LPL History

Chapter 60: The Return of Two Heroes Finally Makes WE's Mission Perfect; A Furious Slash Against Zhou Yu Leads to Another Table Flip (Please Read On!)

2 p.m.

Almost the entire WE team came to the training room.

Since Mingkai and Curly were recommended by Abu, they naturally received considerable attention.

As the team captain, Ruofeng greeted Juanmao and Mingkai warmly in the training room.

This instilled a strong sense of crisis in Dao Ge and IF.

Since Mingkai and Juanmao are already ranked players in the Chinese server, and both of them had played professionally before, Joker arranged a 5v5 training match for this trial.

At that time, WE had not yet formed a second team or youth training program, but it was not that they were without personnel to fill the gap. As a result, Big Nose made a unilateral decision and directly included Abu in the calculation.

Ruofeng leads a team consisting of Strawberry, Daoge, IF, and Joker.

Although Joker has switched to coaching, he was actually a veteran player from the early days of WE.

Considering that the team analyst Abu's skill level is not very high, Ruofeng generously gave up Smile.

The other team's lineup, naturally, consists of Zhou Li, Ming Kai, Curly, Wei Xiao, and Abu.

Watching Ruofeng tap the abacus so loudly, Zhou Li couldn't help but laugh.

The essence of this match is to see how well Mingkai and Curly are doing; the outcome of the match is not actually important.

As a result, Big Nose simply pushed Abu onto Zhou Li's side.

What is Abu's gaming skill level?
Although this kid always has a lot of talk, when it comes to actually doing it, he's only slightly better than the AI.

The heart of the big-nosed man is known to everyone, even those who make pork floss cakes.

However, Zhou Li didn't say much, and the two entered the custom room directly.

Without a second thought, Zhou Li immediately chose a gravedigger for Abu.

Abu had originally planned to play the Stone Golem for an easier path, but upon seeing Zhou Li's character selection, he asked in confusion:
"Brother Zhou, I don't know how to play Grave Digger."

"How can you not know how? This is your main hero. Trust me, you'll get the hang of it after just one game."

Mingkai was still hesitating about which jungler to play when he saw Zhou Li lock in Lee Sin.

He smiled and said:

"I'm pretty good at playing Lee Sin."

"Who said it was for you to play? I'm playing Lee Sin mid this game."

Mingkai's Lee Sin was indeed very good. Although most people's memory of Mingkai's Lee Sin is 4396, Lee Sin was actually one of Mingkai's signature heroes, second only to Sejuani dancing under the tower.

In Zhou Li's view, the reason why Mingkai scored 4396 was not because his operation was abnormal, but because at that time, Mingkai's mentality was abnormal.

As one of the earliest professional players, the young Mingkai may have been confident, but with each defeat in the World Championship, Mingkai became increasingly hesitant and afraid to make plays in international competitions. Later, his team, EDG, became known as a domestic powerhouse, excelling in domestic matches but struggling in international ones.

The most important reason is that when Mingkai started the first game for WE, in Zhou Li's view, the history had already turned a new page.

[The magical city stirs with talent, Zhou Yu leads the way. Two steeds return to camp, dragons and tigers roar, a new alliance is forged, a grand plan unfolds. Banners flutter, stars shift, halberds sweep across the sky, the enemy ranks fall in sorrow. Their merits will be forever etched in history, the tale of the Rainbow Bridge will be passed down through the ages.]

[You drove Ruofeng's electric scooter to Hongqiao Railway Station to pick up young Mingkai and Juanmao, becoming their guide on their professional paths and successfully helping the original WE team build a complete puzzle. From then on, WE ushered in their glorious era, which is what most people know as the true beginning of the history of League of Legends esports in China. And all of this was created by you; your merits are immeasurable.]

[Character unlocked (young Mingkai), ability gained: Factory Manager.]

[Factory Manager: I'll raise pigs in your jungle. When invading the enemy jungle, all attributes such as hand speed, reaction time, and awareness are increased by 10%. Mastery of the champion Lee Sin reaches perfect level.]

[Character unlocked (Curly Hair), Ability acquired: Bathhouse Scrubber.]

