League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 163 Malice from the New Version!

6 month 2 number.

The QG team boarded a bus and headed to the competition venue at Hongqiao Tiandi.

As soon as she got out of the car, she was greeted by cheers from a large crowd of fans! Many female fans held up various support items and lined the road to welcome her!

Chen Dongqing looked around and saw many fans holding up light boards with his ID engraved on them.

The Summer Split has been underway for a week now, but for many fans, today is the real start of the season!

Because MSI champions QG only officially played today!

Seeing this scene, Chen Dongqing felt a pang of sadness, recalling the early days of the Spring Split.

At that time, the team was not very popular, and there were very few spectators who came to greet them when they got off the bus. Even if there were, they were all supporting Uzbekistan.

But now, more than four months later, the changes are quite obvious. Feeling the fiery enthusiasm, he greeted the fans on both sides.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the parking lot, their opponents for the day also arrived at the venue.

Today's opponent has some history with us, namely IG, the only team that defeated QG in the Spring Split!

At the time, QG was in the experimental period of a new strategy, but they happened to encounter IG, who had a tactical advantage over them, which led to their unexpected defeat.

The doors of the IG bus opened, and a huge crowd of people immediately disembarked, which was quite startling.

QG didn't have many players today because their only substitute went to prepare for LSPL, so they only had five players.

On the other hand, IG has five support players alone.

Kitties, Ben, Baolan (yes, his ID is now baolan, changed to megan in S7, and changed back in S8), Tabe, and Hule, along with two AD carries, three top laners, and a bot lane, make up a formidable twelve-man team, enough to form a football team with substitutes.

IG's bot lane duo this summer split is in a phase of frantic trial and error. In the first week alone, they used four different bot lane combinations, but the results were mediocre.

It can only be said that IG's problems cannot be solved by a single support player.

The team members still handed over their equipment for inspection before entering the venue, and then went to prepare for makeup together.

When everything was ready, it was almost time to go on the court. Coach Banbazi took the opportunity to explain the tactical arrangements for the upcoming game.

"Regarding version-specific aspects, we haven't practiced much, so I won't discuss the draft phase. Just follow my instructions. As for tactics, you only need to focus on one thing! Suppress the mid lane!"

IG is considered one of the veteran teams in the LPL. Up until S5, IG was considered a top team in the LPL.

Last year, IG's owner, Xiao Wang, made a boastful statement that he would eat shit if IG didn't make it to the S5 World Championship. As soon as he said that, IG started to lose a series of defeats, which led to Xiao Wang posting a famous comment on the Panda TV platform: "IG is recruiting a shit-eater."

Fortunately, Rookie came to the rescue, and with a fierce performance, he managed to defeat even the strongest team in China, EDG, and finally secured their spot in S5.

But as everyone knows, the darkest moment of S5 arrived, and IG surrendered on National Day, becoming the team's biggest stain.

By the time it came to S6, IG had completely fallen behind. Jungler Kakao left the team, Kid transitioned to jungle, and the AD carry became Yu Huang. The team's overall strength had plummeted.

IG is currently in a classic situation: it depends on whether Rookie in the mid lane gets kills quickly, or whether Rain in the bot lane and Zz1tai in the top lane feed quickly. If Rookie can't get three kills in ten minutes, then they're likely to lose.

The reason IG was able to defeat QG in the Spring Split was because Rookie was in incredibly good form that day and played exceptionally well.

Therefore, targeting the mid lane is very important.

"Welcome everyone to the first day of the second week of the 2016 LPL Summer Split! Today's match is a highlight, featuring our MSI champions QG against IG!"

Guan Daxiao stood enthusiastically in the center of the commentary booth and exclaimed loudly, "Speaking of these two teams, they have quite a story to tell!"

"That's right!" His partner beside him nodded emphatically. "In the Spring Split, it was I-sniper who broke Q-sniper's winning streak, preventing them from achieving an unprecedented undefeated record in the regular season! Now, in the Summer Split, Q-sniper has returned as champions, determined to avenge their defeat in the Spring Split!"

As the two were talking, the host came on stage and began to officially manage the competition.

The host was none other than Lin Yuanhua.

