Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 245 This is the IG team version

"Stay calm, I'll help you gank in a bit!" Leyan said confidently after glancing at Wuwukai's failed attempt to gank the top laner.

"Yeah, don't worry." Even though he gave Pyke first blood, Baozi wasn't too scared: "I won't let him solo kill me again."

Twenty seconds later, after using W to rush to the lane and clear a wave of minions, the Riven support in the bottom lane died again.

A minute later, Riven and Ezreal were caught out again by Leyan, who killed them both.

Seeing this, the top laner, Malphite, couldn't help but type, "Can the bot laner play it safe and stop feeding?"

Unfortunately, this isn't Zaun. In the previous flame war, Ezreal and Riven had already blocked everyone and were just playing their own games.

As a result, the two bot laners started messing around. Ezreal didn't buy Manamune and instead bought three Doran's Blades. Riven, not to be outdone, also bought two Doran's Blades.

When the kill notification sounded again, the Stone Man numbly looked up at the top of the screen, only to be surprised to find that he had once again killed the opponent with a mid-shot.

This solo kill was even easier. After recalling to base and building Tiamat, Pyke auto-attacked and then immediately used Q. He used Q to reset the auto-attack animation, then auto-attacked Tiamat and auto-attacked again, triggering Dark Harvest. He used E and W to force a hit on Zed, securing another solo kill before reaching level six.

Then, the Stone Man clearly spotted the big man, and with a signal, Pyke, who had leveled up to level six, used the recall vision to go to the top lane to cooperate with the Stone Man and kill the enemy top laner, Renekton.

The teamwork and skill of players at the King rank seem unbeatable to casual players, but for Li Luo, who frequently plays competitive matches and cannot tolerate even the slightest mistake, their skills are indeed full of flaws.

Taking advantage of the momentum from the top lane kill, Li Luo felt that if the two bottom laners continued to feed like this, the game would likely be over. Besides, as a professional player, he had to maintain his competitive spirit in this situation, so he spoke up:
"Brother Kai, let's gank bot lane together. Let's give away as many kills as possible!"

Although Pyke, who had gained the advantage, didn't have his ultimate ability, his combination with Elise, who was evenly matched, still resulted in a powerful burst of damage. In a bizarre turn of events, they managed to give Elise two kills.

Immediately after gaining the advantage, Pyke began to dictate the pace of the game with Elise, using the advantages of Boots of Mobility and his W skill to clear each wave of mid-lane minions, leaving the top and bottom lanes trembling in fear.

At 23 minutes into the game, Pyke had already used his R skill to accumulate gold, and together with Elise, they were at least two items ahead of the opponent. In a team fight, Malphite initiated, Elise dealt with the low-health enemies, and Pyke finished them off. After a series of skirmishes, they secured a quadra kill, and the opposing team seemed to start arguing and chose to surrender.

When the game ended, Wu Wukai quickly reported the two players in the bottom lane and then blocked them.

The two played six rounds that night, and Li Luo led them to victory in all six.

The patch is designed to target RNG, but it's still too difficult to target the players themselves.

Weakening ADCs weakens all professional bot laners. Lowering both the skill ceiling and floor, Li Luo is still among the top players.

After seeing their rank climb back to Grandmaster, their ranked journey finally came to an end. Compared to the Korean server, the Chinese server's gaming environment was indeed not good, but it had something that the Korean server lacked - a fighting spirit.

Fights were taking place on all three lanes. The jungler was either on his way to gank or watching a black screen TV. The live stream was very entertaining, and without any prior promotion, the first live stream easily surpassed 5000 million viewers.

Consequently, guided by countless giant rockets, the number of viewers in the live stream officially surpassed the 2000 million mark.

The first streamer on the entire internet to reach 2000 million followers.

Of course, the actual number of viewers was definitely not that high. Even after accounting for the deaths caused by gifts and the official protocol accounts, at least a million people still watched the live stream, and the evening's live stream should have had hundreds of thousands of viewers watching online.
It's worth noting that the highest number of concurrent players in League of Legends worldwide is only eight million.

Even if only one percent of people are watching the live stream now, that's an extremely alarming number.

