Lin Yan understood what Abu was struggling with.
If the four-man protection strategy did not work, then Ouze's role in the Asian Games would be greatly reduced.
Other than his mastery of the four-man protection strategy and his superb mechanics, Uzi did not have any special skills against Jack.
Shiba Inu did not need anyone to protect him. Even if he died suddenly, he could still deal damage. It allowed the team to change styles more easily and allowed them to adapt to multiple strategies. Moreover, Ouze did not need the current magic-type bottom lane. He had a natural weakness in the hero pool.
In other words, Ouze was now playing as the core of the team. He could play an extraordinary role as long as his finances were maxed out and his equipment was in the lead.
However, he had been fed so well in the mock competition that he would still be killed by The Sh, Ning Wang, and Broiler in the team battle.
It had nothing to do with Ouze's mechanics. As Jack said, this version of the ADC was just a toy in front of the top, middle, and jungler.
If a four-man protection team could reach a maximum of 95 points in the Spring Season, then in the Summer Season, a four-man protection team could only reach a maximum of 80 points.
It was enough to crush noobs, but against a strong team, a four-man protection team could not withstand a single blow.
Even if Ouze's personal condition was maxed out, he would not be able to withstand the opponent's charge.
The four-man protection strategy had little effect. With a superstar like Lin Yan in the team, Uzi's room to play was limited.
After all, one leader was enough for a team.
However, Abu did not want to give up on Ouze. This submachine gun was too powerful.
He was lost in thought as he scribbled in his notebook.
"Jack will play the next game." Abu arranged the players for the mock competition. "You guys try to play the top and middle lane."
The Shiba Inu who had been waiting by the side was in high spirits. He quickly jumped back to his seat and yelled for his teammates to quickly pull him into the custom room. All the frustration from the previous loss was gone.
However, the results of the second mock competition were not satisfactory either.
Mongoose wanted to go to the top of IG to fight a group of Stone Beetles, but he was caught red-handed by Ning Wang and The Sh.
He relied on Retribution to stall until Letme arrived.
In fact, when they were fighting 2v2 in the jungle, YM had chosen the combination of Shen + Wine Barrel. In the early stages, they were no worse than Ryze + Qing Gang Ying in IG. Since their level and equipment had not been upgraded, the damage output of their normal attacks was extremely high. At this time, the Sword Formation came in handy and could block all the normal attacks.
It could even block the true damage of Camille's Q [Precise Etiquette]. It could be said to be a great weapon in the early stages of the game.
Moreover, Letme was level 4 at that time, so he was one level ahead of The Shy. As long as he could Taunt the opponent, coupled with Wine Barrel's Meat Egg and Onion Chicken, he could instantly incapacitate the enemy.
The ideal was plentiful, but the reality was bony.
In this battle, Mongoose wanted to kill The Shy first while Letme targeted Ning Wang who had used E [Hook Rope].
There was a huge problem in their communication.
Although Letme later changed the target of his attack to The Shy, it was too late.
The damage and crowd control were not focused on the same person at the start of the game, which resulted in the IG jungler being in a very healthy state. The Hy spawned Ryze's Overload Shield and used his movement speed to pull the aggro. In the end, Ning Wang flashed forward to take Little Rascal's head.
Phyllostachys Pubescens gave out one blood and two buffs. Even Lin Yan was very uncomfortable.
The disadvantage appeared too early. Before he could move to help, the snowball rolled to the middle.
The IG players were very irritable on the field, and the firm and fierce attributes in the training competition were increasing. Qing Gang Yin operated by King Ning was like a mad dog in the field, and Xiaosu could not resist at all.
This training competition had been playing for 15 minutes. From the spectator system, the economy difference was as high as 6K.
There was no need to continue playing. The coaching team directly called for a stop and both sides left Summoner's Canyon.
Jack was dumbfounded. He had just mocked Ouze, saying that it was useless to protect the bottom lane and that the top lane was the best. However, he was left alone in this game and the outcome did not change.
Mongoose slumped on the chair in distress. He subconsciously grabbed the black hair on his head and sighed with a dispirited expression.
After losing two games in a row, even Lin Yan's expression was not very good.
Abu quickly said, "Let's stop for a while. I'll call IG and wait for half an hour for the next game."
