“What does LCK mean?”
"I think it's okay, right? After all, he is their own player, but now he is playing in LPL. It's normal to recall him when they are competing for international honors."
"Bad! EDG's mid and top are quite strong. What kind of mid and top should we send out?"
"It doesn't matter, Rerang will take action!"
[LeRang is Letme's title this season. His Ornn is able to not lag behind anyone and will not rely on his father. So now people who praise him call him the equal-for-all top laner. TheRang is a paraphrase of Theshy's ID. 】
"Come on, Letme is such a jerk, you want him to fight Smeb?"
"Owen has no trace of this person!"
"No, the key is that there are not many people here right now."
"957?"
"957 is in terrible condition now. It's completely useless now."
The 957 of S8 is not as amazing as that of S7.
In the final analysis, it is the version that has been changed. In S7, the top laner only needs to be able to carry the team alone, and as long as he can carry the team, everything will be effective.
But S8 is different. The top lane of S8 has already emphasized confrontation.
At this time, the age of 957 becomes a fatal problem.
It is difficult for him to maintain his excellent form for a long time.
Some people may say, aren’t you using age as an excuse?
Not really. Take Lee Sang Hyuk for example, who has perfectly proved that one can win the championship even at an older age.
Even Lee Sang-hyeok, who won the world championship again in S13, still saw a decline in form in the last few games of BO5.
This is a very normal thing.
Even many young players lack concentration and cannot last a BO5.
957 started playing this profession after graduating from college, and it is already difficult for him to maintain a long, high-intensity laning state.
So in today's S8 version that emphasizes laning, he began to become mediocre.
Just when everyone was thinking about who else could play top lane, someone raised a more critical question:
"Mid lane, who's going to play Lee Sang Hyuk?"
After all, compared to the top laner who can choose a tanky character as the Shield of China, the consequences will be much more serious if the mid laner can't withstand the pressure.
Li Xianghe's laning suppression ability is not as strong as before, but there are still not many people who can withstand it.
Rookie doesn't feel much pressure.
But...the problem is that rookie is also Korean.
After excluding Rookie, the remaining mid laners are probably only Xiaohu and Xiye.
Soon someone said, "How is it possible to cancel the account? Isn't he the designated one? When has he ever beaten Faker?"
The current record against Faker is indeed a bit ugly.
But he has already eliminated one or two of the strongest domestic mid laners after Rookie.
The other mid laners are even worse.
Then choose Xiye?
"Xiye? But Xiye doesn't roam that much. What if he can't stop Faker?"
Soon someone said that this was not possible.
Xiye is the core of WE, and the jungler has to work around him.
The frequency of wandering is very low.
Once he can't keep an eye on Faker, it would be better for him to go to the middle lane to kill Faker. At least Faker's specialties like Ryze and Clockwork can help him push the line continuously.
Netizens are so worried, even more worried than the contestants!
But at this moment Xu Yuan didn't feel anything at all.
"Aren't you worried about losing in the Asian Games?"
Meiko asked casually, noticing her old partner's expression.
"We can't interfere with the selection of players. If we really can't win, there's nothing we can do. Just do your best. Why worry so much?"
Xu Yuan spread his hands.
He is not the one who can decide the roster, so he just plays with whatever lineup he wants.
"Who do you think Nakagami will be then?"
Meiko was a little curious.
Xu Yuan glanced at him and took a sip of milk tea slowly.
"As for the mid laner, it's most likely Xiye."
"As for why... the record against Faker before the account was cancelled was really ugly, so it was hard to gain trust."
"Xiye has previously solo-killed Faker with Lucian, so he has an advantage in this regard, but there is also a problem."
Meiko scratched her head in confusion, "What's the problem?"
Xu Yuan loosened his wrist and spoke calmly.
“Nakano is one.”
"So if the jungler position is decided before the mid laner, then the coordination between the mid laner and the jungler will be considered."
"If the jungler in this Asian Games is Mala Xiangguo, then the possibility of account cancellation is higher, because they have more opportunities to cooperate with each other."
The logic was not difficult to understand, and Meiko immediately understood what he meant.
If the jungler chooses RNG, then the mid laner will most likely also choose RNG considering the coordination issue.
Just like if the AD is confirmed to be Xu Yuan, then the support will basically be Meiko.
After all, this was the first Asian Games, and the preparations were relatively hasty, with no systematic grouping or selection of players.
[But when I think about how I won this time without any special preparation, and lost the second time after preparing for the training time, I feel that the preparation work is a bit funny. ]
Time passed little by little, and with one month left before the start of the Asian Games, the final lineup was finally announced!
