League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 494 Just Wait to Die

After a brief delay, the live stream was clearly transmitted to domestic live streaming platforms.

Countless domestic players applauded and cheered as the Korean team's base exploded!

Wow, you swept through in less than 25 minutes? That was easy!

There's not much difference between the South Korean team and the Pakistani team!

In the live broadcast, the Chinese team members stood up with smiles on their faces, exchanged fist bumps with their teammates, and then walked back to the backstage with their arms around each other's shoulders.

"To be honest, the Korean team is really not good, right?" Xiangguo couldn't help but complain as he walked into the backstage dressing room: "Their top, mid, and jungle are not as strong as IG's. The Korean team should just let Rookie and TheShy play."

"You know what," Chen Dongqing chuckled from the side, "the Korean team's top, mid, and jungle players are really not as good as IG's."

From Chen Dongqing's perspective as someone who's been there, there's really nothing wrong with what he said. After all, the strength of IG's top, mid, and jungle players at their peak was among the best in the entire history of his previous life.

This old Smeb and this old Faker are indeed a bit lacking.

Abu chuckled from the side, "Given how Koreans are, how could they possibly recruit Korean players in China? The best Korean mid laner in the last two years should be Doinb, right? I haven't seen them use him."

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but laugh, "They wouldn't use Doinb, would they?"

Everyone laughed when this was mentioned.

Everyone returned to their seats, and Abu looked at the Chinese team players below the stage, feeling quite satisfied.

With these five people, being a coach is really a breeze.

Dogs are welcome!

Suppressing his excitement, he continued, "Everyone performed brilliantly in the first match! But there are still two more matches to go, so everyone must stay calm and focused, and let's try to win all three!"

As they were talking, Abu opened his notebook and began discussing the draft picks for the second game with everyone.

"The Korean team will choose sides next, they'll probably switch to blue side, and they'll either pick or ban Irelia, they'll definitely limit her."

The Chinese team players present understood Abu's meaning, and they immediately began to discuss and offer solutions to every possible plan proposed by the South Korean team.

Meanwhile, in the South Korean team's locker room...

Top coaches Kkoma and Edgar weren't in a rush to find the traitor in the previous game because the reason for their loss was too simple, and finding the traitor wouldn't make much sense. They were better off discussing the draft for the next game.

"Next game, we'll definitely be going to pick the blue side," Kkoma said seriously. "Fiora, Irelia, Akali, Jayce—we should ban three and pick one. Which one do you think we should pick?"

The group exchanged glances, their minds racing with thoughts.

Jayce, a champion who cannot switch between top and mid lane, should definitely be excluded.

If you had to choose between Irelia and Akali

They quickly found the answer.

The halftime break passed quickly, and when the South Korean team walked out of the locker room again, their eyes showed a newfound determination.

In a best-of-five series, falling behind by one game isn't a big problem, especially since the first game is the opponent's side selection game, so losing is acceptable.

If they can hold onto their chosen side and advance to the decisive battle, they still have a chance!

If they can't hold on after choosing sides, and are down 0-2...

Then they can research the fastest route back to South Korea in advance.

Soon, both players returned to the arena and took their seats under the watchful eyes of the audience.

Chen Dongqing was positioned in the top lane of the red team, watching the game enter the draft phase.

As expected, the South Korean team chose the blue side again in this game.

As for the bans, they were completely as expected.

Ban Irelia, Fiora, and Jayce, let Akali play, and first pick her as a flex pick for mid or top.

The Chinese team had already prepared a contingency plan for this situation, and they chose to ban Poppy, Ryze, and Aatrox in this game.

The difference from the previous game is that, seeing that the Korean team hadn't banned Akali, they chose to let Galio through and banned Aatrox.

Galio has an advantage against mages, and his melee taunt makes him a counter to melee mage assassins like Akali.

After picking Galio for mid lane, the Chinese team then locked in Camille for top and jungle flex picks, making their first two draft picks perfect!

Upon seeing this, Abu slammed the notebook shut, revealing a confident smile befitting a wise man who had foreseen the future.

