History Literature / TheKingsAvatar

* ClarkKenting

* GoKartingWithBowser

* GuideDangIt

* GunKata: The Sharpshooter CharacterClass has a close-quarters combat technique called "{{Gun Fu}}" against melee-based combatants so as to not let them be rendered helpless. Most professional players require at least four to six steps, but some of the league's best (Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai) can do it in as close to three.

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: {{Justified}} as Glory's video game mechanics allows players to exploit such tactics.

* KingIncognito

** The events of the first few sagas resulting in the creation of [[spoiler:Team Happy]] is well known by web novel readers; {{Justified}} as it's hard to talk about the latter half of the series without bringing it up.

* LevelGrinding: {{Justified}} for any player starting a new account, be it Ye Xiu with Lord Grim or his professional peers who have entered the tenth server.

* MarathonBoss: In Glory, "Wild Bosses" appear only once a week, but if defeated, have a chance to drop exclusive materials. Fights against them can last long because of their high {{Hit Points}}, as well as guilds battling each other over who gets to kill the boss and claim the rewards due to their rare appearance.

* MoneySink: {{Justified}} InUniverse - to craft the best silver equipment, the highest tier of equipment category rankings, players must pump lots of rare materials potentially worth millions of ''renmenbi'' [[note]] The real-world conversion rate is around 7 RMB : 1 USD [[/note]].

* PrideBeforeAFall: In the live action, majority of Team Happy start to slack off once they start winning consecutive matches. Ye Xiu was not pleased to find out many went out for drinking and lied to him when they were supposed to be practicing that night. Tang Rou even claims to the reporters she will win her next 1 vs. 3 event or she will retire. Come next match, Team Happy suffered a humiliating loss.

* RuleOfSymbolism

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Within the game, avatars such as Lord Grim has a flowing red one, while Qiao Yifan's Assassin-class character "Ashen Moon" wears a purple scarf. Outside of Glory, players such as Huang Shaotian and Wang Jiexi will wear one indoors; {{Justified}} due to the oncoming winter season.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial

* TruthInTelevision

* WorthyOpponent

* BribingYourWayToVictory: {{Downplayed}} - rich players can still buy high-level characters, equipment and materials from one of the many gold farmers available. However, they will only be able to bully normal players with such a setup. Winning against veterans or pro players require genuine skills.
* CallForward: [[spoiler: In the prequel movie's post credits scene, Guo Mingyu tells Ye Xiu that [[LegacyCharacter as pro players, there comes a day that they'll have to give up their account,]] and cuts back into the scene where Ye Xiu gives up One Autumn Leaf to Sun Xiang.]]

* LegacyCharacter: {{Invoked}} - since [[GrowingUpSucks players grow old]] while their characters don't, professional accounts like [[BladeOnAStick One Autumn Leaf]], [[BareFistedMonk Desert Dust]], [[BroomstickQuarterstaff Vaccaria]], [[HeroesPreferSwords Troubling Rain]], [[TheGunslinger Cloud Piercer]] etc. all have players from their respective teams inheriting them and/or trained to eventually use them.

** Glory's game concepts and design are loosely borrowed from ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', such as how the in-game economy works, the public's reactions towards professional players and the guilds' interactions with one another.

* InnocentCohabitation: Ye Xiu, Chen Guo and Tang Rou reside in the living quarters on the second floor of Guo's Internet cafe with three bedrooms (Ye Xiu's is actually a storage room) connected by a living room. There's no romantic undertones between them.

* A {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} AnimatedAdaptation[[note]]Not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua''[[/note]] began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and helmed by G.CMAY Animation & Film (the same studio behind ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' and ''Manhua/ShuangshengLingtan''). An official English sub on Website/YouTube by Tencent can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5pFbfTf10Tke0CiMwxO76fT here]].

** Excellent Era's logo of a leaf with a spear and three stars symbolizes Ye Xiu's three-consecutive championship reign; the spear is One Autumn Leaf's WeaponOfChoice.

