League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 420 Top Lane Viktor?

It seems that from the moment Cassiopeia fell, EDG's spectacular comeback momentum was completely extinguished.

After that, they didn't make any further waves in the entire game.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" After kicking the snake woman to death, Chen Dongqing saw that the blind monk next to him was about to come over to finish him off, so he quickly turned around and ran away!

With the movement speed bonus from his Q skill, Chen Dongqing ran incredibly fast!

Fortunately, Xiangguo's Olaf, with a score of 2-0-1, was chasing and attacking Lee Sin on the sidelines. Haro was struggling to protect himself, let alone get past Olaf to gank. As Camille ran further and further away, he could only use a ward hop to return to his own second tower and escape.

But at this point, Chen Dongqing disagreed.

Seeing that the Lee Sin had lost his ward touch and his health was almost full from Xiangguo's attacks, he suddenly became emboldened and immediately shouted in the voice chat, "Li Yuanhao, attack him! Use your ultimate!"

How can a blind monk like you withstand a three-man gank?

Li Yuanhao was startled by Chen Dongqing's shout. After hesitating for a second, he decisively used his ultimate skill, "Warped Path Leap," to teleport directly from the first tower to the back of EDG's second tower!

Xiangguo had been playing against Chen Dongqing for two and a half years and knew Chen Dongqing inside and out. Without any hesitation, he activated his ultimate skill and rushed into the tower!

This tanky Olaf fought Lee Sin and didn't lose much health, and now tanking towers is even more effortless for him!

After Ryze teleported to the second tower with Camille, Xiaohu used his standard combo again, landing a full QWQEQ combo on Lee Sin!

Chen Dongqing's health was low, so he waited until the Lee Sin's health was almost gone, then used his E to hang on the wall, charged in, and finished him off with an A followed by a Q!

"—Rampage!"

After killing the Lee Sin, Chen Dongqing's Camille has achieved a magnificent 4-0 score, and QG has successfully brought the kill score to 6-4!

And this is just the beginning!

After killing the enemy, Xiangguo rushed out of the turret. Olaf, being tough and resilient, survived the turret attack.

At this moment, GimGoon's Ornn finally arrived in the mid lane.

Before him stood a half-health Ryze, a low-health Olaf, and a low-health Camille.

Unfortunately, he is, after all, an Ornn.

GimGoon tried to chase after them for a couple of steps, but in the end he could only watch with resentment as the three QG players drove off.

At this point, the battle in the mid lane came to an end. The director watched as Ornn cleared out the remaining minions in the mid lane before finally switching to the replay of this mid lane fight.

In the replay, QG's fluctuating and thunderous movements in Yuezhong appeared quite terrifying.

What was once a calm and peaceful middle lane was suddenly split into two battlefields.

Olaf chased after Lee Sin and hacked away, while Camille kicked Cassiopeia relentlessly.

During this tower dive, Chen Dongqing's ultimate skill dodged Ornn's ultimate, and his movement to dodge Cassiopeia's Q after landing the ultimate skill was so impressive that the three commentators applauded in amazement!

You can always find some highlights in slow motion that you didn't see on the first watch when watching Brother Tree's gameplay!

After the Camille dive, there should have been another dive on Lee Sin, but in the blink of an eye, the live stream switched back to the game.

It wasn't that the director didn't want to show the audience, but rather that a fight broke out in the game again.

The camera then cuts to the bottom lane, where Uzi's Ashe fires a [Crystal Arrow] at the enemy Caitlyn!

This arrow was extremely precise, striking right at iboy's vital point and stunning him perfectly!

Beside him, Shi Senming's Braum was already ready. He took two steps to catch up and used his Q on the policewoman!

Meiko reacted quickly, first charging up her Q towards Uzi with her Janna, then moving her feet to help iboy block the Winter's Bite!

"Kill Janna!" Shi Senming raised the security door high, first blocking Janna's charged Q, and then used his ultimate to slow down Meiko!

Meiko unleashed a powerful backhand attack, then tried to escape.

