League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 232 LOL also uses guns?

Today's commentators are Guan Zeyuan and Jide, who are already seated in the commentary booth, warming up the audience for this crucial match.

The two talked, but there was still some worry in their voices.

Chen Dongqing had not yet arrived at the scene before they went on stage.

Now that the final entry time has passed, and they still haven't received any news from the director through their earpieces, they can't help but feel a little worried.

Hope today's match won't be delayed! I really don't want to work overtime!

Meanwhile, the comments section was buzzing with discussion.

Many people came from the GPL live stream. They knew that Chen Dongqing was already on his way to the competition, but whether he could make it in time was another matter.

However, their worries were obviously unnecessary. After Chen Dongqing finished her simple makeup in the dressing room, the director relayed the news to the two commentators.

The director quickly switched the camera to the players' seats on both sides, where Chen Dongqing had changed into his QG team uniform and was sitting on the sofa in the lounge playing on his phone, as if the StarCraft incident had never happened.

[Holy crap! A tree!]

Are you really only going to play two games?

How did he manage to appear on the LPL stage so quickly?

[Didn't you see the post on Tieba? Brother Shu played a star-level competition at an internet cafe in Zhengda Plaza, and he ran over here as fast as he could after the match. Someone took a picture of him running.]

Hahaha, don't laugh so hard you'll die, this guy is really something else!

Guan Zeyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he and Ji De began to formally discuss the situation of the match.

"The competition is now in version 7.5, and there are quite a few changes in this version!" Coach Guan said. "I think this will have a significant impact on QG; let's see how well they adapt!"

After the Spring Festival, the speed of version updates has begun to accelerate. Compared to version 7.3 after the Spring Festival, two more versions have already passed.

In both versions, AD is the core of the version changes.

First up is the most popular AD Varus in this version.

Actually, this hero himself hasn't changed much; there's been no buff or nerf. The reason he suddenly became a Tier 0 hero is mainly due to changes in equipment.

The three items, Duskblade, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Nightblade, were buffed in Season 7, leading to the emergence of a build that uses armor penetration Varus with Deathfire Touch, which lacks AD carry potential. This build coincides with the current situation of intense lane contention in the bot lane, so it suddenly became popular.

So the designers were quite ruthless, cutting everything from equipment to heroes to talents.

The cooldown of Q skill has been significantly increased, and its AD scaling has been reduced. However, as compensation, a new effect has been added that reduces the cooldown after Q skill detonates the W mark, encouraging the attack speed build that follows up with Q.

In addition, the duration of Night's Edge has been reduced, the armor penetration of Youmuu's Ghostblade has been reduced by 5 points, and the Last Whisper has been changed, with its attack damage reduced but its armor penetration increased.

Finally, the Deathfire Touch was nerfed, with its attack damage bonus reduced from 60% to 45%, which directly targets armor penetration Varus.

However, this won't have much impact on QG. Uzi has an AD carry mentality; even if he picks Varus, he'll play an attack speed build.

In addition, LeBlanc has been significantly nerfed; her Q [Shattering Sphere] damage to minions has been increased from 40% to 80%.

但W的伤害大砍，伤害从85/120/155/190/225 (+0.6法术强度)削弱到40/55/70/85/100 (+0.2法术强度)，大招的伤害也按同比例缩减。

This isn't just being cut in half at the waist; it's being chopped off at the knee.

The damage from W and Q is complementary; the wave clear ability remains unchanged, but the damage nerf to W is too fatal when facing champions.

After this change, the Demoness is practically undetectable.

In addition, there is another point worth noting: the [Warlord's Bloodlust] has been changed. It is now similar to the Swift Steps of later times. Only when the stacks are full will there be a one-time life steal, which also increases movement speed.

While the healing was weakened, the crucial movement speed attribute was compensated for, so this isn't really a nerf; in fact, it could even be a significant buff for certain heroes.

This change means that although Rengar and Kha'Zix have high win rates, the designers don't intend to change them, but LeBlanc and Varus have high win rates and must be nerfed!

A designer's guide to playing games.

The so-called "version" is simply about which team best suits the designer's preferences.

Fortunately, QG has always done quite well in this regard. In the past, QG only had three shortcomings.

First, Xiangguo is restricted by his teammates and cannot play carry heroes; second, Doinb cannot play assassin heroes; and third, Liu Qingsong cannot play enchanter supports.

