Chapter 137 Lushen with a sudden change in painting style
In the days before the game against IM, omg played a lot of training matches.
The frequency of this training match is much higher than usual.
The main reason is that this week, the seventh week of the LPL regular season, the LPL games will usher in version changes.
The competition server has been changed from version 7.13 to version 7.14.
The 7.13 version has not even played a few games, and it is gone. It is really a test of the LPL players' ability to adapt to the version.
This is also a point worth complaining about lpl.
Like the national server, the LPL competition version is often not updated in a timely manner due to various reasons.
As a result, it often happens that a version takes a long time to be updated, and then due to the need to keep up with the overall progress, the newly updated version is updated in a hurry after being played for a few days.
What's even more outrageous is that there are skipped versions of LPL games.
It's just that the version progress is too far behind, and the competition server directly skips a certain version.
In short, faced with all kinds of weird things, the players are unable to resist, so they just have to work hard to adapt!
In version 7.14, the new hero Kayn is launched.
In this version, tank equipment has been strengthened, Langton's synthesis is smoother, and provides more health.
The big anti-armor now provides extra health, and also has a new effect of reducing the attacker's attack speed. It is simply anti-armor and ice heart two-in-one. It can be said to be greatly strengthened.
There is another hero that has undergone major changes, and that is Cho'gath, the Terror of the Void.
The mana cost of Big Bug's Q skill is reduced, and the silence time of W skill is increased.
The most important thing is that the e skill has been redone, changing it to the big bug's next three basic attacks firing spikes, which will damage and slow down all targets hit.
Now the big bug's E skill can reset the basic attack, increase the attack distance, and deal a percentage damage.
This greatly improves Big Bug's ability to fight in close combat on the top lane.
Coupled with the newly enhanced tank equipment, whether in the Korean server or the Chinese server, after the changes to Big Bug, his appearance rate and winning rate have been rising all the way.
Lu Chen has also practiced a lot of big bugs in the past few days. Under the influence of the high numerical attributes in terms of operation, Lu Chen feels quite handy. He has mastered this hero well.
A clear proof is that Lu Chen’s rank in the Korean server has increased a lot in the past few days since he has been practicing as a big bug in the rankings.
Compare it to the appalling ranking results when I was training light warriors.
Lu Chen had to come to a conclusion.
Could it be that beast-shaped heroes with novel styles, such as trolls and giant bugs, are more suitable for me than those elegant human heroes?
In this regard, Lu Chen said:
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
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Thursday, July 27th.
The seventh week of the lpl regular season continues.
Although the omg game time was at 7pm, everyone in omg still left for the competition venue in the afternoon.
The main reason is that the official disciplinary requirements of LPL events are becoming more and more strict. Being fined for being late is really not worth it.
However, the complex competition requirements also show that the LPL is becoming more and more standardized.
omg's opponent today is IM, formerly the second team of edg.
In the summer of 2016, due to Riot's official policy, it became independent from edg.
Also in 2016, IM achieved a triple jump from the secondary league to the top league and then to the S-League.
Among them, in the final round of the bubble match with WE, IM's top laner amazingj's Titan TP got around, and it became a permanent pain point in the hearts of many WE fans.
After the 2015 QG team failed in the S5 bubble game, IM also became the first triple jump team in the history of LPL.
Following LMQ in the S4 North American Division and OG in the S5 European Division, IM successfully advanced to S6, which also allowed the S competition to have a triple jump team for three consecutive years.
Like the Snake Team, IM has also completely sluggish after S6. Now it is the same as the Snake Team, one is second to last in LPL, and the other is the last one.
...
When the omg players arrived at the scene, in the first game of the day, ig had already defeated LGD 2-0.
It took less than an hour for the two sets to be played.
King Ning took out the new hero Kayn as soon as he started today, and the effect was quite good, beating the wild king Eimy to 0-6.
On LGD's side, for no apparent reason, they benched top laner Jinoo, the swordsman, and replaced him with Banana, who is not good at cooking. In addition, bottom laner Imp also has an indifferent attitude now and is just messing around. I can only say that LGD is a complete loser.
It's ruined.
After the equipment is debugged, it's time for omg and im to come on stage.
Some of the audience at the scene were OMG fans, and some came to watch the fun. It was difficult to see IM fans.
Basically, on the first game day of every week, which is Thursday, the commentators are the old duo of Dolly Miller.
In the discussion between the two before the game, they both agreed that with the current state of the two teams, OMG should be able to easily beat IM 2-0.
In the first round of bo3, omg directly selected the big bug on the first floor.
"Hey! What's going on, omg actually placed a top order on the first floor? The style of the game has changed!" Miller said with a smile.
"But Big Insect has just been strengthened, and its appearance rate in the passerby game has also surged recently. There is no problem in choosing this."
IM's head coach was relieved when he saw OMG playing the top lane on the first floor.
‘You can save two ban seats!’
Then, IM chose the big tree top laner for aj.
Just mess around and you’re done!
The camera shows IM's top laner AJ, with a very relaxed expression, chatting and laughing with his teammates.
As a man who has played as a top laner in EDG, it is not easy for him to play against big trees and big insects.
Soon, aj couldn't laugh anymore.
Because OMG chose Troll on the fifth floor, this also shows that OMG is the big bug mid laner in this game.
The director is also a sensible person. After OMG locked the troll, the camera panned AJ again.
Aj, who was originally laughing and joking, now has a slumped face, as if the troll's big stick has been barreled in.
In the IM team voice, AJ muttered in his HK-flavored Mandarin: "I was fooled, I just said omg is on the red side, nd!"
In the commentary box.
