League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 156 The Situation Turns Twist!

"Alright, the third game's ban/pick phase has begun. QG is on the blue side, and we can see they've immediately banned Zilean as their first pick!"

Miller, seeing this, laughed and said, "QG has another advantage: they're not stubborn!"

Colonel Guan nodded and said, "There's another explanation for not being headstrong: the team has enough ban slots."

The team had planned out the first three bans from the start, and the opposing SKT did the same, so both sides made their bans extremely quickly.

QG, on the blue side, quickly banned Zilean, Ryze, and Maokai, while SKT banned Rumble, Fizz, and Alistar.

Compared to the first two games, the difference is that QG did not ban Poppy, but instead banned Maokai. As a result, SKT also changed their strategy and gave Alistar the ban slot that was originally reserved for Fiora.

With Poppy, they are not afraid of QG's Fiora.

Of course, Chen Dongqing didn't plan to pick Fiora in this game either.

The selection phase began quickly, and QG didn't hesitate to lock in Titan immediately, opting for a flexible pick.

On the other hand, SKT adopted a consistent approach, picking Ezreal and Karma to secure the bottom lane. They were clearly sticking to the same strategy as the previous game, opting not to engage but to focus on pressure and defense.

QG quickly began discussing their choice of EZ.

"Jian Zihao, have you mastered it yet?" Xiangguo, who was selecting a hero on the second floor, couldn't help but ask. "If you haven't mastered it, then we won't select it."

"What are you barking about?!" Uzi's face inexplicably flushed. "And there's an AD carry I can't master? You can choose whatever you want!"

Since things have come to this point, Xiangguo has no choice but to accept it.

"QG has picked Jhin on the second floor!" Wawa couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Uzi seems to have never picked this champion before!"

Colonel Guan added, "But I checked Uzi's ranked game history, and he has indeed been practicing Jhin a lot recently, probably because the team needs him!"

Jhin was a champion that once sparked considerable discussion within the QG team.

Uzi felt that this champion wasn't his cup of tea; he preferred playing AD champions with extremely high attack speed who could kite and auto-attack, so he didn't practice this champion much after it came out.

But later, Park Yun-yong discovered the problem and took Uzi out for a talk. From then on, the number of Jhin characters in Uzi's ranked games increased significantly.

Later, Chen Dongqing casually asked Uzbekistan what Park Unryong had said to him back then.

Uzi said, "Coach Park said, 'My individual skills are indeed very strong, but I am not indispensable in QG and may be optimized at any time.' Then he said, 'Practicing Jhin does not mean that you have to play Jhin. This is a way for you to hone your skills. Practicing another hero is not a bad thing.' I thought it made sense, so I should practice more."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing was filled with awe.

Coach Park is truly a master of PUA!

Uzi was completely submissive in his hands; he could make him act like a dog whenever he wanted, and he could make him practice Jhin whenever he wanted.

"After picking Jhin, QG immediately locked in Nidalee, creating a double poke combo." Miller narrowed his eyes slightly. "I already have a vague idea of ​​what top laner QG is going to play."

"Me too!" Colonel Guan nodded with a smile.

QG has a top lane champion that is their signature move, and only Chen Dongqing in the whole world can play it.

SKT quickly locked in their picks, securing Poppy and Kindred, leaving the final counter pick for Faker.

"Then we have nothing more to say, right?" Banbazi closed his notebook. "Let's give SKT a big gift this game!"

As soon as they finished speaking, their hands swiftly locked onto each other.

Top lane Jayce, mid lane Cassiopeia!

There's not much to say about Jayce. He's a champion Chen Dongqing specializes in, and his Jayce is now one of a kind in the world. He also synergizes very well with Nidalee and Jhin, forming a three-poke composition.

That's right, this is a big gift that Banbazi prepared for SKT.

Since you're not going to pick an initiator, then I'll just Q you guys to death!

As for Cassiopeia, she's the final piece of the puzzle to complete the lineup.

Firstly, poke compositions are vulnerable to team fights, so a Cassiopeia who can counter-engage is added to the mid lane.

