League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 361 Reverse EQ?

Seeing the enemy base explode again, Chen Dongqing patted his chest and stood up comfortably.

He was very satisfied with his clean and decisive victories in both games, which were played with a smooth rhythm.

This is the dominance that QG should have!

Chen Dongqing strode towards the backstage, once again receiving cheers from the audience. Everyone was extremely excited and overjoyed!

Tree's Camille! Wow! He's crushed Deft twice in a row!

Just before returning to the tunnel, Chen Dongqing took a quick look at the KT players' faces. He could see that while the KT players looked tense, they didn't appear frustrated.

Deft, in particular, even seemed somewhat calm.

Deft was, of course, very calm.

There's nothing to it but habit.

He was intimately familiar with the scene of being brutally killed by Chen Dongqing.

He was cleaved by Chen Dongqing's Darius, blown up by Gangplank, injured by Malphite, quadratically broken by Fiora, unexplainedly comboed by Pantheon, and taken down in one go by a 0-2 Vladimir.

There are just too many memorable moments when Deft was beaten by Chen Dongqing.

got used to.

Back at the entrance to the lounge, Linko's happiness was written all over his face. He gave each of the players a high-five, looking quite excited.

"Awesome, Tree Bro!" 369 also gave Chen Dongqing a thumbs up from behind, "What a ruthless Camille! I'm completely exhausted from carrying those two games!"

At that moment, the TV in the lounge was also showing the MVP selection for this match.

Since QG focused on the top lane in this game, and Chen Dongqing naturally dominated Smeb, the MVP could only be him.

With a near-perfect K/D ratio of 8-1-11, a damage share of 26.43%, and a damage taken share of 30.67%, he stands out as a dominant force in the game!

After reading it, Chen Dongqing nodded in satisfaction.

His performance in the previous game was actually quite good, but Uzi's performance was just as good, and his stats were even better, so the MVP was ultimately awarded to Uzi.

Is this MVP award a small compensation for him?

Chen Dongqing walked straight to the chair, lay down, and grinned, saying, "Smeb, Chun Chun went completely mad this game. Picking Rumble against Camille as a counter-pick, did he really think this game was just about laning? Chun Chun's gone crazy!"

Rumble can indeed beat Camille in lane, but that's all he can do in lane.

In early 2v2, mid-game split pushing, or late-game team fights, Rumble can get completely destroyed by Camille.

"You can tell he's too focused on the laning phase," Godway said from the sidelines. "Looks like he really wants to beat you in lane."

Smeb is the classic type who never gives up after losing. Every time he faces QG, he picks a very aggressive hero, trying to break through the top lane in the early game.

But clearly, he had never succeeded, and this round became his breakthrough.

Banbazi even joked, "In the next game, he won't be able to lane even if he wants to."

In the next game, the right to choose sides will return to QG, and they will undoubtedly choose the red side.

In other words, KT will return to the blue side.

Kalista, that mountain, will once again stand in KT's way, and this time they have no choice!

Who would have thought that in this best-of-five series, the red side would have become the dominant side?

But two hours ago, everyone agreed that the red team wouldn't choose the dog.

And the one who brought about this earth-shattering change was none other than little Kalista.

The short break passed quickly, and both teams took to the stage for the third time.

When Chen Dongqing went on stage, he glanced at the KT players again and saw that they were still frowning, clearly not having solved the problem with Kalista.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing knew that the game was already won.

The two players took their seats, and the third game's draft phase began quickly.

"Alright, QG, who have the right to choose sides in this game, still chose the red side. This means KT might have to figure out how to deal with Kalista. Hey, they just banned her!"

Miller couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. "Did the blue side ban Kalista themselves? That's insane! How are they going to draft now?"

Next, KT's ban list obviously didn't have much room for change, and they could only ban Fiora and Caitlyn. Compared to the red side in the previous game, their ban list remained unchanged.

But that's when the problem arises.

The blue side's advantage in the draft phase actually lies in the first three bans and the first pick.

If the first three moves are already predetermined, then what advantage does the blue side have?

Wouldn't the red team then be able to choose whatever they want?

Banbazi had anticipated this situation, so his draft picks were quite well-thought-out.

Regardless, the blue side still has the advantage of picking first, so Banbazi's idea was to deliberately give Xayah and Rakan to the opponent, and then pick Karma and Lulu as a double shield support lineup to focus on the top and bottom double carries.

Keep betting on the late game!

The same approach we used on our first day in Guangzhou: minimize confrontations where we're not confident and drag the game into the later stages for a decisive victory!

Next up is the hero selection phase.

