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

Chapter 87 The Butterfly Wings Effect Begins to Appear
Considering the NXG training schedule that leaked online before, it seems the person wasn't exaggerating.

Comparing IG and NXG, I finally understand why many people say that playing games is a waste of our time...

[Pfft, now that you mention it, it's true. On one hand, there are internet addicts, and on the other hand, there are extremely demanding professions.]

[Please don't drag others down with you, thank you!]

Baby has gradually gotten used to the mind-blowing actions of the NXG team, and raised the microphone again, "So, one last question, I wonder how Sorry would rate the Royal Club players' performance today, and what his expectations are for the upcoming matches?"

"Yes, all five Royal Club players are very strong individually and caused us a lot of trouble online. Today's victory was more due to our better teamwork and handling of some team fight details."

His flawless answer once again drew the attention of countless viewers.

To be honest, trash-talking in esports is really fun, but if it's just trash-talking or frequent interactions, viewers who crave external recognition will inevitably feel more disgusted by such behavior.

The sudden appearance of NXG, a team that is so peaceful and doesn't put down its opponents, in the esports interview booth is truly refreshing.

At the end of the interview, Xu Jing did not forget to bow to the players who stayed to watch the game to express his gratitude.

Xu Jing jogged from the venue to where the base vehicle was parked, pushed open the half-closed door, and jumped inside.

As soon as he sat down, Xu Jing instantly switched from his extremely serious expression in the interview booth to leaning against Song Yuan. "How was it? Aren't you envious of my post-match interview performance?"

"Hey, you bastard, can you stop leaning on me like that?"

"Oh dear, it's so sour, so sour! It has such a strong sour taste."

"Well done," Jiang Ming praised, then said to Uncle Zhou in the driver's seat, "Let's go back to base."

"Oh ho, back to base, time for a big meal!"

"Let's order! Ming said that for every game we win, we can order a dish for dinner."

"I feel like this is a sarcastic remark about the opponent... Hehehe But it's okay, I like it too."

The red and white NXG base vehicle, carrying the laughter of a group of young people, sped off in the direction it had come from.

……

"Ming-ge, what should we say in the fan group?"

That evening, after dinner, Pang Ran and the others slumped on the sofa, rubbing their ears and cheeks, feeling a headache coming on from the fan interaction task assigned by Manager Lin.

"Give me your phone." Lin Jingyi held out her hand. "Just share your thoughts on the competition and answer any questions you may have about the game."

"Remember, don't respond to questions about evaluating your opponents lightly, to avoid being dragged into a situation where you criticize someone or get caught up in a controversy."

"Under normal circumstances, as contestants, you don't need to communicate directly with fans... well, it's best not to communicate directly with them."

"I've also set up the fan group to prevent adding friends through the group. The club strictly prohibits you from adding fans as friends privately."

"If any fans come to you on their own initiative, remember to report to me and I will help you deal with it."

Pang Ran: "I know!"

Shi Zhenyu: "Alright!"

Xu Jing: "I understand. I've seen this kind of plot in TV dramas. Fans cling to a certain celebrity and then cheat them out of money and sex, and the celebrity ends up ruined."

"Tsk, they think they're celebrities now, shameless." Song Yuan retorted without holding back.

Xu Jing was furious. "Hey, Song, I've put up with you for so long! Are you just jealous of my good looks and talent?"

"I want to challenge you to a duel!"

"Yo ho?" Song Yuan perked up, rolled up his sleeves, and showed off his muscular biceps. "I wonder how you intend to have a one-on-one fight?"

Faced with an arm almost as thick as his thigh, Xu Jing immediately backed down, "Ahem, a 1v1 between professional League of Legends players is of course a solo match in the Rift."

"Coming or not?"

"Come on then, who's afraid of you? The loser has to wash your underwear for a week."

The trash-talking between the top laner and the AD carry was nothing new to everyone else, but Pang Ran, who had truly mastered Jiang Ming's fan management philosophy, was quite quick-witted. He snapped a picture of Song Yuanliang's muscles and posted it to the fan group.

NXG-door: "Look, the tanky top laner is about to solo the full damage AD carry. Place your bets, who do you think will win?"

In the NXG fan group, a player who was seriously exchanging insights about today's match with the two taciturn NXG mid and jungle players, occasionally offering a few compliments, suddenly changed his demeanor.

This high-level game: [Yo ho, this little AD actually dares to solo our noble top laner! Does he even know the value of a 100-rage Renekton one-shotting a full-health opponent?]

