League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 218 One kick, one rogue ninja!

Sitting in his seat, Shi Senming adjusted his headphones, using white noise to drown out the loud cheers from the audience.

Even so, he was extremely flustered, and cold sweat even began to trickle down his forehead.

Although there were still about two hundred spectators in the audience, similar to the previous LSPL, Xiaoming understood that the main audience for esports is the internet. The number of viewers for the LPL opening match was much higher than the number of viewers for the LSPL finals he had played before!

Uz glanced at him sideways and couldn't help but laugh, "You're so nervous, aren't you, Shi Senming?"

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "Today we're focusing on the top half of the map. You just need to pick a support champion and keep throwing shields at Jian Zihao. I'll carry."

"Okay, okay." Xiao Ming nodded. "I'll try my best to stay alive."

"Don't say that," Chen Dongqing grinned. "Their bot lane is really weak, you can easily beat them."

"Is he that bad?" Shi Senming thought to himself, without saying a word.

Meanwhile, in the custom room, Lin Weixiang was extremely arrogant, immediately starting to taunt: "Shi Senming, watch how I kill you in the bottom lane today!"

Shi Senming, who was timid just a second ago, immediately perked up and started typing back.

Actually, Xiaoming is quite familiar with the opposing bot laner because they both come from a QQ group called "Ionia Seven Wolves". It's worth mentioning that the group owner is JackeyLove.

This group includes most of the high-ranking random players in Ionia, and the members are all group members who often argue and fight each other.

Back in the early days of Season 6, JackeyLove had considered bringing Chen Dongqing, the first Challenger player in Season 6, into the group, but Chen Dongqing never logged in again after reaching Master rank, so there was never a chance to connect.

"Both players are ready!" The referee's voice rang out in both teams' headsets: "Blue team top laner, you may begin!"

"OK," Chen Dongqing responded softly and clicked "Start Game."

Meanwhile, the LPL match live stream room was already packed with viewers.

QG vs. FPX is an internal battle between the five champion players of QG. With the official hype, many viewers are happily calling it the Ninja World War. The popularity of the live broadcast room is still soaring. The opening match alone has already exceeded the popularity of any regular season match in 16.

This clearly shows that the LPL league is currently thriving.

"Alright, new season, new look! The 2017 League of Legends Pro League has officially begun!" From the commentary booth, Wawa's voice rang out with a hint of excitement, "This year, the LPL has undergone a complete transformation!"

"That's right!" Miller nodded. "We can see that, besides the venue moving from Hongqiao Tiandi to Zhengda Plaza, the ban/pick format has also changed from three bans to five bans!"

"But I have to say, five bans is not good news for QG." Wawa laughed. "Because of Shu Ge's presence, many teams would run out of ban slots when facing QG, but this situation has now been greatly alleviated."

"Okay, now we can see that QG on the blue side has banned Poppy again." Miller nodded and said with a smile, "This champion has never been off QG's ban list. I've seen on the forums that Poppy is called the nemesis of Tree Brother."

FPX quickly retaliated by banning Fiora.

"Then came the second pick! QG chose to ban Zyra. This support, who was very popular in the World Championship, hasn't become weaker due to the patch; in fact, her priority has increased even more because of the price reduction of Rylai's Crystal Scepter!"

Rylai's Crystal Scepter received a change in the preseason patch, with its slow effect significantly weakened and its price reduced from 3200 to 2600. This is undoubtedly a great benefit for supports like Zyra who are short on gold.

"The most crucial point is that Liu Qingsong came from QG, and he's skilled at playing Miss Fortune against Zyra," Wawa laughed. "But Ming is just a rookie, and he probably doesn't know how to play Miss Fortune yet, so QG had to take that ban. This is a classic case of reaping what you sow."

The audience couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this.

FPX quickly banned Varus as well, a ban specifically targeted by the current patch. This champion has been buffed in the recent patch and is a lane-focused champion, making him incredibly dangerous when picked by Uzi.

In the final round, QG banned LeBlanc, while FPX hesitated for a long time before finally banning Jayce.

"Alright, let's move on to the champion selection phase. We can see that Rengar, Kha'Zix, and Camille, the top lane supermodel, have all been released!"

Camille has been slightly nerfed in recent patches, with her base attack damage reduced by two points, the true damage conversion rate of her level 1 Q reduced from 55% to 40%, and the duration of her passive shield also slightly shortened.

