League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 143 There's still a chance!

An enraged Duke could only use his passive ability on minions to recover a small amount of health.

On the other side, Chen Dongqing smiled with satisfaction.

Don't underestimate what seems like a simple basic attack and tug-of-war; the psychological game involved has already reached the atmospheric level!

This is the confidence he gained from his 94-point trade!

He continued to use basic attacks on minions, and in terms of reaching level two first, he already had an absolute advantage.

Finally, the second wave of minions appeared, but the minion wave remained in the center of the top lane and did not advance much.

Chen Dongqing landed a basic attack on the melee minion, reducing it to only one-fifth of its health. Then he ignored it and started pushing forward!

Meanwhile, Duke's tree had also begun to consciously retreat, trying to avoid being taken down by the Murlocs.

But it's too late now.

The Murloc took a step forward and then immediately took off using the pole vault. This time, he didn't pause in the air and used his second E ability to quickly move forward!

If the Murloc uses his second E ability earlier, the skill's range will be slightly shortened, and there will be no slowing effect.

But it wasn't a big problem. Chen Dongqing controlled the distance perfectly, and the fishman landed right on the top of the tree.

But it was at this very moment that the melee unit was killed, the murloc gained experience, and successfully leveled up to level two.

Chen Dongqing's hand speed was explosive. He pressed Ctrl+W to learn the skill, and at the same time, he launched a normal attack, instantly stacking War Fever to six levels!

Seeing this, Duke didn't hesitate and sent a Q.

But Fizz's W resets his auto-attack interval, allowing him to unleash another skill before Maokai can use his Q!

This basic attack, with six stacks of Fervor of Battle and the active effect of W, and considering that Maokai's magic resistance is relatively low, one hit and Maokai's health dropped by a large chunk!

At this point, Fizz was finally knocked away by Maokai's Q, but it was too late.

"That EAW combo took away a quarter of Treant Protector's health! Now Treant Protector will have a hard time last-hitting minions!" Colonel Guan couldn't help but marvel, "That's the kind of pressure Treant Protector can exert!"

After being knocked away, Chen Dongqing wanted to try to steal another attack while he still had W in hand, but this time Duke refused to fight back and simply ran away.

Chen Dongqing could only return to his lane and continue his slow push. He had to wait until the siege minion wave was cleared before pushing the minion wave to the tower.

After the second wave of minions was cleared, the minion wave advanced slightly again, but at that moment the siege minion arrived and blocked the minion wave once more.

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Dongqing rushed to the river to set up vision, and then came back to finish off the enemy.

This time, Chen Dongqing did the same thing again!

He was stuck just before the upgrade, so he used his E skill to jump over first!

This time, Duke retreated even further, so the Fizz's E couldn't reach him.

But it didn't work!

This time, the little fishman leveled up to level three and immediately used WQ to poke him!

While dealing massive damage, it instantly stacks eight layers of War Fever!

These eight layers directly provide the Murloc with an additional 24 points of basic attack damage.

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and followed up with a basic attack.

This time, Duke calculated things clearly. He didn't rush to Q the Fizz, but instead took advantage of the Fizz's auto-attack opportunity to exchange for an auto-attack, and then quickly used W to bind the Fizz and followed up with AQ to complete the full combo!

Aside from lacking growth magic resistance, the Tree's other base stats are quite high. After this full combo, the Murloc's health dropped by a quarter.

But Chen Dongqing was not afraid at all, as if his health was worthless. This time he didn't even run away, and directly used the damage of minions to chase after the big tree and attack it like crazy!

Duke fought and retreated, constantly auto-attacking. This time, both top laners managed to trade kills until they were both at half health before giving up. However, judging from the health bars, the Fizz who was carrying the minion wave obviously lost more health.

After the two heroes finally separated, Duke felt that the laning problem in the top lane was even bigger than he had imagined.

His understanding of the Fizz vs. Treant Protector matchup is still stuck in Season 5. Back then, Fizz was good at fighting Treant Protector, but that was all there was to it.

Because the Fizz can use E to dodge the Tree of Life's W and Q, he is not afraid of being caught at all, but killing the Tree of Life is still quite difficult, so it is basically a matter of playing passively.

But now it seems that this pairing has changed.

With the War Fever buff, the Murloc's damage seems ridiculously high!

Even though the Fizz tanked a wave of minions and engaged in a fight, the two sides only managed to barely even their health in the exchange!

This is unacceptable to the Phantom God Tree!

