Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 331 Korean Server Massacre! Terrifying Ranking Speed
Riding his yellow bike, which took only a few minutes to get there, Li Luo, having eaten and drunk his fill, rode for twenty minutes before finally arriving at the League of Legends division.

Compared to the massive Edg club, RNG is like a baby with a single specialty, where the League of Legends division is dominant.

But the coaching role has its advantages.

If it were an ordinary professional player who went out early in the morning and didn't return until the afternoon, they would probably have been labeled as having a poor professional attitude and recommended to quit.

Back in the training room, everyone had already eaten lunch and hurriedly started playing ranked games.

Without a coach to organize practice matches, all team members could only practice ranked games on their own. However, Li Luo clearly didn't have the awareness of a coach, indicating that everyone should just continue playing ranked games and there was no need to arrange practice matches.

If their discussion this morning really goes as planned, the club will probably need a major overhaul; otherwise, given S9Edg's level, they'll at best be eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

If he's going to play, then substitute jungler jiejie won't be of any use, so we'll sell him if we can.

So, of all the people sitting in the base, only Scout and Miss Fortune are still there; everyone else has to leave.

"Scout, what's your rank on the Korean server now?"

Sitting in his chair, Li Luo called out through the screen.

Scout, on the other side, also replied in his familiar Wuhan-accented Mandarin:
"I'm Master 80 LP on the Korean server, what's wrong? I just finished my placement matches not long ago, I haven't been climbing the ranks on the Korean server yet."

"I asked Abu for his account, he'll duo queue with me later."

The hidden MMR of the Super account is Diamond 1, so it is possible to duo queue with Master rank players. However, once the rank is refreshed, Scout will go to Grandmaster, and then Li Luo will have to reach Master rank before he can duo queue with him.

At this moment, everyone else in the training room who was still playing ranked games had a change of expression.
Even Jiejie, who was training solo, was filled with confusion.

Isn't the factory manager a coach? Why is he still duo-queuing with the mid laner?
Of course, ignoring the opinions of those who were about to leave EDG, Li Luo took out his phone, looked at the Korean server account sent by Abu, and logged in with practiced ease.

Since its inception, Edg has always focused on the mid and bot lanes, with the top laner primarily playing a sacrificial role.

No matter what, we must ensure the development of both the junior student and Hu Xianzhao, and to develop, they must consume resources.

Therefore, the concept of a three-core team was a false proposition before S10.

Because the game resources are limited in each round, if one player takes more resources, the rest of the players will have to take less. And in the current version, it's impossible to support a third carry to drive the game.

But S10 is different. After the jungle mechanism was changed in S10, the jungler will become the third carry in the team, directly forming a three-core lineup.

If the top laner is strong, a four-core lineup can even be played, meaning that apart from the support not needing to farm, the other three lanes and the jungler can all develop well.

Therefore, Li Luo plans to completely overhaul Edg's established playstyle, allocating resources according to need, with whoever plays well in a game getting more rewards.

is it possible?

The answer is yes. Given the factory manager's influence within the team, as long as Li Luo maintains his command position, allocating resources will not be a problem at all.

Only Edg can meet this demanding condition; other teams, even RNG, would have a slim chance.

"Ye Can, we'll be playing a mid-jungle synergy later. You pick a strong mid-laner to try and maintain our early-game fighting strength in the jungle."

Listening to the factory manager's words, Scout seemed to feel something, as if he had returned to the era when the two of them joined forces to commit massacres. But he shook his head, banishing such unrealistic thoughts from his mind.

The factory manager is old; that's an indisputable fact.

Whether in matches or ranked games, the factory manager's skill level is declining rapidly at a visible rate.

This is precisely the situation that Scout is most powerless to change. Without jungle, he can't be aggressive at all, and if he wants to suppress the opponent, he can only look to the mid-to-late game.

Therefore, every time Clearlove is brought into the game, Scout has to put in two or even three times the effort to play the laning phase, ensuring the safety of himself and Clearlove in the early game.

After the two added each other as friends and entered the queue, they quickly joined the line.

In the first game, Scout plans to use the recently popular Pantheon mid lane, teaming up with Clearlove to create early-game momentum.

Pantheon is a champion that doesn't require high skill but high awareness, so Scout isn't worried about getting crushed in lane and embarrassing Clearlove.

"Mingkai, I'll play Pantheon. You need a jungler with high damage output, preferably one that can secure kills."

Upon hearing Scout's words, Li Luo glanced at the jungler heroes and silently locked onto Graves, who had recently become popular due to the price reduction and buff of armor penetration items.

