Chapter 231 - The Battle of Giants, Teacher Oki
(I still need 300 monthly tickets to reach . If I can get enough, I will add words, brothers)
The first game ended without any surprises.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is no need for any tactics. From the beginning of the laning phase, the Japanese team was defeated.
This kind of collapse is the most helpless...

Players who are proficient in RPG games know that it is crucial for the front row to withstand the BOSS's attack. As long as they can withstand the attack, they can use cooperation, tactics, and formation switching to carry out the strategy, and there is a possibility of success.

On the contrary, if he is killed in one hit, then there is nothing to say and just go and level up.

Similarly, if you can't even survive the laning phase, what's the point of talking about tactics, routines, and teamfights?
So in the second game, the Japanese team took out an even more desperate lineup.

Double jungler.

It’s a black technology routine, but unfortunately, no one has ever stipulated that black technology will definitely work.

In the second game, the Huaxia team fielded a midfielder as a substitute.

In front of the shrewd MingKai, even in the early stage of a one-on-two situation, he did not suffer too much loss. Instead, he chose to gank and cross the tower at level 2, directly sending the Japanese team's ADC back home.

The Japanese team's strange trick did not produce any effect. Instead, it made their defeat even worse, and they were directly beaten by a Wuling Hongguang.

The gap in strength is too big, the battle scenes are too cruel... After seeing this, many Japanese audiences, no matter how passionate they are, have no hope for their own e-sports.

On the Chinese side, people were naturally celebrating as if it were Chinese New Year, and all kinds of funny emoticons came out.

Especially Ceros, who went from being the Japanese Little Faker to the Japanese Little Shaku Emperor.

Of course, it has nothing to do with Ruler, it’s mainly because of his measuring stick, which is so funny.

Seeing the Chinese team's fancy lineup before the game, some pessimistic viewers were worried that they would lose this game. If they lost to the Japanese team, the five people on the field would probably be hacked to the point that the game would be shut down.

But it turned out that this was unfounded worry.

Because, except for the pre-professional era before S3, until now, LPL teams have never lost to wildcard teams.

Historically, why was Mingkai so badly criticized in S6?
In addition to examples such as Horse Stepping on Flying Arrows and 4396, the most important thing is that EDG, a team that won the summer season with an undefeated record, actually set a historical precedent and lost to the wildcard team unexpectedly.

How could the audience who had placed high hopes on the three LPL teams not be disappointed and angry?
Even the division leader lost so badly, which had a huge impact on morale.

Every year, the number one seed in the division carries the greatest hopes, but once they lose, they will also receive the most abuse.

Of course... 2016 was indeed the year of the rise of wildcard teams. It wasn't just LPL that lost the wildcards, LCK also started.

The strength of the wildcard region is beginning to catch up with the five major regions. Not to mention surpassing them, but if you underestimate your opponents and are careless, you will most likely be hunted down by these giant shooters.

After the game, there was the routine handshake.

"Thanks for your advice, Yuan-san!"

Yuan Shen was a little stunned when he saw Evi, who had lost the game but still forced himself to cheer up, shook hands with him with a smile, and then bowed 90 degrees.

To be honest... unless the two teams have a very good relationship, for the losing team, shaking hands is just a token of respect. You are being so formal and polite that it makes me feel embarrassed.

Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person.

Yuan Shen also responded with standard etiquette, of course, he did not bow.

Shake hands, smile, nod.

The schedule is very tight.

A team aiming to win the championship must play at least a hundred games in half a month, with at least six small games and three B02 games every day.

Basically, there is no halftime.

As soon as Yuan Shen and his team went down, they passed by the next team coming to participate in the competition in the contestant channel.

Coincidentally, this team is almost entirely made up of old acquaintances.

South Korea national team.

"Yuan Shen!"

"Xianghe?!"

The moment they saw their opponents, Yuan Shen and Faker turned their eyes to each other almost at the same time.

The two of them have met on the field several times.

