Dean, stop being C, your teammates are not worthy!

Chapter 245 - Version targeting, three-core tactics!

After the entire Olympic Games ended, everyone who had made an appointment in advance gathered at the Rio airport and prepared to return home together.

The flight for the players to return home was arranged by the State Sports General Administration. The entire plane was full of national athletes. It was arranged a long time ago, so there was no need to buy tickets by themselves.

And they were all first-class cabins, so there was no need to pay extra for upgrades, and there was no need to take advantage of the situation.

Brazil is far away from China, and there are no direct flights. It takes at least 30 hours to return home.

Thirty hours cannot be spent sleeping all the time. If you don’t do something, you will be bored to death. So after the plane stabilized, Yuan Shen went to the restaurant to meet with other players and chat.

As for men, the topics of conversation will never avoid women, career and games.

Just as everyone was rushing to drive, Mingkai, who was browsing his phone, suddenly said, "You guys go to the official app and take a look. Riot has just announced the update announcement for the next version. This change is a bit exciting. I feel that the entire game ecosystem will be affected."

"Director, is it that exaggerated?" Uzi said in surprise.

"Not at all, see for yourself."

As he said this, Mingkai handed over his phone. Uzi glanced at it and caught the key words at once.

"First blood mechanism for the defense tower?"

Here it comes!

Yuan Shen thought.

The first blood mechanism for the defense tower that I have been looking forward to for half a year is finally out.

If the biggest change in S5 last year that had the greatest impact on the world championship was the launch of Giant Nine, Bloodthirster, and Black Cleaver, which were the reworks of several heavy warrior heroes.

Then, the biggest change in S6 this year that has the greatest impact on the world championship is the increase in AP damage in version 6.9, and the appearance of the first blood tower mechanism in version 6.15.

Yuan Shen took out his phone, opened the official app, and looked at the version update announcement.

As the name implies, the first tower to be pushed down will receive a reward similar to the first blood.

In previous versions, destroying a tower will earn 275 yuan in economy, which will be evenly distributed to the hero units around the tower.

It is equivalent to the income of a head.

The first blood tower will provide an additional 400 yuan in bounty.

In other words, the hero who eats the first blood tower alone will get 675 economy, which is not a very high reward for the entire team, but the hero who destroys the tower can get a high bounty, which will make it easier for heroes with strong laning to gain an advantage.

At the same time, in previous versions, the three outer towers all have a damage reduction mechanism, and the outer towers have a 35% damage reduction before the seven minutes of the game time.

The damage reduction mechanism has existed for a long time. It was originally set up by Riot designers to balance the overly powerful Poke fast-push system of the LCK team.

In version 6.15, the damage reduction mechanism of the tower was also changed, the duration was changed from seven minutes to five minutes, and the reduction effect was increased from 35% to 50%.

The most important change is at the end. Only the outer towers in the top and middle lanes have damage reduction. The outer tower in the bottom lane has been removed from the damage reduction mechanism and has become very fragile.

What does this change mean?

It means...

The duo dare not leave the bottom lane.

The line-swapping tactic is probably going to be completely extinct, and even the unpopular tactic of the double-mid lane will be extinct.

The reason is simple. The first blood tower has become so valuable, and the next tower has become so fragile. If the duo dares to switch to the top or middle lane, it is equivalent to handing over the first tower in the bottom lane and giving the opponent 600 yuan for free.

The disappearance of the line-swapping tactic is only the most direct impact.

With the keen sense of professional players for the version, everyone immediately noticed the deeper impact.

In professional competitions, the line-swapping tactic allows heroes with weak laning to develop relatively steadily in the early stage, but at the same time forces the jungler to find opportunities in the early stage. After the line-swapping tactic is curbed, junglers with strong combat effectiveness and strong invasiveness in the early stage will become more popular.

The status of carnivorous junglers has been improved again, this is one of them.

At the same time, the first blood tower will become the focus of the early competition between the two teams, and the most likely place to produce the first blood tower is undoubtedly the outer tower in the bottom lane without damage reduction.

