Chapter 54: Huge changes in the World Championship version
After the bubble competition, all major teams that have qualified for the World Championship have entered into high-intensity pre-match training.
For nearly a month from the Summer Split to the Bubble Split, the LPL division used version 11.15. As time went by, the version went through constant changes, and by the time LPL's four World Championship seed spots were all available, It’s finalized, League of Legends has ushered in version 11.18.
Version 11.18 is the last version before the World Championship, and it is also the most important version.
In order to allow teams in each major region to have enough time to adapt to the World Championship version, in the 11.19 version used in the World Championship, the League of Legends designer team will no longer make major adjustments to heroes and equipment, and will only make adjustments to 11.18 Some polishing work has been done on the details in the version.
Therefore, understanding the 11.18 version as soon as possible has become the most important goal of each major team during the training process.
From version 11.15 to version 11.18, there are three versions spanning, so the ecology of the canyon has undergone tremendous changes.
Some heroes fell directly from the altar, while some heroes and lineup combinations suddenly became version T0-level existences.
Speaking of heroes who have fallen off the altar, the first to bear the brunt is Renekton, the Desert Butcher who had a very high pick rate in the playoffs.
Crocodile has experienced what may be called the most serious weakening since the hero was born. It has to be said that the designer was really ruthless and cut directly on the main artery of Crocodile.
In version 11.18, the designer reduced the stun time of Crocodile Red Fury W from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
This 0.5 seconds will directly kill the crocodile player.
Players who are familiar with Crocodile should know that when Crocodile uses the W skill, it will have an obvious freezing movement. When pressing W to control the enemy hero, it is actually equivalent to being controlled for a short period of time.
From the perspective of data analysis, the impact of this change on the crocodile is even clearer.
Crocodile's W skill freeze time is about 0.75S. The current version can only provide 1S of control time. When the opponent has a certain toughness equipment, the control time Crocodile can exert on the enemy hero is not even as long as itself. long time.
Good guy, it’s true that controlling you is equivalent to controlling myself.
This fatal knife directly chopped the crocodile into pieces, and even successfully dragged down some other heroes suitable for cooperating with the crocodile in the jungle.
Wild heroes such as Leopard, Spider, and Rockbird have undoubtedly been weakened in disguise.
This is extremely bad news for RA.
Because Crocodile and Leopard Girl are exactly RA Ueno's signature heroes.
As a result, Cube lost a stable hero choice in the World Championship version, and Leyan also lost an arm.
Correspondingly, after freeing up the jungle position, other teams have more space to limit the hero pools of other RA players.
Whether RA's junglers can expand their hero pool as much as possible in less than a month has become the top priority of the training session.
In addition to Crocodile, regulars in the playoff version such as Jayce, Kennen and Qinggang Shadow have also been weakened.
The Ruined King was also brutally chopped down. Not only was he completely expelled from the ecological chain of the top laner, but he may no longer even be able to occupy a place in the jungle.
Expelled together with the Ruined King was Lucian, the Holy Lancer.
Lucian has undergone major skill adjustments in version 11.17, which has severely weakened his ability to line up in a single lane. The newly added passive skills and the additional attributes of the W skill now require cooperation with teammates to be effective.
Therefore, after this change, Lucian returned to the bottom lane again, greatly reducing the possibility of his debut on the top and middle lines.
However, what may have surprised the designers is that it was precisely because of Lucian's skill adjustment that he produced an amazing chemical reaction when paired with some soft support heroes in the bottom lane.
The combination of Luciana and Beauty has become a classic duo that has dominated the bottom lane ecological chain for two seasons.
As for the jungle position, the Ruined King has withdrawn from the first echelon. Although Blind Monk Xin Zhao has been slightly weakened, he is still a popular choice in the World Championship version.
In addition, the prince, who has experienced a wave of significant strengthening, has risen strongly and successfully occupied a place in the jungle.
The mid laner position has not experienced many changes. Syndra and Enchantress are still the representatives of passing skills, and the mid laner, a tool player who prefers team play, is still the mainstream choice.
Therefore, support streams like Cards and Galio can still compete with the laning stream led by Enchantress Syndra.
In addition, the enhancement of Sylas has made it the best choice to counter the ultimate support flow, so this hero will definitely have a lot of opportunities to appear in the World Championship.
As for the bottom lane, in addition to the sudden emergence of the Luna combination, there are two heroes who have risen strongly in the World Championship version.
Gungirl and cat.
The World Championship is still a mid-to-jungle version, and the enhancement of the female gun's ultimate has enabled this hero to play a great role in the early and mid-term team battles. The priority of the female gun has suddenly been raised several steps. Became the version darling in the AD position.
Not to mention Cat. According to the future legendary auxiliary player Beryl, this hero should be deleted directly.
Because of the cat's strong battery life and the role that the ultimate move can play in team battles, especially defensive counterattacks, it can greatly improve the team's fault tolerance rate.
In the version that focuses on the upper, middle and jungle, as long as the cat hangs on a strong hero with the leading development, it will directly make it unsolvable in team battles.
Of course, even leaving aside these two heroes, the ecology of the bottom lane is the one that has changed the most besides the top units.
First of all, the two functional ADs of Varus and Ashe have been weakened, which greatly reduced their priority in the bottom lane. They were replaced by the previously mentioned female gun and the fortune-teller who was strengthened in version 11.16. ·ember.
Similarly, among the damage-type ADs, Aphelios has been further weakened, while Kai'Sa and Jinx have been strengthened, improving their chances of appearing on the world stage.
In addition, Draven has been strengthened in version 11.18. The designer added a killing effect whose damage is superimposed according to the bounty on his ultimate move.
Therefore, some Draven's unique skills may allow this AD, who has obvious advantages and disadvantages, to appear in the World Championship.
In the auxiliary position, due to the huge increase in the priority of female guns, Braum, who has a counter effect on her, will also be firmly in the first echelon. Leona, the hard support who is most suitable for matching female guns, will also become a popular support in the version. bit selection.
In addition, Amumu, whose skill mechanism has been greatly changed, can store two Q skills after the redesign, allowing this crybaby to achieve extremely exaggerated control effects in the early stage.
Amumu no longer has to worry that no one will choose it.
To sum up, after undergoing major changes in several versions, the World Championship version and the playoff versions of major leagues are already two completely different versions.
Therefore, whether the seed-level teams in each major region can continue to show dominance in the World Championship, or whether there will be teams that benefit from the version bonus and rise strongly, has become a debate among the e-sports related groups who pay attention to this event. topic.
In addition to the changes in the World Championship version, what is also attracting public attention is the upcoming global finals draw ceremony on September 22. (End of chapter)