League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 303 I! Fighting Eagle! Back in Team!

During the next three days of the holiday, Chen Dongqing was even busier than usual.

During the day, he would spend his free time with his girlfriend, going shopping and watching movies.

When he has free time, he stays at home, playing League of Legends and StarCraft, and then practicing Dota 2.

When you think about it carefully, the whole day is completely packed.

Even during breaks, Chen Dongqing didn't stop playing games; he was practically an iron man.

For an average person, playing games at such a high intensity would probably cause their wrists to give out long ago.

But Chen Dongqing remained completely unaffected, making it hard to say whether he was in good health or had some kind of strange enhancement.

Chen Dongqing even asked the system about this issue, but the result was pleasing.

The system stated: "As the host of this system, you will not have any problems with injuries or illnesses."

It has to be said that, in the sweltering summer heat, Chen Dongqing was actually quite moved upon hearing those words.

Don't let the system's stingy nature fool you; it requires points for everything, but it's actually doing good things behind the scenes.

Under Chen Dongqing's intensive practice, in addition to his increasingly solid position at the top of the StarCraft and League of Legends rankings, his Dota 2 skills are also improving rapidly.

Each hero in DOTA2 has its own proficiency level, and proficiency can only be increased by points after reaching the beginner level. Therefore, Chen Dongqing tried out each hero.

His talent for MOBA games is undeniable. He can reach the beginner level with just one playthrough of a hero and memorize the hero's skills.

In just a few days, Chen Dongqing easily memorized the skills of all the heroes in DOTA2 and gained a basic understanding of the game.

At this stage, he can already dominate in matchmaking games on his own—provided, of course, that he doesn't play high-difficulty heroes like Arc Warden.

If you ask him to play Dragon Knight mid or Skeleton King carry, he'll have no problem; these heroes aren't very difficult.

At this stage, it's time to invest your points.

Because he streamed himself playing Dota 2 a few days ago and got completely crushed in one game, the online backlash was quite exaggerated.

The video even circulated on overseas forums, sparking numerous discussions among foreign players.

Because of this unremarkable match, the DOTA2 team collectively occupied the high ground in public opinion, and for a time they had an overwhelming advantage!

Chen Dongqing had seen all the public opinion.

Although many fans believe that given time, Chen Dongqing will definitely become a master of DOTA2.

But how long will this take? Actually, even the fans don't know.

It seems like even the minimum guarantee is for a month?

Brother Shu learned StarCraft quickly before, didn't he also play it intensively at home for a month during the Chinese New Year before he mastered it?

But what they didn't know was that three days would actually be enough.

Chen Dongqing invested all his points into DOTA2, and his skill level began to rise rapidly.

Team battle ability: Beginner → Master

[Consciousness: Intermediate → Master]

[Last-hitting ability: Advanced → Master]

[Multi-line operation capability: Advanced → Master]

Chen Dongqing wasn't in a hurry to improve his hero proficiency, since there were just too many heroes he didn't know how to play, and he didn't have enough points to play them all.

But even if the hero isn't proficient, it doesn't matter. With his current strength, he's more than capable of dealing with low to medium level opponents.

Chen Dongqing today is a one-trick pony, lacking game understanding and hero proficiency but excelling in individual skills and team fights.

But regardless of the outcome, the result of this maneuver is that he will definitely have no problem laning.

7 month 14 day.

Chen Dongqing ate lunch at home, and then returned to the base with his suitcase.

After putting away their luggage, Chen Dongqing opened the training room door and immediately saw that his teammates were all sitting neatly in front of the computer, busy at work.

Chen Dongqing stepped into the rest room, puffed out his chest, and shouted, "I! Douying! Back with the team!"

The teammates around him glanced at him sideways, about to laugh, but they didn't seem to have any reason to laugh.

Chen Dongqing's current status is not much different from Dou Ying's, like a protagonist in a novel.

"Falconry, is it?" Banbazi said, leaning against the door. "Quickly close the door, the cold wind is blowing out."