Now, with the arrival of Godwin and S. Smith, the latter two problems have been alleviated.

The current QG can adapt to any version.

Soon, both contestants took to the stage!

Seeing Chen Dongqing in the queue, Colonel Guan smiled and shouted, "Alright, the draft begins! Today's match is the main event!"

Remembering this, he cheerfully said, "I think many people are looking forward to seeing what kind of performance Brother Shu will deliver today! We can see that QG is positioned on the red side in this game, let's take a look at the draft picks for both sides!"

Regarding the bans, both sides had already made plans.

WE, on the blue side, banned Camille, Fiora, and Caitlyn, while QG, on the red side, banned Poppy, Rengar, and Elise.

You can tell from the ban list that LeBlanc and Varus have completely disappeared.

Entering the champion selection phase, WE didn't think too much and immediately picked Maokai, who is still considered a top-tier champion. QG, on the other hand, opted for a quick pick, immediately taking Graves and Karma.

Graves has received a slight buff in recent patches. The way his passive is extended has been changed from being limited to basic attacks to being able to extend with any damage and skill. This allows Graves to maintain his passive while farming jungle camps, enhancing his jungle fighting power.

Furthermore, with the Bloodlust rework, Graves has also benefited, resulting in a significant increase in his current status.

On the other side, WE quickly responded by picking Ashe and Lulu, while QG picked Syndra as their third pick, advancing to the second round.

In the second round of the draft, QG targeted the mid lane, banning Viktor and Vladimir, while WE banned Vayne and Jayce.

"Alright, it's QG's fourth pick!" Coach Guan watched the screen with great interest. "Their pick is Ezreal! Ezreal paired with Karma is indeed a good combination!"

"On the other side, WE subsequently picked Ekko and Gragas!"

After several minor buffs from the designers, Ekko has now returned to the mid lane, and this champion is an excellent counter to Syndra.

Gragas is also a counter to Graves, and WE's picks were all very methodical and reasonable.

"Now it all depends on which top laner QG picks for Tree Bro to counter Maokai!" Guan Daxiao analyzed, "If it's against Maokai, Rumble, Gangplank, and Kennen are all good choices, and Tree Bro can play all of them!"

Just then, Remember suddenly had a brilliant idea and said, "Hey, do you think it's possible for QG to move Graves to the top lane and let Mlxg pick a champion that's good against Gragas? That way, both the top and jungle will have an advantage!"

"Huh?" Colonel Guan blurted out instinctively, "That's unlikely."

But after he finished speaking, I thought about it carefully and it seemed to make some sense!

Graves already has a blood advantage against Maokai, and then he can create an additional advantageous lane for the jungler. Why not?

The next second, select to turn it on.

Prince of Demacia!

The moment this option appeared, the number of comments on the screen surged.

[True Graves top lane?]

[I was just playing with guns in StarCraft, and now I'm playing with guns in League of Legends?]

This guy is definitely doing it on purpose; he just likes picking these weird heroes.

Can you see a gunslinger headbutt in League of Legends?

The lineups for both sides are finalized!

Blue side WE: Top lane Maokai, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Ekko, Bot lane Ashe and Lulu.

Red team QG: Top lane Graves, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Ezreal and Karma.

Although WE has three AP champions in the top, mid, and jungle, there are no overpowered items like Force of Nature in this version, and Ishtar isn't very strong in this version either, so WE's lineup is fine, as it has a front line, crowd control, damage output, and protection.

"But looking closely, QG's lineup is actually clearly better!" Remember analyzed. "The last pick, Jarvan IV, not only ensures jungle advantage but also completes the team's need for initiation! Aside from the mid lane being a disadvantage, they have advantages in all four other positions!"

"So whether WE can win the game depends on the performance of their only advantageous lane, the mid lane! This game is very important for Xiye!" Remember's words were loaded with meaning, but everyone understood what he meant.

There are also some interesting stories about Gao Dewei and Xiye.

Back then, when Gao Dewei said "That Xiye is so funny" during a live stream, netizens translated it as "Xiye is so trashy, it's hilarious," which was then shortened to "Xi La laughs at me," and finally Xiye became "Xi La."

Whether Xi Ye can shake off the nickname "Xi La" depends on today!