But Uzi had already caught up by taking advantage of the slowdown, and Ashe drew her bow and fired wildly at Janna!

Meiko used Flash to create distance, and Uzi followed up without hesitation, flashing in and landing a basic attack that triggered Braum's passive, causing a stun!

iboy wanted to counterattack the overly aggressive Ashe, so he used an AEW to shoot at her, but Shi Senming's Braum quickly moved to Ashe's side and used the remaining time on the security door to block all of iboy's abilities!

Ashe was using Lethal Tempo this game. In the early laning phase, this rune is much stronger than Fervor of Battle or Bloodlust. Ashe used the attack speed from Lethal Tempo to chase down Janna and fire at her relentlessly, eventually managing to kill her under the tower with a single arrow!

The audience erupted in another thunderous cheer!

"Go back and push the lane!" Uzi shouted. "If he dares to defend the tower, dive him!"

QG's bottom lane duo quickly turned around to clear the minion wave. Shi Senming used his support item, Bang Bang, to quickly clear the minion wave and push the minions into the tower.

At this point, we can see that iboy still has no intention of retreating, perhaps because he feels that his health is still relatively good and he can rely on the turret to make plays.

But this is clearly wishful thinking.

Shi Senming carried the security door into the tower, and with a single basic attack, he activated the passive effect, officially sentencing the policewoman to death!

Shi Senming had low health, and he didn't want to leave. He chased after the policewoman and kept hitting her. Only after she was stunned by his attacks did he use his Q to deal full damage!

Uzi then triggered Lethal Tempo a second time, unleashing a series of Frostbolts that took down the policewoman as well!

"Alright, after this skirmish in the bottom lane, Uzi can take down the bottom lane's half-health turret without any hindrance!" Guan Daxiao shouted loudly, "QG has regained control of the game!"

这波以后，乌兹的战绩也正式来到2-0-2，双方队伍的人头比也正式来到8-4！

Uzi, who single-handedly took down a tower's economy, has also reached the level of Camille and Cassiopeia, entering the "fattened" category!

But here's the problem: QG has Chen Dongqing and Uzi both fed, while EDG only has Cassiopeia fed. So how can EDG win?

Scout, with his carry ability alone, can beat anyone?

At this moment, in the QG voice channel, a smug Uzi asked Xiaohu with a grin, "What did you say about Li Yuanhao? Are you still panicking?"

"Don't panic, don't panic," Xiao Hu said with a grin. "With teammates this strong, why should I panic?"

This is the Nth time since Li Yuanhao joined QG that he has been amazed by the strength of his teammates.

Damn it, they fed three players in the mid lane, but the team still has a huge advantage. Do you think that makes sense?

But compared to before, this time Li Yuanhao felt a pang of guilt in addition to marveling at his teammates' strength.

My teammates are so good, I really can't let them down anymore, right?

From then on, the competition became simple.

After Uzi destroyed the bottom tower, he switched lanes to push the mid tower. In response, EDG could only move Meiko to the mid lane to defend the tower with Scout.

With the combined efforts of Cassiopeia and Janna, the mid tower was indeed defended.

But then the bottom lane ran into problems.

Although Xiaohu played a pathetic 0-3 Ryze, he could easily bully an AD carry!

Xiaohu only needs to push the minion wave quickly, then flash and use W to stun the female police officer. The next second, Xiangguo rushes over from the side with Predator activated, directly sentencing the female police officer to death!

Xiao Hu finally got his first kill in the station from the policewoman!

At sixteen minutes, Xiaohu stood in EDG's bottom jungle and flew with Xiangguo to the enemy's mid-lane tower. Chen Dongqing also kicked out from the top jungle wall.

QG launched a blatant five-man gank on the mid lane!

Even though Cassiopeia and Janna had their ultimate abilities, and even though GimGoon teleported immediately, Scout and Meiko still inevitably died under the tower because QG had too many players!

After this wave, Scout's record came to 3-2. His development was greatly affected, and he completely dropped out of the "fed" category.

