League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 447 An Unstoppable and Overwhelming Situation!

"Oh, Illaoi again?" In the commentary booth, Wawa was momentarily surprised by the pick: "After Khan picked this champion, Tree Spirit picked it too! Is this champion really that strong?"

On the other side, Miller also shook his head, indicating his incomprehension. After thinking for a moment, he decided to pass the question to the third commentator: "I can't answer this question. I wonder if Wei Shen has any insights?"

Our third commentator today is our special guest, Gao Dewei. Even he couldn't help but scratch his head when he heard this question.

Damn it, how would he know? He hasn't played LOL in ages.

Besides, he'd never seen this champion before when he played League of Legends!

After thinking for a moment, Godway finally spoke up: "Illaoi is a traditional heavy fighter with very high stats. She's definitely advantageous against bulky tanks like Ornn, and picking her as a second option isn't a bad idea."

At this point, Godwin laughed and said, "But if it's Tree, I think it's more likely that he saw Khan selected him the day before yesterday and the results were pretty good, so he selected him today. It's that simple."

Gao Dewei doesn't usually call Chen Dongqing "Brother Tree," but on the official commentary desk, he can only say that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, just like Doinb did the day before yesterday.

In the commentary booth, if you don't call Chen Dongqing "Brother Tree," then I really don't know what to call him.

Hearing Gao Dewei's words, the Haier brothers in the commentary booth all laughed.

If you put it that way, it actually sounds like something Brother Tree would do.

Of course, Godeway was still just making unwarranted criticisms.

Illaoi was indeed a champion that Chen Dongqing considered after seeing Khan pick her.

But he certainly didn't just act on impulse and take it without thinking.

He did try it once in a practice match.

In the scrim against FNC the day before yesterday, Illaoi didn't need to rely on her teammates or participate in team fights; she single-handedly crushed the enemy top laner. That's why QG added this champion to their arsenal.

And now, this hero, who has just entered the arsenal, has quickly made his debut in the first battle of the finals.

Miller seemed to recall something and added, "It seems like a lot of Illaoi players are taking Kleptomancy these days, right? I think given Tree's playstyle, he might actually take Kleptomancy this game!"

The doll nodded and smiled, "Then we'll see when we get into the game."

As they were talking, both teams had already completed their second round of bans.

Both sides only had mid and jungle players left to ban, so the ban slots were naturally given to mid and jungle.

"On the blue side, Flash Wolves banned Galio and Jarvan IV, while QG banned Kha'Zix and Sejuani! Now, let's see QG's fourth pick."

QG's fourth pick will definitely be a jungler. After discussing for a while, QG decided to lock in a Lee Sin.

On the other side, Flash Wolves' choice was simple: they first locked in a jungler, Rek'Sai, and then picked a mid-lane Taliyah.

On QG's side, in response to Taliyah, Xiaohu finally picked Ryze.

The lineups for both sides are now finalized!

Blue side FW: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Taliyah, Bot lane Ezreal and Janna.

Red team QG: Top lane Illaoi, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Karma.

"There's not much to say about this game." Miller, with his extensive experience, could tell the general direction of the game at a glance. "This game will definitely be a 4v4 brawl in the bottom lane, and then the two top laners will just play by themselves in the top lane."

"Yes!" Gao Dewei said, "Given the hero counter-relationships and the difference in individual player skills, QG's top lane advantage is certain. So I think QG doesn't need to rush in the bottom half of the map; they can just take it slow."

In the live stream, Banbazi was also on the players' bench, giving them his final words of advice.

"Take it easy, bot lane," Banbazi said. "I think all three lanes can push, so let's not rush. Focus on counter-ganking and supporting, and wait until the gold lead widens before making our move. Our chances of winning will be much higher!"

After receiving nods from the QG players, the coach stepped back to the center of the stage and shook hands with the Flash Wolves coach.

Coach Banbazi was in a very good mood at the moment because he believed that he had completed a near-perfect draft.

