After the busy pre-Chinese New Year, the days after the Chinese New Year passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the holidays of the two families were over.
Lin Mingdong returned to Shenzhen, and Su Cheng's parents went to Beijing together with their daughter. They took it as a vacation.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Yan was alone at home for two days. He was too lazy to do anything, so he ordered takeout. Soon, he was tired of this boring life.
Lin Yan thought about it and simply took the high-speed train back to Shanghai. He paid a lot of money to find a private driver to learn how to drive.
He had to admit that the learning experience with extra money was quite good. Every day, he practiced reversing and parking in the side position under the coach's flattery. His progress was fast.
It wasn't until late February that the YM Competition Training Department officially gathered to prepare for the rest of the regular season after the Chinese New Year.
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"Don't send me off!"
Shiba Inu's dissatisfied voice echoed in the YM training room. "Dude, can you be more steady like me?"
Lin Yan, who was on the same side as Jack, also looked helpless. He watched his teammate Azreal lead the bottom lane alone. The position of the lane was very deep, directly attacking the opponent's second tower, and there was no vision of the surrounding area.
Normally, even the unit couldn't lead such a deep lane, but this Azreal's thinking obviously couldn't be understood by ordinary people.
Because he was Happy Game.
The opponent naturally accepted this kind of kill that was sent to his mouth. The top laner, Qing Gang Ying, easily took down Azreal, turning the original disadvantage into a positive result.
"Die again, and give a red buff, ah …" Jack, as an assistant, couldn't do more in this game. He dragged his tone and screamed like a groundhog.
"No, what's going on?"
Lin Yan didn't understand the situation. He was full of development in the middle lane. Tsar hadn't come out yet, but the bottom lane ADC had already sent him off.
It wasn't comfortable to send him off once, but he died eight times in a row.
He remembered that the bottom lane was clearly advantageous at the beginning.
"How would I know?" Jack muttered as he controlled Hammerstone to return to the city. "In the beginning, I gave him three kills. I roamed the jungle twice with my Five Speed Shoes. He was unhappy when I asked him to connect and eat. So, I asked him to fight with the other two players and give them the bounty!"
"Wouldn't it be fine if he just waited for the troops to come over?" Jack's resentment was almost overflowing. "Once the troops enter the tower, I'll definitely be back!"
He currently had 991 points in King of Kings and was only one step away from 1,000 points. As long as he could win this round, he would be done.
Everything was going smoothly in the beginning, but this ADC just had to be sent away.
Jack felt that he had been wronged. Which Hammer Stone wouldn't run away after gaining the advantage?
You're an EZ, not a Draven. Why would I stay in the bottom lane?
Lin Yan could only admit that he was unlucky. His opponent was Deft and Little Peanut, who were ranked slightly behind him in the Korean server. If he lost this round, he would definitely drop out of the Korean server's top ten.
In a game like this where the team didn't have a huge advantage in the early stages, as long as there was one person in the team who didn't want to win, it was destined that they couldn't win with numbers.
After 28 minutes in the Dragon's Pit, the bottom lane finally joined the team. However, Mr. Dai, who was originally at a disadvantage in the early stages, had already overtaken him with a big piece of equipment.
Under these circumstances, Lin Yan's team couldn't win at all. They could only regretfully swallow their loss.
"Is this guy really …" Jack looked at the 22 points he had lost and gritted his teeth in hatred.
Lin Yan was a little helpless. This bottom lane was like a child … It wasn't 4-4-3, nor was it the one who played the King of Fighters. It was a real brat.
He even had to coax it to come. The support had to stay by his side at all times. If it was just a little unhappy, it would be sent away.
He glanced at the bottom lane's record. After the New Year, it was 7 wins and 27 losses. It was obvious that their mentality had collapsed. They had lost 500 points in all.
Currently, RNG's record wasn't good. They only had one win before the New Year.
Among them, Sun Dayong and the new coach, Heart, had even brought in the Spicy Saucepan to put out the fire. However, the results were still minimal.
If Casa could still find fault with the jungler's foreign aid when he came on, then now, excluding the marksman position, it was RNG's original Centaur in the S7 season.
In the end, they still couldn't win. The fans couldn't accept it.
According to the most classic method of controlling variables, now that RNG had lost the game, it was because of the bottom lane.
How much they had boasted before was how badly they had fallen now.
