League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 419: EDG's Last Pillar?

"Predator!" The commentators exclaimed in surprise from the booth, "With the Predator's movement speed boost, Xiangguo quickly arrived at the bottom lane and executed a beautiful counter-attack!"

"This is really brilliant!" Colonel Guan exclaimed loudly, "This predator is something else!"

The audience below the stage was also overjoyed, and cheers came one after another.

When fans first saw the bottom lane getting tower-dived, they were already calculating whether the overall outcome was a gain or a loss.

Tree Bro got the first blood, but we only lost Shi Senming, so we should have made a profit, right?

As they were pondering, an Olaf emerged, riding on a red light, shattering their thoughts.

What's there to think about? They're making a killing!

[Holy crap! Pot!]

Wow, that was incredibly clever! Xiangguo always has so many ingenious ideas!

Sparrows eating crickets

QG is making money on both top and bottom lanes? I can't even imagine how brutal this game will be.

In just over three minutes, Xiangguo achieved a remarkable score of 2-0-1.

Keep in mind, he only cleared one set in the wild!

In terms of ganking efficiency, it's absolutely top-notch!

"Push the lane?" Xiangguo asked, turning around.

"Push, push, you get some experience too." Although Uzi didn't get any kills this game, his two assists were enough for him to get some experience. He shared a wave of minion experience with Xiangguo and pushed the minion wave into the enemy tower.

Although Xiangguo has only cleared one blue buff so far, he managed to reach level three after getting three kills and sharing the experience from a wave of minions in the bottom lane!

Meanwhile, in Xiangguo's jungle, there are still five groups of jungle monsters waiting for him to visit.

"Holy crap, this is awesome!" Xiangguo said with a grin. "This start is so great, my Spirit Hunter is almost fully stacked!"

Spiritual Hunter is a minor talent in the red tree that can reduce the cooldown of active skills.

Predators, justice, and glory—they can all eat.

Uz puffed out his chest and exclaimed in a deep voice, "Never such a wonderful start!"

Xiao Hu knew exactly who to flatter, and he laughed, "I knew it! Brother Shu's decision was definitely correct."

Two levels of attack, with predators assisting from below – this was the bizarre strategy Chen Dongqing proposed at the outset.

In theory, as long as the plan is executed well enough, there shouldn't be any problems.

The only problem is that if Ornn isn't ganked and killed in the top lane, then Xiangguo won't be able to build Predator and therefore won't be able to counter-gank in the bottom lane.

So Chen Dongqing said at the time that if the plan failed, he would personally go down to the road to protect it.

Fortunately, this didn't happen. Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo executed the gank perfectly, allowing the plan to proceed smoothly.

Chen Dongqing grinned and said chuckled, "Nothing else, it's all about brains, understand?"

Although Chen Dongqing, as a top laner, does not participate in team command, he is always quick-witted.

We now have a clear advantage on both the top and bottom lanes. All we need to do is maintain our momentum and gradually expand our lead, and victory will be ours for the taking.

While leveling up by farming jungle monsters, Xiangguo said to Xiaohu, "Li Yuanhao, wait for me in the mid lane. I'll come help you out later, and then you come with me to the bottom lane and clear it out."

"OK!" Xiao Hu nodded and rubbed his hands together.

Perhaps because his teammates were so outstanding, Xiaohu unconsciously forgot his desire to prove himself in the playoffs.

But the world is ultimately fair; there are no eternal slackers.

If you play too carelessly, you're going to run into problems.

Some teams only run into problems at the World Championship, and a year's worth of hard work is wasted.

Fortunately, problems tend to surface quickly at QG.

Because QG is a near-perfect team, any flaws that appear will be very noticeable and quickly discovered and exploited by the opponent.

Although this attempt to dodge the enemy's gank ended in a disastrous failure, EDG did not give up and continued to think about their next strategy.

"Let's go mid," Scout said. "We can kill mid."

Cassiopeia vs. Ryze is also an easy matchup. Cassiopeia's Q has a range of 850 and E has a range of 700, both of which are longer than Ryze's W's range of 615.

Moreover, Cassiopeia's wave clear ability is no slower than Ryze's in this version.

Whether it's chipping away at the opponent's health or pushing the lane, Cassiopeia wins by a small margin!