There is no conflict between them, but they all regard their opponents as their biggest enemies.

Uzi on the side wanted to say hello, but Faker didn't even look at him, just stared at Yuan Shen.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Guo couldn't help but feel that the atmosphere was a little subtle.

"Yuan Shen, ClearLove, and Anihasa!" Faker took the initiative to greet them.

He was deeply impressed by the two opponents who defeated him.

"Long time no see." Yuan Shen said with a smile.

"Faker, Hello!" Mingkai also smiled.

A few people exchanged a few pleasantries. As time was tight and the Korean team was about to go on stage, they could only talk next time.
Just before parting, Smeb suddenly said a few words to Yuan Shen in Korean.

"Ah? What do you mean?"

Yuan Shen looked at Ming Kai blankly.

But Mingkai's Korean is also not very good. After thinking over and over again, he only understood one word, "peace"...

No, it’s a different channel.

"He said he will definitely defeat you this time! He carries a bag of actresses on several floors, and Shinra adds to the pile!"

Meiko helped translate.

But it is obvious that the last sentence was added by him.

"Forehead……"

Yuan Shen had a complicated expression.

He has been a jungler for half a year, why are these top laners always thinking about taking him down?

Flandre is, and so is Smeb.

Was I so hated last year?

Without saying anything harsh, he just replied lightly...

"Let's wait and see. Don't let me down this time! Song Jinghao."

When Smeb heard Yuan Shen calling out his name, he was obviously a little surprised.

He didn't expect Yuan Shen to remember his name, which made him feel something for a moment...

Flattered?!
The competition is in full swing.

Although domestic TV stations do not broadcast e-sports related competitions, there is no such restriction abroad.

The Olympic Committee was surprised to find that the ratings of e-sports have caught up with some second-tier events in traditional sports.

If we include online live broadcasts, which are more commonly used by young people, its popularity even exceeds that of some popular competitive sports.
This silenced some of the opponents within the IOC.

In the early days of e-sports, there was a lot of resistance. Opponents said that e-sports contained too much violence and did not fit the theme of the Olympics, but this is nonsense.

If e-sports is considered a violent factor, then what about fencing, javelin, and shooting?
A means of maintaining peace by fighting violence with violence?
It's ultimately a question of influence and interests.
If e-sports can bring enough benefits to the Olympics, these will not be a problem at all.

You know, every time a country or city hosts the Olympic Games, there are few that do not lose money.

Especially in those places where the Olympic Games are being hosted for the first time, the sports venues that were built with huge amounts of manpower and material resources are not known when they will be used next time.

The current popularity of e-sports has undoubtedly made the supporters feel relieved and proud.

The popularity of e-sports has also led to a rise in the popularity of other projects.

This is just the group stage. When it comes to the knockout stage, the popularity is bound to rise further.

If it weren't for the fact that the lifespan of e-sports games is generally short and the private existence of Riot Games, the Olympic Committee would have wanted to include e-sports directly as a formal event based on its popularity and attention, rather than just a demonstration event.

The Chinese team continued to be unstoppable in the subsequent group matches, winning all the matches in the first three days and taking all the points.

There is no team that can be a match for this dream team.

The ratio of starting players to substitutes is roughly four to six.

Before encountering a truly strong enemy, substitute players will be enough.

Besides, who says that the substitutes are necessarily weaker than the starters?

The purpose of the ten-man roster is to ensure that the players can get enough rest, and it can also better reflect the strength of a country's e-sports capabilities.

For those countries that can't even get five players, they have to get golden players to make up the number. Isn't it too difficult for them to ask them to find ten people?
no way.

Even if we lose, these five people have to lose a hundred games.

You choose the idol.

However, the Chinese team is not the only one that stands out.

There are two other teams that also showed amazing dominance in the group.

That is the North American team and the Korean team.

The terrifying dominance of these three teams has earned them the reputation of being the Big Three of this Olympics by netizens.

