LPL History

Chapter 113 The Locksmith Takes to the Arena in Crisis, Veteran Underestimates Opponent and is on the Verge of Collapse

Habits are a terrible thing.

Even though bathing no longer provides any benefit to Zhou Li, he is so used to it that he feels uncomfortable and even coughs if he doesn't bathe.

Therefore, in Zhou Li's view, it was perfectly understandable to take a shower halfway through a game.

As for why you need to take a bath...

Because he was about to go on stage.

The reason he chose to play was not because he was currently with IG and wanted to contribute to the team.

The Zhou Dynasty's rites were not so saintly.

It was because, based on his memory, he knew that PDD and Xiaoxiao's rebellion had succeeded.

In other words, he will most likely be fired by IG.

However, this is normal. The original owner was lazy, gluttonous, and committed all sorts of evil deeds. It would be strange if he wasn't fired.

If he doesn't perform now, he'll probably be so infamous that he won't even be able to find a job.

Although the assets he inherited from last season had already made him financially independent.

However, he still has historical records to unlock, so he still needs to stay in the e-sports circle.

While Zhou Li was taking a shower, a group of people in the IG training room were frowning with worry.

After just one game, they realized that OMG was not the kind of internet cafe team they had imagined.

Now that they have lost the first game, if they lose just one more game, they will be eliminated from the Spring Split.

At that point, it won't be a matter of saving face anymore.

If a professional club is established but can't even get into the professional league, then the players' livelihoods are in jeopardy.

The group discussed tactics, but after a long time, they couldn't come up with anything.

Just as everyone was arguing, Zhou Li walked in looking refreshed.

He clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention, and began to speak:

"Brothers, let's review the last game."

Zhou Li's words left everyone present stunned.

You're a team manager, not a coach, and you're already doing post-game analysis?

Just as Sun Yalong was about to speak, Zhou Li suddenly launched into a tirade against him.

"Who bears the most responsibility for the loss last game? What are you looking at? It's you, Sun Yalong. Playing Blitzcrank, did you even land a single hook the entire game? I'm asking you, did you even hook once! You only hooked twice, and both times it was against the enemy top laner Olaf. Did you think the enemy Olaf's legs were too short? And you're playing Blitzcrank, you can miss your Q even if you don't miss your ultimate?!"

"They don't even provide vision, the whole map is black! How are they supposed to see shadows while playing Lee Sin, giving him a stage to perform on?"

Upon hearing that Sun Yalong had been thoroughly defeated, PDD laughed gleefully.

"PDD, what are you laughing at? You think you're playing really well? You even played Darius? Do you really not consider Goging a human being? You clearly knew the enemy jungler started in the bottom half of the map, while your team started in the top half, yet you still pushed the lane, got ganked and killed, got solo killed in lane, and were kited like a dog in team fights. The enemy team was laughing at you for being an idiot while they were fighting, and you were still laughing?"

PDD's face instantly turned red.

"And you're still there? PDD told you to help him, so you went to help him? Do you even have any sense of your own jungle rhythm? Huh?! You were camping top lane for three minutes, and they cleared out your bottom jungle and even tower-dived the bot lane, and you were still camping top. What, does top lane have your daddy?!"

"You think I can't see you just because you're keeping your head down? Playing Evelynn mid, why can't you push the lane? Why don't you roam? In that eight-minute wave, if you had gone to bot lane, wouldn't you have wiped them all out? Playing Evelynn mid and you're just farming in mid lane? What's in your head?!"

PDD felt quite unconvinced as he listened to Zhou Li's tirade against everyone.

But for a moment, I couldn't find any rebuttal.

After all, what they said wasn't just idle talk.

This made PDD wonder as well.

This guy plays Blade & Soul all day long, when will he be able to understand the game?
Zhou Li slapped the table to attract everyone's attention and continued:

"Throughout the entire match, only Kid played like a human being. The match is about to start, Kid, you take a break for the next game, I'll go on."

Zhou Li finished speaking.

The lounge was completely silent.

Sun Yalong stared wide-eyed at Zhou Li.

"What did you say? You're going on stage?"

The IG members felt like they had heard the biggest joke in the world.

