League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 162 Hehe, There are too many farmers (1.1 words super long chapter!)

After Chen Dongqing started the live stream, he was slightly surprised to see the number of viewers constantly flooding into the live stream room.

His live stream popularity was already quite high, ranking among the top on the platform, but today's broadcast reached an even more terrifying level, many times higher than his live stream popularity in his previous life!

That's the true value of a championship!

This is why Chen Dongqing wasn't very interested in becoming a streamer at first. As long as you play well in professional competitions and win many championships, you will naturally become a top streamer. You don't need any management or to do anything like trying to gain popularity by associating with the Octagon.

[Missing Person Returns!]

[Seven days after winning the championship, the show started airing? Brother Shu, you're really something!]

[What happened to your hard work? Didn't you used to stream PUBG every day? You got cocky after winning the championship, huh?]

[They're streaming it live!]

"What do you mean I'm actually streaming now? What else am I supposed to do if I don't stream?" Chen Dongqing looked at the comments and said with a smile, "From now on, I'll stream every day, 31 days a month. You'll see me every day, brothers."

Live streaming is one of his biggest sources of points, so of course he can't just give it up!

After adjusting the computer, Chen Dongqing, without saying a word, started with a classic round of Happy Landlords.

While giving away money, Chen Dongqing also asked, "Brothers, what games do you want me to play later? I'll try my best to satisfy you, okay?"

After glancing at the comments, Chen Dongqing was speechless.

Because the discussion surrounding Chen Dongqing playing King of Glory overnight during the MSI was so huge, the comments section was filled with King of Glory.

Hehe, there are too many agricultural wholesale markets.

"Honor of Kings?" Chen Dongqing scratched his head: "It's not that it's impossible, but I'm only a Diamond rank in Honor of Kings. My skill level isn't high, so my broadcasts won't be very effective."

But the audience didn't seem to mind at all; they just wanted to see Chen Dongqing play King of Glory.

Their main concern is whether the incident that trended on Weibo was true!

After a while, Chen Dongqing lost all two million beans, but then happily gained seventy points. The point return rate in this Dou Dizhu game is getting higher and higher.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing used his phone's data cable to connect to the live streaming software, and after studying it for a while, he successfully started the King of Glory live stream.

As soon as they entered, everyone turned their attention to the top left corner of the screen.

ID: ilex, followed by a classic dog avatar.

Wow, it really is me!

The live stream quickly became incredibly popular, with many viewers asking why he was playing Challenger during MSI.

Chen Dongqing didn't know what to say, so he just lied and said, "I can't help it, the pressure is too much. I feel terrible just thinking about playing against SKT tomorrow, so I logged in and played a couple of games with Lu Bu. After I beat them up, I felt much better!"

The comments section was filled with disbelief.

Chen Dongqing didn't have much to say and simply started the ranking match.

As for the ranked matches, there's really not much to say. After all, he's just a Diamond player, and in Honor of Kings, reaching Diamond rank is something anyone can do.

Chen Dongqing picked Mi Yue at the start of the game and quickly crushed the opposing team. He then easily won a 1v5 situation.

At this moment, the chat in the live stream started laughing again.

[Mi Yue? Is the streamer practicing vampire techniques?]

I'm pretty sure it is; the vampires were recently reworked, and they're pretty powerful!

[I have to say, Brother Tree is really good at setting the pace; he knows which heroes to play to get the game going.]

Chen Dongqing looked at the comments on the screen, then at the system message that his vampire proficiency had increased by 1, and smiled without saying a word.

Just as he was about to start his second ranked match, an accident suddenly occurred.

A phone call came in; it was from Linko.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then temporarily muted the microphone in the live stream before answering: "YYYY?"

"Hey bro, what are you doing?"

Chen Dongqing was puzzled by the question: "I'm livestreaming from the base, what's wrong?"

"What else? Don't you know what you're streaming?" Linko was furious. "You're a pro League of Legends player, streaming King of Glory? Is that even acceptable? Douyu has been calling me!"

Chen Dongqing: "."

This is another hidden reason why he doesn't want to stream Honor of Kings.

Previously, his PUBG streams had gotten so bad that people on Douyu and the LPL were fed up with him and directly asked him to reduce his PUBG streaming time.

If we were to broadcast King of Glory now, wouldn't those people up there go crazy?

A perfectly good MSI champion, on their first broadcast after winning the championship, started by streaming Honor of Kings, which took away all the viewership. It's good enough that their broadcast room wasn't banned!

"I understand, I understand." Chen Dongqing scratched his head. "We're not broadcasting it."

