League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 282: No advantage in the early game, unable to win in the late game.

(It's Children's Day, so I'm going out for a day with some drafts, so there won't be many posts these next couple of days. Sorry, everyone~)

6 month 21 number.

The QG team members got up early as agreed and went about their own business in the training room.

Xiangguo was eating Xiao Yang's pan-fried dumplings while studying the K-line chart in front of him.

Some time ago, Xiangguo followed Chen Dongqing's advice and did not choose to buy LeTV.

As it turns out, this suggestion was indeed correct.

LeEco's stock price has continued to decline steadily over the past month, and Xiangguo almost bought at the bottom only to find it halfway down the mountain.

So here's the question: which one should I buy?

Xiangguo then sought out Chen Dongqing, asking him for divine guidance.

Chen Dongqing smiled and gave an answer: "Tencent".

There's a saying that goes, "Cherish your 300 yuan Tencent."

Although this saying has become somewhat distorted in recent years, it remains an absolute rule today.

Tencent's current valuation is 300, and it is expected to rapidly climb to 750 within the next three years.

Although this wasn't the stock that had risen the most among the few that Chen Dongqing knew, it was the most widely known, and Chen Dongqing revealing this answer wouldn't expose his identity as a reborn person.

Xiangguo was skeptical of Tencent's answer, because he felt that Tencent was already very advanced, so he had been using his Murphy's brain to keep an eye on Tencent's stock price.

Chen Dongqing had nothing to do and was still playing solo queue games alone.

There was nothing he could do; he simply couldn't find any fun games lately, so he figured he might as well climb the ranks on the Challenger tier.

But it has to be said that he was quite happy to climb the ranks, after all, his win rate is there. He had a win rate of over 90% in solo queue and fought his way up to the King rank, making the entire top of the Rift tremble with fear.

Now, the title of "the first Challenger in S6" has become a well-known name in the game, and there are no more people who are blind and spew insults.

Chen Dongqing's plan is to try and reach the top rank in the national server during the regular season of this summer season.

Inside the training room, shouts and calls rose and fell in waves.

"Uzi, my oh my oh my!" Chen Dongqing's wicked laughter rang out in the voice chat. On his screen, the Desert Reaper he was playing gave the Impotence skill to the enemy Xayah, then activated his ultimate and walked up, smashing Xayah's head with two elbow strikes.

Uzi watched his screen turn black and white, then looked at his ultimate ability with five seconds left and his Flash with thirty seconds left, and he was immediately furious. "What kind of damage is that? Damn it."

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, was quite smug: "Do you understand the value of a 700-layer Q?"

He just plays casually when ranking up. For example, in this game he just randomly picked Nasus. But his personal skill is undeniable. Even when laning with Nasus, he can still guarantee a back-and-forth battle.

If a dog (a character in the game) develops peacefully to the mid-game, its effect will be devastating.

The Uzi player who was matched against them in this game was the biggest victim.

After securing this crucial mid-game team fight, Chen Dongqing's team took the Baron Nashor and then, relying on Nasus's mid-game strength, continued to initiate team fights!

Chen Dongqing's dog head was like a god descending to earth, covered in flesh, and Uzi couldn't hurt him at all. But when the dog head swung his elbow, half of his health was gone!

Uzi had no way to deal with this top lane monster, and after dying again, he chose to press /FF to initiate a surrender.

Chen Dongqing scored 24 points again.

At this point, we can see that Chen Dongqing's score has reached 800 points, which is quite high, considering that the current top scorer in the game is only a little over 1,000 points.

However, it's worth mentioning that the top player in the Rift is also a familiar face, none other than "QG Traitor" Doinb.

Doinb has dominated the top spot in the Rift for over a month with his high win rate and numerous matches played.

But judging from Chen Dongqing's upward trend, surpassing him is only a matter of time.

Chen Dongqing has recently seen a lot of related discussions on Tieba, such as "effort is insignificant in the face of genius".

At this moment, Linko walked into the lounge, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and then shouted, "It's almost time, everyone pack your things and get ready to leave!"

Xiangguo quickly stuffed the pan-fried dumplings into his mouth, then hurriedly got up and unplugged his peripheral device.

The others did similar things.

Actually, they used to use the same spare peripherals for competitions.

However, due to the new rules introduced by the alliance this year, wireless peripherals must be fully charged before inspection, otherwise a fine will be imposed.

I often forget to charge my spare peripherals, which results in charges, so now I always bring my own peripherals that are plugged into my computer.

After everyone boarded the bus, the bus bearing the QG team logo slowly started moving.

Midway through the match, Linko was still trying to motivate everyone: "Everyone, play well in the upcoming games. After EDG, the opponents in this round aren't too strong. Let's aim for a perfect record before the Intercontinental Cup. Can we do that?"