Currently, the only teams that can be considered truly dominant are QG's top and bottom laners.

Then the outcome of the next match was obviously a foregone conclusion.

At 27 minutes, QG's three cores were basically complete. They first used a 131 split push to take down all of EDG's outer towers, and after returning to base to regroup, they took down Baron Nashor.

During this period, EDG remained silent.

With the help of the Baron buff, QG easily destroyed two of EDG's high ground towers, and finally, relying on the minion wave advantage, focused their fire on the remaining lane.

Taking advantage of EDG's opportunity to split up and defend the super minions, Chen Dongqing's Steel Shadow kicked into the tower and initiated a team fight with Thunder, collapsing EDG's final defense in one blow. After the team fight, they easily won the game!

"Two to zero!" Guan Zeyuan's voice echoed throughout the arena: "Congratulations to QG! They've won another game in this best-of-five series, taking a two-to-nil lead!"

"EDG's mid-game counterattack was truly impressive!" Wang Duoduo said with some regret. "Scout's Cassiopeia even became the farmiest player on the field at one point, but unfortunately, under Camille's unreasonable engage and lock-on attacks, Scout quickly fell!"

At this moment, netizens in the live stream were discussing it animatedly.

When it comes to disappointing, EDG truly never disappoints.

Seeing EDG's early economic lead, I thought they were doomed, but I ended up laughing.

Indeed, it made me quite nervous.

[Hahaha, what's so great about killing a little tiger? Hehe, how about killing Tree Bro and Uzi too?]

[Three to zero!]

[As expected of EDG, when it comes to supporting QG, you still have to be number one. You can't even win a single game in a best-of-five series!]

Amidst a barrage of champagne-praising comments, both players retreated to their respective rest areas.

Although he returned victorious from the match, Banbazi still looked serious and held a small court session.

The main defendant, of course, is Xiao Hu, who committed a serious crime in this bureau.

If it weren't for his teammates being so incredibly strong, Xiaohu would have really given up and lost this game!

"Ultimately, it's because our initial two gank defenses were terrible," Banbazi sternly reprimanded. "This is the playoffs, the top stage in the LPL and even the world, not just an ordinary ranked match. Everyone, get on your guard!"

Xiao Hu listened to the coach's instructions, pursed his lips, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Actually, he had already figured out all of these things when he was down 0-3.

But when the coach speaks, he can't talk back, he can only obediently accept the scolding.

At this moment, Chen Dongqing stepped in to smooth things over: "Don't be so serious. No matter what, we still won this round, so Li Yuanhao still has a chance."

Xiao Hu turned his head: "What opportunity?"

"A chance to prove yourself," Chen Dongqing laughed. "Next round, we'll choose sides, and I can give you the final counter position. What do you say? Do you have the guts?"

Banbazi hesitated upon hearing Chen Dongqing's words.

I'm the coach, you want me to say that?! You've got to play the stern face, haven't you?

Xiao Hu's expression was also unpredictable.

Give him a Counter bit and let him suppress Scout?

This is actually quite difficult.

But Xiaohu really needs this opportunity.

Xiao Hu gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "Fine! I'll take the third one!"

The live stream was currently displaying the MVP selection for this match.

Just like the previous game, everyone in the audience knew who the MVP was.

Although Xiangguo played perfectly at the beginning of the game, he gradually became a tool to follow the rhythm in the mid-to-late game.

The real initiator of the tempo was Camille in the top lane.

"The MVP for the second game still goes to Maokai in the top lane! It's truly well-deserved!" The commentator chuckled from the booth, "Camille, that's one of Maokai's signature champions!"

"An 8-0-7 godlike KDA, 32.43% damage share, and 155.7% damage conversion rate—these are stats that are completely unlike what a top laner could achieve!"

The audience applauded and cheered when they saw Camille's incredible stats, showing great excitement.

A few days ago, Riot Games designers released a message saying that QG's S7 championship skins were almost finished and would be released in the next two patches.

Now that Chen Dongqing has once again chosen Camille to wreak havoc, it has given the audience even more to look forward to.