At this point, four minutes into the game, Xiaohu's health had already dropped to below half.

But Xiaohu wasn't too nervous at the moment.

This amount of health is an acceptable result for him, because he will soon have enough money for Goddess Tears.

Ryze is a champion that doesn't put much pressure on you in the first few minutes of laning. Usually, once you have enough gold for Tear of the Goddess, you can just recall to base.

EDG capitalized on this psychological advantage of Xiaohu, launching an attack at this crucial moment!

Haro only farmed one river crab after leaving the base, and then headed straight for the mid lane!

The timing was perfect; just as he arrived, Xiaohu pushed the minion wave to the middle position.

Xiao Hu placed wards on the riverbank, so he stood near the riverbank to protect himself.

Unfortunately, this mentality was exploited by EDG!

Haro stood on the path between F6 and the river. Xiaohu's ward in the river bushes was blocked by a thin wall and could not detect Haro's location.

Scout used his W to bind Ryze to the ground, and Haro immediately used a ward to appear in Xiaohu's vision. Taking advantage of Ryze being slowed down, Haro landed a Q that hit him squarely!

Echo Knocks into Scout's face and then AEs, while Scout stays on the sidelines casting Q and constantly using E!

Xiaohu's operation was not messed up. He used EWQ to generate a shield and speed boost, and then flashed away when he was low on health!

He even tried to run away!

But Scout didn't give her that chance. Cassiopeia quickly flashed in and unleashed an E followed by a Q!

E bites through the shield, Q hits reliably, and with the subsequent poison damage, the little tiger who ran back to the tower is slowly poisoned to death!

"Wow, EDG's mid and jungle coordinated really well that time!" Coach Guan exclaimed in amazement. "The damage was incredibly precise; Xiaohu almost escaped!"

"Sigh, almost," Xiao Hu sighed in the voice message.

If he had another 20 or 30 points of health, this Q wouldn't be able to kill him.

"It's alright, it's alright," Chen Dongqing said. "The Cassiopeia has used Flash, we can gank mid lane later."

Xiangguo frowned slightly as he observed the situation.

If the mid laner can't free himself up, it will disrupt his rhythm.

But there was nothing he could do; things had come to this point, so he had no choice but to go to the middle lane and make his move.

Once Xiaohu teleported back online, Xiangguo started farming jungle camps while keeping an eye on the mid lane, looking for any opportunities.

Unfortunately, Scout is no longer the rookie he once was. He knows he is currently the team's Achilles' heel, so he's not in a hurry at all. He just stands in front of the tower and slowly farms minions, giving his team no chance whatsoever.

Looking at the situation, Xiangguo couldn't find any flaws for the time being.

This rhythm is really a bit awkward.

They kept scalding the hot pot, but still couldn't find a solution.

Go ahead and catch him. GimGoon, who was caught and killed once, isn't even leaving the tower now.

It's even less likely that he'll be caught, since he just recently ranked high.

Even if we try to catch them? There's no chance.

"Don't rush, let's brush first." Xiangguo could only say, "We'll find an opportunity to make a move after we reach level six."

Once they reach level six, they can use Ryze's ultimate or Camille's ultimate to find their rhythm.

Before reaching level six, there aren't many good opportunities to be found.

The game remained silent for two minutes.

In six minutes, Xiangguo killed his subordinate's red buff with a single axe blow, officially leveling up to level six.

But at the same time, Haro's Lee Sin was also quick to farm jungle camps and level up to six.

QG is waiting for a level 6 upgrade, and so is EDG.

Clearly, with Lee Sin and Cassiopeia, EDG has more initiative in the mid and jungle positions.

The moment Haro reached level six, his Lee Sin took a step and headed towards the mid lane!

Everyone on EDG kept in mind what they had discussed before the match – the mid lane was QG's only weak point.

EDG's mid and jungle have been craving this Ryze without Flash for a while now.

For a level 6 Lee Sin and Cassiopeia, killing a Ryze without Flash is incredibly easy.

Taking advantage of the minion wave pushing into the tower, Haro initiated the attack. Lee Sin circled around a lot, emerging from QG's F6 camp, and then flashed in to kick Ryze out of the tower!

Scout caught Ryze with a W, then chased him down with a barrage of venomous fangs, resulting in Xiaohu killing him again outside the tower.

