League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 131 This top laner is terrifying!

At this moment, the live stream chat exploded with excitement, as they witnessed an exceptional individual performance in this team fight!

Holy crap, that's what you call double C!

[If you don't understand, why are QG's two carries in the top and bottom lanes?]

QG's mid laner is basically a super support; those who know, know.

Indeed, I don't know what EDG was thinking. They targeted one player who was just mediocre throughout the entire game, and completely dominated both the top and bottom lanes.

"Come on, let's take down Baron!" Uzi pinged towards the Baron pit.

Although they all only had about half health left, with two carries and one front-line tank, taking down the Baron would obviously be no problem.

While the game was in progress, QG's voice chat was filled with noise.

"Holy crap! Awesome, guys!" This was the umpteenth time Doinb had said "Holy crap" during this team fight.

Chen Dongqing mentioned it once when he killed Sivir, once when Uzi killed Cassiopeia, and then once more when he killed Graves with DF.

It seems they mentioned it once when they wiped out the entire team?

Anyway, as the first one to die, this wave had nothing to do with Doinb.

But he died early and was resurrected early as well. As soon as he was resurrected, he immediately received a fresh Baron buff.

Doinb immediately started smiling again. This Baron buff made even his 0-5 Rumble a slightly more threatening player.

Would it work on me?

With the help of the Baron buff, QG's pace suddenly accelerated, and they began to group up and attack EDG's mid-lane high ground!

There's not much to say, it's still the classic torture segment. Chen Dongqing already has the armor-piercing bow in hand, and also has the Baron buff. This shot hits Graves and takes away half of his health!

Amidst gasps of surprise from the audience, a bloody team battle suddenly erupted!

Niu Shao charged headfirst into the high ground tower, activating his ultimate skill to tank the tower's damage.

Doinb was eliminated again in this team fight, bringing his score to 0-6. However, he was not entirely useless. Rumble's ultimate was positioned at a very good angle, successfully dealing high AOE damage!

Even Rambo made an impact, so how could QG possibly lose a team fight?

Uzan's ultimate, unleashing a barrage of arrows into the wind, combined with Rumble's ultimate damage, successfully finished off Graves at half health!

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing's Jayce, wielding a cannon, stubbornly acted as an ADC, waiting until Cassiopeia used her ultimate on Uzi before switching to his hammer and entering the fray, instantly killing Deft once again!

Although Uzi was instantly killed after being controlled by Cassiopeia's ultimate, Chen Dongqing successfully reaped the entire team fight!

In the end, QG executed a beautiful two-for-five exchange, and the remaining three continued their triumphant march, turning EDG's base into countless fragments!

"Two to zero!"

Miller shouted, "Congratulations to QG for winning the second game! They now have three match points and are just one step away from the Silver Dragon Cup!"

Before the competition, many people did not expect that the final would turn out to be so one-sided!

Chen Dongqing felt great. He waved to the audience on both sides and then left the stage amidst cheers.

As soon as everyone entered the lounge, they saw a lot of people standing at the entrance.

"Nice, nice!" The clever Lin Weixiang chuckled and gave his old friend Liu Qingsong a thumbs-up: "Several of your raids were really well done!"

Cherish, who came to watch the match, laughed and said, "Well played, Inb!"

"Go away, stop bragging!" Doinb himself blushed at these words. His 0-6 Rumble score could hardly be considered a good performance.

Coach Banbazi didn't tolerate it either, and upon returning, he immediately pointed out the problems Doinb had in the previous game.

It's one thing that EDG targeted him, but it's another thing that he was careless.

The most crucial point was that the dragon was killed. If they had regrouped with their teammates immediately, they wouldn't have been focused down and killed. Fortunately, Chen Dongqing and Uzi played heroically and managed to turn the tide of the team fight.

Doinb is a reasonable person, and he has always had a good attitude towards games. He also nodded and admitted the problems he had in the previous game.

"It's alright, it's alright, we still won the game." Uzi chuckled. "EDG really isn't very durable."

