The night the semifinals ended, to be precise, it was the early morning of the next day.
At three o'clock in the morning, when most people in this huge city are still sleeping, some people have not rested yet.
In the Thorn Birds team base, Li Luo rubbed his eyes, looking a little tired.
Zhu Kai rested his chin on Li Luo's side with his hand, his eyelids drooping slightly.
Li Luo's action shocked Zhu Kai. He subconsciously looked at the screen and asked: "Done?"
"Well, that's almost it. I've summarized the information. Recently... try to find a top-ranked strong team to schedule a training match... Of course, except for IG, it's easy to get involved in training matches with IG. Besides, they should be in a good mood at this time.
not too good."
Li Luo said.
"No problem, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Kai looked a little ashamed when he said this.
He has long known that his abilities are insufficient.
But the specific extent of the deficiency has always been unclear in Zhu Kai's mind.
Even before playing against the top team, Zhu Kai had already prepared many things to pay attention to when playing against JD.com.
However, compared with the information Li Luo learned, Zhu Kai found that there were too many things that he had not discovered.
"Then I'll go to bed first. Go to bed early and do it tomorrow when my mind is clear."
Li Luo yawned and stood up, waving to Zhu Kai.
This scene seems familiar.
Zhu Kai nodded, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he used the mouse wheel to flip through the information compiled by Li Luo.
After Li Luo returned to the room, he took a bath comfortably, relaxed his body and mind, and lay down on the bed.
Today was really tiring for Li Luo.
After the game, Li Luo told his teammates that Coach Hongmi would have a headache, but in fact, Li Luo didn't know what he was doing.
The problem now is that the things in my memory no longer work well, and the S9 season in my impression is gradually deviating from the actual S9 season I am experiencing now.
It’s not that the version updates and changes have been offset.
When he first came back from rebirth, Li Luo was worried that the direction of the version would change because of his existence.
However, now Li Luo has a vague understanding of the operating mode of the fist.
Although Riot Games will make some adjustments in subsequent version changes based on the style of the team that won the S game, the overall general direction and tone will not change.
In addition, Li Luo intends to make each season's playing style match the appearance of the season before the rebirth, so the changes in fist are quite different from what Li Luo remembers.
However, the team's configuration, strength, and growth have quietly produced a butterfly effect.
Just like JD.com.
The half of the zone where JD is located needs to face the two teams EDG and IG.
Let’s not talk about EDG. After changing players this season, their invincible lineup must be weakened compared to last season. They are still in the process of adjusting.
But the IG team... is the defender in the top half, and before the rebirth, the IG team almost crushed JD.com with a score of 3-0 in the finals of the 2019 Spring Split.
But after his rebirth, the current IG unfortunately lost to JD.com 2-3. They clearly crushed JD.com in the regular season, but failed in the playoffs.
In Li Luo's view, there are two reasons for IG's failure.
First, it is because JD.com did not reveal too many tactics in the battle with EDG. Before the rebirth, JD.com was in the bottom half. Before entering the finals, two of the three BO5s played by JD.com were fully played. On the contrary,
IG was also a defender before Li Luo was reborn, but they only played one BO5, which was against the top BO5.
In fact, IG's performance in that BO5 was relatively average. They won the match against the top team 3-1 instead of 3-0. However, after winning that match, IG's status improved significantly in the finals, so they were defeated.
JD.com.
But the current script is that although JD.com is at the bottom of the playoffs, they have not been greatly hindered when facing the FPX and EDG teams.
In the FPX playoffs, he transformed into a master of troublemaking, a go-getter and a troublemaker who led his teammates to defeat at critical moments.
doinb's mid laner, Morgana, was effective in the early stage, but it didn't have much effect in the middle and late stages.
As for facing EDG, it was purely Zoom's excellent performance that suppressed Jin Gong. Zoom's state exceeded everyone's expectations.
Li Luo was not surprised by this. In Li Luo's impression, Zoom started to explode in the spring playoffs. Before the rebirth, Zoom also suppressed Jin Gong when facing off.
It's an exaggeration to say that the output distribution of JD.com's team is even worse than that of IG.
That is, JD’s top laner Zoom player accounts for 32% of the team’s output.
This number is simply not an exaggeration.
AD only has 28%, and top laner actually has 32%.
