Chapter 226-Champion skin, officially on sale!
"How about...really come to the top lane?"

Abu and Feng Ge looked at each other and both had a new idea.

It is obvious that Yuan Shen, a swingman between top and jungle, is the best choice to be placed in the top lane position.

Zzitai and Xiangguo, two junglers with different styles, they both want to bring them along.

When facing a herbivorous jungler, let Zzai Zhang control the map. When facing a jungler like Xiaohuasheng, let Xiangguo rush forward and attack.

Perfect……

The first game against SKT at MSI was enough to prove that Yuan Shen’s current top lane strength is not weaker than that of a super first-line top laner.

The training and selection are still in progress.

From time to time, staff would reveal the progress of the selection on Weibo.

For example, XXX beat XX, and XX was invincible in the training match, which aroused the curiosity and questioning of many people in the e-sports circle.

But soon, the roster of the North American team was released.

Top laner - Impact, Darshan
Midfielder-Bjersen, Huhi
Bottom Lane - Doublelift, Stixxay
Auxiliary-Olleh, Aphronmoo
As for the jungler position, it is a familiar one to everyone.

S5 world champion, Yuan Shen’s good friend, IG’s adoptive father, and owner of the champion spider skin.

Kakao.

Like Impact, Kakao chose to naturalize after North America offered a considerable salary.

This money, plus the proceeds from the championship skin, is enough for him to support his younger siblings until they graduate from college.

For Koreans, naturalization in North America is not something difficult to accept.

It can also be regarded as returning to one's roots.

The second jungler choice is CLG's Xmithie.

This lineup can be called a luxurious North American All-Star team.

The North American lineup selection also caused a lot of discussion among netizens.

"Fuck, Mr. Oak, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is actually naturalized."

"Kakao, are we going to meet again?"

"The Americans are really so willful. They are a country of immigrants, so everyone is naturalized."

"Let's not talk about Big Brother and Bjergsen, they are old acquaintances, SKT's first-generation top laner, S5 champion jungler, and the entire CLG team is also familiar to everyone, but who is this Olleh?"

"He is currently the best support in North America in terms of laning ability, and is also Doublelift's exclusive support. The two of them have a very high level of tacit understanding."

In addition to the discussion, everyone also began to urge their own team's roster to be finalized as soon as possible.

Time waits for no one. Others have already started their running-in training, so we can’t fall too far behind.

The second thing is what players have been waiting for for a long time.

IG's champion skin will be on sale soon!
Generally speaking, champion skins will be sold around April or May of the following year, which is right before MSI.

But this year it was a little slower.

The reason is that Riot has put a lot of sincerity into this skin, and they want to make it the best.

It's not because of a change of heart, but because I want to make more money.

The player base of LPL is really too large.

Given the size of China's market, just ask a financial analyst to make an assessment and they will be able to guess how popular this champion skin will be.

If ten people buy one set, it would be a huge income.

You know, this is the first set of championship skins in LPL, and it is also the most famous and fan-filled IG championship skin.

In terms of total recharge amount, domestic players are not as rich as North American players, and they don't spend as much money as them, but when it comes to this skin, LPL cannot lose.

From S2 to now, players have been looking forward to this world championship.

Each set of champion skins has a main color.

It is closely related to the team's uniforms.

For example, Samsung's white and SKT's red.

This time, the main color of the championship skin that Riot made for IG should have been black, because both the Black Dragon championship jersey and IG's team uniform are black.

Last year, all the teams were black except IG which was white.

But the final result was the same blue and white porcelain as the team’s uniforms!
Blue and white!

Blue and white series!

The blue and white style, like the ink painting style, is a special symbol of China.

Yuan Shen’s champion skin was finally chosen as Fiora.

The hero's original paintings have already been released on the Internet.

The green cheongsam is matched with glowing white skin, red hair and white face, but the battle blade in her hand is also made of porcelain, which looks a bit bulky, but it is full of fighting feeling.

When you use your ultimate skill to break the flaw, there will be a crisp sound like porcelain breaking.

The model is also very delicate, without any jagged effect of some inferior skin textures.