League of Legends:
"We are pleased to announce that the Chinese team for the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games has been confirmed. The following is the list of players:
Top laner: Yan Junze [Letme]
Jungler: Gao Tianliang [Tian]
Mid: Su Hanwei [Xiye]
ADC: Xu Yuan [Savior], Jian Zihao [Uzi]
Support: Tian Ye [Meiko]
Head coach: Ji Xing
I wish the athletes good results in the upcoming 2018 Jakarta Asian Games!"
This message was released by the official account of League of Legends, so its authenticity is self-evident.
Xu Yuan's eyes swept across the AD position [Uzi] without any feeling of surprise.
Although Xu Yuan will definitely be the starter, Uzi's popularity has always been good.
Are there any fans of LPL AD players who, several years after the players retired, often help the players to summon their souls whenever LPL lost a game?
Only Uzi.
His popularity is really high.
In fact, looking at Uzi and Theshy, the two most popular players in LPL, it is not difficult to find that the two people are actually somewhat similar.
Both of them are players who like to suppress the opponent online, and they also have famous scenes of their operations.
And such players usually stand out easily.
Naturally, they attract more fans than tool players.
Especially Uzi, as the absolute core of RNG, the one among the four protecting one.
It’s hard not to be eye-catching.
Because if he fails to stand out, then RNG will have already lost.
The starting player must be Xu Yuan. After all, he has won two MSIs, one S championship, two spring championships and one summer championship in just one and a half years since his debut, and he is also the FMVP player in the finals.
Such an achievement is undoubtedly magnificent.
But Uzi can still be used as a substitute.
So Xu Yuan was not surprised at all, because popular contestants can do whatever they want.
Just give an example.
After S13, Theshy thought the money WBG gave him was too little and he simply stopped playing. As a result, Theshy's fans turned WBG boss Shi Tou into a sunflower.
Even if Shitou hurried on his way and swore and gave him all he wanted, it would be of no use.
It must be you, WBG, who have delayed my brother's return!
Why didn't WBG renew my brother's contract? My brother must have been wronged!
Anyway, the main idea is that if fans feel that he has been wronged, they will stand up for him.
Even if Theshy himself comes out to clarify the rumors, it will be useless, instead his fans will think that he is being coerced.
After all, no one can wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.
Everyone knows that no one wants Theshy.
In the final, they were beaten to a waste of 1/16 by their opponents. Why do they still want to win tens of millions?
Just be a beggar and beg for food.
Of course, if you say that Theshy can just go to a low-level team, that is indeed possible.
After all, there are always suckers who buy things specifically to attract traffic.
But with Theshy's pride, will he be willing?
After S13, Theshy is like bronze and silver in the mouth of an electric baton.
You want him to go to a top team like BLG or JDG, but he can't go. There's no way. BLG can't compete, and JDG can't spend that kind of money.
But if you ask him to go to those rubbish teams, he won't be happy.
He felt that those rubbish teams had rubbish configurations and were not worthy of him.
There is no way, I am stuck here.
This is also thanks to the fact that he is a popular contestant. If he didn't have this kind of popularity...
It's time to retire after S10.
Pandac's fate is the best possible outcome for him.
So Xu Yuan was not really surprised about Uzi, but he was more surprised about the jungle position.
The original jungler should have been from Mala Xiangguo, which is why Xu Yuan said the probability of account cancellation is higher.
After all, Nakano and Junichiro are inseparable.
What's the result?
Now the jungler position has been directly replaced by EDG jungler Xiaotian who just achieved good results in MSI.
Strictly speaking, Xiaotian is still just a rookie jungler.
But the Asian Games Committee still chose him.
The implication is very clear:
They just want results.
That's why we chose Xiaotian who performed well in MSI, even though he is a rookie.
And with Xiaotian becoming the jungler, Xiye's position in the mid lane naturally became stable.
After all, Mala Xiangguo itself couldn’t make it online, so how could it possibly make it online with the account cancellation?
As for going to work, there is nothing much to say.
There are too few strong top laners in the LPL today.
Ale is still in SDG, Bin is as famous as Biubiu, and no one knows where Brother Xu Yuan is.
Top laners like Zoom were not selected because they have no experience in world competitions.
Letme is Qingfeng's number one rival. Although his fighting skills are also very poor, at least he is doing relatively well.
Since 957 is not as good as S7, it is normal to choose Letme.
Looking at the entire list, EDG, the team with the best performance, took the jungler and three people in the bottom lane, plus a coach.
The slightly inferior RNG got one starter and one substitute.
WE's performance was worse than RNG's, as they only had one mid laner.