He knew that the mood of the players was a little negative. There would be no effect if they continued to play. He simply stopped and solved the current problem first.
IG did not have any objections. Today, they were not only sparring with Lin Yan and the others, but they were also improving themselves.
After all, there were not many strong teams in the LPL and LCK that could be invited to a training competition.
The players from YM and RNG had been transferred over. Although Royal Family could still fill in the gaps, the strength of this lineup was clearly lacking. If IG were to fight against this youthful version of RNG, there would not be much improvement.
LCK was even more exaggerated. The only complete team that could be found was the rookie Griffin. However, they were also one of the designated training competition opponents for the Korean Asian Games team. At this time, they did not have the time and could not arrange a training competition with IG.
After careful calculation, the only suitable opponents that IG could find during this period were the domestic Asian Games teams.
Sparring was a win-win for both sides.
IG took advantage of the half-hour break to review the game and find the loopholes in the first two games.
Abu, who was in the training room, set up the borrowed projector and projected the video onto the screen.
"First, let's talk about the game that just ended." White Crescent stood up and shot a laser pointer on the screen so that everyone could see clearly. "There were not many problems in the beginning. Mongoose opened up the jungle in the bottom half and went all the way up …"
"If the opponent, Ryze, dares to push the line, Mongoose, Wine Barrel, can go around and kill him directly. If the opponent drops the line under the tower, Wine Barrel can also try to cross the tower." White Crescent paused the replay and showed them the minions on the top lane at that time. "The Sh handled it very well. He controlled the line in front of the tower, where the minions could not enter. This way, Mongoose could not make a move at all."
At this point, White Crescent looked at letme. "Actually, you were a little too cautious. You could have played more aggressively."
"Ryze's level one and level two are very weak. Moreover, The Sh uses Blue Crystal. You should stand a little further in the beginning so that he can't interfere with the minions. You can build a wave of minions and enter the tower."
Yan Junze thought for a moment and nodded to indicate that he understood.
At the beginning of the game, they relied on the strength of a level one team to invade the IG jungle. Through their eyes, they saw that Ning Wang also opened up the jungle from the bottom half. It was basically impossible to catch a level two.
If they could build up a wave of minions and push them into The Sh's tower, then he and Phyllostachys Pubescens would have a lot of room to operate.
It could only be said that he was still too steady in his lane play this year, especially during the Spring Tournament. Many times, he avoided making lane changes.
After the RNG coaching team deliberately tilted their tactical focus to the top half, letme also tried to practice making himself more aggressive in lane play.
However, this concept was deeply ingrained and could not be changed overnight. He could only try his best to change it.
Abul interrupted. "Moreover, Mongoose can't help push your minions at letme's position …"
"Because you can't level up to level four by splitting the minions' EXP in the jungle."
He hit the nail on the head and pointed out the problem.
Reaching the top lane's fourth wave of minions in 3 minutes and 07 seconds, a single player had to finish off three near and two far minions in total to level up to level four.
Mongoose started from the bottom half of the red buff and went all the way up. He only reached the top lane after killing five groups of monsters and river crabs. If he split the minions' EXP, letme would not be able to reach level four first.
At that time, both sides would be level four junglers and level three top laners. The advantage would not be that big.
Phyllostachys Pubescens deliberately did not help push the minions in order to let letme level up.
The price he paid was to let The Sh not have the pressure of the minions under the tower. He could easily support Ning Wang without any burden.
Letme had a different opinion. He pointed at the top lane that was still under The Sh's tower. "No, I think you can forcefully clear the minions!"
"The other side's top laner can't support immediately. The two of us rely on the difference in numbers and can forcefully reverse IG's Stone Beetle!"
Mongoose's mouth opened and closed. He wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, he did not say a word.
Lin Yan, who had been silent all this while, saw the situation and retorted, "He definitely can't help you push this wave of minions."
"After pushing it, you'll still be level three. You can't go through IG's tower directly to the opposite jungle. You have to take a detour. Heroes don't have straw sandals. It takes seven seconds to run to the Stone Beetle's camp. The wave of minions that you push in doesn't have any cannon minions. Do you mean that The Sh, a level three Ryze, with the help of the tower, can't clear this wave of minions in seven seconds?"
"Two E's and Q's [Overload] can clear the minions, okay?"
