League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 121 Let him be strong, I choose Torbjörn! (Two chapters combined)

The finals are scheduled for the 23rd, leaving five days, which is actually quite a long time.

Next, QG's task is to find a solution for the champion Shen while maintaining their daily scrimmages.

Chen Dongqing has always had a deep skill pool, and when the coach asked him this question, he immediately gave an answer.

Fiora, Kennen, and Gangplank are all advantageous choices against Shen.

That very night, QG immediately started a practice match targeting Shen. This time, Banbazi, the coach who came from Samsung, used his connections to find SSG, a team that was still playing in the playoffs, to practice with QG.

SSG's top laner is Cuvee, who is also a top laner with extremely strong individual skills, at the top level in the LCK. Moreover, as the top laner of a macro-oriented team like Samsung, Cuvee has an extraordinary understanding of Shen.

During the training matches, Chen Dongqing also clearly felt that Shen in the top lane was not as simple as he thought.

The newly reworked Shen is too strong. Theoretically, Kennen and Gangplank, who should have been able to counter Shen, are now unable to exert any pressure.

Of course, part of the reason is that the captain has been nerfed to three barrels, causing his win rate to plummet, but subsequent compensatory buffs have not yet caught up.

While Fiora can be a counter, the problem is that Chen Dongqing's Fiora is usually banned, so EDG is unlikely to let her play.

For a moment, they were even a little embarrassed.

However, this situation cannot be rushed, and QG can only try it slowly in subsequent training matches.

At noon the next day, after lunch, Chen Dongqing immediately started a live stream, trying to accumulate as many points as possible.

He's just a little short of 4,000 points.

Chen Dongqing's short-term goal is to improve his skills to 91 before the finals.

As soon as the live stream started, countless people rushed in.

[Only plays League of Legends? Only plays League of Legends? Only plays League of Legends?]

[It's safe to say that those who know, know.]

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the question-and-answer format of the comments.

Chen Dongqing's live stream name has now become a meme, and every time he goes live, it causes a huge stir.

The joke about the future brand "Jiebao" is actually quite fitting for him.

There's not much to say, Chen Dongqing immediately started playing Overwatch.

Ever since Douyu issued a notice prohibiting him from playing PUBG, Chen Dongqing has been trying out various games in his live stream, aiming to find out which game is the most efficient at racking up points.

Douyu and Tencent Esports were also helpless after seeing this situation. Why is it so difficult for this guy to play LOL?

But in the end, Douyu and Tencent Esports gave up, at least this guy really didn't play PUBG.

Not playing PUBG is enough.

Chen Dongqing's extensive exploration quickly yielded results: without playing PUBG, Overwatch was the most efficient because of the game's relatively unique missions.

[Mission Objective: Improve your Rank in Overwatch]

[Mission Reward: Earn 1 point for every point you increase your highest score in Competitive Mode!]

The competitive mode is the ranked match. Chen Dongqing is a complete novice in this game, and he has only just unlocked the competitive mode qualification.

In the game Overwatch, the Master rank is 3500+, which means that if Chen Dongqing can reach the Master rank, he will directly get 3500 points!

Chen Dongqing's gaming talent is undoubtedly unquestionable. Even without the system's support, he would be a top player in most games, and Overwatch is probably no exception.

He had been streaming matchmaking to unlock competitive qualification for a while, but his skill level has improved rapidly. From knowing nothing at the beginning, he quickly became a McCree master, with two and three gold medals, and he is a regular player.

(In Overwatch, pressing TAB displays game stats. When you have the highest stat in any category, a gold medal icon will appear in front of that stat. A double gold medal usually refers to the highest number of kills and the highest damage output in the game, while a triple gold medal means you have eliminated an additional objective or defensive target, which can be understood as a key kill.)

With the competitive mode finally unlocked today, Chen Dongqing was naturally eager and quickly joined the queue.

The number of players playing Overwatch is currently at its peak, with queues opening almost instantly.

Chen Dongqing immediately started looking for heroes. He hadn't played for long, but he knew Soldier: 76 and McCree, two common heroes in FPS games.

