League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 344 TOP20!

"TOP20?" Chen Dongqing perked up immediately upon seeing the comments.

Turtle, the big one is coming!

The "Poisonous Milk Ranking" is a list of the top 20 players that Riot Games releases every year, and it's said to have a "poisonous milk" attribute.

Of course, the concept of "poisonous predictions" is all superstition. Chen Dongqing broke the spell of "poisonous predictions" last year with his own abilities, but people's ingrained thinking still holds true.

"What? What?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming, who was some distance away, immediately stood up and stood behind Chen Dongqing's chair. "Let's see if I'm there!"

There's no need to say more about QG's four core players; they're all regulars in the top 20. With QG's number of championships this year, it's impossible for them not to be on the list, and they'll likely rank very high.

Only he, the fifth oldest in the team, might be in a bit of a predicament.

After all, to be fair, his tactical role in the team is actually not as important as Liu Qingsong's last year.

Chen Dongqing laughed and said, "Don't worry, if it weren't for you, I would have personally led the charge!"

As he spoke, Chen Dongqing even went to Baidu to look up information about this year's TOP20.

Perhaps due to the keywords, he actually found a post from the Anti-Japanese War forum on Baidu.

What's there to say? Dude, I just love this kind of thing!

Chen Dongqing confirmed that he had never logged into Baidu Tieba on his computer before, and that clicking into the post would not reveal his ID. He then quickly clicked into the post.

As soon as you enter, the 20th room is on the second floor.

Shi Senming smiled immediately when he saw the photo.

TOP20: QG.Ming!

Comment below: [Ming and Uzi together form an invincible bot lane duo in League of Legends. We seem to have never seen their bot lane get crushed. Ming perfectly filled the gap left by Crisp's departure. He may not be the strongest support, but he is definitely the most suitable support for QG!]

Since the rankings were found on a forum, Chen Dongqing also took a look at the comments below that floor.

[Xiao Ming was brought up by Uzi; he doesn't seem to deserve being in the Top 20.]

[A support player who wins four championships in a year, doesn't he deserve it, but you do?]

[I think it's a good match! Didn't you remember how you made Mata dizzy during MSI?]

Chen Dongqing showed the comments to Xiaoming, then praised him, "See? Everyone recognizes your strength. You made it into the TOP20 in your first year as a starter in the LPL. You have a bright future ahead of you, Shi Senming! Do your best at the World Championship!"

"Yes, yes!" Shi Senming nodded excitedly, as if this TOP20 ranking was a huge compliment to him.

However, it's not hard to understand.

Shi Senming has won so many championships with QG, and he has never lacked team honors. What he lacks is recognition for himself personally. Although this TOP20 bottom ranking is not high, it is enough.

He believes that in a few years, his ranking will be even higher!

Of course, Shi Senming seemed to have forgotten that sitting next to him was a super monster who had directly reached the top of the TOP1 in his first year as a starter.

At this moment, the other teammates also came over, wanting to see their ranking.

Chen Dongqing quickly flipped down.

Because it's the TOP20, the players on the list are basically the core members of strong teams or the leaders of second-strong teams; there are no weak players among them.

TOP19: TSM.Doublelift

TOP18: EDG.Scout

Then, I saw an acquaintance again.

TOP17: FPX.Crisp.

The comments below were quite neutral: "Due to version limitations, Crisp didn't deliver the same championship-winning performance as last year, but you have to admit he's still one of the strongest roaming supports on the planet."

Chen Dongqing was amazed by this sight, exclaiming, "Not bad, Songsong!"

To be fair, the fists have actually been quite lenient with Liu Qingsong this year.

Given FPX's performance this year, where they were defeated by WE five times, it's understandable that they wouldn't be on the list.

And right below Liu Qingsong was another good brother.

TOP16: Doinb.

It has to be said that Doinb's playstyle is quite distinctive. Even after leaving QG, he maintained his own tactical system, but unfortunately, he couldn't achieve the same outstanding results as last year.

To avoid disrupting the flow of the live stream, Chen Dongqing ignored the comments below and continued scrolling.

TOP15: FW.Karsa

TOP14: KT.Peanut

TOP13: TSM.Bjergsen

TOP12: SSG.Ambition

TOP11: EDG.Meiko

The further down the page they scrolled, the louder their questions became from Chen Dongqing's teammates.

They've already made it into the top 10, and QG has only produced one player?

That means at least four out of the top ten spots must be occupied? That's incredibly generous!

Chen Dongqing continued scrolling down, and finally, a QG player appeared in the tenth position.

TOP10: QG.GodV

The comment below was quite sharp: "He always performs exceptionally well and never loses a match because of his own mistakes, but I need to observe his performance at this year's World Championship."

Upon seeing this comment, the live stream chat was filled with question marks.