Graves clears jungle camps quickly and deals strong continuous damage. As long as you have good awareness and skills, and pair him with Pantheon mid, it's rare to find a mid-jungle duo that can beat him, not only in the early game but also in the mid-game.

"Massacre"

"Rampage"

……

"Godlike!"

In just thirteen minutes, Li Luo once again demonstrated his control, securing his thirteenth kill with Scout's help.

One kill per minute is practically a godlike achievement in Master rank games on the Korean server.

"Everyone everyone everyone everyone"

"It's awesome!"

"Holy crap, are their mid and jungle players smurfs? They're so strong!"

"The opposing mid laner is from the LPL's Edg team. Shouldn't he be dominating this rank?"

"That enemy jungler is too strong, his killing intent is so strong, I wonder if Edg brought back a killing machine from somewhere."

The excavator player, facing off against Li Luo, looked at his 0-7 score and then at the comments in the live stream, and couldn't help but feel overwhelmed, explaining:
"That mid-jungle duo is too strong, and the opposing jungler is a new account, probably EdgG's secret weapon. We'll probably see it at the Demacia Cup. But these two aren't at this level, so I accept the loss to them."

After speaking, the excavator surrendered. His teammates offered a token resistance, but after realizing that the Graves' damage was becoming unpredictable, they all agreed.

The first game ended in 16 minutes, with the Super account gaining 26 points and being placed in Diamond 1 rank.

"Mingkai, you're really going strong! You're in such hot form! Let's keep going, my touch is just right right now!"

Although Scout didn't get any kills this game, he got a lot of assists and his equipment was pretty good, giving him a feeling of being back in Season 7.

"Okay, keep up the aggressive mid lane, don't pull any crazy moves. Oh, and remember not to stream it. I don't want people to know this account is mine so soon."

Li Luo, who always kept in mind the conditions for unlocking the pig farmer game, gave Scout a friendly reminder. After receiving a response, the two entered the second game.

In this game, Pantheon was banned by the opposing team, and Scout picked the more aggressive push-lane mid-laner Rumble.

Li Luo then pulled out a Leopard Woman.

Don't be fooled by the fact that both mid and jungle are AP champions. In ranked games, the opposing team simply can't survive until the mid-game when they build magic resistance. Once the two of them establish a rhythm in the early game, the opposing team won't have a chance to fight back at all.

Undoubtedly, this game was won even more decisively than the last. At 10 minutes, when the enemy mid laner was ganked under the tower and went 0-4, he immediately went back to base, sold his items, and typed a message indicating that Li Luo's team should push mid. Seeing that the mid laner had retreated, the jungler Elise also decided to quit and went back to base, indicating that they should push mid as well.

This is a rank that everyone often encounters, so when they saw that two teammates had quit and that the team was at such a big disadvantage, the remaining three agreed to return to base and let the mid lane push.

In 14 minutes, 27 points were added, and half of the Diamond I victory points were recovered.

On the other side, Scout seemed to sense that the factory manager was in an unusually good state today, and gestured for the two of them to continue.

Li Luo didn't stand on ceremony and immediately rejoined the queue.

Just as he was relaxing in line, stretching his shoulders and preparing to have a drink, he suddenly noticed that Tianye had secretly pulled a chair behind him and was staring intently at his screen.

"Holy crap, Tianye, what are you doing? Stop it!"

Li Luo remained silent.

"Oh, it's okay. Nobody's duo-queuing with me right now, I'll just watch your games."

Looking at the two MVPs with their golden badges, and the Nidalee's dominant performance in the previous game, Meiko felt cheated.

Hmph! You two scoundrels, secretly climbing the ranks behind my back, huh?

Especially the factory manager, judging from the rhythm and skill level of this game, he is at least a level higher than jiejie.

Moreover, the two's skillful teamwork and the rhythmic, zigzagging attacks created a unique aesthetic of carnage.

There's only one server in the Korean server, and before long, I was able to queue up for the third match.
At 17 minutes, in a 2v5 situation, Li Luo secured a triple kill, Scout got a double kill, and the opposing team tilted and surrendered.
Bonus points: 27.

In the fourth game, Scout made some mistakes in the early game, but it didn't matter. With Li Luo leading the charge, the two ganked the bottom lane and established an advantage. Then, taking advantage of their communication, they directly destroyed the enemy jungle.

At 22 minutes, after securing the Baron, they pushed down the enemy's crystal in one fell swoop.

Bonus points: 27.

After playing consecutive matches for a little over an hour, the account accumulated enough 100 LP to advance to Diamond 1 and entered the promotion series.

The speed was so fast that even Abu, who applied for the account, would probably be astonished.

Scout's undeniable kingly performance in the four games, as well as his strategic vision and command in the fourth game, captivated Scout and Tianye, who were watching from behind.

