My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 119 I am a ten-year old fan of IW!

The MSI version is 12.8.

What does 12.8 mean? It means that Jinx, Aphelios, Xae, Piercing Xayah and others are all nerfed, and the only ones left active in the game are functional bottom laners.

World Championship features.

Every time the playoffs come, the major regions focus on their core AD players. Once they enter the MSI or S games, the game will see various tool players in the bottom lane.

The most typical ones are Miss Fortune, Ashe, Ezreal, and Jhin. These four hardworking players can be seen appearing frequently every year.

This is good, and good for V5.
Looking at the top lane again, Gwen, Shen, and Monkey King were strengthened. A group of coaches looked at the top laner who was worried about which hero to play in Rank, and they all skipped the top lane item.

Ok.

Almost no impact.

Next, let’s look at the mid and jungle. Lee Sin has been weakened, and some jungle core ADs have regained their glory, at least that’s what it seems from the version log.

But the jungle has nothing to do with V5.

Karsa is just not as impressive as rhythm junglers as a jungle core, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play.

OK.

Looking at the whole thing, this MSI version is not a weakening of V5, but a strengthening of V5.

Even the designers didn't expect that such a team would advance from the last LPL to play in the playoffs. They got all the benefits that the version should have.

“Yes, this wave of version updates is very comfortable.”

"If the outcome wasn't determined primarily by the bottom half of the bracket, then our MSI meta would actually be quite competitive."

Nofe also looked at the version update log.

The more I look.

The more he thought about Luo Ji, the more he felt that this version of a scientist was a bit outrageous.

Because version 12.8 is obviously the return of the Luna combination, but Xiao Yan and PPGOD happened to practice these two things.

Although they didn't know why they had to practice something that hadn't appeared in the playoffs, they practiced it at Luo Ji's suggestion.

This is quite scary.

The LPL Spring Finals ends on April 4, which is more than half a month away from the start of MSI on May 23. This allows all participating teams to familiarize themselves with the version.

Luo Ji was not in a hurry either.

While exploring the things that can be discussed in the version, I go out fishing from time to time to relax.

Due to force majeure.

Nowadays, the disease rate is very high in places with a lot of people, but fishing is done in places with few people.

Not afraid at all.

Alone
"By the way, why don't you go home during the holidays? You come all the way here just to eat two meals with me?" Luo Ji looked at Lao Qiang who was sitting next to his fishing spot with a frown on his face, and all kinds of doubts flashed across his face.

"Let's go back for a few days. If we stay there for too long, it will become like someone else's home." Brother Saint Gun smacked his lips, looked at the bait, and curiously took a little to taste it.

"Didn't you just win the championship?"

"I didn't want to go back because I won. In the six months since I won the championship, all my relatives, both known and unknown, have come to visit me. I felt like I was being watched like a giant panda. I really couldn't stand that atmosphere."

As if he thought of some terrifying scene, he shook his head subconsciously.

That's what professional players do.

When Lao Qiang made his debut in 14, e-sports was a scourge among the people. Internet cafes in the streets and alleys were full of League of Legends players. It was also the time when many old guys were most addicted.

Basically that era.

In the eyes of others, playing professionally is not a proper job.

God knows seven years have passed.

League of Legends has made it to the world championship and has even boosted the economic development of many cities. Those who used to mock him for his lack of academic ambition are now bowing down to him and greeting him after he won the championship.

It really feels great.

But when it comes to asking for money, I inexplicably feel that these relatives are on their way to death.

Considering that this is a harmonious society and professional players are basically all socially anxious, if you can't afford to offend him, why not avoid him?

There is no way to celebrate the New Year.

But when the mid-year offseason came, I came without hesitation.

"I can only go out for a few days. Soon the club will have to close down and prepare for the MSI."

"I know. I'll just keep nagging for a few days."

The season is at the end of April.

As the air and water temperatures continue to rise, the fish's activity range and foraging desire also increase significantly, making fishing still very enjoyable.

As a professional player who basically spends most of his time in the training room on weekdays.

It is really a pleasure for them to suddenly be able to come out to bask in the sun, relax their minds, and occasionally catch some fish for fun.

While enjoying.

Luo Ji also wanted to continue draining Saint Spear Brother's assets.

"Do you have any hidden cards? Hurry and hand them over in the next few days. If you teach well, I can mention your name in the post-match interview."

Saint Spear Brother laughed when he heard it.

