LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 349 Lu Benwei, what are you doing!
Since Lin Ruo reached the highest rank of 7000 points in just half a month.

In the vast Dota 2 community, news about him suddenly covered all entertainment and competitions.

Although there is still a very long way to go from 7000 points to becoming the number one player in the national server, at least from the current perspective, Lin Ruo is definitely on track to succeed.

Whether they can reach the finish line remains to be seen, but the outcome is highly probable.

In short, the shock of Dota 2 players was beyond words. Lin Ruo's talent was more formidable than any legend in the history of Dota.

Where does this fierceness lie? It lies in the fact that Lin Ruo has only been playing Dota for a little over a month.

More than a month is an absurd number. With such a short amount of game time, anyone would be a novice, let alone a game like Dota 2, which is inherently quite difficult.

While others would still be slacking off in the newbie circle, pondering various gameplay strategies, Lin Ruo has already reached the point where she should be genuinely interacting with professional players.

Yes, it will only take a little over a month to compete against professional players on the Chinese server.

The comments section on the Dota forum was beyond imagination; it seemed that Dota 2 was truly a game that anyone could play with ease…

As the discussion continues to grow, Dota 2 players are also increasingly doubting themselves.

[Excuse me, are we really playing the same game as him?]

[I don't know, I'm just reminiscing about the days when I'd get crushed by bots after playing for a month.]

I've watched his streams for several days, and I'm truly impressed by his dedication to climbing the ranks every day. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was a professional Dota player.

[You'll get used to it. Players of LOL, Overwatch, and PUBG all went through this period of disbelief, from initially declaring "absolutely impossible" to now feeling utterly humble and resigned...]

The same words, spoken in different tones, can lead to different results.

[It's okay, he hasn't met with any of the professional players yet. I admit he has talent, but it's absolutely impossible for him to defeat professionals and reach the top in such a short time.]

[Another absolutely impossible one. I'm placing this here to watch the show.]

[You all said the same thing when he defeated Lu Benwei and PDD, that it was definitely for the show, but now it seems very credible. So if this is true, doesn't it mean that Lin Ruo really has the ability to defeat professional players?]

What's the rush? We'll see. It'll only take a month at most.

...

"Aqiu."

At this moment, in the Douyu live streaming room, Lu Benwei, who had been streaming all afternoon, finally ushered in the most wonderful time of the evening to go offline.

"Brothers, that's it for the live stream. See you tomorrow."

As Lu Benwei was speaking, he saw the comments asking him the same old question again, and had no choice but to explain: "Don't ask anymore. I really didn't beat Lin Shen last time. There was no such thing as creating a show effect."

"However, I wasn't in top form last time." Lu Benwei coughed, acknowledging the fact while trying to salvage his reputation a little.

Of course, he wasn't just saying this to save face. In the past few months, he had indeed been obsessed with PUBG and hadn't played Dota 2 much, which inevitably led to him becoming a bit rusty.

So, having learned his lesson, Lu Benwei abandoned PUBG and returned to Dota 2 for the past two weeks, hoping to one day regain his status as the king of the land and seek revenge on Lin Ruo.

After all, who knows how many people ridiculed him over that Solo match in the past month or so? In short, he lost a lot of face.

Although Lin Ruo's continuous efforts saved some face for him, Lu Benwei still couldn't accept it.

Losing to a genius is not shameful, but losing to a brother you often play with is, well, that's incredibly embarrassing.

If this grudge is not avenged, then we are unworthy to be called members of the Lu family.

"Brothers, the stream is ending." After repeating this again, Lu Benwei closed the live stream, quickly switched from League of Legends to Dota 2.

Lin Ruochong is aiming for points, and so is he.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, Lu Benwei was certain that the day of revenge would eventually come.

Well, this day seems to have come a little too soon. Lu Benwei looked at the mid-laner's ID on the screen and suddenly felt a little lost.

EDG's youth training program is recruiting top talent...

...

In the EDG training room.

In between climbing the ranks, Lin Ruo kept glancing at the current rankings on the Chinese server ladder.

Most of them are stuck around 9000 points. The number one position is not permanent and is constantly changing hands. Among them are Yang from VG.J team, Xxs from IG team, and May from LGD.

These kinds of people will occasionally reach the top of the ladder by a narrow margin at a certain time, and then quickly fall back down by a narrow margin.

The emperor's throne is currently in a state of rotation.

After browsing for a while, Lin Ruo couldn't help but wonder, "They're all around 9,000 points. Is it possible that there aren't any players in the Chinese Dota 2 server who can reach 10,000 points?"

Since there are no actual limits to the ranking points, 10,000 points is definitely more impressive than 9,000 points.

