League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 372 A Strange Ultimate Move Collaboration!

The moment Nightmare was chosen, another series of gasps erupted from the audience.

What kind of hero is this? I've never seen him before!

"Nightmare?" Colonel Guan was momentarily speechless. "What kind of tactic is this now?"

Guan Zeyuan and Ji De, who have been commentating on the game for so long, have never encountered this hero before!

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes already filled with anticipation.

Guan Zeyuan said with a smile, "Then let's see what kind of performance QG will bring us through this nightmare!"

With Nightmare confirmed, the lineups for both sides were also finalized.

Blue side FPX: Top lane Kennen, Jungle Camille, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Kog'Maw and Lulu.

Red team QG: Top lane Malphite, Jungle Nocturne, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Xayah and Janna.

"I have to say, both teams have very solid lineups!" Remember commented. "Both sides have heroes that are really strong in team fights. I don't even want to think about what the team fights will be like!"

"That's something to look forward to!" Colonel Guan said with a smile. "Of course, before the team fight, we also need to see how the laning phase goes!"

The match began soon afterward.

Chen Dongqing bought a Doran's Shield, left the fountain, and controlled the Malphite to swing towards the top lane.

As he walked, he also switched screens to take a look at the enemy Kennen's talent choices.

Whether the rune is Electrocute or Fervor determines whether Kennen is an AP or AD champion.

Although AP Kennen is the mainstream now, it's normal to play AD Kennen given that the opponent was Malphite in this game.

As expected, Zoom brought passion to this game.

AD Kennen only needs to start with a Doran's Blade, then recall to base to buy a Vampiric Scepter, and he can easily ignore Malphite's Q poke, achieving a reverse counter.

It's difficult for Chen Dongqing to make up for this kind of thing through manipulation. After all, he's just a small stone, what kind of tricks can he make?

Of course, this is not without solutions.

"They're facing a Kennen AD carry, we can't beat them," Chen Dongqing said. "Give them top, get it?"

"Got it!" Xiangguo immediately responded.

The top lane isn't all about fighting and killing; it's also full of human relationships and social interactions. Don't be shy if you can't win; boldly call for backup!

Laning phase is a negligible part of the top lane.

Even though Chen Dongqing's laning skills are arguably the best in the world, he understands this principle better than anyone else.

Both Malphite and Nocturne are champions who become powerful after level 6, so without a doubt, if we wait until seven minutes, Kennen is doomed!

All Chen Dongqing needs to do is make the most of these seven minutes.

Of course, this is not difficult at all.

In the first few minutes, Kennen hadn't yet built the Vampire Scepter, so his sustain was insufficient and he couldn't suppress Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing only needs to enter the rogue mode. When his passive is active, he will go up and use Q on people. When his passive is not active, he will stay in the back and rely on the burning effect of [Touch of the Dead] to subtly exchange blows with Kennen and even suffer some losses!

After five minutes, Zoom, with very little health remaining, pushed the lane and recalled to base before buying lifesteal items.

When he TP'd back online, the laning phase finally became comfortable.

But Chen Dongqing, of course, dismissed it with disdain.

Because Kennen's health bar has entered the two-minute countdown.

During those two minutes, Chen Dongqing didn't try to finish off the enemy; instead, he focused on gaining experience points, even if it meant losing gold.

The camera then cut to the bottom lane, where Clid's Camille was already making a move on the bottom lane. However, Uzi's outstanding playstyle this game was very stable. Even though Camille had a dash of over a thousand yards, she couldn't get close to Uzi at all!

Clid's first gank attempt failed.

After seven minutes, Xiangguo, who had been farming jungle camps non-stop, finally reached level six and arrived at the top lane.

Chen Dongqing pinged a signal, then took two steps forward, seized the opportunity when Kennen attacked him, and used his ultimate to crash into him!

Zoom was completely stunned by this powerful move and didn't even have time to react!

Why is this stone man suddenly so fierce?

The next second, night fell and the screen suddenly went dark.