Chen Dongqing stood in the backstage aisle, preparing to go on stage, craning his neck to look at the stage.

Today, Hua Jie wore a relatively form-fitting white embroidered strapless dress. The high waistline and wide hem made her figure look perfect, and she looked ethereal.

Seeing this figure from behind, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but think: It's kind of beautiful!

Behind him, several teammates saw Chen Dongqing standing on tiptoe and craning his neck, their expressions strange, and they began to whisper among themselves.

"Alright, please welcome both contestants to the stage and take their seats!"

With Lin Yuanhua's introduction, both contestants quickly took to the stage and made their final preparations.

As the host prepared to leave, Lin Yuanhua saw Chen Dongqing sitting at the very edge. She blinked and then gave a thumbs-up as a gesture of encouragement.

Chen Dongqing smiled and gave a thumbs up before quickly joining the competition room.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized IG's bot lane today consisted of Rain and Baolan, another brand new combination.

As for the peripherals, they had already been set up beforehand, so there wasn't much preparation needed this time, and BP quickly got started.

"Alright, let's begin the draft! We can see that IG, who have the right to choose sides, proactively chose the blue side in the first game and banned Rumble, Jayce, and Fiora! On the other side, QG chose to ban LeBlanc, Nidalee, and Azir! Now, let's move on to the champion selection phase!"

IG, on the blue side, picked Sivir first, and then QG immediately countered by locking in Lucian and Alistar.

In fact, Alistar was already slightly nerfed in patch 6.10. While the cooldown of his ultimate was increased, the damage reduction for the first two levels of his ultimate was also reduced from 70% at all levels to scaling with level, only returning to normal at level 16.

Niu Shao is no longer as dominant in the bottom lane support position, but QG hasn't changed. Banbazi still follows the same strategy as in MSI, which is the only way to clearly understand the version changes.

Then, things started to change on IG's side.

They immediately located the gunner and the strategist leader Swain on the second floor!

Upon seeing this choice, the QG members couldn't help but narrow their eyes simultaneously.

This choice is interesting, considering that this hero hasn't been seen in competitive matches for a long time, and is even rarely seen in ranked games.

However, in the 6.9 version mage rework, he was one of the heroes who benefited the most, with his skills being enhanced overall, and even his basic attack projectile speed was increased by 300!

And that's not all. After the rework in 6.9, the designers were still not satisfied, so they buffed it again in 6.10.

These two changes have made Swain the dominant top laner, and he is quite a common sight in competitive matches.

Looking at this choice, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but lick his lips slightly.

It's the old version of the crow; he hasn't seen it for a while.

How long? About four or five years. How to lane against this hero has gradually faded from Chen Dongqing's memory.

But...

Chen Dongqing, however, was not afraid at all.

Because the enemy top laner is Zita.

Although he didn't have much experience laning against Raven, he still knew the skill set. After the minor rework in version 6.9, the Q skill was changed to an area-of-effect skill that would mark a single enemy within the area and attack it, dealing damage.

W is similar to the Raven in later generations, designating an area and dealing damage and immobilizing the target after a short delay.

The E skill is simple and straightforward: throwing it at someone will cause continuous damage and will also amplify the damage of Swain's subsequent skills.

R is the core skill. It's a skill that can be toggled on and off. When activated, it continuously drains mana but also deals continuous damage to surrounding enemies and provides significant health regeneration.

Simply put, it's similar to Maokai, a tanky mage, but without Maokai's health or crowd control, yet deals more damage.

So it's obvious which hero is best against Raven: just pick a flexible hero with high burst damage and get close to him to finish him off!

"Give me Riven," Chen Dongqing said. "I don't even need to help him this game; I can take him down myself."

"Alright then." Banbazi nodded, choosing to respect the opinion of the top laner.

Following their initial pick of Riven, QG locked in Elise, while IG went on to pick Karma and Viktor. QG then secured Lissandra, ending the draft phase.

The lineups for both sides are as follows.

Blue side IG: Top lane Swain, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Viktor, Bot lane Sivir and Karma.

Red team QG: Top lane Riven, Jungle Elise, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Lucian and Alistar.

