League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 519 A God Descends to Earth!

At this moment, the audience at Incheon Munhak Stadium was already in a state of surging excitement.

Nearly 80% of the audience members were Chinese, waving their support sticks and cheering loudly.

After a few minutes of silence, the players from QG and IG grouped up in the river to contest for the ownership of the fire dragon!

The voices of the three South Korean commentators echoed throughout the venue, but most of the audience couldn't understand them.

After finishing hosting, the Roaring Emperor came to the commentary booth and was discussing the upcoming dragon team fight: "Ah, from an economic point of view, IG actually has a slight advantage. They are currently leading by a little over a thousand gold."

"The main reason is that IG's teamfight composition is better," Kim Dong-jun added. "It's the 20-minute mark now, which is the power spike for champions like Galio, Urgot, and Lucian! But on QG's side, Xayah, who has the best items, hasn't even gotten the crucial Infinity Edge yet, and Aatrox's economy is too bad. I feel like things might get a bit..."

"Hmm? That's not right!" Kim Dong-jun suddenly said, "Why is this Sword Demon also wearing a two-piece set?"

In the scene, the Overlord Sword Demon slowly walks to the river with his greatsword on his back, and the two-piece set of Youmuu's Ghostblade and Black Cleaver in his hand is quite eye-catching.

Nobody knows how this Sword Demon, who died twice in ten minutes and only had 40 CS, managed to catch up in gold at the twenty-two-minute mark.

It makes one think.

Is this the farming ability of a champion carry in Dota 2?

At that moment, Faker was also sitting alone in the front row seat.

As one of the few people present who could understand Korean, he understood the abstract language used by the Korean commentators.

But Faker wasn't surprised by this.

Because from beginning to end, his eyes never left the Sword Demon; he was constantly watching Chen Dongqing's development.

He knew from the beginning that for someone like Ilex, dying once or twice was nothing.

If you give him a little breathing time, he will definitely be able to catch up.

Although this two-piece Aatrox build is still somewhat inferior to Urgot and Camille, it's good enough.

Behind Faker, several other people were also discussing the matter.

"Hey, seriously, is Chen Dongqing any good?" Liu Qingsong, sitting in the middle of the team, couldn't help but complain, "Jian Zihao gave him ten minutes to develop, don't let him feed after he's done farming."

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Lin Weixiang held a can of cola in his left hand, a bucket of popcorn on his lap, and scooped the popcorn out of the bucket with his right hand. He then said, "Brother Shu is a god, he's definitely going to take off this time."

Doinb, standing to the side, remained silent. He glanced at Faker sitting in the front row before turning his attention back to the match.

The baby dragon has been born.

Neither side is the type to avoid a fight. As soon as the dragon spawned, IG lured it out of the pit, and then both sides began to fight over the dragon!

Chen Dongqing and Xiangguo stood at the front, pacing back and forth, looking for the right opportunity.

Both sides initially intended to engage in a team fight, but as the dragon's health decreased, they shifted their focus back to the dragon.

"Take the dragon first! Take the dragon first! I'm a higher level!" Ning shouted in the voice chat. "One-shot 1200 HP! If they dare to come up and fight with Smite, we'll engage!"

"Don't rush, don't rush! I can fight back with Punishment!" Xiangguo shouted, "Wait until the dragon has 1200 health, then charge in with me!"

2800

2200

1700

As Xiaolong's health continued to decrease, the attention of both players and the entire audience was focused to the extreme.

1200!

The moment their health dropped to 1200 points, both sides attacked almost simultaneously!

The time is now close to 23 minutes. Xiangguo is currently level 12 with 720 Smite damage, while Ning is one level higher with 760 Smite damage.

When the dragon's health drops to 1200, that's the perfect time for the whole team to unleash their power and coordinate with Smite to instantly kill the dragon!

Chen Dongqing threw a Q at the fire dragon.

Xiangguo took the initiative to press forward, even trying to kick Camille away, but was mocked by Galio!

Chen Dongqing knocked Galio into the air with Q2, accumulating Conqueror status while helping Xiangguo out of a tight spot.

Behind him, Uzi executed a backflip, and the Fire Dragon's health dropped from 1200 to 700 in almost an instant!

At this point when both sides are focusing their attacks on the dragon, Ning's extra level is meaningless.