RNG's fans had high expectations for him. At that time, they had boasted everywhere on the forum. They had thought that the bottom lane could be like Jack and win two consecutive championships.
In the end, in a few regular matches before the New Year, the bottom lane had directly pulled them down. Many pure passersby and YM fans had long been unhappy with RNG. At this time, they had all jumped out to criticize RNG.
[What kind of results do Jack have? What kind of results do you have?
How can you even compare?]
[I didn't think of bragging about Rank. How many of the famous professional players haven't been number one on the Korean server?
Even someone like Kid has been on it. Do you really think you're that good?]
[Kid:???
I didn't even talk about you. Why are you talking about me?]
[He's really a super (C) (J) soldier (B). I didn't expect him to win two League S championships before debuting. Brother Li and Brother Ran didn't even brag like this when they debuted.]
[He's not even as strong as Ouze. Although his fans boasted that he was super, at least his laning was very good. In terms of strength, he's also considered first-rate. What kind of treasure is this bottom lane?
He used Verus + Hammer Stone to beat EZ + Tam, and he didn't even have a laning advantage. He's self-destructing all the way. What a joke!]
[Hurry up and send him to LDL. See if I, Xiang Xiang, won't smash the top lane monster's head?]
Lin Yan knew how much pressure public opinion could put on a person. He was already playing poorly. After being scolded, it was understandable that his mentality would collapse.
However, he had no reason to disgust his teammates in the qualifiers!
The other four players had no grudges with him in the past. Why would he disgust them for half an hour and lose more than 20 points?
When Phyllostachys Pubescens was scolded to the point of crying in his bed, he had a ridiculously high win rate of 1,000 points on the Korean server every day. Why didn't he just kill himself?
Lin Ran felt that RNG had really picked up a ghost. They had actually managed to find two ADCs who would normally wander around in ranked matches and whose mental state would collapse. With such a probability, it was better to just buy a lottery ticket.
After being disgusted by the game, he decisively clicked to report it. He even planned to write a short essay in English. However, Red Mi suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
"Stop for a moment. Let's have a meeting."
The translator, Jiang Chenglu, had become much rounder after the New Year. He was full of energy as he translated the coach's words.
When all the team members were gathered, Red Mi projected the computer image onto the big screen in the training room.
"After the New Year, Fist has been updated to 8.2." Red Mi's gaze swept across everyone. "Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a major update for Fist for the Spring Season. However, there are still many things that we need to familiarize ourselves with.
"For example, the probability of stealing items with [Steal Omen] has been lowered. The price of the money obtained from selling stolen items has been lowered. At the same time, the base damage of Azriel's Q [Secret Shot] has been lowered …"
Jack was overjoyed.
Hong Mi glanced at him. "Even though Izreal's win rate and selection rate have decreased because of these two changes, the other leagues that have already installed Version 8.2 still favor Izreal very much."
"Gou Ba and I think that these nerfs will affect EZ's absolute dominance to a certain extent. However, they won't be able to cut the main artery." Jiang Chenglu translated with great sincerity and elegance.
Shiba Inu's eyebrows drooped, looking very unhappy.
"The same goes for Zooey. Her skills have been nerfed, but she's still very strong for now. The only difference is that she won't continue to be banned and will definitely be released. Players must master it."
At this point, Red Mi looked at Lin Yan with eyes full of praise.
This was a mid laner at the peak of his performance. His hero pool was flawless, and he could usually pull out new heroes as soon as they appeared. When he advanced, he could carry the rhythm of the entire team, and when he retreated, he could be a tool to protect his father. The last time Red Mi saw such a fierce player was Li Xianghe at his peak.
Players with this kind of ability would, to a certain extent, improve the tactical ability of the coach, and make the lineup and system more diverse. The value provided to the entire team was far more than just an increase in individual strength.
It was important to note that the coaching staff had a lot of tactical ideas. If the tactics that a team player implemented in the professional arena were number 1, then the coaching staff would definitely have five tactical prototypes behind them.
However, the audience would only see number 1 in the end. Naturally, they would have the impression that the coaching staff was just sitting around and waiting to die.
Of course, there were coaches who were just sitting around and waiting to die, and they were not in the minority. However, most of the coaching staff of the teams were very normal. Although they were not particularly hardworking, at least their working hours were considered conscientious.
Some teams' tactics were still poor, especially when it came to crucial matches. The reason was simple — the players had to take the blame.
This was because even if the coach had a lot of ideas, he had to implement them through the players.
