ARML CH61

In Training Camp mode, data can be set manually. In 5V5 team fights, you can adjust the gold and level differences between the two sides before the game starts. Advantageous games reveal a team’s stability, while disadvantageous games show their pressure resistance. Only teams that don’t get cocky when ahead and don’t panic when behind can possibly win in major tournaments.

Ye Shaoyang had also done this kind of pressure training in his past life and was no stranger to forced disadvantageous games.

However, did Coach Lin mean a 2,000 gold difference per person or for the team?

Unfamiliar with Tianhuan’s rules and embarrassed to ask the coach openly, Ye Shaoyang looked at Chi Shuo and whispered, “Is it a 2,000 personal gold difference, or 2,000 for the team?”

Chi Shuo replied softly, “Tianhuan’s training isn’t so demonic as to start with a 10,000 gold difference.”

If everyone had a 2,000 gold difference, the total team difference would be 10,000.

The opponents would all leave base with a major item and could just crush you instantly.

Ye Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief. “A 2,000 team gold difference is manageable. It’s disadvantageous, but we can play.”

A 2,000 team gold difference meant each opponent was ahead by one minor item. For instance, if the mid-laner bought a mana-regen necklace at the start, Ye Shaoyang could only buy one, but Xie Xiaotian could buy two. If their marksman bought an attack-boosting blade, the opposing marksman could buy two.

Though the gap seems small, pro players excel at snowballing. Starting with an extra minor item means they can clear minion waves faster, farm the jungle faster, and reach level 6 to learn their ultimate before you.

The difference in combat power with and without an ultimate is massive.

If all 5 opponents have their ultimates while your team doesn’t, team fights are practically unwinnable. Therefore, they had to concede the first small dragon. The small dragon gives gold to the entire team, which would further widen the economic gap.

Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang’s Flying Duo composition was easy to play from an advantage. The mid-jungle pair could roam quickly and gank, rapidly collapsing a specific enemy lane. However, this duo would be awkward in a disadvantageous game—lacking damage, failing to secure kills, and prone to being counter-killed when grouped up. If both crashed, a minor disadvantage would turn into a massive one!

Coach Lin was doing this to see how Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang’s Flying Duo handled disadvantageous situations.

The second game began, with both sides keeping the same compositions.

Yan Bin once again led the 2nd team to group up and invade the blue buff. Chi Shuo just let it go. Everyone on the opposing team had an item advantage; they simply couldn’t fight them. Chi Shuo quickly farmed the red buff. Ultimately, the opposing jungler started with 3 buffs, while Chi Shuo only got 1, which meant Chi Shuo’s level would also fall behind the opposing jungler’s.

At 4 minutes, the first small dragon team fight occurred.

Qu Jiang tried to check vision and was almost killed. Chi Shuo pinged “Retreat” and continued to let it go. They completely yielded the first small dragon to the opponents.

At 5 minutes, the economic gap widened to 3,000.

They had no choice. Forced into a disadvantage at the start, if they stubbornly contested the small dragon and lost, feeding a few kills to the opponents, the entire game would collapse. They had to stabilize first and look for opportunities once everyone reached level 6.

In the mid-lane, although Ye Shaoyang was behind Xie Xiaotian in items and levels, he didn’t miss a single minion.

Xie Xiaotian placed a bunch of fire rings on the ground, trying to suppress Ye Shaoyang’s positioning. But he found that Ye Shaoyang could always move swiftly, dodging the fire rings, and then using basic attacks to last-hit minions when they had a sliver of health left.

Xie Xiaotian quickly built two staves, the jungler also had decent damage items, and the marksman’s items were ahead of Cheng Xing’s. Captain Yan Bin decisively called, “Group up and push mid!”

The [Flame Goddess] system is strongest in team fights. They currently had a one-item advantage per person and were 1 level higher. Grouping up as 5 to push now could further expand their advantage.

As the first team fight was about to break out, Ye Shaoyang asked, “Are we fighting?”

