League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 197: Revealing the Truth at the Start!

It was another long journey, and when everyone landed, they had arrived in the eastern United States.

It was already late October, and the temperature in New York was rather low. By this time, short sleeves were no longer enough, and everyone had to wear spring jackets. People like Xiangguo, who were physically weak, even had to wear a sweatshirt underneath.

They started their journey in the summer to participate in the world championships and fought their way into the fall, a period that gave Chen Dongqing a sense of nostalgia for the passage of time.

After putting in so much effort, it would be a huge waste not to win the championship.

After leaving the airport, everyone quickly boarded a bus and returned to 9 o'clock.

"The hotel is still right next to the stadium." Linko's voice was filled with satisfaction: "Riot really does things efficiently!"

Looking through the training room windows, everyone could see the stadium building nearby, as well as the New York Knicks' logo and banners—this is the Knicks' home arena.

Compared to the "small venue" of 4000 people in the Chicago Theater, this semi-final was a much larger event.

Madison Square Garden is a true landmark, capable of holding up to 20,000 people. Whether it's boxing history, basketball history, or music history, the garden is a place worth mentioning.

On the first day, the QG team tinkered with the equipment in the training room. On the second day, they went to the venue with the other teams and filmed a promotional video. Everything was already going smoothly.

After reaching the semi-final stage, the practice matches between the four teams had basically stopped.

ROX, SKT, and QG all consider each other as rivals, so it's impossible for them to practice against each other in the semifinals.

ROX and CLG, the pride of North America, are semifinal opponents, so they obviously can't practice together.

After looking at it from all angles, only CLG and QGSKT have a slight chance of success.

CLG had a lot of power this time. They took the initiative to choose between QG and SKT, and finally chose QG. The reason was simple: QG's style is similar to ROX's, and they needed to get used to the fast-paced offense in advance.

QG readily accepted the offer. If they didn't play against CLG, they would have to play ranked games on their own or practice tactics in custom games, which would be truly painful.

The two sides practiced slowly for a few days.

The day before the semi-finals arrived quickly.

After these few days of training matches, CLG's final conclusion is—give up!

Their win rate against QG is pitifully low. They get crushed in the first ten minutes or so every time, then quickly concede and start the next game, only to continue to collapse.

The CLG players were so demoralized that they began to doubt whether making it to the semifinals was a mistake.

After finishing today's training, the QG team was in much better spirits. Chen Dongqing couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the dejected words his North American teammates were typing in the chat room.

"Actually, it's not a big problem." After getting through the translator, Chen Dongqing typed in English into the chat channel: "This is your first time entering the knockout stage, right? Reaching the top four is already a success!"

Unexpectedly, the reaction from the other side was particularly intense.

"Oh! Only cowards would think that!" CLG's support player, Old Black, protested in voice chat. "We'll definitely play seriously!"

"OK, OK." Chen Dongqing hadn't expected such a strong reaction from the other side. He typed, "Then let's cheer each other on! See you in the finals!"

When Chen Dongqing typed "See you in the finals" at the end, he couldn't help but laugh.

CLG wants to beat ROX? They're pretty much doomed!

After the training match ended that day, the QG team went out for one last meal together.

With the semifinals approaching and facing SKT, who are considered strong contenders for the championship, the entire QG team is on edge and definitely needs to relax.

However, since the competition was tomorrow, eating rich and heavy meals could cause problems, so they only had a very ordinary home-cooked meal.

Chen Dongqing was picking at the food in front of him while scrolling through his phone.

With the semifinals approaching, the upcoming matches are being discussed on various forums.

Of course, the main point of discussion is the rematch between SKT and QG.

The two teams were rivals in the final battle of MSI, where QG defeated SKT 3-1, shocking players all over the world.

However, now that the Summer Split is over, QG's playstyle has undergone tremendous changes due to the version update, while Faker has risen to prominence in this mage-centric meta, proving his status as the world's best mid laner through match after match. When the two meet again, the outcome will once again be an unknown.

I really wish I could fast forward to tomorrow; I feel like ants are crawling all over me if I can't watch the game.

SKT is playing too well lately, Faker is dominating the mid lane every game, I don't think Doinb can handle it.