From an outsider's perspective, the draft picks for this game are hard to predict; the outcome will depend on lane priority in the mid and bot lanes.

But Coach Banbazi has faith in his players. He knows that with their individual abilities, securing lane control is no problem at all, and can be done with ease!

As long as you have control of the lane, you won't lose this game!

Banbazi is now ready to await the players' triumphant return.

Game start!

As the players rushed out of the fountain, the three commentators immediately took a look at the talents and starting items of both players.

On FW's side, Ornn's build was the classic Undying and Doran's Shield. To ensure that there would be no problems in the top lane, Hanabi didn't even dare to buy a small potion first and went straight for Doran's Shield.

On the other hand, Russia is completely different.

Talent, a sign of theft.

Equipment, extract and add a bottle of red.

It's still the same old tree-like fighting style, highlighting that they don't treat the opponent like a human.

Of course, the three commentators did not express any doubt about this build; they only had faith in Tree Bro.

Soon, the minions appeared, and the camera immediately focused on the top lane.

But the top lane matchup isn't really that interesting.

Illaoi at level 1 isn't actually that strong; the two top laners were practically just polite to each other, essentially just casually last-hitting each other.

The only bright spot was that Illaoi secretly stole five gold with a basic attack while Ornn was last-hitting.

The director kept switching the camera to the top lane for a while, but then realized it didn't make sense, so he switched the camera to other lanes to take a look.

On the jungle side, both junglers moved in unison, starting from the top half of the map and clearing the bottom half. It's likely that a bloodbath will ensue in the bottom lane soon.

As for the mid lane, there's not much activity on either side for now, since neither Taliyah nor Ryze has much wave clear at level one, so they can't really move even if they want to.

Finally, the camera cut to the bottom lane.

But as soon as the camera panned out, countless people saw Kai'Sa reach level two, instantly learn her E skill, and speed up to chase after EZ.

Everyone frowned, realizing something was amiss.

This shouldn't be happening, right?

The bot lane is only level two now, why are you, Kai'Sa, acting so arrogantly?

On the other side, the Flash Wolves' bot lane duo was clearly a bit unconvinced. EZ fired a Q back, but Uzi dodged it with a right-angle twist.

The next second, Kai'Sa's AQ followed by Karma's RQ came crashing down at the same time, instantly reducing EZ's health to less than half!

Countless viewers were stunned.

Is this the style of the matchup?

Furthermore, you clearly had a support like Janna, and you didn't help the jungle at the start, so why did Kai'Sa and Karma get level 2 first?

This question is destined to remain unanswered.

What everyone saw was that EZ was reduced to below half health at level one, and had already lost his lane advantage.

Next, the director kept the camera focused on the bottom lane, perfectly showcasing QG's dominance in the laning phase.

Uzi wasn't afraid of Ezreal's Q skill; he just stood at the front, not giving Ezreal a chance to last-hit minions.

EZ didn't dare to go online and could only secretly use Q from the back, but Uzi dodged both of them.

Betty, having missed two consecutive Qs, lost confidence and could only secretly Q the creeps from behind.

Fortunately, he had anticipated that the bot lane would be difficult, so he started with Doran's Shield. Once his health recovered, he was able to lane successfully.

But the result is that he can forget about finishing off the enemy in the short term.

Seeing this, the audience understood.

The difference in the bot lane isn't due to anything else, it's simply a difference in individual player skill.

Miller, watching this, laughed and said, "In that case, Flash Wolves really need to find a way to solve this bot lane problem. If they keep getting pressured like this, Ezreal won't be able to play the game!"

With such a significant advantage in the bottom lane, QG is bound to push the lane, but pushing the lane inevitably leads to them being ganked.

The gaping hole in the bottom lane can only be filled by the jungler.

There was no other way, so FW's jungler Moojin had to abandon his original plan to rush to level 4 and headed straight to the bottom lane after his Rek'Sai reached level 3!

Of course, Moojin also knew that his bot lane lacked crowd control abilities, and the enemy Lee Sin was likely also there. His gank might not have any effect, but at least it had to make a difference and break the stalemate in the bot lane!

