League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 222 Witness True Spirit

On the day of the competition, Chen Dongqing sat on the bus, scrolling through his phone.

In the past few days, his StarCraft skills have improved quite a bit, mainly because he has gained a basic understanding of the game. However, in the system interface, his level is still "beginner," and he obviously needs more practice.

Chen Dongqing wasn't in a hurry; he was still browsing Tieba (a Chinese online forum).

Because of the presence of Gao Dewei, the match between QG and LGD was a highly anticipated one, with many esports media outlets writing articles to promote the game and various topics being discussed.

[If you don't understand, just ask: LGD let ShuGe escape first, then let WeiShen escape. What level of skill does that show?]

[QG's parent company level]

LGD's scouting skills are truly impressive.

But you know what, QG might not win today. You saw how their support player performed.

[Why would we need a support to beat LGD? Just have Tahm Kench in the bot lane to stabilize, and Maokai in the top lane can just carry the game.]

LGD's roster has also undergone major changes this year. After a lackluster year last year, the club has significantly reduced the salaries of everyone, including the two Korean players.

Their point was simple: since they'd already sent it this year, they'd just go for it; grades didn't matter, the main goal was to save money.

Under these circumstances, Marin could not accept the conditions and chose to return to Korea. LGD then recruited an older Korean top laner named Jinoo from their youth training program.

As for the jungler and mage, they are still the kings of the jungle and mage duo.

This combination is simply dreamlike.

Chen Dongqing browsed through the forum, glanced at Gao Dewei next to him, and leaned over to ask, "Wei Zhen, what's the report on today's game?"

"What else can I say?" Godway's expression was calm, but his words were quite ruthless. "Just slaughter them all!"

Like Chen Dongqing, Gao Dewei had no feelings for his former employer, and even harbored some resentment towards him.

He felt a burning hatred whenever he thought about how imp made a rash decision to lose the championship in the 15 Spring Finals, how Langdon and Widowmaker were at the 15 World Championship, and how the management in 16 exploited his salary just to support Korean players.

Chen Dongqing chuckled, patted his friend on the shoulder, and said, "Then this round is yours."

Gao Dewei turned his head and said, "But you should still be careful of Lin Chenyou, he's a bit fierce."

"I know," Chen Dongqing nodded, "but he can't possibly beat me."

Lin Chenyou is Jinoo. He and Chen Dongqing entered LGD's youth training program together in 15. Their game styles are very similar, and they both like lightweight warriors like Fiora and Riven.

But they ended up with the same result, because the LPL's top laners are dominated by tanky, passive champions, while carry-type top laners like them are relegated to the bench and never get a chance to shine.

The group quickly arrived at the backstage lounge of Zhengda Plaza, where Coach Banbazi explained the details they needed to pay attention to when facing LGD.

"Same as before," Banbazi said. "Win one game in the top lane first, then practice the bot lane?"

"We can practice bot lane directly," Chen Dongqing said. "LGD will definitely focus on bot lane, so you guys can go for a 4v4, and I'll go top lane and 1v1 them, it'll be easy."

"Okay." Banbazi nodded, agreeing with the idea, and then said, "Let's take a look at the opponent's draft and see if they're really going to focus on the bot lane."

The pre-match preparation time was not long, and after a few sighs, both players quickly took to the stage.

"Okay, business development has started!"

Commentator Guan Daxiao immediately exclaimed, "In this match, LGD has the first right to choose sides. They proactively chose a position on the blue side in the first game. Let's take a look at the draft picks for both sides!"

"As we can see from the first three picks, LGD on the blue side chose to ban Fiora, Jayce, and Rengar, while QG chose to ban Poppy, LeBlanc, and Kha'Zix. It seems that both sides have a certain understanding of their opponents!"

QG's Kha'Zix and LeBlanc are standard ban picks in this patch, so there's not much to say about them.

"But we can see that LGD didn't ban Camille, which has been performing very well for Tree recently!" Long Hair noticed the blind spot and said, "Does this mean that LGD has a way to deal with Camille, or that they're planning to first pick her?"

The result is obvious.

As a carry-type top laner, Jinoo won't let Camille slip by.

The blue team immediately locked in their first move!

This scene piqued the interest of many spectators!

A tree gate casting shadows?

