League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 471 Inferior Skill, I Admit Defeat

VP is a Russian team, which is physically far from China, and there is no compromise server available. If they want to play, they can only sacrifice the gaming experience on one side.

This time, QG made a slight sacrifice, moving to a European server to play.

Of course, European servers aren't bad either; at least they're stable and don't fluctuate much.

Chen Dongqing joined the requested custom room and saw the five VPs who were already ready.

Chen Dongqing didn't recognize any of these five people. He only knew that VP was the team with the highest score, which meant that their strength was definitely not bad. Out of politeness, he still sent a "hello" message.

Embarrassingly, there was no response.

The opposing team's number one player, RAMZES666, directly asked, "Where is AME?"

Where is AME?

It's obvious this guy is being sarcastic.

Europeans, whether in League of Legends or Dota 2, always speak so directly and frankly.

Upon hearing this, several players from the QG team wanted to retort.

However, due to their lack of cultural knowledge, the group didn't know what to say for a moment.

I'm stuck here.

Xnova, being Malaysian, knew a little English. He immediately put his hands on the keyboard, ready to engage in a verbal battle with the other person, but was stopped by Chen Dongqing.

"It's alright, there's no need." Chen Dongqing wasn't prepared to interact with the other person too much.

DOTA2 players have always looked down on those who play LOL; this has been a long-standing situation.

This situation will only become more serious among professional players.

Many international DOTA2 players have explicitly stated that they look down on the game LOL.

Domestic DOTA2 players have been thoroughly trained by Chen Dongqing. Last year, Chen Dongqing quickly reached 10,000 points and dominated all kinds of experts. The story is still fresh in everyone's mind. Moreover, the top DOTA2 team is QG, which is owned by the same family. Therefore, the news that Chen Dongqing wanted to cross over to DOTA2 did not cause much resistance in China. On the contrary, it was met with cheers.

But foreign DOTA2 professional players have never been defeated by Chen Dongqing; they are simply ignorant frogs in a well.

Since we've never been abused before, let's just abuse them a bit.

Another characteristic of professional players abroad is that although they are straightforward, they are never stubborn.

If you mistreat them, they'll quickly become your dutiful sons.

Soon, BP began.

In the draft phase of this game, Chen Dongqing respected the coach's instructions and picked Faceless Void.

The Void Mask was nicknamed Jβ Face, a title that predates the League of Legends scene by a considerable margin, making him arguably the originator of Jβ Face.

Besides its famous title, this hero is also famous for its skill system, making it a landmark hero in DOTA.

The first skill allows the user to dash to a target point within 675 yards and recover any damage taken in the last two seconds.

The second skill is an area-of-effect skill centered on the user. Its effect is to pause the opponent's skill cooldown, and to slow the enemy by 14% for each skill paused.

The third skill is amazing. It's a passive skill that has a 12%-24% chance (as the skill level increases) to stun the enemy for one second and summon a Void Mask from another timeline to attack the enemy again.

This is called a substitute attack!

The amazing thing about this skill is that as long as the attack speed is fast enough, it can be triggered again within the stun duration to achieve a continuous stun effect. It belongs to the classic permanent stun hero type in DOTA2. There are quite a few heroes like this in DOTA2. If the attack speed is fast enough, hitting the stun is equivalent to a solo kill.

Furthermore, the substitute's attack can trigger the passive skill again, meaning that a single basic attack can trigger the passive skill two, three, or even four times.

So theoretically, this hero has an extremely low probability of using a single basic attack to infinitely chain attacks and instantly kill the enemy, but no one has ever done it yet.

The ultimate skill is the most exaggerated, instantly covering an area and controlling both allies and enemies within the circle, with only Faceless Void himself able to move.

Furthermore, this control cannot be dispelled. Neither Manta Style nor Black King Bar will work. Once you are trapped, you can only hope that your teammates will rescue you from outside the circle, or pray that Faceless Void will have bad luck and trigger fewer of his passive abilities.

This ultimate move solidified his title as the Void Mask's Solo King.

Q is a movement skill, E is a probability-based damage skill, and the ultimate is a powerful control skill. This hero combines the ability to engage, deal damage, and initiate team fights, making him a perfect carry.

