League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 476 You guys are pretty fickle, aren't you?

"Nice!" Watching the OG base explode, Luwei clenched his fist and shouted in the Douyu livestream room, "QG played so well this game, they're invincible!"

In another live stream, YYF, a top DOTA2 streamer, and several friends from the DOTA2 community were also marveling at the match.

After YYF gained popularity through live streaming, he and some retired players created an entertainment team called OB, which included several world champions.

Although these retired players are getting on in years and can no longer match the skills of younger players, their vision and understanding of the game are still quite good.

Even ZSMJ, who once racked up 3800 gold in seven minutes and created a legend of gold farming in China's number one position, is in this team.

"I have to say, Brother Tree's spending spree this time is really too exaggerated." YYF couldn't help but praise, "This is too outrageous! He's economically crushing the competition, coming out of the mountains and taking down five people at once!"

But even ZSMJ, looking at Sven's economy, was completely baffled at this moment.

After three major team fights, Sven's economy continued to climb. The game ended at 26 minutes, but Sven's economy was already close to 22,000!

In twenty-six minutes, the average economic output per minute exceeded eight hundred!

That's a terrifying number.

Isn't this much more impressive than when he scored 3800 in seven minutes back then?

He originally thought Ame's money-making ability was unmatched, but he didn't expect someone to be even more daring than him!

At this point, the viewers in the live broadcast room were relieved after watching the match.

Wow, I was worried that Tree Bro might not be up to par before the competition started.

Now it seems there's absolutely no need to worry!

With this ability to farm money, Brother Tree's position 1 performance is bound to be decent!

At this moment, the live chat exploded with comments.

[Brother Tree, a god among gods!]

This is the true value of being the best player in League of Legends; he dominates in Dota 2 just as easily, making no difference in any game.

[Okay, okay, I'll download the recording and analyze it frame by frame. I really need to see how he did it.]

Don't worry, you can't learn that. Just this skill of getting a Hand of Midas in six minutes of laning is something you'll never achieve in your entire life.

YYF glanced at the chat and chuckled, saying, "This Sven is probably going to be banned by OG, right?"

"It's definitely going to be banned!" Xie Bin said from the side, "Sven is too effective against OG's playstyle, they have to ban him."

Xie Bin's words make sense.

OG's position 4 player, JerAx, is known for his strength, with excellent early-game tempo and outstanding teamfight performance.

This type of position 4 player inevitably has to leech off the position 3 player.

However, the offlaner often has the responsibility of suppressing the enemy carry. How can an offlaner who is being drained of lifesteal suppress the carry?

In this respect, QG and OG are somewhat similar. Their position 1, position 2, and position 4 players are all quite outstanding. As for the other two positions, they can only be said to have some utility attributes.

The composition of the players on both sides means that they will have a hard time putting much pressure on the opposing carry. They can only focus on farming each other's carries, and the outcome will depend on their own abilities.

In this situation, Sven is like OG being strangled. As soon as the unstoppable Sven comes out of retirement, all of OG's plans will collapse instantly.

Therefore, it was inevitable that Sven would be banned.

The QG team was certainly aware of this situation.

"Sven being banned is fine, it doesn't matter." Chen Dongqing shrugged and laughed, "I didn't really like playing Sven anyway."

Sven is ultimately a bit clumsy, which doesn't fit Chen Dongqing's gaming style.

He keeps playing this hero mainly because he likes it to farm gold quickly, which helps him overcome his weakness in coordinating with teammates.

If Sven is gone, there are plenty of alternatives.

In fact, Sven was never their ultimate weapon.

Sure enough, when Chen Dongqing went on stage for the second game, he saw that Sven had already been banned.

Chen Dongqing remained calm and immediately locked onto a TB (Taiwanese TB) account.

Whatever, I'll just keep swiping.

Terrorblade, similar to the Wanderer, is a hero who farms gold quickly, gets geared up fast, and can win the game.

However, unlike Sven's basic attack split-type farming method, Terrorblade's farming method is to create a stronger clone that lasts for 34 seconds. The clone can clear lanes while the main body farms jungle camps, thus achieving both lane and jungle farming.

The money-farming process is more complicated, but it's also quite fast, and its carry potential after farming is even stronger than Sven's.

