League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 248 The Mysterious Kill Report

Looking at the lineups on both sides, Miller, as usual, first analyzed their strengths and made some predictions.

"Looking at the team compositions, WE is stronger in the late game because they have Kog'Maw, a super damage dealer! Plus, they have Karma and Jarvan IV in the mid and jungle, so their early and mid-game tempo isn't bad either. It's a very well-balanced team composition!"

"But let's stick to what I said before," Wawa said with a smile, "QG's matches never follow any logic. They have a strong mid-jungle duo of Elise and Varus, and their strength is by no means weak. Moreover, their bot lane duo can also bring out Uzi's laning ability. At least in the mid and bot lanes, QG has the advantage."

"The main problem is still in the top lane," said Colonel Guan. "Brother Shu picked Gragas for top lane this game, and it seems difficult for him to perform to his full potential. It's still an open question who will win this game!"

The camera slowly zooms out, hovering around the top of the venue, before abruptly switching to the trash-talking segment.

The program arrangement this time was a bit strange. The trash talk segment was not in the pre-match preparation, but was set up after the draft phase and before the game started.

Watching the two teams start their passionate banter, Little Peanut happily opened a bag of potato chips and watched excitedly.

The aroma of potato chips attracted the people next to Peanut. Smeb reached into the bag, grabbed a handful, and started stuffing them into his mouth while glancing at the screen in surprise. "Huh? Is today the LPL finals? QG vs. WE?"

"Yeah, right!" Peanut said with a grin, turning his head slightly. "It's the WE team that beat you guys!"

Semb's expression changed as he recalled some unpleasant memories.

Why is 15 considered the year LPL became most arrogant?

Besides EDG's victory over SKT and their MSI championship win, there was another crucial match.

On March 15, 2015, in the IEM semifinals, WE, who was ranked last in the LPL at the time, faced off against Tigers, who were ranked first in the LCK.

What happens when the "Top 1" of one top league meets the "Last 1" of another top league?

An incredibly easy contest? A victory with no suspense? A bloodbath? Or a casual match?

Against all odds, WE defeated Tiger 2-1 and advanced to the finals!

This match has always been called the beginning of LPL's overconfidence and one of the Tigers' biggest dark histories.

Even now, Smeb feels somewhat ashamed when he recalls being knocked off his feet by Aruka's Sion.

He clenched his fist and shouted, "QG, you absolutely have to do your best!"

During the trash talk, both players uttered their own harsh words, but they were all dry and unaggressive, nothing more than warnings to the other side to be careful.

The audience felt a little disappointed when they heard this.

This year's trash talk is too low-level; it completely lacks the feeling of the battle between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong last year.

The phoenix has fallen.

But some people are looking forward to it.

The Crouching Dragon is still here!

As the camera panned to Chen Dongqing's face, many viewers immediately perked up.

Facing the camera, Chen Dongqing said sincerely, "To be honest, I don't seem to have much of an impression of the WE team."

Xi Ye appeared on camera, answering Chen Dongqing's question: "So young, and your memory is already bad? That won't do!"

"No, that's not it," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully to the camera. "It's mainly because we won so quickly against WE last time, I think we speedrunned in 45 minutes? It's hard to remember anything!"

The camera panned to the WE players' bench, where the WE players were all shaking their heads at the camera.

There was nothing they could do; that 45-minute speedrun during the regular season was just too painful, and they couldn't find any angle to counterattack.

Chen Dongqing continued, "How about I try speedrunning the finals again? If we need to win one more game in the playoffs, it should take about 67 minutes?"

"Oh!" Chen Dongqing slapped his forehead and said, "This seems to be your first time reaching the LPL finals, right? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but considering how hard you've worked, I'll give you a little more time. I'm afraid this is your only chance in your lives. Hmm, eighty minutes! Let you experience the atmosphere of the finals a bit more, how about that?"

The audience immediately erupted in boos, even their own fans booed repeatedly.

This was the first time they'd ever seen someone make such a bold statement!

Eighty minutes to speedrun WE? That's insane!

With Chen Dongqing's powerful blow, the trash-talking segment came to an end, and the scene changed, with Summoner's Rift already loaded.

