Even though they managed to get off to a good start, the YM players did not look too good when they shook hands after the match.
Lin Yan knew very well that if Ah Guang and Ke Lie had not ruined the team battle, it would have been very difficult for them to win the match.
This way of winning had already gone against YM's traditional way of thinking.
If they did not change and continued to play, this summer tournament would become extremely difficult.
The YM players stopped laughing, and Ah Guang also looked at the victory on the screen with a sad face.
He, who had taken off his headphones, could now hear the mocking laughter of the audience below the stage.
He originally wanted to play SMEB Heavenly Thunder, Fat General Hellfire, and Lin Yan's Sand Burial. He did not expect it to be a comedic scene comparable to Gao Dewei's reverse Q.
Ah Guang was annoyed and angry, and he only felt ashamed.
If he had not committed such a heinous crime, EDG's chances of winning this small round would not have been low. If they had won this round, they even had the hope of overturning YM's rule in the BO3 group stage.
He had to take full responsibility.
…
Today's tournament host was still Yu Zhen. She walked to Lin Yan's side with her card.
"Long time no see." Yu Zhen smiled at Lin Yan. "Let's say hello to our audience friends first."
Lin Yan was stunned. He clearly remembered that Yu Zhen was the host of the mid-season LPL mid-season tournament. Even though she did not interview the YM players on the main stage, they had met in private a few times.
Was Yu Zhen redefining 'long time no see'?
However, Lin Yan did not say much. "Hello everyone, I'm YM's mid laner Ran."
"What does Ran think of Mouse's mistake in the last round?"
Yu Zhen's first question was to start trouble.
"What?" Lin Yan began to play dumb.
He did not really want to comment on Ah Guang's mistake. It was just a group stage match. It would not do him any good to criticize a team in the same division after the match.
Aftershock repeated it again. This time, he said it word by word slowly.
It was obvious that she was forcing Lin Yan to answer this question.
Lin Yan's path of playing dumb was blocked by the aftershocks. He could only think of words and sentences in his heart and think about how to answer the question tactfully.
"Ah Guang probably didn't get the feedback from his teammates. He was nervous and his hand accidentally shook, so he aimed at the wrong spot." Lin Yan imitated Jay Chou's rapping speed and said the answer quickly, "This is normal. We all make this kind of mistake all the time."
He said solemnly.
Although the opening match was over, there was still a very popular Quan Hua Class RNG match coming up. At this time, there were still many viewers in the live broadcast room. After hearing Lin Yan's answer, they immediately reacted.
[Do you make this kind of mistake often?
Why haven't I seen you do it before?]
[You're already speaking in English?]
[Don't embarrass him. Ran Yasso often makes mistakes. Everyone who understands understands.]
Yu Shuang didn't expect Lin Yan to be so tactful. Her excellent professionalism made her smile. She looked up at Lin Yan and asked the next question:
"This is the opening match of our LPL. It's also the first match of the LPL mid-season version. What do you think of the mid-season version?"
Lin Yan pondered for a long time before holding the microphone and answering, "It's very innovative, especially the changes to the Canyon Vanguard and the tank's equipment. They're quite good."
He deliberately emphasized the words "quite good".
"I can only say … the changes to the version are a problem that a team must face. I hope we can adapt quickly."
After the aftershock, Lin Ran asked two more irrelevant questions. After answering them one by one, Lin Ran bowed and left the stage. He handed the microphone to the staff and rushed to the backstage lounge.
To his surprise, there was another person in the lounge.
"Why are you here?" Lin Yan took the mineral water from Guo Hao and sat next to Su Cheng.
She held a black notebook in her hand and was looking at the video on the tablet.
"I'm looking for a solution," Su Cheng said softly without looking up. "Otherwise, this Canyon Vanguard will drag us to death."
On the other side, several teammates and White Crescent stood in front of the whiteboard with the Summoner's Canyon printed on it, discussing the early stages of the attack.
Jack was lying on a chair alone, his posture as domineering and cool as ever. He was pointing there.
Everyone was working hard and doing their best to adapt to the new version.
It wasn't the first time they had played in a competition. There was no need to deliberately celebrate the victory of the opening match. The group simply stayed in the lounge and continued to discuss tactics.