Because Terrorblade possesses the top-tier damage skill [Demonic Transformation], once activated, it transforms into a ranged attacker, possessing the physique of a melee fighter while maintaining ranged damage output, making it a true stationary turret.

Once this hero emerges from the mountain, he can create several large turrets using clones and demonic transformation. With the protection of his teammates, he can keep pushing forward. After destroying one tower, he can wait for the next demonic transformation and win by pushing at a fast pace.

Compared to Sven, Terrorblade is actually a more frequently seen hero in professional matches because he is more consistent.

After the draft was completed, Chen Dongqing lay back in his chair and laughed, "Brothers, try to stay calm and wait for me to carry!"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Dongqing added, "If you guys can carry, that would be even better; I'll lie down and play a round."

The other four players in QG are also champion-level, without a doubt. Chen Dongqing doesn't want to stifle their competitive spirit just because he's too strong.

Upon hearing this, several teammates around him grinned.

That's what they thought too.

They don't just wait for the number one player to spawn before they can win the game.

Besides being a fast way to earn money, Ame has another characteristic: it likes to give away free money after you earn it.

The Water Spirit's Reverse Wave is his masterpiece.

During those days when Ame was feeding, weren't his teammates the ones who were struggling to keep the situation afloat?

In this game, Maybe played Gangplank against Invoker. Although it was a short-ranged vs. long-ranged matchup, Maybe still managed to handle the laning phase perfectly thanks to Gangplank's lane dominance, achieving a terrifying 30-10 CS score in five minutes.

Looking at this CS (creep score) data, countless viewers couldn't help but gape in astonishment.

Ten denyes, thirty last hits? The player getting crushed this game has changed from Ceb to Topson, right?

Of course, such excellent fore-and-blow performance is not solely due to Maybe's efforts.

FY also made significant contributions.

FY's spiritual wanderings were like a dark cloud hanging over Topson's head, making his already difficult situation even worse.

Because OG prioritized dealing with Sven this game, the Maverick, who also performed well in the previous game, was not targeted and was picked by FY again.

In just five minutes, FY had already lost three boards in the mid lane.

The first time, he brought the opponent to low health; the second time, he directly killed Topson; and the third time, he helped Maybe secure the rune in the mid lane.

The pace is at its peak!

Now that the accumulated advantage is huge enough, Maybe in the mid lane can play however he wants. The captain is both hoarding jungle camps and suppressing enemy farm, and then he takes down the small jungle camps he has hoarded on both sides of the mid lane, and his economy takes off in one wave!

In the subsequent mid-game team battles, although QG was missing Chen Dongqing, they still managed to withstand the situation perfectly thanks to the captain's huge advantage.

Even when Chen Dongqing came out of retirement, the team was still slightly superior!

Having won the previous game despite being at a disadvantage, the outcome of this game, with its advantage, is obvious.

Soon, TB emerged and joined the fray.

This time, Terrorblade's economy wasn't as explosive as Sven's in the previous game, and he couldn't achieve a huge lead, but he still managed to reach the same level of economy as the unstoppable farmed Captain.

With these two core players, QG is naturally invincible in battles, and the situation quickly turned from a slight advantage to a significant one!

In the end, facing Terrorblade's push with Aegis, OG decided to fight to the death, just like in the previous game!

But in the end, they didn't even manage to get TB's resurrection.

The captain unleashed a powerful ultimate skill, providing crowd control and simultaneously boosting his teammates' fuel.

With the addition of ship oil, 45% of the damage received by the hero will be calculated with a delay.

TB shower boat oil is incredibly hard; with a single summon of several clones, you can stand still and masturbate!

In many ways, DOTA2 is just that simple and unpretentious, requiring almost no skill.

In League of Legends, even a fully equipped ADC still needs to kite, calculate the enemy's skill cooldowns, and use Flash to dodge crucial skills.

In Dota 2, in a balanced game, both sides might try to outplay each other with skill and strategy. But if a carry with a huge advantage and an Aegis of the Immortal doesn't need any skill, they can just stand and fight.

After a crushing defeat, TB, thanks to the [Blood Exchange] buff from his ultimate, perfectly maintained a safe health level and ultimately pushed all the way to victory in the team fight!

