Chapter 273: Riot Trip!

The day after the Mid-Season Invitational ended, 1 Santa Monica Beach, Los Angeles.

The photographer followed behind to film, while Ye Bo followed into a corridor with "GLHF" (Good Luck And Have Fun) engraved on the wall, looking at everything in front of him with novelty.

The representative mascot of Riot in the center of the lobby was a giant figure — a little girl holding a flame, and a giant bear with a fierce look.

Walking further in, there was a hooded frost archer drawing a bow, a yellow-skinned minotaur shackled by chains, a cowboy playing with cards, a female warrior holding a cross-shaped flying blade, and a laughing little raccoon blowing a flute with puffed cheeks.

"These are the first six heroes in the League of Legends design proposal, and they are also the heroes we have been reluctant to make major changes to until today~"

Riot CEO Tryndamere explained to the latter like a tour guide: "You will find that they haven't changed much from thirteen years ago, right?"

Ye Bo, who was like a mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, looked around excitedly, just nodding blindly.

He was wearing expensive smart glasses that could translate in real-time, so he could communicate without needing a translator.

Brother CT enthusiastically added various matters about the Riot campus on the side; everything here seemed to make Ye Bo feel fresh and intimate.

"Our headquarters has six campuses: Q, W, E, R, D, and F; even the outdoor courtyards connecting each campus have three paths to walk: top, mid, and bottom. Like the D area we are in now, it is the main office area."

Ye Bo joked happily: "No wonder such an important skill as Flash has to be set on the D key; D-Flash is correct!"

Brother CT agreed solemnly: "Yes! What was that saying, great minds think alike!"

Ye Bo also saw a coffee bar called "Bilgewater"; the interior and exterior decorations were truly distinct harbor features, making people feel as if they had really come to the port of Bilgewater.

Even the office areas here were named after "Freljord" and "Ionia."

Ye Bo was pulled by the enthusiastic Brother CT to visit his "Balance Sect" office; Brother Sanhuan could only helplessly follow behind, until they had visited properly before heading to "Bandle City" to prepare for the main topic.

"Bandle City... is actually an internet cafe?"

"When the boss isn't here, we often run here to slack off, so later it was changed to this name~" Brother CT explained proudly: "Usually when we have disagreements, we come here to 'have a fight'."

As he spoke, he turned his head and announced loudly: "By the way, today I'm going to be on the same team as Ye!"

This internet cafe area, which was almost a 1-to-1 replica of domestic internet cafes and was quite large within Riot, was indeed quite fitting.

After all, Bandle City in the League universe was a "Lilliput," a special domain exclusive to Yordles, and also a paradise that no one other than Yordles could discover or enter...

And since it was playtesting a new hero, it was naturally impossible to just be in training mode; it definitely had to be in actual combat to have reference value.

But the new hero was still a semi-finished product and hadn't been launched on the test server yet, so they could only call nine designers for an internal battle, using Riot's internal network server to test.

Riot designers were naturally very happy to play games with the world champion, so ten or twenty people came as soon as they were called.

Those who didn't get a spot could only stand behind and watch, and for a moment, it really had a bit of the flavor of a domestic internet cafe~

The accompanying photographer recorded the whole process on the side.

"Come on, Master Ye, beat Brother Sanhuan hard!" Brother CT leaned over secretly at the loading screen to add his own agenda.

Brother Sanhuan on the opposite side also took a deep breath, looking quite serious.

As the designer, he was naturally personally operating the new hero on the opposite side to lane against Ye Bo.

According to his thinking, he was a rare Master-tier player among the designers and knew the hero he had designed himself like the back of his hand — against Ye Bo, who hadn't even read the skill text, the advantage was with him!

And Ye Bo also quickly immersed himself in the game state: "This new hero's name is quite domineering, Hundred-Splitting Underworld Dog!"

"Throw two daggers... rush and roll to displace with the dog pack towards the enemy, summon more dog partners..."

Ye Bo read the skill text, quickly exploring and understanding.

At first, just as Brother Sanhuan thought, because Ye Bo was in contact with it for the first time, he was firmly occupied the upper hand in the early laning phase!

Even because Ye Bo tested the mechanics of the skills several times, at level six he actually almost completed a solo kill; fortunately, the damage was a little short.

Brother Sanhuan's self-confidence had already exploded!

9 minutes into the match, the opposing jungler, former lead designer Ezreal, didn't talk about martial arts and operated the Master Yi he created to run to the mid lane and slash Ye Bo once.

After a wave of health trading, Brother Sanhuan suddenly erupted!

He pressed the ultimate "Violent Roar" to prepare to hunt and leap up on the spot.

Summoning three dog packs to enter a damage-increasing state!

Ye Bo had experience, and this time he responded very calmly, first turning his head to fiercely throw the Q skill "Darkborn Dog Tooth."

The Q skill was the Hundred-Splitting Underworld Dog's core output skill.

If he could hit two consecutive Qs, not only would there be a terrifying burst, but he could also recover a large amount of health for himself — so in the previous health trades, when two dogs Q'd each other, they generally chose to use the E skill's small displacement to dodge.

But Ye Bo had already discovered it just now.

During the 1 second process of releasing R, other small skills could not be used!

Just now at level six, he was thinking of R and then E to dodge, but he couldn't use E, which was why he was almost solo-killed.

But Brother Sanhuan had also used W "Hound Bloodthirst" to track and target, and a blood line condensed, becoming the direction of guidance!

W was the new hero's signature skill.

Simply put, it was a lock-on, similar to Vi's R.

The difference was only that Vi could use Flash to adjust direction during R... but the dog could not use any skills including Flash during the "casting" and "process" of W, and at the same time could not "self-interrupt"!