"Is the troll in the top lane? Then this big tree of aj is having a hard time. The troll is the father of the Three Illusion Gods. The troll of nd just beat the leg brother Bobby, and he is here to chop down the tree again this week."
Miller continued: "Look at omg, the big bug, pig girl, troll, Tam, this is too meaty! But this is also a normal BP of the current version."
"With the strengthening of tank equipment in version 7.14, the game seems to be returning to the previous Tank League."
Entering the game, the IM jungler has been thinking of ways to target Lu Chen in the early stage, even though Lu Chen is playing a troll in this game.
It may also be because Lu Chen has gained such a reputation as the top laner with the most solo kills and the most MVPs in the LPL Summer Split from his debut in the lpl until recently.
It's a pity that Lu Chen is really slippery. During the laning phase, the troll has no murderous intention at all and just can't catch it.
On the other hand, IM's bottom lane has been stunned by the pig girl from world6.
In just over ten minutes, IM was pushed down by OMG as soon as the first tower on the bottom lane.
Then omg changed the bottom lane duo to the top lane, Trolls changed to the bottom lane, and im had to follow the top and bottom lanes and switch lanes.
Then, aj's big tree accidentally crossed the river with a string. Since im lost the first tower, the big tree was chased all the way by the troll wielding a big stick, and was finally knocked to death in front of his second tower.
Another wave of solo kills.
Although there is no operation to speak of in this single kill, it is just a hard hit with one stick after another.
Later, omg's two-way dual-thread gameplay, the rhythm is tight, and im can't parry at all.
If the tank lineup does no damage, it will only be in the later stage. If there is a level advantage in the mid-term, the basic damage of the skills alone will be enough to kill people.
In less than thirty minutes, four muscular men, OMG carrying the big dragon buff, Ueno, Nakano, and surrounded by the smallest and most developed ADC came roaring in.
The troll waved a big stick to open the way in front, and OMG bulldozed IM's base crystal in one wave.
In the second game of bo3, im directly chose the top version of Big Worm on the first floor, preparing to remain unchanged in response to changes.
Seeing the big bug, Mingzhe thought to himself: Want to hang out? Then I will help you.
On his backhand, Lu Chen chose the Troll top laner.
Seeing Lu Chen choose a troll again, the audience was not happy.
On the barrage:
"Lu Shen, my Lu Shen, why has your style changed so much? This is three games in a row."
"I don't want to watch Trolls! I want to watch Qinggang Shadow Sword Princess, Trolls are too ugly!"
"It's hard to watch an OMG game. What does it mean to play troll all the time? Is it worthy of us?"
"rnm, refund the money!"
"Ahem, I wonder if you are going to the venue, why do you want a refund?"
"..."
In this OMG game, there are three big tanks: Troll, Pig Girl, and Galio. The support is Feng Nu. Not to mention Marco’s policewoman, I feel much safer.
In the previous game of world6, IM played the bottom lane, and in this game, it played the middle lane.
In the fourth minute of the game, Pig Girl successfully counterattacked IM's mantis, and IM's midfielder exploded directly.
Then icon's Galio became the starting point of the rhythm, attacking from all sides.
There is indeed a big gap in strength between the two teams. With the rhythm of policewoman Galio, the game is completely overwhelming.
Even without Lu Chen using his strength alone, im was already lying down.
AJ's big bug was still playing happily with the trolls on the road, when he found that the two towers on the middle and lower roads were almost gone.
In the end, in less than thirty minutes, omg ended the game.
Including rest time, the entire bo3 lasts less than an hour and a half.
2-0, omg beat im.
Miller concluded after the game: "In today's game, omg showed their qualities as a strong team."
"It is no longer like what happened some time ago, where nd explodes from a single point on the top lane to drive the whole team."
"So, nd played several games of tanks in a row, but I am more optimistic about the prospects of this OMG!"
The coaches of other teams who were paying attention to the game also had the same idea as Miller.
A team can only play in a certain lane, so no matter how good it is, it will be easier to target, but if it has more blooms, it will be difficult to deal with.
The MVPs of the two games were given to Marco and Icon respectively.
This is the first time since the summer split that Lu Chen didn’t win an MVP in a bo3 that OMG won.
But everyone who watched the game knows that nd is undoubtedly more terrifying.
For the post-match interview, the official invitee was world6.
The host first asked two questions related to the competition, and then asked:
"Player nd chose Troll for three consecutive games. This is completely different from the type of hero he has chosen in the past. As a teammate, do you feel that your style has changed?"
world6 thought for a moment and said: "Uh... no, no matter what hero Brother Lu plays, as a jungler, I only have one feeling, that is, peace of mind."
World Girl is indeed an honest child.
The host then asked: "After today's victory over IM, OMG's regular season results have reached the first place in Group B. Do you have any further ideas this year?"
Fortunately, world6 is still honest and has a cool head at this time.
He scratched his head and said with a smile: "I just want to work hard to rush into the S7 World Championship. Our OMG has not been to the S7 World Championship for three years!"
Speaking of ideas, who doesn’t want to win the championship!
But based on OMG's performance in the past few years, if World6 openly said that OMG wanted to win the championship, they would definitely be laughed at by fans of other teams, and they would also be in trouble.
The host ended the interview. He was a little disappointed that he didn't hear any exciting answers.
...
By the time world6 came back from the interview, everyone had packed up and was ready to go back.
On the bus back to the base, Lu Chen was still sitting alone in the last row, closing his eyes and concentrating.
Although the broken system has not appeared for quite some time, Lu Chen has developed the habit of sitting in the back row alone.
Every time I finish a game, I actually consume quite a lot of energy. It is still very pleasant to lean back in my seat and relax my thoughts.
But today, the long-lost mechanical sound of the system appeared in Lu Chen's mind.