Meanwhile, the screen was still filled with comments triggered by trash talk.

[Such strong aggression!]

[After speedrunning a best-of-three series in 45 minutes, are you now aiming for a best-of-five series in 80 minutes?]

Wow, this is going to completely nail WE to the pillar of shame!

[This seems a bit difficult; WE on the other side aren't stupid.]

[Fun fact: QG only took 74 minutes to speedrun EDG in the semifinals, but the pig's offal was given a cold reception]

[As expected of Brother Tree, without the factory manager this year, his trash talk is in a league of its own!]

Chen Dongqing could vaguely hear the cheers of the audience through his noise-canceling headphones, but he was somewhat puzzled.

Why are there such loud cheers when the game has only just begun?

The 15-second exit restriction had ended, and Chen Dongqing, carrying a Doran's Ring and two red bottles, quickly rushed out of the fountain.

Why has the Gragas suddenly become a hot pick in Ueno? The reason is actually quite simple.

In patch 7.3, a long time ago, Gragas received three extra base armor, and his passive [Happy Hour]'s percentage-based health regeneration was increased from 4% to 6%.

The designer's original intention was simply to make Gragas' jungle clearing more comfortable and stabilize his jungle tier.

But who would have thought that last month, a player had a sudden inspiration and developed a Gragas top lane playstyle, creating an invincible monster that could withstand pressure.

This version of Gragas's build starts with Doran's Shield, followed by two to three Doran's Rings to maximize his base stats and keep him in lane. He then transitions to full tank, relying on his strong wave clear and the health and mana regeneration from his base items to make him virtually invincible under pressure.

Once you understand this, it becomes clear how to control your beer consumption.

Since armor and health regeneration have been increased, why not just pick a high-damage AP top laner?

Therefore, WE picked Kennen in this game.

But clearly, there's one crucial point that WE hasn't figured out.

Can a Gragas player beat Kennen? Yes. He'd be utterly humiliated.

Can you beat Kennen with Malphite? Yes. Build AP.

If I play Gragas and build AP, can I stand still and beat Kennen?

So he not only chose Doran's Ring as his starting item, but also selected Thunderlord's Decree as his rune!

It's all about burst damage!

At this moment, the director switched to the talent selection of both teams, and the three commentators raised their eyebrows as they took a closer look.

"Brother Shu's talent is..." Colonel Guan gasped, "He's got ideas!"

Doll Miller thought to himself, "As expected of Brother Tree, even his way of playing with barrels is unique."

Seeing this thunderous attack, the audience couldn't help but feel a surge of anticipation, wanting to see what kind of ruthless tricks Chen Dongqing would pull off this time.

Soon, the minion wave spawned, and Chen Dongqing went online with the minions.

As soon as I logged in, I saw Kennen pressing hard, actively trying to get some experience points, as if he didn't want Gragas to get any.

Chen Dongqing narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat surprised.

In the LPL, it's rare to see top laners play this aggressively. Even when it's a ranged opponent playing against a melee opponent, it's rare to see a top laner directly gaining three minions' worth of experience.

Chen Dongqing wasn't too flustered. After Kennen took some health from him, he immediately turned around and used his Q to slow Kennen down, then headed towards the bush.

957 played quite aggressively this time. Kennen activated his E to increase his armor and magic resistance, which allowed him to withstand Gragas's Q and the minions' focus fire. Then, he quickly closed the gap with the movement speed bonus.

As the E skill ended, the barrel entered the bush, but Kennen seemed completely unaffected, throwing his attack speed-boosted shuriken at the barrel at high speed!

Chen Dongqing's expression changed.

Is there an eye in the grass?

You're playing dirty tricks, aren't you!

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing ran straight back to the foot of the tower.

However, he was still inevitably chased down and had a third of his health taken by Kennen, and was also driven out of the experience zone, so he definitely couldn't get the experience from the three melee minions.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing felt a pang of heartache.

WE, you guys are shameless!

Clearly, WE followed the strategy QG used in their regular season match against EDG, placing wards all three bushes in the top lane at the start and then helping their ranged top laner to exert maximum pressure.

