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 “Blue Rain’s environment for growth is the best among all teams.” — Spoilers for Blue Rain follow.
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Blue Rain (蓝雨, Lányǔ) is an eSports team that debuted during Season 1 of the Glory Professional League. It is considered one of the powerhouse teams in the league. They have a strong training camp, which some top-class players have participated like Huang Shaotian, Yu Wenzhou, Fang Rui, and most recently, Lu Hanwen. Their playstyle, since Wei Chen was around, is to create and seize opportunities.[1]
History[]
While the Alliance was still forming, Wei Chen was asked to set up a team, which became known as Blue Rain. At some point in the early times of the league, Blue Rain held a training camp, where the future prospects of Blue Rain, Yu Wenzhou, and Huang Shaotian, took part as well as Fang Rui. With Huang Shaotian being seen as the future ace-player of Blue Rain, the club began carefully raising his Blade Master account. This period of time became known as "The Beginnings of the Legends of the Sword Saint." After losing to Yu Wenzhou multiple times during a practice match, Wei Chen, the Captain at that time, made the decision to step down.[2]
Fang Shijing became the user of Swoksaar and Captain during Season 3 which allowed Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian an extra season of practice. Blue Rain failed to enter the playoffs that season. Fang Shijing retired at the end of Season 3 and Yu Wenzhou was promoted to the captain of Blue Rain.
During Season 6 of the Alliance, Blue Rain beat Tiny Herb in the finals, stopping Tiny Herb from becoming the 2nd team to win back-to-back championships and becoming Champions themselves.
In Season 8, Blue Rain clinches the 1st place in Regular Season. Blue Rain performs consistently for the season by winning all 5 matches in April and the last 2 matches in May. The media notes Blue Rain as the most consistent team in the Season 8 of the Glory Pro Alliance.[3] Blue Rain enters the playoffs finals for the second time after defeating 301 Degrees and Misty Rain. They face Samsara in the finals but lose in an unprecedented fashion, causing the Alliance to change the rules for the playoffs.
Prior to the start of Season 9, one of their All-Star players, Yu Feng, transfers to Hundred Blossoms but they promote one of their youth prospects, Lu Hanwen, from the training camp. Lu Hanwen becomes the youngest player to make his debut in the Glory Professional Alliance and receives the Best Newcomer award for his performance that season. In Season 9, they finished fifth in the Regular Season and are knocked out in the Quarterfinals by Tiny Herb.
Before the start of Season 10, their Thief player Lin Feng transfers to Wind Howl. Blue Rain finishes third in Regular Season and faced Happy in the Quarterfinals where they lost. In the Quarterfinals match, they became the first team to lose a match whilst winning the Team Competition.
Current Roster[]
| Name | Class | Account | Team Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Wenzhou | Warlock | Swoksaar | Captain |
| Huang Shaotian | Blade Master | Troubling Rain | Vice-Captain |
| Lu Hanwen | Blade Master | Flowing Cloud | Main Roster |
| Zheng Xuan | Spitfire | Bullet Rain | Main Roster |
| Song Xiao | Qi Master | Receding Tides | Main Roster |
| Li Yuan | Summoner | Eight Notes | Main Roster |
| Xu Jingxi | Paladin | Soul Speaker | Main Roster |
Transfers[]
| Name | Previous Class | Current Class | Previous Account | Current Account | Season | Previous Team | New Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Feng | Berserker | Berserker | Brilliant Edge | Blossoming Chaos | 9th Season | Blue Rain | Hundred Blossoms |
| Lin Feng | Thief | Thief | ??? | Doubtful Demon | 10th Season | Blue Rain | Wind Howl |
Retired[]
| Name | Class | Account | Season Retirement | Team Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wei Chen* | Warlock | Swoksaar | End of Season 2 | Captain |
| Fang Shijing | Warlock | Swoksaar | End of Season 3 | Captain[4] |
-* Wei Chen initially retired during the 2nd Season, but was convinced by Ye Xiu to return back to the league. He participated in the 9th season Challengers League and 10th season Pro League with Happy.
