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Chapter 290 Major Version Changes! Preparing for the Summer Tournament!

The purpose of this change is obvious: Riot Games doesn't want to see two farming champions picked in the mid lane, just sitting there throwing skills at each other and farming.

Skills are meant to be used to trade blows with the opponent, not to clear minions!

"Therefore, there may be significant changes in the choice of heroes for the mid lane."

Zhu Kai spoke eloquently, and then gave Wang Yao a small compliment, "But Wang Yao should be fine, you don't need to worry about your hero pool."

"Don't flatter me unnecessarily; we still need to look at the specifics of the competition," Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Then there are the changes to ADCs, and the main major changes to ADCs are the items!"

He distributed the materials to everyone, and when Wang Yao picked one up, he realized that the changes were indeed significant.

Endless has increased in price from 3400 to 3700, and the 20% critical strike chance and the 50% bonus damage increase on critical strikes have been removed.

Instead, the critical hit rate is doubled, and 20% of the critical hit damage will be converted into true damage.

The Essence Reaver is also known as the Mana Drain Blade.

Removed the 20% critical strike chance attribute and the effect of restoring 3% of maximum mana on a critical strike.

Instead, each basic attack restores 1% of lost mana, and there is an additional effect: for 8 seconds after using the ultimate, you gain 30% attack speed, and during this time your basic attacks will refund 20% of the remaining cooldown of non-ultimate skills.

In addition, a new item, [Stormbreaker], has been added. The most satisfying effect of this item is its passive ability: if no basic attack is used within 2.5 seconds, the next basic attack will definitely be a critical hit.

It's the same as the old version of Ashe's passive effect.

At the same time, the prices of items like the Lightning Blade, Cannon, and Green Crossbow increased, and a new Small Armor Piercing Bow was released, allowing for two possible crafting paths:
One has the [Giant Slayer] effect to deal with tanks, and the other has the [Mortal Reminder] effect, which has slightly weaker armor penetration but inflicts grievous wounds!
"Riot's reasoning is that marksman champion builds are too homogenous, so they're making changes to the items to give players more options. Right now... the new Infinity Edge is a bit too expensive."

The price of 3700 is more expensive than the [Three Items] and [Hat], while the price of the [Bloodthirster], which was originally 3700, has been reduced by 200 to 3500.

The critical hit chance is doubled, and 20% of the critical hit damage is converted into true damage. The effect seems great, but the price of 3700 is daunting.

The main issue is that you can't play Endless Mode naked.

Previously, crit-based marksmen would typically rush Infinity Edge as their first item, and then build attack speed items.

If you go for Infinity Edge now, it's like you only have attack power on the panel, but no critical hit chance, so the passive skill is useless.

"However, the hybrid Ezreal build hasn't been nerfed, so I estimate that the bot lane will still primarily consist of Ezreal and Kai'Sa," Zhu Kai stated.

He then went on to explain the other changes in detail.

Upon hearing this, Uzi couldn't help but frown, feeling that something was amiss.

Coach Heart would break down the impact of this change on the game and explain it to the players.

But it seems that Zhu Kai simply made some changes to the game and explained them to the players.

Zhu Kai himself was also clueless about what would happen next, and his analysis of the version changes was somewhat superficial.

However, Uzi couldn't directly confront him, lest he appear arrogant.

Wang Yao was used to Zhu Kai's behavior. He actually knew about most of the version changes, but he needed some time to warm up and maintain his feel for the game.

The current situation is that LPL players can only learn through battle, that is, deepen their understanding of the version through actual combat.

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Soon, with the arrival of the competition, the CN team, formed by the combined forces of Pig King, basically swept aside the wildcard teams from Vietnam, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

However, facing the well-prepared Korean team, the CN team lost two games in a row. The main reason for the defeat was the huge changes to the jungle.

After all, the biggest change in patch 8.10 is to the jungle! And the jungle change is that you will gain extra experience when you kill the first jungle monster with the jungle item, while the experience gained from all jungle monsters will be reduced!

This means that previously, online heroes could reach level 2 by eating a whole set of jungle monsters, but that's no longer possible. Without the experience bonus provided by the jungle item, you can't reach level 2 even if you eat a whole set of jungle monsters.

Due to the decrease in jungle monster experience, junglers can no longer quickly reach level 3 with three jungle monster camps.

In previous versions, junglers could quickly clear three camps of monsters in half of the jungle, or normally use the red and blue buffs + F6 or Wolves camp to reach level three.

But not anymore.

Currently, you can only reach level 3 by using Red Buff + Krugs + any set of jungle monsters; otherwise, you'll have to farm 4 sets of jungle monsters!
This has a huge impact on junglers, meaning a complete change in the game's pace!
Meanwhile, the experience points for river crabs increased from 10 to over 100.

In other words, losing a river crab used to be no big deal, but now if a jungler loses a river crab, they will fall behind by at least a third of their level!
The same applies to the choice of jungler heroes.

Either choose a champion who can gank at level 2, like Camille, or choose a jungler who farms quickly.

The fasting playstyle, like that of Mala Xiangguo (a popular hot pot dish), has been completely nerfed by Riot Games through version changes, making it unplayable.

There was no way to choose a prince; the prince had already been beheaded.

However, Xin Zhao has taken his place as a jungler, becoming a completely new option.

The main reason why we can't beat the Korean team these past two days is that the Korean team has obviously figured out the version. They chose to prioritize lane control in all three lanes and then helped Peanut contest the Rift Scuttler!

In two consecutive matches, Xiangguo lost both river crabs at the start.

In addition, Coach Guo habitually uses a fasting-style playstyle, trying to force a rhythm.

The result was that Peanut completely destroyed the jungle, and the destroyed jungle made it impossible for lane heroes to play.

The South Korean team exploited their weaknesses and won the match decisively.

Although we now understand why we lost the game, it's not possible to get revenge immediately.

韩国队以9胜1负的成绩傲居第一，而宝岛则以7胜3负的成绩位居第三，CN代表队则以8胜2负，屈居小组第二。

The top three teams will advance directly to the main competition.

The main tournament won't start until August, so the national team can temporarily disband and all members can return to the mainland.

After a busy first half of the year, Wang Yao finally got a little rest.

However, the rest period was not long.

Because the Summer Split will start very soon, and the Intercontinental Tournament will also start in early July, which is just over half a month away. It can only be said that the summer schedule is more compact than the spring schedule!

Fortunately, given the second-place finish, almost everyone felt the blame lay with the coaching staff. The CN team clearly knew nothing about the game version, which is why they were outmaneuvered.

Wang Yao also thinks so; if he were to play against the South Korean team again, he doesn't believe he would lose.

Unfortunately, there is no chance for revenge for now, as the main tournament will not start until the end of August, which is still two months away.

His current focus is on preparing for the upcoming Summer Split and the Intercontinental Cup.

Having taken a short vacation, Wang Yao didn't go directly to the team's base in Shanghai. Instead, he went back to his hometown to visit his parents.

Abu gave him a few extra days off. After spending time with his parents and going out with Xiran for two days, Wang Yao returned to the club.

The main thing is that he needs to get back to the team for training as soon as possible. He still has the Summer Split to play and wants to achieve a perfect Grand Slam. He really can't afford to waste even a little bit of time.

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