Lin Ruo, after checking, found that the player who has reached the highest historical score in the Chinese server is Refuse, the mid-laner from IG.V, who once created a record of 9827 points in the ranked ladder.

There are players worldwide who have reached 10,000 points, but in the Chinese server, perhaps because it's more difficult, there are currently no players with that score.

"Stop looking, you'll definitely reach the top. After all, they can't fight from beginning to end like you," Mingkai couldn't help but tease as he walked and stopped.

Aside from the competition period, Lin Ruo plays more ranked matches every day than many professional Dota players. With such hard work and talent, it would be an injustice if he didn't become the number one player in the national server.

If someone had this kind of passion for League of Legends, Mingkai would never have imagined it.

Lin Ruo smiled without saying anything, entered the game room to select a hero, and inadvertently noticed that the opponent's ID looked somewhat familiar.

At this moment, viewers in the live stream chat were already flooding the screen with memes and jokes.

[Gouba just finished his stream and immediately started playing Dota 2, huh? He must have been itching to play.]

[We actually ran into each other, hehe, Lin Gou, give him a good beating, I want to see Lu Benwei bark like a dog.]

[How could you possibly see it if he wasn't streaming?]

It's okay, I can imagine that most things won't go wrong.

[Oh no, when did Lu Wei start playing Dota 2 so diligently? He's stopped playing PUBG? He's probably already planning to get revenge on Lin Gou.]

[Support Lu Benwei beating up Lin Gengxin. Don't ask me why, because it'll be more fun that way.]

Support yourself with both hands and feet.

Lin Ruo remained calm, intending to first see what Lu Benwei would choose to face him.

In the scene, Lu Benwei makes the decision to sign Shadow Fiend without hesitation.

Last time in a solo match, he lost to Lin Ruo's Shadow Fiend, and this time he wants to turn the tide with Shadow Fiend. Moreover, Shadow Fiend is indeed one of the strongest heroes for early-game pressure in the mid lane, so Lu Benwei will be more confident in the laning phase if he picks Shadow Fiend.

"Lin Ruo, you just wait and see, this time I'll definitely crush you." In the other room, Lu Benwei had already started stretching exercises to loosen up his muscles and bones so he wouldn't get cramps during the game.

"You dare pick Karl? Watch how I take you down in the early game."

Sitting back in his gaming chair, Lu Benwei tidied his hair that was covering his face, focusing intently on preparing for the next game.

With two rings, three branches, and a set of tree-eating cards, Lin Ruo glanced at her team's lineup and chose to play a fire card.

His reason for choosing this was simple: if he played Ice Lightning cards, his team would likely lack an output environment in the mid-game, so he had to choose Fire cards to take on that responsibility.

The most crucial point in laning against Shadow Fiend is to exert pressure on him in the early game, specifically in terms of last-hitting, at level 1.

Because suppressing last-hitting can limit Shadow Fiend's accumulation of Necrophos, and the amount of Necrophos accumulated is related to the attack power level of Shadow Fiend.

This would put Karl's last-hitting skills to a real test, but it was no problem for Lin Ruo.

I easily last-hit the enemy with one or two hits. Although I missed some last-hitting and pressure, it didn't have a big impact; it was just icing on the cake.

After three or four successful attacks, Lin Ruo had achieved basic positional pressure by pushing the lane.

The ability to summon fire minions at level two to help with the fight will inevitably provide some benefit in terms of finishing off enemies.

Taking a hit while moving forward isn't a big problem. Shadow Fiend's single-shot damage isn't actually that high because his three skills (long-range, mid-range, and close-range) have a special combo mechanism. A single shot won't cause much health loss; only when the combo hits will there be any additional damage.

By using Fire Spirit to continuously push the lane, Lin Ruo would rather deny last hits than last hits, which is an effective way to suppress Shadow Fiend in terms of trade-offs.

Lu Benwei, the opponent, was also very patient. After only hitting a single target with his cannon at level two, he did not immediately engage Lin Ruo in a head-on confrontation. Instead, he waited until he reached level three before using level two Shadow Pressure to begin his counterattack against Lin Ruo.

It's obviously more worthwhile to consume at this time.

Seeing that his damage output was effective, Lu Benwei wanted to continue the pressure after pushing the lane, and in the blink of an eye, he fired three shots in succession.

As expected, Lin Ruo only took one minor hit, dodging the other two.

Lu Benwei had just frowned when he saw Lin Ruo rushing towards the lower river to kill the healing holy water rune that refreshed every two minutes.

