League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 378 I have a resurrection armor; I can trade lives with him.

To be fair, Samsung's defensive capabilities remain excellent.

With both towers destroyed, they all huddled on the high ground, forming a solid, impenetrable structure like a tortoise shell.

With such a massive influx of resources, Ruler's equipment didn't fall behind at all. He managed to get 300 kills in 30 minutes and still had the three-piece set in hand, which undoubtedly made Samsung's shell even harder!

But clearly, the three-piece set of the Light Ruler Emperor is meaningless.

No matter how hard a tortoise shell is, it's still just a tortoise shell.

QG's 10,000 gold lead plus the Baron buff is like a hammer; can your lousy turtle shell withstand it?

It would be dangerous for a skateboarder to push the high ground alone, so QG didn't even split push anymore and just pushed as a group of five.

With the Baron buff, the minion wave pushed into the tower. Shi Senming threw out Redemption + RE, and the five QG players, with thick shields, charged straight towards the high ground!

If it were an LPL team, they would probably know they were going to lose, so they would rush in for a desperate fight, and the likely outcome would be that QG would wipe them out in one fell swoop.

But SSG didn't have that kind of fighting spirit. The five of them looked back and forth, and finally watched as QG's five players took down their two high ground towers and drove away triumphantly.

Now that the Baron buff has dissipated, it's no longer convenient for QG to continue pushing forward.

Chen Dongqing looked at the unused rage potion in his backpack, feeling slightly helpless.

They've conceded two high ground positions out of thin air. SSG is even more defensive than he imagined!

Of course, QG is still not in a hurry.

They took down Baron Nashor in 28 minutes, with a respawn time of seven minutes.

After 35 minutes, both the Baron Nashor and the Elder Dragon will spawn simultaneously.

That's when the game will end.

Time quickly reached 35 minutes, and both the dragons entered a 30-second countdown.

In this situation, the players from both sides will naturally engage in a fierce battle for vision control.

Because the Elder Dragon spawns earlier and provides more crucial combat attributes, both sides' junglers and supports are focusing on the bottom river.

While both teams' carries were still fighting for lane in the mid lane, their junglers and supports were already engaged in a fierce battle in the river.

At this moment, in the mid lane, Chen Dongqing and Uzi had both reached the four-item stage, each with a resurrection armor. Ruler's equipment was behind and he was fighting two opponents at once, so he didn't dare to fight head-on. He could only watch as the enemy's two marksmen cleared the lane and retreated, heading straight for the bottom river.

The enemy carry came over, and neither Master An nor CoreJJ dared to confront them head-on, so they decisively retreated from the river.

Ruler didn't dare to be careless either, quickly clearing the minion wave before retreating back to the jungle to rejoin his jungle and support teammates.

At this moment, all five members of SSG were extremely nervous and dared not make any mistakes.

This team fight is the time to end the game, so he's being extremely cautious in everything he does.

The group was essentially feeling their way across the river, with the five of them centered around the center, slowly exploring the riverbed.

The ancient dragons have only been spawning for a short time, so they have plenty of time.

What they didn't know was that the five players on QG's side had no intention of fighting the Elder Dragon at all; they were there specifically to engage in team fights.

So you've finally emerged from your shell, huh? Well, watch how I deal with you then!

"Once I bait out their protective abilities, I'll go straight in," Chen Dongqing said. "I have a resurrection item; I can trade lives with them."

Upon hearing this, Xiangguo, who was squatting in the river, had nothing more to say. He immediately drilled into the field with his excavator, then flashed to the enemy AD and was about to knock the AD away with a right-click!

At the same time, Gao Dewei also unleashed his ultimate skill, and the jungler and support, the two front-line heroes, entered the fray simultaneously, instantly initiating a team fight!

But it's clear that against a support like Lulu, the excavator is no match. As soon as Xiangguo entered the fray, he was instantly turned into a sheep, and then knocked up by Lulu's ultimate!

Ruler Varus seized the opportunity and immediately began to fire wildly with his bow, his 2.5 attack speed causing him to shake his head frantically, rapidly reducing the Excavator's health!

