Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 219: The Personnel Selected, Arrival in Jakarta
The counterplay in the training match was very casual. Although both sides knew which heroes the other was good at, it was a bit much to target them in a qualifier.

Basically, they banned several meta picks, such as Ornn and Kai'Sa, and then the first game started.

As usual, Letme's Cho'Gath faced off against Langx's Maokai in the top lane.

Although Abu knew that Langx's Maokai might be weak, he still resolutely ordered Langx to take down the hero.

This is Abu's coaching style. Throughout history, except for Koro1's top lane role, which required him to devote the team's resources and focus, this style has always been the same.

In S8, even with the arrival of foreign player Ray in the top lane, his opinion still revolved around the mid, bot, and jungle.

As of the current version, within the time frame, they are the most dominant team.

RNG lived up to expectations. Despite the second team's fierce resistance in Europe, RNG secured the Baron Nashor after 20 minutes, wiped out the enemy team, and pushed down their high ground.

Just like Skt lost, the second team also lost without any chance to fight back.

With a kill ratio of 16 to 3, the leaders sitting at the head of the table nodded frequently, affirming RNG's strength.

But starting from the second game, the situation became less optimistic.

Letme was the first to switch positions, moving to the second team, while Langx moved to the first team.

Chris will remain the coach of the first team, while Abu will be the coach of the second team.

In this game, Chris assigned Gangplank to lane against Maokai for Wolf's top lane.

In a surprising performance, after the second game, Wolf from Team One scored a 9-0-6 score with Captain, dominating the entire match.

Even with Abu's remarkable composure, his face flushed red and then turned green with anger.

After a back-and-forth battle, around 10 p.m., the hungry crowd finally finished the last game of the best-of-one series.

The points results were as expected: Xiaohu won by two points over Xiye, while Li Luo unsurprisingly took the ADC position with 10 points.

Five positions, ten players, only the top lane position has the same points.

"Let's go out to eat, or we can call after we eat?"

The junior leader, who had been watching the game all afternoon, was also experiencing back pain and made a suggestion.

"Let's have a solo match instead. While they're on a hot streak, we can see who's stronger."

The middle-aged man sitting on the far left, who was clearly the one in charge, shook his head and rejected the suggestion from the person next to him.

It is precisely in situations like these that a player's mentality and strength become apparent. Only under such extreme circumstances can a person's full potential be brought out.

The rules for top lane solo are slightly different from those for casual solo. Both players are restricted to using top lane champions. Otherwise, if they choose champions like Caitlyn, who is good at last hitting minions, or other champions, even if they win, it won't reveal their true skill level.

As for the rules of victory, they remain the same.

First blood, one tower, one hundred stabs.

"Wolf, you can do it!"

Elementary school student Xi Ye crawled to Lang Xing's side and whispered words of comfort.

His points are lower than Xiaohu's, so it's basically impossible for him to replace Xiaohu in the competition. Therefore, he hopes that Langxing can take the remaining spot.

Today's results also demonstrate that Wolf has the ability to be just as good as Letme.

In the first team, he can keep up with RNG's pace and kill together; in the second team, he can act as a tank and serve as a support player for the team.

"Getting into the Asian Games will be a turning point in your career!"

"A turning point! Yes, I want to be famous too!"

Wolf muttered to himself, "Just like how everyone in later generations only knew TheShy in S9, the current domestic top laners are basically all overshadowed by Letme."

Even some people who don't watch the games would ask in the live chat, "Is this top laner a rookie?" when watching Suning's games.
No one wants to play professionally in obscurity, and Wolf is no exception.

The custom room was set up quickly, with top lane heroes selected and none disabled.

Many players' first reaction was naturally to look at the top lane as a litmus test – Darius, the lane bully.

But in fact, any player who plays Darius a lot knows that Darius's lane dominance is not strong against many champions.

Darius excels in turning the tide in unfavorable situations and in snowballing his dominance in winning situations.

Darius can indeed be surprisingly effective when laning against someone weaker than himself.

However, if the opponent is a level above in terms of skill, it becomes extremely difficult to fight.

