League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 164: I'll Take the Lead in the Draft Picks for the Next Match

After returning to base to replenish their equipment, it was already 24 minutes in. Without hesitation, QG continued their push!

This time, the progress was incredibly smooth.

With minions boasting high damage reduction, charging under the tower, they were no longer someone Viktor could clear with a single laser.

What's more, there were also long-range siege minions with buffs attacking from behind, leaving IG with no way to deal with them.

Soon, everything was destroyed!

IG broke through the second tower in 25 minutes and the high ground in 26 minutes, and their lines kept retreating!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing pushed the top lane minion wave over, and the team rotated to the top lane. As before, they reached the second tower and the high ground!

IG was helpless in this situation and could only watch their own defensive towers fall one after another!

With their third lane of high ground about to fall, IG had no choice but to seize the opportunity when QG's Baron buff disappeared and initiate a team fight!

There was no other way; this was their only chance.

QG's players are currently flush with cash that they haven't spent yet. If they return to base to replenish their equipment and then push the bottom lane, they will definitely be worn down by the two super minions!

So this time, IG took the initiative to engage in a team fight. Sivir activated her ultimate, and the five of them chased after QG, interrupting QG's recall animation!

Seeing this, the QG players didn't stand idly by and decisively engaged in a team fight!

Chen Dongqing didn't have a flashbang right now, so he wasn't in a hurry. He just stayed near Uzbekistan to provide cover, and he would deal with whoever came at him.

Uzi's strength clearly justifies this protection. Seeing the top laner next to him, Lucian aggressively pursued, constantly sliding forward and firing his dual pistols. Together with Chen Dongqing, he first killed Swain, then Graves!

Immediately afterwards, Liu Qingsong's Alistar flashed and knocked away the enemy Sivir. Only then did Chen Dongqing draw his sword and close in, and Riven instantly took down the enemy AD!

IG only has two players left!

At this point, Rookie finally showed his true strength as a carry, using Viktor's laser sweep to take down Doinb's Crystal Maiden, but it didn't make much of a difference.

"A three-for-one exchange has been achieved! IG is now down to only their mid and support!" Guan Daxiao's voice boomed. "The mid lane minions have arrived now, QG can directly join them and end the game in one fell swoop!!"

This time, there was no suspense at all. Rookie had just returned to base to replenish his health when the super minions in the mid lane had already pushed to the base of the inhibitor turret. This was definitely not a situation he could defend!

Rookie worked hard to clear the minion wave, but he was completely unaware that he was in a dangerous situation!

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and decisively used E followed by three Qs to vault over the turret. Riven's Q skill range increases slightly after vaulting over the wall. Taking advantage of this mechanism, Chen Dongqing successfully knocked Viktor away and then stunned him with W!

QG players swarmed in, and Rookie was sent back to the fountain!

Soon, the IG crystal shattered into pieces, and the audience erupted in applause!

"Congratulations to QG for winning the first game!" Remember shouted. "It has to be said, QG's dominance in this version remains unchanged; they ended the game in just 27 minutes!"

"I have to say, QG is a team completely out of the meta!" Coach Guan laughed. "While everyone else is picking carry mages and junglers to drag the game into the late game and wait for the Elder Dragon team fight, they still chose the Crystal Maiden and Elise combo and successfully gained an early advantage!"

The cheers from the audience continued for a long time.

Now that a week of the Summer Split has passed, the first week's matches were exactly as Guan Zeyuan said: dragging out the game into the late stages and playing Shakespearean tropes. The audience is already tired of it.

For QG, the current match is like a long-awaited rain after a drought. The smooth viewing experience brought by this fierce attack is something that other teams cannot provide!

Both players quickly returned to the backstage area.

Compared to the boisterous atmosphere of the audience and commentators, the atmosphere in QG's rest room was rather somber, not at all like someone who had won the match.

However, this is not hard to understand.

For them, defeating IG wasn't really something to be happy about, since IG was just a team on the edge of the league playoffs.

Instead, the points exposed in the recent match are what deserve attention.

