LOL: The world’s best red-temperature mid laner!

Upon hearing this, the host was completely stumped by Lü Yi's response. What kind of answer was that?
It feels like I've answered, but it also feels like I haven't.

The host followed up by asking, "What do you think of the position of assassin mid-laners in this version? Are they still viable?"

Lü Yi explained, "My view has always been the same: there are no heroes that cannot be played, only summoners who cannot play them well."

The host exclaimed, "As expected of Yi Shen, he's truly exceptional. The second question is, Chovy has yet to win an international championship."

“From the beginning of his career, many people have been optimistic about him. It’s a pity that you’ve already faced him many times. Do you have any advice for him?”

Lü Yi replied, "I can only say that life is like this, it is full of failures, and it is normal not to win the championship. I hope he can maintain his competitiveness and his original aspirations. See you at the S-series."

The host continued, "So far, you've already won the Spring Split and MSI championships. Are you confident of completing a Grand Slam this year?"

Lü Yi replied, "Of course, I have never doubted the overall strength of our team."

The host asked again: "You changed your top laner this year, and you've been working together for a few months now. Compared to your former top laner, Shanji, do you think he's gotten stronger or weaker?"

Lu Yi glanced at 369, who was staring at him nervously, probably worried that Lu Yi would say he was not as good as Shanji.

"I think the most obvious change is that the style of play in the top lane is different, so the tactics we execute are also different, and we can't judge it by strength or weakness," Lü Yi chose to answer with high emotional intelligence.

The chat in the official live stream room was buzzing with excitement:

[Yi Shen's emotional intelligence is just too high.]

[Don't be so harsh on him. I don't think 369 is worse than Chicken.]

[It feels like a 50/50 match between the two; both are just mediocre top laners.]

[As long as 369 can maintain his current level, that's fine; I'm not expecting him to improve further.]

The host asked again: "Judging from the Spring Split and MSI, your mid and top laners seem to be swapping lanes less frequently than last year."

"Last year, you often used lane-swapping tactics to catch the opponent off guard. Why was that?"

Lü Yi replied, "It's related to the version, and of course, it's also related to our own tactical arrangements."

The host followed up, "Can we assume that 369 is more resilient in the top lane, so even if we encounter a strong top laner, we don't need to switch you in?"

Lü Yi smiled but didn't answer, but everyone understood.

369 was overjoyed, as this meant he had gained Lü Yi's approval.

The host walked up to 369 and asked, "369, how are you feeling? You've been playing against T1 and GEN all the way, facing world-class top laners like Zeus and Kiin."

369 said, "I think I'm a world-class top laner. I wouldn't say there's no difference between me and them, but the difference isn't as big as everyone imagines."

The audience erupted in uproar: "Holy crap, has 369 gotten too cocky?"

"What do you mean? Are you going to go to heaven?"

"Don't ask, the answer is that you have received Yi Shen's approval."

"I don't think being confident is a bad thing, after all, we've already won."

The host continued, "After joining Top Esports, what has been the biggest change for you? How is it different from your previous teams?"

369 replied: "The biggest change... is self-discipline. The management at Top Esports is very relaxed. The coaches basically don't manage us. It all depends on our self-discipline. At first, I didn't feel used to it."

"But gradually, I felt that this was also good, taking responsibility for myself."

The host looked at Coach Warhorse and asked, "Coach Warhorse, is this your management philosophy? To let the athletes be self-motivated, rather than putting pressure on them?"

Warhorse was taken aback; he hadn't considered this question at all.

Why is his management relatively lax?
It's all because the team members are too strong!

Tactics, draft picks, and understanding of the current meta—Lü Yi can handle all of that all by himself now.

He still needs to play in the game and carry his teammates.

Warhorse, the coach, has become a takeout deliveryman.

How much say can someone who just orders takeout have?

As for the team members' self-discipline, the lowest-paid player in the team now earns close to 100 million yuan.

With so much money driving things, it would be strange if people didn't act impulsively.

"Hmm... I guess so... But I think the main reason I let them do it on their own is because they are good enough. Only those who are not good enough need someone to push them through training," Warhorse replied.

The host even felt it made a lot of sense: "What Coach Zhanma said is really enlightening. I hope other clubs can learn from it."

Even War Horse is about to break down. Other clubs can do without Lü Yi, so how can they learn from him?

The host walked up to Jackeylove and asked, "Jackeylove, after playing against so many top ADCs, which ADC player do you think is the strongest besides yourself? Choose your three strongest ADCs."

