League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 409 I didn't raise a father!

The key to breaking this game is, of course, to use Scorpion's ultimate ability to catch people.

But Uzi understood this in this game. After building Manamune and Sheen, he didn't rush to build Trinity Force. Instead, he took a detour and started focusing on Quicksilver Sash.

Why has Ezreal suddenly become a popular pick in competitive play this patch? The reason is simple: the Kleptomancy rune.

This talent is practically tailor-made for Ezreal. If you trigger his Q skill, you might steal five gold if you're unlucky, a potion worth ten or more gold if you're lucky, and a money bag if you're incredibly lucky, guaranteeing at least 65 gold!

With the addition of the Enlightenment rune's Magical Boots and Future Market, Uzi gained over 700 gold, allowing him to build Manamune, Sheen, and Quicksilver Sash in just fifteen minutes!

Karsa had barely managed to build the Cinderhulk jungle item and Mercury's Treads by then, and he was completely dumbfounded when he saw Ezreal's luxurious equipment.

(The green jungle item was removed in patch 8.4, so it's still available now.)

Removing mercury so early? Dude, that's way too weird.

Uzi was playing incredibly aggressively. He now had Flash, Cleanse, and Quicksilver Sash, and he was playing BEZ. Knowing that he was absolutely impossible to die, he played extremely aggressively. After having Shi Senming help push the lane, he relentlessly tormented the opponent under the tower!

Karsa watched this scene with anxiety but also helplessness.

He knew that the enemy mid and jungle were also acting as bodyguards in the mid lane. If he forced a gank in the mid lane, he would most likely just get a Quicksilver Sash and then get taken down by the enemy team.

No, we need to find someone else to catch them.

We have no choice but to arrest them.

Karsa waited for a Flash, called Doinb, and headed straight for the top lane.

Ryze, at level 11, uses his ultimate to drive close, and Skarner rushes in and uses his ultimate to catch him!

Chen Dongqing looked at the scene before him and quickly calculated in his mind.

In fact, he could have used W to cancel out the first half of Scorpion's ultimate.

But he didn't do it because he knew it wouldn't work.

Ornn's W grants immunity to crowd control for 0.75 seconds. If the crowd control duration exceeds 0.75 seconds, the subsequent crowd control will still take effect, so there is no point in using it against Skarner's ultimate.

What needs to be addressed is the EA control effect after the ultimate skill ends.

Therefore, Chen Dongqing was very rational and frantically pressed W while being controlled.

The moment the suppression ended, Chen Dongqing used W [Bellfire Breath] to cancel out the stun effect of the scorpion, and then quickly used E to leave in the opposite direction!

Letme hasn't given up yet. Rumble used his ultimate to block the path, then activated his W to rush in and chase.

Chen Dongqing made another move, dodging and pulling away.

On the other side, Karsa watched Ornn leave with a third of his health remaining, then quickly turned back to push the lane, even attempting a tower dive. Even if he couldn't dive the tower, he wanted to destroy the top tower.

"Waaaaah~"

Chen Dongqing stood under the tower and immediately summoned his ultimate skill. The two sheep-like attacks rammed into the minions, clearing out most of them!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing didn't linger and turned to leave.

FPX's few low-health minions went into the tower, but they obviously didn't have much tower-pushing ability, and were all killed by the tower in a few hits.

The three FPX players, top, mid, and jungle, were so angry at what they saw that they were practically clenching their fists.

"West 8."

"Worry."

"Damn it."

The three people made three different sounds.

What kind of B-level hero did Riot Games design? W grants immunity to crowd control, E provides mobility, and the ultimate clears minions.

Can a person really kill it by grabbing it?

The three players switched the camera to the mid lane and saw that the remaining four QG players had completely given up and grouped up to push forward, taking down the mid lane tower and successfully securing the newly formed dragon.

FPX is still losing money!

After this wave, Uzi took the opportunity to rotate to the top lane again, and before the dragon spawned, he quickly went to the top side of the map to take down the top tower.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, switched to the bottom lane and leisurely cleared the wave and defended the tower.

That's why people say Ornn is such a comfortable champion to play. There's no pressure at all!