But unexpectedly, both heroes were snatched up as soon as they entered, and the snatching was incredibly fast.

Helpless, Chen Dongqing asked in the team voice chat, "Can I have McCree? That's the only hero I know how to play."

On the other side, however, his teammates seemed quite agitated, immediately launching into a tirade: "You only know McCree and you're playing competitive gaming?"

Of course, this person may have been criticizing, but they didn't mean to humiliate the hero.

"." Chen Dongqing certainly didn't need to get angry with such a person, so he had no choice but to choose Torbjörn and start messing around!

Torbjörn's skill is simply to place a turret and then keep attacking it. There's not much skill involved; he's similar to Heimerdinger in League of Legends.

In the first placement match, and with both players using new accounts, their skill levels were actually quite low. So even though Chen Dongqing played Torbjörn, the game went very smoothly.

Chen Dongqing relied on the turret's insane output and his excellent positioning ability to use left-click shots to win three gold medals and then win the game!

Looking at the placement match (1/10) display, Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction.

If I finish these ten placement matches today, I should at least get a Silver rank, right? That's a direct bonus of over a thousand points!

As expected, Torbjörn was named Man of the Match in the post-match results.

In the best play replay, Torbjörn hid behind his teammate Widowmaker and kept hitting her butt with his hammer, while his turrets went on a rampage, securing a triple kill. This scene drew a lot of questions from all the viewers in the live stream and his teammates in the game.

It's fortunate that this is a low-ranked match; in slightly higher-level games, you wouldn't see this.

Chen Dongqing chuckled in the live stream, saying, "Torbjörn is so much fun, I want to play a lot more!"

And just then, another system message came in.

[Overwatch Hidden Mission: Win with Torbjörn in Competitive Play to complete!]

[Mission Reward: Great Inventor Proficiency +1, repeatable!]

[Current Great Inventor Proficiency: 72, cap increased to 95!]

???

Chen Dongqing was shocked when he saw this so-called hidden mission.

System, are you serious?

Playing Torbjörn really improves your Heimerdinger proficiency!

He used to play Genji, McCree, and Soldier: 76 every day, so why didn't he get this kind of hidden mission?

Is it because there are no matching champions in League of Legends?

Looking at the mission screen in front of him, Chen Dongqing seemed to be deep in thought.

He hasn't played the hero Big Head much, so his proficiency level is only a little over 70, which is considered beginner level.

With this hidden quest, I believe it will take a long time to raise my proficiency to 95.

But practicing Heimerdinger isn't very useful. Who picks Heimerdinger in this version? This champion was only popular during the S12 World Championship, and even then, he was mostly played as a support.

wrong!

Chen Dongqing was suddenly startled.

The biggest problem their team is currently facing is how to deal with EDG's Shen.

Shen is a champion that is completely countered by Heimerdinger!

It's like a godsend when someone brings you a pillow just when you're sleepy!

With this in mind, Chen Dongqing immediately understood and decisively started another round of competitive mode, choosing Torbjörn as his character again!

Let him be strong, I choose Torbjörn!

Before the finals, I'll raise my Big Head proficiency to 95 first.

Soon, the day's live stream was over.

During today's live stream, Chen Dongqing played Overwatch the entire time, and he chose Torbjörn for all of them. The ten placement matches ended quickly.

Torbjörn isn't a very strong champion, so he only won six out of ten placement matches, finishing at 2340 points, which put him at the top of the Gold tier, just 160 points away from Platinum, which is barely acceptable.

Meanwhile, Overwatch missions have been updated.

[Current season's highest score: 2340, reward points: 2340!]

Seeing a huge sum of points deposited into his account, Chen Dongqing finally nodded in satisfaction. He entered the system interface and directly raised the [Operation] attribute to 91, leaving him with more than a thousand points.

My recent high-intensity Overwatch game has finally paid off, and every ranked match from now on will be a rewarding one!

If I can climb the ranks smoothly, I might be able to save up another 4000 before the finals!

