League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 188 I think this is a kind of confidence!

"Phew, more than ten hours of flying." Chen Dongqing sat by the window, fastened his seatbelt, and sighed, "It was a bit of torture."

The key point is that it's only 5 p.m., and he can't fall asleep even if he wants to.

"This is my first time going abroad," Xiangguo muttered to himself. "Won't jet lag be really tough?"

"It's incredibly uncomfortable," Uz nodded in agreement. "Last time, it took me two or three days to recover!"

In 2013, Uzi played in the finals at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but he lost badly that time, while Faker ascended to godhood.

Now, three years later, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will once again step onto the Staples Center stage.

Before the plane took off, Chen Dongqing took out his phone to reply to messages.

His family and Lin Yuanhua all know that he is taking off today, so they are sending him messages to inquire.

Chen Dongqing took a picture of the view outside the window and sent it to him, and received a few words of advice in return.

Lin Yuanhua also sent a message: 【Hurry up and go check out the location first, then we'll go eat something delicious when I get there!】

Since the hosts don't need to go there in advance for practice matches, they only need to go there two or three days before the match starts.

"What good food is there in America? It's all about finding Chinese food," Chen Dongqing replied first, and then moved on to other topics.

After promising to let the plane know it was safe once it landed, the plane slowly began to move, preparing to head to the runway.

Chen Dongqing then put away his phone and took out his tablet, starting to play the Pirates of the Caribbean movie he had downloaded a few days earlier.

During the movie, the flight attendant served dinner. Chen Dongqing ate while watching two and a half movies. It was already past 10 p.m. Shanghai time. Chen Dongqing gradually felt sleepy, so he asked the flight attendant for a blanket, covered himself with it, and slowly fell asleep.

Sleeping on a plane is extremely uncomfortable. Chen Dongqing woke up slowly after only a few hours and saw that there was less than an hour left before the plane landed.

He first got up to go to the toilet, and then took the opportunity to stretch his stiff back.

After returning to his seat, Chen Dongqing put on his headphones and began to listen to Jay Chou's concert.

"I travel north, leaving behind the season that held you."

Time passed quickly, and the plane finally arrived over San Francisco.

Chen Dongqing breathed a slight sigh of relief. As soon as the plane landed, he unbuckled his seatbelt, grabbed his bag, and got up to leave.

comfortable.

When I have money in the future, I'll definitely fly first class.

As Chen Dongqing walked, he took out his phone and adjusted the time to UTC+8.

Shanghai and San Francisco are located in the Eastern and Western Time Zones 8 and 8 respectively, with a time difference of 16 hours. However, because it is currently September and daylight saving time is in effect, the US time will be advanced by one hour, meaning the actual time difference between the two places is 15 hours.

However, the flight time is only 12 hours.

QG boarded the plane at 9 PM Shanghai time on September 17th, but when they got off the plane, it was exactly 9 PM San Francisco time on September 17th.

Rewind three hours.

"Let's go get our luggage first," Linko said from the front. "Stay close, everyone. We don't know anyone here. Your ID cards and passports are with me. If you get lost, you'll be deported."

The QG members looked around and quickly followed suit.

San Francisco has a typical cool-summer Mediterranean climate. In September, it's a few degrees cooler than Shanghai, making it a comfortable temperature.

The QG members went to get their luggage first, and then a young man with a messy haircut came over shortly after.

Linko spoke with the other person for a moment before saying, "This is Vincent, he's in Riot's professional player management team. He's in charge of liaising with our LPL teams and also does translation work. You can contact him if you have any questions."

Chen Dongqing looked at Vincent in front of him and nodded slightly, indicating that he knew this person.

Vincent and his girlfriend were the prototypes for the later Xia Luo duo.

Vincent greeted everyone and then said with a smile, "Let's add each other on WeChat first. You can contact me if you need anything."

Everyone took out their phones to scan the QR code, and Vincent continued, "Nothing much will happen these next couple of days, but there might be some interviews and filming in a few days. Everyone, get yourself in good shape, and good luck in the upcoming competition!"

The group quickly boarded a bus bearing a fist logo and headed straight for the hotel.

The official Riot Games hotel is definitely much better than that Banana Project. The hotel is located near the competition venue, only a few hundred meters away, making it quite easy for everyone to walk there.

Vincent spoke with the hotel receptionist for a long time, and then quickly came over with a stack of room keys.