At 21 minutes, Uzi, having destroyed the top tower, returned to the bottom half of the map, and QG's five players grouped up and secured another Earth Dragon.

The advantages continue to expand.

At 23 minutes, Uzi transformed his Manamune into Manamune and recalled to base to combine Sheen into Trinity Force, finally bringing Ezreal to his power spike.

That's why Banbazi said at the start of the game that he wanted to end it in about twenty minutes.

In just over twenty minutes, this EZ with this equipment is unmatched in combat power by any other hero!

As soon as they met in the mid lane, Uzi used his Q to trigger Trinity Force and Manamune, instantly taking away nearly 40% of Lin Weixiang's health!

If you eat three Qs, you'll die on the spot!

Lin Weixiang was startled by the outrageous damage. He quickly retreated to the tower, but this retreat meant giving up control of the mid lane!

The mid-lane minion wave pushed to the second tower, and at that moment, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the Rift. Ornn's ultimate ability directly initiated a team fight from a distance!

In the early 20-minute mark, it wasn't just Ezreal who was strong; Syndra and Ornn with two items were also dominant.

Chen Dongqing's ultimate skill slowed down the female police officer. Liu Qingsong had just put up a magic shield, but it was shattered by Ornn's second ultimate skill the next second!

At the same time, Xiaohu's Syndra appeared from the side and launched a long-range push, but instead of hitting the policewoman, she hit Morgana, who was watching from the sidelines!

A support Syndra with no level or equipment can take away half of a character's health with just one push!

Uzi used his E to dash in and unleashed an AWQ combo, easily securing the kill on Morgana!

Immediately afterwards, Xiaohu grabbed a Dark Orb, flashed forward, and used W and R to smash it towards the female police officer.

Lin Weixiang flashed to dodge W, but was still hit by Syndra's five magic orbs and was left with low health.

Uzi flashed up and used his Q to take down the policewoman as well!

This sudden attack caught FPX's bot lane duo completely off guard, leaving them no time to react before they were chased down and killed!

"Go straight to the high ground!" Uzi didn't want to give the opponent a chance to fight back, so he pushed straight up!

Chen Dongqing and his teammates joined forces, with Uncle Sheep, equipped with two items, leading the charge and helping his teammates take down the mid-lane high ground.

From then on, the competition became simple.

Taking advantage of the super minions in the mid lane, QG pushed the minions in both the top and bottom lanes, putting pressure on FPX's defense. Then, the four players in the top lane immediately rotated to Baron, and Chen Dongqing in the bottom lane followed up with a teleport.

FPX was completely unable to fight back and had no choice but to give up Baron Nashor.

QG returned to base to rest and then pushed up the top lane.

At this point, the economic difference between the two sides had already exceeded 10,000, and there was no suspense in this team fight. Chen Dongqing, with three Ornn items, stood at the front of the team, and when Lin Weixiang's damage came, the health didn't even drop!

But the most outrageous thing is that Ornn's stats are also ridiculously high. Not only is he incredibly tanky, but his damage is also ridiculously high!

Anyway, no one would give a control skill to Ornn, so Chen Dongqing took the bullets from FPX and used his second ultimate to knock up three FPX players!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing used Q+Flash to move forward, knocking a Fragile to the fragile Ryze, then used E to smash through the stone pillar and knock him up, followed by another W+Fragile, taking away most of Ryze's health!

From behind, Uzi used a WQ combo to finish off Ryze.

On the other side, Xiangguo also charged in very fast, rushing into the enemy ranks alone, determined to turn the enemy formation upside down!

Unfortunately, his tankiness was still lacking. Karsa's Skarner used his ultimate to grab him, and with the help of Letme and Lin Weixiang, they easily took him down.

Fortunately, Xiangguo's sacrifice was meaningful.

Without Scorpion's ultimate, Uzi's Ezreal was able to dominate the enemy team. Although his Q skill was often off-target, he managed to carve out a path to victory thanks to the passive 50% attack speed bonus.

In a single exchange, QG traded one player for five, sacrificing Xiangguo to easily wipe out the entire FPX team!

