom. Not to mention Rookie, Jayce was so strong in the laning phase that Dade couldn't spare any time to support."
"Yes, and you can see that IG's new bottom lane combination played very aggressively. They pushed the line at the beginning, making it difficult for NB's bottom lane to provide support."
"Tsk tsk, it seems that IG's counter-jungle attack at the beginning was planned for a long time."
At this time, when Li Fu took back half of NB's jungle area, Swift, who was shaking with anger, also chose to be a hero who knows the times!
Oh shit!
Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west!
I will kill you sooner or later!
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the commentator on the stage suddenly widened his eyes.
In the game footage on the big screen, Li Fu's Nidalee did not stop after killing three wolves. After reaching level three, he healed himself and then went straight across the red team's NB's middle tower one and middle tower two.
"Oh my god! Brother Fu doesn't just want half of the jungle area! He wants... all of it!"
"Neptune went straight between the enemy's first and second towers in the middle lane, and now she has to take damage from both towers."
"Wait! Why did Brother Fu only eat a little?"
Under normal circumstances , even if you are only close to one tower, the movement time will cause you to take damage twice from the same tower.
As the commentator was surprised, Li Fu's Leopard Woman directly chose a defense tower on one side, and then when she heard the second attack sound of the defense tower, she suddenly turned her head and moved to the other side.
In an instant, the defense tower's second attack only flashed a red light out of courtesy.
But no A came out.
At this moment, Swift, who had just circled to the upper half to start F4, stared at the ghostly Leopard Woman who was following him...
I feel so bad!
West Eight? ! !
Who taught you to be so anti-wild?