League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 440 I can't fight it, I don't have the ability, you know!

Xiao Hu's snake woman and Xiang Guo's prince have completely cut off the retreat of the Xuanming Elders!

Pray stood at the foot of the tower, trembling as he looked at the four people surrounding him from the front and back, a memory inexplicably flashing through his mind.

I still remember two years ago, during the S6 World Championship.

ROX is the team that has played the most scrims against QG.

During those training matches, he was frequently tower-dived by Doinb and Xiangguo.

At that time, even if they knew that QG was going to gank the bottom lane with four players, they couldn't defend against it at all, and they fell into their trap without even realizing it.

And now, it's happening again.

This feeling is so familiar.

Of course, Pray didn't know that Doinb, who used to lead the jungler in tower diving, was currently sitting in the LPL commentary booth.

Before Guan Daxiao could even catch his breath, another wave of attacks erupted. He immediately started shouting, "QG's counterattack is here in the bottom lane! It's a four-man tower dive! What can KZ do? Can they make a move?"

"We can't do anything!" Doinb declared, issuing a death sentence: "KZ has absolutely no room for maneuver!"

This tower dive wasn't too difficult.

Shi Senming's Rakan used a Q to tank the tower first, then Xiaohu's Cassiopeia followed up with a W to bind the ground and slow down, and then Shi Senming used a W!

Forced against the wall, the KZ duo had no room to maneuver and were immediately launched into the air!

The prince used an EQ combo to chain the gourds, and Uzi's Xayah used WAQAE to pull back the feathers, directly securing Lulu's kill.

Xiao Hu's trip wasn't in vain; with the snake woman's two venomous fangs, he easily took down Kai'Sa!

"Beautiful! Perfect tower dive coordination!" Remember nodded excitedly. "QG has made a huge profit again!"

Chen Dongqing, who was in a black-and-white screen, lay back in the chair, took off his headset, and comfortably drank some water.

At that moment, he could clearly hear the passionate cheers of the 50,000 European spectators below the stage!

Interestingly, during this period, the audience's enthusiasm increased in stages.

The cheers started when he made his comeback from below the stage, and they grew louder with each subsequent kill of Lulu and Kai'Sa!

Although this was Europe, the thunderous cheers gave Chen Dongqing the illusion that he was competing in the Bird's Nest stadium!

not bad.

Viktor had already revived by this time. Chen Dongqing put down his water glass and slowly walked towards the top road.

At this moment, backstage at the Tian Ding Sports Center, in the KZ lounge.

Seeing the situation before him, KZ coach sin closed his eyes in despair.

The first ten minutes of the match are crucial for KZ.

During these ten minutes, they have the initiative in the game. Their chances of winning this game depend entirely on how much advantage they have accumulated in the first ten minutes.

If they can get First Blood, a Dragon, and a Herald, their chances of winning will be very high.

But in less than seven minutes, KZ had already achieved a dismal 1-4 score.

How can we play like this?

How can we take the dragon and the vanguard now?

KZ's period of dominance is now almost over.

It's almost QG's turn.

KZ's coach doesn't even dare to imagine how brutal QG will become next.

Next round!

Next time they'll choose sides, and they'll try to win this point back!

Coach Sin also picked up his water bottle and took a sip with a sigh.

The rest room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only the coach gulping down water and the KZ players chatting.

"What do we do next?" Pray asked helplessly in the voice chat. "The enemy Xayah is already 2-0-1, I can't defend the tower."

This is the most pressing issue right now.

Uzi is too strong; KZ can't handle him.

With no other option, KZ had to send their jungler to the bottom lane to protect them.

Fortunately, Khan stepped up at this moment and began to give his teammates confidence.

"I can play top lane by myself now," Khan said. "You guys go help me out, I'll play top lane by myself."

Hearing this, the KZ members felt a little more at ease.

"Okay." Cuzz nodded. "Good luck to you. If you can break through the top lane, we still have a chance this game."

Backstage, Coach Sin almost laughed out of anger upon hearing this.

Should Khan be sent to break through Ilex's defense alone?