After finishing speaking, Chen Dongqing hung up the phone, put the microphone back on, and said, "Due to some mysterious factors, we can't broadcast King of Glory. Let's broadcast something else instead."

By this time, the viewers in the live stream had a vague idea of ​​what had happened and were all laughing hysterically.

Hahaha, this is hilarious!

I never expected you to actually stream King of Glory!

[Let's stick to streaming League of Legends and get back to our main job.]

【really】

Just then, Lin Weixiang suddenly leaned over and said, "Brother Qing, wanna play duo queue?"

"Duo queue?" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow and said, "Sure, but I'm Platinum I. Can you queue with me?"

"Sure, sure." Lin Weixiang's eyebrows twitched as he spoke. "I just dropped to Diamond 1."

"Awesome, then wait a moment."

Chen Dongqing logged into Ionia and quickly received a team invitation from "Kirishima Young Marshal".

After joining QG, his previous contract with Zhanqi TV was terminated, so his ID changed from Zhanqi TV Xiangxiang to this.

Chen Dongqing was still joking: "I was just saying you were hardworking, and then you give me a Diamond I rating. Even a Diamond I player can't get a starting position on the second team, right?"

Their team doesn't actually have any ranking requirements; it mainly depends on their performance in the match.

The second team is different because the spots in the second team are very unstable and can be replaced by players from the youth training program at any time. The higher the level, the more say they have.

"I deliberately dropped out just so I could duo queue with you!" Lin Weixiang lied without batting an eye. "Besides, I'm the leader of the second team, who would dare to replace me?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but chuckle.

Everyone says Lin Weixiang is the bully of the second team, and it turns out it's true.

It's not surprising, though. Although Lin Weixiang isn't currently in power, he's still a future champion AD carry. With his destiny set, dominating an LSPL team would be a piece of cake for him.

"Alright, let's get started!"

Meanwhile, in a live streaming room on Panda TV.

A certain sassy pig is enthusiastically streaming himself playing ranked matches.

Because live streaming platforms aren't regulated yet, PDD, while facing the camera and smoking, kept bragging: "Guys, that Renekton game I played just now, I wasn't just bragging, was I? I can easily beat these Masters!"

As the strongest top laner in the original LPL era, PDD in 16 was still able to stay in the Master and Challenger ranks, and often carried the team.

At this moment, the 12-1-7 score of the Renekton in the Master rank game on the live stream screen was quite remarkable, and the chat was full of "666" comments, clearly impressed by the streamer's skill.

"Did you learn it?" PDD said smugly. "If you didn't learn it, let's play another game, okay? You know, my Renekton was invincible in the competition back in the day, right?"

After saying that, he started another ranked match.

Surprisingly, the queuing process was incredibly fast this time; I was quickly queued up in just over a minute.

PDD was positioned on the first floor, and without saying a word, he typed "top laner on the first floor" and then immediately locked in Renekton.

His ID "沉梦昂志丶" was quite well-known in the first region, and everyone in the high-ranking matches knew him, so his four teammates naturally didn't have any objections.

But unexpectedly, PDD immediately saw the opponent quickly lock onto Quinn on the first floor.

"What does this mean?" PDD chuckled immediately. "Quinn top lane? Thinking you're a pro player?"

Quinn versus Renekton is a counter pick that only exists in professional leagues. It's mainly because the teamwork in the game is stronger, and Quinn can roam around and apply pressure after gaining lane control.

In typical solo queue games, Quinn's effectiveness is limited if she's tied to a lane and pressured, making her easy to gank.

Even without being caught, if Quinn makes a mistake and gets close to Renekton's E skill, she might not be able to win.

If both sides are Diamond Masters, then it's really hard to say who has the advantage.

"Here we go, guys!" The sassy pig rolled up his sleeves. "Today I'm going to give you a tutorial on how to counter Quinn with a Renekton!"

As he was speaking, he switched his ignition to teleportation.

Bold words are necessary, but teleportation is also essential, since laning is indeed difficult and you have to slowly look for opportunities.

Soon, both sides finished selecting their heroes and entered the loading screen.

Sao Zhu was still explaining the precautions for playing Renekton against Quinn to the viewers in the live stream, but as he was talking, he suddenly noticed that the number of comments in the live stream had started to surge!

What happened?

The pig took a closer look

[Oh no! It's Tree Bro on the other side!]

What?!

I went to Brother Shu's live stream, and it really is him.

When Sao Zhu saw the comments, his vision went black. He looked at Quinn's ID on the other side in disbelief.

"Ilex"

"Damn it, it really is Tree Bro! I'm devastated!" The slut stubbed out his cigarette. "How the hell am I supposed to fight this?! He even has a purification ability; he really doesn't want me to survive!"