At this moment, the two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage.

This year, WE's coach is Redmi, who, along with QG's coach Banbazi, both came from Samsung and the two are quite familiar with each other.

"Did you decide from the beginning to use Graves in the top lane?" Redmi asked in Korean on the way back to the backstage area.

"Uh, no," Banbazi answered honestly, "It was the team members' own idea."

"Ah," Homme was speechless for a moment upon hearing this answer.

After the two returned to their respective rest areas, Summoner's Rift loaded!

All ten heroes from both sides entered the fountain. At the start of the game, when players were not allowed to leave their bases, Chen Dongqing, controlling Graves, walked back and forth, contemplating his starting items for the game.

This version of Warlord's Bloodlust has a very solid recovery ability. At level 1, once the stacks are full, it will give you an 11% lifesteal and a 30% movement speed bonus per hit. After level 18, it will directly give you a high amount of lifesteal of 50% per hit!

Looking at the lifesteal stats alone, the lifesteal is indeed not as high as before, and by a significant margin. However, there is a hidden change: the lifesteal is not reduced.

Whether it's melee or ranged combat, whether it's minions or heroes, lifesteal is always at full value!

In this situation, the new Bloodlust significantly boosts the laning ability of ranged heroes!

This also gives Graves the ability to return to the lane.

Chen Dongqing made up his mind, quickly opened the shop, and directly bought a tree knife.

Just mine!

At this moment, Guan Zeyuan once again marveled at Chen Dongqing's equipment, and the barrage of comments was filled with "Tree Knife".

"It's been a while since we've seen Tree's Graves," Remember couldn't help but say. "I wonder if he'll bring something different to this game!"

The minion wave spawned quickly. Chen Dongqing stood in the top lane bush, watching the minions slowly advance. He rubbed his hands together and said, "Brothers, let's hurry up and finish this game!"

Xiangguo rolled his eyes. "Why are we playing so fast? What, do you want to go back and play a third game?"

Chen Dongqing didn't speak, but just hummed twice.

"Anyway, this game is crucial," Godvais said from the side. "Whether the push is fast or not depends on how well you play in the top lane."

"Alright then." Chen Dongqing began to give instructions: "You guys just protect me in the top lane this game, I'll push relentlessly, I'll try to clear the top lane in fifteen minutes!"

The minion wave had already reached the lane. Chen Dongqing, upon arriving, didn't hesitate and immediately started pushing the lane.

Having picked up Graves, a monster known for pushing lanes, Chen Dongqing had no intention of playing peacefully this game. His only concept in the laning phase was to push!

Before the second wave of minions even arrived, Chen Dongqing had already pushed the minions into the turret, making 957 look quite distressed.

Dude, why are you pushing it so fast?

He was already in tower dive mode after just over a minute of the game, which was incredibly agonizing.

Even with 957's excellent last-hitting skills, he was facing a wave of minions whose health had been taken down by the turret in one hit. He couldn't last-hit them at all and managed to get three kills with great difficulty.

Soon, the minion wave was reset by the turret, and Chen Dongqing easily pushed in with a Q and a basic attack.

957 felt this wasn't a solution, so he decisively called for reinforcements.

If the enemy Graves with Cull is mindlessly pushing the lane, a professional team can't afford not to gank him, otherwise the game is over.

Condi also noticed Graves' situation, but he was really conflicted if you asked him to gank top.

The enemy prince will definitely try to counter-gank, so if you're going to gank, you need to be prepared for a 2v2 situation.

Coind: "If the two of us initiate, can we kill Graves instantly?"

"Definitely," 957 said. "This Graves builds Cull, he's easy to catch!"

"Alright then," Condi said. "I'll come here right after I clear the blue buff!"

Just as Condi was discussing things with 957, something unexpected happened.

A flag appeared to his side, and then Jarvan IV charged straight at him, slamming his halberd down on him.

Condi was immediately shocked, wondering how the prince could have arrived so quickly!

He clearly farmed up quickly from the red rift and blue buff, in less than three jungle camps, and this prince had already reached level three and rushed over!

Condi glanced at the prince's feet and saw that the prince only had a blue buff, and immediately understood.

Blue F6 (Rambs) is probably the fastest way for Jarvan IV to reach level 3 in this version. It takes him the time to clear three camps, while other junglers can only clear two at most. It's incredibly fast!