What kind of game would you, a manager, play?
KID was also dumbfounded.

Didn't we just say that he was the only human being in the entire match?
Why did you change it for him so quickly?
"Is there a problem with me playing?"

PDD and Sun Yalong exchanged a glance, PDD rolled his eyes, and then PDD pulled Sun Yalong aside.

"Bro, I think we should really let him play. Think about it, we might not win anyway, so if he plays and we lose, we can just make him take the blame!"

Sun Yalong was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening and grinned slyly.

"It still has to be you, Liu Mou. Now I'll start moving around like crazy!"

PDD added:
"Let's play normally, no throwing the game, otherwise our record will look bad and we'll get blamed. This guy doesn't know how to play League of Legends, he'll just feed like crazy and lose, so we can make our record look better and shift the blame."

The two turned around and, without asking Kid's opinion, said:

"Okay, you go next round."
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GTV Gaming Channel.

"Viewers watching the live stream! After a short break, both teams are in position, and the second match is about to begin!"

From the commentary booth, Miller began:

"We saw that after losing the first game, IG made a substitution! In the AD position, they replaced KID with Lion! Hmm, I don't think I've seen Lion before!"

The child has already started flipping through the documents.

"Lion player, real name Zhou Li! His League of Legends rank is... uh, he's only played normal games?!"

His eyes widened, clearly unable to believe the information before him.

"I guess it's just for show," Miller said with a laugh. "It's like PDD's profile says he's Platinum 1, which is indeed his rank in the Chinese server, but in the Korean server, PDD's score is still very high."

The doll continued reading, her expression growing increasingly strange.

"Lion's previous record is 0 matches... which means this is his first appearance on the professional stage..."

Now, even Miller didn't know how to explain himself.

"Huh? First time playing a match? At such a crucial moment, did IG bring out a complete rookie?"

The doll's revelations are clearly not over yet.

"And when I saw his name just now, I suddenly remembered something. If I remember correctly, the manager of IG's team is named Zhou Li."

Miller paused for a moment, then asked in surprise:
"It must be a coincidence, right? Is the team manager going to play in the match now?"

The doll's expression was a little strange. He looked carefully at the photo on the contestant's profile and shook his head.

"No, I'm quite sure. I visited IG's club once before, and this Zhou Li is indeed IG's team manager."

As soon as the doll finished speaking, the netizens in the live broadcast room went wild.

【ah????】

Wait, what is IG doing?

[The team manager is coming up to play in the match?]

Why pull off such a major operation in such a crucial situation?

[Are you okay if it's not IG?]

[WE fan, I just want to know what this ID means?]

Isn't Lion a lion? Are WE fans illiterate?

He should ideally be a lion!

"I don't understand what IG is thinking," Miller said. "Anyway, IG made such a bizarre substitution. We can see that both sides have entered the draft phase. Let's see if this manager can bring some changes to IG."

OMG player bench.

Looking at Zhou Li's ID, goging asked in confusion:

"Who is this person? Does anyone know?"

Wu Zhuangtai shook his head: "I don't know, I've never even seen it before."

The elixir spoke:

"Anyway, let's not worry about it for now. What's the use of just changing the AD? Sun Yalong is supporting him in the bottom lane and he's getting crushed."

The group chatted and laughed, not taking IG's roster change too seriously.

"Brothers, let's carry IG out of here. These guys are so arrogant, I really can't stand it. They didn't treat us like human beings at all in the last game."

Yuzu spoke up.

"come on!"

IG player seat.

PDD, shaking his leg, jokingly said:

"How about we talk about Zhou Li? Should we impeach someone to ease the pressure on you?"

Zhou Li seemed not to understand the sarcasm intended by "prostitute and debauchery," and spoke seriously:

"Panzer, Mantis, and Widow."

PDD paused for a moment, but didn't say anything more.

He was now quite curious about why Zhou Li dared to ask to come up and compete, and driven by curiosity, he went along with Zhou Li's wishes and pulled him up.

OMG, on the other hand, removed Orianna, Rumble, and Jarvan IV.

It's clearly still targeting IG's mid and top laners.

Subsequently, OMG, playing on the blue side, locked down Karthus in the mid lane on the first floor.

