League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 127 The Unmanageable Big Head

QG capitalized on the moment when Shen didn't have Flash, and grouped up to push down the bottom lane.

After pushing the minion wave to the bottom lane high ground, Chen Dongqing immediately placed the cannon turret under the tower with RQ. With high ability power, the cannon turret was incredibly tanky and the tower couldn't kill it at all!

The turret, combined with the cannon minion buffed by the dragon, destroyed the high ground defense tower in no time!

With no other option, EDG had to grit their teeth and start a team fight!

Meiko unleashed a double-hammer attack, but only managed to knock one excavator away.

This time, the group-buying results were only so-so.

What followed was a bloody team battle between the two sides. Chen Dongqing did nothing but plant turrets at his feet, forming a triangle that firmly protected Da Tou.

When someone approaches, he simply uses his skill to trigger the laser cannon; there's absolutely no difficulty in using it.

But it was precisely this kind of shameless playstyle that made EDG completely unable to cope.

If you dive the backline, you'll get hit by the turrets, but if you don't dive the backline and try to fight head-on, they can't win in a team fight when the carry Twitch is being single-handedly defended by Braum!

In the end, QG won a team fight, achieving a devastating three-for-five exchange, but the remaining two, Heimerdinger and Lucian, were enough to destroy EDG's Nexus!

The game time was frozen at 31 minutes!

"One to zero! Congratulations to QG!" Wawa took a deep breath, his voice booming, "They've taken the first game in the finals!"

Below the stage, cheers from the audience were surging like a tide. In the audience, divided into black and white camps along the center line, the white camp was cheering and jumping for joy!

At this moment, countless spotlights on the top of the venue were flashing wildly, and the large screen on the fourth side was also flashing, eventually displaying the QG team logo, which represented the winner of the first game!

Chen Dongqing looked at the rapidly changing lights in front of him and felt a sense of relief.

It must be said that this first victory was not easy to come by, as EDG even posed a challenge to them in the mid-game.

But they still won in the end.

This hard-won victory is what makes it so exhilarating.

He took off his headphones, stood up, and exchanged a glance with his teammate, both seeing the joy in each other's eyes.

Chen Dongqing gave a thumbs up, then turned his gaze to the audience.

Although the area where the family members were located was very close to the competition stage, the stage lights were too bright, and the audience was in a dark area, so Chen Dongqing could not see the location of the family members clearly, but could only vaguely make out a few outlines.

Chen Dongqing smiled and waved at the silhouettes, then looked in another direction and waved again.

At this moment, Xiangguo came up and hooked his arm around Chen Dongqing's shoulder, and the group that won the competition returned backstage with smiles on their faces.

"It has to be said that this first victory was extremely important for QG!"

Watching the players from both sides, Wawa said, "Because they broke EDG's side selection strategy, which is extremely important for a BO5. The next match will be QG's side selection, and they will have a huge advantage!"

"But you never know," Miller tried to think of a solution for the losing side: "Maybe EDG has some special tricks for the red side? Or maybe they can figure out a way to deal with the big head. If EDG can win the second game, then the advantage will still be theirs."

The chat room for the live event was buzzing with excitement.

This big head design really works!

Honestly, this is definitely the champion QG uses to counter Shen; it's such a strong counter.

[Indeed, but it's a bit of an exaggeration. EDG only picked Shen for the first time last week, and QG immediately countered with Heimerdinger. How did they practice?]

[Sure enough, Tree Bro really doesn't play LOL. Where does he practice his champions from?]

In the live chat, everyone was quite puzzled by the sudden appearance of the large head, not understanding how Chen Dongqing had done it.

Did you really learn it from Overwatch? Bullshit!

The deeper the crowd walked into the backstage corridor, the fainter the cheers from the audience became.

By the time they walked back to the lounge, the audience's cheers had almost died down.

"Well played, fantastic!" Banbazi and Park Unyong greeted the triumphant group at the door, both coaches sporting clear smiles.

"Chen Dongqing was too fierce this game!" Even Uzi couldn't help but exclaim, "That Heimerdinger completely sealed the enemy Shen!"

Lin Weixiang, who came to watch the game, also smiled and said, "That's what you call talent! This game will definitely be MVP for me, Shuguo, again."