A ghost rushed straight to his side!

Even with Zoom's extraordinary abilities, it's clear that it's impossible for them to escape these two powerful moves!

The two of them dealt enough damage in just one combo to cripple him!

Zoom activated his ultimate, but before he could even unleash the first set of stuns, he was taken down by Nightmare's basic attack!

"First blood!"

Xiangguo's first gank was a breeze!

Although this gank benefited from the powerful Nightmare mechanic, it was somewhat simple and mindless.

However, if you look at the entire BO5, you can see that Xiangguo's ganking efficiency today is more than one level higher than Clid's!

After killing the enemy, Xiangguo helped Chen Dongqing weaken the minions, allowing Chen Dongqing to use his E skill to kill them all and push the minion wave into the tower.

Xiangguo pressed recall and started a new round of jungle farming. Halfway through, he said, "I won't have my ultimate right now, so you guys play it safe. We'll fight when we have our ultimates, and farm when we don't!"

"OK!" This was the tone set before the match started, and everyone in QG understood it.

In the two minutes or so before Nightmare was fully activated, FPX did try everything they could to seize opportunities.

With the combined ultimate abilities of Camille and Galio, FPX's mid and jungle duo rushed to the bottom lane and decisively initiated the fight!

A four-man gank on the two resulted in the easy elimination of Uzi and Shi Senming under the tower!

The pressure on QG was too great, and there wasn't much they could do about it. Even with Teleport, it wasn't convenient for Gao Dewei to go down.

But it's not a big problem.

Xiangguo immediately went to the bottom lane to clear the minion wave that was pushing into the tower, thus preserving the tower's health.

This is a turn-based game.

FPX's round is over, now it's QG's turn.

Seizing the opportunity when Galio was out of position, Godve and Xiangguo quickly arrived in the bottom lane to collect the gold!

A cash machine on the lower level must become more and more powerful the more you withdraw!

Because Nightmare has his ultimate ability, there's no need to consider the minion wave situation this time. Once the two run to a suitable distance, they immediately start communicating.

Xiangguo pressed R and said, "I'm going to fly!"

"OK, you fly, I'll react in time!"

Xiangguo nodded, Nightmare activated its second stage R, and flew towards Lin Weixiang's big mouth!

Godway reacted quickly, seizing the opportunity when Nightmare took off, and cast an E [Command: Defense] on Nightmare!

Driven by the skill, the clockwork puppet flew straight after Nightmare!

But then, a wonderful collaboration occurred.

The clockwork puppet has a very basic feature: after it leaves the clockwork by a certain distance, it will return to the clockwork's side.

However, there is one exception.

In other words, if you use your E skill to throw the puppet towards your teammate, and your teammate runs out of Orianna's E skill range halfway through, the puppet will forcibly fly out of the recall range, follow your teammate all the way to them, and after a brief pause, it will instantly return to Orianna's side.

With this mechanism in place, the dream combo of Clockwork and Nightmare becomes possible.

The moment Nightmare took off, Clockwerk used its E ability on Nightmare.

Because the puppet's flight speed is the same as Nightmare's ultimate ability, the puppet will fly all the way to Nightmare's target location and make a short stop there!

Moreover, this brief pause is enough time for Orianna to unleash her ultimate ability, Command: Shockwave!

This will be an ultra-long-range team fight initiation involving ultimate abilities spanning thousands of yards!

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Because turning off the lights would deprive them of vision, the FPX bot lane duo of Kog'Maw and Lulu were currently huddled together!

Nightmare and the clockwork puppet flew all the way to Big Mouth's body.

The moment Nightmare landed, Orianna unleashed her ultimate. Before the FPX bot lane duo could even understand what was happening, a massive suction force was generated, pulling the two of them together!

At that moment, an uproar erupted from the audience!

"Wow, what is that?!" Colonel Guan was stunned by the sight. "How can a wind-up ball fly so far?"

With such a godlike first move, killing becomes incredibly easy.