For example, there were Jace, Wine Barrel, Zoe, EZ, and Tam.
In the early stage, they relied on the mid-laner to create an advantage for the jungler. As long as they got a little economic lead, Jace, Zoe, and EZ would all reach their peak in about 20 minutes. Whether it was the river pull or the frontal push, the pressure given by the 3Poke heroes would make the opponent suffer.
The only thing that this lineup was afraid of was the opponent forcing it. However, with Wine Barrel's R ability and Tam's Swallow, this pair of junglers could effectively avoid the opponent's first team control.
With Jace's speedster and the agile EZ, as long as the opponent could not force it, they could use the Dragon's buff to force the team in the middle of the game and flatten them.
This was a standard 3Poke lineup. Even if there was a limit to BP, there were still many alternatives — for example, it would not be a problem to change the ADC to the armor-piercing Verus.
Normal coaches would do that, but why not?
The reason was the players.
If the team prefix of this 3Poke lineup was IG, it would be unsolvable. The bottom lane would resist the pressure and wait for The Sh and Broiler to show off their skills on the opposite high ground.
What if the team prefix became RNG?
You letme and whatnot are playing Jace. Can he play?
He can't play. He doesn't have the ability, you know?
Ouze and Xiao Ming did not have the right to the bottom lane. If RNG really got this lineup, their chances of winning would definitely be very low.
This had little to do with the coaches. Although they could set up training missions to broaden the players' hero pools to adapt to a variety of tactical combinations, the results were minimal. In most cases, they could only supervise. In the end, the players still had to rely on themselves.
In this situation, Lin Yan was even more ridiculous. His hero pool occupied the opponent's ban position, and at the same time, it created unlimited possibilities for Red Rice.
Other teams had very few tactics, and many systems and ideas could not be used. However, Red Rice could put most of his tactical ideas into practice.
Thinking of this, Red Rice's tone became a lot more cheerful. "There are many things to pay attention to in the update … The aftershock damage has been reduced, but the initial increase in defense and resistance has changed from 20 + 30% to 70-120 points based on the level."
"This is a very big increase." Gou Ba stood up and did his job. "If we take level 1 as an example, the original 167 points of double resistance can be increased to 70 points of double resistance. This is simply impossible to achieve."
"And at level 18, if you want to use aftershock to get 120 points of double resistance, you need to have 300 points of resistance. Other than heroes like Moffett and Orne, it's basically impossible to achieve such a high numerical resistance."
Gou Ba adjusted his glasses. "This increase in resistance is very shameless. It will make the ecological environment of these two positions change qualitatively."
His voice was a little soft, with a little accent unique to Bend.
"Because these two positions are the most suitable for aftershock, and they also have the biggest increase. Compared to the top laners, they don't have many opportunities to fight, and most of the time, they don't have to take on the role of damage output. At the same time, their economy is relatively poor, and it's difficult to save up for resistance equipment. Aftershock can provide them with enough basic resistance."
The reasoning was very easy to understand, and the teammates did not raise any objections.
Lin Yan listened carefully. He was more interested in the tactics that Gou Ba and Red Rice proposed.
When it came to his job, Gou Ba, who was originally reserved and silent, became more talkative.
"With the prevalence of aftershock, once the field assist becomes a front-row control tool, it's possible to create a tower jump." Gou Ba held a laser pointer and drew a circle on the screen. "Especially the middle and bottom lines. Because of the double C, they have the ability to deal damage in the early stage. As long as the field assist is controlled, they can jump the tower."
Red Rice, who had been standing to the side and listening, said, "It was originally like this, but Fist strengthened the teleport in Version 8.2."
"The original 4.5-second channeling time has been reduced to 3.5 seconds …" As he said this, he could not help but slam the table. It seemed that during this period of time, he had been greatly influenced by his fellow Koreans and Siberians. "This one-second channeling time may change our tower jump!"
Chun Li had been planning to leave recently. FPX had asked him to be the CEO. Whether in terms of personal achievements or salary, it was much better than staying in Fist as a designer.
Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a few gifts for YM.
The first was the teleport.
In the version where the channeling time of the teleport was 4.5 seconds, YM could unscrupulously launch a four-man attack on the bottom lane because they knew very well that the opponent's top and middle lines could not participate in the battle at all.