"The easiest way to solve the problem now is to reverse the thinking. We'll focus on the first half in the first ten minutes …" White Crescent moved the whiteboard over and used a marker to write and draw on it.
"Try to gain an advantage in the first ten minutes, then use the strength of the first half to use the Canyon Vanguard to push down the tower."
"Then we'll have to release the first dragon." Xiao Tian rested his chin on his palm. "Will this really work?"
"There's no problem with releasing the dragon," Lin Yan, who was sitting next to his girlfriend, said. "Even if the first dragon is a fire or earth dragon, it's not as important as our first blood tower."
"That's true." Su Cheng nodded in agreement.
In terms of economic value, the 600 gold coins provided by the first blood tower was undoubtedly not as profitable as the other three types of dragons except for the wind dragon.
However, the first blood tower was far more than just 600 gold coins for the team.
Once the defense tower was down, the vision of the surrounding jungle would disappear. Without protection in the jungle, the success rate of invading would naturally be much higher.
This was Xiao Tian and Lin Yan's favorite. They would go to the area where the opponent had lost the first blood tower and set up an ambush in the jungle or steal the monster's economy, continuing to expand the 600 gold coins.
More importantly, destroying the first blood tower could free up the heroes in the lane. It was very suitable for YM's general idea of frequently roaming and fighting with numbers.
If a fire dragon or earth dragon could be exchanged for a blood tower, Lin Yan would be willing to do this exchange a hundred times.
"But in the first half of the game, the disadvantage is also very obvious," Lin Yan continued. "It's very difficult for us to snowball our advantage."
The rest of the team members frowned. After thinking for a moment, they knew that Lin Yan was right.
Now, except for Princes and a few warriors, the rest of the team was dominated by tanks. Even the junglers were tank heroes like Pig Girl and Zach.
It was known that tank heroes were more powerful in the early game when they cooperated with their teammates than other types of heroes.
This was mainly because one of the core roles of tanks in the Alliance was control.
The control effect of a hero's skills did not increase with the upgrade of the equipment.
For example, Deep Sea Titan, no matter if you used Sunflare or Anti-Armor, his control time would be so long and would not change.
This allowed tank heroes to cross the time line. In the early game, their ability to cooperate with their teammates was strong enough. Other heroes needed to rely on equipment to deal enough damage, but control tanks did not have to worry about this.
At first glance, it seemed that tank heroes were very strong and had enough control. It was also possible to fight in the jungle in the early game.
But the problem was with the tank.
Because the opponent was not a passer-by player who did not see the changes in the version, they would definitely be centered on the heroes in the version.
Then it was very likely that there would be a dual tank matchup between the two sides.
In this version, tank heroes would also provide shields when they used control to trigger [Courage of the Colossus].
The tank heroes were already quite honest, and with this talent, their honesty increased by a level.
It was estimated that it would take 15 seconds to determine the winner if they relied solely on the tanks in the jungle. Normal professional players would have run away long ago when they saw that they could not win.
In this case, someone had to take the damage.
The other key position of the jungle in the jungle was the damage provider mid laner, which was also a big problem.
Excluding Lucian and Sindra, who were almost guaranteed to be banned in the YM competition, the strong heroes in this version were Airplane, Kassadin, Clockwork, and Galio.
(The usage rate of the mid laner hero in the 2017 LPL Summer Season is shown in the graph)
It was either a core in the later stage of development, or Galio, who had control in the early game but also did not have enough damage. Their damage output in the early game was not very high.
Therefore, once the situation of dual tanks in the jungle and non-damage heroes in the early game appeared, there would definitely be too much control and not enough damage.
If the damage was not enough, the jungle in the jungle would not be able to kill anyone.
If they could not gain an advantage by killing the fastest way to snowball in the early game, then the jungle in the jungle would probably not have a big advantage even at the ten minute mark.
In this case, they did not dare to take the vanguard in the canyon at the ten minute mark. They would fall into the same situation as when they faced the second game of EDG today.
White Crescent also reacted and slapped her forehead in annoyance.
"I have an idea …" Su Cheng saw that everyone was silent and stood up.
Lin Yan made way for her, and the tall girl took three steps with her long legs to the whiteboard in the middle of the lounge.