"Give me the sheep transformation!" Xiangguo shouted in the voice chat!

"I saw it." Chen Dongqing looked at the scene and couldn't help but lick his lips. He first pressed R to pull the excavator back, saving Xiangguo's life, and then drank the Rage Potion from his backpack and charged forward!

Ruler spotted the skater's position on the side and immediately unleashed his ultimate ability!

Also targeting the skateboarder were Ambition's Sejuani's ultimate and Taliyah's WE combo.

There was no way around it; those skateboard shoes put just too much pressure on them during the game.

So when the skateboard shoes were standing in front, they naturally became the focus of the entire event.

But Chen Dongqing reacted quickly. He decisively flashed forward, avoiding all the control effects. Then, he took a breath of Varus from the Ruined King and started jumping wildly in the faces of the SSG members!

SSG had never seen such an aggressive AD carry before. They decisively shifted their firepower, focusing all their damage on the Kalista.

But just then, Galio used his ultimate ability to sit down, and with the protection of his ultimate, he created a little space for Kalista to deal damage.

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity, and instead of retreating, he advanced with his skateboard shoes, jumping directly onto Varus's face, and finally using Q followed by E to attack!

The moment E was pressed, Chen Dongqing was stunned by Sejuani's Q-flash, and then Varus's Q triggered three stacks of Wither, emptying his health bar and putting him into resurrection mode.

On the other side, the Kalista's skill damage was also completed. The moment the red spear pierced Varus, it was detonated, and countless red spears tore through Varus's thick health bar at the same time!

AD carries like Varus, who rely on sustained damage, simply can't compare to Kalista in terms of burst damage!

In the instant he was killed by the skateboard shoes, Ruler stared blankly at his black and white screen for a moment.

"They traded!" In the commentary booth, Wawa was almost frantic. "Tree Bro pulled off a crazy one-for-one trade! But he has a resurrection item!"

Once Chen Dongqing was revived, he knew the game was in the bag. He comfortably lay back in his chair and watched his teammates play.

On QG's side, several teammates were simultaneously shouting "Awesome!"

However, their subordinates were quick to act. Xiangguo used his skateboard shoes' ultimate skill to charge forward, creating a knock-up effect. Together with Gao Dewei, they solidly held off the front line.

With Varus gone, Gnar and Taliyah alone simply couldn't take them down!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Uzi unleashed his full firepower, with the policewoman firing headshot after headshot, melting down the front line of SSG one by one!

Soon, Chen Dongqing also stood up again. Shi Senming was prepared and used RE to attack, instantly filling the shield bar to full health. Skateboarder was a hero again!

Chen Dongqing got up and continued the pursuit, sending Taliyah and Gnar away!

"Alright, QG has crushed everything in their path with a 0-for-5 wipeout!" Miller's voice was almost hoarse. "With a respawn time of over forty seconds, they can easily end the game in one fell swoop!"

Following the mid-lane minion wave, QG pushed forward and easily won the game before Ruler could respawn!

Chen Dongqing stood up and took off his headphones, intending to interact with the audience, but then he realized he was in a soundproof booth with poor light transmission, and the cheers from the audience had been almost completely attenuated.

Chen Dongqing could only turn around and punch his teammates!

"Holy crap, that last wave was awesome!" Xiangguo excitedly punched his fist and said, "Aren't you afraid of getting killed by the crowd control?"

"So what if we die? That's when the resurrection item comes in handy," Chen Dongqing said cheerfully. "Besides, we still have Jian Zihao behind us! With such a huge economic advantage, we can easily win even in a four-on-five situation!"

The double marksman system has always been one of QG's trump cards, which they basically only use in major tournaments, and they always manage to win at least once.

This time, SSG was clearly caught off guard.

Chen Dongqing and several teammates took turns punching each other, and then excitedly opened the door to the soundproof room.

At this moment, cheers finally reappeared.