"Oh, I guess I'll get the Counter position, so a C is to be expected. It's nothing to brag about." Chen Dongqing waved his hand.

"Oh my, I love hearing that!" Linko laughed loudly from the side. "Then you can have the counter pick for the third game too. Can you carry us again? Keep it up, and let's try to win in three games!"

The current QG team doesn't have a single complaint about Chen Dongqing not playing LOL, because he's the team's star player.

My champion pool is great, you could even call it a vast champion pool, and I'm good at the game, so does it matter whether I play LOL or not?

As the group chatted, the MVP of the game quickly appeared on the screen.

Without a doubt, it was Chen Dongqing again.

He never died throughout the entire game, dealt the most damage, and because he didn't consume much gold in the mid-game, his gold conversion rate was unparalleled, reaching 155.7%!

For a player with a large head, achieving this level of performance is already unbeatable.

"Let's talk about the draft for the next game." Banbazi smiled and gathered his teammates together, flipping open his notebook: "Next game we're on the blue side, so the draft is easy. We just need to see if the opponent bans Fiora and Heimerdinger."

The interval between matches in the finals is five minutes longer, so they have ample time to communicate and plan.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in EDG's rest area.

The EDG members were all having serious conversations, but unlike others, everyone's expressions were quite serious.

"Is this hero, Big Head, really impossible to deal with?"

The great inventor is the focus of EDG's discussion this time.

The appearance of this big head has completely destroyed their painstakingly developed Twilight Eye system, and now they are facing the challenge of dealing with this great inventor.

Because EDG's top laner's preferred champions are basically Shen, Poppy, Ekko, and Maokai.

None of these are easy targets; taking down the main target is a simple matter.

But coming up with a counter to Heimerdinger on the spot isn't that simple. Even if you could find it in the stats, you might not know how to counter him!

Data shows that Vladimir and Yasuo counter Heimerdinger. If you want to play something special, Caitlyn and Varus also counter Heimerdinger, but can EDG's two top laners pick those?

Korol thought for a moment and said, "If you give me Nar, I should be able to handle Big Head."

Gnar has a boomerang and is also considered a semi-ranged hero, so he can indeed go toe-to-toe with Heimerdinger.

But Abu frowned slightly and said, "Can you guarantee you can definitely handle it?"

If it were the regular season or even the first half of the playoffs, Abu would definitely have given Korol a chance to try boldly, but now it's the finals, and he really doesn't dare.

If they lose another game to Big Head, they will have a 0-2 deficit at the start of the season, and they can basically prepare to go home as runners-up.

Upon hearing this, Korol suddenly fell silent again.

There is no solution to this problem.

With so many influencing factors in LOL, who can guarantee that they can all be dealt with?

"In that case," Abu shook his head, "we have to ban this hero, but that means we don't have enough ban slots. The red side is really short on bans."

Abu thought and thought, and even after the break ended and someone knocked on the door of the lounge, he still couldn't come up with a suitable solution.

Big Head, Fiora, Nautilus, Rumble, Lucian, Alistar—QG has too many champions to watch out for!

These three ban slots are too few! When will they release five ban slots?!

"Alright, welcome back to the live broadcast of the 2016 LPL Summer Finals, QG vs. EDG!" Wawa's cheerful voice rang out again. He announced loudly, "The match is currently in its second game, and QG is leading 1-0! Now you can see both teams' players have entered the arena!"

Immediately afterwards, he picked up the cue card and read a long "GG".

The LPL is now gradually getting back on track, capital is slowly flowing in, and there's a lot of GG content.

Meanwhile, both teams quickly got ready. This time, QG naturally chose the blue side, and the draft phase began soon.

"Alright, the second round of ban/pick begins. QG proactively chose the blue side, and we can see they quickly banned Twisted Fate right from the start!!"

On the other hand, EDG's draft was much slower. They hesitated for a long time and thought for a long time before finally managing to ban Heimerdinger at the last second.

Below the stage, quite a few audience members had already started to make a fuss, after all, EDG's decision to ban Heimerdinger was truly dramatic.

"As expected, they banned Heimerdinger." Seeing that Heimerdinger was gone, Banbazi smiled and said, "Then we have nothing more to say. Ban Shen, be quick, don't give the other side time to think."

