League: What? A bunch of old men can win a championship?

Before quitting the game, Lu Yingdong took one last look at his stats.

卡牌大师，0-0-4，12分钟113刀。

The data isn't exactly impressive, but that's not important.

The data doesn't reflect his contribution to the game in this particular round.

Moreover, to put it another way, his stats are much better than the opponent's Taliyah, who went 0-0-0 at twelve minutes and only had 104 CS.

Lu Yingdong pressed ALT+F4 to exit the game, his face full of smugness.

"Not bad, right?" Lu Yingdong stood up and asked with a smile, "How would you rate my card deck?"

Afterwards, the factory manager, who had been watching the game the whole time, immediately gave a thumbs up: "Invincible!"

Even Doinb felt a surge of admiration.

There's no way around it, Lu Yingdong's performance this round was just too perfect.

Both being mid-laners, both serving as team strategists, and both playing roaming champions, Doinb can frankly admit that Lu Yingdong performed better than he had just played.

Abu and Maokai had nothing to say but praise.

He completely controlled the game, from counter-jungling to ganking, from laning to roaming, everything was so perfect, as if the whole game was under his control!

Under his command, EDG crushed TES's morale in just eleven minutes, which was incredibly fast!

The EDG players are worldly-wise; they've won MSI, Worlds, and countless LPL championships!

This level of ability to drive the pace is something they can only see in one or two top-tier midfielders.

Of course, whether this state is fleeting or permanent remains an open question.

"That was a really good game, but one game doesn't prove anything," Abu said. "Let's play a few more."

Lu Yingdong smiled and nodded, "Sure, no problem."

TES didn't spend too much time reviewing the game this time, because in their opinion, they didn't make any major mistakes. If they had to say something, it would be that Xiaotian shouldn't have farmed from bottom to top, which gave the opponent an opportunity to invade.

And before the dragon fight, Wayward shouldn't have lost his mind and used his ultimate and Flash.

But this is actually completely irrelevant.

The fundamental reason for the loss was that the opposing Twisted Fate was too strong in lane, and Rookie's Taliyah couldn't get lane priority or keep up with the opponent's pace.

But... can they say that outright?

Rookie is highly respected in the industry, and he's only here for a tryout, not as one of their own players. They can't bring themselves to criticize him, so they can only brush it off and move on to the next game as soon as possible.

Of course, even if TES didn't say it, Rookie would understand. He knew that the last game was entirely due to the mid-lane difference, and his performance was terrible, not even remotely worth trying.

"Let's play one more game. I didn't play well last time, it was my fault," Rookie said. "Next time, I'll play more seriously."

The TES members around them all nodded in agreement.

They, of course, unconditionally trust Rookie.

This is someone who has won a world championship!

From S5 to S12, Rookie has never fallen out of the ranks of LPL's top mid laners, and he's known for his strong laning phase...

How could someone like him lose to a substitute who's been a substitute for eight years?

Losing one game is due to carelessness, losing two games is due to bad luck.

Losing three games... Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"Old Song, pick your best hero this time!" JackeyLove egged him on, "We can't let DongShen show off!"

A serious glint flashed in Rookie's eyes: "Then, give me LeBlanc."

LeBlanc has a championship skin from IG in Season 8, and Rookie's name is signed on this skin.

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"Yo~ Enchantress!" In the EDG training room, amidst a joyful atmosphere, everyone saw TES's champion, Enchantress, being chosen by a single lightning bolt.

Flandre chuckled and said, "Oh no, Rookie's serious! Can Dong-Shin handle it?"

"A vixen?" Lu Yingdong narrowed his eyes as he looked at TES's choice.

To be honest, this isn't the version featuring the Demoness.

After all, with the increasingly sophisticated tactical systems of professional teams, heroes without wave clear capabilities are not qualified to stand in the mid lane.

Pick any champion like Ryze or Poppy who's been playing all night, and they can completely dominate LeBlanc.

Of course, Rookie can ignore all of this; his understanding of LeBlanc can disregard the version.

Of course, Lu Yingdong also had his own ways of dealing with it.

There are countless heroes that can counter LeBlanc. You can either choose one that can push lanes quickly and has crowd control abilities, keeping LeBlanc in the mid lane.

Either pick a tank.

In the current OPGG, it can be seen that in Korean server games at Challenger/Platinum and above, there is a mid-lane Nasus vs. LeBlanc strategy with an extremely high win rate.

Maximize your magic resistance early on, then just camp in mid lane and spam your Q. LeBlanc's damage will be like a tickle to you. Once you start spamming Q around the 20-minute mark, the game enters its Nasus phase...

Lu Yingdong certainly wouldn't choose an abstract mid-lane champion like Nasus, but he did have a novel idea in his mind.

A new hero, just released, also a tank, with fast wave clear and reliable crowd control...

It seems to be the perfect choice to counter the Enchantress...

"How about I get you a...Quisanti?" Lu Yingdong asked.

"Quisanti?" Countless EDG players turned their heads, their eyes full of confusion.

Quesanti...isn't that a useless hero?

As a top LPL team, EDG's analyst team is certainly not just sitting around doing nothing.

Even before Quesanti's skill set was released and its stats were known, analysts had already given their assessment: the mechanics are perfect and suitable for a professional league system, but the stats are unknown and need to be verified in ranked matches.

Later, when the win rates were released, the numbers were confirmed – a complete mess.

Do you even understand the value of a 42% win rate?

Is it too reckless to use a hero with such a low win rate at this point?

"What do you mean? You don't believe me, do you?" Lu Yingdong said frankly, "I have a plan for this hero, don't worry!"

Lu Yingdong really has a good strategy, after all, he's played a full seven games in the last two days!

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but at least I can understand the hero's skill set and combo strategies.

Quesanti's mechanics are among the best in the entire League of Legends.

As long as this mechanism exists, that's enough.

The numerical difference? It's not a big problem; it can be smoothed out through manipulation.

After all, those who know, know. At his peak, Doinb was best at playing short-range heroes against long-range heroes. His strong laning ability and understanding of short-range heroes allowed him to easily deplete the opponent's mana with his health, thereby seizing lane control.

Lu Yingdong now possesses the attributes of a top-tier B-rank player, so he certainly won't lag behind in this aspect.

As long as you can rely on your personal skills to stall until you get the right equipment, and then use the equipment to offset the numerical advantage, this monster with its mechanics becomes invincible.

"Since you want to play... then we'll trust you," Abu said. "But you still have to remember, this is your own training match. Although we were very satisfied with your performance in the first game, if you really can't keep up later, then we'll have to reconsider."

Abu's meaning was clear: as long as Lu Yingdong's performance wasn't too bad, he would basically pass the trial, so don't try to mess things up.

Lu Yingdong smiled and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Behind them, Doinb seemed to be deep in thought after listening to Lu Yingdong's words.

Actually, he also had the idea of ​​using Quesanti as a mid laner. He even used him in his live stream a couple of days ago when the preseason was just updated... Lu Yingdong actually had the same idea as him in this regard.

Of course, Doinb also understands Quesant's strengths and weaknesses, knowing that this is a hero that relies heavily on individual skill.

Therefore, he was more looking forward to this match.

He wanted to see how Lu Yingdong would handle the hero, Quesanti.

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This chapter won't be as detailed as the first one; it'll be covered in a little over a chapter. The trial training storyline should end tomorrow.

See you at midnight tomorrow! Brothers, remember to read every day.