However, the drawbacks are also obvious. First, the ultimate skill has a long cooldown, requiring two minutes to use even at max level. Therefore, you need to get an Aghanim's Scepter to reduce the cooldown. After getting Aghanim's Scepter, the cooldown of the ultimate skill will be reduced to 60 seconds.

Secondly, the ultimate skill's stationary output makes it too easy for the opponent to control you, so you need to build Black King Bar to ensure your output environment.

Thirdly, the 17% chance to trigger the third skill is too unstable, so attack speed items are needed to increase the trigger frequency.

In other words, this hero requires at least three items to be viable, and his farming efficiency is neither high nor low, which greatly tests the player's laning and farming abilities.

The character needs to develop and become invincible upon emerging from the mountains; clearly, this is a hero tailor-made for Chen Dongqing.

Meanwhile, seeing that QG still dared to pick Faceless Void, the VP members in Russia couldn't help but snort coldly.

You dare to pick such a weak laner in front of us? Do you really think you're something special?

There's not much to say. They directly targeted the offlaner, Omniknight, which is their signature move for the offlaner position. It's all about offense, bullying those weak carry players in the early game, and it's incredibly effective.

"This game is in your hands!" VP's carry RAMZES666 said to his offlaner 9pasha, "Keep this Faceless Void under pressure, I can carry in the late game!"

Like other position 1 players, RAMZES666 is also an extremely skilled player at farming.

However, during the recent SuperMajor, RAMZES666 realized what it means to be outmatched.

QG's previous number one player, AME, farmed even more gold and had more refined mechanics. In the match at that time, AME played Morphling and transformed into Gyrocopter in a losing game, contributing a memorable moment of high-explosive water cannon 1v4, which he still remembers vividly.

This is why he has a special appreciation for, and even admiration for, AME.

That's why when he saw that AME had been replaced by a League of Legends player, his first reaction was naturally to be dissatisfied.

Who do you think you are? Why were you parachuted into the starting lineup? Just because you have 10,000 ranked points? I have 10,000 points too!

Today I'm going to teach you a lesson so you'll know that DOTA2 isn't as simple as you think!

Game start!

Chen Dongqing bought a Quelling Blade and attribute-boosting items and slowly headed out. As usual, he picked up the Bounty Rune first, and then went back online to last-hit minions.

Omniknight is indeed a monstrous hero in lane. After all, his first skill, Baptism, can heal himself while dealing high damage to surrounding enemies. Just by relying on this self-healing and damage-dealing skill, he can be invincible against melee heroes.

But it's not a big problem.

Dota 2 is not like League of Legends. There's no need to fight to the death with your opponent in lane. In fact, most of the time, kills don't mean much. After all, TP cooldown is short and cheap in this game. If you die, you can just TP back to lane and that's it. You won't lose much gold.

In other words, the kills during the laning phase of this game are very "dry".

Therefore, if you don't die too many times during the laning phase and can smoothly transition to the jungle farming phase, then you have already succeeded in laning.

That's exactly what Chen Dongqing was thinking.

In this game, his main strategy was to withstand pressure and farm. He didn't auto-attack his hero at all, and he didn't last-hit minions that would cause him to lose too much health. He simply hooked the creeps over and slowly cleared them with the help of position 5 player Xnova.

Chen Dongqing's finishing skills are outstanding in their solidity. Even when deliberately under pressure, his finishing skills did not fall behind, and he even managed to sneak in a few counter-attacks.

But the opposing VP seemed unable to tolerate this situation.

The number one position is one that needs to be targeted, and Ilex is a thorn in their side, so of course they need to target him!

Four minutes later, the enemy's position 5 Crystal Maiden, who was supposed to be laning in the top lane, suddenly ran to the bottom lane. Thanks to the crucial play of position 4 Earthshaker in the dark, he appeared from the side and followed up with an Ice Prison. Caught off guard and controlled, Chen Dongqing had nothing to say and simply gave up his life.

(Note: "Plate" is a general term for a type of skill in DOTA 2. The characteristic of this type of skill is that it can control enemies in a long strip in front of you at the same time, similar to Pierce's W. In addition, there is the hammer, which is similar to the old version of Sion's Q. It throws a projectile and directly controls the enemy.)

"Ice Maiden is here." Chen Dongqing gave this information to his teammate, and then teleported back online.

