LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 331 Now, let's welcome CNdota's hope!
The Dragon Knight's skills are relatively simple.

When switched to hotkeys, the Q skill fires a flame at the enemy, the W skill is a close-range basic attack that deals damage and stuns, similar to Leona's Q skill, and the E skill increases Dragon Knight's health regeneration speed and armor.

The ultimate skill transforms the user into a true dragon, granting them ranged attack capabilities and special attack effects.

Lin Ruo, who logged in, tried playing a match against bots and barely passed the test.

What bothers him most in this game is the way last-hitting gets him gold, which is divided into two categories: last-hitting and denying. Last-hitting is the same as in League of Legends, where you get gold and experience rewards after landing the final blow on an enemy minion.

Denying, on the other hand, involves killing your own creeps with a final attack to affect the enemy's gold and experience gain.

If the deny is successful, the opponent will not receive any gold, but will only absorb 50% of the creep's experience.

The same principle applies to defensive towers.

However, your own minions can only attack when their health is below 50%, while towers can only attack when their health is below 10%.

If you can deny your own minions during the laning phase of the game, the effect is obvious, and it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the opponent.

Buying equipment also requires returning to the fountain, but Dota 2 has a courier system where flying chickens will bring equipment to the lane to feed the player, so you don't need to return to the fountain in this case.

However, Kun Kun, who is online, can be taken down by enemy heroes, which is quite unique.

Lin Ruo, who started the newbie match, also used Dragon Knight and was in the position one, which should be the top lane position in League of Legends. Lin Ruo estimated that the direction he entered the map was roughly like this.

In Dota 2, the five lanes are different. Depending on the amount of resources allocated, positions one through three are the core, while positions four and five are the support.

There is no jungler in Dota, or rather, everyone is a jungler.

Lin Ruo, who was controlling the Dragon Knight, quickly discovered that the most troublesome thing about last-hitting minions in Dota 2 compared to League of Legends was that the heroes' turning speed was too slow, making his basic attacks and skill usage very clunky.

This is a real and tangible situation where you really need to turn around.

Because of this, Lin Ruo missed several minions. He originally wanted to deny them, but now he's just thankful that he can last-hit them without any problems.

The result was naturally problematic. On his first try, he played like a bot, easily taking down the enemy's core and support duo.

Lin Ruo, who gave up the first blood, calmly used a teleportation scroll to log back in. The first time you log back in, it's free, but you'll need to use in-game gold to buy it afterward.

Less than two minutes later, Lin Ruo, who had been killed again, used a teleportation scroll to log back in.

When your health is low, you can use a teleport scroll to return to the fountain to replenish your health before logging back in.

Seeing that his teammates, especially the support, seemed dissatisfied, Lin Ruo made sure to mute them first. His experience told him that he didn't know if admitting he was a newbie would get him flamed, but mute them would definitely prevent him from getting flamed.

Fortunately, his teammates were quite strong in this game. Even though Lin Ruo gave away some points, the situation wasn't completely hopeless. However, this didn't stop him from being too funny.

Watching my teammates occasionally pull jungle monsters or steal neutral items.

Lin Ruo was playing a single-player game, only focusing on clearing lanes and pushing towers. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but firstly, he didn't understand many things, and secondly, he would die if he went.

His current development is so poor that he has no chance to fight back, making it difficult for him to play a significant positive role in the mid-to-late game.

Ultimately, Lin Ruo, who was like a headless fly, quickly achieved the development of the i-series.

"Brothers, I've got it. Trust me, the next game will definitely be much better than this one." Lin Ruo wasn't ashamed at all after finishing the game; on the contrary, he was proud.

Have you truly learned it, or simply learned it but failed?

Why don't you search for a beginner's tutorial online first? I can see you're having a hard time playing.

I'm also frustrated. This game doesn't allow for the smooth auto-attack movement of ADCs like in League of Legends.

[Lin Gou played terribly; this must be the worst game he's ever played.]

[That's right, I remember learning it after playing PUBG for a few minutes.]

[Haha, it's normal that Dota 2 is inherently difficult. If you put Lin Shen in StarCraft, he'd probably be even more confused.]

