League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 150 They can win! (Happy New Year!)

The loading process was quick, and both players appeared in the fountain, purchased equipment, and began their initial setup.

"QG! Go for it!"

The fans below the stage cheered three times, their voices quite powerful.

After the cheers for QG, there were no cheers for Flash Wolves, which shows the advantage of playing at home.

Meanwhile, the voice chat channels of both sides were buzzing with discussion.

"Come on, let's go into the jungle!" Xiangguo spammed the ping signal towards the Flash Wolves' lower jungle, leading the team to charge in.

Although the Flash Wolves have Titan and Braum, making them very strong in level one combat, they are not afraid at all.

The first strategy is to take advantage of the enemy's surprise attack. If the opponent starts normally, they definitely won't have all five of them in the lower jungle. Take advantage of the numerical advantage to quickly rush in.

Secondly, they have Darius, Ryze, and Karma, so they are not weak at level one either.

Soon after the five players entered the jungle, they were spotted by the Flash Wolves in the bottom half of the map. However, the Flash Wolves were outnumbered, so they had to retreat and ping for reinforcements.

Seeing this, Karsa was already mentally prepared to switch jungle camps.

But QG wasn't after the buff at all; instead, they ran deep into the jungle, lighting up the entrance to the enemy's bottom jungle and the bottom lane's second tower.

These two wards can prevent Flash Wolves from switching lanes.

That's right, this massive five-person invasion was all for the purpose of setting up a ward to prevent the switching of lines.

This is enough to show how important Chen Dongqing's tactical position is at present.

"That's enough, brothers, let's run!" Chen Dongqing cheerfully followed the group and slipped away from the enemy's stone beetle camp all the way to the river.

After Chen Dongqing returned to the city, the minion wave spawned just then. He followed the mid-lane minion wave while keeping an eye on the movements of the wards in the bottom lane.

He waited until the enemy bot laner appeared in the ward before finally heading to the top lane.

In the current version, lane swapping games are much less common, but we still need to be wary of them.

After logging in, Chen Dongqing didn't hesitate when he saw the Titan in front of him and immediately confiscated the experience of the first three minions.

After blocking the experience gain, go back and finish off the enemy to level up to level 2. Then, with two levels, Darius continues to push forward, blocking the experience gain of the melee minions in the second wave as well.

Just like when we played against Mouse in the regular season.

If things go according to plan, then Titan will face a three-minute tower dive.

Of course, that was the strategy used against EDG; it wouldn't work against Flash Wolves.

"We can't get through this tower." Chen Dongqing said immediately, "Kindred might be counter-ganking, and if we tower dive and get ganked, we're doomed."

Xiangguo, who was nearby providing support, nodded. He had also experienced Karsa's counter-ganking skills firsthand. He said, "Then I'll try out mid lane. You're okay in top lane, right?"

"Okay, it's fine." Chen Dongqing nodded.

Although Karsa's presence prevented them from recklessly diving the tower, MMD's individual skill was clearly inferior to Mouse's.

Therefore, he is enough on his own.

The top lane laning phase quickly reached five minutes, and with neither jungler ganking top much, there weren't many kills in the top lane.

But when it comes to last-hitting, the difference is huge.

At this point, Chen Dongqing's finishing blows had reached an impeccable 35, with almost no missed blows except for the three missed at the beginning when he was stuck on experience points.

On the other hand, Titan only managed a paltry 19 last hits.

In just five minutes, Titan had already been down 16 CS, a truly miserable situation.

In contrast to the peaceful pressure in the top lane, the mid and bottom lanes were more bloody and fierce.

In terms of team composition, QG's Sivir and Karma are clearly more advantageous in the bottom half of the map, so Uzi should have lane priority, but this would lead to him being caught out.

Karsa's Kindred arrived in the bottom lane just in time while clearing the second round of jungle monsters, launching a surprise attack.

The Flash Wolves' teamwork was indeed excellent. As their leader Karsa arrived, the support Braum used Q-Flash to slow Karma, and then Ezreal and Kindred simultaneously moved forward to stack their passives, stunning her and easily securing the kill.

Karsa secured the first kill, but did not gain any passive stacks. To avoid alerting the enemy, he did not change his hunting target.

