I am the leader of the anti-racism movement.

In contrast, why not witness the upcoming match between IG and VG, a clash between the two mid-lane powerhouses? Under the guise of learning, you can also enjoy a thrilling spectacle. What could be more exciting than a battle of gods?

nonexistent.

However, due to their previous review, they only watched the second game when they rewatched it. It's unclear whether Houye truly understood something after listening to the foolish team leader's words, or if IG, as always, acted recklessly and ended up making a mistake. In any case, VG miraculously won the first game, bringing the match to match point.

But that's all there is to it.

Rookie in Season 6 was truly phenomenal. His strength was across different patches, unlike mid-laners like Houye who thrived on mid-lane scaling. When Rookie was at his full potential, only three mid-laners in Season 6 could barely hold their own against him.

EDG's Buddha-Pawn, LGD's Wutian-Kuang Xiaowei, and RNG's Spring God-Xiaohu.

Yes, you heard right, Xiaohu too. Regardless of how poorly he performed later in his career, he seemed to awaken in S6, getting stronger with each game. If he weren't truly skilled, the official channels wouldn't have made a music video featuring him. The current Xiaohu can genuinely hold his own against Rookie, though so far it's really just a couple of moves.

After his teammates underperformed in the first game, seeing his team once again in dire straits, Rookie's talent seemed to awaken. He played Orianna with the flair of an assassin, relentlessly chasing down the opposing team in small-scale team fights. The players and spectators watching the game were stunned, and Xiye couldn't help but swear.

"Holy crap! This guy is ridiculously strong!"

The layman sees the spectacle, the expert sees the strategy. Xiye, who also plays a dominant mid-lane player, was utterly impressed by Rookie's positioning, pressure, and the nuances of his trades and experience calculations. Even a player as strong as Houye, a Lulu specialist, was trembling under Rookie's pressure in lane. Putting himself in Houye's Lulu shoes, Xiye even felt he might collapse during the laning phase.

"What do you think? They're different from you. Your Fizz is a power spike, while their exaggerated Orianna is just a basic move after they've regained their form. Besides, you can transform into Xi Ri Hong, so why can't they evolve into Kakashi Hatake?"

After teasing Wangzai, Luo Fei, watching the invincible Chicken Master on the screen, couldn't help but reminisce. As a veteran player who had played from Season 3 to Season 10, no one in this era knew better than him just how strong this person was. He came to the LPL with his exceptional skills and played professionally for IG for a full five years!

Five years, five years! Do you know how he got through those five years?

Did you know that?

He spends all his time at home playing around... *cough cough*

He's always soaring on IG but he's also constantly breaking his legs. His legs are practically broken from falling, you know? If you observe closely, you'll find that from Season 5 until now, Chicken God has not only turned pale with anger, but he's also lost weight. It's a living example of how the Dean changed his life.

Luo Fei was a little worried that one day he might suddenly succumb to the pressure, change his clothes, and debut under Xiao Yang's name. Thinking about it, it seemed he really did sing the S6MSI theme song, which made him extremely envious.

Honestly, to be fair, IG's victory in S8 was definitely due to a combination of all sorts of luck.

1. Poor WE wanted a good support but didn't have the money. The substitute THE SHY had an aggressive playstyle that didn't fit WE's playstyle, so they reluctantly traded a damage dealer with an unknown potential for an SR support.

2. After years of fishing for pigs in the Huangpu River, the "Shoe King" finally became the one being fished out. And by sheer coincidence, due to a shortage of junglers, he switched from AD carry to jungler. Plus, IG had enough money to pay him a high salary, allowing him to afford shoes, instantly activating his innate talent.

3. An unknown streamer. This is amazing! IG managed to draw the legendary protagonist card from over a billion people: a young, champion AD carry who can tank, deal damage, play defensively, and lead the charge—perfectly completing the final piece of the puzzle. With that, the trident and its handle are perfectly complete.

clam?

You mean there's another support role?

Haven't read the novel? As the protagonist, there must be some restrictions to suppress his development in the early stages, otherwise the book would fall apart if he suddenly became invincible, and how could the story continue? Fortunately, the support Lanbao is just such a safe option.

According to popular belief, Lanbao is the one who helped Ah Shui level up from 1 to 18, from playing professionally to retiring. Whenever the two are present, Ah Shui is guaranteed to be countered by Lanbao.

This script, composed of such luck, led to the legend of IG's invincibility in scrims, which began as early as the S7 World Championship.

