"Sword Demon?" Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and asked in a familiar drake voice.
Not only him, but many players also looked puzzled.
"I know this hero has been reworked, and it performs very well in the Korean server rankings," Baolan said in a weak voice and raised her hand to ask, "But it's not suitable for the professional arena, right?"
"The Sword Demon gave me the nickname Xiao Ruiwen, ho ho ho ho..." Uzi thought of the famous memes circulating on the Internet, and his face turned red when he smiled.
As soon as this statement came out, many players laughed in agreement.
Especially Xiaohu, when he glanced at Wuzi first and saw him laughing heartily, he was so happy that he slapped his thigh.
Gu Xing couldn't help but laugh.
As netizens commented, the nickname of the redesigned Sword Demon is Big Riven.
Q is three sections, W is control, E has displacement, R has gain state...
Exactly the same as Raven!
Moreover, the stiffness when casting Q is particularly obvious. He stands there like a target. He is simply a pure idiot!
I think it was because of this inherent impression that Bao Lai believed that the redesigned Sword Demon was not suitable for the professional arena.
After all, it is well known that the stupid warrior has difficulty performing in high-intensity confrontations between players, and is often pulled by the dog on the leash.
For example, Galen and Nuoshou are classic examples. Unless they are very special numerical supermodel versions, it will be difficult for them to make their debut on the professional stage.
"Having said that, the two are not the same type at all," Hou Ye translated Hongmi's words to the players of the four teams. "Ruiwen has a disadvantage and has no room for error. It is very difficult to even capture troops. Her hands are short and her body is brittle.
It doesn’t have the ability to recover, but Sword Demon is far ahead in all attributes except flexibility!”
"Q's outer ring damage comes with knock-up control, and the E skill can be cast twice in succession after charging. This means that the sword demon's mobility is quite powerful in a short period of time, which can fully make up for its lack of flexibility, and R
[Great Destruction] has the ability to revive, so there is no problem in being used as half of the front row in team battles!"
"It is no exaggeration to say that Aatrox will definitely be the well-deserved overlord of the Intercontinental Competition!"
Hongmi is full of praise for the new version of Sword Demon, wishing it could be praised to the best of the world.
All the players in the conference hall looked at each other, still confused about the situation.
However, the VG players are as clear as a mirror.
Whenever Hongmi uses such exaggerated language to praise the strength of a certain hero, it is basically not far from being a non-ban choice.
"Hurry up and practice. It is worth noting that our middle units must also be on guard. This hero is a character who can be swayed between the top and the middle!" Hongmi sincerely suggested, "Everyone must not relax, otherwise it is very likely that the Sword Demon will be defeated.
Big loss!"
In his opinion, among the four teams sent by the LPL in this intercontinental competition, only VG can be considered to have typical carry-type players.
Wolf Xing can only be considered half of the team at best, and the remaining Mouse and Letme are relatively pure blue-collar top laners.
On the other hand, in the LCK, the top laners led by Kiin and Khan are all capable of C.
On the way to Dalian, Hongmi measured the comprehensive strength of both sides of the competition and believed that the jungle position was a pure crush. With the four IDs of Virtue, Karsa, Peanut, and MLXG placed on top, it can be said that the stars are shining!
But there is also a huge gap between the upper units.
The gap referred to here has nothing to do with player strength, but the hero pool.
Every LCK top laner counts, and there are no gangsters who play purely blue-collar style.
They may not be strong, but the version of heroes arranged by the coach is really brave to take, and the team is also willing to change the strategic focus!
Redmi is afraid that the blue-collar top players in the LPL will fall to the supermodel version of Sword Demon!
Therefore, they are urged to practice quickly, and at the same time, they are reminded of the possibility of excessive swings.
The principle is similar to that of Sword Girl. Now the mid laner requires strong lane control and small-scale fights to be powerful. Sword Demon has no blue bar and has recovery. As long as the mercury shoes come out, you are not afraid of facing the mage at all, and you can even hold it against him.
Skills to push the line without thinking!
In Hongmi's view, if some teams really can't choose the top laner Sword Demon, it would be great to have the mid laner do it for them.