In order to get the first blood tower, the bottom lane duo may be more inclined to choose a combination with strong laning.

The focus of the team game will be in the bottom lane.

The core of the game returns to the bottom lane, this is the second.

Finally, for the top laner, it is not a good thing to destroy the opponent's defense tower too early.

The top lane is very long, and it is difficult to have enough time to return to the safe tower during the fight, and it is also easier to encounter the jungler's gank.

Once the opponent's defense tower is pushed down, you will have to go deep into the enemy's hinterland to line up with the opponent, which will not only make it more difficult to suppress or kill the opponent, but also make you more likely to encounter ganks. Therefore, pushing down the defense tower too early will do more harm than good for the top laner.

Even if you get the economy of the first blood of the defense tower, it cannot make up for the losses caused by it.

Even if they have to fight for the first blood tower, they will not fight in the top lane, and the junglers of both sides will not take too much care of the top lane in the early stage.

The status of the top lane team has declined again, this is the third.

"My God, it's too extreme." Tian Ye secretly smacked his lips. Once the changes in 6.15 come out, I'm afraid all teams will fight hard in the early stage.

The advantage in the early stage will be easily converted into a winning advantage.

The team with stronger offensive power in the early stage is more likely to become the winner of the game and become the darling of the version.

This year's game will be dominated by offensiveness.

The stronger the offensiveness, the more advantages can be established in the early stage.

And...

The team status of the top laner is weakened in disguise? ?

Mingkai frowned and found that things were not simple.

In this year's version, the top laner no longer has absolute dominance like last year. The rise of the three phantom gods in the top lane in S6 means that the top laner plays a more functional role.

In the spring season, TheShy was the only player in all major regions who still insisted on using the carry-type top laner.

Moreover, since version 6.9, he has also taken a different approach and moved AP magic heroes such as Ryze, Kennen, and Vampire to the top lane first, and played a miraculous effect.

Of course, this is inseparable from Yuan Shen.

And TheShy is also very suitable for this offensive top laner.

In this Olympics, Yuan Shen's dominance in the top lane made Riot's designers realize this again.

The strength of the top lane seems to be a bit high.

It must be weakened.

Originally, they strengthened the AP heroes in order to strengthen the mid lane and increase the early confrontation between the mid and jungle.

But Yuan Shen's operation made the Riot designers look confused.

The carry-type top lane in the S6 version is not a reversal, but it is only at the T2 level.

The reason why TheShy can play carry heroes in the spring season is not only because of his unique personal strength, but also because of the help provided by his teammates.

For example, Yuan Shen likes to gank the top lane throughout the spring season.

Xiao Ming in the bottom lane sometimes gives up heroes such as Jyra and chooses tank heroes such as Minotaur and Titan to play the auxiliary position to make up for the defects of the team lineup after the top lane chooses the output hero.

Even Rookie in the middle lane will choose heroes such as Titan and Dragon King to enhance the early confrontation ability and protect his teammates to develop to the mid and late stages.

But now, the emergence of the first blood tower mechanism has completely changed the trend of the version to the trend of carnivorous junglers being king and the bottom lane being the core in the early stage.

IG's playing style, or the style shown by the LPL team in this Olympics, has been weakened again.

Accidental?

Or does Riot Games really want to target the champion team to death?

Mingkai's heart is inclined to the latter.

The obstacles faced by the champion team in order to win are not only from the research of other teams, the inertia of players after becoming champions, but also various temptations of fame and fortune, and the version targeting from Riot Games.

Therefore, it is difficult to win two consecutive championships, and only three consecutive championships can be called a legendary dynasty, which can be praised and closed by the game.

Historically, SKT also fell on the road to the dynasty of three consecutive championships. It was only one step away, but it was like an insurmountable chasm.

IG team won the Grand Slam. Counting the LPL league championship and the German Cup championship, IG has won five championships in a row.

Two of them are world competitions.

