Brothers, the getaway is coming. The S34 season is full of smoke, and the jungler heroes are groping for a new way to survive with the new map and blade reform. The traditional T0 jungler is gone, but Nezha and Yang Yuhuan, the two non-professional junglers who have fought their way out of the encirclement, are leading the way. Li Bai, who has an excellent mechanism, should be firmly in the T0 position, but it backfired, and he seemed to have lost his former glory. Xiaoyao will talk to you today about why this sword immortal can't keep pace with the times.
Nezha and Yang Yuhuan's counterattack
Let's start by talking about two contenders: Nezha and Yang Yuhuan. They took advantage of the Giant's Grip's jungler knife mechanic to take their tandulum and orb effects to unprecedented heights, allowing them to deal super high damage with just a meat suit. The playing style of these two heroes subverts the player's perception of traditional junglers, dwarfing all the jungler heroes.
The contradiction between Li Bai's skills and values
Looking at Li Bai again, his skill design undoubtedly shines with the light of professional jungler. The second skill's built-in armor piercing allows him to remain competitive even after the pursuit blade penetrates and removes. The combination of his displacement and area damage gives him excellent ability to farm and run maps. But even so, he seems to be powerless in battle, especially in team battles, once the ultimate hits multiple people, the damage is attenuated significantly, and he loses the brilliance of the center stage.
A rigorous test of the early rhythm
Li Bai's gameplay has extremely high requirements for the grasp of the rhythm in the early stage. Any one misstep could lead to a disconnect in the economy, which in turn would affect the subsequent offensive. This poses a higher challenge to the player's operations and strategic choices. Compared with Nezha and Yang Yuhuan, they rely much less on the rhythm in the early stage, and even if they make mistakes in the early stage, they can make up for it through Tandu and stabilize the battle.
A numerical dilemma in desperation
Then why is Li Bai's skill design so good, but the win rate can't be improved? The root cause is his stats. When facing other jungler heroes, Li Bai's stats are slightly shabby. He must rely on the advantages of economy and equipment to shine. But once the jungle is invaded, or if there is a mistake in the lane, his threat level drops dramatically.
The art of balancing skills and stats
The truth behind this is that Li Bai's design itself is full of contradictions. His ability mechanics are quite talented, but the balance stats are quite subtle. The challenge for game designers was to find a numerical balance while preserving the uniqueness of the hero mechanics. This is a difficult problem that Li Bai and game designers must face.
epilogue
Brothers, a new season, a new journey. Whether it is Li Bai or other heroes, every version change is a test for them. Only by constantly learning, adapting, and improving can players be invincible on the battlefield of the canyon. I hope that in the future, Li Bai can find his own position, and once again return to the T0 list with a sword to seal his throat. That's all for today's sharing, see you next time, let's continue the frontier in the canyon. Bye-bye, brothers!