League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 376 Ultimate Line Control!

At the moment the hero was chosen, 70,000 spectators in the audience simultaneously voiced their doubts.

"Huh? A female police officer!?" The commentators were stunned. "What does this mean? Didn't they steal Kalista's heroine? Could it be a female police officer in the top lane?"

"Female Caitlyn top lane is insane!" Miller was the first to disagree. "If it's a choice between Kalista and Caitlyn, I'm more inclined to believe Kalista top lane!"

Miller stopped abruptly at the thought.

Could it really be true?

The players switched positions, and the lineups were quickly finalized!

Blue side SSG: Top lane Gnar, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Taliyah, Bot lane Varus and Lulu.

Red team QG: Top lane Kalista, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Caitlyn and Karma.

"So it really is a top lane Kalista?" Even Guan Daxiao stared wide-eyed at the sight. "What does this mean?"

"They're probably trying to use the advantage of having two marksmen to drag the game into the late game against SSG, right?" Miller tried to understand. "QG has had a double marksman system before, and Kalista is probably the replacement for their previous top laner Lucian!"

Miller's understanding makes some sense, and the other two commentators nodded in agreement.

But soon, doubts arose among the crowd.

Top lane with Kalista? Doesn't that mean giving up W and R skills? Can this player really win?

Whether we can play or not, we'll know once the competition starts.

The focus of this match is clearly the top lane.

Chen Dongqing knew that his skateboard shoes would definitely attract everyone's attention, but he was not flustered. He leisurely maneuvered his skateboard shoes towards SSG's top jungle area.

Kalista's level 1 combat power is invincible, so he and Xiangguo were not worried at all. The two of them swaggered into SSG's top jungle area and set up a ward.

Immediately afterwards, Xiangguo returned to the city, and Chen Dongqing also returned to the top lane.

At 1 minute and 40 seconds, the jungle monsters spawned, but the wards they placed at the blue buff did not spot Ambition.

Clearly, this person started with a red card and then started grinding upwards.

With QG picking a long-range top laner, the top laner will inevitably have to tower dive, and Ambition knows this perfectly well, so he has to go to the top lane to protect him.

QG's top and jungle players remained calm upon seeing this message.

The plan remains unchanged.

Chen Dongqing went online with the minions, and once the minion waves were connected, he immediately pushed forward without saying a word!

Gnar has a decent range in the early game, but against Kalista, he's simply no match.

Chen Dongqing crossed the minion wave, actively seeking to trade blows with Gnar, but Cuvee was quite self-aware this game, decisively retreating from the experience zone, seemingly with no intention of losing any health.

Chen Dongqing felt a little dizzy when he saw this scene.

Dude, you weren't like this in the first two rounds! Where's your arrogant attitude when you stomped on Huni's head?

In terms of confidence, you are far behind Smeb!

On the other hand, Cuvee was perfectly aware of the situation.

Are Huni and Ilex on the same level? There's a difference even among carry-type top laners!

Does stepping on Huni's head prevent him from being stepped on by Ilex?

The gap between the second-best top laner and the best top laner might be bigger than the difference between a person and a dog!

So, he should just play it safe and avoid getting tower dived, or he's doomed!

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing could only stand still, forcing Gnar out of the experience zone while slowly pushing the lane.

If Nar avoids the battle, that would actually be good.

A Gnar with zero rage poses no threat whatsoever.

After the first three minions had their experience points depleted, Chen Dongqing relaxed his pressure and took two steps back, leaving himself some space to defend against a gank.

Of course, his taking two steps back only means that Gnar can gain experience, but last-hitting minions is still impossible.

Chen Dongqing would take two steps forward after chipping away at a minion's health. If Gnar dared to come up and finish off the minion, he would inevitably get hit by Kalista's auto-attack and slowed down by her E, then get riddled with spears!

Cuvee imagined this scene, so he remained still, quietly smelling the experience.

Although he was being very careful, he still underestimated the dominance of the Kalista top laner.

Soon after the first melee unit of the second wave of soldiers was killed, the skateboarder successfully leveled up to level two.

Chen Dongqing took two steps forward imperceptibly, seizing the opportunity when another minion was low on health. He right-clicked and jumped forward.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing's hand speed exploded, and he threw another Q forward, accurately hitting Gnar while jumping forward again.

