Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Seven Version Changes
"????"
"Holy crap, why is TheShy gone?"
"CP what happened?"
"CP is in ruins? Aren't they trying to win three consecutive championships? Now that TheShy is gone, how can they fight for it?"
"What exactly is going on?"
"Brother Holy Spear actually went to CP, does that mean Brother Holy Spear has a chance to win his first career championship?"
"To be honest, I think the changes in CP should be the biggest thing in this transfer period. On the one hand, it helps IG, and it also weakens CP's strength. Although Holy Gun Brother is good, he still can't compare with TheShy~"
After the three-party transaction between IG, SS and CP was exposed, LPL netizens became excited.
Fans of Holy Gun Brother are very happy because they gave Brother Holy Gun the opportunity to join CP and compete for the first championship in his career.
It has been several years since Brother Shengqiang debuted, but he has yet to win a league championship, which makes him somewhat embarrassed.
Especially in an environment where LPL top laners are already sluggish, Holy Spear is one of the few top laners with the ability to carry, and his hero pool is not shallow.
The last such player was koro1, but he was greatly affected by the explosion in the S5 World Championship.
He has not been seen in the past two years and is now playing in the secondary league LSPL.
The people who defeated SKT at MSI are now in this situation, which makes people feel a little sad.
Except for koro1, there are not many domestic top laners who can do well.
The heroes who are particularly good at it are tanks, who can withstand pressure and start a team. There are only a few top laners like Holy Spear who can take out Lucian and vampires.
Known as the light of the domestic top laner, he has certain abilities and fame, but he cannot compare with the top top laner Han Yuan, and he does not have the championship honors, so the status of Holy Spear Brother is very embarrassing.
Many people feel that he has been over-hyped. The reason for hyping him is just because he is a Chinese player. If he is placed in a top team, he may not be the cornerstone of winning the championship.
To put it bluntly, there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call themselves kings.
This time he joins CP, which is also a challenge for Brother Holy Gun.
The rest of the members of CP remain unchanged. If their team's record is very poor, it must be because of Brother Holy Spear.
What's more, with such a powerful top laner Zhu Yu as TheShy in front of him, Holy Spear brother will inevitably have to be compared with others, which will put a lot of pressure on Holy Spear brother.
"Why do I feel that CP may not be able to achieve three consecutive championships~"
"Epic-level nerfs. CP's mid-to-upper level individual abilities are so outstanding. Every time I watch CP's games, I feel that they can come back even if they are at a huge disadvantage because they are there..."
"I wonder if anyone has discovered a problem. CP is now an all-Chinese class!"
"What about those people who said they supported the All-China Class before? Aren't you going to come out and support a wave of CP? Or are you saying that only RNG is the All-China Class in your eyes~"
"Huazi is here, I support CP!!!"
RNG has been marketing all-China classes for a long time and now it is making a wedding dress for CP.
Unknowingly, CP changed from 3+2 (Han Yuan) at the beginning to 4+1, and this year it became an all-Chinese class.
Riding on this wave of popularity, Brother Shengqiang has already gained many new fans just after joining CP.
Some are CP team fans, and some are LPL netizens who like the all-China class.
They support all Chinese teams, including OMG and RNG.
Most people think that the LCK will win this wave because their star players formed a team to win the championship, while the LPL side was weakened.
Originally, everyone thought that they could rely on CP to compete for the championship, but now there is something wrong with CP, and the difficulty of winning the championship has become much more difficult.
In everyone's eyes, Brother Shengqiang is naturally not as powerful as TheShy.
We can only hope for the follow-up team's adjustment and the coach's training of CP.
More than one person from CP has left the team, Hongmi has also left the team.
After he won the championship, he thought about going to another team to challenge himself, so he joined WE.
The current head coach of CP is Bai Yueya.
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"I have spent two years of my career in CP. I am very happy to be teammates with Brother Lang and others, and I am also very happy to have achieved these honors. We will always be friends."
"I personally like challenges, so I chose to join IG. I think rookie is very powerful, and I hope I can beat CP on IG~"
"My Chinese is not very good, so it will be more difficult to communicate during the game. This is also the reason why we often made mistakes in the previous games..."
The reason why Theshy joined IG was also revealed.
Because he joined IG, many people thought that he had conflicts with the team, so the club traded him.
Therefore, TheShy stood up and clarified this rumor. At the same time, he also blamed himself for some mistakes in previous games. The mistakes were caused by poor communication caused by his poor Chinese, not for other reasons.
Many times, coordination requires communicating in advance. If you hesitate for a moment, problems can easily arise, which can lead to mistakes that everyone sees on the field.
A large part of the reason why he joined IG was because rookie could communicate with him normally.
When playing a game, he only needs to tell Rookie his thoughts. Rookie's Chinese is very good and he can translate it to his teammates.
TheShy feels that with his strength and rookie, he will be able to achieve good results, and they may not be incapable of competing for the championship.
After TheShy responded, Chen Lang and others also commented and left messages at the bottom of his Weibo to cheer him up, which dispelled the rumors from the outside world.
