League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 359: The Laning Phase with Skateboard Shoes?

"Locked on!" Seeing the skateboard shoes light up on the first floor of KT, Doll couldn't help but feel worried: "Is it really a good idea to release Kalista directly?"

Miller crossed his arms and said, "QG's draft picks are always well-reasoned. Let's see what heroes they pick next."

Seeing KT obediently lock onto Skateboard Shoes, the QG players exchanged glances and nodded in satisfaction.

Next, all they need to do is select their rehearsal lineup step by step and then proceed with the process.

Previously, QG's team analyzed where the strengths of the Kalista were.

Firstly, the inherent mechanics of the game allow for a strong laning phase, and the team's strong lane control in the mid-game helps them gain sufficient initiative in the mid-game.

Secondly, in late-game team fights, the two can achieve an unstoppable system where they are both immortal by using their ultimate abilities and mutual protection from their support.

If these two points are addressed, then skateboard shoes will naturally become ineffective.

Therefore, QG's strategy was quite simple: first, to use the Camille and Galio combination to counter Kalista in team fights.

After Camille's ultimate locks onto the enemy support, if Kalista uses her ultimate at this time, it will only make the support invincible for a short time, and will not pull them to the side!

At this point, by following up with Galio's ultimate, you can ignore Kalista's insane ultimate protection and forcefully take down that damned Ardent Censer monster.

Thinking of this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but sigh.

If there were a new version of Mordekaiser at this point, why go through all this trouble? Just lock him up in the dark room.

Therefore, in the first and second rounds, QG made a quick choice, directly locking in Camille and Galio!

Of course, another important strength of Skateboard Shoes is that it is a super lane bully.

This is the problem that Uzbekistan needs to address.

Uzi's solution was to counter this by using the bipolar combination of Ice and Brûl.

Skateboarders are very vulnerable to slowing down; once slowed down, their jumps become like a tortoise crawling.

Ice's arms are longer than Skateboard's and have a continuous slowing effect, making it the best counter to Ice!

Of course, at this point you'll ask again.

If you choose these four characters, who will fill in the Incense Burner Monster?

At this point, it's naturally up to Xiangguo (a type of hot pot).

The two sides traded blows until the very last move.

The red team, QG, immediately locked in on Ivern, causing another gasp and surprise from the audience!

"Huh? Ivern!" Even Miller, who always had confidence in QG, was momentarily confused about what QG was up to.

From Camille and Galio in the first and second picks, every single one of QG's champion picks surprised him.

"What kind of lineup is this?" the doll exclaimed, scanning the lineup selections on both sides—

Blue side KT: Top Kennen, Jungle Sejuani, Mid Taliyah, Bot Kalista and Karma.

Red team QG: Top lane Camille, Jungle KunKun, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Ashe and Braum.

Looking at QG's entire roster, at best, only Galio is a good fit for the current meta.

What are the other four?

Is this really a professional team's lineup selected in the quarterfinals of the World Championship?

The three exchanged glances, a thousand words unspoken, but ultimately they could only condense into one sentence—"Trust QG."

At this moment, the FPX players on the bench below all smiled when they saw this scene.

Having frequently played scrims with QG, they naturally understood QG's draft strategy for this game.

Furthermore, they all have full confidence in QG's lineup!

The two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage.

From the footage, Banbazi appeared quite relaxed, even with a smile on his lips, which reassured domestic viewers somewhat.

Now, it's up to the QG players to perform.

Chen Dongqing bought a Doran's Shield and left the fountain.

His task for this game was actually quite simple: hold his lane and avoid getting solo killed, then farm Kalista with his teammates in the mid-game and that was it.

So after the laning phase started, he didn't focus on himself at all, but instead frequently switched the camera to the bottom lane.

As you can see, Uzi's Frost is still ruthless at this moment, chasing after Skateboard and attacking relentlessly from level one!

This version of Kalista hasn't been nerfed yet, and her range is still 550 yards, but it's still a bit lacking compared to Ashe's 600.

On the other side, Shi Senming's Braum also played quite aggressively, taking over the bottom lane bush at level one.

"Don't be a coward, go straight in and trade flashes! We absolutely have to take control of this lane!" Uzi's commanding voice rang out in the voice chat.

Shi Senming had been itching to make a move for a long time. Hearing Uzi's words, he decisively used Q to flash in, flashing through the minions and accurately hitting Deft with Q, and then followed up with a punch!

"Nice!" Uzi nodded approvingly, followed up with a basic attack, stacking his passive to three layers!

Deft frowned as he looked at the situation. He knew that if he got stunned in this wave, he would either die or be crippled.

Only flashbangs are allowed!

Faced with this forced flash-for-flash situation, Deft had no way to deal with it!

Kalista, a champion considered a no-go zone by countless teams who dare not even let her go once, encountered a major hurdle right from the start in QG's hands!

