Chapter 33: Perkz's Offensive Desire

The starting players and coach remained on stage, entered the player seats, and prepared to begin the match.

Liang Yan left the stage and returned to the lounge.

Lao Zhang sat in front of the computer, saw him enter, and asked with a smile:

How was it?

Liang Yan knew he was asking about the feeling of first stepping onto the professional stage, smiled, pulled a chair over to sit beside Lao Zhang, and said casually:

Not much special.

Tsk, pretending.

Lao Zhang muttered a complaint, but deep down knew Liang Yan was telling the truth, placed his hand on Liang Yan's shoulder, and sighed:

Speaking honestly, little brother, sometimes I really wonder if you're the protagonist of a rebirth novel—you're way too calm, which isn't good, makes you seem old. By the way, are you still a straight guy?

Liang Yan had actually been quite composed.

Lao Zhang's comment about 'rebirth novel protagonist' almost made him choke on his saliva:

Cough cough cough... you... cough cough... your imagination is huge—thanks.

Liang Yan took the cup of water handed from behind, said thanks, but didn't notice who had handed it.

Lao Zhang casually patted his back twice to help him catch his breath, then went to get the mouse, switched the match broadcast page to full screen, and chatted on:

No, I really think that—you sometimes really give off an old-fashioned vibe, don't you realize it yourself?

……I don't know. It's started—let's watch the match.

Liang Yan brushed the topic aside, raised his hand to put the cup on the table, but it was too far to reach, so he turned and passed it back, hoping the other person could help set it down—

He suddenly froze.

Only then did Liang Yan notice that the person sitting behind him was Tang Anna.

Tang Anna glanced at him, naturally took the cup, placed it on the table by the water dispenser, turned back, saw Liang Yan looking at her strangely, and asked lightly:

What's wrong?

Nothing……thanks.

You already said that.

Oh……

In the several decades of his previous life, Liang Yan had always felt his social skills were top-notch, especially after serving as PR director at some IT company in his past life, he thought he could even be a diplomat.

But now he realized he was wrong.

He actually still struggles with certain people.

Like Tang Anna.

The commentator's voice came from outside, and Liang Yan absentmindedly watched the live broadcast on the computer screen.

Both sides were in the ban/pick phase.

G2 was still the red side this game.

Perhaps having learned from yesterday's lesson, Ka Lao Si's ban/pick today was much more cautious, straightforwardly banning the two current meta T0 champions, Lu Xi An and the Leopard Woman.

When it came to their turn to pick after bans, Ka Lao Si steadily secured the Big Tree and Shah first, laying a solid foundation for the lineup.

Following that, they filled out their roster pick by pick according to the opponent's choices, and the final lineup was:

Top lane Expect: Big Tree

Jungler CyanideFI: Excavator

Mid lane Perkz: Shah

Bot lane Zven: EZ

Support Mithy: Fan Mom

The lineup lacks distinct flair, Shah isn't Perkz's signature champion as the team's big brother, but it wins with versatility—having power spikes in early, mid, and late game, stable lane presence, excellent jungle dueling, able to tank, chase, and flee in team fights, focusing on steady play.

Liang Yan approved of this ban/pick.

Of course, it might also be because the opposing coach's ban/pick skill is too poor, allowing Ka Lao Si to easily construct such a lineup.

This lineup is very stable.

Lao Zhang also gave such an evaluation,

It looks somewhat like an LCK lineup.

It's very stable against weak teams.

A clear, cold voice suddenly sounded from behind.

The two turned around in surprise.

Tang Anna then said:

But it doesn't play to its strengths, unsuitable for facing strong teams.

Her Chinese is really good, completely without a foreign accent; likely she speaks Chinese at home daily.

The two exchanged a glance.

Liang Yan thought for a moment, then added:

So what do you think is G2's strength, or rather, their forte?

Perkz.

Tang Anna said.

Liang Yan nodded, but said nothing, because Ka Lao Si pushed the door and entered.

Correct.

G2's strength is Perkz.

Shah is not a champion Perkz excels at; picking this lineup is tantamount to shelving Perkz's sharp spear, weakening their offensive power.

Although the MVP of the spring split was jungler Trick, it was clear to anyone with skill that G2's true core was actually Perkz.

Looking at all the champions Perkz used in the spring split, the one with the highest win rate was Ice Witch (Frost Witch), used in four games with a 100% win rate, and his KDA was very flashy.

Next was Ahri, used in three games, also with a 100% win rate.

The other champions with high usage counts were: fox, calamity, bald, Lulu……

None of them are mages in the conventional sense.

After entering the summer split, Ka Lao Si became hesitant, giving him stable mages like Viktor and Shah.

Putting other things aside, Liang Yan could see that Perkz was having a rough time.

This game was the same.

After the laning phase began, AP made no mistakes, but also had no chemistry with the jungler; mid and jungle each did their own thing, like two completely unrelated people, with no coordination at all.

In Liang Yan's eyes, this was just being a deadweight, and this performance was like sleepwalking.

Fortunately, the opponents were really not a strong team.

Both sides had some small skirmishes, but the gold difference didn't open up much; they transitioned steadily to the fifteen‑minute mark, and G2's composition advantage began to show.

After that, they kept pushing with their composition advantage, gradually expanding their gold lead.

Around the thirty‑minute mark, in a dragon teamfight G2 traded two for four to win the fight, took the first dragon, and expanded their gold lead to over six thousand.

At thirty‑three minutes they won another teamfight, killed two enemies, destroyed both outer turrets, and solidified their lead.

At thirty‑seven minutes they took the second dragon and in one push leveled GIA's base.

Throughout the match both sides made many mistakes, but it was clear that the initiative stayed with G2; even though G2 lost two small skirmishes in the ten‑plus‑minute period, GIA still couldn't seize the game's tempo, showing the huge gap in overall team strength.

There wasn't much worth mentioning in the match; it looked like a steady, uneventful slog with no suspense, the commentators found it rather boring, and their voices were a bit hypnotic.

During the break, the players returned.

Ka Lao Si happily ran outside to greet them, beaming as he put his arm around Zven's shoulders and came in, praising Zven and Mithy's performance in the previous game without reservation.

AP walked behind with his hands in his pockets, his expression bland and unenthusiastic.

Following Ka Lao Si, he also praised CyanideFI and Expect, then finally sat down beside AP and said with a smile:

"Well, look who this is—winning the match yet you don't seem very happy."

"No, I am happy."

AP shrugged, glanced at Liang Yan, and suddenly said:

"Is Liang going up next? I see he likes to invade, so give me a more aggressive champion."