Chapter 165 - Returning from Spring Festival, First Battle with QG
The Spring Festival holiday lasts for a full half month.

The second stage of the cross-group competition will not begin until February 2.

Jack and Xiao Ming chose to go home.

Rookie and TheShy stayed in the base to broadcast live.

It is too troublesome for them to go home. The round-trip flight is not a big deal, but the main thing is that they can only stay at home for a few days.

However, Rookie did not return home on New Year's Eve. Yuan Shen and TheShy, who had been waiting all night, did not see Rookie until noon the next day.

After some questioning, we found out that Rookie had found a girlfriend, and the other party was Xiaoyu, who joined LPL as an interview host this season.

(I remember that in 2015, Xiaoyu was only a freshman in college and was on a dating show with her boyfriend... I'll change it, it's not related to the festival)

"I'm hurt, how about you?"

Yuan Shen covered his chest and turned to look at TheShy.

"Oh... that hurts me too."

TheShy covered his chest with his left hand and leaned back in the chair.

"Forget it, that's too fake, the heart is on the left, Cheng Lu!"

Yuan Shen stood up and walked around Rookie, observing him carefully.

"What...what happened? Is there something on my face?"

Rookie felt strange.

Although they usually call each other "baby" and so on when communicating, they probably don't have any special hobbies... right?

"Song Yi Jin, ah Song Yi Jin, how could you be so depraved!"

Yuan Shen was so angry that he almost died.

He clearly remembered that there would be no signs of Rookie and Xiaoyu until at least the end of S7, and the official announcement was not made until S8.

This is only S6!
"Chenglu, you're not going out to find a girlfriend, are you? Listen to me, there are only bad women out there. I once had a Korean friend who was cheated out of a lot of money by a girl. In the end, he was in debt and became mentally ill."

"Um... do people with mental illnesses not have to serve in the military?"

TheShy tilted his head and asked curiously, while Yuan Shen and Rookie beside him clapped their heads.

What kind of weird brain circuit is this? ?
"Which friend? Do I know him? With your social circle, the Korean friends you know should be either players or coaches. I know him, right?"

Rookie turned to look at Yuan Shen, but didn't realize that Yuan Shen had been standing there in a daze.

"As expected of a champion midfielder, such a keen insight... I have to tell Jack about this, he is more familiar with Imp."

Yuan Shen walked away muttering.

On a certain page of the notebook, after "Rookie won the championship, TheShy was injured, and Xiangguo signed a contract", a new content appeared: Imp divorced.

Close the notebook.

Yuan Shen couldn't help but sigh.

"Yuan, Yuan, you are such a genius! Next time I see Imp, I'll have him kowtow to me first..."

If I remember correctly, in Imp's future disaster, the heroine Iida Yakiniku was KID's secret crush, and Principal Wang even went to Yakiniku's live broadcast room and sent 255 grilled fish to propose marriage to KID. However, Yakiniku seemed to be obsessed with Meiko at the time and did not like KID. After fermenting for a while, the matter was left unresolved.

Who would have thought that the transfer period would end up with Imp? It was a disaster, a big disaster for LPL...

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Yuan Shen never thought of himself as a saint, he was just a kind person.

He would not watch his friends fall into the fire.

Even if the next pit is bigger and deeper, at least he can save as many people as he can...

……

On February 2, the Spring Festival holiday ends.

As early as a week ago, all IG members returned to the base one after another.

After the New Year, everyone seemed very happy.

The official schedule has already been arranged.

IG will face QG, the first place in Group B.

Yuan Shen's opponent is Swift, one of the four great jungle kings of South Korea, along with Dandy, Kakao, Insec, Bengi and others.

"It's QG again. This year's QG seems to be more powerful."

The top lane position has been strengthened. Although Gimgoon cannot play due to his status as a Korean aid, he can guide V off the court and train with V.

The results are also extremely significant. Now V is able to play as a blue-collar top laner, and his warrior top laner level is also not weak.

The Captain was killing everyone in Group B, and it was obvious that he had learned the true skills from Gimgoon.

The Scourge Doomsday and Aishe Jiayi in the bottom lane performed as stably as ever, without any overly strong or dazzling performances, nor any bad moments.

This kind of bottom lane is actually Yuan Shen’s ideal type.

In the S6 version, the bottom lane doesn't really need a carry.

The closer we get to the World Championship, the more functional the ADC becomes.

If the top, mid and jungle perform well, they can make up for the shortcomings of the bottom lane.

Therefore, if QG had not had the split between the mid and jungle, they would have really had a chance to represent LPL in the World Championship.

After all, the third seed of LPL is IM, which has made a triple jump.

QG also had the opportunity to make a triple jump last year.

……

"Hello everyone!! Welcome to the opening match of the 2016 LPL Spring Season! I'd like to wish you all a happy new year. Thank you for still following our LPL games in the first month of the year. I'm the commentator Miller!" "Hello everyone, happy new year, I'm the commentator Changmao!"

"Hello everyone, I'm the commentator Su Xiaoyan!"

The three commentators were all wearing red clothes, which symbolize joy, and Su Xiaoyan even wore a red cheongsam.