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"Teng Jing is really good at it. Let's beat Brother Shy in the first game." JackeyLove said to everyone after seeing the schedule released.
"Indeed, whoever loses will be embarrassed." Xiaotian scratched his head.
A smile instantly appeared on Chen Lang's lips: "Then it would be great if we win, we must not lose!"
"We can take more care of TheShy when he is on the road, let him see our enthusiasm and say hello more times."
"Haha, no problem!" JackeyLove laughed.
Then, he turned to look at Brother Holy Spear aside: "Flando, please take it easy and don't be tough. He is very fierce."
"I know, I know." Brother Shengqiang chuckled, not feeling that he was being looked down upon.
"Don't worry, I will definitely stick to it. When the time comes, you can just come on the road and say hello to him."
After all, TheShy is a two-time top laner. How can he compare to someone who has never won a single league title?
He himself also admires TheShy. Those detailed operations are indeed very strong. For a path like top lane that requires gaming, TheShy's micro-management is definitely something that needs to be learned.
"No problem!" Chen Lang made an OK gesture.
Chenglu, I'm sorry, we don't want to embarrass you, so we can only embarrass you.
"When the time comes, I will play SS, and I will play C position for you to [Revenge]."
CP's second game is against SS, and Teng Jing clearly arranged the three teams.
The traffic is crazy.
Brother Holy Spear smiled and touched his head: "What kind of revenge is this? We broke up peacefully. I obey the team and I can choose whatever I want."
He had just joined CP and had no right to speak, so he naturally had to obey.
However, the atmosphere in CP was very good, and Chen Lang and others were very kind to him, which made him feel a different feeling.
JackeyLove winked: "Don't be a coward, Brother Holy Spear!"
"Brother, stand behind you and support you!"
"Okay, then let's wait for Brother Shuizi to carry me." Brother Shengqiang laughed.
"And Brother Tian, please come on the road more~"
Xiaotian nodded abruptly: "No problem!"
In terms of actual age, Brother Shengqiang is the oldest member of the team except Chen Lang.
He is 2 days older than lqs, and both of them have birthdays in August 1998.
Holy Gun Brother is August 28th, lqs is August 30th.
If calculated based on age, there is no problem for JackeyLove and others to call Brother Shengqiang their brother, but they don't like this. Everyone is each other's "brother."
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January 18th, the day before the opening game of the Spring Split.
Both CP and IG are making preparations.
"This version of the jungle has been weakened. Now the jungler cannot upgrade purely by brushing the jungle. Things must be done in the early stage."
After head coach Bai Yueya took over as CP's coach, he was ready to show off his talents.
In this CP team, the players work well together, and as a coach, all it takes is a thorough understanding of the version.
Designing tactics for the team, you don't even need to train the players, just let the players act according to their ideas. It is a more comfortable team to coach.
Thinking of the situation S5 went through during LGD, White Crescent doesn't want to go through it again.
Fortunately, the atmosphere between CP and LGD at that time was completely different, and the players were not the kind of arrogant people who couldn't listen to advice.
At that time, Wei Shen and IMP were more and more crazy, coupled with their excellent records, no one listened to what the coach said, and no one took Bai Yueya seriously.
Later, they experienced a huge crisis during the World Championships.
The difference between having a coach and not having a coach is quite big. After all, the biggest role of the coaching staff is to study the version, heroes and arrange tactics around the early rhythm.
"Xiaotian, you need to practice your male spear, Qianjue. This version of the carnivorous jungler is very strong, but the herbivorous jungler is not as effective." Bai Yueya looked at Xiaotian.
"And Prince, you can choose to produce damage instead of meat. Try more lineups and playing styles in the regular season, and there shouldn't be much of a problem."
"Our current main goal is to adapt to the rhythm of the new version, and then Flandre must integrate into the team as soon as possible."
Brother Holy Spear immediately said: "Okay, you can give me more information in the game, and I will do it according to your ideas. If you want to hire someone, I can leave TP in advance."
Chen Lang nodded: "On the top lane, you mainly focus on laning. Brother Holy Spear, just play by yourself. If we need support, we will tell you in advance. Don't be distracted by other lanes."
Xiaotian agreed: "Yes, I will call you if I need support in the jungle. I will fight IG tomorrow. I can get the male gun first, and then I can invade the jungle and check it out."
After the new version is updated, the experience value of wild monsters has been reduced, which requires the jungler to go online to gank or counter-jungle in the early stage, instead of brushing the jungle step by step.
This in disguise strengthens the confrontation in the early stage and speeds up the offensive rhythm of the game.
The main reason is that the green jungle knife in the previous version made the field of vision wider, which caused the game to take longer.
Riot's experience in weakening the jungle is to let the jungler do more things, instead of blindly farming in the jungle, and both sides develop against each other.
The current version encourages offensive rhythm, which makes the jungler's hero selection bias towards those heroes with a strong offensive rhythm.
For example, blind monks and male guns have high damage in the early stage and have strong fighting ability in the wild.
On the contrary, it is not easy for herbivorous heroes like Pig Girl to play well, because when faced with heroes like Male Gun attacking the wild areas, Pig Girl has nothing to do.
