The tandem of midlaner and jungler was one of the classic tactics in a 5v5 match.
Since the mid lane was the closest to their teammates in the top and bottom lanes, support was the fastest. The jungler needed to travel the entire map, so the easiest way to follow the jungler was the mid laner.
If the jungler caught the top lane, the mid laner could quickly coordinate with him. If the jungler caught the bottom lane, the mid laner could rush over to help.
The jungler usually had high damage output, but if the opponent had support and protection, a set of burst attacks might not be able to kill the opponent. Then, this wave of attacks would be ineffective, and the jungler might even be killed by the opponent.
After the mid laner followed, the damage output of the mid laner and jungler would be enough to kill the opponent's squishies.
This was the terrifying part of the "tandem of midlaner."
However, the tandem of midlaner and jungler required a high degree of tacit understanding. Once the two of them lacked tacit understanding, it was easy to see the tandem of midlaner and jungler. One of them died, and the other was sent away.
As early as the sixth season, Tianhuan Squad had relied on the tandem of midlaner to achieve the highest winning streak in the regular season. That year, Chi Shuo had just debuted. The young man's playing style was unparalleled. His Blood-Clothed Thorn slaughtered the entire canyon, and his Stealth Bandit made people tremble in fear. The squishies that were killed by him could line up to circle the canyon.
At that time, the Tianhuan Squad's mid laner was Chi Shuo's mentor. He was also the talent scout who brought Chi Shuo into the eSports scene.
Later, the game had a major update that added high experience river crabs to both sides of the mid lane. Both junglers needed to fight for control of the river, and the pace of the game suddenly accelerated. The tandem of midlaner and jungler was difficult to suppress. The focus of the game shifted to the bottom lane, where they could develop steadily. The combination of archer and support began to rise.
After Chi Shuo's mentor retired, Tianheng's newly trained mid laner, Qujiang, was better at controlling mages. His style was completely different from Chi Shuo's, and Tianheng's tactics gradually shifted toward archers.
Moreover, everyone knew that Chi Shuo was good and would target him like crazy. When they played against Tianheng, the opposing coach would continuously ban Chi Shuo's jungler. Chi Shuo almost couldn't choose his favorite hero.
Last season, Tianheng's results were not very good. They only got fourth place in the playoffs and did not even qualify for the World Series. Although Chi Shuo had also made it to the playoffs this season, he was not optimistic about the following games.
His jungler position was being targeted. Although the mid lane player Qujiang was very stable, Qujiang's Mage did not have the ability to insta-kill people, so he was more suitable for team fights. In Tianheng's team battle, the Archer Nie Cheng's hand speed had decreased, and he was gradually unable to keep up with his teammates' rhythm. The new Archer had not been trained, and Tianheng was in an awkward situation where they were short on manpower.
Although the Tianhuan Squad began to decline in the past two years, Chi Shuo's eyes were always on the World League Championship trophy — that was his obsession.
Would Xiao Bai be the teammate that he dreamed of?
Chi Shuo was not sure yet.
But he didn't want to give up this opportunity.
An opportunity to completely change Tianheng's predicament.
Chi Shuo lowered his head and pondered when he heard continuous footsteps behind him. The Night Owls were all awake. Chi Shuo looked down. It was already one o 'clock in the afternoon, lunchtime for the Tianhuan Squad.
A surprised voice sounded in his ear. "Master, are you up so early for training?" It was Cheng Xing, who had just finished his meal and rushed to the training room. There were two grains of rice in the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were wide open. "The … the coach is also here …"
The teenager looked like a middle school student who was late for class and happened to bump into the head teacher.
He was dejected and uneasy.
Coach Lin walked over and patted his head. He said gently, "I had something to do with Captain Chi, so I woke up early today. Don't worry, you woke up at a normal time. No one will scold you. "
Cheng Xing looked cautiously at Chi Shuo. Sure enough, his master had no intention of scolding him. He turned off the computer and said lightly, "I'm going to eat lunch." After taking two steps, he looked back at Cheng Xing and frowned. "Wipe your mouth clean."
Cheng Xing wiped his mouth subconsciously and found two grains of rice on it. He was so embarrassed that his face turned red.
