There was still some time before the champion's skin was officially released on the major servers. Now, Fist released a promotional video.
Unlike in the past, Fist had specially used the 3D perspective recording technology that was originally used to produce the highlights of the competition.
This technology had an advantage. The perspective could be switched at will, making it easier for players to see the details.
Lin Yan turned on the live broadcast again. He had suddenly gone offline because of Jack's stomachache, but there were still many viewers in the live broadcast room.
"Brothers, the champion's skin is out," Lin Yan said with a smile while holding the phone. "Let me see how the promotional video is."
The audience's reaction was particularly enthusiastic.
[Oh, there's really big news about sleeping late?]
[Brothers, Against the Heavens has been updated!]
Lin Yan opened the promotional video and put it on the full screen while he put on his headphones to watch.
The logo of the fist company appeared first, and then the screen went black for a short while.
Then, in a corner of the grass, Hammer Stone with a black and red background appeared. He waved a chain of the same color and hooked the opponent to cast an R + E skill!
A deep black prison surrounded him, and the Pendulum of Misfortune swung back violently. From the rectangular trajectory of the chain, the shape of a black dragon could be faintly seen!
A very textured lantern was thrown back, and YM's black and red fragmented icon could be clearly seen in the lantern.
A bearded man with a flying axe in his hand laughed as he picked up the lantern and rushed to the side of his companion, Hammer Stone.
Draven made a dazzling appearance!
The flying axe chopped out, and the axe's landing point was the YM team logo. When Draven caught the axe, the team logo's red color glowed slightly.
Next, Draven's kill triggered the passive effect, and the one who was persecuted was still the unchanging Katarina.
Draven chopped out with two axes, waving the big move [Cold Blood Pursuit]. The two black axes opened up a path, and after leaving Draven's body, they turned into two huge black dragons and rushed into the distance!
When the last axe killed Carter, there was a sudden burst of enthusiastic cheers around Draven!
Xiao Tian had turned off his computer, but he felt that the screen was too small to watch the video on his phone, so he simply moved closer to Lin Yan. He was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Draven's passive effect was so mediocre.
"This kill effect is a little perfunctory."
"No, no." Lin Yan noticed the difference between his earphones and normal skin. He gave one to Xiao Tian. "Listen carefully."
Phyllostachys Pubescens put on his headphones with a suspicious look on his face. Lin Yan replayed it, and Xiao Tian heard it.
The champion skin, Draven, was different from the passive kill effect of the previous skins. This time, the cheers around him could be distinguished as an ID.
Jackeylove。
"I'm so sour …" Xiao Tian couldn't hold it in any longer. Lin Yan also gulped down tons of ice water.
He and Lin Yan were not the only ones who were jealous. Countless viewers in the live broadcast room were also jealous.
[This Draven is too handsome.]
[Jealousy separates me!]
How many people could resist the temptation of playing with their own skins and getting killed while the surrounding virtual spectators were cheering for their ID?
Jin Gong, the Prophet, Lin Weixiang, and Liu Qingsong also moved their chairs over. The five of them gathered behind Lin Yan and stared intently at the computer screen.
The scene of the duo in the bottom lane ended. The 3D animation used the bushes in the canyon map as a transition.
The bald monk with red eyes and dressed in black was moving his body in the middle of the river. Suddenly, he threw a Heaven's Sound Wave at Katerina.
"Amazing, this is too amazing!" Lin Weixiang couldn't help but shout.
The Heaven's Sound Wave on the screen was no longer an ordinary milky white energy, but a black dragon. Blind Monk then triggered an echo kick and turned into a dragon in the air!
The chat instantly reached a climax.
【？？？
Isn't this better than Dragon Blind's Five without any special effects?]
[Fake Dragon Blind VS Real Dragon Blind. jpg]
[You still want to beat Dragon Blind? Just buy Phyllostachys Pubescens skin and be done with it!]
[Handsome, handsome, handsome!
Much better than that Blind Monk Dumb Chicken's skin!]
The Blind Monk on the screen sent Carter flying with a kick. The scene panned again. A valiant woman with short black hair wearing a dark red robe with cloud patterns rushed out with a western sword.