The four mid laners participating in this intercontinental tournament have acceptable overall strength. Logically speaking, it is not particularly difficult to train Sword Demon.
After hearing Hongmi's arrangements, the generals were still whispering at the long table and couldn't make up their minds.
Although Homme has a good reputation in the coaching circle, some top players have never had contact with this top coach.
As a characteristic of the LPL division, they have always looked down on the coach, thinking that this position is just a takeaway. This is not something they can blame, after all, most LPL coaches are really at this level.
Now the right to speak is given to Hongmi. The chair is not yet warm at the beginning, so you just give the task directly?
Some players feel that Homme's style is too aggressive and reckless.
Why don't you play a few training games to test the strength of Sword Demon?
We have never used Sword Demon in a more formal situation, so we decided that Aatrox was the answer?
Where is the reason for Jiang Zi!
Although Hongmi didn't understand much Chinese, he could roughly guess what the players were thinking from the expressions of the players in the audience.
He was quite helpless.
It has not been verified through training matches, mainly because he feels that the strength of the Sword Demon is visible to the naked eye, and normal people must pay attention to it.
Moreover, there is not much time left for the LPL competition.
The Intercontinental Tournament was originally a competition squeezed out of the summer regular season, and the overall schedule was fast and dense.
Tomorrow the four teams will have to take turns filming promotional videos and interview clips, and the day after tomorrow will be the opening game of the Intercontinental Championship.
Lai Lai has enough time to play a few more rounds of training games to verify the strength of the version answer?
At the critical moment, Gu Xing cleared his throat and used his elbows to hit Chaowei twice.
"Blue Cat, how long will it take you to practice Sword Demon?"
Chaowei couldn't figure out what his jungler meant, and he said honestly with confused eyes, "About... 10 games? Almost."
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After 10 qualifying games, and then go online to find videos of the unique skills, you will probably be able to achieve some success.
"Then hurry up. The coach has said that you are going to practice Sword Demon. Why are you still sitting around?" Gu Xing's volume was just right to ensure that everyone in the training room could hear, "If you can't practice well, it will lead to our intercontinental
If you lose the game, Maibo will let you eat the leftovers!"
"Oh my god..." Song Jinghao's eyes widened.
How come you are so innocent?
"Oh!" Chaowei was just like a little white rabbit, following Gu Xingyan's advice. He didn't even intend to listen to the content of Hongmi's meeting. He opened the client and was about to start ranking.
"Blue Cat, please wait a moment," Hongmi called out with black lines on her head, "I haven't finished speaking yet!"
Chaowei turned his head and glanced at Gu Xing first. Seeing that his jungler had no objection, he obediently canceled Rank's queue.
However, Gu Xing's words had an immediate effect.
"Let's practice," Little Peanut agreed, "We can't fall behind. We need to be able to swing from mid-to-up to the Sword Demon, otherwise there may be problems with BP."
After getting along with Hongmi in the early years, Nofe had long been convinced of this top coach. He was sure that his judgment would not be wrong, and he immediately nodded and agreed.
On the RNG side, Uzi realized the seriousness of the problem after listening to Gu Xing's words, and quickly turned to urge Xiaohu.
"Li Yuanhao, hurry up!"
He knew very well that it was unrealistic to expect Letme, who had completely converted to a blue-collar mindset, to train Sword Demon. Even if he could train it, the team would not switch to Yan Junze as the core of tactics for competition.
In this case, we must rely on Xiaohu to stand up!
"I will try my best!" Li Yuanhao said solemnly.
Having said that, Xiaohu's mouth felt slightly bitter.
He is really not very good at a warrior type role. At the beginning of the summer split, the sword girl Yasuo dominated the mid lane version, so he struggled to play.
Now that there is another sword demon, do you want anyone to survive?
The remaining team, RW, also took a positive stance.
As soon as Jin Taixiang heard what Gu Xing said, he immediately climbed up the pole.
"Isn't he just a sword demon? No problem, take care of me!" He beat his bony chest hard, making a dull sound.
