League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 117 Backflip Slash! (Two-in-One)

Chen Dongqing's move, without exaggeration, sped up the entire game's pace by five minutes.

Because he not only crushed RNG's top and jungle, but also RNG's mid laner.

After returning to base, Doinb immediately built the Harmony of Harmony, a younger version of the Great Chalice of Harmony, which provides magic resistance, mana regeneration, and health regeneration equal to the mana regeneration.

With the support of equipment, Doinb can aggressively engage in trades and use skills to push lanes.

Immediately afterwards, the four-in-two formation slowly unfolded.

In the current version, if a four-man gank on two lanes succeeds in one wave, it can immediately start the entire team's tower-pushing rhythm!

In eight minutes, Doinb single-handedly pushed the mid-lane minion wave to the turret, and then he and Xiangguo headed straight for the bottom lane.

This is clearly a gank on the bottom lane tower, and all the teams are on guard now. RNG's defensive strategy is quite simple – the two bottom laners retreat together, abandoning the tower.

There's really no way to beat them. A Lee Sin with a 3-0 score, how are they supposed to fight him?

As a result, QG's four players worked together without any resistance, taking down the bottom lane tower and then securing the first dragon.

"Let's not switch lanes this time, let's keep pushing the bottom lane." Uzi's strategy was clear after recalling. He went back to the bottom lane and launched an attack on the bottom lane's second tower.

The suggestion was also approved by the other four.

Switching lanes and pushing towers is mainly to speed up the pace of the game and prevent the opponent from having time to develop.

But in this game, they didn't actually need to do that.

Because their lineup is actually more late-game focused, while the opposing team is more focused on tempo.

If a lane swap is forced, everything becomes unpredictable. Ekko is too good at defending towers, and Sivir, with her short range, is likely to be defended by Ekko alone, and may also face ganks from Lissandra and Thresh.

Moreover, they are currently gaining an advantage in the top lane, so it's somewhat unfair to have Riven switch out to lane against the opposing bot lane duo.

The correct decision is to continue the laning phase and prolong it.

Meanwhile, Swift is facing a situation where no one can catch her.

It's definitely impossible to gank Riven in the top lane now; she can't even win a 2v1. In the mid lane, Lulu only uses her skills and doesn't engage in combat; she just pushes the lane and doesn't trade hits, giving no chance to gank at all.

After much deliberation, he could only gank bot lane, but the Lee Sin was heavily guarding the bot lane, leaving him with no way to make a move!

But he clearly didn't understand his situation.

A 0-2 Nidalee facing a 3-0 Lee Sin shouldn't be thinking about how to gank first.

Rather, it's about how to defend your own jungle.

Previously, when Xiangguo was countering RNG's F4 camp in the jungle, he placed a ward in the jungle camp.

Before level nine in this version, the scanner is placed on the ground and can only scan one area. It cannot be used to clear wards in your own jungle, so this ward always exists.

And this keen eye has now spotted the leopard girl farming the F4.

Seeing that his own mid and bot lanes were now in a favorable position, Xiangguo didn't say anything and directly charged into RNG's F4 camp alone.

Coming to RNG's jungle feels like coming home.

Xiangguo quickly approached and then used his W to touch the ward, simultaneously reaching Nidalee in front of him!

Lee Sin starts with a basic attack followed by [Thunder Strike], then chases after him relentlessly with basic attacks.

The 3-0 Lee Sin had already built the Warrior jungle item, making his jungle fighting power absolutely off the charts. After chasing and punching Nidalee a few times, she was left with only half health!

Xiangguo was still muttering in the voice chat, yelling, "Die!"

As they were talking, the Blind Monk twisted his body in mid-air and kicked the Nidalee away with a [Dragon Tail Slam], followed by [Sonic Wave].

RQQ's combo is guaranteed to hit, there's not much to say about it, no professional jungler would have a problem with it, it will leave Nidalee with only half her health left!

"Nice, bro!" Doinb, who was laning in the mid lane, immediately cheered, and even he himself had a smug look on his face. He chased after Xiaohu's Lissandra and smacked him twice.

Last year, Swift and I beat you and Xiangguo.

This year, Xiangguo and I beat you and Swift again.

Although the jungler played poorly in this game, the real winner was Doinb!

They've won so many times they're numb.

Next, the game entered a short development period. QG's lineup was more geared towards the late game, so they didn't rush to accelerate but waited for a key moment.

After waiting for fourteen minutes, Xiangguo and Doinb came to the bottom lane and helped the bottom lane take down the second dragon.

At the same time, Uzi finally completed the extraction and had enough gold coins.

Uzi said, "Come on, we can switch lanes now."

After securing the dragon, Uzi immediately returned to base and upgraded his B.F. Sword into Essence Reaver.

This version of Essence Reaver has very simple stats: it simply increases attack damage, critical strike chance, cooldown reduction, and has a critical strike chance effect that restores 3% of maximum mana, earning it the nickname "Mana Drainer".