He didn't expect that the opposing position 5 player would even abandon their carry and roam directly to the bottom lane.

What kind of deep-seated hatred is this?

Fortunately, dying once in this game is not a big loss, and dying twice is not a serious blow. If the opponent dares to come, he dares to die!

And very soon, the other side really did arrive.

At six minutes, the enemy mid laner, at level six, secured the Haste rune and immediately used it to force a tower dive!

Chen Dongqing looked at the four people around his tower, speechless.

Are you guys sick in the head?

Objectively speaking, VP's decision in this round was not very rational.

In short, since the TP cooldown is short in this game, if you see your teammates being surrounded, just TP over to help them!

At this moment, Maybe (position 2) and FY (position 4) quickly teleported to the bottom lane, initiating a four-man melee under the tower.

Thanks to the damage output from the defensive towers, QG didn't lose out in this battle, managing to achieve a two-for-two exchange.

But Chen Dongqing still died, and his record came down to 0-2-2, which can only be described as a less than ideal start.

"Come on, come on, hit me!"

"Come on, come on, hit me!"

At this moment, the VP players on the other side saw that Faceless Void had reached 0-2, and they all showed satisfied smiles. They even sent out mocking emoticons in unison, highlighting their provocation and arrogance.

With this level of skill, you think you can compete in TI8? You should just give AME back!

Xnova, the number five player who was in the same miserable situation as Chen Dongqing, moved his mouse to block the wheel of the opposing five players, and he looked a little annoyed.

But Chen Dongqing remained calm.

It's not a big problem; it's still under control.

Didn't you see that the kill ratio is still even? That's enough.

If teammates are well-developed, they have a higher chance of holding the game together. So, if he just plays along with his teammates, it won't be difficult for him to develop slowly.

Chen Dongqing has assembled a prosthetic leg and is back online in TP mode.

Having died twice before, Chen Dongqing played more cautiously. He simply stopped trying to last-hit dangerous minions and let the enemy take down the towers. After the towers were destroyed, he could last-hit minions more easily.

Xnova, the position 5 player, has stopped playing in the bottom lane and instead joined his teammates to gank.

This strategy is undoubtedly correct. After all, Maybe, the team's second position player, is very fed at this time. Maybe can lead the other three teammates to gank and attract all the enemy's firepower, giving Chen Dongqing room to develop.

Over the next few minutes, Chen Dongqing maintained a slow pace of development. Void is a hero that farms gold very slowly, after all, he doesn't have an AOE passive like Sven, and he usually doesn't build Battle Fury, so he can't catch up in gold quickly.

But it's not a big problem.

Compared to Anti-Mage, Void's advantage lies in his ability to participate in team fights. Occasionally joining a team fight with teammates and getting a few assists can be much more rewarding than farming jungle monsters.

This is also why Chen Dongqing has been participating in training recently—to practice teamwork and coordination with teammates in such situations.

Sixteen minutes later, Chen Dongqing acquired a Prosthetic Leg, a Skyhawk Ring, and a Mask of Madness, giving him initial combat capabilities.

After pushing the lane, he pretended to go back to the jungle to farm, but in reality, as soon as he went back into the shadows, he immediately used Teleport on the top lane.

This time it was very effective. When the two sides were fighting fiercely in a 4v4 battle, a Void Faceless suddenly appeared with a score of 0-2 and used his ultimate to trap the remaining three enemies!

The current Faceless Void doesn't have the power to kill three people with one ultimate, but killing one of them is still no problem.

Damn it, let's hit the Ice Girl!

I'll let you catch me early on!

Chen Dongqing used his first skill to dash over and immediately activated his "Mad Face" ability!

The Mask of Madness is a very cost-effective item, granting an immediate 110% attack speed upon activation. However, its downside is that it can silence you and significantly reduces your armor, essentially making it a self-destruct item.

This kind of thing is perfect for controlling enemies and spamming auto-attacks with Faceless Void.

He pounded the Ice Maiden with his big stick, and with the occasional passive effect triggered, he finally killed the evil support just as her ultimate was about to dissipate.

As for the remaining two, they'll naturally be left to their teammates!

Ultimately, thanks to the addition of Faceless Void, QG gained a huge lead with a two-for-four exchange in this team fight!

