League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 155 Who Says LPL Has No Emperor!

Seeing QG's resounding victory, champagne was immediately popped in the LPL live stream room.

So you're called SKT?

[Where are the Korean fans? They need to do something!]

So it turns out SKT can't beat QG in team fights either.

[Where's the operations team? Why isn't there an operations team anymore?]

How are you supposed to manage this? QG is targeting you all over the map, how are you supposed to manage anything?

【really.】

After this wave, QG's game strategy became clear: nothing more than speeding up!

Furthermore, since all of SKT's kills were concentrated on Faker, QG's game strategy was quite clear: just blindly buff the Fizz!

If the Murlocs dare to push a lane, group up and go directly to gank them. If the enemy dares to engage, engage in a team fight. If they don't dare to engage, at least drive the Murlocs away.

Faker was so targeted that he was out of his mind and didn't even dare to use his E to clear minions, fearing that he would be controlled by a Crystal Maiden who would suddenly appear out of nowhere if he used his E.

As a result, Faker had a very difficult time in the mid-game.

And what about during team fights?

It's not much better.

With champions like Crystal Maiden, Lee Sin, and Alistar around, even if Fizz is incredibly agile in team fights, he'll inevitably struggle to get into the fray!

As for Bang?

Just kill Chen Dongqing casually.

During team fights, Irelia either stays out of the fight and focuses on hacking and slashing at the enemy jungler on the side lane, or she transforms into a war goddess in team fights.

Eighteen minutes quickly passed, and Wolf caught Liu Qingsong warding in the mid lane. They saw this as an opportunity and everyone moved out to try and take advantage of the situation.

But who would have thought that as soon as they made their move, QG's two TPs lit up!

QG really wanted to team fight, and you actually dared to gank someone, so of course Chen Dongqing and the others wouldn't tolerate it!

After Irelia teleported down, she seemed to descend from the heavens, charging into the crowd alone. Her ultimate skill fired wildly in all four directions, and with the healing from her W skill, her health kept fluctuating but never dropped!

When Irelia, with all her buffs stacked, landed a full hit on Lucian, he lost a quarter of his health right away!

Irelia's passive ability, "Ionian Fever," grants her 40% tenacity during team fights. Combined with the 35% from Mercury's Treads, her tenacity reaches a staggering 61%, making crowd control virtually ineffective against her.

The tree tied up with its W skill, and before the tree could even use its Q skill, Irelia had already used her Q to escape!

It kills a lot of meat at the same time, deals high damage, and is uncontrollable!

How can this be restricted?

All the viewers saw the Irelia with two items chase and kill Bang's Lucian right in front of four SKT players, and then leave under the protection of her teammates.

And what about the last member of SKT?

The last person was, of course, Faker. He was being single-handedly defended by Doinb's Lissandra and had no chance to participate in team fights.

Clearly, QG has now completely taken control of the game's pace.

SKT, you want to focus on macro-management? Okay, show us your vision first.

In a situation where creating a vision will only lead to being chased and attacked by QG, ​​all strategic planning is meaningless.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing's equipment advantage grew stronger, and he played very steadily in this game. After completing his second item, Wit's End, he immediately started building Bloodthirster to increase his survivability in team fights.

As for split pushing, the enemy's solo laner Maokai and Fizz have already been killed by his Wit's End and Mercury's Treads magic resistance items, so he doesn't need to treat the two enemies as human at all.

SKT needs to call for reinforcements if they want to deal with the Irelia on the side lane.

But if they try to call for reinforcements, QG will catch them again!

Doinb and Xiangguo were lying in wait in the jungle when they finally caught Kindred, who was coming to gank!

Poor Blank managed to unleash his ultimate under the control of the Crystal Maiden, but was kicked away by Lee Sin the next second and instantly killed by Echo Slam!

With a numerical advantage established, Uzi switched to the bottom lane and initiated a five-man push!

"Nice, nice!" Miller shouted excitedly. "That was a brilliant play! QG has a chance to break through the bottom lane inhibitor! If they can maintain this momentum, they can win the first game!"

For the rest of the time, the plot remained the same.

Finally, at the 26-minute mark, they officially destroyed SKT's top and bottom lane inhibitors, and then, relying on the minion wave advantage, they directly initiated a team fight for Baron!