But this does not affect Camille's dominance.

The doll shouted excitedly, "Both sides are probably trying to test these heroes in the main competition!"

Meanwhile, in the FPX voice chat, Zoom said with slight concern, "Is it really okay to let Camille out? Maokai's Camille seems a bit overpowered!"

"If Camille is banned, Jayce will come out." Doinb rolled his eyes. "Do you want to play his Jayce? Besides, he's never picked Camille in our scrims, so nobody knows his skill level. Let's just let him have one."

The last time Chen Dongqing picked Camille was more than a month ago at the All-Star game. During that time, Chen Dongqing didn't play Camille once, whether in ranked games or scrims.

If FPX bans this hero again, it would seem a bit unreasonable, so they have to let it out to test the waters.

Speaking of this, Doinb couldn't help but sigh. With the new season and new version, many things are still uncertain, and the ban phase is really too difficult to predict. If he had played against QG in the later matches, the draft would have been easier.

On the other side, Chen Dongqing saw FPX's ban list and smiled slightly.

Looks like that move at the All-Star game didn't impress you guys.

Wu Suowei, let's show off one more time!

Camille locked on immediately!

FPX then made their choice, quickly locking in Caitlyn and Rengar, securing two strong meta champions.

QG responded quickly, locking in Kha'Zix and Syndra.

Finally, FPX locked in a large tree as their third pick.

Because of the talent "Courage of the Colossus", Maokai has once again become a must-pick or must-ban top laner. Although he is slightly disadvantaged against Camille in lane, FPX still has to pick him because he is too tanky in the late game.

The current version of Colossus's Courage has the following attributes: When applying crowd control to an enemy hero, it provides a shield equal to 7% of the user's maximum health multiplied by the number of enemy heroes nearby, with a 30-second cooldown.

During the laning phase, this talent is fairly normal, just a 7% shield, but it becomes ridiculous in team fights.

A shield equal to 35% of maximum health, plus the tree's high resistance and damage reduction, is enough to make anyone dizzy.

Proceed to the second round of selection.

This was the first time anyone had tried a five-ban game, so everyone was being somewhat cautious.

In the second round of bans, the red team bans first, and the red team also picks first, plus a final counter pick.

In League of Legends matches, the blue side has historically held the advantage most of the time, but the new five-ban rule has actually given the red side some advantages.

FPX, on the other hand, had a clear strategy. They used both of their last two bans on AD carries, banning Kalista and Jhin.

QG, on the other hand, focused on the mid lane, banning Ryze and Malzahar before entering the champion selection phase.

"Alright, FPX picked Corki as their fourth pick, adding AP damage and setting the tone for a late-game strategy. QG, on the other hand, opted for a quick pick, immediately taking Ashe and Tahm Kench. FPX then picked Karma as their final pick. The lineups for both teams are now finalized!"

The doll spoke a long string of words, glancing at the lineups of both sides.

Blue side QG: Top lane Camille, Jungle Kha'Zix, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Ashe and Tahm Kench.

FPX (Red Side): Top lane Maokai, Jungle Rengar, Mid lane Corki, Bot lane Caitlyn and Karma.

Miller nodded slightly, interpreting the lineups: "It's not hard to see from the team compositions that QG, as before, has chosen a lineup that focuses on top-mid-jungle synergy, while FPX has placed their offensive focus on the bottom lane. Each has its own emphasis!"

Wawa couldn't help but laugh, "The lineups on both sides give me a sense of déjà vu, like QG versus SKT. This game will see if QG's top-half attack is stronger, or if FPX's bottom-half push is faster!"

Before leaving, Banbazi was still giving instructions: "Xiaoming, just protect Jian Zihao in the bottom lane this game. If it doesn't work, it's okay to give up the tower. The top lane will carry this game."

"Mm!" Xiao Ming nodded and smiled, "You want me to take on stress management? I have experience with that."

Xiaoming's biggest problem is that he can't keep up with QG's offensive pace, but if you ask him to play Tahm Kench and devour people, he still has a clear mind.

Upon seeing this, Coach Cui nodded, then stood in the center of the stage to shake hands, and the competition entered the loading phase.

Chen Dongqing lay back in the gaming chair and stretched his finger joints.

"Let's not engage in a level 1 team fight, just focus on defensive positioning," Xiangguo said. "I'll rush to level 3 and invade the enemy jungle."