"27 minutes," Banbazi looked at the time and was somewhat puzzled: "The opposing team barely got any kills throughout the game, and they kept losing team fights, yet the match still dragged on for 27 minutes?"

While this number is fast compared to other competitions, it's an unacceptable speed for QG compared to themselves.

After all, IG was being beaten by them the whole game. If it were any other time, it would definitely be a game that was pushed down in less than 25 minutes, or even more extreme, it could be a game that was pushed down in less than 20 minutes.

But what about this one?

"There are still too many problems." Chen Dongqing shook his head. "The strengthening of the turrets, whether it's increased health or increased damage, is not good news for us. If it weren't for the increased turret damage, I definitely wouldn't have died in that double kill in the early game, and the top lane would have been cleared immediately."

"Yeah, I noticed that too." Banbazi nodded. "And the turrets have become tankier, which has slowed down our turret-destroying speed considerably."

"But that's not the most crucial point!" Doinb chimed in, complaining, "Now that the Abyss is gone, and the enemy mid laner is pushing lanes so hard, it's hard for me to secure lane priority in the mid lane, and I can't effectively gank the enemy 4v2!"

Defensive towers and mid-lane control are two of the major issues QG is currently facing.

The defensive towers are a fixed thing, and QG has no choice but to adapt. The situation in the mid lane is the problem they need to solve right now.

The disappearance of the Abyssal Scepter almost completely rendered Doinb's mid-lane Titan useless, and Rumble was also half useless. However, when he picked a substitute hero like Lissandra, it was difficult to achieve the same rhythm and effect as the former two.

Banbazi frowned and said, "Is this forcing us to go back to our Spring Split playstyle? Coin, you haven't forgotten Viktor, have you?"

"I haven't forgotten that, but..." Doinb frowned slightly, "If I play Viktor, how will the resources be distributed?"

League of Legends is essentially a game of resource allocation. As we all know, QG's top and bottom lanes are all super carries who need to consume resources. Because of this, their mid and jungle players are always the ones who have to sacrifice.

If they are forced to adapt to the current version and play as mage or jungle carries, then Chen Dongqing in the top lane will inevitably lose his previous tactical role.

"Hmm," Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, let's try it first. I can choose a hero like Maokai and let Coin carry."

"Okay, let's give it a try." Banbazi nodded. "We'll follow the meta this game and see how it goes. As for the details, we'll discuss them when we get back to base!"

After that, the tone for the next game was set, and Banbazi discussed the draft strategy with his teammates. Soon, the break time was over.

It wasn't until just before the match started that QG finally learned that IG had made another substitution decision for this game, replacing support Baolan with veteran support player Tabe.

Add one more permutation and combination.

If this trend continues, IG will soon compile a table showing the different performances of various bot lane combinations, and then repeat the process to avoid errors. This should allow them to identify the culprit and the best combination.

I just don't know if the bot lane AD carry can handle playing like this.

Each game has a different support teammate; you can't change them that often when playing solo queue.

Soon, the second draft phase began.

This time, QG quickly made a change in their strategy, choosing to focus on the mid and jungle, locking in Viktor, and then picking Shen for Chen Dongqing, a champion that doesn't require much resource.

After much research, IG decided that Shen would be the top laner, and confidently picked Swain for Zz1tai again.

This hero is one they confirmed to be very strong after using it multiple times in scrims and the first week of competition, and they certainly won't give up on it just because of a loss in one game.

Ultimately, the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side QG: Top lane Shen, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Viktor, Bot lane Lucian and Braum.

Red team IG: Top lane Swain, Jungle Kindred, Mid lane Twisted Fate, Bot lane Sivir and Alistar.

QG's lineup in this game was completely different from the previous game, so much so that the two commentators immediately noticed QG's strategy.

Want to focus on mid-jungle?

Although this is a more suitable choice for the version, both commentators believe it is not suitable for QG.

The match began quickly.

Seeing that his opponent was still Raven, Chen Dongqing chose to buy Doran's Shield.

He had a very calm mindset, knowing that his choice of Shen was purely for fun, and that he just needed to hold the top lane tower and wait for his teammates to carry.