And that's not all.

Forcing them to use Flash was just their first step.

After forcing the skateboarder back, Uzi and Shi Senming continued to push forward and started pushing the lane!

On the other side, Mata's Karma wanted to come up and use her Q's AOE to hold the lane, but she had only taken two steps forward when Braum charged up carrying a security door.

You can't eat this Braum Q! Eating it will just result in a Flash!

Mata could only stand far to the side, unleashing an enhanced Q that hit both Braum and two melee minions simultaneously.

And that's it.

Karma's wave clear ability alone is definitely not enough to defeat Ashe.

Although slow, Uzi steadily and forcefully pushed the minion wave forward.

Once you've secured lane control, it's time to dive the tower.

The camera then cuts to the jungle, where you can see Xiangguo's Ivern striding confidently forward.

With the barrier set up in advance, you can quickly wipe out a group of monsters every time you reach a camp.

Ivern's jungle clearing speed is still quite impressive; he only needs to walk around the jungle twice to easily clear six camps.

After Xiangguo cleared six jungle camps, Ivern quickly went to the bottom lane. At that moment, the bottom lane minion wave was pushing into the tower, and a tower dive was about to begin!

With their strategy of diving the tower almost openly, QG made no attempt to hide their intentions, sending three players straight into the tower to make their move!

In that instant, Pawn, the mid-laner, teleported directly to the bottom lane!

At the same time, Godve's Teleport also lit up!

Mikoshi Ni instantly became Yokoshi San!

The problem is that in early team fights, Godve's Galio is much stronger than Pawn's Taliyah!

If both mid laners teleport down together, Galio could use his W flash to taunt all three, and they would all die!

In that instant, General Pawn thought for a moment and decided not to cause trouble for the bottom lane, so he canceled the teleport.

Seeing this, Godway happily canceled the teleportation.

He could go to the bot lane, but it's unnecessary; he should stay in the mid lane and focus on laning.

In the bottom lane, the three QG players were not actually affected by the appearing and disappearing TP, and their tower diving continued.

"Go straight for the skateboarder, he didn't dodge!" Uzi shouted in the voice chat.

Shi Senming understood the situation and walked straight towards the skateboard shoe's face!

Xiangguo seized the moment when Braum went in, first planting grass under his feet to increase his attack range, and then using a basic attack to attract the turret's aggro!

Shi Senming punched him, and then his Q skill hit him perfectly. Uzi immediately followed up with WA!

The three's basic attacks stunned Deft at lightning speed; in just one exchange, Deft was stunned in place!

Even though he cleansed away the stun, the next second, Ivern used Q to fly over and imprison him again!

"QG's control and coordination were superb! Xiangguo moved out of the tower first, and Xiaogou's basic attack took down Kalista! But after Xiangguo left the tower, he came back, and they still wanted to dive!"

QG waited a few seconds for the turret's preheat to completely disappear and for the three players' cooldowns to come back.

This time, Shi Senming tanked the tower, Braum landed a precise QA combo, and then Ashe and Ivern directly stunned the enemy!

Ivern followed up with a Q, and the three of them unleashed a flurry of basic attacks, easily taking down Karma as well. This time, it was Xiangguo who secured the kill!

In the instant of the kill, Shi Senming nimbly escaped the tower with low health after touching a minion, a truly perfect move!

When it comes to coordinated tower dives, QG is absolutely number one in the world!

After all, it was by dominating all teams with its crazy tower dives that the designers had to strengthen the existence of defensive towers.

After this point, the skateboarder's laning phase is almost completely ruined!

Uzbekistan's mission is complete!

Next, Uzi just needs to maintain his pushing power and pressure Kalista's last-hitting by pushing the lane. Then, in the mid-game, he can hand Kalista over to Chen Dongqing!

On the other side, Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction as he watched this scene.

With such a huge advantage in the bottom lane, the top laner certainly can't sit idle; he has to find a way to do something.

With this in mind, Chen Dongqing took the initiative to step forward and pretended to have his blood transfused.

But in reality, he always left himself a way out.

Sure enough, just as he stepped forward, preparing to use his W to sweep the enemy, a Sejuani appeared from his side and behind!

Chen Dongqing reacted quickly, using his E skill to hook back to the area below the tower.

"Jungler, please." Chen Dongqing casually gave the message and began to stand under the tower as punishment.

He's currently at full health and has a passive ability, so he's not worried about being tower-dived at all.

As expected, Peanut didn't try to push forward. After his first gank failed, he could only help the top lane by placing a ward before recalling to base.

At this point, Chen Dongqing finally mustered his courage and boldly swapped blood with Kainan.

He seized the opportunity when Kennen missed his Q skill and didn't have any W stacks left, so he launched a flying kick, dealing full damage, and then left!

