League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 458 A Brilliant Plan!

Just how strong is ilex? This is actually a question that QG needs to continue to evaluate.

Although the DOTA2 division had a general understanding of Chen Dongqing's strength from his occasional visits to training sessions, they knew that he was absolutely ridiculously strong.

But when it really came down to the moment of going into battle, they were actually a little unsure of what to do.

Of course, only the DOTA2 players are really panicking.

Actually, the League of Legends side isn't panicking at all.

Chen Dongqing's skill level is evident to his teammates in League of Legends; he can play however he wants.

Soon, Chen Dongqing's opportunity to prove himself arrived.

On June 15th, after a week-long stay-at-home holiday, Chen Dongqing returned to the club.

Needless to say, as soon as Chen Dongqing returned, he was given a formal training match by the DOTA2 team.

Whether it's a donkey or a horse, you'll only know after you take it out for a spin.

QG Club Base, DOTA2 Division Training Room.

Several people were standing behind Chen Dongqing, all staring intently at his screen.

It's like when Chen Dongqing was surfing the internet at an internet cafe, and after logging into a server, the loudspeaker announced, "The player sitting in position XX is the strongest player in Ionia," and a bunch of people would immediately gather around him.

There was no way around it, because the Anti-Mage's performance in the video was just too dazzling.

Twenty minutes later, the team was trailing by a large margin, with a kill score of 10:21.

But at this point, we can see that the Anti-Mage with a score of 2-0-1 has already farmed 291 hits and has acquired items like Phase Boots, Battle Fury, Manta Style, and a small stun hammer, which are far beyond the timeline.

The speed at which money was being swiped left everyone present feeling dizzy.

It's worth noting that Ame is already a player whose ability to rack up money is unparalleled, and his ability to pull money out of his crotch has been a source of amusement for many viewers.

However, it seems that even Ame has difficulty achieving such a rapid development in a heavily disadvantaged situation.

At this moment, Ame, the coach, the manager, and others standing behind Chen Dongqing couldn't help but start to look forward to it.

Once this enemy magic is unleashed, this disadvantage should be able to be reversed very quickly, right?

Chen Dongqing did indeed think so.

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His equipment is sufficient; it's time for him to come out of seclusion.

The Anti-Mage hero's skill set is actually quite simple.

His first skill is a passive ability; his basic attacks reduce the enemy hero's mana by a percentage plus a fixed amount, which fits his character setting as a mage counter.

The second skill is a flash that has a 6-second cooldown at max level and a range of 1200 yards; it's simple and straightforward.

This skill is the core of the Anti-Mage class; it's extremely useful in many ways, from survival and initiating engagements to speeding up farming and travel.

The third skill is magic counter, with a skill mechanism similar to Nocturne's W. It has both active and passive effects. The passive effect directly increases magic resistance. The active effect creates a shield with a very short duration, reflecting the next targeted skill directly back at the enemy, while the user remains unaffected!

This skill, if used well, can often produce amazing results.

The ultimate skill is simple: just target someone and release it to detonate the target. It deals area damage based on the target's lost mana. Combined with the mana reduction effect of the first skill's passive, it can deal massive nuke damage to mages with zero mana!

It's no exaggeration to say that this hero's skill set isn't particularly strong, and is even considered weak. After all, as a melee hero, he has to get close to drain mana to deal damage, which makes him extremely reliant on equipment.

Fortunately, with this short-cooldown, long-range Blink ability, this hero's farming speed is among the best in the entire game.

At 23 minutes, xNova, playing position 5, initiated a smoke gank, and QG took the initiative to start a team fight.

Chen Dongqing, the enemy mage with a 4,000 gold lead, became an unstoppable force as soon as he entered the game!

Chen Dongqing set his sights on the opposing Karl, seizing the opportunity when Karl unleashed his Super Sonic Wave, and immediately used Blink to dash in and engage!

At the moment of entry, Chen Dongqing sprinkled powder in advance to prevent the opponent Karl from using invisibility to escape!

Seeing their own position 2 being targeted, the two opposing supports were naturally extremely anxious and immediately used their abilities to protect them!

But Chen Dongqing remained calm and observed the actions of the opposing team's fourth and fifth positions.