With a 4.5-second channeling time, they could only pick up the bodies of their own bottom lane when they landed. If they were stuck in advance and handed over the teleport, YM would just disperse. After all, they had not reached the bottom lane, and they would not lose minions if they turned back.
If the opponent handed over the teleport, if YM found another wave of opportunity, they would be able to squash them to death.
Chun Li's attack was just right. The chain reaction caused by the one-second channeling time in Summoner's Canyon was very exaggerated. YM's four-man attack after the tower jump had to be carefully planned. The slightest carelessness could lead to the opponent's reinforcements reaping the damage.
Several players whispered to each other. They could also see that the enhancement of the teleport was very disadvantageous to YM's strategy.
In fact, Red Rice and Gouba already had a countermeasure, but they were not in a hurry to say it. Instead, they let the players discuss it first.
After all, these players had been through a lot. Many years of professional experience had given them an outstanding tactical sense. It was also possible for them to discuss some unexpected tactical plans.
"I think we should get some heroes with strong lane control for the top lane," Liu Qingsong said. "For example, someone like Gnar. As long as we push the lane to the bottom of the tower, the opponent will definitely not dare to teleport."
"If the opponent has to teleport to protect the bottom lane, we can just wait for him to land." He licked his lips and drank a mouthful of water. "He'll lose two waves of troops when he comes down. If he doesn't teleport, we'll continue to jump the tower."
Jin Gong continued to follow the topic. "But in that case, I have to know the position of the opponent's jungler."
"If, I'm saying if," Jack crossed his legs. "The first round of the jungle is a copy of the S7 World Championship. Focus on the middle of the jungle. Then control the vision of the top half of the jungle and let Seba hold the line."
"When the second round of monsters is about to refresh, Mongoose, go down and see if there's a chance to jump the tower."
Little Sleepyhead frowned. "That won't work …"
As a jungler, he naturally knew how difficult this plan was. The ideas proposed by his teammates seemed good, but the feasibility was really not high.
If he wanted to carry out the tactics his teammates said, he had to win the first half of the jungle in the early stages so that he could invade the opponent's jungle.
This way, the top lane would be guaranteed. Jin Gong could easily push the troops to the bottom of the opponent's tower.
Then, he would have to cross the entire Summoner's Canyon in four to five minutes. It would take 30 seconds to run from the top lane to the bottom lane and gank. Under normal circumstances, other than the fast Centaur, no one would choose such a ridiculous route.
Moreover, the situation of the top lane troops was constantly changing during this half a minute. If it was not controlled well, it would all explode.
Red Rice crossed his arms and did not speak. He pretended to be cold and let the players continue to discuss freely. This method was like brainstorming. It gathered the thoughts of several people together. After continuous improvement, it might really form a prototype of a set of tactics.
"I think we can do this." Lin Yan, who was sitting in the gaming chair, leaned forward and stared at the whiteboard of the Summoner's Canyon. "The third wave of cannon troops. Jack and Liu Qingsong, you guys put the line in."
"You want to push the line back?" Jack frowned.
"Yes, this way, the sixth wave of cannon troops will be pushed over …" Lin Yan nodded slightly. "Xiao Tian, it's best if you help in the bottom lane to avoid any accidents. If necessary, I'll be there too. We must push this wave of troops out."
"After the troops are pushed out, Liu Qingsong and Xiao Tian will come to the middle lane. I'll organize the troops and can target the opponent's mid laner."
He got up and took a marker. He drew circles on the bushes outside the walls of the middle lane on the whiteboard of the Summoner's Canyon.
"The difficult part is how to make this wave of gank succeed. The vision of these positions must be controlled well …" Lin Yan said. He drew circles on the whiteboard and included the bushes connecting the middle lane and bottom lane. "Liu Qingsong, you'll come to the middle lane. Remember to avoid these bushes that may have been set up."
Open Wounds listened carefully. Jiang Chenglu was also translating Lin Yan's words to Red Rice.
Gouba was taking notes at the side. The players' ideas were not mature tactics. He had to go back and discuss it with Red Rice to slowly perfect it.
The occasional whim could be expanded into a strict strategy by the coaching team.
Little Tian looked at the messy Summoner's Canyon and thought for a while. "You want to use this Gank to teleport out of both the upper and middle paths?"
"That's right."
Lin Yan was not surprised that Mongoose guessed his thoughts. He had lived with Phyllostachys Pubescens for two years. It was longer than the time he had spent with Su Cheng. He even knew what kind of underwear she was wearing today. Telepathy was a basic skill.