[The Bathhouse Scrubber: Curly once duo-queued with God, but God got tilted and went AFK, saying "I'm going to take a shower," leaving Curly to stream himself wiping God's butt, thus becoming a bathhouse scrubber. After each shower, he gains a buff to all attributes for one hour. If the enemy team has the hero Night Hound, the attributes receive a second boost. If your own team has the hero Night Hound, the buff disappears.]

Compared to the abilities Mingkai provided for himself, the abilities provided by the always low-key Curly seemed to be even stronger.

However, Zhou Li also knew that players like Ming Kai and Shen were definitely not that simple.

Because their names all have a period in their names.

For example, young Uzi and young Minkai.

In other words, Zhou Li can still squeeze more money out of these people, while people like Curly are just one-time samples.

What Zhou Li couldn't help but feel was that, at this moment in 2012, although God had not yet officially started his professional career, it seemed that everything was already unfolding around him in the dark.

"Is this the charm and pressure of God... Your smile made me laugh all the way to Season 2, Hajiz, you bastard..." At this moment, both sides had already locked in their lineups.

Blue side: Big Nose Team VS Red side: The Team that is duty-bound to save LPL, the glorious and righteous Zhou Dynasty, the true lord of morality, and the return of the Dragon King.

Top Lane: [caomei] Olaf vs. [abu] Yorick.

Jungler: [yjtm] Demacian Prince VS [clearlove] Winter's Wrath.

Mid Lane: [Misaya] Twisted Fate VS [lion] Lee Sin.

ADC: [joker] Night Hound VS [weixiao] Explorer.

Support: [IF] Nunu the Yeti VS [FZZF] Steambot.

Seeing Zhou Li pull out a Lee Sin in the mid lane, Ruofeng's expression turned very unpleasant.

How to play Lee Sin in the mid lane?
This is completely disregarding one's own humanity!

The more this happened, the more Ruofeng wanted to prove himself!
As soon as the two sides entered the game, the minions in the middle lane met, and Ruofeng started to continuously attack the minions with his Twisted Fate.

It's just a matter of understanding the minion waves; of course, Ruofeng has them too.

To defeat a short-range enemy with long range, you need to farm minions more, push the minion wave forward, and control the lane.

Of course, this was definitely not something he learned from the Zhou rites, but something he, Ruofeng, figured out on his own.

Lee Sin clearly doesn't have many good options against Twisted Fate pushing the lane.

He can only rely on Q to come up and unleash a combo from time to time.

Even if Q hits, after several rounds of trading, the card isn't actually at a huge loss.

"Team Wind is pretty good, they didn't hide under the tower this time."

Ruofeng chuckled twice upon hearing Zhou Li's teasing.

"It also depends on the opponent."

As soon as Ruofeng finished speaking, the Blind Monk had already reached level three.

Seeing the card with half health, Lee Sin suddenly sprang into action, immediately using E-Flash to initiate!
Where has Ruofeng ever seen a Lee Sin E-Flash combo?
Before anyone could react, the Blind Monk had already slapped Twisted Fate across the face with his Bone-Breaking Hand.

Relying on his passive ability, Lee Sin quickly landed two basic attacks, then used his second E to apply a slow to Twisted Fate.

Ruofeng finally drew his yellow card and threw it away.

But at the same time, Lee Sin's Q skill, Sonic Wave, has already been used!

Big Nose didn't react at all. Only after he used Flash did he realize that he had been hit by Lee Sin's Sonic Wave.

The Blind Monk followed up with his second Sonic Wave, then landed two auto-attacks followed by Ignite, and confidently turned around.

First blood!

"That's it?"

Zhou Li said with a smile:

"It's true that lane priority is important, but it's based on the premise that both sides are of equal strength. You and me are like Abu and Strawberry. Look how smart Abu is, he just stands under the tower and AFKs."

"Wind, you're so bad, why are you playing professionally? Go home and raise pigs!"

Mingkai, who was still farming in the jungle, was startled when he heard this.

This was the second time he had heard that phrase.

The last time I heard this phrase was when WE played against CLC, and Zhou Li said it to Lu Benwei.

So handsome!
That line is so cool!

"Why are you playing professionally with such poor skills? Go home and raise pigs..."

Mingkai kept repeating this sentence in his mind.

He'll definitely find someone to criticize him when he gets the chance.

(End of this chapter)