LPL History

Chapter 340 The Sickly Physician Tests His Skills for the First Time, the Peerless Heroine Cleverly Breaks Through the Heavenly Spirit

The hero Fiora was reworked and released on August 11, 2015, with an update to the Chinese server.

The current date is August 16th.

Generally speaking, the version of the competition server will lag behind the production server by one or two versions.

But this time it's different.

Considering the timing of the World Championship, it is highly likely that this year's World Championship will use version 5.15, which was updated on August 11th, or later.

Because the Chinese server version updates were too slow in the past, many netizens have expressed their opinions, believing that the LPL version was too outdated, which is why LPL teams have difficulty adapting to the new version in the World Championship and thus cannot achieve good results.

Therefore, this time, the LPL official directly set the version for the playoffs as the newly released version 5.15.

The first round of the bubble tournament will begin on August 11th, which can be said to be in sync with this version update.

In other words, Fiora has only been out for five days since her rework and release.

Over the course of these five days, opinions on the reworked Fiora have become somewhat polarized.

Many former Fiora players believe that this rework is a complete failure. Without Blade Waltz, Fiora has completely lost her soul and gets melted in a second when she enters a team fight.

On the contrary, some players who are new to Fiora think this time it was quite successful, since it's not as mindless as before.

However, five days is far from enough time for players to fully understand this hero.

Even these professional players can't do it.

So although Fiora is praised by many netizens online, no professional player would choose to pick her in a match.

Not to mention the current state of Zhou Li!

Therefore, the shock to netizens after seeing Zhou Li take down the Sword Maiden was undoubtedly enormous.

When viewers saw IG lock in Fiora during the live stream, they instantly went wild.

【Wait, does he really know how to play Fiora?】

[Fiora was just reworked this patch, right?]

Damn, I can't play anymore after the changes. I miss my five-hit-per-second combo.

Bro, Fiora is seriously strong after the rework!

The question is, does the older brother really know how to play?

[He was lying in the hospital just five minutes ago, and you're saying he can already play Fiora?]

Believe first!

I strongly suspect that Zhou Li only read the skill descriptions.

At this point, both sides had already finalized their lineups.

Blue side: OMG Esports Club VS Red side: IG Esports Club.

Top lane: (gogoing) Maokai VS (zhou) Fiora.

Jungle: (loveling) Jarvan IV VS (kakao) Nidalee.

Mid Lane: (cool) Orianna VS (rookie) Jayce.

ADC: (UZI) Caitlyn vs. (kid) Sivir.

Support: (Cloud) Lux VS (Kitties) Janna.

Guan Zeyuan was clearly still somewhat unable to accept this pick of Fiora, and continued to ramble on in the commentary booth.

"Honestly, picking Fiora was a bit too risky. This champion has only been reworked for five days, and we know about Zhou Li's situation... I can only say that Zhou Li is truly remarkable. Every time he appears, he always manages to give us quite a shock. But this time, I'm really worried for him."

Miller also spoke up:

"To be honest, I don't really know much about Fiora. Of course, I've watched videos and read guides, and I've even played a couple of games myself. But somehow, it feels like the new Fiora is definitely more difficult to master than the old one! Especially her W skill and ultimate!"

At this moment, Zhou Li was already controlling Fiora to head towards the top lane.

Then he discovered something.

"Wait a minute, why was Fiora reworked?!"

The IG players, who were still enthusiastically discussing the tactics for this game, suddenly seemed to have been muted.

They then looked at Zhou Li with disbelief.

"No?" Kakao's tone was filled with shock, he even forgot his catchphrase, "You didn't know Fiora was reworked?!"

"I do not know."

Zhou Li shook his head.

He was originally planning to play the old version of Fiora and have some fun with Blade Waltz, but when he checked the skills just now, he found that it was actually the new version of Fiora.

"You...don't know..." Kakao was speechless. "What...what do we do?"

"It's alright," Zhou Li comforted him. "So what if it's changed? Let me check the skills; it'll still be playable."

Actually, he doesn't need to look at the skills at all.

He had already unlocked the Fiora proficiency through the mercenary's abilities, and his proficiency with both the new and old Fiora had reached the perfect level.

However, Zhou Li had not noticed before that with the rework of Fiora, some new things had entered his mind.

The reason he said that was because he knew about something called post-match voice messages.