In addition, JD.com’s research on EDG was very thorough, and there was a gap between EDG and JD.com at the operational level, so EDG lost, 1 to 3.
Therefore, what is different from before the rebirth is that the pre-rebirth IG faced off against Top Green in the first round of the playoffs, but now they are facing off against JD.com, who has played two BO5s and has completely heated up their hands.
The butterfly effect also broke out again.
The frequency of IG's BO5 mistakes was too high, and JD.com was crazy about Ning Wang's hero pool, banning all its skilled heroes, and then using some snake oil heroes to counter the powerful heroes obtained by the IG team.
The effect is indeed very good.
It is no accident that JD.com made it to the finals.
Li Luo didn't worry about anything else.
What he is worried about is JD.com's team structure and the "unstable mechanism of the bottom lane duo."
The so-called unstable mechanism is because the performance of JD.com’s bottom lane combination of imp and Lumao throughout the spring split can be described in six words.
There are gods and ghosts.
You will find that this green fur is very powerful when you are in a good mood, and its roaming support and handling in team battles are extremely delicate.
Imp will transform into the Rat King Killer in the S4 era. As long as it is well developed, it can dominate the game.
However, these two are really sleepwalking when they are ghosts. Lu Mao keeps making mistakes and giving opportunities, transforming into the second generation pyl, imp, as a professional player, standing in the team battle output, and the rigid connection between A and skills covers the ID, and even thinks that this is
It's a low-segment ad.
It sounds exaggerated, but it's actually true.
The difference between the upper and lower limits is too big.
But in Li Luo's eyes, the most powerful thing about JD.com's team under Hongmi's training is that they don't have an absolute core in the strict sense!
The term "absolute core" applies to all teams in the LPL except JD.com.
For example, Thorn Bird, Xi Ye and Li Luo can all be called the absolute core.
The so-called absolute core means that no matter how the tactics are formulated, these two people cannot be avoided. As long as the opponent's coach can figure out these two tactical cores, he will have a chance to defeat the Thorn Birds.
For example, EDG's absolute core is also double C. Scout and Lin Weixiang must have a stable core C position. Although Jin Gong can also be C, he cannot be allowed to master C. The heroes he can C have limitations on the field.
, bp may also directly target it.
Another example is IG. The absolute core is Rookie, followed by The shy on the road. But as long as Rookie cannot play comfortably, IG will definitely have problems with the rhythm of the entire game. IG will try its best when formulating tactics.
Give Rookie some conveniences. These conveniences are not obvious on the surface, but as long as Rookie relies on his own strength to gain a matchup advantage during the laning phase, these conveniences will become apparent.
But Jingdong...
There is no absolute core.
Imp's instability is destined to fail him to become the absolute core.
Toothpaste's ultimate functionality is reflected in his roaming support for teammates. He can also be a C player, but when it comes to Toothpaste, what everyone thinks of is that he will sacrifice his own characteristics to achieve his teammates. Such a person cannot become a big C player.
Jungler Xiaofu is known as a weak point in the team, but for JD.com, Xiaofu’s early rhythm is crucial. His jungler characteristics are that he has no special characteristics and has no characteristics of his own, but it is also true.
Because of this, Xiaofu can change his playing style to suit his teammates at any time based on who is in good condition in the team that day, help teammates who are in good condition to do things, and expand the advantage of the team.
At the same time, I also have Qian Jue and play it very well.
To put it bluntly, he is a standard "passed in all aspects" jungler.
Lu Mao's hero pool provides a lot of conveniences for JD.com, such as the Scarecrow that Liu Qingsong brought out before, Lu Mao's own Galio, and even his Panson, who occasionally appear in the professional arena as unpopular supports.
Everyone can play it, which greatly improves the convenience of JD’s lineup.
So is Zoom, who is the most stable in the team and also has the strongest carry ability, considered the absolute core?
Not entirely.
The biggest feature of zoom is its comprehensiveness.
He can play a carry-type hero output that detonates the entire audience.
Similarly, he can also play functional heroes, relying on his strong team concept and team fighting skills to help his teammates support a sky of perfect output.
Taken together, none of the five people in JD.com are the absolute core, but they all have C capabilities.
In this case, the status determines the upper limit of JD.com.
