LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

Lin Ran had a good sleep, and when he woke up, it was already bright.

Xiaotian seemed to have left the balcony door open last night, and the curtains were blown by the morning wind. The hot Rio air mixed with the cold air from the air conditioner in the house, making it quite uncomfortable.

Lin Ran rubbed his arms that were trapped in the world of ice and fire and got up. Ignoring the Garlic Bastard who was still sleeping soundly, he opened the curtains and stepped onto the balcony, closing the door behind him.

The standard of the Rio Hotel is much higher than that of Sao Paulo. The large balcony helps Lin Ran easily see the beautiful blue-green Atlantic Ocean not far away, and the lagoon view is very magnificent.

Lin Ran sat on the deck chair on the balcony and tried his best to look into the distance and relax his body.

The waves crashed hard against the coast, making a roaring sound. Gulls were circling low in the sky looking for food. The morning sun reflected the golden beach. Several Brazilian teenagers lined up and ran past with a football.

Lin Ran relaxed for about a quarter of an hour and then went back to the house to wash up and prepare to rush to the hotel training room.

He had to hurry up and practice. There were still 4 days left before the semi-finals.

Since the mid-season championship is held between the spring and summer splits, the schedule is very intensive. The finals will be held the day after the semifinals, and there is no time to adjust at all.

When Lin Ran opened the training room door in his team uniform, Bai Yueya and Doom were already sitting there discussing something in low voices. The Summoner's Rift map hanging in front of them had been messed up by the markers in their hands.

They were also holding tablets in their hands, playing the SKT game video.

Doom wiped the ink on the whiteboard clean, then placed the five magnets representing the SKT players on the whiteboard, and sat there with the white crescent moon to analyze the movements and purposes of the SKT players.

Their goal is definitely the finals, and their imaginary opponent is naturally SKT, which has stronger physical power.

The Flash Wolves are known as the pioneers in the BO1 fight against South Korea, but the disadvantages of playing against the Korean team in BO5 are quite obvious - their personal strength is far behind.

White Crescent will study SKT first. If the Flash Wolves make an upset and enter the finals, it will be good news for them.

After all, this opponent is much easier to deal with than SKT.

"Would you like to go outside to play on the beach?" The door to the training room was pushed open, and no one arrived before they arrived.

As soon as he heard it, he knew it was Lin Weixiang. He put his hands on Lin Ran's shoulders and kneaded them hard.

"I don't want to go, I don't want to go," Lin Ran waved his hand, "I don't have much time, so it's not too late to play again after winning the championship."

In 4 days, they had to prepare for the BO5 between the two teams. Lin Ran wished he could stop eating and go out to play.

Xiaotian, who had just walked into the training room, seemed to be a little moved.

"If we go out to play and lose to G2 in the semifinals, I'm afraid we will be beaten to death by domestic netizens for a whole year."

Lin Ran reminded.

Xiaotian looked at Lin Weixiang and thought of the anti-bar carnival night after VN's death roll.

He shuddered.

"I'm not going, I'm not going," Garlic Bastard quickly calmed down, "You and Master Shi can go play."

Lin Weixiang asked around, and happily pulled Liu Qingsong along. The two of them ran to the beach wearing sunglasses, having fun like two huskies.

During the four days, apart from filming Riot promotional videos, pre-match interviews and venue rehearsals, they spent the rest of the day in the training room.

Everyone in YM had the same idea in their hearts - since they had sacrificed their vacation after the Spring Split and traveled half a world away to get here, there was absolutely no reason to go back empty-handed.

In the afternoon of May 24, everyone from YM left the hotel and took a bus to the semi-final venue - Rio Olympic Stadium.

It has hosted the 2014 Brazil World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics, and can accommodate up to 60,000 spectators.

A veritable giant stadium.

The bus slowed down when it was still two kilometers away from the venue.

The streets were blocked and there were all kinds of cars around. The sound of horns penetrated the glass windows and lingered in the bus.

Lin Ran once thought he was in Brother Asan's territory.

"They are all going to the stadium. We have to wait for a while." Guo Hao took a look and knew that he would not be able to get through in a short time.

"They're all here to watch the game?" Jin Gong opened the curtains and looked out the window, "Isn't this too exaggerated?"

There are many Brazilians outside the window taking out their mobile phones and taking pictures of the bus with the fist logo. They have excited smiles on their faces, pointing at the bus and saying something.

"There are only two subway lines in the entire city of Rio, and they are all concentrated in the northern area." Vincent, who was sitting in the front row with a camera hanging around his neck, said, "There are usually traffic jams in the city, and there is a game today, so the traffic is even worse. Blocking."