[So Duke can hold off Tree Bro? At most, it'll be a mutual destruction, let's see who kills first.]

[Just keep going, I'm rooting for QG!]

Indeed, I also saw QG.

At this point, the anti-QG forum was practically a one-man show—of course, this was mainly because those pro-SKT Korean comments had been completely deleted by Daiwa.

Uniting against external threats is the bottom line!

During dinner, Linko noticed everyone was a bit quiet and tried to reassure them: "Don't be nervous tomorrow, everyone. Like Chen Dongqing said, SKT is just a defeated opponent. As long as we find the form we had in the MSI finals, beating them won't be a problem!"

Chen Dongqing also had a good attitude, and he said with a smile, "To be honest, I feel that SKT is definitely more nervous than us, after all, they are the challengers."

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

Indeed, SKT must be more panicked than them. What's there to be arrogant about when you're a defeated opponent?

"Besides, we still have quite a few trump cards up our sleeves," Coach Cui added arrogantly. "If we really have no other choice, we'll just unleash all three of our biggest moves tomorrow and make it to the finals first!"

QG practiced three ultimate moves in this World Championship. One of them was developed with ROX during the group stage, while the other two were their own secret techniques.

So their plan is to use the move they practiced with ROX in the first game of the semifinals, and then decide on the other two moves based on the situation.

With their ultimate move in hand, the QG team was full of confidence.

They were very confident that they wouldn't lose the first game!

Back at the hotel, Chen Dongqing unusually didn't play PUBG.

During this time, Chen Dongqing was also busy accumulating points. He finally collected the last two thousand points and raised his team battle ability to 95. At this point, he was a well-rounded warrior with 96 in operation, 92 in awareness, and 95 in all other attributes.

Once you reach this stage, the points are essentially useless.

Chen Dongqing also asked the system what else the points could be used for.

However, the system simply dismissed Chen Dongqing with a casual remark: "A brand new module will be unlocked after this World Championship."

Since the points were no longer useful, there was no point in Chen Dongqing playing PUBG, so he decided to open ranked matches and play casually.

During this period, Faker and Peanut's ranking scores continued to rise, leaving Chen Dongqing in third place.

But Chen Dongqing no longer cares about winning first place; he just casually plays ranked matches.

However, this move caused quite a stir among fans in China.

Look, the pressure of playing against SKT is really high; it's gotten to the point where Tree is even playing ranked games!

After playing a few rounds, it was past 11 p.m.

The QG members maintained their precise schedules and unanimously chose to go back to their rooms to sleep.

Of course, whether or not one can fall asleep is another matter entirely.

After returning to his room and washing up, Xiangguo was so excited about tomorrow's match that he couldn't sleep.

He couldn't resist taking out his phone and browsing the stress-relief forum for a while, and then he became even more excited.

"Chen Dongqing".

"Huh?" Chen Dongqing replied in a soft voice without opening his eyes.

Xiangguo turned to ask, "Aren't you excited?"

"It's alright. I don't feel much pressure playing against SKT. Their top laner is pretty bad. I might be a little nervous if we play against Tigers."

"If that's what you say, then I'm not nervous."

That makes sense.

"That's bullshit! I'm so nervous!"

"Then I have no choice but to go to sleep."

Xiangguo covered himself with the blanket, struggled for a few more minutes, and then called out, "Chen Dongqing."

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There was no reply this time.

Xiangguo turned around and saw that Chen Dongqing had already entered a peaceful sleep.

Okay, this guy is genuinely not nervous.

6:00 AM, October 22nd, China time.

Madison Square Garden was packed to capacity. Although there were no North American teams playing today, New York residents didn't mind coming to watch this clash of titans!

One is the greatest team in history, and the other is the reigning champion team that has defeated everything in the past 16 years. Many people want to know how high the competitive level will be when the two sides stand on the knockout stage again!

Even members of the Tigers suspended their daily training to come to the game and watch it live!

The experience of watching the game live is ultimately better.

Peanut's gray hair had faded a bit and started to turn yellowish, but he was too preoccupied with the intense competition to bother with that. Instead, he looked around the arena and couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people!"

They were seated in the front row, close to the playing field, while the seats behind them were arranged in rows higher than the previous ones.

