The fortune teller.
This old man who has been with Li Luo for two and a half years in his career and has attracted enough attention every year has finally found the favor of Li Luo's summoner.
When the champion skin candidate for the AD position was selected, countless players shed tears.
"Tears, Brother Luo, you finally become a human being."
"Guigui, ad position, three consecutive championships, this is unique in history, right?"
"One thing to say, the position of adc is very strange. If you want to win the game, he is absolutely indispensable, but it is difficult to win if you want to put all your courage on adc."
"Hard to win? I, Brother Luo, can play tool ad to be a dog for my teammates, and I can also play four-guarantee-one. Is this a pure hexagonal adc template?"
"I have to say that Brother Luo is so stable. He has been a professional for so long and his strength has always been stable..."
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After the World Championship came to an end, discussions about Li Luo never stopped on major forums.
Although LOL is just a certain game project in e-sports, it is undeniable that with the achievement of LPL's three consecutive championships, as the competition area with the largest player base in the world, the popularity of this game is still unique among many games.
If it weren't for the fact that the horse server always engages in some underworld operations and focuses on selling skins for thirty years but ignores the essence of retaining players, League of Legends would not be so popular.
But reality is so magical sometimes. Even if you know the way to go, there will always be some dramatic problems.
As the S10 season gradually approaches, the transfers of major teams have begun to proceed in full swing.
The most anticipated champion of last season, the Thorn Birds, did not make adjustments to leave the team due to the expectations of countless fans. They only added a new substitute AD player Hope. Although this operation caused a lot of discussion, but As long as Li Luo was still around, almost everyone ignored the existence of the substitute AD.
until……
Halfway through the Spring Split, a news posted simultaneously on Li Luo’s personal Weibo and the Thorn Birds official blog caused a big earthquake in the circle.
Li Luo will leave the stage temporarily and choose to rest.
At this point in time when Li Luo was resting, the Thorn Birds had already achieved a record of 8 wins and 1 loss despite having played against most of the stronger teams in the new season, such as TES, JDG, and SN.
The only game they lost was against TES at the beginning of the season.
When Jackeylove and Left Hand joined TES, TES attracted a lot of attention in the new season.
The 2-1 score against last year's champion Thorn Birds also proved this.
Countless Thorn Birds fans were a little stunned for a moment after seeing Li Luo's rest message.
In fact, these fans have felt that from the beginning of the season to the present, although the Thorn Birds have a superior record and currently occupy the top spot in the standings, and their games still seem to be enjoyable to watch, they always feel that something is wrong.
Let’s just say that in the decisive game against TES, both sides played a tight game, but what the Thorn Birds got was a lineup that was biased toward teaming up in the mid-term. It would be a little weak in the later stage. On the other hand, TES gave Double C Got two late-stage big cores.
When both ADCs have six-god equipment and there is a clear gap in their lineups, the ADC with the better lineup will definitely have more room to perform as long as he does not make mistakes in operation.
Therefore, when all his teammates died in that game and Li Luo was left alone, the three people who still had enough fighting power against their opponents could only grieve on the spot.
Even if Li Luo's output is still explosive in this game, when the final winner belongs to his opponent, the right to speak will also be in the hands of the winner.
After losing the game, Li Luo looked at the bright red failure on the screen and was a little distracted.
But then came relief.
He hasn't lost a game in a long time.
At the beginning of the season, Li Luo thought about taking a rest.
Even though he felt a faint sense of exhaustion after last year's World Championship, Li Luo still chose to stand on the field while preparing for the new season.
After continuous training and competition, Li Luo had an indescribable feeling. Although his actual state was still hot, his game ideas were also very clear, and he was quite proficient in understanding and mastering the new version... …
It wasn't until the moment he lost the game that Li Luo realized that he seemed to be overloaded.
Physically and mentally, in the past three years of my career, I have finally been overloaded.
In the past three years, except for the Chinese New Year, Li Luo had very little time to go home. That is, he had a short time to go home when he played against RNG and JD.com at home in the capital.
Although Li Luo consciously manages his body, the abstract work and rest schedule of professional players is destined to not always ensure health.