Secondly, in the current version, the mid lane in matches is still dominated by mages, with champions like Ryze and Azir being very popular. Faker usually picks Azir when he doesn't have Ryze.

Cassiopeia has a significant advantage in lane against Azir, which can limit SKT's mid lane picks.

Of course, Faker has been a dominant force in the competitive scene for so many years, so this is not a problem for him.

"Give me Orianna," Faker said calmly. "Orianna is good against Cassiopeia."

Orianna's wave clear speed is no slower than Cassiopeia's, and she has a powerful ultimate control ability, making her a counter to heroes like Cassiopeia who lack mobility. She is also extremely strong when paired with a jungler.

Blue side QG: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Nidalee, Mid lane Cassiopeia, Bot lane Jhin and Nautilus.

Red side SKT: Top lane Poppy, Jungle Kindred, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Ezreal and Karma.

"Judging from the lineups, QG has the advantage in the early game, while SKT is more defensive," Miller said, arms crossed. "After all, Orianna and Kindred are more suited to late-game power spikes."

"Of course," Colonel Guan laughed. "The Poke lineup is all about grouping up and pushing towers by taking advantage of their long range. Plus, they're relatively strong in lane, so it's normal for them to have an advantage. This is very much in line with QG's team style."

As the commentators spoke, the live stream camera climbed higher and higher, revealing the entire stage.

In the progress bar showing the support from both sides, QG has made significant progress compared to the beginning.

The match began quickly.

Ten players from both sides rushed out of the fountain at the same time to begin their opening setup, with signal sounds coming incessantly!

"Yes, we can see that neither side intends to switch lanes," Wawa nodded and said. "It seems that SKT is unwilling to give up their laning advantage with Ezreal and Karma."

In the first two games, SKT's mid and bot lanes were never at a disadvantage, and Bang, who had just won the championship, did not think that Uzi would be his opponent.

Soon, the bot lane matchup began.

EZ and Karma are absolutely top-tier in the laning phase, so they naturally secured level 0 first and gained a lane advantage.

Uzbekistan, feeling slightly resentful but helpless, was unable to do anything about it.

His performance in the first two games was not outstanding, which was something he absolutely could not accept.

He was determined to give Bang a big surprise in the next round.

On the top lane, Duke's mentality was somewhat similar to Uzi's.

In SKT, he played a split-pushing role, rarely participating in team fights. This led to him being nicknamed "Du Bu Chuan" (meaning "Du who doesn't spread the word"), implying that he was obsessed with split-pushing and refused to participate in team fights.

But in both games, he didn't manage to split push effectively.

In the first game, Chen Dongqing's Irelia completely dominated the team, becoming Chun Chun's weak point. In the second game, the team had too much of an advantage, so there was no need for him to split push.

The huge sense of disparity made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

But Duke couldn't do anything about it and could only unilaterally accept Chen Dongqing's torture.

There's nothing we can do, we really can't beat them!

As the second pick for Jayce, Chen Dongqing had no reason to be at a disadvantage. In this game, he chose a build of Long Sword and Refillable Potion, which was quite greedy. He learned the Q skill at level one and immediately started attacking the minion wave.

But does Duke have a solution? No, he really doesn't.

After these few laning matches, Duke now fully understands that he can't win by relying solely on laning, and the enemy jungler likes to gank top lane, so if he drops to half health, he will definitely be tower-dived.

He can't compete in terms of skill, and he gets completely outmatched in terms of hero pool. The only thing he can do is rely on the mid-lane carry and the tower carry to farm and survive.

A successful tower dive is considered a success.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but feel helpless when he saw the opponent's abnormally steady playing style.

That's not fair!

The top lane quickly turned into a race to see who could out-farm the opponent. After thinking for a moment, Chen Dongqing recalled to base, bought a Cull, and decided to start mining instead.

Fortunately, he started by crafting a longsword, and after returning home to upgrade to a mining knife, his equipment will be completed very quickly.

While the top lane was still in a state of mutual consent, the bottom half of the map was once again in turmoil.

This time, Xiao Hei didn't gank mid. Kindred and Orianna together couldn't produce a single control ability before level six, making it very difficult to catch Cassiopeia. This time, he chose to gank bot.