"Ouch." Chen Dongqing obediently closed the door, sat back down, and started his computer.

As soon as I sat down, Uzi next to me turned his head and asked, "Have you been playing Dota 2 lately?"

Clearly, the teammates have all seen this recent major development.

Chen Dongqing nodded: "Yes, why?"

"Nothing much." Uzi waved his hand. "I was chatting with Reed yesterday, we talked about Dota 2, and then we talked about you."

Veteran LOL professional players like Luwei mostly transitioned from Dota and are generally very skilled.

Chen Dongqing vaguely remembered that in his previous life, after Luwei was banned, he played League of Legends and even reached a peak ranking of 27th in the Chinese server.

Although they relied on a powerful backer, they do have real strength.

"Okay, sure." Chen Dongqing nodded and didn't continue the conversation.

His computer was already powered on, so he logged into the StarCraft and League of Legends clients to see if his ranking was still stable.

Unfortunately, the ranking remains stable.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Dongqing decided to start a live stream, and then simultaneously started two ranked matches, beginning the classic dual-thread ranking up to continue pushing his score higher.

Just then, another WeChat message popped up.

Chen Dongqing looked down at his phone and saw that it was developed by 55.

Old Squirrel: [Hey bro, wanna play Dota 2? I'll carry you!]

Chen Dongqing looked at the WeChat account developed by Wuwu and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

Actually, Luwei's invitation to play DOTA2 together was quite a generous gesture.

Given the recent uproar, Luwei playing alongside Chen Dongqing is tantamount to openly siding with LOL against DOTA2.

In addition, with Luwei, a skilled player, guiding him, Chen Dongqing was able to perform better, giving the LOL side more confidence.

Chen Dongqing was somewhat surprised, never expecting that Luwei could be so loyal.

This is inconsistent with his previous behavior.

Chen Dongqing smiled and typed, "Come on, let's exchange fans! And teach me how to play DOTA2 while you're at it."

OK.

After finishing the communication, Chen Dongqing put down his phone and turned to the viewers in the live stream, saying, "Let's continue playing Dota 2 today, brothers! I have a strong player to carry me today!"

As they were talking, they added the ID "StopSlander" to the team.

Just as the audience was wondering who this guy was, they heard a familiar voice.

"Wait, wait, wait?"

Holy crap! It's a 50/50 chance!

Chen Dongqing and Luwei are currently the top streamers on the Douyu platform. When these two play games together, the viewership is enormous, with almost half of Douyu's audience watching them.

This caused an explosion in popularity.

"Come on, let me show you something, okay?" Reed said in his distinctive Mandarin, "Bro, I'm not bragging, but my Dota 2 skill is absolutely unbeatable. With your talent, play with me for a couple of days, and you'll definitely become a pro!"

Chen Dongqing listened with amusement: "OK, OK."

At this point, Luwei asked again, "So, how well do you understand this game now?"

Chen Dongqing honestly replied, "I know absolutely nothing about it."

This is not him belittling himself.

Because he truly knew nothing about it.

In the past few days, he has just picked a hero and played casually, treating it like League of Legends. Even so, he has managed to play at a pretty good level thanks to his reaction and skills.

"Well," Lu Wei thought for a moment and then said, "then I'll teach you from the beginning, okay?"

"become!"

Although Chen Dongqing's laning skills are now top-notch, he knows nothing about the game's basics, and he doesn't mind taking a class.

In DOTA2, there is so much game knowledge to learn that you simply can't play without it.

The most direct consequence of lacking game understanding is that no matter how skilled you are individually, if you lack the ability to develop your resources, your economy will naturally fall behind in the mid-game, and even the best skills won't help.

In DOTA2, farming ability is a very important aspect because it involves a key mechanism.

"Let's start with the lane assignments," Lu Wei began. "Let's leave aside the most basic mid lane, which is similar to League of Legends, a 1v1 situation. But the top and bottom lanes are slightly different."