The tight pace gave SKT no breathing room whatsoever.

SKT had no way to deal with this situation. They knew that if they went to the Baron pit to engage in a team fight, they would inevitably be wiped out.

They chose to let the dragon go.

"The dragon has been captured! The economic gap between the two sides has officially exceeded 10,000!" Wawa announced loudly. "With this advantage, victory is practically assured! There has never been a case in history where a 10,000 economic deficit has been overcome!"

When a clean and efficient team like QG has an advantage, their offensive will only become more aggressive, and of course, there won't be any problems. In the end, at 28 minutes, QG used the Baron buff to end the battle in one fell swoop!

"Alright, let's congratulate QG! That was a resounding victory!" Wawa's joy was palpable. "They defeated SKT with an extremely fast-paced offensive, proving their strength. They're currently leading 1-0!"

"I have to say, QG really gave us an answer to counter-strategy," Miller said excitedly, laughing. "As long as the offense is fluid enough, all strategy becomes a joke!"

How to deal with LCK's operations is a problem that all LPL teams have been studying for many years, from S3 to S5, they have been researching it every year, but they still can't beat it.

On this path, EDG went the furthest. They played the game of "learning from the barbarians to defeat the barbarians". They once defeated SKT with the same operational strategy. However, the result of the World Championship proved that just learning is not enough.

But now, QG has provided a new answer.

This is their own path: the ultimate offense!

"This is a unique way of playing that belongs to our LPL region, and it's also our favorite way!" Miller continued, "Hopefully QG can win in the end and take the MSI championship! Let's cheer for QG!"

During times of foreign conflict, commentators don't need to worry about being impartial; they just need to enthusiastically promote their own side!

[Waaaaah, who says our LPL has no emperor?]

[Exactly! Who would read Shakespeare if it were all about strategy and tactics? We need action-packed scenes like this to keep us entertained!]

Indeed, I'm not a QG fan, but I do enjoy watching QG's matches.

There's not much to say, just crush SKT!

Below the stage, the cheers from the audience surrounded the players. Only then did QG's home advantage finally begin to take effect, with the cheers and screams deafening!

"Hahaha, invincible!" At this moment, the QG team members were also quite excited. The other four surrounded Chen Dongqing, looking like four little brothers.

Even Uzbekistan was among them, patting his stomach and exclaiming, "It's all thanks to you, Chen Dongqing! You carried the four of us to safety!"

Of course, the five members of QG have a good relationship. There is no captain among them; they are all equals.

But they were also sensible; they all knew that Chen Dongqing had simply dragged the four of them away.

Help them deal with the main carry, split push to create space for them to develop and create opportunities, and in team fights, be responsible for flanking and drawing enemy fire.

Everything was perfect.

Perhaps no one else in the world can do this.

"I reckon the other team will be targeting you relentlessly next game," Xiangguo said with a laugh. "Otherwise, what's the point of them playing?"

"No way!" Chen Dongqing chuckled. "We have Jian Zihao, do you think they'd just let Uzbekistan go unchecked?"

The QG team returned to the rest room joking around, where they were immediately greeted by the coach.

"Well done, Chen Dongqing!" Banbazi was also quite excited, grabbing Chen Dongqing's hands as he came up and said, "You're the savior this time!"

At this moment, the MVP selection screen for this game was also displayed on the TV in the lounge.

Without a doubt, there could be no second person.

A photo of Chen Dongqing and Blade Will appears in the picture, with a long string of data below.

"A K/D ratio of 10-1-8, a 90.0% teamfight participation rate, a 28.22% damage share, a 34.4% damage taken share, and a +6394 gold deficit against his lane opponent—the word 'terrifying' is evident everywhere."

Who would have thought that such damage taken could be achieved by a damage-dealing hero with Trinity Force?

"Oh no, no, no!" Chen Dongqing quickly declined. "You guys are putting pressure on me! I'm going to be nervous next game!"

"You're still nervous, aren't you?" Xiangguo punched him repeatedly. "How come you're not nervous when you're going to play against Faker who's 5-0?"

"Faker was just playing casually!" Chen Dong shrugged. "Is there a problem? I wasn't even playing seriously."