When she stabbed at Carter's weakness, a red light rose from the western sword. W [Laurent's Heart's Eye Blade] was cast. A black dragon spurted out from the tip of the sword and lingered in the rectangular stabbing range.
The ultimate [Unparalleled Challenge] was cast on Carter. Kenji moved sideways and pierced through all of Carter's weaknesses with four swords. A healing circle with Carter as the center appeared, and the YM icon in the center was clearly visible.
"Are all the champion skins T3?
The special effects are not bad. "Liu Qingsong, who didn't win the championship, was very envious.
Fist divided the various skins into seven levels, T1-T7. There were four T1 skins: Future Warrior EZ, DJ Zither Girl, Soul Walker Udyr, and the newly released Great Elementalist Lux. Their characteristics were the growth system and model switching.
The T2 level was led by Oil Lord. The Galactic Magic Machine God Rambo and Slam Dunk Expert Nolan were representatives. Their characteristics were all skills, unique voice, and new special effects such as dancing and returning to the city.
Further down was the T3 level where the champion skins were. They changed part of the voice, special effects, and movements.
It was no exaggeration to say that YM's champion skin was currently ranked among the top of the T3 level.
After Kenji ended, the screen went black for a brief moment.
Lin Yan was wearing headphones, and the sound of the video was transmitted to his ears.
The flames were burning.
Accompanied by the sound of burning, a pair of scarlet eyes opened in the darkness.
Two ancient relic holy spears suddenly fell to the ground, and then a black man in a black shirt and black pants slowly appeared from the darkness.
To be honest, if it weren't for his scarlet eyes, Lin Yan wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the person and the night.
Lucian squatted down and picked up the two guns. The blood in his hands dyed the muzzles red. Two gunshots rang out, and the screen went black again.
This was a very short CG animation, but it also represented Fist's sincerity. In the past, the champion skins had not been produced in order to reduce costs.
Lucian held the two guns that had turned red, and wantonly poured bullets in front of him.
The bullets hit Katerina's body. Skill E's sliding movement was quite smooth. When Lucian made the sliding movement, there was a trace of dark red flame behind him.
What was more outstanding was the special effects of the big move.
Lucian rose slightly into the air, and a black dragon faintly appeared behind him. The dragon and the man both had particularly eye-catching scarlet eyes. Countless light bullets poured down along with Lucian's roar!
"So cool." Lin Weixiang's eyes were full of envy.
"It's pretty good." Lin Yan hadn't tried it yet, but watching the demonstration, he felt that Lucian's hands were very good.
Due to the existence of the passive mechanism, Lucian's skin was more sensitive to the touch than ordinary heroes. Now, the most common skin used by players was the Source Plan skin, but Lin Yan always felt that it was too light and too brittle. The texture of this champion's skin was not bad.
After Lucian's demonstration, the five heroes of YM's champion skin stood in a row and showed the return to the city special effect.
The players' respective signatures appeared on the ground. This was a new thing that Fist had created this year. It firmly connected the skin to the players, and it was more symbolic.
These return to the city actions were collected by Fist when they came to YM's base from China. Now it seemed that they were basically in line with the players' own ideas.
Kenji put away the western sword, and a human-shaped illusory shadow appeared beside her. She stretched out her right hand and grabbed the illusory shadow's neck, and madly swung its body around. Obviously, it was based on Jin Gong's unique choke.
Blind Monk rose into the air, did a Thomas Circle in the air, and then did Bruce Lee's signature provocation move. Xiao Tian finally did a move similar to the Kamehameha, and Fist also adopted it.
Lucian crossed his hands in front of him, and the two guns spat out flames, sweeping the Summoner's Trophy in front of him.
But all the bullets missed. Then he impatiently threw one of the guns on the ground, held the other gun, and imitated the shooting position in the Olympics, and finally succeeded in hitting the champion's trophy.
Before returning to the city, Lucian took out a can of Coke from his pocket. The moment he opened the can, the sound of gas gushed out. Lucian, who drank the happy drink, happily went back to soak in the spring water.
This was a move specially requested by Lin Yan.
Su Cheng made him quit Coke in real life, and Lin Yan had to entrust this happiness to his champion's skin.
But there was one thing that was not good.
The drink brand did not indicate that it was Coca-Cola, and Lin Yan never drank Pepsi.
Next was the performance of the bottom lane duo.