Lin Yan pointed at the screen. "Then, two level four players in IG's top laners will fight against you, a level four + level three player. Do you think you can escape?"
Yan Junze did not say anything.
Lin Yan signaled Abu to continue playing the video.
Phyllostachys Pubescens's Wine Barrel ran to IG's Stone Beetle and was caught by Ning Wang.
Gao Zhenning's Qing Gang Yin's farming speed was not as fast as the mainstream junglers. He also started from the bottom half of the River Crab and spent a little more time on the road. When Wine Barrel invaded, he just finished eating the red buff and rose to level four.
Next, it was the battle of the top laners that broke the rhythm of the game.
On the mini-map, the Stone Beetle's camp was already full of signals. Mongoose's Meat Egg and Onion Chicken crashed into The Sh, while Let Me's Shen taunted and went to find Ning Wang.
"Of course you have to find a jungler first?"
Let Me first defended himself. "If you kill Ning Wang, he will also lose the Stone Beetle. Won't you have an advantage in the jungle?"
Mongoose's face turned red.
He felt that he had to kill The Sh first.
Ryze was very strong in the early game. If he killed The Sh, the other side would definitely miss a wave of soldiers.
And because the fifth wave of soldiers was still short, YM's jungler could quickly push the army line to the tower. Ryze would even have to teleport to cover the line. In this way, The Sh basically announced his farewell to the main battlefield in the early game.
But Yan Junze was right. If he killed Qing Gang Yin, he could get the two buffs in the opponent's hands and roll the snowball in the jungle at the same time.
In other words, if he killed The Sh first, YM could get the top lane advantage; if he killed Ning Wang, he would get the advantage in the jungle.
It could only be said that there was a mistake in the cooperation.
Mongoose had a good temper in the jungler position. His personality was very introverted. Many times when he encountered mistakes due to different cooperation ideas, he would not take the initiative to point it out. He would just hold it in and not say anything.
If it was Saucepan, a jungler with a tough attitude, this wave would probably directly scold him.
Abu knocked on the table and focused everyone's attention on him.
"You two have microphones, right?" His voice was as sharp as ever. "Why don't you communicate when you encounter this kind of thing?"
"It's just a matter of words. No matter who the two of you focused fire on, IG would be at a disadvantage in this battle. However, the two of you chose to attack different targets and spread out the crowd control and damage!"
"Look at IG's communication!"
Abu's mouse swayed on The Sh and Ning Wang's heroes. "A Chinese and a Korean, their communication is definitely not as smooth as yours, right?
They can focus fire on one person at the same time! "
"Everyone comes from different teams. I don't expect your communication to be perfect." He stared at the two. "But this kind of low-level mistake must never happen again in the future!"
This time, both letme and Mongoose lowered their heads.
After being criticized, although they were very unhappy, they could not find any reason to refute.
"Take a break first. After a quarter of an hour, we'll start a training game." After Abu finished this sentence, he took the cup and went out.
The heavy atmosphere in the training room did not show any signs of easing up.
In the third game, Edisi's player was still Jack. His target was the top half, but there was a problem with the jungler's coordination. Then, he was crushed by IG's quicksilver attacks.
"No …" Mongoose, who had been silent all this time, was anxious. "Why do you like to fight the opposing jungler so much?"
"You clearly had a chance to kill The Sh, but you just had to look for Ning Wang!"
"You also looked for him in the last game. It's the same in this game!"
Did Gao Zhenning owe you money? Why do you hate him so much?
Mongoose cursed in his heart, but he did not say this out loud.
Yan Junze lay on the chair in despair. After losing three games in a row, his voice became weak. "I thought you liked it this way …"
"Won't you feel more comfortable if you take care of the opposing jungler?"
"Comfortable my foot!"
Gao Tianliang finally broke his defense. "Why? In this game, the opposing base will explode when the jungler gets the advantage?"
"In this version of the game, the jungler can only establish an early advantage. In the end, you still have to support the lane. Then, if you directly get the top lane advantage, won't you be able to skip a step in the middle?
Then, I won't have to help you anymore, right? "
Letme was annoyed by Xiao Tian's sudden outburst.
Lin Yan listened to the argument between the jungler and Yan Junze. He did not express his opinion for the time being.