Chi Shuo replied, “Xiao Xing, come clear the wave. Shaoyang, get ready to split-push top.”

Ye Shaoyang nodded. “Understood!”

Fight? They couldn’t win. Every opponent had an extra item, and Tianhuan’s 2nd team weren’t noobs. If they could still collapse while having an overall equipment lead, they might as well disband on the spot.

Yan Bin, as a support, shotcalled very calmly.

Seeing the mid minion wave arrive, he jumped straight in to force a team fight, using his shield to stun the frontliners, Qin Yizhu and Qu Jiang. Qu Jiang immediately used his cleanse, but it was too late…

Xie Xiaotian’s hand speed was blazing fast, covering the front, back, left, and right in roaring flames in the blink of an eye. The jungler was laying traps everywhere, and the 2nd team’s marksman, Fu Yue, hid far away, firing cannonballs into the crowd.

In an instant, the health bars of Qu Jiang, Qin Yizhu, and Cheng Xing plummeted!

Cheng Xing exploded with hand speed to clear the mid minion wave, but the 2nd team’s top laner had chosen [Blade’s Will], a fighter with strong backline-diving capabilities. Using three consecutive dashes, he hacked the squishy Cheng Xing to death in two strikes!

Following closely, he turned to chase down Qin Yizhu and Qu Jiang.

A geared-up top laner has terrifying damage output. Moreover, with flames and traps littering the ground, Qu Jiang and Qin Yizhu found it hard to escape, both falling under the fighter’s blade.

But as they fought, they noticed a problem.

Xie Xiaotian asked, “Where did their mid-laner go!”

As soon as he spoke, Ye Shaoyang answered with his actions—

Ye Shaoyang ran to the top lane to split-push, while Chi Shuo ran to the bottom lane to split-push. After quickly clearing the minion waves, the two disappeared into the jungle. Sensing danger, Yan Bin immediately shouted, “Retreat!”

But he was a step too late.

Because [Snow Bird] and [Flying Mage] are flying heroes, their speed is faster than walking heroes. After clearing the top and bottom waves, the two flanked from the jungle and appeared behind them!

At this moment, all the ultimates of the 2nd team were on cooldown. Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo tacitly took flight simultaneously.

—[Mid-laner No. 7] has slain [Mid-laner No. 17]!

—[Jungler No. 8] has slain [Jungler No. 18]!

The two messages popped up almost simultaneously.

Chi Shuo landed a mid-air snowball crowd control, freezing the opposing jungler and mid-laner simultaneously. Ye Shaoyang focused his firepower, throwing light orbs at the [Flame Goddess], while Chi Shuo dumped all his attacks on the [Trap Hunter]. The two killed the opposing mid-jungle duo in one breath. Following closely, like birds scattering when disaster strikes, they fled the battlefield, one left and one right.

Yan Bin: “…”

Captain Chi, you went too far!

Sacrifice teammates for boundless mana?

After the mid-lane team fight ended, with all teammates dead and the opponents’ skills mostly exhausted, those two suddenly popped out and caught the two squishies off guard with a flank attack?

It was a strategy born of desperation.

With an equipment disadvantage, they couldn’t win a frontal 5v5. Their teammates’ sacrifice bought an opportunity for the Flying Duo. The opponents had used all their ultimates in the team fight, allowing Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang to escape unscathed after getting kills.

The mid-lane tower’s health was chipped down by half. In the first team fight, looking at the kills, it seemed the 2nd team gained some advantage, but… you also have to see whose kills they were!

The 1st team lost their top laner, marksman, and support. The jungler and mid-laner were fine!

In other words, the two Bosses of the 1st team were completely unharmed in this team fight. They even got kills and consumed two minion waves from the top and bottom lanes.

In an economic disadvantage, there’s only one way to win—

Concentrate the entire team’s economy on the mid-laner and jungler, placing all hopes on the Flying Duo.

Top laner Qin Yizhu began yielding economy; he had just let Ye Shaoyang consume a wave. Even the bottom lane marksman started yielding part of his economy. Chi Shuo went to the lower jungle to clear buffs, conveniently taking the bottom river scuttler crab.