This was a tactic invented by Chen Dongqing, but this time, Chen Dongqing himself became the victim.

If Chen Dongqing hadn't reacted quickly, the losses would have been even greater!

On the other side of the Yellow Sea, Smeb, who was watching the match, witnessed this scene. As a top laner, he put himself in Gragas's shoes and couldn't help but fly into a rage: "WE is shameless! How can you play the game like this? Sacrificing wards in the bot lane to help the top lane? What about the bot lane then?"

After saying that, Smeb firmly stated, "If it were Ilex, she would never do such a thing!"

Peanut glanced at the comments and then said, "This is what Ilex played first."

"Oh," Smeb was momentarily speechless.

At this moment, the viewers in the live stream were all amused, and the screen was filled with comments.

Meanwhile, the domestic live streaming rooms were also filled with laughter.

The doll laughed and said, "This time, Tree Bro is having a tough time."

"But it shouldn't be a big problem," said Colonel Guan. "Xiangguo started in the bottom half of the map, so he should rush to level three and secure a win. That should make the top lane matchup a bit easier."

As they spoke, all three of them turned their attention to the minimap.

But the result was somewhat unexpected.

The spider, who was supposed to start with the red buff and farm upwards, instead of heading straight to the top half of the map after getting the red buff, started farming the F6 camp, which is very difficult to farm!

Spiders typically build Hunter's Machete when farming jungle camps, as farming the F6 camp is very costly, so Spiders usually avoid this camp in the early game.

Furthermore, after clearing the F6 camp, the spider didn't head up but instead turned to the bottom lane and started farming the Krugs, which is also a jungle camp that the spider can't clear very easily.

Even though the spider is very efficient at clearing jungle camps, it only had half its health left after clearing these three camps.

But seeing this, everyone understood what Xiangguo was thinking.

Logically speaking, if WE were to place wards in the top lane bush, it certainly wouldn't be done by the top laner and the mid laner alone, as both of those wards would be very useful.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, ward placement will likely be the responsibility of the bot lane and jungler.

The support player also needs to ward the jungle at the start of the game.

In that case, the bottom lane will be in a state of complete lack of vision.

Xiangguo wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to quickly reach level three and gank the bottom lane!

At this moment, the level 3 spider was already standing in the river, waiting for its chance.

On the other side, the WE players' bench.

The brother-in-law glanced at the time.

2 minutes 45 seconds.

It's time for the spider to quickly reach level 3 and catch people.

The player who didn't know the enemy's jungle route seemed a little insecure, and he asked in voice chat, "Do you have any information on the Spider's location?"

The answer was that they didn't know, since the spider had never shown itself.

Ben, the support player, said, "This Spider probably started with red buff, right? The enemy bot lane spawned late, so they probably helped them start."

Meanwhile, in the top lane, 957 said, "The Spider should be in the top lane; this Gragas is starting to push forward."

At this moment, on the top lane, 957 had already placed anti-gank wards in the upper river using his own wards. Although he didn't see the Spider in his vision, he could tell from Gragas' obvious forward movement that the enemy jungler was in the top lane.

That's the instinct of a top-tier top laner!

After relaying the information to his teammates, 957 retreated smugly, not intending to give the enemy a chance to gank.

But as soon as he retreated, the team's voice chat suddenly became noisy.

"I am the Spider!" Ben's words startled 957.

He glanced at the minimap and found that the spider's icon had indeed appeared in the bottom lane.

The spider isn't here, what are you pretending for?!

957 turned his gaze back to the barrel in disbelief, only to see the Beer Man, with his big belly swaying, come up and kill a minion with a basic attack, successfully leveling up to level two, and then swaying back to the tower.

After returning to the tower, a Teemo-like emoticon appeared above the Beer Man's head, full of sarcasm.

Damn it, I've been scammed!

957 almost choked on his breath.

Meanwhile, WE's bot lane was also in dire straits.

The moment the spider appeared in his field of vision, Shi Senming's Braum was ordered to initiate the team fight!