[Let me take a screenshot first, to record this humiliating moment when Lin Gou got crushed in the game.]

"Laugh all you want, you won't be laughing in a minute." Lin Ruo calmly started the second game, still using the Dragon Knight.

This time, he didn't lose his composure. At least he was much more normal in laning and last-hitting. He wasn't the newbie who started feeding as soon as he left the fountain like last game. He could even deny the opponent's last hit from time to time.

Although he was still a bit lost in team fights in the mid-game, his performance was at least not at the level of the i-series.

[Lin Gou, you've lost again. Stop playing. If you keep going, you'll lose more games than you've ever lost as a professional player.]

This game was alright; I was just invisible. If my teammates were the same as last game, I could definitely carry them.

[He might be invisible this round, but he could easily start feeding next round.]

Let's switch to another hero; I don't like Dragon Knight.

[We've finally gotten things going, and you want Lin to change heroes? If you want me, Lin, dead, just say so.]

Seeing the flood of comments, Lin Ruo, who hadn't started the game yet, went to the restroom.

In less than ten minutes, various marketing accounts gathered in the live stream room launched their campaigns, and news articles flew everywhere, making it impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

[League of Legends world champion gets utterly crushed in Dota 2; Lin Ruo bluntly states that Dota 2 is more challenging than League of Legends.]

[Lin Ruo streamed Dota 2, and his commentary was that the graphics were those of a low-quality online game, and he couldn't get used to playing it.]

[Looking to change careers? Lin Ruo started streaming Dota 2 right after his match.]

Comparing Dota 2 and League of Legends, which is more difficult to play?

Once the news came out from all the channels, it inevitably caused a lot of controversy and discussion.

But Lin Ruo didn't care; he had already finished the third game.

The record is positive, and the contribution is also positive.

Not bad.

[It wasn't easy; in the third game, I finally encountered a noob on the other side who fed me.]

[I don't think the opponents are bad players; it's mainly because Lin Gou played really well this game.]

I also think he wouldn't figure out how to play the game after just three games...

[We'll see after one more round. They seem to have some awareness now, and they're definitely faster than me.]

"Why are you playing this game?" Abu, who had come running after hearing the news, stood behind with a rather unpleasant expression.

Lin Ruo asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Can't we play?"

Abu didn't know what to say, he just shook his head and left the training room. At least for now, he could still play, since there were no Tengjing officials to remind him.

Lin Ruo began the fourth game methodically. The Dragon Knight prioritized pulling the minion wave upon entering the lane. By squeezing the minions together and causing collisions, he could slow down the minions' advance.

So the initial result of the laning phase was that the opponent's minion wave was blocked in front of their own tower.

Since Dota 2 is a game that requires a lot of farming, being able to safely clear waves in front of your own tower in the early game is a huge advantage.

Moreover, since the two side lanes are different, choosing which lane to go on will give you a significant natural advantage from the start.

This is also called the advantageous lane, which refers to the Radiant's bottom lane and the Dire's top lane.

Radiant and Dire refer to the specific names of each half of the map. The darker half is Dire, and the lighter half is Radiant, which is the red and blue team system in League of Legends.

The reason why the Radiant's bottom lane and the Dire's top lane are called the advantageous lanes is because, under normal creep wave conditions, the intersection point on both sides is closer to their own turrets.

The closer the path, the safer it is; the same principle applies to the confrontation path and the development path with agriculture.

Lin Ruo is currently in the bottom lane of Nightmare.

The opponent who gets stuck in the minion wave has a headache. Due to the aggro setting, as long as he tends to issue an attack command towards the Dragon Knight, he will be attacked by an endless minion wave.

Unlike League of Legends, where you need to actually use a basic attack or other skills to damage the opponent to attract minion aggro, this doesn't work.

Lin Ruo skillfully used the aggro mechanic to pull all the creeps in the direction where he could better last-hit them, and in the process, he managed to get several deny kills.

And use the Q skill to unleash flames to continuously whittle down their health.

After the first three games, he has adapted well to the hero's turning around and his actions are now more skillful.

If the opposing team gets impatient, A might accidentally kill Lin Ruo too quickly.

As a result, in the early laning phase, Lin Ruo not only ensured that he did not die once, but also gained a significant advantage in last-hitting minions to widen the economic gap.