"The two teams fighting today are IG, the first place in Group A, and QG, the first place in Group B."

"Both teams performed very well in the first round of the same group competition, especially IG. Although their overall score was the same as QG, their sub-score was two points higher than QG. Except for the small loss against EDG, they won 2-0 in all other games."

Changmao briefly introduced the situation of both parties, and the atmosphere on the scene remained quite warm without any need for any adjustment.

There is no way, IG’s popularity is just too high.

After chatting about some interesting things that happened during the LPL Chinese New Year, the game started soon.

In the first game, QG took the initiative to choose the blue side, which was strong in this version.

Then they banned Kindred, Graves, and Rookie's signature Leblanc respectively.

IG, on the other hand, eliminated Minotaur, Elise and Gangplank.

V's Captain is still able to perform quite well in this version and played very well in the intra-group competition of Group B.

"Miniature has been banned." Miller felt a little sorry.

The Minotaur at Doomsday is also a unique skill.

Although IG has Poppy to counter Alistar, that is due to the hero mechanism, not a technical problem.

Although the Minotaur played by Doomsday is not as good as Mata, he is also among the top three in LPL. He is proficient in all kinds of Minotaur's postures, such as WQ flash, Q flash W, team fights and roaming ganks.

You know, it's not easy for the hero Minotaur to perform a double combo in this version, and even professional players have a very high error rate.

Later, some people were able to successfully perform a double combo using their tongue or toes, but at this point in time, the one who can guarantee an 80% success rate for a WQ double combo must at least be Platinum II.

In the version updated in June 2016, Minotaur's WQ mechanism was optimized, and from then on the WQ combo was no longer considered an advanced combo.

The change is very simple. That is, when you release the W skill, as long as the system determines that the Q skill has been used, the distance that the W skill will knock the opponent into the air will become shorter, resulting in the opponent still not flying out of the attack range of the Q skill after the Minotaur's Q skill is used.

Of course, the cost of optimizing Minotaur's WQ is to weaken the damage reduction effect of the ultimate move.

In the current version of Minotaur, the damage reduction of the first-level ultimate is as high as 70%. In the later stage, the ultimate at the full level is more tanky than the top laner.

only……

"I don't understand why they banned Alistar and Azar. Rookie's Leblanc was also banned. Is this to give Doinb Azar?"

Su Xiaoyan had just finished speaking when QG locked down the Tsar.

There is no reason not to take the new version hero.

And IG took down Rambo.

"Go top first... Oh no, this IG team's Rambo can hit both the middle and top lanes. I can't tell them apart anymore after IG swayed their BP so many times."

Miller was a little embarrassed. He couldn't remember how many times he had suffered losses at the hands of IG.

He always guesses the wrong route, which makes the audience think he is very unprofessional!

"IG's second pick... huh?? Can we choose the new hero, Fate Master?"

Changmao was stunned. The national server of this hero had just been updated not long ago, and the competition server had just been synchronized. What was IG doing?
Afterwards, QG’s second and third picks were the combination of Poppy and Annie.

"Poppy might be on the way. Annie is also very strong now. The Essence Reaver released in the new season is very suitable for Annie."

Su Xiaoyan flipped through her notebook. After the S5 World Championship, Annie was weakened for a round. However, with the change of the ricochet of her W skill to trigger a critical strike, Annie returned to the T1 level.

"That's right, Annie will suffer a lot against Skateboards, but it's much easier against Jhin. IG... huh?? Is Rookie going to play Zed?? Zyra?? What the hell is this!!"

On the field, Zed and Zyra were released at the same time, and the audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Zed and assassin heroes are very good at fighting against Tsar. After Leblanc was banned, Zed is indeed a good choice."

"Rookie's assassin hero is worth looking forward to, but this Zyra..."

Su Xiaoyan couldn't understand it either. IG's division has always been impossible to predict with common sense.

"It should be a support role. It feels a bit like S3. It is rare to see this hero appear in the support position. The last time he appeared was when Royal Club played in the relegation match. YG support Yansir used Zyra as a support, but the result was not very good that time."

Miller said that he was the commentator of that game and was deeply impressed.

"In fact, the hero Zyra only appeared twice in the global professional league in 2015..."

Su Xiaoyan couldn't help but complain.

Seeing IG's selection, QG was a little hesitant, and finally locked in the key jungler and support combination of Lee Sin and Thresh.

The strong early-stage rhythm driven by these two heroes perfectly fits the current version trend, which is also the biggest reason why QG can maintain an undefeated record in Group B.

"So, what is IG's last move?"

All three commentators have some expectations.

IG, which is on the red side, often gives people a sense of surprise in BP.

The reason is that IG's unfathomable hero pool provides many possibilities.

In previous versions, there were only a few heroes in the game, but in the new season, with the support of ultimate talents, many heroes have the possibility of entering the professional competition arena.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, when the countdown reached the last second, IG revealed their hero.

At this moment, there was a wave of exclamations at the scene!

"Death is a song that everyone will hear!"

Deathsinger, Karthus!

(End of this chapter)