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It's the S1 season of League of Legends.

To be precise, it's an ancient version!

Of course, for Xu Lian, this is an old version, but for new players just getting into League of Legends, it's a brand new start!

Every player is a novice, and there aren't many heroes available in the game, even with the weekly free heroes, there are only a few!

However, Ashe, Garen, and Ryze have always been evergreen heroes, corresponding to the AD, Top Lane, and Mid Lane positions, respectively.

As long as you master one of these heroes, you can have a place in League of Legends!

But Xu Lian's account is very special; he has already unlocked all heroes!

Even in such an old version, there are forty heroes available, because S1 only had that many heroes.

Compared to the latest version of League of Legends that Xu Lian knows, this number is indeed a bit smaller!

But one point is very important.

Every hero has their unique playstyle, and to play all heroes proficiently and powerfully requires a lot of time!

Because no hero has an absolute Upper limit (upper limit).

As long as your skill is good enough, any hero can be played successfully!

The eternal faith — Vayne.

She's clearly a marksman hero, but she can be used as an assassin, especially against tank heroes, it's extremely easy!

The S1 League of Legends from his previous life was called a 'mosaic game'; if it were brought over directly, it definitely wouldn't be suitable, the graphics quality was just too poor!

With such low graphics quality, probably no one would want to play.

Therefore, when creating the game League of Legends, Xu Lian had already considered these issues.

Now, the S1 version's game graphics, hero models, and so on have all been improved; any existing flaws, Xu Lian had the team adjust them.

The current graphics quality is extremely high, without any flaws!

And there are no mosaics!

It's very clear!

The most important point is that Xu Lian also updated all hero portraits to the more handsome post-S7 style, so they wouldn't look uncomfortable like the original version!

After all, the S1 hero portraits were really too crude.

Recalling Poppy's portrait back then, Xu Lian still feels a bit of a shiver; she's clearly a cute little Yordle, but her portrait looked like an old woman!

Who wouldn't find that unacceptable?

Xu Lian simply updated all hero portraits to their latest appearance, making them look good and without so many flaws!

Back in the game.

Since it was against AI opponents, the four friends picked heroes very quickly, without considering team composition at all.

They immediately locked in whichever hero looked good, completely disregarding what position that hero played.

Xu Lian, meanwhile, found Yi, Master, the Wuji Swordsman!

Then he locked him in!

After a ten-second countdown, they entered the game loading screen!

"God Xu, which hero is strong? I'm planning to master one hero now! I want to be the number one in the Chinese server!"

"Yeah, yeah, God Xu, give us some secrets. Is it warriors that are strong, or mages? Or marksmen? But I think marksmen are too squishy; mages, though also squishy, have high damage, while marksmen just... feel like they're barely scratching! Too weak!"

"Karthus, the Deathsinger! When you reach level six, you can take the Revive summoner spell. When you see a low-health enemy, cast your ultimate. I'm telling you, this method earns money super fast!"

"Nonsense! Garen, the Might of Demacia, that big guy with the sword at the start of the game. I'm telling you, he's super fierce! He has both damage and tankiness. Except for one Ravenous Hydra, build all tank items, and no one can even touch you. You just stand there and chop!"

"Isn't my magic machine gun, Ryze, fierce? As long as your hand speed is fast enough, and your button pressing keeps up, his skills are like they have no cooldown. Just mash them randomly. I played a game just now, and it was so satisfying!"

"Have you seen my little bear? Annie! Her little bear can be summoned to fight, and every four skills gives a stun effect. Now that's what I call truly fierce, she can instantly kill you, even without you knowing how you died!"

"Wait, haven't you forgotten Sona, the Maven of the Strings, with her 36E? She's a true mid-lane hero, not a support!"

"Isn't Jarvan IV, the Prince of Demacia, handsome and does high damage? With one Cataclysm, everyone will be trapped by him!"

"Did you notice the hero God Xu just picked? Wuji Swordsman, Yi, Master? Who is the strongest existence? Only God Xu knows the answer!"

"Yes, yes, that's absolutely right.

Yi, Master! His W skill heals faster than being in the fountain!"

"..................."

Xu Lian looked at the screen full of scrolling bullet comments and smiled slightly.

In the S1 version, there were more mages and fewer marksmen and warriors, and Xu Lian knew the reasons why.

However, he didn't explain to the netizens, because the game had already started!

"Take a Doran's Ring, and buy two health potions before heading out."

As soon as he entered the game interface, Xu Lian found the items Yi, Master needed to buy and immediately clicked purchase.

Because it was in bot mode, Xu Lian wasn't in a hurry to leave the fountain!

Instead, he opened the shop and looked for some items from his memory, full of nostalgia!

Force of Nature had 80 magic resist, +40 health regeneration every five seconds, and +8% movement speed.

Unique Passive: Restores 0.35% of maximum health per second.

Heart of Gold (Total item cost: +325 health) Unique Passive: Gain 5 gold every 10 seconds.

Leviathan (Total item cost: +180 maximum health) Unique Passive: Gains 2 stacks of BUFF upon killing an enemy champion, 1 stack for an assist. Each stack grants 32 health, stacking up to 20 times.

Lose 1/3 of stacks upon death.

At 20 stacks, reduces all damage taken by 15%.

Besides these, items like Ninja Tabi, Madred's Bloodrazor, and Ionic Spark were also very popular among players at the time!

Xu Lian had thought these items would only exist in his memory, but he didn't expect to be able to use them again, and he was even one of the designers of these items. It was truly unexpected.

After watching for a while.

Xu Lian controlled Yi, Master, and walked towards the mid lane.

The other four teammates also consciously split up to the top and bottom lanes; no one was fighting Xu Lian for his position!

In the S1 version, the concept of jungling barely existed.

When people first started playing League of Legends, it was a 2-1-2 setup: two players went top, one went mid, and the bottom lane had a marksman plus a support. No one would go jungling at the very beginning!

Because there was no such thing as a jungle item in the S1 era.

Going to clear jungle monsters early on without a teammate's help carried a high chance of being killed by the monsters!

The countdown ended.

Minions also started to walk into lane. Xu Lian followed the minions and did not go past them to get to lane early!

Although this was a bot match now.

It didn't seem very difficult!