The Xia team faces the same problem as RNG. They are also a team that mainly focuses on the bottom half. The top laner does not receive much attention. It is best to practice with the mid laner.
But unlike Xiaohu, Doinb highly respects the mid laner, a heavily armored warrior like Jian Mo!
What I am best at is using my health to exchange for lane rights, choosing a hero who will push the lane without thinking, and after clearing the lane, I can go to the jungle and side lanes to expand my influence.
Doinb wishes the mid lane meta was always dominated by similar characters!
Head coach Steak has always followed Kim Tae-sang's lead. After hearing the guarantee from his absolute core, he immediately followed up and said, "Yes, Brother Coin is right!"
Gu Xing felt satisfied when he saw that the three brother teams all agreed to practice Sword Demon.
The reason why the LPL participating teams worked together to clarify their joint training goals is naturally attributed to Gu Xing.
It is true that Hongmi has not coached many players, but Gu Xing beat everyone present on the field!
They know very well the fear of being dominated by Gu Xing!
Relying on his unparalleled hard-fighting results and accumulation of honors, coupled with his unique personal charm, Gu Xing is now like a goat-level existence in the minds of countless players. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as one who responds to everything!
As soon as he spoke to urge Chaowei to practice Sword Demon, all the players were convinced and followed suit.
Anyway, VG is the big brother in the competition. If the sky falls, the tall man will stand up. Even if there is an error in the pre-judgment version, they will be the ones who take the blame in the end!
Redmi continued to talk about the version changes and placed the next key update content in front of everyone through the projector.
The small horns and ferocious wolf spirit in the picture allow everyone present to recognize its identity at a glance!
Kindred!
The noise caused by the players from the four teams in the audience instantly amplified several times.
"The second one is Qian Jue," Hongmi looked at Gu Xing and Xiao Huahua, "She has been strengthened in version 8.13. The designer has returned the passive recovery ability of W [Wolf Spirit Frenzy], and has disabled the wild monsters.
The attributes have been deleted, and you two should be the strongest Kindred users here, so you should be able to judge the intensity of this change."
Gu Xing's eyes were already shining.
"This is a pure enhancement!" He asserted, "It was difficult to choose Kindred before because it was too painful to clear the jungle. If you want to clear out all the wild monsters in the first round of the camp, you will definitely be peeled off.
!”
If too much health is consumed by clearing the jungle, Kindred is often unable to launch an offensive online, and is often faced with the awkward decision of whether to go up or down.
"Now that he has the ability to recover again, Qianjue can still do things after clearing the wild. It's pure blessing from God!" Gu Xing couldn't stop his lips.
At the same time, I was still complaining in my heart. The designer did a really good job. Just like the previous Enchantress Poodle, after drastic changes, he found that it was not suitable and then he reverted to the original version.
I did nothing for a while, but I got a salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year!
It is simply the conscientious job that workers dream of!
"That's right," Little Peanut said in deep agreement, "The previous change that crippled wild monsters was really stupid. No matter how hard professional players try to pull wild monsters, they will eventually be sprayed twice by wild monsters. With Qian Jue's small body, two bites are enough.
If you go down, you will lose a lot of health points!"
"Furthermore, one of Kind Jue's significant advantages in this version is that the red BUFF in the early stage is very powerful in combat," Peanut analyzed by the way. "After all, he is a shooter. His long hands and Q's displacement can constantly pull the enemy. In the early stage, his E skill also has
The beheading effect can perfectly cooperate with teammates to kill one person first in a small-scale team battle to reduce the opponent's strength!"
The current version emphasizes early fighting ability, and Kindred's lead in this aspect is undoubted!
Jack laughed heartily after hearing this, "Okay, okay, League of Legends designer! You are finally a real person, Brother Xing is going to be invincible!"
Due to various weakenings of Kindred in the past year and a half, Gu Xing has been selected to be used in only a handful of games.
Now that the designer has modified Qian Jue’s reply mechanism, it is undoubtedly a major benefit!
Yu Wenbo was even ready to win.
Even Chaowei looked at Gu Xing with extremely fiery eyes.
He had seen Qian Jue's performance in the S6 World Championship, and he was astonished at that time.
