Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

Not paying attention to Letme doesn’t mean that Letme is not capable.

From a relatively objective perspective, Letme in the period of equality was able to enter the first echelon from laning to team battles. After getting Ornn, his comprehensive strength was even qualified to compete for the world's number one position. The sexy Sheep's online iron-shooting and the variables provided by the unsealed secret book allowed Letme to show off many classic operations.

Even though there are various special factors involved, it still meets the five-character evaluation of "heroes are made by the times".

but.

There is a saying that goes well.

Five words... Ugh!
If you take advantage of the situation too much, it will become a trick.

Over-reliance on Ornn's passive and Unsealed Secrets made Letme lose the courage to face challenges. In a match that was very suitable for Irelia and Mala Xiangguo made it clear that he would gank her at level 2, he actively asked to pick either Sion or Ornn. The reason he gave was very ridiculous - Irelia was taught a lesson by KT's top laner both ways and had no confidence.

This reason can only fool crystal fans and cloud players.

Anyone who is familiar with the S8 finals version knows that at that time, Irelia's passive upper limit was four layers. W charging + hitting would give her two layers. It was almost impossible for her to not fully stack her passive when fighting on the line. Her R skill [Vanguard Blade] also slowed down the group + disarmed her, and her laning strength was incredibly high.

As for the defect of winning the laning phase but not the teamfight... In that game, RNG faced G2's first four-hand lineup of Aatrox + Olaf + Leblanc + Braum. Irelia only needed to use R casually on the AD, and the role of G2's double C in the frontal team battle would be weakened to the extreme. Irelia's W [Dance of Distance Breaking] can reduce both physical and magical damage, which is enough to withstand a round of bursts. She is definitely not a squishy skin that will break at the slightest touch.

The more important point is that KT's top laner is the aging but still strong Smeb.

Who is the top laner for G2?

It’s Wunder who is on the same level as his LPL friend sOAZ!

The so-called lack of trust from teammates and the lack of E in choosing Irelia are all excuses. The fundamental reason is that Letme does not dare to carry the victory or defeat on his own shoulders. He would rather do nothing than increase the probability of making mistakes even the slightest bit.

Even if we put aside this issue of personal opinion and only look at the actual performance that is not controversial, Letme is clearly capable of holding off The shy, but he avoids confrontation with The shy to the greatest extent possible, giving the reason that he is under too much pressure in the laning phase.

Not wanting to play because of the high pressure in the laning phase, isn't that cowardice?
Before entering the final stage of the industry where everyone is competing to be the worst, professional players have always been in an environment where they must move forward or they will fall behind. With Letme's mentality of clinging to big names and running away from responsibilities, it won't be long before he falls from the top of the pyramid.

Again.

It is unknown whether RNG can beat other teams this year, and it is far from enough for Ye Tian to regard it as an opponent.

After closing this post, Ye Tian went to check the ESPN Toxic Hypocrisy List again.

The top five in the top lane position are Smeb, Kiin, The shy, Ssumday, and Letme.

The top five junglers are the old captain Score, the wolf king Karsa, the little Sprite Spirit, Xmithie of North American TL and Ning of IG.

The top five mid laners are Rookie, Kuro, Ucal, Xiaohu, and Caps.

The top five ADs are UZI, Deft, Ruler, Jackeylove, and Doublelift.

The supports are Swordart (Snake), Mata, Ming, CoreJJ, and Meiko.

As a traditional sports media, ESPN can only be described as having a superficial understanding of the e-sports industry. The so-called toxic news is largely due to insufficient understanding.

But this list is not entirely without value.

Being included by ESPN shows that these players have outstanding performance and statistics on the field and are worthy of priority research.

The styles of different players will change with the changes in versions and personal abilities. For example, Smeb, who was in the limelight in the S6 season, went from being extremely stable to being erratic in one game due to KT's shift to a top lane-centric style of play. However, he developed an excellent Urgot at the end of the summer season, so he needs some attention.

Ssumday is called "still one of the top top laners". Of course, this is due to the overall weakness of the North American region, but his personal level cannot be completely ignored. As the saying goes, there are no weak teams in the World Championship, and players who can leave their mark in the World Championship are the best choices.

Normally, professional players should focus on improving themselves and do not need to understand these things. It will be in time for them to wait for the matchup list to come out and for the coach to tell them.

But Ye Tian needs to formulate tactics for EDG, and the basis of formulating tactics is to know yourself and the enemy, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of practicing hard for half a month only to find out that you are just repeating what others have said. In addition, the greatest ability of the coaching team is to collect known information, and it is difficult to infer unknown information based on clues. Therefore, Ye Tian needs to study all the players on the list.