"Looking at it this way, QG still picked the lineup they often used during MSI!" Guan Daxiao analyzed. "It seems they haven't adapted to the new version yet."

Even Guan Daxiao could clearly see that QG's lineup was somewhat out of sync with the current version.

After all, the current standard mid-jungle setup is a carry mage plus a jungle carry. In other words, the mid-jungle must have a Graves or Kindred to be worthy of abundant jungle resources.

"Of course!" Remember also laughed, "After all, QG has been preparing for the MSI tournament recently, and they need to rest for a few days after the tournament. Where would they find the time to study the version? But fortunately, the regular season is long, so they have plenty of time to adjust!"

Meanwhile, the chat was filled with laughter and jokes.

[Are we just going to keep talking about QG? Let's not talk about IG then?]

What's there to talk about with IG? What championship title do they have?

[Hehe, is my dog ​​getting impatient?]

[Hehe, QG fans, don't shout. What era are we living in that we're still using this mid-jungle roaming lineup? I'm just waiting for QG to crash and burn.]

"QG! Go for it!"

"IG! Fighting!"

Amidst cheers from the audience, Summoner's Rift quickly loaded and appeared before everyone.

QG's first match of the Summer Split has officially begun!

The ten players from both sides rushed out of the fountain and began their respective opening strategies.

It has to be said that the version change has indeed saved a lot of trouble. Now QG no longer needs to worry about whether the opponent will switch lanes or not. Chen Dongqing can just go up and that's it.

Of course, it's not entirely impossible to make a change now. The worst that could happen is that both top laners would end up in jail.

"Defend the jungle, brothers." Chen Dongqing also felt a bit better, and he asked in the voice chat, "Xiangguo, you're farming top this game, right?"

"Definitely." Xiangguo nodded. "The enemy bot lane has Sivir and Karma. What benefit would I get from farming bot lane? I'd definitely have to come to top lane to gank for you!"

"Okay." Chen Dongqing nodded. "If you help me gank a Flash in the top lane, I'm confident I can clear the top lane."

"That's arrogant?" Xiangguo raised an eyebrow. "Fine, then I'll go straight for level three!"

The initial setup was quickly discussed and completed. Chen Dongqing guarded the jungle for a while until the minion wave spawned, then he went to lane with the minions.

The laning phase has officially begun!

As soon as he logged on, Chen Dongqing was given a "suffering and torment" by Zita.

This is Swain's E skill, which is also the main skill to level up in the early game. You can easily poke and harass by targeting enemies with it. Combined with the burn from [Deathfire Touch], top laners without healing or shields can easily be forced to recall by the E skill.

This is a skill that only appeared in the early stages of LOL. In the later years of the game, there were very few skills that could be thrown at people and also have strong damage output.

However, Chen Dongqing was somewhat prepared. When he saw Wuya use his E skill, he used his own E skill to walk towards Wuya's face, blocking some of the E skill damage while also giving Wuya an auto-attack.

The purpose of attacking the crow is to control the minion aggro, thereby quickly moving the minion wave forward. This kind of trick doesn't need much explanation.

After being hit by A, Chen Dongqing wasn't in a hurry. He stood behind, waiting for the minions to be low on health before going in to finish them off.

When a short-ranged character fights a long-ranged character, being pressured in the early game is inevitable, and no one can stop that.

Moreover, Chen Dongqing hasn't built Doran's Shield yet; he's opted for a longsword and a health potion, which makes it even more important to manage his health.

Soon, after the minions were low on health, Chen Dongqing quickly stepped forward and, relying on the shield from his E skill, managed to kill the three minions while taking damage from the crow. As a result, he lost a quarter of his health.

Chen Dongqing lost a lot of health, but after being hit three times, he could accept it completely and squatted down to slowly drink the medicine bottle.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zezetai couldn't help but feel smug when he saw Riven pinned down and unable to move.

So your name is Ilex?

So you're the FMVP?

Thinking of this, Zita couldn't help but burst into laughter and shouted, "Top lane advantage! Brothers!"

"Awesome!" Kid, the team's jungler, immediately chimed in, "I knew it, Tree Bro is no match for you!"

"Absolutely."

At this point, the IG duo exchanged a glance and both laughed.