With a double jump, Gnar has already reached the limit of his attack range!

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and pressed E to [Tear]!

The low-health melee minion that A had previously hit and the red spear on Gnar were torn apart at the same time!

As Kalista's E skill refreshed, Gnar was also slowed by 10% for two seconds!

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and began to jump forward continuously!

During those two seconds of deceleration, Gnar has absolutely no chance of escaping his attack range.

One, two!

Two more spears appeared on Gnar, and Chen Dongqing immediately pressed E to tear through him again and slow him down!

At this moment, Chen Dongqing's [Fervor of War] was also at full level. He chased after Gnar and attacked him twice more, bringing him down to half health before finally leaving satisfied!

"Gnar is down to half health," Chen Dongqing said. "Go ahead and dive."

"OK!" Xiangguo switched the screen to the top lane, then nodded excitedly, "It's done!"

Cuvee returned to the tower and, seeing that he only had half his health left, was filled with despair.

He just wasn't careful with his positioning and got hit by a Q skill, and as a result, he lost half of his health.

His restraint and concession over that minute or so became a joke.

With his current health, even if he drinks the red potion in his hand, he definitely won't be able to recover!

Moreover, after trading that amount of health, the skater clearly stopped pretending and started relentlessly attacking minions and pushing the lane.

It's obvious they're going to tower dive!

Cuvee panicked even more and immediately asked in voice chat, "The enemy is definitely going to dive! I don't have any rage points, I won't survive!"

"Don't worry," Sect Leader An said. "I'm also in the upper half of the bracket. I'll protect you. The other side shouldn't dare to cross me when they see you."

"That's good." Cuvee breathed a sigh of relief, stood back under the tower, and watched as her health increased while her anger slowly subsided.

Cuvee was also quite upset.

To be fair, Gnar is a pretty strong laner, but against Kalista, he doesn't even have the chance to transform.

With Kalista constantly using her E skill to push the lane, the minion wave was pushed forward at an incredible speed, successfully reaching the turret before the fourth wave arrived!

Meanwhile, Xiangguo happened to walk into SSG's top and jungle area, and the tower dive plan was about to begin!

"But SSG was clearly prepared! Ambition blocked Xiangguo in the tri-bush immediately!" Wawa shouted, "It seems like we can't get him down this time!"

But Xiangguo was not afraid at all.

What?! You don't actually think you can save your own top laner, do you?

Xiangguo's determination was unwavering. He ignored the Sejuani beside him and made a hole, heading towards the SSG tower!

When Ambition saw this, he could only use Q to interrupt the excavator's movement, and then WA to cast a root!

Sejuani's early game damage is still quite high; this one combo alone took away nearly half of Rek'Sai's health!

But upon seeing this, Xiangguo didn't panic; instead, he laughed.

Yes, you did stop me from tower diving.

However, Sejuani's skills have extremely long cooldowns in the early game, often lasting 10 to 20 seconds.

If you block my way here, what will you do if I tower dive?

Half-health Hot Pot continued charging towards the tower, arriving near Naruto!

"Hey, QG still wants to dive! But Xiangguo's health is too low, right? Can they really dive him?"

Chen Dongqing observed the situation, calmly said "I'll take the hit," and then launched a normal attack!

Xiangguo watched the skateboarder's basic attack. The moment the basic attack hit, he immediately used Q followed by W to knock Gnar into the air, and then followed up with an A followed by Q to spin wildly!

The two SSG members, Ueno and Ueno, were extremely anxious, but they were helpless!

An Zhangmen never expected that QG's top and jungle players would be so arrogant, completely disregarding him as a jungler!

Cuvee was even more anxious.

What can a level 2 Gnar with 70% health do?

Taking advantage of the excavator's knockback, the skater quickly used AQA three times to maximize the damage, then followed up with a jump after the last A and an E to unleash all the damage, before standing still at the turret's maximum position.

The skateboard shoes alone are enough to take away 40% of Little Gnar's health.

And Xiangguo is naturally responsible for the remaining 30%!

After Cuvee landed, he tried to Flash away, but Xiangguo reacted quickly and Flashed after him, using A followed by E to deal true damage and bite Gnar to death!

"First blood!"

At that moment, the cheers from the audience exploded!