However...

Chen Dongqing either underestimated himself or overestimated his position, but his performance in the top lane matchup was unexpectedly smooth.

He devised a little trick in this game, choosing to ambush the enemy's red side in the upper half of the triangle bush when the crow appeared, and this time he succeeded.

Seeing the crows guarding the jungle slowly approaching, Chen Dongqing, who was crouching in the bushes, quickly adjusted his position and launched a basic attack the instant the crows entered the bushes, while simultaneously pressing Q to pull the Soul Blade!

The Soul Blade pierced through the crow and returned to Shen's body. The blade in his hand was enchanted, granting him a 50% attack speed bonus, and his basic attacks also dealt percentage-based damage!

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing chased after the crow and struck it with three more blows!

At this moment, Shen's true monster nature was revealed; with three strikes, Crow's health bar was instantly halved!

After dealing the damage, Chen Dongqing didn't linger and turned to leave!

Although he lost another 100 HP to the crow while running away, no matter what, he gained 200 HP for half a health bar, which was definitely a huge profit!

Since the minions have already respawned, the crow no longer has time to return to base.

"That move was a bit of a letdown," Colonel Guan commented. "He built Doran's Ring this game, which isn't enough for sustain!"

There was no other way, so he had to drink a health potion to raise his health. As for the second health potion, he wasn't in a hurry to drink it, since the laning pressure wasn't too great and he might be able to recover slowly through health regeneration.

Immediately after, Chen Dongqing entered the laning phase. Although he had more health, he was still short-ranged and hadn't learned any mobility skills yet, so he played it safe for now, letting the wave go while hiding behind and slowly healing with the Doran's Shield.

Soon, both top laners reached level two.

Although Chen Dongqing's task in this game was to withstand pressure, after learning the E skill and seeing the raven's health, he felt that he might have a chance to kill it.

He made a quick plan in his mind, and then began to prepare for a fight.

He first took advantage of the opportunity to last-hit ranged minions and used his Q skill to pull the Soul Blade to the location of the enemy ranged minions.

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity to last-hit minions with the crow, I adjusted my positioning and then used my Q to pass through the crow.

But he didn't rush in at this point; instead, he waited for his Q skill to cool down.

Double Q is a common technique used by Shen in duels. It involves saving the effect of the first Q and then using E to engage when the second Q is almost ready. After three hits, you can use Q again and then three more hits, allowing you to deal Q skill effect damage with six consecutive hits.

However, Shen's level 1 Q cooldown is a bit long, up to 8 seconds, and the buff also lasts for eight seconds, so if you want to use both Qs at level 2, you need to be quick about it.

So, with two seconds left on his Q skill, Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes and made a decisive move!

Shen dashed forward decisively on his roller skates, and just as the skill was about to reach its final stage, a flash of golden light appeared, and he appeared next to Crow!

The attack in the top lane came so suddenly that both commentators were momentarily stunned. Remember reacted faster, immediately saying, "Tree-kun immediately used E-Flash! But can he really kill him? Swain still has more than half his health left!"

In the video, Shen takes advantage of Swain's taunts and unleashes three powerful slashes with the Q skill effect!

The first strike, in particular, had an indestructible effect; with that one strike, 110 HP was instantly gone!

After that, every cut was 90!

After three strikes, the crow lost 300 health points!

How much health does a level 2 Doran's Shield Swain have? This combo takes away half of his health!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing pressed the Q skill, and the Soul Blade pierced through the crow's body, giving him the Q skill buff again!

Heroes pierced by the Soul Blade will be slowed by 15% when escaping Shen.

If the crow doesn't react, it will surely be chased down and hacked to death with three blows!

Zitai was stunned by what he saw. He thought to himself, "What kind of heroes do you play every day?"

He had no choice but to use Flash to run back to the tower.

Both top laners traded Flashes, resulting in a 50/50 split in terms of skills, but Zz1tai was at a significant disadvantage in terms of health.

QG is known for their love of tower diving. He's currently standing under the tower with less than half health, and even if the tower is buffed, it can't save him!