It's not that I look down on Khan.

The main issue is that Khan doesn't have an advantage right now. The economies of both sides are currently on par, so how can Khan break through?

It's good enough if we don't get surpassed!

On the road, Khan felt immense pressure bearing down on him.

After he went online, he forcibly increased the amount of health he traded in lane, and the effect was actually quite good, as he did suppress Viktor.

Because Viktor hasn't built Iceborn Gauntlet yet, his power spike hasn't arrived.

Moreover, because he used Flash and his ultimate in the previous wave, Chen Dongqing's combat power was indeed slightly reduced.

Chen Dongqing wasn't in a hurry. He quietly farmed minions under the tower, then traded blows with Jayce to steal as much gold as possible and accelerate his development.

Chen Dongqing is waiting for a specific time.

When he makes Ice Fist and evolves into Q, that will be the time for him to turn the tables and become the master!

Just then, Khan's Jayce charged across the minion wave again, inviting Chen Dongqing to trade blows.

Chen Dongqing, having Q in hand, wasn't intimidated. He decisively switched back with a set of AQEA, stealing twice in a row!

But this time, he stole something unexpected.

Viktor's head lit up, and a bottle of [Skill Potion] appeared in his inventory.

Chen Dongqing's eyes lit up.

This skill point seems to be quite important?

Top lane Viktor is generally played by maxing Q, focusing on kiting using Iceborn Gauntlet's slow and cooldown reduction stats.

As is well known, after learning level 4 of Q at level 7, if you want to max out the Q skill, you need to level up to level 9.

But with this skill point, Chen Dongqing can have a max-level Q skill at level eight!

Generally speaking, a top laner reaches level eight around the 8:30 mark.

At this point in the game, if the top laner Viktor has secured a kill and hasn't missed many minions, he should be able to build Iceborn Gauntlet.

Eight and a half minutes of Ice Fist + Level 5 Q?

It seems we don't need to wait for the evolved Q anymore!

(In this version, Viktor's evolved Q is not achieved by last-hitting minions, but requires spending 1250 gold to upgrade the Hextech Core in hand.)

Isn't this period of dominance coming soon?

Soon, not long after, eight and a half minutes had passed.

Chen Dongqing glanced at the gold coins in his hand, and without hesitation, he used his ultimate skill [Chaos Storm] to push the minion wave directly into the tower. He then decisively returned to base and upgraded his Glacial Armor to Iceborn Gauntlets.

I've got Viktor's core items for top lane!

Although only eight minutes have passed and the Magic Boots haven't arrived yet, it's not a big problem.

The opposing Jayce also purchased Magical Footwear, but he also didn't have any shoes.

Next, it will be time for the serfs to rise up and sing songs of liberation!

Not long after, Chen Dongqing returned to the top lane and saw Jayce pushing a wave of minions towards him.

Khan's economy isn't enough for him to return to base and build a major item, so he's still at full strength and not in a hurry to go home.

The minion wave is in front of our own tower, and the opponent is also eager to gain an advantage.

This was clearly Chen Dongqing's best opportunity.

After Khan logged in, he quickly saw the Ice Fist in Viktor's hand.

Khan knew that Viktor had gone back to town to build Iceborn Gauntlet, but when he actually saw the Iceborn Gauntlet, he couldn't help but frown.

This doesn't seem like it will be easy to beat.

But Khan then realized that Viktor had used his ultimate ability while pushing the lane.

Even without Viktor's ultimate, he can still fight!

With this in mind, Khan decisively stepped forward and extended an invitation for a blood transfusion.

But he didn't expect it.

Once you go up there, you never come back.

The moment the two sides clashed, Khan used a basic attack followed by a speed boost, and fired a shot that landed squarely on Viktor's head!

But Chen Dongqing remained calm and threw a Q at Jayce to refresh his shield. With the armor from Iceborn Gauntlet and the shield from the Q skill, Viktor only lost a sliver of health in this wave!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing fired a basic attack laser at Jayce, unleashing the Ice Fist effect and negating the portal acceleration on Jayce!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dongqing stopped making any moves and simply followed Jess, maintaining a distance between them.

