Chapter 55: Listen up, bro—pro players' intensity is something you can't grasp

Alright, what I'm saying is.

doinb got so anxious he started swearing in his mother tongue—no, how did he just surrender like that! "Don't call, if you call again I'll replay."

Zhang Wuji chuckled and said, "doinb player, you don't want to be tortured in a replay again, do you?"

"OK, sorry, my bad."

Upon hearing that he would be tortured in a replay, doinb's voice instantly dropped.

"Brothers, we really need to win a game, right?"

wink slowly opened his mouth and said, "If we don't win a game, the Old Man Cup might have to add another team."

"What a joke, their three active players' lineup actually can't beat a bunch of old-timers?"

"If their respective clubs found out, they might even be forced to become old-timers themselves tonight."

"Alright, I've opened the monitor."

A Le gave a sharp critique: "I thought mid lane could carry, but I didn't expect that, alas."

"???"

doinb wanted to speak but stopped, but after glancing at his own stats he felt it was better to stay silent.

"Okay, let's play seriously for one game."

Le Yan lightly coughed and said, "doinb, be my dog."

"I'm already playing Ka Er Ma, does that count as being your dog?"

doinb's mouth twitched slightly; he damn well summoned you guys to win, not to mess around.

"Ka Er Ma this champion is no good."

Le Yan joked, "Let's bring Lulu again to lead the brothers in a charge!"

Everyone:. In a moment doinb was laughing angrily, at this point still playing this meme? "No no no, Lulu really won't work."

doinb paused a moment and said, "This way you pick another AP jungler, I'll play Meng Yan, okay?"

"If it were another jungler player, picking Lulu would actually be fine, but Le Yan can't,"

"Because he's better at jungle core champions—like leopard woman, Liliya, bright moon, that sort of thing—if he picked Lulu himself, then Le Yan's options would basically be just male gunner, Zhao Xin, and the like."

"Mage jungle core is too weak early on."

Le Yan shook his head and said, "Otherwise, let A Le add an AP in top lane, I'll pick Blade of the Ruined King."

"Sure, I'll just play Kennen."

A Le recalled that he and doinb once pulled out a classic top-mid combo during their LNG days—namely Meng Yan plus Kennen.

"Okay, okay, then Kennen it is, and for bot lane Kai'Sa?"

doinb thought for a moment; this composition is actually pretty good.

Meng Yan's ultimate, when used first, not only blocks the enemy's vision but also gives Kennen cover to enter and unleash his ultimate; Kai'Sa can also coordinate with the jungler to charge in and deal enough damage, so afterward Blade of the Ruined King can easily join the kill, collect souls, and start reaping.

"Alright, let's settle on that."

Meanwhile, Uzi intended to replay a bit, but he didn't expect that doinb would quit the game and, less than half a minute later, directly private-chat say no replay, just go to the next game.

"How come it feels like they're getting a bit rattled from our beating?"

Uzi laughed and said, "If we sweep them 3:0, shouldn't we ask Huya if we can temporarily add another team?"

"Ah, why?"

Simple-minded AJ didn't grasp what this meant: "Three active players being 3:0'd by a bunch of old-timers—what's the point of playing pro? Might as well just join the Old Man Cup."

Su Xing explained, "This round they're probably going to go all out."

"Panicking for no reason."

AJ, blunt as ever, said, "What's the skill level of my mid laner? What's the enemy mid laner's? Are they on the same tier?"

"How many times have we said League of Legends is a mid-jungle game, it's all about which side's mid lane is stronger!"

"Okay, I get your meaning." Uzi almost burst out laughing, suppressing his smile as he said, "Su Xing, keep going all out this game!"

Soon both teams appeared again in a new custom room, confirmed everything was correct, and immediately launched the ban/pick phase for the third training match.

Compared to the ban/pick strategies of the first two training matches, neither side changed much—one side banned top lane big-core champions and also some junglers, while the other side banned five mid laners, refusing to release champions like Clockwork Sand Emperor and such.

Again, five mid laners banned; seeing this, Su Xing opened his friend list and sent a question mark to doinb.

"?"

doinb also replied with a question mark: "Are you that scared of me?"

Su Xing slowly typed, "Really no need, let me play one game as Sand Emperor."

"Can't play it at all."

doinb responded, "Wait and see, this game you'll be crying!"

"Okay, heard you still want to return to the LPL to compete?"

Su Xing smiled and continued typing, "Listen up, bro—pro players' intensity isn't something you can handle right now."

doinb:. "Maya, this person is a hundred times more disgusting than before!"

doinb was jumping up and down in the livestream, angered by Su Xing's line—looking down on who? To him, the current LPL mid laners' strength isn't something he can just toy with.

"Don't be so anxious."

Su Xing seemed to have anticipated that doinb was gradually getting heated, and added, "Because later you might get even more worked up."

doinb didn't answer but silently selected Meng Yan; after this champion appeared, Uzi's expression underwent a subtle change.

"Uh-oh."

Uzi gave a wry smile and said, "Top lane Kennen, mid lane Meng Yan, coming straight for me."

"This game team fights will be a bit tough."

Su Xing narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "If we can't gain an early advantage, team fights will fall apart at the first touch."

Meng Yan ults and adds a Kennen ult; he doesn't need to think to know that Uzi's probability of surviving in a team fight is almost zero.

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, tabe was a bit doubtful and asked: "Do you want to play a split‑push champion?"

"Hmm, give me the card."

Su Xing rubbed his nose and said: "Team fights are hard to win; we'll rely on split‑pushing and macro."

"The card?"

tabe fell silent for a few seconds, then said: "Nowadays the card is built AD, and mostly played top lane; are you sure you want to play it mid?"

"AD card?"

Hearing this, Su Xing opened OP. GG to check the build while casually saying: "My card proficiency is decent; there shouldn't be any problem."

His card proficiency isn't very high, but playing against doinb should still be easy.

"Alright, then the card it is."

Moments later, both sides' lineups were finalized,

On Su Xing's side: top lane Tham, jungle Lillia, mid card, bot lane Jinx + Titan.

On doinb's side: top lane Kennen, jungle Broken King, mid Meng Yan, bot lane Kai'Sa + Yuumi.

"In this game you need to swap lanes, got it?"

tabe said: "The bottom lane duo goes top to suppress A Le's early development; your job is to control the first wave of jungle monsters, and as for later resource fights you must absolutely follow Su Xing's commands."

"Remember, this lineup only has a chance to win if you split‑push through Su Xing; otherwise you must never get overconfident."

(End of chapter)