Unfortunately, QG couldn't even grant him this small request.

Just before the excavator arrived in the bottom lane, Xiangguo's Lee Sin had already reached level 3 quickly and was hiding in the bottom lane bush.

Just as the excavator was drilling its way in, Shi Senming's Karma didn't retreat but instead advanced, attaching a dog leash to the excavator!

At the same time, Xiangguo's Lee Sin also immediately used his W skill!

Xiangguo could have been a little greedy and waited for Karma's W control to take effect before coming out, but he didn't do that.

His main concern was that the excavator might directly hit Shi Senming, and the three of them would be instantly killed by Karma, which would cause problems due to greed.

Of course, there's no problem with leaving early.

Karma's dog leash was like a death knell for Moojin. Moojin knew that if Karma's control took effect, he would inevitably be killed by the three of them.

With no other option, he turned and used his Flash to create distance, successfully retreating under the protection of his teammates.

Moojin gritted his teeth.

They tried to gank, but ended up catching nothing and instead used Flash to catch themselves.

Seeing this situation, Miller immediately burst out laughing: "Moojin really lost out in this fight! The Rek'Sai's Flash is crucial, and he just gave it away so easily in the bot lane!"

"If that's the case, then the advantage in the bot lane is secured," Gao Dewei added. "QG just needs to maintain this advantage in the bot lane, and Uzi can carry the game!"

That's a fair point, and the audience loves hearing it.

Having a player like peak Uzi on the team is really reassuring. Even if neither side ganks bot lane, he can still create an advantage in the laning phase!

The battle in the bottom lane came to an end, and the camera immediately switched back to the top lane.

Then something surprising happened again.

We were just on our way, treating each other with the utmost respect, but within minutes, everything had changed drastically!

Having reached level four, Illaoi has torn off her mask of hypocrisy, revealing a terrifying true face!

Illaoi pushed the minion wave to the tower, then extended her tentacles and used her E to extract Ornn's soul!

Chen Dongqing licked his lips, used a basic attack to steal five coins, and then used W to reset the basic attack and steal another five coins!

The last Q skill mercilessly lashed out at Uncle Sheep's soul, followed by another basic attack, successfully stealing a money bag!

Hanabi pressed TAB and saw Illaoi steal the money bag from his soul, his face immediately darkening.

This is worse than killing him.

Chen Dongqing used the money bag and successfully obtained the highest value, +110G!

"Wuhu!" Chen Dongqing couldn't help but let out a dragon's roar!

This is the most fun part of playing Illaoi.

The souls extracted by the E skill are counted as hero targets. As long as the E skill hits, you can trigger Kleptomancy on the souls continuously and steal them!

Seeing that the top laner also gained a huge advantage purely through laning, the commentators and viewers felt relieved.

In QG, Uzi isn't the only player who's easy to manage.

Brother Shu is the one who's the most worry-free!

Seeing this scene in the LMS commentary booth and the live broadcast room, many viewers couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

The game has only just begun, and they're already dominating both the top and bottom lanes. How can the Flash Wolves possibly win?

Although the best-of-five series has just begun, viewers already sense that this game is likely to be a losing battle.

Having gained the upper hand, QG won't let Flash Wolves have an easy time.

While clearing the jungle, Xiangguo switched the camera between the three lanes, looking for possible opportunities.

Pushing the lanes together on both the top and bottom lanes means that both lanes could be ganked.

This poses a huge challenge to the jungler's ability to counter-gank.

If we can counter-gank the excavator's rhythm again, we'll have almost won the early game.

This is the rhythm that Karsa, the former jungler of Flash Wolves, likes best. If he were here, he could probably easily complete the counter-ganking task at hand.

Xiangguo doesn't have that strong counter-ganking ability; he can't clearly grasp the enemy jungler's movements.

But he had other solutions.

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the problem.

Xiangguo wasn't in a hurry. Having cleared the area, he knew that the excavator had probably finished its second round of jungle clearing and returned to base by now.