Facing these three teams, the mere problem of how to survive the laning phase made all the teams despair.

And on the fourth day of the group stage, the Big Three met

The North American team will face two other giants today.

The first to be affected is the war between China and the United States.

"North American All-Stars!!"

The Chinese team's always relaxed and cheerful atmosphere became solemn for the first time.

European and American losers, this is a phrase that LPL fans often say.

So much so that many professional players who have never played in the world championship abroad believed it to be true, thinking that European and American teams are really weak and can be easily defeated.

But this definitely does not include the professional players on the team.

Except for Xiang Guo and Flando, the other eight have played in world-class competitions and are familiar with European and American players.

(Xiye played IEM9)

European and American players are not inferior to the top Asian players in terms of personal ability and gaming talent. The reason why they perform so poorly in the world competition is because... they lack training.

Especially the North American teams, just like their army known as the Cream Soldiers, they are world-famous for their relaxed training. Many North American players train for no more than five hours a day and only need to play one BO1 a week to rest. It can be called a holy place for retirement.

Insufficient training means that their competitive state is very unstable. Even the most well-known players, such as Senior Brother and Bjergsen, are nervous players.

At the same time, this also means that North American teamwork is not as good as in other regions.

But these two shortcomings were infinitely reduced in the face of the Olympic competition system.

Because everyone is an all-star team that has been dismantled and reorganized. In just a few weeks of training, no matter how strong the teamwork is, how strong can it be?
Once the North American players are in stable competitive form, they will be the top team.

Therefore, in the eyes of insiders, the odds of winning and losing in this game are probably 60:40.

"Welcome everyone to the Olympic Exhibition Match, the fourth match day of the League of Legends group stage. I am the commentator Ji De. Today, Mr. Miller and I will be commentating the match for you." Ji De appeared on camera in a suit and tie, looking energetic. Standing next to him was Miller, who looked exhausted.

"Hello everyone, I'm Miller." Miller loosened his tie, looking helpless.

“Let me tell you something. We are at the competition site in Rio de Janeiro. It is really hot here. The indoor temperature is almost 30 degrees Celsius… I just went to see the players and walked around the private room in the lounge. It was so stuffy inside that it was hard to breathe.

"Wow, are the contestants so hard-working?"

I remember he looked surprised. The two of them had just gotten off the plane and rushed to the scene today, and it was the first time he knew about this.

"Especially Xiaogou. He was already sweating and his cheeks were red before the fight even started. It seems that we won't see Xiaogou beating up Senior Brother today. I hope everyone can understand."

Doublelift is also a severe dog-phobia sufferer.

Like Ou Cheng, they are the two biggest fans of Uzi in Europe and the United States.

Miller shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Okay, let's get to the point. Today will be our team's first major challenge in this Olympics. Everyone is familiar with our own players, so I won't introduce them one by one. It's mainly the North American players, and there are a few points that must be vigilant.

"Top laner Impact, the first generation of SKT top laner, owner of the Jax champion skin. Since last year, Mr. Oak has been a strong contender for the top laner in North America. Compared with other North American players whose performance has been up and down, his performance has been very stable. Now he plays for the C9 team and is a very stable Cary point."

“However, with Yuan Shen here, in a strong matchup, top lane is the one we don’t have to worry about the least.

Ji De nodded in agreement and continued, "Let's not talk about Xmithie. MSI just ended and everyone is familiar with him. Be careful of his Lee Sin. Kakao is also very familiar to everyone. He is the S5 champion jungler and Yuan Shen's former teammate. It's just that Kakao was crazy about farming up before. I don't know if he will be crazy about catching up today..."

"As for the bottom lane, Big Brother and Uzi are old rivals. Judging from their historical win rates, we don't have to worry about Uzi, but it is likely that Jack will play today. I think among the five lanes, the one we need to pay most attention to is the mid laner. This time, Wei Shen will face Bjersen, the top mid laner in North America."