It all comes down to reaction time and luck!

A red beam of punitive light instantly descended!

"The Blue Legion has secured the Infernal Dragon!"

A message flashed across the top of the screen.

Little Dragon belongs to—Xiangguo!

"It got stolen!!!" The three commentators on the LPL commentary booth exclaimed in unison, "Xiangguo stole the Infernal Dragon!"

"Get him!" Enraged that his dragon had been stolen, Ning, the Camille, instantly used his E to hook the wall and kicked the mocking Lee Sin!

Braum also landed a Q on Xiangguo, and with the help of his teammates, they instantly stunned him!

How could a fragile Lee Sin like Xiangguo withstand such an attack? His health bar dropped instantly until it disappeared!

At this point, the broadcast director switched to a bar chart showing the damage contribution of the ten players from both sides in this team fight. It can be seen that Xiangguo's damage is still a huge 0, but he stole the dragon, so this was a huge contribution!

As for the other nine players, they all suffered some damage to varying degrees.

Seeing Xiangguo die, Chen Dongqing used Q3 to trigger Conqueror, and then quickly used E to retreat.

His damage was capped at 886.

"Retreat! Retreat! Don't die!" Uzi shouted in the voice chat, "If we die again, we'll lose Baron!"

Chen Dongqing's first thought was naturally to retreat. After all, the opposing team had an economic advantage and an extra player, so forcing a fight would not be wise.

But as Chen Dongqing wielded the sword demon on the river, a surge of blood inexplicably rushed through his body!

At that moment, Baolan's Braum also used his ultimate flash to rush up, seemingly not intending to let Chen Dongqing escape.

The [Glacier Rift] continued to spread, hitting the Sword Demon precisely at the end of the skill's animation!

"Brother Tree is frozen in place, so escaping will be difficult!"

Chen Dongqing quickly activated Youmuu's Ghostblade for speed, then turned around and used W to slow down the crab that was chasing him, and also activated Conqueror!

While using Youmuu's Ghostblade to accelerate their retreat, Chen Dongqing glanced at his Q skill's cooldown and suddenly said, "Come on, let's fight this time!"

As he was speaking, he decisively activated the Great Annihilation Technique, and then a sword strike landed squarely on the crab!

369!

The total damage dealt by the Sword Demon reached 1255.

By this time, Uz had already run some distance, but he frowned slightly as he looked at Chen Dongqing's position.

Can I fight?

Then hit!

"Come on, let's fight!" Uzi said, "Don't betray Chen Dongqing!"

But facing the sword of the Demon, the members of IG were not afraid at all. Galio and Urgot used their E to rush up, trying to be controlled by the Demon!

At the same time, Braum raised his shield and reached up, with Camille following closely behind!

Chen Dongqing's mind was like lightning, and his hands moved with lightning speed. He decisively used Q2 and then stepped back to flash!

IG's players charged forward, but Aatrox flashed faster and slashed with a Q2, the blade hitting Braum and Camille while they were moving, and the sword also struck Urgot and Galio.

With all four damage numbers appearing simultaneously, the Sword Demon's damage instantly jumped from 1255 to 2514!

One strike dealt over 1300 damage!

This blow sent a chill down the spines of everyone at IG.

The damage is that high?

But before they could react, Aatrox's Q3 had already made his move!

The Overlord Sword Demon threw the greatsword in his hand into the sky. The huge mecha body spun around in mid-air, and caught the greatsword with his right hand at the highest point. Using the force of the rotation, he slammed the greatsword heavily onto the ground!

During the release, Chen Dongqing threw out [Shadow Charge] again, increasing his attack power while adjusting himself to the optimal position!

IG's four melee fighters are right in front of us!

With a single stroke of the blade, all seemed to fall silent.

With the combined attack power of Conqueror, Shadow Rush, Devastate, and two Fire Dragons, along with the armor penetration of Youmuu's Ghostblade and the armor reduction of Black Cleaver, the damage of this strike was stacked to the extreme!

When four three-digit numbers starting with 4 or 5 appear, the health bars of Urgot, Galio, Camille, and Braum all drop by nearly half!

Countless viewers saw the Sword Demon's bar chart suddenly rise, and the damage number instantly jumped from 2514 to 4714!