Before Viktor could retaliate, Khan managed to sneak a couple more shots, but seeing Viktor ignoring everything and rushing straight at his face, he suddenly sensed a murderous intent, stepped on the accelerator, turned around, and ran!

But by then, it was too late to run.

Because of his carelessness, he no longer has the acceleration effect of the teleportation portal.

Without Flash, he has no chance of escaping the clutches of Iceborn Gauntlet Viktor.

Chen Dongqing looked at his Ice Fist cooldown. The moment it was ready, he fired a basic attack at Jayce, and then instantly placed a W slightly in front of Jayce.

Here are some tips for Iceborn Gauntlet Viktor: Position your W during the flight of your basic attack to trigger Sheen.

The moment W is activated, the enemy will immediately be slowed by 35% from Ice Fist!

Although Viktor's W has a built-in slow effect, it is obviously not comparable to Iceborn Gauntlet's 35% slow.

The instant W was cast, Khan's Jayce stepped right into the center of W, and the Iceborn Gauntlet's slow effect also applied to him.

Khan's expression froze.

He immediately switched forms and accelerated, but he was still a fraction too slow and was almost stunned at the edge of Viktor's W!

Chen Dongqing curled the corners of his mouth.

He strode forward and quickly caught up with Jess, unleashing an AQA combo!

Then, seeing that his Iceborn Gauntlet was off cooldown again, he immediately used E-A-S to slow Jayce down again!

Once Jayce finally escaped the slowdown zone, Chen Dongqing took two steps to catch up, and his Q and Iceborn Gauntlet were ready again at the same time.

Chen Dongqing used another QA combo to slow down Jayce once again!

This is what makes a max-level Q Viktor so powerful.

With Q at level 5, the Q skill cooldown is only five seconds.

With Iceborn Gauntlet and the Astral Insight talent providing a combined 25% cooldown reduction, this number will be reduced to 3.75!

This allows Viktor to unleash three or four Qs in a single fight and trigger Iceborn Gauntlet multiple times!

Jayce was slowed down the whole way and never stopped. He was still a long way from his own turret, but he already had half of his health gone!

But the weirdest thing is that this Victor is actually getting closer and closer to him!

Khan was filled with despair. Seeing that his form-switching cooldown was about to finish, he simply turned around and used his hammer form to perform a QAE combo to knock Viktor away. Then he quickly switched to cannon form and tried to escape!

But the next second, Viktor used another QA combo, triggering Ice Fist for the fourth time and slowing him down again!

Khan was truly helpless now. He could only watch as Viktor, like a madman, chased him all the way to the tower, then unleashed a QA combo that triggered Iceborn Gauntlet for the fifth time, followed by a quick E to kill him under the tower!

At the moment of the kill, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.

It has to be said that this extra level of Q really played a crucial role.

Not only is the damage higher, but the key is that leveling up Q once more reduces its cooldown by one second.

This one-second cooldown might not seem important at first glance, but what if you include the five Qs Viktor used to chase you down?

The four instances of subtracting one second in the middle add up to a four-second gap!

There's no high damage output, and no fancy maneuvers.

It's absolutely disgusting!

Chen Dongqing chased Jayce all the way from his own tower to the enemy tower, and finally chased him to his death!

But the audience doesn't care whether you find it disgusting or not.

All they saw was a series of impressive solo kills in their lane!

Moreover, this solo kill was achieved under adverse circumstances after being repeatedly targeted in the top lane!

This single solo kill was enough to elicit thunderous cheers from the 50,000 spectators in the audience!

"Huh???" On the LCK commentary booth, the "Roaring Emperor" almost vomited blood upon seeing this scene, wishing he could slam his fist on the table. "Why did he get solo-killed?! That was so careless!"

The live streams of major sporting events around the world exploded instantly!

[Holy crap! A tree!]

[Solo kill!]

Wow, how could you get solo killed after being tower-dived like that?!

This is Tree Bro, QG's towering tree!

[Sobbing, I'm crying!]