One second he was spouting grand pronouncements, the next he was completely cowardly; this smooth change of expression amused the viewers in the live chat.

Sao Zhu sighed, feeling that he might have to rely on the turrets for survival this game.

The match began quickly.

PDD didn't hesitate and immediately opened the chat window to start typing.

But before he could finish typing that line, he saw his teammate say, "Tree on the other side, what do we do?"

The mid-laner teammate, clearly recognizing him, exclaimed, "What else can we do? Gank top!"

Seeing this, PDD nodded in satisfaction.

Sure! You all know your games!

But just then, their own bot lane started trolling: "What are you afraid of? We have Piao Laoshi, can't Mao Ge just beat us?"

PDD was so startled that his chubby face twitched, almost causing his glasses to fall off. He quickly typed, "Bro, don't mess with me! Listen to me, you come gank top lane as soon as you reach level two, at least force him to use his summoner spells so I can fight."

"Alright, PDD!" They were on the blue side this game, and it was actually a bit difficult for their teammates to gank top at level two, because that would mean losing the red buff. But PDD's jungler, Lee Sin, clearly understood and knew how to win the game, so he readily agreed.

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing carefully observed the lineups of both sides on the loading screen.

The blue team is the opposing team: top laner Renekton, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Orianna, and bot laner Twitch and Thresh.

The red team consists of: Quinn (top), Rek'Sai (jungle), Syndra (mid), and Lucian and Lux ​​(bot).

Neither team had much synergy; it was typical ranked play where everyone was playing their own game.

At the same time, Chen Dongqing saw the ID "沈梦昂志" and immediately knew who he was facing in this game.

However, he didn't take it too seriously. It was just a regular ranked game, and he was playing Quinn against Renekton, so he had a clear advantage.

As soon as the level 1 minion came online, he immediately stripped the crocodile of its right to experience points and kicked it out of the experience zone.

But he didn't have much time to suppress the enemy before a Lee Sin appeared from behind! PDD's Renekton even flashed and used his W to bite in, clearly a well-planned level 2 gank!

Chen Dongqing was immediately startled. After thinking for a moment, he finally decided to give up his life.

If you use both summoner spells to run back to your tower, you'll have to slowly recall to base and then go back to lane. Moreover, you'll have to consider Lee Sin's feelings when you recall, which would actually make you lose even more.

It's better to just die and resurrect quickly.

He didn't even bother running anymore; he just stood there and attacked the crocodile, managing to take down almost half of its health with sheer luck!

On the other side, the random Lee Sin player was quite considerate. After severely damaging Quinn, he simply ignored her and gave the kill to PDD.

"Hahaha! Awesome!" In the live stream, Sao Zhu couldn't hold back anymore. "This Lee Sin player knows how to play! He should gank top at level two! Let's do it again later, let's gank that Quinn again! Let's make him look like he's dying! Hahahaha!"

That laughter was really entertaining; the last laugh was followed by a pig-like squeal as he inhaled, which amused the viewers in the live stream.

At level one, with the crocodile without Q and the Lee Sin without E, the minion wave was definitely not going to be pushed in. But since the minion wave was already coming, PDD stopped moving the lane and went straight back to base. After getting his first blood and completing his equipment, he teleported back to lane.

The teleportation was fast, so he was even faster than Quinn. Therefore, PDD was not flustered at all. While farming creeps, he quickly leveled up to level two.

But just then, Quinn also logged in.

Facing the crocodile who had secured first blood, reached level two, and was enraged, Chen Dongqing acted as if he hadn't seen him at all, and continued to push the minion wave.

PDD frowned, sensing that things weren't that simple.

Why isn't this guy afraid of me?

As they were talking, PDD didn't say a word and immediately leveled up his E skill, feeling that he could seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

He carried Quinn's damage forward, stood next to a minion, and used the minion as a springboard to quickly use his E to close the distance. The Renekton then dove right up to Quinn!

However, Chen Dongqing's distance control was perfect. He knew that the crocodile could not reach him with its W skill at this distance, so he was not flustered at all. He retreated first and waited for the crocodile's E skill to expire before he could fight however he wanted.

Meanwhile, PDD watched as Quinn faced the crocodile right in the face and didn't use any skills at all, and couldn't help but admire her as worthy of being the FMVP.

If he chooses to use his second E to engage, then he'll only have the White Rage W left, which doesn't deal much damage and isn't worth it. So, he has no choice but to turn around and pull away first.

But as soon as he turned his head, Quinn quickly turned around and landed a basic attack on him.