Because Kha'Zix was reworked, his evolved Q no longer increases damage but only reduces cooldown. To balance this, the designers directly increased the damage of Kha'Zix's basic Q.

In addition, this version of double buffs no longer has minions, so they are always isolated. The speed at which Kha'Zix, Red and Blue Buff, and Gromp can reach level three is incredibly fast. It is also common practice to go directly to counter-jungle after reaching level three.

The bot lane duo nodded in agreement, first helping to defend the jungle, and then going to the red buff to help secure it.

In this version, the spawn time of Krugs and Gromp will be delayed to prevent the bot lane duo from jungle clearing lanes. This can be considered a prime example of how the designers teach you how to play the game.

With nothing else to do, the duo can only help the jungler secure the red buff.

At this time, the minion wave slowly moved onto the lane.

Chen Dongqing followed the minions to the lane and saw the big tree disappear into the bushes, but he didn't rush to press it. Instead, he waited until the three melee minions were low on health before going up and using his W to clear them out.

Meanwhile, Zoom also moved in and cleared out the minions with a Q.

Camille hitting a tree is something anyone can do; the reason he doesn't press down is because he needs to assess the situation.

See which lane the enemy jungler is starting on.

"Wei Zhen, remember to ward this spot." Chen Dongqing pinged the enemy's F6.

"Yes, I know."

In the mid lane, Gao Dewei, playing Syndra against Corki, easily gained an advantage. He started by using his abilities to clear the wave, and after clearing the first wave, he pushed forward and placed vision on the enemy's F6 camp.

The F6 camp offers an incredibly high amount of experience in this version, exceeding that of all other jungle monsters. A champion like Rengar, with his AOE abilities, will inevitably farm it.

I glanced over and saw Clid's Rengar take down all six raptors with a single Q skill.

"They started at red." Gao Dewei immediately provided the information.

Clid on the opposing team was very smart. He knew that if he started in the bottom half of the jungle normally, he would most likely be counter-jungled by Kha'Zix, so he chose to counter-jungle to avoid that.

Chen Dongqing nodded and immediately began his next plan.

Since the Rengar had run away, he and Xiangguo could only target Maokai. However, with one being Kha'Zix and the other Camille, it was impossible for them to tower dive Maokai. Based on this situation, the benefits of Chen Dongqing deliberately letting the lane go became apparent.

Because Chen Dongqing didn't push the lane, the minion wave remained stuck in the middle of the top lane, which gave Xiangguo a good opportunity to gank.

Sometimes, if the jungler doesn't help you gank, it's not because they don't want to, but because the conditions you created weren't good enough.

If you play Malphite, control the minion wave in front of your tower, and then use your ultimate, which jungler wouldn't come to gank you?

"I'm going to circle around the enemy jungle." Xiangguo's Kha'Zix leveled up to level three with several consecutive Qs. Kha'Zix chose to circle around FPX's top jungle and make a big flank from the tri-bush.

Chen Dongqing nodded and continued to finish off Da Shu.

This is when you can see if a top laner has experience.

If it were Duke or A Guang, top laners who have been repeatedly humiliated by QG, ​​they would have already retreated to their towers to gain experience by now.

But Zoom, being new to the company, clearly hadn't considered this aspect; he also wanted to covet the artillery units.

But greed comes at a price.

Seeing that Xiangguo was in position, Chen Dongqing immediately hung on the wall and kicked him with WE. Zoom reacted quickly, and Maokai interrupted Camille's E with a Q, but was then hit by Camille's sweeping leg.

This version of Camille has a speed reduction of up to 90% on the outer edge!

The tree suddenly found it difficult to move, and Zoom saw that the Kha'Zix was also coming around from behind. He immediately used W to bind the Kha'Zix, escaping Camille's attack range, but also putting himself in a helpless state.

Xiangguo unleashed a Thunderclap combo with AQWA, instantly taking down nearly half of the Tree's health!

Zoom saw Camille catching up, so he had to use Flash to return to the tower, barely escaping with his life.

Oh no, the intensity suddenly went up.

Zoom broke out in a cold sweat, feeling immense pressure.

At this point, QG's top laner and jungler had already started pushing the lane. With his current health, he was clearly not qualified to stand under the tower.

He could only return to base and teleport back online.

"OK, that's enough." After unleashing two attacks in one go, Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction.

Now it's his time to do whatever he wants.