Backstage at KZ, Coach Sin watched this scene, closed his eyes again, and felt a deep sense of gloom and despair.

See? This is what happens when Donghae is sent to guard Ilex one-on-one. Can he stop him? No, he can't. He doesn't have the ability!

At this moment, the QG voice channel was filled with praise for Chen Dongqing.

Even Uzbekistan genuinely exclaimed, "Awesome!"

There's no way around it, that's really awesome.

This time, Viktor was truly playing all by himself without any teammates.

Despite being repeatedly targeted by the enemy mid and jungle, they not only didn't collapse, but also managed to secure a solo kill.

If this isn't the mainstay, what is?

Sometimes even Uzbekistan has to admit that Chen Dongqing is indeed more suitable to be the team's elder brother than he is.

As for Xiao Hu, his tongue was practically reaching for the sky.

"Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! That was a cool solo kill!" Xiao Hu was momentarily speechless. He paused for a second before shouting, "Brother Shu, you're like my dad!"

Xiangguo lazily remarked from the side, "You don't need to tell us that, we all know."

Chen Dongqing didn't continue the topic of whether he was Little Tiger's father. He chuckled and said, "What's going on with you guys? I've already cleared the top lane, and you guys in the bottom lane are still dawdling. What are you doing?"

"What's wrong with your top lane strategy?" Xiangguo asked. "You only got one solo kill, and the enemy's top tower is still at full health?"

"What's the rush?" Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow. "After this solo kill, taking down a tower will be a piece of cake, won't it?"

Chen Dongqing's words were certainly not unfounded; he had reason to be confident.

First, he was confident in his own skills.

No top laner who has been solo-killed by him has ever been able to turn the tables, not even Smeb back then, or TheShy now.

Secondly, this relates to the issue of Viktor's power spike.

Viktor is a champion that everyone knows. Iceborn Gauntlet, Evolve Q, and even CDR boots—each item can significantly boost this champion's combat power!

Now, Jayce can't even withstand the bare Ice Fist. What will Jayce be able to do when Chen Dongqing reaches his full form?

After the solo kill, Chen Dongqing didn't rush back to base to replenish supplies. Instead, he continued to farm gold and whittle down the tower's health by pushing the lane.

When the timer reached twelve minutes and Chen Dongqing had 1850 gold, the opposing turret only had half its health left.

Chen Dongqing returned to the city, upgraded his Magical Boots to CD Boots, and leveled up his Hextech Core.

After evolving Q, Viktor's Q will gain 60% additional shield and 30% increased movement speed.

Furthermore, Viktor now boasts a maximum cooldown reduction of 45% thanks to the newly added Transcendence and the CD boots.

During this phase, Viktor can maintain the speed boost from his Q skill throughout the game and continuously slow down the opponent with Iceborn Gauntlet.

Compared to three minutes ago, this is another qualitative change!

From this moment on, the journey has already ended.

After going online, Chen Dongqing stopped pretending. When he saw Jayce, he used Q on a minion to start his speed boost, then went up and shot Jayce with a laser, chasing him all the way to the tower!

Although no kill was secured in this exchange, Jayce's health was already very low.

Chen Dongqing didn't hold back either, using his ultimate to clear the siege minion wave and quickly push the minion wave into the tower!

As the minion wave pushed forward, Khan's Jayce chose to recall to base.

From this information, Chen Dongqing could deduce that the opposing jungler was most likely not in the top half of the map.

Chen Dongqing glanced at the top tower, which was less than half health, and went straight for Khan, depriving him of his right to go online!

That's right. Even though Khan's Jayce is not bad in terms of level or economy, he doesn't even have the right to go online against Viktor at this stage.

The audience members have never seen anyone so arrogant in their entire lives!

Khan stood in front of the second tower, staring at Viktor who had already lost connection, his teeth clenched tightly.

But he really didn't have any ideas!

In the bottom half of the map, Xiangguo and Xiaohu also planned to speed things up. The immense pressure on the bottom lane forced Cuzz and BDD to go and support the bottom lane.

Khan is still completely isolated and helpless in the top lane!