Standing next to Kid, Song Yijin, who was still a chubby kid at the time, glanced at his two teammates and had a bad feeling.

The pressure on the top lane didn't last long.

Soon, a little over three minutes had passed.

Chen Dongqing had finished both bottles of medicine and was not feeling well.

On the other hand, Swain's mana bar is also depleted quite a bit because he keeps using his E skill to harass the enemy. If it weren't for the buff to Swain's passive mana regeneration in the last patch, he would probably be out of mana by now.

Zita glanced at the time; it was already time for the jungler to rush level 3 and gank top, so he slightly reduced the pressure and placed himself in a relatively safe position.

Just then, Xiangguo's help finally arrived: "Can we gank top lane?"

"Sure." Chen Dongqing glanced at the minimap and said, "There are wards in the river that you can't avoid. Just come up and fight, I'll hold off your enemies."

OK.

At this point, Xiangguo simply ignored the wards and charged straight to the top lane!

"Holy crap! You're really coming?"

The spider's appearance was immediately detected by the stance, and he quickly retreated. However, Chen Dongqing was not going to let him escape so easily. Riven decisively used her EQ combo to dash in and close the distance, then used her AW to stun him!

On the other side, after recovering from the stun, he didn't hesitate. He was already quite close to the turret, so he turned around and used Q to slow Riven down, then placed W at her feet.

This W skill will slow down enemies within its range after a short delay. Although Chen Dongqing didn't understand Raven, his reaction and operation were fast. He used Riven's Q to dash out of the skill range with two consecutive dashes and then used three Qs to control Raven again!

At this moment, Xiangguo finally arrived, and the humanoid spider quickly formed a cocoon and attacked!

Unfortunately, it was too late. Zz1tai saw Xiangguo's E and decisively flashed back to the tower, saving his life.

"Sigh, what a pity. I should have been able to control it." Xiangguo shook his head. "Riven's three-stage Q has too short a control duration. I thought I could keep up."

Actually, Xiangguo had just considered predicting the Flash, but ultimately gave up, since Swain would go into the tower after using Flash, and Riven wouldn't have any skills left, so she wouldn't be able to kill him anyway.

To secure a kill, you must control the enemy before they can use Flash.

"It doesn't matter, a flash is enough." Chen Dongqing didn't care. "I'll kill him when I reach level six, you go help the mid lane."

"OK!" With the assurance from the top laner, Xiangguo nodded in satisfaction.

Helping Chen Dongqing has a high return rate; if you help him catch a flash, he'll be willing to risk everything on the road.

At this moment, IG also started to make their move. Kid's Graves chose to gank the mid lane directly, but it didn't have much effect. Doinb easily retreated with an Ice Claw.

But there's not much that can be done; KidGod knows very well how IG can win games right now.

They can only win if Rookie gets fed, so his jungling style is exactly what Bengi and Clearlove learned. His playstyle can be summed up in two words: help the mid laner.

Even if you don't manage to get any kills or use any skills, it's still great if you can let the boss comfortably last-hit a couple of minions.

Just then, Zita, who was in the top lane, suddenly shouted, "Ge Yan, let's counter-gank top lane later. This guy still has Flash, I'm afraid he'll Flash in at level six and try to kill me!"

"Huh?" Kid was a little surprised. "Weren't you having an advantage in the top lane? How come your advantage disappeared so quickly?"

"That doesn't make sense!" Zita shouted. "I did have an advantage just now, but I got caught by Elise! Come gank top lane when you reach level six, and I guarantee the advantage will be back!"

When it comes to Riven versus Swain, it all depends on whether Riven has enough damage. If Riven has better items and can kill Swain in one combo, then Swain is useless.

If Swain has better equipment and can withstand this combo, he can use his long range advantage and ultimate's healing to slowly kill Riven.

So theoretically speaking, if Zz1tai can get a kill on Riven, then he is indeed confident that he can suppress Chen Dongqing.

"Okay then." Kid thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll come back at level six to counter-gank."

Two more minutes passed, and the camera moved back to the top lane.

Chen Dongqing just logged back into the game after returning to the city.

Because he chose to start with a longsword, he was able to combine his equipment very quickly. After returning to base, he had already combined a Executioner's Blade and then bought two more longswords.