Meanwhile, in the middle lane, Xiangguo also launched an attack.

The Graves and Ryze combo was a perfect match. Xiangguo also flanked and ganked mid. Ryze immediately used his W to stun the enemy, and then the two of them unleashed a combo, bringing Azir down to one-third of his health!

Maple used teleportation to escape, but Xiangguo was determined to kill him and used Flash to intercept Azir from a distance!

Then nothing much happened. Azir used Flash to escape, Ryze followed up with Flash, and secured the kill with EQ!

Chen Dongqing observed this scene, analyzed it briefly, and knew that his side still had the advantage, so he was not anxious and continued to press down.

Titan isn't easy to kill. He's doing enough to keep up the farm for now. He'll unleash his full power when the economic gap becomes large enough.

Immediately afterwards, both sides continued to threaten and attack each other in the lower half of the arena.

In the bottom lane, although Liu Qingsong was caught and killed once, it did not affect the laning phase at all. QG's bottom lane duo still had a huge advantage!

On the mid lane, Maple, who was caught and killed once, was at a disadvantage.

Azir has an advantage over Ryze, but it's not significant. Once Doinb's Ryze builds Tear of the Goddess, Ryze gains control of the lane.

With the two combined, QG's opportunity will arise.

Liu Qingsong kept in mind the basic principle of prioritizing the mid lane. After the minion wave pushed forward, Karma and Xiangguo's Graves met up and decisively headed towards the mid lane!

321 countdown begins, Liu Qingsong immediately uses RE to speed up Xiangguo and himself, Graves charges out.

Immediately afterwards, Doinb quickly initiated, Ryze had three stacks of passive, activated his ultimate to accelerate and run up, and the passive was now at four stacks!

Then came two consecutive WQEQ combos, completely immobilizing Azir! Graves and Karma quickly followed up with their abilities, sending Azir back to the fountain!

After the bot lane helps the mid lane, the next step should be for the mid lane to help the bot lane.

Looking at the situation before him, Doinb thought for a moment, and a plan was born in his mind.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Chen Dongqing continued to press the enemy's attack, pushing a wave of minions into the tower before retreating back to the bushes to recall.

His laning phase was so stressful that this was the first time he'd ever gone home.

"I should have bought the extraction." Chen Dongqing felt a bit cheated, but he didn't intend to buy more extraction. Instead, he went back to town and bought level 2 shoes.

But these shoes are a bit too flashy.

Berserker Greaves!

"A Darius with attack speed boots!" Even the doll chuckled. "That's way too arrogant!"

Miller chuckled, but still said, "To be fair, there's some truth to that attack speed boots!"

After all, Darius does lack attack speed and movement speed, especially now that Trinity Force hasn't been reduced in price and the meta is focused on building Black Cleaver, so attack speed is definitely lacking.

Many skilled Darius players nowadays choose to build a Phantom Dancer after Black Cleaver, relying on the shield from the Phantom Dancer to provide a bit of tankiness and a significant amount of attack speed and movement speed.

So, from this perspective, attack speed boots aren't actually that unreasonable.

Darius quickly reached lane thanks to the movement speed boost from attack speed boots.

This item build information then also came to Flash Wolves.

"Damn! This guy's a real pain!" Mimi Egg couldn't help but pat Darius's shoes twice and said, "This thing of his is Shen Mo's doing! Should Haoxuan come top lane and let him kill him?"

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry," Karsa reassured him. "I'll definitely counter-gank bot lane next time, and then I'll come help you top lane!"

"Okay, fine." Mimi Egg was a little helpless, but he could only nod and prepare to continue to endure the pressure.

The problem now is that Darius's second-speed boots are getting to lane too quickly, so that he barely pushes the minion wave to Darius's tower before Darius arrives again.

Moreover, judging from Darius's actions, he has already started to tank the minion wave, clearly intending to hold the lane.

If it were a typical top laner, they would try every means to push forward and apply pressure, pushing the minion wave forward.

But he's a nipple egg.

Soon, the next wave of minions arrived, and Darius successfully blocked the minion wave from reaching the turret.

But Mimi Egg wasn't in a hurry at all. The young man snorted inwardly and chose to return to town through the bushes.

