LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 312: Version Crush, We Are Champions Again at All-Stars
The regional confrontation semi-finals, the LPL vs. LMS showdown kicked off on the morning of December 12rd.

Due to the gap in hard power between the two sides, LPL finally won 2:1 and advanced to the finals on the fourth day.

The slight difference is that compared to the looseness in the group stage, both sides tended to play regular games in these three games, and there was no possibility of any trial lineups or entertainment.

The LPL lineup in the first game was also relatively random, but the LMS region was not a good team. With the goal of winning the game as the benchmark, they chose a strong lineup for the version and successfully won the first game.

Since LMS doesn't want to play anymore, LPL has no intention of continuing to play with you.

Lin Ruo was forced to play the regular AD in the second game, and he defeated the provincial team in 20 minutes.

The LMS region did not fare much better in the third game, with the LPL teaming up with top laner Annie paired with Kalista and Alistar in the bottom lane.

The laning phase was fine, but when the large-scale dragon fight came, the LMS region had almost no energy to fight back.

The LPL Dream Team, which became more and more courageous as the game went on, easily came back from a 1-2 deficit to advance to the finals.

Since there was no ethics in the first semifinal, LCK and LEC, who appeared later, did not give in either. After three rounds of fighting, LCK also won the final spot with a score of 2:1.

After the competition, LCK coach Han Xianglong came to the LPL lounge to discuss the finals with Firefox. The implication was that they would take this final seriously and hope to win the championship.

Firefox told everyone exactly what happened. Since it had come to this, what else could they do? Just fight.

After Lin Ruo finished the semi-finals of the solo competition, everyone returned to the hotel and conducted a two and a half hour analysis of the final on the last day.

Firefox spoke for half an hour, and Lin Ruo spoke for two hours.

For Lin Ruo, the leader of this version, cramming at the last minute is undoubtedly a professional skill.

Sorry you only studied it for two days? I studied it for years.

The LCK team put in a lot of effort at night. When they were still complacent and thought they had a relatively thorough understanding of the version, the LPL team had already rested on time.

12 month 4 day.

The final day of the All-Star Game has arrived.

Spectators from both LPL and LCK expressed great anticipation for this All-Star matchup between the regions. Judging from the performance in the semi-finals, everyone knew that the match would be extremely tense throughout.

The commentator, Maomao, also broke with his usual style and began to prepare for the match in advance: "Honestly, I've seen so many interesting matches these past two days. If today's final was a proper matchup, I'd probably be even more excited."

Cadrel smacked his lips and laughed. “I think it already is, because LCK immediately picked off Annie.”

Throughout the night, the LCK star team did not find a way to deal with the top laner Annie, so the solution they chose was to just kill her directly.

Compared with the competitiveness of the blue side, the LPL side also pressed a few regular heroes accordingly, such as the recently very popular Zoe.

The contestant seats were even more lively.

"I feel that our bottom lane lineup should be able to cause a line kill." Xiao Ming rubbed his hands in anticipation. The key point of their first BP was to open a breakthrough in the bottom lane.

The LCK side seemed to have the same idea and actually took out the Ice Archer on the first floor of the blue side.

"It seems they've also figured out the most powerful laning weapon for the duo lane in this new patch."

Firefox remained silent. Since they had already given away Ice, the bounty hunters would definitely not give it back. Besides, this was also their killer move.

EDG grabbed the Bounty Hunter on the first floor of the red side, and then quickly locked in Jhin to form a combination.

The LCK side locked onto Xerath in return, and the two sides were undoubtedly in a head-to-head confrontation in the bottom lane.

Pray originally thought their bottom lane was disgusting enough, but after seeing the LPL team, he realized that they were still a little inferior.

The runes in the new preseason version have been greatly changed. Aery and Comet have become the highlights of online consumption. This is the most important point that the LCK delegation has seen in the past two days.

So they hope to use Aery Ice and Comet Bounty Hunter in this game to gain an absolute advantage in the bottom lane.

With the already strong top-level poke combination paired with the newly released powerful rune selection, it is not difficult to achieve a visible suppression effect in the line.

However, considering that the combination of Ashe and Bounty Hunter is too common, it is very likely to be banned by LPL, so they also prepared a second option for Xerath.