Due to the excellent results every season, the club rarely has holidays.
Teams at the bottom of the LPL rankings can take a holiday in early August.
They were resting while others were playing in the playoffs.
They were also resting during the bubble games.
During the World Championships, I rested extremely comfortably.
But teams that can enter the World Championship and reach the finals are different.
Of course, there will still be more or less a few days of vacation.
It's just that Li Luo's status in the team is too special.
Take the Thorn Birds as an example. Although the Thorn Birds were established by relying on a group of veterans.
But the personal styles of these veterans are not the same.
Trying to tie veterans with different playing styles together on a tactical level is not something that can be solved by touching the upper lip to the lower lip.
Version preview Li Luo needs to consider.
Li Luo needs to consider the tactical adjustment.
Competition bp Li Luo also needs to be considered.
Li Luo still had to consider the in-game command.
As for what should be done by the coach...
Li Luo was also helpless.
If he doesn't engage in tactics, who will?
Rely on Zhu Kai?
So Li Luo was tired.
Really tired.
Suddenly Li Luo understood Faker's feeling of crying in the bird's nest before he was reborn.
For example, a faker who regards League of Legends as one day for ten years has never had a high-intensity starting game for three consecutive years and a full schedule every year.
S3’s faker genius made his debut.
S4 Waterloo failed to enter the World Championship and had a few months to adjust itself.
The S5 king is back, changing his style, and the team attributes are shining like a new star day by day.
S6, full strength.
S7, full strength.
Then he finally fell in the finals.
In S8, the Black Emperor and T Emperor went out to battle, but were stuck in front of the World Championship with a pillar by a troll.
S9…
As strong as Faker, in the three consecutive seasons of high-intensity competition, Mr. Guo shared some of the pressure with him.
Li Luo played more than 95% of the games in three years.
Although mentally, Li Luo felt that he was not under any pressure.
But this kind of pressure that seems to be invisible and intangible is hidden deep in the depths. Once it accumulates to a certain level, it will explode instantly.
From this day on, young general Hope began to play training matches, and Li Luo would occasionally give him advice as a senior.
After chewing through most of the hard bones, Li Luo's rest also followed.
And when Li Luo took a break, the Thorn Birds' performance did not decline significantly. The teams they faced in the next few BO3 games were not strong. Even though they only lost one more point, the Thorn Birds still ranked first in the standings. The top spot advanced to the playoffs and stood in a good position.
However, Li Luo has not started broadcasting since he announced his break, and the score of the Korean server account has also dropped rapidly as he has not played for a long time. Numerous marketing accounts and self-media were still looking forward to news about Li Luo all day long, but when the LPL Spring Split was over, When they still didn't get any news, they gradually gave up.
The results of the Thorn Birds Spring Split were not satisfactory. Facing FPX who came up from below, the Thorn Birds lost 1 to 3.
Countless Thorn Birds fans have begun to miss Li Luo, but the characteristic of the first division is that there will never be a shortage of traffic protagonists.
Once a traffic protagonist falls, a new traffic protagonist will rise.
In the 20th mid-season, Riot changed the format.
The competition format looks somewhat similar to the China-South Korea competition.
Four teams from each division were divided into two groups to compete.
Different from the China-South Korea competition, teams in the competition area will also compete with each other.
And when TES won the championship and LPL took the top three spots, the title of the world's number one division seemed to have fallen firmly on LPL.
At least, that’s what the whole internet is saying.
Li Luo's contribution to the LPL is recognized by all players. With three consecutive championships, a large amount of capital will be injected into it, hoping to get a piece of the pie.
At this time, Li Luo had been wandering around for a long time and finally embarked on his return journey.
"Xiaoluo, I don't really understand one thing. The number of Korean players in the LPL this year doesn't seem to be less at all. It stands to reason that the all-Chinese team has already won the championship. Shouldn't we trust our own people more?"
On the plane, his brother Li Hong, who came back with Li Luo, said thoughtfully.
"Brother, you are still a top student in the law department."