If this happened in a training game, it was an accident. After playing for an entire afternoon, he felt that Letme's thinking was wrong.
Many domestic top laners were like this.
They subconsciously sacrificed themselves. Even if they could get the advantage for themselves, they would give this opportunity to their teammates.
It could only be said that this was a hidden danger in the past few years when blue collar top laners were popular in the LPL.
This style of top laner was not good or bad. After all, whether it was blue collar or carry, a top laner who could win the game was a good top laner.
However, many teams went astray from this path and created a deformed blue collar top laner.
There were also 957 blue collar top laners, including Jin Gong.
There was never a saying that blue collar players could not be top laners.
It was the coaches and management of some teams who did not understand the concept of the top laner position.
The top laners in the team were not very good at playing. There was a gap between them and the top players in the world.
However, the team position that they were given made them characters who unconditionally sacrificed themselves to help their teammates.
Originally, even if these top laners were not good at playing, they could more or less develop until they reached the three-piece set before collapsing.
However, the team's decision-making often made it impossible for them to play against the top laners.
The most classic example was when a bunch of minions in front of the tower didn't eat them and forcefully teleported them to the bottom lane to help.
After saving them, they went back on the top lane and lost three waves of minions. The top laner was directly destroyed by the enemy.
The enemy chose a solo carry character. Originally, it was very difficult for tanks to face these heroes in the mid-game. In the early game, they dug a hole for themselves. After losing two waves, they couldn't even stand under the tower.
In the end, he and thousands of spectators could only watch as the top laners pushed and carried the entire way. They couldn't even resist.
Jax who knocked the tower, MaRin who was two levels ahead of AJ, and Prehistoric Croc who chased after AJ …
In those years, a Korean top laner who was always solo was definitely a nightmare in the hearts of the LPL audience.
To put it bluntly, this kind of abnormal playstyle did not treat the top laner as a human.
It was even treated as a slightly stronger support.
Letme also had some intentions of changing in this direction.
Therefore, every time he fought in the jungle, his subconscious was to kill the opposing jungler instead of the top laner.
This was because killing the jungler could help his teammates build an advantage. If he killed the top laner, the advantage would be his.
Lin Yan and Letme were originally opponents, so he was not able to notice this detail. However, now that he was a teammate, he could see through some things much more clearly.
Letme had now started to choose a carry type top laner because of the version and the coaching staff. Sword Demon and Sword Sister were practicing.
However, they were still stuck in the original blue-collar top laner mentality. It was too stable and conservative, so it stood out as a middle ground.
This kind of mentality was completely different from the way heroes played. The effect was naturally not good.
In the blink of an eye, it was night time.
The atmosphere in the training room became more and more solemn.
Today's results were recorded on the whiteboard.
0: 3 IG
1: 2 RW
1: 2 EDG
Nine mock competitions, and the Asian Games representative team only won two small games.
Anxious and dispirited expressions appeared on everyone's faces.
The YM players also had negative expressions on their faces.
They had not been beaten so badly in a mock competition for a long time. It had always been YM who beat the other team up. They did not expect the two extremes to be reversed today.
In the last team battle, Scout's Zooey hit two Hypnosis Bubbles in a row from the side, directly forcing the team to withdraw from the fight for the Ancient Dragon.
"Retreat, retreat, let's pull first!"
Lin Yan was still giving orders.
The four YM players stood in a neat formation, huddling together to protect the core C position, and retreating along the jungle.
However, how would Letme know how YM usually stood when retreating?
As soon as his position was slightly out of line, EDG immediately seized the opportunity.
Haro's Blind Monk's Heavenly Sonic Wave followed by a two-stage Q came up. He touched his eyes and forced Letme to flash, then used an R to kick him into EDG's formation!
Letme did not have time to resist and was taken away by a round of control and damage.
EDG took advantage of the situation to take down the Ancient Dragon. This extremely powerful buff helped them to eliminate the four YM players in the end.
White Crescent used a marker to modify the results of the mock competition on the whiteboard.
Ouze, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, was very worried.
He did want to fight for the starting lineup, but the prerequisite was to win the game.
He could not win with four players protecting one player, and now he could not win with the top half?
Abu facepalmed, his face expressionless.
To be honest, he was mentally prepared for the poor results of today's mock competition.
The most important thing was the problem of breaking in.