Shi Senming's Wind Maiden blew over with a gust of wind, and Uzisha followed up with a backhand hook. The control of the group was perfectly coordinated, and Lulu was locked down and killed!

Even if Lin Weixiang's big mouth took Lulu's ultimate and then used Purify and Flash to create distance, it was still completely ineffective.

With just one Flash, you can keep pulling Nightmare's E!

Xiangguo flashed in and triggered fear, then followed up with two basic attacks, taking down Kog'Maw!

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!

"After FPX's four-man gank on the bottom lane, QG quickly retaliated in the bottom lane!" The commentator exclaimed in a shrill voice, "And this time, all four of them are at full strength; they're going to be able to push down a turret!"

Four minions at full health quickly pushed the minion wave into the tower.

The bottom lane tower is clearly already in their hands!

Compared to FPX only managing to secure two kills, QG's four-man gank on the second lane was clearly much more profitable!

After taking down the first tower, QG recalled to base to replenish their supplies, and the broadcast finally switched to the replay of this play.

Everyone watched the replay intently.

They really didn't understand how this was done.

This is absolutely outrageous!

In slow motion, the Clockwork puppet flew rapidly behind Nightmare, flying all the way to a thousand yards away from Clockwork, forcibly pulling out a powerful attack, before finally returning to Clockwork's side.

This scene was so bizarre that even Colonel Guan had the word "BUG" pop into his mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

"This should be due to a special mechanic that Orianna's E skill requires to complete, combined with Nocturne's extremely long-range entry, creating a unique synergy!"

Guan Daxiao's understanding of the game is quite good; he quickly gave the correct response: "But I must say, QG is really creative to come up with this kind of gameplay!"

In the QG voice chat, Xiangguo was incredibly excited, praising the combo: "Chen Dongqing, your strategy is really amazing! Who can even react to that?"

That's right, this was another idea provided by Chen Dongqing.

This was a gameplay method that Chen Dongqing stumbled upon while browsing Douyin in his previous life. He found it interesting at the time, so it left a deep impression on him.

In this life, after Xiangguo mastered the Nightmare jungle playstyle, Chen Dongqing casually mentioned this combo. Xiangguo found it interesting and played it with Gao Dewei in a training match. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good, so it was kept as one of QG's trump cards.

Today, this combo has appeared in the world, and it shocked everyone as soon as it was used!

"As expected, QG's ultimate-focused lineup was truly well-prepared!" Coach Guan laughed. "The top and jungle ultimate combo at level six, and the current mid and jungle ultimate combo, have both delivered outstanding performances!"

Remember also laughed and replied, "If that's the case, then QG still has a powerful combo that hasn't been unleashed yet."

Since the top and jungle have ultimate abilities that can be combined, what about the top and mid?

Of course there is.

And it arrived very quickly.

After taking down the bottom tower, Uzi switched to the mid lane to help Godve push the mid tower.

FPX made a change to their strategy, letting Kog'Maw farm and clear lanes alone in the bottom lane, while Liu Qingsong and Clid lingered near the mid lane to help Doinb defend it.

"This lane split, while it allows us to defend the mid tower, also has its weaknesses," said Colonel Guan, looking at the screen. "This way, Wei Shen in the bottom lane can push the lane without any pressure; he has a lot of room to maneuver!"

Two minutes of the game had passed quickly.

Wei Shen, who has a lot of room to maneuver, has been staying in the bottom lane without moving.

But he wasn't doing anything like binding spirits; he was just waiting for his ultimate skill to cool down.

The moment his ultimate ability was ready, Gao Dewei headed straight for the mid lane!

After being constantly pressured, Chen Dongqing finished off a wave of minions under the tower and decisively gave up on the top lane, heading towards the mid lane!

Just as Liu Qingsong and Doinb were clearing the mid-lane minion wave as it pushed into the tower, Chen Dongqing suddenly emerged from the shadows of the jungle on the side and knocked both of them away!

Fearing he might miss an opportunity, Orianna flashed forward and unleashed a QR combo, eliminating the two once again!