Xiangguo, who was planning to gank Xiaohu, was actually near the mid lane, but he was completely helpless in the face of the situation and could only watch Xiaohu get killed before coming over to receive a wave of tower dives.

"Oh no, another kill in the mid lane!" Guan Daxiao exclaimed. "EDG has created a huge gap in the mid lane; it looks like they still have a chance this game!"

When everyone saw QG achieve a 3-1 kill score in just three minutes, they thought the game was over.

But no one expected that EDG's mid and jungle would break through in the mid lane one after another, and managed to bring the kill score back to 3-3!

What surprised everyone even more was that this was just the beginning.

Xiaohu, who had lost another large wave of minions, logged back in. Just as he was sighing and exclaiming that the opponent was monstrous, his next ordeal was about to begin.

He pushed the minion wave to the enemy tower, and then Scout's Cassiopeia also went to lane.

Scout, with two kills, was the farmiest player on the field. He didn't even bother to rush Rod of Ages; instead, he opted for an arrogant build of Archangel's Staff followed by Rylai's Crystal Scepter.

At this moment, he held the lost chapter, Goddess's Tears, and the erotic novel in his hand, which was a whole more than Xiao Hu's lost chapter!

With this economic advantage, Scout only needs one ultimate ability, Petrify, to secure a solo kill!

If handled properly, even petrochemicals won't be needed!

Both sides continued laning in the mid lane. Scout saw that the distance was right and made a move!

Flash and W to bind the ground, then Q followed by R to strike!

Xiaohu turned his head very quickly. Although he wasn't petrified, he was still slowed down by the ultimate skill and hit by Q.

As the toxin spreads, Scout's fangs quickly follow!

Faced with this situation, Xiaohu didn't rush to run. He planned to use EWQ to immobilize the snake woman, refresh the shield to trigger the speed boost, and then run away!

Unfortunately, Scout's control of distance was exquisite; he stayed 615 yards away from Ryze, giving Ryze no chance to use his W ability!

But at this distance, Cassiopeia's Q and E skills can both hit!

There was nothing Xiaohu could do but use WEQ to speed up the minions, but while he was casting his skill, Cassiopeia landed another Q on him.

Both heroes accelerated simultaneously, but Ryze still couldn't shake off the distance!

In the end, Scout used three venomous fangs to kill Little Tiger in front of the tower!

On the other side, Xiangguo's Olaf charged out with Predator, wanting to take down the Cassiopeia who had no skills left, but Haro's Lee Sin also came out from the side with a W and chased Xiangguo away!

"EDGScout is on a killing spree!"

With that chilling announcement, Scout's record had reached 3-0.

If nothing unexpected happens, Scout will likely get Archangel during this recall.

A snake woman who summons an archangel in ten minutes and can move around freely.

This will put immense pressure on QG.

"Wow, it's rotten, completely rotten!" Ji De sighed. "Xiao Hu's mistakes this game were too big, affecting the entire QG team's situation."

At this point, the live chat was filled with question marks.

[Died three times in four minutes?]

【What? Your teammates have such a huge advantage, and you're just feeding the enemy team?】

[They've stopped lying down.]

[This central tower is about to collapse, what's the point of continuing?]

[Is this guy a war criminal? Does he even deserve to be on the QG team?]

【send!】

In the QG voice chat, Xiaohu looked at his score and realized he was down 0-3, and he fell completely silent.

Although he was the one being countered, and although he was being targeted by the opposing team.

But if he goes 0-3, then there's definitely something wrong with him, no doubt about it.

On Xiaohu's left and right sides, the other four members of QG were also feeling overwhelmed by the situation, but they didn't put too much pressure on Xiaohu.

Although Uzi likes to be red in games, he only turns red when he's not having fun.

He's in a good mood right now because the snake woman hasn't put any pressure on him yet.

The other three were even less of a concern; only Xiangguo casually complained a couple of times, saying things like, "What's wrong with Li Yuanhao?" and "This snake woman is invincible."

These words weren't particularly offensive, but they still made Xiaohu even more silent.

At this moment, Chen Dongqing said nonchalantly, "What's the rush? We're only behind by one kill; we still have the advantage!"

Little Tiger stared at him blankly.