The Intercontinental Cup will be held from July 3rd to July 9th, which is after the third week of the regular season.

These three weeks are just enough time for the LPL to finish the first round of the regular season; the timing is pretty perfect.

Chen Dongqing patted his chest, "Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Soon, the bus arrived at the scene. Everyone checked the equipment and put on makeup according to the procedure, and then waited for the game to finish.

At this moment, the match between FPX and WE is in full swing.

This is considered the highlight match in Group B. Ever since FPX lost to WE in the Spring Playoffs, they have been planning their revenge.

But now that the two sides have met again, it's clear that FPX's revenge plan is not going well.

The two sides have now entered the second game, and FPX is still at a disadvantage in the second game after losing the first.

Chen Dongqing observed the lineups of both sides and immediately shook his head.

Sent.

It has to be said that WE, relying on their two carries, is very well-suited to this AD-centric meta.

Xiye and Condi only need to run to the bottom lane without thinking and help the ADC take the first tower, then the ADC can end the game.

But coincidentally, FPX also uses this strategy.

Therefore, the outcome of the match depends on the battle between the mid and jungle players on both sides.

Whoever wins in the mid lane will have an advantage in the bot lane, and that team will win the game.

In this second game, Xiye relied on his mid-lane Galio to strongly secure mid-lane control and extend his advantage to the bottom lane.

As expected, what followed was exactly what happened next.

WE played steadily, dragging the game out until the hero's three core items were at their power spike. They then accelerated the pace of the game by securing dragon kills, and ultimately widened the economic gap in two team fights, ending the game.

FPX lost to WE again, 0-2.

Chen Dongqing watched this scene and couldn't help but make a "tsk tsk tsk" sound.

In the current LPL, QG, WE, and EDG are considered the top three teams. FPX, as a rising star this year, must defeat either WE or EDG if they want to enter the World Championship.

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long.

If FPX plays a huge game all year and still fails to qualify for the World Championship, that would be a real disaster.

Just before his turn to go on stage, Chen Dongqing went to the restroom. On the way, he coincidentally ran into Doinb, who was on his way back to the base.

Chen Dongqing glanced at Doinb and noticed his gloomy expression, clearly understanding the pressure the team was under.

Chen Dongqing didn't reply, but instead shivered, pulled up his pants, and left.

Instead, Doinb stared at Chen Dongqing's back for a long time.

Time quickly came to five o'clock in the afternoon.

Host Yu Shuang strode onto the stage and shouted, "Let's welcome the two teams to the stage for this match!"

"First up, the IG team!"

This summer, IG's roster has undergone some changes again.

First, the bot lane strategy that saw crazy combinations last year has finally found its answer.

After much deliberation, they finally decided to drop both AD carries and instead bring in West from the GT team.

Clearly, this is another heavyweight AD.

The support role has been confirmed as Megan (Baolan).

In addition, there have been changes in the jungle position. Ning, the halberd of IG's trident, has officially taken over. Now, the only piece of IG's championship puzzle left is JackeyLove, who is waiting for the club to turn 17.

In other words, this version of IG is definitely not weak.

"Next up, let's welcome Team QG to the stage!"

As the QG team took the stage, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from below, a stark contrast to the IG team's performance.

Chen Dongqing looked around and saw that there were many people in the front row holding up "ilex" light signs. Many spectators came here specifically to watch his first match in the summer season!

At this time, the popularity in the live broadcast room was also at an unprecedented high.

Even though the opponent in this match is just a weakling, the popularity of the live broadcast room has already caught up with the popularity of last week's pig-dog battle.

In the last game, Brother Shu wasn't there, and we lost.

We must win this match beautifully!

"Alright, please take your seats, both contestants. The match is about to begin!"

At Yu Shuang's prompting, both contestants quickly stepped onto the stage.

Chen Dongqing entered the room as instructed, joined the first position of the red team, and then quietly closed his eyes to rest.

Three minutes later, Chen Dongqing heard the referee signaling the start of the match through his earpiece, followed by a crisp, clanging sound.

BP begins.

When Chen Dongqing opened his eyes, he saw that the opposing team had already banned Jayce in a flash.

Without saying a word, he held Bobby down.

The opponent quickly pinned down Fiora.

Bnabazi discussed it with his teammates and decided to ban Rek'Sai, who was extremely strong in the jungle after her ultimate was reworked.

Immediately afterwards, the opposing team banned the female police officer.

Jayce, Fiora, and Caitlyn: facing QG's classic three bans.

At this point, QG had another discussion.

"Jian Zihao," Banbazi turned and asked, "Do you want to play Xayah/Rakan or Kog'Maw/Lulu? You can choose either one."

As Uz listened to the question, a ranked match from three hours earlier inexplicably came to mind.

His Xia was smashed by the dog's elbows.