He first used Counterspell to reflect Rubick's point-and-click control back, thus controlling him. Then he quickly activated Manta Style, using the brief moment when the hero disappears during the release of Manta Style to dodge the hammer from the enemy position 4 Vengeful Spirit.

Once all key controls are avoided, it's time to unleash a rampage!

Using his small stun hammer to inflict a stun effect, Chen Dongqing then knocked the enemy Karl out of mana, before unleashing a fully leveled ultimate!

At max level, the ultimate skill can deal terrifying area damage equal to 1.1 times the amount of mana the opponent has lost!

As an intelligence hero, Invoker's abundant mana seemed to become a scourge to the enemy at this moment. His 1,500 mana helped Anti-Mage unleash a massive 1600-point area-of-effect (AOE) attack!

Boom!

Like an atomic bomb explosion, Invoker was instantly taken down by this ultimate ability, along with the poor Rubick next to him, whose maximum health was less than 1600.

One ultimate move, instantly killing two people!

Ame watched this initiation with awe!

To be honest, when he used the Water Spirit's reverse beam, he was thinking of a similar scene, except that he ended up dying.

Chen Dongqing fought with increasing ferocity. After taking down the opponent's 2 and 5, he took down the VS next to him with two quick strikes, and then used a blink to reposition and finish off the opponent's 3 who had sneaked away.

The opposing team was left with only position 1, which was clearly a sure thing.

"Pentakill! Pentakill!" Chen Dongqing shouted in the training room. The Anti-Mage chased for two steps, then blinked and teleported over, killing the enemy's Void Spirit with two slashes!

"Rampage!"

Complete the rampage!

Faced with a huge disadvantage of being eleven kills behind, Chen Dongqing only needs one team fight to completely reverse the situation!

In this game that emphasizes individual ability, Chen Dongqing thrives.

The rest of the match was simple. Anti-Mage's map traversal ability was absolutely unbeatable. Chen Dongqing only needed to use Blink to quickly move around and appear at various points on the map, clearing out the jungle monsters one circle after another while also controlling the enemy's minion waves very well.

The opposing team still has a slight lead in kills, but they are being completely suppressed by this Anti-Mage and can't even leave their base!

In the end, QG adjusted their strategy, first securing Roshan's Aegis for Anti-Mage, and then pushed forward to win the game!

Finally, Ame couldn't help but glance at the opposing team's name.

IG.V

While IG.V may not be considered a top-tier team, they are definitely a professional team! Their carry player, Refuse, is currently the best player in the Chinese server.

Does it have absolutely no resistance?

"Whoosh!" Chen Dongqing stood up comfortably, ending today's DOTA2 training match.

Chen Dongqing turned around, smiled, and said to Linko and xiao8, the coach of the DOTA2 division, "How should I put it, not bad, right?"

"Needless to say, that's amazing!" Linko exclaimed bluntly, "Incredibly awesome!"

DOTA2 coach xiao8's smile was harder to suppress than an AK's, but he still said with a smile, "Let's wait and see for a few more days, let's wait and see for a few more days."

Over the next two days, since the LOL team hadn't officially regrouped yet, Chen Dongqing simply played several training matches as a DOTA2 player.

As the training matches progressed, reassurances were given to each member of the DOTA2 division.

Everyone was relieved.

Ilex is incredibly strong. Although Ame's move was puzzling, it was definitely a boost for the team!

This person really cannot be judged by common sense!

Next, we'll just have to wait for The International (TI) in early August!

And then, time continued to fly by.

QG's first match of the Summer Split will begin on June 18th.

The night before the match, QG's official Weibo account announced that top laner Chen Dongqing would be taking a break for more than half a month and would return for the Intercontinental Cup.

Countless fans couldn't help but groan in despair, but they quickly accepted the outcome.

Brother Shu is indeed too tired, it's reasonable for him to take a rest.

The remaining four players on QG are also top-tier. As long as they protect their bottom lane, they should have no problem making it through the regular season.

Meanwhile, QG officially ended its internal operations and held a meeting to discuss the new version.

The LPL Summer Regular Season uses version 8.11, which has undergone significant changes.