Meanwhile, the enthusiastic voice of a child providing commentary could be heard from the scene:

"QG was the one who brought Kalista down from her pedestal, but it was also QG who broke Kalista's losing streak! In the first game, QG's Kalista top lane pick has given SSG a major headache! How should they handle Kalista's draft picks!"

As Chen Dongqing listened to the baby's voice, he smiled and waved to the audience on three sides in turn, which elicited a warm response from the fans!

This is precisely why QG chose Kalista in the first game.

In the first game, you need to pick heroes that can put pressure on the opponent's draft. After winning the game, you will have a huge advantage in the draft of the following games.

Now, SSG is having a headache.

Chen Dongqing smiled and walked with his teammates towards the backstage dressing room.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the SSG members also hurried along, quickly heading backstage through another passage.

They couldn't understand what the doll was shouting, but they knew that Kalista's draft was seriously flawed and they needed to go back and discuss it quickly.

Their current situation is very similar to KT's situation in the quarterfinals.

After QG destroyed the Kalista, KT racked their brains trying to figure out how to play it. Banning it didn't work, letting it go didn't work, picking it didn't work.

But SSG faced even bigger problems than KT did at the time.

SSG's turtle-like style makes it impossible to play with skate shoes. If they can't deal with it, they'll have no choice but to ban it!

Then, their draft strategy may have to change drastically, and all the draft simulations they did before the game may be rendered useless!

Back in the lounge, all the SSG players turned to their coach, asking him if he had any ideas.

Coach Edgar, on whom high hopes were placed, shook his head helplessly.

Unlike the SSG players who only started worrying after the match, Edgar was already worried when he gave up first blood in the top lane.

He thought about it for half an hour and finally came to the conclusion that there was no other way but to ban it.

Fortunately, he didn't only come to this conclusion.

After reaching this conclusion, he redesigned the draft phase, having a clear idea of ​​which heroes to let go and which heroes to pick.

During his break, he quickly discussed the draft strategy with the Samsung players.

The MVP of the match was being announced on the TV in the lounge.

Without a doubt, the MVP award belongs to Kalista.

With a KDA of 6-0-4, a damage share of 32.43%, and a 6934 gold lead over his opponent, his dominance is evident everywhere.

Edgar frowned slightly as he looked at the scene.

He picked up the remote and temporarily turned off the TV, out of sight, out of mind.

Meanwhile, at the Bird's Nest stadium, in a certain audience seat.

Some of Riot Games' designers and leadership are watching the game in a VIP area.

Lead designer Ghostcrawler stared at the big screen, watching Kalista win MVP, his face darkening.

"Chun-Li, what exactly happened?" Ghost Crab asked the person next to him in confusion.

When Chun-Li saw this, she shrugged and said, "Don't ask me, Ghostcrawler, I don't know either."

Not only were the two unaware, but the entire design team was completely dumbfounded.

No, we went to great lengths to create this overpowered Ardent Censer, wasn't it all to buff AD carries? Why is it that in the end, the top lane is the one who benefits?

Aroma Censer Vampire, Top Lane Kalista

Ilex has already pulled off far too many fancy tricks while leaning against the incense burner!

Being slapped is not a pleasant feeling, but Ghostcrawler has experienced this more than once at Ilex.

Ilex, you've done so many bad things!

The break time passed quickly.

Both contestants returned to the stage.

At this moment, the Bird's Nest was still packed with people, and everywhere you looked, you could see support for QG.

As the away team, they face much more pressure on the field than QG.

Coach Edgar couldn't help but glance at his own players.

Seeing his teammate remain unfazed by the pressure, he turned and walked into the soundproof room.

Edgar breathed a sigh of relief.

Their team members were also entering the finals for the first time, and the coach was worried that his players would feel pressured and get stage fright.

That's an even bigger headache than Kalista.

Fortunately, their players don't do that.

Edgar entered the soundproof room at the end of the line, closed the door, and immediately shut out most of the outside noise.

After all the players put on their headphones and entered the voice channel, Edgar finally spoke: "Go for it, kids! In the second match, let them see how good we are!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the QG soundproof room.

