You actually want me to...

The most direct feedback Roland received from three consecutive minor version updates was: You didn't even nerf the support role in the bottom lane? This isn't like your style as a designer.

The designers of League of Legends know what I mean.

He doesn't play games. He nerfs whatever is strong in competitions, and he gives a temporary buff to whatever hero gets a new skin. He especially targets champions like the World Championship winner and the MSI champion, keeping a close eye on them.

But now...

Not only did Haro not feel that he was attacked by any heroes (except Hecarim), even he, as a support, felt that everything was calm.

Something's not right, this is very wrong.

"I feel like we might need to look for heroes with styles we don't usually play."

"Huh? Why?" Ha Huang and White Crescent looked at Roland with some confusion. At the beginning of the new season, instead of quickly playing ranked games to practice teamwork and coordination, they went to practice some out-of-meta stuff. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

"I feel something's off about this update. It's like when you go to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. They don't say anything when they take your pulse, but then they suddenly start looking up medical books. That's the feeling I get from the designer."

......

"So, where do you think he'll start?"

"The places that haven't been touched are the places that haven't been touched. I don't think there's a big problem with him making changes to the top lane. It should be the bottom lane and the jungle."

In his previous life, Roland also often staked out Luo Fei's post-match interviews.

One thing in particular impressed him.

When the host asked him why he always felt the team could keep up with the latest version and deliver an excellent result, he replied that it was because he anticipated the designer's moves.

It sounds ridiculous, but it's true.

Similarly, Roland felt that he could learn a thing or two from this. After all, there was plenty of time in the regular season. As long as he exploited weaknesses and didn't lose points, there was still a considerable amount of time to prepare in advance.

As for the opinion on the white crescent moon?

The best thing about White Crescent is that you can discuss anything with him, because he knows he often makes crazy decisions, such as during BP (Ban/Pick) sessions, when he often makes some incomprehensible choices.

As the saying goes, one person is a dog, two people are fate, three people are a curse, four people are mahjong, and five people are a ranking game.

Due to quarantine, the TES team's new lineup can only play five-player ranked games on Korean servers using smurf accounts. They dare not schedule scrims for the time being, to protect the newcomers. In any case, everyone is still figuring out the new version of scrims.

On foreign servers, the top tiers of various ranked games in version 11.12 have already been released.

On the road: Monkey King's kidney leads the wave.

Jungle: Xin Zhao, Kha'Zix, and Shaco – an ingenious combination

Mid lane: Basically unchanged

Bottom Lane: EZ, Jhin, and Vayne are making a comeback. Especially due to the strength of Divine Separator, EZ has returned to the top tier. Suddenly, all kinds of EZ masters have appeared in the Chinese server, and they have climbed up the ranks by taking advantage of this buff.

That's understandable, actually.

The end of the road for solo queue AD carries is none other than the Ezreal pro player.

As for the support role, it's still a chaotic mess, except for Senna, who stands out from the crowd.

With the new members in the team, TES's new team is climbing the ranks relatively smoothly. After all, Da Huang and A Le are top laners with similar styles in a sense, and their champion pools are not that different. In fact, they can be counted on one hand.

What can we do?

As the saying goes, the rich are like Rheinmetall, and the poor are like Laiyang Steel Pipe.

We have our limits, whether we're rich or poor. Let's just make do for now.

However, Huang is not without its merits. At least Roland and White Crescent discovered that this guy is actually a top laner who can play by himself. If you help him, he doesn't perform very well.

That's so nice.

Just use the same tactics as when Flandre was still around: let the top lane dominate, and let the mid and bot lanes carry, so that the Sailors duo can start to live up to their price tag again. Roland actually likes this style of play.

Anyway, that's just his feeling.

These two guys will act up whenever they don't play heroes that require skill, but they can play very steadily in team fights when they do play heroes that require skill. They're like the "flip-flies" who can't stand being messed around and just go for it!

"Ugh, this is so boring. Why do I have to sit in a hotel even though I won the championship?" After winning another ranked game, JKL slumped onto the table in front of his computer and started complaining impatiently.

This natural disaster requires a 14-day quarantine.

What does fourteen days mean?

It's a concept that can make even non-homebodies question their existence during their holidays.

"Hey, what a pity. I felt like I was really lucky. If I could get out, I would at least go to the lottery shop and buy myself a scratch-off ticket. I even felt like I could find money on the street."

"You're overthinking it." Roland was also feeling a bit stifled. As a fitness enthusiast, there weren't many machines in the room for him to work out, and his muscles were starting to give him warning signs. "Besides, never pick up money you see on the street; it could be money to buy your life."

"Huh? You've been watching too many horror movies, haven't you?"

"Seriously, last time I found a 100-yuan note on the street. Although it was returned to me after I handed it in, I wasted a whole day at an internet cafe because of that 100-yuan note. Looking back now, finding money is really terrifying."

The remaining four members of TES: ? ? ?