"Bjergsen has been in very good form recently. Can Wei Shen prove himself?"

While the two were talking, the game had already entered the Banpick stage.

The North American team on the blue side banned Vladimir, Nami, and Jayce respectively.

The red team, the Chinese team, blocked Bard, Elise, and Tam. Judging from the BP, the three giants, who had been bullying the noobs for several days, finally got serious. In the past few days, the three teams were showing off their hero pools in various ways, letting themselves go, such as Lucian in the top lane, Vayne in the middle lane, Rat + Cassiopeia in the bottom lane, and Gragas + Yasuo.

Since both sides had studied each other for a long time, the lineups were selected very quickly.

Soon, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

"Huaxia team red team:
Top laner Yuanshen: Rune Mage - Ryze
Jungler MLXG: Berserker-Olaf

Midlane GODV: Yasuo
Bottom lane JackeyLove: Holy Lance Ranger - Lucian

Support Name: Minotaur Chieftain - Alistar
North American team blue side:

Top Impact: Kennen - Heart of Fury
Jungle Kakao: Lee Sin
Bjersen, mid laner: Zed, the Shadow Lord

Bottom Lane Doublelift: Jhin

Support Olleh: Void Prophet - Malzahar. "

The North American team got this combination in the bottom lane and they were all smiling happily, especially the eldest brother, who couldn't hide his joy on his face at all.

In the summer season, as other ADC heroes were weakened, Jhin gradually became the T1-level hero of the version.

In the support position, Jyra is still the top support, but there are heroes like Nami who can compete with her.

The top support player is no longer the Minotaur. The damage reduction of the Minotaur's ultimate skill in the early stage has been weakened...

Today's top support has become the Void Prophet Malzahar.

This hero was reworked during the spring season and was quickly developed into a jungler. However, with the weakening of the AP jungle knife, he was developed into a support position.

Immediately, as if he had found the position that best suits him, he immediately became the top support in the current version.

This hero's laning ability is too strong, and the damage of the summoned void spirits is very high. If no one retreats and attacks, no combination can beat the side with Malzahar.

At level 6, Malzahar's deterrence reaches a new level. Facing the ultimate move of the Grasshopper, in order to increase the margin of error, he will often make two Mercury's Treads.

Of course, if the hero Tam is present, only Tam himself needs to do one.

But when Tam is banned, facing the threat of Malzahar, the opponent will often produce two or three Mercury's Treads.

What is this concept?
In order to deal with a support, you have to spend at least 2400 or even 3600 economy...

With two favorite sons of the previous version, how can the North American bottom lane not be happy?
The eldest brother’s reaction is very interesting.

Uzi didn't play, and what he had been worried about did not happen.

Although his opponent Jack is very strong, he has the blessing of the version and is not afraid at all!
The top, mid and jungle players on both sides all picked heroes that were in sharp contrast to each other. The attributes of the heroes were evenly matched, and it basically all depended on their skills.

Wei's Yasuo is one of his signature heroes.

And Yuan Shen’s Ryze…

"This is the first time Yuan Shen has brought out the new version of Ryze, right?"

Miller said with interest: "It is no longer a secret in the professional circle that Yuan Shen is very fast at learning heroes. He has already mastered many new heroes as soon as they are released... I wonder what kind of surprises his Ryze can bring us?"

"That's right. The previous Fiora, Gangplank, Illaoi, Spellfinger, and later Kindred, all brought us great surprises. I wonder how much Yuan Shen has mastered about the new version of Ryze."

Following the MSI finals, there is another showdown between China and the United States.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the scenery of Summoner's Rift came into view.

In fact, among several versions of Ryze, Yuan Shen is best at the current Ryze.

the reason is simple.

This version of Ryze was a very successful rework and is also the version that has survived the longest.

The more you play, the more proficient you will become.

Ryze's starting equipment is generally a blue crystal + two reds, and his talent is Storm Knight's Surge. Runes...

“…What a strange rune.”

