LPL History

Chapter 23 Abu recruits talents following Wei Yuan's strategy; Zhou Li purchases books and initiates a method of killing.
"So, you got in touch with the jungler who's currently ranked number one in Ionia?"

Internet cafe.

Faced with Ruofeng's question, Abu nodded without batting an eye.

"Yes. This person is very skilled. His ID is Nuoyan. He has been dominating the leaderboard in the first server for a long time and has an extremely high win rate."

Ruofeng seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up.

"I've been matched against him several times, and he is indeed very strong."

Abu sighed and said:

"When I was in Germany, I found that European clubs had a very solid player pool. A game where only five players can play might be the result of competition among more than a dozen teammates. And when facing different opponents, a larger player pool can provide a wider range of tactical options. Currently, our WE team still has too few players. As the top League of Legends club in China, we must recruit more potential solo queue players."

Upon hearing Abu's words, Ruofeng fell into deep thought, then looked at Abu with a moved expression.

"Abu, thank you for your hard work. I never expected you to do so much for our club all this time."

Abu smiled shyly, her beauty captivating.

"So I told them I was the club manager..."

“Don’t worry,” Ruofeng patted Abu on the shoulder, “I understand. If you don’t say this, you won’t be able to convince those high-ranking random players to come to WE. To be honest, I really wish you were the manager of WE.”

Abu shook his head.

"I still have a lot to learn. I'm just doing what I can because I love WE and hope that the e-sports industry in China can rise."

The two looked into each other's eyes, their feelings deep and their hearts filled with mutual respect.

Ruofeng wanted to say something more, but then he saw a message pop up on his phone.

[League of Legends Bully]: Ruofeng, you're a real beast.

Ruofeng was taken aback when he saw the message from PDD.

I don't understand why the other person is cursing me for no reason.

He slowly typed a question mark, but there was no further reply from the other end.

Ruofeng thought for a moment, then his heart skipped a beat.

"Has the Zhou rites been discovered?"

Thinking of this, Ruofeng lost the will to continue feigning politeness with Abu and said:

"It seems there's been some trouble at the club, I have to go back now."

“Okay,” Abu nodded, “then I’ll continue to communicate with Nuoyan.”
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IG training room.

The joyful atmosphere of the past has long since disappeared.

Because when LeBlanc reached level six, she directly tower-dived and solo-killed Zz1tai's Kassadin in the mid lane.

At this moment, when they saw that LeBlanc's item bar had been updated with Deathfire Grasp, the IG players finally realized that the problem was serious.

"Wow, bro, that big-nosed guy gave me a question mark, he really put on a big show."

This time, Xiaoxiao did not choose to respond to PDD's words.

It's important to understand that when facing such a fed LeBlanc, the ADC is the most vulnerable.

"Zitai, what are you doing? I'm speechless. Less than ten minutes into your game with LeBlanc and Deathfire Grasp? Stop fighting, just kill her already!"

His face flushed red from the continuous criticism from his teammates.

At the start of the match, he thought it was a dream start.

Not only did he get Kassadin, a hard counter to LeBlanc, but with the help of his teammates, he also forced LeBlanc to learn the W skill at level one, which helped him get through the early game weakness period more easily.

Unexpectedly, after only ten minutes, he was no longer able to compete in lane.

His chubby little face was already flushed red, and he stammered:
"Ruofeng is really acting strange today, it's like he's been turned on."

Upon hearing Zitai's words, KID burst out laughing.

"If you can't beat them, you just say the other side started it, right?"

He had barely finished speaking when he heard Dao speak in a low, ethereal voice:

"The enchantress has disappeared."

One sentence instantly put everyone on edge in IG.

PDD, who was pushing the top lane, immediately chickened out and chose to retreat. KID and Xiaoxiao in the bottom lane even retreated directly to their tower.

But this time, the screams came from the jungle.

"Fuck!!"

The shadow's mournful howl echoed, and when everyone switched screens to look at the jungle, Udyr's corpse was already cold.

"What the hell is this damage?!"

Udyr is attacking his own blue buff.

Suddenly, the enchantress flew out.

W Deathfire EQR!

Before the shadow could even react, the Enchantress had already reverted and disappeared into the fog of war.

This combo of damage instantly killed Udyr, who had two-thirds of his health remaining!
They also managed to take down the low-health blue buff.

IG's team voice chat fell into a brief silence.

Shadow muttered to himself, still shaken.

"It's like playing a horror game."

Having secured the blue buff again, LeBlanc returned to the mid lane and resumed her torment of Kassadin.

The pain mask on his face was so wrinkled that it looked like he was about to squeeze out the pus from his acne.

When you're playing mid lane and facing an opponent who has an endless supply of blue buff, your mentality will instantly explode.

He could only subconsciously switch between different panels while hiding under the tower.

I broke out in a cold sweat when I saw the number of last hits from the LeBlanc.

LeBlanc's CS was more than double that of himself, and even more than that of Kid in the bot lane.

However, KID has been farming in the bottom lane, while LeBlanc has ganked the top lane twice during this time, and just now she even invaded her own jungle.

"How did he do that?!"

The gesture was clearly incomprehensible.

It's important to understand that behind this terrifying number of last hits is not only Zhou Li's perfect mastery of LeBlanc, but also his understanding and management of minion waves.

Zhou Li's management of the minion wave in those ten minutes alone is enough to teach professional players in 2012 several lessons.

Seeing Zhou Li cowering timidly under the tower, finally reaching level six and having saved up 1200 gold coins, he chose to return to town.

Once Kassadin reaches level six, tower diving becomes less realistic.

Upon returning to the spring, Zhou Li, without a second thought, pulled a copy of Meja's Soul-Stealing Scroll directly from the old shopkeeper's crotch.

The S2 version of the Mejai's Soulstealer is crafted using an Augmentation Tome, a Blue Crystal, and 815 gold.

Zhou Li had previously bought two amplification books. He used one to synthesize the Embrace of the Netherfire, and this remaining amplification book allowed him to directly use it to create the Book of Kills.

The murder books from this period differed slightly from those of later periods.

Firstly, the crafting method for Mejai's Soulstealer didn't include the Mejai's Ring item, making the crafting process far less smooth than it became later.

Furthermore, in Season 2, Mejai's Soulstealer could only stack two layers when killing a champion, instead of the later four layers.

This slowed down the rate at which the murder mystery books were stacked.

However, the murder mystery books from this period were not entirely without merit.

Firstly, the S2 Mejai's Soulstealer provides eight ability power per stack, and a full stack provides one hundred and eighty ability power.

Furthermore, when you die, the Mejai's Soulstealer will only lose one-third of its stacks.

This makes this item a high-risk, high-reward pure damage build, extremely reliant on snowballing kills.

Even so, due to its less-than-smooth build process and excessively high risk factors, the appearance rate of Mejai's Soulstealer in professional matches is extremely low.

It's practically unused.

It's more often seen in casual games or games where the opponent is easily defeated.

(End of this chapter)