League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 431 That's alright then.

While he was getting some runes, Chen Dongqing lay back in his chair, took a sip of water, and glanced at FNC's lineup.

Chen Dongqing could only describe the opposing team's lineup with one word—shit.

Only Swain, Gragas, and Irelia have crowd control abilities, and they are all delayed forms of crowd control.

For Chen Dongqing, it would be almost impossible for him to be controlled like this when he was wielding the vampire.

If he can hold out until he gets three items, his Dragon's Roar is already a certainty!

The match began quickly.

Without saying a word, Chen Dongqing bought the Extract and ran towards the wilderness.

Seeing that Brother Tree was indeed playing the ultimate greedy style of Tree Knife + Stealing Money, countless viewers in the live stream exclaimed how satisfying it was.

Although this stealing strategy single-handedly lowered the vampire's win rate by two points, viewers would only think it was their own problem.

Since Brother Shu won with this strategy, it means there's nothing wrong with it. My loss can only be attributed to my poor skill!

"I saw on the forums that a lot of people said this style of vampire isn't good, it's just a fun playstyle," Miller said with a laugh, arms crossed. "Maybe Tree Bro will have a chance to give us a tutorial game today!"

Upon hearing this, the audience members below the stage all became excited.

Yes, yes, let's learn how Brother Tree plays!

The director was also very savvy; after the minion waves converged, he simply switched the camera to the jungle camps of both sides and then quickly switched the camera to the top lane.

At this point, we saw that the two top laners engaged in a fierce battle as soon as they came online.

FNC's top laner Bwipo is a well-known top laner who has contributed countless experiences in his long professional career when facing LPL teams.

In the S8 World Championship Finals, the first game's Urgot couldn't beat TheShy's Sion, resulting in a super Sion carry. In the end, Rekkles' Jhin landed a critical hit on Sion, dealing a whopping 43 points of critical damage.

The second game was even worse. He played the crab and easily took TheShy's Irelia's E, but Ning kept ganking him, making him a weak point.

Needless to say, the third game was a complete mental breakdown. He was relegated to the bench and watched LPL win its first championship from the rest room.

In the S10 quarterfinals, he was the one who enjoyed eating Xiao Yang Shengjian after leading TES 2-0, and then TES came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat him 3-2.

Bwipo's Sichuan opera face-changing performance during the five-game match was widely praised at the time.

In other words, this person is an absolute LPL fanboy.

Of course, it's only mid-S8 now, and this person has just debuted, so his filial piety hasn't been revealed yet.

Chen Dongqing didn't mind helping to get things off to a good start.

After going live, Chen Dongqing played very aggressively, trading blows with Crow.

Extracting vampires isn't entirely useless; at least at level one, it's a bit more powerful than the Doran's Ring or the Killing Ring.

While maintaining the rhythm of pushing the lane with basic attacks to reach level two, Chen Dongqing also maintained perfect distance and seized every opportunity to reduce the health of the crow.

Bwipo, as a top laner, is obviously not as skilled as AD carry players in terms of distance control and last-hitting techniques with ranged champions, especially since he was facing Chen Dongqing.

Bwipo often gets ambushed by the Vampire while he's trying to last-hit minions, and the Vampire immediately distances himself afterward, giving him no chance to retaliate!

If Bwipo tries to capitalize on the opportunity to finish off the vampire and trade blows, Chen Dongqing should immediately press S and use AQ to snipe the vampire, ensuring the trade is still profitable!

Chen Dongqing maintained a perfect rhythm, and the vampire's basic attacks almost never stopped.

But what's most impressive is that even at this pace, Chen Dongqing didn't miss a single strike, and he didn't miss any finishing blows for A!

This mysterious rhythm, just by watching it, can make people feel refreshed and very comfortable.

As Bwipo kept checking the line, he noticed that his health was inexplicably dropping rapidly.

But if he backs down, the vampire will decisively confront him, forcing him to reveal his true form!

Bwipo, who was facing Chen Dongqing for the first time, was immediately covered in sweat.

What's going on? Why is it different from other money-stealing vampires? How come it's so powerful?