As soon as he came online, Impact discovered the problem with the opponent's runes.

The new version of Ryze is a hot favorite in the arena, and is compatible with both top and mid positions, making it a popular version.

Impact has naturally studied it and has quite a bit of experience... Generally speaking, Ryze normally has red magic penetration, yellow is a bit more stable with armor, and a bit more greedy has growth health. When fighting against AP heroes, the blue glyph must have magic resistance, and the essence is three movement speeds.

Therefore, when starting out with a blue crystal, Ryze's spell power at level 1 should be zero.

However, Yuan Shen's Ryze has more than ten points of spell power when he starts with the blue crystal, and his armor and magic resistance are relatively low.

When facing a hero like Kennen who deals mixed damage in the early game, do you choose to grow health and spell power?
The more top-level the competition, the more important the details that can affect the winning rate by even 1%.

It is easy to see the attitude towards the line from the rune talents.

Am I really not a threat in your eyes?
Impact had never fought against Yuan Shen, and only heard of him. They had respect and caution in their hearts, but they were definitely not afraid of him. Being looked down upon by the other party in such a detail naturally made them unhappy.

We are all world champion top laners, why are you pretending?
If it wasn't for the top lane version last year and you had a top jungler like Kakao, how could you have won the championship FMVP?

When there are no heroes, Shuzi became famous.

Now, Kakao is his jungler. He can do whatever he wants Kakao to do.

He may not listen, but he can communicate.

cough cough...

"hehe."

As time goes by, the meanings of many words have become quite subtle.

For example, Miss.

For example, comrade.

For example, flowers.

For example...haha.

Imapct took a deep breath, and anger of being underestimated appeared in his narrow eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered SKT's second-generation Marin and third-generation Duke who had been defeated by the man on the opposite side, and instantly felt that he was not fighting alone.

Yuan Shen had no idea that Teacher Oak had so many inner thoughts. The reason why he had such runes, besides being confident in his positioning, naturally had other intentions.

As soon as the two sides' lines of troops came into contact.

Aiming at Kennen's small forward move to make a last-hit move, Yuan Shen took two steps forward, attacked with A followed by W, and then a basic A.

[Storm Rider's Surge] Trigger, speed up!
"???"

Impact looked confused, "AWA can trigger Wind Rider?"

Kennen had just turned around and attacked Ryze when he saw the opponent quickly retreating from the vicinity of the minion line, and the soldiers' hatred had not even been transferred in time.

Since Ryze took the initiative across the line of soldiers, Kennen's Q couldn't hit him at all. With one skill missing, the blood exchange was a loss to begin with. In addition, after he attacked Ryze with an A, he was immediately attracted to the hatred of the soldiers.

Kennen quickly retreated, leaving the soldiers' hatred zone, and his health dropped by nearly 40%.

"……I see."

Impact quickly realized how the magic worked.

Storm Rider's Surge is very similar to the later Phase Dive in effect, but the triggering conditions are different.

Phase Dive can be triggered by hitting the enemy with three skills within two seconds, while Wind Rider can only be triggered by causing more than 2.5% of the enemy's health damage within seconds.

With Ryze using normal runes, AWA simply cannot reduce Kennen's health to 1% at level .

The combination of magic power + magic penetration in the rune, this high-risk and high-damage rune, makes this magic possible.

After the first wave of blood exchange was successful and Ryze gained the advantage in health, he was relentless and would attack people across the line whenever he had the chance.

The blood exchanges are very frequent and aggressive. Yuan Shen plays a mid-to-late-stage Thunder King, but he is extremely fierce in the early stage.

As they switched, Impact couldn't help but tighten his grip on the mouse, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Damn, he...he is so strong!

I can't take it anymore.

Bingquan, come quickly!!
The understanding of the soldiers' hatred range, the judgment of the timing of consuming and finishing off, the accuracy of skill release and positioning, everything is textbook level.