Gradually, Yan Bin noticed that the overall team economy of the red side was still 3,000 higher than the blue side.

But looking at individual economy, the blue side’s mid-laner and jungler were steadily catching up and were not behind the red side!

So what if top laner Qin Yizhu was dead broke? In team fights, he just needed to charge in and land a crowd control skill. Support Qu Jiang was so poor he only had one support item? Doesn’t matter. As a utility tool, just cleansing and shielding is enough.

As for marksman Cheng Xing…

Just output damage as fate dictates.

The mid-jungle core duo was farming extremely well, with all team resources funneling into them. Moreover, Yan Bin found Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang incredibly hard to catch. Chi Shuo’s [Spirit Bird] could fly; if you tried to force a gank, he’d jump a wall and fly away. Ye Shaoyang’s game sense was exceptionally sharp; at the slightest sign of trouble in the mid-lane, he’d run.

By the 12th minute, the outer mid tower still hadn’t fallen.

Chi Shuo’s strategy was crystal clear—he and Ye Shaoyang used their mobility advantage to split-push, ensuring the top and bottom lanes didn’t collapse too quickly. The remaining three players defended the mid tower with their lives.

The tempo continued to drag on. Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang continuously consumed top and bottom minion waves and quickly grew fat. Then, Yan Bin discovered that Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang had completed their three core items.

Chi Shuo pinged the prompt: “Initiate Attack.”

Having been suppressed for over ten minutes since the start, the blue team finally found an opportunity to fight back!

Forcing a small dragon team fight, Qin Yizhu jumped straight into the enemy team with a “Black Dragon Roar,” adopting an attitude of “Alright, I can die now,” dealing as many hits as he could.

Cheng Xing outputted damage randomly from a distance, hitting whoever.

Qu Jiang swiftly pressed “Divine Blessing,” granting Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo a 20% health shield and 2 seconds of crowd control immunity. Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo immediately entered the fray—

The Spirit Clan handsome guy with snow-white wings and the Human Mage in a holy mage robe descended from the sky together. Chi Shuo’s mid-air freeze hit three people in the backline, and Ye Shaoyang’s burst combo brought all three down to critical health. Chi Shuo followed up with a mid-air dive, securing a triple kill in one fell swoop!

This team fight was still a 3-for-3 trade; the kill ratio didn’t change.

But the blue team lost their top laner, marksman, and support, while the red team lost their jungler, mid-laner, and marksman—the three core pillars of their positional warfare. On top of that, they lost the small dragon. It was an absolute massive loss!

Lin Feng had been spectating from the referee’s perspective the whole time.

Gradually, he noticed that the lagging economy had actually caught up.

Starting from this team fight at 12 minutes, the blue team’s economy tied with the red team’s, and then overtook it!

Next, they entered the tempo of the previous game. Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang roamed the entire map, rapidly pushing towers and counter-jungling. Their economy overtook the opponents by 4,000, and then they wiped out the opponents in a Baron team fight, ending the match!

The 5 members of the red team hung their heads collectively, seemingly embarrassed to face this result.

It was like a swimming race where they let the blue team start 50 meters ahead, but were still overtaken and beaten by the blue team in the end. Was there any other reason besides themselves playing poorly?

Yan Bin: “666.”

Xie Xiaotian: “You guys are too 6!”

Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang exchanged a smile.

Coach Lin stood up, signaling everyone to take off their headsets.

Everyone took off their headsets and looked at him. The coach analyzed, “The blue team handled this game very well. In an economic disadvantage, you can’t take care of everyone. Teammates must make sacrifices and feed one or two players who can turn the game around.”

He looked at Qin Yizhu, Cheng Xing, and the others. “Although Old Qin and Xiao Xing died quite a few times this game, yielding all the economy to Captain Chi and Shaoyang was the most correct choice at the time. The Flying Duo, as long as they can guarantee their farm and seize opportunities, can collapse the opponents in one wave. This is also the key to your comeback victory.”