After selling blood to level up to level two, Bwipo wanted to take advantage of having his E skill to launch a counterattack.

However, Chen Dongqing's positioning was simply too agile, constantly moving back and forth on the line at high frequency. Moreover, with the help of Chen Dongqing's superhuman attributes, every movement he made was meaningful.

Bwipo tried using E twice, but both attempts failed. Instead, whenever he ran out of E, Vladimir became more and more aggressive, even pushing past the minion wave to pressure the enemy!

With his health dwindling, Bwipo had run out of health potions and had no choice but to abandon the minion wave, turn around, and retreat, leaving the wave to fight.

Generally speaking, when facing a greedy vampire, what you need to do is to fight back relentlessly. As long as you manage to kill the vampire once, he will collapse completely.

Bwipo initially thought the same thing, but unfortunately the opponent didn't cooperate and managed to smooth out the vampire's weak period with exquisite and flawless multi-wave maneuvering. Can you stand that?

Bwipo stood under the tower, watching the minion wave slowly advance, his heart filled with sighs.

Brothers, I can't beat this vampire.

Not feeding the enemy is my last stand; don't blame me when you get up!

It's not shameful to lose to Ilex, is it?

With this in mind, Bwipo began comfortably farming minions under the tower.

Regardless, the fact that QG's jungler didn't dive top at level three is already good news.

Bwipo used an AQ combo to easily finish off the siege minion.

But at that moment, the vampire seized the opportunity of his auto-attack to last-hit a minion and stepped into the tower.

At that moment, the defensive tower launched its attack.

Chen Dongqing seized the opportunity and fired an A followed by a Q towards his opponent!

The Q skill deals damage, and the turret's red line locks onto the vampire, but because it has just launched an attack, there will be a certain interval before the next attack.

During this interval, Chen Dongqing turned around and walked out of the tower.

This is a classic move by Chen Dongqing, pulling the defensive turret, which appears in many of his highlight reels.

Bwipo frowned as he watched this action.

No way, you're not thinking of overtaking me, are you? I still have 60% health after drinking the potion! You, an AD vampire, want to overtake me?

He saw the vampire walk out of the tower and, without waiting, immediately turn back and launch another basic attack at the crow!

Bwipo's heart started racing, and he quickly threw an E spell, trying to pin the vampire under the tower!

At the very least, we need to force W to come out!

But Chen Dongqing remained calm and composed when he saw the E. He moved sideways, taking a hit from the turret, and easily dodged the Raven's E before leaving the turret again.

"Hey, something's not right!" In the commentary booth, 369, seeing this, immediately exclaimed, "Tree's trying to tower dive!"

"Huh?" The other two were immediately shocked, and the doll even started yelling, "No way? Can you jump over that?"

Chen Dongqing gave them the answer through his actions.

越！

At this point, our Brother Shu had completely forgotten what he said at the beginning of the game: "Give the home team some face."

After leaving the tower, Chen Dongqing saw that his Q skill's cooldown was ready. Without any hesitation, he turned around and went back into the tower!

Without E, the crow no longer poses a threat to Chen Dongqing. Now, the key is to figure out how to get rid of the crow.

Because of the extraction, all the adaptive power is converted into attack power, resulting in lower skill damage for vampires, while their basic attack damage is higher.

Then you'll have to use more basic attacks.

Chen Dongqing glanced at his own health bar, which also had 60% remaining, and knew that he could withstand two more tower hits before dying on the third.

He started with a basic attack followed by Q, but this time he didn't leave the tower. Instead, he moved forward and charged up an E.

The explosion from E skill hit the crow, reducing its health by a small amount.

In return, the tower's damage came crashing down again, taking a huge chunk of the vampire's health away!

Chen Dongqing remained calm and launched another basic attack at the crow. Just before the turret's second attack hit him, he pressed W to burrow underground and avoid the turret damage!

At this point, the crow had less than 30% of its health remaining.

Chen Dongqing moved the vampire's position, used W to chip away at the crow's health, and then quickly pulled away!