I didn't expect that I still have to take it this way.

"It's impossible for Jhin and Bounty Hunter to have as strong sustained damage in the lane as us." Corejj thought. He didn't think the opponent's bottom lane combination could cause them so-called suppression.

So what's the point of LPL picking it? There's no point in picking it if it can't be effective in laning.

As BP ends.

Maomao was extremely excited in the commentary booth: "It's clear that both teams have done very in-depth research on the new version of the game. I can't wait to watch this bot lane matchup."

"This matchup in the bottom lane should have a huge impact." Cadrel thought further. He felt that after this game, Riot would probably know what to focus on in the next version.

Amidst the roaring cheers, ten people from both sides quickly entered the Summoner's Rift.

The English director immediately focused on the rune choices of the ten heroes, especially the bottom lane duos on both sides.

All four of them carried the Sorcery Keystone Rune, and three of them carried Arcane Comet.

[Arcane Comet]: When a skill damages a hero, a comet is summoned at its location.

Ashe is the only one who brings Aery. [Aery]: Attacks and skills will send Aery to the target, causing damage to the enemy or providing shields to friendly forces.

At the beginning of the game, the LCK duo took the lead in occupying the bush and pushing forward with their combat capabilities. Corejj Xerath's poke even pushed the LPL duo out of the experience zone at one point.

What follows is a pure damage competition.

Xiao Ming controlled the bounty hunter to poke forward against Xerath's comet, releasing a hail of slowing bullets to hit Ashe who was eating soldiers, triggering comet damage.

Pray wanted to get out of harm's way.

As a result, Lin Ruo, who was further behind, controlled Jin to shoot a fatal brilliance that penetrated through, triggering the comet and achieving the confinement effect at the same time.

Pray, unable to dodge due to the deceleration, was caught in a hail of bullets from the bounty hunter.

His health plummeted to more than half.

"Oh my god! What kind of damage is this?" Cadrel in the commentary booth was stunned. He thought the damage would be high, but he didn't expect it to be this high.

Two comets and a combination of imprisonment caused a hail of bullets with full damage, and a set of consumption forced Ashe to retreat and use her health bottle.

Now Cadrel understood.

Although the LCK duo has strong sustained damage, they cannot withstand the high burst damage of the LPL.

LPL is obviously going for a one-wave attack, and they have a higher chance of getting a kill.

The laning phase was as expected.

Even though pray was hit by half of its health first, they still easily took control of the line and had more or less the lead in last-hitting and pushing towers.

The LPL side was not in a hurry either. In order to conserve health, Lin Ruo even ate fewer soldiers.

As long as he is not sent home before level 6, the ones who will go home will definitely be the LCK duo.

Seeing the soldiers about to enter the tower, Lin Ruo controlled Jhin to move closer to the back of the tower and said firmly, "I have level 6, and you don't. If they dare to enter the tower, kill them directly."

"One soldier is enough." Xiao Ming was always prepared. The soldiers entered the tower and then he reached level 6 smoothly.

Unaware of the crisis, the LCK duo came to the edge of the defensive tower.

Before he even entered the tower, the slowing hail of bullets suddenly hit Xerath, whose health was not full, and the fatal blows came almost at the same time.

Two more comets hit!

Xerath was imprisoned in place, and the bounty hunter activated his ultimate skill to suppress fire. Under the meteor shower, he covered the surroundings and started shooting.

Pray was a little at a loss for a moment, and he used his ultimate move to interrupt the bounty hunter's laughter.

But at this moment.

The low-health Xerath still had nowhere to escape because there was a super missile following closely behind him.

One shot kills.

The whole place was in an uproar!

How could Xerath, who still had at least two-thirds of his health left, die just like that?
What is even more unbelievable is.

After the first wave of return from both sides, the LCK duo who came online later were beaten again, and were even killed in two lanes in the bottom lane.

Under the super strong fixed-point control and damage attack, after Bounty Hunter's E slowed down, Jhin's W easily hit and triggered double comets. Under the pouring firepower, the wave of damage with the right skills and rune CD was completely off the charts.

The LCK duo finally experienced the horror of Meteor Shower's bottom lane.