Banbazi rolled his eyes, not giving Chen Dongqing a chance to take advantage of the situation, and simply said, "Although we won the last round, there were still some problems. Let me point them out first."

The QG players didn't get carried away with their success. Because they had all lost before, they were more eager for victory than anyone else, and quickly got into the process of reviewing the game.

Meanwhile, in the SKT rest area, everyone was discussing the previous game.

"Irelia is no problem," Kkoma shouted from the lounge. "There are too many champions that can counter Irelia; she's not something we need to worry about."

"The real problem is the tempo!" Kkoma pointed to the screen and said, "The kills came out too fast this game. You guys were caught in QG's rhythm from the very beginning, which is completely unacceptable to me!"

"Don't forget what our team excels at: defense, not offense!"

Hearing Kkoma's reprimands from the front, the SKT players had no way to express their suffering.

Do you think they don't want to slow down? But they really can't!

QG's players are so aggressive that they'll even start a 4v4 team fight over the ownership of a control ward, and it's the kind where Lee Sin initiates with his R-flash.

If they don't accept the challenge, they're just giving away free kills; but if they do, it'll inevitably escalate into a major team fight, putting them in QG's rhythm.

Moreover, on the top lane, Irelia is like a madwoman, attacking anyone she sees, and then diving under the tower at half health. How can the pace of the game be slowed down like that?

What can they do?

"I understand your situation. I know QG's pace is indeed fast, but you must think more before engaging in team fights."

Kkoma took a deep breath and continued, "Next game we're on the blue side, with a draft advantage. I'll pick some special heroes to counter that. We absolutely have to get a point in the next game!"

"Yes." The SKT players responded in unison, their tone quite heavy.

Soon, the second game began, and the draft phase started.

When SKT came to the blue side, they finally gained some advantage in the draft. With Ryze and Poppy firmly in QG's two ban slots, Banbazi thought for a long time before finally choosing to ban Alistar for the last ban.

In this situation, it's basically a choice between Alistar and Zilean; if you give up one, SKT will definitely take the other.

For QG, they naturally chose to ban Alistar, because they had studied Zilean for a long time and now was the time to test it out.

So, the champion Zilean was released, but SKT wasn't in a hurry to pick it. Instead, they locked in a versatile AD carry, Sivir, on the first pick.

When QG picked Lucian and Braum, they countered by locking in Zilean and Kindred, a mid-jungle combination they had never lost to.

The ultimate ability of Time can revive Kindred, ensuring that Kindred will not be instantly killed, thus reliably activating her ultimate and greatly increasing Kindred's minimum damage output.

QG responded quickly, decisively picking mid-lane Titan to counter Zilean.

Titan is an old project, but it's also a new take on an old project.

This thing is something that even the Old Man of Time can't outlast. Once it levels up, it can rely on its tankiness and Sunfire Cape to force lane control.

At the same time, and most importantly, time travels fast, and Titan's ultimate can leave him with nowhere to escape. Then, Xiangguo can pair him with Nidalee to create a mid-jungle synergy.

As for the top lane, SKT is stubborn. They still ban Fizz and Rumble, and let Irelia go while picking Maokai. They still believe that Irelia is not a problem to be concerned about and that it is impossible for them to beat them twice.

The match began quickly.

In this opening game, SKT successfully pulled a little trick.

Since Maokai can't beat Irelia in lane, why not just not lane against her?

Thus began a complex game of strategy between the two sides, centered around the question of whether or not to switch lanes.

First of all, SKT certainly understood what they needed to do before they could switch lanes. They had already figured out QG's habits, and right from the start, four of them collectively guarded the jungle, preventing QG's warding plan from succeeding.

QG didn't know that SKT only had four players. They only saw that the top laner's Maokai had come to the bottom jungle, so they didn't force it and could only retreat.

But out of their sight, Blank's Kindred had already appeared deep in QG's top jungle.

He placed a ward in the shadow between QG's second tower and high ground, and then immediately recalled to base.

With this ward placed, it's clear that SKT's lane swap strategy was already halfway to success.

With a coach like Kkoma, SKT has always been at the forefront in terms of opening strategy.

The commentators could only watch helplessly as this unfolded; they desperately wanted to shout it out and relay it to the players through the on-site speakers.

Unfortunately, it cannot be passed on.

