First of all, he had to solve the problem about members .
This was an area that Ruling Sword really lacked in – they weren't like other guilds that were brimming with talent .
There wasn't a solution for this, at least not a quick one . Regardless of how frustrated Square Root 3 and Lu Li were, there was no way for them to produce a bunch of top players out of nowhere and assign them into the competition .
As for poaching from the other guilds, there was no guarantee that this would work . In fact, most professional players wouldn't leave a guild that they had already established themselves in .
They would have spent a majority of their time training and competing in their club, and would also be well-coordinated with their teams . For example, Fat Monkey finally synchronized his battle-style with Lu Li and the others . If he was tossed into a new club with a new team, it would be lucky if he could even display 70% of his true strength onstage .
If they couldn't perform at their best, it was almost guaranteed that their value as a professional player would drop . As such, it was very rare for professional players to leave their guilds .
Even if Ruling Sword's uprising was good enough to attract someone, they might not be able to afford the high contract breaching price anyway . Mu Qiu was an exception – he was someone who had been given up on, so his old contractors didn't bother too much with him .
In a normal situation, a professional player had to pay three-times their value for breaching a contract .
If Lu Li wanted Monsoon from Seventh Heaven, who was a 'cheaper' player, Ruling Sword would have to pay around three million . He was currently worth $800,000, but the contract breach would skyrocket this price .
Ruling Sword really couldn't afford this!
It wasn't possible for them to poach, so they would have to find another solution .
The competition this time was similar to the previous ones and was divided into two parts – arena and group matches .
In the arena matches, five players would be sent out to battle one-on-one until no one was standing on the team . Victory would be determined by points, which would be decided by the headcount of the winning team . The group matches were similar to before, and were still five players with one substitute player waiting outside .
March Rain was a healer, while Sakura Memories was a supporting damage-dealer . Asking them to participate in the arena matches was equivalent to giving away free points .
The only players who could currently fight in the arena were Fat Monkey, Lu Li and Moonlight .
Mu Qiu's skills and equipment wasn't ready yet, so Lu Li didn't think that he was suitable for an arena match .
Besides the arena players, he also needed enough substitutes . These players would ideally be available to enter the match ground at any time and when they were not competing, be training buddies for the regulars .
This meant that Ruling Sword needed another two damage-dealer competitors .
Lu Li's first target was a female Warlock . In arenas, Warlocks were a very popular class choice because they many skills that were suitable in a sustained battle .
Drain Life – deals damage while healing your own health bar .
Life Tap – sacrifices a portion of health and recovers double the amount as mana .
Health Funnel – sacrifices a portion of health and recovers double the amount of health to pets .
Life Siphon – deals damage to the target and heals the caster for 0 . 35% of their maximum health .
Mortal Coil – horrifies an enemy target into fleeing, incapacitating them for 3 seconds and healing you for 11% of your maximum health .
Dark Refund – heals you and your pet for 20% maximum health over 12 seconds; any healing received during this time will be increased by 25% .
Spirit Link – 20% of all damage taken by the caster is split with your demon; 3% of all damage dealt is used to heal you and your demon .
Healthstone – creates a Healthstone, which instantly restores 15% health after use .
Well of Souls – create a Well of Souls which lasts for 2 minutes . Team and raid members can click on the well to obtain a Healthstone .
Soulstone – store the spirit of a team or raid members to resurrect them . Can be used on a dead target . Target resurrects with 60% health and 20% mana .
These were only the tip of the iceberg; there were still plenty of skills that Lu Li didn't know about or understand . He only knew that Warlocks had quickly became the favorites for arena matches from his previous life . Almost any club had at least two professional Warlock players .
As such, finding a professional Warlock player became an urgent task for him .
Any guild leader would look far ahead from the present and train talent from all the different classes . These players wouldn't be of a high value and had stricter contracts .
Even if they wanted to leave, they would have to serve their old company for at least a year . The contract might even set a minimum number of competitions that they had to participate in . About a hundred years ago, when the laws were designed, there were plenty of clubs who didn't send these competitors to the match grounds to punish them .
These contracts no longer existed, but the mindset behind them remained .
No one would want to spend time and effort to train someone and receive nothing in return .
Lu Li wasn't interested in any of these competitors-in-preparation .
His target was a female Warlock with the ID Kitty Likes Meat . You could tell from her name alone that this was a girl .
Kitty Likes Meat wasn't a hidden star player blending in with the crowd . In fact, she had been a match analyst in the past and her technique was quite good . She was quite popular within the gaming industry .
After she entered Dawn, she mainly played in the arena .
Lu Li went to the arena a while ago to check her match records . She had a 79% victory rate and had played in around seven hundred matches .
This wasn't a very high win-rate – real top players were all well above 90% . Professional players had a 95% win-rate in the arena, and a few players like Lu Li had never lost .
As such, Kitty Likes Meat was still at the stage where she was underestimated .
Her win-rate in the beginning was still low because she didn't understand Warlocks when she first started playing . It wasn't until her level, equipment and battle experience improved that her win rates began to shoot up .
A few months later, she would be a part of the nine-five club (a special title for arena players with a win rate of over 95%) .
Although plenty of big clubs searched around, they gave up as soon as they heard that Kitty Likes Meat had a strict family and that she had to stay in her hometown city .
Lu Li wasn't fazed of this, because Kitty Likes Meat was from Jiangnan City .
Jiangnan City was a small city in the South and had been around for less than a hundred years . It developed as a tourist city and only housed Star Moon Union as a top-100 guild .
However, the reputation of this guild was average . They had nothing that could attract Kitty Likes Meat, a girl who didn't need money or anything in general .
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