The special effects are also very sincere. The sword girl is very normal at ordinary times, but after using the ultimate, the special effects are fully turned on.

IG's set of skins are all very well made.

Fiora, Elise, Leblanc, Draven, Thresh.

Originally, it was very difficult to decide who would win against Shen, as Shen and Thresh both had championship skins, and Mata in S4 was the championship FMVP.

If you choose the same skin color as him, you will inevitably be compared with others.

As for his strength, let alone compared with Mata, he can't even be ranked in the top eight compared with the supports of other teams in S5...

Many people say that he does not have the strength to be a champion, but in fact, they overestimate him.

He doesn't even have the strength to reach the quarterfinals.

If it weren't for Rookie, it would be a stretch to make it to the World Championship.

In LPL, Shekeke is the kind of support who counts from the back to the front.

But Wu Suowei, he has skin!

what do you have?
After the Riot designer said that any hero could be chosen for the first set of LPL champion skins, Shekeke confirmed her choice.

However, the blue-white series Thresh and Mata's white series Thresh are so similar that they don't look much different.

One is SSW and the other is IG, they look similar.

And the most different thing about this set of skins is that it also comes with an eye skin.

It looks just like Principal Wang.

This made the LPL audience very happy.

They had already decided to buy one.

Now there is an extra eye skin included, it’s totally worth it!

99 each, a set of five champion skins, with a free eye skin. If you buy a set, there is a 439.7% discount, and the final price is yuan!
As soon as the champion skin was released, it sold like hot cakes in LPL.

The pricing of this skin is also very particular.

The previous champion skin, a 79.

But IG’s championship skin, at 99 each, is more expensive than any previous championship skin!

But that's not all.

A set of 99, but without the signature skin.

If you want to buy a signed skin, it costs 129 each!

A set costs 568 yuan!

In addition to the eye skin, a set of player autographed avatars are also included.

With such operations, I don’t know how many players are scolding Tenda for making money.

But after seeing the special effects and the contestants' signatures, I couldn't resist the words "It's really great."

Of course, skin at this price is nothing to Yuan Shen.

The most basic version of Faker's Hall of Fame skin costs 128 yuan, and the advanced version costs yuan.

But it seems that it is still a bit difficult for Faker to enter the Hall of Fame.

What does it matter if there is only one ancient champion from S3?
……

After the champion skin was released, all major discussion groups, forums, and Moments were filled with jokes.

"Hey, can you lend me 568 yuan? I really want to go home, I miss my mom, the bus fare is 560 yuan, and I still have yuan to eat instant noodles. I don't play League of Legends, I don't know IG, and I don't know what IG's champion skin is. Please, thank you kind people."

"Hello, I am Qin Shi Huang. I took the elixir of immortality and survived. Now, hundreds of millions of soldiers are sealed in the underground imperial mausoleum, and tens of thousands of tons of gold are buried underground and cannot be excavated. I need your help. Please give me 568 yuan. When I succeed in restoring the throne, I will grant you 535816579 taels of gold and make you the Grand Marshal of the Army. Here is my Alipay number ."

"I, Sun Wukong, want money!"

……

The sales of IG champion skins directly ranked first on Weibo’s hot searches.

This is the first time.

This also proves from the side how hot the sales of champion skins are.

Anyone with a little bit of connections has heard an astronomical figure from Tenda Operations.

I just heard that the boss Pei Qian smashed the bottles in the office and seemed unhappy.

Probably still not satisfied.

I really cried to death.

It's clearly a loss but the person always wants to make more. How can this not be touching?

Tenda's welfare benefits are second to none in the country and even in the world. When this news came out, many Tenda employees felt ashamed and began to work overtime on their own initiative to share the boss's worries.

We are professionals when it comes to being slaves.

As long as the money is in place, everything is useless!

IG's championship skin, LPL's first championship skin, is undoubtedly a hot seller.

According to statistics, the profit from selling an Apple phone in China is two hundred US dollars.

What is the cost of selling a skin?
It’s data and labor costs.

These are not considered costs, the selling price is the profit.