Bai Yueya looked at Chen Lang: "Brother Lang, how about I leave you the counter seat tomorrow?"
Chen Lang thought for a moment and said, "I don't have a problem, but I think it's better to give it to Flandre. It's still a bit stressful for him to play TheShy."
"Yes." White Crescent nodded.
There is nothing to say about TheShy's personal strength. He can be called a historical top laner, and his laning suppression power is very strong.
Bai Yueya looked at Xiaotian and said: "When the time comes, go to the top lane to catch more. TheShy's style is destined to like to press the lane. If the IG jungler does not have a good plan for the top lane, the top lane will be directly caught."
"I have designed several plans for you..."
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IG base.
"Playing CP tomorrow is very stressful." Ning said to his teammates with a smile.
Rookie laughed and said: "It's really big. Brother Lang puts too much pressure on the line."
"When the time comes, come to the middle and help me catch him." Rookie looked at King Ning and said with a smile.
"No problem!" Ning patted his chest.
"We have strong suppression in the top lane, and can even produce a stronger suppression effect than Lang Ge in the middle. We still have the advantage," coach Chris said.
He is the coach of IG this season, and he feels that the current lineup can definitely achieve outstanding results this season.
There are two styles of top laners, Duke and TheShy. Rookie in the middle is very stable and is one of the top mid laners in the LPL. However, the bottom lane is a bit weaker.
However, KID is a veteran, so as long as he has more time with his support Baolan, he won't be too bad.
Moreover, as long as the bottom lane is stable in lane and the outstanding strength of the mid and upper lanes drives the rhythm, it will be relatively easy to play.
"Pay more attention online and avoid brainless intrusions." TheShy made an opinion.
"This version of the jungle emphasizes early-stage fighting. It's okay for Xiaotian to play a rhythmic player like Lee Sin, but he can't beat jungle cores." When talking about the game, Ning looked a little more serious.
"I think we can lock down Xiaotian's hero tomorrow, and then I'll attack his jungle area. You guys can move closer to my jungle area, and it won't be a waste for them to fight."
"We can't lose. Tomorrow is the first battle with Brother Lang and the others." TheShy and Rookie communicated in Korean.
"Try your best to win them." Rookie nodded.
He really wanted to defeat CP. He had not won against Chen Lang in the past two years. Now that TheShy has joined the team, the team has an extra carry point, and he suddenly feels that the burden on him is much lighter.
Moreover, jungler Ning is also a player with excellent strength and talent, but he has a rather proud mentality.
However, when facing CP, his arrogance dropped, which is a good thing.
You absolutely cannot lose!
All members of IG don’t want to lose this game.
From the perspective of the management, Principal Wang spent a lot of money to build this lineup this season. If the record is not good, it will definitely be a shame.
For rich second generation people like Wang Sicong, what they lack is either money or face.
Ning didn't want to lose either. The reason why he asked Rookie and TheShy to support him in the jungle invasion was because he wanted to suppress Xiaotian and let everyone see that he was stronger than Xiaotian!
You know, when Little Peanut left CP during the transfer period last year, he went to CP to try out for the jungle position.
After all, he has played in games and is considered a professional player. Although he is a jungler from AD, he still has experience in games.
In the end, CP chose Xiaotian instead of him, which was a thorn in Ning's heart.
It doesn’t matter if the key CP doesn’t want him. If a strong jungler squeezes him out, that’s fine. But the problem is that Xiaotian is a newcomer and has never been a professional player before, which makes Ning very unhappy.
When he met Xiaotian, he naturally wanted to teach him a lesson.
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The game starts promptly at 5pm.
CP had already arrived at the venue at 2pm.
They started putting on makeup first, and at the same time turned on the computer in the lounge to play games to maintain their skills.
White Crescent is quickly arranging the early tactics, and the BP design is also being discussed with the coaching staff.
The current version of banpick has changed, from the previous six bans to ten bans.
This also means that it is easier to target players in a certain position, and it becomes more and more difficult for players with special skills to defeat them.
There are 4 more ban places, and there are 4 fewer heroes that can be played and selected. This will test the players' hero pool.
Generally speaking, there are enough quotas. Regardless of the heroes with strong versions, the five positions in the overall situation must be equally affected. Even the unique brother is still relatively easy to mix.
But the problem is, what should we do if we encounter a team with bad BP and focus on a player's hero pool?
In order to prevent this situation, we can only allow players to practice as many heroes as possible to prevent encountering this situation in the BP link.
Before the game started, the players from both sides met.
TheShy specially came to CP’s lounge to say hello to his former teammates.
"Brother Lang, don't come to catch me today." TheShy whispered.
As a former teammate, he knew that Chen Lang liked to gank on the sidelines very much.
"Don't worry, I won't go!"
The rookie is already a little thinner than when he first came to the LPL, but his round face has not changed and he looks very cute.
"Brother Lang, please be gentle..." Rookie said modestly.
"Both and each other, let's just grow up." Chen Lang shook hands with Rookie and said with a smile.
It is relatively easy to have a good impression of players like Rookie.