Rookie was thankful: "Luckily we won, otherwise this meal would not be cheap and we would have to pay for it ourselves."

Yuan Shen said, "If that's the case, let's just go find a cheap restaurant to eat, right? There's no need to be so extravagant."

Everyone was eating and chatting, having a great time.

On the other side, in the LCK region, Longzhu E-sports Club.

Although the summer season finals have not yet been played, for Longzhu, the championship is already a foregone conclusion.

Throughout the summer season, the dominance displayed by Longzhu made the LCK region tremble with fear. No matter whether it was SKT, SSG, or KT, these former LCK powerhouses were beaten and crushed into powder when they met Longzhu!
The training room was unusually empty, with everyone gathered in the conference room to watch the game.

However, the game they watched was not the LCK game, but the LPL finals that just ended.

Longzhu coach Coach Jin is a middle-aged fat man who looks very serious.

Coach Jin said, "Now that the game is over, you can bring up any opinions you have and we can discuss them. If nothing unexpected happens, IG will be the biggest obstacle on our way to winning the S championship."

We have to start thinking about the S game before the finals are over, which is also a kind of helplessness.

On the one hand, the LCK league officials have issued a strict order that there must be some gains this year!

They haven't won the championship for two consecutive years, and fans in the region are already very dissatisfied. If they still can't win it today, they will be really upset!

"This year's S-League championship is very important for the LPL region, after all, it's on their home court." The speaker is the mid laner of the Longzhu Team, BDD.

BDD has another nickname in LCK: Little Faker.

In fact, many people now regard him as Faker's successor and believe that he can take over Faker's job.

Whether in terms of hero pool or operation, BDD is indeed similar to the former Faker.

Coach Jin responded: "It is indeed very important to them. It is no exaggeration to say that the importance of this championship is greater than the S5 and S6 championships combined."

"So, for our LCK region, if we can win this championship, then the losses in the previous two years will not be so important. They will all be forgiven by fans. As a club that accomplishes this feat, our Longzhu will surpass SKT and Samsung in the LCK."

Although Longzhu beat SKT and Samsung in the summer season, if we look at the influence, Longzhu cannot compare with them at all.

Now the LCK market has entered into a competition for existing players, and there are no so-called new fans or new audiences.

Today's audiences and fans all have their favorite clubs, most of which are either Samsung or SKT.

In this case, it makes no sense for Longzhu to just win the league championship.

Only by winning the S-League championship can fans be redistributed within the LCK.

Everyone in Longzhu was excited. This was a good opportunity.

If they can really accomplish this feat, they can live off their savings for a long time.

At this time, Peaunt, the jungler, said: "The core of the IG team is Yuanshen. I lost to him in last year's World Championship and this year's MSI. I will not lose again this time. When I watch IG's games, he is the only one who controls the rhythm in the early stage, and his teammates mainly cooperate with his rhythm. If he can get the jungle position right, then there will be no problem."

BDD agreed: "Although Rookie is a senior player and I should respect him a little more, I have to say that he has wasted his talent in the LPL. The level of LPL mid laners is relatively average. In this environment, they will not become stronger, but will become weaker and weaker."

Peaunt looked over and asked, "Are you confident that you can beat Rookie? Can you beat him head-on?"

BDD responded: "If no one else interferes, that's right."

Peaunt said: "If you can play an advantage in the mid-lane position, it will be much easier for me to operate in the jungle. Don't worry, I have changed a lot now. His routines don't work in front of me. I can counter-camp and limit his performance."

Peaunt is very confident in himself, and now he is not the kind of jungler who actively ganks. On the contrary, he plays with awareness and brains.

He has changed a lot in this year.

What he is best at now is counter-camping. This style of play should be very effective against junglers like Yuan Shen who like to take the initiative.

Coach Jin then said, "So we not only have no problem in the midfield, but we have an advantage?"

Peaunt responded: "If everything goes well, it's like this, anyway, my jungle is fine."

BDD replied: "As long as there is no problem with the jungler, there will be no problem with my mid lane either."

Seeing the two so confident, Coach Jin said: "In that case, let's look at other lanes, starting with the top lane. Khan, what do you think of their top laner?"