Because the Slark chose to start with a Corrupting Potion and has only just drunk the first stack, while the Treant started with a Doran's Shield and had already used up his health potion in the last wave.

It seems that the Little Fishman has already won big in terms of battery life.

"Why is this guy so fierce?" Duke couldn't help but complain over the voice chat. "Ugh, I might have to go back to town soon."

"Oh, is it that bad?"

Faker was currently laning against Doinb in the mid lane, but he didn't seem to be under any pressure. He switched his screen to check the top lane before saying, "It's okay, Haocheng, just use Teleport. The sooner you use it, the sooner it will be off cooldown."

"Oh, is that so?" Duke felt a little guilty, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, the Fizz had Ignite, which put a lot of pressure on him. He planned to finish this wave of tower minions and then recall to base to heal. If he could recall quickly, he might be able to save his TP.

His idea was clearly still somewhat naive.

Because he was unaware that he had already entered the kill zone.

Seeing that the tree's health bar had dropped to half, Chen Dongqing skillfully began planning his tower dive.

The Fizz has an E skill, which gives him a lot of room to maneuver when tower diving.

He first returned to the minion wave, quickly clearing it with the passive damage of his W skill, while also drinking a second Corrupting Potion, which significantly increased his health.

The minion wave pushes towards the tower.

Without hesitation, Chen Dongqing maneuvered the murloc and walked onto the tree's face.

Duke suddenly panicked.

What does that mean?!

I have more than half my health bar left, and you still managed to steal it from me?

Seeing this, Duke also focused his attention, keeping a close eye on the fishman's movements.

He has room to maneuver, but he absolutely cannot retaliate before the Murloc makes a move.

If he attacks the Murloc, he will be focused down by the minions under the tower, further reducing his health and increasing his chances of dying.

The two sides were stuck in this stalemate for about 0.5 seconds. Just as the turret fired its cannon at the minions, the Murloc also launched a basic attack!

At the same time, the ignition also landed directly on the tree!

Duke was startled by the basic attack and immediately used Q, but at the same time, the fishman also used Q [Naughty Strike]!

The fishman teleported behind the tree, causing the tree's forward-throwing Q skill to miss completely!

Moreover, taking advantage of the tree's Q skill's aftercast delay, Chen Dongqing launched another basic attack. With the full stacks of Fervor of Battle, this basic attack dealt substantial damage!

Duke was immediately alarmed. He knew from the scene that he was in grave danger, but his extensive experience in dealing with stress allowed him to quickly come up with a solution.

Seeing this, he didn't hesitate and used W to bind the fishman. He planned to use Flash to pull away after binding the fishman, and then use his passive to attack the minions to heal.

The Murloc doesn't have Flash, so if this play goes well, he should at least survive.

There's a potential problem with this: if the Fizz uses his E skill and the Treant uses his W skill to dodge, then it's game over.

But this is difficult, since the two heroes are face-to-face, and Maokai's W is instant, so there's not much time to react.

Moreover, this is his only option.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the little fish vault and jump up, perfectly dodging the tree's W and the first attack from the turret. Moreover, the tree also used this W to send itself to the feet of the little fish.

"Damn it!" Duke couldn't help but curse in the voice chat. He saw that Fizz's E skill was about to fall, so he quickly flashed to dodge the damage and used his passive auto-attack on a minion to heal himself, making a last-ditch effort.

However, this is also futile, because the passive healing effect is negligible due to the presence of ignition.

Moreover, even now, after the tower dive, the Fizz hasn't been hit by the tower and is still almost at full health.

Killing a tree with a third of its health is more than enough.

The little fish chased after him, and AW unleashed a burst of full-stack Fervor of Battle. The talent alone brought an extra 48 points of damage, which was simply outrageous. The tree was already at low health!

Chen Dongqing was quite confident and went straight out of the tower.

"Fizz is about to leave the tower! But his W and Ignite are still draining Maokai's health!" Seeing this, Colonel Guan couldn't help but exclaim, "Can we even kill him? The damage seems insufficient!"

At this moment, the factory manager spoke up: "Dead! Definitely dead!"

The moment the little fish stepped out of the turret, the tree died, the little fish leveled up, and the turret fired its final shot.

But the little fish still had half health left, and the turret couldn't possibly kill it now!

"First blood!"

First blood! A tower dive solo kill!

A roar of cheers erupted from the audience!

"Nice! Top lane, as always, opened the scoring for the team first!" Remember shouted excitedly, "That's outstanding individual skill!"