Soon, the minion wave appeared, and the QG players, who had no vision, discussed it and decided to blindly gank and swap lanes.

After all, judging from SKT's opening strategy, it was obvious that they wanted to switch lanes.

If they don't switch lanes, what are they defending against?

Therefore, Chen Dongqing went straight to the bottom lane, while Uzi and Liu Qingsong went to the top lane.

But Uzi's presence was immediately exposed to SKT.

Bang and Wolf exchanged a smile and quickly headed down to the bottom lane.

The lane swap was successful, and the two top laners were unable to engage in a lane matchup.

When Chen Dongqing saw that the opposing AD and support players had logged in, he couldn't help but sigh.

He didn't know if the opponent was on the third level or if they didn't even intend to switch, but anyway, his start to the game wasn't smooth.

"Don't rush, let me gain experience first," Chen Dongqing said. "Let's drag this game out a bit. Once my equipment is upgraded, we can still win."

When Chen Dongqing said that, he was basically acknowledging the initial disadvantage.

Because he understood the dynamism and rhythm of SKT's mid-jungle duo.

Just five minutes into the game, Blank arrived in the mid lane.

Titan has a good matchup against Zilean, but it's best to wait until level 6. Before his W is fully charged and his magic resistance is built up, Titan is still at a slight disadvantage in lane.

Faker played very steadily, first using E to slow down Doinb, then landing a clean QWQ combo, and Kindred followed up with Q to apply E!

Doinb didn't dare to be careless and gave up Flash, as well as control of the mid lane.

After gaining lane control, SKT doesn't dive towers everywhere like QG, but they still have their own way of playing.

Blank's Kindred skill is quite high, and his control over the marks is also very stable. He obtained the first layer of marks early on through the river crab.

The second mark he made was that he, Faker, and Duke directly stormed into QG's top jungle area, and the three of them forcibly stole the big bird from Xiangguo.

"Holy crap, that's disgusting!" Xiangguo's blood pressure spiked again.

It has to be said that QG, who dominate the entire LPL and even hold their own against the mid-jungle duo of Pawn and Clearlove, didn't gain any advantage against SKT today.

They didn't even launch a complete early roaming campaign.

All I can say is that Faker's dominance at his peak in S6 was simply too strong, making Doinb's laning phase particularly difficult.

This jungle invasion affected Chen Dongqing's development to some extent.

"It's okay, don't rush." ​​Doinb, however, maintained a good attitude, reassuring Xiangguo in the voice chat, saying, "I'm starting to get a plan. If I seize the opportunity and execute a four-man gank on SKT, we can crush them!"

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. I'm just going to give them a piece of my mind." Xiangguo could only walk around SKT's mid and jungle, trying his best to keep his level from falling too far behind.

Soon, SKT established their first rhythm.

Their target, of course, is still the middle lane.

Without Flash, Doinb is just a walking 300 gold in SKT's hands.

Duke's Maokai and Blank arrived in the mid lane. Maokai flashed and used his Bind to hold Doinb in place. Immediately afterward, Faker's Zilean quickly threw out the second part of his QQW combo to stun Doinb, sending him to his death.

(Anti-counter tip: Time can use the QQW combo to throw two bombs faster, which is useful when controlling the game with teammates)

Doinb's career collapsed before he even reached his expected peak.

"Nice!" Faker exclaimed smugly. "Let's just play this game slowly and drag it out to the late game; we can win easily!"

In this game, Faker will repay the humiliation he suffered in the previous game tenfold!

"Doinb is having a terrible time this game, just like last time," Miller said, frowning. "But the problem is, because this is a lane swap game, Shuge's economy isn't as good as last game, making this game extremely difficult for QG!"

Actually, the competition so far has only been a minor skirmish.

The decisive factor in the victory or defeat is a team fight in the mid-game.

QG unanimously agreed that this couldn't go on, so they decisively started organizing team fights.

While SKT's mid and jungle are formidable, they still have a fatal flaw.

That means the damage output is basically all on Kindred.

Theoretically speaking, if they can kill Kindred once, they can easily engage in small team fights.

While killing Kindred in front of Time is quite difficult, it's worth a try.

Chen Dongqing's Irelia came from the side lane to support, seizing the opportunity when Kindred invaded the mark, and the two sides clashed again.

But this time, QG still failed.