Ke Lei loves reading: [I bet five cents that AD will win!]

Tokisaki: [Wow, NXG's top laner really does build tanky. It was too dark during the last offline photoshoot, so I didn't get a proper feel for it.]

Little Confused: [Wait a minute, bro, I saw in your profile you're a guy, what's with the "feeling Norsha's muscles" thing?]

Ocean: [Requesting a live stream! I want to watch! I love watching!]

Little V: (Screenshot) [Hey, the match's over, and my NXG jersey's all smudged and dirty.]

Bursting Warrior: [Knife in hand, follow me, let's kill this boastful woman.]

Xiao Lu (@JMQAQ): [Waaaa, Ming-ge, please put the team uniforms up for sale soon! I'll buy them all, whether it's pork floss cakes or dried fish, I'll buy tons of them!]

JM: [Haha, no rush, no rush, it'll be in the next couple of days. Follow my stream or check out team updates then.]

……

While NXG players were communicating with their team and die-hard fans in the group, online discussions about the LPL opening match were getting increasingly heated.

At Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Lin Fei, after watching the game with his roommates and returning to his dormitory, didn't rush to bed. Instead, he sat down in front of his laptop.

Search "LOL" on Baidu!
Lin Fei's hands flew across the keyboard as he called out to Ban Yuzhe, who was washing up in the bathroom, "Banban, can you give me a copy of the data analysis you wrote at the competition this afternoon?"

After more than a month of training, his roommate not only successfully joined League of Legends but also became a Diamond-level pro. Envious, Lin Fei also took the initiative to curry favor with him. "What do you need that thing for? I just wanted to analyze it for fun."

"We don't need to use it for ranking up right now. Professional teams play differently than us in ranked games, and NXG's playstyle doesn't suit us."

"Hey bro, send it to me first." After uploading the topic and various pictures to the forum, Lin Fei turned around and pleaded, "I was really upset by WE's fans before. Didn't they lose to IG, who can't even beat PE, in the opening match today?"

"Um...you want to use NXG to prove that your post on the WE forum, 'Potential Problems for WE in the New Season,' was correct?"

Almost instantly, Ban Yuzhe understood his brother's plan.

"What else? I'm practically a WE fan myself. I was trying to help them analyze the problems, just by pointing out some issues with top laner Strawberry and mid-jungle duo. But those crazy fans started attacking me, and the moderator even permanently banned me without even reading the content. Of course, I can't swallow this."

NXG > PE > IG > WE, which means NXG is three times greater than WE.

Let's see how you jump this time.

Ban Yuzhe: "..."

"Okay, but you can post it yourself, don't drag me into it. WE's fans are disgusting when they start attacking people."

After getting into League of Legends, Ban Yuzhe learned a lot about the current state of the LOL esports scene, so he gave his roommate a heads-up in advance.

"no problem."

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The sound of keyboard typing started and then disappeared again.

As someone who can share matches live via text on Tieba, Evil Sword Immortal Lin Fei's hand speed is top-notch.

A few seconds later, a brand new thread was successfully uploaded to the LOL forum.

Don't ask why WE didn't post it; the reason is that the obsessed moderator permanently banned him.

"The Dilemma of Veteran Teams in the New Season: A Look at the LPL Opening Match"

"As the title says, I believe everyone has watched the first match of the LPL main event today. Many people probably did not expect that IG could defeat WE so easily. WeiXiao's 6-2 record was not enough to carry the team."

"I want to say that times have changed. Season 3 is no longer the same version as last year. The rise of mid-lane assassins has made the survival environment of AD carries precarious."

"A level 6 assassin with normal development can kill a full-health AD without much effort. Even without a mid laner, the top and jungle can chase the AD in team fights."

"..."

"The original poster previously posted an analysis of WE's problems, specifically whether the much-discussed issue of WE's top laner, Strawberry, giving away first blood had become a hindrance to the team. (PS: This post has been permanently banned from the WE forum.)"

"First of all, we need to make a clear concept: giving up first blood in the top lane is definitely not a good thing to accumulate good karma and increase the win rate. Giving up the first blood will essentially cause your team to fall behind. There is a famous saying by the Sword Saint: We cannot be blinded by WE's winning streak! The poster has taken a lot of screenshots. Everyone can take a look at the scenes that happened to WE from the end of IPL5 to the TGA Winter League."