Each set makes 600 yuan, so 10 people make 6,000 yuan, and 100 people make 60,000 yuan...

The sales volume of the national server exceeded 100,000 just on the first day, and the sales volume reached 60 million, and it is still being sold at an astonishing rate.

When we add in the sales in major regions around the world, it is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

Twenty percent of the money will be distributed to the contestants.

Of course, not everyone can afford the championship gift pack. The best-selling single hero is still Fiora’s championship skin.

In the casual games, you can often see five players matched with each other, and they will bring out a championship skin lineup to play, no matter whether they can win or not, it's blue and white porcelain!
Just be handsome and that's it.

Many players who cannot afford skins are so jealous that they go crazy and choose to ban heroes like Fiora and Leblanc in every game.

I can't play, and neither can you!

All living beings are equal!

Just when the sales of champion skins were in full swing, another piece of news attracted the players' attention.

The training and selection process has come to an end, and the list of representative teams has come out!
The first sentence of the official slogan is very attractive.

"Top laners, your emperor is back!"

Upper unit: Yuanshen, Flandre.

Jungle: MLXG, ClearLove.

Middle unit:GODV,Xiye.

Bottom lane: JackeyLove, Uzi.

Support: Meiko, Ming.

In the 10-man roster, IG and EDG account for three, RNG accounts for two, and WE and LGD each have one. These four teams are also the result of official consideration.

Although IG and EDG both have three positions, there are still differences.

Of the three players on IG, two are starters and one is a substitute.

Among EDG's three players, two are substitutes.

As soon as this lineup was announced, the Tieba forum exploded.

“Fuck!! My Yuan Shen is back on the road again??”

"I think there's nothing wrong with it. Flandre is the only top laner who can stand out among Chinese players, and the competition for the jungle position is so fierce!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this lineup, I say this is the strongest all-Chinese team, who agrees? Who disagrees?"

"No problem, it can only be the strongest all-Chinese team, all of them are the top players in each position of LPL, you can't find a better one than this."

"How was the bottom lane chosen? Uzi was even chosen? Aren't you afraid that he will scold Yuan Shen again?"

"He dares? If he continues to curse now, he will probably be expelled from the country and even kicked out by RNG."

"That's right. In just one year, times have changed!"

"Esports is all about strength. I don't know who is bragging about people like Uzi who don't even have a championship?"

"Xiye can go? Why not Xiaohu?"

"No, Xiye is so handsome, why don't you choose Xiaohu? Jimei, when did you become blind?"

"The female fans above, get out of here. If you want to see the appearance, go to the entertainment industry. In the e-sports industry, only strength matters."

"You want to be talented without good looks? Look at Yuan Shen, Jack, and RookieTheShy, who is not handsome?"

"The posture is not handsome."

"Exploded and killed."

Netizens were discussing the list, some agreed with it, some questioned the ability of a certain contestant, and some sold films and expanded their devices.

This wave of public opinion became increasingly popular, and finally, it turned into a discussion among netizens about the strength levels of all LPL players.

A post that became extremely popular on Beiguoba.

The title of the post is "I discovered that the contestants' nicknames are linked to their abilities!"

The author of this post listed many nicknames of professional players and found that most of the nicknames of LPL players are actually related to their performance on the field.

Finally, an LPL player strength system was even divided based on nicknames.

The strength from bottom to top is king, emperor, emperor, brother, man, sauce, Allah, and God.

Representatives of each class were also clearly arranged.

The representatives of the "Wang" generation are the substitute mid and jungle players introduced by LGD this year, the Mage King Funny, and the Jungle King Eimy. The characteristic of this class is that they are very bad at picking their feet.

The characteristic of the "Emperor" generation is that they are just mediocre in most cases, but occasionally have the highlight moments of carry. Representative figures include Emperor Kang, Emperor Huai, and Emperor Yu.

The characteristics of the "Huang" generation are actually similar to those of the "Di" generation, but they have one more feature: they occasionally die suddenly or die for nothing.

Representative figures include Emperor Shang, Emperor Ding, and Emperor Xi.

