After winning the German Cup.
The Snake Team didn't waste any time and returned to the Magic City base the next day.
In the last minute, everyone was actively training to prepare for the spring competition.
The biggest change in the version is naturally the change from traditional talent runes to cornerstone talents. Rune pages purchased before the 17th season will become blue essence, and those purchased after that will be refunded.
During this period, some people were happy and some were worried.
For those teams that have not yet reached the top, change means opportunities, and all teams are back on the same starting line.
After Chris Zuowu and others returned to the base, they studied the video of Snake's game in the German Cup.
They were originally worried that there would be big problems in team coordination, such as whether Li Jin and Benji could be on the same channel in terms of midfield coordination, and whether the team's overall linkage was stiff, etc.
but,
Since Li Jin took up the position in the middle, he instantly created a feeling that Snake had never had in previous games.
The midfielder's linkage is extremely efficient, and he is always one step ahead of his opponent to gain an advantage.
Li Jin and Benji seem to have a natural chemistry.
Zuo Wushuang, Quan Chris and others were confused, and they could only attribute it to the superb consciousness of the two champion players.
Snake always stood out in training matches and stretched his hips in competitions.
Because after they had an early advantage in the training match, the opponent directly GGed. As a result, in the official match, the opponent had no GG, and the match was postponed. However, they lacked experience in running the later matches, and they were always looking for opportunities while shopping. Their efficiency was horrifyingly low, and they were beaten. Turnaround is commonplace.
At this time, there was a godfather sitting in command.
One person switches languages in the middle to communicate with teammates. There is no communication barrier for the whole team, and the action command is clear. The brisk rhythm makes Zuo Wu feel happy.
If the previous Snake was a slow-moving fat snake, now he is the fastest black mamba.
Just one German Cup caused inexplicable shock to reverberate in the hearts of Snake's front office staff.
It turns out that one person can really have such a big impact on the team!
Although there are winners and losers in the game, everyone has a clear sense of the lower limit, which is the bottom line.
To know,
No matter how weak the previous Snake team was, they could overturn. For example, Snake could lose against the SAT team that had Otto in the 2016 season.
This 'talent' has been maintained to this day. No wonder the Snake Bar fan support group wants to add "optimism" to the front.
Last year, Li Jin acted as a ruthless killer in WE's AD position.
Snake now feels more like a strategizing general.
Judging from the overall performance of the Snake Team, Li Jin definitely did not join the team to become the dean.
As chemistry improves, the Snakes should be heading in a healthier direction.
Zuo Wu, who was studying the video, felt hot in his heart.
He couldn't wait for the spring racing to begin soon.
After the training match with BLG and IG, Chris found Li Jin.
"Brother Jin, do you want to strengthen your middle tactics?"
His subtext is: You should be more selfish.
Li Jin heard his hidden meaning and said with a smile: "No need for the time being. I also started it like this in WE before. After all, everyone has not been cooperating for a long time. Let's interact more to enhance the tacit understanding."
Chris said "Oh" and closed the glass door of the training room.
He saw Li Jin holding Shengqiang and Benji on their shoulders and heading towards the restaurant to have dinner.
Staring at Li Jin's back, Chris pondered what he just said.
In recent games, Li Jin has only used support-oriented heroes, so he did not have the same strong laning ability as he did in the bottom lane.
Looking back at the relaxed and natural tone of his words, Chris is not stupid.
So I no longer worried about Li Jin's hero pool, but instead considered the feasibility of this method.
In Chris's opinion, a killer weapon like Li Jin should be used on a large scale.
Resources and tactics should be skewed towards the middle.
During the 2016 World Championship, everyone knew Li Jin’s carry ability in the mid lane.
At that time, SKT was able to perform well against S6, let alone in the LPL environment at this time.
The team recruited him to do this job.
However, Li Jin is the absolute boss of the team after all, and the coaching staff must follow his lead.
Chris had to find other ways, such as supervising other people's training, accelerating the team's integration, and slowly turning Li Jin and his teammates to find a feeling and tilting towards the middle. That would be the right track for the new season.
"Hello"
After dinner, Li Jin came to the hall to rest and play with the cat. Benji brought him a cup of hot coconut milk and heard him squeak again.
"What's wrong?"
"Sang Hyuk doesn't seem very happy to know that we are hanging out together."
"You are too sensitive yourself." Li Jin sneered, "He will only hold back his energy and want to beat us in the World Championship. This is possible."
"Xingxiong, if you encounter Li Guapi, you won't be soft-hearted, right?"
"How can it be!"
Although the title "Li Guapi" was a bit strange, Idiot didn't ask further questions. He just glanced sideways at Li Jin and said angrily: "Li Jin, you are insulting my professionalism!"