I really want to see Brother Tree's champion Camille dominate at MSI.

On the other side, the EDG players looked at the invincible Camille as if they were zombies encountering a Taoist master, stunned and disoriented by a talisman.

They played very well in the early game, but once QG got going, they were completely unable to stop them!

In terms of both individual ability and teamwork, the two teams are not even in the same league.

How do you play this?

In the third game, QG had the right to choose sides again. With their counter picks gone and their mid lane difficult to penetrate, their chances of winning were obviously even slimmer.

The EDG players discussed amongst themselves like headless flies, but they couldn't come up with anything by the time the match started. They only came up with a few general ideas before heading to the stage in silence.

No matter how they discuss it, one core point is certain: QG will definitely reserve the counter pick for the opposing top laner.

So their solution was simple – just like the previous two games, top laner GimGoon honestly endured the pressure, and how well he fared depended on luck, while trying to find some opportunities in the bottom half of the map.

Before long, the third game's draft phase officially began.

"Alright, let's see what strategies both teams have for the draft in this game!" Colonel Guan commented loudly, looking at the screen in front of him.

"Both sides made further minor adjustments to their first three draft picks!"

"On the blue side, EDG chose to ban Irelia, Fiora, and Camille."

"On the other side, QG also made some minor adjustments this time. They chose to let Zoe play and banned Poppy, Ornn, and Gangplank!"

"Both sides reverted to the banning strategy from the first game! Six top laners were banned! But the difference is that one side banned highly offensive, lightly armored warriors, while the other side banned more defensive, more passive heroes!"

"Next, we move on to the selection phase!"

EDG's first pick was to prioritize picking Caitlyn instead of banning her.

This has been their consistent strategy in the previous rounds: the female police officer cannot be given to Uzi, but there aren't enough ban slots, so they have no choice but to pick her first.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with that.

On the other side, QG also understood what was going on. Their strategy was clear: they directly picked Janna, preventing Janna from having the opportunity to lane with Caitlyn, and then locked in Viktor.

When EDG saw Viktor, they felt a little strange, but it was still within their understanding.

After all, QG will definitely give the counter pick to the top laner. If the mid laner gets the first pick, picking Viktor wouldn't be a problem, and it would be exactly what they want.

One of the strategies they discussed before the match was to prevent QG from locking in Ryze as their third pick and then banning Zoe as their next pick.

They need to pick Zoe first in the second pick to gain an advantage in the lane.

Although QG didn't seem to intend to pick Ryze this game, Zoe has a significant advantage in the laning phase against Viktor, so picking her would definitely be a good decision.

After securing Zoe, EDG didn't hold back and picked Shen as their third pick, allowing GimGoon to continue playing passively.

Next, the draft phase seemed to be set, with both sides picking heroes very quickly.

QG's third pick is Varus to pair with Janna, still focusing on pushing lanes and counter-attacking.

In the second round, QG picked a jungler, Sejuani, and indeed left the counter pick for the top lane.

There's not much to say about EDG; they've locked in Jarvan IV and Morgana, and their lineup is finalized.

"Next, let's see what hero Tree will pick to counter Shen!" Remember said, "Judging from Shen's attributes, picking a hero like Vladimir shouldn't be a problem."

This statement was quite reasonable and well-founded, but its level was ultimately too low.

QG's draft picks and bans can never be predicted by conventional wisdom.

QG's last pick was Syndra, the Dark Sovereign!

The entire audience, the commentators, and the EDG players were all stunned.

Syndra? What's this?

Syndra has a slight advantage against Zoe, and can indeed reverse the mid-lane counter-pick. So where is Viktor? Will he be picked for top lane?

After a series of position swaps, QG actually managed to move Viktor to the top lane to counter GimGoon's Shen.

The audience was immediately surprised.

It really is Viktor top lane!

The lineups for both sides are now finalized.

Blue side EDG: Top lane Shen, Jungle Jarvan IV, Mid lane Zoe, Bot lane Caitlyn and Morgana.