Do we still have the advantage?

"I still have the advantage, and that's enough," Chen Dongqing said nonchalantly. "Watch me catch up in the kill count."

At this moment, the minion wave on the top lane was pushed into the tower, and GimGoon's Ornn was at half health because he had been harassed by Chen Dongqing.

Because of Lee Sin's presence in the mid lane, this actually gave Chen Dongqing a good opportunity to tower dive.

Ornn at half health? Not easy to beat.

But just do it!

Chen Dongqing timed his attack perfectly with a turret's basic attack interval, then unleashed a combo of AQA towards Ornn, easily triggering a powerful attack!

Seeing that this Camille dared to so blatantly overstep his bounds, GimGoon immediately launched a counterattack!

The fighting force beneath the Tower of Orn is not to be underestimated!

GimGoon first used QR on Camille, then used E to crash into the nearby turret!

Camille is inside the turret; her E ability can knock her up directly by hitting the turret!

Of course, GimGoon knew that this E would most likely miss, because Camille had her ultimate.

Sure enough, as Ornn crashed into the turret, Chen Dongqing's hands moved with lightning speed, unleashing his R [Hextech Ultimatum] to take off, perfectly avoiding Ornn's E control!

Watching Camille use her ultimate (R), and then GimGoon uses his ultimate (R) to ensure he doesn't lose any skills.

Camille's ultimate ability clears the turret's aggro, allowing her to retreat without taking any damage.

If he dares to dive the tower again, then GimGoon can use his W and second R to fight back. Standing under the tower, he won't back down at all!

Will Chen Dongqing continue to cross over?

This is inevitable!

After landing his ultimate, Chen Dongqing showed no fear. He immediately used an auto-attack to pull Ornn up, kicking him to low health. Then, taking advantage of the speed boost from his Q, he used his W [Tactical Sweep] to pull away, sweeping the outer edge of the circle!

GimGoon used his W to spray Camille, and then quickly used his R to catch the slowly charging red goat!

With the second R triggering Fragile and providing crowd control, Camille is already in serious trouble.

He still has Flash. If Camille continues to dive, he can Flash away, and then Tauren Chieftain can slowly shoot Camille to death.

However, if Chen Dongqing were to attempt a solo tower dive, he must have been absolutely certain of success to do so.

Just before he was about to be knocked away by the goat, Chen Dongqing decisively pressed E and used a grappling hook to hook onto the wall in the distance!

Although he was knocked up by Ornn's ultimate in the next instant, the subsequent hook hook's wall-hooking effect took effect, and the E skill brought Camille to the wall outside the tower!

This wave is called control offset.

By using the timing of skill release to override control effects, you can gain more room to maneuver.

Camille quickly moved out of the tower and hung on the wall, just as Ornn's ultimate control effect ended.

Chen Dongqing grinned, went back into the tower, and kicked Ornn with his second E!

At this moment, GimGoon suddenly panicked and quickly flashed away to dodge Camille's E.

But Chen Dongqing was like a persistent ailment, using E-flash and Flash to forcefully kick Ornn unconscious!

This E triggered Sheen for the third time, and Chen Dongqing landed and kicked Ornn to death!

After killing the enemy, Chen Dongqing tanked two tower shots, then happily left the tower with low health, completing an elegant solo kill in lane!

The audience, who had just been silent, suddenly erupted in a thunderous cheer!

Guan Daxiao's voice was not drowned out by the audience's cheers: "Solo kill! Brother Shu, in the midst of the team's crisis, completed a tower dive solo kill!"

"It has to be Brother Shu!" Wang Duoduo couldn't help but exclaim, "I never expected he could pull off a tower dive like that!"

After watching Camille clear a wave of minions under the tower and finish off the battlefield, the director switched to the replay of Chen Dongqing's tower dive.

In slow motion, Camille's perfect tower-diving strategy was clearly demonstrated.

Use the ultimate to dodge the E, then use the E to counter the ultimate, followed by another E-flash and flash, ultimately securing a tower dive solo kill with the opponent barely alive.

It's no exaggeration to say that if any link in the chain goes wrong, Camille will definitely be the one dying under the tower!

This wave, this wave is called precise etiquette.

