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

Chapter 68: Preparing for a Four-to-One Support Strategy?

"Let's go, it's our turn!"

Knowing that there was little chance of staff coming to remind them to start the match a second time, Jiang Ming waved to his teammates.

"GO! GO! GO!"

"We've won 2-0, let's go home."

During their break, the five members of NXG, having thoroughly enjoyed the online forums praising them, were now walking with an air of confidence.

Among them, Song Yuan, the top laner dubbed the "prehistoric crocodile" by players, is the most extreme. The smile on the young man's face is so wide that you could make him play the protagonist of "The Return of the Urban Dragon King" right now without any sense of incongruity.

"Woo! Woo!"

"NXG!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The NXG team members, looking energetic and in their smart uniforms, walked out of the passage.

The audience's reaction in the seats was in stark contrast to when they first appeared on stage.

They became much more enthusiastic.

Especially when Jiang Ming, dressed in a suit, made his final appearance, the players in the venue were incredibly excited to see such novel items.

"Look, this is the essence of esports—the strong have everything."

Upon arriving at the competition location, Jiang Ming first opened the tactics board and, taking advantage of the moment when the players were setting up their peripherals, he unusually cooked a bowl of chicken soup.

"Applause, cheers, flowers, money, and even glory!"

"If you win, it's all yours."

Having never experienced the harsh realities of society, these five little ones have never tasted such inspirational stories before, and they felt their blood boiling!

They didn't know why Ming, who rarely talked about anything outside of the game during training, had suddenly changed his style.

"Hehe...but it feels pretty good."

The third match in Group A, the qualifying group, is a contest between the winners of the first two matches, with the winner advancing directly to the main tournament.

BLQG and DD, who lost the match, will have to fight to the death in the knockout stage. The winner will enter the waiting area to wait for the six-to-three elimination match on the fourth day, while the loser will end their short 13-year LPL Spring Split journey.

"Regarding the blue and purple team assignments, since NXG had an extra halftime break, LGD, who were playing back-to-back matches, got the right to choose sides for this game, and LGD chose blue."

"The blue team on the first floor, wow, they banned Zed right away."

"It's a very rational consideration. I believe many players have recently seen a lot of highlights about Zed instantly killing a full-health champion in the mid lane. The first person to pull off that play was NXG's coach... well, the owner's JM. Although Yihan is playing mid lane right now, it's impossible for him not to know how to play Zed."

"Indeed, Zed poses a huge threat to ADCs if he's released. If the blue side isn't considering first-picking him, it's best to lock him out."

After witnessing NXG's crushing defeat of BLQG, LGD has placed the highest level of importance on the team they are facing now.

Despite harboring a sliver of hope that everyone was a top-tier player and the skill gap couldn't be that large, the five players were frantically racking their brains during the draft phase, trying to figure out how to defeat their opponents.

Regarding the bans, they can be said to have targeted the opponent to the extreme in the first three picks.

Zed, Renekton, Thresh!
Provide comprehensive and thorough protection for the road.

"The other side is really cheating, six against five of us, it's not fair to have one more person," complained Xiaoxing in the top lane.

Taobao Quan scratched his forehead. "What's the difference between this and someone AFK in a game and us fighting four against five?"

"That's because we don't have a coach."

"Speaking of which picks we should make, I feel like we shouldn't pick mid or top on the first pick, those guys on the other side are all picking specific champions." "Learn from NXG and pick jungle first, it's not easy to get countered in the jungle."

"Let's focus on Sweet's bot lane and keep picking Caitlyn. For the top lane, let's find a champion who can clear waves quickly and isn't too reliant on engaging in team fights."

In the previous game, LGD successfully turned the tide against DD's attack by relying on Sweet's Caitlyn. Now, the words of several teammates suggest that they want to replicate that victory.

"Female police officers won't do."

Sweet, who hadn't yet changed his name to Styz, thought for a moment and suggested, "I've watched some of NXG's previous match videos. We can't compete with them in the early game. NXG is too good at capitalizing on mistakes. Once they catch us off guard, Caitlyn won't be able to push towers and we might not even have time to farm items."

"If we're going to drag this out to the late game, Sweet, how about I pick Sona to pair with your Kog'Maw?"

"feasible!"

After the team successfully devised their plan, and Jiang Ming banned Zyra, Malphite, and Lee Sin, they quickly locked onto the first floor.

"The Bear Dominates the World".

—Voliber, the Thunder Roar!

"Oh, LGD picked Volibear first, but I don't know if they'll use him for top lane or jungle." Wawa couldn't decide, so he passed the buck to Joker.

"It should be jungle, because Volibear's range is too short in the early game, making it difficult to fight against many top lane champions."

"Let's see how the purple team NXG will choose on the first and second floors."

"Hey, are those two heroes?"

On the right side of the hero selection screen, a handsome man wielding a large hammer appears.

"Fight for a better tomorrow!"

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

The future guardians—Jayce and the fairy witch—Lulu.

"Jayce, that's a champion that's not very common right now. Is he being played mid?"

"It's probably because, as a melee fighter, the top lane is too fragile..."

Jayce, a hero who was released in the Chinese server last July, attracted a lot of attention and research from players as soon as he was released due to his high appearance, the switching between two forms, and the seemingly wonderful long-range poke skills. However, after actually getting his hands on him, many players cursed him.

Not only is he fragile, but his EQ skills are also very difficult to land in the mid lane. Facing the group of numerical monsters in Season 2, Jayce often dies before he can even switch forms.

Therefore, Jayce was not favored by many players in the Chinese server. Jayce only became popular after TheShy performed a 4-shot combo against PDD at the All-Star event in May 2013, and after the assassins were nerfed by Riot Games in Season 4, leading to the era of poke mages and the rise of mid-lane Jayce.

Jiang Ming's current strategy is certainly not to have Gao Fushuai go mid lane against the S3 assassins. In this version, whether it's a mage assassin like Ahri and Gragas, or a physical assassin like Zed and Talon, Gao Fushuai's ability to chip away at the opponent's health is completely inadequate. After reaching level six, he could easily become the opponent's easy target.

So, if you pick Jayce, you either counter mid-lane mages like Kassadin or Karthus, or you stick to top lane where ranged champions can beat melee champions.

Pick rights exchange.

After seeing NXG reveal a support champion in the bot lane, LGD on the blue side quickly decided on Kog'Maw and Sona in their second and third picks.

"A four-support-one-carry strategy?"

Jiang Ming looked at the profile picture of Big Mouth and Sona and felt rather helpless.

As expected, the style of a region is not formed in a day or two. Starting with WE, in order to figure out how to defeat the opponent, the teams in the same region only considered how to strengthen their own bottom lane, without considering the changes in the version.

　Let me explain who LGD's top laner is. They were eliminated in the preseason of 2013, so I can't find out who it was. If anyone knows, please leave a comment.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)