League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 265 Advancing to the Finals!

"Congratulations QG!" I remember feeling a surge of satisfaction when I saw G2's Nexus explode. "They secured an easy victory in the first game of the semifinals!"

Seeing the economic difference of 18,000 yuan in just twenty minutes, Colonel Guan couldn't help but sigh.

"The way this match went was absolutely phenomenal, even for QG!"

"Yes!" Su Xiaoyan nodded in agreement. "It felt like the outcome of the match was pretty much decided from the moment Galio died for the second time five minutes in, and the rest of the match just accelerated that result."

"There's really no way around it," Colonel Guan said. "The Galio top lane playstyle relies on wave clear to withstand pressure and defend the tower, then uses his ultimate to gank. But in this game, Galio couldn't even get any minions, let alone reach level six. Galio's strengths simply couldn't be utilized!"

"There's really nothing we can do about it." Remember laughed, "It's simply a difference in the individual skill of the top laners. Even if Xiangguo hadn't come, Galio wouldn't have fared much better in this game's top lane minion wave situation."

After watching both players return backstage and disappear from view, the director quickly switched to a replay of the match.

What's funny is that the director even cut to the scene where Jayce was manipulating minion aggro at the start of the game.

Seeing this scene, and then seeing the minion wave movement on the top lane, countless top lane players with a good understanding of the game felt a chill run down their spines.

Pressuring the opponent and whittling down their health, then pushing back the minion wave – this combo can almost wipe out most short-range top laners in one fell swoop!

Imagine this: you work hard all day, finally get home, and decide to treat yourself to a game of Nasus, but when you get to the top lane, you're reduced to half health by the enemy at level one.

Not only did your minions not turn around to help you fight Jayce, they also pushed your minion wave forward. You couldn't even touch the minions, let alone stack your Q. Even after three minutes, your stacks were still zero.

Faced with this situation, what can you do besides press ALT+F4+F4 and take a shower to calm down?

At this moment, countless comments were circulating in the European live stream room.

[To be completely wiped out in twenty minutes? My God, what kind of version is this?]

I can only say I'm disappointed, but not surprised.

Congratulations, G2 has evolved from G2-8 to G20Minute!

As you know, G2 is also known as Gold2, and it's a team composed of five players who are Gold II level.

The camera then pans to the G2 rest area, where the members of G2 are in various states of mind.

First and foremost is Expect, who's been beaten senseless and now all he can think about is "I want to go home."

One more person with tree phobia.

Unfortunately, G2 didn't have a substitute top laner, so he had to go up and suffer for the next two games.

On the other side, Even, Trick, Mithy, and others looked perfectly normal. Although they lost the last game, it didn't affect them much, and they played as usual.

Then there's Ah P, whose state is different from his teammates; he's chatting and laughing with the coach.

It was as if he wasn't the one who lost the game.

In terms of optimism, perhaps no one in the world can compare to him. After all, he is the man who played a "1V1" in the final of the global finals and then watched the base explode with a smile.

"Alright, Expect." Perkz laughed and put his arm around his top laner's shoulder. "You know Ilex is a monster, don't take this game to heart."

Expect glanced at his teammate and said with a hint of grievance, "Luka, promise me you'll come play top lane and help me next game, okay?"

"Okay, okay," Ah P said with a smile. "I'll definitely help you next time. Trick and I will both be there to help you."

The five QG players had already returned to the rest room, and their joy was written all over their faces.

Xiangguo leaned back in his chair and exclaimed, "This game was so easy! I just casually played along and won."

Xiangguo's performance in this game was actually quite good, because the special nature of the Prince makes it very easy for him to get assists.

But Xiangguo himself knew that he hadn't actually set any pace in this game.

Within three minutes of the start, the top lane had already established a huge advantage, and he simply followed suit.

As for the bottom lane, needless to say, he didn't even go there; he just killed the bottom laner.

What pressure is there in being a jungler on a team like this? You could do it with a dog on a leash!

"Hey, don't say that," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "You sped up this game by at least ten minutes, which is crucial!"

In QG's eyes, beating G2 has never been a problem; the real problem is how many minutes and how many games it takes.

So theoretically speaking, the hot pot also made a great contribution.

"When I came back, I specifically checked the other team's expression," Gao Dewei said from the side. "I saw that the other top laner was completely dumbfounded. He really wrecked us this game. It hurt me to see him like that."

"There's nothing I can do," Chen Dongqing said, shrugging. "To be honest, I was genuinely a tiny bit more serious this time."

Seeing that this guy was about to put on an act again, everyone in QG immediately pretended not to hear and started changing the subject.

Let's talk about the draft picks for the next game.

OK.

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Banbazi laughed and said, "Alright, the draft picks in the second game are definitely worth discussing."