"Yeah, GimGoon was down to half health, he had Flash and his ultimate, he tried everything, but he still got taken down!" Remember couldn't help but praise, "Tree's play was absolutely terrifying!"

The live stream chat was flooded with comments like "Holy crap! A tree!" to express their shock.

Chen Dongqing, however, remained calm. As he pressed the recall button, he smiled and said to the person next to him, "We're 4-4 now, so we're not too bad off, are we?"

Little Tiger scratched his head and asked, "So what do we do with this snake woman?"

Although this Cassiopeia no longer has Flash or her ultimate, he won't be able to get solo killed again, but this 3-0 Cassiopeia is still a problem.

At this point, we can see that Scout has already merged all the Archangels and entered a high-speed development mode.

"He's just a Cassiopeia, useless. I can kill him anytime I want," Chen Dongqing said calmly. "You and Liu Shiyu go top lane and help me take the first tower bounty."

Because Scout had no ultimate or Flash, and was also carrying a bounty, Scout obviously didn't dare to play too aggressively and could only play it safe for the first two minutes.

Taking advantage of those two minutes, Xiaohu and Xiangguo pushed down the mid lane minions, then grouped up and headed straight for the top lane!

This step can be described as a simple and direct way to exchange resources.

Because QG's mid tower is low on health, if Xiaohu goes to the top lane to take down the first tower, the mid tower will definitely fall as well.

The situation on EDG's minimap was constantly changing, with Scout pinging several signals in a row, indicating that the top laner should be careful.

Seeing the situation in the top lane, GimGoon had no choice but to retreat to the second tower with a heavy heart.

"I'm fed enough now, you guys can eat it." Olaf doesn't need gold, and Xiangguo's two kills are more than enough, so he quickly retreated from the turret's range, giving up the gold from the first turret.

Xiao Hu wanted to leave with them, but Chen Dongqing immediately called him back.

"Why are you leaving?" Chen Dongqing frowned. "You're already trash enough, and you're letting us win the first tower? Don't you want to win?"

"Okay." Xiao Hu scratched his head, then walked back and shared the bounty from the first tower.

With 300 gold coins in hand, Chen Dongqing became even fatter, while Xiao Hu, who was 0-3 and practically penniless, also made up for it with a big bite.

Of course, as a trade-off, Scout pushed the lane into the tower and destroyed QG's mid-lane tower, which was at half health. Cassiopeia's already abundant economy was further boosted.

At this point, the director switched to the economy panel, showing that the Snake Woman's economy was far ahead, even 300 more gold than Chen Dongqing's.

"This Cassiopeia is the key to EDG's victory in this game!" Commentator Guan couldn't help but exclaim. "Scout is EDG's last pillar; as long as he doesn't fall, EDG can't lose!"

In the QG voice chat, Xiangguo said, "We have to kill this Cassiopeia, or it will be too late."

If Cassiopeia gets Seraph's Embrace and Rylai's Crystal Scepter, then she might really be unstoppable.

It must be nipped in the bud!

"I know." Chen Dongqing pinged his ultimate ability: "Once my ultimate is ready, I'll come straight to the middle and kick him. You guys just follow up and kill him easily."

As Chen Dongqing said, if EDG only has one Cassiopeia, then it's not a problem at all.

With Camille's lock-on mechanic, how could they be afraid of the enemy's single core being too fed?

You're doomed if I don't do it!

Chen Dongqing returned to base to replenish his supplies, and when he logged back in, his ultimate skill was almost ready again.

Without hesitation, Camille pushed the lane and headed straight for the mid lane!

Chen Dongqing knew that he was now a thorn in EDG's side, and that his every move would be closely monitored by the opposing team.

So this time he didn't bother with any pretense and just openly attacked the mid lane.

This move was an open and blatant bluff to win.

As soon as Camille disappeared from sight, it immediately triggered another signal storm on EDG's side.

At this point, a problem arose for Scout.

If Camille comes to mid, do you retreat to defend against a gank, or call your teammates to protect you?

Without a doubt, Scout, who has the advantage and is the core of the team, cannot accept the first outcome.

"Can the mid laner come over?" Scout immediately pleaded in the team chat, "Come protect me."

"I can come!" Haro, who was near the middle lane, immediately said, "I'll protect you."

Meiko shook her head: "It's not convenient for us here, so we can't come."

