Chapter 46: This Rookie is Really Not Bad

"Let us congratulate EDG!" Wang Duo shouted crisply and clearly: "A two-nil victory, sweeping away all obstacles; they have successfully avenged themselves once again against the opponent they lost to in the Spring Split!"

"Player Ye has truly given us an unexpected surprise today, especially with this Akshan. It's hard to believe that even with such an unpopular hero, he has this kind of understanding!"

Gugu smiled, noticing a strange point of focus: "But it feels like the EDG members haven't had their fill of killing yet; they almost had the urge to rush the fountain to kill the egg just now. It was the rookie player Ye who kept clicking the base, haha."

The director cut the camera to the player stage.

Having just secured the victory, the veteran Flandre was the first to jump up in excitement.

Although he did indeed give away opportunities in the early game of the second match, and was indeed suppressed quite uncomfortably during the laning phase.

Yet, bearing the immense pressure of a hero counter, plus the subsequent desperate, death-defying, back-to-back ganks from the opposing support and jungler in the top lane, he didn't die a single time afterward!

It was as if he had truly found some of that "slippery" feeling from last year.

Of course, Flandre knew very well why this was the case for this match.

"Brother Jiang's 'scientific research' was truly satisfying today. Fortunately, we now have a great doctor of scientific research on our team too!"

Jiejie, who also had a great time playing, stood up and teased: "That's for sure! Honestly, when it comes to scientific research, Master Ye really isn't any worse than Brother Shy. Brother Shy's research usually focuses on torturing nine people."

"If it weren't for Master Ye being a 'points slave,' I feel like we really could have dived the fountain just now!"

Although Jiejie was only teasing without malice, he wasn't actually wrong.

To fully unleash the power of an unpopular hero, the most important thing is to fully utilize that hero's "strengths."

Use their strengths, while simultaneously avoiding their weaknesses.

For example, TheShy's most famous top-lane Kalista fully utilized that hero's extreme laning ability, successfully carving out a niche in the top lane, and even deriving a tactical system centered on "single-point breakthroughs."

But clearly, TheShy's proficiency with Anivia definitely couldn't be called high; he didn't really play out the essence of Anivia.

In this team fight, he even used his wall to block his teammates several times, contributing several "underworld moments" in conjunction with the support Nautilus.

That kind of scientific research is truly "torturing nine people."

No, wait, there were only eight people in this match.

Because of the building mechanism of the ice wall, Akshan was having a blast!

"You played really well!" Meiko praised happily: "You're making up for your hero pool issues a bit too fast. I remember when you first arrived, you mocked yourself for only having three tricks. Now, counting Zoe, Taliyah, and Akshan..."

Jiejie quickly chimed in: "That's six tricks now, hey! This is our Master Ye the Axe King!"

Listening to his teammates' praise, Ye Bo felt full of satisfaction and joy.

Clearly, Ye Bo was rapidly integrating into the team, and his teammates were gradually developing deeper trust and genuine recognition for him.

The victory in the match and the recognition of the team were all proving the rewards of daily training, and they were making Ye Bo feel even more motivated again.

As for the other four members of EDG.

Although they didn't know that Ye Bo was actually undergoing 40+ hours of training every day to achieve today's results.

But at least, each of them witnessed the daily reality with their own eyes, and just that alone was not easy.

"Playing games with you is very comfortable." Even Viper, who was usually quiet, patted Ye Bo on the shoulder as he walked toward the opposing player stage.

Once upon a time, how could their bottom lane ever receive this kind of treatment from the mid lane?

Most directly, it was that "stealth TP" from the Akshan's on-the-spot reaction in this match!

If not for that wave, the bottom lane would have been suppressed until level six at the very least; after all, the start of this match was due to the flaw in the bottom lane.

Regardless of whether one's laning ability is strong or not, clearly, no one would turn down more support from a teammate.

And likewise, regarding support.