In the next game, QG will be on the red side, which means G2 can use a three-ban plus one-pick strategy to deal with four of QG's heroes. So there is definitely something to say about the draft phase.

"The enemy top laner doesn't play high-difficulty champions like Jayce and Fiora, so they'll most likely choose between Caitlyn and Kennen this game. We just need to be prepared for both of those champions."

The brief exchange ended quickly, and soon it was time for the second game to begin.

Chen Dongqing stood at the front of the group and took the lead on the stage. He squinted at the audience below, and the audience saw him as well. Cheers immediately erupted, and the white sea of ​​team flags reappeared.

Chen Dongqing smiled and glanced at the person opposite him again, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything this time.

The five G2 players looked perfectly normal, with A-P even waving to the audience, clearly not under any pressure, which made Chen Dongqing sigh.

When the draft began, G2's draft was exactly what QG expected. They banned Fiora, Jayce, and Caitlyn, and then first-picked Kennen. They had almost no options in the early draft.

QG had anticipated all of this. They chose to ban Zyra, then pick Karma and Lulu in the first and second picks, and finally add Gnar in the third pick to counter Kennen.

To reiterate, when facing G2, the key is to keep a low profile, so QG will try to pick heroes they've used before.

The business plan was completed quickly by both sides.

Blue side G2: Top lane Kennen, Jungle Olaf, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Ashe and Braum.

Red team QG: Top laner Gnar, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Karma, bot lane Kog'Maw and Lulu.

Chen Dongqing had already had his fun in the last game, so Banbazi chose to give Uzi a big mouth this game, letting him have a good time spraying.

Of course, Chen Dongqing wasn't neglected either, since he had a counter position.

Looking at the lineups on both sides, Banbazi said, "You guys should know how to play this lineup, right? Make sure to protect the bot lane well, or if Kog'Maw gets crushed, we're done for."

Chen Dongqing remained calm and said, "OK, OK, then I'll just play passively this round, right?"

Coach Cui turned his gaze over and said, "You can play more aggressively if you want, but draw the opponent's attention to this game and let Jian Zihao develop a bit more."

"How could that be?" Chen Dongqing waved his hand. "The other side isn't stupid. How could they ignore Kog'Maw and target Gnar?"

Chen Dongqing spoke with great confidence, but was quickly proven wrong.

G2 seemed to have gone crazy this game, with their mid laner and jungler constantly running to the top lane!

Four minutes later, Gao Dewei went back to base to replenish his health, and A P rushed to the top lane, forcing Chen Dongqing to use Flash and also taking away a lot of health, forcing Chen Dongqing to waste a teleport back to base to replenish his health.

Six minutes in, Gao Dewei pushed a wave of minions forward and teamed up with Xiangguo to gank the bottom lane, but G2 completely ignored it and instead ran up to continue ganking Chen Dongqing!

Faced with being surrounded by three people, Chen Dongqing was completely bewildered and could only watch himself die under the tower, losing a large wave of minions.

Are you sick?

Chen Dongqing switched the camera to the bottom lane and saw that Gao Dewei and Xiangguo had already surrounded G2's bottom lane duo, and a four-man gank on the two started without any resistance.

In the end, Xiangguo fought the tower to the death, but Uzi really came out ahead, getting two kills.

Although it was a two-for-two exchange, QG still came out ahead no matter how you look at it.

So what if Gnar and Lee Sin died? Uzi and Kog'Maw got two kills, do you understand the significance of that?

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "Even now, you guys can't possibly keep ganking top lane, right? You should probably take care of the bottom lane!"

But he was still young.

Moreover, G2's aggressive tower diving continued. It seems they were determined not to win and wanted to make Chen Dongqing's game difficult. So, at the ten-minute mark, they came to the top lane again!

They ignored the crumbling turret in the bottom lane.

Chen Dongqing was speechless. He simply stopped paying attention to the top lane and communicated in the voice chat. Then, Xiangguo appeared behind the enemy's first tower and placed a fake ward. Chen Dongqing simply threw out his teleport that he had just used and ran to the bottom lane in a flash!

Chen Dongqing swaggered over behind the tower and, together with Xiangguo, blocked the wave of minions that had just arrived from the bottom lane.

Uzi understood immediately and pushed the lane with Xiaoming, quickly pushing a wave of minions to the tower. Chen Dongqing also took the opportunity to use the minions to get his ultimate, then used E to enter the tower and used his ultimate to push the enemy bot lane duo against the wall!

This initial move was incredibly solid; G2's bot lane duo had no chance to fight back and were completely controlled and killed!

Chen Dongqing secured a kill using his Q skill and also destroyed the bottom lane's first turret, making up for all the losses he had made up for.