To prevent this combination from being too overpowered, the heavens even paired this team with Su Xiaoluo.

Emm

Fine.

This shows how many perfect conditions, circumstances, and factors are needed for broiler chickens to escape the curse of broken legs.

After their explosive performance, IG played just as well. In 25 minutes, under Houye's despairing gaze, IG swept through VG in one fell swoop, successfully securing a spot in the top 6.

So far, tomorrow's matches are as follows:

WE vs QG

IG vs OMG

Moreover, starting from the top six, it will all be best-of-five series. From tomorrow onwards, the playoff journey will truly be hell.

"Alright, let's go back. There's another tough battle tomorrow." After watching the match and cleaning up the trash on the table, the team leader called on the WE team to prepare to retreat.

Without any objection, Luo Fei took the lead and started packing his things.

Since the time travel, the course of history has changed. In the original history, SS should have made it to the playoffs, VG would have at least reached the top 6, and QG didn't even make it to the playoffs.

But now everything has changed.

What if King Gugu accidentally connects back to Ten Thousand Volts' brain wire and teams up with Eternal God? Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine. Even if he can feel himself improving, whether he can beat the opposing mid and jungle is still a question.

of course,

While packing, I kept replying to messages from Sister Zhou and Sister Shuang.

Although the competition wasn't over yet, Shuangjie was already discussing with him where to travel during the off-season. As for Zhoujie, she was subtly hinting at things, practically saying, "I already told you I'm on vacation and have free time, can't you understand?"

Don't be surprised, although it's a bit against the spirit of competition.

However, the entire LPL, including WE and even WE himself, doesn't believe that the current WE team can even dream of winning a championship. Their top, bottom, and jungle laners are still developing, mid laner Xiye hasn't fully awakened, support player Danzong is transitioning, and the team doesn't even have a coach. Reaching the top six is ​​already a miracle. (To clarify: this refers to the current team leader, who is only of average to below-average coaching ability, not that they don't have one at all. As previously explained, the team leader himself knows he's not good at coaching.)

If we face IG in the first round, we might get eliminated in one fell swoop.

Even when writing a novel, there are still basic rules to follow. One person carrying an entire team, dominating 1v5 and winning the championship? That's pure nonsense! Especially before S8, the average kill count per player in a match was less than 20. The idea of ​​dominating the battlefield is just wishful thinking.

We can only hope that

Hopefully, tomorrow will have a good ending.

Chapter 144, Section 151: QG's Mid-Lane Curse

No one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first. No one knows whether the first news they hear after waking up will be a pleasant surprise or a devastating blow.

When the WE team returned to the arena, they heard news that was like heaven to them. QG had benched Doinb, and Mortred, the substitute of the substitutes, would be playing in the playoffs this time.

This is very interesting.

The split between Nakano and Jungkook ultimately dealt a devastating blow to Domino Kim, just like in the original timeline. This time, the club benched him again, but only after securing a playoff spot.

QG's mid laner is really cursed.

Kim Gugu orchestrated a split between the mid and jungle players.

Borisal, the substitute mid-laner, is currently recovering from an injury and will be returning to his home country for treatment.

Dade even informed the league that he didn't have enough playing time to play.

With all three top mid-laners banned, the last one left to play was Mortred, a player no one had ever heard of. How to describe his skill level? My general impression is that he's only slightly better than the legendary mid-laner.

QG's playoff roster is now complete:

Top laner V, jungler Ten Thousand Volts, mid laner solo queue A, bot lane god + support Mor

This lineup is clearly telling WE: Bro, work hard and you'll make it to the semifinals! Although it's inhumane, seeing this lineup from the opposing team, the entire WE team got excited.

"Nice bro, you have a chance to make it to the semifinals!"

"It's settled, it's settled. You hold off 100,000 volts, leave the mid lane to me, okay? I'll do a handstand and wash my hair if I don't get a 1000 gold lead." Xiye was grinning from ear to ear. He had just killed a noob LCK mid laner yesterday, and now he'd given him another one. (To reiterate, before the S8 meta where mechanics were paramount, rookies and substitutes had very little chance to shine; they were basically getting crushed, especially Korean imports with poor communication skills.)

"Alright, then I'll wait for you to carry me." Egg Boss also cracked a joke at the right time. It's true that the enemy bot lane is Uzi, but he used to be the one tethering the dog. I wouldn't say he could dominate, but maintaining an even game or even getting a slight advantage by taking advantage of the enemy's habits is a piece of cake.