Smeb glanced at his Q skill cooldown, then at Camille who had already created space and had two stacks of the WE mark on her. He launched a basic attack and immediately threw his Q, which had just been ready, at her!

In that instant, Qinggangying suddenly twisted her body at an uncanny 90 degrees, dodging this crucial shuriken attack!

Smeb gritted his teeth, feeling slightly defeated.

This guy is ridiculous!

The two top laners continued to trade blows back and forth. In the next moment, Chen Dongqing once again launched a flying kick into Kennen's face, bringing him to low health while Kennen chased him down and chipped away at his own health!

If both sides are low on health, Camille will definitely have the advantage because she has the initiative.

There was nothing Smeb could do but return to base to replenish his resources before teleporting back online.

Chen Dongqing, however, remained calm and also returned to base to teleport.

If both sides use TP (Teleport), then he has already gained an advantage.

As long as Kennen doesn't teleport down and ruin his teammates, Smeb is good at doing that!

Next, Xiangguo continued to maintain his perfect rhythm, with Ivern mindlessly farming from top to bottom, and then going to the bottom lane to apply pressure. Even if he couldn't dive the tower, he would make Kalista lose a few minions or chip away at the tower's health!

Actually, QG could have continued to look for opportunities to tower dive here, since Gao Dewei has lane priority in the mid lane, and a four-man gank on the second lane would have been a piece of cake.

However, they did not do that.

In short, play it safe.

They won't do anything unless they're 100% sure of success; if skateboarders or Karma get the win, all their efforts will be in vain.

Two minutes of the game had passed.

At this moment, the comments section was also full of fun.

A significant number of people started posting "Three's Road" as a strong condemnation of Xiangguo's behavior!

Of course, it was ultimately well-intentioned.

Another group of people started studying the last-hitting skills of the two AD carries.

At this point, we can see that in just over seven minutes, Uzi's CS has already reached 62.

On the other side, Deft only managed a paltry 31 CS!

In just seven minutes, Uzi managed to secure a slight advantage, which is quite terrifying even for QG!

On the other side, KT also felt immense pressure in the face of this situation. Seeing Uzi start to push the lane into the tower again, KT's mid and jungle could only move together to the bottom lane to start counter-ganking!

But at this moment, Uzi Ice [Eagle Strike] made a move, sending his scouting arrow straight into the enemy jungle and accurately locating the enemy mid and jungle duo!

When Goldwyn, who was originally going to the bottom lane to participate in the tower dive, saw this situation, he decisively cleared the minion wave under the tower and headed to the top lane!

In the top lane, Smeb kept in mind the half-lane principle. With his teammates spotted in the bottom half of the map, he was planning to turt under the tower and withstand the pressure for a while.

But Chen Dongqing didn't give you a chance to cower. Camille hooked the wall at the maximum distance and then used a WE combo to kick Kennen straight in the face!

W slows down the outer circle, then close in with A followed by Q to initiate the attack, and then Chen Dongqing immediately ascends to heaven, locking Kennen inside the circle!

In that instant, a magic circle unfolded simultaneously, and Galio [Heroic Entrance] appeared!

Smeb nearly went crazy when he saw this.

Damn it, it's me again?

Fun fact: When QG first brought the Camille and Galio combo to the stage, their opponent was KT.

In that game, Chen Dongqing and Gao Dewei became inseparable, getting completely disoriented by Smeb's Rumble.

And this wave is a classic reappearance!

Galio landed his ultimate, followed by E and W to secure the kill, and then Camille followed up with a true damage kick and an auto-attack, sending Kennen to his doom!

On the road, let's break through!

The camera then immediately cuts to the lower half of the frame.

Seeing their top laner suffer, KT naturally had to get some loot in the bottom half of the map.

Taliyah used her ultimate to block the path, and four KT players immediately surrounded them!

But QG didn't hold back either. Ivern flashed, Ashe flashed, and Braum, who didn't have a flash left, touched his teammates, and the three of them managed to escape!

This wave of attacks has further exacerbated KT's already poor early-game momentum.

"What's the next move?" Peanut asked his teammates over voice chat, looking worried.

As the team's shot-caller, Mata thought for a long time before finally shaking his head: "The enemy AD and jungler don't have Flash. You guys should try ganking the bottom lane again later. Hurry up, or the bottom tower will fall."

Peanut nodded obediently, and then attacked the bottom lane again a minute later.

However, QG was well-prepared, and Xiangguo had already ganked the bottom lane early on, so KT's attack failed once again!

On the contrary, QG was relentless, calling their mid-laner Galio to the bottom lane as well, and together they pushed down the bottom lane tower.

Faced with such a huge situation, KT discussed for a long time and finally decided to tighten their formation to protect Kalista.

Despite their huge disadvantage, the KT players still held onto a glimmer of hope.

With skateboard shoes in hand, there's always a chance to turn the tide in any situation.

(End of this chapter)