On G2's side, seeing that the game was destined to end in defeat, Perkz turned to his top laner and said, "Expect, the whole team's hopes are pinned on you. Can you lead us to victory?"

Expect scratched his head, unsure how to put it.

The team really helped him, and his advantage was indeed significant.

But

The game quickly progressed to the mid-game.

The top lane position has its own tasks at each stage.

Mid-game lane pushing and late-game team fights are where a top laner's true abilities are tested.

In comparison, the laning phase is actually not that important.

Even if you lose the lane with a champion like Malphite or Maokai, it doesn't matter. As long as you can control the enemy carry in team fights, you're still a competent top laner.

What Expect needs to do in this game is to rely on AD Kennen's split-pushing ability to make breakthroughs on the side lanes.

However, AD Kennen's lane-pushing strategy met with a disastrous start.

Expect pushed the top lane minion wave across the river, and soon a Gnar appeared on the screen.

Kennen had already built Blade of the Ruined King and Berserker's Greaves, making him a peak fighter. In comparison, Gnar's Mercury's Treads and Sheen/Phantom Dancer seemed rather pathetic.

But would Kennen dare to step forward?

Expect glanced at the ID "QG ilex" above Gnar's head, pondered for a long time, and finally decided to retreat.

Although he had better equipment, he lacked the courage to compete with Ilex in terms of skill.

Don't be fooled by Chen Dongqing's seemingly effortless maneuvering of pushing the minion wave to the enemy's second tower; it's actually quite a difficult feat.

There are plenty of top laners who have an equipment advantage but dare not cross the river.

His retreat extinguished G2's last glimmer of hope for victory.

He's a coward, but Chen Dongqing isn't.

Soon, Gnar returned to base to replenish his supplies and finally managed to acquire Trinity Force.

When Gnar reached his full form, Chen Dongqing was not intimidated at all. He immediately pushed the minion wave across the river and directly pushed it to the enemy's first tower.

Despite his anger, which was only in his early seventies, Chen Dongqing showed no sign of retreating. He looked at Kennen, who wanted to defend the tower, and swaggered forward, walking under the tower and unleashing a QA combo.

The Q skill landed smoothly, the basic attack triggered Sheen, and then Gnar quickly pulled out of the tower!

Kennen activated his E to chase, and Gnar quickly turned around and unleashed another basic attack, triggering his three-hit speed boost!

From the moment Chen Dongqing hit the third ring, he no longer took Kennen seriously. After he picked up the boomerang, Gnar actually chased him into the turret and threw another QA auto-attack at Kennen!

This time, Expect finally panicked.

Dude, you're right under my tower, why are you playing like this?!

Kennen decisively activated his ultimate, stunning Gnar under the tower.

However, the stun duration was greatly reduced after the Mercury's Treads reduction. After Chen Dongqing woke up, he clearly saw that he had two more passive stacks on his body. Then, he quickly used his hands to give Kennen a basic attack to build up his rage to full. Then, he flashed close and used his ultimate!

Although Gnar is stunned as soon as his R skill starts, this stun does not interrupt the skill that is already being cast.

While stunned, Gnar suddenly transformed into a giant beast and used his ultimate ability to slam Kennen against the wall!

As the ultimate ability ended, Gnar awoke from the control effect and slapped out another Radiant effect!

With the base attack damage bonus from Gnar, this Sheen attack deals considerable damage!

Kennen's ultimate lightning was still falling, and Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity to use his W skill again while the enemy was stunned.

Once again, control was neutralized; Gnar used the animation of his W to negate Kennen's third ultimate control.

At this point, Kennen had very little health left.

Chen Dongqing unleashed another basic attack, then pressed Q, sending a large boulder hurtling towards Kennen!

Expect quickly flashed away, then used Blade of Despair to absorb some damage, still trying to pull away!

But Chen Dongqing gave him no chance. Da Na'er used E to pounce over and triggered Sheen again with a slap, killing Kennen instantly!

The turret attacked, but Gnar was tough and fearless, taking the damage head-on and stepping out of the turret!

That slap not only shattered Kennen's Yordle skull, but also G2's last stand.

"QGilex has killed G2Expect!"

A message resounded throughout the venue.

Seeing their carefully nurtured top laner get tower-dived, the G2 players felt like a million curses were running through their minds.

What is Jβ doing?

How could we possibly lose?

But they didn't have time to complain about the top lane, because the mid lane minions had also pushed over.

Uzi's advantage was too great. Even though he picked Kog'Maw, a champion that only becomes powerful in the late game, he still managed to achieve the same pushing effect as Caitlyn.

Under Karma and Lulu's protection, Kog'Maw seemed to have upgraded from a glass cannon to an apocalypse tank, destroying G2's mid-lane tower in just a few shots!

