noveltune Chapter 3: Brother, don't dye your hair for the World Championship!
Chapter 3: Brother, don't dye your hair for the World Championship!
Become!
Lin Jin was very excited; his guess was correct.
Preventing RNG, this cancerous and incorrigible club, from qualifying for the World Championship is a contribution to the LPL.
The 10% rescue value gave him hope.
It seems this task isn't too difficult.
Just as Lin Jin and his teammates were preparing for the departure ceremony, Li Ning's team members also came over.
Ah Le immediately grabbed Lin Jin's arm, asking mysteriously and excitedly, "You, how did you know? You..."
Lin Jin patted his shoulder: "Calm down, calm down, I was just guessing, you did a good job."
"Come on, let's go pick out some clothes. We'll only have sizes S and XXXXL left soon."
This year, the teams representing the LPL at the World Championship are JD Gaming, Top Esports, EDG, and Li-Ning.
Lin Jin's team, Top Esports, is the second seed, and he stands at the end of the team.
As a substitute top laner, Lin Jin is rarely known by fans and viewers, and is basically considered to be just there to make up the numbers.
Because of the rules of the World Championship, a team must have at least one substitute.
Top Esports' starting five have been playing together for two seasons. Although they failed to win the championship this year, they are still considered the hope for LPL to win the title.
After the simple and uninteresting send-off ceremony, Jack, dressed in the lounge, revealed a resolute look in his eyes as he smoothed his hair:
"I'm planning to dye this thing red."
Ok?
Teammates praised him one after another:
"A thriving business is great."
"They'll be a huge hit, a real sensation at this year's World Championship!"
As long as Lin Jin shows a strange expression:
"Brother, why don't you reconsider?"
"Dyeing your hair before a major competition is a big no-no."
Jack stood up and combed her hair in front of the mirror: "Feudal superstition."
"Little Fire, you actually believe in this?"
"How about you have beef noodles?"
"Then I won't eat it."
"Look..."
Lin Jin tilted his head and pointed with one hand. Jack Spicy Dance was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You little brat..."
Over the next few days, at Lin Jin's "sincere advice," Jack Spicy Dance ultimately did not dye her hair, but only permed it.
This single action actually brought him a 1% saving value.
"Metaphysics counts too!" Lin Jin seemed somewhat surprised.
That makes things easier. Before the World Championships every year, there are always some mysterious pitfalls. Avoiding them will definitely increase your chances of survival.
Of course, the most direct and effective way is to make him a starter, carry the game hard in the World Championship, and help Top Esports go further.
Therefore, during the club's week-long break, Lin Jin didn't go out for a single day and stayed at the base playing ranked matches.
Maxed-out attributes and maxed-out hero proficiency provide him with a huge boost.
In one week, he went from Master 300 points to King 1100 points.
They've already broken into the top 20 in the Korean server.
However, Lin Jin's ranking surge did not cause much of a stir online.
These days, there are too many people competing in ranked matches, so it's nothing special.
Kelin Jin's win rate of over 70% and his MVP performance in every game were amplified and promoted by some data statistics content creators and marketing accounts, making him known to more people.
"Who is Top Esports' new top laner? He's pretty awesome."
"Another ranked player who doesn't play well in matches."
"I played two games in the Summer Split, and I was really just average. I didn't have the flair of Wayward."
"Fire, a young man with drive and a promising future."
Lin Jin's efforts paid off, and on the third day after Top Esports' break, they had the opportunity to hold a training match.
In this match between Top Esports and EDG, in the top lane, DaHuang was completely outclassed by Flandre; the gap in skill was simply too large.
White Crescent Moon: "Little Fire, get ready to go in next round."
Always be ready!
"OK."
After logging into his account and entering the room, Lin Jin was already itching to get started.
For stability, White Crescent chose Ornn for him.
Ornn it is, anyway, my tank stats are maxed out.
Ornn is the matchup against Flandre's Fiora.
It looked like a complete rout. After the draft, White Crescent gave him his orders:
"Turn up, don't die too much in lane, just use your ultimate well in team fights and you'll be fine, don't feel pressured."
The coaching staff and teammates did not expect Lin Jin to carry this training match; they only put him in to give Da Huang a break.
Once Dahuang has recovered, it will naturally rejoin the team.
Lin Jin is just a tool.
The training match started quickly. At one minute and ten seconds, jungler Gao Tianliang was ambushed and killed by the opposing team using three Flashes.
Gao Tianliang: "AG, AG, AG!"
"How am I supposed to fight this? It doesn't make sense."
White Crescent had no choice but to let them play AG.
EDG agreed and restarted the draft phase.
This game doesn't count as a loss for AG; we'll start over, and the draft will be the same.
This time, Gao Tianliang was not careless and started normally.
Lin Jin played very aggressively after Ornn was released.
He has fully adapted to his improved abilities and performs perfectly in lane control, last-hitting, and harassing.
Saint Gun Bro actually had a bit of a hard time in lane.
The cannon vehicle was interfered with by Ornn and failed to be hit. It was also knocked up by Ornn, losing a lot of health.
"what?"
Saint Gun adjusted his posture, deciding to no longer be careless.
After returning to base, Flandre decided to buy Cull to focus on farming, since Ornn couldn't kill him anyway.
In the bottom lane, EDG's jungler Junjia has already secured first blood against JackeyLove, and the bottom lane is starting to collapse.
Vigus, playing on the left side of the mid lane, also struggled in lane and was pressured by Scott.
The white crescent moon watched silently from behind.
He looked displeased and was talking to the assistant coach when he suddenly heard the other person shout, "Little Fire's doing well!"
He looked over and saw that Lin Jin's Ornn had reduced Fiora to only a quarter of her health.
That was a great play!
Ornn is at half health now, how did they manage to defeat him?
Before anyone could respond, Lin Jin dashed over with his E. Fiora was right by the wall, and her Q was on cooldown, so she could only use her W to block.
Moreover, you have to time it right. He can't move around; if he doesn't go in a straight line, he'll be caught up.
Saint Gunner reacted quickly, pressing W to block!
Retreat immediately!
But Ornn's Q skill was ready, so he aimed at Fiora's movement path and threw it.
"Bang!"
The protruding rock instantly killed the Fiora.
"Nice!"
The support Mark happened to switch over to see what was happening and shouted.
Lin Jin also breathed a sigh of relief. After solo killing Fiora, neither of them used Flash. He reported the stats and went back to base to buy a Sunfire Cape.
With the top lane being breached, Flandre couldn't sit still any longer. If his chosen Fiora collapsed, she would be useless in team fights later on, and she couldn't even outpace Ornn in lane pushing.
Junjia has to come.
"Gunner, lure him over here," Junjia signaled.
Flandre: "No need to seduce him, he's very brave."
As expected, Ornn played an aggressive, suppressive style, and Fiora was forced to retreat steadily.
With half health remaining, Flandre ran backward, and Ornn indeed used his E to reach him.
The opportunity is here.
Junjia's Sejuani charged in, but her Q skill was blocked by Ornn's W.
Just then, a prince jumped out of the bushes on the left.
Flash + EQ combo knocked Fiora up.
Saint Gunner exclaimed in shock, "Damn! We've been tricked!"