And I saw that after Ye Bo threw Q, he also countered with R to accelerate and started to run back.

Directly flashing into the tower!

{Although E cannot be used during the casting process of R, Flash can be used}

More importantly, the dash of W cannot be self-interrupted, but Ye Bo had already rushed into his own tower instantly under the dual impact of R's acceleration and Flash!

Because the distance was opened, the flight time of W was extended, so Ye Bo was able to land first and counter with the second Q2 thrown out — again using the mechanism that the dog's W cannot be operated during the dash process, successfully forcing a hit!

Double Q hit, and the health bar instantly reversed.

Brother Sanhuan was even brought into the tower and took a tower shot!

"Holy..."

Brother Sanhuan's eyes widened in shock, and he hurriedly flashed out in a panic upon landing.

However, Ye Bo's W lock-on hadn't been used yet.

Although Brother Sanhuan followed suit and hit a Q during the opponent's W dash process, the built-in short CD made it impossible for him to hit double Q instantly.

And after Ye Bo landed, he relied on the E skill's displacement to stick to his face, dodged the second Q, and successfully completed the solo kill in pursuit!

"Yooooooooh!" Brother CT immediately started a commotion, raising his head and shouting at the opposite side, as if he had transformed into a roaring heavenly deity: "Are you okay, Brother Sanhuan!"

"How come you've practiced for three months and it seems you're not as good as someone playing for nine minutes~~~"

Brother Sanhuan on the opposite side ignored this cheap buddy, just typing in the chat box: {socool} praise.

He naturally didn't care; after all, Ye Bo was the newly minted MSI FMVP, so it was not shameful at all to lose.

It's just that he soon discovered... something was wrong!

This version of the dog was definitely one of the most brainless heroes to snowball with.

W lock-on, as a short CD small skill, basically could be used brainlessly to kill after getting an advantage, just like what Brother Sanhuan thought just now.

It's just that he didn't have any obvious advantage just now.

But Ye Bo had a solo kill plus double suppression of plating and level this wave!

Coupled with this kind of hero suitable for roaming, it was obviously Ye Bo's specialty, and the side lanes were also quickly torn apart under the flaws in the mid lane.

Riot designers were mostly casual players after all, and Brother Sanhuan, a Master-tier player, was already a super expert, so the match was soon on the verge of collapsing.

It's just that in the team fight phase, it wasn't as destructive as imagined.

Logically speaking.

Any assassin-type mid laner starting 10-0 should be a presence that kills pigs with eyes closed and enters and exits seven times in team fights.

But the dog hero's only way to enter the field was W — but W could not only be interrupted by all hard CC, but could even be "blocked" by enemy teammates standing in front with their bodies!

More importantly, the Hundred-Splitting Underworld Dog had no life-saving skills, and was positioned as an assassin with pure output equipment.

As fat as this game, Ye Bo almost locked onto the AD with W, but was blocked by the opposing K'Sante designer, almost showing the charm moment of K'Sante and being countered and killed!

Of course.

Ye Bo would face this situation even with such fat development, and Brother Sanhuan on the opposite side was naturally even more miserable.

He found that he couldn't kill anyone, and didn't dare to enter the field, as if he could only become a throwing monster throwing Q at a short distance...

In the end, Ye Bo, who had a wild 25-1-10, actually spent a full 35 minutes to forcibly push through the game under the blessing of the dual dragon convergence.

"Oh! Cool!" Brother CT was completely unfulfilled.

"So this is the feeling of being teammates with Ye!"

Several designers belonging to Ye Bo's side also urged loudly: "Gogogo, againagain!"

But the few people on the opposite side were obviously a bit uninterested, and after being beaten to the point of confusion, they protested loudly: "Nonono! Swap sides, swap sides!"

Having no choice, both sides except Brother Sanhuan could only swap teammates.

And coming to the second game, Ye Bo was obviously very proficient — mainly because this hero was designed too "simply."

To put it bluntly.

During the laning phase, it completely depended on the hit rate of this one skill, Q.

If you hit, you can't beat anyone; if you don't hit, you can't beat anyone.

And once you get an advantage, you can brainlessly W to ride on the face, and it just so happens that the opponent is the same hero, not possessing the ability to interrupt, and a little disadvantage will make you lose the qualification to lane while playing.

"Brother Sanhuan, you are too pit!"

"You still have the nerve to say? Why didn't you gank mid! Said this game was unrestricted!"

"How can I go! The opposite mid lane keeps entering my jungle! I think Graves needs a buff!"

"CT, facts prove that my Master Yi is the strongest!"

Ye Bo looked at the real-time translation of the translation glasses and grinned.

Who would have thought that designers are actually the same as all players in daily life, and even what they say is almost the same...

Two playtests were about enough.

After all, the strength gap was still too large, and it was mainly about the feeling of playtesting the hero.

Brother Sanhuan led Ye Bo to the side and took a cup of {Water Ghost Coffee} from the Bilgewater bar.

He took out a notebook and began to record work seriously.

"How is it, what do you think of this new hero?" Brother Sanhuan stared at Ye Bo.

"Or rather, if it were you, would you consider using it on the field?"

Identifying whether a new hero is successful or not is nothing more than looking at the ranked pick rate and the tournament pick rate.

And Brother Sanhuan firmly believed that the Hundred-Splitting Underworld Dog he made with the design concept of "simple and crude" would definitely be very popular in ranked, but he couldn't grasp the expectation for the field.

Worried about whether the strength would be too high, just like the Zeri he designed last year...

But who knew Ye Bo shook his head and honestly confessed: "Absolutely not." ===== CHAPTER 274 =====