Braum's Q-Flash and Lucian's E skill move forward simultaneously. The instant Braum's Winter's Bite hits Kog'Maw, Lucian's two bullets follow closely behind!

Even though the brother-in-law used Flash to quickly create distance, he still couldn't avoid having three layers of passive stacks applied!

At that moment, Elise slowly approached from the side, casually unleashing a basic attack that stunned Braum.

Immediately following was a WQ combo, and just as Braum's stun was about to end, he used Cocoon to finish him off!

WE's support Lulu could only physically shield their AD carry from the cocoon, helping him escape.

But Lulu herself was in trouble. After the spider bound her, Braum came up and hit her with a basic attack, which triggered another passive stack. Then Lucian and the spider followed up with damage, and Lulu was stunned repeatedly. By the time she could move, she was already at low health and had lost any chance of escaping!

Uzi fired a shot and easily took the kill!

The first blood was drawn, and the more than 10,000 spectators in the stadium cheered!

"Whoosh!" The dragon roars of Xiangguo and Uzi rang out almost simultaneously, perfectly in harmony.

Xiangguo said smugly, "Dakou didn't flash, I'll come back and catch him again later!"

"OK, OK!" Uzi nodded happily, he never refused help from the jungler.

Chen Dongqing on the road: "."

The team was originally planning to focus on the top lane, so how come the top lane has suddenly become the one being left to fend for itself?

Chen Dongqing stood under the tower AFK while switching screens to watch WE's bottom lane.

So you guys were warding top lane, making it impossible for me to lane, right?

I'll give you guys a good time later!

That's all for now, the minion wave has reached the tower, let's finish this wave first.

Because the bottom laner was caught out and forced to use Flash, Xiangguo will definitely continue to focus on the bottom lane, so Chen Dongqing's side won't be able to provide much assistance in the short term. It can only be said that the road to resisting pressure is long and arduous.

On the other hand, Condi also understood that QG would inevitably continue to gank the bottom lane, and now he had two choices.

Either cut your losses on the top lane or help the bottom lane out of a predicament.

Condi made his decision almost without hesitation.

We must counter-gank the bottom lane.

Kog'Maw is the backbone of their entire lineup; if Kog'Maw collapses, then the game is over.

Realizing this, Prince Condi immediately changed his strategy, focusing on farming the bottom lane and providing protection as needed, which gave Chen Dongqing some breathing room.

Five minutes later, taking advantage of the Spider's second round of jungle clearing, the Prince took the initiative and ganked the bottom lane first.

Their strategy was clear: it was about Braum who didn't have Flash!

Lulu used EQ to slow down Braum, then used W to turn him into a sheep, continuing to slow him down and keep him in place. Then Jarvan IV used Flash EQ to fly through Braum, while Kog'Maw spat out saliva on the side.

However, the damage from these three was still somewhat insufficient. Braum absorbed a whole set of crowd control, and then, with low health, he received a heal from Uzi. Relying on the damage reduction from his shield and the ability to move his teammates, he managed to escape unscathed!

"Ah, they got away, and they only used one healer!" Miller was clearly speaking from QG's perspective, his stance quite obvious. "This was crucial!"

Meanwhile, Wawa commented, "Even if we don't get a kill this time, Xiaoming still needs to recall to heal. WE's bot lane duo is still at full health; they can take this opportunity to push and chip away at the tower's health!"

The scene was indeed unfolding in the direction the doll had predicted.

A wave of minions pushed into the bottom lane tower, and Xiaoming went back to base to heal. Uzi didn't dare to stand under the tower alone and could only watch the bottom lane tower's health drop rapidly.

With only a third of their health remaining in the bottom lane, a wave of minions was wiped out by the turret, and Xiaoming successfully returned to lane. Uzi was finally able to rejoin the lane and defend the bottom turret.

Although this wave did not result in any kills, it has already reduced QG's bottom lane's margin for error to an extremely low level.

"This won't do, Liu Shiyu!" Uzi urged in the voice chat, "We need to make a push in the bot lane, otherwise we can't win!"

With only a third of its health remaining, the tower is already in a precarious situation.

The key factor is that Kog'Maw and Lulu's laning strength is actually not low; at least against Lucian and Braum, they can gain lane priority.