Little Peanut turned his head and looked around, but he could hardly see the end of the road.

This is why the outermost tickets are called "mountain top tickets"—looking up at it so suddenly really gives you the feeling of climbing a mountain.

Once the audience was almost in place, the lights on the Garden Arena's dome went out instantly!

A Riot Games logo appeared on the giant water droplet screen in the center of the venue, followed by the start of a promotional video for the semifinals.

The scene flashes between the four teams in the semifinals, then the perspective drifts over Manhattan, New York, past the Empire State Building and Central Park, followed by another flashback, until finally only the members of SKT and QG remain on screen.

The video then quickly played the previously recorded interview.

"Before the World Championship, I was worried that I might not be able to face QG this time, but now it seems that I was overthinking it."

Lee Sang-hyeok's voice appeared on screen, his tone completely flat, as he said in Korean, "This time, SKT will definitely avenge their defeat at MSI."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing's interview was also shown. Compared to Faker, he was less serious and spoke in Chinese with a very relaxed expression: "It feels great to have SKT as a challenger, but this time, we will still be the winners."

There won't be any trash talk in the semifinals, so this was just a simple interview. But this kind of intense interview suited the tastes of North American audiences, who cheered and jeered from the audience, who were eager for a good show!

The scene then cuts back to the actual view inside the venue, where the host stands next to the Summoner's Cup and shouts, "Welcome to the Garden, everyone!"

The host, dressed in a formal suit, stood under the spotlight. "Today we're going to have the first semi-final match! Let's welcome both teams to the stage!"

"First up is LCK's second seed, SK Telecom T1!"

"Top laner Duke, jungler Blank, mid laner Faker, bot laner Bang, support Wolf, and head coach Kkoma!"

Under the dazzling spotlight, the SKT members slowly walked onto the stage through the gaps in the dry ice mist, and the cheers from the audience below grew louder and louder!

As the cheers subsided, the host spoke again: "Now, let's welcome the 2016 LPL Spring Split Champion, the 2016 MSI Champion, and the 2016 Summer Split Champion, QiaoGu!"

"Top laner Ilex! Jungler mlxg! Mid laner Doinb! Bot laner Uzi! Support Crisp! And head coach Banbazi!"

The host drawled out, "Alright, the second half of the semifinals has officially begun! There's only one ticket to Los Angeles, so let's wait and see who will emerge victorious!"

The host leaves the stage, the contestants take their seats, and the camera switches to the commentary booth.

The commentary for the semi-final match was still provided by the Haier Brothers, along with a veteran commentator named Changmao. All three were full of energy and quickly took over the conversation.

While the players were preparing, the LPL broadcast director showed a self-made display of player data from both sides.

Both teams dominated their way to the semifinals, and their statistics were quite impressive.

However, if you look closely, QG is still slightly ahead.

"Because SKT lost one game in the group stage and came back to win the first game of the quarterfinals, their 15-minute gold lead isn't ideal," Wawa analyzed, arms crossed. "Only 1557!"

"But in comparison, QG is much more exaggerated. As one of the teams with the most aggressive early-game offense, QG's economic lead at fifteen minutes is a whopping 2235!"

At this point, Miller spoke up, saying, "Actually, overall, this year's World Championship is still a meta that emphasizes laning. It's very demanding on the laning abilities of players in all three lanes. So teams like QG, with their outstanding individual skills, are very much in line with this meta, which is why their statistics are quite impressive!"

In fact, the intensity of the competition in the original World Championship was mainly concentrated in the bottom lane, with all teams focusing on the bottom lane.

Even though ROX's top lane is strong, Smeb will often teleport to the bottom lane to help the team secure the first tower.

However, perhaps due to Chen Dongqing's time travel, the landscape of this world championship has changed somewhat.

With top laners Ilex and Smeb leading the charge, all sorts of mediocre players had nowhere to hide, and the competition in the top lane intensified considerably.

"Yes!" Longhair nodded in agreement. "And it's not just about laning. This version has abundant jungle resources, and the popular junglers are all aggressive junglers like Lee Sin and Olaf, which makes jungle matchups extremely intense! If the jungle matchups become unbalanced, it's easy for one jungler to dominate the entire game!"

