YM's first opponent in the second round of the round-robin was still IG.
As the Spring Season progressed, IG's condition became better and better. They won five consecutive matches in the round-robin and only lost to RNG in Group B.
Kid's Wandering God still couldn't change his fear of dogs when facing Ouze. He didn't even have the courage to switch health with Ouze in the lane and was beaten up the whole time.
In addition, there was a gap between support Bao Lan and the current Xiao Ming. In the first game, they were directly pierced through by RNG's bottom lane and took a blood tower in 11 minutes.
As the bottom lane's tower was taken too early, The Shy also didn't develop well after changing lanes.
It was just that Broiler suffered. In order to ensure the development of his teammates, he gave up his minions and controlled Sindra to crazily lead the tempo in the middle of the game, hoping to use this method to make up for his economy.
At 15 minutes, he dealt 140 damage. At 20 minutes, the data panel showed that he only dealt 160 damage.
In other words, Broiler dealt a total of 20 minions in five minutes.
The rest of the minions were all eaten by Kid's Wandering God. He relied on grabbing opportunities to kill two people and barely maintained his development.
The team's core Broiler was like an old ox, working hard without complaint. However, it was still useless. He couldn't carry Kid's Wandering God at all.
Ouze's Azreal, with a 23-minute triple-skill combo, Magic Cutter, Blade of the Broken King, and CD Shoes in hand, directly turned into a big demon king and crazily attacked.
Xiao Ming's Lulu gave out big moves and shields, and IG's backline melted directly!
The early part of the second game was the same. Sitting in the team's lounge, Hanyi watched his own bottom lane get destroyed by UZI and Xiao Ming. He felt bitter in his heart.
Hanyi couldn't help but miss Jack from last year. At that time, although he and Xiao Ming were young and immature, they didn't get destroyed by Ouze directly. In the middle of the team battle, they were a little impatient and their teammates could catch up in time.
But now, Kid's Wandering God and Bao Lan were obviously not good. Their normal performance was at the level of a pair in the league. Once they met a strong opponent, the bottom lane duo couldn't carry the game. It was good enough that they didn't drag the team down.
…
Under these circumstances, YM and IG met again.
Lin Yan knew that as long as he tied Broiler in the middle, he would win.
He didn't care about teamwork either. He just picked the right hero and didn't let Broiler push the lane to support his teammates.
Xiao Tian was still one step ahead of Ning in terms of rhythm. The latter was still too inexperienced. He had only played in LPL for half a year and was no match for Phyllostachys Pubescens.
Two gank's and one teleport's four packs of 2s. Child's Wandering God's first blood tower was destroyed once again, and YM once again found their familiar attacking rhythm.
They spread out their surveillance and didn't give Broiler the chance to steal people to make up for his financial losses.
Broiler watched helplessly as his own towers were destroyed one by one. YM's vision made it difficult for him to find an opportunity to attack.
In the middle of IG, he was ambushed by YM's vision advantage. He was dealt a 1v4 and slowly died.
Ning was also beaten into a sieve in the second game against Xiao Tian. Spider was sleepwalking the entire game. He wanted to trick Lin Yan, so he bought a True Eye and placed it in the bushes in the middle lane. He squatted there for a minute.
Yes, a minute.
The entire audience watched as Ning wandered in the bushes. In IG, the first tower was destroyed by Xiao Tian and Lin Yan. The second Wind Dragon was also taken by YM …
Ning was still squatting there. Lin Yan obviously didn't have any intention of exploring the bushes!
The audience roared with laughter. Many YM fans were overjoyed.
The commentator didn't know what to do.
He blamed the director in his heart.
Can't you be more sensible?
What do you mean by focusing the camera on Ning?
What do you want me to say?
Say that he's sleepwalking?
He didn't have enough face as a commentator. If it were someone like Mille Doll, he would have the right to say something like that. He could only try his best to smooth things over.
The top graduate from NTU's Finance Department reacted quickly. He looked at Su Xiaoyan beside him and immediately spoke.
"Ning … he's playing a big game of chess!"
Su Xiaoyan immediately followed. "He's strategizing. He's waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a fated person!"
[Squatting for a minute in a professional game. You're really something. Even a bronze player wouldn't dare to play like that.]