Chen Dongqing carried the team fight from start to finish, but still managed to have 70% health left. Uncle Yang finally managed to steal the low-health base from EZ with a single basic attack, earning him fifty gold!

"Alright, let's congratulate QG on winning the first game!"

Seeing their own base explode, the five FPX players stared blankly, their minds in turmoil.

FPX has not lost a single match since the start of the Spring Split, and has only lost two games in each match.

WE and EDG, their formidable rivals in S7, have now become their defeated opponents.

With such a wonderful start, they thought they were about to take off.

WE and EDG both won, so maybe they can put up a fight against QG?

As a result, a heavy blow came crashing down on their heads today.

Being completely crushed from start to finish, that damn familiar feeling is back.

Without lingering, the FPX players quickly ran back to the backstage area.

They need to quickly discuss their strategy for the next game.

FPX members know QG very well. In the next game, when QG chooses sides, they will definitely choose the red side, and Chen Dongqing will get the counter pick.

The second game is where the real intensity begins.

Seeing his players return to the rest room without saying a word, White Crescent knew that none of the five FPX players could escape responsibility for this defeat.

So he stopped picking on anyone, simply pointed out the mistakes from the previous game to remind the team members, and then started discussing the draft picks for the next game.

"If the opposing team insists on giving us a counter pick in the top lane, we can actually counter-pick Ornn!" White Crescent said. "Letme, have you mastered Ornn?"

Since Letme picked Ornn in the second game of the Spring Split, it immediately sparked an Ornn craze in the LPL.

Letme felt that this champion was tailor-made for him, so he immediately started practicing.

Now, more than two months have passed.

Even a pig could learn it, after all, Ornn isn't a particularly difficult champion.

"I've got it!" Letme nodded confidently. "Next game, we can pick Ornn first, you guys can save your backup."

"OK." White Crescent nodded. "That's settled then."

Soon, both contestants returned to the stage.

As expected, QG chose the red side in this game, clearly indicating their intention to take control of the upper half of the map.

FPX was well-prepared, just like QG in the previous game, they locked in Ornn, making their intentions clear.

At this moment, everyone on QG's side focused their attention on Chen Dongqing.

They now have two paths.

One approach is the same as FPX's last game: let the top lane go for a 1v1, and then focus on the bottom half of the map for the matchup.

One strategy is to focus on the top lane while leaving the bottom lane to fend for itself.

As for which path to take, that depends on what Chen Dongqing says; he's the one in charge here.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "You four go play, just pick a vampire for me, I'll play top lane myself, okay?"

Ornn is too strong this patch. If you're determined to play passively, he's not easy to kill. On the other hand, the enemy team has a counter-ganking maniac like Karsa. If a few people try to tower dive, they might end up losing.

It would be better to let him dominate the top lane alone; he can guarantee to gain an advantage and farm up.

In this version, Chen Dongqing has a unique vampire strategy, which he has demonstrated in training matches, prompting several teammates to exclaim how awesome he is.

And now, it's time to perform.

The QG members nodded, letting Chen Dongqing choose Vampire for them, and then letting the others decide the lineup.

Choosing the vampire first has another advantage: Little Tiger is also an expert at this, and they can even flaunt it.

Of course, this hand gesture was not utilized.

After a brief exchange between the two coaches, the lineups for both teams were finalized.

Because Chen Dongqing picked early, Xiaohu got the counter pick in this game. Facing Doinb's confident Zoe, he picked Malzahar and started to play aggressively!

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side FPX: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Zoe, Bot lane Tristana and Thresh.

Red team QG: Top lane Vladimir, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Malzahar, Bot lane Caitlyn and Galio.

Looking at this lineup, the two commentators analyzed it for a while and unanimously agreed that this would be a closely contested match, with the outcome depending on the players' performance.

The match began quickly.

Both players bought their starting outfits and left the fountain.

While both sides were setting up their level 1 team fight, the director switched to show the talent choices of both players.

In that instant, someone immediately became the protagonist.

