League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 408 The Eternal Tree One!

2 month 25 number.

Chen Dongqing, whose professional career is back on track, boarded the team bus after a long absence.

As the convoy slowly moved forward, Chen Dongqing felt a strange sense of nervousness.

Since he traveled back in time at the end of 15, he has never stopped playing games.

At first, he had to play PUBG to accumulate points and level up his attributes. After his attributes were maxed out, he had to practice StarCraft, Dota 2, and other high-difficulty games during every holiday.

If it weren't for his system, with such a high intensity of gaming, his body would have suffered a lot of wear and tear.

This should be his first real break, but Chen Dongqing felt a bit too idle and felt restless if he didn't play games.

Is he destined to be a hard worker?

The bus slowly came to a stop in the parking lot. Chen Dongqing put on his backpack and got off the bus, and immediately felt a surge of enthusiastic cheers!

The news that Chen Dongqing returned to the starting lineup today is known throughout the LPL. Everyone has been eagerly anticipating it, and finally, Brother Shu's first appearance in S8 has arrived. Of course, we have to give him a big welcome!

Another fan yelled, "Brother Tree, Brother Tree, how many rounds are you planning to win today?!"

Chen Dongqing joked, "It's still uncertain whether we can win or not, so let's not open the champagne yet."

Today, QG's opponent is no pushover; it's none other than FPX, this year's LPL super team.

With the addition of Letme and Karsa, FPX has clearly improved compared to last year, remaining undefeated in Group B and almost winning at all costs!

Of course, this is mainly because there are no strong teams in Group B.

Now that they've moved to a different group, this is FPX's real test.

QG is the first obstacle on FPX's road to victory.

The fans below shouted again, indicating that QG would definitely win today.

Chen Dongqing waved to the audience and walked into the venue.

After completing the prescribed procedures, everyone waited quietly in the lounge for the competition to begin.

Taking advantage of this time, KFC, the new sponsor of LPL this year, has demonstrated its strength by bringing over a new family bucket.

According to the rules, everyone needs to eat KFC in front of the camera and then play a game of GG.

This was the sponsor's request, and the QG team naturally complied.

While eating KFC, Banbazi chatted with everyone about his strategy for today's game.

"In the first game, the opposing team will choose one side, and they'll most likely pick red," Banbazi said. "If we take the blue buff, Chen Dongqing can tank the pressure in the top lane while we focus on the bottom lane. Is that alright?"

Chen Dongqing nodded and said heartily, "No problem, I love lying down!"

Chen Dongqing's position in QG is not special; he is capable of handling pressure when necessary.

Of course, it's hard to say how well he'll perform under pressure.

Banbazi nodded in relief, then asked, "So, what hero do you want to choose for the first game?"

This version of the top lane meta is very open. You can choose long-range split-push top laners like Jayce and Kennen, or tanky top laners like Ornn and Sion.

But the warrior top lane is the only lane that even dogs won't pick now.

Unfortunately, Fervor of Battle was removed after the talent rework, but Conqueror hasn't been released yet, so warrior heroes simply don't have any suitable talents available.

"Whatever." Chen Dongqing waved his hand. "Give me an Ornn. Top lane can't possibly collapse."

This version of Ornn suffered from both a low win rate and low usage rate, leading to four consecutive buffs from the designers. Now he's a pure stat-based champion!

Chen Dongqing has extensive experience with Ornn, and with his stat-heavy version of Ornn, he has no problem handling minor pressure.

The QG members nodded, having no objections to the casting choice.

The Orn technique was taught to A-Guang by Chen Dongqing, so his proficiency is definitely not a problem, and they certainly won't mind.

Preparation time has passed.

Guided by Lin Yuanhua, the players from QG and FPX took to the stage, and amidst the anticipation of countless fans, the first game's draft phase officially began!

Today's commentary is undoubtedly excellent; Chen Dongqing's first match back must be against Wawa and Miller.

Looking at the screen, the commentator quickly explained, "Okay, we can see that both coaches are well-prepared, and their early bans are very fast!"

"On the blue side, QG banned Poppy, Sejuani, and Lee Sin, while FPX countered by banning Fiora, Zoe, and Jarvan IV, and then it's time to pick!"