And IG's biggest carry point has always been Yuan Shen. Last year, Yuan Shen ran into the best era and the best version for him.

And this year's various disguised weakening and targeting are undoubtedly also aimed at him.

Although Yuan Shen has transformed into a jungler, his performance in the All-Star Game and the Olympics has undoubtedly proved one thing.

That is, the top position still has the dominant ability to carry the game.

But...

What does the weakening of the top position have to do with Yuan Shen? ?

The ones who suffered were TheShy and Zzitai. After returning to China, Yuan Shen patted his butt and went back to the jungle.

This is very speechless.

Riot weakened the top laner because of a jungler.

Who can I go to for justice?

According to Riot's trend of targeting championship teams, Mingkai has no doubt... If IG really achieved a second consecutive championship this year, there will definitely be an extremely deformed version next year. In that version, the top laner's carry ability may become the lowest in history.

"Hey, let's go back and discuss it." Mingkai thought secretly.

The changes in 6.15 are not bad news.

In addition to the first blood tower mechanism, there is also a new hero on the stage in version 6.15.

Rage Knight Kled.

The 132nd hero in the league, the official recommended position is a top fighter.

We need to study this hero carefully. If this hero is strong enough, it may become another weapon for EDG.

As for whether Flando can master this hero... this question does not exist at all.

If you are not good at it, practice more.

You will always be able to practice.

To this day, no one will doubt Yuan Shen's talent and hero pool.

The 30-hour flight was finally spent in sleep.

After getting off the plane, everyone will go their separate ways and continue to play for their own teams.

Several players who participated in this Olympics felt that they had learned a lot and deepened their understanding of each other.

After waving goodbye and getting in the car, Mingkai said faintly: "RNG will be a strong opponent in our league!"

"Yeah." Tian Ye nodded, "When playing in the finals, I always felt that Uzi's mentality was not as impatient as before. He always made some... unreasonable mistakes in key games before. But in this Olympics, his state was very stable from beginning to end."

"The championship curse has been broken. I can feel that after winning, his mentality has become more stable. And Xiang Guo... Damn, I told him some anti-camping ideas and understanding of eye positions, but it feels like a pill." Mingkai suddenly felt that he was a little worried and thought too much before.

"Wu Suowei, they are all brothers."

Yuan Shen threw his backpack behind him with one hand and raised his eyebrows.

"Are you ready to welcome the arrival of the IG dynasty? You stinky brothers!"

"Go to hell, it's RNG that you have to worry about. We are not in the same group as you."

Tian Ye laughed and scolded.

If anyone has made the most progress during this period, it is definitely Shi Senming.

In the 10-man roster, Xiao Ming has the best personality and deserves the title of e-sports socialite.

He also exchanged a lot of playing ideas with Xiao Ming, and the two have a good relationship.

"It's not necessarily true. I have confidence in this match against IG."

Xiang Guo is very confident.

Because of the Olympics, three IG players did not participate in the summer season.

There were problems with the running-in with TheShy and Rookie.

Plus the version changes...

Who knows, they might really overthrow IG!

This time he also learned a lot from Yuan Shen and Ming Kai, and was preparing to deal with them in return.

"Tsk... Is this considered self-defeating? Cultivating a strong opponent?" Ming Kai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"The strength of the division has increased, which is a good thing."

Yuan Shen had a different opinion, saying: "A strong competitor can urge us not to relax and keep working hard. If a division always has only one voice, I think it will be cold... Look at the LMS division, there is only the voice of the FW team recently, but is FW really too strong?"

Ming Kai was thoughtful.

He has paid attention to Karsa of Flash Wolves, and feels that this player can take over from him.

But to say how strong FW is, it's not that.

When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey is king.

The competitiveness of the division is still very important.

The size of the fish pond and the strength of natural selection inherently determine what kind of fish can be raised in this fish pond and the upper limit of the team's strength.

"By the way, IG has played well this season without you." Tian Ye said.