After pushing the lane, Chen Dongqing was too lazy to even return to base. He just stood under the tower and waited for Maokai to push the minion wave over. Then, he stopped pretending and continued to control the lane, pushing the minion wave over again.

At this time, Xiangguo also went back to clear his own three wolves, and then invaded the jungle with Chen Dongqing after pushing the lane. They took the opportunity to steal the enemy Rengar's Krugs and the newly spawned F6.

The two invaded very aggressively. Although this kind of play would cause Chen Dongqing to lose a few minions, the opposing Clid would suffer a greater loss!

After clearing the jungle, Chen Dongqing used his wall-hook to teleport back to the top lane, where he was able to receive a large wave of cannon minions pushed by Maokai.

After clearing the lane, the CS of both top laners were basically the same. Chen Dongqing pushed the minion wave into the tower by pushing forward, and then finally recalled to base to buy Sheen.

With the Radiance in hand, Chen Dongqing entered an easy laning phase in the top lane. As soon as he entered the lane, he seized the opportunity when Maokai didn't have his Q, hooking the wall and kicking Maokai in the face!

This time, he didn't rush to use the EW combo. Instead, he kicked in and first used an AQ combo, stacking Fervor of Battle. When the tree created distance, he used a W to slow it down, then went in and used an A to pull it up, taking down half of the tree's health in one combo!

Upon seeing this, Zoom couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness.

Camille's B-stage dash is way too long!

League of Legends designer, how could you design a hero like this?

So, is he going home or not?

Going back to base would mean losing a large number of troops, while staying might result in being overtaken.

Just as Zoom was struggling with his decision, Doinb, who had just returned to base, suddenly spoke up: "The enemy will almost certainly come back to tower dive top lane next. I'll help you counter-gank."

As they were talking, the plane was already speeding towards the road ahead.

"Huh?" Zoom was immediately delighted upon hearing this, and then said, "Great, great, great!"

Seeing this, he was no longer afraid. The tree stood firmly under the tower, watching Camille push the minion wave into the tower and seeing Kha'Zix come up behind him.

"They're here!" Wawa's heart raced as he shouted, "QG is trying to dive Zoom! But Doinb is right there counter-ganking! He came straight to top after recalling; he knows QG too well!"

Moreover, Doinb remained calm and waited until the two of them hit the tree with AQ before the plane finally appeared in his field of vision. He then used W to rush up and spray bullets at the two of them!

"QG has no choice but to keep pushing! Kha'Zix is ​​tanking the tower, and his health is dropping very quickly!"

Zoom moved quickly, using Maokai's auto-attack to trigger his passive health regeneration, then using Q to knock back two people and trigger [Courage of the Colossus], gaining a shield equal to 14% of his maximum health. At the same time, he also kept his W ready, making him quite solid in the fight under the tower!

During this time, the plane's damage relentlessly rained down on the mantis!

When Xiangguo saw this, he knew he was doomed, so he stopped running and used Kha'Zix's E to jump directly onto the tree's face, followed by another basic attack!

On the other side, Chen Dongqing used his E skill to hang on the tower, kicked the tree to stun it, and then used his A skill to pull it up. With the help of Kha'Zix's subsequent auto-attacks, the tree was severely damaged!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing launched another basic attack!

Just then, a basic attack from the turret landed, instantly killing Xiangguo.

hum!

A beam of light suddenly rose from the tree, elevating it to level five!

The sudden increase in health allowed the tree to withstand Chen Dongqing's basic attack!

Zoom had clearly planned to level up after killing Kha'Zix, and he had been holding onto his W until now. He immediately used his W to bind Camille!

Although the result of using W to bind the target is that the target will inevitably be killed by Camille's basic attack, the control effect of W is still necessary.

At this moment, the turret is fully warmed up, and the big tree's binding is enough to make Camille take two hits!

Chen Dongqing was somewhat helpless and could only kill the tree with a basic attack, but he was then severely damaged by the turret.

Chen Dongqing knew that even if he used Flash to escape the tower, he would still be chased down and killed. So he simply gave up resisting, watched the plane rush up and use its basic attack, combined with the tower's damage, to kill him.

"Double kill!"

"Nice!" Wawa shouted, "Doinb's counter-gank was brilliant! He perfectly predicted QG's top and jungle's tower dive! This is the teammate I used to spend every day with!"

Cheers erupted from the audience, not only from FPX but also from many QG fans who applauded Doinb!