"Hey, this is interesting! LGD has chosen to pick Camille instead of banning her!" Guan Daxiao said excitedly. "As you guys probably all know, Shu Ge was the first professional player to play Camille, and he's generally considered the best at it, but whether he has the means to deal with Camille is still a question mark!"

But if you were to ask Chen Dongqing if he had the means to deal with Qing Gangying?

That's definitely true, and it's QG's old trick.

Since the opposing top laner has already been chosen, QG certainly doesn't need to give the counter pick to Chen Dongqing.

"Should we choose?" Banbazi asked from behind.

"Then what are you hesitating for?" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow. "Choose!"

In their QG team, there used to be a champion specifically designed to counter top lane Nautilus, and they even had a dedicated strategy for it. This strategy is now incredibly effective against Camille!

Hand of Noxus, confirmed!

The moment Darius is locked in, Karma is immediately locked in as well. This locks in a speed-boosting support while simultaneously securing lane priority through Karma's laning ability.

LGD, after much deliberation, decided to pick Caitlyn and Zyra to counter, a pick reminiscent of the World Championship. Uzi, on the other hand, didn't hesitate and locked in Sivir, still giving Darius a speed boost.

Although he'll be playing second fiddle to Chen Dongqing again, Uzi is in a good mood.

Because QG now emphasizes fairness, after Chen Dongqing carries the team in one game, he will focus on the bottom half of the map in the next game, so he is not worried at all.

Theoretically speaking, this is also called a form of self-PUA.

Immediately afterwards, the mid laners from both sides locked in a bloody duel between Orianna and Cassiopeia, and the lineups were quickly finalized.

Blue side LGD: Top lane Camille, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Cassiopeia, Bot lane Caitlyn and Zyra.

Red team QG: Top lane Darius, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Orianna, bot lane Sivir and Karma.

"There's not much to say about this game. Just give the ball to Chen Dongqing." Banbazi patted Xiangguo and Gao Dewei on the shoulder. "Do what you're supposed to do, and victory will be easy."

"Okay, don't worry!" Xiangguo nodded emphatically.

After the match started, Xiangguo kept in mind the principle of focusing on the top lane. He decisively started with the blue buff and farmed top, while saying, "Chen Dongqing, control the top lane, I'll rush to level three."

Xiangguo's strategy is that, regardless of whether he can kill the top laner, he should at least annoy him a bit, so that Chen Dongqing can have a comfortable laning phase, which will make the whole team comfortable.

Chen Dongqing nodded slightly, but continued to play normally.

A level 1 Camille has a sweeping kick, so she won't be at a disadvantage against anyone in lane and can exchange blows with them. It would be difficult for a level 1 Darius to push the lane.

When the minion wave arrived, Chen Dongqing knew that the enemy Camille had Undying, so he didn't give her a chance to stack Undying and decisively used his Q skill to suppress her.

Darius can't beat Camille if he starts with W at level 1; he has to start with Q to kite her.

As for how to pull it?

Chen Dongqing pressed forward, feigning to farm minions to reach level two, and pulled back the instant the hero raised their hand, trying to bait out Camille's W. However, Jinoo on the other side seemed to be very experienced, and did not use any skills. Instead, Camille took a step forward.

Because Camille can heal herself by hitting enemies with her outer edge, and in this version, she doesn't need to hit heroes; hitting minions also heals her, making it quite reliable. Therefore, using W to heal after taking damage is the best option.

Want to have a blood transfusion with me?

Come on!

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow slightly. This time, he didn't retreat. Darius took a step forward and decisively used Q [Domination]!

The moment Q was cast, both top laners immediately engaged in a battle of wits and strategy. Jinoo feigned advancing to the inner circle, but in reality, he decisively turned his head away.

But such feints were meaningless to Chen Dongqing—because of his reaction of 95%.

Darius and Camille turned their heads back and forth almost simultaneously, keeping Camille within the outer circle.

Wow!

A Q from the outer edge of the hand caused Camille to take significant damage, even though Darius was at full health!

On the other side, Jinoo didn't hesitate either. He retreated to create distance and decisively released W [Tactical Sweep].

But Chen Dongqing had already calculated the next move. After Darius scraped the outside, he suddenly darted into the inside, standing in front of Camille a step ahead of time!

Camille's W did hit a minion and restore her health, but it didn't damage Darius. Instead, Darius took advantage of the W's recovery animation to hit Camille again with his axe.

