Chapter 100 Restart
On December 12, serenity ushered in the first appearance after the new version - Chinatop National Cup.Although it was only a small competition, the organizer was a national brand, plus the title of "National Cup".As the strongest team in China today, Serenity is duty-bound.

A total of four teams were invited to participate in this competition, serenity, Newbee, DC, EG.The competition system is a single-elimination knockout match, and four teams will be able to decide the champion after two rounds of competition.

In the end, serenity and Newbee defeated EG and DC respectively, and successfully joined the finals. After two dull games, serenity won 2:0 and won the first championship of the new version.However, the degree of attention to this competition is extremely low, and there are few reports from major dota2 forum communities in China. (How many people don't know about this game?)
Three days later, Valve released the 3 update patch, and only 7.01 days have passed since the last update.

Unlike most of the minor adjustments to heroes, the changes to these two heroes can be called "significant".

The first one is Lena, the level 7.00 talent in version 15--25 seconds off the resurrection time, after this update, it is further strengthened to minus 30 seconds.Since the updated version, the mid laner Lina's style of play has begun to appear frequently in passers-by. This change has pushed Lina's positioning to the regular mid laner.

As we all know, the hero Lina has almost no shortcomings except that she is not strong enough to survive. She was not favored by mid laners before, largely because this hero is too easy to die in the early and mid-term.

So what is the concept of "minus 30 seconds resurrection CD"?
Compared with the 6.88 version, 7.00 has already made changes to the hero's resurrection time. The difference between the early stage and the late stage is not big, but at the stage of level 10-20, the hero's resurrection time of the 7.00 version will be shortened on average at each level. 10 seconds or so.

The normal resurrection time at level 15 is 52 seconds. Assuming that Lena at level 15 is killed in battle, her actual resurrection time is only 22 seconds including her talent.It doesn't seem too outrageous, but don't forget that there is another piece of equipment-blood essence stone.

Blood Essence Stone has an initial energy of 12 points, each point of energy reduces the resurrection time by 3 seconds, and also reduces the death loss of heroes with 25*energy points.Assuming that level 15 Lena dies right after making the Blood Essence Stone, what will be the loss for Lena?
The answer is to lose 4 points of blood essence energy, which may use up the CD of TP, but the resurrection time and death money loss are both 0!

It means so much!

You know, the current blood essence stone also has the function of sacrificing oneself, that is, to commit suicide on the spot after actively using it, and then restore 1675+500*energy points of health to allies within a range of 30!
If this wave of team battles is not far from her own defense tower, Lina can take the initiative to commit suicide depending on the battlefield situation, use the blood essence stone to instantly restore nearly 1000 points of blood to turn the tide of the battle, and return to the battlefield in seconds.

You know, with Lina's laning ability and money farming ability, it is not difficult to make a blood essence stone at level 15!
Lina has become one of the most popular mid laners in the version. She is rampant in the passers-by. The opponent's hero selection is turned into a support, which is almost impossible to guard against.

Another unsurprising hero who suffered a major adjustment is Dasheng, whose first strike fell on his head only 10 days later.

It's no wonder that in the short 7.00 days that version 10 lasted, Monkey King's winning rate in all divisions was a full 56%. You must know that this is a hero that everyone grabs, and he will appear in almost every round. Maintain a winning rate of more than 55%!
Such an outrageous winning rate also caused the Great Sage to be sanctioned quickly. After the designer's first cut, the lifesteal of the Golden Cudgel of the Great Sage no longer ignores armor, and the passive duration was reduced from 15 to 10, making the Great Sage Holy line's ability to suppress melee heroes has been slightly weakened.

In addition, the one-skill Strike the Earth has been balanced from 200% crit at each level to 140/160/180/200%, which greatly weakens Monkey King's explosive ability at low levels, and also makes it easy to achieve before. The operation threshold of "Elevator Blood" has become higher, at least not like before, after the buff is activated, as long as the board hits two or three units, the blood volume can be instantly raised to full capacity.

16 is coming to an end, but the 16-17 season has just reached its climax. After New Year's Day in 17, a large number of events will follow.

As the team with the best performance after TI6, serenity has naturally become the target of invitations by the organizers of these tournaments. All kinds of direct invitations came one after another, and the old Wang of Passion next door was sour.

For these Chinese New Year competitions, as long as Serenity nods, they can go if they want.

From January 1th to 6th, the ESL ONE Genting Finals was held in Genting, a famous resort in Malaysia. The organizer sent an invitation letter as early as the end of the peak league in October, and reconfirmed with the serenity team leader before the start of the game.

The same is true for the fifth season of the Abyss League held at the Croatia-Split City-Spalladium Stadium from January 1th to 19nd.

As a warm-up for the new version, although the gold content of these two events is not high, they are of great significance to the second half of the 16-17 season, because the results of these two events will be related to the quota for subsequent events.

There will be two extremely important competitions in April, one is the Asian Invitational in early April, and the other is the Kiev Major at the end of April, both of which are major-level competitions.Although there will be some large and small events in the future, it is no exaggeration to say that these two majors will directly affect the number of direct invitations to TI4.

This is the case with the direct invitational competition system. The closer to the second half of the season, the more intense the competition among the teams will be. Except for the current dominant Americas region hegemon EG and the CIS region's VP, any other region, Even Serenity, who is in full swing, can't be careless.

Who dares to say that TI is directly invited?

Take serenity as an example, although their record in the first half is extremely brilliant, but if the following competitions fail, the members of serenity can guarantee that they can only compete for places in TI7 through preselection.

What's more, dota2 has undergone such a major update, and the rhythm of the game has undergone earth-shaking changes. How can we be careless in dealing with the game?Starting from the first event of the new year - the ESLONE Genting Finals, the entire serenity team has been striving to go all out.

On January 1rd, Serenity, who had adjusted his mentality, went on the journey again, airborne in Genting Highlands, Malaysia.There are a total of 3 teams participating in this competition, namely Serenity, Newbee, WG, XctN, DC, Fnatic, VP, NP.

After the eight teams are divided into two groups, they will first go through a double elimination within the group, and the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout round.It is worth mentioning that the first round of the group stage is a highly contingency BO1 format.

In the hotel arranged by the organizer, old friends and old opponents gathered again for grouping.After the grouping, Newbee, VP, NP, and Fnatic are in Group A, and serenity, DC, WG, and XctN are in Group B.

The first battle of the new year is about to start!

(End of this chapter)

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