The Brazilian Division is similar to the Vietnam Division. Although the level of professional players is poor, the e-sports enthusiasm of the audience is extremely high.

In their opinion, the MSI semi-finals are quite high-level e-sports competitions. They are much higher than the local league in Brazil. The audience is naturally very enthusiastic.

"But it's not a big problem." Vincent picked up the camera and pointed it at the traffic outside the window and pressed the shutter button. "I had already reserved time for traffic jams when planning my trip."

The 10-kilometer road from the hotel to the stadium took an hour, and everyone at YM entered the Rio Olympic Stadium at the last moment.

Putting on makeup, going through security, filling drinks...

White Crescent also spared a quarter of an hour to explain to them the key points of this semi-final, and then the team members left the lounge under the urging of the event staff.

Lin Ran stood in the middle of the team and took the lift to the center of the stage. The cheers and screams from around him filled his ears.

"Next, let us welcome the top team in the MSI group stage - the Young Miracles team!"

Accompanied by the Brazilian host's passionate voice, Lin Ran and his teammates waved their arms to say hello to the audience from all directions.

Lin Ran looked at the G2 people directly opposite. Ah P had his eyes closed and his hands behind his back. His body was swaying from side to side, as if he was immersed in his own world.

…

"Welcome everyone to the live broadcast of the first MSI semifinals."

Today's domestic live broadcast commentary is remember He Zeyuan.

"It should be two o'clock in the morning in China now," Zeyuan said. "Those who can get up and hold back their sleepiness to watch the game must be true LPL fans."

I remember saying in an excited voice, "Yes, I believe YM's performance today will live up to everyone's expectations!"

There was no extra time to prepare, the metallic sound symbolizing the start of BP had already filled the venue!

The Brazilian audience at the scene burst into deafening noise, preparing for this semi-final!

Since YM is first in the group stage, they have priority in selecting sides in the semi-finals.

White Crescent chose the blue side, trying to take advantage of YM players' excellent hero pool and hand over the BP pressure to G2.

He came up and knocked down Syndra first, with a simple purpose - to force G2 to block Lucian.

This is a conspiracy.

Lucian, the mid laner with broken black cuts, is the real ADC in this version. In the mid-term, he can even single out heavy warriors, while those fake ADCs can only run away when they see heroes like Shen in the mid-term.

G2 coach YoungBuck is a chubby white guy with a beard. He has led G2 to win three consecutive LEC championship trophies since last year.

Although last year's foreign records were 2-8 in MSI and 2-4 in the S6 World Championship, his strength has been demonstrated.

After all, for some teams, being an insider in the civil war is a blessing.

(Trivia: Coach YoungBuck left G2 after the end of S7 to go to the arch-rival FNC, and led the team to the S8 Global Finals in 2018. He is considered the top coach in Europe)

He decisively sent Lucian to the ban position, flipping through the notebook in his hand.

"Let's ban Kenan," White Crescent Moon was thinking over and over again, subconsciously pressing the spring of the pen barrel to make a clicking sound, "They should ban Caution, so everyone will have a lot of room to play."

White Crescent's idea is very simple.

On the blue side, use the advantage of picking first to exchange ban positions with G2, and then get the advantageous hero for the team.

The G2 coach frowned and thought for a moment before making a decision.

"The second ban position of G2 was given to Lulu!" Zeyuan was a little surprised, "This move is a bit strange..."

"Although the support Lulu is very strong in the current version, YM usually does not grab the support first," I remember wondering, "They prefer to give the midfielder and AD the hero first."

"Lulu and the others should be able to use this by themselves, right?"

The white crescent moon on the field thought for a moment and said, "Ban Cuishen."

Cuishen has a high appearance rate in this MSI (see the picture in this chapter).

In fact, it has not been strengthened in recent versions, and was even weakened in version 7.3 (see picture).

The reason why Cuishen's appearance rate surged despite being weakened is also very simple: the change in the jungle environment has brought invisible benefits to it.

Because Cuishen has a strong ability to protect the jungle in the early stage.

The existence of the passive [Friends of the Forest] makes it very easy for the Green God to protect or invade the wild area in the early stage - 2.5 seconds of guidance time can create a magical small vegetation in the wild monster camp, and after a certain period of time, it can be Send the wild monsters away happily and get experience and gold coin rewards.

If you don't want to wait for a while, Cuishen only needs Passive + Punishment to instantly clear the wild monster camp, which is extremely advantageous when countering the wild.

In this version, the invasive junglers such as Male Spear, Blind Monk, and Spider are very strong. Cuishen can effectively protect his jungle area in the early stage and can also seize the opportunity to quickly counter the jungle.