Since the opposing team dared to use a ban to deal with Heimerdinger, they certainly couldn't be stingy and obediently banned Shen.

Following that, EDG thought for a long time before finally banning Titan.

In the final round, the two sides swapped bans once again, with QG banning Poppy and EDG banning Fiora, before entering the champion selection phase.

Looking at his team's three ban slots, Abu couldn't help but shake his head. Heimerdinger, Fiora, and Nautilus were just too high a priority to ban; they were simply unavoidable.

However, none of these three heroes are currently in the meta.

Therefore, a large number of the current meta heroes have been released by EDG.

"Looking at it this way, Alistar, Sivir, and Ekko all seem to be outside!" Wawa couldn't help but say, "If QG gets one of them, EDG can get two directly, so they're not actually at a disadvantage!"

"Take the bull's head." Banbazi gave the order without hesitation.

On the other side, EDG also acted quickly. Instead of picking Sivir and Ekko as expected, they picked Sivir and Graves.

EDG wouldn't dare let QG pick Graves, because if QG uses him in the top and jungle flex picks, then EDG's draft will be impossible.

However, this indirectly weakens the factory manager's early-game influence once again, since Graves is not a very good ganker.

Secondly, EDG had another idea: they were certain that QG wouldn't pick Ekko!

Although QG picked Ekko once in the semifinals, the main reason was that RNG's bot lane was relatively weak in the semifinals, and QG focused on the bottom half of the map, striving to break through in the bot lane, so the top lane could just stay put.

In the finals, QG's strategy changed again, adapting to the situation. Now, they needed Chen Dongqing in the top lane to break through the opponent's defense, so Ekko was definitely not an option.

If QG really picks Ekko, then that's probably what EDG would like to see.

It must be said that, as the top domestic coach, Abu certainly has some ideas.

Despite facing such a challenging situation in the draft phase, they managed to come up with a pretty good strategy against QG.

Coach Banbazi understood Abu's thoughts, but he remained calm, as everything was within his expectations. He then locked in the mid-jungle duo of Nidalee and Rumble, securing the mid-jungle duo first.

This Rumble play was Banbazi's response.

There are also two mediocre top laners, Maokai and Ekko, but Maokai is heavily countered by Rumble. So, with Rumble being a top/mid laner, EDG was forced to pick Ekko.

QG isn't actually that afraid of Ekko, since they have so many champions that can counter him.

As expected, EDG then locked in Ekko and Thresh.

As for the last position, regarding the top lane pick for Ekko, Banbazi, as usual, asked Chen Dongqing for his opinion.

"Both mid and jungle are AP, which means I need to provide AD damage?" Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then said, "Jayce or Riven, you can choose, I'm fine with either."

"Riven doesn't seem very reliable," banbazi said after thinking for a moment. "Jayce is more reliable. Let's stick with Jayce; he's a better fit for our team composition in this game."

"OK..." Chen Dongqing nodded, the lineup was confirmed.

At this point, EDG finally made their last pick.

This time, they also targeted a hero they rarely see before – Serpent's Embrace.

Their goal was simple: to suppress Rambo.

Rumble has an advantage against most mages in lane, but that's only for most. If Rumble dares to push the lane in front of Cassiopeia, he'll be chased all over the place.

QG's mid-laner Rumble has dominated the LPL for some time now, and EDG has naturally taken countermeasures against him.

Doinb understood the reasoning behind it, and his face immediately fell.

Just then, Chen Dongqing said lazily, "If you think it's too difficult, then go top lane and fight Ekko. I can handle Cassiopeia."

In this version, Cassiopeia's W shouldn't be left at her feet; Jayce can still put up a fight against her.

"Forget it, that's too risky," Doinb quickly shook his head. "This is too dangerous. I'll look for an opportunity in the mid lane; we should be able to win."

"OK." Chen Dongqing nodded with a smile. He didn't really think it was worth changing; he just mentioned it casually.

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side QG: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Nidalee, Mid lane Rumble, Bot lane Lucian and Alistar.

Red team EDG: Top lane Ekko, jungle Graves, mid lane Cassiopeia, bot lane Sivir and Thresh.

Amid cheers from the audience, the second game officially began!

(End of this chapter)