Xu Yuan didn't know if this was also a way of dividing the cake.
But rationally speaking, this lineup is indeed one of the best that LPL can currently come up with.
"Wuhu~!"
Xiaotian's cheers came from behind him.
In Xiaotian's view, being selected for the Asian Games list is undoubtedly a recognition of his abilities.
Naturally very happy.
Meiko's expression during training also became more serious.
In fact, he is under more pressure than Xiaotian.
Why?
Because AD is too strong and popular.
As a whole, if the AD in the bottom lane is too strong, the things the support does will be subconsciously ignored.
Many people would think, is Meiko really worthy?
Especially RNG fans, in their eyes Ming's performance was equally outstanding.
Xiao Ming's mother fans said this after the S7 World Championship.
"If EDG's support player was Xiao Ming, EDG would still win the championship."
After all, anyone who goes with Xu Yuan can easily defeat the opponent.
Then who knows whether you are good at supporting or not?
So now that Meiko has confirmed that he is on the list, he actually feels more pressured.
He must perform in a way that suits his position!
RNG base.
"Ah? Am I still on?"
There was some embarrassment and some happiness on Uzi's face.
He used to be dissatisfied with Xu Yuan because Xu Yuan didn't have much achievements.
But now he has proven himself and won the championship.
Therefore, Uzi had already felt in his heart that Xu Yuan played better than him.
Because of the MSI and S finals in S7, he knew that it would not work if he replaced him.
At least he can't stand that kind of military training, and his mentality will definitely be affected.
Many people say that Uzi likes Hong Wen, but does Uzi himself know it?
Of course I know.
He also knew that he had a bad temper, and would become very impatient especially when he couldn't win in a laning phase.
When he is at a disadvantage in the laning phase, Uzi will get angry if his teammates make any mistakes.
He knew all this, but it was too difficult for him to change.
This is how I have spent my career over the years.
When he was in Royal Club, he had Shenchao and others to play with him. After he joined RNG, he had Xiaohu and Letme to play with him.
who is he?
He is Uzi!
He thinks it's normal for top players to have a little temper.
He played a performance worthy of his treatment, so why can't he put pressure on his teammates?
If he played badly, would his RNG teammates follow his lead?
Just think about it and you will know it is impossible.
Unless his name is not Jian Zihao, but Bai Zihao.
So even though Uzi knows that he has some temper problems, he has no intention of changing them.
As long as we win the championship, these problems will not be a problem.
Uzi was a little embarrassed to see his name at the end.
After all, everyone knows the unspoken rules of this kind of competition. The player whose name is at the end means he or she is a substitute.
It’s not like Uzi has never been a substitute before. He played as a substitute for a long time when he was in OMG.
So although it's a bit embarrassing, it's still acceptable.
So he was more...happy.
Even Uzi is very happy to be able to play in this level of competition.
On the one hand, this can be regarded as bringing glory to the country.
On the other hand...the Asian Games is held only once every four years, and this may be the first and last Asian Games he can experience in his career.
Uzi's injury is now very serious, and he also knows that his career has entered the countdown.
As long as I can go, I will be happy.
but……
When he saw Letme was also there and was the starter, Uzi felt a little jealous.
I, Uzi, can only be a substitute, how come you, Letme, can become a starter?
That's not right!
I am the protagonist!
“I was selected?”
In fact, Letme was even more confused than him.
He has always been a person who has a clear understanding of himself, and he knows exactly how much he is capable of and what he can do.
Facing a top laner like Smeb, Letme is under a lot of pressure.
Don’t be fooled by those people who praise him for being equal, in fact, he was almost beaten every time when he played against Smeb.
Why?
Because other teams also have to consider Uzi in the bottom lane, they need more heroes to move to the bottom lane.
So his Ornn can be played easily.
But EDG didn't move to the bottom lane at all.
Because their bottom lane is tougher!
As a result, whenever RNG played against EDG this season, Letme's Ornn was never used.
He has never been equal to Smeb.
When Letme suddenly learned that he was selected, he was happy but also a little worried.
If he couldn't get a hero like Ornsian, he wouldn't have much confidence in taking on this responsibility.
Just as he was racking his brains over how to fight back, his brows suddenly relaxed.
It seems like... Ornn will have a chance to play!
Because the Asian Games bottom lane is the one that is tougher than their RNG bottom lane!
Uzi is often targeted, has Xu Yuan been targeted less often?
Letme can’t remember how many teams used five ADs when playing against EDG.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the advantage is mine!
Savior, you must C it hard!
Please!
Xu Yuan, who was highly expected by Letme: ...letme? [No feeling]
At the same time, there was a completely different scene in the WE club.