The vampire's [Kleptomancy] talent, coupled with his arrogant playstyle of starting with Extract, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"I admit to stealing the money," the doll said helplessly, "What's the meaning of that tree knife? That's too arrogant!"

Miller laughed at this point: "Tree Bro is absolutely certain the opponent won't gank top, he's incredibly greedy!"

At this moment, Chen Dongqing was humming a little tune in the QG player's seat, looking quite relaxed.

Letme, times have changed.

In this version, simply trying to withstand the pressure won't work anymore.

Actually, Doll and Miller's views are one-sided.

His greed went beyond just stealing money and extracting.

The following little talents are also key!

In the runes below, he also selected Cookie Delivery, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight. In the secondary runes, he also selected Transcendence and Gathering Storm, all of which are cost-effective runes that do not provide any help in the laning phase.

What? You're saying cookie delivery is a counter to laning runes?

You're too young now, this version of the Cookie Rune is pure money-making rune!

This version of the cookies costs 75 yuan!

Four cookies will be served in 3 to 12 minutes, for a total price of 300!

Then, with the right combination, you can get it in ten minutes, and it also makes the subsequent level 2 shoes cheaper to synthesize into the Magic Boots, which is about 50 gold, equivalent to about 350 gold.

And the 15% cooldown reduction from Transcendence and Astral Insight is hard to calculate economically, but it's clear that the value of this 15% cooldown reduction is no less than 500 gold.

These few runes combined will give you an economic boost of 1100+!

The economic value provided by minor runes is far greater than that of [Kleptomancy]!

In addition, there's the money saved from not buying Doran's gear, and the extra 180G from extraction.

This set of runes can provide Chen Dongqing with 2000+ gold in about ten minutes, and its main purpose is to achieve economic dominance.

Of course, the only drawback of this rune set is its weak combat power; it makes you almost impossible to find a matchup in lane.

However, both sides focused on the bottom half of the map in this game. Chen Dongqing's Vladimir was facing Ornn in lane, so naturally there was no pressure at all. He could play however he wanted, and his weaknesses were practically non-existent.

In this game, Chen Dongqing only needs to last-hit minions and steal gold. If he waits patiently for ten minutes, the top lane will automatically be cleared.

As the minions spawned, Chen Dongqing helped Xiangguo apply the buff twice, and then went to lane with the minions.

After going online, Chen Dongqing didn't pressure anyone, but just stood in the back and farmed minions, letting Ornn come over to fight.

Letme knew that Vladimir was taking Cull and Kleptomancy, so he didn't have much pressure in lane. Therefore, he waited until both sides' melee minions were low on health, then boldly went to lane and cleared the minions with a Q.

Chen Dongqing had been waiting for this move for a long time. Seizing this opportunity, he went up and delivered an AQ!

While the basic attack projectile is in flight, Q triggers [Kleptomancy], easily netting you five dollars!

Letme couldn't understand just how outrageous Chen Dongqing's talent was. When he saw the vampire let him finish off three times just to steal money, he didn't think much of it and was even a little smug.

His task this game is to keep the top lane occupied.

If this vampire plays the game like this, not even bothering to suppress others in order to steal money, then of course he'll make a profit!

Previously, Letme, with his short range, faced off against Chen Dongqing, who had a long range. How could he possibly get a chance to last-hit minions? He was considered successful if he could get one last-hit on the first three minions without being overtaken!

But this time, he used one Q to last-hit three melee minions, yay!

What a wonderful start!

Next, the two sides traded blows in the top lane, slowly making their way through the fight.

Letme maintained a good health bar thanks to Doran's Shield, health potions, and his ability to manually upgrade items. He wasn't even pressured in CS, and both top laners maintained roughly the same CS numbers.

After six minutes, Letme, having depleted his mana bar, had no choice but to teleport back to base. He didn't miss a single minion and emerged victorious once again!

Moreover, Letme, who had returned to base to buy a Sunfire Cape, even took the initiative and started pushing the lane!

Letme even had a slight hope that he could use his lane pushing ability to counter-pressure Ilex's attacks.

After all, last-hitting towers in this game is not easy; if you try to last-hit too much, you're bound to miss.

His idea was destined to fail.