The reason why what Li Luo sorted out was so laborious for Zhu Kai was because Zhu Kai was not able to separate himself from his responsibilities as a coach and look at the game.
As a coach, you study the opponent's tactics and carry out targeted BP or make use of your own team's strengths to formulate BP. This is the coaching framework.
But this does not apply to JD.com.
The most critical link that determines whether they can win JD.com lies in the state of JD.com players.
…
Just as Li Luo expected, the stubborn Zhu Kai was very stubborn. He did not listen to him and choose to rest last night. Instead, he chose to study the "study materials" that Li Luo produced.
Zhu Kai understood this information clearly.
But after seeing it clearly, he was a little confused.
Because he doesn't know what to do.
Little do you know that being present is the key.
…
The third to last day of the finals.
At the invitation of LPL officials, players from both teams went to the venue to shoot a pre-finals promotional video.
Similar to activities such as shooting promotional videos, Li Luo has always had an attitude of "following official arrangements and completing tasks."
Li Luo had watched too many official promotional videos before, and every time Li Luo could look through the screen in embarrassment and want to dig something out with his toes.
But if Li Luo was asked to study the shooting method of the finals promotional video, Li Luo couldn't figure it out. He had no choice. Since he had to accept it, he would simply become an embarrassment. Anyway, as long as he didn't feel embarrassment, he would
It's others who are embarrassed.
"It's really annoying to get up so early and come here to take pictures of this bird."
Xiang Guo kept yawning in the car.
"I'm quite looking forward to it. After all, it's the first time and it's very fresh."
Brother Holy Spear chuckled.
It is shameful to say that after so many years of playing professionally, this was the first time that he had the honor to participate in the filming of a promotional video for the finals.
After finishing speaking, Brother Shengqiang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly turned to look at Liu Qingsong: "Songsong..."
"Get out of here, I don't want to hear it."
Liu Qingsong looked indifferent.
Among the five starting players of the Thorn Birds, Xiangguo, Xiye, and Li Luo have all participated in the filming of promotional videos, and all three of them have entered the finals.
In theory, whoever didn't make it would be embarrassed, but seeing Brother Shengqiang's shameless look, Liu Qingsong suddenly felt as if he was the only one in the team who was isolated.
Now Brother Holy Spear actually wants to come over and tear open his wound, so he must be interrupted by silence.
"Hey, don't be like this. In fact, the real master of Versailles here is Brother Luo. Tsk tsk. Since his debut, he has never missed the official finals promotional video. This is such a high level of talent. One of us counts, just like Brother Luo
They are all little shrimps compared to each other.”
When everyone heard this, they thought it made so much sense.
Li Luo, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes in time. He glanced at Liu Qingsong with a cold face next to him, then smiled and said: "It's okay, the duo in the bottom lane is bound, so the number of times I enter is equal to my
The number of times we went in with Songsong."
"cut……"
There were boos at the scene.
Only Liu Qingsong's cold face showed an imperceptible smile, and he turned his head to look out the window.
Brother, everything goes without saying.
Liu Qingsong is now extremely grateful that he came to Thorn Birds to partner with Li Luo, and he also feels extremely lucky.
What, lwx?
It's really unfamiliar. Now Liu Qingsong has even changed his remarks about Lin Weixiang.
I used to be Daxiang, but now I have a very cold English ID, lwx.
People will change after all.
Nearly three hours of filming made everyone at Thorn Bird very tired.
"Brother Luo, what do you want to do after you stop playing professionally?"
During the break, Liu Qingsong suddenly asked.
"Be an actor."
Li Luo smiled and said.
"ha?"
Liu Qingsong looked surprised.
"I'm not an actor in League of Legends. I'm going to college again and majoring in acting. To be honest, I think I'm quite talented. I look the same in the game and I look the same outside the game, don't you think?"
Li Luo smiled.
"There's nothing wrong with you saying that."
Liu Qingsong thought for a moment and then said with a smile. However, his smile soon faded. Liu Qingsong looked up at the dazzling array of seats not far from the shooting venue and murmured: "I have been a professional until now.
I never thought about standing on the final stage."
"There are many things you haven't thought about."
Li Luo patted his shoulder and stood up: "Life is still growing, you have to learn to adapt."