Soon, the vampire transformed back into human form from the pool of blood. Chen Dongqing glanced at the skill bar and saw that the Q skill had only three seconds of cooldown remaining.

And since I've already used Q twice, this time it will be a red-rage Q.

Chen Dongqing pressed S, and the vampire, who had already cleared the turret's aggro with W, stood under the turret, waiting for the Q skill's cooldown.

Bwipo looked at his health bar and this time he truly sensed a death crisis. He used AQW in quick succession, trying to reduce the vampire's health.

However, the hero Raven is known for his low burst damage. Chen Dongqing took a Q skill head-on and then dodged the W skill by maneuvering.

QCD has only one second left.

Chen Dongqing curled the corners of his mouth, immediately began charging up his E skill, and kept a close eye on the turret's attack animation.

The instant the turret launched its attack, Chen Dongqing immediately released his E skill, followed by an A skill and a red-rage Q skill to quickly strike!

This small burst of damage brought the crow to near-zero health, but it didn't result in a kill.

Seeing the situation, Bwipo panicked and quickly dodged to get away!

However, this was also within Chen Dongqing's calculations. He quickly found a spot where he could auto-attack the crow and was furthest from the turret. He also used Flash, then auto-attacked the crow and turned to leave!

At this moment, the turret's attack came after them, reducing the vampire to almost no health.

As mentioned before, a vampire can withstand three attacks; this was only the second one.

The vampire's basic attack, which had just been unleashed, flew slowly, bringing the crow's last sliver of health to zero!

"First blood!"

After killing the enemy, the low-health vampire stepped out of the tower, narrowly avoiding the tower's aggro.

Chen Dongqing pressed T, and a QG team logo appeared above his head!

At that moment, a cheer erupted from the audience.

But this time the cheers were a bit strange, perhaps because the audience felt it wasn't appropriate to cheer for QG under these circumstances, so they quickly stopped cheering.

Meanwhile, Wawa, standing in the domestic commentary booth, began cheering and screaming: "Nice! Brother Shu's play was absolutely flawless! He pulled off a tower dive solo kill while the enemy was half-health!"

"Wow, that was so cool! This build of Vladimir shouldn't be this strong in lane, right?" Miller, the top laner, was also amazed. He turned to the person next to him and asked, "69, what do you think of that play?"

"What can I say about this? Unbeatable!" 369 said, shaking his head repeatedly.

Chen Dongqing's exquisite positioning, perfect damage calculation, and two consecutive turret maneuvers were so impressive that the more skilled the player, the more astonished they became.

For professionals like 369, all they can do is kneel down and worship.

If any part of this process had gone wrong, it would have been a counterattack, but Brother Shu made zero mistakes. It's insane!

Meanwhile, the viewers in the live stream were even more excited.

When they saw Tree Bro choose the Greedy Vampire build, they thought it was a tutorial on how to develop a vampire.

So, you're playing this vampire and you can actually get solo kills in lane?

How are we supposed to learn this?

We're standing under the tower getting beaten up, so you're going to dive over the enemy tower like crazy?

Oh, I get it! What Tree Bro means is that we were thinking wrong. The Greedy Vampire build is very strong in lane, so we need to be more aggressive!

Countless viewers typed "I understand" in the comments, and it's not hard to imagine that the vampire's win rate might drop another one or two points.

At this moment, the FNC voice channel was completely silent.

Seeing their own Swain top lane pick get solo killed by a Vladimir with Cull and Kleptomancy, FNC was at a loss for what to do.

No, if you pick a top laner first and get countered, then you get killed, and we'll just accept it.

But if you pick a top laner as the second pick and face a vampire like that, you actually get solo killed?

Getting solo killed is bad enough, but to be tower dived is even worse?

"Bro," FNC's bot laner Rekkles couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

"I don't know!" Bwipo exclaimed, getting a little anxious. "I don't know why either, I was attacked when I had 60% health!"

While Bwipo was last-hitting minions under the tower, he was mentally conjuring up thoughts like, "Even if I can't win, at least I won't get solo-killed."

Because at that time, he really didn't expect that he would actually die.