Li Luo yawned: "On the surface, the all-China class won the championship, which shows that five Chinese are greater than five KRs. However, domestic training of newcomers is incomparable with South Korea, so the role of the all-China class in winning the championship is There is only one thing, and that is to make the LCK Korean players, who have been temporarily stepped on by the LPL, cheaper from the sky-high prices from the beginning."
As soon as these words came out, Li Hong understood instantly.
If the club wants to train new players, it must first find those who really have this kind of talent. Secondly, it must also consider whether the family is willing. The third is whether they, who have no systematic training experience, can train them to be effective in a short period of time. Even if It’s about training. How much time and how much money do you have to invest in this process?
These are all problems.
In comparison, spending money directly instead of spending so much to buy Korean aid is undoubtedly still the best choice for the development of the competition area.
At least from a capital perspective, it is completely reasonable to consider this.
"But...will there really be no problems?"
"Who knows?"
Li Luo said with a smile.
After several months of rest and revisiting his old places around the world, Li Luo was undoubtedly much more relaxed.
Moreover, Li Luo has not completely abandoned League of Legends for such a long time. In addition to the version Li Luo pays attention to, Li Luo has also played in unpopular servers such as the European server and the Australian server.
The strength is much lower than that of Korean clothes, but there is no problem in maintaining the feel.
This mid-season tournament is relatively late, and the World Championship will usher in only about two months after the end.
Now that he has rested, Li Luo simply plans to rest until the end of the season.
It’s just the results of the Thorn Birds in the summer season…
It's indeed a bit bad.
The regular season ranking was only sixth.
The sixth position seems to be at the forefront among the sixteen LPL teams.
But in fact, leaving aside the experience of a few teams that will steadily give out points when facing slightly stronger teams, and can only get points by fighting against each other, the Thorn Birds can only be regarded as a mid-range player.
Even, he couldn't even enter the World Championship.
Moreover, there are a lot of problems accumulated in the team. Li Luo, who has been resting for several months, will need some time to adapt to the intensity of the game even if he returns.
Therefore, Li Luo simply planned to rest until the end of the World Championship.
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The much-anticipated World Championship is coming.
With the expectations of countless LPL viewers, LPL teams began to shine in the World Championship.
Famous scenes are also born one after another.
First, Lang Xing was beaten into a mask of pain by Xiao Peanut.
Then the left hand reached the semi-finals, even if it was successful, it came true.
The third seed Suning instead became a dark horse, defeating JD.com and TES along the way, and joined DWG in the finals.
When Li Luo saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Three consecutive championships did not change anything in the future.
Oh...you can't say that either.
Because the words Xu Xiu said in the Bible were obviously more decisive than the words Xu Xiu said in the S10 World Championship before his rebirth.
Three years of humiliation turned into motivation at this moment.
And it was SN who withstood such firepower.
When Huanfeng transformed and the ancient dragon buff Ezreal was completely empty and was killed by Clockwork, the game was over.
LCK regained its glory and won the S Championship trophy.
As for the LPL, which was the first division before the World Championship, this "first division" was also put in double quotes.
The anger that the Korean players had suppressed for a long time came out.
When Li Luo was away, everything poured out.
Just like the famous saying at the beginning of the Giants.
Three years.
LPL players seem to be recalling that humiliating time.
Li Luoren was sitting at home, and it became a hot search topic again for no reason.
But... fists can cause trouble.
When the All-Stars are released in the iconic entertainment event every year, the 2020 All-Star Game is different from previous years.
This year, there is a main race.
In the two major competition areas, players will vote, and the player with the most votes in each position will participate.
And each division is allowed two substitute players.
We even got a trophy.
Although there were trophies in the All-Star Game in previous years, the trophies were limited to solo games.
This is the first time that we have produced a trophy of a regional nature.
Players who can vote are limited to players who have appeared in competitions within the division this year.
As for the LPL player pool, Li Luo is among them.
On the night when the competition system and voting were officially released, Li Luo couldn't help laughing when he saw that the number of votes on the voting website had led everyone by a cliff in just a moment.
"Fists are really good at making fire."