"Hey Coach Zhou, do you have any ideas for player selection?"

As soon as PDD finished speaking, Zhou Li's voice rang out.

“Na Wei and Lulu.”

PDD was taken aback again.

This guy seems to have some real talent. OMG then locked in Ezreal and Hecarim, putting the meta picks back in IG's hands.

This time, Zhou Li took charge without PDD needing to say a word.

"Zz1tai, does he even know how to play Zed?"

This assassin hero, who was just released last November, is making its first appearance in a competitive version.

In the current meta where traditional French champions like Karthus are still popular, if you can pull out Zed, it's a guaranteed kill.

His expression was somewhat awkward as he spoke:

"Yes, but not a lot..."

“Alright, that’s enough,” Zhou Li interrupted, “take Morgana.”

With a helpless expression, Zhou Li locked Morgana down, and then directly locked the Abyssal Maw for himself.

"Playing with big mouth?"

Sun Yalong almost laughed when he saw Zhou Li's contestant.

"The enemy team has Hecarim, and their support hasn't even gotten their item yet. You're playing Kog'Maw?"

Zhou Li ignored Sun Yalong and began adjusting his rune talents.

On the other side, OMG locked in Renekton and Leona.

Seeing OMG's lineup, Sun Yalong looked at Zhou Li with pity in his eyes.

He has no idea how a big mouth can survive in this lineup.

"Coach Zhou, what game should I play?"

PDD's voice rang out.

"Go play with your shit, you poop man."

PDD paused for a moment.

Some people are unsure whether the other person is insulting them.

However, it must be said that this move allowed him to play Zac, which suited his tastes perfectly.

The lineups for both sides were thus finalized.

Blue side: OMG Esports Club VS Red side: IG Esports Club.

Top Lane: (Goging) Renekton VS (PDD) Zac.

Jungler: (pemelo) Hecarim VS (liisou) Vi.

Mid Lane: (COOL) Karthus VS (Zz1tai) Morgana.

ADC: (san) Explorer VS (lion) Abyssal Maw.

Support: (loveling) Sun Maiden VS (xiaoxiao) Purple Garlic.

In the commentary booth, Miller and Doll are discussing Zhou Li's Summoner Skills.

"We see that Lion's Kog'Maw is using Cleanse and Flash as his Summoner Spells. That's quite a clever move. Cleanse seems to be very useful against a champion like Leona who is full of crowd control."

The child spoke:

"Wow, but if it were me, I would still choose to bring the barrier. I feel safer with the barrier. Because when you use Purify, sometimes you might press it too early or too late in your excitement, which makes it completely useless. In comparison, the barrier provides you with a very stable shield."

"Looking at the level 1 team fight, neither side had any intention of invading the other's jungle. Both sides chose to start in the lower jungle, but IG started earlier."

As soon as Zhou Li went online, he started increasing Xiao Xiao's strength.

He pointed to the bushes in front of him and said:

"What are you standing there for? Go into the bush! Use Q to retreat, don't be a blockhead, do I have to teach you this?"

Xiaoxiao felt a vein throbbing on her forehead, but since Zhou Li's words made sense, she still crawled into the grass.

After seeing the OMG bot lane duo come online, he hid in the bushes, used his Q ability, and immediately retreated.

"Why are you running so fast? Turn around and attack him! Can't you use the bushes to your advantage and avoid vision? If you attack him a couple more times, he'll definitely put a ward in the bush!"

"Damn, what if he just emails me?"

"How did I manage to hit you with my E? Can't you even position yourself properly?"

Seeing that Xiaoxiao had already retreated, Zhou Li directly called her a noob.

Xiaoxiao's face instantly turned red.

"If you're not afraid of being E'd, why don't you go up and A' someone else?"

As soon as Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Zhou Li stepped forward and attacked EZ while EZ was attacking minions.

"I took the A, and then what?"

"You dare to take another A!"

Big Mouth auto-attacked Ezreal again, then gently twisted away Ezreal's Q.

"What the hell are you standing there for? Come and farm minions! How am I supposed to beat Ezreal to level 2 by myself?!"

After saying that, Zhou Li attacked EZ again.

The Umbrella King, who had been hit three times by the White A, was clearly a little angry and moved forward to attack back.