Unfortunately, after officially joining VG, I have never had the opportunity to use it. Now I am finally seeing a turn for the better!
Gu Xing finally suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmed down to judge the designer's "conscience discovery". He was finally sure that these Riot employees had indeed undergone earth-shaking changes from the version modification ideas they had after winning the Cup in the Bird's Nest last year.
Last year, we mainly used the knife to target him, cutting whatever he played, and the jungle position took turns to be cut, which directly caused the S7 World Championship to be full of herbivorous map control junglers competing, and the rhythm of the game was quite slow, which affected the audience.
game viewing experience.
This year, after the original chief surgeon Chun Li left, the designer team took on a completely new style. They stopped targeting Gu Xing and instead restricted his teammates.
This is how Kuro was played.
In the mid lane version with strong line power, Li Ruixing is at a loss as to what to do!
Gu Xing has made this conclusion since the mid-season. After seeing the designer’s callback to Kindred this time, he can finally determine the tone of Riot Games this year.
In the S7 season, I cut you for a long time, but in the end, all your teammates became the darlings of the version, allowing VG to win two consecutive championships. In the S8 season, I stopped cutting you, and specifically targeted the other four members of VG. How should you respond?
Gu Xing was simulating the designer's ideas in his mind when he heard Hongmi continue talking.
"The rework of Sword Demon is not necessarily good news for us, but the callback of Kindred is different," Homme said with a smile. "The LCK junglers who participated in the intercontinental competition this year are generally very poor, and only Dongbin is very bad.
(Score) will be used frequently, but in terms of proficiency and sales, players like Wanghu are still far behind!"
What's Cuzz, Blank, can you understand Kindred?
Just think about it and you’ll realize it’s unrealistic!
Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the LPL training room instantly became lively and joyful.
"Hey, I suggest that whenever Brother Xing chooses Qian Jue in the future, he can add a 'one-click sweep' function to directly defeat the opponent!" Jack said loudly with his hands behind his head.
"You're holding your breath," Duan Deliang rubbed his big head, "You're going to fight Deft the day after tomorrow, don't take it lightly!"
Duan Deliang has always been afraid of Mr. Dai, thinking that he is a bit too strong.
Regardless of the fact that they swept KT in the mid-season, Deft performed very poorly in teamfights, playing a disastrous scene with Kai'Sa Feifei.
But just in terms of 2v2 laning, Mr. Dai really didn’t lose!
You know, Deft brought a handless Mata with only half a brain to play the bottom lane, and they were able to hold on to a 50-50 draw with the VG duo. How could Duan Deliang not be prepared?
"I will lose to Deft? Isn't that funny!" Jack shook his head, "Tonight, I'm going to see Pupu and ask him how to teach him a lesson!"
There was good-natured laughter in the VG team, and the surroundings were full of joy.
In the next day and a half, except for going out to film, the four teams spent the remaining time practicing in pairs in the training room, following Hongmi's instructions to practice version heroes.
Overall it's been smooth sailing.
The progress of the Sword Demons of the three teams is very gratifying.
But there are exceptions.
RNG.
Xiaohu actually can’t understand the Sword Demon!
During the free time during the dinner break, Chaowei was invited to play Sword Demon 1v1Solo with Li Yuanhao.
As a result, there were a total of 6 heads-up matches, and Xiaohu only won one game!
10% off, it is still super powerful. In the end, it is not a good person. It is clear that it does not like Li Yuanhao's Sword Demon. After crippling the opponent in the line, he jumped over the tower and wanted to kill directly. Unfortunately, there was a mistake in the calculation of the final damage, and he was backed by Xiaohu.
The defense tower completed the counterattack.
Gu Xing couldn't bear it when he saw it in the end. He stood behind Chaowei and patted his little mid laner on the shoulder.
"You've passed it...you've almost passed it. RNG will have a game tomorrow!"
If you make someone lose their mentality, how will you fight on the field?
Uzi first saw the two sides playing one-on-one in the middle. He was keen on solo and watched from the back. After watching the whole process, he was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened.