Everyone nodded repeatedly as they listened to the coach’s analysis.

Coach Lin continued, “The 2nd team was still not decisive enough. When you noticed the mid-jungle duo wasn’t in the team fight, you should have retreated immediately, not letting them flank you. Also, after the first team fight, you should have realized the problem. You couldn’t let Captain Chi and Shaoyang continue to farm. Grouping up as 5 to forcefully kill them was the only way to interrupt their farming tempo.”

Yan Bin said ashamedly, “I hesitated.”

Coach Lin smiled slightly. “It’s fine. Let’s play the next game and see what other problems there are.”

Just as everyone was about to press ready, Coach Lin said, “This game, the blue team will start with a 3,000 gold disadvantage and give up the three outer towers in the top, mid, and bottom lanes. You’ll be playing from a massive disadvantage.”

Ye Shaoyang: “???”

The coach went too far this time!

Not only a 3,000 gold disadvantage, but directly giving up three outer towers? How is this playable?

Facts proved that such a massive disadvantage is truly impossible for even a god to turn around.

Once the outer towers are lost, the jungle becomes inaccessible. Yan Bin had also learned the trick to dealing with the Flying Duo: the 5 of them flanked through the jungle, grouping up to gank Ye Shaoyang…

Seeing the 5 opponents, Ye Shaoyang immediately used Flash to run. “Can’t mess with this, slipping away.”

The 5 opponents declared, “Don’t run!”

The support flashed directly, smashing Ye Shaoyang with a shield to stun him. The top laner used three dashes to unleash an ultimate, hacking Ye Shaoyang to critical health. Xie Xiaotian placed a fire ring right under Ye Shaoyang’s feet—

[Mid-laner No. 17] has slain [Mid-laner No. 7]!

Xie Xiaotian was as excited as if he had won the Grand Finals. “I killed Brother Yang, hahaha!”

Ye Shaoyang: “…”

Are you guys fighting a BOSS?

5 people grouping up to kill me?

Dropping all kinds of ultimates on a squishy mage? Is that really necessary!

Chased and killed down a whole lane by five young lads, Ye Shaoyang experienced such supreme VIP treatment for the first time. Chi Shuo found the scene highly amusing—in the past during internal training matches, the boys from the 2nd team always chased after him.

Now they’ve started chasing Ye Shaoyang.

Tianhuan had gained an extra Boss, and Chi Shuo’s pressure instantly lessened.

Although they lost the third game, it was very fun to play.

Taking his hands off the keyboard, Ye Shaoyang laughed, “You guys went too far!”

Xie Xiaotian said excitedly, “I killed Brother Yang, I’m taking a screenshot as a souvenir!”

Coach Lin cast a complex look at Ye Shaoyang. Despite being chased and killed several times by five little guys, Shaoyang’s expression remained relaxed, always smiling, as if winning or losing didn’t matter. His mentality was exceptional.

His psychological fortitude was nothing like a rookie’s.

Coach Lin thoughtfully reviewed the post-match statistics. The Flying Duo seemed ready for direct use in official matches. They played steadily with an advantage and had ways to make a comeback from a disadvantage.

As for the massive disadvantage in the final game…

The 5 members of Tianhuan aren’t idiots. Unless they collectively AFK for 2 minutes, how could they possibly lose 3 outer towers right at the start? Such a massive disadvantage is impossible to occur in a real match.

He deliberately set up a massive disadvantage for the 2nd team to win simply because he didn’t want the youngsters on the 2nd team to get too discouraged by a beating.

Three training matches, and both the 1st and 2nd teams gained something. This was the best outcome.

Coach Lin thought with gratification that Tianhuan’s mid-jungle core strategy could finally reappear in the arena. He believed that next season, Shaoyang and Chi Shuo’s dual-core synergy would definitely bring many surprises to the professional league.

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Author’s Note:

5 young lads chasing Ye Shaoyang.

Ye Shaoyang: “?”