QG banned Janna, while KT surprised Banbazi by picking Sejuani jungle, even though Lulu, Karma, Xayah, and Rakan were all available. As for the four bot lane champions, they picked the rest that QG had, since none of them were bad.

After discussing for a while, QG decided to adapt to the situation and prioritize picking Xayah and Rakan.

KT then locked in Tristana and Lulu, while QG locked in Jarvan IV as their third pick, advancing to the second round of drafting.

In the LPL commentary booth, Wawa, watching the draft phase, crossed his arms and said, "In the second round of bans, KT chose to ban Kled and Camille. These are both top laners who are very strong at close-range team fights. It seems that the losses in the first two games have really dealt them a big blow!"

"On the other side, QG saw through their plan and chose to ban Gnar and Jayce directly!"

Banning Kled and Camille is a simple strategy; the goal is to exploit the long-range, high-lane advantage of champions like Jayce and Gnar. Therefore, Banbazi showed no mercy and banned them without hesitation!

Miller, observing this scene, said, "In that case, the only strong top laner left is Kennen. Let's see what the two players say. Are they going to focus on fighting for Kennen?"

QG's answer to this question is, of course, no.

The employer should definitely be chosen last.

Therefore, they added Karma in the mid lane on the fourth floor, leaving the top lane for last.

"Alright, now it's KT's turn to finalize their roster!"

After much deliberation, KT ultimately chose Kennen and Syndra, selecting a top laner and mid laner who are relatively strong in this version.

At this point, their lineup was already finalized.

The suspense now lies in which hero Chen Dongqing plans to choose to crush KT!

The next second, a strange hero appeared on QG's fifth floor and was quickly locked on!

"Life and death, the cycle continues endlessly."

Miller's eyes widened immediately: "No way, another dog head?!"

The moment the dog head (a character in the game) lit up during QG's last pick, cheers erupted again from the audience, and countless people were incredibly excited!

This hero is quite interesting!

At this moment, the LCK commentator, Roaring Emperor, almost stood up abruptly, exclaiming, "Desert Reaper? What kind of champion is that?!"

Having been an LCK commentator for so many years, Roaring Emperor has never seen the champion Nasus before!

"What secret weapon has QG pulled out this time?"

Clearly, the Roaring Emperor did not watch this year's LPL Summer Finals.

In the European and American commentary booth, Jeff's expression was equally exaggerated; he even stood up abruptly: "Nasus!? Are you serious!? Ilex!"

Beside him, his two friends also expressed their surprise.

Clearly, a champion like Nasus, with his somewhat mischievous nature, is far too advanced for any region.

At this moment, the live stream chat for the European and American esports events was filled with a flurry of comments.

Is this going to be a skin-themed match?

[A skin-focused game? That's incredibly arrogant!]

Bro, wake up! Ilex will never choose a Nasus skin.

Could this really be a secret weapon?

Meanwhile, the QG players were also helpless about Chen Dongqing's choice.

"To be honest, Nasus isn't really the best pick, is he?" Banbazi said helplessly. "If you're going to play against Kennen, picking Vladimir or even Malphite would be more suitable."

"I think the problem is the lack of front-line tanks," Chen Dongqing laughed. "How can one prince hold out? Besides, Nasus is invincible in this version, you can trust me."

The invincible version of Nasus that Chen Dongqing mentioned is not just about the Nasus himself being powerful.

Another point is that Nasus is indeed good at countering Kennen.

If Chen Dongqing is allowed to farm peacefully until the 25-minute mark, he can directly smash the opponent's head!

The heroes for both sides have now been determined!

Blue side KT: Top lane Kennen, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Tristana and Lulu.

Red team QG: Top laner Nasus, jungler Jarvan IV, mid laner Karma, bot laner Xayah and Rakan.

Looking at the lineups of both sides, Miller analyzed, "The lineups on both sides are quite clearly biased. On KT's side, all three lanes are dominated by lane bullies! Their early-game fighting power is extremely strong!"

"QG has a top laner like Nasus who is weak in the early game, so what they need to do in the early game is to avoid fights as much as possible and drag the game out until their power spike. Victory will be theirs!"

At this moment, on the QG player bench, Banbazi was giving his teammates his final instructions: "Don't forget what we discussed in our previous meeting: focus on the laning phase, try to avoid fighting, and if we can drag it out to thirty minutes, we'll win!"

"OK!" QG members said in unison, nodding in agreement.

The two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage, and the camera slowly zoomed out, sweeping across all the spectators at Guangzhou Stadium.

The audience cooperated by raising their light sticks or cheering sticks, and QG's colors filled the entire venue!

As Chen Dongqing watched the match begin, he skillfully bought a Doran's Shield and a Health Potion, and quickly headed to the top lane.