"Floors 4-8 of the hotel belong to the players; our LPL is on the fifth floor." Vincent handed the room key to Linko, then added, "Your rooms are connected, and this is your QG training room."

Hearing this, Chen Dongqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps his previous trip to Guangzhou had left such a deep impression on him that he couldn't help but relax when he heard there was a training room.

It's pretty good.

The group quickly took the elevator to the fifth floor and went to check out the training room first.

This was converted from a conference room. The conference table has been removed, and five computers, a projector, and a whiteboard are placed on each side.

It already has everything you could want.

"Okay, that's about it. I have to pick up another team later," Vincent said. "Just let me know if you need anything. I'll send you the US server accounts via WeChat later."

"Okay."

"trouble!"

The QG members all nodded in agreement, and Vincent hurriedly left.

Linko followed the usual procedure, distributing the room keys, giving a few final instructions, and then went straight back to his room to sleep.

Linko, a middle-aged man, had aches and pains in his back and couldn't sleep on the plane at all; he was already incredibly tired.

The QG members weren't worried. First, they had already slept on the plane, and second, they were internet addicts.

One characteristic of internet-addicted teenagers is their ability to stay up all night. They all decide to play first and then go to sleep when it gets dark.

Adjusting to time difference is incredibly fast.

The group connected their peripherals to the computer and logged into the US server using the account Vincent sent them, planning to play a couple of ranked games to perk themselves up.

Chen Dongqing, however, took a different approach. He first downloaded Steam and installed PUBG.

Seeing that PUBG was downloading, Chen Dongqing logged into his US server account as well.

These accounts are all super accounts with their hidden MMR adjusted; they all have all runes, all champions, and all skins.

After thinking about it, Chen Dongqing decided to change his ID first.

He tried modifying ilex first, but was prompted that it was already in use.

Upon seeing this, Chen Dongqing's mind raced, and an ID quickly came to mind.

ID available!

He smiled with satisfaction.

"Chen Dongqing, wanna duo queue?" Xiangguo urged from the side, "You only have League of Legends on your computer, you can't exactly go play PUBG, can you?"

Chen Dongqing replied, "Come on, pull me in!"

"Give me your ID, let's add each other as friends."

"2016 TOP1, all in capital letters."

"?" Xiangguo turned around. "What does your ID mean?"

Chen Dongqing shrugged. "It means exactly what it says. I'm not bragging, am I? I really am number one."

"Awesome." Xiangguo, now intrigued, also clicked into the shop. "Wait, I'll modify one too."

Soon, the 2016 TOP1 and 2016 TOP14 began their sweet duo queue.

It has to be said that the Super account is quite powerful. Although it was the first time for both of them to play ranked, all the opponents they were matched with were Diamond or Master rank.

Chen Dongqing picked Jayce, and as soon as he entered the game, he was pinged by his teammates and they were discussing it. They were obviously puzzled by the fact that the two of them had zero-signal queue masters.

Xiangguo turned his head and asked, "What are they talking about?"

"How would I know?" Chen Dongqing rolled his eyes. "They're all speaking gibberish."

The two ignored their teammates' comments and focused on playing their own game.

Chen Dongqing quickly got into the laning phase, facing off against the Diamond Master. He originally only planned to use 50% of his power.

As soon as I logged in, I noticed that the enemy Riven was playing extremely aggressively, and even dared to come up and trade blows with Jayce.

But you can tell when you change the hero that this Riven actually has some talent.

"This guy's pretty good! He's got Xiao Dai!" Chen Dongqing couldn't help but sit up straight. "His distance is spot on."

Xiangguo glanced at Chen Dongqing but didn't say anything.

If it were a year ago, he might have panicked a bit when he heard his duo teammate shout "We have a Xiao Dai!"

But now, Liu Shiyu believes there is no top laner in the world more formidable than Chen Dongqing.

Soon, both sides reached level three, and the opposing Riven seized a good opportunity, initiating with QW.

But Chen Dongqing was not flustered at all. He used his cannon form WRW, first standing and fighting with Riven in place, and then relying on his 95-point reaction, he used his E to break Riven's three-part Q. Then he used a burst combo to get the Wind Rider, and then switched back to cannon form to chase and kill her. Finally, he completed the solo kill with one shot!

After that solo kill, the opposing Riven was never able to raise her head again.

Soon, the opponent teleported back to their lane, and at that moment, Xiangguo's Elise arrived at the right time. As soon as Riven landed, she was immediately tower-dived.