After delivering that slash, the Sword Demon followed up with a move called "Death-Giving Sword Qi," stabbing the crab in front of him and dealing over 5,000 damage!

This is a moment destined to be recorded in the history of the League. Perhaps even years from now, countless players will revisit this scene and talk about it with great relish.

The moment the knife struck, it was as if a nuclear bomb had exploded at Incheon Munhak Stadium, and the noise from the crowd suddenly became agitated!

"Wow, Sword Demon!!!" In the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao stood up abruptly, staring at the scene before him with disbelief. "Tree Bro has descended from heaven!"

This strike terrified the IG team. The five of them, who were chasing each other as a group, were actually cleaved into pieces by a single sword demon!

But by then it was too late for them to run.

Behind Aatrox, Xiaoming's Rakan had already activated his ultimate. He used E to touch Aatrox, then flashed to adjust his position, charming all four melee heroes in front of Aatrox, and then used W to lift all four of them into the air!

Chen Dongqing licked his lips, turned and left.

Xiaohu decisively used his R skill, unleashing a barrage of Dark Orbs that instantly took down Urgot. Then, he followed up with an EW combo to finish off Camille!

Seeing this, Uzi felt his blood boil. He immediately used his R [Storm Feather Blade] to shoot out countless feathers, and then used a backhook to take down the remaining Braum and Galio!

"Double kill!"

"Double kill!"

QG's mid and bot lane duo eliminated all four of IG's melee champions!

Where is the Sword Demon?

The Sword Demon had already withdrawn from the battlefield and started clearing the minion wave in the mid lane, as if he hadn't participated in this team fight at all.

Hello.

Only the 5157 damage displayed in the damage list truly highlights the terrifying role that Aatrox played in this team fight.

The rest of QG were a bit slower. By the time they arrived in the mid lane, Aatrox had already cleared the mid lane minion wave.

Then the remaining four QG players went to the upper river and took down Baron Nashor, who had just spawned a few minutes earlier!

With a 1-for-4 exchange and the Baron Nashor, QG's gold lead in this team fight has reached over 3000!

The delicate balance that had been maintained for more than twenty minutes completely collapsed at this moment!

As the QG players returned to base, the broadcast quickly switched to a replay of the team fight.

With one member already eliminated, and the team facing the imminent loss of Baron Nashor, and teammates planning to retreat, under immense pressure from Braum's ultimate slowing him down, Conqueror Aatrox didn't retreat but instead advanced, decisively counterattacking with his ultimate!

One cut costs 300, one cut costs 1300, one cut costs 2200!

With three strikes, he dealt a staggering 4,000 damage, not only reducing the health bars of IG's four melee fighters by a significant amount, but also allowing Aatrox to use his lifesteal attribute to remain standing amidst IG's fire, his health bar fluctuating wildly!

Gasps of surprise began to rise from the audience.

A heavy sword has no edge, and a heavy sword has no skill.

Q1, Q2 flash, Q3E – the timing of each skill release, the distance and angle of each displacement, were all perfectly timed, and every strike hit IG's vital artery!

"This is art!" In the commentary booth, even Wawa couldn't help but sigh, "Don't forget, this Aatrox was constantly being targeted before; he was a 0-2 Aatrox!"

"It's truly illogical," Miller laughed. "I never imagined that in League of Legends, there would be a champion who could pull off a 0-2 performance!"

"And the most ridiculous thing is that after this fight, Aatrox's score is still 0-2!"

People have always said that Aatrox has a very high skill ceiling in team fights. But exactly where does that high skill ceiling lie? Viewers have never actually witnessed it.

Other Sword Demons in the game usually either get kited and can't touch anyone, or they forcefully Q-flash in to deal damage, resulting in a mess of mistakes and a complete disaster.

But now, with Aatrox in Ilex's hands, the hero's potential has been perfectly showcased!

How high is the skill ceiling for Aatrox in team fights? That's the highest it can go!

With those three strikes from the Sword Demon, QG will complete a magnificent comeback!

When the camera switched back to the match, QG had already entered a 4-1 split push mode.

As soon as Aatrox returned to base, he pulled out a B.F. Sword, emphasizing violence. The 0-2 Aatrox caught TheShy's 2-1 Urgot in the side lane and slashed him fiercely!

