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Chapter 340 Grouping by Lottery! Version Changes!
"Go Yao-ge! I flew here especially to support you! Don't let me down!"

"Little dog! Little dog! You are the world's number one ADC, go and prove yourself this time!"

The fans' enthusiasm is understandable, but when combined with the actual situation, it can sometimes be a little awkward.

Even though Uzi hasn't achieved any significant results, in the hearts of his fans, he is the best in the world, and they genuinely believe it.

The scale of the welcoming party at the airport wasn't particularly large, considering that this was the Asian Games being held in Indonesia, and those who came to greet the fans were all fans who had traveled from China specifically for the occasion.

But this is the kind of thing where you don't know the harm without comparison.

By comparing it with other less popular sports, it becomes clear why these mainstream sports events are starting to consider including esports, which is loved and followed by young people.

Aside from sports with a wide audience like football, basketball, and table tennis (China's national sport), other competitive sports simply cannot compare to esports.

Many players from less popular esports events couldn't help but look on with envy when they saw how lively the esports teams were.

After arriving at the Asian Games Village by bus, Wang Yao and his teammates got off the bus and looked up at the hotel.

Located in the heart of Jakarta, the Asian Games Village is not very large, consisting of only seven buildings, but it has to accommodate tens of thousands of athletes.

Therefore, the accommodations are all high-rise buildings, with the exterior walls covered with the flags of various countries, which looks quite spectacular.

Coincidentally, the South Korean team also arrived at the Asian Games Village shortly afterward. As soon as Lee Sang-hyeok appeared, many people crowded around him to take photos and ask for autographs.

The athletes are young and have a lot of followers who regularly watch League of Legends. As a leading figure in the professional League of Legends scene and the current undisputed GOAT, it's normal for him to be popular.

Enjoying home-field advantage worldwide is no joke.

"Tsk tsk, so Lee Sang-hyeok is here to hold a fan meeting, right?"

Teacher Guo pursed his lips, his words sounding sour.

"Who can blame them for having so many championships?" Uzi said with envy.

Which professional player wouldn't yearn to achieve the same success as Lee Sang-hyeok?

"I reckon only Old Wang has that hope."

Saint Gun suddenly complimented, "It's only a matter of time before Lao Wang surpasses Fei Ke!"

"Gun, don't flatter me to death," Wang Yao joked with a smile.

Urged by Abu, everyone then went to the living area to register, enter their personal information, and receive their room cards and work badges.

Led by volunteers, the group then went up to the top floor, where Abu reminded the energetic young men.

"After the match, you can consider going out for a while, but don't wander around during the match. The security situation in Southeast Asia is not as good as you might imagine. When you have nothing to do, either go to training or go back to the hotel to rest."

Just then, a lottery ceremony was taking place on the television set on the first floor, and everyone immediately stopped and turned their attention to the television.

In the video, a middle-aged man in a suit and wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a slightly round face, is reaching into a glass tank and fiddling with the gashapon capsules inside.

"Oh, isn't this Young Master Huo?" Teacher Guo recognized him at a glance.

As the son of the Fok family in Hong Kong, who was promoted to join forces with the sports world, his inherent nobility is evident. His marriage to the diving queen is also considered a beautiful story.

Soon, Young Master Huo took out one of the capsule toys, and when he twisted it open, it revealed a red flag.

"Oh, we're in Group A." Wang Yao raised an eyebrow, not particularly concerned about the group stage draw. In Southeast Asia, only South Korea, China, and Taiwan have formal leagues, with Vietnam being practically one.

After all, Vietnamese teams are a regular feature in the wildcard stage of the World Championship every year, so they should be able to put together a strong team.

Especially considering the host country Indonesia's weak strength, the host country will definitely receive some 'special treatment' in the draw.

Wang Yao even thought that he might meet the South Korean team in the group stage!

And it turned out that when the final draw results came out, everyone thought it was outrageous.

Group A: China, South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia.

Group B: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan.

All the strong teams are in Group A, except for the Taiwan team. It's practically a no-brainer to send Indonesia into the knockout stage.

Everyone put their luggage in the room. Flandre and Wang Yao shared a room, and then they quickly went to Abu's room to gather.

"The rules for this tournament are very simple. The group stage is a double round-robin BO1 format, with a total of 6 games. The top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage."

"Then it's a best-of-three series: the first-place team in Group A plays the second-place team in Group B, and the first-place team in Group B plays the second-place team in Group A. The semifinals are best-of-three, and the finals are best-of-five..."

Abu didn't deliberately emphasize the luck of the draw. It's a done deal, and complaining is useless; it would only make people think you can't accept defeat.

Fortunately, none of the team members had any intention of complaining.

"Ahem, we received a notification before the match that version 8.15 will be used this time. Now, let Zhu Kai and Xiao Bai analyze the version for you."

Zhu Kai quickly distributed the prepared version change information to the players. Compared to his panic the first time, he was obviously much more composed now that he had experience, which probably shows that he had put in a lot of effort during this period.

After the materials were distributed, he began to speak fluently and eloquently.

"The changes in patches 8.14 and 8.15 weren't that many. The only noteworthy changes were the nerfs to Irelia and Aatrox, but I don't think these numerical nerfs will prevent these two champions from remaining popular in this patch!"

Wang Yao looked down at the documents in his hand.

The Aatrox's excessively high pick and win rates mean a nerf is inevitable, and the new Irelia, with her overpowered stats and mechanics...
That's outrageous! It's gone down the same path as the old version of Irelia, just nerfing her endlessly!
Aatrox's base health has been reduced by 30 points, and the damage of his Q [Darkin Blade] to minions has been significantly reduced. The charge time of his E skill has also been greatly increased.

However, as compensation, the extra attack power provided by [Great Annihilation] has been significantly increased.

To put it simply, the reduced base health lowers Aatrox's laning margin for error, and the decreased wave clear ability of his Q skill means that Aatrox's priority in the mid lane will decrease.

After all, Aatrox previously dominated the mid lane because of his powerful wave clear ability, which, combined with his ultimate's resurrection mechanism, allowed him to freely tower dive in the side lanes after reaching level 6.

If wave clearing ability is reduced now, it's easy to get locked out in the mid lane.

As for the nerfs to Irelia, they were also minor, with some increases to her base attack damage, health, and passive damage.

Instead, the range and damage of the Q skill were reduced, as were the ranges of the E and ultimate skills.

Without affecting the core damage reduction of W and the 'disarm' mechanism of R, simple numerical adjustments are not enough to affect Irelia's pick rate.

The reason for emphasizing these two heroes is that Aatrox and Irelia can still be used flexibly.

From a laning perspective, Irelia can counter Aatrox in lane and can suppress him in the early game!

(End of this chapter)