After killing the enemy, Chen Dongqing saw that his ultimate skill was about to enter its three-minute cooldown, so he disappeared again and entered a mode of farming both lane and jungle.

At this point, the QG team had gained a slight overall advantage, and Maybe's equipment was becoming increasingly superior. He continued to lead his teammates to gank and expand their advantage over the next few minutes!

VP was overwhelmed by Maybe's performance and felt immense pressure.

Now they realize what the problem was with their performance.

They focused too much on the opponent's Void, which allowed Maybe to seize the opportunity and get ahead, preventing them from developing their own strategy for a while!

Most importantly, even though this Void was heavily targeted, he still played a decisive role with a crucial ultimate move.

In comparison, the Void on the other side is actually quite crucial!

RAMZES666 felt a little ashamed in this situation; his advantage with Morphling was less effective than the opponent's disadvantageous Void Spirit.

While fully focused on farming in the jungle, he glanced at the time and said, "Don't rush, don't rush, I'll be out of the mountains soon!"

But just then, a purple shadow suddenly flashed by.

Suddenly, a Void Mask rushed to his side!

RAMZES666 was immediately taken aback.

A fully agile Morphling deals high damage, but has the lowest health. If caught in a Void Spirit's shroud, he's guaranteed to die!

He quickly activated the attribute conversion, attempting to transform his attributes into strength.

But it was too late.

As if he didn't need to react, the Void Mask activated his ultimate move, [Time Barrier], the moment he charged over!

"Help! Help! Help!" RAMZES666 shouted in the team voice chat, causing his teammates to turn their cameras towards him.

The VP players saw a semi-circular shield lock the fully agile Morphling inside the circle, and then Faceless Void swung his small hammer. He didn't even need to activate Mask of Madness; he easily killed Morphling with the attack attributes provided by his newly added javelin!

After killing the person, Void Mask used another teleportation ability to disappear back into the darkness.

The teammates were also helpless.

You're trapped in the jungle, how are we supposed to save you? There's nowhere to teleport nearby!

"Sukabul!" The Russian player RAMZES666 couldn't help but slam his hand on the keyboard. "How did he know I was here? I was clearly farming in my own jungle, I never missed any vision!"

But he was destined never to get an answer.

他只能看着这个0-2-2的虚空假面，在两个大招以后已经变成了2-2-4。

Their efforts in the first ten minutes were all meaningless.

Next, Void continued his farming and ganking rhythm, relying on the attack speed bonus from Mask of Madness to farm both lanes and jungle, while looking for opportunities to withdraw gold whenever his ultimate was available, and only starting to officially participate in team fights after completing Black King Bar.

From that moment on, QG's advantage rapidly increased.

With Void's ultimate ability initiating the fight, QG won multiple team battles. The game eventually dragged on for over forty minutes. Void then acquired Aghanim's Scepter, Maelstrom, and Satanic, becoming truly invincible!

In the final team fight, Void Spirit, fully equipped, landed a powerful ultimate on the enemy's carry and mid laner. His hammer, enhanced by his divine gear, moved with incredible speed, triggering his passive [Time Lock] repeatedly. Countless clones appeared on screen, leading to the elimination of both enemy carries in one fell swoop, ultimately securing the victory in this scrim!

In the end, seeing no hope of winning, VP simply typed "GG" and surrendered to end the game.

Only then did Chen Dongqing finally manage a smile, press the emoticon wheel, and type "GG".

He doesn't like to taunt his opponents during matches, so his emoticon wheel doesn't contain any fancy taunting quotes.

At this point, a simple "GG" is enough.

On the other side, RAMZES666 also sent over an emoji wheel—

"I am inferior in skill, so I concede defeat."

After waiting a week for my outpatient appointment, I got up at 7 a.m. today, spent over 70 yuan on a taxi, and waited at the hospital for three hours before finally seeing the doctor.

Then the doctor told me, "This abnormal data is not very meaningful; you should have a follow-up check-up regularly."

Then I came back.

It was a bit tiring, but it's good that nothing happened.

I've saved up a 4,000-word chapter in the last two days, and the plot points are quite well-timed, so I won't revise it. I'll post this chapter tomorrow, and then make a triumphant return the day after!

(End of this chapter)