Coach Lin chuckled. "You're almost 18 years old. Why are you acting like a child? Hurry up and train. You'll train for two hours in the afternoon. You'll use the marksman for three hours. Today, you'll reach 30 stars in the King of Kings. "
Cheng Xing nodded vigorously. "Got it, Coach!"
***
When Chi Shuo arrived at the cafeteria, the other Tianheng Squad members were eating.
Tianheng was a first-tier club in the country. They had bought a three-story building in the suburbs of Jingdu and renovated it into an esports base. The third floor was the dormitory for the team members, coaches, and staff. The second floor was several training rooms and meeting rooms. The first floor was the gym, leisure area, tea bar, and cafeteria.
The club spent a lot of money to hire professional chefs to cook for them. The meals for the team had always been good.
Chi Shuo sat down at the table with his plate. Qujiang, who was eating, put down his chopsticks and asked curiously, "What's up with you, Captain Chi? Why are you up so early today?" Nie Cheng yawned. "Don't you usually sleep until 12? I was in a daze this morning. I think I heard you get up at 9."
Chi Shuo didn't tell them about Xiao Bai. Nothing was certain now. If they knew about it, it would distract them and affect the game. He said casually, "It's nothing. I just got up and talked to the coach about tactics."
The assistant, Song Yuning, said, "By the way, have the arrangements for the playoffs been released?"
Nie Cheng finished the egg drop soup in his bowl in one gulp. He wiped his mouth and said, "I just checked the league's official website. The first round is Jing Zhe from the winner's group against Huowen. The winner's group will definitely be very intense. "
The team members fell into a short silence.
Tianheng's results in the regular season were quite bad. They barely qualified in fourth place and were placed in the loser's group.
The playoffs were a double-elimination system. If the winner's group lost, they still had one more chance. If the loser's group lost, they would be directly eliminated. Unless they didn't lose a single game in the following rounds, they would only be able to win the championship.
This hope was very slim.
Especially since Old Nie, the main shooter, was starting to decline. The coordination between the mid laner, Qujiang, and the jungler, Chi Shuo, was also having problems. In addition, Chi Shuo was being targeted too much. He always felt that his hands and feet were tied in the team battle.
The team that once had the highest winning streak in the regular season was now going downhill. This feeling was very uncomfortable, but the players had been working hard to change this situation.
Qujiang smiled and broke the silence. "Jing Zhe or Huowen. Who do you think has a higher chance of winning?"
Coach Lin Feng happened to be walking over with a tray. When he heard this, he interrupted, "The top mid laners of the league are facing off against each other. When these two teams compete, the performance of the mid laners is also important."
Old Nie sighed. "Fang Zhengqing's Snake King has been banned for two whole seasons. Jing Zhe's Poison Team has never been released since S8 entered the World Series. I'm actually looking forward to him getting Snake King. "
Chi Shuo said, "In the match between Jing Zhe and Huowen, the coach will definitely ban the mid laners. Fang Zhengqing's Eye Snake King will not be released. Zhou Jiawen's Flame Goddess will also be banned as a sign of respect. "
Heroes that were banned during the BP stage were like being "locked in a small black room". They could not be used in the match.
If a player could get a hero banned, it meant that the player was very good.
The opposing coach would only ban a hero if he was afraid of a hero like that.
Fang Zhengqing's Snake King had always been banned because the Poison Team system they created was too annoying. Even the top mid laner combination and archer and support combination might not be able to defeat Jing Zhe's dual poison mage.
Then they might as well ban him and not let him use it.
Chi Shuo suddenly thought, if one day Xiao Bai played in the Professional League …
Would [Lord of the Abyss] be banned?
After all, Xiao Bai would soon be able to get the first title of [Lord of the Abyss] in the national server.
At this moment, the team leader sister, Tang Can, suddenly walked into the restaurant and said with a smile, "The League does not require all teams to be present at the opening ceremony of the playoffs next Saturday. Those who are not playing can choose not to go. I'm asking for everyone's opinion. This time the opening ceremony is in Star City. Should we go there in advance? "
Star City?
Xiao Bai's [Lord of the Abyss] city logo meant that he was first in Star City.
The division rankings of the League of Gods were automatically assigned according to the player's login IP. If he was first in Star City, it meant that he was now living in Star City in Mingzhou Province.
Chi Shuo thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I suggest we go there in advance. Our team's match is scheduled for next Thursday. It's also in Star City. We can go there in advance to familiarize ourselves with the environment. "
Tang Can looked at Coach Lin.
