You actually want me to...

You guys actually want me to have sex? Author: Zuo Ge

Introduction:

"Roland, some opponents from other regions have criticized your team's playstyle as being too unpredictable and prone to failure, destined to go nowhere. Some players from other teams have even described your winning style as crazy, which could corrupt the ranked gaming atmosphere. What do you think of these comments?"

Taking the microphone from the host, Roland squinted and smiled towards the camera, saying:

"Opinions? There's really no need for that, isn't that too difficult? As for your opponents, you only need to respect me, fear me, be afraid of me, and dread me. Just make me your deepest nightmare... that's enough."

First Encounter: Chapter One: Where the Dream Begins

"Wuhu, Han Yibo!~"

"Classic Poppy start, wait! Why does the opponent's ID look so familiar?"

"How could it not look familiar? That's the Korean version, a staple background in high-level Korean server matches."

"Today's Insulting Version .jpg"

The video shown is a solo match from a high-level Korean server game. The video creator is a content creator who specializes in uploading high-level Korean server matches and team fights. Because high-quality matches on the Korean server always feature many exciting strategies and maneuvers, this type of video has a considerable audience.

The screen was showing a top lane 1v1 matchup between Poppy and Camille. After gaining an advantage, Han Yibo, while chasing Camille, skillfully used Q-Flash followed by W to interrupt her movement, and then perfectly secured the solo kill, eliciting gasps from countless onlookers.

Among the audience, Roland was the most helpless. The Camille player being outplayed in the video was him; what others saw as incredibly skillful play felt like being relentlessly humiliated, even though he was used to it.

Roland, ID: BAN

He was also jokingly called Han Yiban.

Don't be surprised, he got this ID out of fun after Han Yijie became famous. Of course, his ID is definitely more famous than Han Yijie in this world.

The reason is simple: he is a time traveler.

Just like how 90% of novel protagonists go through the process of time travel, Roland's birth was also due to time travel. However, his time travel didn't involve that clichéd big truck; instead, he simply closed his eyes and opened them again, and his SAN value disappeared along with the familiar world.

Of course, for him, whether he transmigrated or not didn't really matter, because before transmigrating he was an orphan, but after transmigrating he inexplicably had a house under his name that he could easily "make it easy" for him. Although according to the law he could only inherit this thing after he came of age, at least in this world he didn't have those messy relatives who would try to take it from him, which gave him a place to stay.

Stretching, Roland casually opened the refrigerator door and pulled out a bottle of soda, his mind involuntarily filled with memories from his transmigration.

His life in this other world is easy to understand, because his life before and after the transmigration wasn't significantly different from before. Since he was a minor and had no access to education after transmigrating, he could only receive a meager monthly allowance. To avoid starving, he had no choice but to return to his old ways and start playing League of Legends to earn money.

Fortunately, there's always a way out. Perhaps the influence of time travel improved his skills and awareness, making him far more powerful in this life than in his previous one.

His personal strength lies in his incredibly deep hero pool; he can play almost any hero. However, his weaknesses are also obvious. Because he plays so many different heroes, he doesn't really have any signature heroes, and in high-elo Korean matches, he's often getting crushed by skilled players and becomes just a background character.

Thanks to his relatively strong skills and keen awareness of team fights, he has actually made a name for himself in the secondary league, LDL, for a full year over the past two years.

As for why he was able to succeed so smoothly?

Because he plays support!

Yes, someone who can play any hero skillfully ends up choosing the support role, which is the least popular position, after becoming a professional player.

The reason is all too real: because they're poor.

In this era where League of Legends has matured, too many rookies dream of carrying the game, but one by one they all end up playing top lane, jungle, mid lane, or AD carry, while the support position is the only one with very few players and little competition.

Knowing his own limitations, Roland chose the support role almost without hesitation, wanting to have food to eat every day and avoid unemployment. This is why he has attracted the attention of major clubs.

Because any promising support player will attract the attention of major clubs, and heaven knows how rare professional support players are these days.

IG's victory in S8 led to a surge in aggressive top laners and AD carries who rely on flash-charging.

FPX's victory in S9 led to the emergence of countless roaming mid laners and junglers in the league.