This time it's a combination of QG's top and mid lane ultimate skills. The combination of these two skills is absolutely powerful!

Uzi only needs to follow up with a little appropriate output to easily secure a double kill!

Another powerful attack followed, and FPX's mid tower collapsed.

The disadvantages for both sides are growing.

Then, another problem arose.

If those two combinations are already this powerful, how powerful would a trio of them be?

It arrived very quickly.

At 23 minutes, QG grouped up and pushed towards the second tower in the mid lane.

At this moment, the QG players were having a lively discussion in the voice chat channel.

"Ready to start the raid, guys? Can we join?"

"Don't rush, don't rush, I'm not there yet!"

"Wait for me to get back to the city, right away."

"Hurry up, I can't hold it in any longer!"

"Alright, let's get started!"

"OK, charge!" Standing in FPX's jungle, Xiangguo pressed R, and the entire Rift instantly turned dark.

At this moment, the five FPX players standing under the tower were extremely nervous.

They knew all too well how powerful the Nightmare Clockwork combo was; they had suffered losses from it more than once in those twenty minutes.

The strength of this mid-jungle combo lies in the fact that it forces you to spread out instead of sticking together.

However, with Nightmare's ultimate ability removing vision, spreading out means you'll be isolated and helpless.

This time, however, the FPX team was prepared, surrounding their ADC in the middle.

Their key carry all have Flash available this game. They can Flash to dodge Orianna's ultimate when Nightmare flies towards them with Orianna's ball.

After dodging the ultimate attack, that

In that instant, a stone golem suddenly rushed out of the darkness and crashed headfirst into the center of FPX's five-man formation with lightning speed!

Except for Camille, who was standing a little further away and wasn't knocked away, the other four were all knocked into the air!

???

A flood of questions arose in the minds of everyone at FPX!

This rock golem was just farming in the top lane, how did it end up in the mid lane!

This is another clever use of Nightmare's ultimate ability—after depriving you of vision, you can silently allow your teammates to teleport!

During the previous communication, Chen Dongqing had already finished eating the food and entered the return-to-city state.

Once Nightmare turned off the lights, he immediately teleported to the wards he had placed near the mid lane, and then flashed into the center of the FPX camp in the darkness.

With the lights off during Nightmare mode, the FPX players were completely unaware of Malphite's teleport.

This kind of powerful move, which has almost no reaction time, is impossible for anyone to react to!

After using his ultimate to knock up four people, Nightmare followed closely behind, flying past Orianna and charging into the FPX five-man formation!

With lightning-fast reflexes, Godway applied E to Nightmare in mid-air, then frantically pressed R!

Nightmare unleashes his ultimate attack, possessing the puppet and releasing a shockwave!

The four people in the air were strangled by the clockwork once again!

Nightmare's aerial Q followed by a passive basic attack upon landing unleashes a devastating AOE attack!

Uzi exclaimed "Awesome!" upon seeing this. He didn't even have time to use his basic attack. Xayah used her ultimate to ascend into the sky, hitting four people before landing a hook attack that instantly caused explosive damage!

Under this perfect ultimate combo, the FPX five-man team had no chance to fight back and were instantly killed!

"High ground, Baron!" Xiangguo immediately gave the command. The five QG players pushed down FPX's second tower and high ground with the help of the minion wave, and then turned around and headed towards the Baron pit!

Clid, the only surviving member of FPX, wanted to steal the dragon, but he couldn't get past Janna at all. Just like in the previous game, he was directly defended by Janna and could only watch as Xiangguo took down the dragon buff!

After securing Baron Nashor, the economic difference between the two sides officially exceeded 10,000, and the outcome of the match was no longer in doubt.

QG abandoned their split-push strategy this time and instead grouped up for a single team fight to crush their opponents. Relying on their powerful ultimate-based engages and economic dominance, they easily secured victory in the fourth game!

QG advances with a score of 3-1!

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(End of this chapter)