The summer season schedule favors IG, EDG, RNG, WE, and LGD, and many schedules have been moved to the second half.

Even so, there are still many games to play in the first half.

IG, without the three core carries, unexpectedly did not decline in performance.

The two Cs are all newcomers, and the points have not fallen out of the top five in the league until now. You know, compared with other teams, IG played fewer games in the first half. In this case, they can still be in the top five, which proves that their winning rate is very high.

And the winning rate is...

"Big wins?" Yuan Shen was a little surprised.

"Yes."

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "We played against weak teams in the lower middle of the league. It's not surprising that we won. The schedule is very favorable to us. The only difficult teams in the first half were LGD and RNG. Those two games were very hard, but we were lucky and barely won."

"Gao Zhenning played well, and Xiao Xiaoguang and She Keke in the bottom lane could also play steadily against RNG without Uzi."

"Young people nowadays..."

Ming Kai shook his head with emotion.

He is 23 years old this year

At this age, in traditional sports, it is undoubtedly in the golden age, but in the field of e-sports, it is undoubtedly an old veteran.

Compared with newcomers in the field, the only advantage of e-sports veterans is game experience.

Veteran mentality?

None.

Some veterans are too cautious and easily miss opportunities. They are not as good as some newcomers who are not afraid of tigers. The speed of operation and reaction, the concentration for a long time, and the speed of practicing new heroes and new routines are not what the so-called veteran experience can make up for.

On the contrary, with age, these abilities will gradually and uncontrollably decline.

Once e-sports players are over 22 years old, their reaction speed will start to decline.

Not to mention concentration, many players have a deep understanding of this. When they were 16 or 17 years old and in high school, they could play for three days and three nights with vigor and energy, but after a few years, they would get tired at night and their concentration could not be maintained for long.

The older people are, the ability to adapt to and accept new things, that is, the learning ability, will gradually decline.

When new heroes come out, the new generation of geniuses can master them after playing ten or so games, and dare to carry the game. The veterans still have no confidence after playing for ten days and half a month. What can they compare?

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the waves ahead die on the beach... It is not an exaggeration.

In this case, if the veterans want to maintain their status, they need a lot of training to do it.

Compared with the young people who have emerged recently, Mingkai feels that he is becoming more and more powerless. He secretly glanced at Yuan Shen and Xiang Guo, and an idea he had considered before came to his mind again at this moment...

The current LPL is different from before.

In the past, he could call the shots and dominate the competition area.

But last year, there were Taobao Quan and Xiang Guo, and this year, there are a group of newcomers such as Yuan Shen and Kangdi.

When they played in the Olympics, two new young players, Ning and Sofm, emerged.

The position of jungler is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.

After taking a thirty-hour long-distance flight, everyone was a little tired and speechless all the way, and soon returned to IG's base.

In the hall, Rookie and others had already received the news and had been waiting for it for a long time.

TheShy and Ning both helped with the luggage, while Rookie had been looking at Yuan Shen secretly since he entered the door.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Yuan Shen asked curiously.

"This time I met the two mid laners Wei Shen and Xi Ye. Do you think they are more suitable for you than me?" Rookie asked expressionlessly.

"How is that possible?" Yuan Shen felt strange.

"Old Song, I am the top laner and not the jungler, please figure it out!"

"Oh...that's right, then it's okay."

Rookie laughed and narrowed his eyes.

"Your performance is very strong! Solo!"

TheShy had just finished moving his luggage, and he came over and looked at Yuan Shen, his eyes shining.

"Solo, what about Solo, wouldn't it be nice to just show off..."

Yuan Shen sighed.

very tired.

He is just a jungler!

After the break, in order to celebrate Yuan Shen, Jack and Xiao Ming winning the Olympic gold medal, all members of the club went out for a dinner.

They have just experienced one big game. If possible, Yuan Shen also wants to take a break. But unfortunately, the summer split has entered the second half. They have a lot of schedule to play, prepare for the game, and make up for the failure before. Attended team training.