[What the f * ck is he playing a big game of chess? I'm dying of laughter watching this Spider!]
[He's still called Ning?
Call him King Ning!]
[I finally know why YM didn't play King Ning back then. If they played at a 10% discount, Jack and Ran would probably be pissed to death.]
Ning, who was now on the field, didn't know that he had relied on this ridiculous move to put his seniority on the same level as LGD's two wild mage kings.
In the lounge, Hanyi kept taking deep breaths. Her chest rose and fell violently. She was obviously pissed off by Ning.
Su Xiaoluo crossed her legs at the side. She looked expressionless, but she was panicking inside.
Ning's playing style had gradually formed since the start of the Spring Season.
With Hanyi's coaching team and the help of Broiler and his teammates, Ning recognized the essence of the team — the top, middle, and individual ability of the top.
This kind of lineup was most suitable for the Father Protecting Style. The jungler squatted to help him gain an advantage, and then the top and middle would take over the game based on their individual strength.
However, Ning's current Father Protecting Style was different from Kid, who was taught by the Ghost Foot Seven Father Protecting Style.
Ning preferred to let the top and middle help himself first, making him feel more comfortable in the jungle. Then, he would help the top and middle lines.
Kid, on the other hand, stayed near the solo line from the start. He first helped his teammates open up the situation, and then relied on Broiler's individual ability to help him occupy the jungle.
It was hard to say which of the two styles was good or bad. It was just a question of whether or not it was suitable.
However, Ning's performance was not stable.
He was too crazy.
When he was fierce, he was like a tiger coming down from the mountain. He could do all kinds of strange team opening tricks. When he was weak, he was sleepwalking like this game, squatting in the bushes in the middle lane for a minute to play chess.
How could Su Xiaoluo not be worried?
This year, there were only three places in the LPL region to enter S7.
YM, RNG, and WE's performance in this year's Spring Season was obvious to all.
If IG wanted to enter S7, they had to squeeze out one of the three teams.
If IG continued to play like this, it could only be said that their chances of entering S7 were slim.
Su Xiaoluo had to plan early and think of a way to strengthen the team.
YM won the double victory of IG in this Spring Season without any bloodshed.
On the same weekend, they had a match against Snakes.
One of IG's Gemini, who had transferred to Snakes as a mid, was not Lin Yan's opponent at all. In the first game, Lin Yan killed in the early game.
Then, with Xiao Tian's help, he snowballed and broke the tower in the middle lane. Then, he radiated his advantage into the jungle and took the entire game.
In the second game, Xiao Tian was forced to give up the neutral resources in the bottom lane in order to catch Holy Lance Bro's captain.
The SOFM played very well, nanqiang crazily adding control dragons all the way.
Even though he didn't gank many times, his personal development was definitely up to standard.
At around 20 minutes, Xiao Tian's level had dropped. When he met the SOFM's black nanqiang, he could only run, not daring to look back.
However, Xiao Tian's mission was completed.
On the top lane, Jin Gong's Kenan had been trained to be invincible. At 17 minutes, he already had a Pushing Stick + Spellcaster + Boots + Spellcaster + Spellcaster in his hands.
At 23 minutes, the third fire dragon spawned. YM didn't want to let Snakes continue to accumulate the dragon advantage, so both sides gathered at the dragon pit.
However, Holy Lance Bro had already positioned himself. The Gunpowder Barrel buried in the bushes triggered the team battle. The captain's ultimate and Verus' Piercing Arrow came one after another.
The SOFM's nanqiang's Ultimate Bomb continued to reduce YM's health!
"YM's two players have been crippled. They won't be able to tank the dragon!"
He remembered seeing YM get past the captain's ultimate with the help of Karma's RE group acceleration. They ran back home through the dragon pit and the blue buff area.
"Snake and the others don't want YM to leave. They want to take this team battle and then go kill the Dragon!" Ze Yuan shouted from the side.
Lin Yan relied on Sindra's mobility to cast spells while running and collecting fireballs on the ground.
However, he didn't have Level Two Boots on him because he wanted to get two big items, so his movement speed wasn't very fast.
When Karma's buff wore off, Snakes and the others would definitely catch up to him. If he died, he would definitely drop resources.
"Look at me! Look at me!" Lin Yan had no choice but to turn around and attack.