"The top and bottom lanes in this game are of different lengths, as you may have noticed. These two lanes are divided into two types: the advantage lane and the disadvantage lane. The advantage lane is longer, and the turrets are positioned further forward, giving you a natural advantage in the laning phase because the turrets will push the minion wave back if it gets too far ahead."

"Then, the safe lane for Radiant (blue) is the bottom lane, and the safe lane for Dire (red) is the top lane, and the two maps are mirror images of each other. Based on this, the game usually sends the team's carry to the safe lane to ensure that the carry can farm."

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and asked, "Just like Honor of Kings?"

"." Lu Wei paused for a moment: "If that's what you're saying, then it's pretty much the same, since the two center positions are offset from each other anyway."

"Oh, by the way, this game doesn't have different roles like mid laner or jungler. Instead, it's divided into five positions, numbered one through five. To put it simply, the earlier the number, the higher the status."

"In League of Legends, the position one would be the ADC, the team's carry, responsible for dealing damage, and of the highest status, so they would stay in the safe lane to farm. The position two would be the mid laner, the team's second carry. The position three would be the third carry, the workhorse, staying in the offlane."

"As for positions four and five, they are the two supports. Position four is the offlane support and will take a little bit of the farm. Position five is the safe lane support. Because the farm in the safe lane will be given to the carry, the position five has the lowest status in the team, just like the support in League of Legends."

"In short, positions 1 and 5 should be in the safe lane, and positions 3 and 4 should be in the offlane. You just need to remember that. Then the rest is pretty much the same as in League of Legends: last hitting, roaming, farming, getting kills, and pushing towers."

The introduction to Reed was simple and easy to understand, and the lane rules of DOTA2 were also simple and clear, not complicated at all. Chen Dongqing only needed to think about it for a moment, and he already had a general idea of ​​the matchup in his mind.

It's basically a mirror match where the advantageous lane plays against the disadvantageous lane; it's a contest of who plays better.

Chen Dongqing's strength lies in his laning phase, since trading blows in lane is not about game proficiency but purely about individual skill.

"There are many more tips and tricks in this game, too many to explain at once. Anyway, I'll tell you as I play."

Reed thought for a moment and continued, "How about I play a couple of 1v1 games with you so you can get used to the laning phase?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing grinned.

He had never heard of such a strange request in his entire life.

"Come!"

After saying that, the two created a custom room and started a 1v1 match.

Chen Dongqing chose Lina, while the opposing Luwei chose Queen of Pain.

These two heroes are similar in role to Syndra in League of Legends; they are traditional lane bullies in the mid lane, making this a clash of titans.

Chen Dongqing didn't have much to say. He bought his starting gear and waited for the minions to log in.

In this game, there is a collision volume between heroes and minions. You can slow down the minions' lane arrival by positioning your hero in front of them, which will give you an advantage in the laning phase.

His current operation is of course without any problems. He managed to block the minions perfectly, making it difficult for them to move and taking five or six seconds longer to log in than usual!

On the other side, Reed had actually blocked the minions very well, but when the minions came online, the handover position was still blocked in front of the opponent's tower!

This is very embarrassing.

Lu Wei was slightly surprised, not expecting that even an experienced person like him couldn't outmaneuver Chen Dongqing.

"Hey bro, have you ever played this before?" Luwei asked, puzzled.

"No," Chen Dongqing said honestly, "I only played for a few days."

"." Lu Wei fell silent for a moment, preparing to engage in serious online combat.

He first right-clicked Chen Dongqing's hero repeatedly, then turned and retreated.

The minion aggro system in this game is different from that in League of Legends. You don't need to attack the enemy hero; you only need to issue an attack command towards the enemy hero to attract the minion aggro.

This mechanism allows you to pull the minion wave towards yourself out of thin air, thus allowing you to last-hit minions that you couldn't otherwise last-hit.

Even if you manage to pull the minion wave over, last-hitting minions isn't that easy.

Because this game also has a deny mechanic.

In other words, heroes can attack their own minions when they are at half health.