The moment the first blood was drawn, Chen Dongqing stepped out of the turret and withstood the turret's final attack, surviving with only a sliver of health!

Xiangguo ignored the low-health Sejuani next to him, burrowed underground to recover health through rage, and walked away!

Once he turned around and moved out of the turret's range, he used his W to knock Sejuani into the air, then tapped the hole he had just crawled through and easily escaped with a dash!

An Zhangmen was clearly also annoyed by Xiangguo's actions. He chased after the excavator with low health, and when his next set of skills was ready, he used a Q-flash to crash into it and forcibly took it down with his pig whip.

Seeing himself killed, Xiangguo wasn't angry at all; instead, he nodded and said, "OK, Sejuani didn't flash!"

In this wave of death, Gnar didn't even get an assist or experience; it was purely a solo kill by Sejuani.

If a jungler uses Flash, especially Sejuani's Flash, and doesn't use it to create an advantage in lane but only to get a kill for themselves, then it's definitely a waste!

What's the point of Sejuani getting kills?

The cheers from the sidelines were still deafening. Miller, in the commentary booth, shouted excitedly, "Perfect tower dive! Kalista and Rek'Sai's level 3 burst damage was just too high! They didn't even need to trade tanks, easily taking down Gnar! Although Xiangguo got traded, we still came out ahead!"

"Kalista's actually pretty good!" Seeing this, Doll exclaimed excitedly, "This champion's early laning phase is insane! It's impossible to win!"

Guan Zeyuan, standing nearby, said with some hesitation, "Yeah, Kalista's laning phase is too strong."

Clearly, this is the informational advantage that Chen Dongqing has gained after his rebirth.

The skateboard shoe top lane strategy was developed by TheShy in later generations, and it was considered dominant among long-range top laners!

Perhaps only Draven top lane can compete with him.

However, Draven top lane is clearly not a viable option, so Kalista top lane is the playstyle that prioritizes lane control in competitive matches!

At this moment, everyone turned their attention to the tactics panel.

As you can see, three minutes into the game, Cuvee's CS is still a pitiful 1, and that was just a melee minion he barely managed to kill with his Q before being tower-dived.

One cut every three minutes, resulting in a significant loss of experience points.

After this tower dive ended, Cuvee could obviously announce that he had disconnected.

Chen Dongqing returned to the city, bought straw sandals and a bottle of extract, and went out, saying, "Let's go straight up, continue trekking?"

Skateboard shoes equal unbeatable lane control, and excavator equals unbeatable stable control plus burst damage.

With these two heroes combined, if the opposing top laner doesn't get outmaneuvered twice, they're probably playing poorly!

"OK, OK, I understand!" The resurrected Xiangguo smiled cruelly and ran towards the top lane with Chen Dongqing.

His strategy was quite clear: he only cleared one F6 camp to reset the jungle monster levels, and then headed straight to the top lane!

When he reached the position behind the SSG tower, Chen Dongqing had just pushed the minion wave into the tower!

Less than a minute after the first tower dive, the second tower dive has already begun!

"The enemy is going to dive the tower again!" Cuvee frantically pinged signals under the tower!

This incredibly fast pace caught even SSG, a team known for its defense, off guard.

Master An is still farming in the bottom half of the jungle!

In the mid lane, seeing this situation, Crown did not hesitate and retreated directly to the tower, then teleported to the top lane!

For mid laners, the first Teleport is usually used to return to lane, so as not to lose the minion wave.

Playing like this, where you use Teleport to defend the tower on the side lane, is a huge loss.

But Crown had no choice; he knew his place in the team.

The key to winning the game is to make both the top and bottom lanes play comfortably.

However, his TP (Telegram/Telegram) had no deterrent effect whatsoever.

"Keep going!"

Xiangguo rushed close and then used QW to knock Gnar away!

Chen Dongqing unleashed a full combo of AQAAAA, then waited until the enemy was low on health before pulling out his spear and securing the kill!

Little Gnar is just too squishy. After killing someone, Xiangguo's health was still relatively good. With a quick teleport, he could even leave the tower with low health if nothing unexpected happened.

But obviously, there were still some unexpected events.

As the Crown Teleport landed, Taliyah managed to Flash after him and unleash an EQ combo, relying on her damage output to finish off the low-health Xiangguo once again!