Lin Feng smiled and said, "What Chi Shuo said makes sense. Let's go there in advance so that some people won't be acclimatized or won't be able to adjust their work and rest well. Little Tang, book tickets and hotels for everyone. I'll send you the specific list later. "
Tang Can nodded, "Okay! By the way, the organizing committee said that the League has specially reserved a row of VIP tickets near the stage area for the major teams. You can bring your family members to watch the match. You can register with me if you need it. "
Chi Shuo said, "Give me two tickets."
Tang Can looked at him curiously, "Captain Chi, do you have relatives in Star City? Do you want to watch the match live? "
Chi Shuo said, "A friend."
The friend he was talking about was, of course, Xiao Bai.
Through careful observation of Xiao Bai, Chi Shuo found that Xiao Bai's gaming talent was very outstanding.
He was eager to meet this person.
If he directly said, "Host, I'll go to your house to find you", the other party would definitely not agree. Giving away the tickets would not only make Xiao Bai less vigilant to watch the match live, but also allow him to meet Xiao Bai in person.
He wanted to see if this Xiao Bai was suitable to be a professional player.
***
Ye Shaoyang came back from lunch and found that his boss had gone offline. He left him a message, "Xiao Bai, I have something to do in the afternoon, so I can't play ranked with you. I'll give you some gifts when you get the title of Lord of the Abyss. "
Since his brother went to a class reunion and his boss was also busy, Ye Shaoyang played solo by himself.
If he played solo, his four teammates were unknown. Occasionally, he would encounter a loser and lose a few games. Fortunately, Ye Shaoyang had found the feeling of playing the mid lane in his previous life, and his operation was getting more and more skilled.
In this game, as long as your operation skills were good, even if you lost, the loser's MVP would not lose too much battle power. His [Lord of the Abyss]'s battle power had been steadily increasing. When he went offline at night, it had already exceeded 10,000.
The weekend was the peak period for players to be online. In order to avoid being overtaken in the rankings, Ye Shaoyang played ranked for two more days and increased his [Lord of the Abyss]'s battle power to 12000 until it could not be increased anymore. His rank had also increased to Strongest King x30 stars.
At 0000 on Monday morning, Ye Shaoyang received a system notification —
Congratulations, your hero [Lord of the Abyss] was ranked first in the country with 12000 battle power last week, and received the title of [Country's Number One Lord of the Abyss]!
Number one in the country, the eye-catching golden trophy symbol!
Ye Shaoyang looked at the first country he had defeated, smiled, and stood up to stretch.
The hard work of the past few days had not been in vain.
Because he had received the country's server symbol, a large number of gifts appeared in Xiao Bai's live streaming room —
Xiao Bai's FanNumber 1 sent the streamer Xiao Bai a deep-sea torpedo x1
Ranked Don't Kneel sent the streamer Xiao Bai a deep-sea torpedo x1
Jungler 8 sent the streamer Xiao Bai a deep-sea torpedo x100
Ye Shaoyang sat back in front of the computer and said, "Thank you Xiao Bai's FanNumber 1, ranked Don't Kneel torpedo. Thank you Jungler 8 for the 100 torpedoes … The boss spent a lot, don't spam anymore."
Jungler 8 was here again.
This nouveau riche fan of Xiao Bai's live streaming room was very generous. Every time he came, gifts would start to flood the bottom left corner of the screen. The viewers in the live streaming room were like 666, and the netizens were all begging to suck up to this nouveau riche.
Jungler 8: Congratulations to Xiao Bai for receiving the title of [Lord of the Abyss]
Jungler 8: Look at the game's private message
Ye Shaoyang closed the live streaming window and opened the game's private message —
"Saturday afternoon at 2 pm, the playoffs will open. This time, the playoffs will be divided into two venues, the South and the North. The South venue will be at the Star City Esports Center. I saw that you took the Star City logo of the Lord of the Abyss. Is your home there? I have two extra tickets with me. If you are interested, you can bring your brother to watch the game live. "
There were two QR codes for e-tickets attached at the end.
Ye Shaoyang typed a reply: "Thank you, boss!"
He did not expect that the opening ceremony of this year's playoffs would be held in front of his house.
Of course, he would not miss such a rare opportunity to watch the game live.