League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 113: Half-health upon first meeting!

After both teams picked Ekko and Riven for their top lane, the cheers from the audience gradually began to rise.

Isn't this more entertaining than Rumble hitting the tree in the last game?

On the other side, Looper's expression immediately turned serious the moment he saw Riven.

He understood that Ekko, a top laner weak in duels, was at a disadvantage against Riven, especially Ilex's Riven.

He also understood that he was in a free-roaming role this game, and the team wanted to rely on Ekko's Q skill to defend the top tower.

This put even more pressure on Looper.

At this point, BP was still continuing.

After securing Riven, QG also locked in the popular AD carry Sivir.

RNG then picked Lucian and Thresh to increase the strength of the bot lane.

Soon, the two sides went back and forth, and the business plan was completed.

Blue side RNG: Top lane Ekko, Jungle Nidalee, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Lucian and Thresh.

Red team QG: Top lane Riven, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Lulu, bot lane Sivir and Leona.

If it were Doinb from the Spring Split, he would usually pick Viktor in this kind of game, but it's different now. He picks Lulu in the mid lane and starts playing passively.

Moreover, judging from Doinb's expression, he seemed to be enjoying it.

At this point, the three commentators offered their insights: "Looking at the lineups of both sides, the mid and jungle players on both sides have very strong fighting abilities. Both sides likely share the same goal in this game: to revitalize their teams through the rhythm of their mid and jungle!"

"Now that raises a question," Long Hair said, "which team wants to help, the top or the bottom? RNG will likely focus on helping the bottom half of the map, but what about QG?"

At this moment, QG was also discussing things in the QG voice channel.

"Is this game definitely going to focus on the bottom half of the jungle?" Uzi said as he, Xiangguo, and Liu Qingsong sneaked into RNG's bottom jungle. However, they didn't come for a level 1 team fight. Instead, they invaded deep into the jungle and set up a ward to prevent lane swapping.

"Yes, you guys can just play in the bottom half of the map. Don't let the enemy mid and jungle come to top," Chen Dongqing said. "If neither side helps top, I'll just play Ekko however I want."

"No problem!" Xiangguo said fiercely, "I'll chase after the enemy Nidalee and kick her relentlessly this game, they definitely won't have time to engage!"

Immediately afterwards, it was seen through the anti-lane-swap ward that the opponent had no intention of swapping lanes, and QG's top and bottom lanes went online normally.

However, this was expected. If they were going to switch lanes, then there would be no point in the enemy picking Ekko.

As usual, Chen Dongqing placed the Doran's Shield in the sixth slot and the Health Potion in the third slot.

Although Ekko is weak in duels, with the support of Undying and Corrupting Potion, his poke damage is still quite strong. Therefore, Chen Dongqing specifically chose a more passive starting item in this game.

As for his talents, he chose Fervor of Battle, which he always picks when facing tanky heroes, as Thunderlord's Decree is useless against tanks.

Chen Dongqing went to the red buff location first and said, "Xiangguo, I'll eat a small monster."

Xiangguo didn't even turn his head: "Eat, eat, eat. If you can eat any red buff, I'll give it to you."

"." Chen Dongqing did not reply. At 1 minute and 39 seconds, he used Q in the air, then quickly used AQAQ, interrupting the red buff attack with the last basic attack, and then took down the monster with a basic attack.

A sliver of experience flowed into Riven's body, granting her an extra bit of experience, enough for her to reach level two in a single wave of minions.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing quickly logged in, just in time to kill three melee minions.

On the other side, Looper also came online relatively late because his jungler was farming from top to bottom, and he helped take down the blue buff three times.

He noticed that Riven was also delayed in logging in, and immediately sensed something was wrong. He habitually pressed TAB and saw that Riven's last hit was indeed only 1.

Gathering jungle monsters.

Looper immediately learned of this information; in terms of competition experience, he was far more experienced than the rookie 957.