Wow, this draft is so easy!

These players have such a deep hero pool that they don't need to worry about at all.

Of course, this is only the first step.

After Galio was picked, the Korean team was forced to move Akali to the top lane and then lock in Cassiopeia in the mid lane to counter him.

The next step is the second step.

"Come on, Tree Bro," Abu said, arms crossed. "What are you planning to use against Akali? We have plenty of engage and frontliners this game, pick whatever you like!"

"Playing Akali?" Chen Dongqing replied without hesitation, "Okay, give me Kled, I'll carry top lane this game!"

This version of Akali can outlast mages thanks to the cooldown of her Q skill. Once she reaches level six, she can unleash a combo to finish them off. With her smoke bomb and the kiting provided by her Q and passive, she can torment melee champions. She is a true all-rounder in the mid and top lanes, and can be played against almost anyone.

There aren't many champions that can counter Akali, but Kled is definitely one of them.

Kled's two-stage E skill dash and Q skill's ability to provide true vision of the enemy make him Akali's undisputed super carry!

Pulling? Invisibility? Those don't exist.

Xiao Hu didn't hesitate at all regarding Brother Shu's choice and immediately locked in Kled!

This choice sent the audience into a frenzy of excitement!

Tree Bro's Kled? There are so many iconic scenes from that!

The urban legend that every "thump thump thump" can take away several lives of the other side is not just a tall tale.

This time, Smeb is visibly going to suffer a heavy blow.

In the second round of the draft, Abu let Uzi play in the bottom lane by himself, picking Kai'Sa and Tahm Kench for him, and the lineups for both sides were thus determined.

Kai'Sa is a great champion choice. The key point is that only this champion can keep up with the top, mid, and jungle duo of Kled, Camille, and Galio.

Characters like Xayah and Varus are just not good enough.

With this, the lineups for both sides are finalized.

Blue side, South Korea: Top lane Akali, Jungle Xin Zhao, Mid lane Cassiopeia, Bot lane Xayah and Rakan.

Red Team (China): Top lane Kled, Jungle Camille, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Tahm Kench.

Inside the South Korean live broadcast room at this moment.

It's clear that South Korea is strongly supporting the League of Legends event at this Asian Games.

They gave the green light to the event broadcasts, with live TV coverage and top-notch commentary—everything you could want.

Although it was just an exhibition match, the League of Legends event garnered far more viewership than some official tournaments!

Renowned commentators such as Roaring Emperor and Kim Dong-jun were dressed in formal suits, solemnly analyzing the lineups for this game from their commentary booths.

Their final conclusion was: This lineup is okay, but be careful in the top lane!

The most challenging task in this game is the top lane, after all, the Chinese team has Kled, Galio, and Tahm Kench, which is a hellish difficulty for Akali!

Smeb, you have to hold on!

As long as there are no mistakes in the top lane, the chances of winning this game are absolutely huge!

With the hope that the South Korean team would win, this was all the people could pray for.

At this time, on the relevant Korean esports forums, there were still many experts or casual commentators expressing pessimistic opinions, believing that the score could already be declared 2-0. They believed that the Korean team had no chance of winning the game against the Chinese team's strong top, mid, and jungle players.

Of course, in the Great Cold Kingdom where collectivism is extremely prevalent, such words that are detrimental to unity cannot be said, and they were quickly attacked by the masses.

What are you saying, you little brat!

[Where did this pro-China person come from? Is there anyone on this forum who actually wants the Chinese team to win?]

Just believe! Believe in Lee Sang-hyeok!

[Haha, then you should still believe in Song Jinghao. If he doesn't go to Ilex's place of filial piety, then he still has a chance to win this round.]

The fact that just a few trolling remarks have triggered such fierce criticism shows that South Koreans are really worried this time.

Amid the discussion, the second game quickly began, with both teams' heroes loading into Summoner's Rift.

In this laning phase, Chen Dongqing undoubtedly held the initiative.

Akali can only be somewhat of a threat against Kled at level one, using her Q and passive range advantage to just tickle him.

After reaching level two, Akali even has difficulty last-hitting minions!

