After beating RNG, the champions of the spring season, Hao took them out for a barbecue.
The barbecue meat was tender and delicious, but the YM players weren't in the mood.
Lin Yan ate two bites to fill his stomach and drank an iced cola. He scrolled through his phone.
There were a few congratulatory messages from his friends. They were all classmates who usually paid attention to LPL. They were still watching the competition when the college entrance exam was coming.
Look at Su Cheng. She went into seclusion a month before the exam. Her phone was locked in the drawer, and she went through the question bank every day.
Lin Yan's chat history with her was from half a month ago. At that time, she reminded him to eat breakfast.
Although he knew that Su Cheng was studying intensely for the exam, Lin Yan felt empty when he didn't receive any congratulatory messages from her.
After returning to the base, Coach Hanyi pulled everyone into the training room for a review meeting.
Review was very important for a professional player. You had to have a full understanding of the game you played. You had to know what you didn't do well and what you had to improve on.
It was worth mentioning that the review wouldn't look for problems with the player's operation. Regardless of whether it was because of the Courage and Courage R that instantly killed the three players or because of the Queen that was instantly killed, the review wouldn't dwell on these problems.
As a professional player, your normal mechanics were definitely in line with the team's tactical standards. The coach wouldn't give you a task that exceeded your ability. Mistakes were only occasional, so there was no need to harp on them.
Of course, if you kept making mistakes, the management could take your chair down to the water dispenser.
Usually, YM didn't leave much time for a review. After all, they had been winning, so no one could find any problems.
Hanyi opened the OB system. While loading, she pulled a magnetic whiteboard from the side. It wasn't blank, but a map of Summoner's Canyon was pasted on it.
Hao took the whiteboard from the side and put it on "Summoner's Canyon".
"Let's take a look at the first game." Hanyi projected the OB screen onto the large screen. "At 4: 25, Qian Jue has already started farming the second round of beasts. Since RNG started with a line change, Qian Jue and Big Tree are farming in the Gargoyle Camp."
"We know that. The second group of monsters will start spawning from the Gargoyles," Han Yi said as she drew a line on the whiteboard to represent Qian Jue's farming route. "Qian Jue has nothing to do at this time, so she'll definitely be farming. Keep the minions in front of the RNG tower at this time."
"Why?
Qianjue will definitely come to the bottom lane when he sees such a troop line, "Hanyi began to call out names." The two of you at the bottom lane, tell me the reason. "
Ning frowned and said, "At the end of the first game, I already said that Xiao Tian would definitely win if he came to the bottom lane. The two of us at the bottom lane took an extra wave of EXP. We should be able to level up by killing one of them. There's no reason for us not to come."
Xiao Tian didn't say anything. He had already said everything he needed to in the team's lounge. He and Ning had different views on this issue, so he couldn't force it.
If they didn't consider the team's strategy and focus, the bottom lane was indeed a good choice. As long as they could counter Qian Jue's early RNG, their rhythm would be broken.
After that, RNG's bottom lane wouldn't be able to use their advantage to suppress Qian Jue. YM wouldn't have had such a hard time winning this game.
However, Xiao Tian believed that he had to protect Lin Yan in that situation. He had done this many times in the past. As long as Lin Yan was comfortable playing in the lane, he would support the jungle. The two of them would then snowball to the top and bottom lanes.
"After entering LPL, we must establish an effective playstyle. What are we best at?" Hanyi said, "Early game offense. Everyone is familiar with this playstyle."
"You should also know the advantages of this playstyle. As long as we have an advantage in the early game, we haven't lost before." Hanyi took a sip of water and said. The five players nodded.
Since the beginning of LSPL, they had used this playstyle dozens of times and had never tasted defeat.
Hanyi placed the five white boards neatly in the middle of Summoner's Canyon. "We all know how important the middle lane is."
"If we control the middle lane, the mid and jungle heroes' radius of activity will be wider." Hanyi drew a circle with a pen. "If we have an advantage in the top and bottom lanes, we can only radiate half of the jungle. However, if we have an advantage in the middle lane, we can liberate the entire map."
"If we have an advantage in the middle lane, we can quickly occupy the view of the two dragon pits. This is something that the top and bottom lanes can't do," Hanyi said.
Ning turned his head and didn't say anything.
Hanyi didn't say it explicitly, but everyone present understood what he meant.
The middle lane was the most important in the YM system. It was impossible to make the bottom lane the core. Once the middle and bottom lanes faced the same problem, Xiao Tian would prioritize helping the middle lane.
Ning wasn't satisfied. He was very arrogant and thought that he wasn't worse than Lin Yan. It was just that Xiao Tian didn't help him.
Hanyi fast-forwarded the video and began to make things difficult for Xiao Ming and Xiao Tian. In the first game against RNG, their vision in the early game was terrible. Xiao Tian didn't even dare to enter the jungle in the middle of the game. He only killed four groups of monsters in five minutes.
Ning's Dragon going to the top lane and being killed by Ouze was also the most important issue in Hanyi's review. If it wasn't for Lin Yan's brilliant R flash that killed Ouze, RNG would have won the team battle and ended the game.
Han Yi was long-winded, not missing a single detail as she explained everyone's questions.
Team reviews were always like this. If you couldn't see the problem the first time, you'd look at it again until you vomited.
After that, it was a question-and-answer session. They asked each other what they thought at the time. Time was tight in the game, and everyone's thoughts couldn't be perfectly presented to their teammates. The review was a good opportunity.
For example, Jin Gong asked Xiao Ming why he didn't go to the bottom lane to set up vision when he was leading the bottom lane.
At the time, because of the lack of vision in the bottom half of the jungle, Jin Gong had no choice but to hide under the second tower in the bottom lane. In reality, Ike was very good at fighting the Big Tree. Jin Gong could have taken the initiative in the side lane.
Xiao Ming's reason was very simple. He only had three False Eyes and one True Eye. The False Eyes were placed on the two sides of the middle lane, while the True Eye was placed in the bushes in the top half of the jungle to prevent players from invading.
The True Eye could ensure the development of Lin Yan and Ning in both lanes.
After Jin Gong thought it through, he didn't hesitate anymore. He was different from Ning. He didn't crave any core position in YM. It was fine as long as he could win.
After entering the LPL and winning two BO3s, Jin Gong had already started to study his opponents in S6.
Although he only knew how to tank in YM, he was still a Korean-style top laner. He played well with 41 points, and Captain Kenji was also good. He was different from the blue-collar top laners of teams like EDG.
After all, the latter used a Twisted Tree Spirit to become invincible in the LPL. There had always been a legend about EDG in the game — Recruit the Big Tree, just carry.
Not using it now didn't mean that it wouldn't be used in the future. Jin Gong still remembered how the blue-collar top laners of S5 LPL were educated by LCK's crazy top laners.
He had always been very diligent, hoping to prove himself one day and let the world's Summoners remember his name.