Upon seeing this comment, Chen Dongqing immediately chuckled. He turned to Wei and said, "You dog, you're being sarcastic with your fists!"

Clearly, GodV's performance and results this year deserve a higher ranking, but due to his poor performance at the 15 World Championship, Riot Games is hesitant to give him a high evaluation.

In 2015, Riot Games and LGD gave imp and GodV a lot of face, ranking them in the top 2 and top 4 respectively. However, both of them were eliminated in the round of 16, which was truly laughable.

Gao Dewei, of course, understood this as well. He snorted coldly from the side, then stopped looking and sat down in his seat, calmly saying, "It doesn't matter. This year, I'll let my results speak for themselves."

Clearly, Godvez has extraordinary confidence in this year's World Championship.

Chen Dongqing understood his old teammate's thoughts, so he stopped teasing him and continued scrolling.

TOP9: EDG.Clearlove

TOP8: SSG.Cuvee

TOP7: KT.Smeb

Compared to last year's TOP2, Smeb's performance has declined significantly this year.

There's nothing we can do about it, though, since the status of top laners has indeed been declining as the competition has progressed this year.

Even Chen Dongqing was affected, and his picks changed from Camille and Jayce in the Spring Split to Renekton, Nasus, and Olaf in the Summer Split, which is a shift from the carry role to the frontline role.

Next up is TOP6, and this time another QG player appears: QG.MLXG!

[It has nothing to do with K/D ratio, nor with damage output or tanking. The threat and trouble MLXG brings to the enemy team is invisible in the statistics; he remains one of the best junglers in the world!]

"Huh?" Xiangguo exclaimed, widening his eyes at the sight. "I'm only in the top 6? Does Riot even understand the game?"

Beside him, Shi Senming suddenly laughed and said, "Is it possible that they actually know a lot about games?"

Xiangguo was quite taken aback by that remark, glaring at Shi Senming, "I want to see which jungler can rank ahead of me!"

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's gone."

The dominant junglers on the field these days are Peanut, Karsa, Clearlove, Mlxg, Jankos, and maybe Score from SKT.

Now that the top three have emerged, it's highly unlikely that the latter two will make it into the top six; they probably didn't even make the list.

Therefore, Xiangguo is the highest-ranked jungler.

In other words, Riot Games has officially designated the world's best jungler.

Upon hearing this, Xiangguo crossed his arms and said with satisfaction, "That's more like it."

This year, it's not just top laners who have declined in status, but junglers as well. Nowadays, junglers are more passive and less dominant than last year's Nidalee, Graves, and Lee Sin. It's normal for the world's best jungler to be ranked sixth.

Next up is the stage for the team's core players.

TOP5: SKT.Wolf

TOP4: SKT.Bang

TOP3: SKT.Faker

Despite Faker's less-than-ideal performance in this year's Spring Split, he proved in the Summer Split that he has never been weak. Whether you need powerful damage output, consistent crowd control, or a visionary leader, Faker can deliver a satisfying answer!

Seeing SKT's triple kill, the QG players next to them couldn't help but shout out.

The ranking of these three people is presented here, and there's a lot of information about it.

First of all, Faker has been in the top 3 for two consecutive years.

Looking at the distribution of last year's TOP1 champion, TOP2 runner-up, and TOP3 top four, last year's rankings were still scientifically sound.

I don't know what to say this year?

Furthermore, now, only the top two spots in the TOP20 remain to be revealed.

And they happen to have two players left on their team.

Chen Dongqing scrolled down, only to find that the post ended there.

The original poster hasn't updated in five minutes. The most recent reply was: "[Guess who the last two are? I'm going to type a ∠ and come back to update.]"

The replies below were also quite amusing.

[Are you trying to hide it from me? The whole world knows who the top two are, hurry up and update the photos!]

[Every minute the original poster delays, the household registration book will have one less page.]

Wow, that's quite aggressive.

Fortunately, Chen Dongqing clicked refresh and saw that the last two results had been updated.

TOP2: QG.Uzi

After winning the 2016 World Championship, Uzi proved he was no weaker than any AD carry. Now, he's even more mature, and the current meta is extremely favorable to him. Perhaps this year he will take another step forward!

Downstairs, the comments were equally varied and diverse.

[OP is back from hitting the ∠? So fast?]

Uzi! A god forever!

Is this the officially designated champion?

[Absolutely flawless! In the Incense Burner version, the puppy is having a blast; even Tree Bro couldn't beat him!]

Will Uzi win another World Championship Finals MVP this year?

That's great, it's normal for AD carries to be picked in the Ardent Censer meta.

[GKD, I want to see TOP1!]