This shameless behavior of Cou is quite similar to the feeling he had when he watched RE0:
486: Brother.
Lai Aotian: Yes, brothers, yes, we have all kinds of cheats, none of them are closed. If you think it is not enough, I can open more.
But at this moment, he could only shake his head.

"You've learned all the heroes I know. Experience can't be taught. You can only remember things after you've suffered losses on the field. Normally, with your ability, there shouldn't be many top laners who can compete with you at MSI. It seems like the T1 top laner is just a rookie."

"You do not understand."

Luo Ji sighed.

T1's top laner Zeus was not well-known in the first half of S12, but after half a year, he seemed to have turned into a cheat.

Some of the more famous top laners in LPL:
Bin went out but couldn't beat them and got his spinning top thrown at him. 369 went out but couldn't defend and got his spinning top thrown at him. The others couldn't even beat these two, not to mention. Later, when too many spinning tops were thrown at them, Zeus even started doing scientific research.

If it weren’t for my own travel through time.

Then
In the professional arena, the lives of Faker, BANG, Beryl and Zeus will all be perfect protagonist templates.

In a sense, Deft is also okay.

Look at it this way.

Everywhere you look, there are Koreans.

Saint Spear ignored him, thinking he was just worrying too much, the kind of Shen-Yong style player from anime.

Until nightfall.

The two then left their fishing spot and slowly began to look for the remaining buses that could return to the club.

This is also the time.

In the waiting hall of the station, you can clearly see a place where a group of adults have surrounded a certain area. What's even more strange is that there are only men surrounding there.

Luo Ji saw this.

Curiously, he pulled Saint Spear Brother over.

When I got closer, I found that there were two children lying on the ground playing with cigarette cards.

The adults around watched with great interest without saying a word. Luo Ji and Lao Qiang glanced at each other and soon became absorbed in their fight.

It wasn't until the phone vibrated that the vehicle was about to be inspected that Luo Ji pulled his sleeve and said:

"it's time to go."

"Uh?"

Saint Spear was visibly stunned for a moment, then glanced at the phone notification in Luo Ji's hand, which he was shaking at him, and then smiled and nodded:

"Indeed, it's time to go."

The two left quietly.

After they left, several more curious people came over and filled their vacancies.

The bullet from more than ten years ago may have hit him right between the eyebrows.

But fortunately, he also waited for his own "second life."

Half a month passed in a flash.

Except for the first few days when Lao Qiang came to help with training and vacation, he left quietly after V5 officially entered the retreat.

Take advantage of this node.

The MSI groupings are finally confirmed:

Without watching other groups, Luo Ji knew that the first round of groupings would definitely not allow the favorites to win the championship from the four major regions to meet each other. At least T1 and G2 would definitely not be in their group.

It's for ratings, I understand.

Soon, they saw their group, Group B.

In the group.

There is PSG with a provincial team, IW with Turkish experience, and RED team with no name change (now RGE)

Their match on the first day of MSI was against Infinity Ward.

For this kind of experienced player who has basically no familiar players, V5's first day's battle is also very clear. Just choose a version lineup and crush them all the way.

Here we have to mention again the training theory from T1 coach Kouma.

which is:
In the group stage or knockout stage of the World Championship, it is generally difficult to verify whether certain lineups are strong enough when playing against weak teams because the weak teams are not strong enough. So don't waste time, just use the mid-to-late version lineup to honestly operate and crush them, and get points steadily.

then.

When encountering a strong team, you can boldly use some lineups based on your or others' understanding of the version. If you lose, it will be a test of the lineup's fault tolerance. If you win, it proves that there is no problem with your version thinking.

This kind of thinking is not limited to T1, in fact most LCK teams do this.

As a Korean coach, Nofe naturally agrees with this view.

then.

On the first day, V5 crushed IW in a simple and unpretentious manner.

[Cooking abuse game. 】

[Hello everyone, I am an IW fan for ten years. ]

[The attack was too gentle. How could this not force out IW's substitute mid laner? (Sigh)]

[I just played a game of chess, why is the game gone when I came back?]

Since it is a double round-robin points competition, V5 and IW only played one game, and many people even went to the bathroom out of habit.

As a result, more than twenty minutes passed.

The next time I came out, I heard that V51 had defeated IW 0: and was waiting for the next day's game.

At once.
Quite efficient.

It is worth mentioning that although the IW team is not good, its substitute mid laner is a cute white-haired girl named Sylchasie.