Chen Dongqing glanced at his experience bar and began mentally calculating how to get a solo kill.

He is currently at level 5.5 with experience points, which is roughly equivalent to a wave of minions.

Chen Dongqing remained the same; he would temporarily set aside his position, as he needed to reach level six first.

Moreover, once the minion wave arrives, it will be easier for him to chase and fight.

However, under normal circumstances, after the Raven pushes the minion wave, he usually won't press it further, but will instead place himself in a safe position to guard against a gank.

But this time...

After the crow pushed the minion wave forward, it seemed to have no intention of retreating at all, and instead pressed directly to the front of the tower.

With a consciousness level as high as 92, Chen Dongqing immediately realized what was going on.

"The enemy Graves should be in the top lane," Chen Dongqing said. "You guys can attack."

Xiangguo spoke up, "Do you need my help?"

Chen Dongqing glanced at the location and said, "Never mind, it's too far for you to make it in time."

"Alright, you stay calm, I'll gank mid lane."

After saying that, Xiangguo quickly rushed towards the mid lane, wanting to use Lissandra's ultimate to gank Rookie.

Meanwhile, on the top lane, after Chen Dongqing finished the tower kill, Riven successfully leveled up to level six, and the minion wave pushed outwards as well.

Chen Dongqing's original idea was to play it safe and wait for the Graves to leave before making a move, since there were still two minutes left after the Raven's Flash, giving him plenty of time.

But he didn't expect that Zita, with the help of his jungler, would take advantage of his position and cross the minion wave to hit him with his E!

Upon seeing this, Chen Dongqing frowned deeply.

Perhaps because he watched too many live streams and Douyin videos in his past life, now all he can think about are those arrogant and rude people.

"say!"

"No way, is this all the FMVP is capable of?"

"Forget it, you can leave. I can easily win the FMVP! Don't bother coming to the top lane, I'm level six now and I can kill him anytime."

Thinking about this, Chen Dongqing inexplicably became angry.

Do you really think your stepfather can protect you?

Do it!

After estimating the distance and confirming it was sufficient, Chen Dongqing decisively activated his ultimate skill while flashing to close the distance, and then unleashed his Q skill, "Broken Wings Dance".

Riven's Q skill provided a short dash, which landed her right in front of Swain, before unleashing a basic attack!

"Here it comes! Tree Bro has made his move!" From the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao, with his omniscient perspective, immediately raised his voice: "But IG has a jungler! What do you say, is this even possible?"

In the video, Kid's Graves is crouching in the nearby bush. When he sees Riven make a move, he decisively uses his E to throw a smoke grenade to slow her down!

At the same time, the Raven in the stance also activated his ultimate skill, with countless small crows flying back and forth, and his health gradually increasing. However, since Riven had already made a death sentence, the healing effect of his ultimate skill was quite average.

Since Chen Dongqing dared to make a move, he must have known what he was doing.

Riven first moved forward, and when a magic circle appeared under her feet, she quickly used her "Charge Forward" skill to dodge Swain's W and teleported to the middle of Graves and Swain!

First, greedily land a normal attack, then quickly raise your longsword and unleash [Soul-Suppressing Roar]!

With a single move, both Graves and Swain were hit by the roar. Chen Dongqing smiled, tapped the ground, then performed a basic attack followed by Q and another tap on the ground!

The burst damage of a level 6 Riven is not to be underestimated. After this combo, Swain obviously couldn't withstand the damage and had already dropped to one-third of his health!

The crow that didn't appear was already in the bag.

Chen Dongqing didn't even bother to use the three-stage Q skill. He unleashed a powerful slash, followed by a quick [Gale Slash]!

A flash of sword energy, and the first blood was born!

"One against two, one killed!" Remember shouted shrilly, "There's only a level 6 Riven with half health and a level 5 Graves with almost full health left on the field! But Graves seems to be in trouble!"

Chen Dongqing was not afraid at all. He unleashed the third part of the "Dance of Broken Wings" with great force, and then followed up with a normal attack!

With one strike, Graves' health bar was reduced by a quarter!