But the support role is the only one that is neglected and unloved. The LPL has been running for so many years, but the support role seems to always be the same group of people. They are all hardworking and have almost always played every game, earning the lowest salary but playing the most games. Even capitalists would say they are experts.

"Beep beep beep~"

It was at this moment that the QQ pop-up window on the screen suddenly lit up. Glancing at the row of friend information on the right, a familiar ID was flashing incessantly.

[Big Head Monster: So, how's it going? The transfer window has opened. Which teams have you received offers from so far?]

Big Head, also known as the legendary real-life e-sports protagonist JKL, is one of Roland's biggest gains after transmigrating. The two met simply because they were matched together in a high-level Korean server game. One of them wasn't paired with a support, and the other wasn't paired with an AD carry, so they gradually became friends and started playing together.

Later, it was discovered that this so-called "Korean version" was actually the main account of this LDL support player, so he played even more freely and became one of the few players who knew that he was the original "Korean version" player.

[Young Aban: They're all small teams. I'm waiting for a big fish to bite. If all else fails, I can always play in LDL for another year. I'll make it up eventually anyway.]

Roland wasn't joking about this.

There is simply no support player in the entire LDL who plays better than him at this stage. If the major LPL teams want to find a new support player, they can only go through some strange internal channels to directly recommend him, or go to the esports training camps YM and WE youth training. The only remaining option is to choose him.

So no matter what, he will definitely be able to enter the LPL in the end, it's just a matter of time.

[Big-Headed Monster: You're quite uninhibited.]

[Young A-Ban: That's right, or maybe Big Head could take me in?]

[Big-Headed Monster: Go wash up and go to sleep, you can have anything in your dreams.]

On the other side of the screen, Ah Shui also had a bit of a headache after replying to that sentence.

This wild support player was an unexpected bonus he found in Korean ranked games. Because this guy has an extremely deep champion pool, he can often predict the opponent's movements and actions in advance when playing support, and can also pick almost all support champions. Most importantly, there is always a magical synergy between him and the opponent.

This is his strength, but equally, his weaknesses are also exceptionally obvious.

The support player clearly came from a latecomer to the game, but Ah Shui said it wasn't a big problem. After secretly teaching him for almost a year, the guy's support skills are now barely adequate.

For an AD carry to perform well, their support is absolutely crucial. Most established bot lane duos are partners who have played together for years. But thinking of his old partner, Blue Bro, JackeyLove only feels a stomachache right now.

[Young A-Ban: I knew it! Relying on you is just plain stupid.]

[Big-Headed Monster: Of course! You have to treat me to a meal before you ask someone for a favor, right?]

[Young A-Ban: Get lost! I'm dirt poor right now. I'm already being generous by not ripping you off. I'm outta here.]

After typing that sentence with a smile, the conversation between the two parties ended there.

Everyone here is a professional player, so they can't just spend their time chatting aimlessly. JKL has his own team duties to attend to, and I, too, must maintain my daily ranked game volume to keep up with my performance.

Roland silently started the next ranked match, then gulped down the soda he was holding. In the empty training room, the sound of the drink going down his throat was exceptionally clear.

Unlike those hot-blooded young people, Roland, who had lived two lives, knew that in order to keep his job and have the opportunity to make a lot of money and enough to live on for the rest of his life, he had to keep working hard for a moment.

Unlike the protagonists who transmigrate with dreams, Roland's ideas are really simple.

He just wanted to live.

First Encounter: Chapter Two: Listen Up, This is the Supreme Technique for the Support Role

That night.

As always, Roland opened his live stream. At this time, with the S-series just over, there were no matches to play in the LPL and LDL. In addition, his contract with his previous club had expired, so he could only support himself through his live stream salary.

By the end of S9, major streaming platforms were already saturated, and newcomers generally couldn't make a living in the streaming industry. Fortunately, he specialized in support and had a professional career of over a year, which allowed him to find a way to survive in a streaming platform where everyone was a top, mid, bottom, or jungler.

All I can say is that the support role is absolutely fantastic!

【Here it comes!】

[Wow, you're streaming so early today? Huh? Aren't you playing on the Korean server today?]

[I'll take a seat in the front row; the live stream is as quiet as ever today.]