So what if it's laggy!

I've already been stabbed twenty times, so a few more stabs won't hurt me much.

But at that moment, Darius started acting strangely.

After Darius finished his wave, he headed straight for the bush where Nautilus was.

Mimi Egg narrowed her eyes, sensing that something was wrong.

I've already let you block the line, don't go too far!

But his inner monologue couldn't change anything; Darius walked unhindered into the bushes.

Without hesitation, Mimi Egg canceled her recall and immediately used a basic attack on Darius.

Damn it, you just lost over 100 HP because you were stuck in lane, and now you're crossing the minion wave to fight me. Do you think you can beat me?

After saying that, he reset his basic attack with W and unleashed another attack!

But sorry, I can actually beat them.

At this point, the economic advantage brought by the pressure of the enemy's attack becomes very apparent. Although the Titan has already returned to base once, he only has a Doran's Shield and a Ruby Crystal.

It's far inferior to Darius's Doran's Blade and Berserker's Greaves.

Chen Dongqing licked his lips. While the Titan was attacking him, his hands were not idle either. With the double blessing of attack speed boots and attack speed quintessence runes, he also delivered two basic attacks to the Titan.

Two layers of bleeding!

But then, Mimi Egg's hand speed was extremely fast. He used Nautilus's ultimate to knock up the enemy, followed by a basic attack and then E. His stat-monster nature began to show. This combo, combined with the damage from the minions next to him, directly brought Darius's health down to below half!

As for Nautilus himself, because Darius had been hitting the shield with all his previous auto-attacks, he is currently close to full health!

Seeing this, Miller got a little anxious and shouted, "Hey? Something seems wrong! Darius with attack speed boots is too squishy! He can't withstand the damage!"

After landing his ultimate skill, Chen Dongqing still followed his own plan, hitting Titan directly with AW. As Bloodrage stacked to four layers, he finally reduced Titan's health by a little bit!

But as a price, he was hit by Titan again, and his health dropped to one-third.

Chen Dongqing was not intimidated at all. Relying on his attack speed advantage, he landed another normal attack and finally reached five stacks of Blood Rage!

Immediately afterwards, Darius leaped high into the air and slashed at Nautilus with the Noxian Guillotine!

He knew that the enemy Kindred was most likely counter-ganking in the bottom lane at this moment, so he didn't need to save his ultimate at all; he could just use Bloodrage to finish them off!

With that one strike, Titan's health dropped to half!

At this moment, Mimi Egg finally realized that something was wrong.

Darius with attack speed boots stacks Bloodrage way too fast!

Although he currently has a health advantage, he has used all his skills and only has one Q left!

On the other side, Darius has E and Q, and W is almost ready too.

It seems he really can't beat them!

Damn it, when are they going to remove Darius? Why can he beat me even while tanking a wave of minions?

Mimi Egg, who prioritized stability, felt a bit nauseous. He immediately used Flash to create distance, and then used Q to hook towards the furthest wall.

The instant he flashed away, Darius immediately followed with his own flash, but instead of immediately using his E, he calmly raised his sword and auto-attacked once.

When the Titan hooks into the wall and begins to shift position.

[Ruthless Iron Hand]!

Just like when laning against EDG before, Darius hooked and directly cut off Nautilus's Q dash, also cutting off Nautilus's chance of survival.

Knowing that Titan had no Flash or Q, Chen Dongqing played very elegantly, hooking him over and lightly auto-attacking him before finally unleashing his [Domination] skill!

Titan was slashed by Darius's charged horizontal attack and was brought to low health!

Darius's health spiked, and Titan had no chance of winning.

Darius swung his axe again, easily taking the Titan's head!

Top lane solo kill!

And QG's mini-climax has only just begun!

Just as the top laner finished his solo kill, the momentum in the bottom half of the map suddenly kicked in!

Doinb, along with Xiangguo, launched a massive four-man gank on the bottom side of the map!

Ryze and Karma used basic attacks to tank the tower, and then, with one layer of rune passive, he used REQ to enter Supercharge, followed by the familiar WQEQ combo!

This damage combo, combined with Ryze's AOE effect after activating his ultimate, was almost explosive, rapidly reducing EZ's health!

