You actually want me to...

"No way, Knight, you're the Golden Left Hand, are you afraid you can't suppress this mid-lane noob?" Seeing that Knight wasn't falling for it, Roland started feeding him.

"I am an honest man, I can't control myself. Why don't you find someone with a fiery temper to try?"

"No need, anger is easy to deal with. Wait for me to write you a secret plan."

Roland had previously shared a prescription with his teammates (I forget which chapter it was). Although the prescription looked complicated and numerous, anyone who had studied the formula of Liuwei Dihuang Wan would find that the ingredients of the prescription and the medicine were almost identical. After finding a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to figure out whether you have kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency, it would actually be cheaper to just take that stuff.

but...

It is precisely because there are so many medicinal materials that they interfere with each other, which leads to the medicine being slightly less effective.

But don't worry, Roland has a second prescription.

【Please take notes!】: 45 grams each of wolfberry, dodder seed soaked in wine, psoralea corylifolia in salt water, and epimedium. Dry them, grind them into powder, and take 3-9 grams once a day with warm salt water before bed. To maximize the effect, it is best to take this prescription to a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to confirm where you are deficient and then adjust the prescription accordingly to make it tailored to your needs.

If you have enough time, you can also add the following actions.

Press the six acupoints Yongquan, Guanyuan, Shenshu, Sanyinjiao, Mingmen, and Taixi every day. If you can't find the trick, you can go to a massage parlor or foot bath shop on the street. For a few dozen yuan, you can feel relaxed all over. If you accidentally go astray and end up in one that costs several hundred yuan... well, all I can say is be careful, in every sense of the word (doge).

If it is necessary to replenish combat strength immediately.

Eat raw oysters directly. Oysters contain a lot of zinc, and the zinc reacts very quickly. Of course, don't forget the zinc gluconate tablets mentioned earlier.

a few days later.

When TES returned to the venue, it was already packed with fans from both teams.

It is worth mentioning that.

FPX is a very magical team. Unlike IG in S8, which won the first championship of LPL, or EDG in S11, which is a team with a long history and a championship staircase, FPX is a team that won the championship in S9. They did not face any Korean teams from the quarterfinals onwards. They were blessed with good luck.

In the quarterfinals against FNC, the semifinals against IG, and the finals against G2, they didn't even face a single Korean team in the three rounds of best-of-five series before winning the championship. From any perspective, this team's fan base should be far smaller than that of IG and EDG, and probably even smaller than that of RNG.

But... it turns out everyone was wrong.

It wasn't until the S11 World Championship knockout stage, when FPX started making all sorts of mistakes and lost to everyone they faced, that the FPX fans finally made the fans of other LPL teams realize that this team actually had such a large fan base.

Moreover, its composition is extremely complex.

Because they are not team fans, but a combination of fans of individual players: Gongzi's "music fans", Xiaotian's championship fans, the bot lane duo's CP fans, and Doinb's live stream entertainers.

And that doesn't even include the hermaphrodite community and a few K-pop fans.

That's pretty outrageous.

Now, two of the league's top teams are clashing in the winners' bracket. In the world of esports, this is at least as exciting as the Mid-Autumn Festival, if not as exciting as the Lunar New Year.

"Seeing so many fans at the scene, netizens have misled me."

After glancing at the scene and seeing that the proportion of female audience members was quite large, Da Huang instantly felt envious.

Very meow.

Previously, one or two people told him that women would only affect the speed of men's operation, and that no women played this game. But when it came to the official competition, he looked around and saw how many girls were sitting in the first five rows. Were they messing with him?

"That's normal. As a male otaku, even if you go to an engineering college with a 9:1 male-to-female ratio, there will still be more girls than boys on the street. And even if there are more girls, it doesn't really matter to you. Black Rose has so many girls, have you forgotten what you said when you met them?"

"What did I say?"

"You immediately started cursing and calling others 'rank-boosting bitches,' which ruined all the points you had worked so hard to earn throughout the day."

"..."

The difference between reality and illusion is often so cruel. Was it because you weren't given a chance? No, it's because you never even considered developing your career.

Just like the hackers from a certain country recently, they seem to be fully armed and have a lot of pressure, giving people room to imagine themselves as hacker masters in movies, but what is the reality?

Fake hacker: A screen filled with constantly flashing green code, wearing a large hood and mask. Fingers rapidly typing on the keyboard.

A true hacker: a pot of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and a day spent sitting at their computer.

That's the difference.

Final Chapter: Chapter Twenty: A Constant Warning!

Here we go!

[Group photo of the winners' bracket final. By the way, did everyone get a resurrection item today?]

[Whoever loses goes off to play against EDG; these three guys are vying for first place.]

Honestly, compared to LGD's signings, EDG has really hit the jackpot.

Before the start of the Summer Split, LGD spent a huge sum of money to bring in a number of well-known players, including Ale, the third-generation top laner who came from TES. At the beginning of the season, they seemed quite competitive. However...

The more they played, the more serious their team's weaknesses became.

With their top lane being too reckless and their bottom lane unable to compete, and their mid and jungle being one incompetent in domestic matches and the other unable to speak the language, they were thoroughly outmaneuvered by various teams before the playoffs. Compared to their exorbitantly priced roster, EDG's big-money acquisition of Flandre was much more cost-effective.

As the team gels, EDG's strength is visibly improving.

Ultimately, today was still TES and FPX's home turf, and after a short period of equipment adjustments, they quickly returned to the draft phase of the match.