Immediately afterwards, Xiangguo, who was tanking the tower until he was low on health, still didn't leave. Together with Chen Dongqing, who was at half health, they killed Riven again behind the tower!

In less than two minutes, he killed Riven three times in a row!

Even the Americans were puzzled and pinged a question mark.

Immediately after returning to base, Chen Dongqing upgraded his equipment and became even more ruthless. As soon as Jayce came online, he flashed and used a combo to send Riven, who didn't have Flash, back to the fountain.

When Riven respawned, she was ambushed by Xiangguo again, who secured a solo kill!

After finishing off that wave of enemies, even Xiangguo himself felt inexplicably guilty, saying, "Was I too good at killing them?"

But as soon as Xiangguo finished speaking, the opposing Riven started typing furiously in the chat, but unfortunately, QG's top and jungle players had limited literacy; they could only understand words like "fk" and "mother".

Xiangguo's expression suddenly turned serious.

No, we still have to arrest them!

Xiangguo continued to strip Riven of her right to log in, and this time, Riven understood that she wasn't qualified to log in on her own, so she also chose to call for help.

This time he called over both the midfielder and the jungler, and started a three-on-two game!

But they clearly didn't expect QG's top and jungle to be such monsters.

Despite facing three opponents, Xiangguo remained completely calm. He first took down half of Riven's health with a single combo, and then, facing the enemy's Lee Sin and Syndra mid-jungle duo, he calmly dodged Syndra's push with a mid-air jump, and then hung in the air to stall for time.

Just then, Chen Dongqing arrived to provide support. He glanced at the battlefield and immediately shouted, "Kill Syndra!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing's Jayce fired a shot that hit Syndra head-on, taking away a third of her health!

Jayce, having triggered the Wind Rider, stepped on the acceleration gate and transformed, rushing forward at the speed of light!

Xiangguo landed smoothly, and the two of them took down Syndra immediately!

When 3v2 turned into 2v2, the outcome was already decided. The opposing Lee Sin reacted quickly, kicking Jayce before retreating.

QG's top and jungle didn't hesitate and continued their pursuit, taking down Riven once again.

"Come on, let's keep ambushing him!" Xiangguo pinged a signal, and the two pretended to retreat back to the city, then tried to ambush him in the grass again.

This time, the bushes where they were crouching were slightly different.

Previously, Xiangguo had been crouching in the bushes beside the Stone Beetle, but this time, the two of them used vision to their advantage and crouched in the self-isolation bushes in front of the enemy's second tower!

Riven was clearly unaware of this, and he deliberately walked close to the edge of the map, afraid of being ambushed by the spider again. However, his act of sticking close to the edge clearly put him right into the mouth of QG's top and jungle duo.

Another cocoon is formed, followed by an instant kill!

"Wuhu!" Xiangguo roared like a dragon before preparing to return to the city.

But then Chen Dongqing's mind raced, and he exclaimed with delight, "There's more! Keep going!"

Chen Dongqing placed a fake ward in the enemy's self-isolation bush, and then led Xiangguo to ambush into the enemy's top jungle area.

This time, the opposing Riven adapted to the situation. Knowing that the bushes behind the first tower and the bushes behind the first tower were easy targets for ambushes, she chose to go through the jungle this time!

But as soon as he left, he was squatted down again.

Riven, who was sent back to the fountain again, completely broke down and frantically typed in the chat channel.

Unfortunately, Chen Dongqing couldn't understand it at all.

Moreover, the opposing Riven was clearly a tough nut to crack; the more she died, the more resentful she became. She kept logging in, getting killed, logging in again, and getting killed.

By the end, Chen Dongqing had reached level 10, while the opposing Riven was still only level 5. At this point, Chen Dongqing's Duskblade Jayce only needed one Hammer Form QAE combo to take down Riven.

比赛一直打到20分钟，对面锐雯战绩高达0-18-0，对面在二十分钟的时候终于4-1投降结束比赛。

Who cast that veto vote? Those in the know know.

After finishing one game, Xiangguo asked again, "Want to play some more?"

Chen Dongqing glanced at Steam, shook his head, and said, "I'm not playing anymore, I'll just download PUBG."

"???"

It has to be said that the USA is indeed leading in terms of average internet speed; a game can be downloaded in the time it takes to play a game of League of Legends.