Khan was sitting next to him playing with his phone. Although he looked relaxed, there was a sense of dominance between his brows!
BDD said, "Khan, you are the solo kill king of the summer season, and you broke the LCK record. For you, laning must be no problem."

Khan responded: "Their top laner Theshy is indeed quite good. We could see that during the MSI. He must have learned a lot from Yuanshen. But it doesn't matter. He is not Yuanshen. He is just a poor imitator. It is impossible for him to reach that level."

BDD teased, "It seems that Yuanshen holds a very high position in your heart."

Khan did not shy away from this question: "It's not that he has a high status in my mind. Yuanshen was the benchmark for all top laners back then. Many professional top laners, including me, learned how to play by watching his videos."

"Unfortunately, he is no longer a top laner. It is impossible for their top laner to catch up with him, let alone surpass him."

Coach Jin then said, "So you don't feel any pressure? In terms of laning."

Khan twisted his neck: "Theshy's operation details are there, and there is no problem with his hero pool. It is definitely not true to say that there is no pressure at all. However, I don't think he can beat me."

Coach Jin nodded: "Then I feel relieved."

He looked at the two players in the bottom lane: "We should have a big advantage in the bottom lane, there is no doubt about that. The key lies in how much we can play in the bottom lane and whether we can influence the overall situation."

Longzhu's starting ADC, Pray said: "Their bottom lane is very average, even bad. If they were in our LCK region, they wouldn't even be in the top five."

"The key is, I saw the update notes for the S-League version, and it's a complete bottom lane version! The soft support equipment has been comprehensively strengthened. If I understand correctly, whoever has the strongest bottom lane in this S-League will be the champion!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in Longzhu had their own thoughts.

In fact, the reason they stood out in the summer season was not because their bottom lane was strong enough, but rather, they relied on their mid, top and jungle.

Of course, the bottom lane basically has an advantage against the LCK bottom lane team, but it is not as satisfying as the top and mid laners directly defeating the opponent.

The positioning of the bottom lane is mainly for development, and its role is reflected in team battles.

Longzhu is a fast-attack team, and they can often gain a huge advantage before grouping up, which has little to do with the bottom lane.

"I don't think we have to play around the bottom lane. We've just seen the instructions for the version update. If we don't play with the new version for a while, no one will know what the final answer will be." Khan said.

For him, he definitely doesn't want to be a bottom lane version.

Because the bottom lane version has nothing to do with the top lane, the top lane will become a tank-based road where you can win or lose without any effort.

His role as the LCK solo kill king will be greatly reduced.

Coach Jin said: "We can put off the meta research until after the finals. Now we are mainly discussing the strength comparison between the opponent and our position. In general, our advantage is still obvious."

"If the final S-League version is the bottom lane version, then our relative advantage will be even greater. After the finals, everyone remember to give the LCK region some encouragement to show our determination, so that we can gain greater support."

Everyone understands that after winning the championship in the finals, you have to say some tough words when you are interviewed to motivate your fans.

At the same time, the celebration party of IG ended, and everyone returned to the training base to start live broadcasting. Yuan Shen turned on his computer and opened his live broadcast room.

It turned out that a large number of fans were already waiting in advance, and the popularity of the live broadcast room had exceeded 10 million!

You know, those who can get more than 10 million popularity are absolutely big anchors on the platform, and they can only have such popularity when they are broadcasting during prime time.

Yuan Shen’s live broadcast room has already attracted 10 million views right after it started, so there is still endless room for imagination.

After a wave of gift bombardment, Yuan Shen began to thank fans for their gifts:

"Thanks to Yuan Shen's illegitimate son in Antarctica for sending ten super rockets. Thank you."

This person is definitely a wealthy person, as the starting gift is worth tens of thousands of dollars.

"Thanks to Yuan Shen's lover in the M78 Nebula for sending the planes!"

"Thanks to Yuan Shen Ashe, my nurse, for sending me ten rockets."

"Thank you, Yuan Shen, for giving me twenty planes if you can have a child with me."

At this time, the live broadcast room is full of comments:
“Are you guys serious about these IDs?”

“Welcome to FMVP!”

"On behalf of the Demacia players, I send my best wishes!"

"Master Yuan, can we win the championship this year? Can we win three consecutive championships?"