PDD immediately became furious.

No, you really don't treat me like a human being?

Who isn't a professional gamer at some point?!

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate and the crocodile quickly used its second E skill to dash through!

But as soon as the crocodile moved, Quinn leaped up and kicked the crocodile, breaking the crocodile's second E skill!

PDD couldn't help but open his mouth wide, slightly surprised.

It's important to know that Quinn was actually only a little over 200 yards away from Renekton, which is a very close distance; Renekton's Q skill could even hit her.

At this distance, can I use my E skill to kick the crocodile's E?

Such a quick reaction.

Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but the difference between a 90-point reaction and a 91-point reaction seemed quite significant.

Once the crocodile's E skill is interrupted, it becomes no longer a threat.

Chen Dongqing remained completely calm, relentlessly chasing the crocodile until he reached the outside of the tower before finally giving up!

And the following plot is exactly the same.

Chen Dongqing took advantage of the fact that your crocodile didn't have Flash, and chased after you like crazy, spamming clicks. If you use E, I'll kick you!

PDD can't last-hit minions, and he can't hit anyone.

As a result, the crocodile, who was ahead in both kills and level, was sent back home in just two minutes.

"Duck!" PDD couldn't help but laugh as he returned to base. "How the hell am I supposed to fight him? He's treating me like a toy!"

There was no other way, so PDD had to resort to his ultimate technique.

Call for reinforcements.

The teammates didn't seem surprised to see that Piao had gotten first blood but was still being beaten down, and quickly headed straight for the top lane.

But this time, they won't succeed.

The crocodile doesn't have Flash, who can stop me?

Chen Dongqing remained calm and focused, choosing a kiting strategy that prioritized W, which allowed him to move extremely fast once he hit a weak point.

He saw the blind monk circle behind him and quickly pulled back.

When the Lee Sin dashed close, the Renekton also used his E to dash in. He decisively kicked the Renekton, not giving him a chance to stun him. Then he used a QA combo on the Lee Sin, blinding the blind monk!

The random Lee Sin wasn't going to give up yet, and chased after Quinn while under the blind effect. When the blind effect wore off, he found that the crocodile that was originally next to him had turned into an excavator.

The blind monk was immediately startled.

We got counter-ganked!

Immediately afterwards, the excavator lifted the Lee Sin up and, with a swift motion, bit him to death!

Finished!

Upon seeing his jungler die in the top lane, PDD's first reaction was to send a message.

In the first wave, the Lee Sin took the blue buff and immediately ganked, even giving him the kill. As a result, he was completely dominated and forced to come back. However, when the Lee Sin came back for the second wave, he was killed.

They definitely won't want to arrest me now!

Of course, PDD certainly didn't consider his current situation.

After killing the blind monk, Chen Dongqing showed no intention of letting the crocodile go. While clearing the minions, he typed, "Go around and get past the crocodile too."

The random jungler on Chen Dongqing's side was a streamer, and he seemed to have a pretty high rank. Of course, he recognized Chen Dongqing, so he didn't hesitate at all and went straight to the enemy's first tower.

Immediately afterward, the minion wave pushed towards the tower. Seeing the excavator in position, Chen Dongqing proactively auto-attacked the crocodile to tank the tower damage, and then kicked it in to apply crowd control.

After the excavator lifted the tower with its W-shaped mechanism, Chen Dongqing smoothly executed AQA, and then quickly exited the tower.

He waited for the turret's aggro to shift before returning to finish off the low-health enemy left behind by the excavator.

Win-win!

At this moment, PDD's live stream room had already exploded with excitement.

Hahaha, this is hilarious!

[If you don't understand, just ask: Is this the difference between Brother Shu and Teacher Piao?]

"Isn't he afraid of me? Oh, really not afraid? Then it's alright."

PDD now fully understands that Quinn is someone he can't beat.

He glanced at the chat and simply launched into a rant: "Well, what can I do, guys? The enemy's FMVP, how could I possibly beat him? His positioning is too perfect, my W can never catch him!"

"Do you know what the scariest part is?" PDD sighed, "This B has a cleanse, but I can't even trigger his cleanse, damn it."

This made the viewers in the live stream even happier.

Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction when he saw that the top lane had finally established an advantage.

It has to be said that the ID "ilex" still carries a lot of weight in Ionia, and it's frequently targeted.

Otherwise, this advantage should have been established at the second level.

The match continued, and just as Chen Dongqing was enjoying his dominance, good news suddenly came from the bottom lane.

Seeing that Lee Sin was not doing well, Kirishima stepped up decisively, luring Lee Sin to the bottom lane with a fierce push, and then delivered a double kill.