It is worth mentioning that.

As the League of Legends league has developed over the years, the draft phase has become increasingly important in determining the outcome of matches. Gradually, there's a trend of game designers acting as quizzes, testing the coaches and analysts of various clubs on how to play the game.

Seriously, if you don't believe me, compare it to the first day of the 2022 college entrance examination, and you'll see how ruthless these people are.

In the morning: The teacher's skill level, whether mediocre or masterful, leaves students at a loss for where to begin.

Afternoon: You can't even make a decent move, yet you want to make a brilliant one? You'll only make a mediocre move, you're useless!

Summary: A brilliant move by the test setter.

A series of combined punches left a large number of students completely stunned, almost to the point of causing everyone who heard about it to feel sad and others to weep. The same was true on the field. In the playoffs, the key heroes changed in every BO5 game, and no one could figure out which ones were the final version answers.

Soon, a round of bans:

TES: Blademaster, Aphelios, Irelia

FPX: Ziggs, Xin Zhao, Gragas

It's obvious that the Ziggs system, which has opponents on both sides, is somewhat apprehensive. Judging from the draft, FPX seems to be sticking to their previous strategy of focusing on the top, mid, and jungle while letting the bot lane play independently.

One round of PICK:

TES: Lee Sin (first pick), Diana Yasuo

FPX: Jayce, Varus (first and second picks), Ryze

Lee Sin is strong in small-scale team fights in the early game. Since the decision was made to focus on the top, mid and jungle to gank the opponent, it was logical to pick Lee Sin to withstand pressure, control the lane and wait for ganks, while letting the opponent's Jayce push the lane and let the jungler do his thing. The key was this Diana Yasuo pick, which really caught FPX off guard.

In the early stages of the LOL Summer Split regular season, LNG was the first to use this Conbo strategy on the field. During the playoffs, this unconventional strategy also appeared once or twice in the quarterfinals and semifinals, after all, Diana's skills have been buffed in the current version.

But... they'd never heard of Harvey playing Diana.

"They really hid it well."

Doinb was completely dumbfounded. He had planned to amaze everyone with a Garlic Man pick, but instead, the opponent picked Yasuo, leaving him completely lost in the mid lane pick position. In this version, the mid laners that Wukong can pick are: Twisted Fate will be easily killed, Sylas lacks an ultimate in lane, Irelia is banned, and his proficiency with LeBlanc and Syndra is not good. He does have some mid-lane fighters and Rumble, but none of them seem suitable right now.

Since that's the case, let's just copy the previous answer: Armor Penetration Ryze [Doinb Limited Edition] - You deserve it.

Second round of bans: Olaf, Sett, Draven, and Kalista are all banned.

FPX secured the fourth pick, Volibear.

They are gambling.

Your jungler suddenly revealing Diana is probably the ultimate change. You've already shown such a big trump card. So next, you'll probably coordinate with the top, mid, and jungle to aggressively fight in the early and mid-game, or the bot lane will play cautiously and act as a support.

Since that's the case, let's just ban Draven and Kalista, those two early-game champions.

FPX admitted that they couldn't withstand TES's all-out offensive style.

"You still have some deterrent power, Jack." Seeing how thoroughly the other side had cowered, Roland couldn't help but laugh.

"That's true, what do you say about this one?"

"Keep with EZ, Jayce and Varus, Kai'Sa is a little slow."

The opposing team is clearly forcing you to pick Ezreal, making your lineup almost entirely focused on early and mid-game offensive pressure. TES simply went along with it, saying, "You give it to me, I'll take it. The only difference is what support you pick last."

Clearly, the fifth pick, the support/conter position, was an option FPX used to counter him.

but...

Aren't you being a bit too presumptuous?

With the fourth and fifth picks in a row, Roland pulled out a hero he hadn't played in almost a year—Bard—just in time.

The scene exploded!

Holy crap, there's such a thing?!

When was the last time the King of the Board used Bard? What about the data team?

[Here it comes! The annals of justice record: Back in July, a player on the Chinese server pulled out a Bard with a Trinity Force, Scythe of Vyse, and Wit's End in a high-stakes ARAM match, achieving a 3/9 score. A stark warning!]

[LOL, AD Bard, huh?]

Judging from the entertainment value, Bard's performance during the draft phase wasn't as entertaining as that of the other support players.

But what if you include the E skill and the ultimate?

That Bud could easily be considered a top-tier actor; most of the time, he's just there to sabotage his teammates.

Looking at this ridiculous pick, FPX thought for a moment and finally decided to give the fifth player a Leona pick so they could coordinate with their jungler to tower dive in the side lanes.

From this point on:

TES: Top lane Lee Sin, Jungle Diana, Mid lane Yasuo, Bot lane Ezreal + Bard

FPX: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Volibear, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Varus + Leona

The lineups are set, the match begins.

At the start of the game, Bard players must face a choice.

You now have three paths before you:

The first option is to invest in the top lane. At level 1, learn W and go to the tower to place three cups of coffee. The cost is that you will lose minions, and the AD will be blocked from farming by the enemy. The top lane is great, but the bottom lane is ruined.

The second option is to invest in the mid lane, place two cups of tea in the mid lane, or directly learn the E skill at level one and go up to wait for the minions to come online, then flank and attack the enemy, reduce their health, and then quickly return to the bottom lane using the E skill.

The third option is to honestly learn the Q skill and return to the bot lane as a useless AD carry.