Xiangguo didn't even farm the red buff, he went straight to the jungle, clearly indicating that he wanted to invade the enemy jungle!

As for why Xiangguo did this, he certainly had some reason to be confident.

For example, after the top laner Graves pushed the second wave of minions into the tower, he went straight through WE's top tower and headed towards the jungle.

Chen Dongqing was incredibly bold; he chose the shortest route!

Condi's head was throbbing from the spear, and seeing that Graves was also coming to support them, he had no choice but to run away!

Fortunately, without EQ, neither the prince nor the courier has much ability to hold people, so it's easy for him to escape.

But if he runs away, he can forget about taking over his half of the jungle.

"Take the blue buff!" Xiangguo, acting like a sycophant, gave the blue buff to the top laner.

Chen Dongqing walked over and picked up a blue buff. He was naturally in a good mood and helped Xiangguo kill some swamp frogs. Only when the top lane started to lose minions did Chen Dongqing slowly return to the top lane.

Although he lost two minions, he gained a blue buff, which made up for Graves' biggest problem in the laning phase, so it was obviously a huge gain.

This scene made 957's teeth itch with envy.

Taking the blue buff at level two, what kind of tactical mastery is this?

He's never played like this in his entire life!

Not only did Graves take the blue buff, but their own jungler was also driven away. Before the next round of jungle monsters spawned, their Gragas had no reason to come to the top side of the map.

In this version, the monster respawn time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds, which means he'll have to sit in jail for another two and a half minutes.

pain.

As waves of minions spawned, the Blue Buff Graves pushed them under the tower and then killed them. 957 could only manage to eat scraps under the heavy fire of the tower.

In six minutes, 957 was successfully pressured down by 15 CS.

The key point is that Graves' tower poke ability is also very strong. 957 often gets hit by a basic attack and a wall-bounced Q while chasing melee minions, and his health keeps dropping, making it seem like he can no longer lane.

957 had no choice but to quickly recall to base to heal after finishing off a wave of tower creeps, and then TP back to lane.

Chen Dongqing is still in near-full condition. He sees the tree teleporting and still doesn't plan to return, starting to fight two lives with one life.

Of course, he didn't forget to call for reinforcements.

"Liu Shiyu, get ready to counter-gank top lane," Chen Dongqing said. "The enemy team is probably going to farm up soon."

Since the jungle clearing time has increased, the jungler's rhythm has also changed significantly. As a laner, you need to readjust to when to defend against ganks and when to exert pressure.

However, Chen Dongqing didn't need to, because he was already used to a similar rhythm.

He experienced all of these different stages: 1 minute 40 seconds, 2 minutes 30 seconds, 2 minutes, and 2 minutes 15 seconds, and each one left a deep impression on him.

Xiangguo's Prince was progressing a little slower in clearing the jungle. At this moment, he was still in the mid lane, preparing to clear the wards that Xiye had just placed.

He heard Chen Dongqing's request to counter-gank, and Xiangguo thought about Xiye's ward placement again, and suddenly came up with a plan.

He changed his strategy. Pretending not to know there were wards, he maneuvered the prince through the very edge of the enemy ward's range, heading towards the jungle.

Meanwhile, Condi finally made it up in the second round.

The WE top and jungle brothers were furious when they saw that the B-type Graves still showed no sign of recalling.

Dude, what are you doing?

Is that so pretentious?

Condi looked at the map and saw the Prince heading towards the jungle through the ward in the mid lane.

Exactly!

Condi was overjoyed. Gragas quickly headed towards the jungle and then shouted in voice chat, "He has a ward in the river. Once I'm in vision, flash in and lock him down. We're guaranteed to kill him!"

"OK!" 957 nodded, feeling that he had finally made it through. He stood under the tower, carefully observing the position of his teammate Gragas.

Seeing Condi use the newly added Blast Cone in the jungle to blast his way from the blue buff area directly to the river bush, he knew it was time for him to engage.

He saw that Graves had started moving backward, clearly having spotted the barrel through the river's vision.

Without hesitation, he pressed the W and Flash keys in quick succession, and the tree flashed with golden light before he used W to bind it!

Chen Dongqing was also highly focused at this moment. Facing the two men surrounding him, he was clear-headed and threw a W towards the distance, which hit the barrel right in the face!