"Stop messing around, Lin Weixiang!" Chen Dongqing said. "You're supposed to be a professional, how come you're going to be evenly matched with a master?"

"There's nothing I can do about it!" Lin Weixiang said. "If he wants to arrest me, I can't just let him, can I?"

"Huh?" Chen Dongqing thought for two seconds and realized that this person was talking nonsense.

However, the problem wasn't too serious; it was within a manageable range. Chen Dongqing said, "Don't get killed. Stay calm. I have a big advantage in the top lane."

"Alright, I definitely won't die now!"

Two minutes later, Lin Weixiang was hit by Thresh's Q again and was killed once more.

"." Chen Dongqing was speechless. He had no choice but to seize the opportunity of returning to base and personally fly to the bottom lane to help Lin Weixiang get a double kill.

"You can't get killed now, can you?"

"Yes, definitely not!"

two minutes later

The rat used its ultimate skill to initiate a steal, directly giving Lin Weixiang a solo kill!

"You're just messing around!" Chen Dongqing started to say, then realized he was live-streaming. He quickly changed his tune: "What's wrong with you?"

"There's nothing I can do, Brother Qing!" Lin Weixiang said, sounding aggrieved. "They killed me all the time. I didn't commit suicide. You should have gone and killed them all to avenge me! What's the use of scolding me?"

The people in Chen Dongqing's live stream almost died laughing when they heard this, and they all typed "6" in the comments.

Chen Dongqing finally understood why Liu Qingsong no longer duo queues with Lin Weixiang.

Who can stand this?

This person is just playing a prank!

For the sake of his blood pressure, he stopped talking and entered "King Mode".

At this point, the top laner already has a significant advantage.

Chen Dongqing pushed the lane directly, just like before. After the minion wave reached the tower, he didn't even see the shadow of the crocodile.

Where are the crocodiles?

Actually, there's no need to think about it.

It's right there in the secluded grass.

Chen Dongqing's side of the random excavator was also quite skilled. After confirming that his B, "Kirishima Young Marshal," was a complete waste, he simply stopped going to the bottom lane and stayed in the top lane instead.

If the crocodile dares to defend the tower, it will definitely be overtaken!

It's only been a little over ten minutes, and Chen Dongqing has already out-farmed the Crocodile by nearly forty CS, and that's after he roamed the bottom lane once.

It's easy to imagine how miserable PDD's life is.

At this time, the Chinese New Year celebrations had already begun in PDD's live stream room.

[Just joined, why doesn't the streamer just AFK while playing the game?]

Hahaha, this is hilarious!

[He probably knows exactly how many blades of grass are in that secluded patch of grass.]

"Brothers, there's really no other way!" PDD had already started smoking. "Don't be fooled by the fact that the excavator hasn't come out yet; it's definitely in the top lane. If I go out to farm minions, I'll die! I'll just give up the top tower, then I can farm."

But Chen Dongqing clearly had no intention of pushing the tower. After retreating to the tower in the top lane, he turned around and left, relying on the birdman's powerful mobility to head straight for the middle lane, kicking Orianna in the body!

Quinn with Blade of the Ruined King and W has unparalleled chasing ability; once she gets caught, it's a death sentence!

In less than three seconds, Clockwork died in despair!

The player playing Orianna was feeling a bit frustrated. He was about to type a few question marks, but then he remembered that PDD was in the top lane, and he felt a little embarrassed.

But then he saw PDD post a message: Mine.

When the Clockwerk player saw this message, and then looked at the Renekton who was already down 50 CS, his anger subsided considerably.

Fortunately, Chen Dongqing's advantage was indeed significant. His Quinn dominated the top lane and extended his advantage to the side lanes and jungle. Even if Lin Weixiang fed, it wouldn't change the outcome.

In the later team fights, Chen Dongqing first single-handedly pulled away the enemy's top and jungle laners, and then used his movement speed to head straight for the mid lane!

Lin Weixiang's fat rat was kicked from behind by Chen Dongqing Quinn, who then instantly killed it with a single breath of AQA!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing used Purify to instantly remove the slow effect from Thresh's ultimate, then flashed to dodge Orianna's ultimate, and easily left the scene!

"Legendary!"

Quinn has become a god!

PDD saw this and didn't hesitate. He directly typed "/FF" in the dialog box to initiate the avatar.

The other four votes followed suit instantly, resulting in a lightning-fast defeat.

"Holy crap, it's finally over." PDD was still a bit dazed from the beating. "Who the hell could beat that?"

It was only at this point that Piao finally understood Duke's predicament.