The outside world is making a lot of noise, with attention focused on either the ability to rake in millions in one night or the exaggerated number of followers.

But training never stopped at the RNG base.

Early in the morning, just past eight o'clock, Chris, carrying breakfast and enjoying the pleasant cool breeze of the capital, walked to the base entrance with a tactical board tucked between his elbows. A fully armed man was already walking back and forth at the entrance with a large suitcase.

The man was wearing a baseball cap, a face mask, and sunglasses, and his clothing, especially his jacket in the 20-degree morning weather, was quite eye-catching.

"Yes, it's you. What are you doing standing here?"

Chris, with a pancake in his mouth, mumbled indistinctly, but his wary demeanor clearly indicated that he sensed ill intent from the newcomer.

Unfortunately, in the early years of League of Legends esports, there was no position for operations at the base, and the coach was mostly responsible for external publicity.

Towards the end of Season 4 and into Season 5, the number of League of Legends fans gradually increased, and it was only then that clubs began to set up dedicated operations positions to promote their teams.

However, since then, the operational culture of other industries has entered League of Legends, gradually corrupting this pure love and support.

The so-called "fan culture" turned this powerful tool in the hands of the clubs into a double-edged sword.

Clubs hype up player personas, official organizations launch "god-making projects," fans chase after stars offline, and countless counterfeit merchants release player and team merchandise.
Countless industry professionals and outsiders, like leeches, leech off the healthy culture of the league, while also polluting this pure competition.

In League of Legends, it's no longer about how well you play or how skilled you are; rather, it's about how well you promote yourself. A single brilliant play can be hailed as godlike.

Naturally, this situation intensified after LPL won the S7 championship, as the idea of ​​"solo kill" the champion player was rampant on Tieba (a Chinese online forum).

Especially in the last two days, the team's delivery service even received wreaths from so-called "ten-year veteran fans".

It's early in the morning, and seeing such a mysterious man standing in front of the RNG base, Chris would naturally act as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

"It's me, Chris! You forgot about me? Holy crap!"

As he spoke, the man took off his mask, revealing a face that, while ugly, was inexplicably pleasing to the eye.

"Hey Lu Benwei? You should have just told me you were coming to the base, this is such a mess."

Seeing that it was a 50/50 match, Chris was also excited. The two had been good friends for many years, and it was like a chance encounter with an old friend.

"Oh, I was just worried about disturbing your rest. I arrived at seven o'clock, waiting for you to open the door before going in."

He scratched his head sheepishly; even if it was a 50/50 chance, he couldn't escape the feeling of being nervous about returning home.

Standing at the entrance of RNG's base, Wu Wukai thought about many things. He thought about how he might be criticized by the entire internet for his comeback, and how he might lose his previous boastful record because of his poor performance.

It's also possible that after finishing the match and returning to live streaming, his live streaming career will plummet.

Esports is that cruel; a streamer who was popular yesterday can become a pariah within days.

But he still didn't sleep all night. After packing his luggage, he stood at the entrance of the base early in the morning. Seeing Wu Wukai's slightly dazed look, Chris nodded slightly from a discreet angle.

If Lu Benwei acts arrogantly because he's a veteran player, he might just give him one more match as a favor to Xiao Gou.

But seeing how hard Lu Benwei is working now, at least his attitude is as upright as other professional players.

The two stood at the door and chatted about their recent daily lives.

After not duo-queuing with Ma Feifei for a while, coupled with the heavy training in the national server, before coming to the base, Wu Wukai barely managed to reach the 480-point King rank under Li Luo's guidance, but this score is definitely inflated.

But at the very least, in a match, as long as you can withstand the pressure, even if the opponent is a 1000-point king, it will be very difficult to kill him.

When is the next match?

"This weekend," Chris said, "the team's been having some issues lately and needs to adjust. We're also trying out new strategies and tactics. We might not win this week's matches."

"Huh? So I'm not going to make an official announcement this week?"

"what happened?"

"My reputation isn't great, and if RNG loses again, I'll be dragged into it," Wu Wukai said seriously. "Don't worry about me, prioritize the team's results."