Who are you calling a slacker!?

【Hahaha】

So you're the only one who likes tower diving?

[I, Coin Bro, will be settling accounts one by one today!]

Many viewers were flooding the live stream with comments praising Doinb's counter-gank.

QG fans see both sides as their own, so they'll watch happily no matter who has the advantage.

At this moment, Doinb shouted "Wuhu" in the voice chat, and then also took the wave of top lane minions that had entered the tower.

Immediately afterwards, the plane teleported to the mid lane and farmed another wave of minions. In just one minute, the plane had gained over 1000 gold, practically taking off in development.

Meanwhile, in the QG voice chat channel, Xiangguo couldn't help but yell out his anger.

"Damn it, this is utter rubbish." Xiangguo retorted, somewhat indignantly, "Isn't this tantamount to betraying someone?"

Looking at mid laners worldwide, only Doinb has ever counter-ganked top lane, because he came from QG.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay. He used Flash this time. I'll go to the mid lane and take him down later."

Xiangguo sighed, "But he's not stupid. And with such long arms, it's not that easy to do."

The biggest weakness of the hero Kha'Zix is ​​his weak ganking ability, making it difficult for him to catch people.

"It's alright, you don't need to come," Chen Dongqing said confidently. "Once I reach level six, he'll be dead!"

Hearing this, Xiangguo felt relieved.

He trusts Chen Dongqing to get things done!

Soon, both top laners went online again.

While farming minions under the tower, Chen Dongqing calculated the minion wave's movement. He knew the next wave would be the siege minion wave, and after clearing the siege minion wave, he would reach level six.

Thinking of this, Chen Dongqing took the opportunity to slowly push forward. Soon after the cannon minion wave passed, Camille leveled up to level six, and the minion wave also pushed into the tower.

After pushing the line, Chen Dongqing didn't linger and disappeared into the darkness in a flash.

Zoom was on high alert and immediately started spamming ping signals on the top lane to indicate that the enemy had disappeared.

Doinb, in the mid lane, was naturally the first to be affected, but he certainly wouldn't abandon the minion wave just because of a MISS signal.

He glanced at the mini-map, then moved closer to the riverbed, placing himself in a safe spot.

He had warded the bushes connecting to the river, so he could spot Camille immediately. Thanks to his W's mobility, even if Camille came, he could easily escape.

Standing here, Doinb felt a little relieved. All he needed to do now was watch out for Syndra's pushes, and he was guaranteed not to die.

Just then, Camille appeared in his field of vision.

Moreover, Camille moved very quickly; the moment the vision appeared, her hook had already hooked onto the wall next to the mid lane.

Doinb didn't take it to heart, and simply took two more steps back towards the river.

I'm standing so far away that your Camille E skill's extra range can't be triggered. How are you going to catch me?

Camille's second E has a mechanism where the double dash only occurs when there is an enemy champion within a certain range; otherwise, the dash distance is very short.

Given his current distance, it would be impossible for Camille to get there.

Just then, the blue steel shadow hung on the wall.

The instant W [Tactical Sweep] was released, Camille flashed with golden light and left the wall.

With a flash of movement, Camille successfully brought the aircraft into the target range!

Camille, who had already flashed away from the wall, caught up in mid-air and launched a flying kick!

In an instant, Camille used her double E skill to dash, bringing the Corki right into the range of her ultimate!

At this moment, W [Tactical Sweep] finished charging and swept across the outer edge of the screen. Camille then used her ultimate [Hextech Ultimatum] to leap high into the air, creating an area that enveloped the Corki!

Holy crap! What is this?!

Camille seemed to teleport, instantly traversing the entire mid lane and leaving the plane behind!

In this version, Camille's level 1 ultimate can lock someone down for four seconds, leaving Corki with absolutely no chance of escape!

"Holy crap, that's awesome!"

Gao Dewei's Syndra quickly followed up, landing a full QE combo that dealt two hits and stunned the target, before unleashing Thunderlord's Decree with W.

Without even needing to use his ultimate skill, Chen Dongqing used A to pull Doinb up and easily took the kill on the head!

Chen Dongqing grinned, pressed T, and a Teemo like appeared above his head.

The Ninja World War, right?

My sect leader, Master Shu, can kick a traitorous ninja to death!

The regular season games won't be too long; I'll mainly focus on highlighting some amazing plays.

(End of this chapter)