Li Jin shook his head.
"I'm not insulting you, I'm just comforting you and letting you relax."
"Ah?" The idiot didn't understand what Li Jin meant.
"It will be difficult to see SKT in the World Championship this season. In the LCK, their competitiveness is far less than last season."
"Thal and Untara, the two new top laners, may not be as good as Huni."
The stupid chicken thought for a few seconds.
Although he has considerable competition experience, his vision cannot be compared with Li Jin.
The name of the team SKT is inherently golden, but I think it is not as exaggerated as Li Jin said.
"You are more optimistic about KZ, right?"
"With the addition of Smeb and Peanut, KZ has a completely S6 Tigers lineup except for Bdd in the mid lane."
"That's right."
Li Jin held the coconut milk in his hand, his eyes wandering casually: "I'm looking forward to competing with them."
"And KT is pretty strong too."
Li Jin made a fool of himself. He had the most powerful top laner in the LCK last season, Khan, the old captain Socre, the mid laner Buddha, and the bottom lane Mr. Dai + Mata, a perfect all-star combination.
The stupid chicken couldn't help but nod.
Faker had a tough time last year, carrying SKT on his back, so this year the challenge is even greater.
"I plan to go back to my hometown in May. If Xianghe's condition is very bad, I will go and comfort him."
"There was also what happened at the Bird's Nest last year. When he lost to you, I could feel that he was very disappointed."
They are old friends after all.
Li Jinying said to Benji: "Well, Faker and the others left in a hurry at that time, and I was still preparing to treat them, but I didn't have the chance."
"This time you go back and bring something for me."
"Li Guapi also took good care of me when I was in Seoul."
"Okay." Stupid Chicken agreed readily.
But his expression suddenly changed:
"Hey, hey, it's not Hallasan again!"
"Haha." Li Jin laughed.
"If Sang Hyuk indulged himself in wine shops in his later years, or always clutched a bottle of soju, Li Jin must be the culprit!"
"..."
In the evening of January 15, 2018.
Come and play the spring regular season on 9F, Super Mall, Shanghai.
The regular season promotional video is eye-catching.
Star players from each major team appeared one after another, matching the landmark buildings and food culture of different regions. Each player left their own voice in the promotional video.
Just like Uzi shouted:
"Times, environment, rules, the LPL is constantly changing. In the past six years, many people have kept asking me, why are you still persisting? What does this game really mean to you?"
The handsome old-fashioned man holding a newspaper on the road:
"I have never regretted the path I have taken. The charm of this game lies in creating miracles."
The substandard Mandarin made many viewers smile crookedly.
…
LPL also showed its alliance features through the promotional video. Near the end:
"The LPL needs young strength, it's time for us to take over the game."
At this moment, young players from each team flashed through the camera one after another.
The next second, the painting style changed suddenly.
The special effects are suddenly intensive.
Everyone's memories returned to the Bird's Nest, and they once again saw the ancient dragon roaring at the Bird's Nest, and the cheers of 100,000 people suddenly appeared in the promotional video!
The boiling Bird's Nest scene, swaying arms like waves, golden rain, and the Summoner's Trophy being held up!
besides
The figure of a man.
Under special effects, championship trophies fell from the sky one after another, with S3, S4, S5, S6, and S7 imprinted on them. At this time, Li Jin turned around and emerged from the jungle of trophies.
He raised his left hand casually, and he could clearly see five large glowing rings.
The whole hand is already covered!
The exaggerated style of winning five consecutive championships shocked many League summoners and left countless viewers speechless after seeing the promotional video.
In the promotional video, Li Jin appeared aloof and did not make any sound.
The next moment, the ground beneath his feet suddenly rose and turned into a high mountain.
Five rays of light flickered in the sky, like stars in the night sky.
LPL shapes: "God on the mountain".
A winding mountain road lays out, and many professional players in the promotional videos stood in different positions and looked towards the mountain.
Their theme in S8 is "climbing".
…
"So handsome!"
Backstage at Team Snake, Flandre, who was also watching the promotional video, couldn't help but admire it.
Over the past half month, I had become familiar with Li Jin. They slept in the same dormitory and talked much more casually.
"Brother Jin, where is the ring?"
"What ring?"
"It's the one you're wearing on your hand." Flandre was very curious.
Li Jin rolled his eyes: "Those are props. They were taken back by the authorities after filming the promotional video. They are very stingy."
Liu Qingsong and Lin Weixiang both laughed.
The opening game of the spring split begins between WE and BLG.
Although Li Jin left WE, he left a valuable legacy to 60e.
