My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 249 Without a doubt, Doran, you are a super top laner!
The day after the group is formed.

After a quick lunch, the entire V5 team gathered in the conference room to discuss their quarterfinal opponent, GENG, the team that Guan Daxiao (Vanguard's) pride and joy.

Well, what can I say about this team's resume?
Every year, the Galacticos are like stars, the league is fierce as tigers, but the World Championship is as sluggish as mice.

Among them, star player Chovy is said to be the same as having a ticket to the World Championship; but having him is also the same as wasting a ticket to the World Championship. LPL viewers jokingly call him "LCK also has its own Xiaohu".

It is worth mentioning that.

This year's GENG team also features a lot of familiar faces.

Doran, the top laner, is the most important top laner in the LCK and the gatekeeper of the first-tier lane. His role is to create desperate situations for his teammates and activate their potential. He forces the team's players to go all out because of their poor performance, making him a super catalyst.

Peanut, the jungler, is a genius jungler who is like a sure thing for getting a ticket to the World Championship. He is also prone to loyalty to his country.

Chovy, the mid-laner, is a legendary player with a unique skill level, a world-class player, and a golden right hand.

Bot lane: Ruler + Lehends, Uzi's only designated son + top three LCK support.

This lineup.

On paper, their strength seems ridiculously strong, but because these IDs and the team's record are so poor, it occasionally gives people the illusion that the team is not very good.

After everyone had arrived.

Nofe finally spoke:
"First of all, it's important to understand that GENG is the LCK Summer Split champion team."

"Among them, GENG has three strong teams, the most important of which is their bot lane. Ruler led the entire group stage with an average damage output of 768. In the laning phase, we need to be particularly wary of their Caitlyn and Kalista."

"Secondly, Peanut's champion pool this year perfectly matches the current meta, and he can play all the champions that are expected to be available."

"at last."

"It's their mid laner, Chovy."

Don't make any absolute statements. Nofe's message is essentially the same: GENG has a very wide hero pool.

and so.

In the current version, they must have a wider hero pool than GENG, or at least be able to counter the opponent's strengths in the draft phase.

Xiao Yan and PPGOD exchanged a glance.

Under Luo Ji's influence.

They actually practiced a lot of things secretly, but they kept it to themselves during the group stage, just to prepare for the later matches.

But relative.

Many of the things they secretly practiced were so complicated that they could only produce them, but they weren't proficient in them. That was exactly what Luo Ji wanted.

They've all been time travelers.

It's obvious that there's no such thing as a "version answer" for S12.

Aatrox, Akali, and Sylas may sound like meta champions, but they each have their own solutions. The strategic focus of Season 12 has always been on "how to solve" these champions.

It sounds rather vague.

But we need to consider this in conjunction with the previous durability versions, right?

The arrival of the durability version and the increase in elemental dragon health have allowed many heroes to play until their time to shine, which has resulted in many less popular heroes being able to be picked in the S12 World Championship.

When an individual's advantage is no longer there.

Overall coordination is therefore of utmost importance.

The main focus of the draft picks for each team is how to counter the opponent while ensuring their own lineup works synergistically.

If not.

DRX will not be able to complete the legendary underdog story of the fourth seed in S12.

"We already have a plan for the bot lane, and we've practiced several bot lane combinations very well. The key is still GENG's mid and jungle."

Luo Ji thought for a moment and then said:

“I actually have a study, and I found that although GENG is very strong on paper this year, their mid laner Chovy has always had a weakness.”

"That's because he focuses too much on last-hitting minions."

The rest of V5: ?
Luo Ji's sudden remark left everyone in the room completely dumbfounded.

Chovy's penchant for finishing off enemies is common knowledge, so what you've been saying is just a bunch of bullshit?
Where is it?
But soon.

Luo Ji then expanded on his statement:
"What I mean is, Chicken Bro could perhaps work on his finishing moves as well."

"As long as you consistently out-farm Chovy, making Chovy forget how to play the game and constantly try to catch up to you in CS, he'll stop caring about his teammates."

"That's what I mean."

Rookie: "?"

Rookie: Huh?

Although it sounds outrageous, this is indeed the method that Zeka used to dominate Chovy in the semifinals in his previous life.

Luo Ji remembers that semi-final.

Because DRX's rise was so spectacular, he didn't miss a single BO5.

So.

They clearly understood Chovy's weaknesses during this period.

He focuses too much on online activities.

He likes to use his lane dominance to gain lane control, preventing the enemy mid laner from roaming or forcing the enemy jungler to clear the lane. As a result, he rarely supports the side lanes during the laning phase, at most engaging in small team fights in the river, and then immediately returning to the mid lane to farm minions.

This strategy aims to ensure that one's development doesn't fall behind, allowing one to continue exerting pressure in lane.

In the mid-game, focus on developing your side lanes and putting pressure on the opponent's minion waves.

But relative.

This also reveals that he cannot accept the fact that he is behind in last-hitting; as long as he is not ahead in last-hitting, he only has eyes for minions.

To put it jokingly:
Dragon? Dragon Soul? Teammate advantage? I'm losing minions, so just wait. If I don't lose more minions, you're basically playing 4v5.

Correct.

Just so outrageous.

Even after the match, some netizens joked that Ruler should go back and start a training camp, tie Chovy to a chair, and make him watch the minion wave go into the tower.

This is the harshest punishment he could receive.

Luo Ji's suggestion gave Nofe a lot of ideas, and the facts along the way told him that most of what Luo Ji said was correct.

