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Chapter 121 Cross-Dimensional Training Method! (Please Subscribe)
Today is the third-place match. The organizers have arranged the competition in a very humane way, with the finals held at the Nanjing Gymnasium and a week allotted for preparation.

The goal is to expand publicity and get everyone ready to grab tickets.

After all, the Nanjing Gymnasium can accommodate more than 18,000 people, so this is quite a large undertaking.

The authorities want to know how many tickets these 18,000-plus people can sell in a week...

It also serves to demonstrate the popularity of League of Legends esports to other investors.

To be honest, this move was indeed risky, but it was also very necessary.

Without having held a final in a large venue, there's no solid data to back it up, making it much harder to persuade people to spend money.

The reason EDG can get four more sponsors, which makes other teams envious, is because of Li Fan's huge popularity and the fact that these fans are willing to spend money to buy them.

After all, capital isn't stupid. Spending money to buy publicity only exists in novels... Ultimately, they still need to make money.

The offline attendance for today's third-place match was still insufficient.

Because at the start of the semifinals, nobody thought their team would lose...

Except for a small number of people who are addicted to the game.

However, the number of viewers in the live stream remained at five to six million.

Although I don't really want to watch it, the home team can only play this one game in the Spring Split. If I don't watch it, I won't be able to watch any more games. The next game will have to wait until the Summer Split officially starts.

Of course, these people were still cursing and swearing in the live stream... It can only be said that the atmosphere in this live stream was very hostile, and they would start arguing if they didn't like something.

But those five or six million views... are nothing compared to Li Fan's popularity!
According to popularity rankings, Li Fan's live stream is still number one, with a total of 90,000 online viewers, exceeding 10 million views.

This made many people unable to hold back.

Goodness, I never expected that now it's not the players who make a living from League of Legends, but League of Legends that makes a living from the players.

Jin Yibo was also shocked when he looked at the data in the backend.

I never expected the gap to be so big.

It's important to know that RNG has Uzi, who is also a very popular player. If Clearlove doesn't perform well, Uzi has great potential.

As a result, I couldn't carry this popularity at all today...

In the past, we would have been very satisfied with this data, but compared with Li Fan, it falls far short.

And so I became more and more satisfied with my decision that day.

As expected, I was farsighted and insightful. Old Xu under me was stuck in his old ways of thinking.

Glancing at Chen Yao, who was recording data on the side, it seems that the younger players need to be given more attention in the upcoming competitions.

He had little interest in today's third-place match.

Seeing Li Fan's incredible data, I couldn't help but take out my phone and enter Li Fan's live stream.

However, this time it surprised him quite a bit, because Li Fan wasn't playing any other games, but was instead looking at the update announcement.

The Chinese server's version updates are one version slower than the international servers.

Because Tencent also needs to be careful. If it launches along with them and there's something shady going on, wouldn't such a big company go bankrupt?

However, this did not have as much of an impact on professional players as one might imagine.

The reason is simple: the training environment in the Chinese server is terrible, with a lot of cheaters and trolls.

For LPL professional players, the only advantage is the communication environment.

But in reality, communication in League of Legends can be done entirely through signals.

In this case, there is no problem at all in training on other servers.

Version 7.9 is actually the version for the upcoming Mid-Season Invitational.

There are two heroes here that everyone pays great attention to.

Both are junglers.

Zac has been reworked. His ultimate ability is no longer a bouncing, disruptive attack, but instead it wraps up the target and takes them to a designated area.

With his E skill enabling him to engage, Zac now possesses extremely strong teamfight initiation capabilities.

The second thing to rework is that the factory manager is very good at playing Sejuani.

The passive ability has been significantly enhanced, granting immunity to slowing effects and a large amount of resistance.

With the pigskin on him, his tankiness is further enhanced, making him a top-tier player in terms of vision control in the mid-to-late game.

In addition, the E skill allows for better coordination with melee heroes, which means the top lane meta may be about to change.

Some heroes that were previously unavailable can now be released...

Then a hero gets buffed.

Riot Games also noticed that the data for Maokai, who was reworked in the last version, was absurd, with his win rate jumping to 47.6%. This seems acceptable, but it's far worse than the previous 51.4%.

The fact that a hero was completely ruined is something that should make Riot Games' official designers blush a little.

They quickly took remedial measures, adding extra control time based on distance, with the maximum duration of the immobilization reaching up to 2.4 seconds!
The possibility of this ultimate move hitting the target was completely overlooked...

The increased confinement time resulted in an awkward situation where the person was not even a little bit affected.

The situation seems to have remained largely unchanged, with only large, empty trees.

As for the equipment, the changes are mostly reasonable, but there is one piece of equipment that makes sustained damage heroes very awkward!
That's an adaptive helmet!
A unique passive effect has been added: taking magic damage from a skill or effect reduces the subsequent damage of that skill or effect by 15%.

This item will be a must-have for all tank heroes in the upcoming Summer Split.

This is an effective way to counter AD and the Ardent Censer item.

Because the first item an ADC should build is Blade of the Ruined King, which, combined with Ardent Censer, is extremely powerful.

This leads to this being the first choice for tanks...

It's not hard to see from this that the official designers of League of Legends are intentionally increasing the priority of the Ardent Censer item.

Since version 7.2, we've been continuously buffing the Incense Burner, but unfortunately, it hasn't been taken seriously by players yet.

After all, a support player wouldn't spend 2,300 to buy an Ardent Censer as their first item.

But later on, even if the siege engine soldiers don't eat, they have to give it to the support.

You have to go back to base a second time to build the incense burner; otherwise, the bottom lane simply can't compete.

Another change is that killing the Rift Herald no longer grants a buff; instead, it summons a Herald's Eye that deals significant damage to turrets. Having the Rift Herald essentially guarantees a turret kill. Clearly, the designers realized that unless there's a significant advantage, nobody is interested in taking down the Rift Herald.