Half an hour later.

The EDG team boarded the plane first under the guidance of the flight attendants.

Ye Tian adjusted his chair to a half-lying position and used the notebook carried by the logistics team to watch the recordings of other teams' playoffs and bubble games.

After a two-hour flight, they landed at Incheon International Airport. The EDG team boarded the official car and drove on the road for nearly an hour before finally arriving at the home court of the opening game - near LOL Park on the 3rd floor of Gran Seoul Building in Jongno District.

Confirm the home venue location and check into the nearest hotel.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Tian couldn't help but click his tongue twice in his heart, but he didn't complain directly because he considered that there were official staff next to him.

The World Championship is the highest League of Legends tournament set by Riot Games. As a rule of thumb, the host of the tournament should provide the best environment for the participating teams. In previous tournaments, the hosts provided star-rated hotels for the participating teams, and in 17, the highest five-star standard treatment was provided.

This year, the host country, Korea, abandoned a series of star-rated hotels such as Shilla, Grand Hyatt and Conrad and arranged a small street hotel. Just by looking at the lobby floor made of broken tiles, you can tell how low the grade is.

Entering his own room, Ye Tian found the feeling of participating in the Asian Games training camp.

I thought this was the best that the Koreans could do, but I didn't expect that this environment that made the participating teams recall the past was just the beginning.

EDG arrived relatively early and the room was relatively nice. Although the solar water heater often could not provide enough hot water, it at least met the training requirements.

The teams that arrived after EDG were in a miserable state.

For example, RNG.

On the first day in Seoul, RNG’s official Weibo account revealed that the hotel’s air conditioning was malfunctioning, and also provided several training photos. In the photos, UZI was sweating profusely and his face was red to the point of turning purple.

"How come it's red before the game even starts?"

"It's too tragic."

After Iboy finished the training match, he saw UZI's appearance, and all his previous dissatisfaction turned into gloating: "Fortunately we arrived first, the air conditioners in the room are working well."

"This is normal. South Korea's home stadium has experienced water and power outages more than once. It would be news if there were no problems at home." Ye Tian knew the Korean style very well.

Even small things like the hotel not providing hot water and air conditioning would surprise naive e-sports players.

In the traditional sports industry, this is purely routine operation.

In football, South Korea has done things like cutting off power and temporarily canceling training grounds more than once, and playing tricks and blowing unfair whistles on the field are everywhere.

Scout was very good at learning Chinese, and her face turned red when she heard Ye Tian's words.

"I hope things will get back to normal later." Abu shook his head: "Ye Tian, ​​how did you play in today's training match? Is there anything you need to pay attention to?"

"Hmm...really." Ye Tian pointed out the first point: "Scout, don't use Irelia in training matches in the future. Just kill casually in Rank. Don't expose your weaknesses."

In the perception of most viewers, Irelia is a hero that is very suitable for the mid lane.

There are two reasons.

The first is that Irelia has almost stringent requirements for proficiency. In a confrontation where the proficiency of both sides reaches more than 90 points, Irelia is enough to overwhelm the Master Yi.

But if the proficiency of both sides is around 70 points, Irelia will not have an advantage against Aatrox.

The second is that with the end of the summer season, the new version of Urgot was developed to the top lane, and Irelia, who was not proficient enough, was completely defeated by Urgot, a hero who could carry, fight and kill - Irelia would be hit by Urgot's leg cannon when flying around, and Irelia's disarming did not affect the output of Urgot's W [Purification]. The combination of the two made Irelia naturally lag behind Urgot by a large level.

The mid-lane Irelia is different.

As a hero with attributes designed for top lane, Irelia can be said to be an absolute numerical monster in the mid lane, especially in the early stages of the season, when mage heroes suffered a series of weakenings due to occupying the living space of traditional ADs. The last-hit mana recovery attribute of Doran's Ring was removed, and the early endurance was greatly reduced. It is not an exaggeration to describe Irelia as "unstoppable" in the mid lane.

Based on this.

Ye Tian asked Scout to practice mid-lane Irelia, which is not only a regular choice, but also can cover up EDG's Ban/Pick strategy, and directly give Ye Tian top-lane Irelia in key games.

but.

Scout has a very big flaw - it is difficult to balance laning and roaming.

Since his debut, Scout has either focused on laning or roaming. It seems that he can do everything, but in fact, he is switching between two sets of talents, which can basically not coexist. In addition, Scout has very high requirements for skill effects and always wants to achieve the most perfect control, so much so that he often holds on to his ultimate skill after the team battle is over.

This is not suitable for Knife Girl.