He's still caught up in that previous dragon fight.

Faced with a three-on-five situation, he and Chen Dongqing simultaneously chose to counterattack, turning the tide of the battle!

When you're on the front lines, there will always be teammates supporting you, which feels pretty great.

At that moment, the TV was showing the MVP of the second game, and this time it was Uzi's chubby face that appeared on the screen.

He went on a rampage, scoring 10-1-7, he was absolutely dominant.

However, perhaps because the team has Jayce and Nidalee, two poke champions, his damage percentage is slightly lower, at only 28.22%.

Having finally emerged victorious in his head-on clash with Chen Dongqing, Uzi excitedly patted his belly, feeling that victory was already in his grasp.

Everyone in the lounge was all smiles and very happy.

In the history of the LPL, there has never been a precedent of a team coming back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2 in the finals. When a team gets to this point, they are basically already on the verge of winning the Silver Dragon Cup.

Of course, this is not the time to relax.

Although there is no precedent, they can't be the ones to create one.

The QG players immediately gathered together and began discussing the draft picks for the next game.

They are on the red side in the next game, so the drafting pressure will be quite high.

Meanwhile, in the EDG lounge.

The lounge is far from peaceful these days.

Abu was standing in front, loudly questioning in his high-pitched voice.

"How did you handle that Baron fight? Why were your two carries instantly killed?"

Abu's eyes were filled with accusation: "Why aren't the fields being protected?"

Meiko's face showed a hint of bitterness. He said helplessly, "The enemy attacked when I had used up all my Q and E, and I didn't have Flash at that time, so I couldn't do anything."

"And what about Hekqui?" Abu asked again, "Hekqui, what happened to you?"

Deft shook his head after hearing this, "I was forced to use my Flash by Alistar. He Flashed in and killed me instantly. I had no chance."

Mr. Dai's Chinese wasn't very good, so he spoke haltingly, but it was still understandable.

At this point, Abu also felt somewhat helpless.

In fact, during that team fight around Baron Nashor, could you say that your own teammates didn't play well?

Actually, they played very well. Despite being at a disadvantage, they first focused fire on and eliminated QG's mid and jungle, creating a five-on-three advantage.

But you just lost, what can you do?

At this moment, a hint of confusion flashed in the eyes of the factory manager sitting on the sofa.

He no longer knows how to beat QG.

This has nothing to do with team decisions anymore; it's just that a huge hole has appeared in the top lane, and it's the kind that can't be filled no matter what!

In the first game, he ganked the top lane but ended up getting 1v2. In the second game, he let the top lane roam free, and his own top laner got tower-dived at level three.

How do you play this?

Where did QG find this monster top laner?

Last year at MSI and World Championship, Clearlove faced off against various strong teams, but no top laner ever put him under such immense pressure!

Having Uzi in the bot lane is already a point that people have to pay attention to, but then there's Ilex in the top lane, splitting up at opposite ends of the map. How is he supposed to get over there?

"It's okay, don't panic." EDG's owner, Edward Zhu, seemed to notice his teammate's panic. He came over, patted Mingkai on the shoulder, and said, "Just cheer up. At worst, we can treat the upcoming finals as three BO1 games. I think we might be able to win."

"Apart from their mid laner, everyone on the opposing team is making their LPL finals for the first time. They can't afford to lose. What we need to do now is win the third game, the side selection game!"

Mouse, who was a substitute, was optimistic. He laughed and said, "It's okay, don't put too much pressure on us. We can see from the second game that we definitely have a chance to win."

However, their words did not elicit much of a response. The atmosphere in the EDG rest room remained somewhat subdued.

Coach Abu shook his head at the sight and said, "Let Chen Yuhao play next game. Tong Yang, you can rest."

Upon hearing this, Tong Yang lowered his head even further.

He had nothing to say.

To be honest, EDG has tried many different top lane combinations, but no matter who they field, they have never gotten the better of Ilex.

However, the gaps in the top lane in these two games were too large, so he had to make this substitution decision. Hopefully, Mouse can gain some insights after observing under the tower for two games.