Meanwhile, on QG's side, Chen Dongqing quickly said in the voice chat, "Liu Shiyu, don't reveal your position! Force the top laner to use their teleport!"

Actually, Xiangguo didn't expect the top lane to gain such a big advantage, so he started in the top half of the map and went straight down to the bottom half. Now he's in the bottom half of the map, so it's impossible for him to overtake the top lane in this wave.

But IG was clearly unaware of this situation.

As long as Xiangguo doesn't reveal his true colors, no one under the tower would dare to stand there!

When Xiangguo saw this, he immediately understood what Chen Dongqing meant. After thinking for a moment, he simply gave up the competition for the river crab and went to hunt the newly spawned stone beetles instead.

Meanwhile, KidGod went to the river to control the river crab as usual. When he saw that the river crab was still alive, he immediately pinged the team: "The enemy Graves doesn't seem to be in the bottom half of the map. Pay attention to the top lane."

ah.

Upon hearing the word "caution," Zi Tai's heart sank.

There was no other way; to prevent being overtaken, he had to return to the city.

So Chen Dongqing quickly started pushing, and when the minion wave was pushed into the tower, he saw the light of Swain teleporting to the lane.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing smiled with satisfaction: "OK, OK, he's already kicked out, you can show your face now."

"OK." Xiangguo revealed an evil smile at this moment.

Do you really think I'm in the upper half of the bracket?

There's not much to say. After clearing the Krugs, Xiangguo decisively headed to the bottom lane and caught IG's bottom lane duo off guard!

Liu Qingsong's Braum decisively used Q-Flash-A to slow down and lock down the enemy, Uzi used E to rush in and instantly used both guns for control, Xiangguo's Graves followed up with damage, and finally Uzi secured this precious kill!

A blood is born!

"what?"

In the IG voice chat, several people spoke in unison, posing the fundamental question.

Why is this Graves in the bottom lane?

Yu Huang felt deceived by his teammates. If his teammates hadn't said that Graves was on top, he definitely wouldn't have been standing in that position just now.

His face turned pale and then purple.

He felt like a clown!

If Shen is the only one in the top lane, why would he need to return to the city?

I'm devastated.

After this, IG seemed to have lost their soul, completely losing their rhythm.

Uzi managed to turn a disadvantageous laning phase into an advantage in the last game, so what kind of scene would it be if he got a strong laning phase and even got first blood in this game?

In two words, brutal!

After many days, Uzi, who has finally become the team's focus, unleashed all his pent-up energy. Lucian went all out and launched another attack with Liu Qingsong at the eight-minute mark, achieving a double kill!

Meanwhile, Rookie's Twisted Fate tried to gank the bottom lane, but no sooner had he flown to the bottom lane than Shen's ultimate arrived, resulting in a massive 4v4 fight.

Without a doubt, QG won again this time. After all, a well-farmed top laner teleporting down is far more powerful than Twisted Fate!

Immediately afterwards, the tower was destroyed in eight minutes, and then the lane swap began!

Although the situation was the same as the previous game, the pace of pushing towers was severely hampered, and progress was extremely slow.

But that's not a problem at all, because when it comes to team composition, QG's lineup is clearly further back in this game!

Rookie racked his brains to create opportunities in this situation, with Twisted Fate using his ultimate to catch people multiple times. However, due to Shen's presence, they were unable to create a good rhythm and were always exchanging kills.

The game progressed slowly into the late game, with QG's economic advantage steadily and resolutely expanding.

At the final 37 minutes, the Elder Dragon spawned. At this point, QG already had four dragons in hand: two fire, one earth, and one wind. If they got the Elder Dragon, the buffs from all four dragons would increase by 50%, and they would also gain an additional burn effect!

This was a scene that IG absolutely did not want to see, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and engage in the team fight!

But this team fight was their doom!

In the river team fight, Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and used a 7-shaped E flash to taunt three people. He relied on the sword formation of QW to remain steadfast in the team fight.