As a result, reality struck him like a heavy hammer, shattering his illusions.

I understand the logic, but why won't this turret attack him?

F**K!

Bwipo teleported online and watched as the vampire retreated to a distance to return to town.

He knew that he had probably already sent it.

After returning to the city, Chen Dongqing sold all the medicine biscuits he had, and then directly bought the Ether Essence and the Killing Ring.

These two items provide a huge boost because a key aspect is that they successfully convert the vampire's adaptive force into ability power.

These two items, which together provide 45 ability power, result in an effect of 60+ ability power!

This resulted in a significant leap in the damage output of vampire skills!

This makes the matchup much easier.

Chen Dongqing placed a control ward in the river, and then relentlessly attacked and beat up the crow in the top lane!

Before reaching level six, Chen Dongqing had a significant advantage; he could win by attrition or by launching a decisive attack.

Next, Chen Dongqing's laning phase will be simple. He just needs to suppress the Raven and be prepared to defend against ganks. His power spike is just around the corner.

Of course, FNC didn't have time to gank the top lane in this match.

Because the midfielders on both sides are locked in a fierce battle.

Before Chen Dongqing's solo kill in the top lane, the two mid and jungle players clashed in the mid lane, but the fight didn't produce any results and ended with Caps trading his Flash for Xiangguo's.

But Xiangguo definitely wouldn't let this Irelia without Flash get away, so not long after, five minutes later, Jarvan IV ganked her again!

QG came to this gank with a very confident mindset, after all, their Galio and Jarvan IV mid-jungle synergy is top-notch, if nothing else.

Once Xiangguo arrived, Xiaohu didn't hesitate, immediately charged up his W skill, and flashed over!

But Caps, young and impetuous yet experienced, knew something was wrong when he saw Galio suddenly charging up his attack from a distance. Realizing he couldn't avoid the taunt, he simply unleashed his W right there!

Irelia's W ability allows her to charge up despite crowd control effects, and it also provides both physical and magical damage reduction.

Thanks to this W, Caps successfully survived Galio's W+E+Jarvan IV's EQ combo with half health thanks to the damage reduction!

The difference between top-tier mid laners and ordinary mid laners often lies in their small, crucial maneuvers.

Being able to predict Galio's W flash and release W top control in advance allowed Irelia to successfully survive QG's mid and jungle's initial burst!

Once we get through this wave, the future will be bright!

FNC's jungler arrived immediately to provide support, and Gragas charged out from behind with Predator, using an E-Flash to stun both Jarvan IV and Galio!

Caps finally unleashed his W, hitting two opponents, and then quickly followed up with two E dashes, extending the stun control while simultaneously stacking his passive to its maximum! (In this version, Irelia's passive stacks as many times as her abilities hit.)

Immediately afterwards, Caps, whose health was almost depleted, still didn't think about running away. Irelia ignored Galio, who was still under Aftershock, and instead focused all her damage on Jarvan IV!

A-shot Jarvan IV, Q-Gallio resets auto-attack, then A-shot Jarvan IV again, Q-Gallio, and finally A-shot Jarvan IV again!

With the full damage from the barrel next to him, Xiangguo was brought to low health in no time!

Xiangguo also lost his Flash at this point, so he stopped running and instead used a basic attack on Irelia, trading blows directly!

"In the end, this 2v2 mid-jungle skirmish ended with Xiangguo trading for Caps!" Wawa said helplessly upon seeing this, "Although QG's mid-jungle duo played quite aggressively, FNC's mid-jungle duo were by no means weak either, their support came very quickly!"

"But if it's a one-for-one trade, then we'll definitely come out ahead!" Miller said, arms crossed. "After all, it's a jungler for a mid laner. Caps's out of Teleport, he's going to lose a huge wave of minions!"

In the scene, Xiaohu, who still had half health left, ignored the barrel next to him and quickly pushed the newly arrived siege minion wave into the tower.

At this moment, the time was exactly 5 minutes and 45 seconds. Xiaohu, who had reached level 6 after pushing the lane, was about to recall when he suddenly heard a voice coming from his headset.

