LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

Early the next morning, the two YM teams packed their bags and headed to Wuhan.

Lin Ran wore headphones and chatted and laughed with his teammates along the way, looking relaxed and comfortable.

Everyone just finished playing S6, so they didn’t take the German Cup to heart. If you can win, you can win. If you lose, it doesn’t matter.

The members of the second team are obviously much more serious. They failed to get a direct quota for the LPL in this summer split. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

They trained for a week in advance to prove themselves in the German Cup.

Brother Hao didn't come with him. He was still staying in Shanghai to deal with BMW sponsorship matters. The coach of the second team was also a young boy in his early twenties. Today, the two YM teams were simply in charge of Han Yi and the chief analyst who were about to leave.

Su Cheng had just gotten off the taxi when she arrived at the airport. She put on a black sweatshirt and jeans, carrying a backpack, carrying the bag in one hand and pushing the small suitcase in the other. When she saw Lin Ran getting off the bus, she quickly waved.

Lin Ran took her suitcase, "Aren't you cold in these?"

There was a light drizzle last night, and people say there is autumn rain and cold. Now the temperature in Shanghai in the morning is approaching single digits.

"Do you want me to lend you my coat?"

Su Cheng couldn't help but laugh, "Lin Ran, you haven't read any female channel novels in the past two months, right? I'm an idiot in life, don't you know how to put on more clothes when it's cold?"

"My clothes look thin, but they are actually quite warm." Su Cheng handed him the bag in her hand, "You said you didn't have breakfast when you were in the car? I bought a fried pancake."

Lin Ran stuffed food into his mouth as he walked towards the airport entrance.

"It smells so good..." Jack followed behind him. His big-headed AD hair hadn't been cut for a long time, and he looked like he was wearing a level 3 haircut. "Good morning, Sister Su, long time no see."

"Morning, Jack." Su Cheng pursed her lips and smiled, her eyebrows arched.

"Does it smell good?" Xiaotian passed by carrying a big box and took a look, "I can smell the sour smell from a distance."

"Brother Han, do you have anything to eat?" He caught up and asked the coach, "Hurry up, I'm going to starve to death!"

"I'm not Guo Hao, where can I find food for you?" Han Yi was obviously not as well prepared as her male mother, Guo Hao. He rarely got up early, and now he was hungry. "Let's board the plane first."

It was already noon when everyone landed in Wuhan, and the tournament provided a bus to take them all to the hotel.

Time is running out, and they have a game to play tomorrow morning. Their opponent is IM, who was third in Group A of the summer split and also promoted from the LSPL at the time.

In the afternoon, the team members are free to move around, and there is a pre-match meeting in the evening.

Several teammates went to Optics Valley Pedestrian Street to play. Lin Ran was a little tired and stayed in his girlfriend's room to rest.

Su Cheng sat in front of the table, spinning the pen in her hand quickly and staring at the laptop screen.

She is still reviewing the IM Summer Split video. Although many members of the YM first team do not pay attention to this cup, Su Cheng is different.

She cherishes this hard-won opportunity and plans to shine and contribute to the team.

Lin Ran was lying on the bed and reading the news. Only then did he realize that the voting window for the All-Star Game would open next Monday.

Many players in the WeChat circle of friends are already canvassing for votes. Many of them have not gone to the World Championships. The entire offseason is very long. Naturally, they will not miss this good opportunity to gain exposure after they have had enough rest.

Lin Ran didn't want to go, so he posted a message on his WeChat Moments.

[All-Stars please vote for other LPL mid laners, please vent more. 】

After sending the message to Moments, he tossed his phone and looked at Su Cheng's thin back as she worked seriously. Her pen-turning skills were quite strong and she never dropped the black pen in her hand.

The quiet room gradually relaxed Lin Ran's brain, and he wanted to catch up on some sleep.

About to fall asleep, the phone next to him suddenly started vibrating.