Uzi's Xayah was already a weak point recently, and after suffering such a heavy blow today, he really doesn't have much confidence right now.

"Big Mouth Lulu, perhaps?" Uzi said with amusement. "I'm still a bit confident about that one."

"OK." Banbazi nodded and chose to ban Rakan.

It's worth mentioning that QG didn't ban Zyra here.

In this version, support equipment has also undergone a major overhaul. It is no longer a matter of directly spending money to upgrade; instead, a new quest system has been added.

Each auxiliary item requires 650 gold coins to be obtained through various means before it can be upgraded to level two.

The problem is that in this version, Spellthief's Blade only costs eight gold per hit.

Stealing 650 would take forever.

Therefore, in this version, support champions like Lulu and Karma are already moving towards the path of Relic Shield or Ancient Coin.

They are inherently shield supports. Although switching to support items will reduce their early laning ability, the added speed boost or shield can somewhat compensate for this in terms of functionality.

But Zyra is clearly not an option. The only purpose of this champion in the support role is to lane and deal damage, and the weakness of Spellthief's Edge directly affects her.

Therefore, in this version, Zyra is completely ignored.

Theoretically speaking, this could be considered a brilliant move to elevate the status of shooters.

After all, Zyra, as a mage support, is all about annoying both sides' AD carries.

In the laning phase, they suppress the enemy AD carry with their long range and high damage, and in the mid-game, they suppress their own AD carry with their ineffectiveness and lack of protection.

Zyra's departure is beneficial for both bot lanes.

It must be said that designers' control over version design is steadily improving.

The selection process has begun.

QG had anticipated IG's first choice.

Or rather, the other side had no choice.

The opposing team immediately picked Galio, breaking QG's unstoppable flexible combination, effectively banning him instead of banning him.

Banbazi, following his original strategy, locked in Lulu with the big mouth.

IG then picked Ashe as a counter, and then locked in Camille.

The two sides went back and forth, and the business plan was carried out quickly.

QG secured Lee Sin and Syndra as their mid and jungle picks in their third and fourth moves, while IG subsequently added Zac as jungler and Braum as support.

In an instant, only one option remained.

"IG's Camille is confirmed for the top lane! Now let's see what Maokai will use to counter Camille!"

Remember's voice rang out from the commentary booth as he began to speculate: "If it's Tree Bro, then Jax, Cassiopeia, and Darius are all good choices."

In the QG voice chat, Chen Dongqing turned around and asked, "What's the strategy for this game? Should we go all out and give them a hard push, or take it slow and play normally?"

Uzi actually wanted to say take it slow, because he was playing Kog'Maw this game, which is only effective in the late game.

Before he could even speak, Xiangguo blurted out, "They're definitely going to go all out! You have no idea how much some people criticized us after we lost to EDG last time!"

Chen Dongqing certainly knew that he was surfing the internet intensively.

"Then give me Vayne!" Chen Dongqing said decisively, "I'll take them down in a flash!"

Banbazi glanced at the opposing team's lineup and couldn't help but admire Ilex's talent for casting. He promptly nodded in agreement.

Night Hunter, locked on!

A thunderous cheer immediately erupted from the audience!

VN, this is getting interesting!

Uzbekistan felt a jolt in his heart.

He hasn't picked VN in a long time.

The last time QG picked Vayne, it seems it was also Chen Dongqing who chose her.

That's disgusting.

The two sides traded blows, and the lineups were quickly finalized.

Blue side IG: Top lane Camille, Jungle Zac, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Ashe and Braum.

Red team QG: Top lane Vayne, jungle Lee Sin, mid lane Syndra, bot lane Kog'Maw and Lulu.

Although picking Vayne might sound like a prank, upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a brilliant choice.

It was as if a sword had pierced IG's Achilles' heel.

"I have to say, QG's top lane Vayne pick was fantastic!" Even commentator Guan Daxiao couldn't help but exclaim, "IG's top, mid, and jungle lineup seems to have no way to deal with Vayne!"

"It seems that's really true!" Remember nodded as well: "If Vayne brings Cleanse, it seems like the entire IG team has no way to deal with her!"

"IG is in trouble then," Guan Daxiao sighed, arms crossed. "They can't afford to drag this game out. The Vayne and Kog'Maw dual marksman combo is too overpowered in the late game! They have to end the game in the mid-game!"

Remember frowned and said, "But the problem is, IG's lineup doesn't actually have any advantage!"

After a lengthy analysis by the two commentators, they finally arrived at their own conclusion.

IG's lineup for this game is purely for defense.

They have no advantage in the early game, and they can't win in the late game.

The two commentators are already speculating about how long it will take QG to win this game.

Thirty minutes? That feels too slow.

Twenty-five minutes? About right.

As expected, the live stream started switching, and the first game officially began!

(End of this chapter)