"Where is Xiyeren?"
After receiving the news, the WE team leader came to the door of the training room excitedly.
He peeked inside, looking somewhat excited.
"In training."
957 pushed up his glasses and replied with a smile.
"He already knows?"
"Well, Wangzai started training right after he saw the news."
The WE team leader exhaled, "We must seize this opportunity."
WE is facing many disasters now.
The outbreak of the Condi incident caused them to be unable to find any outstanding junglers for a while, and 957's continued poor form also made WE's road to the playoffs a bit bumpy.
Only Xiye and Mystic in the bottom lane are still struggling to support WE today.
The club's fans are leaving like crazy. After all, no one wants the player they support to be a ladybug.
The results started to deteriorate again and the number of fans started to decrease again.
This has directly led to a sharp decline in WE’s ability to make money and it has become increasingly poor.
If you want to attract fans, the fastest way is naturally to participate in international competitions.
Xu Yuan was directly promoted to the most popular AD player in the country after one MSI.
The WE team leader does not expect to replicate Xu Yuan's miracle, he just hopes to help WE recover from its decline to some extent.
957 looked at Xiye's back in the training room and nodded.
"He will."
Xiye is a very distinctive player.
As we all know, there are three laws about WE:
1. The law of the death of the hottest
When you think Xiye is very powerful, he will immediately start to pull a wave, making you unable to help but write the four words "Xi La Xiao Wo" on the screen.
2. The law of internal garbage and external strength.
Xiye's excitement in foreign wars is always higher than that in civil wars.
The fact that the opponent likes to show off and is of Korean nationality has a certain effect on this, but the specific effect depends on Xiye's mood that day.
If the opponent is Faker, it will automatically be promoted to the highest level.
In China, Xiye often acts as a power bank for Cancellation Account. Every time after playing against WE, Cancellation Account's status improves rapidly, which is outrageous.
But in the international competition, he accomplished the feat of killing Faker alone, which few people had accomplished at that time.
This is an achievement that even account cancellation cannot even dream of.
3. Double C conservation law.
That is, "the carrying ability of the two C positions is constant. If one is strong, the other will become weak."
Xiye's peak period should be from the second half of the S7 Summer Season to the S8 Spring Season.
The AD in the bottom lane, Brother-in-law, could be said to be an excellent AD in S6 and was once considered world-class in S7, but his performance in the S8 spring season was too strong.
In the current summer season, he has awakened, and in the original S9 year, he was ranked in the first and third AD teams of LPL consecutively.
When the brother-in-law was in control of the game, Xiye became a supporting role. When Xiye was carrying, the brother-in-law played the role of Piltover Policeman and Ashe's assistant.
Although my brother-in-law has awakened now, he is still not in the same state as in the S7 Summer Games.
So according to the double C conservation law, Xiye is really powerful now.
This law is extremely confusing, and is as damn confusing as quantum entanglement.
All in all it's outrageous.
According to the above three laws, Xiye's performance in the Asian Games will be in a superposition state of hard follow and pull.
He is so strong because his opponent is Faker and his brother-in-law is not in good shape, so Xiye should be very strong.
The reason for pulling is because of the first law of WE.
Because of the second and third laws, you think Xiye is very powerful.
But this is when the first law is triggered:
When you think Xiye is very powerful, he is about to pull.
The WE team leader had no intention of disturbing the players and quietly left the training room.
That's good to know. His original intention was to remind Xiye to train more.
Now he is very satisfied to see the players are so self-aware.
At this time, other regions have also known the LPL roster.
In fact, everyone’s reactions were quite consistent.
let me?
Who are you?
Tian?
He seems to be a very powerful jungler who is very decisive in starting a team fight.
Xiye?
Some impression, but not much.
Savior?
I am superior, TOP ONE!
Meiko?
A loyal follower of the Savior.
Here is an explanation of the origin of the TOP ONE meme.
Because after S7 MSI, ESPN has become Xu Yuan's loyal bootlicker, at least on the surface.
So every time when they rank the contestants, no matter what ranking it is, Xu Yuan will be ranked first.
Including but not limited to:
[Top 10 Most Suppressive ADC Players List]
[Top 10 ADC players with the best operations]
[Top 10 Most Handsome Players]
[List of contestants who I want to date the most]
No matter which list, they would rank Xu Yuan first without hesitation.
Over time, the entertaining nature of European and American audiences was triggered, and they directly gave Xu Yuan a nickname, called TOP ONE.
It means first.
Because ESPN has always ranked him first, number one is now synonymous with Xu Yuan.
In fact, Xu Yuan has some understanding of these lists.