The main changes are to AD items. A new item called Stormrazor has been added. This item is a critical strike item, but it does not increase critical strike chance. Its base stats are only 70 attack damage and 30% attack speed.

暴击属性体现在特殊效果上：如果你在最近的3秒内未攻击(受攻速影响)，你的下一次普攻会暴击并造成160%伤害(+1%每1.5%暴击率，最多200%)，并在在1.75秒内获得10%移动速度。

A critical hit every three seconds with a 1.6x multiplier is an outrageous attribute that's a moment of pure ecstasy for heroes like Captain, Graves, and Caitlyn.

In addition, the Infinity Blade has also been significantly changed, with its price increased to 3700 points. The double critical strike attribute has been removed, and a new affix has been added that doubles your critical strike chance, as well as a unique passive that converts 15% of critical strike damage into true damage.

This round of changes to Infinity Edge can only be described as a comprehensive nerf to critical strike AD champions.

Because Infinity Edge doesn't provide critical strike chance in this version, you need to build it as a second or even third item. Without the stat bonus from Infinity Edge in the early game, your AD damage will be significantly lower.

Even in the later stages, the damage bonus from this 15% true damage conversion is far less than that from 50% critical damage.

With full critical hit rate, 50% critical damage translates to a straightforward 25% damage bonus.

However, to achieve a 25% damage bonus from this 15% true damage conversion, the opponent needs to cooperate and stack physical damage reduction to over 62.5%.

【简单数学嗷，设定对面的伤害减免为（1-X），然后可列出算式，(85X+15)/(100X)=1.25，得X=0.375。1-X=0.625】

In the game, that translates to 170 armor points.

Besides tanks, who else can build up such high armor?

And don't forget, AD carries also need to build Last Whisper. In this version, Last Whisper removed the Giant Slayer attribute and changed armor penetration to total armor penetration.

Often, when armor is penetrated by armor-piercing bows, tanks struggle to maintain 62.5% damage reduction, making endless gains a permanent loss.

The only advantage of this version of Infinity Edge is that you can get full critical strike chance with just three items, which allows many AD champions to free up an item slot. In the very late game, it still has some advantages.

It's not hard to predict that in this version, crit-based AD carries are already half-useless. Even if they can still be played, they'll only be champions like Caitlyn who can benefit from Stormrazor, or champions like Xayah and Rakan who have enough late-game strength.

As for the others, like Ashe, Lulu, and Kai'Sa, if you can switch to an effect-based build, then switch to an effect-based build. But for champions like Tristana and Jinx, who can't switch, just give up and go to sleep.

After introducing the changes in the Summer Split version, Banbazi also acted as a review tutor, leading everyone through the jungle changes in previous versions.

"Tomorrow's match will be quite tough for us," Banbazi said. "After all, we only finished today and haven't played any practice matches yet. Plus, Chen Dongqing isn't here, so everyone needs to stay focused and not let their guard down tomorrow."

Everyone from QG present nodded, especially Uzi, whose expression was serious.

The very next day, QG quickly took to the stage to face LGD at their home stadium.

Chen Dongqing was bored this time, so he sat down in the backstage lounge with his team and watched the contestants on both sides take the stage through the screen.

Even though he wasn't there and wasn't familiar with the version, Chen Dongqing felt confident that the game was in the bag as soon as he saw the opposing team's name.

Facts have proved that it is true.

Against a bottom-ranked team like this, there's no need for Chen Dongqing; Uzbekistan alone is enough to handle it.

Top laner A Guang only needs to pick an Ornn to build items, or pick a Sion to initiate and engage. In team fights, he just needs to push forward and absorb as much damage as possible, and victory will be easy.

In this mode, although the pace of the game slows down and the game lasts longer, the intensity of the match is still quite high.

Today's match against LGD ended with QG winning 2-0. Uzi won two MVPs today and came back with a big smile on his face. He wasn't this happy when he won the qualifiers a few days ago.

Uzi certainly had something to say: Who says I can only be the second-in-command forever? I'm just the second-in-command in QG. In any other team, I have the ability to be the top dog!

"Nice, nice!" Chen Dongqing smiled and gave his teammates a thumbs up. "Keep it up!"