Draven put the axe behind his back, welcomed the cheers of the audience, and then stretched out his right hand.
Hammer Stone stood in place and waved the chain and the lantern twice, and then put it away, and also stretched out his right hand.
When returning to the city, there was a shadow in front of them, and it stretched out its right hand and made a high-five with them.
From the outline, it could be seen that when Hammer Stone returned to the city, the shadow in front of him was Draven, and when Draven returned to the city, the shadow in front of him was Hammer Stone.
"Xiao Ming and Jack's return to the city is really awkward." Xiao Tian smiled, and there was a bit of bitterness in his smile.
He decided that if he could win the championship again this year, he would have to cooperate with Lin Yan to do a wave of celebration.
[Hammer Stone and Draven's return to the city special effect is really love. Good gay friends are a must for a duo in the bottom lane.]
[Why is it good gay friends and not good girlfriends?
I'm so angry that I'm shaking … I forgot the last part.]
[Beauties, Mingshui is actually real!
This couple has been locked, and I've swallowed the key!]
While the bullet screen was in a frenzy of discussion, the five heroes returned to the spring, and at the same time, inserted an accessory eye into the ground.
The guard's eye relaxed.
It landed in the shape of a flag of command.
After the eye disappeared, a cannon's corpse jumped out from the flag of command.
[Hahahahaha, this accessory eye is killing me!]
[Let's be honest, I'm definitely buying this accessory eye!]
The players in YM's training room were also laughing along with the bullet screen.
It had to be said that the mentality of SKT with fists was good.
"This is a tribute to YM's winning performance in the 2016 Global Finals."
This was the last sentence of the video.
Lin Yan cut out to see the reaction of the bullet screen.
[The skin effects are not bad, Draven's and Lucian's look quite cool.]
[I think they're not bad, much better than the previous years. If it's not expensive, I'll buy a few sets.]
[Kenji's must buy, the hero of the old top laners. I must support this skin, the rest will depend on the feel of it.]
[Even a blind person would buy it. Once this skin is out, what's the point of Dragon Blind?
Is Dragon Blind trying to disgust everyone?
You didn't expect it, right? YM's Dragon Blind's special effects are so cool, let's see how those fake skins will survive!]
Most of the comments were positive.
"How much does this skin cost?" Lin Yan opened his mouth and asked.
"I'll draw 100 sets from the live stream. You just need to bring the fan card in the room to draw." Lin Yan was quite happy today, and might as well spend some money.
[Buy, buy, buy!]
[I'll definitely support LPL's first champion. One set for each account, just rush in and be done with it!]
The concept video of YM's champion skin released in the wee hours of the morning went viral on the Internet. Many netizens who stayed up late to cultivate immortality and other updates pushed the topic to the top three trending searches on Weibo.
YM's operations staff on duty were supposed to post on Weibo to promote the champion's skin, but no one expected Jack to suddenly have a stomachache. At that moment, they were accompanying Guo Hao in the hospital.
Editing on the phone was a little troublesome, so White Crescent personally did it.
She copied the script sent by the operations staff, then added some tone words such as "ni" and "la", and posted a nine-square grid. Her speed was fast, and it was obvious that she was a veteran.
"You know how to do this?" Lin Yan and his teammates stood at the side and watched White Crescent's operation, stunned.
"Heh …" White Crescent Moon flashed a disdainful smile like an otherworldly expert. "Us older coaches all have our own unique skills."
He typed on Teng Jing's official Weibo while chatting with his teammates.
"Some coaches are good at closing doors; some coaches are part-time gourmets. They know which takeout restaurants near the base are good, and their ordering skills are very good …"
"You just don't know how to do BP, right?" Lin Weixiang's comment was shocking.
White Crescent was speechless.
At that time, the LPL coaching circle was very messy. Any kind of person could become a coach through the back door. Their professionalism was very poor, and they could not even analyze a version. As a result, they were completely defeated by the Korean coaches in the international competition.
He was slightly annoyed. "Lin Weixiang, you still have to play next week. Do you want to win?"
"Yes, yes, yes, don't target me!" Lin Weixiang finally realized what it meant for Jack to be hospitalized.
He had a chance.