It's really not their fault!

In the chat room after the game ended, a user with the ID "Kirishima Young Marshal" was frantically typing "6" and then adding, "Tree Bro is awesome!"

PDD vaguely remembered the ID. After thinking for a moment, he typed, "Brother Tree, wanna add each other as friends?"

On the other hand, Ilex replied quickly: "Of course, Mr. Piao."

No sooner had I finished speaking than a friend request came through.

When PDD saw a new ID appear in his friends list, he couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hehehe, add him as a friend, I'll avoid him when queuing from now on!"

Meanwhile, the comments section was already flooded with phrases like "One more round."

But this time, PDD said he wouldn't play no matter what.

"No, no, no more." PDD waved his hand. "After this game, I'm not playing LOL for the next two days. I'll just play PUBG instead."

As a top streamer on the platform, not a professional player, PDD can stream whatever he wants. PUBG is currently the most popular game for live streaming, and PDD plays it frequently.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

PDD wasn't the only one forced to give up playing League of Legends.

"Forget it, I'm leaving," Chen Dongqing said. "This is too outrageous."

Until the end of the game, Lin Weixiang's Lucian score was 1-5-2. Does this look like a professional AD carry?

Lin Weixiang knew he had indeed pranked them, but of course he wouldn't admit it. So he said nonchalantly, "You're wrong, Qing-ge. You think I was feeding the enemy kills? Actually, I was feeding you!"

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Explain in detail."

He didn't believe it, of course; he just wanted to see what other nonsense Lin Weixiang could spout.

"I give some to the rat on the other side, and then the rat on the other side gives some to you? Isn't that the same as giving it to you?" Lin Weixiang puffed out his chest and said, "If I didn't give him those few, would he have the courage to stand in that position?"

Chen Dongqing sneered: "You mean, even though you went 1-5, you still deserve all the credit?"

"certainly!"

"Heh, get lost."

Chen Dongqing showed no mercy, kicking Lin Weixiang out of the room and then closing the LOL client.

"Let's play PUBG instead, everyone," Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "LOL isn't fun, it's not interesting."

After saying that, Chen Dongqing logged into his STEAM account and started playing PUBG.

Looking at the familiar interface, Chen Dongqing rubbed his hands together, ready to dominate the battlefield today.

He now has over 3,000 points, all of which he earned during the first half of MSI. His plan was to reach 4000 points and improve his skill level to 95 before the finals.

However, due to the emergence of Honor of Kings, this plan had to be abandoned. It was more important to grind hero proficiency, so I've been waiting for these 3,000+ points until now.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing started a solo queue game.

It's still the familiar island map, and the familiar Roll Point airport.

The airport was Chen Dongqing's home. He could fight his way out with his eyes closed. With an M4 in his left hand and a 98k in his right, he went around killing people and easily cleared the airport.

After clearing the airport, Chen Dongqing drove across the bridge to escape the drugs, but encountered a clueless person hiding at the bridgehead blocking the way.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing drifted to his stop, used the car as cover, pulled out his 98K, pulled it out to the side, and shot him in the head, instantly killing him and drawing countless "666" comments from the audience.

After taking inventory, Chen Dongqing nodded and got back into the car to escape the drug trafficking.

Hmm... this ID seems familiar? Oh well, never mind.

Meanwhile, in PDD's live stream room.

Teacher Piao was already dead. He looked at the kill replay in front of him, his eyes filled with disbelief.

In the replay, the man faced his bridge blockade, drifted, changed position, got out of the car, took out his sniper rifle, scoped in, turned sideways, aimed, and fired a shot—the whole sequence of actions was incredibly smooth.

He didn't even need a second shot; he died on the spot.

Of course, the most shocking thing is the ID above.

Killer: ilex

"Ilex! It's him again!" PDD was both amused and exasperated: "Why is that bastard Tree chasing after me? I've even switched games, and he still manages to kill me!"

Over the next few days, Chen Dongqing gradually returned to normal, streaming live every day to rack up points, successfully accumulating four thousand and raising his reaction speed to 92 points.

The summer season had already begun, and QG's players had gradually returned to the team, getting into ranked play mode.

Soon, on June 1st, the day before the competition, the two coaches finally gathered all the players together at noon.

Coach Banbazi plugged the USB drive into the computer and said, "Let's have a short meeting to discuss the changes in the new version!"

Everyone quickly dragged chairs over, while Xiangguo asked, "Are there many changes in the Mid-Season Invitational?"

"You haven't played a single game these past few days?" Banbazi chuckled and shook his head, then replied, "A lot! More than you can imagine!"