At this point, the three commentators fell silent, not daring to continue.

In fact, so far in the game, there has only been one instance of an unbalanced jungle matchup, but that one was certainly memorable.

The comments section was filled with laughter at this point.

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[Everyone, follow me and refresh this string of mysterious numbers!]

[You little brats, who are you implying to?]

This piglet strongly condemns this!

Amidst the cheerful atmosphere of the live chat, the camera pans to the players' seats, where it can be seen that the QG players are basically ready and are chatting casually while lounging in their chairs.

SKT, on the other hand, still looked serious and were fully prepared for the match.

As Chen Dongqing said, SKT is the challenger in this match, and they are under more pressure!

BP begins!

Wawa immediately shouted, "First of all, we have some good news to share. We won the coin toss before the match and gained the right to choose sides first in this BO5, but we still chose the red side!"

"Because of the importance of the bottom lane and the relatively limited number of heroes in this patch, the win rates for red and blue sides are balanced. Therefore, QG prefers the red side position, where their deep hero pool allows them to perfectly utilize the counter-pick role!"

"At this point, we can see that SKT, on the blue side, immediately banned Caitlyn as their first pick!"

Obviously, Big B was still the one to guess the coin, but this time he won, so he evolved from Big B into Coin Bro.

Doinb, beaming with pride, declared from his seat, "I told you, I only win crucial games when I flip a coin!"

While cheering for Doinb's awesomeness, the QG players chose to ban Nidalee, a ban they usually wouldn't give up.

Immediately afterwards, SKT banned Jayce and Fiora, while QG banned Poppy and Syndra, quickly finalizing the three bans.

"Does QG have to shoulder the burden of banning Syndra and Nidalee both this patch?" Miller couldn't help but frown slightly upon seeing this. "That puts them at a huge disadvantage! They've given Zyra free, but they can't even secure her. What about lane priority in the bot lane?"

SKT and SSG are different. They prioritize lane control in the bot lane, then consider the mid and jungle advantages, and the top lane comes last.

Therefore, they usually choose to first pick Zyra, forcing you to choose Ashe to counter Zyra, and Karma as the best remaining pick.

This is almost a calculated move. If you don't pick Ashe, they will, and then you'll have no heroes to counter Zyra.

At this point, the plot was developing exactly as expected.

The blue team first picked Zyra, while the red team subsequently locked in Ashe and Karma.

Immediately afterwards, SKT selected Olaf and Jhin, finalizing their first three lineup picks.

They also picked Olaf, arguably the strongest jungler in the current patch, and the Jhin + Zyra combination. SKT's first three picks were actually quite ideal!

Upon seeing this, all the commentators and viewers began to have doubts.

When did QG's draft picks become so stupid?

Even if your Lee Sin can beat Olaf, how can Ashe and Karma beat Jhin and Zyra?

Even if Uzi's laning ability is godlike, the opponent Wolf is not Ruler, he is not someone you can easily bully, right?

The camera panned across the QG players' bench, and found that the QG players showed no signs of panic; in fact, they even had smiles on their faces.

Seeing this, the shrewd Wawa felt a little relieved and said, "Since QG dared to make this kind of draft, they must have their reasons. Let's see what else they have in store."

At this moment, Banbazi watched as both sides' choices were developing in the direction he had imagined, and nodded in satisfaction, saying, "SKT has taken the bait! Then, we can't give the counter pick to Chen Dongqing this game."

"It doesn't matter." Chen Dongqing said calmly. "Just leave this game to the bottom lane. I'll just play casually. Give me Rumble. This champion isn't afraid of counters."

"Okay, QG picked Rumble and Lee Sin as their second pick?" Miller analyzed the draft and was even more confused: "Aren't they going to give the counter pick to Maokai? The bot lane is already at a disadvantage, and they're picking the top lane champion first, which is basically giving away their top lane advantage, just to give Doinb a counter pick?"

This business plan is getting worse and worse!

Based on the current four picks, it's clear that QG's intention is to sacrifice the top and bottom lanes to ensure Doinb and Xiangguo's second-pick options and strengthen the mid-jungle tempo.