"Don't worry, Chris said 'we might not win,' but have you forgotten what our royal family was best at back in the day?"

Hearing the sounds outside, Li Luo opened the door and came out, just in time to overhear their conversation, and chimed in.

In the following days, with the addition of Wu Wukai, the RNG team adjusted a lot, at least in terms of the training atmosphere.

An old house where a treasure.

Under Grandpa Kai's guidance, without any prompting or suggestions from the coaching staff, everyone entered a grueling training mode. On the surface, it was for the summer split results, but in reality, everyone knew that it was to hide their secrets for the S8 World Championship.

As the only LPL club with a championship title, everyone works 14 hours a day, except for sleeping, eating, and training time, and gives up social life to prepare for the competition.

A person's potential is not unleashed at their peak, but rather when they are in a trough and push themselves hard enough to reach their limits and achieve a breakthrough.

Gradually, everyone subtly improved through the many operational details they couldn't understand, the laning phase, and the battle of wits.

Soon, it was the weekend.

The Shanghai Grand Gateway Plaza was packed with people, with every seat filled.

They were all there for today's main event.

Rng Vs ig.

IG, now at its peak and fully formed, faced off against RNG, the S7 champions, at home.

If IG can win against RNG in today's match, they will become another rising star in the LPL.

Of course, in the previous life, it was this same team that, in just one year, achieved what LPL had not been able to do for many years: winning the World Championship and making LPL history.

Although the team's top laner and ADC only joined this season, after a spring split of adjustment, they have already reached IG's true peak ahead of schedule.

IG's resilience and strength at the World Championship amazed countless people. The existence of the IG team also showed the global League of Legends audience what the LPL's playstyle is like for the first time!
Because IG's playstyle is completely different from that of the domestic powerhouse Edg, emphasizing individual skill in the solo lane more than teamwork.

This became the standard for many LPL teams to select solo lane players in the future.

"Okay, welcome to Shanghai Zhengda Plaza. I'm your commentator for today, Wang Duoduo. I'm PDD, and I'm Shenchao."

The commentators for today's match were not the most senior commentators like Wawa and Miller, but rather two people with connections to RNG and IG: PDD and Shenchao.

In addition, given the long-standing entanglement and various grudges between IG and Royal Never Give Up, this match was deliberately portrayed as a revenge story by the official media.

"Haha, today's match was hilarious!"

Wang Duoduo laughed:
"Especially with the arrival of Shenchao and PDD today, plus the return of Wu Wukai, when are these old royal family members going to reunite?"

"Yes, if Shenchao comes back, I'll definitely come back too, haha."

"At that time, my ancient behemoth will be able to take down four PDDs in one go."

The three joked with each other, not caring about their past grievances at all. They were full of temper on the field, but off the field they were still good friends.

"We'll be able to see Wu Wukai at the match today, but he probably won't be playing against IG. Everyone is very familiar with the lineups of IG and RNG, so I won't go into detail."

"In the first game, both sides fielded their starting five players."

This match garnered a lot of attention. After losing the opening match against LGD, IG rallied and not only won all three best-of-three series, but also didn't lose a single game, ranking first among all LPL clubs in points.

Coupled with IG's unique fighting and chaotic style, and led by the "Shoe King" (a nickname for a player), it gave everyone the feeling of watching RNG in the Spring Split. In fact, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to regard this IG team as a replica of RNG.

Many fans are also concerned about RNG's current situation. After all, as the oldest team, RNG's fans are still quite loyal.

"The version of the competition server is synchronized with the external version. I've heard many team coaches say that the changes in this version have a huge impact on gameplay."

Wang Duoduo asked curiously, "PDD and Shenchao, what do you two think?"

With two industry experts here, Teacher Duoduo is happy to entrust professional matters to professionals.

"If the last patch was the patch for enchanter supports, the patch for RNG, then this patch can be directly called the patch for IG, the patch for teams with strong solo lanes!"

PDD's words, "If you don't say something shocking, you'll never rest until you've said it," reveal the secret of the universe.

With his opening remarks, Shenchao also began to share his own views, and as the match approached, the number of viewers in the live stream steadily increased.

(End of this chapter)