You promised a top lane tutorial, but you're just using Worlds as material for your videos?

Chapter 301: Not a High Rank, MSI Finals!

Once there's a lot of discussion in the comments section, the "truth" is pretty much revealed.

Camille and Fiora are two champions.

Zhou Dian has already covered everything that needs to be said in his previous teaching videos.

Unless there are significant changes, Zhou Dian does not plan to make tutorial videos for these two heroes.

And the last Graves top laner game in the MSI finals.

To be honest, the entire match was basically all about stat-padding.

Playing the game relies more on development and awareness of avoiding ganks.

This thing is not easy to teach.

It's difficult to explain some aspects of game awareness in words.

After all, the situation in the game is ever-changing.

There are no fixed formulas to apply to things related to consciousness.

We need to be adaptable.

Therefore, the material for Zhou Dian's new tutorial video is naturally the third game of the MSI finals.

This is the game where Zhou Dian picked Gnar first, and Huni countered with Yasuo.

Gnar is a very versatile top lane champion.

It's not just professional players.

This is also something that casual top laners should definitely learn.

Moreover, Gnar is a versatile champion.

But it's not mixed up at all.

It's quite difficult to truly master this hero.

June 1st, 9:00 AM.

Zhou Dian updated his latest tutorial video on his D-site account, 【上单老祖】.

Video title——

[The true way to play Gnar! Even when countered, Huni can still win the FMVP by stepping on Gnar's head!]

The new set of teaching videos was just released a few minutes ago.

The video's comment section saw an increase of hundreds of comments.

【First!!!】

[Front row!!!]

[Zhou Shen is punctual! He said he'd release a new video at 9 PM, and he did!]

Happy Children's Day, guys!

【Pshaw, how old are you? Still acting like it's Children's Day!】

【Me? I just turned eighteen~~~】

[Zhou Shen's video title this time isn't wild enough; it doesn't feel the same as before!]

[They've already gone so far as to 'step on Huni's head,' isn't that arrogant enough?]

[What's with this arrogance? Isn't it a fact that 'Huni stepped on Huni's head'? Just stating a fact, what's there to be arrogant about!]

[Hey hey, our Zhou Shen is now the 2017 LPL Spring Split Regular Season MVP, the 2017 LPL Spring Split Finals MVP, and the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational MVP. He's got some status now, so he definitely needs to be careful with his words!]

[That's true, video titles can't just keep using things like "bathtub" anymore, it's inappropriate!]

[Uzbekistan: You fucking mention me here?]

[I was just talking about a bathtub, what does it have to do with Uzbekistan!]

【No, how did we get so far off topic? I came here to watch Gnar tutorial videos to learn how to play Gnar!】

【Then go watch your own video. What does this off-topic tangent have to do with you?】

[No way! No way! Surely no one actually came here to learn technical skills?]

[Idiot, there are tons of viewers watching Zhou Shen's tutorial videos to learn techniques. Do you think they're all just fangirls trying to put down others?]

[Exactly, those fangirls should go find their kind on Weibo and Tieba, don't come here to disgust people in the comments section of my ancestor's videos!]

【.】

Even in casual games, there aren't many Gnar players.

However, they still benefited from their MSI victory.

Zhou Dian's teaching video went viral after it was released.

Of course, this doesn't refer to the specific content of the instructional video.

After all, most of the audience had already seen that match.

Viewers who aren't specifically looking to learn how to play Nar might not be too interested in the content of this tutorial video.

The main reason it went viral was the very first thing Zhou Dian said at the beginning of the video.

As soon as the video started, viewers heard the following:

"Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Dian, the top laner for LGD. Today I'm bringing you a tutorial video on Gnar. My rank isn't high, but I'm here for the MSI finals!"

The last sentence is "Not high rank, MSI finals".

Viewers commented that it was so over-the-top that they almost broke their backs.

The MSI finals matches weren't even very high-ranking.

When it comes to showing off, Zhou Shen is the best!

The most lethal kind of showing off is the subtle kind!

For a time, many streamers were broadcasting League of Legends.

They all like to say this at the start of the game, when entering the game:
"This match wasn't high-ranking, just a Challenger tier in the Chinese server!"

"This match wasn't high-ranking, just Master tier in the Korean server!"

"This rank isn't high, just Master in the Chinese server!"

Generally speaking, that's about it when you talk about Master level games.

Further down to the Diamond rank, streamers will no longer say "Your rank isn't high" when they enter the game.

Because my rank is really low!
Saying that again would completely negate the pretentious effect of the original statement.

Therefore, phrases with the same format, such as "My rank is average, XXXX segment!" or "My rank is very low, XXXX segment!" gradually emerged.

The popularity of this sentence structure has also brought back a lot of traffic to Zhou Dian's new video on D-site.

In an instant, the number of interaction points on the system panel suddenly increased.

It's estimated that it won't be long before Zhou Dian gets to draw an S-level ability.

However, after obtaining the super ability [Void Champion] from five million interaction points.

Furthermore, after experiencing firsthand the power of the [Void Champion] ability.