"The opponent's top laner needs 3.5 seconds to land. If we have two aftershocks, we won't lose much health even if we jump over the tower."
Once the aftershocks were triggered, Ye Fu's double defense would easily exceed 100 points. The tower's damage reduction rate would be more than 50%.
Moreover, the opponent only had one mid laner and only two summoner skills. It would be much easier to kill them than the duo at the bottom lane.
Lin Yan thought about it and continued to add to his strategy. "If the opponent's top laner gives up teleportation protection and the jungler is counter-camping, then we'll just retreat. There are many escape routes in the middle lane. It'll be easy to escape.
"Our main goal is to trick the opponent into teleporting. It'll be best if we can kill the opponent's mid laner."
Finally, he clenched his fist. "These are all baits. We'll trick them into using most of their skills. Then, we'll destroy them with four packs of two!"
After listening, Xiao Tian felt that Lin Yan's idea was more realistic. It was much more feasible than Liu Qingsong's idea.
At least he didn't have to run around, invade, control vision, and cross the map to jump over the tower.
"But …" Gouba still felt that it was inappropriate. "Are you so sure that you have the initiative in the middle lane?"
Help put pressure on the bottom lane and create a push back. Then, create a gank opportunity in the middle lane …
Everything had to be done in the early stages. It was tiring just thinking about it.
This was undoubtedly a challenge to Lin Yan's ability to radiate across the map and control the minions.
"No problem." Lin Yan's eyes were bright. "My ID is in the middle lane. That's where my confidence comes from."
Gouba's breathing stopped.
He finally realized that there was a fundamental difference between YM and the team he worked for before. The core Lin Yan was very strong and had unparalleled confidence.
Just as he said, the current ID Ran was a mountain in the middle lane.
For other mid laners, it was even more frightening than seeing Faker at his peak.
Many times, the opponent would be afraid.
It was just like when they saw that their opponent was a player with a 100% win rate in ranked matches. They subconsciously didn't want to give up.
Lin Yan didn't do anything fancy. He felt that he was stronger than the opponent. Wasn't it reasonable to crush them?
Generally speaking, tactical arrangements followed the principle of equal strength on both sides. They used pure games and wits to tear open the opponent's wounds and find a loophole to deal a fatal blow.
But now, Lin Yan's strength was not equal to his opponent's at all. The idea he proposed earlier was based on his own strength.
It sounded unreasonable, but if one thought about it carefully, they really couldn't find any reason to refute it.
I can suppress you in the middle lane. What can I do?
"Red Rice, what did you guys think of?" Jin Gong asked directly.
He had interacted with Red Rice when he was a trainee at Samsung, so they were quite close.
Red Rice quietly and sneakily showed them a picture like an experienced driver in the QQ group.
"Oh …" Everyone said in unison, dragging out their words as they tacitly understood and revealed a sly smile.
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February 27th, 7 PM, Shanghai Zhengda Square.
YM versus EDG.
The National Film Academy was in good shape now. Although their opponents were weaker before the New Year and they didn't encounter any tough battles, they fought steadily and won easily. Currently, they had won four consecutive victories.
"Today's match is also a battle for the top spot in the Eastern Division." Doll Mille sat in the commentator's seat and analyzed the situation. "After EDG's new top laner, Ray, they've given people a lot of new ideas."
"That's right, Ray's proficiency is quite good. We can even see EDG trying to push at 41 minutes sometimes. This can be considered their improvement in the new season."
The director also showed a comparison of the data of the two teams in the previous match.
"Tsk … YM's 15-minute economic lead is a little strange." Mille couldn't help but sigh. "+ 4369!"
The viewers who had just flooded into the live-stream crazily spammed 77777 on the bullet screen.
Doll was also stunned. The numbers were indeed amazing, and he had never seen such an exaggerated economic lead. "Although they've played two rounds of FPX and improved a lot of data, their dominance is too strong …"
"After Red Rice came to YM, the BP gave people the feeling that they were very stable," Mille said with assurance. "They didn't play the unconventional game and used their hero pools to put pressure on the opponent. In the end, the lineup they got was very stable, but just a little stronger than the opponent."
Guo Hao and the YM players thought so too. Other than being expensive, expensive things had no shortcomings.
Jin Gong, who was sitting in the upper unit, received the start of the match from the referee and quickly started the BP segment of the match!