If king, emperor and emperor are all derogatory, then brother, man and sauce are commendatory.

The "Brother" generation can only be selected based on their strength, regardless of their qualifications. For example, Brother Legs 957, Brother Ma, Brother Crystal, Brother Holy Spear, and Brother Shy are all considered to be the new generation with outstanding strength.

As for the "male" generation, candidates can be selected based on their strength or qualifications, as long as they meet one of the two requirements. Representative figures are "La" man Xiye and "Die" man Zizi.

As for the "Jiang" generation, they must have both qualifications and strength.

Coincidentally, there are three players of the same generation in the representative team.

Zao sauce, factory sauce, Wei sauce.

As for the "Dad", "Allah" and "God" levels above these, they are higher than the "Jiang" generation, but there is no unified name for them.

For example, Pawn Dad, Chicken Lord, Yuan God...

……

Professional players, when they have nothing to do in their spare time, also like to go to the pot and play some games.

Yuan Shen is well aware that many professional players have secondary accounts on Tieba, and they often go to the forums to attack their posts and interact with other netizens.

The joke about Feng Nan Bai Jiang naturally spread to the circle of professional players.

Even people in group chats and bragging are starting to use this nickname.

"Hey, Wei-chan, remember to put more soy sauce in your meal today!"

Meiko said with a grin.

"Don't be naughty, or I'll beat you up!"

Wei Shen said while playing Rank.

"Fuck, where are my F4? Wei Zhen, you stole my bird again?"

"Well, it's just a habit. If the jungler is Yuan Shen, I definitely won't eat his chicken. Your chicken is more delicious."

Wei Shen looked embarrassed. He and Xiang Guo played in a team together more often, and it was common for them to get three wolves and a big bird. Anyway, Xiang Guo didn't like to farm jungle monsters. He liked to gank and kill people. It was a waste to leave the jungle monsters alone, so it would be better to let him help share the burden.

"..."

The silly atmosphere among his teammates made Yuan Shen feel a little out of place.

Several people were playing a training match. Ten people formed teams freely and kept arranging and combining in order to find the most suitable partner.

The current opposing lineup is Flando, Xiang Guo, Xiye, Uzi, and Xiao Ming.

Judging from the strength on paper, they are not much worse than them.

When we first started the training match, both sides were fighting back and forth.

But as the number of games increased, Yuan Shen's winning rate increased.

There are two players who like to study their own people. This civil war cannot be fought!

In addition, the combination of Jack and Meiko is not inferior to Uzi and Xiao Ming. All three lanes are pushing the line and the knife. Mingkai is like a fish in water. Whether it is invading the jungle or catching people, it is very comfortable.

Xiang Guo wanted to control the factory manager, but every time he fought halfway, either Yuan Shen or Wei Shen would come to support him, so he could never finish the fight.

In addition, Mingkai has amazing awareness. Once he counter-ambushes, the opponent's health will be greatly reduced. Then he has a huge advantage in three lanes, and the line collapses directly.

There is no talk of operations or tactics at all.

The most exaggerated collapse was that the opponent chose GG to surrender after only five minutes.

"No more fighting, what's the point of playing this game? This is too outrageous, I want to reassign people!"

The incense pot is in a hurry.

He thought that he was as strong as Mingkai, but the collapse in the line had a huge impact on him.

“There are still problems.”

Yuan Shen stretched.

During this period, he also summed up a lot.

For example, Wei Shen’s style tends to focus on clearing the jungle, expanding his economy, and carrying the game in the late game.

This can indeed allow him to develop well in the later stages, but it will make Mingkai very uncomfortable in the mid-term.

Jack and Meiko in the bottom lane also need time to get used to each other, and there are occasional problems with coordination.

In addition, whether it is the middle lane or the bottom lane, the jungler is called too many times. Even Mingkai, the famous master of balancing, cannot take care of all three lanes.

Moreover, he likes to catch the middle and lower parts, which makes Yuan Shen very uncomfortable.

In the training games these days, Yuan Shen hasn't enjoyed the care and resource allocation from the jungler for a long time, and he just plays by himself.