Blank made a brilliant play this time. Seeing that QG's top, mid, and jungle were all there, he managed to dodge Titan's hook with a perfectly timed Q skill, forcing Doinb to use his ultimate to lock down the enemy.

However, Titan's ultimate was too slow, and Faker's Zilean rushed over with Orianna, managing to unleash his ultimate before Kindred died.

Moreover, Xiao Hei trusted his elder brother, so even when he was about to die, he didn't use his ultimate skill. He waited until he was resurrected and then used his ultimate skill to enter a low-health, invincible state once again!

The two ultimate abilities delayed things for too long, and Wolf came to support immediately, with Duke also teleporting to the scene.

The encirclement launched by QG quickly turned into a three-on-four situation for them!

In the end, although Chen Dongqing still killed Xiao Hei, none of them survived.

"One for three," Miller said with a hint of regret. "This is really a disaster. Kindred and Zilean are just too hard to kill!"

With their advantage, SKT's operational capabilities were finally perfectly showcased. For the next ten minutes or so, no more kills occurred between the two sides, but the audience could only see the economic gap between them widening.

By the 27th minute of the game, the economic difference had already exceeded 10,000.

Faced with this situation, the QG members exchanged glances and knew that the game was over.

"Damn it, let's just fight them head-on!" Xiangguo was going all out. "It's so frustrating to be outmaneuvered like this!"

Chen Dongqing didn't care anymore: "Fine, let's give it our all!"

QG's players are in a pretty good mood, after all, they are currently leading by one point, and this game is SKT's side selection game. Their original idea was that if they win, they will make a huge profit, and if they lose, they will not lose anything.

Even if we lose, it's still a 1-1 tie, and we get to choose sides next round, so what am I afraid of?

We can afford to lose!

Having said that, despite being 10,000 gold behind, they proactively initiated a team fight around Baron Nashor.

This scene left SKT completely stunned.

Starting with Baron Nashor when at a huge disadvantage? What kind of strategy is that?

There was no other way for them but to take over the dragon. QG's strategy was also clear. They had Irelia, Nidalee, and Lucian, so they could take the dragon quickly. They just needed to rush it, while Liu Qingsong and Doinb were outside blocking people.

With their united belief, they actually managed to rush down Baron Nashor!

Then they were wiped out by SKT.

There was no other way; taking down the dragon would cause you to lose a lot of health, and Liu Qingsong had risked his life to stop it in order to get the dragon. By the time the dragon was taken, he had already died, making it a four-on-five situation.

Moreover, the economic gap is so large that it cannot be solved by a single dragon buff.

As a result, SKT easily achieved a 5-0 exchange and then ended the game in one fell swoop.

"I can only congratulate SKT on leveling the score at 1-1." Miller couldn't help but sigh. "It seems you can't let your guard down even when you're leading. SKT is the champion after all, their operational skills are too solid."

Faker stood up at this moment. Although his damage output with Zilean wasn't particularly high, he had indeed dominated the entire game.

He believed that he had successfully avenged himself.

The SKT members exchanged smiles and quickly walked back to the rest room.

But what they didn't expect was...

Before they even entered the passage, several members of QG had already rushed in.

"Wow, that feels great!" Doinb's steps were light and quick, and he ran straight back to the lounge.

The others followed closely behind. At a glance, apart from Xiangguo and Uzi who were still somewhat unhappy, Liu Qingsong and Chen Dongqing looked normal, as if this defeat had not put any pressure on them.

Of course, Chen Dongqing's expression remained normal because he really wasn't under any pressure.

As for Liu Qingsong, all I can say is that he has an idol image to maintain; he wouldn't do something like crying after losing a match.

"Huh?" Lee Sang-hyeok's mind was filled with doubt.

Didn't they lose?

"Judging from this, we probably don't need to worry about their mentality," Wawa said with a smile. "QG's players are indeed born with a big heart."

"Yes," Miller nodded. "Of course, QG still needs to think about how to deal with the Time Traveler issue when they get back, because no matter how things develop, QG will definitely play another game on the red side."

After they finished speaking, the three commentators took turns analyzing the situation of the next game, and they all agreed that QG had the advantage.

Meanwhile, at the LCK commentary booth.