This might be a valid point during the Spring Split or MSI, since mid-lane tempo is crucial then.

But in today's World Championship? That makes absolutely no sense!

Why not just pick a mage to farm in the mid lane? There's Viktor outside too, isn't there?

But at this point, Miller still hadn't reached a conclusion.

Maybe Doinb has some secret weapon that can crush Faker in one move?

Quickly, SKT made their final two picks, locking in Ekko and Viktor, sticking to their classic strategy of ganking in the top lane and farming in the mid lane.

Of course, Faker's Viktor is in a class of its own. In previous laning phases, we often saw his Viktor gain an advantage in the mid lane, even getting flashes or solo kills!

Next, it was QG's turn to finalize their lineup.

The whole world is focused on this last blank space.

What bans can save this stagnant lineup?

QG provided the answer.

Good luck doesn't favor fools.

An unfamiliar hero appeared in the selection box, shocking the whole world!

"Miss Gunslinger!?" The audience, the LCK commentators, the LPL commentators, and the North American commentators all exclaimed in surprise!

Miss Fortune, Karma, and Ashe are all in one team. How should their positions be allocated?

SKT player Kkoma frowned upon seeing Miss Fortune; he was momentarily puzzled.

"No, no, they picked the wrong one." Faker thought for a moment, then confirmed, "They most likely picked the wrong one. The draft will probably be restarted, right?"

However, after waiting for a long time, no news of a restart came, and QG quickly made a substitution.

Karma was given to Doinb, Ashe was given to Uzi, and the newly selected Miss Fortune remained in Crisp's position.

Seeing this, everyone finally understood QG's strategy.

They first picked Karma and Ice, which was just a smokescreen to be used to sway people!

Everything, everything, was for the sake of this bot lane Miss Fortune pick!

【??? Female Gunslinger Support?】

[QG seems to be having a blast, but I don't really think they're reliable.]

[Yeah, Miss Fortune doesn't have any crowd control, and the support doesn't get any gold, so she's useless in the late game, right?]

Is it possible that it's a dual AD system, with both AD carries farming together?

If you say anything like that again, I'm going to confiscate your mother's things.

Although the comments section was filled with doubt, no one questioned it too much.

After all, teams of QG's caliber often pull off some unconventional draft picks, but each of those picks has a reason behind it.

For example, top lane with a big head, or top lane with Yasuo.

There must be a reason why Miss Fortune was chosen as the support this time.

Don't question, just believe!

The ROX members in the audience all lit up when they saw this!

"They're here! They're here!" Peanut patted Smeb next to him: "Jinghao and the others really made their choices!"

Smeb was watching the screen, his face full of excitement.

Since Zyra became popular as a support champion after entering the World Championship, both QG and ROX have conducted in-depth research on her.

Ultimately, Chen Dongqing proposed the hero "Female Gunner".

As a time traveler, Chen Dongqing only knew that Miss Fortune was developed by ROX in Season 6 as the ultimate solution to counter Zyra, but he had no way of knowing the gameplay or the deeper details.

Therefore, he chose to collaborate with ROX to explore more possibilities.

Since then, both teams have conducted multiple rounds of research on the female gunner.

From Miss Fortune AD Ashe support, to Ashe AD plus AP Miss Fortune support, and finally to the final version, Ashe AD plus armor penetration Miss Fortune support!

Both teams agree that this is the ultimate answer to the current version, a hero pick that will impact the balance of the World Championship!

Today, QG was the first to select it!

After the two sides switched positions, the lineups were finalized.

Blue side SKT: Top lane Ekko, Jungle Olaf, Mid lane Viktor, Bot lane Jhin and Zyra.

Red team QG: Top lane Rumble, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Karma, Bot lane Ashe and Miss Fortune.

The game officially begins!

The match proceeded as normal. Chen Dongqing was playing Rumble against Ekko in the top lane. Apart from being easy to gank, it was actually a very easy matchup to play. At least the laning advantage was easy to secure.

However, Duke is currently playing very steadily in lane, and his Ekko proficiency in the top lane is arguably the best in the world. Therefore, Chen Dongqing can only gain some dry lane control, but cannot convert it into any advantage.

The director briefly focused the camera on the top lane, mid lane, and jungle before quickly switching to the bottom lane.