"I must say, the Murlocs' understanding of War Fever is incredibly advanced!" Colonel Guan praised generously. "It's clear that the Murlocs' damage output has seen a qualitative leap compared to before!"

At this time, the live broadcast rooms for the domestic events were already flooded with comments.

【66666】

[I've learned another trick. The ten-year-old Fizz player showed up uninvited. Time to play a top lane game!]

[The strategy was so clear: dive straight in at half health, and the giant tree under the tower has no way to deal with the Slark.]

Seeing that he had secured the first kill, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He could even feel his heart pounding violently in his chest.

Although both are solo kills, solo killing HyunGoo and solo killing SKT's top laner are completely different experiences.

At that moment, the little fishman in the game happened to say a line.

That's amazing!

The little fishman has a few lines spoken in a Shanghai accent, which can be considered a little Easter egg from the official source. The meaning of this line is exactly what it sounds like: "This is so boring."

Chen Dongqing felt a sense of familiarity listening to the Shanghainese dialect in his earphones.

At this moment, SKT's jungler had already shown up in the bottom half of the map, and Chen Dongqing began to slowly clear the fourth wave of minions that had just spawned.

At this time, QG's voice chat channel was also quite lively.

"Brother Qing, you really did a solo kill?" Xiangguo said from the side, "You really mean what you say."

Chen Dongqing grinned, "When have I ever lied to you, buddy? These days, Murlocs have a 10-0 advantage against Treant Protectors."

Doinb joked, "Isn't that bad? Now the whole world knows how to hit a big tree."

"It doesn't matter," Chen Dongqing laughed. "Anyway, I never mess with big trees, so it doesn't affect me."

"Then didn't you ruin EDG's chances?"

"Hahaha, don't talk nonsense, Mom!"

The atmosphere in the voice channel at that moment was very pleasant and harmonious.

Meanwhile, SKT's voice channel was somewhat silent.

"Ah," Faker was slightly speechless when he saw his top laner get solo killed.

Wasn't it supposed to be that they were going to be forced out of teleport? How come they got killed too?

But he only opened his mouth, without saying a word.

In South Korea, there is a strong sense of hierarchy based on age, and Duke, who plays in the top lane, is the oldest player on the team, so Faker didn't know what to say.

"Sorry, Sang-hyeok," Duke said somewhat helplessly, "This little fish's damage is too high, I didn't expect it."

"It's okay, Haocheng," Faker said expressionlessly. "Just stay calm from now on, it's not a big problem."

In previous training matches, Chen Dongqing often defeated Duke in a one-on-one fight, but in the end, they still won more often.

Their team's operational skills are so good that one kill is nothing.

Duke responded and immediately teleported back online after respawning.

The tree's teleport light shone, and Chen Dongqing hadn't finished clearing the minions yet, but he wasn't worried at all. Anyway, with his E skill in hand, the tree couldn't possibly catch him.

With his W ability at level two, Chen Dongqing quickly cleared the minion wave before leisurely leaving in front of the tree and retreating to the bushes to recall.

Throughout this entire period, the tree did not come to his aid.

Duke knew he couldn't control the Murloc; forcing it would only make him look foolish. He might as well just focus on farming under the tower.

Soon after, when Fizz re-entered the game, he had a Sheen in his hand, which is considered a core item for top lane Fizz.

In the subsequent top lane matchup, Duke completely lost the ability to last-hit minions.

As long as the tree gets close, the little fish will definitely Q his face, and then he'll poke him with his A and W. The little fish will just use his E to dodge the tree's Q, and there's no way to deal with it.

Even though Duke reacted quickly a few times and interrupted Fizz's Q with his Q skill, it was all in vain.

After Maokai lost his Q, Fizz became even bolder, directly using his E skill to charge at Maokai's face, landing two more stabs, which Maokai still couldn't withstand.

The top laner maintained pressure for two minutes, and thanks to Duke's steady resilience, his health remained relatively stable, allowing him to farm under the tower.

Chen Dongqing was helpless in the face of this situation and could only try to find a way to weaken the enemy under the tower.

He took advantage of the tree's last-hitting to proactively engage with his AW burst, then quickly used his E skill to create distance. If handled properly, he wouldn't be attacked by the turret.

However, the effect of this consumption is only so-so. The tree's passive skill [Soul Absorption Technique] is too abnormal, and it can restore almost all of your health in one go.