The main reason is that the opposing support isn't strong enough, so Egg is full of confidence.

On the other side, the viewers in the live stream were also dumbfounded by this personnel arrangement.

"This... it's like working for nothing."

"I remember this substitute Korean player doesn't speak Chinese, right? What's the point of QG playing then?"

"I never expected that the point WE was most worried about would now become the point that could open up the game?"

"Xi Ye's mouth was crooked from smiling."

In this mid-jungle meta, poor communication is tantamount to digging your own grave. There's no need to even consider it; netizens have already gone all-in on WE with their fish balls. For QG to win, they either need a phenomenal performance with Ten Thousand Volts to create a 2000 gold lead during the laning phase, or drag the game out until Uzi has three core items.

Wait a minute... This version of AD seems a bit weak.

Let's go for the four-item build then. Once Uzi has a four-item build, we can stick to the principle of protecting one player and fight hard. Even if we drag it out to the late game, we still have a chance to win.

perhaps?

Amidst the clamor of the stadium, the match between the two sides officially began.

BAN:

WE: Nidalee, Graves, Azir

QG: Kindred, Alistar, Varus

WE is striking while the iron is hot. With their star mid laner out, jungler Swift is struggling to carry the team alone. Banning a jungler who can create opportunities for the enemy team will make things incredibly difficult for them. As for Kindred, the only remaining champion is this one; if you let it be, I'll pick it; if you don't, I'll be banning one of my signature champions.

As for the Tsar? This hero has long reach and is good at maneuvering; Xiye won't bully him.

QG had no choice but to ban Kindred, as they were picking second. They banned Alistar because DanZong had been using him a lot recently and his skills had improved. The reason for banning Varus was the same as for banning Azir.

While the puppy has grown considerably and no longer blindly rushes into any AD carry, it still depends on the player. For example, he can beat Imp and Old Master, but his current brother-in-law is clearly not strong enough to catch his eye.

Pick to begin:

WE immediately locked in Ekko. With jungle priority gone, they'd definitely pick Ekko for top lane, while QG countered with Braum and Gragas. The only junglers left were Gragas and Elise. With Ekko in the top lane, Swift felt Gragas would be more versatile in both ganking and team fights.

WE's second and third picks were Elise and Trundle. I'm sure you'll pick Poppy then, keep countering.

QG also instantly locked in Poppy and Lucian in their third and fourth picks. So far, neither side has used any tricks; they've just been aggressively picking whatever is in the current meta. These kinds of trump cards aren't something you can just summon in the professional arena.

Firstly, the "trump cards" that ordinary people can't think of are mostly obscure. But obscurity means going against the meta, playing on information asymmetry. The ceiling may not be very high, but the floor is ridiculously low, and it can only be used once or twice before it becomes ineffective.

What's even more problematic is that despite so many restrictions, many teams still can't come up with any trump cards, and everything depends on the current meta. For example, with the playoffs already underway, you have a lot of unconventional strategies in mind. Like Nightmare's "Close Your Eyes When Darkness Falls" or Shaco's endless counter-jungling and ganking.

These are all just wishful thinking. In reality, to build a team around this strategy, all your teammates' heroes have to be compatible with you. But if you're compatible, you'll just hand over all the meta heroes to your opponents. If they can easily dominate you in the laning phase, what's the point of talking about strategies?

So, if you actually dare to write something like "Joker Nightmare" that goes against the meta and insists on using a formula, your opponent could break your legs.

After some deliberation between the two final picks, WE ultimately chose Ezreal and Lissandra.

On one hand, their damage output was sufficient, but they lacked crowd control. On the other hand, the bot lane featured the classic Lucian + Braum combo, so the player was too lazy to engage in a direct confrontation. Their own support was already playing Trundle, so what was the point of fighting? They should just stick to farming.

With WE's lineup finalized, QG added a mid-lane Corki to ensure a strong late-game presence.

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

WE: Top lane Ekko, Jungle Elise, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Ezreal + Trundle

QG: Top lane Poppy, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Corki, Bot lane Lucian + Braum

"Wangzai's here, your favorite time to play Corki." Luo Fei couldn't help but laugh when he saw the opponent pull out a mid-lane Corki. Sometimes you have to believe in the supernatural in the LPL, at least Xiye hasn't lost a Corki game so far.