Everyone understands who the key player is in this game.

However, unexpectedly, just as we finished, we saw the female gunner start to unleash her power!

At this point, both teams' bottom lane duos had reached level three. Liu Qingsong played quite aggressively, with Miss Fortune pushing forward and hitting both a minion and the enemy bottom lane duo with her E!

After three hits, a bolt of blue lightning fell from the sky, reducing Zyra's health bar by a small amount!

This version of Electrocute doesn't require three separate attacks; it only needs three instances of damage to trigger it directly, such as Miss Fortune's E!

Zyra retaliated decisively, using her E to bind Miss Fortune while simultaneously pressing W repeatedly to plant two plants!

Miss Fortune used her W [Stride] to run incredibly fast and easily dodged this E!

However, Zyra's strengths don't lie in that.

Although E didn't bind anyone, it successfully E'd two seeds, and two [Vine Whiplashers] sprouted and frantically devoured the minions beside them!

This is what makes Zyra so powerful: she not only has two cheap AOE spells, but also fearless plants, making her wave clear ability just as good as Karma's!

Zyra's plant has 4 health points, and it also receives a health bonus based on Zyra's W level.

Zyra's level 1 W will increase a plant's health by 10%, which is 4 to 4.4.

A ranged hero's basic attack will reduce a plant's health by 2 points, meaning that a normal bottom lane duo would need to attack three times to clear a plant.

The two plants are A6 below.

Even if the Frostbite can clear the enemy without taking damage thanks to its range, the time taken for six basic attacks is indeed a real waste.

During those six seconds, Zyra's team had already pushed the minion wave quite a bit.

But things are different when the female gunner arrives.

Because Miss Fortune has a passive called "Favored by Misfortune" that adds extra damage to her basic attacks, she can take down three health points from Zyra's flowers with a single basic attack and then use an AQ combo, or she can clear out Zyra's plants instantly with a basic attack followed by Ashe's basic attack!

Based on this alone, Miss Fortune already has the ability to compete with Zyra.

The Vine Weaver's attack range is only 400, so Liu Qingsong wasn't worried at all. He adjusted his angle and used AQA continuously. His Q skill pierced through two plants, and two basic attacks replenished his remaining health. The two plants were instantly wiped out!

Wolf immediately sensed something was wrong when he saw this.

Something feels off!

As a result, Zyra couldn't secure lane priority at all, because the two marksmen were too strong, and their auto-attacks were too powerful in clearing the lane!

"This won't work," Wolf said, frowning. "We simply can't gain lane control."

The direct consequence of not securing lane priority is that all their strategies in the bottom lane become impossible to execute.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Heiyan, who was currently farming in the bottom lane, had no choice but to return to base to buy a green jungle item. He then observed the situation in the other two lanes.

While Faker's individual skill in the mid lane is incredible, it would be absolutely impossible for him to lane against Karma with Viktor before he evolved his E.

At this moment, Faker was hiding under the tower, slowly farming minions, while Doinb was quite cunning. After pushing the lane, Karma disappeared from sight, giving him no chance to gank.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Hei could only turn his attention to the road ahead.

Now, with just over four minutes remaining, Chen Dongqing has successfully gained an advantage in the minion wave. Rumble is relentlessly burning Ekko with fire, pushing wave after wave of minions into the tower.

Seeing this, Xiao Hei stopped farming jungle monsters and headed straight for the top lane!

Unfortunately, this method of simply grabbing the enemy after returning to the city without any strategy is rarely successful.

With his 92-point awareness, Chen Dongqing knew it was about time for the enemy jungler to start clearing the second round of jungle camps. He had already begun to deliberately retreat, and this wave was a pushback of the lane. He just needed to wait for the pushback to happen.

After this whole ordeal, Xiao Hei had a bit of a headache.

There's no chance on any of the three routes? What should I do?

Fortunately, SKT's junglers all have a winning formula—when they have nothing else to do, they go help the mid laner.

Even if you only help Faker reduce the opponent's health by 200, it might become a kill for the team in two minutes.

After making the decision, Xiao Hei acted without hesitation, first clearing three jungle camps to ensure his development, and then heading straight for the mid lane!