He first warded from the dragon pit to the enemy's bottom half of the map, and then placed a control ward at the enemy's red buff location.

After the real ward last night, Xiangguo didn't move and returned to the city on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, he asked, "Li Yuanhao, when will you reach level six?"

"Soon, we'll be level 6 after this wave of minions is pushed through," Xiaohu replied from the side.

Xiaohu faced little pressure in the mid lane this game. He had already purchased Tear of the Goddess and had an abundance of mana, giving him a firm grip on lane control.

After returning to base and upgrading his equipment, Xiangguo immediately knew what to do: "Come on, get ready to follow me into the jungle!"

Soon, Xiaohu cleared out the ninth wave of siege engines and leveled up to level six, giving him some time to roam.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they disappeared silently into the darkness.

Seeing the level 6 Ryze disappear, the Flash Wolves players on both the top and bottom lanes immediately felt a tightness in their chests.

QG really likes to use Ryze's ultimate to directly engage in four-man ganks or three-man ganks.

Ornn in the top lane has a lot of health and is relatively safe. But the bot lane duo is clearly not feeling safe. They quickly retreat to their tower, preparing to retreat while calling for their jungler.

Seeing the situation, Moojin, who was waiting for the jungle monsters to respawn, had no choice but to turn around and head towards the bottom lane!

Regardless, we absolutely must secure this tower dive in the bottom lane.

Of course, what Moojin, the jungler, didn't know was that his movements had already been clearly seen by the wards that Xiangguo had placed at the red buff location.

The next second, a portal appeared out of thin air next to him!

Moojin was immediately alarmed.

The enemy mid and jungler's target isn't the bot lane, it's him!

Moojin didn't know when he had missed the vision, but he knew he had to run.

He quickly turned around, squeezed through a hole in the wall, and arrived at the stone beetle camp!

But the displacement caused by drilling a hole cannot help him escape.

After Xiaohu teleported and landed with Xiangguo, he followed the route the excavator was drilling, flashed over the wall, and used QW to immobilize Xiangguo at the last moment, then followed up with a QEQ combo!

Xiao Hu and Xiang Guo took advantage of the fact that the excavator didn't have a flash, so they attacked without any restraint!

Taking advantage of Ryze's immobilization, Xiangguo landed a Q that landed smoothly, then pressed close and started punching and kicking!

Without Flash, the excavator couldn't withstand the damage at all. He didn't even get support from his own Janna before being killed by Ryze's auto-attack!

"First blood!"

"Nice! A brilliant mid-jungle synergy!" Wawa shouted, "First Blood secured!"

Watching the situation unfold, Gao Dewei suddenly exclaimed, "And the most crucial thing is, after killing the jungler, the two of them will be right behind the enemy's bottom lane tower! This could allow them to launch a four-man gank on the enemy's bottom lane!"

Gao Dewei's prediction was correct. After killing the enemy, QG's mid and jungle players had no intention of leaving and blocked the enemy's bottom lane duo's retreat!

First, gank the jungler, then gank the bottom lane – all in one smooth motion!

What can Flash Wolves do?

There's absolutely nothing we can do.

Actually, Maple's Taliyah has the time right now; he can use his ultimate to support the bot lane.

But in the professional arena, you can't just offer support whenever you want.

Because QG's gank on the bottom lane was far more complex than it initially appeared.

While ganking the jungler in the bottom lane, Chen Dongqing, following the principle of clearing half the map in the top lane, had already pushed the lane and recalled to base.

Right now, he's holding a TP (presumably a token of appreciation) and waiting at home.

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing had already forced Ornn to use his Teleport in the top lane against Flash Wolves.

If Taliyah dares to gank the bottom lane, this 4v2 gank will immediately turn into a 5v3 gank, and Flash Wolves will still have no way to deal with it.

Flash Wolves knew this information. Maple looked at the surrounded bottom lane, gritted his teeth, and decided to head to the bottom lane first!

Although we know Illaoi will be T, we still have to provide support.