Lin Ran woke up with a start. It was Brother Hao calling.

He thought it was the friend message he had just sent that was to blame, so he quickly picked it up.

Lin Ran could sense Brother Hao's excitement through the receiver, "Lin Ran, can we talk about the renewal of the contract now?"

Lin Ran glanced at Su Cheng, who was still lying in front of the computer to record the video, then ran to the balcony and closed the door.

"The BMW sponsorship contract will be signed next Monday, and the book funds will be in place soon." Guo Hao's voice was slightly hoarse.

"Let's be honest, I never engage in nonsense." He coughed and continued.

"There are many clubs outside contacting us these days. To be honest, the annual salary offered by most teams is around eight figures. The highest ones are the Snakes and NB. They are willing to pay 1,200,000 to sign you."

Lin Ran has always abided by the rules. As long as his contract has not expired, he will not contact other clubs.

Having never tried the free market, he originally thought that next year's salary would be a few million before tax, which would be good, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

He once again measured his worth by his house. Suzhou's top Lakeside Four Seasons single-family villa only cost 2500W, so he could buy it with two years' salary.

"We plan to offer you a two-year contract with a total amount of 2.2KW plus a signing fee of 400W. Unlike other clubs, we still want to keep the live broadcast contract in your own hands, but the personal advertising must be divided with the club."

To be honest, the conditions offered by Guo Hao are not lower than those of other clubs. The live broadcast contract alone can bring Lin Ran millions in income for one year.

"You still want to pay a signing fee?"

"It's international practice..." Guo Hao said on the other side. In order to facilitate contracts, many clubs will offer players and agents a large signing fee. The money is paid when the contract is signed. This money is not included in the salary.

"Have you talked to the other team members?" Lin Ran asked Guo Hao instead of agreeing first.

Guo Hao knew what he was thinking.

He is worried that a large number of YM champion members will leave the team next year, resulting in poor performance.

Now that Lin Ran has won two trophies, S6 and FMVP, one year after his debut, he will definitely want to continue his strong performance in the coming year.

He is still far from the end of his career. This is the time to pursue results. If he ignores the team configuration just to make money, he would be a fool.

"I plan to finalize your renewal intention this weekend." Guo Hao now speaks with confidence, and it seems that BMW has given him enough money.

"Then..." Lin Ran thought for a moment, "If we can retain enough team members, it doesn't matter if I reduce the salary."

He calculated very well.

In the e-sports industry, as long as the team has good results, it is not a problem for individuals to earn millions in event prizes a year. In addition, there is also an increase in exposure and popularity. These are all hidden values ​​​​added to the players.

It is no exaggeration to say that if YM can maintain the current lineup, it doesn't matter if Lin Ran takes a 1/3 salary cut and stays with the team. After all, winning the championship as a team is not shabby.

Coupled with Brother Hao's open and honest attitude and the extremely competitive salary offered, Lin Ran felt very comfortable.

He wants to work with this group of people.

"No problem," Guo Hao felt as if he had been injected with blood after hearing this, "Don't worry!"

Although he had left enough budget for Lin Ran, Lin Ran's willingness to make concessions was undoubtedly an expression of trust in him.

Where can I find players like this?

Guo Hao led a team in the LSPL for a year before. Those players were not very capable, but all of them asked for higher wages, wishing they could approach the LPL salary level.

There are very few star players who are willing to take a salary cut.

Guo Hao then changed the topic, "What's going on with that circle of friends? You don't have to canvass for votes this year. The unit in the All-Star LPL will definitely be yours. Are you going to give up such a good opportunity?"

"Well... I'm too tired." Lin Ran said in a gentle tone.

"All-Star is just for fun. Just think of it as a trip. If nothing else happens, Jin Gong should also go. The two of you can be company then."