In a 5v5 game, when facing Darius's dominance, the reason why many players dare not fight head-on is not because they can't win, but because they are worried about the jungler. If they are caught and killed by the jungler, Darius will snowball his economic and level advantage, making it very difficult to turn the tide through individual skill.

After thinking for a while, and guessing a few heroes Letme might play, Langx locked onto one hero.

Have you ever seen the Yordles you are about to look up to?

Rambo, the Mechanical Enemy

In solo matches, Rumble is an extremely overpowered champion, with his Q skill allowing for damage-free poke, his W skill providing mobility and a shield, his E skill slowing and locking down enemies, his R skill dealing high damage, and his passive allowing him to stand and fight.

It's no exaggeration to say that Rumble is one of the strongest top laners in the solo scene.

Most importantly, Rumble has very few, if any, natural enemies during the laning phase.

Champions like Kled and the reworked Irelia, who can suppress Rumble in lane, are not Letme's strengths.

As the solo session began and the loading screen appeared, Wolf's lips twitched.

Well, Camille.

Letme's long-term use of tanks made everyone, including himself, forget that before S7, Letme's signature Camille was...

Letme faced Camille, who had a solo advantage against Rumble. With the two players being evenly matched, Letme won the first game without much trouble.

Under immense pressure, one either collapses or grows stronger.

Throughout the entire best-of-ten series, coupled with the pressure of being replaced from the national team if he lost a solo match, Letme experienced growth comparable to that of S7.

In the next two games, he unleashed his potential and won the following two games without any pressure.

bo5, 3 to 0.
The champion top laner of S7 proved himself with his skill.

"Good! Well played!"

After seeing Letme solo kill Langx again in the third game, the big boss slammed his fist on the table and cheered repeatedly.

"As expected of a champion, young man, you played well today."

Seeing the large beads of sweat on Letme's face, the leader expressed his satisfaction.

Without further ado, the top leader announced that everyone could disperse for lunch!

Although everyone looked relaxed, all ten team members, including the two coaches, knew exactly what was going on.

The candidate has probably been chosen!
Besides these individuals, other positions within the team, such as assistant coach, team leader, nutritionist, translator, and mental coach, are all assigned based on the roster. After dinner, the bus carrying the RNG team returned to the base.

It was clear that Xiaohu and Letme were both preoccupied, so the group didn't continue training. After showering, they went to their dorm rooms to await their fate the next day.

……

The next morning, when the group came downstairs, they unsurprisingly saw Letme and Xiaohu already sitting in the training room.

The heavy dark circles under their eyes clearly showed how anxious they were last night.

"Ding Dong"

The moment the WeChat notification sound appeared, the two people sitting in the training room almost simultaneously picked up their phones.

Upon seeing the other's actions, they all exchanged knowing smiles.

The messages on WeChat did not disappoint the two of them.

Roster of the League of Legends division of the Chinese national esports team:

Coach: Chris
Top laners: letme (Yan Junze), langX (Xie Zhenying)

Junglers: mlxg (Liu Shiyu), clearlove7 (Ming Kai)
Mid laner: xiaohu (Li Yuanhao)

adc: Uzi (Jian Zihao)
Support: ming (Shi Senming)
The roster is finalized. Abu, who was previously a shoo-in, has been eliminated by Chris, and Xiye, who was supposed to replace Xiaohu in the previous game, has now become Greece.

This time, from the outside perspective, it was almost an all-Chinese team from RNG.

The addition of Mingkai and Langx is merely to ensure RNG's roster depth.

The selection of the roster also means that the real national team training camp is about to begin. After taking a group photo, the team will officially fly to the venue of the Asian Games after three days of closed training in Beijing.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day before the competition was to begin.

The time difference between the capital and Jakarta is only one hour, so the group, who didn't have any jet lag issues, arrived at the hotel where the Chinese team was staying on time just before the start of the competition.

This is a League of Legends competition that is even more important than the World Championship this year. The words "national team members" are more important than anything else.

As for the LPL Summer Split, due to the small number of participating teams, the organizers thoughtfully rescheduled RNG's match to the 17th.

Of course, IG's opening ceremony unfortunately clashed with the Asian Games finals.