After logging into PUBG, Chen Dongqing could see that all his account data was gone and the game had been switched to the US server.

Although he could force a switch back to the Asia server, Chen Dongqing was clearly not interested, because the latency across the hemisphere was too high to play.

Then came the familiar killing spree.

With Chen Dongqing's current PUBG skills, if he starts a new account, he'll be killing non-stop.

The World Championship is about to begin, and he has to hurry up and grind out the last 8000 points.

Days passed quickly.

As the World Championships draw ever closer, fans around the world are paying extra attention to their favorite players.

The North American accounts of all the contestants were quickly found.

Players certainly won't reveal their accounts themselves, but their gaming habits are what they are. Some people use D-flash, some use F-flash, and some people are used to putting their shoes in the sixth slot. These habits are hard to change.

Connecting this information with a group of high-elo solo queue players who suddenly appeared on the North American server, and combining that with their locations and champion pools, it's easy to find them.

Of course, QG is the easiest to find.

Because their five IDs were completely identical.

Peanut and Faker are climbing the ranks incredibly fast; they're almost at the top of the North American server!

[Reaching the highest rank from scratch in a week is truly impressive]

QG is also doing well, with high scores in TOP14, TOP15, and TOP20.

Damn, QG's IDs are really something else.

What about the number one spot? The number one spot needs to be useful!

[Good news: TOP1 has already started dominating on the North American server; bad news: it's the North American PUBG server.]

I checked, TOP1 only played one ranked game, beating the opponent 0-18, and hasn't played since.

I also checked the opposing team's match history; the Riven player on that team hasn't logged in since that game where she got completely destroyed.

[This is insane! The opponent was a Master with a 65% win rate, probably playing on a smurf account, and he got slaughtered to 0-18. Nobody would want to play like that.]

Hahaha. This is absolutely outrageous!

Many resourceful netizens even dug up the ranked replay of Chen Dongqing's game, sharing the entire process of Riven being killed to 0-18 on major video websites both domestically and internationally, causing a huge uproar.

The QG players, however, didn't pay attention to these things; they were still focused on ranking up and farming points.

Time quickly came to September 29th, at 9 PM UTC.

Switching to China, it's now 9 AM on September 30th, the start of the S6 group stage.

The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco was packed with people.

Although it's called an auditorium, it's actually an indoor performance venue. From 1964 to 1967, it was the home of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and could accommodate 7,000 people.

In the center of the auditorium stage, a pedestal stands in the middle, while the stage itself is empty.

At this moment, the opening ceremony promotional video began playing on the large screen at the venue.

Those were classic moments from each region, including Pary's Ashe interrupting the recall with a winning arrow, and Chen Dongqing's Vladimir's E-Flash-RQ combo instantly killing Karma. Every region's championship victory was recorded.

The arena was packed, and the enthusiastic North American audience was chanting in unison, celebrating the official start of the 2016 World Championship!

The scene kept changing and gradually moved forward, soon arriving at last year's global finals.

The image freezes on the moment SKT lifts the trophy.

At that moment, a host with a large beard quickly took the stage and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to San Francisco, welcome to the 2016 Global Finals!"

"Next, let's invite the 2015 League of Legends World Championship winners, SKT, to the stage!"

As the greatest team in history, even though this is their North American home ground, the cheers they evoked were still explosive!

Accompanied by rousing music, the five members, dressed in red team uniforms, took the stage and slowly placed the Summoner's Cup in the center of the stage.

Dry ice was instantly sprayed out from beside the stage, while lights swept around, making the atmosphere even more frenzied!

Chen Dongqing stood backstage, watching the frenzied scene in the audience, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"North American audiences are amazing!" Chen Dongqing grinned. "There were only seven thousand people, but their voices sounded louder than twenty thousand!"

"That's how it is overseas." The factory manager sitting next to me nodded in agreement. "Last year when we were competing in the MSI in the US, the cheers were even louder than this year!"

Hearing this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but feel a little excited.

What would it be like to win a championship on such a stage?

At this moment, another group of people came from backstage. Chen Dongqing listened to the footsteps and looked over, and saw several young men wearing black team uniforms walking over, which was the exact opposite of QG's white team uniforms.

Chen Dongqing smiled and raised his hand in greeting.

The black team uniform belongs to ROX.

"Brother Tree!" Peanut walked up with a smile and greeted Chen Dongqing in broken Chinese. Today was actually the first meeting between the two teams.