"OK, OK." Uzi grinned, quite pleased with himself, brimming with confidence. "I told you, we won't lose a single game until you get back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

No one but him is allowed to say such things.

Those who said that all got kicked out in the end.

After a period of rest, the summer regular season continued.

On June 19th, QG will face off against SNG in a back-to-back match.

SNG is a new team that joined the LPL this year. The team's star players are top laner Langx and mid laner Black Angel, and their strength is not weak.

In this match, SNG performed exceptionally well, managing to gain a significant advantage in the upper half of the map.

Letme's Ornn lost control in one wave, and after being double-dived under the tower, he never got back up in the top lane. Then, the tower was destroyed at lightning speed, and the Rift Herald was lost.

Fortunately, Uzi is in top form right now. Despite a huge hole in the top half of the map, he played even more aggressively. He first called on Xiangguo to catch the enemy duo's Flash, and then cooperated with Shisenming's Xayah and Rakan to achieve a double kill in the lane!

After breaking through the bottom lane, Uzi switched to the mid lane and quickly developed thanks to Xayah's strong wave clear ability. He farmed 340 CS in 30 minutes. Then, with his equipment advantage and Xayah's strong self-protection ability, he neutralized Langx's wave after wave of attacks and finally won the game!

Backstage, Banbazi visibly let out a long sigh of relief.

There are indeed some potential problems on the top lane, but thankfully, the bottom lane can handle it.

As everyone walked back to the rest room, Banbazi didn't wait and immediately began judging the top laner.

If you choose a carry-type top laner and go against the grain, it's understandable if the top lane collapses, since mistakes are inevitable.

But how do you manage to survive in the top lane when you play Ornn?

Letme was so embarrassed by the coach's judgment that he couldn't lift his head. He first said that he hadn't played for a long time and was a little unfamiliar with the rhythm, and then said that his teammates didn't give him any feedback, so he was very flustered.

Chen Dongqing was somewhat helpless about this, but he laughed and said, "It's okay. Just remember the mistakes you made this time and don't repeat them next time. Good luck in the next game."

Letme said somewhat shyly, "Okay, Brother Tree."

In the second game, Letme didn't have any more problems and finally stabilized, so the game became much simpler. It was a 27-minute push, and QG won their second regular season victory 2-0.

Although he won the game, Banbazi didn't look too good; he was constantly thinking.

SNG isn't actually a very strong team, but they've already performed like this.

If they encounter a strong team in the upper half of the bracket, how should they play against them?

Soon, the stronger teams from the upper bracket arrived, albeit late.

On June 21, QG will host JDG.

The top, mid, and jungle trio consisting of Zoom, Clid, and Yagao is considered top-tier in the entire LPL, and they can even hold their own against IG.

In this competition, JDG's performance in the first game was perfect. Zoom also followed the version and chose Aatrox, a hero that has suddenly become popular in the recent version.

The current version of Aatrox is still the old version. Without any buffs or version changes, Aatrox has suddenly climbed to the top of the meta.

The reason for the rise of the Sword Demon this time can be attributed to discovery.

The strength of Aatrox with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Titanic Hydra, and Bloodthirster is higher than anyone imagined. His lane sustain is unbeatable, and his split-pushing is unstoppable, making this hero even a popular pick in competitive matches across various regions.

Zoom also demonstrated the power of Aatrox in the first game. With the help of his teammates, he first dove A Guang to gain an advantage, and then waited for him to complete Guinsoo's Rageblade and Titanic Hydra. He then rode A Guang's face on the side lane and made Sion no different from a health pack in front of Aatrox!

The top lane was at a huge disadvantage this time, and even Uzi couldn't save them, so they had to lose the game!

The camera followed the defeated QG players back onto the stage, and countless viewers saw Chen Dongqing standing at the door of the rest room.

My longing for Brother Shu reached its peak at this moment.

Who is that handsome guy? Does he play League of Legends?

[Could we let Brother Tree play?]

If Tree Bro played top lane, Zoom wouldn't even have a chance to show off.

[It doesn't matter, it's just a regular season game. We'll wait for Tree's triumphant return at the Intercontinental Cup!]

As the camera panned across the screen, the discussion about Chen Dongqing in the comments section gradually subsided.

But the discussion in QG's rest room had only just begun.

