League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 468 Xiaohu is actually a mid-laner who can fight against Korean opponents?

Hearing the enthusiastic cheers from below the stage, Chen Dongqing breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Li Yuanhao, did you hear that? The cheers from below are really loud."

"Not bad, not bad!" Li Yuanhao couldn't help but chuckle at his dad's praise, then said with a grin, "This is nothing! This was all thanks to my teammates. I'll go all out with Faker later!"

"What?" Chen Dongqing laughed, "You still want to take him down one-on-one?"

"You know that? Why don't you give it a try?"

After overcoming his mental block, Xiaohu no longer feels any pressure from Faker.

Now, he can't wait for the next laning phase.

Damn it, Zoe is a piece of cake for me to crush Galio.

If the opportunity is right, I might actually be able to get a solo kill!

Faker is under a lot of pressure now!

Faker was under a lot of pressure, and was even sweating profusely.

He never expected that this gank in the mid lane would actually lead to a coordinated counter-gank from the enemy jungler and support!

Faker glanced at the IDs of QG's mid, jungle, and support players.

More than a year has passed, and the team's mid and support duo has changed from Doinb and Crisp to Xiaohu and Ming.

But the taste remains unchanged.

That troublesome mid-jungle-support synergy is still there!

Faker logged back in and, seeing Zoe still acting arrogantly in front of him, felt a headache coming on.

He then switched the camera to the top lane and saw Huni being pressured under the tower, unable to even last-hit minions.

"Sang-hyeok, should I go and make the arrest?" Blank asked again.

SKT has always had this style; the jungler needs the mid laner's permission for everything he says and does.

This isn't Faker acting unilaterally or dominating the team.

The main problem is that Xiaohai is really brainless and needs Faker to give him some direction.

Besides Xiaohai, Huni in the top lane also needs Faker to direct him.

A while ago, Chen Dongqing manipulated his team to win a game off the field, and many people jokingly called him the number one Azir in the Chinese server, which was actually a bit of an exaggeration.

The true number one Azir has to be Faker; controlling three heroes at once is just basic for him.

Fortunately, Faker didn't need to worry about Wolf's bot lane duo in this regard; otherwise, Faker would probably have had a meltdown and started randomly switching screens.

But the problem that Xiaohai is facing now is actually quite cruel for Faker.

This jungler going to protect the top lane means that Faker in the mid lane will be facing the enemy's potential mid-jungle-support synergy alone.

Right now, just Zoe alone is enough to make Faker break out in a cold sweat.

If another jungler comes along, Faker will probably die on the spot.

But there's no way around it, Faker has burdens to bear; he's not the kind of person who wants to keep all his teammates by his side while he plays.

Faker hesitated for two seconds before finally saying, "Go ahead, give Cheng Xun some help; he can't even last-hit anymore."

Huni blushed slightly upon hearing Faker's words.

Although I was a little annoyed by what I heard, I really didn't have any reason to refute it.

"Okay." Xiao Hei nodded, and Sejuani then cleared the path uphill, quickly making her way into the river bushes, where she saw Vayne's control ward.

Chen Dongqing saw Sejuani move to the side, but his expression remained unchanged. He first sent a ping signal to tell his teammates that Sejuani was there, and then continued to go up to lane.

As soon as the camera switched to the top lane, Vayne, as if she were blind, ignored Sejuani next to her and swaggered over to Aatrox, then sniped him twice more!

On the other side, SKT's Ueno and Jungler glared angrily at the disrespect they were being shown.

Your jungler isn't even in the top lane, are you just showing off like this?

court death!

"Come on, kill him!" Xiao Hei said, "I have Flash, wait until I get close, I'll just Q-Flash!"

"Alright!" Huni listened to his teammate's words and the Sword Demon decisively activated his ultimate, using the speed boost to close the distance, and then unleashed a QE combo!

Chen Dongqing reacted quickly, dodging the first Q from the Sword Demon with a single Q [Dodge Roll].

Huni immediately landed a precise W [Fire Chains], followed by Q2!