When the timer reaches 7 minutes, the game begins to transition into the mid-game phase.

Lin Ruo controlled the Dragon Knight to gank and roam, working with his teammates to push towers and suppress the enemy heroes' development.

The most important resource to acquire is the neutral resource rune that refreshes approximately every four minutes, which offers various effects such as double damage, speed boost, illusion, and invisibility.

After obtaining the rune that grants double damage, Lin Ruo walked to the river area and saw that the enemy support had not left in time. She immediately flanked and stunned the enemy, and with the help of her nearby teammates, she secured the first kill of the game.

The situation was stable and steady; Lin Ruo had done everything she could, securing various jungle and mid-lane resources and maneuvering jungle monsters to maintain regeneration. Except for the laning phase.

He doesn't really like laning.

Dragon Knight is a very easy hero to pick up compared to other heroes with various skills.

He's physically robust, runs fairly fast, and has decent damage output. Once he reaches level six, he remains a ranged hero with an unstoppable and reliable mid-range control ability.

If you make good use of its characteristics, it's not bad at all.

"You're that good?" Mingkai, who usually just watches the drama unfold, couldn't stop watching once he walked over. He had played Dota in private, though not much.

But all of this is enough for him to judge a person's skill level.

If he hadn't known that Lin Ruo was only playing today, he would have thought she was a pro.

He's definitely an expert at using the Dragon Knight, but his equipment is a bit formulaic.

However, it's normal not to be able to be 100% flexible in item builds after only playing a few games.

Mingkai had always known that Lin Ruo was talented at playing games, so he wasn't too surprised, just a little impressed.

However, the viewers in the live stream had a different experience. Having witnessed Lin Ruo's transformation after playing four games in a row, it was impossible for them not to be shocked.

But given the quality of the matches, they still have high hopes.

Have you really learned it?

Honestly, I feel like Dragon Knight plays better than me, but this is a low-elo game, and the opposing team might even have newbies of similar skill. I'm still skeptical for now.

That's right, but this guy's talent is really high; he figured out the layout of all the maps in just four games.

[These are all MOBA games, so it's normal for me, Lin Shenmiao, to play them so well. Don't be surprised.]

[What you're saying is ridiculous; isn't Lin Gou invincible in FPS too?]

He even plays puzzle games like Plants vs. Zombies; clearly, he can play any kind of game.

[Oh no, now I also have to add "the hope of CN Dota"?]

[Damn it, they haven't even saved Overwatch yet, how dare they expect someone who's only played a few low-elo games in Dota? Go and wait in line.]

[If Go allows players to cut in line, why can't I cut in line in Dota?]

[Any experienced Dota players want to give him a good beating? You can't really tell anything from playing against newbies.]

These words immediately garnered a unified response from the viewers in the live stream.

Yeah, why didn't they think of that? If they wanted to quickly test Lin Ruo's strength, they could have just found a strong opponent in the live stream and challenged them to a one-on-one fight.

[Chinese server pioneers, please step forward!]

[Even bronze-level players want to join? Go play in the mud, I'm a legend, I'll go first.]

[Your legendary status is just a platinum gatekeeper in League of Legends; let me, the transcendent one, take your place.]

[What the hell are you talking about? You've reached such a high level of skill, why don't you go pro and just watch streams and act like a trash-talking king?]

"Who wants to challenge you guys to a one-on-one fight? This is ridiculous." Looking at the chattering comments, Lin Ruo, who had just finished the game, decisively refused. He wasn't just doing this for fun.

Really are.

"Thanks to my true fan for sending a hundred greatswords. What, you want a one-on-one duel? Come on, I'll add you as a friend, I'll create a room and invite you."

Lin Ruo stood up without saying a word. He could ignore the netizens, but he definitely had to care about the top donor, as it represented his excellent professional ethics.

Add friends, create a custom room, and the 1v1 match officially begins.

To show respect to his sponsor, Lin Ruo specially changed his hero for the solo match.

The hero's name is Lina, but he didn't know the specifics and could only cram for a quick look at the skill list before the game started.