He first entered the bushes with the blue buff and planted the remaining Eyes of Truth to ensure that he wasn't discovered by the opponents.
Then, he used his ultimate skill, Energy Cascade. The three fireballs on him and the two on the ground poured into the Snakes' support, Hammer Stone, who was closest to him!
Five fireballs smashed into Hammer Stone, and his health dropped rapidly!
Hammer Stone blinked and used his E, Pendulum of Misfortune, in an attempt to swing Lin Yan back.
However, Lin Yan's E, Scatter the Weak, had already made its move!
Other than Holy Lance Bro's captain, who went around to the side, the other four Snakes entered the blue zone and the narrow river passage!
The five fireballs on Sindra's ground exploded with boundless power toward Snakes and the others!
Lin Yan had purposely run into the bushes to prevent Snakes from reacting. The SOFM and the others only saw the five fireballs flying toward them in an instant!
In an instant, the crowd burst into exclamations!
"Sindra stunned Snakes and the others!" Remember suddenly raised his voice. "Ran's Heavenly Maiden Scatters Blossoms is a perfect team control!"
"Snakes' formation in the jungle is too dense to chase someone!" As Ze Yuan spoke, YM had already begun to counterattack!
Jin Gong activated E, Ultimate!
Thunder Armor, and as he blinked back, Kenan let out a roar, and his whole body was covered in lightning!
"Kenan used his ultimate skill, Thunder Prison, and his damage is explosive!"
Jin Gong was originally tanky. When Snakes and the others were stunned, he entered the game with E, Flash, and R, and Rocket Belt increased his damage. Heavenly Thunder instantly lowered the health of Snakes and the others!
Jack, Xiao Tian, and Prophet turned around and dealt damage. Snakes and the others were killed, and only Holy Lance Bro managed to escape!
"Ran directly turned the situation around with a wave of attacks!
They didn't attack the Dragon, but went straight for the Dragon! "
Snakes' only remaining Holy Lance Bro couldn't stop YM from taking Baron Nash!
After that, YM once again won the game with a storm of attacks!
Holy Lance Bro sat in his chair and shook his head helplessly.
Snakes' habit of getting lost in the mid and late game still hadn't been solved, and it was very easy for the opponent to turn the tables.
Left Mist's Korean reinforcements, OHQ, were useless. Their average damage output of 454 was at the absolute bottom of the ADCs.
Even this season's LWX's average damage output was around 550. One could only imagine how bad OHQ was.
However, this was also an old tradition of Snakes. The ADCs they found were all unreliable.
The ADCs responsible for late game damage weren't good enough. They didn't even have the ability to drag the late game. Like today, when they made a mistake in the mid game, they were done for.
Snakes all knew this problem, but there were no good ADCs on the market for them to buy.
In the ninth week of the Spring Season, YM had to face two teams, QG and NB.
These two teams were relatively average. In terms of individual strength, they weren't on the same level as YM.
However, the effect of the program was quite good.
Doinb and Lin Yan both chose to roam heroes. The two were only responsible for pushing the lane in the mid lane, and then tied up the jungler to lead the rhythm of the side lanes.
The audience once again witnessed the grand occasion of four junglers in a game.
However, the benefits of roaming were different. Lin Yan and Xiao Tian had been working together for a year. There was no need to say much about their tacit understanding. The few times they roamed the side lanes, they either got kills or forced out the opponent's summoner skills.
Doinb, who was used to being a big core mid laner in the late game, also liked this kind of fast support style. However, his teammates weren't used to roaming the side lanes.
Even though the doinb managed to keep up with Lin Ran's rhythm, his teammates didn't cooperate very well. They only managed to get two or three kills, and their neutral resources and vision in the jungle were severely eroded.
However, he couldn't not roam with them. If he used Victor, which he was good at, it was equivalent to transferring the early game pressure to his teammates.
The key was that his teammates couldn't withstand Lin Yan's crazy roaming.
There was no suspense. YM won 2: 0 against QG.
YM now had a 14 game winning streak, with a net win score of 28. WE had a 13 game winning streak, with a net win score of 22.
In addition to the win/loss ratio, as long as YM beat NB, regardless of whether they won against WE in the regular season finale, they would still be first in the group.