Meanwhile, Lucian and Viktor, the two main carries, unleashed tons of damage from the backline. In the end, QG took down all five members of IG with only the loss of one Braum, and then pushed down IG's base!

"Alright, 2-0! Congratulations to QG for a clean and decisive victory in their opening match of the Summer Split!"

As the commentary faded into memory, the number of comments on the screen reached a peak.

【send!】

These two bot lanes are still not good enough today, they need to be replaced!

[Changing supports won't help, can't we just get a different AD carry? Isn't there a really strong young AD carry?]

[They're just too young; they can't play until they're 17.]

Haha, this is hilarious! Hopefully, this AD carry can save IG.

All I can say is that IG's problems can't be solved by just one AD carry. Look at these two gorillas, do they look like they're capable of anything?

At this point, the chat was clearly not optimistic about IG, after all, their performance in the previous few years had left them with too many bad impressions.

In contrast, the young and energetic QG team, which has already achieved remarkable results, is the hope of the LPL.

Chen Dongqing came to the IG players' bench to shake hands and saw Fat Rookie's pained expression.

"Keep it up, Yijin." Chen Dongqing wasn't actually very familiar with the other person, but he still shook hands warmly. "Hang in there, everything will be alright."

Rookie nodded and said, "Yeah, good luck in the upcoming matches too."

After the handshake, the QG members stood in the center of the stage and bowed to the audience before packing up their peripherals and preparing to go home.

Just as Chen Dongqing finished rolling up the peripherals and was about to pick them up, Xiangguo suddenly reached out a hand and said, "Give them to me, I'll help you carry them."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "Huh? I have hands and feet, what are you going to bring me?"

"Of course you'll be doing an interview later. Since you're going to give it to me anyway, I might as well just bring it for you."

Chen Dongqing thought about it and it seemed to make sense. He said "good brother" as he placed the peripheral in Xiangguo's hand.

The group quickly reached the backstage passage, where Lin Yuanhua, dressed in a skirt, stopped them and said with a smile, "Chen Dongqing, for the interview."

At this moment, several teammates cast strange glances at him, and Xiangguo even made a "tsk tsk tsk" sound.

"Go away, go away!" These voices made Chen Dongqing a little embarrassed. He waved his hands to shoo away all his teammates, then turned back and said, "Do we need to discuss the questions?"

"Let's take a look and confirm."

"OK."

Chen Dongqing took the question and looked it over, then nodded and said, "OK, let's go."

Upon seeing the two take the stage, many audience members spontaneously cheered, and even many non-QG fans joined in the excitement.

Now that the Summer Split has been underway for a week, Lin Yuanhua has made several appearances in front of the audience, so LPL viewers have all remembered this host who is impeccable in both appearance and professional skills.

Now, seeing Chen Dongqing and other handsome men and beautiful women on stage together is a feast for the eyes.

Lin Yuanhua and Chen Dongqing exchanged a glance, a glint of light flashing in their eyes, before Lin Yuanhua asked, "After winning the MSI championship and returning to the LPL stage, have you noticed anything different?"

"Different things?" Chen Dongqing had already thought of the answer and laughed, "There are so many. The level of fan support, the game version, my own mentality—every aspect has changed so much that I feel our entire team needs some time to adapt."

At this point, Chen Dongqing joked, "Even the host has changed."

Lin Yuanhua listened with a smile, ignoring Chen Dongqing's last sentence, and said with a smile, "Then I hope the QG team can adjust quickly."

She then asked a second question: "What are the team's goals for the Summer Split?"

"I've answered this question countless times," Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "As for my goal for the Summer Split, I hope to qualify for the World Championship without relying on my Spring Split points."

There was nothing particularly special about this interview, and it ended quickly. The two said goodbye backstage, and Chen Dongqing returned to the dressing room, where his teammates were already ready to head back.

It's too early now; they still have time to have a meal.

The group found a restaurant, booked a private room, and chatted about the day's competition while eating.

"In the second game, I originally wanted to test how effective our mid-laner mage combined with a carry jungler would be."

Coach Cui couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke, "But I didn't expect that the top and bottom lanes would take the lead first. To be honest, you can't tell anything from that."

