Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

The answer couldn't be simpler.

In short, copying homework is the safest way!

So the entire region was doing the same thing;

Tactically, the ADC is the absolute core, the jungler must be stationed in the bottom half of the map, and the top laner and mid laner are responsible for "withstanding pressure" and "clearing waves".

Whoever can replicate the development process of players like WeiXiao and UZI will be closer to victory.

In youth training, all teams prioritize finding the "next Smile" when selecting players, with the bottom lane being given top priority, while the talent selection for the top, mid, and jungle is ignored.

Finally, even in terms of the market and fans, the success of WE's fan culture made the club see the commercial value of "bottom lane stars," and WeiXiao's status was infinitely elevated, further solidifying the industry perception of prioritizing the bottom lane.

This has led to the fact that AD players are often worth significantly more than other players in the LPL teams, while the more important mid, jungle, and support players are often overlooked.

In the past, other LPL clubs didn't care about these things at all.

They only saw the "result"—WE won, so I copied it.

As a result, the "bottom lane supremacy" mentality became an indelible mindset in the LPL after Season 3, severely suppressing tactical diversity.

This is why, in the opening match, Lin Shu led HWG to go all out, even if it meant offending the entire 60E community, they still wanted to punch WE to death.

The true significance of this opening match was that, while showcasing HWG's strength to the outside world, it also forcefully shattered the potential path dependency of the newly formed LPL through a public execution.

Lin Shu believes that anyone with even a basic understanding of the game can see that HWG's way of winning against WE is completely the opposite of how WE wins against others.

Protect the bottom lane at all costs?

No!

Even SMLZ and White Crescent played more of a "pressure-resistant" and "support" role throughout the game, with the real offensive initiation points being the mid-jungle synergy and the top lane's solo lane pressure.

Furthermore, the Orianna + Lee Sin mid-jungle duo ruined WE's game, and Jayce was farming Shyvana like a minion in the top lane.

This game directly tells all LPL clubs;

There is never just one way to win a game.

Your team doesn't have a smile, so there's no need to try to emulate WE.

You can nurture your mid laner, top laner, and tempo like HWG does, as long as your system is complete enough.

After WE won the championship, almost every team was thinking about "how to beat WE" - studying WE's weaknesses and countermeasures, from the perspective of "challenger".

What HWG does is stand directly from the perspective of a "definitive player," telling you from a deeper understanding of the game and a stronger in-game performance.

WE's system is outdated.

After this match, or for a long time to come, Lin Shu hopes to see LPL teams no longer thinking about "how to withstand Smile" or how to study "HWG", but rather "how should my team play".

The entire competition area has shifted from imitation to critical thinking, from "copying answers" to "finding their own answers."

Lin Shu never considered himself a noble person.

His purpose in playing esports has always been pure—to gain popularity.

With traffic comes attention;

With attention comes the potential for commercial monetization.

For someone without a background, his dream of building a business empire was never based on sentiment, but on building a tower of blocks bit by bit using data, traffic, and conversion rates.

The problem is that esports ultimately falls under the category of competitive sports.

If you want to gain popularity in esports, fame alone is not enough.

You need to achieve results.

You have to keep winning.

You need to make sure that every time your followers open the live stream or click on the battle report, they see your name on the winning side.

Otherwise, no matter how much hype you create, it's just a firework that's gone once it's exploded.

The logic is simple: "In competitive sports, there are no fan groups for perpetually losing generals, only pedestals for perpetually winning generals."

However, relying on HWG alone is not enough to keep winning.

Lin Shu was well aware of this.

The LPL chessboard of its past was flawed, either due to historical reasons or accidental events.

Everyone was copying the strategy: prioritize the bottom lane, protect the ADC's development, and drag the game into team fights. Only one of the three lanes was treated like a human being; the other two were purely responsible for taking hits and standing guard.

This playstyle might work against equally bad domestic teams, but against well-structured opponents like those in the LCK, it's just a recipe for disaster.

A poorly developed region cannot support his ambition to dominate the league.

Even if he trains HWG to godlike status, if HWG is the only strong team in the entire LPL, then you will be facing a disorganized opponent. The overall competitiveness of the region is insufficient, tactical communication is lacking, and even high-quality practice partners cannot be found.

Back then, every game you won was like someone driving a tank in the desert swatting mosquitoes—it had no real value and no sustainability.

In the early stages, it might not be noticeable after one or two seasons, but over time, working in isolation will only lead to a gradual decline in the team's competitiveness, repeating the fate of being overtaken and crushed by the LCK in the past.

Therefore, Lin Shu did not have many choices.

Instead of waiting for the region to slowly evolve on its own, it's better to use its influence to pull off a big heist right from the start of HWG's rise.

Overturn WE's "standard answer," shatter the rusty template of "bottom lane protect the carry," and show all LPL teams a different path.

I saw a road to heaven called "version as the bone, tactics as the wings".

It's not for justice, nor for fancy words like "saving the region".

Purely because—

If the soil of the LPL is too barren, the tree he planted will not grow into a forest.

Setting things right was an essential option for him to pave the way for his own future.

Of course, if you ask whether there are other considerations based on personal desires, then there certainly are.

With the All-Star Game approaching, LPL needs to select its five strongest players to compete against other regions.

If HWG hadn't appeared, the voting would most likely have been allocated based on "player popularity"—WE would have taken three or four spots, and the rest would have gone to IG.

But now, with HWG's crushing victory over WE, the player selection logic has been completely restructured.

Lin Shu's dominant performance in the mid lane, Zhang Hai's pressure in the top lane, Li Nan's control of the rhythm, and the series of amazing plays in the game that can be described as a highlight reel—these are no longer just "data on paper," but solid evidence from the competition.

In future voting, WE's fame will be minimized.

It's unlikely that Lin Shu will secure all five All-Star spots, but he won't easily give up the more crucial positions in the top and middle.

"Let's end this wave!"

As my thoughts raced, the game time reached twenty-one minutes.

Lin Shu did not instruct the team members to assemble.

In Season 3, Baron Nashor didn't have the minion-enhancing buff, so it didn't help much with pushing. In terms of combat power, the difference in equipment and level between the two sides had reached an extremely exaggerated number.

Therefore, whether or not you take this big dragon makes little difference.

"HWG did not choose Baron. After upgrading their equipment, the five players rushed straight towards WE's already destroyed high ground."

"The damage difference is too great. The blue team can't stop it, the inhibitor turrets have fallen... and finally, the crystal!"

On the commentary stage, Miller's voice sang the final lament for WE in this opening match.

"In that case, congratulations to HWG for successfully defeating WE at the 22-minute mark, ending this LPL opening match!"