"Our early game will be the same as before. We will focus on the jungle." Su Cheng began to write on the whiteboard. "Let Lin Yan take the rhythm hero, and we will use our individual strength to blow up the jungle on the other side."
"But …" Xiao Tian was about to say something.
Wasn't this similar to their previous playstyle?
There were not many changes at all.
Su Cheng raised her hand and motioned for him to stop talking. She continued, "I know what you are worried about. Do you think that herbivorous junglers are in charge now, and they are mainly functional? Even if their levels are a little behind, it won't affect them much?"
"Yes, Sister Su, that's what I want to say." Phyllostachys Pubescens nodded.
For the same reason as previously mentioned, herbivorous junglers like Piggirl and Zach were also known for their functionality.
Heroes like Blind Monk and Spider were two levels behind in the jungle, and it was acceptable for Piggirl and Zach to be two levels behind. After all, their team skills were not affected.
"But my idea is not to suppress the level," Su Cheng explained. "It's economy!
A very precise economy! "
"We all know that jungler heroes are quite strong in the early game when they make a big jungler. The Slag Giant jungler costs 2,600 gold coins. Excluding the 350 gold coins needed to equip a small jungler, the jungler still needs 2,250 gold coins to make his equipment reach its peak for a short period of time."
Lin Yan crossed his arms and leaned back in a comfortable position on the chair.
If the jungler gank's first peak was the period after the double buff was obtained, then the jungler gank's first peak was the period after the jungler gank.
The jungler's true crushing of the online hero's combat ability was the period after the big jungler gank was made and before the online hero's first big item was combined.
The 2600 Gold Coins Great Hunting Knife had increased his fighting ability beyond imagination. It was a qualitative leap.
Take the current version of the Slag Giant Jungling Blade as an example.
The Red, Blue, and Green Small Hunting Knives had a limited effect on his combat abilities. After all, there was no substantial increase in his attributes.
[Bambi's Slag], on the other hand, was priced at 1,000 gold coins. It provided 200 HP and a certain degree of burning effect.
After paying another 600 gold coins, the Slag Giant's Jungler would provide the hero with 300 HP, 20% extra HP, and higher burning damage.
Anyone with a discerning eye would know that the combat power of this small piece of slag was on a completely different level.
"What we need to do is to make sure that the opposing jungler won't be able to make a big jungler during the 10-minute Canyon Vanguard respawn!
If there's a difference in combat ability, we'll have an advantage. "
Su Cheng's eyes were full of vigor. "In addition to the previous invasion of the wild zone, the opponent's level will be lower than ours!"
Xiao Tian suddenly understood. "You mean we're going to be the vanguard in the canyon before the opposing jungler has time to make a big jungler?"
"That's right." Su Cheng nodded.
She began to write a long series of equations with a marker. "What do we need to do to complete this mission?"
"The gold coins will naturally fluctuate. Starting from two minutes, one minute will give 122 gold coins. Until ten minutes, the gold coins given will be 976."
Su Cheng took the information and calculated the gold coins given by all the monsters in the Summoner's Canyon into the equation.
(See this chapter for the data of non-BUFF monsters.)
"Excluding the 100 gold coins given by the Red and Blue Buffs, the average gold coins given by the other four groups of monsters is 107."
"Then let's exclude the Outdoor Equipment, automatic money jump, and two Red and one Blue Buff economy. If we want to make a big jungler, we still need 974 gold coins. [2,600 (Total Jungler Blade) – 350 (Jungler's Outdoor Equipment) – 976 (Automatic money jump) – 300 (Jungler's Two Red and One Blue Buff economy 10 minutes ago)] We need to kill ten groups of non-BUFF monsters."
Everyone in the lounge listened carefully. As the jungler, Phyllostachys Pubescens leaned forward, his attention extremely focused.
Su Cheng drew a horizontal line in the equation and continued, "How do we get these ten groups of non-BUFF monsters?
Each jungle spawns four groups of non-BUFF monsters every round, so we need to kill them for a total of two and a half rounds.
"The spawn time for a round of monsters is 150 seconds … When you guys were playing just now, I started a custom game to test it out. Using gold coins to return to the city, the time to make a big jungler is 9 minutes and 45 seconds."
The surrounding YM members nodded.