The next day after returning to China, Yuan Shen and the others officially returned to training.

The results of the training match that day were a bit dismal.

The opponent in the training match is the second team of EDG.

No, to be more precise, it is the newly promoted team from the LPL Summer Split, the original EDG second team, now officially renamed as the IM team.

As a team that just came out of LSPL, the IM team's strength has exceeded many people's expectations. Now it ranks second in Group B in terms of points, which is higher than EDG's ranking.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that EDG still has many games to play.

But this undoubtedly proves that the IM team is at the upper reaches of the league.

The style of the IM team can be summed up in a nutshell - it is a replica of the EDG team in the S5 Spring Split.

Stability, development, operation, team fighting... top laner AmazingJ is also a big tree passed down from his ancestors.

The result of the BO5 training match with the IM team was a narrow victory of three wins and two losses.

In the winning game, there were also many small mistakes that shouldn't have been made.

If this record is known to outside fans, they will definitely shout that the championship curse has appeared.

Even though IM is very strong and belongs to the upper reaches of the league, the expectations placed on IG are too high. You are the world champion. You have been winning since last spring until now. You shoulder the hopes of countless fans and are the undefeated LPL dominant team.

In the eyes of many fans, easily crushing three to zero and not losing a single game is the performance IG should have.

The greater the expectations, the higher the demands, and the greater the disappointment and anger when failure occurs.

Historically, the reason why LGD was criticized so harshly during the S5 era was because they carried huge expectations. They were the number one seed team representing the LPL.

But in fact, players are not machines. Their status fluctuates and losing games is normal.

The important thing is whether you can adjust your state after a loss and correct your mistakes and weaknesses.

After the game, everyone at IG summarized the performance of today’s training match and believed that there were two problems in total.

First, we haven’t played together for a while, and the team members didn’t get along well enough.

This problem is actually easy to solve.

The tacit understanding and running-in between the team members is just rusty, not completely lost. If you maintain high-intensity training, you will soon be able to regain your previous state.

But the second problem is a bit more serious.

IG's past play style is somewhat inappropriate for this version.

In this version, things must be done around the bottom lane, and the jungler must also choose a very carnivorous hero, otherwise he will lose the initiative in the early stage.

As a result, the jungler and top laner have a very limited number of heroes to choose from.

Swinging BP, which IG is best at, is likely to lose its effectiveness.

Moreover, once the jungler chooses strong heroes such as Blind Man, Spider, Male Spear Qian Jue, etc., the team will lack front row and control, and must be supplemented by the top or mid laner.

Under normal circumstances, it is not enough to support a front row player.

This is not in line with TheShy and Rookie's positioning in the team.

Of course, stance can be used, and he can also play big trees, trolls and other heroes to provide enough output space for double C.

There is no problem in playing like this. IG is still a strong team, but compared with the previous single level, the dominance will be greatly reduced.

After all, IG during the spring split was most famous for its system of mid laner Karma or Lulu, with top and jungle double shooters.

IG can produce three-core or even four-core.

But not anymore.

As the pace of the game accelerates, it is even more necessary for the Carry position to set the pace in the early stages and accumulate economic advantages.

It is difficult to see a multi-core lineup like before.

And as for TheShy, if he is forced to play a functional top laner due to the version, it is natural that his carry ability will decline.

How to solve this team system problem is IG's top priority next.

In the IG training room, everyone looked at Yuan Shen with a puzzled look.

The reason for this expression was that Yuan Shen's suggestion on the team system was really confusing.

"Let's play more fiercely?"

Fu Manduo looked puzzled, "What do you mean?"

If it was other professional players who tried to point fingers at the team's tactical system, Fu Manduo would probably not care.

Because not every professional player can create corresponding tactics based on the current version of the ecological environment. In fact, most professional players do not play games with their brains, but with the skills and instincts honed by thousands of games.

Just like a bald One Punch Man, his strength is invincible, but if you ask him why he is so strong, he can't summarize a systematic theory.

