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

Two days later.

EDG's second match will be against their old neighbors Snake, who also come from Lingshi Road.

However, unlike the first game, Scout started in the mid lane this time.

Coach Nofe spoke with Li Yi beforehand, explaining two main reasons, which Li Yi found understandable.

the first.

EDG's pre-match criteria for determining who starts the game have always been based on their win rate against that team in scrims.

However, Snake's situation is somewhat special.

Because of their shock defeat to an internet cafe team in the Demacia Cup, this team can only play scrims with teams from the secondary league during the off-season, and according to information from EDG, they seem to be winning more than they are losing.

Therefore, Kenzhu, the LPL's coach who is best at managing mentality, directly stated that he would no longer arrange scrims and would let the players adjust themselves on the official stage.

The main treatment is shock therapy.

Therefore, without recent scrim results, the coaching staff could only refer to the records from the Spring Split – and ultimately decided to start Scout, who had a 100% win rate against Snake.

second.

Scout was a player that Abu had begged and pleaded with to recruit from the LCK. EDG will not completely abandon Scout just because Li Yi has performed well in a short period of time.

After all, from the management's perspective, the two players have very different playing styles and are actually suitable for rotating within the same team.

The Snake team is currently in a very poor state, which is a good opportunity for Scout, who has been on vacation for nearly two months, to recover and practice.

Li Yi didn't say anything more after listening.

He was also well aware of the coaching staff's concerns.

Although he knew perfectly well that the closer the S7 World Championship got to the second half of the year, the more the designers would enhance the influence of the two side lanes, creating a distorted version where a 4-1 split push and Ardent Censer monsters coexisted.

However, the EDG coaching staff, lacking any foresight, still wanted to prepare for both possibilities in case Riot Games changed the meta back to a mid-lane carry-centric build.

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[Level 3 solo kill, that's Scout's Lucian!]

Why did Snake Esports switch to Zz1tai for mid lane? Isn't Tank much better than him?

[You might not know this, but Scout is the strict father of Snake Esports; both of their mid laners took turns getting schooled during the Spring Split.]

[EDG is a completely different team after replacing their subpar mid-laner!]

[It's definitely different now. When Cup King was on the team, they could just push straight through once they got an advantage. This game, after Lucian got two solo kills in lane and had a huge lead, they still had to drag the game out until 32 minutes and take two Barons to win...]

Inside the EDG backstage lounge.

This was Li Yi's first time watching a game from backstage as a substitute, and he was carefully observing Scout Lucian's every move.

First, there was the solo kill at level three.

After Scout landed two consecutive Qs [Piercing Light] on the enemy LeBlanc at level one, Scout, holding Ignite, was already determined to kill her.

Upon reaching level three, LeBlanc used her W [Shadow Walk] to retreat, attempting to dodge Lucian's dash-forward burst. However, Scout executed a very precise micro-management move, simultaneously auto-attacking a minion while using his S to freeze in place, baiting LeBlanc back to her initial Shadow Walk position.

  

Two passive auto-attacks followed by a Q, combined with Ignite, and before the commentators and viewers could react, Zz1tai had already given up first blood.

Upon reaching level six, Scout, with his experience advantage, once again exploited the level difference to launch an attack and secure his second solo kill.

Although there were some minor setbacks in the middle of the process.

Lucian returned to the mid lane early while his teammates were grouping up to take the Rift Herald. He was hit by Ashe's long-range Enchanted Crystal Arrow from the bottom lane, handing the bounty to the enemy jungler Lee Sin.

Fortunately, EDG does have a significant advantage.

Even though Lee Sin carried Snake's mid-game strength, Lucian with Blade of the Ruined King and Black Cleaver still demonstrated absolute dominance in team fights.

EDG's first push with the Baron buff failed due to split-pushing issues, preventing them from reaching the high ground. Ultimately, they dragged the game out until the second Baron spawned and won.

The MVP of the first game was awarded to Scout, who had nearly 40% of the team's damage output and a 3.2K gold lead over his lane opponent.

