Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

Most LPL viewers hope that Ye Tian can win an unprecedented three consecutive championships, equaling the number of championships as Faker and creating a record that even Faker has never achieved.

But most clubs, including LPL clubs, do not want to see this.

——All the traffic was sucked away by Ye Tian alone, what will the rest of the people eat?
The same logic applies to Riot Games's efforts to weaken Ye Tian.

Although Ye Tian’s achievements at this time are not enough to completely subvert the ecological environment of the League of Legends events, but with the strength shown by Ye Tian, ​​two consecutive championships + two consecutive FMVPs are definitely not the end.

If restrictions are not imposed early on, an unbalanced situation will emerge where Ye Tian will be the only one in the dominant position, while other professional players will all become runners-up and won't even get much salary.

Therefore, during the winter transfer window, major clubs used all means to retain the teams they believed to be the most capable.

In the LPL region, only coach Kim Jeong-soo left IG, while the other positions remained unchanged. The shy, Ning, Rookie, Jackeylove, Baolan and substitute player West all stayed.

RNG made an official announcement on the first day of the transfer period, denying the rumor that "RNG will fall apart", stating that it has renewed the contracts of all players and will use the lineup that won a whole year before the S8 finals to compete in S9.

EDG also made no adjustments.

Renewing the contract of a championship duo usually costs a lot of money. Even if the contract has not expired, in order to avoid people's anxiety, the salary in the second year will inevitably increase.

Champion players who become free agents when their contracts expire will be poached by other clubs at high prices. No matter how unwilling the original club is, it will be difficult for them to come up with enough budget to compete for them.

EDG is a very special exception.

Compared to other "real" champions, EDG members only have the championship title but do not have the corresponding value.

After all, if we leave Ye Tian aside, the rest of the team together are only second or third rate in the world. Players of this level are certainly the backbone of most clubs, but it is still beyond their ability to impact competitive results with such players as the core, and it is not worth paying too much for.

What's more, EDG members have no intention of waiting for a good price, and their desire to stay with the team is stronger than each other. Ray, who performed poorly in the later stage of the summer season, would rather take a pay cut and fight with his brothers for another year.

The first tier of clubs remain intact.

The second-tier clubs are much more aggressive.

The TOP team invited White Crescent to be the head coach, the top laners are Moyu and 369, the jungler is XX, the mid laner is Golden Left Hand, the ADs are LokeN and QiuQqiu, and the supports are Ben and Maohuang who used to partner with Dajiu Zi.

There are five positions, and three of them require competition, which shows how intense the competition is.

JDG, which has performed well, introduced the Vietnamese soldier and formed a lineup of top laner Zoom, jungler Levi, mid laner Toothpaste, and bottom lane Imp+Green Hair.

The little lion Suning consists of top laner Langxing, jungler H4cker, mid laner Maple, bottom lane Sima Laozei + support Sheshe, and is regarded as a new generation of powerhouse that may come to the fore next season.

At last.

It is considered to be the third echelon that has started.

BLG was reluctant to spend money and only bought the Korean jungler pair of ADD and Kuro.

ADD people born in 98 are better.

Kuro, who was born on January 94, 1, is about to turn 4 years old. Judging from the professional career of League of Legends players, most of his body is buried in the ground and he has almost no competitiveness in the field. This shows that BLG is still adhering to the mentality of testing the waters and has no higher pursuits.

Apart from top laner Silva and jungler Sofm, the Snake team is pretty good. The mid laners Andy and Mala, as well as the bottom lane Asura + support Maestro are unknown.

WE, which has gone from being the "Big Three" to a nursing home, is not much better. The IDs of top laner 957, mid laner Xiye, ADC brother-in-law, support Missing, and jungler Magic all look okay, but their performance on the field is far worse than during their peak period. They can only drag out Smile, who has retired for many years, to be a coach to sell sentiments.

VG stopped selling movies after buying a monkey in the Year of the Monkey and a chicken in the Year of the Rooster. It failed to meet the audience’s expectations of buying a dog in the Year of the Dog and a pig in the Year of the Pig, and completely became a sideshow.

OMG is still Leng Shao Icon and his old team.

The first generation of Rogue Warriors RW is completely gone, not even a trace of it is left.

The small Phoenix FPX did not attract much attention. The top laners were GimGoon and Mouse, the jungler was Xiaotian, the mid laner was Doinb, and the bottom lane was LWX+Liu Qingsong. However, judging from the historical records of these people, when combined together, they would probably be at the lower level of the region.

As for the new teams V5 and SDG... two words: just go with the flow.

"FPX is not that simple."

Ye Tian looked through the analysis post written by a person named 'Pangdings' in the forum and shook his head.

"These FPX players are really strong?" Zzitai didn't quite understand. "GimGoon was okay before, but now he's an old guy. A-Guang is just for advertising. LWX looks really smart. Monkey King and Xiaotian from YM are just average, right?"