As soon as the doll finished speaking, QG immediately picked Ornn and locked on him in a flash!

"Huh? Ornn straight?" Miller looked at the screen and couldn't help but scratch his head. "Are you sure this top laner is Tree and not A-Guang?"

A-Guang's Ornn is indeed impressive; he even managed to force a ban from the opposing team in a team full of skilled players like QG.

As A-Guang's mentor in Orn, Brother Shu's proficiency is definitely not lacking.

But this is definitely not Tree Bro's style!

After resting for so long, shouldn't Camille come out and dominate the championship?

The camera cuts to the QG players' bench, where Chen Dongqing has closed his eyes, adjusted the back of his gaming chair to the active mode, and simply lay down.

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Viewers in the live stream couldn't help but laugh at this scene, with various comments like "[Open up]" and "[Asleep?]" flooding the screen.

To everyone's surprise, after Brother Shu's return, QG still used the same four-protect-one strategy.

Immediately afterwards, FPX made a quick move, locking in Caitlyn and Morgana.

On QG's side, Uzi also chose his own picks, directly locking in Ezreal and Karma.

FPX locked in a Skarner and moved on to the second round of selection.

Scorpion is Karsa's signature move, and he made many contributions in the first round of the competition, helping FPX win multiple matches.

In the second round of selection, FPX added Rumble, while QG countered with Rek'Sai and Syndra. FPX then locked in Ryze, and the lineups for both sides were finalized.

Blue side QG: Top lane Ornn, jungle Rek'Sai, mid lane Syndra, bot lane Ezreal and Karma.

FPX (Red Side): Top lane Rumble, Jungle Skarner, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Caitlyn and Morgana.

Upon seeing this lineup, Miller couldn't help but comment, "FPX's lineup selection was quite risky!"

This kind of lineup was previously only available in LCK lineups. The entire lineup lacks a clear strength, and the only player who can be considered a tempo player, Caitlyn, also has a noticeable weakness period between 15 and 30 minutes.

If this lineup collapses in the early game, they are truly doomed, because in a disadvantageous situation, their lineup will be extremely lacking in damage and will have no chance of turning the tide.

"The bot lane matchup will be the key to this game!" Wawa chimed in. "Both sides have picked strong bot lane duos; whoever gains lane priority will be a true test of individual skill!"

With QG picking Ornn and openly targeting the bottom lane, FPX didn't choose to switch sides. Instead, they also focused their efforts on the bottom lane, going head-to-head!

It can only be said that FPX is still confident, after all, they are one of only two undefeated teams in the league.

Banbazi concluded by reiterating the game's strategy of focusing on the bottom lane to prevent the team from going astray, then patted Chen Dongqing on the shoulder: "This game is a 1v1 in the top lane, you should be fine, right?"

"Don't worry," Chen Dongqing laughed, "I won't say I'll crush them, but I definitely won't be at a disadvantage."

"That's enough." Banbazi nodded. "Hold on in the early game, join team fights in the mid-game, and we need to finish this game within 30 minutes."

Their Syndra and Ezreal, their two carries in this game, are not late-game carries, and it's unwise to drag the game into the late game against the opponent's three-carry lineup.

After speaking, Banbazi went to the center of the stage and shook hands with the opposing coach.

This year, FPX finally changed coaches, replacing the original "takeout coach" with White Crescent.

Although White Crescent isn't a particularly outstanding coach, he's one of the key factors in FPX's improvement this year, because the previous coach was really terrible, even less effective in leadership than Doinb.

After both coaches left the field, they hurried back to the locker room, just as the match was about to begin.

Chen Dongqing bought the reusable medicine and then quickly headed up the road.

This is Ornn's standard start: start with a potion, save up 450 gold to buy a Doran's Shield, and you can survive for ages.

He simply stood in the top lane and watched his teammates discuss the opening strategy with great enthusiasm.

"Whether we can dive the bottom lane or not, we can definitely push."

"It's not a good time to jump, what if the enemy Scorpion is counter-camping?"

"He still dares to counter-gank? He'll definitely farm up to avoid me. Here's what we'll do: you guys push slowly, I'll go take a look around his jungle."