Luo Ji was actually quite interested.

I should be able to perfectly recreate Seraphine by COSing. Of course, my appearance may still be a little bit inferior to another LOL player Mayumi.

After all, Mayumi's pure and astringent looks are quite rare.

"Look at you, Chicken Bro."

"what?"

"The whole internet is calling you a loser. You couldn't even play the backup mid laner well."

"???"

Rookie was completely stunned.

No.

He treated the opponent's mid laner like a gyroscope. Even the main mid laner was like this. If he came out as a substitute, it would be a game between man and machine.

But not for a while.

He also reacted after watching the barrage, and said with a smile:
"Don't make a fuss, the substitute has already left the team, and he has a boyfriend."

"Wouldn't that be better?"

Luo Ji explained righteously:

"If she's single, her competition is endless, but if she has a boyfriend, then she only has one competitor."

The rest of V5: ???
In some sense.

What he said was indeed true. Back then, there was an LPL player who traveled across the ocean with the same idea in mind, aiming to join Mayumi of INTZ team.

such a pity.

Facts have proved that if a dog licks the boots without exquisite modeling as a foundation, it will only be a dog licking the boots and will not get the house.

Even a second round.

When V5 and others encountered another group opponent PSG, they also crushed them cleanly and neatly.

This time.

Luo Ji didn't even make any moves. He just calmly farmed in the top lane. Karsa, who couldn't stand seeing PSG being so bad, cleared the jungle by himself.

Ok.

Whether it is IW or PSG, their performance in the S12 mid-season tournament was so bad that I am too lazy to write about it, and if I do, I will probably inflate the numbers.

Before, PSG still had Maple to support them, but now PSG’s new mid laner is a low-profile version of Maple, so what’s the point of winning?

Take it away, take it away, 1:0, continue to take it away!

After two rounds of matches, Luo Ji even felt that the intensity of this double round-robin system was not as good as the training matches he had arranged.

No matter how T1 and G2 pretend to be weak.

At least we will go through the process with them and operate together, but these two are the kind of noobs who can't even act.

"It's hard to imagine that the Taiwan region has become so weak now."

"After all, the good players have been bought by all the major regions. The Electric Wolf is already history, and the God of Bo1 may only be a legend in the future."

Kasa's tone clearly showed some disappointment.

Think about it now.

The well-known players in the Taiwan region are FOFO, Karsa, Uzi the Summoner Doggo, Snake, and Coach Niang Niang. At most, there is a barbecued pork, and that’s it.

Here.

V5 felt that the group stage was meaningless.

That end.

The T5 coaching staff, who watched both rounds of V1 games, also felt as if they were watching in vain.

Both rounds of competition relied on mediocre operations and the players' personal online strength to push the team forward, and no information could be seen at all.

"As expected of my chosen opponent."

Bengi sighed.

They have already used various methods and efforts to test V5.

But it didn't work.

Everyone was acting tacitly in the training matches, and in the group matches, they couldn't force each other's strength. Their understanding of the version was flawless.

So far, they have been copying whatever new insights other teams have come up with.

Even the coaches on both sides started to complain.

Bengi: This old silver coin

Nofe: This little fox.

So shady! X2
Fortunately.

With the end of the game between IW and PSG, two weak teams.

Next.

V5 finally faced an opponent with some fighting power in the group stage - RED.

Luo Ji had an impression of this team.

The impression does not come from MSI, but from the name it changed to in the second half of the original world, namely, the Meat Pigeon Team. Its bottom lane is famous for its fierce laning and strong performance in team battles.

What are the specific manifestations?

The TES team was successfully defeated in the World Championship. We can only say that the 100% participation rate is still working hard!

"So what do we say about the next round? Is RED a strong team?"

"Let's play them as a strong team. We can't play a whole double round-robin match without trying out anything from the new season. That would be a huge loss for us."

Nofe hesitated for a while.

We decided to slightly unleash the team's fighting power. The MSI schedule seems to be very long, more than 20 days, but there are actually not many real games.

After playing against a bunch of losers in the group stage, we will play against teams from the other two major regions in the semi-finals, and the final will basically be a match between China and South Korea. There will be fewer games to try to understand the version.

Anyway, as long as you rank in the top two in the group, you can advance.

Then
As long as you don’t touch the big guarantee.

So it's understandable to indulge a little bit.

Right?

(End of this chapter)