"No, Li Yuanhao, what's the matter with you? How can Sword Demon play like this?" Uzi was flustered.
"I can't do it!" Xiaohu also felt aggrieved, "I'm practicing, but I just can't do it!"
He now deeply understands the gap brought by talent.
It is also a new hero after rework. After more than ten games of practice, Chaowei dares to say "C" after taking it out.
On the other hand, Xiaohu himself couldn't stand the line even when he chose Sword Demon, and was beaten to low health for no apparent reason!
The most surprising thing is that Letme Sword Demon, who was the least hopeful before, actually played well!
At least it's much stronger than Xiaohu.
This made the whole RNG team feel like they were in a chokehold.
After all, Sword Demon is a warrior. If you choose this type of hero, the jungler must invest resources in raising it.
Facing a weak team, the Royal Family can certainly try to play around the top half.
But once facing a strong team, RNG must let Uzi step up and take over the game, otherwise to fatten Xiaohu and Letme and ignore Uzi's development is basically giving up the fruits of victory!
Are you still playing with a hammer?
It can basically be confirmed that RNG has no chance of joining the Sword Demon system!
Supervisor Sun Dayong and head coach Heart sighed all night and took Hongmi to discuss a response plan.
"It's not impossible to use Sword Demon..." Hongmi gave a suggestion, "Just choose a mid laner who can defeat the opponent. Wait until the mid-term to sideline with Sword Demon. The scene shouldn't be too ugly."
"Does Xiaohu know Sword Girl?" He asked a member of the RNG coaching staff, "Sword Girl will kill the Sword Demon!"
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In the current version, Sword Demon and Sword Girl have just been reworked and have not been seriously weakened. They are both single-line super model monsters.
But when it comes to 1v1 duel, Irelia is simply the biological mother of Sword Demon!
Just hit him in the face, the sword girl can dodge all the outer circles of the sword demon's first two Q shots, and I don't know how to lose!
But Heart and Sun Dayong looked at each other and both smiled bitterly.
"I'm not very good at closing accounts, my proficiency is quite average."
"Ah?!" Hongmi was even more surprised.
He hasn't analyzed RNG carefully since returning from the playoffs.
After all, the two teams belong to the East and West respectively, and they can't even touch each other in the first half of the regular season.
Even if Mars hits the earth, it will still have to be in the playoffs.
Although Redmi likes to imitate Guijiaoqi and study their opponents in the playoffs in advance, they haven't even finished half of the regular season, so they won't be so crazy.
What's more, some time ago, Redmi has been worrying about how to solve the problem of super powerful earthbound spirits. It is so worried that it has no energy to study RNG!
Even Hongmi didn’t know that Xiaohu actually had such a weakness!
Sun Dayong looked at the opponent's surprised look and started to spread his hands, "otherwise, why do you think we are so bad in the regular season?"
RNG's summer regular season results were very unsatisfactory.
In the Western Division, which is recognized as a "good draw, why is it a good draw", I lost three BO3s and was left behind by RW.
It doesn't look like a top team that can go all the way to the final showdown in the spring split!
As the real helmsman of the team, Sun Dayong knows the reasons very well.
The player hero pool and the arena environment are both key factors that make the Royal Family difficult.
Spring is Ornka'sa's stage. The mid laner has the Flag of Command, and the support can bring an unsealed cheat code and teleport for 10 minutes to fight the vanguard. Everything can cater to the previous version.
But at the beginning of the summer split, things started to go wrong!
For heroes with strong lane power such as Yasuo in the mid lane, Xiaohu didn't understand any of them, so he could only play with Ryze, or go against the version and choose a magic core, sacrificing the mid lane power and letting Xiangguo lose the river crab.
If Liu Shiyu hadn't been accustomed to the hunger strike style, Nakano would have broken off his friendship long ago!
In addition, in a version with extremely high levels of bloodshed and a strong emphasis on early-stage fighting, the tactical focus must shift to the upper half.
Without him, it's just because the bottom shooter is too useless in early fights.
It is worth mentioning that this does not conflict with the early strength of jungler Kindred.