Chen Dongqing made the perfect response in an instant, first retreating half a step to dodge the sword's edge, and then moving laterally, stepping out of the range of the [Fire Chains] at the very last second!

"Tree has stepped out of his W position, but Sejuani is already close in!" On the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao shouted, "Sejuani has Flash! Tree might be in a bit of danger this time!"

Huni hated Chen Dongqing's Vayne to the core, and of course he couldn't let Vayne get away just like that! He gritted his teeth, cast Q3 on the spot, and then pressed Flash!

The moment Aatrox activated his third Q, he flashed to Vayne's face and was about to bring his greatsword down!

But in the blink of an eye, the 300-pound Vayne suddenly took off her giant crossbow, activated her ultimate, and used her E skill [Demon Judgment] to forcefully push Aatrox away!

Seeing this, countless people were shocked.

Vayne's E isn't that fast; Tree's E was a prediction!

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

Young man, if you suddenly use Q3 from a distance, who wouldn't know you're going to use Q to flash?

If I couldn't have predicted this, would I even deserve to sit here?

While feeling smug and quick-witted, Chen Dongqing also clearly saw that the Piggy Girl in the distance, despite being too far away, had also unleashed her Q [Pig Charge].

Clearly, this guy was also trying to use Q-Flash.

Ha ha.

Chen Dongqing decisively pressed D, and Vayne flashed a golden light, flashing ahead of time to change her position!

The moment Vayne flashed away, Sejuani's flash followed closely, but it clearly missed!

Upon seeing this scene, countless spectators stood up, their eyes glued to the screen!

E predicts Aatrox's Q-Flash to push him away, and Flash predicts Sejuani's Q-Flash to avoid control.

Chen Dongqing's two moves were enough to amaze everyone!

And the most crucial point is...

Vayne didn't use Flash to escape!

At this moment, it can be clearly seen that Vayne's Flash brought him to the side of Sejuani and Aatrox, and he was firing wildly at Sejuani with his giant crossbow!

Chen Dongqing looked at the two people in front of him, the timer in his mind constantly reminding them of the remaining skills they had.

The Sword Demon's skills all missed.

Sejuani has W and E, but if played properly, these two skills are practically useless.

As they were talking, Chen Dongqing saw Piggy Girl wield her pig whip and unleash W.

Chen Dongqing rolled sideways again, dodging W's damage, and used his invisibility to adjust to a suitable position to deal damage, then fired another arrow!

This arrow triggered the triple ring and strong attack, directly reducing Sejuani's health to 60%!

Because of constant invasions by Xiangguo and her death during the last gank, Sejuani's level is currently not high, only level four, which also results in her low health.

Seeing this, everyone understood.

This Vayne is trying to take on two opponents at once!

The Vayne in the video did indeed do that.

Two clueless old men in close combat clearly had no way to deal with Vayne with her ultimate ability activated. As the two men moved forward, Vayne would constantly fight and retreat.

Vayne was very prescient in building attack speed boots this game. With the movement speed bonus from these boots, two melee champions will never be able to catch up with Vayne!

Chen Dongqing timed his shots perfectly, one shot, two shots, three rings!

After another three-ring run, Sejuani's health has dropped to 30%!

It wasn't until this point that SKT's top and jungle finally realized that they seemed to have absolutely no ability to kill Vayne.

They quickly turned and retreated, moving out of Vayne's attack range.

But at that moment, Chen Dongqing reacted quickly, using another move, [Dodge Roll], to become invisible and accelerate, closing the distance and continuing to relentlessly fire at the girl.

Vayne, who only has a pair of attack speed boots, is as agile as if she has three items in Chen Dongqing's hands.

One shot, two shots, three rings!

Another three-ring attack landed, and Sejuani was left with only a sliver of health.

Huni watched helplessly as his teammates were brought to low health.

The cooldown of Aatrox's Q skill is still quite long in this version. For example, the cooldown of Aatrox's Q skill at level 6 is as high as 14 seconds!

It's similar to Riven's Q.

However, the difference between Riven's Q skill and Riven's Q skill is that Riven's Q skill cooldown starts from the first cast. Generally speaking, after the three QA combos are completed, the cooldown is not much left.