"OK, that's fine."

Chen Dongqing listened to his teammates' conversation without saying a word, appearing completely like an outsider.

After the game started, Chen Dongqing followed the minions to the top lane and stood behind them watching Letme's Rumble use Q to push the lane.

Chen Dongqing chuckled to himself.

In this version, Ornn is about 60/40 against Rumble.

Go up there and give him a good beating; he'll be dead.

Furthermore, with Chen Dongqing and Letme playing top lane, the match will become a 90/10 affair.

If I can't solo kill Letme even once in nine minutes, I'll eat my hat.

Who do you take me for? Trying to fight my Ornn with Rumble? Just wait until I knock you down!

Chen Dongqing first sent the lane over to fight. After leveling up to level two and the minion wave had moved over a bit, he finally gained a bit more initiative, holding the undying green light in his hand.

Ornn stepped forward and used his Q skill to slow down Rumble. Facing Rumble's fire breath, Chen Dongqing was not afraid at all and used his W skill to breathe fire back!

Letme quickly used his E skill to reach red health, ready to fight Chen Dongqing to the end. However, Chen Dongqing didn't linger at all. He used a basic attack to trigger Fragile, instantly taking away one-fifth of Rumble's health. He also used Fragile's crowd control to interrupt Rumble's basic attack, and then backed away!

Letme was playing Red Wen Rumble, but there was no one he could play against, leaving him feeling lost and confused.

He's also going to reach a red temperature.

Once Rumble's red heat subsided and the temperature slowly dropped to zero, Chen Dongqing became even less afraid. He went up and twisted left and right, dodging one of Rumble's E skills, then chased after him with his Q skill to hit Undying, and finally used W and A to bring Rumble's health down to below half!

Meanwhile, Letme used WhiteTemperature Q to roast Ornn, but he didn't take down much of Ornn's health. Ornn still has 70% health left.

There's nothing else to it, it's just that the numbers are high!

Letme didn't know why, but as he played, he found himself inexplicably losing.

That makes no sense.

Fortunately, he has a jungler.

Not long after, Karsa's Skarner came to the top lane and tried to find an opportunity.

Both teams' lineups are definitely focused on the bottom lane, but unfortunately, Skarner is too weak in the early game. If Karsa and Xiangguo farm from top to bottom like they do, the jungle will likely be completely destroyed.

Therefore, in the first round of neutral monsters, Karsa cleared them from bottom to top, temporarily avoiding direct confrontation.

That's why we had this opportunity to grab a spot.

Of course, this was within QG's expectations.

After gaining a health advantage in the top lane, he immediately placed a ward in the river and caught the scorpion's attack.

Chen Dongqing pinged a signal, then turned and retreated.

The camera then cuts to the bottom lane, where Xiangguo sees Scorpion indeed appear in the top lane and immediately attacks the bottom lane without saying a word.

EZ Karma's early lane control is stronger than Caitlyn Morgana's, that's for sure.

Shi Senming only needs one RQ to easily push the minion wave.

Just as the minion wave reached the tower and QG was about to launch their tower dive, a teleport light appeared.

Doinb's Ryze is already at home, ready to teleport to the bottom lane!

"We can't get past them, let's retreat." Xiangguo shook his head and could only turn and leave.

"Doinb played very cleverly this game!" Miller exclaimed in amazement from the stage.

As soon as Doinb logged in, he kept pushing the lane.

After Ryze reaches level two, he continuously uses EEQ to quickly push the minion wave under the tower, and then immediately recalls to base to replenish his resources.

At that moment, QG made a gank.

Ryze used Teleport to save the bottom lane, then walked back to the mid lane. He didn't even lose a single minion, thus defusing QG's offensive.

"You can only say he knows QG too well," Miller couldn't help but sigh. "This is really damaging for QG."

It's clear that this should have been an excellent opportunity to tower dive, but it was thwarted by Doinb alone.

This is clearly not good news for QG, who are under offensive pressure.

QG's junglers weren't in a hurry; they quickly began organizing their next attack.

On the way up, Chen Dongqing, detached from the tactics, observed the situation and seemed to be deep in thought.

It seems that he'll have to take the lead in this situation.