"Weren't you guys supposed to go on stage? Why are you still here?" Chen Dongqing asked in broken English.

Fortunately, Peanut's English was also terrible, so the two were on the same page, and he quickly replied, "Hey, it doesn't matter in the group stage."

ROX really didn't take the group stage seriously; they started studying their knockout stage opponents early on.

Little Peanut then asked, "And you guys?"

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "We don't mind."

As we all know, QG has been placed in Group D, the least competitive group, with almost no difficulty in advancing. Lin Weixiang, who is a substitute, has already started to consider whether to choose Lucian or Ashe for the championship skin.

The two teams seemed to have the same idea, and then they went on to talk about their recent scrimmages.

"Besides SKT and you guys, TSM is also quite strong."

As he spoke, Peanut glanced at the factory manager beside him and said with a smile, "Clearlove! I'm your fan!"

The factory manager glanced at the handsome young man beside him, smiled warmly, and said, "Let's cheer each other on in the next competition."

"Mhm." Peanut seemed quite lively, and continued, "But you have to be careful, TSM and SKT in your group are both very strong, it will be a bit difficult for you to advance."

"It's alright." The factory manager was quite calm. "Our EDG isn't going to be eliminated in the top 16."

"Aww." Little Peanut nodded; he thought so too.

Chen Dongqing, standing to the side, almost couldn't hold back his emotions.

At this point in the broadcast, both teams had already entered the arena for the first game.

The opening match featured the host nation's top seed, TSM, facing off against their Brazilian rivals, INTZ.

The North American audience was extremely excited about the match against the wildcard team, believing that they would undoubtedly win this time!

TSM did not disappoint the home crowd, quickly gaining a two-kill economic lead right at the start of the game!

However, it is worth noting that INTZ's top laner YANG picked Jayce in this game, but he chose a strange build of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Black Cleaver, and Bloodthirster. Although he gained an advantage in the early game with the help of his teammates, he was unable to extend that advantage to his teammates.

With Jayce being caught and killed by TSM on the side lane, Brazil's last hope of winning was completely extinguished!

The North American audience was practically going crazy, and their cheers could be clearly heard backstage!

"This Jayce isn't very good." Chen Dongqing, the leader of Jayce in this world, shook his head. "They don't even understand how to use Jayce."

Whether Jayce is used well or not doesn't depend on any single player; it's related to the entire team.

This champion first needs to be paired with a jungler, and secondly, in the mid-game, everyone needs to coordinate with Jayce, which is a difficult task.

After observing for so long, Chen Dongqing found that, apart from himself, only ROX and Samsung were doing well.

Snake also frequently uses Jayce in scrims, but the results are generally mediocre.

At this moment, the INTZ base had exploded on screen, and the English commentators were extremely excited.

It has to be said that Group C, led by TSM, is a true group of death, because it has two strong players, EDG and SKT, which makes the qualification situation in Group C quite unpredictable.

In this situation, every win is extremely important!

"Go TSM!" Jett shouted as the English broadcast ended. "Don't let any victory slip away!"

Soon after the first match, it was time for Group D's ANX to face off against CLG.

Due to the time difference, the first match started at 7 a.m. in the East 8 time zone of Asia. Therefore, the organizers had to try to accommodate Asian viewers. The first two matches were arranged for European teams to perform well, and then Asian teams would take their turn.

Many people believe that CLG will win this match as a matter of course, since it is not difficult for a team from a major region to beat a wildcard team.

But things are always full of surprises. The Russian team seemed to have a very high level of skill, winning the game in just 27 minutes!

The group stage has entered its third game, and it's 9:00 AM domestic time.

The EDG players all stood up; it was time for them to go on stage.

After watching European and American shows, it's of course time to look at classic Chinese and Korean shows.

At this point, it should have been LPL's number one seed, QG, who should have played, but unfortunately, there were no Korean teams in Group D where QG was located, so EDG had to take their place.

And their opponent is SKT!

The China-Korea showdown was clearly the highlight of the day. The factory manager returned to his private locker room early to prepare, while the Snake team's young men strolled over leisurely. The backstage lobby was bustling with activity.

The group stage is divided into two rounds, each round lasts four days, but each team only plays three matches, and each team will have a day without a match.

The Snakes had a bye today, so they were quite relaxed and under no pressure at all.

"What do you think of this match?" Chen Dongqing asked the opinions of the two teams next to him.

