League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 289 He loves LPL so much!

As soon as they saw that it was Chen Dongqing speaking, everyone turned their attention to him.

Banbazi also extended his hand and nodded, saying, "Go ahead."

Chen Dongqing is a well-known inventor. His former mid-jungle-support synergy system, fasting jungle style, and Banner of Command mid lane completely changed QG.

Once this guy makes a statement, they just have to wait and listen; he's sure to have something good!

At this moment, the other teams also turned around to look, wanting to see what Chen Dongqing's understanding was.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and then said, "What do you guys think about making an incense burner the first item?"

"Isn't this the first item we build?" iboy said from the side. "It can't be built before support items and Sightstone, can it?"

"That's right, it needs to be placed even further forward than the Sightstone and support items. Even forward than the boots!" Chen Dongqing patiently explained, "Once the game starts, the support shouldn't think about anything else, just focus on building Ardent Censer."

"That's impossible!" Meiko immediately rejected the suggestion. "Without boots and a ward, how can a support play in the mid-game? They'll lose their roaming ability and vision control."

Chen Dongqing replied nonchalantly, "What's the point of having this? The support just follows the AD carry and hangs the Incense Burner, isn't that enough? With the Incense Burner following behind, the AD carry is practically invincible, and the two of them can easily wipe out the enemy."

"How can you break through with just an incense burner?" iboy chimed in again. "This equipment isn't even that powerful."

Chen Dongqing shook his head: "If it comes out in thirty minutes, of course it's not that impressive. But if it comes out in ten minutes or so, that's a different story."

Meiko strongly disapproved of this foolish playstyle of not roaming or warding, but simply hanging behind the AD carry and shielding them. He wanted to say something, but Linko interrupted the argument.

"Whether it works or not, we'll know after a real match," Linko said. "Let's have our first scrim today between QG and EDG."

Regarding training matches, since all four teams came together as a package, training within the four teams should be prioritized.

Banbazi's plan was for the four teams to train with each other, aiming to integrate all the tactics.

Upon hearing this, iboy and meiko, the bot lane duo for EDG, both nodded in agreement.

The two of them were on the same page this time. They both believed that the idea of ​​using a naked incense burner was illogical, and they intended to prove it with their own experience.

On the other side, when A-Guang heard that he was going to have a practice match with QG, he glanced at his own bottom lane teammates and his eyes suddenly turned resentful.

No, if you guys want to test the incense burner, then you can go 2v2 in the bottom lane yourselves, don't mess with me!

Do you know how painful it is to lane against Brother Tree?

But he had no choice but to obey orders.

The players from both teams quickly took their seats, logged into their respective Taiwan server accounts, changed their names, and began practicing.

In that instant, a turbulent atmosphere swept through the training room.

The custom room only has a maximum of two spectator seats, which is not enough. The other players from WE and FPX got up and chose to stand at the back to watch.

Before Chen Dongqing put on his headphones, he heard countless footsteps behind him. He turned around and was immediately startled.

There were two densely packed circles of people standing behind him.

"What are you doing?" Chen Dongqing asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing," Zoom said cheerfully from behind. "Just enjoy Tree's gameplay."

"Don't think I'm of any use this time," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "This game is mainly for testing out equipment for the bottom lane; I'm just playing around."

Upon hearing this, Ah Guang breathed a sigh of relief.

So spicy, my tree!

"Aww." Upon hearing this, the people behind him could only feel a little regretful and chose to walk behind Uzi to see what kind of game the first naked incense burner was.

At this time, Uzi and Shi Senming also talked with Chen Dongqing, discussing what exactly the naked incense burner was.

Chen Dongqing said, "Shi Senming, you don't need to worry about anything, just go straight for the incense burner. Jian Zihao, you should also change your build and just get a Hurricane naked, I guarantee you'll have a blast."

"OK!" Uzi nodded, secretly pleased with himself.

To be honest, he wholeheartedly approved of Chen Dongqing's build strategy.

If you don't build boots or sightstone, and just build an Ardent Censer and follow the AD carry, wouldn't this tactic be tailor-made for me?

The match began quickly.

In the first ten minutes of the match, nothing unexpected happened between the two sides.