Zhou Li was somewhat helpless, never expecting that his unintentional attempt to show off would backfire so spectacularly.

But Zhou Li's teammates were clearly getting anxious.

"Does anyone know how to play the new Fiora? Tell your brother quickly."

Everyone looked at each other.

They're not playing top lane.

Besides, Fiora has only been out for five days, how would they know how to play her?

"Don't worry, I can do it."

Zhou Li offered some words of comfort, only to hear Kakao start complaining.

"When I saw Zhu Kai shouting so quickly to ask She Keke to get you Fiora, I thought you two had practiced some kind of strategy in private."

Kakao's words surprised Zhou Li for a moment.

Yeah! Why didn't that bastard Zhu Kai remind himself?!
What Zhou Li didn't know was that Zhu Kai, who had returned backstage, had just learned from the team's voice chat that Fiora had been reworked.

This made his face turn red instantly.

Because at that moment, the owner, who was originally sitting outside watching the game, was now sitting behind him.

Zhou Li hummed a little tune as he set off on his journey.

Fiora fighting Maokai is like a mother beating her son; she could beat him even with her eyes closed.

Maokai has four skills, two of which can be blocked and countered by Fiora's W. Moreover, Fiora herself has healing abilities, so fighting Maokai is as simple as going in and trading blows without thinking.

The eldest brother, however, seemed somewhat helpless.

He has never practiced playing Fiora.

He didn't even really lane against Fiora.

It's not that Fiora isn't worthy of appearing in high-elo games, but rather that since she's a newly released champion, even if people want to practice her, they won't immediately use their main account to practice in high-elo games.

As for not having practiced Fiora, that's purely due to your own laziness.

The key point is that he himself felt that even if he practiced, he probably wouldn't have many opportunities to play Fiora in OMG.

So after learning the Q skill, the older brother's tree staggered towards the lane.

At this point, both sides' minion waves had already reached their lanes. From the fact that Maokai didn't throw his tree spawn into the bushes, Zhou Li could tell that Maokai had most likely learned his Q skill at level one.

This is also the standard starting skill build for most heroes; a single Q skill can clear out the first row of low-health melee minions.

However, after learning about the skills the big tree had learned, Zhou Li naturally didn't hold back.

The older brother clearly hadn't played Fiora before, nor had he ever laned against her much, yet he went straight in to last-hit minions.

Zhou Li had already adjusted his position in advance.

Fiora's vulnerability refreshes in a predictable pattern.

The first rule is that the enemy's first vulnerability will only appear in two locations: either on the left or behind.

So as soon as Zhou Li logged in, he adjusted his position and moved to the left of the big tree.

The moment the tree's weakness refreshed, Q skill, Sky Piercer, was used to strike it.

The timing of this Q skill is incredibly precise; it's just the right distance to poke the opening, but the tree can't attack it from that distance.

Using the speed boost from hitting the opening with her Q, Fiora quickly distanced herself, denying Maokai a chance to auto-attack.

At this point, the eldest brother was far from realizing the seriousness of the situation.

After all, the damage of Fiora's Q skill is not very high compared to the damage of most regular fighters.

He was still attacking the minions, trying to reach level 2 first.

At this moment, after Zhou Li created the first opening, he retreated and began to pull his body to the right.

This is the second rule for Fiora's vulnerability refresh!
Centered on the enemy hero, Fiora's four weaknesses can be divided into four positions: up, down, left, and right.

However, according to the refresh rules, the weaknesses can be divided into two groups: the two weaknesses in the lower left corner and the two weaknesses in the upper right corner. Destroying the weaknesses in one group will guarantee that the next weakness will appear in the other group.

For example, if Fiora destroys the weak point on the left side of the tree, then the next weak point will definitely spawn on the right side or above the tree, and will never spawn below it.

Once the weakness on the right side of the tree is eliminated, the next weakness will inevitably appear on the left or below.

So after Zhou Li destroyed the opening on the left, he retreated and immediately began to pull towards the right side of the tree.

The next opening, this time, was directly above the tree.

The moment the opening refreshed, Fiora landed another auto-attack.

At the same time, according to the rules of the vulnerability refresh, move again to the lower left of the big tree!
This time, a new weakness was discovered beneath the large tree.