Chen Dongqing hadn't returned to base yet, and still only had a naked Cull in his hand. However, Vladimir was an excellent champion at last-hitting under the tower. By using his Q skill at the right time and his E skill to lower the health of ranged minions, Chen Dongqing managed to last-hit every single minion during his waves of tower kills.

It was purely for training purposes, like a last-hit drill in a youth academy.

Every time the player last-hit under the tower, the director would conveniently switch the camera to the top lane, eliciting shouts of "Good last-hit!" from the chat.

Of course, the reason why Chen Dongqing would give up lane control so easily is mainly because there was no one in the top half of the map on either side in this game. Letme's lane control was meaningless. After pushing the lane, he just stood in the back and went AFK.

On stage, the two commentators couldn't help but marvel at how Letme was still able to control the lane. Wawa even said, "It seems that Ornn's ability to farm lanes is really terrifying. Maokai must have no way to deal with this champion, so he had no choice but to resort to this tactic."

If you can get Electrocute or Phase Strike, then who would want to get Kleptomancy, Culling, or Greed?

Miller looked at the scene before him and squinted slightly.

That's hard to say.

The director never switched to the economy panel, so he didn't know how much economy this vampire who kept triggering stealing money actually had.

Miller had a feeling that things weren't that simple.

Time flew by, and ten minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.

The remaining eight players on both sides are fighting tooth and nail in the bottom half of the map, racking up 13 kills in ten minutes. The game remains even and the score is close.

But when the camera cuts to the top lane, it shows Vladimir tickling Ornn.

Now, Ornn has Sunfire Cape and Spectre Cloak, giving him magic resistance and health. Even a naked Vladimir's damage barely scratches him.

However, in terms of last-hitting, Vladimir's last-hitting is flawless, racking up 106 last hits in ten minutes, directly surpassing the timeline.

The extract in the vampire's hand has been converted into gold coins, returning all of its purchase cost.

Chen Dongqing glanced at the gold coins in his hand, his eyes showing no emotion.

That's still not enough.

Chen Dongqing remained unfazed and continued to steal money.

He threw another AQ at Ornn, and this time a small sorcery potion appeared in his hand, but because his vampire inventory was full, he automatically drank it.

This time there was plenty of time. Chen Dongqing made some maneuvering around him, and then another EA made its move!

This time, a +95 appeared directly above the vampire's head!

They stole the purse!

Chen Dongqing was immediately delighted.

There is a very low chance of stealing a money bag from the thief's omen. You can choose to open the money bag to get 40-140 gold coins, or sell the money bag in the shop to get a stable income of 60 gold coins.

This time, because the vampire slots were full, the money bag was automatically opened, and I successfully obtained a considerable reward of 95!

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but lick his lips.

continue!

The laning phase in the top lane lasted until the thirteenth minute.

The naked dagger in the vampire's hand had become a thorn in the side of all the spectators.

Why hasn't he gone back to the city yet?

The main problem is that the director is also very inconsiderate, and he keeps refusing to switch to the economics panel.

Everyone just wants to know just how rich this vampire is now!

Are you saving up to buy heroes?

At this point, it can be seen that the vampire finally couldn't hold on any longer. After finishing off a wave of tower kills, he chose to recall to base.

The director cuts to a close-up shot, watching the vampire return home.

After returning to base, Chen Dongqing's hands moved incredibly fast, and he immediately used a teleport to the top lane.

During the teleportation time, I frantically right-clicked to sell all the cookies, potions, extracts, and other items I had.

After clearing a slot, the [Somewhat Magical Boots] were finally delivered to my hands.

At this point, we can see that the economy in Chen Dongqing's hands has reached 4936 points.

Chen Dongqing switched the equipment to the AP tab, spent 750 to synthesize magic penetration boots, spent 2800 to buy a spell-binding orb, and then spent 1250 to buy a useless big rod.

With the last of the money, I bought another True Sight, which used up about 70-80% of my funds.

After the purchase was completed, there was still 1 second left in the teleportation time. The audience watched as the vampire returned to the top lane, moving so fast it was as if he had never left.