Peanut hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think SKT has a better chance of winning."

ROX and SKT were teams that fought to the fifth game before narrowly winning, so Peanut naturally gives more credit to SKT.

Chen Dongqing turned and glanced at the Snake Team members again.

Saint Gunner, who had his arms crossed, couldn't help but raise his right hand to gently cover his mouth after hearing this, remaining silent.

Crystal then added, "I think EDG has a pretty good chance too."

Chen Dongqing nodded and covered her mouth.

Both teams shared similar views with him.

The match started quickly, but it has to be said that SKT and EDG are indeed quite similar.

The strategy involves the top laner absorbing pressure, the mid and junglers setting the pace, and then the two carries carrying the team.

But it's clear that Duke is a larger version of A-Guang, Faker is a larger version of Scout, and Bang, who is at the peak of his career, is a larger version of Deft.

Although the factory manager's individual skill far surpasses that of Xiao Hei, the team's individual skills were lacking in all three lanes, making victory quite difficult.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than forty minutes, with EDG keeping a close economic gap.

In the final team fight at the Ancient Dragon Pit, Deft successfully took off, but SKT seized the opportunity to instantly kill him. Clearlove used his Hecarim ultimate to enter the fray, but he was also instantly melted.

Immediately afterwards, SKT scored a 1-for-5 exchange and took the victory!

Watching the EDG players walk back to the backstage dejectedly, Chen Dongqing sighed, "What a pity, they played really well."

In fact, the outcome was uncertain until the final team fight.

However, Deft is an AD carry who really likes to make extreme plays, which makes him very inconsistent in terms of skill level and ability, making him a player who is prone to dying easily.

But as an ADC, what you really need to ensure is the floor, because the floor of an ADC is the floor of the team; how high the ceiling is really not important.

Teams that rely on their AD carry's potential to win games don't go very far.

Even Uzi, who played a four-protect-one strategy for Royal Club for the past two years, has seen his percentage of play steadily decline since joining QG.

Deft didn't understand this principle until Season 11, when he rarely died suddenly and his stats became more stable. He then became the champion AD carry of Season 12.

But that's all in the future. For EDG right now, Deft is a ticking time bomb.

Seeing EDG lose the game, the QG players couldn't help but feel nervous. Even though their group had a lower difficulty level, they still had to be on high alert.

After another one-sided crushing defeat by FW and C9, we've arrived at today's fifth match.

"Let's go back and get your gear ready, get ready to go on stage!" Linko came over at this moment, signaling everyone to get ready to go on stage.

"come on!"

"Fighting!"

The snake team and tiger team on the left and right sides stepped forward to cheer them on.

Chen Dongqing smiled, gave a thumbs-up, and said with a laugh, "Watch my performance!"

In the commentary booth, the three North American commentators all smiled as they watched five Asian faces walk onto the stage.

"QG is here!" commentator Deficio exclaimed with a smile. "This is one of the highlights of the day. You know, all five QG players made it into the Top 20! This is practically a first in history!"

His partner, Jett, shrugged and laughed, "Putting Ilex first is actually a risky move. You know, he's just a rookie, and that's just the LPL."

In 2014, Riot Games boldly ranked Dade at number 1, and as we all know, the Dade Award was born – an award specifically for players who are highly anticipated but fail to live up to expectations in world championships.

Many people, seeing Ilex listed first, immediately thought that the Dade Prize was practically guaranteed.

"So," said Spawn, the last English commentator, with a smile, "today's match is the best opportunity for Ilex to prove himself."

All three commentators nodded, and they then chatted about Chen Dongqing, mentioning that he never plays League of Legends and is passionate about PUBG.

The three commentators were quite amazed, as it was the first time they had ever seen a player like this.

In terms of talent, Chen Dongqing has always been undeniable. Many foreign viewers admire him, but they also feel that a player who relies solely on talent and plays idly will not go far.

"But Ilex is a really aggressive top laner!" Spawn said. "Do you know his ranked record on the North American server? He stomped his opponents 0-18! Oh my god, if I ever got beaten like that, I might never want to play this game again!"

"Rankings can't be used as a basis for judgment." Jett still shook his head. "As the LPL champion top and jungler, you should have been able to completely dominate Master and Diamond players. There's nothing to be proud of. Do you really think you can play a professional top laner like this?"

At this point, both sides have already begun the drafting and banning phase!