Khan had no choice but to stand back and watch as his half-health tower was slowly destroyed by minions and Viktor.

Seeing this, LPL viewers were absolutely thrilled.

In a 1v1 situation, he doesn't even dare to attack the minions?

LCK viewers were extremely anxious.

I told you Khan wasn't good enough! What kind of "top laner" is he?

Do you live up to the advantages you've gained?

And the bad news was only just beginning.

In the bottom lane, the Xuanming Elders don't have the same ability as Chen Dongqing to turn the tide. When their bottom lane is targeted, they are truly doomed to collapse!

Even if the mid and jungle teammates come to help the bottom lane, the collapse of the bottom lane turret is already a fact.

The collapse of KZ's top tower not only put immense pressure on KZ, but also made the QG players feel a significant weight on their shoulders.

Damn it, the top laner has already taken down the tower, and we're still dawdling here in the bottom lane?

Damn, just rinse it off!

Xiangguo shouted loudly in the voice chat, and then Prince used EQ followed by R to press down!

Right behind the prince was Shi Senmingluo's R-Flash-W!

A team fight broke out suddenly, with QG's two carries closely following the initiator and unleashing all their damage!

On KZ's side, Galio's magic circle was set up, and Sejuani also threw out her ultimate from the side, and a counterattack came out in no time!

But given the huge economic gap, their counterattack seems ridiculous.

Uzi dodged Sejuani's ultimate with a flurry of feathers, then followed up with a flurry of auto-attacks before using Cleanse to instantly break Galio's W-Flash combo. He finished the fight with an E-Flash, securing the victory in the 4v4 skirmish!

After winning the team fight, everything went smoothly from there, and the bottom lane tower and dragon were also taken in the process!

Although it's only been fifteen minutes, QG has chosen a late-game composition and has managed to gain a 4000+ gold advantage against KZ's early-game composition.

The rest of the match was pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Chen Dongqing was riding on Khan's face and pooping, and Uzi was not afraid at all, riding on BDD's face and pooping wildly in return!

The two top players in QG are both fiercely competitive, so they're just going to race each other!

Ultimately, Uzi, protected by his teammates, was more aggressive, taking down KZ's mid and bottom tier 2 towers in the next ten minutes and securing two dragons.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, only managed to destroy one of the top lane's second towers and then killed Khan once.

But it's not a big problem. Chen Dongqing will make up for the losses he suffered during this period in the upcoming team battles.

In team fights, Viktor is much stronger than Xayah.

Top lane Viktor has many different item builds. Some builds include Iceborn Gauntlet followed by Abyssal Mask and then AP, while others build Iceborn Gauntlet directly into AP.

Chen Dongqing chose the latter option this time and switched immediately.

In twenty-four minutes, with the help of stealing money, Chen Dongqing wielded an Ice Fist, a Perfect Hextech Core, and a Rabadon's Deathcap.

Although he only has two AP items, the AP boost from each of them is huge, bringing Viktor's AP to over 300!

Chen Dongqing didn't do anything fancy this game. He just followed the prince and Luo's team fights. When they controlled the enemy together, Chen Dongqing used his E and R skills to deal full AOE damage!

Moreover, with the tankiness and cooldown reduction from Iceborn Gauntlet, Chen Dongqing doesn't need to worry about the output environment. He can stand in the front row and rely on the 45% cooldown reduction to keep casting Q and E. In terms of output efficiency, he is much stronger than Xayah, who doesn't even have three items and is being targeted by the enemy.

"Tree and the puppy's damage is insane! Dragon Ball can't hold on at all! Their front line is melting so fast!" Guan Daxiao shouted from the commentary booth. "Tree flashes forward to chase, QA+E instantly kills Pray's Kai'Sa, no one from KZ survives!"

"After winning this team fight, there isn't enough time for them to end the game in one fell swoop. They can go straight for Baron!"

After securing the Baron, the gap between the two players widened further. Uzi's Xayah finally completed her Infinity Edge during her recall, reaching the three-item stage.

From this point on, Chen Dongqing's output actually started to fall behind.