Impact put himself in the other person's shoes and couldn't find any mistakes or flaws in the other person's operation. No... to be more precise, he didn't have the confidence that he could reach that level, and even imitating was difficult for him!

Seeing is better than hearing.

Once you really face off online, unless the opponent is deliberately hiding his/her weaknesses, you will be able to quickly understand the opponent's level from various details.

Damn, with this level, why are you going to play a chicken feather game? ?
Impact didn't understand.

In fact, many viewers don’t understand it either.

The strength that Yuan Shen has shown recently is definitely that of a top-tier laner.

He is still a strong contender for the title of the world's number one top laner.

But such a person actually transformed into a jungler?
Although Yuan Shen is also very strong in the jungle, it is obvious that he has not reached his level as a top laner.

There are many people competing with him for the title of the world's number one jungler.

He was not as outstanding as he showed in the top lane position.

In fact, Yuan Shen’s transformation into a jungler was just to win the game better.

The changes in the version, the rise of junglers and supports, the impact of the marginalization of top laners...

In addition, the jungler position can better command the early stage, which makes IG stronger.

In other words, Yuan Shen plays a greater role in the jungle position than in the top lane position!

The top laner in S6 felt like he was leaving the victory or defeat to his teammates.

The midfielder is the real core that dominates the game.

If Yuan Shen was still the top laner, IG would never have won the Spring Split with all wins, and would not have won the MSI championship with only one small loss.

……

Ryze stepped forward and attacked Kennen, and then.

Spells surge.

When the E skill is pressed, a light blue magic ball hits the soldier with a surge effect on his body, instantly spreading the surge to all nearby enemy units.

Impact was caught off guard by the surge and was about to retreat, but it was too late.

Q skill, overload!
The dark blue magic ball hit a soldier unit with the surge effect, and it spread like a domino effect. All the surrounding units with the surge were immediately overloaded with damage, causing a spell critical hit, increasing the damage by 50%.

This little magic trick, which is like shooting a bull from a distance, is also one of Ryze's little tricks for consuming energy on the line.

This is not over yet. After dealing AEQ damage within 2.5 seconds, Ryze triggers Wind Rider and quickly steps forward.

Kennen turned around and threw Q, trying to force Ryze back.

But Yuan Shen ignored this fancy method. He took two steps forward, took the damage, and used the WEQ combo to trigger the passive shield and acceleration of the Q skill.

Although Kennen also dealt some damage, he didn't take away much of Ryze's health when Ryze triggered his shield. On the contrary, Ryze sped up and ran away. Even if Kennen activated [Thunder Seal], he couldn't keep up with the subsequent damage.

Many Ryze novices have a misunderstanding.

Since Ryze's W and E skills will reset the cooldown of Q, many people will be greedy for damage and use the QWQEQ combo to consume the enemy.

However, this combo is too unstable, the W control time is insufficient, and the second Q can be easily dodged.

Once the second Q is dodged, the surging spell critical strike cannot be triggered. In terms of damage, stability, and shield refresh efficiency, it is inferior to the WEQ combo.

"Teacher Oak lost a lot in this blood exchange!!"

I remember saying loudly: "The supplies are used up, less than half of the health, a very dangerous amount of health... Mr. Oak's choice here is very stable, directly returning to the city, it seems that he intends to use TP to protect his own development."

"He knocked down a TP at level 3. Wow, this actually proves that no matter whether it's a wildcard or a top player in the North American region, Yuan Shen can gain an advantage in the laning phase."

No matter how many times he watched it, Miller would be pleased and amazed by this laning ability.

Last hitting, consumption, positioning, everything is natural, smooth and natural.

It’s so pleasing to the eye.

The last time you were able to do this was when you were at the peak of your invincibility—smile.

But you have to know that it was the S2 period which was still in the desert stage. How could the level of players at that time be compared with today?
The next moment, as the director switched the perspective, Miller frowned slightly.

The situation on other roads didn't seem to be so smooth...

(End of this chapter)