The moment Taliyah initiated a tower dive in the bottom lane, her ultimate ability blocked her path.

At that very moment, Illaoi's Teleport skill lit up as expected!

Maple, who was gliding halfway, quickly got off the vehicle and abandoned the support mission.

Chen Dongqing waited until the last second of the teleport bar to make sure Taliyah hadn't arrived before slowly canceling the teleport.

Although he lost a T in this wave, he felt it was a necessary expense.

If the bottom lane successfully tower dives, then this wave will be fine.

In the bottom lane, without Taliyah's support, tower diving is naturally a breeze.

Shi Senming tanked the tower, and the four of them pushed in, instantly killing the Flash Wolves duo!

Kill the jungler first, then gank the bottom lane. If the enemy has reinforcements, then teleport to the top lane.

In this decision-making process, QG calculated every possible factor clearly, leaving no room for failure.

"That's why everyone knows QG is going to gank 4v2 in the bottom lane, but they just can't stop them!" Miller shouted excitedly. "They're like a giant machine; once they get going, no one can stand in their way!"

After this, the bottom lane is basically cleared.

Uzi's already significant laning advantage was amplified in this wave.

But it's still early, so Uzi isn't in a hurry to push down the tower. He'll focus on farming and chipping away at the enemy's health in the bottom lane.

In just eight minutes, taking advantage of his bottom lane advantage, Xiangguo easily secured the Earth Dragon.

Within ten minutes, even though Uzi wasn't in a hurry to take down the tower, the enemy's bottom tower finally couldn't hold on any longer. Uzi simply called his teammates to protect him and took down the enemy's low-health first tower!

With the first tower kill bounty secured, Uzi recalled to base and rotated to the mid lane, continuing his rampage.

The Flash Wolves' mid and jungle players had been watching Kai'Sa for a long time, looking for an opportunity to make a move.

However, QG's protection was too good. Karma and Lee Sin were on either side of them, and Ryze was holding onto his TP, so they couldn't move at all.

With no other option, they had to turn their attention to the road ahead.

In this match, the director rarely switched the camera to the top lane.

But every time I switch to that scene, I see Illaoi wielding tentacles, chasing and whipping the goat.

During those twelve minutes of intense battle in the bottom lane, no one knew what kind of torment Hanabi had endured.

All anyone knows is that Illaoi last-hit 135 times in those twelve minutes, not only getting kills but also gaining a lot of gold through Kleptomancy.

This directly resulted in Illaoi having a 0-0-0 KD, but he already possessed the luxurious equipment of Black Cleaver and Mercury's Treads.

Like Uzi, it's a set plus a pair of level 2 shoes.

Of course, Flash Wolves didn't take Illaoi's equipment seriously.

How could the three of us not be able to beat you?

Just do it!

Once it was confirmed that QG's jungler wasn't in the top half of the map, Flash Wolves gave the order. The moment Taliyah used her ultimate to block the path, Rek'Sai appeared from behind through a hole, and Ornn immediately called his sheep!

A three-pack of items came out of nowhere!

In the commentary booth, the Haier brothers immediately started shouting: "Tree might be in a bit of danger this time! Flash Wolves' top, mid, and jungle combination has excellent crowd control!"

Chen Dongqing originally planned to use Flash to escape back to the tower, but Ornn's ultimate was too threatening to a short-legged hero like Illaoi. When the second part of the ultimate hit, Chen Dongqing was knocked up.

When it landed again, the excavator was already close by, and the rock sparrow was right behind it.

If nothing unexpected happens, the next thing to happen is a combo from the Excavator and Taliyah, and Illaoi will have little chance of survival.

Chen Dongqing observed the situation and habitually narrowed his eyes.

Now they were forced to fight back.

At that moment, Xiaohu's TP (Teleport) lit up.

Chen Dongqing raced against time, quickly hitting the excavator with an E skill, and then seizing the moment when the excavator got close, he decisively unleashed his ultimate skill!

Illaoi's ultimate ability has a mechanism that makes it unstoppable during its casting.