"Let's talk about it then. Maybe the mid laner is Broiler or Wei Shen." Lin Ran really didn't want to go according to his subjective wish. The main reason is that this year's All-Star event is held in Spain, and long-distance travel back and forth is too tiring. If it were held in China, he would go. One trip doesn't matter.

Guo Hao did not persuade him again.

"Also, keep an eye on Jack these two days and don't let him eat those messy things. I've reminded him several times, and he's still thinking about that instant noodles all day long..." He finished the reminder before hanging up the phone.

With this phone call, Lin Ran finally calmed down from the turmoil caused by the resignation of the management.

…

After dinner, in the training room.

"Everyone is familiar with IM's players, and there are relatively few personal characteristics that I can analyze. However, I found that their starting routine was very fixed when they entered the second half of the summer split."

The map of Summoner's Rift still hung on the whiteboard, and Su Cheng drew on it with a marker.

"In addition to the most familiar tactic of defending at the beginning and delaying the late stage, IM also likes to change the jungle area at the beginning. After forcibly invading the second half of the jungle area, the bottom lane will be very fierce, frequently changing blood and skills."

Su Cheng placed the magnet in the center of the map with a snap, "Their starting mid laner Athena will use heroes such as Rock Sparrow, Ice Girl, and Karma who can grab the lane rights in the early stage in the summer games. They will quickly push the lane at level three. With the help of the third The artillery soldiers of the three waves of troops pinned the opponent's mid laner on the line, and then went to the bottom lane to support."

"As mentioned before, IM forced a jungle change at the beginning. Their jungler would spawn three groups of jungle monsters at this time. In 3 minutes, they would join the mid laner and run to the bottom lane to encircle and suppress them."

YM hadn't played against IM for half a year and didn't know much about their tactics. They immediately reacted after hearing Su Cheng's words.

"Isn't this the 4-pack of 2 we are best at?" Jack slapped his thigh.

Su Cheng nodded, "It's a 4-pack of 2, but it's faster and earlier than our startup time. This version's teleport landing time is 4.5 seconds. They can kill the bottom lane before the top and middle land and then leave."

Lin Ran raised his hand, "Wouldn't the problem be solved if I crushed that Athena to death?"

Su Cheng waved his hand, "No, no, no... I want you to use the plan. If you find out that IM is following this script in the early stage, I would rather you change to the wild area and kill three groups of wild monsters, then go back to the city and rush down. I will customize it." After all, if you don’t take the double BUFFs and only use a single wild area speed three, you’ll be there in just enough time.”

They discussed before the game and asked Xiaotian, who was exhausted after playing the World Championship, to hang up his exemption card and send Ning to play in this BO5.

Xiaotian was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed to relax, and he walked peacefully.

Lin Ran was quite jealous. He had been playing at high intensity for a whole year and now he wanted to rest.

Damn it, why didn’t I have a substitute?

Ning nodded repeatedly after hearing Su Cheng's words. He seemed very energetic. He had already made up his mind not to renew his contract with YM and move elsewhere during the transfer period.

He didn't compete in a single World Championship, and in the end he couldn't even get a chance to win. Ning himself knew that with players younger than him suppressing him, he had no chance to stand out.

He actively requested to start in this German Cup because he planned to perform well and sign a starting contract with another team when the transfer period opened.

YM, among other things, is good at humanistic management. Hanyi, who has always been serious, probably felt a little guilty for not letting Ning play in S6, so he simply gave him a chance to get a contract.

The game was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. the next day, and everyone from YM arrived at the Wuhan Sports Center at 8 a.m. to prepare.

Xiaotian didn't come at all, and huddled in the hotel room to make up for it, waiting to attend the annual awards ceremony on Sunday.

Jack and Xiao Ming yawned constantly while putting on makeup. Waking up early was simply torture for the biological clocks of most professional players.

Lin Ran was in high spirits and in full condition.

"Brother Ran, didn't you say you were very tired yesterday?" Jack yawned again while scrolling through the post.

"No way, the visual stimulation is too deadly." Lin Ran muttered.