Some players can even time their Q skill to be released at the very end of each Q sequence, allowing them to perform two consecutive QA combos.

However, this version of Aatrox does not have this mechanism; the cooldown will start counting from the moment the last Q is cast.

This is obviously very painful. The lack of a mechanism results in a very long downtime for Aatrox during the laning phase. He can only barely recover after reaching max level with Q and the 30% cooldown reduction from Youmuu's Ghostblade and Black Cleaver.

Vayne only managed to land three passive hits on Sejuani, and the total time didn't even exceed ten seconds, before his Q skill was ready again.

Desperate to save his teammates, Huni could only wield his greatsword and use basic attacks to inflict a few pitiful little scars on Vayne—which were utterly insignificant.

Chen Dongqing dodged and rolled again, this time finding a good angle to keep Sejuani within attack range while staying away from the Sword Demon. He unleashed another empowered basic attack, and this time Sejuani finally couldn't withstand it and fell to Vayne's arrow.

"QG.ilex kills SKT.Blank"

After killing the man, Chen Dongqing didn't even bother with the sword demon who was still chasing after him with his sword, and turned to create distance.

Huni's Q skill finally came back to life, and he angrily used Q to slash twice, but he couldn't stop Vayne at all. He could only watch as Vayne rolled away again, leaving him with one-third of her health!

After returning to a safe position, Chen Dongqing relaxed his attention a little and finally received the waves of cheers from the audience!

On the LPL commentary booth, Miller excitedly roared, his voice incredibly infectious: "1v2! 1v2! Tree Bro has taken on two opponents and killed their Sejuani!"

Backstage at the LPL, everyone stood up and applauded. Countless professional players who saw this move couldn't help but exclaim that Brother Shu was truly bold and meticulous, daring to do something like that.

On the SKT player's seat, Faker watched as his teammate died in the top lane, and he felt as if he was about to spit out a mouthful of blood.

His grandma's.

I asked you to help the top laner, but you ended up helping the enemy top laner, right?

How come I died as soon as I went to the hospital?

Backstage at LCK, Kkoma couldn't help but stare blankly.

As a professional coach, he knew that the impact of this wave of casualties was enormous.

If a jungler gets solo killed by the top laner, what can the other teammates do?

When the camera cuts to the mid lane, it's clear that Faker's laning phase is indeed not going well.

Once both mid laners reached level six, Faker's laning phase became much more difficult.

After all, Galio's ultimate doesn't help in the laning phase, while Zoe's ultimate is a genuine poke skill in the laning phase.

In addition, Xiaohu has the economic advantage of having a kill, so he can play however he wants.

At this moment, the minion wave reached the tower, and Faker's health was also low, with only half health remaining.

Xiaohu didn't have any particular intentions towards Faker under the tower, after all, a half-health Galio is still difficult to kill.

His plan was to clear the wave of minions that had just arrived, and then, when the next wave of cannon minions came online, he and Xiangguo would go to the bottom lane and gank the bottom lane four-man gank.

Just then, Xiaohu unleashed a basic attack, taking down the low-health melee minion in front of him.

But at that moment, an accident suddenly occurred.

As the balloon-carrying minion dies, a skill fragment slowly drifts down to the ground.

This time, a Hextech Rocket Belt dropped.

Looking at the push stick, countless possible actions flashed through Xiao Hu's mind in that instant, and then his heart raced.

The plan has changed.

It seems like we can make a kill this time!

With the opportunity to solo kill Faker so close at hand, Xiaohu has to consider whether this is his only chance in his life.

Now we have no choice but to do it!

Xiaohu instantly changed his laning strategy. He used a flying star to pull back while picking up the Force Staff, and then immediately pressed the Force Staff active.

The reason Xiaohu said before that it was impossible to solo kill Galio was because Galio was always standing behind the minions, and with his W and E abilities, he was very tough and difficult to kill.

He can certainly use his ultimate to cross the minion wave and get right in front of them, forcibly applying his E skill.

The problem is that even if he applies E, Galio can easily use E to create distance and escape. Without the mobility of his ultimate, Galio's subsequent Q attacks simply won't hit him.