At this stage, the crab is no match for the sword demon; it's just a health pack.

At this point, IG still wanted to gank the side lane against Aatrox, just like before.

But how could Uzbekistan possibly give them that chance now?

They keep targeting Sword Demon, are they not giving me any face?

In the mid lane, the Baron minion wave pushed towards IG's second tower, forcing the IG players to defend head-on!

At the same time, the four players illuminated the surrounding area, preventing Ning from having the opportunity to flank and initiate a team fight.

IG lacks wave clear ability, meaning they can neither leave nor defend.

With the help of the Baron, QG played steadily. Uzi pushed down IG's mid and bottom lane turrets, while Chen Dongqing took down IG's top lane turret. The team had a lot of gold from the turrets, with each turret representing a gold difference of 1000+.

After the three second-tier towers were destroyed, the economic difference between the two sides has reached 7000+!

When he returned to the city, the Storm Sword in Aatrox's hand had transformed into a resurrection armor.

Youmuu's Ghostblade, Black Cleaver, and Guardian Angel are considered the highest damage builds for Aatrox, while also being suitable for team fights.

At 28 minutes, the fourth dragon spawned.

This dragon is a water dragon, not very important. IG chose to let the dragon go and opted for the final battle at Baron Nashor.

At this moment, a few IG fans in the audience were staring intently at the screen, their hearts already filled with prayer.

IG is a team that excels at making miraculous comebacks even when they are at a disadvantage.

They often manage to turn the tide of the game in a single team fight when they are at a disadvantage in the early stages.

But do they have a chance to pull off a miracle against QG?

QG is also a team that excels at miraculous team fights. They often manage to wipe out the opposing team with a clean sweep when their advantage isn't significant enough.

At 29 minutes, both sides converged at the Baron pit, and a 5v5 team fight broke out.

However, this team fight was far from pleasant.

Chen Dongqing's Sword Demon activated his ultimate skill and charged into the IG formation, wielding his greatsword and slashing wildly!

This build for Aatrox isn't very tanky; if he can't deal high AoE damage, he'll fall quickly.

But it's not a big problem.

The Sword Demon can also resurrect.

The Sword Demon entered the resurrection state of the [Blood Demon Well], and in an invincible state, he blocked JackeyLove's path, making him hesitant to attack!

It was a rare treat to wait until Aatrox revived with his ultimate, and JackeyLove, with the help of his teammates, wiped out Aatrox's health bar once again.

But Aatrox also has a resurrection item, allowing him to resurrect!

These two resurrections are disgusting to the people of IG.

Even though the resurrected Sword Demon poses no threat to them, you still have to eat the pumpkin head that has no plants inside first!

The Sword Demon lies there, his health bar rapidly increasing. Who dares to attack him? Aren't you afraid he'll get up and deliver a fatal blow with his [Death-Giving Sword Aura]?

By the time Aatrox respawned for the second time, IG no longer had the ability to kill him.

Because of Aatrox's interference with IG's backline, Uzi's damage output was completely unrestricted!

Although this version of Infinity Edge is expensive and doesn't improve jungle clearing at all, the true damage conversion attribute makes it far more powerful against front-line enemies than the old version.

Xia fired feather after feather, melting the entire front line of IG, and then stood beside Chen Dongqing with her teammates.

After Chen Dongqing got up, he used [Shadow Charge] and then stabbed JackeyLove to death with a [Death-Giving Sword Qi], successfully getting the first kill of the match.

"ACE!"

The sound of a team wipe rang out, and the game was over!

Chen Dongqing and Xiaohu TP'd to push the mid lane, Xiaoming activated his Crown, and led Uzi and Xiangguo to overtake and meet up in the jungle corner. Then the five of them grouped up and pushed forward, ending the game in one fell swoop!

"One to zero!" Wawa shouted from the commentary booth, "Thanks to Tree's amazing performance with Aatrox, QG held onto their chosen side and won the first game of the finals!"

Miller and the doll were also all smiles.

Whenever they recall the details of the match, whenever they recall the three sword strikes from the river demon, the three of them can't help but chuckle.

He's so handsome!

The director understood what the audience was thinking. The live broadcast first showed both players leaving the stage, and after the camera panned around the entire arena, it immediately switched to a replay of the highlights of the first game of the finals.