But it doesn't matter.

His damage output lead accumulated over the past twenty minutes has far surpassed that of Uzi, and Uzi will definitely not be able to catch up in the next team fight.

At 28 minutes, QG grouped up and pushed forward. Without any suspense, after a top-tier team fight where they achieved a 5-0 wipeout, QG surged ahead and easily won the game!

"One to zero!" Colonel Guan shouted with a beaming smile, "Let's congratulate QG on easily winning the first game with a near-total domination!"

He was full of praise at that moment, saying with a smile, "QG's rhythm was incredibly smooth today, even seizing the initiative in a disadvantageous situation! This feeling even reminds me of the 2016 season, when QG's teamwork was invincible!"

This was clearly meant to set up a topic for Doinb, but after speaking, Doinb turned around and saw that the usually talkative Doinb was somewhat dazed, as if he was recalling something.

After a long pause, Doinb managed a weak laugh and said, "Yeah, Xiaohu and Xiangguo's rhythm this game was really great. But actually, the most important thing was that Viktor in the top lane played exceptionally well!"

That's what the audience thinks too.

At this moment, countless viewers in the LPL official live stream chat were spamming the chat with excitement!

[Tree Bro's performance this game was truly amazing; he practically fought three opponents single-handedly from start to finish, yet he still managed to have the best development throughout the entire match!]

The main problem is that Viktor becomes too overpowered after getting Iceborn Gauntlet, and this item is so cheap, it's really outrageous.

[I told you, Khan isn't good enough. He has absolutely no experience in major tournaments. How is he supposed to beat Tree Bro?]

Actually, you don't need tournament experience; what you really need is experience of being crushed by Tree Bro.

Indeed, if you replaced them with A-Guang, would the top lane have collapsed? Impossible.

Backstage in the lounge, Khan looked at the post-match results screen, his expression somewhat unnatural.

In this nearly 30-minute match, he played Jayce, a champion that's great for dealing damage, but in the end, he only dealt a little over 14,000 damage, which was completely underwhelming.

But this 14,000 damage is already the highest in their team.

On the contrary, Viktor, who had been targeted by them repeatedly, actually dealt nearly 30,000 damage in 28 minutes, achieving an average output of over 1,000 per minute!

And right behind Viktor was Xayah, who dealt 27,000 damage!

In an environment where everyone else's damage output is less than 15,000, QG's two top players managed to deal nearly 30,000 damage, making people marvel at their status as damage kings.

Following the data panel is the MVP screen.

Khan doesn't even need to look to know who he is.

As expected, QG.ilex.

Although Viktor's teamfight participation rate wasn't high, his damage share and gold advantage over his lane opponent were off the charts. In addition, Viktor had some hidden effects in this game that weren't reflected in the statistics, so this MVP award was truly well-deserved.

Khan sighed, unsure of what to say.

How can you win when you can't even target Viktor?

What's most frightening is that even if KZ's gank on top lane succeeds and they manage to contain Viktor, there's still an unstoppable Xayah waiting in the wings.

Asking Khan to compete with Uzi to see who can carry the game more? It's incredibly difficult.

"Should we ban Viktor in the next game?" KZ's coach Sin asked in the lounge. "But if we ban Viktor, we won't have enough ban slots because we'll be picking the red side in the next game."

"I don't think it's necessary." Khan shook his head and said, "If the enemy picks Viktor top lane, you can give me Vladimir. I can just farm against him. Viktor doesn't do well against mages."

Coach Sin frowned slightly: "What if the enemy sends Viktor to the mid lane?"

"It doesn't matter," BDD said with a smile. "If the enemy team sends Viktor to the mid lane, I'm confident we can win."

QG's mid-laner Xiaohu is the team's biggest "weak point".

If he were given a scaling champion like Viktor, BDD could at least take the opportunity to shine.

"Okay." Sin nodded and said, "Then it's up to you next time."

Li Ning sent it!

This competition is so bad I don't even want to talk about it.

Their dream of sweeping all four semifinal spots has been shattered.

(End of this chapter)