Chen Dongqing was still paired with Xiangguo and Ueno, but he deliberately held back and didn't dive the tower with Xiangguo, giving A Guang a way out.

Because the main focus of this game was the bottom lane, his aggressive play in the top lane overshadowed the bottom lane.

At this moment, QG chose the standard Varus and Lulu combination in the bottom lane. Due to Clearlove's repeated targeting, the bottom lane was not having an easy time.

Lulu, in particular, is more uncomfortable in the laning phase because she has to go straight for the Incense Burner, since building an Aether Spirit and a Forbidden Statue in the early game is really not very useful.

On the other side, Meiko, who had the same economy, had already built Sightstone and Boots of Mobility, maximizing his utility. Meiko's Karma roamed to the mid lane and even caught Godves out with Flash.

Seeing this, Meiko smiled confidently.

I told you, you can't play games with a bare incense burner.

I had already established a significant advantage before you even made the incense burner.

You guys have no vision right now, and the mid laner doesn't have Flash either. We've got the dragon for sure.

Even if you make a really powerful incense burner, what's the point?

Banbazi watched from the side, his brows furrowing slightly.

Can this incense burner really turn the tide?

But at this moment, Chen Dongqing was not flustered at all, and was even quite calm.

He knew that everything would change once the incense burner was made.

This piece of equipment was a terrifying presence that distorted the entire S7 World Championship.

Ardent Censer was buffed at the beginning of the Summer Split and then nerfed repeatedly, so why did it only become truly popular at the S7 World Championship?

It's actually very simple; it's all because of one person's appearance.

In the summer of 2017, RNG substitute ADable reached the top of the Korean server. His script-like skills led Bang, Faker, and others to question whether he was using scripts, thus earning him the nickname "Walking A Monster".

The reason he was able to reach the top of the Korean server was certainly not because of his so-called "kiting" technique. After all, everyone here is a top-tier player, so who could be worse in terms of skill?

The real secret to his ascent was the incense burner!

This build changes the traditional item build strategy, prioritizing Ardent Censer above all else!

This is why Chen Dongqing didn't try to hide the incense burner trick.

Because soon, the "Walking A Monster" will be unleashing his power, and the Incense Burner strategy can't be hidden anymore, so he might as well bring it out in advance.

At twelve minutes, QG's bottom lane duo, with the help of their jungler, pushed the minion wave into the tower before collectively recalling to base.

Uzi's Varus built Berserker's Greaves and Runaan's Hurricane. Meanwhile, Shi Senming's Lulu finally rushed Ardent Censer.

At this point, the game finally took a turn for the better.

EDG also showed great respect, with Clearlove seizing the opportunity when Uzi pushed back the minion wave after coming back to lane and immediately launching a gank on the bottom lane!

On EDG's side, Sejuani appeared from behind, and Ashe and Karma decisively pushed forward.

This scene looks like a dead end no matter how you look at it!

But it was during this period that the incense burner truly shone.

In this version, the attribute bonuses of the incense burner increase according to the target level.

Within 12 minutes, both AD carries were roughly level eight.

At this point, the incense burner's attributes are approximately 27% attack speed and 27 points of life regeneration on hit for the target.

The key point is that this hit-based healing can benefit from the hurricane's split effect.

In other words, after Lulu applies a shield to Varus, Varus can recover 81 health points with each basic attack.

In addition, there's Lulu's own attack speed and the attack speed from the Ardent Censer, as well as her thick shield and health.

It's no exaggeration to say that this Lulu is essentially giving Varus a Warmog's Armor and an enhanced version of Wit's End.

Combined with Varus's own Hurricane, this Varus is essentially a four-piece set against three one-piece sets.

How can we lose?

Uzi's play this game was off the charts. Varus used Cleanse to break Sejuani's control, then flashed to dodge Ashe's ultimate, and Varus then unleashed a barrage of arrows!

All everyone could see was Varus taking damage from three people, his health fluctuating up and down, but he just kept it at half health and wouldn't drop below that!

Lulu's ultimate skill seems redundant.

At this moment, the two teams of players watching from behind also started making monkey noises.

Holy crap!

"Is this blood donation for real?"

"This Varus is invincible!"

Amidst the astonished gazes of EDG, Uzi swiftly struck, securing a triple kill!