"What the hell?" Ning didn't respond. He took the longest time to put on makeup in the team. The makeup artist had to make him look less dark and the texture of his skin had to be improved.

Lin Ran shook his head and said nothing.

The door to the dressing room was pushed open, and Su Cheng walked in with a takeaway coffee.

"...Sister Su is so beautiful today." Jack took the drink, looked up at Su Cheng, and immediately praised her.

"Really?" Su Cheng looked down at what he was wearing, "Lin Ran just said that I didn't feel that way in this outfit."

She wore a dark gray business suit and low-heeled leather shoes. Her long black hair was combed behind her ears. The suit highlighted her fair skin, slender legs, and tall figure.

"You're not going to be a BP on stage, so why are you wearing this?" Lin Ran clicked his tongue, his cheeks turned red, and he didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at Su Cheng. He was afraid that his mind would be filled with yellow waste of role-playing.

"It's more formal. I see our analysts also wore suits before." Su Cheng laughed.

"He's just an old man showing off. It doesn't matter what analysts from other teams wear." Ning said carelessly.

The old man had just gone outside to make a pot of hot wolfberry tea. When he came back, he heard these words and almost couldn't help but splash the hot water on Ning's face.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the German Cup kicked off on time.

"Let us welcome YM, the champion of the 2016 LPL Summer Split and the 2016 Global Finals champion!" host Ren Dong said in a loud voice.

The YM fans in the audience were huge. When each YM team member was introduced, they would give out deafening cheers. From time to time, some fans would scream like dolphins.

One year after its establishment, YM has become the most popular team in the LPL with a second-tier league championship, a top-tier league championship, and the world finals championship. With three crowns, it is now the largest traffic team in the LPL. Many viewers buy tickets just to watch YM's games live.

When IM was introduced, the cheers instantly dropped an octave, and the comparison between the two made everyone at IM quite embarrassed.

They engaged in late-stage operations in the summer split and played bladder wars. This style of play is the most unpopular with the audience. Except for the operation masters SKT and Samsung, who will watch a team game with single-digit kills in 40 minutes?

Jack ran back to the players' bench to adjust the settings and said, "This is a bit like when we first entered the LPL and faced RNG."

"Times have changed..." Lin Ran sighed.

"Na na na!" Xiao Ming answered and was about to start a two-dimensional quotation, but Han Yi slapped him on the back of the head.

The version used in the German Cup is 6.21. Compared with the 6.18 version of the finals, the strength of the male spear and leopard girl has been weakened, but the main artery has not been cut. The two wild core heroes are still dominant in the jungle.

The BP of both sides is quite conventional, basically continuing the idea of ​​​​the S6 finals.

In the first round, blue side YM: top laner Poppy, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Ryze, bottom laner Jhin and Zyra.

Red side IM: top laner Troll, jungler spider, mid laner Rockbird, bottom lane policewoman and Nami.

The sound of YM cheering was repeated several times, and accompanied by deafening cheers, the large screen on the scene loaded Summoner's Rift.

"IM wants to use the strength of the rock bird and spider to launch a first-level invasion!" Today's commentators are Ze Yuan and Ji Ji, and the two work together well.

"YM retreated very decisively. Ning rushed to the top half of IM alone to change the BUFF."

"AJ didn't intend to stop him, and let Ning eat the red buff," Zeyuan always paid attention to the mini map, "but the battle in the bottom lane was fierce, and the golden horn has been replaced with residual health!"

"IM didn't handle the details well in the bot lane. Jack and Mingji fired targets very quickly, and they disabled the policewoman with just one skill!"

"I'm going back to the city, you guys wait for me on the way down!" Ning was eager to give it a try.

At present, everything is following Su Cheng's script, and Ning doesn't have to use his brain at all.

He took down three groups of wild monsters in the upper half of the IM area to rise to level 3. He made some mistakes in pulling the wild monsters just now, and his playing speed was a little slower.