Of course, he also won many games without any effort, often before he even had time to exert any strength, Wei Shen and Jack had already defeated the opponent.

Another problem is that all the advantages and victories of this Chinese team are based on online advantages, and Mingkai's style is very suitable for operating in advantageous situations, so there is no pressure to win these days.

But what if they encounter a team whose online ability is just as good as theirs and they can't gain an advantage online? What should they do?

In short, after three days of running-in, the two teams made changes again.

Yuan Shen, Xiang Guo, Wei Shen, Jack, Xiao Ming.

Flando, Zzitai, Xiye, Uzi, Meiko.

Once the lineup changed, Yuan Shen felt much more comfortable.

Jack and Xiao Ming are his teammates, so it is equivalent to only replacing two people in the midfield and jungle.

The opposing lineup also consisted of EDG's top, jungle and support, with double Cs replaced.

The combination of Xiye and Uzi is much worse than that of Pawn and Deft, and can be regarded as a weakened version of EDG.

As for Yuan Shen, although he is a little weaker than IG, his weakness is still very limited.

Xiang Guo likes the gank fighting style, which is very suitable for Wei Shen and Yuan Shen.

The coach of this representative team is also one of the best in the country, and is formed through crowdfunding from major clubs.

EDG's coach Abu serves as the head coach, Feng Ge serves as the assistant coach, and the data analysts are also elites drawn from major clubs.

It can be said that everyone worked together and vowed to win the championship of this Olympic exhibition match.

As soon as the transfer period is over, the LPL Summer Season will begin.

At this time, a very embarrassing thing happened.

The players selected for the national team have no time to play in LPL games.

Moreover, these ten people are all the pillars of their respective teams.

Especially IG and EDG, three out of five people ran away, can they still fight?
Can't the game be started yet?

There is no way. Regardless of the value of the Olympics, from the symbolic significance of representing the country, the LPL officials must make concessions for him.

The main roster consists of the core players of all the major teams, and not participating in the competition will have a huge impact.

It is inevitable that the team's strength will drop to a lower level.

Although IG and EDG have a solid system foundation and will not become relegation teams, they will definitely not be able to maintain their top level in the league.

To this end, the LPL event management official worked for two consecutive days and two nights to finally reschedule the competition.

The Olympics will end around the middle of the summer season.

Therefore, many of the first half of the schedules of teams such as IG, EDG, RNG, LGD, and WE have been adjusted to the second half of the summer season.

Although there were games in the first half of the summer season, they were very few and the opponents were not strong, so the impact on the points was minimized.

This adjustment cannot be said to be fair. It can be considered a sacrifice made by the authorities for these teams to participate in the Olympics.

Moreover, even if the sacrifice becomes ten times greater, many clubs are willing to make it.

This is an opportunity that only comes once every four years. It is a chance for the club to appear before the entire nation. If we don’t go to S6…

Never mind, it would be a bit difficult if I don’t go to the World Championship.

The two teams, IG and EDG, have suffered the greatest sacrifices.

EDG still has Ai Loli and Mouse as a substitute, and has Pawn and Deft as double Cs. They can still beat WE without Xiye, but they have a hard time against the newly formed Snake team.

IG's opponents are LGD, which replaced Wei Shen with Funny, and RNG, which replaced Uzi with Wu Xin.

After Ning was loaned from PDD and Xiao Shiguang was promoted from the second team to the first team, and he played in the bottom lane with Shekeke, all teams were paying attention to IG's performance.

Although there were few games in the first half of the summer season, there were still games.

Many people are waiting to see the joke of IG, the king's team, and want to see how many consecutive defeats they will suffer.

However, unexpectedly, IG's performance in several games was quite good.

Although the opponent was not very strong, the cooperation between IG's top, mid and jungle was unexpectedly strong.

The performances of TheShy, Ning, and Rookie completely supported the top half of the IG team.

However, the bottom half is still as bad as ever.

It’s just that the opponent’s top, mid and jungle collapsed faster than Shi Guang and She Ke Ke, so IG’s points can still remain at the top of Group A.

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(End of this chapter)