Chen Dongqing didn't push the lane this game. He positioned himself far back, giving Akali the right to last hit, and controlled the minion wave in the middle to play slowly.

It wasn't until the third level that Chen Dongqing finally made his move.

You want to eat the cannon truck? If you want to eat it, then you'll get beaten up!

Smeb's plan was brilliant; he wanted to finish off the siege vehicle first, then use a smoke grenade to escape.

However, Chen Dongqing gave her no chance at all. He seized the opportunity when Akali was last-hitting the cannon minion and directly used EQ to rush in, with the [Bear Hook] accurately hooking onto Akali!

Smeb then threw a smoke grenade, but Kled's Q provided true sight for the enemy, rendering Akali's smoke grenade ineffective!

Seizing the opportunity, Chen Dongqing decisively invested his skill points into W, AAAEA, and four high-speed basic attacks swiftly struck Akali. Combined with the second stage of damage from Q, he instantly reduced Akali's health to below half!

Smeb did manage to finish off the siege minion, but at the cost of half its health.

Smeb's mindset underwent a subtle change.

Damn it, how am I supposed to lane against this guy?

Furthermore, Akali's smoke bomb has a long cooldown, during which time he doesn't even have the chance to last-hit minions.

Chen Dongqing grinned, pleased with his successful scheme, and moved on to the next step.

The next step, of course, is to climb the tower!

With Kled on the team and the enemy still at half health, there's no reason not to tower dive!

Chen Dongqing is no longer controlling the lane. He drove Akali out of the experience zone and then slowly started to accumulate lane resources and push forward, intending to give Akali a big push.

This tower dive was clearly a blatant act of cunning, and the Korean team reacted immediately, with Peanut's Xin Zhao arriving early to protect the top lane.

But it's not very useful.

Kled Camille's tower-diving ability is truly monstrous; it's not something that can be protected by a single shield.

As the top lane minions pushed into the tower, Chen Dongqing saw that Xiangguo was in position and was about to make a move!

In that instant, many images flashed through Chen Dongqing's mind as he considered strategies for tower diving and killing Akali.

To be honest, this is not an easy target.

While Kled's Q can break Akali's invisibility, Akali can also use Flash + E to forcibly break the chains.

Or perhaps Smeb reacted quickly and flashed to dodge his Q.

Unless Chen Dongqing uses Q-Flash to get close, then E-Flashes again, he can definitely kill him.

However, if you lose your Flash, you're more likely to be taken down by Zhao Xin after dismounting.

Overall, it's not very stable.

The next second, Chen Dongqing suddenly saw Zhao Xin rush out from the side with a long spear in his hand!

Peanut didn't even let Smeb seduce him first; he suspected Smeb would be forcibly killed, so he came out to intimidate him in advance.

That line of thinking is correct.

However, Peanut overestimated his own intimidation power and underestimated Kled Camille's fighting strength.

Chen Dongqing's eyes lit up when he saw Zhao Xin rushing over from the side!

Hey, I was just figuring out how to kill Akali, and you just delivered yourself to my death?

You, Xin Zhao, are much easier to kill than Akali, aren't you?

"Get him!" Seeing Zhao Xin approach, Chen Dongqing didn't hesitate and immediately used his EQ to confront him!

The pace of the game changed so fast that most junglers might not be able to react in time. But Xiangguo and Chen Dongqing have been playing together for so many years, so their coordination is still solid. Camille used her E to hang on the tower and kicked it up with one kick, then used AQA to launch a powerful attack!

Chen Dongqing slashed three times in a row, and after pulling Zhao Xin back with Q, he followed up with a second E followed by a fourth slash, bringing Zhao Xin to low health!

At this moment, Xiangguo kicked up and secured the first blood!

A level 3 Kled and a level 3 Camille, a burst combo can undoubtedly finish off a character from full health!

Smeb stood there, stunned, watching as the two enemies killed his teammate.

He really didn't have any solutions.

After Kree finished killing the man, he didn't even dismount. The cowardly lizard, no longer cowardly, turned around and disappeared into the darkness with Kree on its back!