The situation in the bottom lane was completely reversed by the incense burner!

And the scary part is yet to come.

After killing the enemy, Varus, with half health remaining, casually attacked the minion wave a few times.

Thanks to the incense burner's response, his health was quickly restored to full.

Uzi was stunned and kept shouting "Whoosh!" Varus decisively charged forward and quickly took down the bottom lane tower.

Immediately afterwards, Uzi had no intention of leaving. He called on Xiangguo and Gao Dewei to protect the bottom lane and then began to attack the second tower!

This is the stage that Chen Dongqing described as "the support follows the AD and adds a shield, making the two of them invincible".

As it turns out, it really is invincible.

Meiko and iboy were at a loss for what to do against Varus, who had an incredibly fast attack speed and an insane regeneration.

There's no way that Varus could die!

Unless you take down Lulu first.

But Lulu doesn't need to deal damage; she can just follow behind and provide shields. She's not that easy to kill.

From then on, the entire game became Uzi's playground.

Varus could go wherever he wanted, destroying towers at will, completely fearless.

Immediately afterwards, EDG launched another attack, aiming to focus fire on Varus and eliminate him instantly.

But who would have thought that with Lulu's shout of "Grow bigger quickly!", Varus gained extra health and the Incense Burner buff, and he seemed to descend from the heavens, unleashing a barrage of Hurricane Split Arrows, and his health began to gradually increase!

Immediately afterwards, QG's mid and jungle players arrived to provide support, and the two sides grappled with each other.

When all four EDG players were eliminated, Varus was back to full health.

EDG exchanged a glance and immediately selected ALT+F4.

This is unplayable, it's too insane.

After the game ended, Uzi couldn't help but roar to the sky: "Holy crap, this incense burner was insanely good! I haven't had this much fun in a game in ages!"

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "I knew this incense burner would work."

Why was the Ardent Censer not frequently used before? It wasn't mainly because of its attributes, but rather because players in Season 7 lacked the ability to develop new builds and their itemization strategies were too rigid.

By the time you make your third or fourth incense burner, it will have been more than 30 minutes. What's the use of recovering 20 or 30 points of health with each normal attack?

But if it's made in ten minutes, that's a different story.

At this point, AD's total health was only a little over 1,000, and with the help of Hurricane, it would lose nearly one-tenth of that!

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. An ADC with Hurricane and Ardent Censer is practically fighting while standing in the fountain, so of course they are invincible.

At this point, Banbazi, seemingly enjoying the drama, turned his attention to the victims: "What about you guys? What do you think of this approach?"

iboy nodded, saying admiringly, "Awesome, really awesome!"

At this point, EDG's bot lane duo could no longer deny it.

They can't even say they didn't perform well with this kind of thing.

The absurdity of this incense burner is undeniable.

Even if they perform exceptionally well, they'll still be a tough opponent.

"That's fine then." Banbazi smiled and said, "Let's keep this Incense Burner strategy as our LPL's secret weapon! We'll give LCK a big surprise in the knockout stage!"

"Yay!" Lin Weixiang clenched his fist and celebrated loudly.

This incense burner strategy directly buffs the ADC, who is the direct beneficiary and is naturally overjoyed.

The other players didn't feel this as much; they all turned their attention to Chen Dongqing, pondering deeply and feeling admiration.

There are two reasons why I admire him.

First of all, this guy actually came up with such an invincible scheme so easily. I don't know how his brain works!

Secondly, with such an invincible strategy, Chen Dongqing could have easily kept it hidden until the playoffs, or even the World Championship, to give the world a big surprise.

However, he selflessly shared it, all to enhance the strength of the LPL region.

He loves the LPL so much!

The LPL internal scrimmages continued for the remainder of the period.

Under the arrangement of the four coaches, the four teams were paired up, and everyone was engaged in complicated training.

The sounds inside the training room rose and fell in waves.

As it turns out, QG's team style is unique.

All four teams were playing. WE and EDG were clearly communicating quietly without saying a word, but FPX was a little louder, though still acceptable.

But things are different with QG.

Several people were shouting and yelling, as if whoever had the loudest voice had the authority to command, making the training room noisy.

According to the plan, LPL will first conduct an internal training session, and then contact teams from other regions for training.