Zhou Dian no longer feels anything about the S-level ability he got from drawing one million points in his basic attack.

He just wants to accumulate a few million more interaction points now.

Let's see if we can pull out another awesome superpower.

This is what they mean by "it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!"
Once people have eaten something good, they don't want to eat anything bad anymore.

June 6th.

There are only two days left until the start of this year's LPL Summer Split. Apart from Zhou Dian, the rest of the LGD team members only returned to the team base today.

Generally speaking, no team would give its players a break until there are only two days left before the start of the new season.

Generally, ten to fifteen days before the start of the new season, the team members are called back to the team base one after another to begin preparing for the new season.

At the latest, the players should return to the team to prepare for the new season, a week before the start of the season.

After all, there's a lot to prepare for the start of a new league season.

It can't be resolved in a day or two.

However, LGD is a team that is relatively lax in its management.

Furthermore, after just winning the MSI Mid-Season Invitational, it's really unreasonable to give the players three to five days off.

They're exploiting the players way too much!
Let's just go all the way.

Let's put it before the start of the Summer Split.

As for the delay in preparations for the Summer Split?
The management had long been prepared for LGD to lose their first two regular season matches in the first week of the Summer Split.

They won the MSI championship, and it was just two regular season games.

So be it if we lose!

We don't care.

On the night of the 6th, imp was the last to arrive at the team's base.

I traveled a long and tiring way back from South Korea.

After returning, Imp went straight to his dorm to sleep.

Therefore, LGD did not have a full team practice on the 6th.

And the day after tomorrow, on the 8th, LGD will play the opening match of the Summer Split.

In other words, this refers to LGD's preparations for the Summer Split before it begins.

There's only one day left, June 7th.

What can you possibly prepare for in just one day?
It's practically like starting the summer season naked.

In any case, head coach Dgc has given up hope of LGD winning their two regular season matches in the first week of the Summer Split.

Let it be however it turns out!
However, the LGD players are still very confident about the opening match the day after tomorrow.

Of course, the sources of confidence differ among the individuals.

Zhou Dian's confidence stems from the fact that he did not take a break and has been studying the version of the game for the Summer Split.

Zhou Dian's teammates' confidence stems from their status as the newly crowned MSI champions.

You're just a mere QG team.

Oh, no, it's now called JDG esports team.

JDG's performance in the Spring Split was only good enough to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

We just won the MSI championship half a month ago.

We have a full day tomorrow for the whole team to practice and get familiar with the new version.

Taking down JDG is more than enough.

June 7th.

After lunch.

The players and coaching staff of LGD.

Finally, everyone was gathered together again in the training room at the base.

Following that, the LGD team began their last-minute cramming for tomorrow's opening match.

Since it's a last-minute effort...

There's no need for individual ranked training.

Let's go straight to the training match.

As for the opponents in the training matches.

The team leader has already been arranged.

WE, LGD's opponent in this year's LPL Spring Split finals.
After their defeat in the Spring Split finals, Team WE...

The entire team is determined to make a comeback in the Summer Split.

They are determined to win their first LPL championship in team history.

So, as early as half a month ago.

The entire WE team has returned and begun preparations for the Summer Split.

WE was the runner-up in the Spring Split.

The difference in overall strength between the two teams is not that significant.

In addition, WE has been back to normal training for half a month.

LGD, on the other hand, had just returned to the team and hadn't yet recovered from their vacation.

Apart from Zhou Dian, the others didn't completely miss a single game of League of Legends during their holiday.

However, the number of ranks is still very small overall, so it has no training effect at all.

Therefore, the two teams are now playing practice matches.

The result can be imagined.

After playing six practice matches, LGD failed to win a single one.

Judging from the actual performance in these few training matches, there is already a gap in the level between the two teams.

Dgc shook his head in disbelief.

The team is in terrible shape after just finishing their holiday.

It will take at least a week of training to fully recover.

Well, we can forget about winning either of the two matches in the first week of the Summer Split.

At least in tomorrow's opening match of the Summer Split, LGD is likely to lose.

However, what surprised Dgc was...

Although LGD lost six consecutive scrims to WE.

However, none of these six training matches were one-sided.

The reason lies in the top laner's consistent advantage in every game.

It can help the team hold on a bit longer and prevent them from being speedrun.

However, the opponent is a top-tier team like WE in the LPL.

Even Zhou Dian couldn't lead four completely sleepwalking teammates to victory against WE.

At most, it can make the game less embarrassing to lose.

Judging from Zhou Dian's condition, Dgc knows that Zhou Dian has most likely maintained the training intensity of the season during this break.

It might even be larger.

Thinking about this, Dgc couldn't help but have some thoughts about winning the opening match tomorrow.

As the scrims against WE progressed, LGD's overall performance improved significantly compared to the beginning.

With Zhou in top form, we might have a chance to win tomorrow's game!
Although the management doesn't care about the wins and losses of the two regular season games in the first week of the Summer Split.

But when it comes to a competition, who wants to start by aiming to lose?
(End of this chapter)