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

Chapter 64 Accidentally Shattered the E-sports Dreams of Five Young People

"PE was absolutely right, NXG is incredibly powerful."

Backstage, after a simple preseason opening ceremony, IG, eager to probe their opponents' strengths and weaknesses, didn't rush back to the small hotel where the team was resting.

But as the competition progressed, everyone looked somewhat uneasy.

In terms of finishing off enemies, it seems that all five members of NXG, except for the support, are roughly at the same level as Smile.

Their vision control is impeccable, far superior to that of IG.

There's also the synergy between heroes, team fight coordination...

Xiao Xiao, whose baldness was becoming increasingly obvious, accidentally pulled out another handful of his hair. "NXG isn't just about that JM; the other five are all top-notch."

"Square Dragon, aren't you just spouting nonsense? The data results are right in front of us, do you need to say it?"

"It's a good thing we weren't grouped with NXG in the preseason. If we had run into them earlier, we probably would have been in serious trouble."

Previously, after applying the strategy that JM used to beat WE in ranked games to their own team, the results were disappointing. Zz1tai and Shadow's mid-jungle duo could only gain a slight advantage against Ruofeng and Mingkai at best. It was difficult to replicate the opponent's strategy of completely crushing them even once in a hundred games.

From this perspective, JM's personal abilities are truly unbelievably strong.

Of course, there are reasons why IG couldn't handle WE's mid and jungle players.

Having come all the way from Season 2, the two teams know each other far too well.

If WE wants to win, they need to relentlessly restrict PDD's development, allowing Strawberry to withstand the pressure and succeed. Conversely, they need to put enough pressure on Ruofeng with Shadow and Zita, and then have the mid and jungle lanes gank the bottom lane to prevent Weixiao from developing.

However, in terms of jungle experience, Shadow is far inferior to Clearlove.

The ability to protect the bottom lane is practically ingrained in their very being.

On the contrary, Mingkai, that old silver coin, can occasionally, besides arranging Kid's bottom lane, also put a wild boar set on himself.

"They collapsed early on. BLQG's ultimate-based strategy had no damage at all, so it was unplayable."

"If we run into NXG in a match, how do you think we can win?" PDD asked.

In the IG team, Kid and Zz1tai are still two kids, and it's clear that Shadow doesn't like to talk much, so PDD's questions are basically communicated with the support player Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao knew that PDD was talking about the main tournament. In the preseason, IG was considered a seeded team because of their third-place ranking in the City Championship. Therefore, they were automatically avoided by the first-place team in the Server Championship and the Media Selection Tournament. NXG was in Group A, while they were placed in Group C.

"It's hard to say now. The NXG guys are completely different in scrims and in official matches. They're aggressive in scrims, but in official matches they're as steady as an old tortoise. If you don't play against them in official matches, there's basically no reference value."

"Forget it, let's not dwell on it. Anyway, the next round will most likely be against LGD instead of NXG. Let's just try to get two consecutive wins and advance directly."

"Even if we run into them, we won't be afraid. We'll just deal with them and that'll be the end of it."

"Okay, Old Park, we'll be counting on you then. We're all set for the bottom lane."

"Get lost. If you miss your ultimate again in tomorrow's game, I'll report you to the league for throwing the game."

……

On the game field, the match has reached the seventeenth minute.

The score is 16-2!

The economic gap exceeds 10,000, and all three outer towers have collapsed.

The five players on the purple team became "acquaintances," with captain NovaSlash being the most familiar with each other.

At this moment, the team leader, who had been full of confidence before the draw last night, had unfocused eyes and was muttering to himself, "It's okay, we still have a chance."

"It's just a 10,000 gold difference. We have a team fight composition. If Jarvan IV and Kennen use their ultimates well, we can turn the game around."

"team leader……"

The jungler next to him, also covered in sweat, couldn't bear to see the other's disbelief and reached out to tug at the corner of his clothes.

still have a chance?

Where did the opportunity come from?

Does this refer to Kennen with a score of 0-6, or Twisted Fate who only used his ultimate twice throughout the game, yet died both times?

Or perhaps the female police officer who hasn't been able to craft a second piece of equipment yet?

With all three outer towers destroyed, they had almost nothing left to rely on the terrain, and the jungle was completely dark. Their so-called chance was just self-deception.

Most importantly, NXG didn't even give them a chance to team fight. They were either running around the map or on their way to run around the map the whole time. If you didn't know better, you would think that the blue team was playing five Centaur Warrunners.

"The gap is too big..."

"No one can avoid making a single mistake."

"Heh... I think I should go back to playing solo queue after this match, or maybe some professional matches." The BLQG top laner, who had watched the black and white TV for nineteen minutes until his morale was shattered, even considered retiring on the spot.

Jiang Ming never imagined that his pre-match instruction to his team to play well would indirectly shatter the e-sports dreams of a group of young people on the spot.

However, that's the cruel reality of esports: you either have exceptional talent like that mid-laner next door surnamed Li to break through all the barriers in your way, or you pack up and run away as soon as possible to find another place.

In reality, the game could have ended much earlier.

However, considering that today is the first live broadcast of the LPL professional league preseason, and the score difference is already close to double digits, it would really have a bad impact if they were to give us a 20-game surrender without even a chance to surrender.

Of course, things aren't much better now.

As soon as you open the official LPL live stream on your phone, you'll see a barrage of comments about "AI games" and similar topics.

"Ahem, the economic gap between the two sides has now widened to an extremely exaggerated figure!"

"Fourteen thousand is equivalent to each person on the left having a three-thousand-yuan big item ahead of them."

"There's nothing we can do. Look at the AD carry on the left, he's already ahead with an Infinity Edge. His damage is way higher than Caitlyn's. If Varus just sits there and doesn't use any abilities, Caitlyn might not even be able to beat him in a straight fight."

Even the big mouth kid himself didn't realize that he almost posted his classic quote years ahead of time.

Joker was secretly alarmed.

He first learned about NXG from JM's live stream on YY when he reached the top of the Chinese server. At first, like many players, he felt that even if a random streamer was very strong, it would be difficult to make a big splash if he blindly entered the scene without understanding the core of professional competition.

However, it seems to be quite wrong now.

The NXG team in front of us has swept all the way from the qualifiers to the LPL preseason, and their performance after appearing in professional matches is even more exaggerated than before.

"It seems that the NXG 'devil training schedule' circulating online is indeed true. I wonder if it can be used on WE."

Even if a deal falls through, goodwill remains. Joker is well aware that his status as a former WE coach has played a significant role in his stable position in the commentary world. He regularly promotes WE during his commentary sessions, and seeing NXG's current state, he naturally and subconsciously considers his former team's future.

(End of this chapter)