And what’s different from S6 is that the reduced refresh frequency in the wild area has sharply increased the costs and benefits of invasion and counter-invasion in the jungle. Originally, if a group of wild monsters were countered, they would have to wait 100 seconds for the next refresh, but now at this time Cost increased by 50 seconds.

It is very difficult for a hero like the male Lee Sin to invade the Green God jungle, and if you are not careful, you may be knocked out of half of the jungle. In this case, the carnivorous jungler will basically be disconnected.

Xiaotian and Lin Ran are definitely going to the anti-G2 jungle area, and Cuishen cannot be released.

"The last ban position of G2 was given to Tahm Kench, they are targeting the Prophet!"

The white crescent moon looked at the screen and clicked the penholder.

Due to G2's slightly weird BP strategy, there are a lot of strong heroes released outside now.

But there is only one Kalma left in the auxiliary position.

If they get Karma, then the first and second hands of red side G2 will definitely get several other powerful heroes.

"Take Karma first, we can sway the middle assistant a little bit." Bai Yueya didn't hesitate much, planning to push back Lin Ran's choice.

He is not afraid of being exposed to tricks.

Because the hero pool of YM players is much deeper than that of G2.

G2 backhanded Shen and Hanbing.

It's quite acceptable.

"If nothing goes wrong for YM, let's take Verus and Blind Sin..." Remember on the commentary desk, guessing YM's next selection, "These are the remaining T1 level heroes outside."

As expected, YM locked in these two characters very quickly.

And G2 made up for the Spider Queen in the last round of the first round.

In the second round of bans, both sides focused on the opponent's unshown mid laner.

Clockwork, Enchantress, Fox and Ryze were all banned.

Bai Yueya knows that G2 now relies on Ah P's personal ability. As long as it can suppress perkz, G2 will instantly misfire.

The G2 coach also knows that Lin Ran cannot be allowed to choose a hero that is very convenient. Ah P must at least get a role in a balanced match to ensure that he will not be suppressed by Lin Ran.

"Are the two teams testing the mid laner's hero pool?" Zeyuan said in an exaggerated tone, "Both sides banned a total of 6 mid lane heroes in the two rounds!"

The G2 coach rubbed his beard.

"Malzahar," he said to his team members.

He decided to leave the last counter position to Ah P.

"Can Galio and Qinggang Shadow be okay?" White Crescent asked. He still planned to let the prophet use Karma to ensure the strength of the bottom lane.

"Okay, okay." Jin Gong responded repeatedly.

Galio is not easy to beat against Shen in the top lane, but he can at least keep up with the support speed.

The G2 coach was pacing back and forth in the back.

He knew the power of Lin Ran's Qinggang Shadow.

Patting Ah P on the shoulder, he discussed with his mid laner.

"Now there's only Ah P who hasn't chosen a hero yet. Let's look at his last choice..." Ze Yuan just finished speaking.

G2 locks the female gun in seconds.

"What?!" I remember being very surprised by G2's fifth choice, "This is the auxiliary female gun!"

"G2 will use Ice + Female Gun to defeat YM's non-displaceable bottom lane and recreate the classic showdown in the S6 finals!"

"Grasshopper is the swing choice, and he wants to use it for Ah P to fight the Qinggang Shadow!"

Malzahar relies on the immunity effect of his passive [Void Crossing] to resist the Qinggang Shadow's rush control. At the same time, his ultimate move [Hades' Grip] can also be used with the jungler to forcefully catch the Qinggang Shadow in the middle.

Like the auxiliary female spear, this is a strange move - throughout the spring game, Grasshopper was used as an assist, while the female spear only appeared once - as usual, it was used to fight Zyra.

Bai Yueya didn't expect that the opposite coach also liked swinging and had a rivalry with RNG coach Feng Ge.

He fell into inexplicable excitement.

This is the excitement and joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign country.

It turns out that we all learned from the same school!

You and Brother Feng are swinging heroes, and I, bsyy, are swinging, and everyone is a swinger!

Let's rock together!

"Take Lin Ran and Galio to hit you, and let Jingong take Qinggangying on the road." He was always able to adapt to the situation.

In this situation, he didn't dare to switch lanes anymore. Jin Gong was not very accustomed to the laning environment in the middle, so to be safe, he still played his best position.

Lin Ran waved his hand and said, "It's not easy for Galio to beat a grasshopper."

Malzahar has a percentage of damage and is not slow at hitting Tangario. In addition, the silence effect of Q [Void Call] can also restrain Galio's ultimate move.

"But if we have to sacrifice one between Qinggang Shadow and Galio, we will definitely choose to sacrifice Galio." White Crescent Moon said with a smile.

Qinggangying, a resource-hungry single-point development player in the mid-term, must not be bad. If a meaty guy like Galio is suppressed, he will be suppressed. Anyway, it is all about team battle protection.