The competition continued.

Xiangguo continued to launch attacks, frequently looking for opportunities in the middle and bottom lanes.

Unfortunately, Karsa was no pushover either; his counter-gank always appeared at the most crucial moment, stopping Xiangguo's offensive momentum.

The two sides clashed frequently until the seven-minute mark, when the first wave of kills finally broke out in the mid lane!

Both Excavator and Syndra have reached level six, and their burst damage is more than enough to kill a full-health hero.

The two decisively targeted Doinb, who had no Teleport. Xiangguo's Excavator flanked and burrowed through the hole, while Xiaohu's Syndra used EQ to push the ball!

Doinb reacted quickly, flashing to dodge the ball's stun, but Xiangguo also had Flash. The Rek'Sai quickly flashed and knocked the enemy up, Syndra used W to throw the ball in, then auto-attacked and followed up with her ultimate, unleashing a full Electrocute combo!

Just then, Karsa's scorpion, like a persistent ghost, reappeared from the side.

The level 6 Scorpion, with Predator activated, moved incredibly fast. He flashed in, used his ultimate (R) to grab Xiangguo, and pulled him back to the tower!

On the other side, Doinb also landed from the air and quickly followed up with an EW, freezing the excavator under the tower!

Xiangguo's health was being rapidly reduced by the turret, but he didn't even think about running away. He frantically tapped R on the keyboard with his index finger. The moment the control was released, the excavator vanished into the void and forced his way back to Ryze's side. Then, he used an auto-attack followed by a true damage E to forcefully kill Ryze!

The next second, another turret shot over and took him down as well.

However, due to the red buff's burning effect, this kill belongs to Scorpion.

"One for one!" Amidst the cheers of the audience, Wawa stood up and shouted, "QG actually came out ahead in this trade!"

With the jungler being replaced by the mid laner, and Xiangguo's kill being taken by Skarner, Karsa undoubtedly suffered a huge loss in this situation!

Just as one problem was about to be solved, another arose. Suddenly, the camera switched to the upper road!

At this moment, everyone saw that Ornn, with 70% health, was already fighting Rumble, who also had 70% health!

Letme had been waiting for this moment. Rumble's ultimate descended from the sky, and QWE entered the red-temperature state. The Yordle Master Yi then unleashed a barrage of blows on Ornn!

Chen Dongqing, however, wasn't in a hurry. He placed his Q next to Rumble, then summoned his ultimate ability, followed by his W [Bellfire Breath].

"Hey! They're going all out in the top lane!" Wawa immediately stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "But Rumble's burst damage is too high! Maokai's health is dropping really fast!"

Ornn was indeed a bit lacking in the first burst of damage, after all, this hero's skills have a high delay.

But if a full combo is landed, this hero's damage output is no less than anyone else's!

Seeing W apply the Fragile status to Rumble, Chen Dongqing quickly followed up with a basic attack, also applying Fragile!

At the same time, Ornn's ultimate ability flew over and applied the Fragile status to Rumble again.

"clang!!!"

Ornn's ram headbutts again, sending Rumble flying with his ultimate ability, triggering the second Fragile effect on him, sending him flying again, and applying Fragile a third time!

Ornn headbutted the stone pillar created by his Q with his E [Blazing Charge], and with the control effect of the E skill, he dealt the Fragile effect for the third time!

Ornn is so fragile, even gods would crumble in his hands!

Before Rumble could kill Ornn with a full combo, Chen Dongqing's Ornn landed a full combo, bringing Rumble to low health!

Taking advantage of the E skill's crowd control, Chen Dongqing unleashed a basic attack, completely depleting Rumble's health bar!

"QGilex has killed FPXLetme!"

Backstage at QG, Banbazi looked at the scene before him and felt it was all perfectly normal.

Chen Dongqing, you truly live up to your reputation!

Coach Cui knew that even if Chen Dongqing played Ornn, he would definitely not be ordinary.

Meanwhile, countless QG fans cheered excitedly from the sidelines.

"Nice!" A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted in QG's voice channel as the top laner secured a solo kill.

Xiao Hu shouted the loudest, calling Brother Shu awesome. And he wasn't putting it off at all; it was all from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Hu felt a deep sense of melancholy.