The mid lane soldier line is too short, so it is easy for Irelia to suppress the enemy but difficult to kill alone. When using Irelia in the mid lane, you must support the jungle and side lanes while controlling the lane rights, turning the advantage on the field into a true economic lead, helping the team turn the advantage into victory.

It is difficult for Scout to do this well, so it is better to hide your shortcomings than to show off your proficiency only in Rank, and not to go to training games to get your opponent's butt scratched.

As for whether they will be discovered if they don't play training games... There are a total of sixteen teams in the group stage. Excluding EDG and the three teams in the same group, there are still twelve teams that can arrange training games. All teams will think that EDG is practicing mid-lane Irelia with other teams, and they will not think that they are not using Scout well.

"it is good!"

Scout readily followed suit: "Brother, what kind of mid-lane should I practice that day?"

"Galio, Syndra, and Leblanc are all good for you." Ye Tian thought about it in his mind: "But Galio may not be chosen, Syndra and Leblanc have limitations, practice more Lissandra in traditional AP, and get familiar with mid-lane Aatrox, mid-lane Sion, and Glacial Amplified Ahri."

Lissandra is a team control hero who can take both the initiative and counterattack. She is also easy to cooperate with GANK and tower diving, which is very suitable for EDG's system.

The mid-lane Aatrox is for swinging.

The mid-lane Sion was used in the Banner of Command version. Scout is allowed to practice it again to prevent the opponent from targeting the mid-lane. Although there is no Banner of Command, an equipment that can directly change the situation, the mid-lane Sion can "bind" the opponent on the line by creating a portal first, which will be very effective in the game where Scout's personal ability is at a disadvantage.

The designer's reduction in the portal's coverage range and the health of the little bugger only affects the top lane. In the middle lane where the line of troops is the shortest, after placing the portal on the defensive tower, the little bugger can still hit the opposite outer tower. This tactic is still a rogue gameplay that is in a cognitive blind spot.

"I understand everything else, but how do I play Glacial Ahri..." Scout asked.

"The keystone rune has Glacial Amplification, and the equipment is Twin Shadows, Ice Lance, and Hat. When fighting in a group, you don't have to rush to deal damage, but use deceleration to pull the opponent slowly." Ye Tian explained in detail: "Glacier Ahri can go up first to keep the enemy, so that the jungler and support can handle it better."

EDG, with Ye Tian in charge, is a fast-paced team.

When playing at a fast pace, team fights are an unavoidable topic.

But the Rakan used by Meiko always has a peculiar smell, and he would make mistakes when using W [Grand Debut] to go through walls. Karsa's hero pool is not very suitable for taking the initiative, which forces EDG to find other ways to start a team fight.

After a few days of thinking.

Ye Tian thought of how to play Glacier Ahri.

The current version has glacial amplification. Using active equipment to hit an enemy hero will fire a freezing ray that lasts for five seconds, slowing the unit above by 60%. The cooling time is only four seconds in the later stages, and it is a cooling for a single target. In other words, Twin Shadows + Ice Lance can almost certainly trigger four freezing rays, and the control ability is quite exaggerated.

"Oh--"

"I understand!"

Scout suddenly realized: "Brother Tian, ​​you can even come up with this, you are so creative!"

"Indeed." Abu listened for a long time, with amazement in his eyes: "I wanted Meiko to give up the laning phase and choose Agni and Diana. With Glacial Ahri in the middle lane, the laning phase in the bottom lane is guaranteed."

"Hehehehe..." Meiko laughed happily.

"The bottom lane and jungle do not need to be changed for the time being. Let's practice like this in the training match first, and then deal with other problems when they arise." Ye Tian made a periodic summary.

Compared with last year.

There aren't many things EDG needs to change this year.

Iboy, Meiko, and Scout still have traces of Ye Tian, ​​but S8 is essentially a version that emphasizes individual strength.

The general framework remains unchanged, and only allowing Scout to practice fool-type heroes can ensure EDG's combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.

After saying this, Ye Tian pointed out several small mistakes in the details that occurred in the training match, and announced that he would enter the free practice mode and conduct daily ranking on the Korean server.

Practice until dinner time.

When the EDG group went to the cafeteria, Scout deliberately walked at the end and held Ye Tian.

"what's up?"

"If I can't train a hero well, I'll think of another way."

Ye Tian thought that Scout was not adapted to the special tactics of Glacier Ahri.

"No no no."

"I can train all the heroes well, it's very smooth."

Scout finished his sentence hurriedly, scratching his head embarrassedly: "It's just... Brother Tian, ​​would you mind lending me some money?" (End of this chapter)