Similar to Dragon Knight, Q skill releases a flame that damages enemy units in a straight line, while W skill summons a pillar of fire that stuns targets in the area for 1.6 seconds.

Annie's E skill is a passive skill that provides attack speed and a considerable amount of movement speed. Her ultimate skill is an extremely high-burst lightning bolt that strikes the target.

It seems he made the right choice; he's quite good at fighting.

As usual, you can hold the minion wave once you go online. As for last hitting, it's not difficult to do.

It's not that it's good for finishing off enemies, but rather because Lina's fire blast has a large range, and if the opponent doesn't maintain enough distance, they will be worn down.

Since he can hit the opponent, it will naturally affect the last-hitting, making it much easier for Lin Ruo to last-hit.

Even if the opponent's Shadow Fiend can dodge Lina's attacks by using positioning.

As long as he dodges, Lin Ruo can still seize the initiative and gain the advantage in last-hitting and denying.

Of course, the opponent could also attack, but Lin Ruo remained calm.

Each time Annie casts a skill, it stacks the passive effect of her E skill, Blazing Soul, granting her varying amounts of movement speed and attack speed bonuses.

It can be stacked up to three times, providing attack speed and movement speed buffs for a total of twelve seconds.

As long as you can master the use of your E skill and consciously maintain your buff, Lin Ruo's ability to kite opponents will be much better than their ability to dodge his skills.

And that was indeed the case. The opponent couldn't wear him down, and if he wanted to fight Lin Ruo head-on, he wouldn't give him much of a chance.

The end result is that it's very easy to wear someone down in a one-on-one fight.

I just don't know if defeating someone at the Commander level has any real value in the eyes of people who enjoy the game.

None of these things mattered to him; Lin Ruo only cared about one thing:
"Next up, fellow die-hard fans. Anyone else want to challenge me to a duel? Just give me ten big swords as a token of your appreciation as an entrance fee."

[Robbery! Ten greatswords!]

Lin Gou is obsessed with money; brothers, don't spoil him.

The voice just fell.

Someone sent ten big swords as a gift; it seems there are still many true fans in this world.

Lin Ruo was very pleased, even though he knew that most of these people wanted to beat him up for their own pleasure.

But it's okay, he won't let his true fans have their way.

After all, there are many things in this world that money can't buy, like defeating him in a game.

If it really needs to be paid, then the money must be sufficient.

Clearly, ten great swords are not enough to meet Lin Ruo's professional standard of serving to the end.

Five minutes later, Lin Ruo successfully saw off yet another devoted fan. She glanced at the time and realized it was almost midnight. She had originally intended to get off the plane, but the "big sword" (a euphemism for a male escort) was being delivered too frequently.

no solution anymore.

"Brothers, let me go make myself a cappuccino first," Lin Ruo said, getting up and leaving the camera's view.

The viewers in the live stream believed it to be true, and then the next second they were caught off guard and their screen went completely black.

The screen was instantly filled with question marks.

[Is it stuck?]

[What the hell? He's run away!]

[Damn it, I forgot this bastard has a habit of running away, but why would he run away if there's money to be made today?]

The viewers in the live stream didn't understand, and neither did Mingkai in the training room: "So many people sent you big swords and you're not going to reciprocate?"

Lin Ruo asked casually, "Kai, what do you think is the purpose of us making money?"

After thinking for a moment and confirming that there was no trickery involved, Mingkai said, "What else can we do for a happy and fulfilling life?"

"Since you've said that, I have to think about making a living." Lin Ruo shrugged and went to wash up and rest. With an irregular lifestyle every day, if she loses her health, all the money she earns will be wasted.

Makes no sense.

And that's just one point; the most important point is that he has a heart that cares for his fans.

Before going to sleep, Lin Ruo posted a Weibo message to comfort all her devoted fans.

[Staying up late is not advisable, and staying up all night is even more undesirable. For the health of every fan, I have carefully considered and decided to end my stream early. If this helps you develop good habits, then the small amount of money you donated is nothing. See you in the Dota stream tomorrow morning at 8 AM! I will continue to study this game.]

Lin Ruo, who put down her phone, thought he was great, but that didn't stop the comments section from turning sour.

You think a professional gamer doesn't stay up all night?

(End of this chapter)