He's been teammates with Letme for so many years, he's long been used to situations where the top lane is at a disadvantage.

If Letme were sitting on stage playing Ornn against Rumble, you'd probably hear him bragging in voice chat around the ten-minute mark: "Wow, this guy only got ten CS ahead of me in ten minutes? I won this fight!"

But when Brother Shu comes, it's a different story!

Wow, Ornn countered Rumble and solo-killed him! That's the real deal from Maokai!

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but blush slightly as she listened to her teammates' endless flattery.

"That's enough, that's enough." Chen Dongqing coughed lightly and said, "Focus on your own play, and when I have a big move next time, I can find a chance to help you guys."

"Okay!"

This is the FPX lounge backstage at this moment.

White Crescent frowned as he observed the situation, and his left hand unconsciously pressed the bottom of the ballpoint pen in his hand, making a continuous "click" sound.

With a slight disadvantage in the mid lane and a solo kill in the top lane, FPX's game rhythm suddenly became somewhat precarious.

And most importantly, they seem to have a hard time finding opportunities.

Scorpion used his ultimate in the mid lane, so they may face further attacks from QG in the next two minutes.

How should we defend against that?

Sure enough, QG's attack came soon after.

Since Xiangguo doesn't have his ultimate ability now, he doesn't force himself to gank. Instead, he leads Xiaohu into FPX's jungle.

Karsa's counter-ganking skills are unparalleled, but if he's the one who gets caught, who can help him counter-gank?

As soon as Skarner entered the jungle, he was caught and hit by Rek'Sai. Moreover, Syndra was following behind Rek'Sai. Karsa didn't dare to fight back and was forced to run away with his head in his hands.

Xiangguo didn't hold back either, clearing out both jungle camps in FPX's top and jungle areas.

Karsa wanted to swap jungle camps with QG, but when the F6 camp was being fought, Syndra used her W to grab the big bird, and half of the gold from the F6 camp in his mouth was taken away.

That's even more disgusting.

"Damn it!" Karsa complained in the voice chat, "The other team is playing so disgustingly."

"It's okay," Lin Weixiang said cheerfully. "You can come and make a move in the bottom lane after your next ultimate move."

Lately, influenced by Lin Weixiang, members of the FPX team have been making a habit of imitating Karsa's way of speaking.

Karsa scratched her head and could only nod in agreement.

During the two minutes that Karsa didn't have his ultimate ability available, Xiangguo's invasion of him never stopped.

In this version, the jungle monster count has been changed to a guaranteed four kills per jungle camp. At this point, you can see that Xiangguo has already out-killed Karsa by more than ten kills.

But Karsa also had his own rhythm. He even deliberately let Xiangguo invade the jungle to steal the enemy's jungle camps, while he sneaked to the bottom lane and launched a surprise attack!

With Mercury's Treads and Predator activated, Skarner charged in despite QG's bot lane vision!

Uzbekistan tried to run away, but how could he possibly escape?

The scorpion got a shield from Morgana midway through, which made him even more insane. He flashed and flashed, and used his ultimate to forcefully pull Uzi out from under the tower!

Liu Qingsong's Morgana immediately flashed in and followed up with a Q, and Caitlyn placed a trap. Uzi had already used up his Cleanse in the first two skirmishes and had no way to escape, so he was taken down.

"This team's strategy makes no sense at all," Xiangguo was speechless, and quickly spoke up to calm things down: "Don't worry, I'll gank bot lane later. Their Skarner has no Flash and no ultimate, he's trash."

Uzi wasn't angry at this point. He analyzed the situation and immediately shook his head: "It's not good to gank now. The enemy Ryze's TP is ready. If we force a gank, it will be interrupted by TP."

"What's the big deal?" At this moment, the team's leader spoke up, "I also have a tank. Just call me when you guys make your move!"

Hearing Daddy's words, the QG team felt much more at ease.

OK, let's do it!

One minute later, the match officially entered its ten-minute mark.

Uzi's bottom lane minions were about to push into the tower. During the communication, Chen Dongqing, who had already recalled to base, directly used TP towards his own bottom tower!