Same process, same ending.

Seeing their high ground team fight fail, OG once again typed "GG" and surrendered.

"Congratulations to QG!" the bearded European host shouted. "They've won this BO2 match 2-0!"

Chen Dongqing took off his headphones, and his teammates next to him laughed and gave each other a fist bump before leading the team toward OG's player bench.

Actually, the fact that BO2 requires a handshake is quite strange.

After all, this inevitably raises the question: if the score is tied 1-1, who will shake hands with whom?

Valve's rule is that the team that wins the second game should initiate the handshake.

This will obviously make the other team very unhappy.

It's clearly a 1-1 score, so why are you acting like the victors?

Of course, this isn't a problem in this particular match.

QG won both games in a straight line, with no suspense whatsoever.

When I walked to OG's bench, I saw that all five of them had gloomy faces and seemed to be thinking about something.

OGs are bound to be gloomy.

After all, at the start of the competition, the five of them were full of confidence and believed that they would definitely win both games.

They even beat QG, where Ame plays. Now that their opponents have made roster changes and replaced their strongest carry, how could they possibly lose?

This is impossible!

As it turns out, the two defeats are a stark reality.

The key figure in these two victories was undoubtedly Ilex, the point guard.

In the first game where they were at a disadvantage, Ilex painstakingly farmed for twenty minutes and then instantly turned the game around when he came out of retirement.

In the second game where he had the advantage, Ilex easily farmed money for twenty minutes, then came out of retirement to extend his lead and end the game.

Accelerate when in a strong position, and cover when in a weak one. This is practically a template for point guard play!

What's even more alarming is that ilex clearly reached the 10,000 MMR on the Chinese server last year by mastering hero skills, but in today's match, he displayed very few impressive plays.

Ilex easily won the game simply by relying on his solid money-farming ability.

Is he really that strong?

At this moment, Ilex had already walked up to them.

N0tail looked at the handsome Chinese man and said angrily, "I will definitely win next time."

Chen Dongqing was somewhat surprised to hear this.

In the past, the European and American players he encountered were usually defeated by him after just one match.

Why are you so defiant? Are you that stubborn?

Of course, Chen Dongqing had heard "we'll definitely win next time" countless times, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

Chen Dongqing remained expressionless, simply saying "OK," before walking towards the next person without a change in expression, completely disregarding them.

Seeing Chen Dongqing's disdainful behavior, N0tail couldn't help but clench his fist.

Chen Dongqing shook hands with the other OG players one after another, and then walked up to Ana.

Ana is of Chinese descent; his mother is from Shanghai. However, having grown up in Australia, his Mandarin is not very good; he can only speak Shanghainese.

But coincidentally, Chen Dongqing is also from Shanghai.

He watched Chen Dongqing approach and said with a helpless smile, "You're really good at spending money!"

Hearing the familiar local accent, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but become more patient. He smiled and said, "For a Chinese carry, this should be something anyone can do, right?"

"Really? Why don't I?" Ana joked. "Is it because I'm an Australian citizen?"

"That's probably true." Chen Dongqing shrugged and joked with a smile.

There wasn't much conflict between the two. After all, Ana, who would retire at any time to enjoy life, was also a player who didn't take his job seriously. He had no complaints about Chen Dongqing; on the contrary, he admired him greatly.

As a League of Legends player, to achieve such a dominant performance in Dota 2 is enough to command the respect of any player.

After the handshake ended, Chen Dongqing and his teammates waved to each other in the center of the stage.

Unlike just over an hour ago, after the two matches, the audience changed their previous indifferent attitude, and their cheers became noticeably louder than before!

Chen Dongqing could still see a few cold faces in the front row, but when he looked over again, he saw that those cold faces had disappeared.

It seems you guys are quite fickle.

I updated this morning, so this chapter is a bit shorter.

For the group stage, I'll focus on this one match and briefly describe the rest.

The main problem is that many readers don't recognize the other teams. If I introduce them on the spot, firstly, there won't be enough background information, and even if they win, it won't be satisfying; secondly, introducing too many people will confuse readers and make them unable to remember.

Therefore, I can only write a brief account; the subsequent events of the group stage are mainly used to set the stage for the knockout rounds.

(End of this chapter)