You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 24 Finding New Hot Topics
In this game, Zhou Dian was laning against a substitute top laner, not a main top laner.

This guy picked a big tree to try and get ahead, but he got completely destroyed by Jayce.

In the end, Zhou Dian easily won the game.

Three days later, Zhou Dian finally "laboriously" made it into the top ten of the national server.

The reason it was considered difficult was that after he carried several games with Jayce, people started banning Jayce.

Even though Zhou Dian still hasn't added anyone as a friend, these high-ranking players in the Chinese server can often guess that he's on the opposing team, and then they'll greet him with a message as soon as they enter the game:
"First floor, Fiora and Jayce are banned!"

Add to that Camille, who's practically unplayable in the current version.

Sometimes, after the draft phase, the opposing team's three banned champions happen to be Camille, Fiora, and Jayce. (Note: In solo queue, the ban rule changed from 3 bans to 5 bans in May 2017.)

There's no other way; banning heroes is a common tactic for climbing ranks in the Chinese server's high-elo games.

Of course, Zhou Dian's tactic of not adding anyone as a friend does have some effect.

It's impossible for the opponent to catch you every time and ban your hero.

Therefore, even though it's intermittent, you can still acquire the special skill.

So, after three days of playing, Zhou Dian went from the top 30 in the national server to the top 10.

However, after playing for three days, Zhou Dian gradually began to consider giving up playing on the Chinese server.

I haven't been playing the Chinese server for at least the time being.

It's not because the heroes are constantly being banned.

After all, the purpose of setting up ban slots is to ban heroes, so there's nothing wrong with that.

Zhou Dian recently didn't want to play on the Chinese server, mainly for two reasons.

Firstly, the new S7 season will start in the Chinese server in a few days. Recently, most of the top 100 players on the Chinese server have stopped playing ranked games on their main accounts and are just waiting for the new season to start so they can climb the ranks.

Many of them are eagerly waiting to become the first player to reach the Challenger rank in the Chinese server during Season 7.

This has resulted in him frequently finding himself waiting in line for half an hour.

Secondly, Zhou Dian made a Jayce tutorial video yesterday and posted it on the D station's account 【上单老祖】.

However, a day has passed, and this episode of Jess's video has not generated much interaction for him.

It's not that there's a problem with the video quality.

The video footage is from the Challenger rank in the Chinese server, and Jayce's gameplay is quite impressive. The footage also covers many details about Jayce in the weekly Challenger rank.

From a purely pedagogical perspective, this is an excellent Jess tutorial video.

This video really took a lot of Zhou Dian's effort.

However, the discussion in the comments section was minimal, barely even a fraction of the buzz surrounding the "Fiora A Flash" tutorial video.

It's even worse than the Fiora video he used to clarify that he wasn't using a script.

The lack of discussion naturally provides Zhou Dian with few points of interaction.

Zhou Dian carefully considered and summarized the reasons why the new video lacked discussion.

Lacking a punchline!

Too conventional!

After scanning the comment sections of the previous videos again, Zhou Dian understood.

In reality, only a minority of viewers who watch [Top Laner]'s videos are genuinely there to learn new heroes.

Most people are just there to watch the spectacle and have some fun.

The torture and murder of Yu XiaoC and the script controversy were minor highlights of his videos.

The development of the new A-Flash combo for Fiora is the first major breakthrough for [Top Lane Ancestor].

The purpose of creating a buzz is to generate attention and attract traffic.

His Jayce video this time was too serious. The comments section was full of serious Jayce players who were seriously discussing Jayce's gameplay.

This discussion won't yield much of a result!

The main issue is that Jayce isn't like Fiora; there aren't any new tricks to play. All the techniques shown in the weekly videos have already been explained by other players.

After careful consideration, Zhou Dian decided to play on the Korean server.

This is a comment in the comments section of the new video, providing Zhou Dian with some ideas. The comment reads: "What's so great about using footage from the Chinese server? Aren't the top-tier matches in the Chinese server just a bunch of noobs fighting each other? If you're so capable, use top-tier matches from the Korean server as footage!"

This guy is a seasoned troll; he frequently starts flames in the comment section of [Top Lane Ancestor]'s videos.

But this time, it really gave Zhou Dian some inspiration.

Korean Challenger rank games aren't enough! Ideally, you should be laning against pro players!
Professional players with even a little bit of fame naturally attract attention.

Using them as teaching materials—that's the buzz, that's the gimmick!

Of course, this is just one of them.

Secondly, Zhou Dian found a new major breakthrough.

The new "Fiora A-Flash" move has brought him a lot of traffic and a lot of interaction.

Developing new hero mechanics can create new game-changers.

However, this is on the premise that the hero is popular.

If it's something like a scorpion or a grasshopper, even if you develop a completely new operation, not many people will pay attention and it won't attract much traffic.

Jayce is certainly a popular champion, but Zhou Dian really couldn't pull off any new Jayce plays that hadn't been released yet.

The mechanics of this hero have long been thoroughly studied by players.

However, Jayce won't work, but Camille will!
Camille is a champion that has only been released for one patch.

I've decided on you! For the next tutorial video, I'll make a tutorial video on Blue Steel Shadow.

Moreover, he pulled off a completely new and previously unknown play with Camille in a match against a professional laning player.

Put two key moments in the same video!

If we're going to explode, let's explode big!
The Korean server updated to version 7.1 yesterday, resetting ranked matches and officially entering the new Season 7.
In the new version, Camille has been nerfed, so her ban rate shouldn't be as high anymore.

Thinking of this, Zhou Dian immediately opened his browser and checked the op.gg official website.

In the first day or so of the new season, Camille's ban rate in the Korean server has indeed dropped significantly compared to the previous version.

That's good, and you don't have to worry about not being able to get heroes.

Just do it!

Zhou Dian immediately went to Taobao and bought a Korean server account.

This Korean server account was ranked Gold V last season.

It cost several hundred yuan, which made Zhou Dian feel a little pained.

Damn, that's really expensive!

Zhou Dian couldn't help but recall his past life as a professional player. Back then, the club might not have much else, but they had tons of Korean server accounts.

Fine, it's a bit pricey, but so be it!
More expensive accounts are safer, while cheaper Korean server accounts are easily recovered.

Download the Korean server client, connect a VPN, and log in to your account.

There were still some in-game currency (points) in the account, so the first thing Zhou Dian did after logging in wasn't to start ranked matches, but rather—

Change the name!

The account's current ID is a string of Korean characters.

It looks like a bunch of earthworms gathered together; you can't tell what they are at all!

Therefore, Zhou Dian will definitely have to change this ID.

Open the game store and purchase a name change card.

Um.
What name should I change it to?

In the Korean version of the game, if you don't want to use a Korean ID, you can only use English letters.

Or how about using the pinyin for "上单老祖" (top laner)?

It doesn't feel imposing enough.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Dian entered his new Korean server account ID on the name change card.

[TopKing]
(End of this chapter)