QG's opponent in this match is H2K, the second seed from Europe!

At this moment, you can see that all the H2K players are fully prepared and ready to go, and the European audience in the audience is also giving their support.

Their SPY team already suffered a crushing defeat in the opening match, and if H2K loses as well, today will truly be the end of Europe!

Chen Dongqing sat in the chair and looked at the player's ID opposite him.

There are two familiar faces on this team: Jankos, the best jungler in Europe, and RYU, the victim of the Zed vs. Zed battle.

Oh my, isn't that Yue Lun?

Chen Dongqing grinned.

At this moment, the referee behind them also reminded everyone to get ready, which was a sign that the draft phase was about to begin!

As a piece of music came through the headphones, QG's first group stage match officially began!

Chen Dongqing let out a long breath as usual. Although the competition was not difficult for them, they were still a little nervous on such a big stage.

At this moment, the blue team H2K acted quickly, banning the female police officer.

Looking at this option, banbazi said, "Let's ban Poppy first."

H2K is not an opponent that QG should study in depth. The two sides have not arranged any scrims. So QG only studied their hero usage habits in the playoffs. Therefore, in terms of bans, they can only follow the version.

"Okay, we can see that both sides are banning champions very quickly. H2K on the blue side banned Caitlyn, Fiora, and Ryze, while QG on the other side banned Poppy, Syndra, and Nidalee!"

Compared to the playoffs, QG chose to ban Syndra and Nidalee this time, mainly to limit H2K's key mid-jungle synergy.

As for why these two heroes had to be banned, it mainly comes from the results they achieved in recent scrims.

Nidalee was actually buffed in patch 6.15 during the playoffs. The designers removed the ability to reset her auto-attack when switching forms with her R, but as compensation, they increased the damage of her Q skill in both forms.

Actually, this change was unremarkable and didn't generate much buzz in the LPL because the top teams in the LPL don't really like using Nidalee.

But it's different in the World Championship.

Perhaps influenced by LCK, Nidalee, who didn't have a high pick rate in LPL, suddenly became a high priority after Worlds, and her performance was quite good.

Compared to previous versions, Nidalee's gameplay has changed slightly in this patch, as her jungle clearing ability has increased slightly after the patch changes.

Therefore, the current Nidalee should focus on farming jungle camps in the early game, relying on the abundant resources in the jungle and the health boost from [Time Warp] to farm up and then easily emerge to dominate the game.

(Power of Time: Gain 25 maximum health when killing large monsters, maximum 300)

Therefore, in later generations, a Nidalee pro player and the "Pianist of the Rift" once said, "Back in the day, Nidalee could kill the enemy team just by farming jungle camps!"

That's where this saying comes from.

Although I don't know if H2K has mastered this version of Nidalee, I'll still ban her out of respect for the current meta.

As for the top lane, there is an impact as well, namely, Jayce and Gnar have seen increased pick rates.

For example, in this very sentence, H2K's top laner ODQAMNE directly first-picked Jayce on the blue side.

Upon seeing this, everyone in QG couldn't help but laugh.

"First pick Jayce?" Xiangguo exclaimed happily, "I think that's a sign of confidence!"

Doinb chuckled, "Shouldn't we give them a little 'Tree Brother' shock?"

"Absolutely!" Banbazi exclaimed. "Tree Bro, what champion do you want to play against Jayce? Just tell me!"

"In that case," Chen Dongqing moved the mouse over a hero and said, "I'll choose one for myself then, okay?"

Banbazi peeked over and said, "Okay, you choose!"

Chen Dongqing decisively clicked "Confirm," and the hero selection was complete!

A fierce Yordle riding a lizard appeared on the screen and was instantly identified!

Kled, the enraged knight!

And then, the jungler hero was quickly selected as well.

Elise, the Spider Queen!

The big one is coming!

To ensure a thrilling knockout stage, the group stage opponents are destined to be relatively weak, so the group stage matches won't be very long; we'll fast-forward through the rest.

P.S.: It's the end of the month today, so here's a little end-of-month summary. This chapter has 9200 words. In 28 days this month, I updated a total of 276,000 words, which rounds up to about 10,000 words a day. That's more than enough, right?

I'll try my best to keep this update going next month. I hope you guys will continue to read during the upcoming World Championship climax, and we're getting closer and closer to 10,000 subscribers!

See you tomorrow, brothers.

(End of this chapter)