** A film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on the {{Prequel}} web novel. Trailers can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg be]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be found]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

** Sun Xiang does it twice: the first during [[spoiler:Excellent Era's hunt against Ye Xiu (assisted by the character "Deception" and the "Heavenly Justice" guild) in the Heavenly Domain, reaching the sixth tier, but is out-played by [[TheStrategist Xiu's superior tactics]]; the second is in the Season 10 playoff finals tiebreaker match against Happy, where Xiang [[UpToEleven reaches the eighth stage]], the highest tier in the current Battle Mage's meta, at a whopping 150-hit {{Combo}}. Unfortunately, Ye Xiu still defeats him due to Xiang's [[LogicalWeakness lack of experience in playing the class itself]]]].

** Glory avatars such as "Thousand Creations" and "Endless Night" are AdaptedOut: in particular, "Cold Night" fills in the latter's role. Moreover, the party Ye Xiu meets through "Sleeping Moon" have reduced roles despite being recurring characters in the {{Manhua}} and web novel. Similarly, the live-action removes entire professional teams and their respective players in the league in order to fit the already [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters bloated cast]], alongside [[CompositeCharacter combining certain characters as one person]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''The King's Avatar'' primarily uses Ye Xiu's perspective, but the narrative often shifts to professional teams and/or rival guilds and their members. Outside of anything Glory-related, there's also plenty of coworkers Ye Xiu must contend with at the Internet cafe, alongside casual Glory players.

* AdultFear:
** Ye Xiu loses the job he loves, being forcefully retired against his will when his corporate-sponsored team finds a new, younger talent. They throw him out when he has little-to-no money, shelter and job.
** Teenagers running away from home and dropping out of school to pursue a dream that eventually goes dry, wind up homeless, hungry and unable to get a job.

* RightBehindMe:
** A variation occurs when Ye Xiu is chatting with Huang Shaotian online and he begins to casually insult Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian hastily tells him that Yu Wenzhou is standing right behind him. [[HilarityEnsues Ye Xiu continues to cheerfully trash talk about Yu Wenzhou.]]
** In the live action, during a flashback, newcomer Qiu Fei meets Ye Xiu and believes he is a waiter at the Excellent Era building. Qiu Fei starts bragging about his skills and knowledge of Glory and how he would be team captain soon and telling Ye Xiu he could be his apprentice, not realizing that he was talking to the captain of Excellent Era and the Battle God of Glory himself.

* A {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} AnimatedAdaptation[[note]]Not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua''[[/note]] began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and helmed by G.CMAY Animation & Film (the same studio behind ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'', ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' and ''Manhua/ShuangshengLingtan''). An official English sub on Website/YouTube by Tencent can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5pFbfTf10Tke0CiMwxO76fT here]].

* RealityEnsues: Overlaps with TruthInTelevision
** No matter how good a professional player is, if they don't come up with adequate rankings and results for their corporate sponsored team, chances are they will be replaced with younger talent by the team executives. Furthermore, it's not unusual for pros to retire in their mid- or late-20s (without being forced to) when they're no longer in their prime.
** It's common to see players under contract who wish to leave their team being told they must pay an exorbitant amount of termination fees: this is to deter players from acquiring better benefits from joining a rival organization, which isn't unheard of.
** Professional teams having access to lavish training facilities and dining areas, while living at in-house residences paid for by their sponsors is common, given the professional scene in Asia is largely backed by major corporations.
** As per BribingYourWayToVictory states, equipment/gold/item/material farmers in [=MMORPGs=] are the norm, especially in a country where there's a sizeable player base.
** Young adolescents who are unable to pursue their dreams at becoming professional in Glory are left destitute with little working skills, due to many of them dropping out of school or leaving home. [[JustifiedTrope Ye Xiu points out this is why he became an Internet cafe manager]]: he didn't have any other skills other than gaming.