In the replay, Aatrox was the biggest victim. IG's relentless targeting in the early game made Aatrox suffer terribly. They were even willing to sacrifice the Rift Herald to kill Aatrox once.

However, when this Sword Demon appeared for the third time in the replay, he was already in the bottom lane river.

Wielding a greatsword, he cleaved down IG with three strikes, like a god descending to earth!

Combined with the scenes of the Sword Demon being bullied in the previous text, viewers can easily imagine a 14,000-word thriller storyline!

The LPL live stream chat was already overflowing with comments!

[Fine, fine, fine, what Dragon King returning!]

[Is arresting them useful?]

[I'm seriously speechless! You just can't counter Tree Bro! Even if you cripple him, he'll still carry!]

But if you don't catch him, he'll just wipe you all out!

Hahaha, what a difficult clam!

[That three-life Aatrox in the last wave was pretty abstract; he managed to stall IG for ten seconds!]

[Fast forward to the scene where Aatrox's ultimate ability is removed and he is resurrected]

[Impossible! Resurrection is the signature move of the Sword Demon!]

You laugh at me for not understanding Sword Demon, I laugh at you for not understanding the designer.

The comments section was buzzing with discussion, with a wide variety of opinions.

After the highlights, you'll see the post-match statistics panel.

As you can see, Aatrox's stats aren't actually that impressive; his damage isn't the highest, and his K/D ratio is even negative.

But no one would question Aatrox's outstanding contribution in this game.

Even the people at Riot Games have shown their approval of Aatrox.

After the data presentation, we move on to the MVP stage.

MVP winner: QG.ilex.

KD: 1-2-9

Damage percentage: 22.28%

Percentage of injuries sustained: 26.43%

This data is not impressive; in fact, it could be considered a failure in Chen Dongqing's career.

But after the MVP was selected, the screen was filled with comments saying "That's reasonable".

This MVP award is well-deserved.

Backstage, TheShy was also looking at the MVP screen in front of him, and his heart felt a little heavy for a moment.

He didn't know what to say about this match.

As a key player in the team's tactics, he was the one who received so much help from the team in the early game, helping them gain an advantage. He should have helped the team win the game.

But we still lost this game.

But can we blame him? Was there anything wrong with how he played?

TheShy's mind was filled with the three slashes from Aatrox, and his heart felt incredibly heavy.

Just then, a pair of large, fleshy hands patted him on the back.

TheShy turned his head and saw that it was Coach Kim.

"This time, it was my fault," Coach Kim said. "I shouldn't have given you Urgot; it affected your performance."

This surprised TheShy.

In his memory, every time they were about to pick Jayce, Fiora, or Irelia, Coach Kim would always frown and shout "Team, team!" and then pick front-line heroes like Sion or Urgot for him.

"I admit, I picked Sion and Crab for you before because I didn't believe in you, didn't believe you could beat your opponents," Coach Kim continued in Korean. "But now, we can only believe in you. We believe you can beat Ilex."

To defeat QG, Ilex in the top lane is an insurmountable obstacle that must be overcome.

For top laners who are impossible to shut down and who can carry if left unchecked, there is really only one solution.

That is to put your own players in a head-to-head match.

"Next round, we can choose the blue side. Just tell me what you want to choose," Coach Kim said. "I'll grant your request."

Besides trusting the players, Coach Kim had another thought, but he didn't say it.

Through this first match, he had already realized that in this final, IG was the underdog with little chance of winning.

Let's leave no regrets then.

At that moment, Rookie came over, sat down next to TheShy, put his arm around him, and said, "Good luck!"

TheShy, who usually smiles shyly no matter the situation, didn't smile in this situation.

The lounge lights cast shadows on his thick bangs, around his eyes, making him look more serious.

"I'll do my best," TheShy promised.

Because his opponent is Ilex, TheShy cannot guarantee that he will win.

But he will definitely keep going.

The break passed quickly, and both players took to the stage for the second time.

Chen Dongqing and his teammates sat together in their seats and put on noise-canceling headphones.

Compared to the heavy mood of IG, QG, who won the first game, felt relaxed and had a sense of victory in their grasp!

"Second round, finally the red side is in!" Chen Dongqing laughed. "Shouldn't we pull out something now?"

