League: I really didn't tank!

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10 month 27 day.

At 4 p.m., the gymnasium at Gwangju Women's University was already packed with people.

Due to the overall elimination of the Korean region, the proportion of Korean viewers in this S-series tournament held on Korean home soil has dropped to an extreme.

Looking around, I was surprised to see so many European faces!

Moreover, a significant portion of the Asian faces are Chinese.

Even the small group of Koreans were all holding up QG light boards and shouting enthusiastically!

Of course, these people would be labeled as traitors to Korea in South Korea, but now that they have the upper hand, they are all stepping forward.

Guided by the host and amidst cheers from the audience, the two contestants went up onto the stage separately and then took their seats!

The business development process started very quickly!

"Alright, here they come!" In the LPL commentary booth, commentator Guan Daxiao perked up: "QG vs. FNC, Game 1! FNC won the pre-match coin toss, and having the first-choice side, they proactively chose the blue side in the first game!"

In the first game, both sides seemed to be well-prepared, and their lineups were already determined as they went back and forth.

FNC (Blue Side): Top lane Urgot, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Irelia, Bot lane Jhin and Braum.

Red team QG: Top lane Quinn, Jungle Camille, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Alistar.

FNC's draft strategy is very similar to G2's; their choice is to do whatever it takes, either banning or picking, to suppress all the top laners.

But in return, they released both Camille Galio and Kai'Sa.

Moreover, Chen Dongqing seemed completely unaffected by his champion pool in the last pick, instantly locking in Quinn top lane in the tenth pick, which was completely countered by FNC!

In the same hotel in Gwangju, members of both FPX and IG couldn't help but shake their heads.

After a week of preparation, FNC has already released this draft?

It seems you guys still know too little about QG.

Anyone who has played against QG a lot knows that in addition to being fierce with warrior heroes, Shu Ge is also an exceptional long-range top laner. He often pulls out this hero to score points in crucial games, and FNC was completely unprepared for it!

If we weren't prepared, then let's send it!

"Alright, here they come!" In the LPL commentary booth, commentator Guan Daxiao perked up: "QG vs. FNC, Game 1! FNC won the pre-match coin toss, and having the first-choice side, they proactively chose the blue side in the first game!"

In the first game, both sides seemed to be well-prepared, and their lineups were already determined as they went back and forth.

FNC (Blue Side): Top lane Urgot, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Irelia, Bot lane Jhin and Braum.

Red team QG: Top lane Quinn, Jungle Camille, Mid lane Galio, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Alistar.

FNC's draft strategy is very similar to G2's; their choice is to do whatever it takes, either banning or picking, to suppress all the top laners.

But in return, they released both Camille Galio and Kai'Sa.

Moreover, Chen Dongqing seemed completely unaffected by his champion pool in the last pick, instantly locking in Quinn top lane in the tenth pick, which was completely countered by FNC!

In the same hotel in Gwangju, members of both FPX and IG couldn't help but shake their heads.

After a week of preparation, FNC has already released this draft?

It seems you guys still know too little about QG.

Anyone who has played against QG a lot knows that in addition to being fierce with warrior heroes, Shu Ge is also an exceptional long-range top laner. He often pulls out this hero to score points in crucial games, and FNC was completely unprepared for it!

If we weren't prepared, then let's send it!

Chen Dongqing was very bold this game, directly buying Extract and Potion Bottle. As usual, he helped Xiangguo guard the jungle at the start of the game, and then went online early to ambush in the bushes.

FNC's top laner Bwipo had no way to deal with this, and could only give up the experience of three melee minions at the start of the game, and then hide in the back and slowly snatch the kill.

The FNC members anticipated this scene when they saw Quinn, so Bwipo's emotions remained relatively stable.

They had even planned their next move in advance.

Make sure you have full health until the minion wave reaches the tower, and at the same time have your jungler counter-gank in the top lane to withstand QG's first tower dive.

Once the first few minutes are over and he gets his armor back, he'll be qualified to finish off enemies!

Ideas are always good, but whether they can be put into practice is another matter entirely.

QG's system is not so easy to break.