"Huh?" But on the other side, when A-Guang heard his coach's decision to make a substitution, his expression immediately changed.

Although the LPL finals stage is a huge exposure opportunity, appearing on this stage once can immediately attract countless attention.

But he doesn't want to play!

As someone who was personally demoted from a starter to a substitute by Ilex, A-Guang knows all too well how monstrous this guy is.

I'll encourage you to go, but don't make me go!

"Huh?" Abu raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean, 'huh'?"

Mouse shook his head: "It's nothing."

He definitely couldn't say something like, "This guy is too freakish, I can't beat him," because that would be too demoralizing.

Next game they're on the blue side, so they can only hope the team can pick a strong hero for them to play with, or maybe play a lane swap game.

At this moment, staff members also came to knock on the door to remind them to get ready to go on stage.

The EDG members exchanged glances, then stood up and walked towards the stage.

Their entire team is now on the brink of elimination; they have to win the next match, whether they want to or not!

Before leaving, Mouse and Korol exchanged a glance. Korol nodded slightly, while Mouse gave a thumbs up. Everything was understood without words.

"Alright, welcome back to the 2016 LPL Spring Finals!"

Wawa began his familiar announcement: "The match has now reached the third game, and QG is leading 2-0, holding three match points!"

Miller then chimed in, "The current situation is a huge test for EDG. Let's see if they can adjust their form in time during this short break!"

At this moment, both teams had taken their positions, and the camera panned across their faces in turn, but deliberately lingered on Chen Dongqing's side for a long time.

The handsome guy in the video is wearing a smug smile and adjusting his headset with his hand, seemingly chatting with his teammates.

There's not much to say, he's just undeniably handsome.

When the elderly couple saw their son appear, they immediately beamed with joy, and the mother took out her phone to snap a picture.

Lin Yuanhua had been taking photos for so long that his phone battery was almost dead, so he could only wave his light stick and cheer along with the fans.

At this point, the number of bullet comments began to increase significantly, with words such as "husband" appearing one after another.

Whether the person who posted these comments was male or female is unknown.

After the players' shots were shown one by one, the background music suddenly became more exciting, and then the ban/pick panel abruptly switched to the screen.

"Okay, we can see that EDG, having the right to choose sides, proactively chose the blue side in the third game. Let's see the ban picks from both sides!"

"In their first ban, EDG immediately banned Heimerdinger, clearly indicating they haven't found a way to deal with this champion! Meanwhile, QG capitalized on this by banning Shen!"

This is a set of swapped bans, nothing much to say.

In the second ban, EDG hesitated for a moment before deciding to ban Rumble to prevent QG from making any changes, while QG took the opportunity to ban Poppy.

Banning Poppy was simply to force EDG to ban Fiora, so EDG's second pick was quite honest, banning Fiora. QG, on the other hand, acted quickly, banning Twisted Fate, and both sides completed their bans.

"This ban pick," Wawa thought for a moment and said, "Compared to the last game, the only difference is that EDG changed their ban on Titan to Rumble."

Miller thought for a moment and said, "Rumble and Nautilus are both heroes that QG uses for flexibility, but for EDG, Rumble also has the attribute of countering Maokai, so this change of ban is also the result of EDG's consideration. They may want to pick Maokai for top lane."

Unbeknownst to many, Ekko has been eliminated from the roster of both teams for top lane.

QG wouldn't bother playing, and EDG wouldn't dare.

Immediately following was the first pick by the blue side, with EDG instantly locking in Alistar, prioritizing the meta support pick.

Banbazi didn't hesitate and said, "Then we'll pick Sivir and Nautilus!"

If you dare to release Titan, then of course they have no reason not to take it.

"Then came EDG's second and third picks, they quickly locked in Lucian and Karma!" Miller raised an eyebrow slightly after seeing the selection: "Karma's pick is quite interesting, what position is she in? It seems like she can play both top and mid!"