Chen Dongqing also sat down in the chair, put on his headphones, and immediately heard Xiangguo's voice.

"Hey, do you guys think the other team will ban Skateboard?" Xiangguo asked expectantly.

"Is that even a question?" Chen Dongqing laughed. "Of course they'd ban it. If they didn't, it just means they don't want to win."

"That would be great!" Xiangguo rubbed his hands together expectantly. "The last game was so boring. If they ban it, it'll be a bit more interesting!"

"Then why aren't you hurrying up? Go inside, it's about to start."

"Oh, here it comes."

Both teams entered the competition room one after another as instructed by the referee.

This time, the right to choose sides fell to SSG. With the ban on Skateboarding confirmed, SSG chose to go to the red side.

After both referees confirmed the information, Chen Dongqing, the top laner of the blue team, clicked "Start Game," and the draft screen was switched in!

In the first round of bans, QG's bans were exactly the same as in the previous game. They still banned Poppy first, and then banned Janna and Xayah to prevent strong engages.

On the other hand, SSG was clearly not so relaxed. After banning Fiora, they changed all the ban slots that were originally given to Camille and Jarvan IV.

Their second move was to ban skate shoes directly.

As their third move, they chose to ban the female police officer.

The prince unleashed his full power, clearly indicating that they had ulterior motives.

Banbazi thought for a moment and quickly understood SSG's idea.

It's simply a matter of wanting to take one and leave the other.

SSG has done extensive research on both Camille and Galio, as well as Jarvan IV jungle.

Since QG brought out the Camille and Galio combo at MSI, SSG has become the team that uses this combo the most in the world, and it has appeared frequently in the Summer Split.

SSG's strategy for this game was to first ban QG's favorite late-game heroes, and then use a pick to ban a strong engage hero instead, thus weakening QG's ability to initiate fights.

Not bad, Yu Fan.

Banbazi smiled gently.

In 2014, Edgar was the head coach of both Samsung Blue and Samsung White, while Banbazi was just a squad coach for Samsung Blue.

In other words, the two were in a superior-subordinate relationship at the time.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the two sides meet again on the field. Now, the relationship between superior and subordinate has been completely reversed.

Banbazi, who leads QG, is now in a position of absolute advantage.

QG's aggressive initiation tactics cannot be easily countered by simply picking Camille or Jarvan IV.

Banbazi said before the match that QG had three plans to beat SSG.

Late-game confrontation; strong early-mid game initiation; and tactics to break SSG's vision control from the root.

The second round will use the second plan!

On the blue side's first pick, QG decisively locked in Galio.

In this version, Camille without Galio is practically useless, so SSG definitely won't force a pick, and they can only lock in Jarvan IV.

Sure enough, Samsung subsequently locked in Prince Jarvan IV, and then snagged Lulu on their second try.

QG doesn't have much to say, first lock in Camille, then lock in Rakan!

QG's strategy in this game was entirely focused on initiating team fights!

To complement this draft strategy, Uzi changed his hero selections in subsequent drafts.

With Xayah already banned, he no longer chose traditional Ardent Censer-heavy carries like Varus and Kog'Maw, but instead locked in Twitch to coordinate with Rakan's entry.

What? You're asking where the incense burner monster is?

Isn't Luo one of them?

Since we're already fighting, let's not be too demanding of the incense burner; good enough is fine!

QG's fifth floor, jungler hero locked!

This time, it's another rather bizarre hero.

"Put on one punch first, then ask all the questions while you're throwing the punch!"

Vi, the Piltover Enforcer!

On the other hand, SSG simply responded to each move as it came.

We'll still pick Kog'Maw as the super carry to pair with Lulu, then lock Malzahar against Galio, and finally pick Shen to counter Camille.

The heroes for both sides have now been determined!

Blue side QG: Top lane Camille, Jungle Chu Yuxun, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Twitch and Garen.

Red team SSG: Top lane Shen, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Malzahar, Bot lane Kog'Maw and Lulu.

(End of this chapter)