There were still few opportunities in the mid lane. Olaf rushed out of the jungle, chased and killed Doinb for 200 health, and then Olaf left.

Doinb remained calm in this situation—he simply went home to catch up on his skills.

After he got Karma, his team's task for him was to push the lane relentlessly and ensure he didn't die.

Even if Faker is at full health, it doesn't matter, as long as the minion wave is pushed forward. This wave is essentially forcibly keeping the mid laner invisible in the mid lane!

While this prevented Doinb from showcasing his renowned ability to control the tempo of the game, it also stifled Faker's performance.

If you calculate it this way, you'll at least make a profit in the early stages.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiangguo made another move. This time, he chose to go to the top lane and, taking advantage of the minion wave pushing back, attacked Ekko!

The Lee Sin appeared in the top lane from behind. Chen Dongqing reacted quickly and activated his W to speed up, then fired a harpoon!

This harpoon was accurately predicted and hit Ekko directly in the minion wave. Then came a second harpoon plus the Q skill's fire roast, coming on strong!

The continuous slowdown was enough for Xiangguo to get close. Taking advantage of Ekko turning around to hit Rumble with his three-hit combo, Lee Sin quickly ward-hopped and used E to extend his slow, and then used Q!

At that moment, Duke had just landed his third hit, and he clearly saw Lee Sin's Q flying towards him!

He had very little health left, and if he got hit by Q, he would most likely die, so he decisively chose to use Flash!

Ekko dodged and accelerated with his three-ring footwork, managing to escape from the two men's encirclement!

10.30 TOP

Doinb immediately noted the Flash in the chat.

Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction and shouted, "Go protect the bottom lane! We've ganked the top lane enough with Flash, leave the rest to me!"

"OK." Xiangguo nodded upon hearing this and continued brushing the food.

At this point, five and a half minutes have passed, which is close to the time of promotion to level six. This is a very sensitive time, and we must take precautions.

Meanwhile, in the bottom lane, the battle between the two sides is already fierce!

As it turned out, Zyra was a 0-10 matchup against Miss Fortune. In just over five minutes, SKT's bot lane had already been forced to recall once, but even that didn't help. Uzi and Liu Qingsong were able to fight two lives at once and still maintain their lane advantage.

After they pushed the minion wave into the tower in the bottom lane, Uzi finally recalled to base, and the two marksmen recalled to replenish their equipment.

I just saved up 1300 gold for Ashe and immediately bought a B.F. Sword, while the support Miss Fortune bought a Sightstone. This is considered the first standard item for supports in this version, as vision is absolutely crucial in this version.

After being released, Ashe's pressure was different with the B.F. Sword. As Ashe's level increased and the cooldown of her W skill was reduced, her pressure was significantly enhanced, and the minion waves continued to push forward wave after wave.

Meanwhile, time was quietly passing by, and soon eight minutes had passed!

"Okay, we can see that both junglers are eyeing the bottom lane and have arrived there at the same time, only to meet in the river! The two junglers are now locked in a fierce battle! Should we provide support to the bottom lane?"

At this moment, Uzi and Liu Qingsong immediately started walking towards the river, clearly intending to provide support!

Wolf Stick saw this and without hesitation, they both ran towards the river!

Although they are at a disadvantage in the laning phase, they are actually not afraid of a 3v3 situation in the jungle!

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

Seeing that Zyra and Jhin had escaped the minions' blockade, Uzi turned around and unleashed a basic attack on the low-health melee minion!

At the same time, Liu Qingsong also used his basic attack, using QA to kill another half-health melee minion!

chua!

The upgraded light shone on both Miss Fortune and Ashe, and the [Magic Crystal Arrow] was released, shooting straight towards SKT's bottom lane!

Wolf, who was walking in front, clearly saw the ultimate move in front of him, but he did not choose to use Flash.

The two are still very far apart, even beyond the range of Ashe's W. He should be fine even if he takes a big hit, right?

In the current meta that emphasizes the bot lane, Flash is extremely valuable. Sometimes, just one Flash difference can lead to the loss of the bot lane's first tower.

Wolf didn't dare to use Flash just like that.

But Wolf clearly lacks experience in laning against Ashe and Miss Fortune!