Upon seeing Uzi secure TOP2, Shi Senming's first reaction wasn't to congratulate Uzi, but rather to give Chen Dongqing a thumbs up and say with a smile, "Congratulations, Brother Shu, for being TOP1 for two consecutive years!"

Uzi's joy at securing TOP2 vanished instantly.

What the hell are you doing?!

No sense at all!

Shi Senming seemed to realize he had made a mistake, and immediately turned around and slapped the dog's buttocks.

Chen Dongqing listened to their conversation with amusement as his finger continued to slide down.

His photo finally appeared on the screen.

Riot Games actually chose a picture of him lifting the Finals MVP trophy at Staples Center last year. He looked incredibly dashing and radiant under the spotlight.

Linko couldn't help but say, "Chen Dongqing truly deserves the top spot; his performance was incredibly strong."

Shi Senming then shouted again, "Look at the comments!"

Chen Dongqing continued to slide down, and saw a long list of comments from the fist.

Ilex, the world's most powerful League of Legends pro player, is undeniable and irrefutable. We may never see another player with his level of talent again. As long as he's there, QG will always be a world-class team!

Moreover, his strength isn't limited to just one aspect, but encompasses all aspects of his being!

With the strongest laning ability, an outrageously comprehensive champion pool, split-pushing that seems to grant him global vision, and near-perfect teamfight performance, Ilex has reached perfection from a top laner's perspective!

If Ilex can lift the Summoner's Cup again at this year's World Championship held on his home turf, he will become the brightest star in the history of League of Legends!

This comment was so scathing it made Chen Dongqing blush.

Isn't this an exaggeration?

So, you're the strongest in laning, champion pool, split pushing, and team fights? You're a hexagonal warrior, buddy?

Still not quite there. My awareness is only 93, reaction time is only 96, and team fight ability is only 95. I'm just an ordinary cheater. If the other side has three or four of them, I still can't beat them.

Chen Dongqing scrolled through the sub-threads and saw that the comments below were quite standard, all of them saying "Husband!" or "God!"

Of course, there were also dissenting voices.

Although I knew Tree Bro might be number 1, I really didn't expect Riot Games to hype him up like this.

[They'd rather just hand the championship to QG directly; why bother with the World Championship?]

[Is the upstairs neighbor barking like a dog again?]

Dude, don't just jump to conclusions without thinking. Look at that guy's posting history; he's clearly a charlatan.

[Oh, it's just a KRD. When did these kinds of creatures become allowed to speak in forums?]

[What a joke! That's really laughable. Let's see if Faker actually gets to face QG this year.]

Perhaps it's because of the upcoming international competition, there are always a lot of Korean fans around this time, and Chen Dongqing is used to it.

Of course, he didn't take it too seriously.

When he was just a spectator, he might have been disgusted by these pro-Korean fans.

Now, he is a player.

If you see Korean fans jumping up and down, why not just give their home team a good beating?

Chen Dongqing stopped worrying and continued playing in the rankings.

Once the World Championship starts, he probably won't have time to climb the ranks in Dota 2 and StarCraft anymore. He can just play them one last time.

Meanwhile, in a certain place in Wuhan, China.

Having just landed in Wuhan and preparing for the World Championship, Faker looked at his TOP3 ranking again and couldn't help but let out a slight snort.

He knew that QG was currently the most popular team in the world, and they deserved a higher ranking.

But Faker was clearly not going to accept that.

This time, he is determined to win the championship on China's home turf, defeating the LPL teams!

Of course, the first step is to conquer the servers in this area!

Faker contacted the Riot Games staff member responsible for liaising with LCK players, requested a super account on the Chinese Super Server, and immediately logged in to begin his climb to the top!

Faker habitually opened the leaderboard to see what the situation was like on the Challenger tier.

But the result shocked him.

The top scorer in the canyon: ilex - 2112 points.

Second in the Rift: Doinb – 1688 points.

Third in the Rift: SofM - 1322 points.

What's going on?

The difference between the first and second place is more than 400 points, and the difference between the third and third place is close to 800 points?

Is this the kind of difference that a normal server would produce?

Ilex, he really is a monster!

This terrifying score is so high that even a ranked game fanatic like Faker would hesitate to attempt it.

Is it really possible for him to catch up?

How can someone have the patience to wait so long to be ranked number one on the server?

Does this person do nothing but play ranked matches?

With this question in mind, Faker thought for a moment and then skillfully opened the Douyu live stream room.

His live streams are also broadcast on Douyu, so he knows about this live streaming website.

At this moment, ilex is at the top of the website's rankings on the live stream homepage with tens of millions of viewers.

Faker clicked in, then couldn't help but blink before taking a closer look.

If he hadn't seen that the camera in the bottom right corner was indeed Ilex's, he would have doubted whether he had entered the wrong live stream.

Why is this guy playing StarCraft?

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(End of this chapter)