Support from someone who wants to carry themselves versus support from someone who wants to win the game are definitely two different ways of supporting.

Just like some people, when their minion-farming addiction kicks in, even if their teammates are being engaged and the base is exploding, they still insist on farming minions with iron-blooded determination!

Forget about everything else, finish eating the economy first~

The scene of a warm atmosphere with everyone laughing was broadcast through the livestream and seen by more viewers.

EDG fans felt a moment of relief and emotion.

People say there's such a thing as "immunity to criticism," but as everyone knows, that thing is basically a joke.

Unless you can keep winning and winning, as long as you lose one game, not a single word of abuse will be spared.

It was indeed hard to evaluate EDG's performance in the first half of the year; losing matches naturally made it hard to have a good atmosphere, which led to EDG fans rarely seeing such a relaxed scene over the past six months.

After all, the person who originally mediated the atmosphere was Flandre, but he was in poor form during the first half of the year.

Comforting is something that usually only the "big brother" of the current game can do.

As for the others on the team, the two in the bottom lane don't talk much, and Jiejie's status only allows him to interject occasionally.

As for the mid laner.

It would be good enough if he didn't say, "That's a bit funny, stop talking nonsense"~

[It's really not bad, this rookie is really not bad~]

[The junior's voice sounds like a pressure cooker, but Master Ye's voice sounds like the pressure relief valve on top of a pressure cooker, alright.]

[Everything else is secondary; the main thing is that he played really well. For a rookie to play like this is pretty monstrous, right? EDG really has dog-luck, to be able to draw such a card!]

[The main thing is that he can even pull out something like Akshan; I don't even dare to imagine how deep his hidden reserves are! What happened to the 'hero spoon' theory?]

From the harmonious atmosphere of the bullet comments at this moment, it could be seen that quite a few EDG fans already felt that this rookie was truly not bad.

Before this, the fans actually didn't think highly of him, or rather, they had too high of a demand for Ye Bo, to the point where it couldn't even be called anticipation.

But the fact was, up until now, Ye Bo had completely met this demand.

And even raised the bar for this anticipation!

And importantly, as it looks now.

Ye Bo is not only a mid laner who can connect his teammates in the game, but he also seems to be a mid laner who can connect them in reality.

Quite a few people have already started to look forward to the future of this rookie mid laner.

Jiang Chenglu, who was waiting to shake hands, didn't look particularly upset; he just had an expression of deep thought.

Even though his "scientific research style" has always been criticized by many, the audience has indeed almost never seen Jiang Chenglu get "red-faced" (angry).

If nothing else, his mentality seems to be truly excellent.

Just as one bullet comment said, he is truly playing the game.

"Shy! I'm your fan!" Ye Bo shook his hand with excitement, using even more force than when he shook hands with Factory Manager and Doinb.

"Ho ho, your Akshan, very powerful!" Jiang Chenglu, who seemed completely unaffected by the loss and had forgotten about the Zoe fountain bubble in the first game, showed his signature long-faced smile at Ye Bo.

"If there's a chance, let's have a solo exchange, oh?"

Ye Bo was surprised to discover that the video camera actually had a "small face" function!

And Jiang Chenglu casually spoke out what he had just been thinking about.

It turned out he was thinking that since the hero Akshan could be played like this, it seemed that his previous 0-7-0 game was purely an accident of his own understanding.

"Alright~"

Hearing the invitation for a solo exchange, Ye Bo was naturally more than happy to oblige.

After all, TheShy, if nothing else, purely in terms of laning details and level, is absolutely beyond reproach.

It just so happened that the intensity of the Trial Grounds was already finding it hard to provide Ye Bo with much of a challenge.

Ye Bo didn't want to let go of any opportunity to hone himself and improve.

Mainly because.

He had played against the AI Doinb too much, was tired of watching the monkey tricks, and was already starting to feel a bit sleepy.

(End of chapter)