Red team QG: Top lane Viktor, Jungle Sejuani, Mid lane Syndra, Bot lane Varus and Janna.

At this point, Guan Daxiao, the commentator, started stirring up the audience's emotions again: "What kind of build is this top lane Viktor? Is it like the Vladimir's Kleptomancy build?"

In this version, Viktor does have many rune options.

Phase Rush, Electrocute, Aery, Dark Harvest, and Kleptomancy—there are talents that adapt to different matchups, making it a game-changer.

However, if Chen Dongqing picks Viktor in the top lane, then the choices for runes and masteries might be limited.

Once in the game, Chen Dongqing immediately gave the answer—it really was a top lane Kleptomancy Viktor build with Iceborn Gauntlet.

This is a top laner's unorthodox playstyle that once dominated the competitive scene and ranked games in S8. The core of it is the kiting with Iceborn Gauntlet + Evolve Q and the gold-stealing farm with Kleptomancy. In terms of tormenting short-range top laners, Viktor's ability is even stronger than that of the tough old lady!

Compared to the Kleptomancy Vampire build, the Kleptomancy Viktor build is a more reasonable and stronger playstyle!

At the time, Aatrox had just been reworked and was at his strongest in the game. He was completely overwhelmed by Viktor, who could steal gold. In the end, Aatrox only came out on top after Viktor was nerfed a lot.

Now that Chen Dongqing has brought it to the competition a few months in advance, it can be considered as revealing a small trump card.

The fundamental purpose is to use Viktor's vacillating and deceptive nature to allow Xiaohu to obtain the counter position.

If we can help Xiaohu find himself through Viktor's wavering, then this move will have been worthwhile!

The minion waves went online, and the game started quickly.

As for the top lane matchup in this game, Chen Dongqing was absolutely dominant.

Chen Dongqing would go up to QA to spend money whenever he had nothing to do, and he kept taking money from Shen.

In this game, GimGoon chose the Doran's Shield and double Resurrection rune setup, emphasizing strong sustain.

But this obviously gave Chen Dongqing enough opportunity to steal money, and he went on a crazy spree of stealing from Shen!

Shen is actually not at a disadvantage against ranged champions in lane. He can use his double Q, then E in and land six hits, and not many ranged champions can withstand that!

However, Viktor is not an ordinary ranged hero, and Chen Dongqing is no ordinary person either.

The moment Chen Dongqing sees Shen E coming, he will immediately place W at his feet.

Shen can't even land two hits before he gets stunned, and then Viktor chases him down relentlessly. It's impossible to trade blows like that!

Chen Dongqing relentlessly stole kills in the top lane, farming like crazy and having a blast.

Every time the camera cuts to the top lane, you can see Viktor's insane barrage of bullets on Shen, which is enough to make men speechless and women weep. Even Guan Daxiao exclaimed that it was insane!

Of course, he wasn't the main character in this round.

Because compared to the one-sided domination in the top lane, the intense clashes in the mid lane are obviously more appealing.

In this game, Xiangguo stopped ganking and focused all his efforts on the mid lane.

After all, their mid laner is Syndra, who was picked later, so they definitely can't afford to be at a disadvantage.

Xiangguo and Haro clashed back and forth in the mid lane, engaging in a fierce battle.

Within five minutes, EDG took the initiative and launched a gank against Xiaohu.

Scout landed an E first, then Haro's Jarvan IV followed by Zoe's full Q, which severely damaged Xiaohu's Syndra!

Xiaohu knew that if he used Flash, Zoe would definitely use Flash to follow up, so he didn't use Flash. Instead, he used Flash to unleash a combo on Zoe before he died.

In the end, although Xiaohu died, Xiangguo's Sejuani appeared from the side, used a Q-flash followed by W to control the enemy, and finally used EA to secure the kill.

"Holy crap." Xiaohu couldn't help but frown. "How can the other side be so disgusting? They've ganked the mid laner three times already."