When you deny a minion, the enemy hero not only loses gold, but also gains significantly less experience.

This is why I keep saying that DOTA2 is difficult.

Because of this deny setting, theoretically speaking, if the skill gap between two players is too large, then the laning phase is completely unplayable, and they can't even survive.

Because denying not only provides superior CS, but also lane control.

Theoretically, if you last-hit one of the enemy's creeps and deny one of your own, you can keep the creep wave stuck in front of your own tower forever!

Even more outrageous, you can only last-hit your own minions when they are low on health, while last-hitting the enemy minions from half health onwards, and you can even manually control the minion wave to push back.

Lu Wei had a similar idea this time.

Chen Dongqing had never played DOTA and had never experienced denying.

With his skill level, he could easily beat a newbie just by last-hitting minions!

Soon, a ranged unit from the Reeds side arrived at the low-health enemy. (Because the unit was pulled to the backline, it became the target of focused fire.)

Luwei remained calm and composed, timed her attack perfectly, and unleashed a basic attack.

But just then, the Fire Mage's attack came first, taking down the minions.

Holy crap.

Reed couldn't help but gasp inwardly.

That attack's health bar was perfectly timed!

Because two heroes are competing for last hits and denies, last hitting becomes more complicated. Both sides must try to last hit as early as possible while still being able to kill the creeps with basic attacks.

In this competitive situation, it often happens that A is attacked too early, giving the opponent a chance to pave the way for an easy kill, which is a complete disaster, resulting in a double loss in both morale and finances.

This time, Chen Dongqing's basic attack was timed to the absolute limit, as if he couldn't finish off the minion if it had just a drop or two more health.

That's pretty good!

The reeds chose to prepare for battle and continue the game.

Soon, the enemy's ranged minions also reached low health.

Reed seized the opportunity and unleashed a basic attack!

But this time, the enemy attacked first and captured the minions.

Flip successful!

What the hell!

The reeds were completely taken aback.

What's going on?

"Brother, you've really never played this before?" Luwei asked.

Chen Dongqing honestly replied, "I've never played it before, I only played it for a few days."

The reeds fell silent once more.

Both sides continued to finish off the attackers.

While arguing, Luwei gradually observed some details.

The opposing team definitely hadn't played this game before; at the very least, they didn't even know how to hook units.

But it doesn't seem to be that important.

Because the opponent's last-hitting skill is truly outrageous.

He managed to last-hit one of the four minions in the first wave, and he did so while the opponent was trying to last-hit and didn't have time to deny the minion.

What's even more infuriating is that the enemy team didn't forget to attack him while they were last-hitting minions!

The Fire Mage would occasionally use her basic attacks, and she would also use her W and A combos to whittle him down during his basic attack animation.

Annie's W is similar to Cho'Gath's Q skill, controlling enemies within a certain range after a short delay. This kind of poke damage leaves Reed unable to retaliate.

After several waves of attacks, they managed to reduce his health by more than a hundred points.

Luwei was now covered in sweat.

He couldn't help but focus 120% on the game, wishing he could stick his head into the screen.

But it was still useless.

The second and third waves of soldiers follow the same pattern.

With Chen Dongqing's deliberate lane control, the minion wave was constantly blocked in front of his tower.

The Queen of Pain lacks lane-pushing ability in the early game; she simply doesn't have the ability to send minions in.

I can't keep up with last-hitting, I'm constantly being harassed, and the minion wave isn't in a good position either.

The disadvantages of reeds are only getting bigger and bigger!

According to the traditional rule of one blood, one tower, and one hundred CS, he will lose this solo match sooner or later!

At this moment, the chat rooms on both sides exploded with comments.

They were somewhat confused about what had happened.

Is this development reasonable?

It would be more reasonable to switch the positions of the two sides!

On Chen Dongqing's side, question marks appeared in the live chat.

As for the reeds, there are also many questions.

On one hand, there's shock at the streamer, and on the other hand, there's ridicule of the streamer—it's all very real.

The battle between the two sides is still ongoing.