But this time, Karsa appeared from behind at the same time, and Kindred rolled forward, using her ultimate to save her AD carry's life!

Doinb had anticipated this. Taking advantage of his supercharge and the last cast of his spell, he decisively used his W to stun Kindred, and then used his Q skill to finish her off!

After this combo, Ryze's Supercharge ends, rendering him useless, but his impact has been significant!

"Although Kindred's ultimate saved Ezreal, it also saved Karma who was tanking the tower! Liu Qingsong just stayed under the tower and wouldn't leave!"

"QG reacted quickly, rapidly reducing Kindred's health bar as well!"

hum!

As a burst of green light appeared, everyone in the circle received a boost of healing. Karsa immediately used the final hit of his E skill on Karma, and with the help of the turret damage, he instantly killed her!

But then, QG's burst damage came quickly!

Sivir finished off the low-health Ezreal with a QA combo, and Graves and Ryze took down Kindred, resulting in a one-for-two trade!

Immediately afterwards, Uzi, who was tanking the tower, used his healing ability to leave the tower, and the three of them came back again. This time, Graves tanked the tower and killed Braum under the tower as well!

One for three!

As expected, cheers erupted from the players' seats, and the LPL audience was extremely excited!

See that?! That's QG's classic four-man gank on the second flank!

Despite having prepared mentally before the match, when Karsa actually faced QG, a feeling of helplessness welled up from the bottom of his heart.

That's right, it's a feeling of powerlessness.

QG didn't have any fancy operations or tactics; it was just a simple four-man gank on the bottom lane. Although he could anticipate it and was already counter-ganking in the bottom lane early on, he just couldn't stop them.

Moreover, seeing his top laner get solo killed made Karsa even more upset.

How do you play this game?

From then on, the outcome of the match was no longer in doubt.

After diving the tower, the mid and bot lanes switched lanes, and Uzi went to the mid lane to farm the mid lane minions and his own jungle monsters.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo and Liu Qingsong stayed in the Flash Wolves' jungle and refused to leave!

Moreover, QG's jungler and support weren't content with just stealing one jungle monster. After stealing the monsters, they first gave Karsa a good beating and drove him away, then casually dove the Titan!

Arrogant.

Then, in the mid-game team fight, Chen Dongqing's Darius transformed into Dian Wei, going completely berserk. With the double speed boost from Sivir and Karma, it was as if he had Ghost and Death's Plate on him, as he charged in and hacked away!

Finally, in the 20-minute team fight around the Baron, Chen Dongqing swiftly secured a triple kill. Just as he started to shout "pentakill," Uzi and Doinb had already each taken one kill, completing a team wipe!

With such an overwhelming advantage, the victory was no surprise.

In 23 minutes, QG easily took down FW's base and secured their first victory!

"This first game was even faster than we expected!" Wawa couldn't help but laugh. "But anyway, congratulations to QG for winning the first game!"

Miller said, "It can only be said that QG's players are clearly superior in individual skill. In that case, we can only hope that Flash Wolves will make some changes."

After a short break, the second game began quickly.

This time it was Flash Wolves' turn to choose sides, but they still opted for the blue side, with the bans remaining largely unchanged for both sides.

But this time, they chose to ban Titan.

Last time they picked Titan as a way to ban it, but they got completely destroyed by Darius.

However, after Titan was banned, Mimi Egg's hero pool was completely sealed.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick Ike.

Then Chen Dongqing chose Jess, a rather ruthless method.

Moreover, this time QG is serious. They decisively chose to let the bottom lane roam freely, and Liu Qingsong miraculously ran to the top lane to roam once he reached level four.

This roaming maneuver caught even Karsa off guard, successfully helping Chen Dongqing secure the first blood.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing went home and made a Serrated Dagger. He took away a quarter of Ekko's health with one shot in lane, and then tower-dived and solo-killed Ekko before reaching level six!

In the second game, the outcome was once again decided by Chen Dongqing's individual skill.

It was another classic 20-minute Baron Nashor fight, followed by a push at 23 minutes. This game was no different from the last one.

Even the doll was at a loss for words: "This game... I feel like I've seen it before?"