"Of course we have to pay!" Xiangguo laughed. "There are only two games left. If we don't pay now, won't we have to save it for next season?"

QG has a trump card against this top-mid-jungle meta, but they haven't had the chance to use it yet.

It's perfect that we're still in the finals!

Banbazi turned his head and asked, "Jian Zihao, is everything alright?"

This tactic is a bit unfair to Uzbekistan, so we need to ask for his opinion.

Uzi was quite frank: "No problem, let's play. I had a good time last time, so it's Chen Dongqing's turn to have a good time this time."

The QG members nodded, and the draft strategy was finalized.

Just then, the referee announced that the match could begin.

The next second, the BP panel also switched in!

"Alright, the second round of the draft has begun! IG, who have the right to choose sides in the second round, have also chosen the blue side, and the two sides will switch positions!"

Both sides acted swiftly in the first three bans, clearly having planned ahead.

On the blue side, IG chose to ban Akali, Fiora, and Aatrox.

On the red side, QG banned Poppy, LeBlanc, and Rakan.

Compared to the previous game, Jayce and Irelia were allowed to play, but Aatrox and Xayah/Rakan were banned.

Both sides clearly want to continue making choices in the upper half of the bracket.

Then, on the blue side, IG immediately locked in Irelia.

"Irelia, picking her first is fine," Miller analyzed. "Use her as a bluff to confuse the opponent! This will make QG's subsequent draft very difficult!"

Fortunately, this Irelia was intentionally released by QG, ​​and they had taken precautions well in advance.

In a swift move, they chose to lock onto Camille Galio.

The reasoning behind this choice is not hard to guess: Galio is not too afraid of Irelia, so they picked him first.

Wawa nodded and said, "QG's strategy is the same as IG's last game, also locking in this top-tier mid-jungle duo! Of course, this duo is guaranteed to be fine; it's the system that QG has perfected!"

IG then made a decisive choice, locking in Kai'Sa and Alistar for their next two picks, securing their bot lane duo.

"Then, QG locked in Lucian as their third pick. Lucian is indeed quite effective with weak, short-ranged combinations like Alistar and Kai'Sa! Let's move on to the second round of drafting!"

In the second round of bans and picks, IG had a clear strategy: they first banned Vladimir, and then banned Braum, Lucian's perfect partner.

As for QG, they banned Syndra and LeBlanc, giving both ban slots to the mid lane, and then entered the champion selection phase.

For their fourth pick, QG immediately locked in Janna as their support.

The combination of Janna and Lucian is a bit odd, but it's not a problem if you consider that it's used to counter Alistar.

After Janna was picked, it was IG's turn to lock in their lineup.

"Then let's see what position IG locks in for Irelia."

However, IG's answer to this question is that they are still unsure of Irelia's position.

They locked onto the barrel of Gajes.

This draft was incredibly clever. The flexible top and mid lane picks of Jayce and Irelia allowed them to wait until QG made their final pick before deciding on a more suitable matchup strategy!

On the other side, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but smile.

IG still fell for it.

Standing to the side, Shi Senming spoke up, "Then I can choose?"

"Let's choose," Banbazi said with a smile, "Let's give IG a little surprise."

Fifth pick – Quinn, the Demacian Wings. Locked in!

Quinn's choice has surprised many viewers.

Quinn vs. Jayce? This is indeed a favorable matchup, as Quinn's E can easily interrupt Jayce's Sky Leap.

But what if IG moves Jayce to the mid lane and Irelia to the top lane?

Then Quinn has to face Irelia!

This must be a bit strenuous, right?

Is Quinn really good against Irelia?

The IG members were also somewhat puzzled by this, but they didn't think it was a bad thing.

At the very least, their business plan strategy is clear.

TheShy proactively asked the coach for Irelia, indicating that he wouldn't be at a significant disadvantage in the laning phase and that they could consider ganking top.

Kim Jung-soo nodded and said, "Then this game will focus on you in the top lane. Good luck!"

TheShy nodded resolutely.

IG's roster has been finalized.

Blue side IG: Top lane Irelia, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Jayce, Bot lane Kai'Sa and Alistar.

But before the IG members could be happy for more than a few seconds, they quickly noticed something was wrong.

Not right.

Why was Quinn switched to Uzi?

The opposing team has Lucian top lane!?

(End of this chapter)