As time went on, Reed managed to land some more last hits, but this did not prevent the gap in last hits between the two sides from widening.

Without any kills, the two players managed to create a level difference of more than half a level simply by using this last-hitting suppression.

Relying on his level advantage, Chen Dongqing dominated the competition, gaining an overwhelming advantage for a time.

But at this moment, Chen Dongqing's lack of understanding of the game was exposed again.

The rune refreshed after four minutes.

Runes are a unique mechanic in the mid lane of DOTA 2.

Starting from four minutes, one will refresh every two minutes, and it will randomly spawn on one of the two sides of the middle lane.

As for the spawn location, it's similar to the bushes in the middle of the river on both sides of the mid lane in League of Legends.

The runes have powerful effects; some provide invisibility, some reduce cooldowns and mana costs, and some simply restore health and mana to full.

Most importantly, runes can directly fill a hero's potion (simply put, it's like the Corrupting Potion in League of Legends).

Whoever controls the rune gets three extra potions, which is enough to completely reverse the mid-lane matchup.

However, since the runes spawn randomly on one side, this adds a bit of luck to the mid-lane laning phase.

The reason why the Queen of Pain is so strong is because she has a 1000-yard Flash. She doesn't need to gamble on runes. She can just Flash over to pick up the runes wherever they spawn!

The Queen's ability to reliably control runes provides her with excellent lane sustain.

But what about Chen Dongqing? He had no idea about controlling the talisman; he thought the magic bottle could only be replenished at the fountain.

This time, the refreshed item was an Arcane Rune that reduced cooldown. After picking it up, Reed drank three potions, which significantly restored his health and gave him more survivability in lane.

But unfortunately, it was still useless.

If this gap in laning ability isn't resolved, even three extra potions won't help the Queen!

The laning phase continued quickly.

A minute later, Chen Dongqing looked at his experience bar and decisively pressed forward!

Seeing the level 5 Fire Maiden pressing forward, Luwei wasn't intimidated and decisively threw a dart at her.

But just as he was throwing the darts, the Fire Girl raised her right hand and unleashed a [Light Strike Array]!

Although Luwei had a blink skill, he was in the middle of casting a spell and didn't have time to blink out!

In that instant, a clear light flashed around the Fire Maiden, and her level reached level six!

Done!

Reed was startled.

At this point, being scared is useless.

The Fire Mage followed up with a basic attack and then QR. The Q skill pushes out a wave that deals damage in a straight line, while the R skill is thrown at the target, dealing high point damage. These two simple and brutal direct damage skills instantly reduced the Queen to half health!

First blood secured!

As he watched his hero enter the resurrection countdown, Luwei stared blankly at the screen.

Why did he lose?

He's a former professional DOTA player, even if he's lost now, he shouldn't be getting wrecked by a newbie who's only been playing for three days, right?

"Brother!" Reed asked seriously, "I'm asking you one last time, have you played this before?"

Chen Dongqing understood what the other person meant from their tone, and he said cheerfully, "No, I just played for a few days."

This time, Luwei had nothing to say.

He could indeed see the opponent's inexperience and naivety from their actions of not using minions or controlling runes.

But he couldn't explain the opponent's last-hitting and trading skills.

He hesitated for a long time before finally managing to utter only one sentence: "Awesome."

I haven't played DOTA2 much, with only about a thousand hours on Steam (a significant portion of which is Auto Chess), but my rank is decent, reaching Legendary (almost Platinum) at my highest. I understand the basics of the game, unlike StarCraft where I was completely clueless.

But as anyone who knows DOTA 2 knows, each version changes drastically; if you don't play for a few months, it often becomes a completely different game. (I logged in and played a game today, and the terrain had completely changed! There was an extra jungle area around the entire map—can you believe it?)

So please bear with me if there are any version errors; I will fix them as soon as I see them.

See you tomorrow, guys!

Thank you to Zhu Di is not Judy for the 100 Qidian coins donation, thank you boss!

(End of this chapter)