League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 223 Don’t come over! ! !

"Let's congratulate NXG on taking the first game of the quarterfinals, making it 1-0."

Bella moved her lips slightly and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

After all, the camera will switch to them, and showing the audience the waves at that moment could easily make them overly agitated.

"We saw in the first game today that although FNC adopted a lane swap strategy, NXG's top and jungle handled it very well. Whether it was Kennen's level 1 jungle clear to avoid the enemy's ganks, or the bot lane coordinating with the jungler to decisively attack Rumble, it was a textbook example of lane swap tactics." Xiaoxiao made a post-match analysis. "Yihan in the mid lane deserves special praise. With FNC clearly intending to use the mid lane as a breakthrough point, he controlled Ahri to coordinate with the jungler to complete ganks on the lane multiple times, and ultimately delivered a godlike performance in his first game of the World Championship."

"After all, he's someone who can be JM's backup," Miller added instinctively.

Many NXG fans immediately objected: [Mr. Mi, please correct your wording. What do you mean by "JM's substitute"?]

[I'm Yihan, NXG's starting mid laner, JM is my substitute.]

[Check out this godlike fox spirit's flawless charm, practically hitting the mark every time!]

【Call that Faker from OGN. I told you to call him here. He wants to challenge JM, but did he even ask me, Little God?】

Echoing the joy of the viewers in the live stream, the atmosphere in Riot Games' studio was equally electrifying.

When the contestants finished their matches and walked out of the soundproof room, the cheers were so loud they almost shook the small room.

FNC side.

sOAZ's eyes were vacant, and the unstoppable confidence he had before the match had completely vanished.

Once upon a time, when asked by the head coach, he confidently stated that he could use Rambo's lane-swapping strategy to restrain the opponent and create space for the team to develop.

However, the course of the match was nothing short of disastrous:

He died all the way up from level 2 to level 15 during the game, not because League of Legends only has a level 15 system, but because by the end of the game, his Rumble was still a bit short of level 16 in experience.

Whenever there's a team fight, his Rumble is always the first to die, and his name frequently appears on the kill list. If you didn't know better, you'd think this was a single-player mini-game about targeting Enemy of Machines.

Compared to the purple team's player who always manages to rack up assists and even kills, he seems to be trapped in a vicious cycle of getting poorer the more he plays, and the poorer he is, the more he plays.

Compared to sOAZ, xPeke's expression in the mid lane was almost identical.

The moment he took off his headphones and heard the cheers from the audience, he even felt like vomiting.

Fitz, who was confident, was exposed online.

Zero contribution in team fights, but gets a hundred kills in last hits.

He might be the only one in this World Championship to use Lich Bane, Bursting Wand, Deathfire Penetration, and Abyssal Mask.

In the end, the damage output was far from sufficient to cut into the back row and kill enemies instantly; the attempt to attack the front-line tanks was like scratching an itch through a boot, ultimately turning the team into "experience points" for the opponents, with no real presence whatsoever.

The five members of NXG were quite happy, as they had delivered a decent performance in their first match of the quarterfinals.

Song Yuan, who was walking at the front, did not forget to give a thumbs up to the audience holding the NXG team flag.

He was quite satisfied with his performance in this game.

Aside from dying twice during team fights because the Golden Body was too expensive and he got it a little late, it still couldn't overshadow his terrifying performance with Kennen's World Destroyer in team fights.

Aside from Wu Zhiqiang's Fox, who had a perfect performance throughout the game with zero deaths and racked up nine kills, the other three players have to kneel before him for the MVP award.

"Qiangzi, what I'm saying is that FNC treating you as a weak link is really like using a knife to pull a butt – it's eye-opening."

Song Yuan spoke fluently, "You should know that you are NXG's starting mid laner. Do you understand what starting mid laner means?"

"Even JM, the number one player in LOL, has to be your substitute."

Xu Jing originally wanted to join in the chatter, but when he entered the passage and saw the figure standing behind Song Yuan, he wisely kept quiet.

While his eyes darted around as he pretended to look around, he kicked Lao Song out of brotherhood, giving him a final reminder.

"Damn it, you old devil Xu, why did you kick me? Did I say something wrong?"

"Yes, you're right, I am indeed A-Qiang's substitute."

Jiang Ming's voice suddenly came from behind him, and he said in a low voice, "So, do you need me to find a stronger top laner to be your substitute?"

"Let me think... how about Ah Hong from the White Team?"

Lao Song instantly slid to his knees: "Brother Ming, please let me go!"

"Hahaha!"

Inside the room, everyone who had won the first game was in high spirits, laughing heartily at Song Yuan's funny antics.

……

At this moment, the SKT players were watching NXG's match with their coach Kkoma and enjoying their rare rest time.

Yes, the OGN teams, who are as tough as cabbages, have virtually no holidays. As the third team to appear in the quarterfinals, they can only rest for a moment while watching their opponents' matches.

After the first game between NXG and FNC ended, the expressions of the six players in the room grew increasingly solemn.