With the Essence Reaver, Sivir gains the ability to push lanes effortlessly with her abilities, finally allowing her to initiate a tower-pushing rhythm.

This time, they chose to push the top tower, while Chen Dongqing switched to the bottom lane to be a tower defender.

He's currently in the power spike of Black Cleaver, but the enemy Ekko is getting annoying, constantly pushing the lane with his Q skill, and he can't do anything about it. Switching to the bot lane is a good thing, at least he has some free time.

Time then passed quickly.

Sivir with the Mana Dagger has unbeatable wave clear efficiency; she can clear a wave of minions in two seconds, followed by a wave of full-health minions pushing into the tower.

In this situation, even Ekko had a hard time defending, and the top lane tower was quickly destroyed in two minutes.

The rest of the game followed this rhythm: after pushing down the top tower, Uzi immediately switched to the mid lane and continued pushing the tower!

Under such pressure, RNG inevitably becomes somewhat impatient.

After all, they are a mid-game focused lineup. If they are at such a disadvantage in the mid-game, they won't be able to win in the late game!

They need to get their rhythm back on track!

They quickly set their sights on Riven, who was pushing the bottom lane.

This Riven doesn't seem to have gone home yet. She's currently equipped with Mercury's Treads, Black Cleaver, and Tiamat. With this build, if her mid and jungle gank together, combined with Ekko's tankiness, killing her shouldn't be a problem.

If they can take a hit on Riven's bounty, they might still have a chance.

After a brief discussion, Xiaohu and Swift quickly headed towards the bottom lane.

But coincidentally, just as they were about to gank the bottom lane, they watched as Riven finished clearing the bottom lane and immediately disappeared into RNG's jungle.

Judging from that situation, they might be heading to the mid lane to help push the mid tower as a group.

Such a good thing!

Upon seeing this, Xiaohu immediately called out to Looper in the voice chat to follow, while he and Swift crouched in the bushes between the red buff and the dragon pit, playing a wait-and-see approach.

Riven was incredibly bold, and quickly moved to the back of the dragon pit, behaving quite arrogantly!

But just then, Chen Dongqing suddenly heard his teammate say in his earpiece, "Lissandra and Nidalee are missing, be careful."

At this moment, Chen Dongqing, who was walking in the enemy jungle, narrowed his eyes slightly and felt that his position was a little dangerous. So he started to use the first part of his Q behind the dragon pit, intending to jump over the wall into the dragon pit and then walk through the river.

This scene was witnessed by RNG's mid and jungle players. They obviously couldn't let the Riven they had just picked up get away, so Xiaohu decisively took action!

Lissandra flashed out of the bush and used her ultimate to freeze Riven in place! Then a javelin followed closely behind, piercing Riven directly!

At the same time, Chen Dongqing also saw a circle appear under his feet, which was a W from Ike.

Clearly, the opposing team had been waiting for them for a long time, and the three of them coordinated their skills extremely quickly!

Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes slightly, not expecting that the Ice Maiden who was just farming in the top lane would come to the bottom jungle to ambush him without stopping.

Their execution is quite strong.

Seeing Ekko's W about to fly over, Chen Dongqing's actions were also incredibly fast. As soon as Lissandra's control chain ended, he decisively pressed R-Flash. The moment Riven drew her sword, she flashed out of Ekko's W range and arrived next to Nidalee!

Immediately afterwards, Riven slashed Nidalee with her sword, then pressed Tiamat, W, Q!

A Tiamat WQ combo, this burst is extremely fast, almost one hit and Nidalee is already at low health!

But Chen Dongqing's actions were not yet over.

He raised his sword again and landed another basic attack on Nidalee. Then, he quickly used his E [Charge Forward] to cancel the attack's animation and steered Riven toward the wall of the Dragon Pit!

Immediately afterwards, he pressed RQ!

As Riven unleashed her R [Wind Slash] directly towards Nidalee, she used the third part of her Q [Broken Wings] to leap over the wall of the Dragon Pit and directly into it!

The wind slashed backward, while Riven moved forward; these two things, which started from the same point, flew in two completely different directions.

The Swift Slash swept across the Nidalee's body, instantly wiping out her remaining health!

Meanwhile, Riven, who had scaled the wall into the dragon pit, had already made her escape!

RNG's top and mid laners watched helplessly as Riven left.

"QGilex has killed RNGSwift!"

At that moment, the audience erupted in uproar!

What the hell is this?!

[How did it happen so quickly?]

To be honest, I didn't understand it.

[The person moves backward, the sword energy moves forward? A backflip slash, is that it?]

【Oh, I know that trick. Just press the back jump button and then press X.】

If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll leap back with sword energy!

