League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 114 Tower Dive Solo Kill!

This immense pressure on his health forced Looper to drink two layers of corruption potion to restore his condition.

Chen Dongqing's Riven, of course, didn't need to take any medicine. She only lost three hits and quickly recovered thanks to Doran's Shield.

After this back and forth, Ekko's advantage in consumables was completely wiped out, and he was even at a disadvantage.

Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately came up with a strategy for the next laning phase.

After that, there's not much to say; it's time to wear them down!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing turned around and quickly devoured the three ranged units, successfully leveling up to level two.

He quickly allocated skill points to his E skill and then kept an eye out for opportunities to harass.

If Ekko dares to come up and use his Q to farm minions, he can immediately use his E followed by his Q to dash in and unleash a QAQ combo!

Although this set of damage wasn't high, it was a fatal blow to Ekko, who only had one stack of Corruption Potion left.

With the third wave of artillery units deployed, Looper finally drank the last layer of corruption potion.

He has no way out; he's now within Riven's kill range.

He still had a wave of artillery units to fill in front of him.

Even if you need to go back to town to replenish your health and mana, you should at least wait until after the siege engine line!

Otherwise, if you get pushed back to base before three waves of minions are even reached, then what's the point of the top lane? Doesn't a champion top laner have any pride?

With that thought in mind, Looper made up his mind and decided not to leave. He would level up his E skill at level two, play it safe, and he should be able to farm this wave of minions without any problem.

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing, observing Ike's positioning, was already planning how to secure a solo kill.

If it were the old him, he might have chickened out in this situation and let Ike go.

But he has now undergone countless meditation training sessions and has had numerous specialized training sessions on tower diving. Chen Dongqing knows that this time he will definitely be able to dive!

The artillery line is the key to upgrading to level 3.

A level 3 Riven should have no problem killing a level 2 Ekko with most of his health off after a full combo.

Thinking of this, Chen Dongqing didn't care anymore and just pushed the line away first!

There's not much to say. He immediately started using Q to deal AOE damage, using Q at the very last moment of its duration, while simultaneously using auto-attacks to quickly clear out the third wave of melee minions, and Riven successfully leveled up to level three.

The moment Chen Dongqing stepped up to the third grade, he immediately pressed forward.

He had just used Q, and his Q skill cooldown is still four seconds away. With both W and E skills available, he was fully qualified to drive this Ekko out of the experience zone.

Looper was a little frustrated, but there was nothing he could do but change position, trying to avoid Riven as much as possible, and throw a Q at a minion.

But Chen Dongqing didn't give her a chance this time. He immediately used his E skill, "Charge Forward," and Riven used her body to block the Q with a sidestep. At the same time, she walked directly towards Ekko, completely ignoring Ekko's three-hit combo!

Looper dared not lose a single drop of blood now. Seeing Riven go straight for his face, he could only retreat immediately!

But this retreat meant he lost his experience.

Chen Dongqing continued to stand there, waiting for his own low-health melee unit to die before quickly turning around and using QA to finish off the siege minion.

There's no need to hold onto experience now, because the enemy's melee and siege units have all been killed, leaving only three ranged units, which have no ability to kill regular minions.

Chen Dongqing quickly finished off the ranged minions, and the minion wave slowly pushed into the tower.

He glanced at his health, which was around 80%, but still drank the medicine directly.

Looper narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the green light emanating from Riven.

A little-known fact about the workplace: if you see someone in good spirits suddenly taking medicine, they're probably about to do something.

They'll either call for the jungler to gank you, or they'll dive your tower!

You want to overtake me?

impossible!

He's not far from reaching level three!

Looper has no intention of giving up on the minions under the tower, and he doesn't think he'll die either.

He quickly used Ekko's Q to hit the siege minion, intending to use the turret's damage to clear it out first, so that he could directly reach level three!

But at that moment, Chen Dongqing made his move!

Riven quickly closed in while Ekko was using his Q on a minion, and the instant she fired her cannon at the minion, she slashed at Ekko with a basic attack!

The turret immediately locked the red line onto Riven, but because it had just launched an attack, the next attack would be slightly delayed.

As a turret shot hit Riven, her second auto-attack also landed on Ekko, followed by an instant WQ combo!

AWQ, the three-stage attack was executed almost simultaneously, visibly reducing Ekko's health bar by a large margin while simultaneously fully stacking Fervor of Battle!

Looper immediately used E to pull away, but Chen Dongqing, like a persistent leech, immediately used E to close the distance, followed by another AQ.

At this moment, the second shot from the turret landed, instantly reducing Riven's health to half. However, Chen Dongqing remained calm and unleashed another attack!

With Riven at her peak of fighting spirit, her attacks were almost always devastating. Ekko was already low on health and would inevitably succumb to Riven's devastating final blow!

But Looper's strategy was clear: he used a three-stage E attack on the siege engine!

The cannon minion was already at half health when it entered the tower. He had previously used his Q skill on the cannon minion, which stacked two passive stacks. Now, he used his E skill to finish off the low-health cannon minion!

The experience gained from the siege of the artillery vehicle surged into Ike's body, successfully leveling him up to level three!

Just then, Chen Dongqing's third Q came flying in, followed by a slash that should have been fatal, but Ekko's extra health from the upgrade allowed him to withstand it!

At this moment, the turret's cannon fire landed for the third time, and Riven was left with low health!

If Riven hadn't taken a health potion beforehand, that shot would have been enough to take him down!

Looper flashed away, but Chen Dongqing quickly followed with a flash and auto-attack, finally securing the kill on Ekko!

"First blood!"

The cheers from the audience erupted instantly!

Only then did Chen Dongqing finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Looper handled the tower dive with remarkable composure. He knew that with both Ekko and Riven having Flash and E available, the two champions couldn't create distance, and even if they used Flash, they would still be killed. So Looper chose to stall for time, clear the cannon minions, and level up to three, relying on his level three health to tank the damage.

This move was somewhat unexpected, but it was still within his control; he managed to get past the initial hurdle.

After killing the people, the defensive tower fired another shot. Knowing that he was doomed, Chen Dongqing simply gave up struggling.

One shot landed, and Riven was sent back to the fountain.

"RNG Looper has killed QGilex!"

"A one-for-one trade occurred!" The commentator, Changmao, exclaimed excitedly, "But it's clear that Tree's side is gaining something, since he got First Blood, and it was a tower dive kill. Ekko is now facing a minion wave deficit!"

At this point, even Zhihuan couldn't help but exclaim, "This is exactly Ilex's playstyle! Dodging the tower at level three—that would have been extremely rare in the old LPL!"

Su Xiaoyan smiled and said, "So you should also have noticed that since Ilex rose to fame, the top lane battles in the entire LPL have become much fiercer. Now we occasionally see champions like Fiora, Graves, and Quinn. I think this is the change that Ilex has brought to the LPL!"

(End of this chapter)