As junglers, the Everhunting Twins can ensure that their levels keep up with the solo lane in the early stage, so as not to lag too far behind. They are also very flexible and can run away even if they cannot win. R [Sheep Spirit Breathing] can also help teammates.
The shooter position is different. Unless you play Draven or Lucian, the fight will definitely not be as strong as the warriors in the top half.
Coupled with the weakening of the ADC's basic armor and the fact that most of the support is Tahm, Braum and other platoon-protecting heroes, it is destined that conflicts will be difficult to break out in the second half!
Needless to say, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current version runs counter to RNG's bottom lane core mid-term system!
The combination of these two factors made RNG struggle so much at the beginning of the summer split!
Hongmi sighed softly, "If it doesn't work, just ban the Sword Demon."
Even though he was a top coach, he couldn't come up with a cure in just one night.
"Brother Dayong, go back and cheer for the players and calm their minds," Hongmi reminded, "RNG's training results were not very good today. Don't let the players go into the game with a burden."
"We are good at this!" Sun Dayong patted his chest to reassure the other party.
Zhu Kai, the founder of chicken soup, has not yet made a name for himself. Now when it comes to chicken soup, Sun Dayong and Heart are the gods among the gods!
In the team, there is another letme with shaking hands and no feedback, another one that has automatically entered the bottom of the team in the second half of the year, and another one with Uzi who started a key game with a red temperature explosion.
Is this a team that normal people can be in?
But the RNG coaching staff was able to integrate these three precious things together with just a mouthful of chicken soup!
If it weren’t for the fact that Uzi’s mouth couldn’t be filled with soup during the last dish of the Spring Festival, Uzi wouldn’t have become autistic and chewed his hands on the spot!
As expected, the RNG coaching staff is extremely accomplished at soup-making, and is at a level where they will be able to start classes and make money after they retire in the future.
At the opening ceremony of the intercontinental competition the next day, Uzi Tiger was talking and laughing, and even the entire RNG team members had smiles on their faces!
Baolan poked her head around the entrance passage and went out to take a look. She couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, there are so many people..."
"Of course," Vincent, a Riot employee accompanying him, was very proud. "The Dalian Sports Center Stadium has a total of 18,000 seats. We opened them all directly and all the tickets were cleared in just half an hour!"
Regardless of the fact that the local e-sports atmosphere in Dalyan is not as good as that in Shanghai.
However, many universities have already passed the exam week, and senior high school students have just experienced the college entrance examination and are in a long waiting period for vacation.
This group of students alone can fill most of the seats in the venue!
"Okay, I feel that the enthusiasm for watching our LPL games is getting stronger and stronger!" Tian Ye praised.
As a player, he only feels proud.
"The existence of the league today is inseparable from the wonderful duels that everyone here has contributed to in their careers..." Vincent boasted with a smile, and then urged, "The host is on stage, everyone is ready to enter!
"
The Immortal Grip took the stage, held the microphone in his hand and said loudly to the camera, "This is China, Dalian! Dear Summoners on the scene and in front of the screen, welcome to the 2018 Asian Competition!"
"Last year's first intercontinental competition, the LPL division won the cup in Kaohsiung, and this year, the LPL will serve as the host and welcome the eight strong teams from the LMS and LCK divisions to the Dalian Sports Center for a showdown!"
"Among the participating teams, there are old faces that we are all familiar with, and there are also new forces who are participating in the intercontinental competition for the first time... Let us invite the team to appear!"
The noise from nearly 20,000 spectators was deafening, filling the empty stadium to capacity!
Ren Dong waved his hand.
"First of all, welcome to the spring champions from the LMS division, Team Machi!"
He tried his best to draw out his voice.
However, the noise in the venue suddenly subsided.
The applause and cheers all disappeared without a trace.
The audience present had a tacit understanding, and they all pretended to be indifferent, just looking coldly at the contestants on the gorgeous stage.
In the end, there were only a few scattered low-pitched sounds of support sticks tapping against each other in the entire venue.
The members of the Machi team had just taken the stage. They originally thought they would get support from the audience, but they were met with a cold reception, and the smiles on their lips instantly froze.