Xiangguo is playing Camille jungle, and the main characteristic of this jungler is that she is strong in the early game!

Especially in the first three levels, there are very few heroes who can beat Camille, and Lee Sin is clearly not one of them.

After Xiangguo's Blue Hama Red Speed ​​Triple, he immediately activated his scanner and charged into FNC's upper red zone, displaying remarkable ferocity!

FNC jungler Broxah was farming Gromp while keeping an eye on the top lane, ready to protect it at any time.

But to his surprise, a Camille suddenly rushed out from the direction of the three wolves, hooked a wall with her E, and kicked him in the head!

Camille used her E to close the gap and then followed up with an AQA combo to launch a strong attack, taking down a third of Lee Sin's health in one go!

With the advantage of a strong offensive move, Camille has no chance of losing this duel!

Xiangguo chased after the Lee Sin and kicked him relentlessly. First, he used a true damage kick to pull him up, and after creating distance, he used his W to sweep his leg, slowing him down again!

Broxah's health was already low from the toad's spit, and with all his skills on cooldown, he had no way to fight back. He was kicked all the way down to below half health and crawled to the second tower!

After crippling his opponent, Xiangguo finally smiled and strode towards the top lane!

On the top lane, Chen Dongqing deliberately pushed slowly this game, and a wave of minions had only just entered the tower.

Without further ado, a tower dive unfolded!

"I'll take it." Chen Dongqing said casually, and then launched a basic attack on the crab at full health!

Xiangguo followed up with an A and then a Q, immediately triggering a powerful attack!

Both players brought the Press the Attack build, resulting in some overlap in their talents. However, this isn't a major issue; their level 3 burst damage is enough to instantly kill a level 2 crab.

After Chen Dongqing's basic attack, he used Q to blind the crab, followed by an auto-attack and then E to control it. Finally, he used a basic attack to unleash a passive burst!

Taking advantage of Chen Dongqing's E skill control opportunity, Xiangguo immediately used E to hang on the wall, then kicked the crab to stun it, and then used A followed by Q to pull it up!

The crab was reduced to low health in a single encounter!

At this moment, FNC jungler Broxah's half-health Lee Sin also turned around, wanting to protect his teammates.

Meanwhile, Bwipo, with low health, didn't forget to make his move. He used Flash to get away from Camille, then Flashed right in front of Quinn and used E to charge towards her!

If this E hits, then this wave is guaranteed to be profitable!

But Chen Dongqing reacted quickly because the crab's E skill wasn't very fast. He even had time to use his basic attack first, and then Flash backward!

He flashed out of the tower and dodged the crab's fatal E!

Xiangguo then flashed in and kicked through the shield provided by the crab's E skill with a basic attack.

Chen Dongqing turned around and launched another basic attack, sending the crab back to the fountain!

"First blood!"

A blood is born!

Later, Broxah's Lee Sin tried to rush in and finish off the low-health Quinn, but Chen Dongqing remained calm because he was standing at the limit of Lee Sin's Q skill range, and he could completely dodge the skill with his reaction.

After narrowly escaping Tianyinbo's clutches, Chen Dongqing successfully escaped.

Backstage, the FNC coach's expression changed.

He believed that his teammates had executed the tactics very well in this game.

But...didn't they still manage to prevent the tower dive?

If Ilex gets the first blood, it'll be a huge problem.

When Quinn re-entered the game, she had already acquired the Vampire Scepter.

The episode that Bwipo fears most is here.

With this item, Quinn can freely cross the minion wave to trade blows and then easily restore her health to full through lifesteal.

It wasn't until this point that QG's momentum truly began.

The game quickly reached the 6-minute mark.

During this time, FNC was also trying to take down the top laner, Quinn who didn't have Flash.

Unfortunately, the crab didn't have Flash, so it couldn't hold Quinn at all, and both ganks ended in failure.

Chen Dongqing pushed the minion wave into the tower, and then returned to base on the spot.

At this point, he had already reached level six.

Chen Dongqing quickly bought attack speed boots, then activated his ultimate skill and headed straight for the bottom lane!

He had just stepped out of the spring when Little Tiger's Galio returned home.