Their bot lane duo has an advantage, but they haven't recovered from the losses at the start of the game. Right now, their bot lane is being pushed, and Meiko is obviously unable to move.

Fortunately, Kim Gong said he could also come to the central area to protect the area.

Scout felt a little relieved after hearing this.

If Ueno is protecting them, then standing under the tower this time should be no problem.

After all, he himself has a lot of influence and room to maneuver.

So this is a 3v3 under the tower? The odds of winning are very high!

If we can win this wave, we'll basically have the game in the bag!

From God's perspective, one can see Chen Dongqing, and behind Chen Dongqing, Jin Gong.

There's also hot pot, Haro.

Both teams' top laners started moving, heading towards the middle lane.

Seeing this, everyone knew that something big was about to happen.

The outcome of this mid-lane skirmish could very well determine the winner of the game!

Soon, the mid-lane minion wave pushed towards the tower.

In that instant, Xiangguo's Olaf suddenly appeared from the bottom jungle and ran into Haro's Lee Sin. The two junglers immediately started fighting!

Xiangguo knew he couldn't let the Lee Sin rush under the tower to protect the Cassiopeia, so he directly swung his axe and started hacking wildly at the Lee Sin!

Although this means Olaf is no longer there to help with tower diving, it doesn't matter. Cassiopeia with no Archangel's Staff currently lacks tankiness.

Chen Dongqing stood in EDG's top jungle area, hooked onto the inner wall of the F6 camp, and kicked the Cassiopeia under the tower with an EW flying kick!

Scout could have used his ultimate to stun Camille at that moment, but he didn't.

Since Camille hasn't tanked the tower yet, his ultimate is meaningless.

He chose to Flash to dodge Camille's kick, but Chen Dongqing's W was executed very skillfully. Although Scout used Flash, he was still hit by Camille's sweeping leg!

Scout's eyes lit up!

Isn't this the perfect opportunity?

Scout reacted quickly, immediately unleashing a powerful attack to try and immobilize Camille!

But Chen Dongqing reacted even faster.

With preparations made well in advance, Chen Dongqing's 142ms reaction time began to come into play, and he could almost clearly see the Snake Woman unleashing her ultimate move.

He turned around instantly!

The next instant, the green light of [Petrifying Gaze] returned and shone on Lady Gray's jade back.

At the same time, Xiaohu's Ryze also rushed into the tower. He quickly used QW to stun Cassiopeia, and then used QEQ to unleash a small burst of damage!

This burst combo was quite solid, quickly reducing the Cassiopeia's health!

Chen Dongqing took advantage of Ryze's crowd control to charge in and unleash the first Sheen damage with a basic attack!

At the same time, Ornn's ultimate skill started from Chen Dongqing's location, applied Fragile to Chen Dongqing, and then slowly rushed towards the distance!

Obviously, GimGoon also came over, but because he arrived relatively late, he could only provide support from a distance using his ultimate ability.

Chen Dongqing saw this and immediately changed his mind about using his ultimate to dodge Cassiopeia's Q, choosing instead to take the hit head-on.

While tanking the tower and Cassiopeia's fangs, he stepped out of Cassiopeia's W range and used an auto-attack followed by a Q to unleash a powerful attack on her.

But it's clear that his own health is dropping even faster!

But Chen Dongqing didn't panic; he carefully watched the direction the goats had gone.

As soon as a red ram head rushed over, he immediately used his ultimate to take off, dodging Ornn's second ultimate and successfully avoiding the turret's aggro!

Even though he only has a third of his health left, as long as the turret doesn't attack him, everything will be fine!

Xiao Hu, on the other hand, cleverly used a basic attack to withstand the tower's aggro.

After landing his ultimate skill, Chen Dongqing didn't rush to inflict true damage. Instead, he cleverly dodged Cassiopeia's Q with a sideways movement!

On the other side, Xiaohu, who was tanking the tower, used another EQ combo to bring the Cassiopeia to low health!

Chen Dongqing took the opportunity to kick the injured person and pull them up!

"Shut down!"

The Cassiopeia's health was completely depleted, and she slowly collapsed under the tower!

EDG's so-called last pillar is nothing more than a reed bed by a summer river in front of QG—one strike and a whole bunch of them can be cut down!

(End of this chapter)