A complete training system, more mature Long Nan and Xi Ye, a more confident 957, and the most improved support section. Now that WE has brought up the brother-in-law, the overall combat strength is not bad.
Mystic's reputation hasn't faded yet. Last season, it was a big player in the secondary league, and its combat capabilities can keep up with the team.
Maybe it’s because the champion’s power is still there.
In two 30-minute games, WE swept BLG.
seven o 'clock.
Snake and EDG players appeared one after another.
What makes the audience feel pity is that EDG does not have a factory director.
Guodian promoted jungler Haro from their secondary league team EDG.Y in an attempt to bring vitality to the team.
This newcomer Li Jin is quite familiar.
Because he once had a "5,200 yuan and a few hours of love", when it comes to off-court junglers, Haro is also on the list.
Guodian does not know the nature of this person now.
Top laner Ray is a mercenary who travels around China, South Korea, and North America, but he is far less famous than Kakao.
But in Li Jin's eyes, this Korean aid looked familiar.
He was not famous for his role in Guodian, but he was able to win the title of emperor when he was having fun. The victim of depression knife skills even stabbed him in the back crazily after leaving EDG. Someone listed the top ten crimes of Guodian based on his dictation.
It is Big Big Brother's eldest brother, White Eyed Wolf.
I'm afraid EDG can't even dream of it.
They seem to be smart and ready to regroup in S8, but they are entrusted to unjust people.
This is also the reason why Li Jin avoids EDG this season. It's really difficult to motivate him, and he might even be disgusted by others in the future.
At present, the audience does not know the inside story.
EDG showed great vitality, and Snake instantly squeezed into the first-line traffic team with the addition of Li Jin, and Supermarket Plaza was filled with extra seats.
Some WE fans also came to support Snake.
Even in the hearts of many veteran 60e players, Snake can become their second home team.
Because the aura around Li Jin is too strong!
In both Game1 and Game2, Li Jin took a long-term view and continued his train of thought, taking out Galio and Rock Bird.
He and Benji worked together to mobilize their teammates and give Flando, Lin Weixiang and Liu Qingsong more training.
These three people are all workable materials.
During the winter window training stage, Li Jin could feel that they were making progress.
In order to win the championship this year, the intensity of each lane needs to be improved.
EDG's state today did not get much better because it was the first game of the spring split. Especially the young player Haro was inexperienced and was steadily calculated by Li Jin and Benji. As a result, EDG's midfielder lost rhythm in the two games.
Disadvantage, still disadvantage.
Nofe was watching anxiously in the background, but there was nothing he could do.
The tactics prepared earlier were basically useless.
This caused Guodian to lose the game faster than the previous round of BLG.
2:0, the Snakes got off work early and won their first victory in the spring split.
…
On January 21st, Snake ushered in the second game of the Spring Split, facing the VG team.
The double Cs of VG are the old man and St. Martin respectively!
When St. Martin left Snake, he didn't lose his job.
VG!
took him in.
St. Martin also swore allegiance to VG management to repay the favor!
However, Li Jin had not yet exerted his strength in this game, and VG exploded early in the bottom lane. Lin Weixiang once achieved a superb record.
The second game was even more extreme.
Top laner New and Saint Martin exploded together, making the stupid chicken laugh, and there was a feeling of revenge.
After all, he was liquidated by VG.
"Li Jin, are we so strong?"
Seeing Lin Weixiang and Holy Spear rising up one by one, while he and Li Jin hadn't exerted their strength yet, he suddenly felt that he couldn't even touch Snake's upper limit.
"They are too weak."
"Based on this performance, VG is definitely at the bottom of the Western Conference."
"Xingxiong, how are you? You are happy to see VG like this."
The stupid chicken made a sound and ignored Li Jin's narrow eyes.
He had been trying to catch Mr. Hou just now.
But the Marquis had already guessed it and kept playing the turtle without giving him a chance.
VG once held a meeting to clean up the insiders, and EZ Monkey also voted for him.
"I'm not the kind of person who is petty, Li Jin, you can't look at me like that."
He is righteous and strict in his words.
Li Jin was like a devil: "If you treat me to a meal, I will beat the Marquis in the next round of VG."
"How about it?"
The stupid chicken huffed and hesitated for two and a half seconds.
“You order”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Li Jin shouting to Flandre and the others:
"Everyone orders, and Mr. Chicken pays the bill tonight!"
"Damn it, it's so grand!"
"Brother Chicken is mighty!"
Flandre and others cheered: "Brother Chicken is awesome!"
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PS: I’ll write during the day tomorrow. I’m going to bed. Good night, book friends.
(End of chapter)