"What kind of damage is this?!" Kid was startled by the damage. He turned around and tried to run away, but because they had just been pushing the lane, his turret seemed so far away.

Chen Dongqing decisively pursued, slashing again, taking another quarter of the target!

"Kid was down to half health, so he used Flash to escape! But he was too far from the turret! Riven was still chasing! He was waiting for his cooldowns!"

It took Graves about seven seconds to run across the entire top lane, and Riven's skill cooldown was also about seven seconds remaining.

So the moment Graves went into the tower, Riven's abilities were ready again.

Chen Dongqing was now in a killing frenzy. He completely ignored the turret and used two consecutive Q skills to pull Graves close again. He took a step forward, auto-attacked, then used W to stun him, followed by three Qs to knock him away. Finally, he delivered another slash, and Graves died at the same time!

"Double kill!"

"Double kill secured! But can Riven escape alone? The turret still has some damage left! Riven only has a quarter of her health remaining!"

Chen Dongqing held onto his E skill, not using it yet. He quickly used his E skill to leave the tower, hoping to use his shield to withstand the tower's third volley.

Unexpectedly, the third attack from the turret dealt surprisingly high damage, instantly taking down Chen Dongqing along with his shield.

"IGkid killed QGilex"

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing also sighed.

If it were the previous version, he definitely wouldn't have died.

The turrets have been buffed in this version; they can be fully charged in just three attacks, making tower diving much riskier.

QG's biggest characteristic is that they like to treat turrets like they're nothing, often diving the top lane every two or three minutes, or ganking the bottom lane with four players when they're level six or seven.

However, in the current version, they need to think twice before diving under the tower, which effectively reduces their offensive capabilities.

Chen Dongqing moved the screen to look at the minion wave. Because he had seen the minion wave being pushed towards the enemy, he suddenly felt that he was at a greater disadvantage.

If he survives this wave and can push the minion wave to the tower, then he'll have cleared the top lane.

But it doesn't really matter, there's not much difference.

Chen Dongqing licked his lips, combined the two longswords in his hands into the Caulfield Warhammer, then bought a pair of shoes and quickly ran online.

At the same time, the voice communication between Xiangguo and Doinb could be heard in the voice chat. Chen Dongqing moved the camera to the mid lane and saw the scene of Elise and Lissandra attacking Viktor.

The Ice Maiden uses her E skill to close the gap, then flashes and unleashes her ultimate.

Unfortunately, Rookie brought Cleanse this game, and he decisively used Cleanse to instantly remove the control effect, then flashed away, not giving the Spider a chance to cocoon.

"Oh, so close!" Zitai, watching the mid-lane through the black-and-white screen, said cheerfully, "If Yijin had died this time, we would have been truly doomed!"

Kid's face showed a hint of worry: "You still have time to watch the mid lane? Look at yourself, Riven is 2-1, you're 0-1, can you even hold your own in the top lane?"

"I can definitely handle it!" Zz1tai said calmly. "At worst, I'll just stand under the tower. I'll buy another Ruby Crystal, and if he's got the guts, he can dive me! Besides, isn't it normal that I can't beat the FMVP?"

It is reasonable and well-founded, and there are no problems whatsoever.

"Indeed." Kid nodded cheerfully, and the twin gorillas exchanged another glance and couldn't help but laugh again.

Putting aside their skill level, IG's duo has always been top-notch at creating entertaining content; a team with them always has a great atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Rookie, the veteran player who was recalling to base, saw the situation in the top lane and looked at his teammates laughing and joking, and couldn't help but facepalm.

He had no idea how to proceed with the next match.

Now that he has used both methods, what will happen if he gets caught again next time?

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. The two IG stars looked at each other and smiled happily, while the elder brother Rookie put one hand to his forehead and looked serious.

People's joys and sorrows are not shared, and the three of them together created a classic scene.

The conflict in the canyon continued.

When Chen Dongqing logged in and saw the extra red crystal in Crow's hand, he grinned and didn't treat the other party like a human at all.

I'll let you live for two minutes!

Chen Dongqing initially played a peaceful lane, and when the time reached a little over eight minutes and the minion wave pushed towards the tower, Riven's ultimate ability was ready.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing drew his sword and started slashing!