"Damn!" Xiangguo laughed in exasperation. "Aren't they bored? Just forcing a trade!"

Chen Dongqing said cheerfully, "It's okay, it's not a loss."

At this moment, in the SSG voice channel.

Cuvee was just as furious.

"Damn it!" Cuvee slammed his fist on the table. "Are they freaks? Why are they constantly ganking top lane?"

This question left the SSG members somewhat speechless.

Why else? You're so good at it.

"Don't worry, don't worry," Crown reassured. "We've been trading kills, so we can still hold on. This game, build more tank items and stop split-pushing. Team up with us; we still have a chance in the late game."

In the game League of Legends, the greatest insult is when a teammate says, "Just build tank, you can win."

Cuvee blushed slightly upon hearing this.

But he nodded nonetheless.

Having been tower-dived twice in a row, losing countless experience and gold, he knew that he probably wouldn't have much of a chance to shine this game.

He only hoped that his mid-lane and jungle teammates, who had risked their lives to get kills, could win something back.

In just five minutes, Master An, who was down 1-0, made a lightning-fast grab!

This gank was indeed powerful. Standing in the river bush, he seized the opportunity when Shi Senming wanted to place a ward, successfully stunning him with a Q, and then using WAE for a chain of crowd control!

Seizing the opportunity, CoreJJ's Lulu used a Polymorph, and the three of them worked together to successfully send Shi Senming away!

"Great!" Guan Zeyuan's voice suddenly rose as he interrupted Wawa, "An Bixin found a great rhythm this time! He's given the team a slight lead!"

Seeing the bottom laner get a kill, Cuvee, who was being beaten under the tower, felt a little more at ease.

If that's the case, then his sacrifice was worthwhile.

He hadn't been happy for long when another victory suddenly came from the middle!

Crown's Taliyah used Flash when she teleported to the top lane.

A short-legged mage without Flash is just a walking 300 gold in front of QG!

Seeing that Master An appeared in the bottom lane, Xiangguo had no more scruples and immediately flanked to gank!

Gao Dewei used E followed by W flash to forcefully hold the target in place, while the excavator followed up with a hole and took him down in one combo!

The game had only been going on for a little over five minutes, but the kill score was already 3-3.

All I can say is that QG's offensive rhythm was just too fierce, and SSG was involuntarily drawn into a fast-paced game.

However, it must be said that Samsung's tactics are indeed well-organized.

Even in a fast-paced battle, they didn't fall behind by much.

Of course, they also have a very obvious weakness, and it's the kind that's impossible to exploit.

Six minutes later, the camera switched back to the top lane.

At this moment, we can see that Chen Dongqing, who has already built attack speed boots, is swaggeringly pushing the top lane minions into the tower. Under the tower is a small Gnar with only 70% health left, who has just shrunk.

As Chen Dongqing watched the new wave of minions push towards the tower, he immediately came up with a plan.

He stood right in front of Gnar, using his basic attack on the newly arrived ranged minion.

He's seducing Nar.

If Gnar attacks him, he will be hit by a volley of minions that have entered the tower, putting the opponent at a greater disadvantage!

Cuvee certainly understood this principle, and he didn't dare to use A at all.

But that couldn't save his life.

After Chen Dongqing brought the ranged minion to low health, he pressed the ~ button to change the attack type to target a hero, and then launched a basic attack directly at Gnar!

A followed by E, immediately unleashing the first round of "Tear"!

Then, relying on the 26% slow from level 3 E, Chen Dongqing immediately used Q to dash in, followed by two more basic attacks!

At this moment, the turret's attack also landed on the skateboarder, taking away a large portion of his health.

But Chen Dongqing remained calm and continued to stab Nar with his spear without any fancy moves.

Chen Dongqing knew that Gnar didn't have Flash, while he still did.

Once Gnar's health dropped to a suitable level, Chen Dongqing used his last auto-attack followed by a jump and then his E, instantly emptying Gnar's health bar. He then flashed out of the tower with low health!

The turret fired its last shot, but it failed to secure a kill, and the skater remained alive with low health!

Six minutes in, the score is 4-3!

Although they were only one kill ahead, the gold difference between the two teams had reached 1K due to the 20-creep difference in CS between their top laners!

QG holds a significant advantage!

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(End of this chapter)