Just two minutes into the game, he used his Fire Spirit to steal the Holy Water Rune in the top river, and destroyed the one in the bottom river, preventing Shadow Fiend from pushing the lane. The loss was obvious.

Lu Benwei, who was so eager to suppress Lin Ruo, did not expect Lin Ruo's actions to be so decisive.

However, he felt okay because his current health wasn't actually that bad.

It's quite difficult for Invoker to suppress his health in the early game. If he could really suppress him, he wouldn't deserve to be called a former professional Dota player.

Back online, Lin Ruo temporarily distanced herself and used the ice hockey puck to recover some health, trying to avoid Shadow Fiend's powerful Shadow Pressure attack.

Once he levels up, all he needs to do is consistently last-hit minions and then wait for the right opportunity.

While Shadow Fiend's suppression is powerful, it also consumes a lot of mana, so Lu Benwei needs to constantly eat mangoes to replenish his mana.

If you spend money to buy blue buff and win, that's fine; if you can't win, you've lost everything.

How do you tell if a fight has been won? Besides securing a solo kill, it's obviously about pushing the lane. However, although Ashimoto was pushing, he clearly didn't achieve a dominance in last-hitting.

Just as he was eating the mango, Lin Ruo casually completed a last-hit.

Lu Benwei was furious, so furious that three more shells missed their mark, and the mango he had just eaten was instantly rendered useless, but the money he had spent was still real.

It’s a big loss.

Lin Ruo, who had returned, brought back the Soul-Gathering Tear that Kun Kun had bought; this was an essential item for fighting Shadow Fiend.

It automatically triggers when you take more than 75 points of magic damage, consuming 1 point of energy and blocking 120 points of magic damage. The cooldown is 7 seconds.

With Tear of the Goddess, he no longer needs to fear Shadow Fiend's Shadow Rage poke; he can even tank a couple of hits to deny the enemy.

When both sides reached level five, Lin Ruo preemptively activated his Wind Blowing skill; he was no longer pretending, he was about to start killing.

The method of killing was simple; clearly, Lu Benwei hadn't yet recovered from the pleasure of suppression, and his positioning was still very far forward.

That makes things much easier. After turning around and firing another shot, activate Agility and Swiftness to increase attack power and speed, then chase after the enemy with basic attacks.

One, two, three.

So what if you get hit by a cannon shot? Use the Wind Spell to knock up Shadow Fiend, then follow up with Meteor Strike for damage. Keep moving close to Shadow Fiend and keep chasing him with auto-attacks. Finally, use Ice Wall and B-sword to slow him down and deal damage.

They easily secured the first blood by getting the kill within five minutes.

The Soul-Gathering Tear negated most of the Shadow Demon's attacks. Knowing he couldn't be killed, Lu Benwei could only flee and let the Shadow Demon kill him.

...

in the room.

Looking at the black and white screen, Lu Benwei scratched his head, feeling lost. He had been too pretentious, always thinking about killing, and never thinking about peaceful development.

The result was that he was killed.

But why shouldn't you show off when playing Shadow Fiend? Getting solo killed in this round can only be attributed to being outmatched.

Lu Benwei belatedly realized what had happened and yelled, "Damn it, I got solo killed again! How embarrassing!"

He had already imagined how the chat in Lin Ruo's live stream would ridicule him.

What is Lu Benwei doing? He's playing Shadow Fiend like crap! How did he even dare to pick him?

[Don't be surprised, everyone. It's perfectly normal for Lu Benwei to be solo-killed. Did you really expect him to solo-kill Lin Gengxin? Pigs would fly if that were the case.]

[What level is Lu Benwei at? He uses the same Shadow Fiend as Lin Gou.]

[It's obvious he lacks class; otherwise, how could he have been solo-killed in five minutes? Maybe we should call Piao Laoshi over and let him share Lu Benwei's pain.]

[What do you mean? This isn't a solo match, this is high-level ranked play! Lu Benwei isn't incapable of winning later on. I believe he can definitely come back. He'll probably solo kill Lin Gou at least five times later. I'm putting my opinion here: if he doesn't win, then just pretend I didn't say anything, because I was just joking.]

[Get your act all serious, what are you waiting for?]

[Yes, yes, I'll go post a picture of my own face and then come back.]

In the blink of an eye, a large number of netizens flooded into Lu Benwei's live stream on Douyu, spamming the chat with comments.

It's okay if you're not streaming live, you can still post on a black and white screen, it won't stop you from causing trouble at all.

Thankfully, Lu Benwei didn't watch it; otherwise, he would have been furious.

"Let him get one kill first, I'm sure I can make it back." Hearing his teammates' doubts over the voice chat, Lu Benwei confidently stated.
(End of this chapter)