You think a Ruby Crystal Raven is tanky? Actually, it's nothing compared to Riven.

He still saved his E to dodge Swain's W, then unleashed a lightning-fast QA combo, once again killing Swain under the tower!

This time, even with the increased turret damage, it didn't work, because Riven still had plenty of health after killing Swain and could easily leave the turret!

This time, Zita finally remained silent.

There's no way around it; after all, one has to maintain their dignity. Being treated like a pig and slaughtered like this, no one can stand up for themselves.

Meanwhile, Doinb in the mid lane was still working hard to roam.

But this time, he encountered unprecedented obstacles.

There's still one problem: he simply can't move the wire!

He could have pushed the lane, but after Viktor bought Tear of the Goddess and evolved his E skill, he could no longer push it.

Viktor's E and Tear of the Goddess have both been buffed in this patch.

After Viktor reaches max level and evolves his E skill, his total damage increases from 322 (+98% AP) to 410 (+120% AP), a significant increase.

Although the cost is that the delay time of the second stage of E is increased from 0.6 seconds to 1 second, it has no impact on clearing minions.

As for the Goddess Tear, its basic attribute used to be a 25% increase in mana regeneration, which was basically negligible. But now it directly refunds 15% of the mana cost!

The difference between these two is huge. The current version of Viktor, with Tear of the Goddess, can almost infinitely use his E in lane, and his wave clear is incredibly fast.

Doinb has now lost his soul item, the Abyssal Scepter. With this loss, Doinb can no longer have the lane control he used to have.

Watching the enemy Viktor and Graves get better and better, Doinb was getting anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

It wasn't until this point that QG finally understood what it meant to be targeted by the current version of the game.

It's not just the version that's messed up, it's even the fundamental rhythm that's at fault!

However, QG players are undeniably skilled, so they can handle this situation.

Since we can't push through the middle lane, why not just kill the middle lane first?

After Chen Dongqing finished pushing the lane, he ignored the crow. Riven quickly roamed to the mid lane and, together with Lissandra and Elise, launched a three-man gank on the enemy!

Although Kid's Graves was counter-ganking in the mid lane, he was helpless against the three fierce men in front of him!

Without Flash, Rookie had nowhere to escape and was sent back to the fountain!

Targeting the mid lane was undoubtedly the right decision. Even if Rookie has countless skills, it will be difficult for him to farm up!

Meanwhile, good news also came from the bottom lane.

As it turns out, the combination of Yu Huang and Xiao Bao was not very effective. Even if they picked Sivir and Karma, who had an advantageous lane matchup, their individual skill level was so low that no combination mattered!

Uzi's Lucian dodged Karma's RQ and Sivir's Q in a fight in the bottom lane, and then seized the opportunity to cooperate with Liu Qingsong's Alistar to counterattack, managing to get a double kill.

Then, in just twelve minutes, Uzi successfully reversed the counter-relationship, taking down the opponent's bottom lane tower by simply pushing down the lane!

With such a significant advantage across all three lanes, QG naturally wanted to seize the opportunity and launch a 4-1 attack. However, this time, it was clear that their attack was not as fluid as before.

First, Viktor is too strong at holding lanes in this version; one E can clear out most of the minions.

Secondly, the defensive towers have become much tankier.

Previously, the turret had 4000 health and 0 resistances.

It now has 3300 HP and 40 armor and magic resistance. 40 armor and magic resistance can reduce damage by 29%, which translates to 4648 HP. The turret has gained 648 HP out of thin air. In many cases, this amount of HP is enough to require an extra wave of minions.

Under multiple debuffs, QG's previously rampant tower-pushing system encountered unprecedented obstacles this time. Even until the 20-minute mark, IG's mid-lane second tower remained standing.

But QG's team turned to take the dragon; taking a wind dragon wouldn't make much difference.

For a moment, it was really awkward.

"How about, Da Long?"

"Let's speed things up with Baron Nashor, otherwise it'll be tough if they drag this game into the late game."

With no other option, QG had to force a team fight at Baron Nashor.

At 22 minutes, after pushing the mid lane, QG quickly grouped up and headed straight for the Baron pit for an all-in!