"Li Yuanhao, don't go back, come to Shangyue."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hu immediately canceled his return to town and headed towards the top road in the shadows!

An unexpected offensive came out of nowhere!

On the top lane, Chen Dongqing's laning advantage was clearly very solid.

Bwipo was terrified of being tower-dived again, so he didn't even dare to exchange blood with the vampire.

He only dared to sneak up and pick up two minions when the vampire used his Q to last-hit the enemy.

This kind of sneaky playstyle that relies on the tower is clearly unworthy of lane control.

Seeing that Xiaohu had already walked into the river, Chen Dongqing also pushed the minion wave into the tower.

"I'll tank first, you go all in, you get it?" Chen Dongqing asked.

"Got it, got it!" Little Tiger nodded immediately and said, "You can go!"

Chen Dongqing nodded slightly, his expression imperceptible. He looked at the level 5 Raven under the tower, charged up his E, and then initiated with an A followed by a Q!

Bwipo was startled by the vampire's actions.

What kind of operation is that?

I was at full health! You managed to overtake me? I don't believe it!

The next second, Galio's magic circle unfolded, and Bwipo's expression froze instantly.

What?!

Galio didn't go home after the fight!?

send!

Galio's involvement made this tower dive, which was once impossible, inevitable.

Bwipo, a Raven without Flash, couldn't escape Galio's ultimate range, nor could he dodge Galio's combo after landing.

Chen Dongqing tanked the tower until he was low on health, and only after the tower's attack was launched did he finally burrow underground to avoid the tower's aggro.

Xiaohu, on the other hand, used his Q skill to draw aggro, then landed a QA combo before heading out of the tower.

Chen Dongqing followed up with a red-rage Q and his ultimate, instantly wiping out the remaining health of the crow!

"Nice!" the three commentators exclaimed in unison. Wawa excitedly shouted, "Xiaohu went straight to the top lane to tower dive after that mid-lane fight! His efficiency was off the charts!"

"Great, great, Xiaohu has really integrated into the team now," Miller praised repeatedly. "Although he doesn't have Teleport, and recalling now would mean losing a wave of minions, he successfully helped the top lane gain an advantage! That's worth it!"

After killing someone, Xiaohu didn't even bother to gain experience points; he simply took two steps back and returned to town on the spot.

As he replied, Xiao Hu boasted, "Brother Shu, wasn't that a good move?"

Actually, Xiaohu didn't do anything in this play. Chen Dongqing was in charge of the command, and his performance was unremarkable. He just used his ultimate to initiate a WEQ combo, which would have been fine even for a Silver player.

But praise is still due.

"Great job!" Chen Dongqing said calmly with a smile. "Keep it up!"

"Mhm!" Xiaohu nodded vigorously. When he returned to base, he switched the camera to the mid lane and saw that Caps had already pushed the minion wave to the tower. He knew that he was going to lose this wave of minions.

But whether or not the soldiers are lost, the situation is still chaotic.

My loss of soldiers equals a small loss.

Tree Brother Takes the Head = Blood Mother Earns Money

Xiao Hu can figure out these things.

Once this wave is over in the top lane, the rest of the game won't be too difficult.

Chen Dongqing, who was down 2-0, didn't rush back to base but continued to play in lane for a few more minutes.

After waiting for nine minutes, the talent [Miracle Shoes] took effect. The shoes, which should have been delivered in ten minutes, were delivered in nine minutes because the vampire had two kills.

After pushing the lane, Chen Dongqing returned to base, sold the potions he had, and directly combined them into a Spellbinder Orb and Spell Penetration Boots.

With a full set of level 2 armor and level 2 shoes, plus a two-layered murder ring, Chen Dongqing was ridiculously wealthy!

At this point, the extractables haven't even been replenished yet!

Now, what if we turn the camera to the crows?

In nine minutes, Raven's equipment consisted of Catalyst Stone and Doran's Ring, which shows a clear difference in skill level.

Once online, Chen Dongqing didn't hold back. He knew the enemy's Crow already had Flash, so he wasn't in a hurry. He just kept using EQEQ to accumulate the number of layers of the Binding Orb.