Immediately following, news also broke that the top lane tower had been destroyed by Gnar.

G2's rhythm has completely collapsed once again.

However, it must be said that this game is an improvement over the last one. After all, the three outer towers were not destroyed until the 18th minute, and this game can at least hold out until the 30th minute before losing!

G20minute no longer exists.

The game quickly reached 28 minutes, and all six of G2's outer towers had been destroyed, with both lanes of minions pushing to the high ground at the same time!

Xiangguo noticed a gap in G2's formation and tried using his Q [Sonic Wave], which accurately hit Ashe who was clearing the wave!

"Look at me! Look at me!" Xiangguo's heart was racing. Without saying a word, he immediately used Q to attack!

When it comes to initiating group buying, Xiangguo has always had a keen sense of trends.

He sensed an opportunity.

Lee Sin flew straight towards Ashe, and G2's bot lane duo reacted hugely, unleashing Ashe's ultimate and Braum's ultimate!

But at that moment, the Blind Monk suddenly made a right-angle turn, drawing a number 7 in the air, and actually arrived in front of Syndra!

"Echo!"

Lee Sin used his R-flash combo to send Syndra into his own team's territory!

"Wow! Awesome!" Chen Dongqing couldn't help but exclaim in praise. Gnar and Kog'Maw dealt damage, instantly melting Syndra!

G2 wanted to replace Lee Sin, but QG protected him to the max. Lulu's ultimate ability provided enough health for Lee Sin to survive!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing and Uzi, the two ADCs, quickly moved forward, attacking all the way. At one point, Chen Dongqing's Gnar grew larger, used his second E to step on his teammate and jump forward, then flashed and used his ultimate to push Ashe back a distance. Then he used his W in the opposite direction, predicting the position of Ashe's flash and hitting her solidly!

One Q followed by one slap, and even the Ice Queen was easily killed!

Exclamations of surprise erupted from the scene.

This Gnar looks ridiculously powerful!

Having achieved a team wipe in the high ground team fight, QG now has a smooth road ahead of them.

"Alright, let's congratulate QG! They've won another game, taking a huge 2-0 lead!"

After the match ended, it was already 3:30 a.m. in China.

Many viewers found this part utterly boring and were already thinking of turning off the game and going to sleep.

There's nothing I can do, it's just so boring, G2 is too bad.

Immediately afterwards, the number of viewers in the live stream began to drop sharply, with only a few top-tier cultivators remaining.

It can only be said that these viewers who dropped out halfway through were destined to regretfully miss out on a massacre spectacle.

In the third game, QG returned to the blue side, and G2's draft picks were once again in dire straits.

This time, Uzi successfully picked Caitlyn, while Chen Dongqing picked Riven when all the heroes were banned.

Upon seeing these two heroes, I realized that this game might not be easy.

At the thirteen-minute mark, both players had reached a score of 2-0 and had destroyed one tower in each lane.

G2 went almost insane this game, relentlessly seeking out fights with QG, constantly engaging in fights and feeding kills.

By the 24th minute, the kill score had reached a dismal 5-21.

Meanwhile, in the live stream, two lanes of super minions had already pushed into G2's base, while the five QG players were grouping up to push down the bottom lane!

Seeing this, Ah P didn't care anymore. Syndra flashed forward and unleashed her RE Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers attack!

But it left only loneliness.

QG's positioning was extremely spread out, and his "Scattering Flowers" move only managed to hit Gao Dewei and Xiangguo, failing to control the carry.

Chen Dongqing used QEW to stun Syndra, then used A Greedy Q to unleash a burst of damage. Uzi then headshot Syndra, taking her down from full health!

"Charge! Charge! Charge!" Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo didn't care anymore and rushed into the crowd in unison, performing a somersault and leap!

Uzi followed behind, unleashing a barrage of attacks.

He even used his female police officer skin, firing off one gray-white bullet after another with the tail of the blade, making him quite conspicuous on the field!

The G2 players clearly saw the policewoman's actions, but they were powerless to do anything about it because they simply couldn't get past Riven.

All the spectators watched as the QG team pushed forward relentlessly, barely losing any health, and wiped out all five members of G2!

The damage dealt by G2's five players was probably not much higher than that of the high ground tower.

"It's over!" The three commentators in the LPL commentary booth laughed happily. "G2 has suffered another team wipe!"

QG pushed forward, and G2's base exploded for the third time, turning into fragments everywhere!

Sorry for the lateness. I just finished writing it and didn't have time to check it today. Please forgive any errors.

I'm feeling much better today, with only a few minor cold symptoms remaining. Regular updates as usual.

The article about the G2 match wasn't very interesting, and I guess it wouldn't be interesting for you to read either, so I'll just skip it. The finals start tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, guys!

(End of this chapter)