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Chapter 176 The dust has settled! The Demacia Cup has come to an end!
The newly arrived players like Flandre, GimGoon, and Tian were quite surprised. They found it hard to believe that a player who had just won the FMVP award for AD carry at the World Championship would be thinking of switching to mid lane.

While it's not uncommon for professional players to switch positions, it's usually a last resort when they can't achieve results in their original position and decide to try their luck in another role.

Most players don't really change much after switching positions. Players like Ambition, who switched from mid lane to jungle and were able to have a second spring in their careers, are extremely rare.

For Wang Yao, who just won the FMVP award, continuing to shine in the AD position is the safest option.

Lin Weixiang's feelings were complicated at this moment. The good news was that he was now a substitute for the team's AD carry, but the bad news was that his star player was gone, and that his star player might even become a liability!

Of course, the person who suffered the most was Meiko. Having experienced the ocean, he found it hard to be satisfied with a river. He was used to partnering with Wang Yao, and now that iboy was here, he had to adapt to him all over again.

Meanwhile, at the RNG club, Uzi was overjoyed when he learned that Wang Yao was going to switch to the mid lane.

He wasn't afraid that Wang Yao would continue to suppress him; rather, he was purely gloating. Such a decision was simply asking for trouble.

"This guy is too outrageous. He's a perfectly good bot lane AD carry, why does he have to come to the mid lane to get beaten up?"

Uzi shook his head. It wasn't that he hadn't played mid lane before; the two lanes had completely different playstyles. Wang Yao was just ruining his popularity by doing this.

But this is good too. With Wang Yao going to the mid lane, RNG's bot lane duo will be able to crush all the AD carries in the LPL next season!
Wang Yao, there will always be times when you're not around, right? Watch how I deal with your ADC in the bottom lane!

"He really went to the mid lane?" Xiaohu, standing to the side, looked on high alert, his expression changing instantly. Oh no, this guy might not be coming for me!
These past few days, Xiaohu has also been matched with Wang Yao in Korean server ranked games, and unsurprisingly, he got a beating from him.

Although they were just playing ranked games, Wang Yao's laning ability in the mid lane is in no way inferior to top mid laners like Faker, Scout, and Rookie!

"I think there's a good reason why Wang Yao went to the mid lane. His command ability is quite impressive. He doesn't need to gain an advantage in the laning phase; he can win the game entirely by making decisions through command."

Spicy Pot, who frequently watches EDG's team voice chat, spoke up at this moment, saying that he knew that the current top commander of EDG had changed from Clearlove to Wang Yao.

"Oh no, that means we need to pressure Wang Yao in the mid lane, otherwise it'll be difficult!" Shi Senming frowned.

The players and management of other teams shared similar thoughts with RNG, but they still harbored some doubts about Wang Yao's decision to switch to mid lane.

While professional players within the scene were discussing it, the audience outside the scene was in an uproar.

"No way... what are you pretending for? You just got an FMVP and you're already acting all high and mighty. If you switch to mid lane, you're not even as good as an icon!"

"There are always some overconfident ADCs who try to control the mid lane like lightning. They just don't know their own limitations."

"Shout? A while ago, K God was dominating Xiaohu in the mid lane in the Korean server, BDD, why is no one talking about Knight? It can only be said that mindless trolls love to be clowns."

"Fun fact: Cuzz's excavator can achieve a 90% win rate in ranked matches, but what's the use? It still performs terribly in actual games!"

"..."

At this moment, Tencent's idol-making campaign finally backfired on Wang Yao, with many people beginning to criticize his position-switching behavior.

The barrage of negative articles is ready, just waiting for the regular season to start, and we're all waiting for Wang Yao to underperform in the mid lane!
Faced with these doubts, Wang Yao felt it was normal, after all, the laning methods and strategies for the mid and bottom lanes are completely opposite.

In the early game, the ADC in the bottom lane only needs to focus on trading blows and gain lane priority to succeed, but the mid lane is different.

Mid-lane players need to frequently observe the situation in all three lanes and consider more information, which is not easy for AD players who are used to dealing damage and farming. Generally speaking, it is easier for mid-lane players to switch to jungle, and it is also easier for AD players to switch to support, since the paths of mid-jungle and marksman-support are similar.

For someone like Wang Yao, transitioning from ADC to mid lane is a significant leap, which explains why so many people question his decision.

But no matter how many doubts there were, they couldn't stop Wang Yao's determination to transform his career. After the winter transfer window closed, the Demacia Cup officially kicked off at the end of the year.

This time, EDG didn't rush to field their main players. Instead, the mid laner was a substitute from the second team, the bot lane consisted of Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong, the top lane was GimGoon, and the jungler was Tian.

Abu originally planned to let Wang Yao try playing mid lane, but after seeing Wang Yao dominate as a mid laner in the internal training matches, he felt relieved.

The Demacia Cup is a tournament for teams to train their second-team players, so there's no need to field the main players, since winning it wouldn't be very meaningful.

Surprisingly, EDG's rookie second team roster crushed RNG all the way to the finals.

However, when they encountered IG's second team led by JKL, the two sides fought fiercely for five games, and EDG ultimately lost to IG.

In the Demacia Cup finals, IG's rookie AD carry JKL performed exceptionally well, earning three MVPs in five games.

Compared to Lin Weixiang, whose talent is average, JKL is undoubtedly a prodigy, much like Wang Yao, who burst onto the scene last year.

IG fans are grinning from ear to ear. IG's championship puzzle is in place, and perhaps they will be the protagonists of this year's World Championship!

With the Demacia Cup concluded, the LPL Spring Split is just around the corner. This year's S8 Spring Split is scheduled for January 15th, coinciding with the Lunar New Year holiday on February 15th.

Before the Lunar New Year, LPL will definitely hold several regular season matches, and the official organizers will also specially arrange a match between teams with high popularity!

For example, the traditional Chinese New Year battle between pigs and dogs, or a showdown between the new IG trio and EDG.

Furthermore, with the expansion of LPL teams, the duration of the season is bound to be extended.

This year, the LPL region has a total of 14 teams, two more than last year's 12.

Tencent Esports also announced that starting this year, every day during the regular season will be an LPL match day, with two matches starting at 5 pm every day, and this will increase to three matches on weekends.

This competition format is basically a replica of the regulations of sports leagues in North America. The advantage of doing this is that there are games to watch every day, which can continuously attract viewers.

At the same time, it can also alleviate the tight schedule caused by the large number of participating teams to some extent.

During their vacation, Wang Yao and Xi Ran went on a trip together, completing the usual routines for couples. After dropping Xi Ran off at school, Wang Yao immediately returned to the EDG team base.

EDG is now fully prepared for the upcoming S8 regular season.

Maokai, the newly promoted BP coach, is actively organizing information on the various updates for the new season, while Zhu Kai, the motivational coach, is building good relationships with the new players.

Wang Yao, the new leader of EDG, led a group of new underlings to crush the Korean solo queue players who were ranked Challenger.

(End of this chapter)