It can only be said that the team's rhythm cannot be changed overnight, and IG's top and bottom lanes are really too weak.

So even before the mid and jungle players reach their power spike, the game already has a significant advantage.

It's really quite tough.

"As for the specifics, let's observe the situation more closely in the later matches."

QG's schedule in the first round of group matches was not difficult. Their strongest opponent in the group was only WE, and they wouldn't be able to face them until the fourth match. So, the QG players were very relaxed and had plenty of time to adjust.

After a two-day break, QG's match resumed, this time against OMG.

This is not a strong team either, so QG is still mainly focused on training. Banbazi is still trying to pick a top laner for Chen Dongqing who is relatively less reliant on gold, and then give the gold to the mid and jungle to see what the effect is.

This time, I finally figured it out.

OMG's top laner, Xiyang, isn't particularly strong individually, but he switched to the top lane midway through his career and isn't as confident or prone to making flashy plays as Zz1tai, so his top lane performance is very stable.

Therefore, Chen Dongqing did not gain any advantage in the laning phase in the first game against OMG, and this time he truly handed the stage over to the mid and jungle players.

But once that happened, the rhythm suddenly became constipated.

OMG's mid laner icon is a very strong individual player. In the recently concluded Spring Split, he ranked second in the league's solo kill list with 21 solo kills, second only to Chen Dongqing.

Now that a week of the Summer Split has passed, and because QG has no matches, his solo kill count has immediately reached the top in the entire league, demonstrating his formidable strength.

Under icon's pressure, the game turned into a battle of farming between the two sides. Although there were some minor skirmishes in the mid lane, not many kills were generated, and the game quickly dragged into the late game.

Fortunately, QG's players all have top-notch output capabilities. Although OMG's AD Sima Laozei is also very strong, he is still a level below Uzi.

What's more, there's Chen Dongqing on the road too.

So, after the match reached the forty-minute mark, QG won one small team fight after another, gradually expanding their advantage.

In the end, Xiangguo stepped up. His Kindred had become the key carry of the team in the late game. In the final team fight with six full items, he had a perfect output environment and led the team to victory with continuous rolls!

Having played a game that lasted more than forty minutes, the QG players felt frustrated and irritable. They needed to quickly go back and discuss the issues from the match.

The pace was too slow, making it difficult for them to adapt!

Banbazi remained unhurried, saying, "Don't rush. Problems are discovered through repeated trials. I've already noted down the issues from this game, and we'll discuss them in detail when we review the match later."

"As for the next match, I plan to control the variables a bit and use the same tactics we used at MSI!"

MSI's strategy is to return to the mid-jungle dual-tempo playstyle, which is what QG excels at!

The QG members, looking excited, took to the stage again.

Then, they secured the second victory in just 26 minutes!

Even if Xiyang was very stable, he absolutely couldn't withstand the combined attack of Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo. So in this game, Chen Dongqing went crazy again, and his 11-1-6 Jayce dominated the entire game!

This made the QG team even more conflicted.

If they follow the version, their overall strength will actually weaken, while if they go against the version, they will not go far in the end.

Against OMG and IG, you can feel considerable resistance even when they go against the meta.

So what if SKT were to face EDG?

Against a team with such a strong mid-jungle duo, will the resistance be so great that they can't make any progress?

This time when he returned, Banbazi slightly optimized the tactics.

They no longer use pure scaling mages like Viktor, but instead choose to pick Syndra and Cassiopeia, who have mid-game fighting capabilities, to strengthen the mid-jungle tempo.

At the same time, give Chen Dongqing as many options as possible to ensure his lane dominance.

Under this tactic, the team's offense finally became a bit smoother, but the degree of optimization was still limited.

Unable to find a suitable solution, QG can only increase the frequency of training matches in the hope of finding a better approach.

Soon, the regular season entered its third week, and QG faced their third opponent.

This time, their opponent is VG.

VG in S6 still relied on the Korean mid-jungle duo of Easyhoon and Dandy to carry the team. Thanks to their performance, the team's results were mediocre, barely making it into the middle of the pack.