In the League of Legends Asian Games finals and IG's opening match, the audience naturally chose the finals.

After all, opportunities to see official broadcasts of League of Legends matches on television are rare.

Upon arriving at the hotel, Li Luo noticed many unfamiliar faces, though he also recognized quite a few familiar faces from television.

After greeting Asian sprint star Su Bingtian warmly, the group went to the e-sports conference room on the 16th floor.

There were only 8 participants and coaches.

However, the large number of people in the conference room already demonstrated the importance that the higher authorities attached to e-sports competitions.

First, six analysts were temporarily drawn from various clubs to form a rigorous data analysis team.

They even have three nutritionists on staff to take care of the meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Thanks to the substantial capital of esports sponsors, the national team enjoys all the treatment that even the World Championship doesn't offer.

Whether League of Legends can continue to appear in the Asian Games is a heavy responsibility for everyone, as members of the first edition.

"Hey, hey, okay, okay, everyone quiet down, find a seat!"

Chris stood at the top of the conference room, clapped his hands, and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Those of you who are here today are all top performers in our esports industry. This meeting is both a welcome party for you and a send-off meeting for our League of Legends division. You can exchange contact information and get to know each other. In the coming days, we will work together to strive for the gold medal."

Upon hearing the word "gold medal," everyone's face became solemn and respectful.

Several young people were also extremely serious at this moment.

Bring glory to the country!

Behind those four simple words lies the expectation of countless players.

"I don't think I need to repeat the importance of this Asian Games here and waste my breath. Putting everything else aside, if you want our industry to develop healthily in the future, and for others to admire our industry, I think that's what you want most!"

At this point, Chris looked around at everyone's expressions from left to right and nodded in satisfaction.

In the esports industry, it's all about winning a battle.

Why is it that traditional industries can stand out, while the e-sports industry is just associated with internet addicts?

Chris spoke for many people, both professional players and those working behind the scenes in the esports industry, capturing their sentiments.

Suddenly, those who previously thought Chris was just an ordinary person began to look at him with much gentler eyes.

"First of all, the captain of this tournament, Jian Zihao, is Uzi, currently the world's number one ADC. I think everyone agrees on that. Moreover, as RNG, who just won the world championship, we are fielding our strongest lineup this time, along with two equally powerful players, Langx and Clearlove. Compared to other countries' lineups, there's no need to worry about the gap between us and them."

"I called everyone here so we could make friends and exchange ideas in private. But when it comes to national honor, we must double-check everything to ensure there are no mistakes. The Asian Games are different from the LPL. From the moment we enter here, we represent not just ourselves, not just our teams, not just the LPL, but China. Every one of us is a guarantee for us to win this honor!"

Before he could finish his heartfelt declaration of war, a burst of loud applause from the audience ignited the atmosphere.

It must be said that although Abu's abilities are also outstanding, Chris, who has been through several fields, is obviously more experienced in interpersonal relationships.

His words not only roused all the careless staff members but also instilled a sense of collective honor in everyone.

It's burning up!

Esports, a young industry, needs more than just passion; it also needs quirky motivational quotes to stimulate it!

Seeing everyone's state, Chris realized the time was right.

"Little dog, as the captain of this expedition, why don't you come up and say a few words to everyone?"

Hearing Chris's words and the expectant gazes of everyone below the stage, Li Luo coughed lightly and walked onto the platform.

"This time, at the Asian Games, our goal is either success or failure."

"Regardless of your other reasons for coming here, I hope you will all give it your all and complete your tasks with utmost seriousness."

"This concerns national honor and the future of each of us. If there are any mistakes, as the captain of this competition, I will reserve the right to hold the individuals responsible accountable."

Without any lighthearted banter, Li Luo spoke seriously as soon as he stepped onto the stage.

Looking around at everyone, the previously whispering meeting room suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Chris is the good cop, so he has to play the bad cop.

Chris doesn't have enough influence, but he is currently the player with the most honors and the highest status in China.

He has the right and the confidence to stand here and say these words!
The S-series competition is so amazing! The author's journey of writing is full of hardships!
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