Chen Dongqing looked at Akali below the tower and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Killing Zhao Xin is like having a side dish; you haven't even had the main course yet.

Pity.

There's no other way but to keep calling for more players.

Fortunately, their draft this game was very aggressive, and Akali didn't survive.

Five minutes passed quickly.

This time, the Korean team made the first move. Peanut flanked and ganked mid, and Faker accurately used a ground stun to keep Xiaohu in place. Then, Xin Zhao went in and used three Conqueror's Blade to knock Xiaohu away. With the help of Cassiopeia's Venomous Fang, they got the first kill!

Inside the South Korean commentary booth, the "Roaring Emperor" let out a roar, filled with excitement!

"Great! That's how we play!" Kim Dong-jun shouted excitedly, "Feed Faker up, and we'll win this game!"

This kill was indeed crucial.

After all, five minutes into the game, Xiaohu had already used TP to replenish his health once. After being killed in this wave, Xiaohu will face a huge loss of minions, and he will likely be at a great disadvantage in the mid lane.

The three South Korean commentators were talking back and forth, practically betting the Chinese team would lose.

But twenty seconds later, their smiles vanished.

Who is Xiaohu?

Scoundrel!

If a player picks Galio, then the loss of minion waves in the mid lane becomes irrelevant.

Making your father comfortable is the key to victory!

After Xiaohu returned to base, he immediately bought a pair of Mercury's Treads and then rushed to the top lane, launching a three-man gank right away!

With Galio's taunt active, Akali's smoke bomb was completely ineffective, and she was immediately sucked in!

Akali landed a basic attack on Galio, forcing him to reveal himself!

Chen Dongqing immediately followed up with a Q, combined with Camille's stun and Galio's knock-up, completing an unremarkable three-man gank!

The three South Korean commentators, who were cheering just a second ago, suddenly fell silent.

It seems that dying once for Galio versus dying once for Akali is more damaging for the latter.

The three remained silent for a long time before the Roaring Emperor finally managed to say, "This round... wasn't a loss, was it? Not a loss."

"Yeah, it's definitely not a loss." Kim Dong-jun thought for a moment and said, "After all, Galio will still lose minions in this gank on the top lane, so we definitely gained economically."

The commentators' remarks sparked widespread discontent among the audience.

Not a loss yet?

You're forcing yourself to not lose out, huh?

Galio's economy is worthless!

A poorly played Akali is useless.

Even if Galio's economy is behind, the enemy can still taunt, knock up enemies, and use his ultimate to provide support!

Besides, who says Cassiopeia always has an advantage? She's never been kicked by Kled's ultimate, has she?

"Ta-da!"

Eight minutes later, a familiar voice rang out, a voice like a nightmare, reaching the ears of every Korean player!

Faker saw a red mark appear behind him and immediately understood.

The goal is yourself.

Of course, he wasn't completely without room for maneuver. He first activated Sprint, turned around, and slipped back to the tower. Then, taking advantage of Kled's kick, he used his ultimate, Petrifying Gaze, to control him. After that, he applied Ground Bind and ran away!

There was no other way; this was all Faker could do to keep Kled away.

Unfortunately, QG didn't just have one Kled in this wave.

In the nearby jungle, Camille launched a flying kick, which missed Cassiopeia but still brought her into the range of her ultimate!

[Hextech Ultimatum] Followed by [Hero's Appearance]!

Little Tiger landed hard on the ground, sending the snake woman, who had been locked in the Green Steel Shadow's lock, flying!

The next second, Kled broke free from his restraints, used his E to unleash a flurry of attacks, and easily dispatched Faker!

This time, Peanut was still crouching down on the sidelines, but having learned his lesson from last time, he glanced around and reluctantly chose to retreat.

On the players' bench, Faker looked pained and couldn't help but rub his nose with his fingers.

This guy, Kaminano, is determined to take him down; he's really not going to survive!

Backstage, Kkoma and Edgar also looked quite grim, knowing that this wasn't Faker's fault, but rather QG's top, mid, and jungle lineup was simply too overpowered.