After hearing this, Ah Shui asked in return, "Do we need a ranking?"

The host laughed and said, "It would be best if we could rank them."

The host originally thought that if Ah Shui was asked to rank himself, he might not be willing, as that would easily offend people.

But to my surprise, Ah Shui brought it up on his own initiative.

For the host, ranking is naturally the best, as it generates more buzz.

"I think the strongest one besides me is Ruler, in terms of overall strength, followed by Viper, and then Peyz."

As soon as these words were spoken, the live stream chat exploded with comments:
【Wait, there's no Little Lu Bu? You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?】

Where's ELK? Where did you put ELK?

[Fine, fine, settling personal scores. This is clearly aimed at ELK.]

[Holy crap, is this something you can just say? Isn't Wenbo afraid of being washed away?]

Meiko was worried for Ah Shui; how many people was he going to offend?

The host looked at Meiko and asked, "Meiko, if you were to choose, who do you think are the top three ADC players?"

Meiko replied, "Wenbo is definitely number one..."

The audience started to jeer, some even chanting for them to get married.

Meiko continued, "Then Viper and Deft, I guess."

The host asked curiously, "Deft? Why? Your answer seems quite different from Jackeylove's."

Meiko muttered, "It's just my personal feeling. I'm not an authority, so I can only rely on my personal feelings."

The host continued the interview, this time approaching Xiaotian and asking, "Gao Tiandi, the top lane and jungle positions are very closely related. After switching top laners this season, what changes have you noticed?"

Xiaotian glanced at 369 and said, "I feel that the situation on the top lane has become very complicated, and it's different from before."

The host asked curiously, "More complicated? In what way? In what ways? Is it because top laners have become stronger in lane?"

Xiao Tian shook his head and said, "When Shanji was around, if he felt he couldn't win, he would just say so. We could prepare in advance, like switching lanes."

"But 369, even when he can't beat someone, he'll say he can, which disrupts our rhythm."

369 was unhappy now, a little agitated, and seemed to have something to say.

So the host walked over and asked, "369, it seems like you have something to say?"

369 quickly replied, "Top lane matchups aren't that simple. A lot of the time, I'm worried about being targeted by the enemy jungler, so I choose to let them win."

"Xiaotian prefers to coordinate with the mid and bottom lanes and rarely comes to the top lane, so I must be under a lot of pressure in the top lane."

The host then walked up to Xiaotian and asked, "Do you agree with 369's statement?"

Xiao Tian sneered: "Why doesn't he think about why I rarely go on the road?"

The two were at loggerheads, and it looked like they were about to start arguing.

In the official live stream room, the chat was filled with messages:

[Ueno's team has broken up! Top Esports is falling apart!]

[This host seems to be deliberately stirring up trouble.] [Was the top and jungle lanes of Top Esports really this discordant? Thankfully, the mid and bot lanes are performing well.]

Top Esports relies on their two carries, which is normal.

The host wanted to ask more questions, but Zhanma stopped her directly, saying, "I think they've said enough. Why don't you ask someone else?"

The host realized that this was because they were worried that escalating the conflict might have negative consequences, so they had no choice but to let it go for now.

The host then said, "That concludes the interview. Thank you for watching, and see you at the S-Series!"

The TES team, carrying the trophy, returned to the lounge, packed their belongings, and left the competition venue.

First, we'll have a celebratory meal, and then we'll go straight on vacation.

Next, we just wait for the Summer Split to begin.

This is the real test: will a year's worth of effort yield results?

After a two-week break, TES is back on vacation.

Lü Yi returned to the training base and the training room.

Warhorse was already waiting in the training room. As soon as Lü Yi entered, Warhorse sent Lü Yi a red envelope: "Yi Shen, here's a start-of-work red envelope."

Lu Yi muttered, "I thought it would only be available after the New Year."

Warhorse laughed and said, "The boss was happy, so he let me make the arrangements."

Lü Yi figured that they were probably happy with making money, so they were giving out some perks.

Because of TES's consecutive championships, the entire region is now doing very well.

Of course, the lion's share belongs to TES.

A moment later, everyone else arrived, and the entire group was present.

Warhorse greeted, "Today marks the start of the Summer Season. There have been some major changes to the version, you've all probably seen them, right?"

"The biggest change is in the jungle. The experience and economy in the jungle have been improved, which is crucial."