But with a push stick, things are different.

This version of the Force Staff is still a lane-pushing artifact; with one click, ranged minions can be instantly killed!

After clearing out the ranged minions, there were no more obstacles between Zoe and Galio.

Immediately afterwards, the Star Cannon fired straight at Galio!

Faker reacted quickly; seeing that he couldn't dodge the skill, he decisively activated his W to reduce damage and tanked the flying star!

Xiaohu was prepared. He stood under the tower and seized the opportunity when Galio was immobilized by using his W skill, and immediately used his E skill [Hypnotic Bubble] to attack!

One E, and it hits the target perfectly!

Faker felt a chill run down his spine and decisively used his E ability to run away.

But Faker knew in his heart that his E was probably meaningless.

Because Zoe still has her ultimate ability.

Xiaohu waited a couple of seconds until his Q skill was ready, then immediately used QQR to unleash a super long flying star, hitting Galio with a single shot followed by a passive attack, securing another kill!

"QG.Xiaohu has killed SKT.Faker!"

The moment the news of the solo kill came out, the more than 18,000 audience members in the audience erupted in cheers, their eyes wide with disbelief!

"Solo kill!" Miller exclaimed in disbelief in the commentary booth. "Xiaohu was incredibly clever that time! He pulled off a solo kill using the suddenly dropped Rocketbelt!"

At this moment, the LPL live stream chat room erupted in cheers!

【Turtle, Little Tiger!】

Achievement complete!

[After solo-killing BDD, Xiaohu then solo-killed Faker? What are you doing?]

I remain silent when facing LPL mid laners, but I unleash my full power when facing LCK mid laners!

I never expected Xiaohu to be a mid-laner who can fight against Korean opponents.

Haha, that's outrageous!

In the QG voice chat channel, praise poured in, and even teammates expressed disbelief.

"Solo kill!" Xiao Hu shouted. "Brother Shu, will you mourn me or not!"

"Wow, Xiaohu, that's awesome!" Xiangguo was stunned. "Your solo kill is way more impressive than Doinb's!"

Doinb once solo-killed Faker, but that time Doinb had a first blood advantage and forced the kill by relying on Syndra's stats. It was an extremely ugly kill and did not gain the approval of the QG players.

But Xiaohu is a different story.

That was a real solo kill, and it was even a tower dive!

Backstage, Doinb's face darkened as he listened to Xiangguo's words.

What are you talking about? When I solo-killed him, you were clearly saying how awesome I was, and now you're saying it's not impressive?

Xiao Hu's voice could still be heard coming from the lounge.

"What's so great about Faker?" Xiaohu said with a grin. "Beating Faker in a one-on-one fight is as easy as having hands, isn't it?"

"Awesome! Awesome!" QG members showered them with praise and admiration once again.

Xiaohu's solo kill was truly gratifying, considering that his laning phase has always been the most worrying.

Everyone thought that Xiaohu's ability to solo kill BDD was his limit.

Wow, Little Tiger has really awakened! Could it be that Chen Dongqing actually trained him to that level?

While sighing, Xiangguo accepted the red buff in his hand, leveled up to level six, and headed down to the bottom lane with his battle halberd.

With a 1v2 situation in the top lane and a solo kill in the mid lane, Xiangguo could only try to gank the bottom lane.

At this moment, SKT's Wolf and Stick duo were pushing the minion wave across the river, really preparing to seize this opportunity to chip away at the tower's health, since the top and mid lanes were basically destroyed, leaving only their bot lane to rely on.

Just then, a prince appeared in the river's field of vision.

Without saying a word, the two turned and ran.

But Xiangguo's offensive momentum was unstoppable, and the prince carried his halberd all the way to the front!

Wolf, playing Morgana, landed a Q on Jarvan IV, but Jarvan IV's EQ combo was completely immune to root. Despite being rooted, Jarvan IV used EQ to charge towards Morgana!

Wolf quickly used Flash to dodge the EQ combo, but Xiangguo wasn't worried at all. After the root was removed, he immediately used his ultimate to finish the combo off.