Therefore, many skilled Illaoi players will take advantage of this characteristic and use their ultimate ability to cancel out some of the opponent's key skills.

In the unpredictable matchup between Illaoi and Mordekaiser, the key to determining who counters whom lies in whether Illaoi can use her ultimate to negate Mordekaiser's ultimate.

This time, Chen Dongqing unleashed a powerful move, and Moojin's excavator also executed a W [Breaking Out of the Ground] attack.

Illaoi used her ultimate ability to avoid crowd control, thus negating the excavator's crucial crowd control attack!

The next second, a circle appeared under Illaoi's feet, indicating that Taliyah's [Rock Slash] was about to take effect.

Chen Dongqing didn't even bother to dodge the [rock protrusion], but instead directly slammed a W into the excavator.

After Illaoi's ultimate ability takes effect, the surrounding tentacles will automatically slap once.

Illaoi's W will then reset the tentacle's slapping interval and perform another slap.

Everyone saw the excavator standing in the center of Illaoi's ultimate ability get slapped twice by three tentacles!

Just moments ago, the excavator was almost at full health, but its health bar was almost completely depleted in an instant, leaving it with very low health!

For a poorly developed excavator with insufficient equipment and level, the damage from Black Cleaver Illaoi is still terrifying!

This wave of attacks terrified Moojin so much that he didn't even dare to continue attacking. Instead, he quickly used his ultimate skill to enter the void!

At the same time, Taliyah's Rock Surge takes effect, and combined with [Stone Scatter], it unleashes a high burst of damage, instantly reducing Illaoi's health bar to less than half!

Chen Dongqing completely disregarded Taliyah, and immediately played a reverse Q in advance.

The moment Q slammed into the ground, the excavator burst out of the void, rushing right behind Illaoi and delivering itself into the clutches of her tentacles!

Snapped!

With a single slap of the tentacle, the excavator was instantly killed!

At that moment, the 50,000 spectators in the audience collectively gasped in disbelief.

Wow, he took on three opponents and even killed one? Amazing!

And that's not all.

Illaoi's tentacle strikes can restore 4.5% of the hero's missing health.

Chen Dongqing showed no sign of backing down and used another W to slap Ornn, who was rushing over from the side!

Ornn knocked Illaoi into the air with his E, but Illaoi's W had already been used, and her tentacles, inspired by the attack, came crashing down on Ornn again!

With the combined fire of the three tentacles, Illaoi instantly received 13.5% healing for her lost health, and her health increased significantly!

"Maple and Hanabi still wanted to kill Illaoi, but Illaoi has Mercury's Treads, and those two AP champions couldn't even scratch her!" Wawa's excitement grew, finally culminating in a shout: "And Xiaohu's Teleport landed too!"

Xiaohu is sensible. The moment Ryze landed via Teleport, he first used W to stun Ornn next to him, and then quickly moved his feet, using his body to help Big Daddy block Taliyah's stones.

Chen Dongqing's health was actually quite low, but he had no intention of leaving. He used his W to chase after Ornn and keep hitting him, constantly regenerating health through his tentacles.

Xiaohu followed behind, spamming EQ combos at Ornn.

Finally, Chen Dongqing used his Q skill to force Ornn to use Flash. On the other side, Maple, seeing that things were not going well, also made a hasty retreat!

Flash Wolves' massive three-on-one attack ended with one of their own casualties!

At this moment, the audience finally understood the significance of choosing Illaoi as a champion.

Ornn, Rek'Sai, and Taliyah—these three champions combined have about 800 crowd control abilities!

If this were any other top lane champion, they would probably have died several times over, right?

But Illaoi, facing this level of encirclement, not only did not die, but instead withstood the damage from three people and killed one of them!

I have to say, this hero selection was really spot on!

TheShy really gave it his all today, and Xiao Jiang really only plays high-level games.

Next, let's see if WBG can reclaim the honor of the fourth seed and advance to the finals as the champion.

BLG's all-Chinese roster has taken another step forward.

(End of this chapter)