In Season 8, mage items underwent a major overhaul. The all-around version of Morellonomicon disappeared. The current Morellonomicon has a new magic penetration attribute, but at the cost of losing cooldown reduction and mana regeneration. These attributes have been moved to Luden's Echo and the newly released Hextech Gauntlet.

In addition, there is a new piece of equipment, the Binding Orb.

In this version, there are generally two build paths for Vladimir: one is a tanky build with Hextech Protobelt and Morellonomicon, and the other is an ultimate burst damage build with Spellbinder and Rabadon's Deathcap.

This burst damage build lacks cooldown reduction (CD) stats, relying solely on the two minor runes [Transcendence] and [Cosmic Insight] for CD reduction, focusing primarily on damage output.

Chen Dongqing had actually wanted to try this build for a long time.

This build was the strongest version of Vladimir when it existed. Later, with the appearance of Mythic items, Vladimir declined. Now, Vladimir has reached his true peak.

Meanwhile, in the audience, countless viewers watched in disbelief as the vampire upgraded his equipment and teleported back online.

From extracting and adding a bunch of medicines, it becomes magic-wearing shoes, magic-binding orbs, and a big stick.

This enormous leap in equipment is comparable to humanity's rapid technological advancement from the moment it learned to use fire to the Second Industrial Revolution.

No, something's not right here, is it?

The enemy Ornn has about the same CS as you, so why does he only have a little over 3,000 CS with all his items, but you have 5,000?

Both sides were farming minions the same way, but as the game progressed, they gained a lead of over a thousand gold. Who could withstand that?

Letme was equally dumbfounded.

He watched as the vampire teleported online. He habitually pressed TAB to take a look, but what he saw made him shudder.

Holy crap, someone's cheating!

Gold farming cheat!

After the vampire was released, he became incredibly powerful, instantly killing a ranged minion with a single E, maximizing his wave clear efficiency. This was a world of difference compared to before when he could barely finish off a low-health minion with an E!

Letme didn't have a single completed item, so fighting a vampire with only one and a half items would be a waste.

He obediently shrank back, waiting patiently for the arrival of the tower blade.

How strange, this familiar feeling just came back all of a sudden.

Of course, Letme also understands that with his Ghost Cloak and Mercury's Treads, it's still quite difficult for the enemy to kill him, and he can still control the lane without much trouble.

However, there's no guarantee the vampire won't go after his teammates.

As expected, after pushing the lane, Chen Dongqing did not stay in the top lane, but disappeared from sight.

Doinb, playing in the mid lane, didn't even dare to engage in lane combat and retreated directly to his tower.

But who would have thought that Chen Dongqing's target was not the middle lane at all.

The vampire turned around and charged straight into the jungle.

Both junglers played at full tempo in this game, using Flash and ultimate abilities almost as soon as they were available.

At this moment, Sejuani had neither Flash nor her ultimate available, and was farming jungle camps while waiting for her cooldowns.

This is clearly a perfect opportunity.

Chen Dongqing walked into the bushes of the Blue Buff camp in the upper jungle area. He had timed it perfectly, so he waited for no more than five seconds before he caught Sejuani who was farming the Gromp!

During the E skill's charge-up phase, initiate with the ultimate followed by Q, then move forward to close the distance.

After Sejuani uses her Q to escape, Chen Dongqing activates the Binding Orb to accelerate, giving Vladimir a significant movement speed boost. Chen Dongqing then uses EW to burrow underground, and then gets up to use a red-rage Q!

At this point, the superiority of Vladimir's equipment is perfectly demonstrated. Even if Sejuani has some tankiness from the Cinderhulk jungle item, her health bar will still disappear when she encounters Vladimir with this equipment!

With her Q combo and ultimate's burst damage, Sejuani's remaining 40% health was instantly wiped out!

At that moment, the audience erupted in uproar!

Karsa was also incredulous, never expecting that her tanky Sejuani would be taken down by two sets of EQ combos!

He looked at Letme beside him, his mind filled with confusion.

Letme also looked at Karsa, his eyes showing confusion, but even more so, anxiety.

I don't have a father!

(End of this chapter)