It can only press down on the blade, not kill.

Chen Dongqing was somewhat unwilling to give up. He kept his eyes fixed on the big tree, looking for a flaw.

Meanwhile, SKT slowly got into their rhythm.

Faker had a very easy time in the mid lane, suppressing Doinb's Titan with little effort. Once Faker reached level six, they immediately started a rhythm.

Their target, of course, is still the bottom lane!

It has to be said that Uzi's laning skills are truly outstanding. Although the opponent's EZ and Karma had strong suppression capabilities, he and Liu Qingsong's Lucian and Braum managed to create a back-and-forth situation through skillful maneuvering.

Soon, after a skirmish, Uzi began pushing the minion wave forward. His plan was to push the wave into the tower and then quickly return to base to replenish his health and mana.

They actually made a mistake this time.

Their safest option in this wave would have been to stay in lane and push towards the tower, otherwise they might have been blocked from entering the lane.

If it were a lower-level team, the opponent might not have this idea, but the opponent is SKT.

Wolf saw an opportunity and seized it. Before the minion wave reached the tower, his Karma shielded herself and walked up, forcibly blocking the minion wave outside the tower.

Uzi had no choice but to force his way over and put pressure on Karma to drive her away. However, Karma did not retreat but advanced instead. She slightly adjusted her position and then used an RQ, which forced the two of them to make it difficult to move forward.

Then the next wave of minions came online, and the minion wave was blocked outside the tower.

Uzi sensed things were getting serious. If he went back to base now and the enemy continued to control the lane, he would lose at least two waves of minions, which was unacceptable to him.

"No, we have to push the cable in!" Uzi shouted into the voice chat. "Can Shiyu help push it in?"

"OK, wait for me."

At this moment, Xiangguo was in the bottom half of the map. After hearing Uzi's words, he immediately put down the half-health jungle monster he was holding and walked towards the bottom lane.

But before the hotpot guy even arrived, two people suddenly jumped out of the river.

SKT's mid and jungle players have arrived.

"Hey, this looks interesting!" Guan Daxiao shouted from the commentary booth, "SKT's mid and jungle ganked bot lane together! But Xiangguo was counter-ganking bot lane right there! What do we say about this? They seem to be in trouble without a mid laner!"

"I can TP!" Doinb was free at this moment, and he immediately TP'd to the bottom lane minions!

As Chen Dongqing watched this scene unfold, he raised an eyebrow slightly, already having a plan in mind.

There is a TP difference between the two top laners, which means that he can actually provide support in this wave.

The problem is that he's on the lane and doesn't have room to teleport. If he teleports outside the tower, Duke will likely find him and interrupt him.

At this point, Duke's tree had clearly started to lean forward, obviously trying to interrupt the teleport.

Seeing this situation, Chen Dongqing did not give his teammates the information that he could teleport, but instead came up with a plan.

He controlled the murloc to quickly retreat to the bushes near his own turret in the top lane, and then moved the camera to the bottom lane.

At this moment, the two sides in the bottom lane were locked in a fierce battle, and he didn't hesitate to teleport directly to the bottom lane!

However, he didn't think he could pull it off.

Because he saw the big tree following him all the way.

As soon as the little fish disappeared into the bush, Duke, who had followed, instantly switched his screen to check the bottom lane and confirmed that the little fish was teleporting. Without saying a word, he immediately disappeared into the bush!

After the big tree entered the grass, it was seen that the little fish's teleport was coming to an end!

He had no choice but to quickly use his Q skill to interrupt Fizz's teleport!

He wasn't without options. After interrupting the teleport, he could quickly retreat and then use his W ability to dash away from the minion. He definitely wouldn't die; at most, he would lose some health.

But at that moment, Fizz's teleportation suddenly canceled itself, and then he did a pole vault to stand up, perfectly dodging Maokai's Q skill.

The Fizz, who should have been knocked back and slowed down, didn't take any damage. Instead, after his E skill ended, he stepped on the tree and countered with a slow effect!

Damn it, this is a trap!

A sentence flashed through Duke's mind.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, wore a cruel smile. The little fishman unleashed a basic attack with a radiant glow on the tree, instantly raising Fervor of Battle to level six.

Taking advantage of the tree being slowed down, Chen Dongqing used another basic attack to fully stack up his fervor, then moved forward to close the distance while looking at the equipment bar in the lower right corner.

Once the Lightbringer's cooldown was over, I immediately unleashed a full combo of AoE, triggering Lightbringer a second time. The combined damage from these multiple hits reduced the tree's health bar by a significant amount!