For example, the [List of Contestants You Most Want to Date].
As far as he knows, after this list was compiled, it was unanimously recognized by British "gentlemen".
When Xu Yuan heard the news, he immediately bought the old man's cell phone on the subway.JPG
Byd, isn’t it a bit too much for the UK to burn 0?
Since you are so hungry, I suggest you ask Gallic Black Chicken to borrow some cotton machines.
After seeing the list, Korean netizens burst into laughter.
I won’t mention the jungler and support. I just lost to them in MSI and my face still hurts.
But what the hell are you doing?
Although mid laner Xiye has defeated Faker in international competitions, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Faker's fans, his success has already been recorded in the history books.
Now those two solo kills have become:
Because Condi helped Xiye crazily, Xiye was able to kill Faker alone.
How should I put it... If you say it's reasonable, this is indeed the case.
But if you say it is unreasonable, then it is really unreasonable.
Because the mid laner often gets a single kill, he really needs the jungler's invisible deterrence.
If the jungler can't put pressure on you...
We are all professionals. Even if our laning ability is poor, as long as we are not afraid of missing the target, no one can be killed by a single person.
If you can't win, just hide behind the tower. It will be difficult for you to kill the opponent alone in your lifetime.
Why do so many people talk about the combination of Faker and Bengi?
It is because when Faker needs Bengi to put pressure on him, Bengi will definitely be there.
It is unrealistic to talk about single kill without the influence of the jungler.
In the broad sense, a solo kill is one without any assists.
Xiye’s solo kill was real.
However, Korean netizens will never accept this.
If they just think LPL is overestimating their capabilities in the mid lane, then Letme in the top lane...
They just found it ridiculous.
"kkkkkkk, what's with that? Oh, are our LPL friends so humorous lately? I remember Letme didn't perform very well in the last world game, right?"
"Oh my god, how can he not be good enough? He can't even beat the European and American top laners, classic LPL style top laner."
However, in such discussions, some comments are somewhat different.
"I feel sorry for Yuan. Come on, Chinese team, cheer for the Asian Games!"
They are Xu Yuan’s personal fans.
Such comments instantly set the forum on fire, and even Koreans were a little overwhelmed.
Damn, so disgusting!
"Shit, where are the forum administrators? Block this traitorous son of a bitch!"
However, they responded directly.
"Oh? Just because you like LPL players, you will be expelled from your nationality? This is the inherent bad nature of Koreans!"
“You Koreans are terrible!”
Gradually, it developed into a war of words, because the Korean Internet is now full of violent temper.
In fact, it is normal for them to be very aggressive online.
After all, the pressure in real life is too great, and we can only vent through the virtual network.
But there is a problem.
Why has the online hostility in the LPL suddenly become so much more intense?
I won’t talk about more, this is really going to explode.
The LCK roster is even better than the LPL roster.
Top laner: Song Jinghao [Smeb]
Jungler: Han Wanghu [Peanut]
Mid: Lee Sang-hyeok [Faker]
AD: Park Jae Hyuk [Ruler], Kim Jong In [Pray]
Assist: CoreJJ
Head coach: kkoma
Assistant coach: Effort
Rationally speaking, this lineup is probably the most luxurious lineup Xu Yuan has ever encountered in his professional career.
Not to mention Pray who was on the bench, the players in each position are basically world-class or even top-tier players.
Moreover, Smeb and Faker have a very good understanding of each other, and Peanut and Faker used to be teammates, so their cooperation is even better.
This top, mid and jungle position is really difficult to handle.
Although Ruler's performance in the S8 season was not outstanding, his basic laning skills are still there.
CoreJJ is more of a support who likes to use his brain to play games.
As long as there is no big gap in the bottom lane, the Korean team's mid, top and jungle are likely to gain an advantage.
And this advantage is definitely not small!
Combined with Korean AD Chidi, their late-game is also guaranteed.
It is no wonder that Korean audiences are so confident
Because judging from the strength on paper alone, the mid, top and jungle on the LPL side are completely inferior to them.
On August 14, Xu Yuan went to the airport to see Lee Sang Hyuk and Smeb back to Korea.
For both of them, winning the Asian Games championship could potentially exempt them from military service.
Everyone knows about South Korea’s military service, so they are determined to win.
"The next time we meet, we'll be rivals."
Before boarding the plane, Li Xianghe waved and said goodbye to Xu Yuan with a smile.
"Wait for you to come and claim your runner-up prize."
Xu Yuan's response remained calm.
Li Xianghe smiled brighter and said, "Let's go."
The Asian Games starts...
It’s been less than two weeks!