LOL: What does "mid-lane hybrid expert" mean?

The next day.

The schedule for the Summer Split has been released.

As one of the three teams with the largest fan base, EDG narrowly escaped the opening match on the first day, but only had one more day of leisure.

The following afternoon, they will make their season debut.

EDG's first opponent was DAN, a rising star team that had made great strides in the promotion/relegation matches and was later jokingly called the "Ling Shi Road Killer".

EDG's starting lineup was finalized the day before the start of the match.

Top lane: Mouse

Jungler: Clearlove7

Mid laner: LeeE

Bottom lane: Iboy

Support: Meiko

The same team that won the Demacia Cup!

As soon as this list was released, EDG's fan base immediately split into two camps.

Many mothers of young players already knew about Scout's early return to the team, and upon seeing the starting lineup, they immediately protested in the Weibo comments section: "Why isn't Scout starting?"

However, many long-time fans who have followed the Demacia Cup from the beginning expressed their clear approval of this decision. There's no reason for a team that has just won the championship and proven its strength to bench its best-performing Finals MVP.

Although there are disagreements among fans.

However, this was actually the result of repeated discussions and evaluations by the EDG coaching staff based on the performance in training matches.

  

Judging from the training match results, Li Yi has a record of two wins and zero losses against DAN, while Scout has a record of two wins and one loss against DAN, with one game taking almost forty minutes before he managed to turn the tide and win.

no way.

Although EDG is a club that relies on fans to manage the team, at its core it is still a team that prioritizes results.

The famous "seven up, eight down" incident in the 21 Summer Split is the best proof:

In an effort to promote Mingkai's return, EDG put a lot of effort into the publicity. However, after being outplayed by WE-Beishang in the first game, the coaching staff did not hesitate to substitute Junjia in the next game.

therefore.

In order to capitalize on the massive traffic generated by the start of the Summer Split, EDG decisively chose Li Yi, who was on a winning streak, over Scout, who desperately needed to recover and regain his form.

Yes, data traffic!

The opening match between RNG and OMG once again broke the LPL's record for viewership.

This was actually predictable.

In 2017, live streaming platforms were experiencing rapid growth, the four major regions were becoming increasingly professional, and the World Championship was officially announced to be held at the Bird's Nest... In addition, Tencent Esports' extensive and unassailable promotional campaign attracted a large number of casual viewers to the League of Legends esports events.

Just imagine.

Your college roommates are discussing mysterious numbers like 4396, the cafeteria's big screen is playing Faker's highlight reels on a loop, and posters on the street are advertising the soaring, naked-eye 3D Ancient Dragon—can you really remain unmoved?

EDG, with the halo of their first MSI championship and their epic, unbelievable blitzkrieg against Poland, successfully became the first choice for many new viewers to get into the LPL.

At this moment, everyone took a look.

Why isn't Scout starting for EDG? Instead, it's a newcomer named LeeE.

Looking closer at the official photos, this guy is so handsome he's on a completely different level from the other professional players. Could he have made some kind of shady deal with the coaching staff?

After some investigation, I learned that this was the FMVP of the Demacia Cup. Upon further review of the data, I discovered that he was a very rare team-oriented mid-laner in the LPL.

At this time, Li Yi himself was unaware that he had already become a minor internet sensation.

Many people are starting to wonder: How can someone in such an important position as mid lane win by doing nothing in professional matches?

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Shanghai Pudong Zhengda Plaza.

Inside the LPL arena.

"Wow, Yi-ge, you're famous!"

In the EDG backstage lounge, Iboy pulled Li Yi aside and secretly glanced at the audience seats.

During the Demacia Cup, Li Yi's name only appeared briefly in the EDG team photo, but now there are fan light boards in the audience with slogans like "Yi Ming is amazing" and "Tell me whose E is in EDG".

"I'm a little nervous. This is putting so much pressure on me. I can't win today!" Li Yi sighed, indicating that he legally had the right to win without lifting a finger today.

"I haven't seen you even when you're under less pressure..."

Just as Mingkai was thinking of a rebuttal, he saw the director's camera switch over, and, being somewhat concerned about his image, he instantly switched to "Dark Kai" mode.

"Dear viewers, welcome to the live broadcast of the 2017 LPL Summer Split. I'm commentator Zheyuan!" Guan Zheyuan's voice came from the commentary booth.

"I'm the commentator, Long Hair."

"Both teams have arrived at the rest room in advance. We can see that EDG, who just won the Demacia Cup, is in a relatively relaxed state overall." Changmao's voice carried his usual Taiwanese accent.

Guan Zeyuan chimed in, speaking noticeably faster: "That's right, but their opponent today, DAN, is equally formidable. This team defeated VG 3-1 in the promotion/relegation matches, becoming the first team in history to be promoted by defeating an LPL team."

The broadcast then switched to the Demacia Cup data charts for both players. After Zeyuan and Changmao briefly introduced the players, they began the usual pre-match chat.

"Mr. Zeyuan, which lane do you think will be the most interesting to watch in today's match? Or rather, which lane will both coaching staff focus their strategies on?"

"That must be the middle lane."

Guan Zeyuan, unafraid of being predicted to be a jinx, confidently concluded: "The core of the DAN team is mid-laner Ggoong, who was the mid-laner for Najin White Shield. He is experienced and has a deep champion pool."

"And EDG's mid-laner, LeeE."

At this point, Guan Zeyuan paused, looked at the EDG team entering the arena, and fixed his gaze on Li Yi in the mid lane.

Initially, when commentating on the Demacia Cup match between IG and EDG, he expressed regret that the player might not be able to play again.

To his surprise, the player won the FMVP in the finals, earning himself a starting position with an outstanding performance.

"LeeE won the FMVP in the finals of the Demacia Cup Changsha Station, and today is also his debut in the LPL."

Both players are entering the arena!

bp begins.

"As expected, EDG, who had the priority to choose sides, chose the blue side for the first game." Guan Zeyuan looked at the champion selection screen and spoke at a normal pace.

"Yes, we generally believe that the advantage of the blue side is that they can first pick strong heroes, while the advantage of the red side is that they can counter them later." Long Hair nodded.

"But there are actually a lot of strong heroes in this version, such as Galio who can flex between the top, mid, and bot lanes, the reworked jungler Zac, and several Ardent Censer-wielding champions that are quite OP in the bot lane. So the red side will face a lot of pressure in the ban phase, and it all depends on how DAN's coach will choose."

"EDG banned Taliyah for mid lane and two strong tank champions in the current meta, Shen and Gragas, in their first three picks."

"On DAN's side, they banned Kalista and Meiko's Lulu in the first two picks. Kalista is one of the highest priority ADCs in the current version, and Lulu is a champion that Meiko has a 100% win rate with in the Demacia Cup, so she deserves a ban. Let's see what they ban in the last pick... Will it be Galio?"

The camera focuses on DAN's head coach.

White crescent moon.

He was reviewing the records of several scrimmages with EDG, and after careful consideration, he slowly said, "How about... we let them play Galio?"