Meanwhile, Duke, who was being relentlessly attacked, didn't dare to turn his head. His only task now was to get close to the minions and then use his W ability to create distance!

However, the damage of AD Fizz is ridiculously high. In this sticky fight, Fervor of Battle is perfectly displayed. When Maokai can finally use W on minions, his health has dropped to half!

Immediately after, the tree had just used its W to hit a minion when the fishman followed up with his R, accurately feeding the fish.

After the ultimate skill applied control and slow, the Fizz quickly followed up, closing in with a Q skill. This time, the Q skill still carried Sheen and full stacks of Fervor of Battle!

With that one stab, the tree was hit in a major artery, followed by two more basic attacks, emptying its health bar!

"QGilex has killed SKTDuke!"

Another solo kill occurred in the top lane, but this time, it didn't cause much of a stir on the field.

Because the camera is currently focused on the bottom lane.

The 4v4 battle in the bottom lane between the two sides is now nearing its end.

From the very start of the fight, SKT made a decisive first move. After Lissandra closed in with her Ice Claw, she immediately used Flash and W to stomp on Uzi.

Uzi had Cleanse, and he used Cleanse and Flash to get away, but the next second he was frozen by Crystal Maiden's ultimate!

Although the control time will be greatly shortened in the short term after the evolution is completed, it is still deadly enough!

The other three members of SKT rushed forward and each took down Uzi, whose health was already low!

The remaining three members of QG had no choice but to focus their attacks on Faker's Lissandra.

With Gragas, Nautilus, and Braum, QG's lineup is always packed with crowd control. Even Faker has no room to maneuver. Nautilus's ultimate locks onto the enemy's head and knocks them up, followed by a Q and his passive. Then Braum lands a Q, Gragas hits the belly, and Faker's Lissandra is completely controlled to death!

Meanwhile, SKT continued the battle, targeting Braum, whose health was not full. Ezreal's passive and Fervor of Battle were fully stacked, giving him 50% attack speed and high additional damage, making him a pure god of war!

Karma applied the speed boost, and Bang immediately used his E skill to get right in her face and started auto-attacking!

Meanwhile, Blank's Nidalee switched back to human form to deal ranged damage, further reducing Braum's health. Finally, Bang flashed and auto-attacked to secure the second kill!

"Double kill!"

The sound of a double kill echoed through the Rift. Guan Daxiao couldn't help but sigh, "SKT's gank bot lane ended in a two-for-one trade, but the problem is, Bang got both of our kills, while Uzi only got one assist! The gold difference between the two bot lanes has widened, this game is going to be tough!"

Hearing Colonel Guan's words, the audience members couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Although Uzi is strong and can gain an advantage against various AD carries in the league, he clearly lost his previous ease when facing Bang on the world stage.

Now that Bang has secured a double kill, the bottom lane is in grave danger.

At this point, the viewers in the live stream were also discussing it animatedly.

Haha, I told you, QG is no match for SKT.

[QG's playstyle is only good against weak teams; they falter against strong opponents. If you're so capable, how about letting SKT push the game in under 30 minutes?]

[Operation has begun!]

QG, a reckless team, is afraid of Korean teams. They should have sent EDG; EDG isn't afraid of SKT.

[Can those Korean traitors and pig traitors upstairs just shut up? Why are they already jumping up and down like this?]

[So what? You don't actually think QG can still win, do you?]

Seeing SKT gain the upper hand, many Korean fans jumped out and acted arrogantly.

After watching so many years of competition, everyone understands one thing.

When playing against LCK teams, you can't afford to be at a disadvantage.

With a lead of five or six thousand gold over LCK, viewers will only feel that this advantage is unstable.

If a team is 1,000 gold behind LCK, viewers will feel like they've lost the game.

If SKT's bot lane gains an advantage, the outcome of this game will not be optimistic.

"But the game isn't over yet!"

At this moment, Ji De suddenly spoke up. He had observed the kill notifications during breaks in the fights, and he said, "Because at the same time, Ilex in the top lane also got a solo kill! So overall, this was actually a trade! We didn't lose out!"

Following what they remembered, everyone turned their attention to the scoreboard, where they could see that the fishman's score had reached 2-0!

At this moment, all the audience members had a renewed sense of hope.

still have a chance!

I've written about 7,000 words today; finishing this chapter tomorrow shouldn't be a problem.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)