Even before Ashe's ultimate could hit, Miss Fortune's E and R were already in action. These two skills have a much longer range than Ashe's W!

The next instant, the Enchanted Crystal Arrow struck Zyra squarely, causing a long stun effect. Meanwhile, Miss Fortune's ultimate ability continued to deal damage to Zyra, and with the burst of Thunderlord's Decree, Zyra's health dropped rapidly!

Uzi did nothing but move straight ahead and seize the opportunity to make a WA shot!

Uzi's last-hitting skills are always good, and this arrow caught Zyra at a low health point, allowing him to secure the kill with a single auto-attack!

"First blood!"

The first blood has been drawn, and the QG players are all shouting with excitement!

Do you even understand Ashe's burst damage? Still saving your Flash? You'll die if you do!

The audience below the stage cheered continuously. The bottom lane matchup between QG and SKT has always been considered an evenly matched one, and the bottom lane laning has always been a highlight for both sides. Now that QG has taken the lead in securing a lane kill, the fans are naturally overjoyed!

Seeing this, Xiangguo, who was being chased and beaten by Olaf, felt relieved and easily pulled away with a quick eye pat.

The real climax for QG fans is only just beginning!

Shortly after the kill in the bottom lane, another banner popped up on the screen!

"QGilex has killed SKTDuke!"

ah!??

"What happened?! They killed someone in the top lane too!"

The audience and commentators erupted in cheers again!

The camera cuts to the top lane, where a low-health Rumble is seen under the tower, only to be taken down by a single shot from the tower.

"SKTDuke has killed QGilex!"

Another tower dive solo kill!

The three commentators looked at each other in bewilderment. For the first few minutes, the laning phase on both sides had been stable.

They didn't expect the top lane to fight so fiercely all of a sudden!

Soon, the director switched to the replay of the top lane.

Two minutes had passed since Xiangguo last ganked top lane, and both top laners had already recalled to base to replenish their supplies.

Duke replenished his health and mana, and then built Mercury's Treads.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, was extremely violent, directly creating magic-piercing shoes and a murder ring.

When both sides re-entered the game, Chen Dongqing knew that Olaf had already farmed, so he played recklessly in lane, relentlessly chasing and roasting Ekko. As long as the opponent dared to eat minions, he would lose health.

When a wave of minions pushed into the tower, Ekko had already been whittled down to half health.

Therefore, Chen Dongqing naturally began to jump over the tower.

Knowing that Ekko's Flash wasn't ready yet, he played very aggressively, landing a precise E-Flash, unleashing his ultimate [Constant Burn], followed by QW, instantly reaching the red zone!

Duke was caught off guard by this fierce combo. He only had time to throw out a W before Rumble hammered him down to half health!

There was no other way, so he could only press R to recover health first, but Chen Dongqing's ultimate was perfectly timed, completely surrounding Ekko's body and shadow. After Ekko returned, he was still inside Rumble's ultimate, and his health dropped rapidly while he was also slowed down!

Chen Dongqing sprayed flames from his hands and continued the pursuit. He then used a harpoon to strike again and easily took down Ike's head with two blows from Hong Wen's hammer!

Even until his death, Ekko never got to see his W land.

(With Rumble holding two harpoons, after using QWE to enter red temperature, the second E can be thrown out.)

Unfortunately, Ekko's W still worked, slowing down Rumble under the tower.

Chen Dongqing knew he couldn't escape, so he didn't bother to run away and was eventually replaced.

But no matter what, he successfully made Ekko miss out on a huge wave of minions, so he still came out ahead!

Many people in the audience couldn't see how profitable this one-for-one trade was, but that didn't stop them from cheering and screaming wildly!

Nothing else matters, tower diving and getting a solo kill is all about boosting morale!

Kill in the bottom lane, tower dive in the top lane, how can SKT win?

This Miss Fortune pick is clearly a powerful ultimate move, specifically designed to deal with Zyra.

Besides these, there are two other powerful moves. Brothers, you can guess what they are. Here's a little hint: they have nothing to do with the main character.

There's no prize if you guess right.

Actually, they're all quite obvious and not hard to guess.

See you tomorrow, brothers!

(End of this chapter)