Ouze played a total of three mock competitions, and the rest were played by Shiba Inu.
With Jack, YM had four players, but Letme, who was in the top unit, could not integrate into the team.
There were often problems such as being out of line, unable to keep up with the rhythm, and so on.
This had nothing to do with Letme.
If it was any other top laner other than Jin Gong, the result would not have changed.
One should never underestimate the ability of one person to influence the situation.
The tacit understanding of the eight players of Seibu, who had worked together for three years, was beyond the reach of the new top laner.
From the handling of the minions during the laning period and the details during the fight, to the positioning and tactical execution in the middle and later stages of the team battle, Letme was very uncomfortable.
He was in the top laner, which was becoming more and more important. Once there was a mistake, it would have a serious negative impact on the whole team.
And the opponents in the mock competition were the weakest of the top six in the playoffs. In the current era of the emergence of strong LPL teams, the strength of the top six was already considered impressive.
Their strong ability to seize opportunities allowed them to find Letme, who was out of touch, and attack him.
Abu originally did not intend to train this Asian Games representative team into a world-class team.
This was also unrealistic.
How could a team formed temporarily compare to the strength of a team that had been in the club for many months?
It would be fine as long as they were stronger than the other Asian Games representative teams.
After winning the championship, everyone was happy.
Meanwhile, White Crescent was still reviewing the problems of the previous game for the team members.
Letme was very dissatisfied with the last team battle. He spread out his hands:
"You guys played too messily and messed me up. You guys didn't listen to what I said at all. You guys didn't give me any feedback. I don't know what to do."
"We've been playing for a whole day and losing for a whole day. My hands have been shaking …"
Jack, Liu Qingsong, and Phyllostachys Pubescens did not say anything. They were probably stunned by the consecutive losses in the mock competition today.
"We do have problems," Lin Yan admitted frankly. "Many times, you can't react to the commands that we give on the spot."
His performance today was still acceptable.
The matches that they lost were pure losses. The two matches that they won, he, Zooey, was a real MVP.
But overall, it could not be said that the carry was an explosive one versus four.
The main thing was that the three mid laners in the mock competition were quite strong.
Broiler, Doinb, and Scout. These three Korean mid laners were considered world-class in terms of ability.
Lin Yan could basically suppress them in the matchup and sometimes even solo kill them. It was already very good.
However, that was all. After these three top midlaners had suffered losses, the matchup was stable.
No matter how strong Lin Yan was, it was impossible for him to beat them. In the end, they were dragged out by the situation and lost the match.
Letme was just venting. He did not expect Lin Yan to admit it. He did not know what to say for a moment.
"That's all for today." Hanyi stood up to smooth things over. "Everyone is a little tired. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
It was already 10 o 'clock at night. It was almost time for the sports team to return to bed.
Everyone did not delay any longer. They turned off their computers and rushed to the dormitory area with their bags.
In the middle of August in Shenzhen, the night was still hot and humid. The noisy chirping of cicadas reverberated endlessly, disturbing people's minds.
Lin Yan patted Letme's shoulder.
"Let me talk to you for a while."
Yan Junze was stunned. He stopped when he arrived at the dormitory building.
The other ten people continued to walk forward hurriedly. Su Cheng turned around. There was some confusion in her eyes.
Lin Yan waved his hand to indicate that there was nothing going on here.
After everyone left, only Lin Yan and Letme were left downstairs.
"I don't have much free time. I won't beat around the bush. If you have something to say, I'll just say it …"
"You've seen the ten mock matches today. There's a big problem with teamwork."
Letme responded with a slightly dull voice.
"It doesn't have much to do with you, but the problem lies in the top laner position."
"From the matchup to the teamfight, you and Jin Gong have nothing in common."
"Excluding today, we only have nine days of training left. To be honest, it's not realistic to expect you or us to suddenly change our playstyle."
Yan Junze acknowledged this point.
If he really wanted to integrate into a team, it would take at least a month. These nine days would not be useful at all.
"So we can only think of a way that isn't really a way …"
Lin Yan paused.
"What do you mean?" Letme was confused.
"Remove you from the strategy and let you participate in the team's decision-making as little as possible."
"Will it really work?"
"Yes, because there's a strategy that fits this requirement." Lin Yan answered.