Of course, this method of using a bare incense burner is not something that can be revealed to teams from other regions; this method will only be used during internal training.

Soon, QG played against the other three teams and easily won three games. Then, everyone quickly contacted LCK.

Unfortunately, LCK's internal training wasn't over yet, and Banbazi turned around and went to LMS.

Just then, the LMS region's internal training ended, and Banbazi talked with the other side for a long time and decided to have a group stage simulation training session.

According to the rules, the two sides will face off one-on-one based on their Spring Split rankings.

QG's opponent is undoubtedly FW.

This time, the teams came one by one. The players from the other three teams all came to QG's back. There were especially many people surrounding Chen Dongqing, which made him feel like he was back in his high school days.

Back in high school, whenever I went to an internet cafe, when the announcement "The player from machine number XXX is the strongest player in Ionia" would play, a large number of people would always gather around from behind.

The difference is that back then, people were surrounded by gold and silver; now, they're surrounded by professional gamers.

This match was a pure top-mid-jungle showdown, but QG had the upper hand and secured the victory early on.

The match lasted only 18 minutes. After Chen Dongqing secured a double kill in a 1v2 situation, and Xiangguo also came to the mid lane to help Uzi get a kill, FW chose to call GG, and the game ended.

"Holy crap, a tree!" Lin Weixiang, who had been watching the whole thing from behind, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. "That's awesome!"

Unlike Uzi's frantic mouse-clicking and movement, which clearly shows he's a pro.

Chen Dongqing made almost no unnecessary moves, just staying in place to last-hit minions. He dodged when the opponent's skills came and hit them when they moved. There were no fancy moves at all, and he steadily gained the advantage in the laning phase.

This feeling of ease and control is very much like frying fish.

That's terrifying.

Uzi smacked his lips at this moment, "This game wasn't fun at all, I didn't even get into it."

Once you've seen the ocean, you can't be satisfied with a river. After experiencing the thrill of taking off in twelve minutes, Uzi found it hard to accept the feeling of being crawling on the ground for almost twenty minutes.

"Alright, alright," Banbazi said cheerfully, "You'll have your fun then."

The training matches are still ongoing.

The highly anticipated clash between the two second seeds, WE and AHQ, is about to begin.

This match went quite smoothly. WE's strength in this version should not be underestimated. They even reached the semifinals once, but still lost to the champion. Against an AHQ, it was a sure thing.

In this game, WE's bot lane played normally. Zero bought an Ardent Censer as his third item, and Mystic took advantage of the situation to push the game in one fell swoop.

The same applies to the next two games.

Next up is EDG vs. JT.

JT is a team invested in by Jay Chou. Its predecessor was Taipei Assassins, the S2 champion team, so it has a deep foundation. Who knows, maybe one day a Xiao Yan will emerge from the team.

In this team, two IDs stood out quite a bit; Chen Dongqing recognized them immediately.

The first one is a support player, whose ID is Jay.

When people saw this ID, many exclaimed that Jay Chou should personally play in the game?

But that's obviously impossible.

The second one is the mid laner, named FOFO.

As a reborn individual, Chen Dongqing understood that FOFO's strength was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Of course, it was just as fragile as EDG.

JT is a team that excels at early-game aggression, and they always pick junglers like Elise and Gragas, who have extremely strong early-game capabilities, in every game.

Unfortunately, they ran into EDG.

When dealing with these young, reckless teams, Zhuge Mingkai usually has them completely under his control and can easily dominate them.

Of course, QG is an exception.

The factory manager easily established a game advantage with two counter-ganks and one gank, and then the snowball started to grow infinitely.

JT chose to surrender before the economic gap between the two sides reached 10,000.

Then, finally, FPX faced off against M17.

Both teams are fourth seeds, but the difference is that FPX has 2.5 championship-winning players.

This was yet another massacre.

In the scrims against the LMS, the LPL achieved a resounding 4-0 victory!

However, the four LPL teams remained completely unfazed.

Winning against the LMS region is not something to be proud of.

Whether they can win the championship depends on their chances of defeating the LCK teams.

Next, we'll see how it goes in the main competition.

The intercontinental tournament starts tomorrow, the pace is going to be amazing!

(End of this chapter)