"Hahaha! As expected of SKT!" The Roaring Emperor, sitting in the center position, burst into laughter. "I told you, trust SKT! They're not a small team like QG that can be defeated!"

"Yeah, right!" His commentator partner was also quite happy. "Everyone says QG's top laner has a deep champion pool, but can it be deeper than Sang-hyeok's? One game of Fizz, one game of Zilean, Sang-hyeok was really in great form today!"

At this moment, the live broadcast room of the RatTV event is in the afternoon in the East 8 time zone, so the viewers are mainly East Asians, especially Koreans.

[Go for it, Sang-hyeok!]

Don't worry, a team like QG is no match for SKT. I predict they'll come back from a 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 and crush them!

Indeed, the reason QG lost the first game was purely due to Sang-hyeok's mistakes. If Sang-hyeok had maintained this level of performance, QG wouldn't have gained an advantage for even a second!

[Winning one game and you're guaranteed the championship? Be careful, you might get swept in the next two games!]

[Hehe, there are too many Koreans, I'm going back to Douyu.]

[Haha, SKT will lose?]

It has to be said that as the world's largest live streaming platform, the composition of its audience is far more diverse than imagined. There are all kinds of cross-dressers and LCK fans, making it quite lively.

Of course, I still favor SKT in the long run, since the LPL's viewing venue isn't here.

Meanwhile, backstage, the QG players remained calm and composed, discussing the issues from the previous game.

"Doinb had some serious issues today; you need to reflect on that," Banbazi said bluntly. "You got ganked too many times. Since you picked a melee mid-laner like Nautilus who's easy to gank, you should have bought more wards!"

"I understand my mistake." Doinb didn't try to shift the blame and said frankly, "I was too hasty in the early game. I knew the enemy would invade, so I wanted to push the lane and defend the jungle."

"It's nothing, just a game," Chen Dongqing said from the side. "We should think about how to solve the time-lapse problem. Do you have any ideas about the coin toss?"

"I have an idea." Doinb replied immediately, "The Titan champion is fine, we just need to break up the Zilean Kindred combination, and I can handle the rest by myself."

Banbazi readily agreed, and laughed from the side, "Although you have an idea, it's a pity that we are on the blue side next game, so I will still ban Zilean. You should save your idea for the fourth game. It would be best if you could refine it during that time."

"It's okay, don't worry." Chen Dongqing patted Doinb on the shoulder. "You're facing Faker, so the burden is the heaviest, but don't feel pressured. I'll cover for you if anything goes wrong."

Doinb's eyes flickered slightly, then he said firmly, "Don't worry, I'll definitely take down Faker's Zilean in the fourth game!"

"Let's talk about the draft strategy for the third game first," Banbazi said, pulling everyone aside to start a discussion. "In the second game, SKT's picks shifted somewhat, I'm sure you could all see that."

The QG members all nodded in agreement.

In this game, SKT picked Kindred in the mid lane and Sivir in the bot lane. This lineup basically means they've completely abandoned the idea of ​​"initiating team fights".

This was an extreme draft pick. From the beginning, they weren't thinking about team fights; they were aiming to use Kindred's ultimate to launch a counter-attack and execute a defensive strategy. And this time, they succeeded.

Banbazi said with a smile, "But as you should know, we also have our own set of strategies for dealing with this kind of lineup."

At this point, the QG members suddenly realized what was going on, and then they all laughed.

You're not planning to organize a group buy, huh? You'll be in a real bind then!

The short break passed quickly, and both players returned to the stage.

Chen Dongqing put on headphones, blocking out most of the shouts.

The world seemed to quiet down.

His turbulent inner world seemed to find peace.

Time and all that are for later; what they need to do now is win this third game!

BP begins!

This chapter has seven thousand words.

I don't know what happened, but I started having a fever again when I woke up yesterday, reaching a high of 38.5 degrees Celsius, and I also had a hoarse voice. The brothers in the book club can attest to this.

It's strange. He tested positive on the 23rd of last month, but now he has a fever again. Could it be a relapse?

All I can say is that I hope it's just a normal fever.

Anyway, I didn't write much today. This chapter is my last draft, and it's set to update automatically.

I was probably already asleep when I posted this. I'll see how I feel tomorrow. If I'm still like this, then it might be a bit uncertain whether I can update tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)