Without a doubt, it's time for the court hearing again.

"What's going on, Yan Junze?" Chen Dongqing asked, frowning. "Why is it the same as the day before yesterday?"

In Chen Dongqing's view, Letme made the same mistake he made against Suning the day before yesterday.

The top laner played too casually, completely disregarding the enemy jungler's position and failing to maintain proper vision control; it was a typical ranked game playstyle.

This version features Conqueror, a talent that targets tanks, as well as lightly armored warriors like Aatrox and Irelia who can quickly take down tanks. It's no longer an era where tanks can just casually stay in the game.

Letme is truly speechless this time.

Yesterday he could say it was because he hadn't played for too long or his teammates hadn't given him feedback, but in the last few days his training sessions have been quite intense, and today his teammates have given him feedback.

There's nothing else to it, he just didn't play well.

He hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "But I can't help it. Sometimes I know what to do in my heart, but when I actually try to do it, I just can't."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing frowned slightly.

Some contestants will only make the same mistake once, while others will realize their mistake after making it, but will still make the same mistake again when faced with the same situation next time.

This is a matter of talent. After all, everyone's brain capacity is limited. Some people's CPU is already fully utilized just by playing against each other on the field.

Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "Okay then, I'll teach you a few tricks. You must remember them and follow my instructions. Winning the game shouldn't be a problem."

At this point, Letme's eyes lit up, and he immediately perked up his ears to listen.

Everyone knows that Brother Tree is not only skilled in gameplay, but his game strategy is also in a class of its own.

The second game began quickly.

Seeing that QG still had Ornn in the top lane and Kai'Sa and Nautilus in the bot lane, Wawa said helplessly, "QG didn't change their lineup at all after losing the game? That doesn't seem right."

To put it bluntly, the child is just stubborn!

But in their impression, QG doesn't seem to be a team that's stubborn, right?

On the other side, seeing this situation, JDG naturally did not change their strategy at all, continuing to lock in Aatrox and continue to fight in the top half of the map.

But in doing so, they fell into Chen Dongqing's trap.

At the start of the game, both junglers started in the same way, with Xiangguo avoiding the opponent's top half of the map and choosing to farm from top to bottom.

While scrolling, Xiangguo was still thinking about what Chen Dongqing had just said: "If we pick Kai'Sa and Nautilus, and then ban EZ, the other side will definitely pick Xayah and Rakan. Liu Shiyu, you should go to the bottom lane to gank at level three and force out the enemy's Flash."

Xiangguo's level 3 gank is one of QG's standard tactics, so there's not much to discuss about it.

Xiangguo grinned and took control of the Prince in the bottom lane, but the enemy team had already placed wards, so he turned and retreated.

Seeing that he couldn't hold off the enemy, Xiangguo simply used Flash and EQ to attack!

JDG's bot laner LokeN had no choice but to use Flash to run back to his tower.

On the top lane, seeing that Xiangguo had indeed caught the enemy AD's Flash, Letme's expression couldn't help but tighten.

Next, it's up to him.

"Yan Junze, you're still playing Ornn this game, but your task isn't to trade blows with Aatrox, nor do you need to have great farm. All you need to do is farm the lane and not die. Your health bar is more important than the minion wave. As long as you get experience, it doesn't matter. Once you reach level six in the top lane, go straight to the bottom lane!"

The path Chen Dongqing pointed out to him could be summed up in one word—get by.

And as it turns out, doing so was meaningful.

On the other hand, JD Gaming has chosen Zhao Xin, and is determined to advance to the third tier.

But when Clid arrived in the top lane and saw the full-health Ornn under the tower, he suddenly felt a bit of a problem.

"The enemy is still at full health? How are we supposed to get past them?" Clid shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, I'm retreating."

Zoom was also helpless: "The enemy team doesn't last-hit minions, so they never give me a chance to trade blows. There's nothing I can do about it."

As he spoke, he pressed TAB and glanced at Ornn's last-hitting.

In just over three minutes, the enemy Ornn had already been down eight kills.

If this game lasts for 30 minutes, won't the opponent be down 80 CS by him?

You're betting $400 on five games, right?

But there's a saying that goes something like that.