"I think the reason why the top laner frequently gives up first blood is because WE's jungler, Mingkai, often appears in the bottom lane, or rather, he simply focuses on the bottom lane. When the opponent knows that your jungler is not there, as long as you, the top laner, are still farming and developing, it is not easy for them to target you."

"Of course, this isn't about blaming the jungler. That's exactly the problem I want to describe. First of all, the top laner who gave up first blood is definitely partly to blame, but don't you guys think WE's strategy of mindlessly protecting the bot lane for late-game team fights is too simplistic and obvious? Almost everyone in the league knows that WE is going to play like this..."

"Then here's the question: when the version changes, the survival environment for bot lane AD becomes harsh, while the status of mid and top lane heroes continues to rise. What do you think will happen?"

"That's right. I think players who watched today's match have already noticed that NXG's straightforward victory tells us that the old strategy of blindly protecting the bottom lane is no longer viable."

"NXG ganked Royal Club's bot lane once at level two and then almost ignored it. Instead, after Royal Club's jungler was baited, they started relentlessly targeting the top lane. Rumble's lane collapsed, and Fizz's development was mediocre. I don't need to say much about the subsequent team fights. Royal Club's Caitlyn, whom they had nurtured with the full strength of the team, had to run away immediately if she saw Jax spinning around like a fan in team fights, or Gragas' QR combo could cripple her..."

"At this point, some players might say that NXG's interviewee was the AD carry, but the bot lane is the one that has the biggest impact in the game."

"There's a misconception here. The original poster isn't trying to deny the role of the AD carry. If you're interested, you can directly read what Sorry said in the interview: Early game! Early game! Early game! EZ relies on his teammates to help him develop in the early game. The top, mid, jungle, and even the support create an environment for him to develop and fight, rather than the other four players relying on the AD carry to win the game."

"JM also emphasized in the live stream that while it's undeniable that AD carries still have strong late-game damage output in Season 3, their long development cycle and vulnerability to being targeted by squishy champions remain issues. With the changing meta, AD carries should be an integral part of the team, rather than blindly believing in their late-game carry potential (what you all like to call ADCs)."

"I think the best proof of this is that in the match where IG defeated WE, Kid, who was not the core of the team, had a development level almost the same as Smile!"

"Finally, here's a scary story: IG, who defeated WE, was just brutally beaten by PE in the preseason, and PE was then utterly crushed by JM's NXG."

[Front row!]

【sofa! 】

[OP is incredibly talented.]

[OP is really bold, deserves a thumbs up! Aren't you afraid of being attacked by WE fans?]

[What's wrong with WE? WE is invincible! From 2012 until the Spring Split, we had dozens of consecutive wins in various tournaments. You're already making a fuss over just one loss today?]

[Reported. A attention-seeking clown, [illegible]...]

[IG was just lucky today; Twitch didn't have any mobility skills. What kind of analysis are you giving me?]

[(Cold sweat) I'm thinking, this isn't really the WE forum, WE fans, if you want to complain, can't you go back to your own forum?]

[Exactly, the original poster was rationally analyzing the current version's overemphasis on the AD carry role, not targeting WE. In fact, you could say they were helping WE find problems.]

[To the person on the top floor: I'm an AD carry player myself, and climbing the ranks in solo queue this season is significantly harder than last season. Sometimes you're still farming, and a mid laner with zero kills just happens to walk by and kills you instantly.]

[+1, I encountered the same thing. I painstakingly last-hit minions for ages, only to watch the game end in black and white during team fights.]

Who do you think you are? I'm a 5-0 AD carry, and I'm being chased by a 0-2 Renekton.

The most crucial point mentioned in the original poster's analysis is the changing role of AD carries. Due to their long range, ADCs are comfortable dealing damage in team fights, but they are also squishy, ​​making it difficult to secure solo kills in the bot lane. Their long development period is also a consistent weakness.

[I think JM's NXG gave us a great answer. The AD carry is still the core of team fights in the late game, but in the early game, just let him farm. The top, mid, jungle, and support should do the work, and eventually the economy will be fed back to the AD carry.]

[Also, if your top, mid, and jungle aren't doing well, having only your AD carry won't be enough. You'll find that in team fights, either the mid or top laner can easily chase you down.]

[OP is amazing! Please post the next text-based live update on the forum! I really want to see a text-based live update with some understanding.]

Wow, I'm a newbie to this game. My friend recommended I play AD carry before, but is it too late to switch to mid, top, or jungle?

[(Humorous) Bro, what the League desperately needs right now is a support. Trust me, if you pick support in ranked, we'll all call you godfather.]

(End of this chapter)