At three minutes, the bottom lane minions were pushed into the tower by the wolf's club. After the tower reset, the minions returned to the middle of the bottom lane.

Seeing that he was in good shape and Karma had also used RQ, Uzi felt this was an opportunity and decided to try his luck against Liu Qingsong.

But to everyone's surprise, just as Liu Qingsong pressed forward to make a move, Kindred appeared on the other side.

Karma's W tethered to Liu Qingsong's Nautilus. Seeing Kindred getting closer and closer, Liu Qingsong had no choice but to use Flash to get away.

Seeing that catching the enemy was hopeless, Xiao Hei shifted his focus to Uzi, using his E skill to apply a slow and his Q skill to chase and auto-attack three times. Bang's Ezreal also used his E skill to unleash a combo, forcibly reducing Uzi's Jhin to one-third of his health!

Uzi's nascent hopes for a comeback were dashed once again. Facing a combination like EZ and Karma, with only a third of his health remaining, he didn't even have the chance to lane and had to go back to base.

Returning home will result in losing a wave of minions.

"Oh, then the bot lane will have a tough time." Wawa couldn't help but say, "Actually, in the LPL, we rarely see Uzi get beaten this badly. As a lane that SKT has always targeted, he has suffered quite a bit today."

"Yeah, Tree's advantage comes at the cost of Little Dog's disadvantage," Miller couldn't help but laugh. "But fortunately, the top lane's advantage is also significant enough, so neither side really loses out."

The camera pans to the top lane and shows Jayce fighting Poppy.

As the minion wave pushed towards the tower, Chen Dongqing found a good angle and fired a cannon shot!

This shot hit hard, and Poppy, who was already being worn down, was reduced to half health.

Duke knew that if he didn't leave soon, he would be overtaken.

So, after finishing off the tower creeps, he decisively returned to base and then teleported back online.

It's only been a little over five minutes, but the CS difference in the top lane has already exceeded ten, much more than in the bottom lane.

Chen Dongqing saw the teleportation light swirling around the turret, so he simply gave up on the idea of ​​using the A turret. Jayce turned around and disappeared from sight.

Duke didn't think too much about what he saw. He noticed that Jayce's mana bar was almost empty, and he was probably going back to base. So he just gave a quick reminder in the team voice chat and then focused on pushing the lane. He needed to get the minion wave to the tower before Jayce came back to lane.

At this point, six minutes had elapsed.

Faker in the mid lane has reached level six, and SKT's mid, jungle, and support rhythm has been restarted.

After pushing the lane, Wolf quickly disappeared and met up with Blank, heading straight for the mid lane!

"Hey, it looks like SKT is planning to gank the mid lane!" Wawa shouted, looking at the screen. "Orianna has level six, and it seems like there's some truth to that!"

Blank cleared the vision in the previous wave, so the two SKT players acted recklessly and went straight into QG's bottom jungle to launch a surprise attack on Doinb from behind!

The moment Doinb saw the enemy appear in his bottom jungle, he reacted quickly and immediately ran towards the top river. However, SKT was determined to kill them. Faker's Orianna used a precise QW combo to slow down Cassiopeia.

Wolf then used RE to speed up himself and the jungler, and then rushed up and used W on Cassiopeia!

Cassiopeia, a champion who doesn't buy shoes, obviously can't outrun Karma, so Doinb had no choice but to use Flash to break the chain.

But Faker was just waiting for you to flash away. He waited for his Q skill to cool down and then immediately used QR!

This offensive was quite fierce; if there were no teammates,

"Clock's ultimate has hit Cassiopeia! Cassiopeia only has half health left!" Colonel Guan roared, "What do we say about this! Cassiopeia has her ultimate, should she use it? Even if she does, she might not escape!"

At this moment, Cassiopeia, who had been pulled back by Orianna's ultimate, didn't seem to have any intention of using her ultimate. She just kept running towards the river. Meanwhile, Kindred used "Dance of Arrows" again from behind, and her basic attack triggered the third hit of her E skill, dealing high execution damage and bringing Cassiopeia to low health.

