Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 125 The New Galactic Battleship "Rw"

IG, who haven't won a championship yet, are currently experiencing low popularity.

Although it was released alongside RNG's post, the fact that the official Weibo account only had a few hundred comments speaks volumes.

Last season, WE's substitute top laner, TheShy, also failed to attract much attention from netizens.

As for the newcomer Jacklove, he only has a few fans among streamers and has not yet become a rogue ninja of Konoha.

Seeing that the leaders had already received their rewards, the remaining teams couldn't sit still any longer.

The Snakes' new season roster was also announced shortly.
Top laner: Ss.flandre (Holy Gun Bro)

Jungler: Ss.sofm Top.zzr
Mid laner: Ss.guoguo
ADC: Ss.KRYST4L (Crystal Bro)

Support: Ss.hudie
Crystal played well in the ADC position last season, and this season he officially announced his return to the ADC position, becoming one of Snake's two main carries along with top laner Flandre.

LGD, the team known for its equality among all players, doesn't seem to have made any significant signings this winter. Apart from the addition of Nanzhu, the mid-laner from TF last season, the rest of the roster remains the same as last season.

Top lane: Lgd.Jinoo (Sword Immortal), lgd.banana
Jungler: Lgd.Eimy
Mid laner: Lgd.Yuuki Lgd.nanzhu
ADC: Lgd.imp Lgd.Fdy
Support: Lgd.pyl
In the team's official photos for the new season, imp is smiling happily, seemingly inheriting the optimism of the man who has disappeared. Many of GodV's fans who watched the live stream also know about GodV's choice.

Therefore, apart from some casual fans of GodV or LGD still asking on Weibo where GodV went, it didn't attract much attention from others.

The newly bottom-ranked team FPX has also quietly released its roster for the new season.

Top laner FPX.Gimgoon
Jungler FPX.Pepper (formerly known as Y1han)

FPX.bing (Feng Jinwei)

ADC FPX.lwx Lin Weixiang

FPX.Disappear Zhou Lipeng

He regretfully chose to join the FPX team. In order to be reborn, he even changed his championship ID, which meant that joining this team would be like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

With the addition of members from last season's championship team, FPX, unlike its predecessor, already gained considerable attention in S8.

RNG snatched Xiaotian away, but ZuoShou was still bought by SNG through a deal and became their new mid laner.

Zuo Shou has a high ranking, but because he is usually very dull during his live streams, he doesn't have many viewers.

With the release of SNG's roster, this team from last season continues to underperform, showing no signs of improvement.

Top laner: Wolf

Jungler: H4cker
Mid Laner: Beethoven, Knight (formerly YM's mid laner)

ADC: Fury
Support: Yoon, Brain
More and more teams are officially announcing their rosters, but WE has not released a roster image for the new season.

They made a very straightforward announcement that all members from last season would remain the same, and all five players who played in the previous season would be playing in the new season.

At this point, the lineups of the three starter teams have all been finalized, leaving only a few teams that could potentially soar to new heights with the addition of reinforcements.

Last season's underdog team, VG, has certainly not disappointed anyone.

Top lane: Vg.loong, Vg.Meow
Jungler: Vg.Crash
Mid lane: Vg.Esayhoon, Vg.Bright
ADC: Vg.Martin Vg.Snow
Support: Vg.Caveman
Aside from former substitute for Faker and mid-laner Houye who has some fame, the rest are players who seem to have appeared out of nowhere.

People watch VG's matches just for fun, and at first glance at the roster, they actually thought many of them were newcomers.

As evening approached, most of the announcements had already been made, leaving only two teams: the newly joined LPL team BLG and the veteran team RW.

Rw's popularity is considered mid-range in the league because of Ma Ge's early announcement of joining.

MaGe often makes some incomprehensible plays during live streams and matches, so many of his fans would leave messages on Rw's official Weibo account throughout the off-season, hoping the club could strengthen its roster for the new season.

At 7:30 p.m., a Weibo post came like a bolt from the blue, instantly climbing into the top 30 of Weibo's trending topics.

Countless onlookers stared in disbelief at RW's new season roster.

This mid-tier team from last season, a team that historically competed with EDG for the third seed in S8, has undergone a complete roster overhaul, with all the familiar faces from last season gone.

