League: I really didn't tank!

Chapter 83 Only I can lead us to victory!

"EDG was on the blue side in this game, and QG was on the red side. Both sides executed their first three bans extremely quickly, completing the process very soon!"

"On the blue side, EDG banned Fiora, Graves, and Kalista! QG banned Kog'Maw, Kindred, and Twisted Fate!"

QG's three bans were, of course, the result of their careful research. Kog'Maw is the strongest AD in the current version, needless to say. Kindred is a jungler that Clearlove has been using a lot recently. Twisted Fate is also a specialty of Pawn.

Yes, the champion Pawn was playing when Faker's Ryze used three Ws to kill him. Fortunately, Ryze has been nerfed to a standstill now.

Immediately following, EDG, on the blue side, locked in Titan as their first pick. This is a flexible pick that can be played in both top and support roles. LGD has even used him in the mid lane before.

On the other side, Banbazi locked onto Alistar and Sivir without hesitation.

Although Alistar has been slightly nerfed in this version, with his E cooldown and mana cost increased slightly, his Q and W abilities remain unchanged, so Alistar's dominance is still there.

Furthermore, Uzi is very confident in his laning skills, and he usually picks the ADC first to relieve the team's draft pressure.

On the other side, EDG also secured the win quickly, taking out Braum and Lucian.

Seeing this, it's basically clear that Titan is the top laner, and EDG doesn't seem to be planning a lane swap.

If you're going to switch lanes, picking Tristana and Trundle is the best choice.

"Do you have any ideas on how to fight Titan?" banbazi asked in the voice chat.

After a moment's thought, Chen Dongqing said, "I have ten thousand heroes to fight Titan."

As we all know, EDG doesn't help their top lane, so in that situation, defeating Titan is incredibly easy.

Banbazi said with a hint of helplessness, "Then you have to say one too."

Chen Dongqing suddenly countered, "Is this game going to focus on the top lane?"

The coach nodded. "Yes."

"Then give me this one!"

Hearing this, the coach peeked over, raised his right eyebrow, and said, "This hero hasn't been performing very well in scrims."

But Chen Dongqing remained calm and said, "Don't worry, I'm confident."

Banbazi weighed the options and realized that this hero was indeed good against Titan, so he simply ignored it and went along with Chen Dongqing's pick.

"Only I can lead us to victory!"

A general wielding a giant axe appeared on screen, startling the audience below.

"Darius!?" Doll was somewhat surprised. "Using Darius against Nautilus? While it does make sense, it's rather rare!"

"Could this be one of Tree Bro's hidden moves?" Miller asked, intrigued. "This is going to be interesting!"

After locking in Darius, QG then locked in Lulu for mid lane. This is the only champion available for the second team's mid laner, so he can play passively.

Asking him to play other heroes in such a high-level match is really asking too much of him.

Cherish also clenched his fingers, already getting ready to go.

Although the pressure was immense, he also knew that this was his opportunity.

If he can perform well in this match, other LPL teams might extend offers to him.

EDG then locked in Sejuani and Corki for mid and jungle, and QG then locked in Gragas for jungle as their last pick.

Gragas has also received a buff in this version.

The slow duration of Q skill has been increased from 1.3-2 seconds based on charge time to two seconds unconditionally.

The channeling time of W has been reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds, resulting in faster burst damage in fights, and the W skill has also been changed to AOE damage.

With more aggressive ganks and faster jungle clearing, this change has allowed Gragas to rise to prominence in the jungle role. Fortunately, this champion was a popular jungler in the S5 Summer Split, so Xiangguo quickly picked up the champion again.

Speaking of which, all I can say is that QG's players are easy to manage. Apart from Doinb having a slightly narrow hero pool, only being able to play Viktor on his forehand and Viktor on his backhand, and Liu Qingsong not being able to play enchanter supports, the other three players have a vast hero pool.

After completing the draft phase and selecting his talents, Chen Dongqing glanced at both teams' lineups.

Blue side EDG: Top laner Nautilus, jungler Sejuani, mid laner Corki, bot lane Lucian and Braum.

Red team QG: Top lane Darius, Jungle Gragas, Mid lane Lulu, Bot lane Sivir and Alistar.

Both sides have lineups that are good at both offense and defense, the only difference is that one side has a mid-laner as a support player and the other side has a top-laner as a support player.

This round will obviously depend on which side's support player can better fulfill their role.

"Although the other side probably won't switch lanes, we still need to be careful," Banbazi warned at the end. "If they switch lanes, we're doomed."

"OK, OK." Chen Dongqing nodded to indicate that he understood.

The two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage, while fans from both sides were shouting encouragement, but it was clear that EDG's supporters were larger.

Many people thought that EDG could defeat QG, who had just been embroiled in a scandal.

QG's players, however, were unaffected. By this time, Summoner's Rift had finished loading, and they were eager to get started, quickly leaving the fountain!

Both sides quickly began setting up their level 1 wards. While QG was still discussing who should be the ward to prevent lane swapping, EDG suddenly gave them an answer.

"Huh? It seems EDG is planning to use the level 1 strength of Braum and Lucian to launch a jungle invasion!"

At this moment, we can see that the four players from EDG, excluding the top laner, rushed into QG's bottom jungle at the 1 minute and 10 second mark!

Fortunately, QG's defensive positioning was quite good. After seeing this, Uzi quickly pinged a signal and then retreated.

"It's okay, it's okay," Xiangguo said. "I'll go swap jungle camps in the enemy's blue buff area."

Chen Dongqing suddenly advised, "You don't have to rush. You can start with your own red buff and then go for their blue buff."

"Huh? What if the factory manager has to do it?"

Chen Dongqing shook his head: "He wouldn't dare to come, and I have lane priority on the top lane, so it wouldn't make a difference if he came."

"Okay then."

EDG's direct invasion of the jungle is clearly an attempt to swap jungle areas. After the two sides exchanged blue buff areas, the boundary between the junglers' territories changed from the river to the mid lane.

The factory manager operates in the lower half of the area, while the hot pot restaurant operates in the upper half.

Clearly, the factory manager has stopped pretending this time; he's openly ignoring the top lane and focusing solely on Uzi.

But there's not much that can be done, since EDG mainly relies on their Korean imports as their two carries to carry the team, so helping the top laner wouldn't make much difference.

You let Ah Guang do the C, but can he handle it?

Do you know you don't have that ability?

Uz couldn't help but sigh, feeling immense pressure.

Meanwhile, Chen Dongqing was quite amused by what he saw on the other side of the road.

EDG has really been the same all these years.

If you really don't care about getting on the road, then I won't be so polite.

Soon, the minion wave appeared, and the minions from both sides clashed in the center of the top lane.

With a weak top laner and no jungler on the opposing team, he certainly wouldn't allow this Titan to gain experience.

He first positioned Darius in the top lane bush, not rushing to show himself; he needed to observe first.

Meanwhile, on the other side, even after both sides' melee units were at half health, A-Guang still hadn't appeared.

Upon seeing this, Chen Dongqing decisively left the bush. He first walked to the enemy tower and took a look to confirm that Titan was not under the tower.

Immediately afterwards, he swiftly maneuvered Darius towards the river!

There are no toilets on the side lanes in this version.

If it's not under the tower, then it's most likely in the river!

Sure enough, the moment Darius reached the river bushes, a Titan carrying an anchor emerged from the river.

As expected of EDG's top laner, A-Guang is indeed experienced in gaining experience. He is in the second tier and even knows to come out of the river to gain experience.

But Chen Dongqing is on the third floor!

(End of this chapter)