Once these three powerful moves are unleashed, who can withstand them?

Of course, part of the reason is that QG's top, mid, and jungle players are too overpowered.

Nine minutes in, Xiangguo flanked and caught Akali, trying to catch her again.

Of course, that's impossible.

Faced with Kled's hook lock, Smeb immediately used Flash + his ultimate + E, dashing over in three consecutive dashes and disappearing from QG's sight.

Chen Dongqing shook his head helplessly.

There's obviously no other way.

In this version, Akali's ultimate can be cast directly on the ground, allowing her to teleport in mid-air, making her almost impossible to kill.

He simply pushed the lane into the tower and attacked the tower together with Xiangguo.

With such a significant advantage in lane, and the enemy's top tower already on the verge of collapse, they took advantage of the situation to secure the first tower kill in the top lane.

At this moment, exactly ten minutes had passed.

Chen Dongqing turned around and helped Xiangguo control the vanguard, thus maintaining control of the map resources.

"Let's go back to base and replenish our supplies, then prepare to move downhill," Chen Dongqing said calmly. "Once Jian Zihao is freed, we can win the game immediately."

Chen Dongqing didn't rush to make a move. He stayed in the top lane for a while longer, waiting until the minion wave pushed past the enemy's first tower before finally returning to base to replenish his supplies.

Twelve minutes have passed.

Chen Dongqing returned to the city, upgraded his equipment, and headed straight for the bottom lane.

At this point, the director switched the camera to the bottom lane, where it could be seen that Ruler's laning phase was still not very comfortable.

Being pinned under the tower, I was delayed by more than twenty CS, and the tower's health was down to half.

It's no exaggeration to say that Ruler didn't die in the laning phase, but he was completely outmatched.

All it takes to completely destroy Ruler is one tower dive.

"Ta-da!"

A sound of despair rang out!

The target this time is the bottom lane!

Kled took the lead, rushing straight into the tower. With a single hook of his [Bear-Catching Lasso], he captured Ruler!

At the same time, QG's gods descended, Camille delivered a flying kick, Galio used his ultimate to draw a circle, and a five-man gank on the two landed with a bang!

Because Faker brought Ghost instead of Teleport this game, the five QG players acted recklessly, knowing that the Korean team had no support!

Peanut was still right there, but just like last time, he glanced at the situation and chose to turn and run away.

It's definitely impossible to save it.

Ultimately, the outcome of this wave was as expected.

With a five-man gank on the bottom lane, the Korean team's bottom laner was killed under the tower, and there was no suspense whatsoever.

Chen Dongqing teleported to the top lane to defend the top tower, while the rest of QG grouped up to push down the bottom tower!

The four first destroyed one tower, then released the vanguard to charge forward and take down the second tower in the bottom lane as well. Only then did the group leave satisfied.

This wave of gains resulted in two players and two defensive towers, enough to create an economic advantage of over 2000!

The price they paid was just one mid-lane tower – Faker didn't move at all during the entire wave, staying in the mid-lane to push the lane and painstakingly taking down the tower.

Clearly, this tower is nothing special.

Uzi switched lanes to the mid lane, first directing the jungler and support to establish vision around the area, and then grouped up to push the tower.

After several waves of minions, they successfully destroyed the Korean team's mid-lane tower at the 18-minute mark.

"Hurry up, brothers!" Chen Dongqing kept giving orders in the voice chat. "Their three-carry lineup is trying to stall, so let's just speed things up and take them down. We have a huge advantage now, we can beat them easily!"

Hearing these arrogant remarks, Abu's eyelids twitched backstage.

In all his years as a coach, he's only ever heard of commanders telling their teams to "slow down" or "don't rush," never "hurry up."

Will things really go wrong if we move too fast?

Of course there won't be any problems.

Although Chen Dongqing wanted the team to move quickly, he also had a specific strategy in mind.

He doesn't do anything risky; he only picks on the weak.

Faker's Cassiopeia has ways to counter their charge, so Cassiopeia is definitely not an option; just let her farm.

They're targeting Akali.

Akali is incredibly fast, but against Camille Galio, she's only so-so.