Ning immediately returned to the city, bought a long sword and a real eye, and hurried down the road.

"The rock bird is gone, please be careful." Lin Ran picked up the paper cup and took a sip of coffee while replenishing troops.

"When they get over the tower, my skills will definitely be crushed to death." After Xiao Ming returned home after winning the S competition, his hands were no longer shaking, his thinking was clearer, and he was quite confident in fighting.

After all, after playing 5 games with the strongest bot lane wolf-stick combination in S6, I don’t know how much better than IM’s bot lane is. How could Xiao Ming be under pressure?

"The IM spider wiped out its own blue BUFF to level up to 3 and moved to the bottom lane. Athena's rock bird also got into the YM jungle area and rushed to the bottom lane... They will hit 4 packs of 2 in 3 minutes!"

"But Ning had already noticed the danger in advance. He switched to the jungle speed three and rushed directly to the second tower in the bottom lane to squat! What kind of consciousness is this!" I remember that I feel like a baby now, and my voice is quite exaggerated.

The audience in the audience exclaimed in disbelief when they saw the blind monk squatting in the autistic grass of the lower second tower.

Athena's rock bird uses the wall to accelerate and has arrived at the YM gargoyle camp, joining the spider and preparing to attack the bottom lane! IM Nami took the lead and threw out Q [Prison of Blue Waves].

At first, Xiao Ming wanted to move and twist away, but then he realized that as an actor, he must be dedicated and his acting skills must be realistic, so he twisted back and got blisters.

Jin Jiao was stunned for a moment, not understanding Xiao Ming's movement, but time was running out and he had no time to think about it. He quickly called for jungle climbing and tower climbing, and at the same time, clips were placed under Xiao Ming's feet.

Jack heals Nami before she ignites and hangs up to ensure that the healing amount is full.

The spider took the lead in resisting the tower, and the rock bird began to output.

Ning walked out when he saw the water bubble hitting Xiao Ming. At this time, he flashed W to put a shield on Zyra, and the day after tomorrow, the sound wave hit the spider that was resisting the tower!

"This is a reverse squat from Ning! It caught the four IMs off guard!"

"The shield provided by Ning and the treatment by Jack allowed Xiao Ming to release all his skills before dying, making it difficult for IM to escape!"

The spider was handed over to Feitian and was burned to death by Xiao Ming's ignition, while the rock bird was stuck with Ning with the red BUFF.

Jack's fatal brilliance forced the rock bird to flash, and Ning kept chasing him until the second day's sound wave cooled down and hit the rock bird accurately.

He also carefully paused on the spot and used his eye-touch W to deceive the rock bird's W [Rock Burst], and then followed up with the second echo attack to kill it.

The audience cheered instantly. YM lived up to expectations and gained an advantage at the start!

"One for two, IM's midfielder was killed. This wave gave away both Spider BUFFs, which was a huge loss of blood!" Zeyuan was full of passion. "At the same time, Ran in the middle took the opportunity to push a large wave of troops into the tower, and the rock bird was about to explode! "

"YM's substitute jungler Ye Ning proved his strength in the first three minutes. His sense of smell is too sensitive. This time he guessed in advance that IM was going to play 4 packs of 2, and even the blind monk had returned to the city before Yanque pushed the line. He ran away to the lower road!" I remember not believing it.

"Including the two Tianyin Waves, they are extremely accurate, and they are full of details when killing the rock bird!" The commentator shook his head repeatedly, "Is YM's substitute jungler so terrifying?"

The director's camera suddenly switched, giving a full-screen close-up of the YM team's lounge.

The members of YM's second team were also sitting here watching the game. They filled the lounge, but the audience still spotted Su Cheng standing in the front row with sharp eyes.

After Ning successfully counterattacked and killed two people, Su Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and clapped his hands with Han Yi and the analyst beside him to celebrate.