Jinoo quickly retaliated with a strike, using his passive to generate a physical shield, but the opposing Darius had no intention of continuing the trade and turned away.

The outer edge of W was missed, the passive shield was wasted, and the color of the underwear was completely visible!

Jinoo felt immense pressure from Chen Dongqing after just one meeting.

To this day, I still don't know why this guy suddenly became so good; I never saw it coming during his youth training days.

Jinoo muttered to himself, seeing the situation, he could only play Camille a little more cautiously.

Darius's Q skill has a much shorter cooldown than his W and passive, and he has already lost the initiative at level one.

But Chen Dongqing's relentless offensive has only just begun.

Darius's pressure was immense. He turned back to slowly push the lane, and once his Q skill was ready, he pushed forward again, determined to drive Camille out of the experience zone.

Jinoo, of course, wouldn't agree to that.

It's all melee combat, how could you possibly overpower me and take me down?

He decisively stepped forward to engage, exchanging a couple of auto-attacks with Darius using minions. Seeing Darius unleash his Q [Decisive Strike] again, he quickly ducked into the circle.

But Chen Dongqing had anticipated his move to go into the inner circle.

He deliberately maintained a distance from Camille, giving the opponent the illusion that he could slip into the inner circle, but in reality, with both sides having similar movement speeds, Camille could never slip in; she was always just one step behind!

chua!

Another outer-circle slash, and the moment Darius's health increased, he charged straight at Camille's face!

In his calculations, Camille's W should be on cooldown at that moment.

At the same time, Jinoo, who was somewhat unwilling to accept being hit by the outer edge, once again unleashed his W [Tactical Sweep]!

However, because Darius had already charged in after using Q, the two sides couldn't create any distance between them!

Another sweeping leg strike, another inner circle.

This time, Camille had the Undying in her hand, and it would be a loss to forcibly trade it for a basic attack, so Chen Dongqing didn't use a basic attack this time. After dodging W, he turned around and pulled away.

Looking at Camille, whose health was still not much lower than his, Chen Dongqing sighed slightly.

In these two exchanges, he had completely outplayed his opponent, but unfortunately, Camille is indeed overpowered in this version. Her W ability allows her to heal herself by sweeping minions, which meant he didn't gain much of a health lead.

If it were Camille from Season 13, Jinoo's top lane would have already collapsed with just those two W abilities.

But it's not a big problem.

At least he still had lane control. Chen Dongqing continued to push slowly, waiting for his teammates. He turned around to clear the minions and successfully leveled up to level two. He immediately put his skill points into E.

Meanwhile, Camille's upgrade was not much slower, also reaching level two.

With W and E, plus her passive ability at hand, Jinoo gained a lot of confidence, and Camille came back up to last-hit minions.

Chen Dongqing certainly wouldn't give the other party that chance, and went straight up to exchange blood!

Darius once again used an outer-circle sweep to press forward, and this time Jinoo didn't play any tricks and directly used his W [Tactical Sweep], resulting in a hard trade between the two sides!

Both players lost and then regained health, so their health bars remained basically unchanged. However, the difference was that Darius was slowed by 90%!

Jinoo seized the opportunity to step forward, and with a basic attack, he gained a shield and immortality. He could not possibly lose this exchange of blows.

Yes, he really couldn't lose this round, but the jungler arrived.

Because the jungle monster respawn time is three seconds earlier in this version, the jungle monsters respawn at 1 minute and 37 seconds. At the same time, the minions of the red and blue buffs are also gone, which makes junglers like Lee Sin able to reach level three much faster than in Season 6.

With teammates helping to initiate, a quick level 3 gank can usually be initiated around 2 minutes and 40 seconds, and at this point, the top laner is usually only level 2.

At this moment, Lee Sin had already rushed to the top lane!

Jinoo's eyes widened the moment he saw a Muay Thai blind monk appear, but fortunately he wasn't too panicked because he had already prepared an escape route for himself.

The steel shadow extended its grappling hook towards the wall behind it, hooked onto the wall, and then moved forward with it.

This is what makes Camille so outrageous: her E skill's dash distance is just too long. One E dash can be longer than Riven's four-stage EQQQ combo.

But it didn't work!

Hehehe~

Darius let out a sinister laugh and suddenly swung his giant axe!