Zhou Li immediately activated W.

Pull and pull.

EZ got hit by three more white auto attacks.

At this point, the director saw that EZ was losing health and assumed that the bot lane had started fighting at level one.

When they moved to the bottom lane, everything seemed calm at first, but EZ already had a third of his health gone.

"Holy crap! This guy's got a really flashy style!"

On the OMG player's bench, Umbrella King couldn't help but let out a slightly annoyed sigh.

Lingyao's face darkened. After all, he had witnessed EZ being sprayed five times by Kog'Maw without even touching him once.

Fortunately, Sun Yalong on the opposing team was throwing the game, which allowed them to reach level 2 first.

Looking at his experience bar and the low-health minions, Lingyao pressed forward and said:

"Let's grab 2 and launch a counterattack!"

Xiaoxiao looked at the health of both sides' minions and knew that the opponent would reach level two earlier than her.

He silently took two steps back, but didn't say anything to remind Zhou Li, after all, he couldn't wait to see Zhou Li make a fool of himself.

The moment EZ and Leona reached level two, they surged forward.

But Zhou Li did not panic; he simply said calmly:

"Q-day girl".

Xiaoxiao controlled Lulu to Q Leona, thinking that Zhou Li wanted to run away by slowing down, but unexpectedly, although Zhou Li was retreating, he kept kiting and attacking Ezreal in the process!

Moreover, even if EZ reaches level two, his matchup against Kog'Maw is only about 50/50.

Because Umbrella King's Q skill was dodged by Kog'Maw again.

This caused EZ's passive ability to be completely disabled.

But on the other side, the Japanese woman had already pressed forward.

Big Mouth finally decided to break his own kiting rhythm and moved a couple more steps, but he quickly turned his attention to Leona and started spraying her with bullets.

Lingyao used her E skill, but Kog'Maw calmly dodged it with a reverse movement, and at the same time, he also dodged Ezreal's third Q!

With her E skill empty, Leona could only retreat, but Kog'Maw, following behind, pressed his advantage and showed no sign of stopping his attacks.

Seeing the female hero enter the bush, Zhou Li, controlling Kog'Maw, started attacking Ezreal again.

Meanwhile, the natural firefight between the minions finally allowed Kog'Maw to reach level 2.

Just as Xiaoxiao was about to learn the E skill, she heard Zhou Li speak up:

"Learn from W, just give me the set directly."

Lulu's W skill, when cast on an ally, increases the ally's movement speed and attack speed.

When E is cast on an ally, it grants the ally a shield and provides Pix's damage.

Logically speaking, in this kind of head-to-head situation, you should definitely learn the E skill.

But since Zhou Li has made the request, Xiao Xiao won't refuse, since Zhou Li will be the one to take the blame anyway.

At this moment, Zhou Li had already mastered the E skill and spat a mouthful of phlegm at EZ's feet.

He spoke with dissatisfaction:

"W! Learning a skill is so slow? Ctrl+W can quickly learn skills!"

Zhou Li's insult made Xiao Xiao blush, but she still applied her whimsical idea to Da Zui.

Zhou Li activated his W skill and unleashed a barrage of attacks. The cooldown of his W skill had come off, and he immediately unleashed a torrent of attacks.

Kog'Maw's W ability grants him an extremely high attack range for a short period of time.

Originally, EZ could only miss Kog'Maw's Q.

Now, he's been pulled so far by the big mouth that he can't even get an A anymore.

Seeing his health drop to half, Umbrella King could only use his E skill to create distance.

"Oh!!"

In the commentary booth, Wawa, watching the skirmish in the bottom lane, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement:

"That Kog'Maw, that's some serious maneuvering! Umbrella's Ezreal missed a single Q and only managed three auto-attacks on Kog'Maw, while Kog'Maw himself got at least seven or eight auto-attacks!"

Miller nodded and said:

"This should have been OMG's bot lane's chance to secure level 2... Hey! What's Lion doing?"

"Why is he still chasing us across the minion wave?!"

What appeared to be a brief, unremarkable battle in the live stream was actually a friendly fight between the two sides.

Right now, it looks like they're going all in!
(End of this chapter)