They just pretend it doesn't exist...

The reason is that the benefits are not proportional to the efforts.

Its health is just too high; taking down the Rift Herald would require a huge investment of manpower and time.

In that time, the opponent would have already secretly ganked the bottom lane and snowballed their advantage.

"League of Legends designer, do you have no idea what kind of monster you've unleashed?!"

Seeing that Li Fan was actually seriously studying the version update for the first time ever, the live stream chat exploded with comments.

【What's going on? Did I enter the wrong live stream?】

[Am I seeing things? Is Fan looking at a version update? Are you sure you're not looking at the wrong content? Shouldn't you be looking at the PUBG version update announcement?]

[Did you forget to interview him? Fan Ge is the kind of person who can understand a match just by looking at the materials, so of course I had to take a look.]

Something's not right, not even 90% right! Streamer, blink twice if you've been kidnapped!

[Brother Fan, if the club threatens you, just tell us, and we guarantee we'll help you get your release.]

Li Fan couldn't help but laugh as he watched the screen filled with question marks and shocked comments. He adjusted his posture and slowly said into the microphone, "Why are you all so shocked? Take a look at the Mid-Season Invitational patch. I haven't really looked at the patch changes lately. As professional players, shouldn't we check out what important changes there are?"

After he said that, even more questions appeared in the live stream chat.

【? ? ? ? ? 】

[OMG! Unreal Engine knows I'm a pro League of Legends player.]

Oh no, he actually installed it!

[Looking into MSI for loan research? The factory manager exclaimed, "You're an expert!"]

[Good grief, I'm just saying good grief! EDG's traditional practice of having Clearlove research their MSI opponents, then deciding not to go, could it be that Unreal did some research on the Mid-Season Invitational patch and then decided not to go?]

[Oh no, EDG's mid and jungle are both so unpredictable. I have a bad feeling, are they going to crash and burn?]

[No way, Fan-ge, let's play it safe first and get the Spring Championship title!]

[I have a feeling this livestream is going to become a memorable moment! If EDG fails to qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational, it will be a laughing stock.]

[Haha, this is similar to a certain Tang Sect mid-laner.]

[It seems Unreal Engine has listened to Ding Chunqiu's advice. As professional players, they should stick to their core game and avoid other games.]

[It's good that you can listen...]

Li Fan glanced at the comments and happened to see a few mentions of Ding Chunqiu and Weibo, causing his smile to fade slightly.

He wasn't actually very familiar with what had happened to this... Ding Shen Street Fighter.

All he knows is ineffective socializing. Five or six people play King of Fighters, and he teamed up with players from other countries to fight against domestic players. He betrayed his master, Qiuqiu, and targeted children... Later, the children all wanted to reconcile with Ding Chunqiu, but this guy was arrogant and acted all high and mighty when shaking hands.

Although the kid's Street Fighter skills aren't the absolute best, his status in the fighting game world is undoubtedly that of Faker.

In the League of Legends community, this is equivalent to Otto targeting Faker... and Faker even chose to reconcile with Otto.

Honestly, it's just like a science fiction story.

Of course, I also know nothing about this guy's professional League of Legends career.

The substitute for Mala Xiangguo... kicked to death by the roadside by the hot pot.

Then, he followed the team from the secondary league to the LPL league.

Later, King was sold to Royal Never Give Up (RNG) and immediately kicked out of the team, since RNG never accepts trash players.

ZTR, after some thought, decided to give Ding Chunqiu a job as an assistant coach, since Ding Chunqiu was on their team.

Last night, Li Fan saw his Weibo post, along with the introduction and instructions for making Mala Xiang Guo (a spicy stir-fry dish)...

Shamelessness is truly impressive.

Reversing the Heavenly Gang, even a substitute can guide Mala Xiangguo.

Saying even one more word to someone like that is just a way to attract traffic; just ignore them.

And there are indeed more important things to do today.

To be honest, although Street Fighter 5 has a poor feel to it and doesn't have that satisfying, visceral punching sensation.

Playing rock-paper-scissors with others is still a lot of fun...

In Street Fighter, reaction time is important, yet it's not; it's just incredibly fun.

"Alright, that concludes our version analysis for now," Li Fan said, casually closing the League of Legends client's update announcement page. "Theoretical knowledge is complete; now it's time for the practical phase."

As soon as he finished speaking, he skillfully switched to the desktop and, in full view of everyone, opened the Street Fighter V launcher.

【? ? ? ? ? 】

[Practical component? What kind of practical experience?]

[I freaking knew it!]

[Haha, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have had any illusions about Brother Fan!]

[“Theoretical knowledge complete,” you only read the announcement for ten minutes, and then went on to practice other games, huh?]

[As expected of Li Fan! This plot twist almost hurt my back!]

[I just want to ask, is that guy who said Brother Fan listened to advice still around? Doesn't his face hurt?]

If you can believe in Unreal Engine, you might as well believe I am Qin Shi Huang.

The popularity of the live stream was not affected by this action at all; on the contrary, it jumped up a little, the barrage of comments scrolled faster, and the atmosphere was full of joy.

Ignoring the barrage of complaints, Li Fan waited for the game to load while slowly saying, "Fighting games train instant reaction and prediction, which is very helpful for mid-lane players' micro-management and psychological warfare. How can you call it neglecting your duties? This is called a cross-dimensional training method."

"Don't look down on this cross-dimensional training method. I think the entire professional training community should learn from me..."

[What the hell is this cross-dimensional training method?!]

[I hereby announce that, starting today, Street Fighter V will be added to the daily training program for professional League of Legends players.]

When it comes to being stubborn, Brother Fan is in a league of his own!

(End of this chapter)