Xiangguo knew that Lucian with Flash and E was unkillable, so he focused on targeting the support!

This approach is undoubtedly correct. Without Flash, Morgana has no way to escape and can only watch as QG's bot lane duo approaches and kills her!

Uzi finally got the kill, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

But Xiangguo wasn't satisfied. He looked at Lucian, who had retreated, and said, "Xiaohu, can we move now? Let's gank bot lane 4v2."

"They're here!"

Nine minutes have passed.

QG's four-man gank on the bottom lane was launched in a timely manner!

It has to be said that SKT's lineup is indeed very strong in tower defense.

Faced with QG's four-man tower dive, Wolf's Morgana activated her ultimate, protected by Galio's ultimate, and with a Sejuani following behind, it was quite frightening for a moment!

QG reacted quickly, turning around and retreating. They treated this as baiting out the opponent's ultimate move, and nothing happened.

In the LCK backstage lounge, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, they managed to hold on this time.

As long as the bot lane doesn't die, there's still a chance in this game.

But then the camera switched to the top lane, where Vayne activated her ultimate again, using her Q to roll right up to Aatrox under the tower and then unleashing a barrage of auto-attacks!

Huni activated his ultimate to launch a strong counterattack, but Vayne rolled right up to him, and his first two Qs couldn't deal any damage. When he used his third Q, Vayne pushed him away with an E, so his three Qs basically didn't deal any damage!

On the contrary, Vayne used her E to pin the wall, followed by another three-hit combo, easily triggering Aatrox's ultimate resurrection!

Chen Dongqing turned around and left the tower first. After the Sword Demon revived, he used his last three-hit combo to finish off the revived, low-health Sword Demon. Then, with his health low, he left the tower. There was no suspense at all!

The cheers from the audience rose again! The LCK players backstage inhaled the breath they had just exhaled.

That's fine then, we'll still send it.

Who can stop this 3-0 Vayne? She's already roaming top lane!

The bottom lane managed to hold, but the top laner was solo-killed.

Anyone with eyes can see that SKT has completely lost control of the situation and is in dire straits!

After this solo kill, Chen Dongqing, with low health, knew that there was no one in the entire upper half of the map, so he simply pushed down the first tower in the top lane, further expanding his advantage.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo's frantic actions continued.

The first two ganks weren't exactly successful, and Xiangguo is bound to be angry. Now that his and Shi Senming's Flash abilities are ready, this gank is practically a sure thing!

Seeing that Xiangguo was exposed, Xiaoming stopped pretending and directly used W on a minion + Q to flash, launching a sudden team fight that knocked Lucian away.

This knock-up triggered Kai'Sa's passive, allowing Uzi to use his ultimate to fly right into the enemy's face and cut off their retreat!

The prince of Xiangguo also arrived quickly, and a cataclysmic event covered the two of them!

With a powerful initial attack from the three players, they finally took down SKT's toughest nut to crack, the bot lane duo!

After this wave, SKT's last fragile pillar collapsed.

After this successful push, the bottom lane finally broke through, and Uzi switched to the mid lane, quickly destroying the mid lane tower, which was already low on health.

At this point, the outcome of the game has been decided.

QG's three carries have all taken off, and all that's left is split pushing and flat pushing, which is QG's favorite rhythm.

At 26 minutes, QG caught Wolf in the jungle and then went all-in on Baron Nashor thanks to the output advantage of their two marksmen!

"They've got Baron Nashor!"

"Sang-hyeok hyung, what should we do?"

"Sang-hyeok hyung, are you going?"

Lee Sang-hyeok was completely numb.

Why are you asking me this? The enemy team has two marksmen pushing forward. What if they take Baron Nashor?

"Go, hurry up and go!" Faker's tone was clearly a bit urgent.

However, the situation in professional competitions can change in an instant, and the delay in this question and answer session is enough for too many things to happen.

Before the group could even reach the river, a message popped up on the screen announcing that QG had secured the Baron.

Lee Sang-hyeok felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

The enemy team has two marksmen, and Baron Nashor is moving too fast!

How do I fight this?