[Ruthless Iron Hand]!

In the game League of Legends, there is actually no such thing as priority. The interruption between various skills is simply a matter of which takes effect first.

If Darius uses his E before Camille hooks the wall, then that E is useless, because Camille's E skill's displacement only takes effect after hooking the wall. If the later one interrupts the earlier one, Camille will forcibly hook away.

However, if Darius reacts quickly enough and uses his E after Camille hooks the wall and her displacement begins to take effect, the later E will still interrupt the earlier one, and Camille's displacement will be broken by Darius.

In this situation, Camille, who had just started to move, was pulled back by Darius's E!

Jinoo's face immediately turned pale.

Done!

Under Darius's E skill control, Xiangguo's Q [Sonic Wave] hits steadily, followed by the second part of Q, an auto-attack, and then E to slow down and unleash Thunderlord's Decree!

Under the high burst damage of the level 3 Lee Sin, Camille's health dropped rapidly!

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, steadily landed his EQ combo, followed by a basic attack.

When Camille's E skill ended, she was already left with very low health!

Xiangguo immediately followed up with a second E to slow down Camille, and then punched her down to almost nothing, but she was just a hair's breadth away!

Before the red buff burn took effect, Darius's bleed effect triggered, securing first blood!

"First blood!"

The first blood was accompanied by thunderous cheers from the audience!

"Whoosh! Mine!" Chen Dongqing's face immediately lit up with a wide smile. "Liu Shiyu, my good brother!"

"Holy crap." Xiangguo was slightly speechless.

Although giving the kill to Chen Dongqing would be the best outcome, the fact that there was no bloodshed was something he found hard to accept.

"It's alright, it's alright," Chen Dongqing grinned, "The game's over, you can go play by yourself!"

Xiangguo nodded and smiled, "I want to see you take down the top lane tower within ten minutes, no problem, right?"

"Get lost!" Chen Dongqing retorted without any politeness. "Do you think the other side is a noob?"

"The other team isn't bad, but you're the FMVP!" Xiangguo sarcastically remarked from the side, "You can't expect the FMVP to get First Blood and still not be able to take down the first tower, can you?"

Trying to provoke me, huh? Well, I actually fell for it!

"Heh." Chen Dongqing said expressionlessly, "Then I'll really show it to you."

He pushed the lane into the tower with Xiangguo, forcing Camille to use her Teleport. He then quickly recalled to base. The 400 gold from the first blood wasn't enough for him to buy anything, so he bought a Ruby Crystal and a pair of Boots and headed straight to the lane. Not only did he have multiple Teleports, but he also had an item advantage, leaving the enemy Camille with no room to maneuver.

"Liu Shiyu, remember to help me find the location of the excavator over there," Chen Dongqing said.

All he needs to do now is defend against ganks, and it's only a matter of time before he clears the top lane.

"Okay." Xiangguo nodded. He wasn't idle either. Lee Sin placed a ward at the enemy's F6 camp, then recalled to base and cleared a round of jungle monsters.

At this point, five minutes had passed. The vision we set up at the F6 position showed that after clearing F6, jungler Eimy swaggered towards the mid lane and disappeared from sight.

This kind of swaggering movement has different possibilities depending on the jungler.

If Clearlove7 is playing like this, then he probably knows there's a ward there, so he's deliberately making a feint, but actually grabbing it.

If Peanut plays like this, it's possible that he knows there are wards at F6, but he still wants to gank mid; he just wants to chip away at the enemy mid laner's health.

If Eimy plays like this, no one can guess what he's doing.

It's even questionable whether Eimy knows that F6 has wards.

But Xiangguo, a reckless jungler, is all about dealing with idiots. He didn't hold back and charged straight towards where the excavator disappeared. He caught the excavator in the river and immediately used his second Q to charge in!

The excavator easily interrupted the dash with a single W, and Eimy could have easily won by trading blows and counterattacking at that moment, but unfortunately, Wei Shen's support arrived even faster, so he could only slink away.

In the mid lane matchup, Wei Shen was constantly dominating the Mage.

To this day, no one knows why the French King was able to keep Wei Shen on the bench for more than half a year last year.

The two chased after the excavator until it was almost dead, and only left reluctantly after watching it disappear into the tower.