The two immediately noticed something was amiss.
Was the factory manager really that strong before?

No? Yes? No? Yes?
Seeing the two struggling, Li Luo laughed and told Souct to stop idling and continue the ranked match.

Although they were able to reach the Grandmaster rank in the Korean server after four consecutive wins, it was still like slaughtering chickens and dogs for the two of them, without any pressure.

The fifth game, 23 minutes, victory.

In the sixth game, they faced Doinb, the mid laner of the S9 champions, along with Tian, ​​the jungler of the champions. The two sides were locked in a stalemate in the early game. At 31 minutes, Li Luo made a godlike reaction to dodge Doinb's initiation, and then flashed forward to instantly kill Tian's Lee Sin with a critical hit on Graves. He then used his E skill to return to Doinb's face, and powerfully killed two people in a 1v2 situation.

With their mid and jungler dead, the opposing team had no choice but to give up Baron Nashor, allowing their economy to snowball.

At 35 minutes, Li Luo seized another opportunity to initiate a team fight, instantly killing the opposing ADC and securing the victory.

In the seventh game, apart from the two main players, all the other players were random players and streamers. At 12 minutes, they once again broke through the mid lane, and the opposing team sent a GG signal to push down the mid lane.

With this, the Diamond promotion series was successfully completed, and the account's LP changed from 100 Diamond I to 0 Master.

Opening the Korean server match history page, Li Luo's match history is filled with MVP icons, along with victory colors and an exaggerated KDA, which is simply frightening.

Seven-game winning streak!
And they were all MVPs!

When Li Luo advanced to Master rank and entered the eighth match, the team included players at the King rank and professional players.

"Scout, who are you playing with? You're so strong, a jungler on a seven-game winning streak. Did Edg build dragons?"

"Holy crap, this jungler got seven MVPs in a row! Wow, that's pretty amazing!"

"It's safe now, I've got my back on your heel."

"Hey pro, wanna play Graves? I'll play Yuumi and hang on you, then we'll dominate!"

This game saw them face off against Suning's mid and jungle players, namely Black Angel and SofM.

There was absolutely no communication barrier among the five people, even though Scout and Sofm were from other regions, the remaining three were all Chinese.

Aside from everyone using pinyin to communicate, it does look more like the Chinese version of the game.

"SofM, go jungle, I'm going bot lane to play ADC."

Seeing that everyone recognized Scout immediately, Li Luo thought for a moment and decided to give his spot to Sofm to observe the Vietnamese guy's current strength.

Switching to the bottom lane, relying on the strength of the former peak Uzi, even though his attributes have decreased, Li Luo showed no mercy and beat the opponent to a pulp.

Taking advantage of the easy laning phase, Li Luo observed the coordination between SofM and Black Angel.

Although the two were playing top and jungle instead of mid and jungle in this game, you could still see the chemistry between them.

After getting a feel for the game, Li Luo suddenly realized that if Black Angel and SofM were matched against the enemy team, he and Scout would have to see how their other teammates performed if they wanted to win.

This crucial information instantly alerted Li Luo, and he mentally elevated Suning's importance to the same level as Top Esports.

In this version, teams with strong mid and jungle players will definitely perform well as long as their top and bottom lanes don't underperform. Moreover, the details that Black Angel shows are even more than those of Top Esports' Knight and FPX's Doinb. Paired with SofM, they are like fish in water.

As time passed, Li Luo and Scout, like precise surgical instruments, won game after game at an extremely fast pace.

During this time, the three of them didn't even notice that they missed dinner in the afternoon. Li Luo and Scout were playing, while Tian Ye sat in the back watching. As he watched the two of them slaughter the ranked players as if killing chickens, his expression became extremely unnatural.

He could understand that the factory manager's jungling skills had recovered, but the fact that he was occasionally matched as the ADC in the bottom lane in so many games revealed details that even he was alarmed.
Is this a sudden enlightenment or a moment of profound realization?

Despite finding it hard to believe, seeing the two players secure their fourteenth victory brought a feeling of being in a dream.

At this point, Scout's score had reached 430 points on the Korean server.

Li Luo's score also reached 199 points, ranking 664th on the Korean server leaderboard.

At midnight every day, the server will recalculate the rankings of players from 201 to 700. Players ranked 201-700 in the Master tier will be promoted to Grandmaster, while players ranked outside the top 200 in the Challenger tier will return to the Grandmaster tier.

Any player outside the top 700 will be returned to the Grandmaster tier. There are no tiers in the Grandmaster tier; it only contains one tier consisting entirely of Grandmaster players.

And looking at the time, it was only 7 p.m.

(End of this chapter)