Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

Compared to the chaotic, online gaming discussions in North America, the atmosphere at the LPL match booths is a completely different world.

"For the first match, the strategy will still revolve around the coordination between the top, mid, and jungle lanes, while the bottom lane can focus on farming steadily."

"But being stable doesn't mean just camping under the tower—XiaoXiao, you should move ahead when you need to roam, and WeiXiao can solo two waves of lanes, right?"

Xiaoxiao grinned and gave an OK sign, while Weixiao gave a curt "Mmm" without much expression.

"In the early game, our top and mid laners have an absolute advantage in the laning phase, so the jungler can just boldly invade the jungle."

"Don't feel pressured. Even if you stay in the enemy jungle, we can still help you."

In the voice recording, Lin Shu reiterated the general strategy for the upcoming match.

Mingkai nodded emphatically.

Behind him, Abu stood with his arms crossed, his expression incredibly complex.

Based on past practices, the tactic of having Smile play solo would never appear in their strategy book, let alone be accepted by WE, and would not even be considered.

WE's entire strategy revolves around the bottom lane. The jungler camps at level three, the mid laner pushes the lane downwards, and the top laner holds onto their teleport to provide support at any time. The five players work together as one to nurture Smile into a boss, and then wait for him to emerge and take over the game.

WE used this strategy for two years, and Abu believed in it for two years as well.

The absolute core of a smiling, free-range approach?

What a joke.

However, the truth is that after two weeks of training with the LPL All-Star team, Abu repeatedly watched the training match recordings and felt that something was wrong. The core of the LPL All-Star team's tactical system was the top, mid, and jungle, with the bot lane AD developing steadily, waiting for others to feed them resources, and then exerting force when the team was in good formation during team fights.

The three lanes advance in a balanced and fast-paced manner. In the early game, the top, mid, and jungle players dominate the opponent, and the bottom lane doesn't need to push the lane aggressively to harass the enemy.

After the game, the overall stats were much better than he had imagined. His last-hitting wasn't suppressed, and his team fight output was incredibly comfortable—the enemy assassin wanted to take him down?

With Tale and Mingkai blocking their way, plus Xiaoxiao's control chain that occasionally slips in from the side lanes, the assassin was killed halfway before he could even touch Xiaoxiao's face.

Even if an assassin manages to get close, the first choice is no longer like in WE's team fights, where all the focus fire is on Smile. In the All-Star team, Emperor is the one who comes with a built-in taunt skill.

Whenever it's time for a team fight, the opponents only have eyes for Emperor.

Of course, "letting the bot lane grow" doesn't mean ignoring the bot lane altogether.

If he really didn't care about the bottom lane at all, WeiXiao himself would never have accepted such a tactical arrangement.

One of the main reasons why Weixiao was able to integrate into the system so quickly was that he was surprised to find that Sima Laozei was living such a wonderful life in the HWG system.

"Could WE also...?"

Abu's mind raced with that idea. He used to think that the support had to stick with the AD carry all the time, the jungler had to take care of the bot lane, and the mid laner had to be ready to gank the bot lane at any time.

Looking at it now, this top-mid-jungle playstyle... doesn't seem so bad?

Winning the game is even easier.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he shook his head violently, almost causing his ears to ring.

No, that's not right. This strategy works because the mid laner is Emperor.

Why don't you try having someone else do it?

If the engine of the Kaminari-Nakano breaks down, the whole car will be grounded.

Ji Xin, Ji Xin, are you awake?

It's the All-Star Game now, and it's an exception that this group of people are playing together for two weeks, not the norm.

Those thoughts that are running through your mind, like "Can WE play like this too?"... put them away for now, put them away for now.

He rubbed his face hard, trying to suppress the dangerous thought from his subconscious, but he couldn't help but glance at the young man in his seat out of the corner of his eye.

Lin Shu ignored Abu, who had entered AFK mode, and continued to arrange the game progress for the first ten minutes:

"Riot has adjusted the minion spawn time to be synchronized with jungle monsters, which limits top laners from farming jungle camps before returning to lane. However, this does not affect duo laners helping each other with jungle camps at level one!"

"Sacrifice a little in the early game to free up the jungle as quickly as possible."

"Three bans: Elise to limit North America's early tower diving ability, Thresh to reduce the risk of AD carry soloing, and the last pick, if no one has any special needs, I will adjust it according to the opponent's arrangements during the official ban/pick phase."

"The opponent's bot lane will most likely build Ezreal to ensure damage output while improving their own survivability."

"North America wants to beat us, so they've come up with some unconventional tactics, but the top and bottom lanes aren't a good fit, so the feedback hasn't been great. Therefore, it's highly likely that these tactics will come from the mid and jungle."

"Don't worry about the mid lane, it doesn't matter what they build, so we just need to focus on the jungler's picks."

"..."

Behind Abu, the official staff member responsible for recording the schedule was already waving his right hand so fast it was almost a blur.

The carbon pen flew across his fingertips, making a constant "scratching" sound.

The paper was covered with densely packed words—

I can't remember them all!

There are too many to remember, absolutely too many to remember!

The race schedule recorder glanced resentfully at the young man in his seat. Compared to his partner who hadn't moved an inch for half a day, he suddenly felt that life was so dark.

No, can anyone tell me why he has so many more ideas than others in a game competition?

……

The moment the three bans were completed, the lights in the arena seemed to brighten a bit.

Miller's voice came from the commentary booth: "LPL bans on the purple side: Elise, Chain Warden, and Caitlyn."

The doll chimed in quickly, "Look at the blue side, NA—wow! LeBlanc, Zed, Syndra, all three bans! All of them! All of them are for the mid lane! Not a single one left for anyone else!"

Miller glanced down at the ban list on the screen, then looked up at the BP interface: "Three bans on mid lane, and then lock Ahri directly on the blue side first pick—this is a pick-based ban! The North American guys' intention is very clear: to empty out all the T0 mid lane champions and carry out Emperor's targeting to the end."

He paused, a hint of amusement in his voice: "But whether this combination of moves can really keep Emperor in check remains to be seen."

Three bans for mid lane?

In the LPL league right now, which team doesn't have three bans? But the problem is, it's useless.

We have to lose, even if we're destined to lose.

"Let's move on to the champion selection—" Wawa brought the audience's attention back to the BP interface, "North America's bot lane is locked on Ezreal and Janna. This combination doesn't have top-tier lane pressure, but their survivability is off the charts. Ezreal has mobility and poke, while Janna has a shield, wind, and slow. It will take some effort to kill them."

"Is the pressure from the Emperor really that great?"

As the screen switched, the blue team's fourth and fifth picks were revealed one after another. The moment Ezreal and Janna's icons appeared side by side, a buzz of discussion arose in the audience.

Some knowledgeable viewers have already noticed the logic behind this pick – North American bot laners clearly don't care about lane kills, they just want to survive, stay alive, and not get run over by that freak in team fights.