We have a plan.

Rookie knows how to annoy his opponent during the laning phase.

Last hit?

Basic skills?
So, you can actually beat the opponent with this thing?

As for the top and jungle positions, Nofe didn't speak. He didn't think Dolan could be a match for Luo Ji at all, especially in the top lane.

As long as GENG picks the top laner first, they will definitely be able to counter in the top lane. This is the confidence that Luo Ji gives Nofe in their draft.

This is also a source of great confidence for V5.

Their players have a very deep champion pool, a really deep one. All the coach's draft picks are based on the players' champion pool. But if your players only have a limited champion pool and can't come up with anything good, to put it nicely, it's called permutation and combination; to put it bluntly, it's called trying anything as a last resort.

This is the coach's fault for being useless.

Why was RNG eliminated in the original world?

The reason is that their drafting logic remained unchanged from the qualifying rounds to the knockout rounds.

LCK teams are starting to pair Ashe with Heimerdinger and Leona with Soraka.

The entire S12 World Championship.

More than a hundred different heroes appeared on the field until the end of the group stage.

Their draft picks are always Gnar as the third pick and Nautilus as the fifth pick, or they reverse that order, so that even the audience knows exactly what to draft.

at the same time.

GENG's hotel lounge.

A group of players and coaches gathered in a makeshift meeting room, all looking bewildered at V5's hero pool.

Judging from the group stage...

V5 has hardly come up with anything new, and their bot lane duo has been using the same few heroes over and over again.

but.
Who believes it?
Since the World Championship Play-In Stage, LCK has been frantically searching for V5 players' ranked game records, and with its massive manpower, it has found quite a few.

however.

No matter how hard they search, they can always find new accounts.

Today it's the North American server, tomorrow it's the Korean server, the day after tomorrow it's the Hong Kong server, and the day after that it might be the Challenger tier, and each account uses different heroes.

Is this how you conduct intelligence warfare?

This year.

GENG's coach, Score, is a veteran player himself. He was wary of V5, a team whose strength was completely unpredictable, so he looked at Ruler, the team's most senior player, and said:

"Ruler, when we reach the quarterfinals, I might need you to figure out a way to break through V5's bot lane."

"Can it be done?"

Score's gaze was intense, which even Ruler, who had been daydreaming for a while, found somewhat overwhelming. He had watched V5's matches and had a general understanding of V5's bot lane strength.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke:

"If I can guarantee that BP won't suffer any losses, I should be fine."

"What if BP suffers a loss?" Score asked cautiously.

"Then send it."

Ruler waved his hand, looking helpless.

no way.

He could only turn his gaze back to his own teammate, Nakano.

Peanut was still as cheerful as ever. When he saw the coach looking over, he nodded with a bright smile, as if to say that V5 Karsa was nothing to fear.

And Chovy
He remained expressionless throughout, because in his memory Rookie wasn't known for his last-hitting skills, so he wasn't afraid.

As for Dolan...

Score simply patted him on the shoulder with a hint of emotion, but said nothing.

This action.

Instead, it stressed Dolan out.

"Coach? What about me?"

"what?"

"Isn't there a job assignment for me? There's a coach who can also be effective, that top laner Mebius, based on his record, he's never beaten me on the world stage, maybe I can beat him?"

"you?"

Dolan has never faced off against Luo Ji.

I haven't encountered him even once in ranked games.

Although he had indeed watched the game replays and knew that V5's champion pool was very broad, in his eyes, this V5 top laner neither had the deep experience of Flandre nor the brilliant skills of some rookie top laners, and the six-dimensional chart was ridiculously abstract.

This is the top laner.

He also had a chance to win, you know.

Score shook his head with a sigh.

LCK's data analysis team isn't stupid. Players have poor KDA because they don't pursue high KDA, and there aren't many particularly exciting highlight reels because their skill level has passed the stage of showing off their skills.

in their eyes.

V5's top laner is a monster; he always manages to be in the right place at the right time and execute the most appropriate plays.

The last person to achieve something similar was the factory manager.

The last, most suitable operation needs to be changed to the operation that best produces coins.

I thought about it.

Score began:

“Doran, it’s not that we don’t believe in your abilities; on the contrary, you are actually the part we value most.”

"Am I the most valued?"

The completely unexpected answer plunged Dolan into deep thought.

"Think about it. I assign tasks to other people because I think they need tasks to do well; but I don't assign tasks to you because I think your potential is at its highest, and you can fully utilize your own potential."

"in other words."

"You are our hidden trump card!"

Score, who came from a player background, knows exactly how to take care of players' feelings; you can't go against them.

Instead, you have to go with the flow.

even
Before Dolan could react, he put his hands on Dolan's shoulders and shouted, "You know what? Xuanzhun, in my heart, you are the world's number one top laner, it's just that your potential has not yet been fully developed."

"I'm the world's best top laner?"

"Yes, you are the best top laner in the world, the best of the best. But you know, being a super top laner doesn't mean you have to carry the game yourself. Sometimes, helping your teammates withstand the pressure and creating space for them to farm is also something a super top laner should do."

"(⊙o⊙)..."

Seeing that Dolan had been completely fooled, the other four members of GENG exchanged glances and then quietly slipped out of the room.

We have to go out.

They weren't professionals, and they were genuinely afraid they'd burst out laughing while listening.

Chicken soup can be a bit creepy.

But it's undeniable.

For some single-minded people, it's really useful.
(End of this chapter)