All that's needed now is for each of the three of them to land a basic attack, and the Snake Woman will be dead!

Wolf then rushed forward and quickly unleashed a basic attack, leaving the snake woman with just over a hundred health points.

Seeing this, Faker and Blank quickly chased after them and unleashed their basic attacks as well.

In their eagerness to kill, the three SKT members had already tightened their formation without anyone noticing.

But at that very moment, the low-health snake woman finally turned around, and her R [Petrifying Gaze] was finally unleashed. With her hands outstretched, a cone-shaped beam of green light shot out!

As far as the eye could see, all Kindred and Karma were petrified. Only Faker, who threw out a basic attack and immediately turned around, escaped the petrification, continuing the legend of never being petrified.

Meanwhile, the two basic attacks that had been launched earlier continued to fly and finally struck the snake woman, completely stripping her of her life!

"First blood!"

The third commentator felt a chill run down his spine, sensing that something bad was about to happen.

Wasn't this ultimate move used way too late?

Faker secured the kill once again, meaning he will likely dominate the game once more.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, two spells flew over from the darkness behind the snake woman's corpse.

One is a Hextech Energy Cannon, and the other is a Javelin!

When Wawa saw these two skills, he was shocked because he was too nervous when he killed the snake woman. So even from his God's-eye view, he didn't know that QG's support had arrived!

But Wawa reacted quickly, shouting, "Brother Shu and Xiangguo are both here to support! It looks like we can turn this around!"

At that moment, cheers erupted from the audience!

Both skills have extremely fast flight speed. The cannon accurately hit the two petrified people, causing their health bars to drop by a large segment!

Immediately afterwards, Nidalee's spear flew over and pierced Karma's body. Both skills hit, and Karma, who had just been at a relatively healthy level, was instantly reduced to low health!

Xiangguo's Nidalee quickly appeared from the starting point of the javelin. In her cougar form, Nidalee ran extremely fast and pounced heavily on Karma, using EQ to secure the kill!

At the same time, Chen Dongqing's Jayce also appeared. His mana bar was almost empty, with just over 70 points left, enough for one skill.

He switched to hammer form and landed a Q on Kindred, triggering the passive's powerful strike!

Xiangguo quickly turned his attention to the enemy, ignoring Faker and focusing intently on dealing with Kindred.

Actually, there are only a little over six minutes left, which is a sensitive time when both mid laners are only level six. However, QG's top and jungle players have both transformed their ultimate abilities, so their combat power is about the same at levels five and six.

When Xiangguo's W was ready again, he used it again to pounce, transforming into human form and unleashing a close-range AQ combo that brought Kindred to low health!

"Give me the kill!" Chen Dongqing's tone left no room for doubt, directly thwarting Xiangguo's idea of ​​getting the kill. At this moment, his mana bar was almost empty, but he used R to switch forms and unleashed a basic attack, securing the kill on Kindred!

After killing the two, QG's top laner, still not satisfied, glanced at Orianna who was constantly harassing him with skills, and then went up and beat Orianna up before finally stopping.

"Great, that was a fantastic support play!" Wawa exclaimed. "The arrival of Jayce and Nidalee turned this into a 2-for-1 trade! Absolutely brilliant! Maokai's roaming was absolutely brilliant!"

It's not too surprising that Xiangguo came to support after the mid laner was caught out, since Xiangguo is usually active around the mid lane, so it's normal for him to come to support.

But how did the top laner get to where he is now?

SKT is moving forward in the dark, and their ganks are swift. If the top laner wants to provide support, they have to run to the mid lane in advance!

Under the camera's lens, Chen Dongqing's smile was quite radiant.

You like ganking mid, huh? You really think you can just gank mid anytime if I don't make you lose something?

"How should I put it? Did I do something incredible this time?" Doinb was still boasting in the voice chat. "I could have just used my ultimate and flashed away, but I stubbornly held onto it and then used it to petrify everyone before I died!"

Although he only got two assists in this round, his game understanding was indeed high. He opened the shop and bought Dark Seal the moment he died, which resulted in him gaining two stacks of Killing Ring, which is equivalent to six points of spell power. Theoretically speaking, he also made a good profit.