Actually, TP's light can be seen even in the dark, but FPX's bot lane duo was being pushed and they were keeping a close eye on their surroundings, afraid of being tower-dived. They didn't have time to check what was happening at QG's bottom tower.

Shi Senming had already cleared the vision in the bushes. As soon as Chen Dongqing landed with his teleport, he immediately moved forward and disappeared into the bushes.

At the same time, Uzi pushed the lane into the tower, and Xiangguo and Xiaohu also arrived in time behind him.

A seemingly simple four-man encirclement of two opponents came out of nowhere!

Karsa played quite consistently, with his Skarner appearing right behind his own base. However, without Flash, his Skarner obviously couldn't do much, and he needed more protection this time!

So, just like in the previous wave, Doinb teleported to the bottom lane!

Fortunately, QG was prepared.

"Waaaaah!"

A lava element shaped like a ram's head slowly flows past, starting from beneath the FPX tower.

The FPX players were immediately taken aback.

How come Ornn is here?

This isn't a four-man gank on two, it's a five-man gank on two?

Liu Qingsong did his best this time. His Morgana shielded herself and went forward, using her ultimate to hit the four QG players around her, and then immediately used the "Perfect Timing Stopwatch" talent!

QG's four players had to temporarily retreat out of Morgana's ultimate range, but this indirectly bought them some time.

Karsa seized the opportunity and stepped up, using an EA to pin Xiangguo under the tower!

The controlled Xiangguo was clearly unable to escape Morgana's ultimate ability range.

But QG showed no signs of backing down.

"I can crash into two!" Chen Dongqing found the right angle and crashed out with a double R, sending both the policewoman and Scorpion flying at the same time!

The three QG players who had stepped out of the circle simultaneously followed up with damage: Syndra pushed the ball and used W, EZ used WQ, Karma used Q, and Lin Weixiang's Caitlyn was instantly killed!

At this point, FPX only had one Skarner and one Morgana with Zhonya's Hourglass left under their tower.

Doinb's teleportation beam intensified. After carefully observing the situation below the stage, he finally decided not to go.

There's nothing I can do about it. Whether I go or not doesn't matter. It won't change the outcome, and I might even end up getting caught in the crossfire.

The tiger carrying the tower turned and walked out from under the tower, just as Morgana's golden body disappeared.

This time, Shi Senming was in charge of tanking the tower. Karma used her W to tether him, Uzi chased after him and attacked him relentlessly, and Xiaohu went even further, using his ultimate to blast him in the face!

Morgana couldn't withstand that damage either, and was left with very low health after just one encounter.

At this moment, Xiangguo finally woke up from Morgana's ultimate. Just then, the excavator fired a burrowing cannon and managed to get the kill, which could be considered compensation for him.

"Yeah, Doinb canceled his teleport, and Karsa's Skarner, seeing the situation was bad, retreated too!" Wawa excitedly commented, "QG's bot lane tower dive was incredibly successful! A five-man gank on the bot lane, they forcefully secured those two kills right in front of the enemy mid and jungle!"

"After this, QG can easily take the bottom lane tower, and their momentum will be completely unleashed!"

"Tree's TP and ultimate were really crucial!" Miller was still savoring QG's coordinated attack. "FPX never expected that!"

Where is our Brother Tree right now?

The moment Chen Dongqing withstood that powerful attack, he already knew what was going to happen next.

So he didn't move forward at all.

After using his ultimate ability, he immediately returned to base and headed to the top lane.

Of course, FPX definitely didn't know this information.

If Doinb had known Ornn was recalling, he definitely would have teleported down to trade one or two kills.

But there is no "if".

Chen Dongqing will lose a few minions if he returns to the top lane, but compared to the gains from this wave, this loss is negligible.

If FPX's previous collapse was just a minor one, then this one is a real blow to their core.

With the bottom lane tower destroyed, Uzi's mobility is freed up. The next step is for Uzi to take the second step, rotate to the mid lane, and start high-speed farming and tower pushing.

QG's two-year winning streak has repeatedly proven that once they get into a tower-pushing rhythm, they are unstoppable.

FPX must find a way to cut off this opportunity!

Writing 7,000 words a day, is that a good idea?

To be continued tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)