At that moment, Lin Weixiang imagined the palace drama in Zhen Huan. He felt that he could take advantage of the situation to occupy Jack's backyard.
He smiled foolishly as he thought about it.
The next morning, Lin Yan, who had stayed up late, rubbed his waist and dragged his tired body out of bed.
Unfortunately, after staying up all night, his body immediately reacted. Lin Yan jogged around the base twice and came back to take a shower. His teammates got out of bed one after another.
It was a rest day, and they planned to visit Jack in the hospital first.
They pooled some money and bought flowers and fruit baskets outside the hospital.
"Oh my, isn't this the S6 champion AD? How did you end up like this?" Xiao Tian opened the door and said in a very annoying tone.
Jack's complexion looked much better than last night. He grabbed an apple from the bedside table and threw it at him. "Get out of here!"
"Big Head's son, look what we brought you." Lin Yan showed him a bottle of Wahaha AD calcium milk. "All ADCs like to drink this. It's good for calcium."
Guo Hao sat on the side with his legs crossed and peeled an apple.
Lin Weixiang went up and grabbed Jack's hand, looking at him with deep affection.
Jack was at a loss. He looked at Lin Weixiang's big eyebrows and did not know what to say.
Lin Weixiang was moved to tears. "It's all because of you that I can play. How can I thank you …"
Jack was so angry that he almost flipped the table like Wings of Death.
The champion's skin brought a lot of discussion. The LOL section of Tieba, Bilibili, Hupu, NGA, and other social media were all discussing the details of the skin.
For a time, the video of YM winning the championship on Bilibili was also trending. Many players looked at the champion's skin and looked back at the United States four months ago, reliving the legendary team's journey to the championship.
Next Friday, YM's group round-robin would begin.
Group B was currently led by RNG, who also had a five-game winning streak. They were on the rise and wanted to challenge YM's dominance.
EDG's situation was not optimistic. After Pawn and Deft left the team, Ghost Footer's Seven Mingkai also took a leave of absence.
To a certain extent, there was pressure from public opinion. After all, Blind Monk's clumsy performance in S6 was a little exaggerated.
However, the more important issue was the version.
In this version, Blind Monk, Spider-Poodle, and Factory Director's proficiency level were not high. The only one that could be brought out was Mantis.
Due to his poor performance in a few practice matches, Abu put him on the bench and let Loli Love play jungler.
However, in this way, EDG's backbone was gone. They had suffered three losses in the first round of the group stage. It was obvious that they had not recovered their form.
It was worth mentioning that after OMG decided to use Icon and Old Scoundrel Sima as the core of the lineup, they quickly changed their playstyle.
Many viewers did not expect VG, who had gathered the champions of S5 SKT, to not win a single match in the first round of the group stage. They had actually plunged into the abyss of the relegation zone. It was really shocking.
On Thursday night, YM announced the starting lineup for the next day.
[YM's Starting Lineup for March 2nd Match Announcement]
"As the starting ADC player, JackeyLove, is unable to start tomorrow's match due to his physical condition, the team's substitute ADC player, LWX, will start tomorrow. Player JackeyLove's body is fine. According to the doctor's advice, he needs to rest for two days. Please rest assured."
"The starting lineup for tomorrow's match is: Gimgoon, Tian, Ran, LWX, Pinus."
As soon as the starting lineup was announced, the comments under the official Weibo account immediately followed.
Many fans were asking about Jack's physical condition. There were also some who were worried.
For tomorrow's starting lineup, not only was Jack absent, but the Prophet was absent as well.
Although many fans looked down on the Prophet, in the first round of the group stage, the bottom lane formed with Jack was not suppressed by much. Other than getting lost in the middle lane, the rest was considered average.
At least they had not lost. This made YM's fans very satisfied.
However, what the hell were LWX and Pinus?
A duo that could relegate a team in the bottom lane. Next up, they would be facing the League's other top bottom lane duo, Ouze and Ming!
Wouldn't they explode in 10 minutes?
During this winter's transfer period, RNG relied on the formula of Quan Hua Class + Ouze to attract a lot of fans. Although they could not be compared to YM, who had won the championship, the number of fans they had left behind the other teams by a large margin.
RNG's fans were overjoyed when they found out about YM's starting lineup. The scales of victory were already tilted towards them before the match. This was a free win.