Condi's vision was blocked by the smoke grenade, and he was a little unsure of what to do. He could only press W to drink and continue moving forward, waiting for the smoke grenade to come out.

But in the time it took him to step out of the smoke bomb, enough time had passed for a lot of things to happen outside.

After the big tree finished binding with W, it used Q again to push the male gun back.

But Chen Dongqing remained calm. He used his E skill to dash a short distance, and then his basic attack triggered the Warlord's Bloodlust, granting him a brief 30% speed boost. He used this speed boost to quickly create distance!

Seeing that things were not going well, Condi decisively pushed forward with Gragas, first hitting Graves with a Q [Rolling Gragas] to slow him down, then chasing for two steps and using an E to crash into him!

Condi was ready for Graves to flash, and he was prepared to follow up with E-flash.

However, Graves didn't seem to have that intention, and was directly bumped into by Gragas.

Gragas immediately followed up with a W that triggered Thunderlord's Decree, taking Graves down to a third of his health in one combo!

Now that Graves has been slowed down and he still has Flash available, this is a guaranteed kill situation!

But just then, a golden light flashed in the darkness behind the Graves.

The Demacian prince appeared as if by divine intervention, joining the battle!

[Demacian Standard] followed by [Dragon Strike], the Prince charges forward, encompassing the tree and the barrel in his attack range!

One wave, two kills in a row, both of them take off!

"Whoosh!" Finally, his teammates arrived to help. Chen Dongqing let out a dragon's roar, and the Graves decisively began to kite. He pinged, but there was no Flash, and [Courage of the Colossus] was already on cooldown for the Treant Protector. "Kill him first!"

Graves' QA combo dealt significantly more damage due to Jarvan IV's Q skill's armor penetration!

The prince, meanwhile, slammed his halberd down on the tree. With the combined power of the two, the effect was remarkable, and the tree's health plummeted!

The appearance of this prince was obviously unexpected by WE's top and jungle players. They clearly did not expect that this prince, who had just shown up in the mid lane and was clearly heading towards the jungle, would appear in the top lane so quickly!

"Kill Graves!" 957 knew he was most likely going to die, so he didn't run away at all and chased after Graves, unleashing another basic attack!

Chen Dongqing was not intimidated at all. Neither of the top laners had much health left, so they stood there and fought!

But when it comes to sustained damage, Graves + Jarvan IV is on a completely different level than Gragas + Maokai!

While Graves was being attacked to low health, Maokai was also taken down by Graves's shotgun!

"First blood!"

The first blood was born! But instead of cheering, countless audience members watched the screen with bated breath!

Tree Bro is going to die!

To accelerate his development, Chen Dongqing did not select "Dangerous Game" in the talent tree, but instead selected "Cloud Seeker" in the same row. This talent will give you gold when you attack the enemy hero.

However, this also meant that he didn't recover any health after this round of killing, and his health was still extremely low!

In the video, Gragas throws a Q at Graves' face, and with just one instant explosion, he can take him down!

However, at that moment, Graves flashed with golden light and forcibly created distance, causing Gragas' Q to miss. Then, Graves fired a shotgun, which triggered [Warlords of the Crucible], restoring his health by a small amount. But most importantly, Graves gained a small speed boost as a result!

Condi panicked immediately. He knew he couldn't afford to waste this Flash. Gragas flashed to Graves' face, intending to finish him off with a single auto-attack!

However, just as he dodged, Graves suddenly slid and fired again, widening the distance between them once more!

"We're doomed!"

Condi thought to himself, "Gragas' E skill has too long a cooldown in the early game, he definitely won't have time to survive until his second Q."

Chen Dongqing and Gragas maintained a safe distance, continuously kiting and attacking, much like a Marine in StarCraft clearing out Banelings. Combined with the Prince's basic attacks, they brought Gragas to low health!

"You take it!" Xiangguo said magnanimously. In professional matches, the Prince is just a tool for initiating team fights and doesn't deserve to get kills.

At this moment, Condi's E skill finally came back to life, and Gragas charged in with his big belly, but was taken down by Graves' shot halfway through!

"Double kill!"

The sound of a double kill means that the game has already entered Graves' time!

See you tomorrow, brothers!

(End of this chapter)