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Chapter 216 Tiger General? Seasonal Mid Laner!
So here's the problem: when your support is still around, it's one thing to lose a 2v2, but I refuse to believe you can't win a 2v1!

Players like Uzi, who focus on dominating the lane and gaining an advantage, are naturally easy targets for others.

Clearlove, Uzi's arch-rival, famously said, "When playing against RNG, just gank bot lane at level two and you're done."

Who told your bot lane to like pushing and controlling the lane? If you dare to push the lane, I dare to gank you. I can easily catch you by just circling around the wards. Who wouldn't gank? It's so easy to catch you every time!
In situations like this, most players will deliberately change their playing style to diversify their approach in order to avoid being targeted.

For example, imp was a typical example back then. He was a genius ADC who dominated the bottom lane from the start. It was perfectly fine to play a four-protect-one strategy with him as the core.

However, in order to roam and make plays, Mata often left the AD carry in the bot lane like an accessory, leaving imp in a 1v2 situation in the bot lane.

If it were Uzi, he would have thrown the keyboard at Mata's face long ago, but imp managed to quietly stabilize the 1v2 situation in the bottom lane all by himself.

Uzi is a rather stubborn person who believes in a single trick that will work forever. He loses games because the bottom lane advantage isn't big enough.

So he would obsessively study the details of laning, optimizing all his micro-operations during the laning and team fight phases. This almost fanatical training led Uzi down a single path.

Unfortunately, the bottom lane is the hardest to break through. It's very difficult to recover from a break through the top and mid lanes, but not the bottom lane.

Because of the presence of a support, it is not easy to dominate the bottom lane. Moreover, when the game enters the lane rotation and operation phase, even if the AD is behind, they can make up for the gap by lifesteal.

In most cases, it's already quite good if the bot lane can get ahead in CS; how can they possibly dominate the opponent's bot lane every game?

In a match, trying to break through the lane by using extreme laning tactics is a very difficult and thankless approach.

Heart understands this characteristic of the RNG team, which is why he is so exhausted. The team's tactical limitations greatly restrict its potential.

With the bottom lane support unable to roam, RNG's early game rhythm can only rely on Mlxg's aggressive playstyle.

Last year's S7 junglers could still pull off a fasting strategy, and Spicy Hot Pot could use it to carry the team's rhythm. But times have changed, and this year's junglers can't play like that anymore.

The changes to the jungle have made it impossible for junglers to gank and create opportunities as freely as they did last year, which has resulted in RNG having a very poor early game rhythm.

If Spicy Hot Pot loses his rhythm, the entire RNG team will be confused and can only mindlessly drag the game into the late game, waiting for Uzi to get his three items and take over.

Since we can't rely on the support in the bottom lane, let's try to let Xiaohu in the mid lane step up.

Unfortunately, Xiaohu is a seasonal mid-laner, and he rarely takes the initiative to roam when he has an advantage in his lane. Most of the time, he needs the jungler to help him get free.

As for Letme in the top lane... no one expected him to step up and carry the game; it would be a miracle if he could just hold on and not collapse.

"Yan Junze played alright this game, keep up the good work next time." Heart patted Letme on the shoulder.

After speaking, Heart looked at the support player, Xiaoming.

Compared to Meiko, Xiaoming's laning skills are better after being trained by Uzi.

However, this also means that Xiaoming's overall strategic awareness is not as good as Meiko's, so RNG's command system is rather chaotic, and sometimes Uzi even has to take over commanding team fights.

If a support player lacks a sense of the overall situation, they are prone to making outrageous plays during team fights.

Xiao Ming from the previous game was an example of this.

He almost formulaically teleported to the top side of the map at the 10-minute mark, resulting in Uzi being forcibly killed in the bottom side. Throughout the entire process, Xiaoming didn't even consider whether or not to take the Rift Herald, or whether it was appropriate at that moment; he just did it on a whim.

Ultimately, Uzi and Xiaohu, who came to support, both died in the bottom lane, and they failed to get the expected first tower bounty.

If Xiaoming had a better overall strategy, and had gone to the bottom lane to help Uzi push the minion wave before going to the top side of the map to take the Rift Herald, the outcome might have been different.

After pointing out Xiaoming's faults, Heart patted Xiaohu on the shoulder and started the conversation with some inspirational quotes.

Xiaohu is actually quite talented and has had many highlights. In terms of both personal honors and strength, he is considered one of the best in the LPL.

However, he has some flaws in his personality. He is often not confident enough, and compared with truly top-tier mid laners, the difference lies in his mentality.

This is somewhat like a factory manager: when fighting internal conflicts with acquaintances, he strikes hard; but when fighting external conflicts with strangers, he is meek and submissive.

But the factory manager has an invincible mid and bot lane duo that can carry the team. You know, EDG's mid and bot lane duo has never been bad.

Buddha Pawn + Alpaca Deft, junior Scout + Wang Yao, or even the current Wang Yao + iboy/Lin Weixiang, this lineup is still quite powerful.

Therefore, the factory manager was able to gradually dare to make mistakes and play, even if he lost, there was always a backup plan, so what was there to be afraid of?

But Xiaohu is different. In the RNG team, the only one who can cover for you is Uzi, and Uzi is also prone to getting angry and losing his temper. Whoever makes a mistake will be scolded.

Therefore, once Xiaohu makes a mistake that leads to a loss, he becomes timid, which makes his performance in the World Championship exactly like that of a "mid-lane Clearlove".

"You don't need to feel too much pressure. You've done a great job in the mid lane and have also provided excellent protection for the bot lane. Just keep it up!"

Heart can only encourage Xiaohu more and give him some confidence; scolding and pointing out his shortcomings would definitely have a negative effect on him.

When looking at Uzi, Heart mainly offered encouragement, knowing that Uzi was the type of person who put pressure on himself.

Uzi frequently gets into red zone on the field because he puts too much pressure on himself and can't handle the pressure, which leads to his red zone status.

To put it nicely, they're perfectionists; to put it bluntly, they're immature kids.

Accepting failure is always the first lesson for adults, but Uzi at this stage had not learned how to accept his failures with equanimity.

Uzi has been coaxed into playing games by his teammates since he started playing professionally, so you have to coax him and make him happy, then he can perform better.

"Little dog, you played exceptionally well in the last game. The responsibility lies with us; we were outmaneuvered by the opponent in the draft phase. As long as you maintain your laning level, we will definitely win!"

After calming the team down, Heart suggested, "In the second game, we don't need to hide any tactics anymore. Let's win the first game first!"

"..."

On the other side, Zhu Kai from EDG mainly offered encouragement.

After all, giving the team members inspirational speeches is Zhu Kai's forte, and his inspirational speeches are much more comforting than those from Heart next door.

Furthermore, EDG players won the first game, and everyone performed quite well, so everyone was naturally in a very good mood.

(End of this chapter)