Chen Dongqing was quite confident about his laning phase in this match.

Chen Dongqing looked at the yellow health points, blue magic resistance points, and the [Warlord's Bloodlust] talent he had specifically chosen in his runes, and smiled slightly.

The opposing team's top half composition of Kennen, Sejuani, and Syndra meant he didn't need to bring any armor.

With the addition of Doran's Shield and Bloodlust's regeneration, even if you can't beat Kennen in lane, as long as you play a little more cautiously and don't get hit too many times by Kennen with Doran's Shield, you can easily survive in lane!

If you go home and craft a Ghost Cloak with 1200 stats, that would be an absolute killer!

If you go even further and build Mercury's Treads + Ghost Cloak + Sheen, you could probably take on two Kennen at once!

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought of this.

Little Smeb, you like playing the laning phase, huh? So young!

As he pondered this, Chen Dongqing stood beneath his own tower, taking a step forward as his minions fell, and sensed the presence of three melee minions.

Of course, you should still be cautious in the early stages.

It's not that Kennen is particularly strong at level one, able to make Nasus unable to farm minions; the main reason is that Chen Dongqing needs to maintain his current form as much as possible.

Faced with this situation where the lane is destined to be pushed, if you go up to force a last-hit and trade blows, resulting in yourself being reduced to half health or even crippled, then once the minion wave reaches the tower and the enemy jungler appears from behind, you can just quit the game.

Experienced online players wouldn't take such a risk.

Chen Dongqing waited for Kennen to push the minion wave over while switching screens to check the situation on other lanes, looking quite relaxed and carefree.

Both the mid and bottom lanes have their own unique situations in terms of laning.

In the mid lane, Godve played with ease. Karma's level 1 wave push was unbeatable. Godve pushed the minion wave across the river right away, and then, taking a slight risk, ran to KT's bottom jungle to place a ward.

This ward was placed directly inside the F6 camp, just in time to see Peanut clearing F6 and heading upwards.

"Jungler, farm up there!" Gao Dewei pinged several signals to warn Chen Dongqing in the top lane to be careful.

Chen Dongqing was also watching on his screen at the time, so he just gave a soft "hmm" and stood motionless under the tower.

Now that we've decided to focus our jungle efforts on the top side, we can certainly put more effort into the bottom half of the map.

In the bottom lane, although Uzi and Shi Senming were playing Xayah and Rakan, who are strong in level 1 duels, they were not in a hurry. They just farmed peacefully and controlled the minion wave in the middle.

On the other hand, KT's Tristana and Lulu were playing very aggressively, constantly applying pressure and pushing the lane quickly with Tristana's explosion and Lulu's Q!

Soon, the minion wave pushed across the river!

At this moment, KT's bot lane duo did not forget to guard against the jungler, and they immediately set up vision in the river and the tri-bush.

But they didn't expect that at this moment, Xiangguo had already taken the lead and stood in the dragon pit, using an EQ combo to enter KT's bottom jungle.

Xiangguo stood just outside the limit of vision in the enemy's tri-bush, waited for his E skill to cool down, and then gave the order for Prince to head straight to the bottom lane!

When the prince appeared in the tri-bush area, he was immediately caught by KT's bot lane duo, and Mata immediately shouted, "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

The two immediately retreated, but unfortunately, they had pushed their lines too far, and they were bound to encounter the prince!

But Deft remained unperturbed.

With his W and Flash abilities in hand, how could he possibly be stopped by a mere prince?

impossible!

Deft saw that the prince had already walked up to him and blocked his way back. He immediately pressed W and jumped backward with a W!

But at the very moment he jumped, the prince planted the Demacian Flag under his feet and unleashed a reverse EQ combo that was only one centimeter long!

The Tristana's W skill was used to jump, so she jumped over the head of the Prince who was in EQ mode!

Unfortunately, this game doesn't have 3D hit detection. When Tristana jumps into the air, she gets hit by Jarvan IV's EQ combo on the ground, and her W dash is interrupted, sending her flying high into the air!

Xiangguo perfectly predicted Xiaopao's W jump animation and interrupted her movement perfectly with a reverse EQ combo!

"Holy crap!" A gasp rang out in the QG voice channel. Shi Senming reacted quickly, and Luo followed up with an EW combo, lifting the cannon into the air again!

Uzi seized the two opportunities to knock the enemy away, followed up with another WAQE control, and the three of them worked together to send the cannon away!

"First blood!"

A blood is born!

This famous moment of Xiangguo happened in the quarterfinals of the S7 World Championship, when his opponent was FNC.

So this time we've done a perfect replica, the dates are all correct.

To prevent any readers from missing this, I'll post a bonus chapter later.

(End of this chapter)