At this moment, Coach Banbazi walked over, patted Chen Dongqing on the shoulder, and said, "Chen Dongqing, get ready for the practice match. Take a break from the stream. Today we still need to study how to deal with the hero Shen."

After the live broadcast, it was time for the daily training match session.

Upon hearing the coach's words, Chen Dongqing excitedly took off his headphones: "Coach, I have a way to beat Shen!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Coach Banbazi raised an eyebrow.

You played Overwatch all afternoon and still managed to come up with a way to counter Shen?

"Really!" Chen Dongqing said eagerly, "Just watch how I perform in the practice match later!"

"Okay then."

Today's scrim opponent is still Samsung SSG. At coach Banbazi's request, they still let Cuvee pick Shen to see what Chen Dongqing's secret is.

Immediately afterwards, under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Dongqing directly locked in the top lane pick of the Great Inventor.

"This is your secret weapon." The coach was somewhat surprised, not expecting Chen Dongqing to choose such a hero.

"Mhm," Chen Dongqing said confidently, "Let's see how I perform this time!"

Immediately afterwards, the training match began.

This time, Chen Dongqing gave everyone a big surprise in the top lane matchup!

When Big Head plays against Shen, it's a true 90/10 matchup. Even though Chen Dongqing's Big Head proficiency is only 77, he can still do whatever he wants in this kind of matchup.

Immediately afterwards, QG tried it out a couple more times.

Seeing the top laner's mindless advantage, even Coach Banbazi couldn't help but laugh.

Even Cuvee on the other side was amused, and he kept typing question marks in the all-chat channel.

His Shen has appeared many times in the LCK league, but no one has ever been able to suppress him so completely!

This time, it happened!

Because of the terrifying effect of this large head, the SSG players didn't dare to play until the end of the match. They were afraid that the results of the scrims would be left on the stats page and thus be seen by other teams.

The effect of this giant head hitting Shen is too exaggerated!

Over the next few days, Chen Dongqing went completely crazy, streaming whenever he had time, averaging up to 6 hours a day, all while playing Torbjörn!

In the five days leading up to the finals, he earned 1500 points just by completing the guaranteed daily tasks during the live stream!

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing also raised Torbjörn's proficiency to 95 points on the third day, and then entered a high-speed ranking mode!

Finally, the day before the final, Chen Dongqing used his signature McCree skill to raise his score from 2340 to 3560, gaining another 1220 points.

Including the 1500 points from the live stream mission, Chen Dongqing finally accumulated 4000 points again, and he didn't hesitate to invest them into the [Operation] attribute once more!

With a score of 92, Chen Dongqing felt as if he had taken another big step forward, and he was full of confidence for tomorrow's final.

However, at the same time, because Chen Dongqing played Overwatch intensively during this period, there was a lot of discussion and debate on various media forums.

[Played Overwatch for 40 hours in five days, is this guy really a pro League of Legends player?]

Do you really think you can get by on talent alone?

Sorry, this guy can dominate everything; he's already reached Diamond rank in Overwatch.

This talent is truly outrageous.

What's the point of being a Diamond rank player in Overwatch? They don't even bother practicing LoL before the finals, they're hopeless.

[Playing Torbjörn all the time, are you expecting him to set up a turret in the finals?]

All I can say is, let's wait for EDG to win the championship.

In fact, some casual fans don't care about Chen Dongqing playing other games. After all, he always wins in competitions, so he can play whatever he wants.

Some people were just looking for fun and were hoping Chen Dongqing would play other games, just to see how outrageous he could be.

But now is the time when the decisive battle is approaching, and the war of words between the two sides is at its fiercest. Seeing that the other side has such a player who is giving up, countless fans naturally want to gain the upper hand in public opinion and are going crazy on various forums.

It's as if if they win the argument, their own team wins.

Chen Dongqing, who usually enjoys surfing the internet, was not anxious when he saw this scene; instead, he was quite amused.

Because he knew that the higher the other side stood, the worse the fall would be.

(End of this chapter)