Meanwhile, Xiangguo, who was farming in the bottom jungle, also used Smite to kill the Gromp and headed straight for the bottom lane.

A premeditated booking, which happened without warning!

Backstage, the FNC coach, watching this scene from a god-like perspective, couldn't help but close his eyes and clasp his hands together in prayer.

We absolutely have to hold on to this wave!

Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.

By the time FNC saw Camille and Quinn appear in the bottom lane, it was already too late.

Quinn, with the movement speed boost from attack speed boots and her ultimate, charged forward incredibly fast, arriving in the blink of an eye and kicking Rekkles' Jhin!

In that instant, Galio unleashed his ultimate ability, and Camille hooked the wall and flew to Camille's face!

A five-man gank on two opponents came out of nowhere!

There was no suspense at this point; FNC's bot lane duo had no chance to resist and were both sent back to their fountain.

Chen Dongqing teleported back to the top lane with a kill, and didn't even lose much in the minion wave.

Nine minutes in, QG regained momentum, with Camille and Galio unleashing a coordinated ultimate combo to gank top lane and send Bwipo back to base once again!

After this wave, Chen Dongqing's score reached 3-0, and he took the lead in destroying the first tower in the top lane and helped Xiangguo take the Rift Herald!

Twelve minutes later, Xiangguo brought the Herald to the bottom lane and pushed down the bottom tower in one fell swoop!

But at that moment, FNC launched a counterattack. Caps' Irelia seized the opportunity to come to the top lane and attack Chen Dongqing's Quinn!

But Chen Dongqing remained calm in the face of two opponents.

Two melee fighters could do nothing to him?

Faced with Irelia's flank, Chen Dongqing immediately attacked the helper first, using Q to blind Urgot, and then unleashing a barrage of auto-attacks on Irelia!

Caps immediately used his ultimate to apply the passive to Quinn, and then during his Q dash, he released the second part of his E!

Chen Dongqing had a clear strategy. He used his E to kick at the Irelia, creating distance while dodging the Twin Blades. Then, he used Blade of the Ruined King to heal and chased after her, attacking relentlessly!

The damage from Blade of the Ruined King Quinn is incomprehensible; three auto-attacks and Irelia is down to half health!

Only then did Caps realize something was wrong, but it was too late to escape.

Quinn, with her W maxed, moved incredibly fast, chasing after Irelia and unleashing a barrage of auto-attacks. Then, she flashed to dodge Urgot's E skill and closed the distance, followed by two more auto-attacks, sending Irelia packing!

After killing the Irelia, Chen Dongqing couldn't resist the urge to fight, so he set his sights on Urgot next to him.

He chased after the aggressive attacker all the way, and also took down Urgot in the process!

"Double kill!"

Amid cheers from the crowd, Quinn's record officially reached 5-0.

Without a doubt, the game is over.

With Chen Dongqing and Uzi split-pushing, all of FNC's outer towers were destroyed in just 17 minutes.

In just 21 minutes, without even needing the Baron buff, QG had already stormed onto FNC's high ground.

Camille leaped into the crowd with a kick, instantly locking down Jhin with her ultimate, and together with Galio, launched an unstoppable team fight!

As Galio landed, Xiaoming's Alistar flashed and used WQ to enter the fray and unleash a team fight control!

In the back, Chen Dongqing and Uzi's marksman duo only needed to unleash their basic attacks to easily win the team fight and then end the game in one fell swoop!

Poland was completely outmatched. In the first game of the semifinals, QG launched a lightning-fast attack in just 22 minutes!

This first match is just a microcosm of this BO5 series.

FNC is completely outmatched by QG.

They didn't make any waves in the next two games either.

One game lasted 28 minutes, and the other lasted 27 minutes.

In the three games, QG took a total of 77 minutes and advanced to the finals with a score of 3-0!

FNC's defeat means that the journey of the entire European region in this year's World Championship has come to an end.

With this, there were no teams other than those from the LPL at the 2018 World Championship.

If I were to write too much about this semi-final, I feel it would disrupt the atmosphere and rhythm built up in the previous chapters.

So I quickly glossed over it.

The finals will start tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)