If they don’t have skills, they will be sneaky. If they have skills, they will be sneaky and hard to avoid in the bottom lane.

Corejj was beaten so hard that he didn't dare to consume his energy, or he had no chance to consume his energy at all. The rain of bullets was so intense that he was either forced to dodge or killed.

Although the damage of comet is high, there is usually space to dodge. However, the skills used by the opponent to trigger the comet are various deceleration and control. If you cannot dodge, you will lose blood almost instantly.

This torture is too great.

By the time the game reaches the mid-game, the torment isn't limited to the LCK's bottom lane. The Bounty Hunter's W's speed, combined with the five-speed boots, is incredibly effective, and Lin Ruo's Jhin simply needs to stay far behind to ensure he doesn't fall out of range, controlling the slowdown and unleashing fire.

Whoever eats it dies! Single-point instant kills have reached 100%.

Lin Ruo's pure armor-piercing equipment also maximizes the damage of the subsequent ultimate move.

You can't escape even if you dodge.

Relying on the impact of the meteor shower style of play, LPL is invincible in reducing manpower and consuming energy in team battles and pushing towers to suppress the opponent.

In less than 30 minutes, the LPL Dream Team easily scored the first goal in the finals and won the first game which was also the match point of the entire game.

The Internet has exploded.

[This combination is too terrifying! Jhin doesn't even need to step forward to deal damage...]

[This style of play is so satisfying, torturing the bottom lane. Lin Shen is truly a god.]

[Okay guys, I've sent this to my friends. We were too lazy to research the versions, but now it seems there's a ready-made answer. Sorry, we're ready to go.]

[Logging in now? That's too low. I'm already calling for my friends to log in halfway through the game. I'm currently sniping at the opposite fountain.]

[Hmph, I'll choose to watch one more game. Maybe in the second game, Master Lin can come up with something more novel.]

[Still waiting? If you don't play Riot Games, I'll nerf you tonight.]

After a slight adjustment, the second game between the two sides quickly kicked off.

Although Jhin is gone, LPL still has the equally powerful Varus paired with Caitlyn, and the comet flow in the bottom lane can still be played smoothly.

Compared to this.

The LCK, which is not well prepared, is a bit stretched in terms of choices.

Xiaohu's electric shock of Zoe really made Faker experience what it means to be able to kill alone at level 2.

The LPL's version was so perfect that LCK lost the second game without any suspense with a complete lag.

Since then, LPL won the All-Star 2v0 Tournament championship trophy with a score of :.

All the members of the former dominant LCK could only watch the LPL Dream Team win the championship and celebrate wildly on the scene, but they had no results this year.

This year is the most unsuccessful year in the history of LCK.

There was a cry of grief on the Korean Internet in real time.

The LCK spectators who were clamoring for LPL to take it more seriously before the game have now been beaten unconscious.

How come the LPL has been able to develop so many things? They even say they're here to play, so they must have been preparing privately.

[This is so disgusting. It's paralyzing us.]

[As expected of the insidious LPL, they've been secretly looking for ways to defeat us. Is defeating us so important? They're using all sorts of tricks.]

[These playstyles are really, really frustrating, and only the LPL could pull them off.]

We can't let our guard down next year. We have to take everything back from the LPL. We can't let them continue to be so arrogant. Xiba, I can't stand the LPL's championship-winning attitude anymore.

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At the same time, domestic forums were reposting translated posts from Korean websites, making people laugh.

Ah, do the Xiba people have amnesia? Didn't they ask us to be serious?

[A few days ago, he said we were unprofessional, and today after the game, he said we were disgusting.]

[You don't want to play with me, but I insist on getting serious. What can I do? You get beaten up and start complaining. West Pakistan fans really can't stand losing.]

[Anyway, I'm already bursting out laughing. His expression changes so quickly.]

[It's okay. When Lin Shen defeats Khan in the solo tournament finals this afternoon, LCK fans won't be able to complain anymore.]

Ah, there's something even more exciting this afternoon, but I've already had enough fun.

The short time passed quickly.

The Solo finals kicked off at 2:00 p.m. local time in Los Angeles.

Khan took out the crocodile as soon as he came up, ready to suppress Lin Ruo's Yasuo.

