LPL History

Chapter 15 The Enchantress's Surprising Move, Zhou Yu's Decisive Strategy, The Young General's Hidden Strength and Prestige

WE Training Room.

Zhou Li looked at the few heroes listed in the BP interface and fell into deep thought.

He knew that Duan Shou was most likely hiding somewhere, waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

Although it's a training match, the necessary procedures still need to be followed.

The disabling rules for S2 were quite different from those later.

First, during this period, both the red and blue teams only had three bans instead of five.

This mechanism continued until Season 6, after which a version update changed it to five bans per team for a total of ten.

Furthermore, the ban phase must be completed before the hero selection phase, making it impossible to adjust the lineup based on the opponent's already selected heroes.

WE is on the blue side and has the right to make the first move.

Although head coach Joker was right behind them, the WE team clearly had no intention of inviting Joker into the group chat, and instead began discussing their draft strategy on their own.

"So, who should we target first?"

"Lee Sin, Shadow's Lee Sin is something else."

"Pick Rumble first. If PDD's Rumble is too well-farmed, one ultimate from him will put my AD out of shape."

"OK, let's take down Rambo."

Zhou Li was dumbfounded as he watched the group effortlessly complete the first man-pulling maneuver.

However, he quickly realized what was happening.

Firstly, many esports clubs these days feel somewhat like makeshift operations.

Secondly, WE's player substitutions weren't actually that problematic.

During this period, the strategy of "banning" (or "banning") was indeed aimed at focusing on blocking the opponent's key players' signature heroes, with little consideration given to overpowered heroes in the current version.

At that time, the balance of League of Legends was poor, and there were simply too many overpowered champions.

IG quickly made their first substitution, banning Twisted Fate.

Seeing IG's ban, the simple-minded Strawberry gave an awkward smile.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Because Zhou Li was in the room under the ID Ruofeng, IG thought that WE's mid laner was Ruofeng.

Naturally, this removed Ruofeng's signature hero, Twisted Fate.

Dao Ge didn't respond to Strawberry's comment, but said with a grin:
"This is the strength of my Wind Team."

WE then took down the Renekton, while IG took down the Orianna.

Both sides have a very clear strategy for targeting your core player's signature hero.

However, WE soon disagreed on the choice of the third player to play.

Smile suggested banning IG's mid laner Zz1tai's LeBlanc.

As a representative assassin-type hero, Zz1tai's LeBlanc can always set the pace in the mid-game and pose a huge threat to WeiXiao, who is an ADC.

However, this idea was met with strong opposition from Brother Dao.

In the end, WE chose to ban IG's jungler Shadow's Lee Sin.

On the other hand, IG continued to eliminate Ryze in the mid lane.

After the two teams finished their man-pulling phase, they entered the selection phase.

"Let's get Udyr for Dao Ge first."

Strawberry spoke up.

Without Ruofeng, WE still needs to rely on Daoge, the jungler, to carry the team's rhythm.

With Lee Sin being banned, Udyr is an extremely OP jungler in the current version.

Udyr's double jungle item build allows him to have unparalleled jungle clearing speed after acquiring Marrowbreaker and Riggs, enabling him to frequently harass the enemy jungle.

Just as Dao Ge was about to nod, Zhou Li suddenly spoke up:

"Bro, can you get me LeBlanc first? Trust me, I'm a LeBlanc fanatic."

Upon hearing Zhou Li's words, Brother Dao burst out laughing.

"A longsword AD LeBlanc? You think this is a solo match?"

Strawberry shook her head, then pointed at Udyr.

Who knew that Brother Dao, who had been speaking sarcastically just moments before, would suddenly say:

"No, get him the LeBlanc. Don't say I'm not taking care of you, the substitute."

Strawberry paused for a moment, thinking Brother Dao was joking. "Don't mess with me, bro."

"Get him the enchantress."

Another voice rang out.

This time, it's a smile.

Seeing that two people in the team had expressed their opinions, Strawberry sighed and directly helped Zhou Li defeat the Demoness on the first floor.
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IG training base.

PDD is still teasing Zz1tai.

"What do you mean, Zita? Let's get a LeBlanc, I'll pick it for you first. If you don't completely crush Ruofeng, you'll be washing my socks for a week."

With a worried expression, just as he was about to speak, he saw that the other side had locked in the Demoness.

"what?"

PDD rubbed his eyes and then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, what do you mean? Ruofeng is playing LeBlanc?"

Xiaoxiao was laughing so hard she was doubled over.

"Bro, is WE planning to concede this game?"

The child thought for a moment and then said:
"I remember the last time Ruofeng played LeBlanc was in March when he played against CLC in the G League. He got solo killed once in lane and dealt less than 10,000 damage in the whole game. If it weren't for WeiXiao's Ezreal stepping up and dealing 50,000 damage by himself, we would have almost lost, haha."

PDD leaned back and patted his belly.

"No, what does Ruofeng mean? Does he look down on Zz1tai? Did he come to IG to practice heroes?"

PDD's encouragement quickly made the fifteen-year-old's attitude popular.

"The enemy team has LeBlanc, how about you play Kassadin?"

Upon hearing PDD's suggestion, Zita nodded.

"OK!"

PDD immediately locked in Kassadin, seemingly afraid that Zita might change his mind.

Then, on the second floor, Shadow snatched Udyr.

The right to vote has returned to WE's hands.

"Smile, you pick Vayne, and I'll pick Nunu, okay?"

Hearing what Brother Dao said, he smiled and nodded.

Vayne is an ADC who relies heavily on attack speed, and Nunu's W skill is practically a miracle for champions who depend on attack speed.

At the same time, this version of Nunu clears the jungle very quickly, which can prevent Udyr from invading.

Then both sides selected their heroes, and soon the lineups for both sides were locked in.

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

Top Lane: Olaf vs. Jarvan IV (Demacia's Prince)

Jungle: Nunu vs. Udyr.

Mid Lane: LeBlanc vs. Kassadin.

ADC: Night Hound vs. Ezreal.

Support: Janna vs. Sona.

PDD watched as Xiaoxiao once again picked out his signature Sona, and somewhat uneasyly reminded him:
"Sun Yalong, how many times are you planning to miss your ultimate this game?"

Hearing PDD tease him again, Xiaoxiao angrily retorted:
"Damn it, if I enlarge your prince again, will it be empty? If it's enlarged again, I'll eat a whole set of postures!"

PDD patted his belly happily.

"Brother, you mean the kind where you eat the posture but can't squeeze the pus?"

As the IG members chatted and laughed, the game had already begun.

Since it was a training match, the players didn't use any special level 1 team formations; they simply lined up in a normal long, straight line.

But soon, they spotted LeBlanc dancing in front of their own turret in the mid lane.

"Why is Ruofeng such a flamboyant dog?"

While PDD was still questioning, Kid had already moved his Ezreal over.

IG's lineup has a very short range at level 1, so only Ezreal can go up and pressure LeBlanc's positioning.

KID, positioned in the corner, fired a cunning and treacherous Q shot from the darkness.

(End of this chapter)