If they can just push another wave of minions into the tower and then call for the jungler to protect them, they can easily take down the first tower, and then QG will be in a passive position.

"Don't worry, I know," Xiangguo said. "I didn't even come to defend the tower; I'm here to take them down! Shi Senming, set up the vision, and I'll just camp on the lane and wait for them to respawn!"

Shi Senming nodded. The opposing bottom lane had just returned to base, giving him plenty of time to establish vision control.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo seized the opportunity and silently crouched in the first bush in the bottom lane.

As the hotpot disappeared into the bushes, countless viewers were filled with apprehension.

Because, from God's perspective, they saw a scene that made their hearts race.

Soon, WE's bot lane re-entered the lane, and with Lulu's wave-pushing ability, they quickly pushed the wave back, resetting the minion wave in the middle.

With their powerful fathers backing them up, Uzi and Xiaoming naturally sought an opportunity to make a move right away.

On the other side, WE's bottom lane showed no fear and decisively engaged in a team fight.

A 2v2 skirmish in the bottom lane immediately broke out, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle!

Xiangguo thought he had seized an opportunity, but Spider used a cocoon to accurately bind his brother-in-law. Just as he was about to make his move, a halberd suddenly stabbed out from another bush!

The Demacian prince charged forward, knocking Braum and Lucian into the air, preventing them from immediately following up with their cocoons and dealing damage!

The prince is here too!

The three QG players were immediately taken aback!

The prince is still in the bottom lane after ganking the bottom lane!

This is why the audience was so excited.

From their omniscient perspective, Condi did not recall after helping the bottom lane push the tower. Instead, he went back to farm a set of Gromp to heal, and then immediately, before QG could push the minion wave over, he ambushed in the bottom lane bush!

During this period, even when QG's bottom lane pushed the minion wave, Prince remained in the lane bush the entire time, unmoved.

Admittedly, Condi lost a lot of jungle farming time because of this counter-gank, but he still managed to pull off this extremely brilliant counter-gank!

Like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, Condi pulled off a perfect counterattack, taking down two opponents in one go!

In that instant, a teleportation signal appeared, and as you can see from the minimap, it was a TP from Chen Dongqing's Gragas in the top lane!

Chen Dongqing's awareness has always been top-notch. The moment the fight broke out in the bottom lane, he quickly teleported over!

Meanwhile, the six players in the bottom lane were too busy fighting each other to pay attention.

Despite being counter-ganked, this did not diminish QG's killing intent. With Uzi's shout, the three of them fixed their eyes on Kog'Maw!

Spider flew up and got close to Kog'Maw, Braum used W to poke him in and apply his passive to Kog'Maw!

Seizing the opportunity, Uzi flashed and dashed in, using a combination of tap-tap and W-tap-tap to successfully stun the target!

The three continued their fierce pursuit!

During this time, WE's Prince and Lulu were constantly using basic attacks to deal damage, and these two heroes are the type with very strong basic attack damage. Xiangguo, who was being focused down, was also losing health continuously!

The previously lit-up Teleport has disappeared silently, but this has little impact on the situation in the bottom lane.

With three QG members going all in, the big mouth had no chance of survival. In the end, the low-health Xiangguo flashed and bit him down, forcibly taking the kill!

On the other side, Condi also used his Q to kill Xiangguo, resulting in a one-for-one trade!

At this point, the two remaining on both sides no longer had the ability to kill, and the matter was ultimately dropped.

"So this trade ended in a one-for-one exchange," said Colonel Guan. "If that's the case, it's a huge loss for QG. Their lineup is weaker in the late game, so they absolutely need to gain a significant advantage early on; not gaining an advantage is equivalent to losing!"

Meanwhile, Wawa crossed his arms and said, "But it's still acceptable. After all, QG lost their jungler, and WE lost their AD carry, so it's a small profit."

Just then, a kill notification finally popped up.

"QGilex has killed WE957!"

what?

The entire audience erupted in uproar!

Double monthly passes are coming at the end of the month, guys! Let's go for it!

See you tomorrow, guys!

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