Chapter 347: Spring Season Is Coming

VG never responded to Sanshao's furious barking, but Lu Wenjun privately greeted all the club management he knew.

【Sanshao, I really don't like this person.】

That means whoever takes this person is opposing Lu Wenjun.

Lu Wenjun is called "Chairman" in the circle; this nickname is not undeserved, regardless of whether you have a relationship with him, you should give him some face.

Moreover, Sanshao himself has no real ability, so even fewer people would be willing to offend Lu Wenjun for his sake.

At this time, Sanshao, who was at his hometown, still didn't realize that his original intention was to ride the hype and show his face to find a job, but he inadvertently offended someone he couldn't afford to offend, and now in the LPL circle he's completely finished.

Meanwhile, Liang Yan appeared twice on official backgrounds, and countless curious onlookers couldn't help but look him up; seeing his resume, wow! That's amazing!

Orphan background, vocational college diploma, after graduation he lay low for half a year then went straight to Europe, able to speak fluent English, half a year after debut he directly won the highest honor in the field; returning to China, it's said his value is the highest among Chinese players, even before playing a domestic match he was invited by officials to participate in events and even interviewed by state media……

What is inspirational?

This person is practically the embodiment of inspiration, a textbook for defying fate and changing destiny!

Coincidentally, the title used for this CCTV broadcast is:

【From "Hellish Start" to the Peak of Esports, the Comeback Road of a Vocational School Graduate】

In no time, he gained countless fans.

【Not the slightest bit envious, no one knows how much effort he put in to reach this position today!】

【Tears welled up, sisters, this kid really makes one feel pity】

【Heart aches for the little feet, come over for a hug】

【Jiao Shen is estimated to be 1.8 meters tall, just right to single-handedly lift my 1.5-meter self, hehe~】

【??? Mom fans are fine, but how come there are daughter fans too?!】

……

Live broadcast platform, Riot documentary, official media, the three working together to fan the flames; in just half a month, Liang Yan's Weibo followers surged to over three million, already extremely close to Uzi, the live room's viewership likewise skyrocketed, quickly catching up to the platform's top streamer PDD.

If you want to see the true popularity during a live stream, Liang Yan each time he goes live, the liveliness of his stream can truly be called the platform's top streamer, with danmaku numbers far surpassing other hosts.

But streaming is just a side job; earlier he had more free time, so Liang Yan streamed relatively frequently, but as the match date approaches, the VG players' schedules are gradually filled with practice matches, and Liang Yan's streaming frequency and duration gradually decrease.

January 12, the first version of 2017 went live.

At this point, there are less than two weeks until the S7 season opens.

Following Liang Yan's suggestion, during this period the VG team held several version discussion meetings, big and small; today everyone again gathered in a circle in the training room to hold a meeting.

Long Ge, who had only returned to the base less than a month ago, handed out a stack of printed documents to everyone, then after distributing them returned to his coach's seat and sat down.

"Today's meeting is my suggestion; I mainly want to discuss the new season's BP rules with everyone again."

Everyone lowered their heads to look at the documents; Long Ge came prepared, speaking confidently and fluently.

"Everyone knows the news from the 6th; starting with this spring season, all global regions will simultaneously adopt the 10-ban mode; today the '2017 Competition Rules' were released, and it's estimated that in two days the official announcement will be made—basically it's set in stone."

"The 10-ban mode is something completely new; nobody has experienced it before, we're all feeling our way across the river by touching stones; the teams that adapt first will have a big advantage."

"That day we already held a meeting; Liang Yan raised several important points, including hero pool depth and tactical reserves, etc.; the requirements will be higher, these are already confirmed and must be given great importance."

"Then these past few days I've thought it over, combining the direction of the new version, I have a few new ideas I want to discuss with everyone."

"Ten ban slots, two rounds of picking; compared to before, future BP will be more complex and the difficulty will be high. I've just started as a coach, so I'm sure I'll have shortcomings in many areas; afraid of letting everyone down, last night I consulted with Manager Gao, who agreed to quickly add an assistant coach to help us with some analysis work."

"But suitable people are hard to find; for now we still have to rely on ourselves."

A slight commotion arose in the training room; everyone looked at each other, seeing delight in each other's eyes.

With the improvement of tactical levels across global regions, plus the strong operational capabilities demonstrated by top teams from quarterfinals to finals at last year's World Championship, everyone has begun to pay more attention to studying genuine operations; some basics have started to become widespread from this point; it can be foreseen that from the spring season onward, the upper-tier teams of each major region will definitely see a significant improvement in their team operations and localized tactics.

In other words, everyone's starting gap is getting smaller and smaller.

Then at this point, the importance of BP mind games will only increase, because when local combat and operations cannot fully decide the match outcome, what the two sides ultimately compete over is actually the system composition at this level.

Relying solely on one coach cannot handle all this work; having someone help share the load is obviously a good thing. However Long Ge also said that suitable people can't be found quickly.

"There's still about a week until the season starts; since we have to rely on ourselves, I hope everyone can raise any opinions they have, we'll discuss them together—more people, more strength, right?"

Long Ge smiled, lowered his head, and began flipping through his notebook:

"Let me first summarize here.

From 6.22 entering the preseason, 6.22 and 6.23 constitute a stage; the main adjustment is the Ye Qu environment. For now it appears there is no strong suppression trend targeting any specific jungler type, but the overall standing of junglers is declining.

I checked OPGG; the average win rate and peak win rate for the jungler position are both slightly lower than those of the other positions. During this period, the jungler with the best win rate is Lion Dog, which peaked at around 56%, which looks pretty impressive, but the top laner Green Steel Shadow peaked at 62%, Zhong Lu Syndra and Grasshopper both reached 63% at times, and Xia Lu Varus is still at its peak with a 56% win rate, all much higher than the jungler's.

Therefore, these heroes with exaggerated win-rate performances have been nerfed repeatedly across these patches, their win rates dropping considerably, yet they remain at the T0 tier.

Then from 6.24 to the present 7.1, aside from Lion Dog, the other champions that got major nerfs are mainly top laners and mid laners, including items and the valley environment, all being adjusted to weaken the mid and top lanes.

The only thing that received buffs is Xia Lu.

Taking into account the changes across these patches, I personally believe that the core of the spring split will still be Xia Lu, and it is very likely that they will continue to buff the small dragon.

Next, please feel free to discuss.