** "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blue]] Rain": [[BlueIsHeroic Blue]] and white

* A {{Prequel}} of 24 chapters written by Butterfly Blue called ''The King's Avatar - For The Glory'' (Chinese: 全职高手番外之巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: ''Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu Fān Wài Zhī Diān Fēng Róng Yào''; literally "The King's Avatar Side-Story Peak/Top Glory"), first published in 2015, covering the events from 5-10 years before the start of the main novel, detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era. The original version can be found [[https://book.qidian.com/info/1016012633 here]], while the official English translation can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/14771838206642905 here]].

* A web-based LiveActionAdaptation began broadcasting on July 24, 2019, with 40 episodes released on Tencent Video, and produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures; it's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}} in some countries. This drama series broadly adapts the web novel, upwards to roughly the first 1000 chapters. Tencent has confirmed that a second season will be released sometime in 2020.

* FanserviceCostumes: Unsurprisingly, female players like Chen Guo, Su Mucheng and Tang Rou's Glory avatars [[CleavageWindow are costumed]] [[LeotardOfPower according to]] [[{{Gainaxing}} this trope]]. However, to be fair to the opposite sex, male avatars like "Steamed Bun Invasion" used by Bao Rongxing [[BareYourMidriff also serves as an example]].

* PaperMaster: Exorcist class fully utilizes its abilities via talismans, some of which can [[FlyingWeapon have a scythe thrown]] and [[HomingProjectile home in to its target.]]

''The King's Avatar'' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: ''Quan Zhi Gao Shou''; literally "All-Class Expert", but also known as "Full-Time Expert" or "Master of Skill") is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by Butterfly Blue (蝴蝶蓝; Pinyin: ''Hu Die Lan'').

* A {{Prequel}} of 24 chapters written by Butterfly Blue, first published in 2015, covering the events from 5-10 years before the start of the main novel. The original version can be found [[https://book.qidian.com/info/1016012633 here]], while the official English translation can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/14771838206642905 here]].

* A three-episode [[OriginalVideoAnimation original net animation]] called ''The King's Avatar SP''[[note]]Special[[/note]] follows-up the first season, released on April 27, 2018, and produced by Colored-Pencil Animation Design and Tencent Penguin Pictures. ''SP'' loosely adapts the events of the 6th Glory All-Star Competition.
* A second season, ''The King's Avatar 2'', began airing on September 25, 2020, also produced by Colored-Pencil Animation Design and Tencent Penguin Pictures, as a {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} original net animation. An official English sub on [=YouTube=] by Tencent can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5p9K1tPKPd2pX-8idpid2s5 here]].

* A film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on a {{Prequel}} web novel written by Butterfly Blue called "The Summit Of Glory" (Chinese: 巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: Diān Fēng Róng Yào; literally "Peak/Top Glory"), detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era. Trailers can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

* A {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} AnimatedAdaptation[[note]]Not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua''[[/note]] began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and helmed by G.CMAY Animation & Film (the same studio behind ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'', ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' and ''Manhua/ShuangshengLingtan''). An official English sub on Website/YouTube by Tencent can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5ocv2xksC-w-YQrqlixhIRA here]].

* A {{Prequel}} of 10 chapters (or 24, depending on how you're counting) written by Butterfly Blue, first published in 2015, covering the events from 5-10 years before the start of the main novel. The original version can be found [[https://book.qidian.com/info/1016012633 here]], while the official English translation can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/14771838206642905 here]].

* A {{Prequel}} of 10 (or 24, depending on how you're counting) chapters written by the original author, first published in 2015, covering the events of 5-10 years before the start of the main novel. The original Chinese can be found [[https://book.qidian.com/info/1016012633 here]], while the official English translation can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/14771838206642905 here]].

* A second season, ''The King's Avatar 2'', is scheduled for a future release, also produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures, as a {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} original net animation.

** Han Wenqing's Desert Dust character is a nod to the popular demolition map "de_dust" from ''VideoGame/CounterStrike''. The actual game is later referenced when describing what playing a Gunner-class without using any of its class skills feels like.