Don't ask, the question is talent.

But there are also a few professional players who play games with their brains.

This type of player often serves as the team's commander. They can fully understand the tactical significance of the lineup arranged by the coach, can calmly judge the situation, and make the most appropriate command. They are rare generals.

The most typical examples are Mingkai and Doinb.

In a sense, both of them are not talented enough, but they make up for it with their brains.

The operation seems mediocre and without highlights, but the state of the team is two extremes when he is there and when he is not.

In a professional team, the coaching staff and analysts are the leaders, the team commander is the general, and the rest of the players are the soldiers.

In Fumanduo's opinion, Yuan Shen is obviously a national treasure-level player who has both extraordinary talent and brains.

There is another such player, that is Faker.

Especially some advanced understanding of the version, sometimes even he is deeply inspired. IG now has many routines, which are derived from some concepts proposed by Yuan Shen.

Therefore, everyone in IG attaches great importance to his suggestions.

"What do you think of the style of play in the fourth game of the finals between us and the Korean team?" Yuan Shen asked back.

"It was very aggressive, like our LPL style in S3 and S4."

Zizi commented objectively: "However, the fourth game was played so smoothly, mainly because the opponent did not expect that our style would change so much and unexpectedly... If it happens again, the effect will not be so good. Moreover, our error rate in that style is also very high, and it is easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity."

The LPL region in S3 and S4 was a reckless man who was keen on fighting and cutting the Gordian knot.

Zizi is very familiar with this.

But recklessness won Europe and the United States, but lost miserably to South Korea.

Because the LCK team has a rigorous operating system, what they are best at is waiting for the opponent to make mistakes and seize the mistakes to launch an attack.

The high error rate...is the most obvious flaw of the LPL style of play.

When playing in domestic games, you may still be able to play after making a mistake, because the opponent will also make mistakes.

But against the Korean team, if they make a mistake once, they will be snowballed until they are crushed alive.

"Yes, that kind of play must bear higher risks."

Yuan Shen nodded, he did not deny this.

"But the advantages are also obvious. This play has very strong offensive power. After achieving ideal results in the early stage, through a large amount of head economy, it can even meet the resource needs of the three-core tactics. All three lanes can stand out in the team battle and carry and take over the game."

In other words, as long as you can gain an advantage with fierce offensive power in the early stage, the mid-term team battle will be unstoppable.

Hearing this, everyone was obviously interested, and Fu Manduo said: "Tell me about it in detail."

"My idea is this. In fact, we have used this play before, but it is only when the opponent is weak that we will use the lineup to abuse the weak, such as five Yodels and no front-line lineup..."

Yuan Shen laughed. When they played some weak teams before, they did have a full-line offensive play, and even pushed down the opponent's crystal in 17 minutes.

"In fact, these two are very similar, but also different, because this new style of play requires all five of us to be online, not afraid of operations, and have the confidence to operate.

No matter how strong the opponent is, we are the most extreme and sharpest offensive spearheads. No matter what team the opponent is, we will pierce through him all at once."

After the meeting was summarized, everyone expressed their willingness to try this new style of play after listening to Yuan Shen's general idea.

This is the benefit of having a say.

If Yuan Shen had not stayed in IG and moved to another team, he might still be the core carry of the team, but he would never have been treated like he was in IG. The entire team was even willing to try a new style of system for his idea.

Changing style is more risky than changing core players.

Changing core players is like changing the engine of a car. If the engine is of good quality and has good adaptability, it can be completely Ojbk and can be seamlessly taken over.

But changing style is like building a new car from scratch.

It can only be said that this is a long time of getting along and the trust accumulated over time.

If it were another team, it would be impossible.

However, the change of the team system cannot be completed overnight, and the specific details need to be improved step by step.

Yuan Shen's initial idea needs the coaching staff and the entire team to improve, study and adapt together.

This is only possible for IG. If it were EDG, they wouldn't be able to play like this no matter how much they practiced.

Unless they replaced the jungler...