The live stream chat was flooded with comments at breakneck speed!

[A spiritual journey!]

【Tree!】

[Awesome! It has to be Brother Tree!]

The trees will bear the burden, the trees will carry the weight!

The cheers from the audience below the stage were relentless and continued for a long time. Lin Yuanhua, sitting in the audience, raised her light stick and screamed loudly!

On the SKT players' bench, Faker couldn't help but sigh.

"Oh dear, Jayce actually came to mid lane." He complained with a hint of regret, "Did we gank mid too much?"

What was supposed to be a successful gank turned into a disaster when two of our own players were killed. Nobody would be happy about that.

"It's okay." Wolf adjusted his glasses and said, "Let me finish pushing the bottom lane, then I'll try to gank your mid lane again when I have a chance."

Wolf, who had already died once, rushed back to the lane. It has to be said that he actually lost out in this round.

After all, he roamed to the mid lane and was killed, which meant that Bang didn't dare to farm the lane alone in the bottom lane, resulting in a huge loss of minions.

Wolf didn't take it to heart; he believed that once he returned to the lane, the laning situation would be reversed.

After he returned to the lane, he maintained his previous dominance. Karma crossed the minion wave and charged forward, her hands glowing green, and unleashed an RQ combo!

But Uzi remained calm and composed. He first moved to the right, narrowly avoiding the RQ, and then took a step forward, narrowly avoiding the explosion damage after the Q skill reached its end!

This RQ was completely empty!

Moreover, Uzi's forward movement wasn't just for dodging skills. He boldly chased after Karma, landing a basic attack, and then used a sideways movement to dodge Ezreal's Q once again.

In those two short seconds, Uzi pushed his micro-management skills to the limit!

With these two crucial life-trading abilities dodged, EZ Karma instantly lost her dominance!

Uzi stared intently at the screen; he saw this as an opportunity!

He immediately shouted, "Can you open it? Can you open it?"

As he was speaking, he pressed forward again and landed another basic attack on Karma!

Actually, it's quite difficult for the Titan to hook anyone at this point, since there are three ranged units right between Karma and the Titan.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Qingsong responded confidently and quickly. Titan didn't rush to hook, but instead quickly moved forward and kept Karma at a 45-degree angle.

Once he broke free from the soldiers' encirclement, he anticipated the position where he would turn around and immediately launched a hook attack!

The hook grazed past the minion, precisely striking Karma's body. Then, Titan exerted his strength, forcibly pulling her back!

Uzi reacted quickly, instantly placing a lotus flower at Karma's feet, and then, after Nautilus's basic attack inflicted the stun, he unleashed another W!

Under the combined control of the two, Karma was completely unable to move.

Immediately afterwards, Uzpe fired his third bullet, followed by a Q followed by the final shot!

At that moment, the lotus flower exploded, instantly reducing Karma to near-death!

Wolf was knocked senseless by this combo and had no choice but to use Flash to escape. He was saved by Bang's healing.

Wolf was left with low health right after logging in, so he had no choice but to return to base again.

Bang is now alone again, and without a doubt, he will lose another wave of troops.

Bang could no longer laugh; tears welled up inside him.

Brother, is Lee Jae-gan some kind of god or demon?

He never expected that the support he had waited so long for would be sent back to base after only ten seconds online.

What about his laning phase?

When Wolf returned to lane, the bottom lane turret had been reduced to only one-third of its health.

At that moment, Bang pressed TAB and glanced at the last hits on both sides.

In just over seven minutes, Uzi's Virtuoso had 47 stabs, while he only managed a paltry 36.

In just over a minute, Uzi not only caught up with the last hits, but also surpassed the opponent by 11 hits!

Because of a gank, their bottom lane has suddenly become a disadvantageous matchup.

Things are going bad.

Good news, the fever has subsided. It only lasted yesterday, and the antigen test was also negative, so it shouldn't be a relapse.

Bad news, I have to write again.

The Spring Festival is over, and I'm starting rehabilitation these past few days to prepare for resuming normal updates.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)