League: I really didn't tank!

036 Despicable EDG!

Before long, the bus arrived outside the venue.

Chen Dongqing glanced out the window and saw that a large number of fans and photographers had already gathered outside.

He got out of the car behind the manager, carrying his bag, and immediately a lot of people started cheering.

"Look at me, puppy!"

Clearly, these calls are for Uzi; many fans are eagerly anticipating seeing Uzi back on the field.

The chubby boy was slightly embarrassed by what he saw, and waved his hand with a blush on his face.

Chen Dongqing, on the other hand, was generous and waved happily, regardless of whether anyone was taking pictures.

The people around didn't have a deep impression of Chen Dongqing, but seeing how handsome the young man was, they simply took a picture of him as well.

After quickly entering the venue, Linko led his team to the rest room with the QG logo and said, "It's still early. Give me your peripherals first, I need to send them for testing. Then you can rest for a while and get ready to go to the dressing room to do your makeup."

As they were talking, Linko picked up a box from the corner of the lounge, and the other players took out their keyboards from their backpacks and put them in the box. Then Linko took the box to be inspected.

To ensure fairness, all players' peripherals need to be checked. In previous esports competitions of other games, there have been cases where players have embedded cheats in their mice.

At this moment, you can see on the big screen in the training room that the draft phase for the first game between EDG and LGD has been completed.

Chen Dongqing couldn't help but take a look, wanting to see how Marin, the S5 FMVP, would perform in the LPL.

He noticed that EDG's starting top laner was Korol.

Chen Dongqing was somewhat surprised.

Where's my Ah Guang...? Shouldn't he be the starter?

The match started quickly, with Lulu facing off against Kennen in the top lane, and they immediately swapped lanes at the start.

They sent Lulu to the bottom lane, while Deft and Meiko went straight to the top lane, pressuring Marin's Kennen so much that he couldn't even farm minions.

Of course, everything comes at a price. Marin didn't dare to last-hit minions, and theoretically, Korol's Lulu wouldn't dare to last-hit minions either.

But since EDG dared to do this, they must have been prepared.

Korol had no intention of farming minions at all. He didn't even stay in lane; instead, he went straight into the jungle to farm experience with the jungler. The two chubby guys happily shared experience, completely ignoring the bottom lane minions and even giving up the tower.

In this version, jungle monster experience is split equally among nearby players. Taking advantage of this mechanism, many teams use this lane-swapping tactic.

For example, in the previous S5 World Championship, SKT and KOO fought a fierce four-game series. In the first three games, they swapped lanes, and both top laners had a miserable time, only able to follow the jungler to gain gold and experience.

Marin won the FMVP because after each lane swap, you would be surprised to find that he was far ahead of Smeb in both levels and equipment.

In terms of individual skill and laning, Marin, the 26-year-old, is certainly no match for Smeb, the 21-year-old. But Marin's amazing ability to catch up in farm and his excellent understanding of the game are what make him so formidable.

A lane swap tactic is essentially a scenario where both top laners are wiped out.

The difference is that EDG's top laner is Lulu.

Anyway, my Lulu is a champion that can survive without last-hitting minions and still be useful. When the time comes, I'll use my ultimate on Deft, and mission accomplished, I'll be all set.

But you, Kennen, definitely can't just rely on experience; without equipment, this hero is useless.

EDG's top laner is often a tactical sacrifice role, who drags the enemy's most carry, Marin, into a disaster, which is incredibly profitable.

The most crucial point is that after switching lanes, the jungler and top laner need to coordinate, making communication especially important.

Communication is LGD's biggest pain point. Marin doesn't understand Chinese at all, so all communication has to go through imp's translation. Moreover, imp's Chinese is only so-so, which makes communication extremely inefficient and makes everything a step behind!

In the first game, ten minutes into the match, neither of the top laners had more than fifty CS, but Lulu shamelessly built a support item and followed the jungler around stealing gold, even outfarming Kennen.

With a small lane swap tactic, Marin directly felt the malice from EDG. The glorious S5 FMVP encountered a Waterloo in his life as soon as he came to LPL.

Deft pushed towers at full speed, with Jinx destroying three outer towers in ten minutes. Their various lane-swap tactics completely outmaneuvered LGD!

"Marin seems a bit out of sorts," Chen Dongqing said chuckled. "Using communication issues as a pretext, how despicable of EDG!"

He had experienced this lane-swapping tactic a few times in training matches a few days ago, and it was indeed quite difficult to handle; he could understand that feeling.

Doinb couldn't help but nod, "Actually, this is also a problem with LGD's coaching staff. When they saw Lulu in the top lane and Nunu in the jungle, they should have realized that EDG was going to switch lanes, but I don't know why they didn't take the corresponding precautions."

Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing grinned and said, "It would be a miracle if LGD's coaching staff could even prepare any defenses."

LGD's coaching staff is the team that devised the Brand/Mordekaiser combo, only to be knocked out of the top 16 by Mordekaiser. Although the head coach has changed from Firefox to Heart, it's not a big change...

The first game ended directly with EDG's macro play, and Marin's CS (creep score) hadn't returned to normal until the base exploded.

The second game was similar. Although it was a normal laning phase, EDG had already grasped the key to defeating LGD – targeting the top lane.

Just four minutes into the game, EDG executed a coordinated gank on top lane, with their mid, jungle, and support players working together to wipe out Marin's Rumble under the tower – a truly ruthless move.

This gank left Ma Datou completely disoriented, while EDG continued to play steadily, farming minions, clearing jungle camps, and ganking the top lane, ultimately securing a comfortable victory in the second game as well.

Many fans in the audience were cheering excitedly.

They originally thought this was a battle between the gods and Buddhas, but who would have thought that neither of the mid laners had even exerted much effort before EDG had already won!

The camera cuts to Godv, and Chen Dongqing can see the somber expression on his friend's face, as if he finds it hard to accept this ending.

But there's not much that can be done.

Chen Dongqing shook his head, feeling a little regretful.

At this moment, the live stream chat was buzzing with excitement.

[Is this all the FMVP is?]

Haha, you'd be totally bewildered if you were caught like this!

[Four ganks in four minutes, one lane is just ridiculous!]

【Marin, welcome to the LPL!】

EDG's match ended at around 6 PM, and the QG vs. WE match started immediately half an hour later.

At this time, the QG members had already finished their makeup in the dressing room. Chen Dongqing went up to the stage ahead of time under the instructions of the staff to complete the preparations.

A female staff member with a ponytail came over and explained to Chen Dongqing, "You're in the top lane. In the first game, you're on the blue team, so your position is the outermost spot on the left side of the stage..."

"Okay, I understand." Chen Dongqing nodded with a smile. Her already fair and smooth skin looked even whiter after applying light makeup. Her appearance was outstanding, which made the staff member pause for a moment.

Chen Dongqing found his seat, restarted his computer, and plugged his mouse and keyboard into the USB port on the desktop.

Having confirmed that the mouse and keyboard were working properly, Chen Dongqing pressed the keys from memory and logged into his competition account.

At this point, you can see that the account ID is still LGDilex.

This account was created last year when I was with LGD, but I haven't played a single game with it.

He then went into the store and changed LGD's team name to QG.

QGilex.

This name will soon resonate throughout the world.