Once they reached the sixty-oddth floor, Chen Dongqing stopped pretending and took action immediately!

As the minion wave pushed into the tower, Chen Dongqing used his EQA combo to poke and reduce the Crow's health.

Bwipo activated his ultimate ability, throwing an E at Chen Dongqing, hoping to use the tower to turn the tables and get a kill.

But Chen Dongqing was not afraid at all. He immediately followed up with a basic attack, then his ultimate and steal money, and then used his W to dodge the crow's E and clear the turret's aggro.

When W stood up, the vampire's EQ was also ready. Chen Dongqing first used a basic attack to steal money, and then decisively activated the orb to increase his ability power. Then he charged E and used the red-rage Q, and with the damage increase effect of the ultimate, he directly reduced the health of the crow to almost zero!

Chen Dongqing licked his lips, launched another basic attack, and continued to steal!

It can only be said that hard work pays off. Despite Chen Dongqing's persistence in stealing money even while climbing the tower, he finally managed to get his hands on another money bag!

Chen Dongqing left the turret's range with satisfaction. At that moment, the vampire's ultimate skill also burst out, killing the poor crow under the turret on the spot!

Two EQ combos and one ultimate, and the Vladimir with the advantage is that simple. Bwipo doesn't even have a chance to flash.

In just ten minutes, the vampire destroyed the first tower, bringing the score to 3-0!

This scene prompted the surrounding teammates to burst into laughter.

"What's going on?" Uzi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say you'd give them some face? Are you killing them like this?"

Xiangguo suddenly realized what was going on and shouted, "At the start of the game, you told me not to gank top, saying there was no need to help Vladimir. So you wanted to monopolize all the kills, huh? How disgusting!"

Chen Dongqing realized he had killed too quickly this round, so he coughed lightly and said, "Don't be so harsh on me, I... anyway, don't be so harsh on me."

Immediately afterwards, Bwipo suddenly felt that the pressure of his game seemed to have decreased.

After taking down the first tower, this vampire seemed to become less aggressive, retreating to farm jungle camps every time he pushed the minion wave past the first tower, thus achieving a balance between farming lanes and jungle camps.

Bwipo breathed a sigh of relief, finally entering a rare period of farming and leveling up.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with Chen Dongqing's approach, since his vampire character doesn't have cooldown reduction (CD) attributes; he only has burst damage and no sustained damage output.

You're invincible in a 1v1 duel, but it gets tough when fighting multiple opponents, so playing it safe is always a good idea.

Of course, even while maintaining a steady pace, Chen Dongqing's development never stopped. The river crabs and stone beetles became his backyard, and he would go and eat them as soon as they refreshed, without wasting a single second.

This stabilization lasted for more than twenty minutes.

During this period, Xiaohu and Xiangguo frequently ran to the bottom lane and initiated battles.

Without the involvement of vampires, the two sides fought fiercely, with neither able to gain the upper hand.

Of course, QG chose a late-game composition. If they can go toe-to-toe with FNC, that would already be a small victory.

Soon, Uzi's Kog'Maw farmed steadily until 28 minutes, acquiring the Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Hurricane three-item set, reaching the ultimate stage.

At this point in time, with Lulu as his loyal follower, Big Mouth was practically unstoppable!

But then, Uzi pressed TAB and saw the vampire's equipment.

The magic-binding jewel, hat, magic-piercing staff, golden body, magic-piercing shoes, and a four-layered murder ring.

They have a one-gold medal lead over Uzbekistan's economy.

That's fine.

Sorry, I went to watch the game and I'm a little late.

BLG's performance in this BO3 series was truly baffling; their draft picks were abstract, and their play was equally abstract.

Fortunately, the lottery draw guy still managed to win.

One draw and you've taken down a Korean team! I'd call you the true carry of the LPL! (Hope the guy's alright.)

This is already the best possible draw.

If an LPL team loses to two European or American teams, then there's no way to defend them. They might as well swim back to Shanghai; it's not far.

(End of this chapter)