However, thanks to the movement speed bonus from Fiora's auto-attack that hit the weak point, Fiora had already moved into position.

Of course, the most crucial reason is that the older brother did not know the refresh principle of Fiora's vulnerability, so when facing Fiora who was running around, the older brother did not make any defensive positioning adjustments.

When Fiora once again attacked Maokai's weak point, the carry finally realized something was wrong.

Why do my weaknesses always seem to appear right in front of Fiora?!

In just a few seconds, Fiora managed to create three openings in a row, causing Maokai's health to visibly decrease.

Although Maokai is tanky, Fiora's passive ability deals true damage based on the target's maximum health when she lands an auto-attack that creates an opening!

Furthermore, the vulnerability also provides Fiora with healing abilities. Seeing that Maokai's health had dropped to two bars, while Fiora, who was constantly being attacked by minions, was still almost at full health, the big brother was a little confused.

Seeing that the three melee minions in front of him were already low on health, the big brother wanted to adjust his position, step forward and turn around to use Q to kill the minions and harass Fiora at the same time, but at this moment Fiora ran towards his upper right.

The older brother manipulated the tree to move to the left, but to his absurdity, the next opening appeared on his right!

Fiora landed another auto-attack that exploited a weakness.

The tree also chose to use its Q skill, hoping to clear the minions while repelling Fiora.

However, with the speed boost after exploiting the opening, Fiora used a lateral pull to directly deflect the knock-up from the tree.

Then, they ran down towards the base of the tree.

Even the most stubborn man would realize at this point that something was wrong.

The older brother quickly maneuvered the tree back, but the opening was exposed again, this time at the foot of the tree.

Seeing this flaw, the eldest brother breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the next second, Fiora's Sky Piercing Slash followed!

Fiora's Q skill has a 13-second cooldown at level 1, but 50% of the cooldown time will be refunded after hitting an enemy.

The Fiora, having created an opening, used the tree's position to land another auto-attack before moving to the right.

As the absolute focus of this match, coupled with Zhou Li's aggressive laning, the director kept the camera on the top lane from the very beginning of the game.

And so, under the watchful eyes of the public, something unbelievable happened again.

When Fiora moved to the right side of the tree, the vulnerability reappeared on the right side of the tree!
The Fiora unleashed her soft sword, but the damage she dealt was real!
"Hey! No!"

In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan's eyes widened.

"What's going on? Why are the tree's openings constantly appearing right in Fiora's face?!"

Miller was clearly also bewildered by this absurd scene, exclaiming in surprise:

"This guy's luck is terrible! Five consecutive openings, all landing right in front of Fiora! How is he supposed to play like this?!"

Guan Zeyuan looked at the big tree that had fled to the foot of the tower and couldn't help but say:

"This tree came right up and was immediately reduced to half health. How am I supposed to lane against it?"

Meanwhile, the live stream room was filled with question marks.

【? ? ? 】

[Big Brother: ???]

[Isn't this incredibly lucky?]

Does it seem like there's a pattern to Fiora's vulnerability respawns?

[It should be, otherwise Fiora's positioning is inexplicable.]

[It seems like my brother can see in advance where the next opening will appear?]

Is this some kind of bug?

[That's outrageous. Even if there really is a pattern, how did they know it would occur weekly?]

[Lying in his hospital bed, he suddenly realized and said yes.]

After driving away the big tree, Zhou Li turned around and started blocking the minion wave.

However, the eldest brother was clearly unwilling to give up and just stood there at the foot of the tower.

After using two health potions to recover some health, the tree walked towards the minion wave again.

Seeing the tree towering above him, Zhou Li first feigned weakness and retreated, then instantly learned the W skill the moment he reached level two.

Then, the Sky-Piercing Slash was used to directly strike the opening on the right side of the tree.

Although the older brother didn't know much about the new version of Fiora, he did know that Fiora had a parry skill that could reflect crowd control, so he used a basic attack to test her.

But Zhou Li clearly wasn't buying it and buried his head under the tree.

The older brother wanted to gamble again, but he ended up getting caught out by the Fiora's weakness again, and was exploited for nothing.

Seeing Fiora move to the right again, the older brother realized he couldn't continue this gamble.

[Thorn Strike!]

Laurent is cunning!

"Hey! Maokai's Q hit Fiora's W directly!!"

(End of this chapter)