Assist Liu Qingsong?
It's not bad.

However, the auxiliary position has economic shortcomings, making it difficult to create a qualitative gap.

Not to mention that everyone's overall cognition and understanding are on the same level. Even MadLife, who redefined the support back then, could only upgrade the support from a pendant to 0.5 people.

"You'll see if you watch this season."

Ye Tian did not make a detailed analysis and simply let Zizi see the result.

If the small IG in S8 is the pinnacle of individual strength, then FPX in S9 is the pinnacle of teamwork.

The former plays Heroes, and the latter plays Alliance.

The designers' pursuit of letting a hundred flowers bloom has given FPX enough space for flexibility. A series of playing methods such as top and mid position replacement, line division, lane switching, mid, jungle and support linkage, and four-on-two tower diving have made FPX invincible in the World Championship. Even the invincible G2, which dominates Europe, has no ability to resist.

but.

This year's G2 had a little easter egg.

In addition to poaching the new generation Mage Caps from FNC, they also got Able (A-walking monster) from the LPL region, allowing RNG's substitute AD, which had been in a slump for nearly a season, to compete with Able for position.

More interesting.

Caps complained bitterly during the live broadcast, saying that FNC's playing style and tactics were too rigid and never changed, and that the team did not play very well. The reason they were able to win two regional championships was that their opponents were too weak, and that other FNC players were too casual in their training attitude, and that they would go on dates with their girlfriends after finishing the required training games.

Finally, he added: We have been troubled by the problem for a long time, but no one is willing to take the initiative to solve it, so I had to leave.

After leaving the ancient powerhouse FNC and leaving behind these words, if Caps does not achieve good enough results in the new year, he will definitely become the target of criticism from European audiences, from a highly anticipated new generation king of magic to a clown that everyone wants to beat.

Compared to the LPL where the top teams remain unchanged and Europe and the United States where competitiveness is average, the LCK's drastic moves have attracted more attention.

In the S7-S8 seasons, LCK suffered its first defeat in the World Championship, and was subsequently wiped out in the entire year's competition, losing the strength of the top division. This made the existing star players particularly valuable, and their values ​​increased to a greater or lesser extent.

Especially for the top position, the salary has basically doubled.

the reason is simple.

Ye Tian was the C in both LPL championships, and outside of these two world finals, Letme's performance was also quite impressive. If LCK wants to regain its former glory, it must increase its investment in the top lane.

As for the problem that Smeb, Khan, Kiin, CuVee and others cannot withstand Ye Tian... LCK has to face more than just Ye Tian, ​​The shy and Letme are also opponents that need to be considered!

If we can't win the S game, it would be fine if we can win the MSI or the Intercontinental Championship for LCK!

But this is indeed the idea of ​​the LCK clubs.

It is the same as the previous view that as long as LPL can beat LCK once, it is worth celebrating no matter what the game is.

As the strongest team in the LCK region, the three-time champion club SKT has carried out a drastic reorganization. One of the bottom lane duo went to 100T and the other became a free agent. Khan was introduced in the top lane, and two offensive players, Clid and Haru, were introduced in the jungle. The AD position was replaced by Teddy, and Mata was dug out from the Galaxy Battleship KT as the support. Two coaches, Kim Sang-chul and Zefa, were also found to work with KkOma, which shows how high the expectations for the new season are.

KZ, KT, Gen.G, AFs, and HLE have also joined the competition. Most of the famous players in LCK are circulating among these teams.

Finally, KZ signed Pawn and Deft.

KT signed BDD.

Gen.G bought peanuts.

When everything is settled, the S9 Spring Split officially begins.

In this spring season, LPL has reformed again, canceling the previous east-west grouping and changing to a single round-robin mode without grouping. This distribution avoids the uneven strength of different groups to the greatest extent, and avoids the situation where strong teams are buried and weak teams advance to the playoffs.

At the same time, the playoff rules have also been changed. The teams are grouped according to the rankings of 1, 4, 5, 8 and 2, 3, 6, 7. The teams ranked seventh and eighth do not need to give up the first place at the start. They only lose the right to choose sides first, which is much fairer than the previous regulations.

The players' performances basically met the audience's expectations. The shy, who only lost to Ye Tian by one hand, showed unparalleled strength in the S9 season, and put all the active top laners under pressure. Even Duke Zoom, who ranked second in comprehensive data, could only defend himself against The shy and had no ability to fight back.

The only exception is Jin Gong.

Facing The shy, a top laner who is in his prime, the elderly GimGoon can always keep his footing, and even when the economy is lagging behind, he can deal a higher damage share than The shy. The cooperation in other positions of FPX is even more perfect, and they ranked first in the LPL with a total record of 13-2 in the regular season.

IG and TOP teams are both 11-4 and tied for second place.

RNG and WE tied for fourth place with a record of 10-5.

EDG, SDG and JDG tied for sixth place, making up just the eight teams that entered the playoffs.

then.

