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

Chapter 69 Another Member Joined

WeChat group chat.

Training Room No. 2, the prison squad (3).

Li Yi: [Oh, another person.]

Love Lolita: [You know that.]

Mouse: [We both know what's going on.]

After a two-hour intensive review, Coach Nofe finally let everyone leave.

Mouse quickly set up the equipment and went to the small training room that originally belonged to Li Yi.

Actually, he's a pretty good-tempered person. He was just saying those things in anger when he lost the game, and he should have calmed down by now, after two hours.

But Scout's behavior during the debriefing meeting.

Let him make up his mind again.

If it's a fight to the death, I'll leave tonight.

The trigger was an argument between Scout and Coach Nofe. Although this long part of the argument wasn't conveyed in the translation, the Korean pronunciation of "top laner" sounds very similar to "top," and Mouse could clearly tell that Scout was shifting the blame onto him.

Furthermore, Coach Nofe's criticism of his performance with Gnar in the third game only fueled his anger.

Am I the only one who's bad at the game?

"Although I don't understand Korean, I know Scout very well." As the player who has had the most mid-jungle battles with Scout, Ai Luoli is obviously no stranger to Scout's tactic of shifting blame.

"I looked at the third game, and Coach Nofe picked Gnar for you so you could split push and gain an advantage."

"And Guang, you went into team fights twice after losing lane, but didn't even get a single assist. Coach Nofe probably criticized the main calf because of that. At that point, Scout would probably say something like, 'Even if the top laner is allowed to farm normally, he still doesn't understand how to play a 4-1 split push.'" Ai Luoli analyzed with certainty.

"Holy crap? You actually know a thing or two."

Lee Yi, who has been using his phone to translate Korean in real time, said that Scout really meant that.

In Li Yi's view.

The third game had significant problems in both the mid and top lanes.

Scout's problem was that he forced calI to gank Jayce in the top lane and attempted to steal a combo from Draven before the second dragon fight, but his most crucial skill, Shadow Step, was interrupted by Draven's E, forcing Gnar on the side lane to teleport over to reinforce the fight.

The problem with Mouse is what Scout mentioned.

This is also a common problem among LPL domestic top laners.

I don't understand how to play single lane.

Apart from a very few top laners poached from the LCK, most local top laners, like Mouse, have turned Gnar, a champion primarily focused on split pushing, into a little rock golem that only dares to carefully control its rage and jump in to slam enemies whenever it gets the chance.

This also explains why LPL often features memorable moments like the "Buddha's Palm" combo, but Gnar's win rate is extremely poor compared to LCK.

"So why is this version about split pushing?"

Mouse didn't dare to argue with the coach during the review, so he had to come to Li Yi for help now.

  

"This patch's bot lane is full of late-game long-range carries, and tanks and tank items are getting buffed. Shouldn't we just be mindlessly grouping up?"

Li Yi shook his head: "It really isn't."

"If both bottom lanes are filled with Ardent Censer monsters in the early game, then in the late game it really comes down to which side has a tankier front line."

"But the key is that the enemy bot lane picked Draven and Thresh with Ignite. Although we had a squishy support protecting us, we could still farm and develop without much problem. But the crucial point is that the enemy was able to push the first tower first and then rotate to control resources. If we were to give them a double 0..."

The top laner needs to split push and create space to farm, rather than mindlessly engaging in team fights.

"Then Coach Nofe can't just criticize me, can he?"

Mouse sighed helplessly.

"While I admit I wasn't good at split pushing, both team fights this game were initiated by the mid laner. Is it just because of Scout?"

After arguing with the coach, he was afraid to mention Scout's problems anymore?

"That's true." Ai Luoli chimed in, "Everyone's talking about the third game, but in the second game, Scout was the one who gave away several opportunities, and the coach didn't even mention it."

Li Yi stood up and patted Mouse on the shoulder.

"You should know that in high school, teachers only patiently persuade students they think are still hopeful; they simply give up on truly hopeless underachievers."

"I didn't go to high school."

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"So you mean Scout was actually the one Coach Nofe dropped?"

"I didn't say that."

The next day.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Li Yi, still half asleep, was woken up and taken to the training room, told that Coach Nofe had arranged a scrimmages with an LCK team.

Li Yi couldn't help but complain:

Whose training match is this early in the morning?

Don't Koreans sleep?

However, upon seeing the opposing team's name, Li Yi immediately perked up.

AF!

Although many people's impression of the S7 LCK is limited to the four teams KZ, SSG, SKT and KT, Li Yi still has a deep impression of the African team AF.

Since the start of the regular season, this team has frequently pulled off upsets, with no strong LCK team daring to claim they can easily defeat them.

There is no other reason.

This is because this team's understanding of the game version is somewhat different from other teams.

Kramer and TusiN in the bot lane, although a duo with the ability to carry, rarely use traditional late-game long-range carries like Twitch and Kog'Maw in matches. Instead, they play AD carries with strong lane presence like Ashe and Varus more often.

Kuro, the mid-laner, was formerly the mid-laner for the Tigers. Coach Nofe likely secured the scrims through this connection. He has a stable playstyle and is known as the "Korean Tiger."

Spirit, a jungler and one of the ten players from Samsung, was brought to the LPL by WE and popularized the "sex and abortion" culture. In the early stages, he played very aggressively and was nicknamed "Little Clearlove".

Marin, the top laner, is the absolute core of this team.

The reason why this AF team has a different understanding of the game version compared to other teams is largely because Marin's picks are always more focused on split pushing than tanking. As the man who is best at split pushing on this planet, many teams that want to drag the game into the late game are dragged to their deaths by this playstyle.

Watching Coach Nofe communicate tactics with the team's two top laners, Li Yi became even more certain of his idea.

Coach Nofe has been wanting to train substitute top laner Aodi because he is one of the few aggressive top laners in the LPL. Although he is often called "Aodi Double Diamond, Clearlove's Partner" because he often runs away with Clearlove, it actually shows that he is quite sensitive in split pushing and kiting.

"Let me explain."

Nofe clapped his hands, signaling everyone to gather.

"Aodi will start in this best-of-three series, and Mouse, you'll be watching from the back. You two need to pay close attention to the enemy top laner's mid-game split-pushing strategies."

"And Li Yi, I'd appreciate it if you could say a few more words when you switch lanes in the mid-game."

Li Yi nodded in agreement.

It's clear that Coach Nofe is keen to cultivate the split-pushing skills of these two top laners.

As for Scout, who didn't even show up in the training room—I wish him all the best.

Enter bp.

As a matter of mutual agreement, both sides randomly placed a few heroes who had no chance of being played in the ban slots.

Although EDG has a very skilled Nightmare and Orianna composition, there's absolutely no need to use it again in scrims.

Nofe intended for the team to experience the split-push system, so he selected a lineup for EDG that had a strong LCK style.

The final lineup has been confirmed.

EDG (blue side) fielded a team consisting of top laner Renekton, jungler Gragas, mid laner Corki, and bot laner Varus and Karma.

The red team, AF, fielded Fiora in the top lane, Kha'Zix in the jungle, Kassadin in the mid lane, and Ashe and Zyra in the bottom lane.