Miller shook his head. "It seems Flash Wolves can't think of any solutions. I have to say, QG's players are really strong!"

When both contestants took to the stage for the third time, the camera panned across both sides, revealing completely different scenes.

The QG players smiled and looked relaxed.

The Flash Wolves players, on the other hand, looked grim, especially Mimi, whose face was almost indistinguishable from that of CLG's black support player.

(CLG's support aphromoo is Black, and I've heard he's also a very strategic commander?)

It's clear that the Flash Wolves' will to survive has been shattered; all they want now is to lose the third game as quickly as possible and go home.

Shanghai is a terrible place!

Karsa was actually quite calm at the moment, but seeing his teammates' zombie-like faces, he couldn't help but say, "Whether we win or not, we have to do our best in the game!"

Although Karsa knew his team's chances of winning were slim, he still hoped to deliver a beautiful performance.

But this time, he didn't receive a reply from his teammates.

Karsa sighed and simply stopped talking.

The third game began quickly.

This time, it was even faster.

Twenty minutes later, seeing QG push onto the high ground and prepare to retreat back to base to fight Baron, Flash Wolves suddenly panicked.

Why even bother fighting Baron?!

As they were talking, Mimi Egg took the lead and launched a brilliant team fight, leading the team straight into the abyss!

QG didn't even need the Baron buff; after winning the team fight, they pushed down the Flash Wolves' base.

The time was frozen at 21 minutes and 34 seconds.

The moment the FW base exploded for the third time, the lights in the entire stadium went wild, and countless fans who came to watch the game began to wave their support sticks and cheer for QG!

"Alright, let's congratulate QG! 3-0 victory over Flash Wolves! They've successfully advanced to the finals!" Wawa raised his voice, sounding full of energy: "They will face the other winner between SKT and CLG in two days!"

Miller, seeing that Wawa had finished speaking, immediately interjected, "I have to say, QG's team style is incredibly aggressive. When they gain an advantage, their relentless offensive is simply too much for the enemy to resist!"

"Today's best-of-five series lasted only 67 minutes in total, setting a new record for the shortest best-of-five series in the history of League of Legends esports!"

QG is awesome!

Good luck in the upcoming matches!

Good luck in the finals!

At this point, the live chat had already started flooded with messages of encouragement for the finals, while some Korean fans also jumped out with comments like "No way, no way," but they were immediately drowned out by the tidal wave of comments and couldn't make a ripple.

"Phew, the finals are next!" Chen Dongqing breathed a sigh of relief and gave Xiangguo a high five.

"Good luck in the finals!" Liu Qingsong was also unable to calm down, and he and Uz encouraged each other.

Beating the Flash Wolves won't actually give them any sense of accomplishment; it's just a natural outcome.

They will actually feel pressured because they will be facing SKT next.

That's right. Although the other semi-final hasn't been played yet, everyone knows that the final can only be SKT vs. QG.

"shake hands!"

The QG team stepped onto the opposite side and shook hands with the Flash Wolves team.

As soon as Chen Dongqing arrived, he saw Mimi Dan, who was already delirious and had unfocused eyes.

Did they beat him into being mentally challenged in one game?

Chen Dongqing thought back to the last team fight, where Mimi Egg accelerated the game by two minutes with a single, deadly initiation.

It seems quite possible.

Karsa appeared easygoing. He shook hands with the QG players and smiled, saying, "Good luck in the upcoming matches!"

"Good luck to you too!" Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "See you at the World Championships!"

After shaking hands, QG rushed to the center of the stage, and the cheers from the audience instantly surged!

Countless people in the audience were chanting QG's name!

Liu Qingsong waved his arms and immediately spotted a sign that read "Crisp".

He felt like he was in a dream.

Last year, he was a high-ranking casual player who played between the City Heroes Championship and LSPL, and he wasn't even considered a professional player.

He was sitting in his room, slurping instant noodles, watching Faker lift the championship trophy, his heart filled with anticipation.

But now, he is ready to stand on the championship stage and face Faker head-on.

But Liu Qingsong doesn't seem to be really afraid.

Because he knew they were strong and they could win!

Happy New Year, brothers! Here's 6,000 words. Updates will resume normally after these last few days.

(End of this chapter)