Some actions and decisions are considered successful and correct as long as they make the opponent feel uncomfortable.

To preserve his health, Letme suffered a significant economic loss, but he didn't miss out on experience and saved TP.

Then Chen Dongqing's plan can move on to the third step.

"Once Yan Junze reaches level six, Liu Shiyu, you go top lane and help him clear the wave," Chen Dongqing said with a smile. "The enemy bot lane Xayah and Rakan will definitely come out to push the wave when they see Liu Shiyu showing up in top lane. Then, after Yan Junze pushes the wave, he should quickly recall and go straight to bot lane. Got what I mean?"

Ah Guang certainly understands.

He just doesn't know how to play games, but if you give him a strategy to execute, he'll be fine.

When Letme's Ornn reached the back of his own bottom lane turret, he saw the enemy LokeN push the minion wave to the middle of the river.

Letme shouted, "Can I move? My ultimate is at range!"

"Come on, move! Move!"

woohoo

A crimson goat's head passed through Xia's body as she emerged from the push line, slowing her down and putting her in a vulnerable state.

LokenN was immediately alarmed.

Why is Ornn in the bot lane? Didn't he just go back to base?

The next second, the goat head that had gone far away was pushed back by Uncle Goat. His Xayah, whose Flash was not yet ready, obviously had no chance to dodge and was directly knocked into the air!

This single, decisive blow was enough to sentence him to death.

Shi Senming's Titan followed up, flashed and auto-attacked to hook Kai'Sa, and with enough crowd control stacked by Kai'Sa's passive, Uzi activated his E to accelerate in and easily secured the first blood!

At this moment, Letme recalled the conversation in the lounge earlier. After listening to Chen Dongqing's train of thought, he asked, "And then?"

"And then?" Chen Dongqing laughed, "Then you're done. TP to the top lane to farm minions, and leave the rest to Jian Zihao."

Letme teleported to the top lane and managed to farm the minion wave pushed by Zoom, without missing a single minion.

Zoom frowned as he looked at Ornn, who had teleported to the front of the map.

For some reason, this way of playing Ornn reminded him of someone.

Meanwhile, in the bottom half of the map, Uzi, who had secured First Blood, let out a dragon's roar and shouted, "Let's take off! Xiangguo, hurry up, get ready to dive the bot lane!"

In the rest area just now, Uzi asked, "So what? Even if I only get first blood, I can't guarantee a 100% win rate!"

"Of course, that's not all, there's another wave." Chen Dongqing grinned, "The enemy Xayah is dead, so she'll definitely lose some experience, right? Shi Senming, don't roam now, stay in the bottom lane and farm experience to level up. When you reach level six, push the minion wave to the tower, use your ultimate, and dive Xayah again!"

This step is actually quite difficult, since the time difference between Titan and Xayah reaching level six is ​​very short, requiring the team to have strong execution.

Therefore, in this step, Chen Dongqing temporarily abandoned the top lane and let the other four teammates take over.

Chen Dongqing was confident in the execution capabilities of these four people.

Eight minutes passed quickly.

Uzi pushed the minion wave into the tower, and Xiangguo took the opportunity to position himself behind the tower. Xiaohu initiated with his ultimate, and a three-man gank on the tower was launched!

JDG's mid laner, Yagao, quickly gave the bot laner a Teleport.

"The other side might put up a fight this time, so Xiaohu, get ready. If we can get past them, we'll win!"

At the same instant, Xiaohu's TP also lit up!

There was no suspense in this round. A level 5 Xayah, locked in by Nautilus's ultimate, was doomed to die no matter what.

QG members instantly killed Xayah, and after Yagao teleported in, he and his support took down Shi Senming who was tanking the tower, but Yagao himself couldn't escape and was killed by Kai'Sa.

In a one-for-two exchange, Uzi eliminated both of the opponent's carries, securing a double kill. On the other side, lokeN died twice in a row, suffering a loss large enough to force him to disconnect from the game.

The game is over.

Actually, there were quite a few updates in the 18 Mid-Season Invitational, but it would be too superficial to cover them all at once, and since the main character didn't play, what I've written here isn't really relevant. So I'll break down the rest of the content and talk about it when the main character plays again.

(End of this chapter)