As for why he was sure that Lin Ruo would choose Yasuo in the finals, the reason was simple.

Because Lin Ruo used Yasuo all the way from the round of 16 to the finals.

Lin Ruo knew this of course, he just thought this idea was too naive. Just because I played Yasuo all the time before the finals doesn’t mean I must play Yasuo in the finals.

So Lin Ruo silently took out Quinn. Sorry, he had already predicted Khan's prediction.

When Khan saw Quinn Liang on the loading screen, he collapsed at that moment. For the whole game afterwards, he was constantly feeling the pain of being beaten by the long arms.

"Xiba, haven't you always been playing Yasuo? How could you suddenly stop playing?"

Khan lost the first Solo game of the final very angrily, but fortunately the final was a best-of-three match, so he still had one last chance.

In the second game, Khan took out his favorite hero Jayce and fought desperately.

Lin Ruoyuan took out Yasuo. He played Yasuo before the finals, so there was nothing wrong with playing Yasuo in the finals.

It was clearly a long-handed opponent against a short-handed one, but throughout the game, Khan was still outshone by the opponent and was at a loss.

After the match, Khan's heart was shaken. If the first game was a period of relative suppression, then why didn't he have an advantage in the second game?

This person obviously doesn't play top lane.

Obviously, Lin Ruo is the world's number one Yasuo, and has reached the point where he and Yasuo have become one, so he suffered a regretful defeat.

The hero Yasuo has extremely high room to operate in the lane.

Khan found the only reason to comfort himself: it is not shameful to not be able to beat the world's number one Yasuo.

Lin Ruo was very happy to win the Solo championship on behalf of his idol. He won the only two championships in the All-Star Game.

Sorry, he is the double champion again.

【How come Lin Gou won the championship just like drinking water?】

[Damn, you have to win all the championships in the All-Star Game. Lin Gou, you are so serious, LCK fans will say you can't afford it.]

[Needless to say, not picking Yasuo in the first game was already considered insidious by the Xiba audience. So who exactly stipulated that Lin Ruo had to play Yasuo in the first game?]

[Of course, this is the self-righteous rule of the Xiba audience. 】

[I'm touched. Xiao Gou couldn't make it to the All-Stars, but Lin Ruo won the championship for him. Is this the spiritual motivation that idols give to their fans?]

[It's fun to play like this, right? Staring at the puppy Hei every day. ]

[Hahaha, this is really the end of RNG fans. Lin Gou has the championships that Xiao Gou has, and Lin Gou also has the championships that Xiao Gou doesn't have...]

As LPL viewers discussed the situation, the official LPL Twitter account immediately shared a picture of Lin Ruo holding the Solo trophy, along with a surprised expression:

"The 2017 season has officially come to an end, and the most incredible thing is that in just his first year, Lin Ruo has swept all the league and international series championships. This is an unprecedented achievement that will surely go down in history. No one can be more dominant than him."

The remarks were also accompanied by a series of championships that Lin Ruo had won this year.

LPL Spring and Summer Double Championships, MSI Mid-Season Invitational, Summer Derby Cup, Asia Challenge Cup, World Championship, and the final regional competition and Solo Championship championship.

Lin Ruo won all the LPL and international tournament championships held this year, making him a well-deserved Grand Slam of all tournaments in a single year.

It was a day when foreign viewers were accustomed to being stunned.

We still don't know how great Lin Shen's potential is...

Lin Shen's potential should be determined by the number of international tournaments Riot Games hosts. If there are two World Championships this year, then Lin Shen can directly be crowned a double champion.

I think Lin Shen should strive for a bigger record, which is to win all the championships in the five major leagues.

[This is a good suggestion. Master Lin could come to North America to test the waters first.]

[Isn't it already in North America? Why not go to Europe, where the challenge is more challenging?]

[Europe? Are you talking about the European champions G2, who were quad-killed by EDG? If you don't know, you might think they're from the same league.]

[North America? A region where even the All-Stars team was eliminated in the group stage.]

As the discussion progressed, the foreign network audience unconsciously escalated the discussion to the European and American war, and began their daily comparison of the worst.

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(End of this chapter)