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

Chapter 8 I ordered it, I initiated it!

Riot has realized this problem. In S3, it increased the auxiliary economy, gave the team a bottomless pit of vision, and added the Stone of Insight to fill the gap.

However, when Riot's designers attempted to fill the support economy's abyss with Sightstone, they clearly underestimated the bloodthirsty nature of Season 3. Upon its arrival on Summoner's Rift, this emerald green item, capable of storing four vision blocks, was ripped to shreds by Zed's darts, Mantis's claws, and Vile's soulfire. In this meta that would later be known as "Assassin's King," the long-awaited hope for support players was ultimately shattered by the cold glare of a sharp blade.

Back to the game, a team with professional-level vision awareness that was two or three seasons ahead took the advantage. It is conceivable how difficult the situation of the five QX players was.

At seven minutes, the top lane tower was pushed. At eight minutes, five NXG players surrounded the area and arrested the Outlaw and his accomplice, the Gem Knight, and also brought in a jungler Olaf who was singing "Where are the wild monsters?"

Kill people, push towers, and take dragons!
In a small LPL preseason selection, NXG gave their opponents a taste of what it means to crush them with overwhelming force.

The vision is lagging behind, the jungle is fully lit, and from time to time a sharp kill notification will be heard from the side lane.

Captain QX did try to resist, but when he was pleasantly surprised to think he had caught the lone AD and rushed forward with his ultimate, the support Sona's ultimate control and the jungle Lee Sin's big kick in the blind spot pulled him out of his fantasy of saving the world.

Twenty minutes, and I didn't even have time to take a look at the big dragon.

After being beaten with a terrifying score of thirteen to one, QX decisively chose to surrender.

"It's clicked, there's no fighting."

"I've already put up the tickets, if anyone hasn't ordered yet, hurry up."

“I ordered it!”

"Captain, don't look at me. I initiated the vote."

……

"Victory!"

As the purple square crystal exploded, the five young men in the narrow room in the basement burst into the purest cheers.

"Wuhu wins!"

"The first battle was a victory, easily won."

"Tsk tsk, we were so close to shaving the other guy's head. The five of us are so strong."

"Is it possible that the opponent is too weak? There is not a single player who can fight."

"Hahaha, you didn't see that Dragon Lady, who was flashed across the tower and wanted to trade, but she was able to attack the soldiers."

"The support is even worse. I can find the wards with my feet."

"This is just for online matches. If it's offline, I'll have to ask the opponent's support if they know how to play."

"Speaking of which, to find the other side's vision, don't we use our eyes?"

"..."

Jiang Ming stood up and walked behind the crowd. He sighed at the pure atmosphere of e-sports today and felt very relieved.

The five people he found were not the kind of players with long-established reputations. NXG team was a new start-up, and other capable people would not come. He also did not have the funds to poach people at high prices. Not only was there no cost-effectiveness, but they also had a lot of bad habits, so it would be better for him to train them himself.

The young people in front of me are not very talented, but they are obedient.

"Hey, Brother Ming, let me explain. I really couldn't escape that last kill. The other party was determined to trade it with me."

"Also, we just spoke quickly. We would never type and taunt our opponents on the public screen."

After the game ended, the five people who exited the room suddenly remembered that their boss was standing behind them, and their smiles gradually faded.

The NXG team's management rules state that players are not allowed to verbally abuse their opponents...

"Thank you for your hard work!" Jiang Ming consoled them, and did not try to ruin the joy of his team's first victory.

"Everyone, get up and move around, drink some water, and go to the bathroom if you need to." "Old Xu, do you have any drinks?"

"Yes, do you want the 1982 Sprite that Brother Ming bought?"

"Oh, Coke isn't very appealing to me, but I absolutely have to have a can of 1982 Sprite."

Among the 24 teams, NXG's game ended the fastest, and after the first game, they still had to wait for a while for the second round of selection.

Looking at the message "Please wait" sent by the staff in the group, Jiang Ming took advantage of the time when everyone was solving their personal problems to call up the previous game video from his computer and watch it briefly.

"Brother Ming, do we need to review the game just now?" Shi Zhenyu was a little confused.

As for the crushing game just now, it seems there is no need to review it.

Review!

This is also a new term he learned after joining Mingge's team. He reviews the video of the group matches or ranks he has played, corrects the mistakes, and summarizes the experience and lessons.

But in the past, Ming Ge always reviewed the games they lost, so why today...

Jiang Ming leaned back in his chair and explained, "Sometimes, even in an advantageous situation, you can see a lot. You can see your own shortcomings and your opponent's mistakes."

Move the mouse to the time when the hero lands in the river at level 1.

"For example, here, the purple duo has already appeared in our field of vision. That means the opposing duo wants to go online and grab 2nd place early. You can just go directly to the upper half of the area, and all the actions in between are wasted."

"My memory of wild monster refresh times isn't accurate enough. Stone, your error is a bit too big!"

"Then there was the level 3 tower dive in top lane. It was so crude. Any player with a bit of experience could have avoided it, or even killed one of you."

Song Yuan scratched his face in embarrassment, and wanted to ask in his heart, does that experienced contestant include people like you?
In the review, Jiang Ming did not talk about deeper things, and still focused on three aspects: team coordination, vision arrangement, and line exchange.

One bite won't make you fat.

Unlike ordinary players in later generations who can tell you everything about the minion line, in the national server at the end of 12, most players were still in the stage of exploring hero operations. Players with higher ranks only had better awareness and stronger operations.

More than 20 minutes later, the staff finally sent information about the second game to the WeChat group.

"The opponent is the top ranked team of the Order of the Balance!"

"Pfft, I remember the highest score in their area's ladder was only around 2200."

"Then how did they win the first game..."

"It seems to have matched the Crystal Scar."

I can only say that the level of the first LPL qualifiers is really hard to describe.

Although everyone is now a team with one point.

However, the Order of the Nexus and Crystal Scar are two new areas that have only been opened for a few months, and there are not many expert players.

Facing a team whose strength was not as good as the second-ranked team of the previous war academy group, the five members of NXG could only be said to have attacked extremely hard.

In ten minutes, all three lanes collapsed, and Shi Zhenyu, the jungler, didn't need any support. The sound of his teammates' solo kills never stopped, leaving him alone in the jungle. He had to either negotiate a 300-yuan deal with the spider player on the opposite side, or borrow some money from Mr. Xiaolong.

In sixteen minutes, the economic advantage exceeded ten thousand. Facing the NXG heroes who rushed to the high ground with super soldiers, the Balance Cult server team could not even hold on for twenty shots and watched their crystal being flattened by the opponent.

On the post-match review and settlement page, the total number of last hits by all NXG players was 1.8 times that of their opponents - this data would be enough to raise questions about "match-fixing" in the future, but in 2012, this was just a daily routine for players in the new zone.

Two to zero!
With two consecutive wins, NXG can be said to have one foot in the promotion zone of the LPL preseason.

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(End of this chapter)