In this game against NB, White Crescent chose to use Jack and Liu Qingsong to pave the way.
Now that the version had changed, with the appearance of the talent [Stoneman's Oath], the support environment changed again.
(Stoneman's Oath introduction can be seen in the picture)
Hammer Stone, Boulogne, and Titan, these heroes finally found their footing after experiencing the loneliness of the S6 Global Finals.
Coincidentally, these three supports were all Liu Qingsong's specialty. He felt that his spring was coming.
Lin Yan completely suppressed NB's mid laner. The old him couldn't adapt to the current rhythm of the game. Although he didn't get killed by Lin Yan, he didn't make a sound the entire game.
He was completely invisible.
Liu Qingsong's hook was aimed at NB's ADC, Death Announcement. The angle was cunning and ruthless.
Compared to soft supports, Hammer Stone and Titan's strengths were that they could find opportunities to kill the lane. Their ability to coordinate with the jungler was also very strong.
Lin Yan and Xiao Tian roamed the bottom lane crazily to help Jack establish an advantage. Big-head AD instantly thought that he was back to last summer's luxurious treatment.
He pulled out a game of Policewoman and a game of Skate Shoes. NB's bottom lane couldn't even defend the tower and was directly penetrated.
"YM's current dominance is too scary!
Even if there are players who aren't in the best state, there will always be someone who can stand up and drive the pace of the game! "Long-hair saw NB's Crystal shatter again and loudly congratulated.
"This game is over. YM has locked in first place in Group A!"
Su Xiaoyan flipped through her notebook. "They're the first to enter the top four of the playoffs. They only need to win two BO5's to win the Silver Dragon Cup again!"
"Yes," Long-hair nodded slightly. "But WE is definitely an opponent to be wary of. They won all the way in the second half of the league. Other teams, including RNG, didn't give them much pressure!"
In the team's lounge, White Crescent let out a long sigh of relief. She high-fived Guo Hao, Su Cheng, and Doom.
First place in the regular season. White Crescent felt that her coaching results were not bad. She could answer to herself, the players, the management, and the fans.
Thanks to the outstanding strength of her team members, White Crescent began preparing for the playoffs early on.
It was worth mentioning that in the last week of the regular season, the version changed again.
Version 7.6 entered the stage of LOL history.
[Heroes Enter]
Galio returned.
He was no longer the [Sentinel's Mourning], but the [Colossus of Justice] guarding Demacia.
Most teams currently positioned him as a top laner. This was mainly because Q's [War Squall] dealt 9% of maximum health, which was very effective against tanks.
In the final match of the regular season, YM faced off against WE once again. Winning or losing this match didn't affect the rankings of both teams. Both teams didn't want to expose their reserve tactics, so they simply played a tacit game.
White Crescent began to perform, switching lanes.
On the other hand, WE also changed their previous strategy of dragging out the late game. They fought YM from the start.
In each of the three matches, there were more than 40 kills. They fought every moment.
The two teams abandoned their tactical systems and fought as soon as they met. Only the survivors had the chance to take down the minions.
The audience loved to watch competitions with a high degree of blood and gore. The viewing value was much higher than that of normal operations.
[Why do I feel like the tempo is similar to our Bronze game?]
[You're not going to kill me, and you still want to kill the minions?]
[Sure enough, operations can go to hell. I'm so happy watching all the fighting.]
Operations teams like WE couldn't handle the fast pace of the battle. In the end, YM won the match 2: 1, completing the feat of winning 16 consecutive matches.
At the same time, the LSPL regular season was over.
YMA had a final record of 29 wins and 1 loss, losing to SNG (Suning) in the final round.
SNG's top laner, Langxing, performed very well. He defeated YMA's top laner with his individual strength and won the match.
However, this didn't affect YMA's position in the regular season. The young players were like YM led by Lin Yan last year. They were locked in the finals and only needed to wait for the challengers to arrive.
With the new generation's top mid laner, Knight, they were full of confidence and headed towards the LPL.
Due to their high ranking in the regular season, YM and YMA had a long time to prepare for the playoffs. They had to wait for the teams below to fight to the death.
During this time, YM had to shoot sponsors' advertisements and promotional videos for the playoffs. Lin Yan and the others also had to promote the champion's skin. This was directly linked to their income, so no one was unhappy.