At 19 minutes, Xiangguo scanned and flanked, landing a flying kick followed by a headshot, trapping Akali inside the circle. With Galio's ultimate landing, Smeb could only throw out a smoke grenade in advance, hoping to buy as much time as possible!

But the next second, Kled used his EQ combo to tether him with a grappling hook, exposing him to the outside world.

The three of them punched and kicked Smeb again, knocking him unconscious and sending him away.

Smeb was beaten so badly he had no choice but to give up.

After killing Smeb, the timer turned exactly 20 minutes, and QG immediately went for Baron without hesitation!

The Baron Nashor arrived precisely at the 20-minute mark; the pace of this game was incredibly fast, it was definitely fast enough.

The result of this round was indeed pleasing to the eye. The South Korean team was playing it safe and trying to put pressure on the Chinese team and force them to retreat.

But to everyone's surprise, the Chinese team was not intimidated at all. Uzi's Kai'Sa unleashed a barrage of basic attacks, and the Baron's health plummeted!

With no other option, the Korean team had to choose to fight on two fronts: Peanut would try to steal the dragon and engage in team fights head-on.

This is China's chance to end the game, and also their chance to turn the tide!

But the result can only be described as pleasing to the eye.

Peanut ventured alone into the dragon pit, but failed to steal the dragon and was instantly killed.

At the same time, Chen Dongqing's Kled, riding Skaar, charged alone into the midst of the remaining three members of the South Korean team!

But Kled's tankiness exceeded the Korean team's expectations. Faker spat out his poison fangs until his mouth was wobbled, and Kled had only just dismounted when Bloodthirster was triggered, followed by another Sighing Shield!

While Kled was taking damage, the Chinese team's teammates followed up. Galio used his ultimate to protect Kled, and Camille and Kai'Sa flew into the fray one after the other, resulting in a top-tier team fight where 0 for 4!

At this moment, Smeb's Akali, after being resurrected, had just arrived at the front. Looking at the five members of QG standing in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh.

This one, I sent it again.

What followed was meaningless garbage time. Without seizing the opportunity presented by the Baron, the Korean team had no chance of a comeback.

In the end, after 24 minutes, the Chinese team made a run and ended the game.

"Two to zero!" Miller shouted excitedly from the commentary booth, "We're just one step away from the gold medal!"

The scene was now in a state of utter excitement.

The five members of the Chinese team excitedly stood up and strode towards the backstage area.

Halfway through, Chen Dongqing said with a smile, "Banning Akali won't work, picking Akali won't work either, the Korean team will probably have to let Akali through now."

Meanwhile, the South Korean team was discussing the same issue backstage.

"We have to let Akali go, right?" Kkoma frowned, discussing the issue with his teammates. "We don't have any extra ban slots for Kled and Galio. Picking Akali won't be effective, but banning her is even worse."

Another coach, Edgar, added, "Actually, this choice makes sense, since there's currently no evidence that the Chinese team can play Akali."

The South Korean team members listened to the two coaches' words and couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

Edgar is right. Xiaohu's Akali is visibly terrible, and Ilex hasn't played her even once. It's a reasonable conclusion to say that they don't know how to play Akali.

However, the thought of Ilex being the opposing top laner always makes people feel a bit uneasy.

This person can never be judged by common sense.

He can master StarCraft and Dota 2 without any instruction. How could he not understand how to play Akali?

But do they even have a choice?

"Then let's give it a try."

A hint of struggle flashed in Faker's eyes as he said in a low voice, "I have no choice but to take a gamble."

The short break passed quickly, and both teams took to the stage for the third time.

After a brief wait, Chen Dongqing, as the top laner of the blue team, clicked "Start Game" at the referee's instruction.

Both sides had clearly prepared various strategies for the first three bans, and the first three bans were completed quickly in just a few rounds.

The blue team, China, will ban Poppy, Galio, and Ryze.

On the other side, the red team, the Korean team, banned Fiora, Irelia, and Jayce.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but smirk.

They really released Akali?

Wait to die.

(End of this chapter)