Lu Yi looked at Xiao Tian: "Emperor Gao Tian, ​​your version has arrived, the jungle carry version."

369 joked, "Gao Tiandi is now just doing all the work for you guys in the mid and bot lanes, so he probably doesn't know how to play jungle carry anymore."

Xiaotian replied, "It's okay, we have an absolute core in the top lane, I'll just play the supporting role."

Warhorse interrupted, "Xiao Tian, ​​you need to study the version carefully these few days and test which jungle carry heroes are stronger."

Xiao Tian nodded.

Warhorse continued, "Then we'll build our team around Xiaotian's jungle carry heroes."

"Yi Shen, mainly on your side, there's a high percentage of AP jungle carry heroes, so I think you need to consider picking an AD hero for mid lane."

Meiko laughed: "Coach, if you're worried about Yi Shen's hero pool and proficiency, you're overthinking it."

Warhorse replied, "I'm not worried, I'm just giving you a little reminder. Okay, that's all. Let's all do our best."

So everyone started practicing.

Just then, Ah Shui reminded him, "Have you guys seen the news? Tarzan has joined WBG."

Meiko replied, "Huh? What does WBG want to do? Do they want to assemble a galactic battleship?"

369 complained: "Isn't breathing in WBG? Can he be considered a galactic battleship?"

Lu Yi asked, "69, can we win against the cheers? Our opening match is against WBG."

369 didn't answer immediately, so Xiaotian answered for him: "That means we're not confident. It seems that our top laner is still not very reliable."

369 then said, "Breathing? That means you can just hit anyone. You don't think breathing is that powerful, do you?"

Meiko nodded: "That makes sense. Breathing Bro only goes all out when the team is about to disband. It's the beginning of the season now, so he's bound to underperform."

Ah Shui exclaimed in surprise, "What concept is God?"

Lu Yi reminded him, "Xiao Hu is also in BWG. If that's the case, then we have Kailangtian, and we can win easily."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Xiao Tian laughed too.

Meiko cautioned, "369, did you hear that? You can't argue with Xiaotian anymore. If you upset him, we might lose the game."

The next day, Warhorse arranged training matches with other teams to increase its training intensity.

There's no other way, TES has to play the opening match.

A few days passed quickly, and the LPL Summer Split began.

The opening match is between TES and WBG.

Starting at noon, the matchup information for the opening game became the number one trending topic.

Weibo is also generating buzz.

The reason for poaching Tarzan before the Summer Split was naturally to achieve good results; Tarzan wasn't cheap.

The TES team got into the car and rushed to the competition venue. After getting out of the car, Lü Yi led his teammates straight to the venue.

Just then, a bus drove up.

369 reminded them: "The WBG people are here."

The bus sped towards us, slowed down, stopped, and the doors opened.

A kind-looking "middle-aged man" got out of the car.

Little Tiger!

"Tiger, you seem to be getting fatter and fatter," Xiao Tian muttered.

Meiko nodded: "Indeed, he looks like a middle-aged man."

The WBG members got out of the car, noticed this side, and took the initiative to approach.

Xiao Hu greeted them: "Yi Shen, Wen Bo, Tian Ye..."

Lu Yi replied, "Hello, Brother Tiger."

Xiao Hu quickly said, "No, I can't accept that. I'm just a little brother."

Meiko said, "To be honest, I'd like to call you uncle."

Xiao Hu touched his nose, looking slightly embarrassed.

Lü Yi noticed Tarzan.

Actually, Tarzan is a veteran player; he debuted with DWG six years ago.

However, judging from his appearance, Tarzan hasn't changed much; he's always looked the same, which proves he's quite disciplined.

In addition, there are Breathing Bro, Linght, and Liu Qingsong.

Xiao Tian suddenly added fuel to the fire: "Breathe, 69 said he's going to crush you in the top lane, watch out."

Breath glanced at 369. 369 had originally intended to explain, but suddenly changed her mind.

For him, breathing was indeed a good target, neither too strong nor too weak.

You could say that breathing is the gatekeeper of the top lane.

If you can beat Breath of Breath, then you're a strong top laner; if you can go toe-to-toe with Breath of Breath, then you're just passing.

If you're being overwhelmed by someone's breathing, you're not strong enough; you're just a slacker.

After exchanging greetings, everyone walked together into the venue and then went their separate ways.

The TES team entered the rest area, awaiting the start of the match. (End of Chapter)