At this moment, many people in the room started joking and began to show off their DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online) skills. Indeed, this scene did resemble the backstep slash in DNF, and Chen Dongqing had also played DNF in his live stream, specifically playing a Blademaster who could perform the backstep slash.

"Holy crap!" Xiangguo, who had watched the whole thing, was completely dumbfounded: "How did they do that? I didn't understand at all!"

Why can your Riven use R and Q to fly in two different directions?

Chen Dongqing smiled mysteriously: "It's a secret."

It's not really a secret; it's just that it's hard for him to explain.

This principle is actually somewhat similar to Cassiopeia's reverse R flash.

Cassiopeia can create a visual bug by placing the mouse within the Flash range and casting her ultimate (R), then quickly flashing to the furthest distance.

Riven's combo is similar. If you place the mouse within the movement range of the E skill and then quickly press ERQ, you can complete this "backflip slash".

This move was actually just a flash of inspiration for Chen Dongqing. In fact, he had failed every time he played ranked matches before, and the fact that he was able to pull it off now was purely due to the boost from his 90 points in skill attribute.

This seemingly ordinary kill was clearly a devastating blow to RNG.

Taking advantage of the absence of the opponent's top, mid, and jungle players, QG launched a massive push, destroying RNG's mid-lane first and second towers in one fell swoop.

The game sped up again by five minutes.

At that point, the outcome of the match was clearly no longer in doubt.

At 22 minutes, QG, with a huge advantage, directly initiated a team fight around the Baron. Xiangguo secured the Baron with a Smite, and then QG, with the Baron buff, achieved a two-for-five exchange, widening the gold difference to 10,000!

Within 25 minutes, QG launched another team fight on the high ground. Xiangguo played exceptionally well, with his 6-0 Lee Sin soloing into the high ground with Q and kicking away three enemies with a single R-flash!

Doinb's Lulu followed up with her ultimate, and Lee Sin wreaked havoc in the team fight!

Chen Dongqing even became a supporting character in this team fight, with Riven following behind to collect kills, and finally achieving a perfect 0-for-5 exchange, and then pushing down RNG's base!

"Alright, let's congratulate QG on taking a 2-0 lead! They're now just one step away from the final!"

"Holy crap, Liu Shiyu is awesome! He went on a killing spree this round!" Back in the lounge, Chen Dongqing looked at the MVP selection screen and gave a smug thumbs up.

The MVP of this game was ultimately won by Xiangguo's godlike Lee Sin.

With a perfect KDA of 8-0-6 and a 24% damage share, even Chen Dongqing, a Riven player who dominated the game, couldn't steal his MVP.

Xiangguo immediately seized the opportunity, smugly boasting, "This is my skill, you know? I'll just play around in the regular season, but I'm serious in the playoffs! One last game, watch me dominate and take it all!"

Chen Dongqing said cheerfully, "I hope you can be this tough when you meet Clearlove in the finals, and carry me to victory."

"What, you're already thinking about your opponent in the finals?" Linko's expression changed, and he immediately said seriously, "Don't open the champagne halfway through, it'll be a huge embarrassment if something goes wrong."

"Let's play it safe, guys! We're just one step away from the finals." Uzi said from the side, then took a big gulp of water to calm himself down.

He's getting a little hot-tempered now, but not from anger, but from nervousness.

He values ​​this victory very much.

Although he has always been hailed as the best domestic ADC, having won two World Championship runner-up titles at a young age, he has never actually reached the LPL finals.

He desperately wanted this victory.

"It's alright, don't be nervous," Banbazi said. "We get to choose sides in the next game, and we have a huge advantage. As long as we play steadily, our chances of winning are very high!"

Instead of rushing to discuss the draft picks, he said some things to reassure the players.

They all understood the saying that "the last leg of a journey is the hardest," and this final stage was the most difficult.

It wasn't until this point that Coach Banbazi finally started discussing the draft and the details of the previous game.

To be honest, although we won the last game beautifully, there were still some problems.

For example, Doinb's teleport was interrupted, which was obviously due to carelessness. If Chen Dongqing hadn't been a godlike figure who could take on two opponents at once, the outcome would have been uncertain.

Of course, Banbazi didn't blame him; he just casually mentioned that the team shouldn't make the same mistake again.

"QG players, you can get ready to go on stage."

A staff member knocked on the door of the lounge. The QG team members exchanged glances and immediately stood up.

Chen Dongqing picked up a water glass, filled it with water, and slowly walked towards the stage, hanging at the very back of the group.

His mindset was actually quite calm, and the pressure seemed to decrease as the game progressed.

Having experienced the first two matches, he had already understood.

Looper is no match for him.

This chapter combines two parts, totaling four thousand words. That's all for today; I'll finish writing about this match.

Explaining the backflip slash technique in detail would be too complicated and would be considered padding. If you're interested, you can search for "Riven's backflip slash" on Douyin or Bilibili to watch it.

See you tomorrow, brothers!

(End of this chapter)