"Top lane is unlikely," Wawa chuckled. "It's probably mid lane. After all, Karma is a pretty strong laner in the early game. Maybe EDG wants to use Karma's lane priority to limit the Nautilus mid laner's pushing and roaming!"

In the last game, EDG picked Cassiopeia to counter Rumble, and it had to be said that it was effective. In this game, Karma against Nautilus is clearly one of their prepared tactics.

Even if you're not playing Nautilus mid, it doesn't matter; Karma has an advantage against most champions in lane.

"If you're laning against Karma, are you still going to pick Nautilus?" Banbazi asked. "Or are you going to pick another mid laner?"

Doinb pondered for a moment.

What champion can beat Karma? Actually, he couldn't think of any good options either.

He thought for a moment and said, "Give me Titan. We can let the bot lane pick second, and if we get an advantage, we can roam to mid. Karma is easy to gank; if I hook her, she's dead!"

That's not a bad idea. Banbazi nodded and locked in Leona and Nidalee as junglers.

If the mid laner picks Nautilus, then the jungler needs to pick a champion that can deal damage, so Nidalee is a good choice, and we won the last game we picked her.

Immediately afterwards, EDG continued to make moves. This time it was their turn to finalize their lineup, and they made their selections quite quickly, swiftly locking in Graves and Maokai.

The final decision rested with QG.

"Choose Maokai in lane," Banbazi said kindly. "The team has no shortage of control and damage, so you can pick him yourself this game."

"Actually, I wanted to choose the captain," Chen Dongqing shook his head, "but the captain's been hacked to pieces, so it's unplayable."

"I bet it's because you were playing too overpowered that the designers noticed," Xiangguo joked from the side. "Why don't you just play Ekko this game and nerf him too? I've been fed up with that champion for a long time."

"Even dogs don't play Ekko," Chen Dongqing scoffed. "Then give me Gnar, okay? This champion is good at both initiating team fights and dealing damage, which would suit our lineup perfectly."

"Gnar?" Banbazi thought for a moment and said, "I haven't played this champion much in scrims. Can you handle him?"

Chen Dongqing grinned: "World's number one Nar."

The team members glanced sideways, but they did not deny Chen Dongqing's choice. Liu Qingsong locked onto Nar on the fifth floor.

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side EDG: Top lane Maokai, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Karma, Bot lane Lucian and Alistar.

Red team QG: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Nidalee, Mid lane Nautilus, Bot lane Sivir and Leona.

"Compared to the first two games, this time Brother Shu chose a more team-oriented option!"

Miller found this scene quite interesting: "This is actually quite intriguing; he's chosen a hero he's never used before!"

"This is the hero pool," Wawa joked. "We still don't know where he trained his heroes."

At this moment, Chen Dongqing was also skillfully applying his talent points.

He doesn't even need to practice Gnar. Although he's not as proficient as Fiora, Jayce, or Riven, he's definitely at a proficient level.

Having played top lane for ten years, he is proficient in almost all champions except for extremely rare ones like Heimerdinger.

In terms of talents this game, he was quite arrogant, directly choosing Fervor of Battle. When fighting against Tree of Life, you can't just pick something like Undying to survive.

"Then there's no need to talk about this game, right?" Banbazi was still explaining the strategy for this game: "You guys just need to protect Jian Zihao in the bottom lane. Once Sivir gets fed, we'll decide the outcome through team fights. We're invincible in team fights."

"Chen Dongqing, you need to be a little more careful this game. It's okay to push the lane, but don't get caught. You don't have teammates this game."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I definitely understand." Xiangguo waved his hand. "Go shake hands, then come up and toast later!"

Chen Dongqing responded with a "I understand."

banbazi smiled and said, "Alright, I look forward to your good news."

After speaking, the coach took off his headphones, went to the center of the stage, and shook hands with the opposing coach.

Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of spectators, the third game of the final officially began!

"QG! Go for it!"

"EDG! Go for it!"

As expected, the cheers of both sides' fans rang out, and ten players rushed out of the fountain!

(End of this chapter)