Before the match, they knew that if they didn't meet in advance, their final opponent would definitely be NXG. However, when they saw the exaggerated performance of the five players in the game, the SKT players still frowned.

Even in that instant, they had some absurd ideas.

If only FNC could win the quarterfinals. Koma and the others ignored the various praises they and SSO were receiving on their own forums.

You'll never know how truly terrifying NXG is until you've faced them head-on.

They thought they knew the situation, but now it seems they were too hasty. The intensity of the NXG matches in the main tournament is a level higher than that of the practice matches, and you don't even know if what they are doing right now is their true strength.

The jungler Aatrox is something NXG has never used in scrims against them before.

Yes, a team that can dominate an entire region in the Spring Split without losing a single game is no easy feat.

"Damn, before today I really thought NXG's mid lane was their weak point. What's wrong with this guy's mid lane laning ability?" Benji looked at the game results page and Ahri's terrifying stats.

Having frequently ganked mid laners, he knew very well that these were definitely not the stats a mediocre mid laner could achieve.

"Well, strictly speaking, Yihan's laning skills were indeed quite average during the Spring Split this year. At least when Sang-hyeok wasn't there, our mid laner was still able to get solo kills on the opponent multiple times."

When Daiki heard Zhu Rang's complaint, he gave a wry smile and said, "To put it bluntly, he just got stronger during the time he was playing practice matches with us."

Zhu glanced at the top laner and said, "Don't flatter yourself. Is it possible that he was spending more time with his own second team during the World Championship?"

NXG.white!
NXG.black!
Mentioning these two team names caused the SKT members to momentarily lose their composure.

A flood of Korean-style insults welled up in my mind. Damn it, where did all these perverts in the LOL esports scene come from?

Lee Sang-hyeok didn't join his teammates' discussion. From the start of the match, his mind was entirely focused on finding a way to break through NXG's mid laner.

difficult!
Hard!

NXG's mid laners basically don't take any extra risks. Many of their trades, jungle gank routes, and even timing decisions seem to be habitual actions etched into their genetic memory.

If it were the version from two months ago, he would have been 60% confident. Now, with the extra jungle economy and increased frequency of jungler clashes, he often needs to emulate Bengi.

"NXGstone is definitely a carry-type jungler, while Xingxiong..."

……

While the professional teams were still discussing and analyzing the first match, the second game of the BO5 between NXG and FNC had already begun.

The two sides switched sides, and NXG ended up on the blue side.

After both sides completed their three bans, FNC did not give up their aggressive plan. With the top laner picking Spider, they locked in LeBlanc for xPeke in the fifth pick counter pick.

Their thinking wasn't wrong. Trying to outmaneuver NXG in the late game would likely result in a loss, so it was better to bet on the early game.

If the top, mid, and jungle duo of Desert Spider and LeBlanc gains a huge advantage in the early game, they might just upset NXG.

However, with NXG's lineup finalized, Lulu, who was supposed to be in the support role, ended up in the mid lane.

Playing like a Bronze or Silver player, everyone was mentally prepared, thinking that Pantheon, the King of War, who was supposed to be in the mid lane, had gone to the support role, and Lulu had moved to the mid lane to counter LeBlanc. This was a good lesson for FNC's bald coach.

The lineups of both sides are determined:

Blue side NXG: Top lane Lissandra, Jungle Kha'Zix, Mid lane Lulu, Bot lane Graves + Pantheon!

FNC (purple side): Top lane Renekton, Jungle Elise, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Corki + Sona!

Just when countless players were wondering how NXG, having chosen such a lineup, would manage to lane in this match.

The blue team has changed their lanes!

Just as the commentators were lamenting the long absence of heroes, NXG became the first team in the World Championship to pick Graves and pair him with Pantheon, highlighting the high strength of their bot lane matchup.

NXG's duo and jungler invaded FNC's jungle at level one, and having obtained information about the opponent's positioning, they directly reached the red side's top half of the map.

This time, it was FNC's and the European and American fans who were dumbfounded.

ha?
NXG, are you serious, or is the blue team in today's quarterfinals really possessed?

First, top laner Rumble proactively switched lanes, and now the Graves and Pantheon bot lane duo is avoiding their sharp edge.

In a normal laning phase, if Pantheon smashes Sona's head with his pot lid, wouldn't that be an easy kill?

Anyway, many players didn't see this decision.

The commentators on the field didn't understand it, the players at the venue and in the live broadcast room didn't understand it, but the people who understood it weren't on the field.

However, as the game progressed and the jungle monsters spawned and were about to reach the lanes, the broadcast director habitually switched between the top, middle, and bottom lanes and the team's backend.

The contestant's camera was working perfectly; nothing happened.

But when the camera panned to the NXG backstage area, the attention of the viewers who had just been admiring the Pantheon's lane swap instantly shifted.

The bullet comments were replaced by countless question marks.

The camera focused on JM, but his usual azure suit had been replaced by an NXG team uniform.

【? ? ? 】

What does this mean? The second set isn't even over yet, and the head coach has already started warming up?

[FNC: Don't come any closer!!!]

(End of this chapter)