"Tanks don't have human rights, right?" Lin Ran was a little dissatisfied.

"Tank still wants human rights?" Jin Gong snorted, "I almost want to laugh."

Ze Yuan and Ji Yi on the commentary desk were not clear about YM Zhongshang's hero swing.

"YM haven't changed the hero yet?" Zeyuan looked at the countdown on the OB screen, feeling a little impatient.

There are also question marks in domestic live broadcast rooms.

"The countdown is over, the lineup has been determined!" Just like he didn't guess the female gun of G2, he remembers that he also didn't guess the hero choice of YM this time.

"Is it really mid laner Galio?" Zeyuan shouted there, "I have been using Galio as a walk laner since he came back from the redesign, and I have never hit with him!"

(The usage of mid lane heroes in 2017MSI is shown in the picture)

"My old swan, what new tricks are you going to do again!" I remember my voice was excited.

The lineups of both sides have been determined.

Blue Square YM: top laner Qinggangying, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Galio, bottom laner Verus + Karma.

Red side G2: top laner Shen, jungler Spider, mid laner Malzahar, bottom lane Ice + female gun.

The moment the lineup was locked, the tens of thousands of Brazilian spectators at the scene let out cheers and cheers that echoed through the sky. The voices gathered together and even reached the giant open-air stadium!

This semi-final had hidden murderous intentions from the beginning of BP, and the repeated swings and restraint choices of each team made the Brazilian audience who had never seen the top teams very enjoyable to watch!

At the same time, the domestic live broadcast room was also in a state of excitement.

[Ran’s new job is here? 】

[I have used Galio to hit the target a long time ago. This hero is much better when walking in the middle than walking up. He can fly up and down! 】

[Yes, yes, those teams that used Galio as top laners were stupid. Why don’t you become a coach? If you play S7, you can win the championship! 】

In fact, there was a reason for Galio not to play mid lane before.

Because he was a pure tank hero when he was just reworked, and he also had a good percentage of damage. He could not fall behind against tank monsters such as Shen, Titan, Barrel, and Poppy in the lane, and he could win a support and victory in the mid-to-late stage. Group protection.

However, in version 7.7, which is about to end in the Spring Split, Galio was severely slashed, the output of his passive [Colossus Smash] was reduced, and the percentage damage benefit of Q [War Wind] was also cut, and part of the damage was transferred to AP bonus. (See the picture for changes in Galio 7.7 version)

This weakened Galio's top lane status.

At that time, the middle lane was dominated by heroes such as Lucian and Syndra.

Although Galio has good support ability after level 6, it is difficult for him to seize lane rights against these heroes in the early and mid-term.

In this version, the jungler must do something before level 6. If heroes such as blind monks and spiders cannot gain early advantages, the situation will be quite difficult to handle.

In this case, Galio does not have the early support advantage over Lucian and Syndra.

Moreover, Galio's damage ability is insufficient after being weakened.

In the current version where top lane and tanks dominate, if the mid laner picks Galio again, the output pressure faced by the other three teammates will be too great.

But now YM's four teammates are all lacking in output, and G2's mid laner Malzahar's support ability before level 6 is also quite weak.

Lin Ran can safely and boldly take Galio in the middle.

"I brought Purification, Prophet, don't be too aggressive in the lane." Jack looked at the opponent's bottom lane choice of Ice + Female Spear, and couldn't help but recall the strange move the Tigers used in last year's S6 semifinals.

If you bring healing, you will die if you are hit by an ice arrow.

Jack would rather give up some of his laning pressure and bring purification to save his life.

Lin Ran still switched to teleport to ensure the safety of his teammates, while Ah P used grasshopper to sprint. Although this skill was weakened by Lin Ran, the mid laner could still use it.

The two sides loaded into Summoner's Rift and started the first round of the MSI semi-finals amid the cheers of the audience!

Lin Ran went out and bought corruption potion and accessories, scanned them, marked signals on the map, and directed his teammates to fight the first level group.

He operated the huge Galio to walk at the front, leading his teammates into the G2 jungle like a hen with four chicks.

G2 knew how powerful Galio and Qinggang Shadow were at level 1, so they decisively avoided fighting and just left a defensive eye position in their jungle area in advance.

But Lin Ran guessed the position of the prosthetic eye.

The scan opened at the connecting passage between the blue buff and the Demon Swamp Frog camp, and the artificial eyes disappeared. Lin Ran, Xiaotian and Jin Gong shared the eye position experience.

Just after removing one of the prosthetic eyes, the Brazilian audience in the venue burst into loud cheers!

Everyone in YM can still hear the sound through the sound-isolating headphones, and the e-sports atmosphere in Brazil is evident!