Precipitation: Chapter Four: The Fastest Way to Become One

As time went on, TES finally officially announced the existence of their new top laner, Wayward. Of course, due to the suddenness of the event, it was obvious to most netizens that he was just a temporary replacement, and they began to have some reservations about TES's performance in the Summer Split.

clam?

You mean there's still that small group of people who have high hopes?

TES has already changed three top laners in the past year or so, so everyone is used to it.

Top laner 369 was traded to LNG for Flandre, which is equivalent to a multi-million dollar deal.

Top laner Flandre was bought by EDG for over ten million.

Top laner Ale was bought by LGD for 1200 million.

TES has practically earned the reputation of being the "Whampoa Military Academy" of top laners. As the saying goes, anything produced by Top Esports is bound to be of high quality. After learning that Wayward had become TES's new top laner, people from other teams even started making overt and covert contact with him, pretending to be casual acquaintances.

Even if I don't buy now, it might be suitable in six months. Anyway, I'll just wait and see; it won't cost me much.

Unlike outsiders, Wayward is practically being taught a lesson by Roland in TES's own team. Roland, a veteran support/top laner who is also a shot-caller, makes it incredibly easy for him to boss Wayward around.

If you play the skillful maneuvers, I'll play the same game of calling for backup.

If you try to call for backup, I'll play a similar game of shifting my center of gravity.

You play a game of shifting your center of gravity, and I'll use my own skills to completely destroy your online game.

Anyway... he did whatever was most disgusting, truly using his support abilities to completely dominate top laner Wayward.

"Brother, you're such a great top laner, do you have any top lane martial arts techniques you can teach me? Like the Tathagata Palm from Kung Fu." As the saying goes, to get rich, build roads first; to take off, bow your head first. As a rookie top laner, Wayward is much more quick-witted than Ah Le.

How does Xiaohu manage to play top lane so comfortably?

It's because he used the time other top laners spent training to treat his teammates to meals.

But what if he has no money and still wants to replicate it?

It's simple: he acts like a dog for the big shots in the team, calling them "Big Brother" one after another. Being sweet-talking has its advantages! In just over a week, Wayward has successfully become one of the other four members of TES thanks to his unique emotional intelligence.

"A peerless secret manual! I have an authentic copy of 'The Plum in the Silver Vase' here, do you want it?"

......

Are there any others?

"Yes, there are, the Plain Girl Classic, the Carnal Prayer Mat, Peng Zu's Female Arts, and the Romance of the Western Chamber, but for various reasons they are all pirated. How about these?"

"??????"

The LPL Summer Split has now begun.

Because TES needed to be quarantined to participate in MSI, they did not have any matches in the first week. They only had matches scheduled in the second week. However, the appearances of the rookies in the various matches during the first week still gave TES quite a shock.

The morale is too high.

Perhaps because everyone knows that the summer tournament is crucial for qualifying for the World Championship, the teams have been extremely ruthless in their quest for points. Among them, LGD, which has garnered the most attention, has unilaterally crushed RA thanks to the amazing chemistry between their mid and jungle players, gradually taking the shape of a super team.

"See this? This is your senior."

To be fair, Ale did experience the baptism of the World Championship. Although strictly speaking, there weren't many teams from other regions at MSI, they did have many scrims with teams from other regions before playing MSI.

If you haven't experienced it, that's fine.

After experiencing it, Ah Le's whole demeanor changed significantly.

While he didn't pull off any spectacular plays in the first game, his performance was still commendable. As for Wayward's feelings... well, what else could he possibly feel?

At this point, the newcomers felt that Ah Le was practically their second father!

Really.

If he hadn't left, Wayward would never have had the chance to become a key top laner. If they actually met in person, Wayward might even have to thank him in his heart.

"So? Are you confident you can beat him?"

"Huh? So fast?"

Da Huang looked at Roland with a bit of a daze. Although he didn't think he was inferior to anyone before he went to the front line, after Roland's various reprimands over the past two weeks, he clearly no longer dared to be so indulgent.

"Don't be afraid of anything. Listen to me. From now on, if you're facing an enemy you haven't laned against before, they're just a noob."

"???"

Although Roland was a little disappointed that his three-step protagonist development strategy hadn't been able to fully develop Ale, it didn't matter. He could simply launch a new method for developing top laners. Moreover, in terms of Wayward's playstyle, he was actually more suited to his own approach.

Because he was shameless enough, you could indeed sense a faint, sleazy, and greasy aura about him.

At least.

Roland felt that Da Huang truly inherited Roland's love for using memes.

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a few days later.

Just two days before the official start of the TES Summer Split, the TES team finally returned to their club after overcoming numerous difficulties. Thinking back on their nearly two-week confinement in the hotel, Roland and his team almost cried.

That's why their base is in Edinburgh; if it were in Chongqing...

The first floor is directly below the eighteenth floor; you have no idea whether you're in hotel quarantine or atoning for your sins in hell.

"What a pity, the competition started right after I got back, so I didn't get a chance to go out and see all the beautiful ladies in summer." Ha Huang sighed with some regret. June is the perfect season to see all those long, white legs, it's such a shame not to go out.