【Is there a woman? Something is wrong with the Brotherhood! 】

[Is it the team manager? She looks so beautiful, I’m in love! 】

[The manager is the male mother Guo Hao, and she even showed her face when she won the championship. 】

[I’m asking for information for a fee, I just want to get to know you, nothing else. 】

[Go away, this is my wife! 】

The barrage in the live broadcast room is quite real. Sometimes they even have to discuss it with the female referee behind the players, not to mention Su Cheng, who is now wearing a suit and has a good face.

At this time, Broiler who came to participate in the annual awards ceremony was also in the audience. IG Summer Split was fourth in Group A and could not participate in the German Cup, so he could only come here to watch the game for free.

Su Xiaoluo, the IGLOL branch manager on the side, said, "This jungler has a very good sense, and his operation is also passable."

"This operation is not bad, I realize it is indeed a bit powerful," said Broiler's Chinese accent, which has become weaker and weaker after staying in the LPL for two years, "but it is possible that the coach and analysts have seen through IM's tactical arrangements."

"That's not bad. We are short of a jungler now. I just need to listen to you in the game." Su Xiaoluo's meaning was very clear.

Broiler made no objection.

After a whole season of vigorously changing bottom lane combinations to catch moles, IG management finally came to a unanimous conclusion: support and AD are both valuables, and both tabe and Yuhuang have to carry them down.

They decisively replaced the new bottom lane-Marge and Megan (Baolan).

Compared with Tabe, the latter is quite quiet. He usually does not participate in team decisions during training matches and just follows his teammates as a thug. However, his operation is more reliable than that of Tabe who devours the Rain Emperor and dies with his AD.

Marge is a high-scoring passer-by in the Chinese server, and her strength is pretty good. She is about one level higher than Rain Emperor and Ding Emperor, but she just likes to troll people.

The one who was spraying was none other than the cock, and he was spraying it in plastic Korean that he learned from somewhere.

The good old man didn't even know how he had offended him, so he tolerated some weird words, but Marge just learned how to use the electric baton to confiscate his mother.

Who can withstand this?

Broiler immediately reported to the management and Principal Wang.

Principal Wang had nothing to say about broilers. He also avoided making himself a major contributor to Lao Bayi's goals back then. When he heard someone in the club dared to complain about broilers, he told Marge to pack up and get out without saying a word (this is true, old son of a bitch). Do you all know that?).

Now that IG has fewer people in the bottom lane, the management is thinking about letting the children wander back to the bottom lane. Although 443 has a phobia of dogs and is weak in the competition, there is no problem in playing in the regular season.

Another Gemini star on the road has decided to leave IG, but Su Xiaoluo found a thousand-point Korean top laner named TheShy from WE through the recommendation of Kid Youshen.

He immediately used his auxiliary ben to exchange with WE and asked for the shy at roll call, which played into WE's plan.

WE's original support zero is old and needs a new support to take his place.

Theshy is dispensable for WE. They have the top domestic top laner 957, plus two Korean aids in the bottom lane, and there is no place for Theshy to play.

Su Xiaoluo turned decay into magic and successfully revitalized the stagnant water of IG.

The only thing missing now is a domestic jungler. Su Xiaoluo looked at Ning on the stage. As expected, this jungler can be signed for 50W, which is extremely cheap.

As long as Ning is signed, he might be able to get a S7 spot next season.

He suddenly felt that his ability to draw cards was like an operational genius.

Which management company has my level?

Su Xiaoluo couldn't help but look back.

The four-pack-two play in the early stage of this German Cup came from the first round of FPX's match against VG in the 2019 summer regular season. VG forced a jungle change in the early stage, frequently changing blood in the bottom lane, and the mid laner and jungler were captured in 3 minutes.

However, Xiaotian noticed it in advance and counter-crouched successfully to break VG's rhythm.

If you are interested, you can take a look. It can be called a decision-making textbook at the peak of FPX.