"Welcome back to the game, this is commentator Jide."

"I am commentator Su Xiaoyan."

As both teams returned to the stage, the two commentators began analyzing the draft picks for the second game: "In the first game, Scout announced his return with an outstanding Lucian performance, and in this game, Snake decisively banned both Lucian and Corki."

Don't be stubborn.

This is Coach Zhu Kai's strength, and perhaps his only strength.

After picking Galio on the first floor, and the opposing mid laner Scout picking Orianna to counter him, Zhu Kai did not ban Nocturne in the second round, as it could limit Galio and synergize with Orianna.

EDG secured the Orianna/Nightmare combo.

Coach Nofe isn't worried about Scout's proficiency in using Orianna and Nightmare to suspend the ball; this player's mechanical talent is definitely among the top three he's ever seen.

He simply underestimated his opponent's strength in the early stages.

The Snake team, known for its "tiger's head and snake's tail" mentality, is questionable in the late game, but is definitely fierce in the early game. Sofm was well aware of the opponent's mid-jungle duo's weakness before level six, so he decisively activated his bandit form to invade the jungle.

Three and a half minutes in, although Scout used his laning advantage to move into the jungle ahead of time, Snake was more determined, and Zz1tai even abandoned the mid lane minions to forcefully follow up.

EDG's weak early-game fighting power was obviously no match for Snake. After Galio decisively used Flash to lock down the enemy, Nocturne's kill was taken by the Vietnamese billionaire's signature Rengar.

Although Snake gained an advantage in the early stages.

However, because this team has a history of going on a rampage in the mid-game after gaining an advantage, even their die-hard fans don't think they can ultimately win.

Until about eight and a half minutes into the game.

Scout found an opportunity in the mid lane and used [Command: Shockwave] to bring Galio to a sliver of health, while simultaneously pushing down the entire mid lane minion wave.

However, this play, which was quite impressive in the eyes of the commentators and the audience, made jungler Mingkai frown.

Although the opponent's bottom lane was not in good condition, their positioning was very conservative, keeping the minion wave firmly in front of the tower.

Meanwhile, the enemy support is Alistar, who has the ability to counter-engage. This means that if he goes solo to the bottom lane, he might be knocked into the tower and killed if he misses his W block.

Mingkai's original intention was to have Scout cooperate with him to hang the ball and turn off the lights, so that the RW team could burst down the opponent's bottom lane duo with Orianna's help.

But Scout has now chosen to use R to clear the lane.

Although Galio abandoned the wave of minions that had fallen into the tower and chose to recall, Scout didn't have much to do during that empty wave... Well, that's not entirely accurate, he went to farm a group of the enemy's F6 camp.

Although EDG drafted the same teamfight-oriented composition as in the Demacia Cup, their early and mid-game lapses allowed Snake to seize control of the game's tempo.

Perhaps the "desperate army will surely win" buff was too strong.

Despite having suffered countless losses, Snake remained remarkably calm. They deliberately avoided team fights and instead focused on harassing EDG's split-pushing lanes by leveraging their composition's ability to pick off isolated targets.

Twenty-three minutes.

Scout, engrossed in pushing the side lanes, was caught by Rengar and forced to use Flash to escape with low health. The enemy team then took advantage of the time difference when Orianna recalled to base to rush Baron.

Although Scout arrived late and, in combination with Nightmare, finally unleashed a beautiful shockwave AOE damage, Snake had already killed Baron and were preparing to retreat.

Using Alistar's ultimate and Rengar's fully-starred W which can remove nearsightedness, Snake calmly retreated from the top lane pass, leaving only a tanky Galio to cover their retreat and take Maokai's ultimate.

finally.

When EDG was defending the mid lane push, Scout's Orianna was forced to be traded by Rengar because of his forward positioning, and Twitch was unable to clear the wave after using his ultimate.

Snake leveled the score at 1-1 and also secured their first win in a single game during the Summer Split.