Generally speaking, Riot Games releases two major updates every year: one is the preseason patch after the World Championship, and the other is the current mid-season patch after the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).

"This update is a combined update of versions 6.9 and 6.10, with more content than you can imagine, so please pay close attention."

At this point, Banbazi's expression seemed rather grim, and he said, "For us, there's good news and bad news."

After speaking, Coach Cui clicked on the PowerPoint slides and began to turn the pages.

The first thing that catches the eye is a line of small print.

"The respawn time has been reduced from 20-35 minutes."

Upon seeing this line, QG's first reaction was—Rio, that old dog, is still up to no good!

Riot Games added a 30-55 minute respawn time in the Mid-Season Invitational patch, intending to slow down the game pace, which was a major blow to QG at the time.

QG's solution at the time was to end the game before 30 minutes, and then, through extreme aggression, they won the championship against the meta.

But now, they've abandoned all pretense of respectability and have further reduced the 20-35 minute respawn time.

Even if QG attacks fiercely, it's impossible for them to finish the game before 20 minutes every time, right?

The slowdown in pace is now a foregone conclusion.

Then came a wave of hero updates.

The reworks of Vladimir, Malzahar, Cassiopeia, Zyra, Brand, Vel'Koz, and Swain are all medium-sized reworks, changing 2-3 skills. They are basically all changed to the familiar versions that Chen Dongqing remembers, and they are all significantly buffed.

In addition, there are some minor buffs and reworks, such as Ziggs' W being able to destroy turrets, Syndra's W being able to grab three orbs, and Viktor's E skill being buffed for wave clear.

The changes to mages are the focus of this Mid-Season Invitational patch. Countless mage heroes have undergone minor or medium-sized reworks, but these changes all have one thing in common: they are almost all late-game carry mages, and they are all buffed!

In short, slow down!

In addition, mage equipment has undergone a major overhaul, with two new items added: spear and push rod.

The two most popular lane-farming items in the current version, Chalice of Harmony and Abyssal Scepter, have been completely reworked. Chalice of Harmony has been entirely reworked, becoming a support item with healing abilities, and no longer has the mana regeneration effect on kills; this effect has been moved to Morellonomicon.

The Ghost Book now combines mana regeneration upon killing, spell power, and cooldown reduction, making it a new version of the mage's artifact.

Of course, there are also drawbacks, namely the lack of magic resistance from the Holy Grail, making it less mindless.

The other artifact, Abyss, has been directly nerfed. Its price has increased from 2350 to 2750, its spell power has been reduced, and its magic resistance reduction aura now scales with level and no longer applies to minions. As compensation, it only adds a 10% cooldown reduction effect.

We've lost so much money we're practically worthless!

Clearly, the team's unconventional performance in MSI has thoroughly angered the designers. They don't want to see Rumble and Nautilus in the mid lane, nor do they want a game to be all about fighting, with the outcome decided by a Baron fight at 20 minutes.

Therefore, they chose a roundabout approach, strengthening other development-oriented mages to slow down the pace of the game.

And the team using Rumble and Titan is none other than...

"Holy crap..." Doinb was utterly astonished by the changes.

So many changes, are they just targeting him?

What merit do I, Doinb, possess to deserve this?

"There's more, don't rush," Coach Cui said. "There's more for you to rush about. Next page, turret modifications."

The turrets now have an additional damage reduction effect in the early game, making it less easy to quickly destroy them. At the same time, the turrets' heat-up speed has increased; a turret that used to take four turns to heat up to full now only needs three.

"Then, there are changes to the jungle."

The dragon has been changed to a four-elemental dragon mode, with one elemental dragon randomly spawning every six minutes for the first 35 minutes of the game.

After 35 minutes, the Ancient Dragon will begin to spawn, and the buff will provide a burning effect on enemies while also increasing the elemental dragon's buffs by 50%.

The key change here is that the dragon was not very important before.

After all, in the past, the dragons were simply accumulated stacks, calculated separately for both sides. Even in the late game, around 50 minutes, as long as the opponent hadn't secured four dragons, the dragons were given away freely. They were usually spoils of war after winning a team fight, and it was rare for the two sides to fight over the dragons.

But things are different now. Although the dragons are now random, and you might get a wind dragon or water dragon in the early game that no one wants, once the Elder Dragon starts spawning in the dragon pit after 35 minutes, the importance of the dragons will start to rise sharply!

At that point, you'll have no choice but to accept this group order.

Considering the previous changes to the death time, the designer's intention is quite clear.

They wanted to reduce the frequency of early-game skirmishes and focus the game on the late game, but they didn't want it to go too far into the late game. They wanted both sides to focus on team fights around the 35-minute mark when players had three or four core items.

