LOL: What does "mid-lane hybrid expert" mean?

Chapter 77 Betrayal by All

Although Scout's team voice comms only showed the short game he won with Lucian, veteran viewers who watched the entire Spring Split already knew his style inside and out.

He is the complete opposite of Li Yi.

During the laning phase, everyone adopted a strategy of being sparing with words.

Most of the time, the channel was filled with tense breathing and keyboard clicks, with no other information exchange.

It wasn't until Mingkai marked the attack intention on the map that everyone heard Scout suddenly say something like, "I used my R to reduce the enemy's health" or "I can't watch this wave because I don't have Flash."

Once team fights began, teammates started offering their opinions. Meiko suggested attacking while Mingkai suggested retreating. The top laner, caught in the crossfire, lost both minion waves and health. The two carries tried their best to deal damage, stalling if they could make plays, otherwise they would simply die.

As for the difference in atmosphere...

Then there's no need to say more.

When Scout was on the team, almost no one spoke during the long mid-game lane rotations. Even if they won a great team fight, the only thing that would be heard in the voice chat was a few simple "Nice".

But things changed after Li Yi came on.

If they gain an advantage in the early game, everyone will unanimously mimic Li Yi's tone and say, "This has never been such a wonderful start." If they are at a disadvantage, they will say, "This wave is so dry."

After winning the team fight, the five players took turns making a long, muted speech, which included not only profanities but also taunts directed at certain star players on the opposing team.

[Who said Scout is a Dota-style player? That's hilarious! If he can't win, he just hides in the jungle and farms for another ten minutes, right?]

[As a fan of Scout and a former Scout supporter, here are a few words: This player's strengths are his lifesteal and ability to carry; his weaknesses are that his mentality is affected by factors both on and off the field, leading to inexplicable lane greed and losing points. Simply put, he tends to give away points.]

The main issue is that the mid-laner's mentality can easily affect the teammates. If the teammates see you not only using lifesteal but also having a smug face, they definitely won't want to play anymore—that's why I support Li Yi as the new leader of EDG!

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Have you all forgotten Scout's contributions in the Spring Split?

[At the peak, false supporters abound; at dusk, devout believers arrive! I support Scout starting — oh, by the way, I'm not an RNG fan.]

I agree, but I'm not a WE fan.

[Li Yi has great speaking skills and good looks. Why not consider doing some live streaming?]

[I already have a bro, he's the "mid-lane hybrid expert" on a certain platform. But his streaming schedule is a bit weird, if you don't have time to watch, you can find some of his stream clips, just search "Jiaotong University's most affectionate" on a certain platform ————]

at the same time.

Inside the dormitory of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Zhao Tianyu was fast-forwarding through today's two EDG matches, recording the timestamps of several highlights;

He was looking at the playback data of the video he had previously posted on the secondary screen next to him.

As the summer season progressed, Zhao Tianyu gradually got the hang of it.

He learned how to capitalize on trending topics in his headlines without sounding awkward, while still making the interesting points in the content immediately apparent to casual viewers.

In addition, Li Yi had told him beforehand that besides including the opponent's reaction when they broke through their defenses, he could also cut in some clips from the secondary commentary streams. For example, against IG, he could cut in clips of PDD and Wu Wukai, and against WE, he could cut in clips of WeiXiao.

This method proved effective much faster than expected. His video views and follower count began to grow in tandem, and the momentum became increasingly stable, already subtly approaching that of several veteran original content creators in the LOL section who had been doing this for several years.

Regarding the current profit situation.

Zhao Tianyu was already quite satisfied.

He didn't choose to accept commercial orders, fearing that taking on shady work might damage Li Yi's reputation. At that time, a certain platform was just emerging, and the incentives it provided to content creators were enough to cover his monthly living expenses, with even a surplus to upgrade his equipment.

Yes.

Because he understood this, Zhao Tianyu deliberately avoided topics that were highly controversial and might bring criticism to Li Yi when choosing topics.

Take, for example, the starting lineup battle between Li Yi and Scout. He knew that this kind of content could generate traffic quickly, but it was also the easiest to provoke conflict, and a slight misstep could drag Li Yi into an unnecessary media storm.

but.

The League of Legends esports scene is already the largest gathering place for subcultures in China.

The audience here is already used to using memes to lighten the mood, and since those who clicked on this video were mostly casual fans who liked Li Yi, surprisingly, a kind of parody of the title suddenly appeared in the comments section to mock Scout.

A strange culture.

For example, the Zyra tutorial he just edited a couple of days ago was titled "[Can you keep enemies in place without using E? A Zyra planting technique that even pro players don't know!]"

The most upvoted comment below is: "[Can you still deal damage without using W to step on people? Scout didn't even know about the 'mosquito-style' LeBlanc technique!]"

For example, the recently released EDG vs. IG highlight reel is titled "[PDD watches Aodi's Fiora dominate his own top lane Maokai, exclaiming: Enough, enough, stop killing!]"

Less than ten minutes later, a reply from the fixed NPC popped up: [Scout, seeing Li Yi's rank and win rate crushing his own, bluntly said: Enough is enough, stop practicing!]

this----

Looking at the rapidly increasing view count and the many fans who said they "clicked into the video just to read the comments," Zhao Tianyu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Summer Season Week 3.

EDG has only one opponent, the ultimate boss of Group A—WE.

After this match, the top four teams in the Spring Split – WE, RNG, EDG, and OMG – will travel to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to participate in this year's Asian Games.

Li Yi glanced at the upcoming 7.12 patch notes during a break, and most of the adjustments were focused on support items. The Chalice of Harmony received a new passive that converts base mana regeneration into ability power. It's foreseeable that Karma will likely go from a popular pick to a must-ban/must-pick champion.

Because the match against WE is scheduled for the last day of next week, Coach Nofe has been pushing the team to the limit in training these past few days, with an average of three scrims against different teams every day.

As for the question of the starting lineup.

Li Yi didn't think much about it. As long as he kept winning, no one would dare to replace him.

The coaching staff's attitude can also be seen from the arrangement of the scrims: the top LCK teams that Nofe used his connections to invite are all played by Ji Yi, while Scout might only get to play against the relatively fringe scrim opponents.

That noon, training had just ended.

The team members were packing up their peripherals in twos and threes, preparing for their respective activities.

After replying to messages on his phone, Manager Abu called out to the EDG players who were heading in different directions outside the training room: "Just so you know, there's an official LPL filming assignment this afternoon. We need to record a practice match, so let's play one of our team's practice matches."

"Intra-team scrimmages?"

"Can't we just arrange a normal match with another team?"

"Ahem—the Intercontinental Championship is about to begin."

Abu cleared his throat, his expression carrying a hint of helplessness, as if to say, "You guys are still too young."

"If footage of us scrimming against other teams is captured in the tournament vlog, it could be used against us, with people claiming we leaked tactics and damaged LPL unity. So, to avoid giving anyone ammunition, we'll have a scrimming match within our own team —"