A dramatic scene took place.

In the first round of the playoffs, JDG faced WE and took a 3-1 lead, which was expected by most people in the industry.

Because WE dropped to the second-to-last place in the LPL in the first half, they were able to make a comeback and enter the playoffs thanks to Xiye's outburst and Dajiu-zi's last-gasp performance. The terms "outburst" and "last-gasp performance" here also refer to other teams practicing heroes and tactics for the playoffs.

In other words, most of the teams that calculated the points in advance and could secure a place in the playoffs were reserved, while WE not only tried their best, but also relied on the personal abilities of the two Cs. More importantly, Xiye and Dajiu-zi could not achieve the kind of dominance that The shy had at his peak, and the C position of strong teams could basically handle it.

but.

JDG faced RNG and turned the score around to 1-2 despite being behind 3-2. It was truly amazing.

"Review?"

"Logically speaking, there's no need for me to review RNG's games."

Ye Tian finished his commentary from a neutral perspective and responded to the audience's request: "I must point out the problems when reviewing the game. I have conflicts with some RNG players. It is easy to be targeted when reviewing. Everyone knows that the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously."

"But...I really have something to say."

"Without mentioning the specific ID and laning, let's just look at the lineup. You can see that RNG left a counter position for the top lane twice and brought out heroes that were countered by the opponent. It is undeniable that Letme's current carry ability is not as good as Zoom, but it is not so reasonable to completely give up laning and only consider pressure resistance and teamfighting. If there is no laning, how can there be a teamfight?"

"When other teams play against EDG, they all want to hold off my lane first, right?"

[RNG is the most deformed team, obsessed with giving the dog a bath]

[Four protecting one is good for bullying weak teams, but you can't beat a strong team at all]

[With the hype of the troll army, people really think that Bath Dog is the world's number one ADC. What did he lose last year?]

[The god-making plan has become addictive. Now RNG doesn't care about the results at all. They can make money by marketing the "Shower Dog" and the all-Chinese team. As long as the "Shower Dog" data is brushed up, nothing else matters]

A portion of the barrage was directed at UZI, causing a lot of debate.

[Can this also be used to criticize UZI? I wonder if other positions in RNG are not good at all? ]

[Letme was suppressed by more than 2 knives per game against G, and more than knives per game against JDG. Who can carry them? ]

[Isn't that because he was sucked by the bathing dog? Can you play 1v2 in the top lane? The bathing dog was 3v2 in the bottom lane and could only trade heads with Imp. How dare he say that he was more than ten knives behind in the laning phase in the top lane? ]

[Letme knew that his jungler couldn't come, and Zoom also knew that RNG's jungler couldn't come. In this situation, it is estimated that only Tian Ge can win, and The shy may not be able to withstand it]

[Can you win by protecting Rangdi? You lose even faster! It’s because Rangdi and Nuohu are both F5 that we rely on UZI alone]

[The longer the game drags on in the top lane, the more they lose. If they don’t break through in the bottom lane, they will lose sooner or later. It’s not that RNG is trying to protect UZI, but that they can’t play without protecting UZI. To put it bluntly, they don’t have the hard power and are no match for JDG.]

[Imp: I have never lost in a BO5 match with UZI]

[I never lost in BO5, but what about BO3? UZI was beaten to the sidelines]

[How dare you brag about having played three BO5s in all these years? If you don’t know, you’d think you’ve won so many times]

[Shower Dog dared to brag about his win over Jack in two BO5s, but Imp's win over Shower Dog in three BO5s was not enough, a classic double standard in GSL]

Ye Tian acted as if it was none of his business and did not get involved.

If we say that RNG in season 8 was designed to allow UZI to perform and thus squeezed the room for others to play, then in season 9 RNG really only had UZI who could be the carry, so it was reasonable for resources to be tilted towards UZI.

As for other positions not being able to carry, whether it is a sequelae of playing games around UZI for a long time... is a more idealistic question.

and.

This question is not important to Ye Tian.

What is important is the ecological environment of the top laners in the S9 season.

In the S8 season, the designers directly cut off the top laner's performance in split pushing, thinking that it would cut off one of Ye Tian's arms, but the effect was minimal.

After repeated consideration, the designers worked hard to improve the status of developmental top laners in the S9 season. Clues were already evident just a few months into the regular season. It is foreseeable that the S9 finals will inevitably be dominated by a series of late-stage heroes such as Gangplank and Kayle.

From the designer's perspective, such an ecological environment can not only limit the super top laner's breakthroughs through personal ability, but also limit the offensive team's fast push style of play, weakening Ye Tian, ​​The shy and even all the LPL strong teams, and benefiting the LCK, which has been silent for two years, and Europe and the United States, which have never made any progress.

But the designer could never have imagined that, compared to S8 which really restricted Ye Tian’s hero pool, S9’s design would have played into Ye Tian’s hands… (End of this chapter)