"There are no jungle monsters in the enemy jungle, and the Rek'Sai is low on health. He'll probably recall to base and farm from top to bottom," Xiangguo said. "Be careful, everyone."

"Okay." Chen Dongqing nodded.

The enemy excavator is only level four right now. If they try to gank at this point, they'll only end up getting themselves killed.

However, he still needs to be careful, after all, the opponent is a jungler.

Chen Dongqing let out a little line and hit carefully.

In the top lane, Chen Dongqing had a slight lead in health, but not by much.

After all, because the opposing Camille teleported back to lane immediately, he didn't actually lose experience, so he was still able to compete in the laning phase.

Chen Dongqing was carefully calculating when, just as he was about to seize the opportunity when Camille's passive shield was gone and prepare to exchange some damage, a sudden change occurred.

A level 4, fully healed excavator actually rushed straight out of the river!

Seriously? They're really going to arrest us?

Arrest them as soon as they return to the city? You're seriously ill!

Chen Dongqing looked at the Steel Shadow who was already close at hand, but he was still thinking about how to make a move. He used Q [Slaughter] to make a move!

Jinoo knew Darius had boots, so it was unrealistic for him to dodge the outer ring of his Q. Therefore, he immediately activated his ultimate, Hextech Ultimatum. Camille used her ultimate to ascend into the air and dodge the outer ring while simultaneously using her ultimate to keep Darius in place!

Chen Dongqing turned and ran. He tried to stay as far away from the excavator as possible to buy himself time. He planned to use his auto-attack followed by his W ability after Camille's ultimate ability landed!

On the other side, Camille landed, auto-attacked, then used her Q skill to kick, and then immediately used EW to hang on the wall, kicking it up again!

This time, Darius didn't use his hook to interrupt, but instead took advantage of Camille's hooking animation to auto-attack once more, and was immediately stunned by Camille's kick when she came back!

Jinoo had a slight idea of ​​what was going on.

When Camille uses her E to escape, the opponent can interrupt it. However, if the opponent kicks at you, it's very difficult to interrupt because Camille's second E is too fast. It's hard to interrupt it by reaction alone; it requires some prediction.

Immediately afterwards, Camille used her A to pull Darius up, and then the Excavator burrowed through the hole and flashed over to use his W to knock Darius up. It was another combo that brought Darius down to low health!

If Darius hadn't had a Ruby Crystal, making him incredibly tanky, he would have been completely destroyed by this combo!

Chen Dongqing glanced at the situation, then at the three layers of Blood Rage on Qing Gangying's body, and revealed a confident smile.

In professional matches, top laners generally cannot take Ignite. Without the restriction of Grievous Wounds, Darius's Q skill can be maximized.

With low health, Darius swung his sword and slashed at Camille.

Blood Rage Level 4!

At this moment, the excavator and Camille each landed a basic attack, and Darius's health bar seemed to be almost empty!

Chen Dongqing glanced at his skill bar.

Darius's Q skill at level 3 has a cooldown of seven seconds.

There are only 0.5 seconds left!

flash!

Darius flashed a golden light and created distance, while Jinoo was quick to follow up with a Flash and kicked out!

[Ruthless Iron Hand]!

Darius's Flash placement is crucial. A side Flash allows him to escape the attack range of two opponents while simultaneously placing them within the range of his E skill!

This hook encompassed both of them, interrupting Camille's basic attack while pulling them both to her chest. At the same time, she gripped the axe handle tightly and unleashed a horizontal slash!

EQ is guaranteed to win!

With five layers of blood flowing out, Darius's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his health bar suddenly surged upwards!

Witness true courage.

Darius uttered these words, casually slashed at Camille with his sword, then leaped high into the air and brought his sword down, instantly separating the Grey Lady from her body!

Dangerous game healing, Darius's remaining third of his health bar became an insurmountable gap for the level 4 excavator!

Chen Dongqing used a normal attack to apply Bloodrage to the excavator, and then unleashed a powerful ultimate attack, reducing it to near-death!

Chen Dongqing didn't even bother to chase after him. Darius confidently turned around and auto-attacked two minions.

The moment the minion was killed by A, the excavator also bled to death.

"Double kill!"

Thanks to the reader who stayed up late last night to help me understand things. I've pretty much figured out the interstellar storyline now, and I'll do my best to give it the best possible ending.

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