RW's new season roster

Top Laner: Rw.Mouse (formerly EDG) Jungler: Rw.Flawless (formerly IM), Rw.haro (formerly EDG)

Mid Laner: Rw.Doinb (formerly JDG)

ADC: Rw.Smlz (formerly OMG)

Support: Rw.Killua (formerly YM), Rw.Crisp (formerly FPX)

From top laner to mid laner, from jungler to AD carry, and even for the support position, Rw went all out to equip Ma Ge with a "Black and White Duo" bodyguard. EDG's main top laner from last season, A Guang, also joined Rw.

Although Flawless was furiously criticized by Steak in the jungle position, Haro, who later dragged the team into the World Championship with top laner Ray, ended up with Rw by a twist of fate, becoming the team that history would have personally ended.

In his previous life, EDG defeated Rw and advanced to the World Championship. In this life, however, Haro ended up with Rw. This twist of fate left Li Luo speechless.

As for Dean Donib, he's an old acquaintance. The two had dealings in QG before. Although Donib is jokingly called "Kim Lav" by netizens during his live streams, he's actually quite insightful in private.

Before S7, the LPL was full of mediocre players, and there was no reason to feel sorry for them. The transformation of the LPL region was the S7 Intercontinental Cup.

Since then, the LPL has finally realized its true path and its regional style. It no longer blindly imitates macro-management strategies, nor does it rely solely on aggressive play.

In advantageous situations, they snowball their dominance and become invincible; in disadvantageous situations, they don't just wait to die, but instead look for opportunities for a decisive push (the miracle team fights of various teams), gradually forming their own unique system.

Looking back at the LPL of the past, no matter who it was, they would just stroll around when they had an advantage, and give up when they were at a disadvantage. They would occasionally play strategically and occasionally engage in fights.

Almost all ganks are "ganks within 30 seconds".

What does "gank within 30 seconds" mean?

It refers to the time it takes to initiate a gank, from the time the command is given to the time it ends, which is 30 seconds.

What's wrong with this?
Donib once discussed this issue in depth with Uzi, which is the true source of the terrifying support speed of the FPX team in later generations.

Just look at a voice clip from ROX's team chat, which shows how they played what was arguably the most exciting best-of-five series ever against SKT.

smeb (Fiora): I'm currently being pressured in CS, which is a bit frustrating.

Peanut: Should I take over?
smeb: Yes, but not now. I plan to make a push when I reach level 6. You can come over then.

Peanut: Where is the eye on the other side?

Semb: He left vision in the river and will disappear in XX seconds.

After you finish off the red buff, come from here, then come back from here, and then I'll finish off the first row of melee units to bait out his abilities.

Both are from S6, but just look at EDG's gank voices to see the difference.

KORO: No Flash in the top lane~
Mingkai: I'll be there in a bit.
Mingkai: We've been discovered.

KORO: Let's go, let's go, let's go fast!

This is why Donib always likes to memorize skill cooldowns, ward locations, and the like.

Later, with FPX, this habit became even more pronounced; they would even record the time it took for someone to use Zhonya's Hourglass during a team fight.

Donib's playstyle, which differs from other traditional mid laners, is not only recognized by Uzi, but even Li Luo has to admit his superiority.

However, Doinb joined Rw in the course of history. To Li Luo's astonishment, Rw somehow managed to get Lin Weixiang's go-to support player, Liu Qingsong, and turned Liu Qingsong into Ma Ge's support player.

Liu Qingsong's registered number in the LPL was originally 03, but because he was underage, he ended up with the number 15.

As player number 03 back then, he and lwx were both individual investors before they teamed up.

Liu Qingsong once watched OMG play on the bench. Since they teamed up, the two of them have played together for four years, transferred twice as a package, so their relationship couldn't possibly be bad.

Of course, a package deal doesn't have to be a hard and fast deal. For example, if a team offers an exorbitant price to poach Liu Qingsong instead of Lin Weixiang, the two teams can still be separated.

Rw invested heavily to equip Ma Ge with a highly experienced support player.

Suddenly, Rw, a team that was originally competing for a spot in the World Championship, suddenly looked like a champion, with its strength on paper being no less than that of the three top teams.

(End of this chapter)