Knowing that you, Riven, will reach level two with one wave of minions, he will naturally retreat before the first wave of minions is about to die.

However, he clearly underestimated Chen Dongqing's ferocity.

When Riven came online, Chen Dongqing didn't hesitate and immediately used a three-stage Q on Ekko's face, holding three stacks of his passive, clearly timing the Q perfectly.

Chen Dongqing's meaning was clear: he had an experience advantage and could reach level two with just one wave of minions. Did you dare to come up and trade blows? If not, then get out of the experience zone!

Looper frowned slightly upon seeing this.

He knew that if he wanted to gain experience points this time, he would have to take two hits.

Both sides' heroes were late to the game, and by this time, both sides' minions were already at low health. Looper did not retreat, and Ekko adjusted his angle and unleashed a Q!

Immediately afterwards, the looper turned and left.

He wasn't worried that Riven would block his Q with her body. Even if she did, he would still get the experience. And even if Riven blocked his Q, he could just use QA and run away immediately, using the second part of his Q to hit the third ring. He wouldn't lose in the trade.

Chen Dongqing had a clear mind and understood this point, so he didn't intend to block the Q with his body. Instead, he took advantage of Ekko's Q skill activation and slashed Ekko directly with his sword, then quickly moved forward to close the distance.

His Q has a little over a second left.

Both heroes have the same movement speed, so if nothing unexpected happens, this QA combo should be completed.

Of course, Looper has come up with another trick this time.

The moment Riven auto-attacked him, he returned the auto-attack with one of his own, then waited a moment for the auto-attack interval before auto-attacking again!

At this point, the circles under Riven's feet had already stacked two layers. After three layers, Ekko would gain a considerable speed boost and be able to escape directly.

Looper didn't auto-attack this time, because his second Q was about to fly back, and Riven was right in his path!

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that Looper was indeed quite something; in just one encounter, the other party had already planned everything.

However, Chen Dongqing is no ordinary person.

He was quite experienced. When Ekko attacked him a second time, he didn't retaliate. Instead, he moved Riven forward and overlapped with Ekko's position!

At this moment, Ekko's Q started flying back, and Riven's Q skill had just finished its cooldown!

Chen Dongqing moved the mouse away from Ekko almost without hesitation, clicked on the floor next to him, and then used Q to attack!

Riven unleashed Broken Wings, using a precise movement to narrowly avoid Ekko's recall Q!

And the funniest thing is that this time, Broken Wings actually managed to hit Ekko at the edge of the distance!

He dodged it using Q's displacement!

Looper was slightly surprised, and his opinion of Chen Dongqing rose to a new level!

But he was quick on his feet, immediately turning around and auto-attacking Riven to land a full three-hit combo, and then Ekko accelerated his retreat!

But the time it took him to launch that basic attack was enough for Chen Dongqing to do a lot more.

Chen Dongqing's maneuver was top-notch, demonstrating what true light-speed QA looks like. Riven first traded a basic attack with Ekko, then quickly tapped the ground to Q forward, tapped the ground again to cancel the Q, and then cast an A!

Ekko continued to dash and chase with his Q skill, and the combo speed was extremely fast. Even with the three-ring speed boost, Ekko was unable to escape the pursuit!

Immediately afterwards, Riven leaped high into the air, her blade slamming heavily into the ground, sending Ekko flying within the maximum range of her third Q!

Chen Dongqing grinned, took a step forward, and unleashed his final basic attack!

The Fervor of Battle can stack two layers with each skill or basic attack, with a maximum of eight layers. At this point, Riven has already maxed out Fervor of Battle, and a level 1 full stack can provide eight extra points of damage to basic attacks.

Then there's Riven's passive 30% attack damage bonus. With this one strike, Ekko's health dropped by almost a whole bar!

And the combined damage from this entire combo is nearly half!

At level one, it takes away half of my health!

Looper gasped in shock.

The blood loss was much greater than he had anticipated!

(End of this chapter)