When the two teams met in the Spring Split, QG's roaming system was at its peak. Often, while Houye was still farming minions in the mid lane, the top and bottom lanes would already be completely destroyed.

However, the situation is different now that the two teams meet again in the summer season.

It has to be said that Easyhoon, who is good at farming mages, has now ushered in his own version. With QG banning Viktor and Azir, he pulled out Malzahar and showed QG what a real defensive tower is.

The grasshopper was just reworked in this version, and a passive skill similar to Mercury's Treads was added.

Moreover, when it was first reworked, the grasshopper's passive ability was quite outrageous. At level 1, the cooldown was only 23 seconds, which was a full seven seconds shorter than the 30 seconds at level 1 in later versions!

This has resulted in Malzahar's survivability being far beyond what is currently possible, and with WE's two wave-pushing skills, the minion wave simply cannot get through!

Doinb picked Cassiopeia this game, but he still couldn't secure lane control against Houye's Malzahar!

Fortunately, Malzahar is a hero who lacks damage output in the late game, and his ultimate can only control one target, while QG's lineup in this game had multiple points of attack.

This match was another grueling battle lasting over forty minutes, just like before. Only when the game dragged into the late stages did QG finally manage to secure a hard-fought victory through individual skill.

Banbazi's expression was already quite grim in this situation, but the worst was yet to come.

In the second game, both sides took to the field again. After losing the right to choose sides, QG chose to ban Malzahar, Poppy, and Viktor, which resulted in Azir being released.

Houye, now brimming with confidence after acquiring his championship skin, dominated Doinb in the mid lane and then relentlessly pokes with his Sand Soldiers in the late game, managing to withstand the firepower of QG's multiple carries and forcefully snatch a victory!

This victory, however, surprised many viewers!

Before today, many people thought that QG's team style was a counter to VG's, since one side would roam in the mid lane while the other would focus on farming in the mid lane.

But now it seems that the situation may not be as we imagined.

Whether roaming or farming is stronger ultimately depends on the version and the user.

"What do we say about the third game?" In the QG rest room, Banbazi was discussing strategies with his teammates. "Next game we're on the blue side, with a draft advantage. Should we pick a lineup we're good at and play it safe?"

"There's no need," Chen Dongqing shook his head and said, "I've already come up with a tactical system to solve the problems we're currently facing."

Upon hearing this, the QG team members couldn't help but perk up.

Chen Dongqing's new tactical system!

This is incredibly valuable!

Previously, it was Chen Dongqing's proposed mid-jungle four-man gank system that allowed Doinb to truly integrate into the team and help them win the MSI championship.

Looking at his teammates' expectant eyes, Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "I only have a possibility, but I'm really not sure if the tactical system will work, so I need a few games to test it out."

Banbazi raised an eyebrow and said, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is," Chen Dongqing said with a smile, "that I will take the lead in the draft and ban phase for the next game."

"Alright then." Banbazi closed his laptop immediately. "The draft picks for the next game are yours."

Every action reflects trust.

[Many viewers probably already guessed what the protagonist's solution was, right? There was a hint about it when we talked about the version changes earlier~]

Thank you to 髶都 for the 5000 Qidian coins reward (this character is really a bit difficult for me), thank you to 鸿均之师 for the 100 Qidian coins reward, thank you 卡卡是条狗cc for the 100 Qidian coins reward, thank you 泅与人 for the 100 Qidian coins reward, thank you 夜阑听风 for the 100 Qidian coins reward, thank you 氵水水水 for the 100 Qidian coins reward, thank you 我茶 for the 2000 Qidian coins reward, thank you 我有一条小青龙 for the 888 Qidian coins reward, and thank you 下雪天真好 for the 1000 Qidian coins reward.

I woke up yesterday to a flood of birthday wishes from my brothers, along with lots of donations. I was so touched.

Yesterday I barely drank any alcohol, just so I could come back and write.

Without further ado, here are nine thousand words. I'll try to keep it up to ten thousand tomorrow!

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)