"They can only dominate the mid lane, there's nothing we can do about it." Chen Dongqing glanced at the situation using TAB and then said, "But it's alright, even though you didn't get any kills this time, you saved a Flash, so it's a win."

This is the standard Chen-style value system.

Scout did get the kill this time, but so what? You used Flash, how are you going to fight me next time?

All you need to do is use this Flash difference to get a solo kill, and that's a win!

Upon hearing the words "Chen Dongqing's number one henchman," Xiao Hu quickly accepted Chen Dongqing's values ​​after a brief moment of processing.

Absolutely, just do it!

Soon, the opportunity came unexpectedly.

After both teams went online, Scout, with his economic advantage from first blood, continued to pressure Xiaohu.

Scout still holds the same idea—if the mid laner doesn't carry, the game will be lost.

But in this game, with his hero not having an advantage, Scout still had this idea, which was clearly a wrong approach.

Little Tiger isn't going to back down this time!

After the heroes were released, they engaged in a fierce exchange of blows, with their health rapidly dropping to 70%.

Unlike the top lane, in the mid lane, where mages have high burst damage, 70% health is already a very dangerous level when mages are fighting each other.

At this health level, whoever makes the first move gets the solo kill!

With a Flash advantage, Xiaohu had an immense lead. He pushed the minion wave across the river and was already looking for an opportunity to make a move.

Just then, Haro's prince appeared right on the side, as if by his shadow.

When Xiaohu saw the prince on the side, he was not alarmed. Instead of retreating, he advanced and pressed W to grab the magic orb he had released earlier.

Scout didn't rush to initiate this time. He positioned himself in a position where he could follow up with damage, watching his own Jarvan IV get closer and closer to the enemy Syndra, until he was right up to Syndra's skin, before finally unleashing an EQ combo!

In that instant, Xiao Hu instantly pressed the dodge button!

Instead of using Flash to create distance, he Flashed forward, dodging the Prince's EQ combo while getting close to Zoe and unleashing an EQ attack!

Syndra's EQ combo involves pushing the target first and then summoning an orb. If your hand speed is fast enough, you can also push the orb out.

Scout's Zoe, who didn't have Flash, obviously couldn't dodge this extremely fast push and was knocked unconscious on the spot!

But Scout reacted quickly. Before he was knocked unconscious, he managed to react and cast his E [Hypnotic Bubble], hitting Syndra precisely!

Xiaohu glanced at the sleep bar at his feet, then used a basic attack to cast Electrocute, followed by W+RR, and five orbs bombarded Zoe in succession. Combined with Syndra's subsequent basic attack, they completely depleted Zoe's health bar!

The instant Zoe was killed, Syndra finished casting and entered a sleep state.

"Nice!" From the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao stood up and shouted, "Xiaohu took on two opponents single-handedly, flashed to counter-attack, and secured a solo kill!"

"Although I was put to sleep after killing everyone, and the prince's ultimate skill was also used, it's not a big problem, Xiangguo has arrived!"

In the video, the prince used [Cataclysmic Strike], combined with Zoe's bubble damage, to visibly reduce Syndra's health bar by a large amount!

But the prince's harm ended there.

Xiangguo's level 6 Sejuani also appeared from the side, using her ultimate to stun the Prince from afar, and then using her Q to charge in, delivering a full chain of crowd control!

This put Haro in a dangerous situation instead. He ignored Sejuani and relentlessly pursued Xiaohu, trying to replace Syndra!

But Xiaohu's maneuver was brilliant; he dodged left and right, managing to dodge one of the Prince's Q skills, and then, with the help of Xiangguo, he managed to turn the tables and get a kill!

"Double kill!"

Syndra's double kill echoed throughout the stadium!

These past few days, because my grandfather wasn't feeling well, I went back to my hometown with my family to visit him. I haven't had much time to write, and this chapter was squeezed out on my phone in the car.

This isn't an excuse I'm making, after all, I've been updating at least 7,000 words a day during this period, right?

I can go home tonight. I'll be typing on the computer tomorrow, so there should be fewer typos.

(End of this chapter)