They also knew that this was the most ideal situation. Normal junglers could also earn gold coins through gank and river crabs, but at the same time, they also needed to buy Eyes of Truth.
Moreover, junglers would not be on time most of the time. They would eat the monsters as soon as they respawned. Returning to the city and setting up their vision would also take up their time.
After calculating several factors, the time it took for a professional player to make a big jungler was not much different from Su Cheng's test of 9 minutes and 45 seconds.
"So what we need to do is to kill at least two groups of monsters," Su Cheng concluded. "If he eats a kill through gank, then we have to kill three groups of monsters."
"This is the best idea I can think of so far." Su Cheng tilted her head and observed everyone's reaction. "But there is a certain level of difficulty. Xiao Tian, you have to change your thinking."
Little Tian revealed a pensive expression.
Although he would kill junglers when he invaded before, it was just a matter of convenience.
His main purpose was to obtain the opponent's jungler's movements in advance so that he could catch them gank and support the heroes in the lane.
Because of this, he did not calculate the economy of the equipment in detail.
However, due to the revision of Canyon Vanguard, Su Cheng played the role of an analyst. She used all kinds of data to clearly arrange the details of the anti-jungler mission for Xiao Tian in the early stage.
Previously, his strategy was to invade to obtain the opponent's jungler's information in the early stage. Then, he and Lin Yan would help the heroes in the lane. They would constantly use numbers to drive the pace.
Now, he wanted to suppress the opponent's jungler's economy and reduce the gank appropriately. This would give the opponent's jungler a chance to develop.
To be honest, this was a bit of a jungler's playstyle. Xiao Tian had never been good at this kind of playstyle before.
White Crescent nodded repeatedly. He could not find any loopholes. He looked at the team members around him. "If everyone has no questions, we will practice using this idea when we go back."
No one in YM had any objections. As Su Cheng said before, this was the best method they could find.
June 10th, YM against LGD.
The conflict between Gao Dewei, the star player in the team, and the management was getting worse. In addition, he was addicted to the new game PUBG. He was completely sitting on the bench.
Taking over Gao Dewei's position was the veteran player, Stateless, whose strength was declining.
Facing an opponent who was not very strong, White Crescent just happened to let the team try out a new idea.
Lin Yan chose a rhythm type mid laner. In the early stage, he crazily pushed the line and went to the opposite jungle with Xiao Tian.
However, the results of Phyllostachys Pubescens' new idea in the jungle were not ideal.
Last year, Wild King, who became famous in the Hua Shan duel with the Vietnamese bandit SOFM, was known as the idiot counter expert. His sneaky farming route stunned countless top junglers.
Xiao Tian was also a victim.
Originally, he would not be at such a disadvantage against Wild King. However, after Su Cheng explained all the data to him, Xiao Tian was the one who suffered.
This was because his goal was too strong. He was going to the opposite jungle during the spawn time of the monsters.
This was exactly the same as the SOFM at that time.
Wild King liked to deal with junglers who liked to calculate his farming time. This was because he himself did not know his own farming speed and farming route. How could others know?
It did not exist.
It was a game of god's head and ghost's face.
YM lost in the first game. They could not gain an advantage in the early stage of the game. Naturally, they could not win against the opposing team in the late stage.
Lin Yan did not want to lose this group game. He started to use the late stage DPS core in the second game.
In the first game, Kassadin and the second game, Clockwork Devil. YM fought for two hours and finally won the game.
"Two games, two godly results!"
Ze Yuan on the commentary platform shouted excitedly. "In the two small games, Ran's DPS was more than 40%!
What is a middle finger mid laner! "
"His Clockwork Devil also got four kills. He led the team to defeat Optimistic Clan and continue to move forward!"
On June 15th, YM defeated Suning. It was also 2: 1. The process was full of ups and downs.
Xiao Tian was not used to this style of playing that did not require a four pack in the early stage.
After winning the game, many YM fans saw something strange.
YM's rhythm was not right. The smooth attacks of the past were gone. Instead, it was replaced by repeated unsuccessful invasions and a stalemate in the middle stage.
Xiao Tian, who was the engine of the early stage of the game, was pushed to the forefront of public opinion.
Lin Yan also knew that Xiao Tian was facing a difficult situation. He was also trying to help find a solution.