Faker pressed TAB and glanced at the kill count, economy, and tower pushes of both sides.

Although he didn't have a god's-eye view, his years of gaming experience told him that the economic difference between the two sides after this wave had probably exceeded 10,000.

Lee Sang-hyeok's gaming experience is indeed extensive. From God's perspective at this moment, QG, having secured Baron Nashor, has just widened their economic lead to over 10,000.

After QG players returned to base to replenish their supplies, they decisively grouped up and began their final push.

In the LPL backstage lounge, everyone present had plenty of experience being crushed by QG, ​​and they all knew that the match was about to end.

They all stood up, stretched their stiff bodies, and were ready to go on stage to hold the trophy.

As expected, QG's subsequent performance was also as anticipated. They first pushed all three lanes of minions to the high ground, and then the team gathered at the mid-lane high ground!

"Don't rush, don't rush, let Xiaohu land two Qs first!" Chen Dongqing shouted, "As long as Xiaohu can Q the carry, we'll go for it!"

In fact, team fights can be initiated directly, and with this economic advantage, tower diving is easy.

But we still need to give Xiaohu some recognition, since it won't interfere with anything anyway.

Xiaohu lived up to expectations. He seized a good opportunity and used QQR to flash and fire a super long-range cannon shot, hitting the Sword Demon directly and instantly taking away nearly half of the Sword Demon's health!

And that wasn't all. Before going back, Xiaohu cast an E [Hypnotic Bubble], hypnotizing Morgana who was standing next to him!

This is the perfect call to attack!

Because the hypnotic bubble was about to take effect, Wolf had to give himself the magic shield.

Seizing the opportunity, Shi Senming used Flash + WQ to enter the fray, instantly knocking up both the enemy Skarner and Aatrox!

Faker unleashed his Galio ultimate, but Xiangguo interrupted it with an EQ combo, then countered with his own ultimate, showcasing his unparalleled ferocity!

Xiaohu's Zoe didn't enter the fray; instead, he used Zoe to steal damage from the back.

But Chen Dongqing and Uzi were different. Chen Dongqing took the lead and flew into the fray, pinning Galio to the wall inside the Prince's inner circle with an E. Uzi also activated his ultimate to flank from behind, and the two marksmen instantly killed Galio!

Next up was a fairly ordinary output competition.

Bang's Lucian slid back and forth, trying to coordinate with his teammates to take down a marksman first.

However, Chen Dongqing and Uzi's output coordination was almost perfect, and they could easily take on the wandering Avengers in Pacific Rim. When their output hit Lucian at the same time, Lucian's health was almost completely depleted in one move!

Bang stared at his screen, which had suddenly turned black and white, and was slightly taken aback.

At this point, the outcome of the team battle has been decided!

In the end, Chen Dongqing killed Galio and Morgana, and Uzi killed Lucian and Sejuani. Of SKT's five remaining members, only Aatrox, who had respawned underground, was left.

Xiao Hu reacted quickly, taking advantage of the Sword Demon getting up, and finished him off with a single shot, wiping out the entire team!

The cheers from the audience below the stage were already unstoppable, and the waves of sound continued to rise!

"We won! We won!" Miller shouted excitedly from the commentary booth. "Let's congratulate QG in advance, and congratulate LPL in advance too! They've won three games in a row and taken the 2018 Asian Games championship!"

"Take it! Take it!" Backstage, JackeyLove was already bursting with excitement. He saw that QG was only one push away from victory, so he moved quickly and rushed towards the stage!

"Time to receive the award!" JackeyLove's voice echoed through the backstage corridor. "We're the champions!"

Behind them, the IG and FPX players followed in unison, their faces beaming with excitement.

The EDG players, however, showed little interest. They slumped in their gaming chairs, watching QG raze SKT's base to the ground.

Scout helplessly brushed the hair from his forehead, his face full of resignation.

Good, good, good, I've made it through another Intercontinental Championship.

Still 7,000 words today, let's finish writing the Intercontinental Cup first.

I'll take a short break for the next few days to catch my breath, and I'll resume 7,000-word updates once everything is sorted out.

(End of this chapter)