This scene instantly attracted the attention of all viewers. After all, from God's perspective, QG was only leading by 4,000 gold. Their decision to directly choose Baron was indeed too risky.

After all, Baron Nashor will apply armor reduction to the enemies in front of them, and it also has plenty of AOE damage. If QG chooses to force a team fight at Baron Nashor, their economic advantage will be completely wiped out after they get the Baron Nashor debuff!

The commentators were shouting and yelling, and the audience was in an uproar as everyone watched as the dragon's health dwindled.

Six thousand, five thousand, four thousand!

Even with the Baron's health bar reduced to such a low level, Chen Dongqing still spoke up, saying, "Don't risk using Smite, just engage in team fights! We can handle team fights however we want!"

"OK!" The QG members all indicated that they understood.

With only 3,000 HP left, IG finally couldn't hold back any longer and decisively chose to advance!

With Karma's RE and Sivir's ultimate, IG instantly gained a double speed boost, and Zz1tai's Swain took the lead, rushing into the battlefield first!

This lineup strategy is somewhat similar to QG's Darius lineup, using teammates' speed boosts to compensate for Darius's short legs.

But you need to have Darius's fighting ability to be a good crow!

The crow's posture is clearly underdeveloped. The Staff of Time is not fully stacked yet, and the Golden Body is not completed. What is it using to be the front row?

As soon as the crow rushed in, it was instantly knocked back by the minotaur with a double knockback, and was also ignited and inflicted with a severe injury effect!

Immediately following was Xiangguo's cocoon and Spider's burst combo, plus Uzi's continuous output. Zizai didn't even move an inch before being instantly killed!

On the other side of the screen, Chen Dongqing also decisively took action!

Riven targeted IG's only carry, Viktor, and seized the moment when Viktor unleashed his ER combo to deal damage upon coming online, unleashing a four-key combo of ERW Flash!

The ER combo is self-explanatory, and the subsequent W-flash is a pre-input mechanism.

Just as Riven was drawing her sword with ER, the commands W and Flash were entered in succession. However, because Riven couldn't use W during the sword-drawing process of her ultimate, Flash took effect first. Riven then instantly flashed to Viktor's face!

Because a W had been entered before, W [Soul Roar] was used immediately after Riven finished drawing her sword!

Viktor was instantly stunned by W's roar!

Chen Dongqing's hand speed was explosive. The instant Riven landed a basic attack, he quickly pressed Greed and then RQ!

WA3RQ, five consecutive hits of damage, Viktor just woke up from the stun and his health bar was instantly emptied!

"Rookie got instantly killed!" Guan Daxiao's voice boomed like thunder, shaking the entire arena. "And Riven doesn't want to leave; she still wants to fight!"

Behind Riven, Doinb's Lissandra decisively used her second E to engage, then flashed and used her ultimate to stun Kid's Graves. Chen Dongqing followed up immediately, and Riven used two Qs followed by her third Q to knock Graves away, then finished him off with a basic attack!

At this moment, the crow in the stance also died simultaneously, and the combat power of the two sides in team battle was no longer on the same level!

"After QG won the team fight, securing Baron Nashor is practically guaranteed!"

With Baron Nash's roar, a purple buff appeared simultaneously under the feet of all five QG players.

Meanwhile, the economic gap, which was only 4000 just now, has now widened to 7000!

The advantage has been converted into a victory, and the chat is absolutely buzzing.

【Huh? What happened to those who said QG's lineup wasn't good?】

So you like playing long-range mages to defend towers and drag out the late game?

[IG had been holding on and pushing forward, but a Baron fight resulted in a complete collapse.]

The main problem is that QG's team fights are too aggressive; they initiate fights everywhere, making it really difficult to win.

At this moment, the QG team members were in high spirits. They took advantage of the situation to go to the lower half of the map and get the newly spawned Fire Dragon, and then returned to the city to replenish their supplies.

Faced with absolute individual ability, all versions are just empty talk!

Although IG managed to stay alive thanks to version changes, QG still won when it came to actual team fights!

There's not much to say today, just another long chapter of 10,000 words. Once we get to the regular season, I'll speed up the pace and write more words so we can get to the climax of the World Championship as soon as possible.

The IG match will end tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)