“I heard that LCK has released a Super Galaxy Battleship Dragon Ball. Is it true?”

"The Dragon Balls seem to be really strong, Master Yuan, can we win?"

Yuan Shen began to answer the question: "I didn't watch the Dragon Ball competition much, but overall their players' individual strengths are indeed quite good."

"We can definitely win. We went to the S-League just for the championship."

"This year, all the major divisions are about the same, and now the strength of the wildcard division has also increased."

"Don't underestimate any team. Any team that can enter the S League must have something."

However, fans interpreted Yuan Shen's words in another direction:
"See? This is absolute confidence. Yuan Shen means that in his eyes, LCK is also a wild card."

"It's all one-handed anyway, what's the difference?"

"As long as you are strong enough, everyone else will be a rookie."

“Only the weak need to pay attention to the strength of others; the strong only care about themselves.”

Yuan Shen had no choice, they insisted on understanding it this way.

Yuan Shen didn't plan to play the game, he just wanted to chat, relax, and answer the questions in the barrage.

Except Yuan Shen, everyone else was also live streaming and receiving various gifts.

After winning the game and getting the honor, the only thing left is to make money, without any delay in doing either.

Soon, everyone started asking Yuan Shen to predict the results of the other two teams, EDG and RNG.

I guess the fans of these two teams are here.

Yuan Shen has more say on this issue, after all, he has the best results and has won many championships.

When competing in the league, everyone is an opponent and an enemy, but in the S game, teams in the same division can generally get along well and become teammates unless they have deep hatred.

Yuan Shen commented: "The results of these two teams will depend on when they meet the LCK teams, so the grouping is very important. Both teams are very strong, and it's not that I look down on them."

"But I have to say that all three LCK teams are very competitive this year. Although their styles are different, their strength is unquestionable."

After hearing this, the comments in the live broadcast room started to quarrel:
"The honor of the LPL region can only be protected by our IG."

"Although the pigs and the emperors quarrel fiercely, don't expect them to make any contribution."

"Whatever he says is what it is. What if RNG wins the championship?"

"You're already prepared for the possibility, why don't you be a little bolder and just imagine if RNG wins the championship ten times in a row?"

Yuan Shen was not surprised at all. This kind of thing was very common. Fans were like this, attacking each other.

Taking this opportunity, Yuan Shen entered the forum and took a look, mainly looking at the Anti-Pressure Forum, which is the favorite forum of Everbright e-sports enthusiasts.

After entering, Yuan Shen looked down and found that quite a few posts were about raffles. These were all IG fans. They started the raffle after IG won the championship.

Then we will analyze how far the three teams IG, EDG, and RNG can go.

Yuan Shen felt that this post might be interesting, so he clicked on it and took a look.

First, let’s analyze IG: defending champion, summer season champion, LPL No. 50 seed, favorite to win the championship, either champion or runner-up, % chance of winning the championship
This probability is a bit exaggerated.

You know, there are sixteen teams in the group stage alone. If IG's chance of winning is 50%, the remaining fifteen teams have to share the remaining 50% probability, so the second place has a maximum chance of about 10%.

The following replies are also very strange:
"50%? Why don't you go to heaven?"

"I think it's 100%. The other teams are just here to keep up the good work."

"80% is about right. It's not an exaggeration at all."

"30% is the most. How do you watch the game?"

Yuan Shen continued to look down and saw that EDG’s probability of winning the championship was 1%.

There is also an explanation below: The only way EDG can win the championship is if they are lucky enough to avoid the LCK team, and IG does not make it to the finals for various reasons, and finally the LCK team gives the championship to EDG.

Needless to say, the following replies are all insulting:
"Why don't you say that 0.1% like to blacken our EDG?"

"You look like a royal bastard at first glance. What are you talking about?"

“Why do you want to avoid LCK teams? Are LCK teams definitely invincible?”

"I accept that EDG can't beat IG, but why do you think they have no chance against LCK?"

It’s hard to comment on Yuan Shen, just keep playing and see.

Next is RNG, with a 0.5% chance of winning
This probability is really magical, even lower than EDG.

Reason given: Compared with EDG, RNG still needs to avoid EDG, so the probability is lower.

Yuan Shen laughed when he saw this. This was probably made by EDG fans. (End of this chapter)