[There's no way around it, that's how the support player's livestream is.]

In the late stages of Season 9, the bot lane ecosystem was completely chaotic. At best, the AD carry would go bot with some weird support; at worst, they'd abandon the AD carry altogether and have two oddball champions go bot lane, doing whatever they wanted.

In this era, there are indeed not many people who are willing to seriously learn how to play the support role to climb the ranks. Even the viewers in Roland's room are just a small number of dedicated fans born from a large base of people.

"Yeah, I'll play on the Chinese server and climb the ranks. The transfer period is coming up soon, and I'm thinking of trying to get high scores on both servers and make some name for myself. Maybe I'll get more invitations during the transfer period." Roland didn't hide anything and spoke very honestly.

These are all long-time viewers, and they all know that there's no need to deliberately hide his achievements in LDL. Roland even hopes that the fans in the room can help him generate buzz, which might even increase the chances of him getting a contract.

"Alright, we can wait for the transfer news. Let's play the game as usual. As always, I won't play support below Diamond rank, and I'll only play support above Diamond rank, except for filling other roles."

He has been saying this in his live streams for two years.

The main issue is the Chinese server, which is a bit unfriendly to support players. These days, AD carries either have dedicated supports to duo queue with, or they simply don't know how to coordinate with supports below Diamond rank. Of course, the most important reason is that the support role is difficult to carry in games below Diamond, which is not conducive to climbing the ranks.

Don't be surprised, no matter the version, the easiest way to climb ranks is always mid-jungle or top-jungle, followed by bot-support bot-bot, and lastly, AD or support solo queue. The process is beyond tragic, it's pure torture.

Fortunately, with his previous experience, Roland's current rank on the Chinese server is Diamond II, so he simply chose to play support as his main character and quickly entered the game.

In this match, both sides' lineups were clearly a bit chaotic.

Blue side (enemy side): Top lane Darius, Jungle Ivern, Mid lane Zed, Bot lane Miss Fortune + Bard

On the red side: top lane Malphite, jungle Evelynn, mid lane Talon, bot lane Varus. Considering the team composition's need for strong engages, Roland picked Leona this game.

There are a lot of these strange and unusual heroes in the Diamond rank. You rarely see heroes like Ivern and Bard below Diamond, but if you do encounter them above Diamond, they are most likely one-trick ponies.

Some skilled players are so famous that you can tell who they are just by looking at their IDs, but some skilled players are just there to climb the ranks, so fewer people know them. In this game, the only ID that was somewhat familiar was the enemy Zed: Shark_MissedUltimateZed.

While Roland was adjusting his runes and casually answering viewers' questions, managers from different clubs almost simultaneously opened their live streams.

The LPL has no shortage of support players.

However, good support players are in dire need of the LPL.

After so many years, the number of well-known supports in the LPL ecosystem can be counted on two hands: RNG's Xiaoming, EDG's Meiko, JDG's LvMao, FPX's SiShao, and SN's SwordArt. Apart from these, it's really hard to hear about any other famous supports in the LPL.

The reason is simple: the support role is just too difficult.

Among the five positions in League of Legends, support is the only one that is easy to learn but difficult to master, involves a lot of miscellaneous tasks, and receives little exposure. In most matches, the MVP award for a support is only awarded in games where the player consistently performs exceptionally well, ganking and initiating team fights without making a single mistake. Otherwise, it's generally not the support's turn to win.

Therefore, Roland's choice was indeed correct; the support role is truly in high demand.

"Is this the strongest background player in the Korean server? The strongest support in LDL?" Inside the TES club, manager Lao Guo looked at the live stream screen in front of him and asked the analyst next to him with some doubt.

Yes, it's him.

Is he very strong?

"So far, he's pretty average, but he does have one advantage: he seems to be able to play any hero."

As the manager of TES, there is a reason why he specifically opened Roland's live stream on a non-working day: to strengthen the team's AD position for the next season.

TES for S10 is already preparing for a large-scale personnel reshuffle. During this transfer period, they have quietly secured jungler Karsa and mid laner Knight. All that is missing now is for the last and biggest fish to take the bait.

This fish was easy to talk to, but he had one condition: he had to bring along this support character named Roland.