Looking at it this way, it's obvious who the designer is targeting.

"But you absolutely cannot miss these few lines," Coach Cui pointed to three lines of smaller print below: "These are also important!"

Non-epic monsters now only grant experience to their killers.

Jungle items grant 30 bonus experience when killing any jungle monster higher level than you.

[The bonus experience gained from killing large jungle monsters is increased by 15-50]

Chen Dongqing looked at the three lines of changes and pondered for a moment.

Coach Cui smiled and said, "The first change is good news for us."

In other words, top laners and junglers can no longer gain experience, and lane-swap tactics are no longer viable.

This is obviously a good thing for them, since their team always tries their best to prevent lane swaps in every level 1 team fight, but now they don't need to anymore.

"The second change is Riot's solution to compensate for weak junglers," Coach Cui added. "For us, it doesn't mean much..."

is it?

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but smile as he listened to his coach's words.

That's not necessarily true.

"The third change is obviously to increase the tactical importance of the jungler. After this change, the experience points gained in the jungle will be comparable to those in the solo lane. It is very likely that the second half of the year will be a version dominated by jungle carries and aggressive junglers."

Often, a small numerical change by a designer can trigger a dramatic transformation, even altering the outcome of a competition.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but think of ROX.

With this version change, both QG and SKT are actually victims.

QG's pace is too fast, and they are clearly not adapted to this mage meta. While SKT has Faker, so adapting to the mage meta isn't a problem, their overall pace is too slow, even slower than the designers intended. Moreover, Blank clearly can't play a jungle carry role on SKT.

Overall, ROX actually benefits the most because they have a medium-to-fast pace, are a jungle-centric team, and have a mid-lane mage.

In the previous S6 Summer Split, it was precisely because of these few small changes to the jungle that the jungle carry team ROX rose to prominence and became the champion of that year's Summer Split.

The changes in version 6.9 are almost complete, and the next version is 6.10, which is the version they will be using for the competition.

However, there aren't many changes in this version. Apart from the new hero Taliyah being a major focus, the rest are just minor tweaks that are not worth mentioning.

"Anyway, the version released in the second half of the year isn't very friendly to our current tactical system," Banbazi said. "But the good thing is we don't only have this one system, and we have enough time to adjust. So, let's all practice during this time, teammates!"

For professional players, every version change is a challenge. A team that was invincible in the previous version and could dominate everywhere might be wiped out in the next version.

The most classic example is RNG in 18.

Back then, mindset might have been a bigger factor, but version changes were also an important one.

As professional players, what they need to do is train day after day to make themselves more compatible with the current version of the game.

"Also, here's the group standings. Take a look at your opponents," Banbazi said. "I bet you haven't been paying attention to this during your break."

Although that's what they said, the coach didn't seem to be blaming them at all.

Now that they're the MSI champions, their standards have risen. They don't really care about the wins and losses in the regular season; the regular season is just for adjusting their form, and they'll take it slow.

At this point, the group assignments for both sides are as follows.

Group A: EDG, Snake, RNG, LGD, GT (formerly EPA), SAT (formerly HYG).

Group B: QG, VG, WE, OMG, IG, IM (formerly EDE).

The rules remain the same: a total of three rounds of matches, two rounds of matches within the same group and one round of matches between different groups, for a total of 16 matches.

"Hmm, it seems like the schedule is pretty easy!" Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "The teams in the other groups are stronger, but we only need to play one round."

"There will be a few scrims later, you guys can warm up," Banbazi waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow is our first match of the Summer Split, so get ready! It wouldn't look good to lose to the MSI champions!"

Actually, when Banbazi said those words, he was already prepared to lose the game.

After all, they hadn't trained for half a month, and the game version had also targeted them, so the team's overall strength had declined significantly compared to half a month ago.

Of course, this was within the coaching staff's expectations, since they had already made preparations for this when they chose to give the players a two-week rest.

As for the true outcome, let's wait until the game is over tomorrow to see.

Suddenly, Xiangguo asked, "So, who will be our opponent tomorrow?"

"..." Banbazi glanced at Xiangguo and said, "IG."

Thank you Ali Ming for the 5000 Qidian Coins reward, thank you Mumumumumumumumumumu for the 5000 Qidian Coins reward, and thank you Meng Qian for the 100 Qidian Coins reward.

Thanks to the three bosses, I've added an extra 2,000 words today, which is a lot. That makes 11333 words in total, isn't that enough?

The Summer Split starts tomorrow, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to finish writing about the first match. See you all tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)