Guilds[]
Blue Brook Guild[]
One of the powerhouse guilds backed by the team Blue Rain. The Heavenly Domain guild is run by Liang Yichun (Changing Spring) while the 10th Server guild is run by Xu Boyuan (Blue River/Blue Bridge). Due to Troubling Rain and Huang Shaotian being in Blue Rain, the guild is composed of many Blade Masters.
| Notable Accounts | Class | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Changing Spring | Berserker | Guild Leader |
| Blue Bridge Spring Snow/Blue River | Blade Master | 10th Server Guild Leader (Former) |
| Ice of Dawn | Summoner | Five Great Expert |
| Chilling Nightfall | Elementalist | Five Great Expert |
| Flying Brushstroke | Spitfire | Five Great Expert |
| Poplar Beach | Blade Master | |
| Bound Boat | Cleric | |
| Flower Lantern | Knight | |
| Thundering Light | Elementalist | |
| Lunar Grace | Witch | |
| Returning Cloud | Elementalist |
Achievements[]
- Season 1 - 3rd-4th
- Season 2 - 5-8th
- Season 4 - 5-8th
- Season 5 - 5-8th
- Season 6 Champions
- Season 7 - 5-8th
- Season 8 Runner-ups (1st in Regular Season)
- Season 9 - 5-8th (5th in Regular Season)
- Season 10 - 5-8th (3rd in Regular Reason with 277 points)
Matches[]
Season 8[]
Regular Season[]
| Team | Individual | Group | Team | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent Era [5] | 1/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 8/10 | Win |
| Tiny Herb [6] | 1/3 | 0/2 | 5/5 | 6/10 | Win |
Playoffs[]
| Team | Individual | Group | Team | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsara | 2/3 | 0/2.5 | 0/4 | 2/9.5 | Loss |
Season 9[]
| Team | Individual | Group | Team | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conquering Clouds | 1+?/3 | ?/2 | 5/5 | ?/10 | Win |
| Tiny Herb | ?/3 | ?/2 | 0/5 | ?/10 | Loss |
Season 10[]
Regular Season[]
| Team | Individual | Group | Team | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Green[7] | 9/10 | Win | |||
| Samsara | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0/5 | 3/10 | Loss |
| Happy | 2/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 9/10 | Win |
| Tiny Herb | 1/3 | 0/2 | 5/5 | 6/10 | Win |
| Conquering Clouds | 3/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 10/10 | Win |
| Hundred Blossoms | 0/5 | 3/10 | Loss | ||
| Royal Style | 0/5 | Loss | |||
| Thunderclap | 3/3 | 2/2 | 0/5 | 5/10 | Draw |
| Parade[9] | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/5 | 4/10 | Loss |
| Void | Win | ||||
| Samsara | 5/5 | 7/10 | Win | ||
| Lightly | 5/5 | 7/10 | Win | ||
| Happy | 1/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 8/10 | Win |
| Tiny Herb | 0/3 | 0/2 | 5/5 | 5/10 | Draw |
| Wind Howl | 0/3 | 2/2 | 0/5 | 2/10 | Loss |
| Hundred Blossoms | 2/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 9/10 | Win |
| Parade | 2/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 9/10 | Win |
| 301 Degrees | 2/3 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 3/10 | Win |
| Void[10] | 8/10 | Win |
Playoffs[]
| Team | Group | Team | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy | 3/5 | 6/6 | 9:10 | Loss |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The team failed to enter the playoffs once and that was when Fang Shijing took over Captain duties in Season 3 after Wei Chen retired.
- This marks the worst performance in a Season in all of Blue Rain's history.
- According to Ye Xiu, Blue Rain's environment is the best place to develop in.[11]
- Blue Rain is the first team to lose a playoff match whilst winning the Team Competition.[12]
- Of the traditional four powerhouses - Excellent Era, Tyranny, Tiny Herb and Blue Rain - only Team Blue Rain has never had any female players.[13]
References[]
- ↑ Chapter 749
- ↑ Chapter 518
- ↑ Chapter 620
- ↑ Baidu
- ↑ Chapter 119
- ↑ Chapter 393-6
- ↑ Chapter 1140
- ↑ Chapter 1210
- ↑ Chapter 1232
- ↑ Chapter 1370
- ↑ Chapter 394
- ↑ Chapter 1428
- ↑ Chapter 846