League: I really didn't tank!

023 Poor A-Guang, completely manipulated by Chen Dongqing.

As soon as Xiangguo uttered those words, everyone turned their attention to Chen Dongqing.

Chen Dongqing felt a little embarrassed by the stare, and he said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm Captain, the expert."

Despite saying that, a hint of unease appeared in the eyes of several team members.

After saying that, he controlled the captain to go online, and then placed a barrel at the junction of the minion waves.

The current captain, although he only has two barrels before level six, has a gunpowder barrel that lasts for 60 seconds, which is more than twice as long as the 25 seconds in later generations.

Meanwhile, the charging time for the gunpowder barrel remains at 18 seconds.

In other words, Chen Dongqing can keep two buckets in his hand while also placing two more buckets on the line!

These two extra barrels ensure that the captain can easily secure the minion wave bushes, giving him a huge advantage in the laning phase!

Soon, the minion wave appeared and clashed in the center of the top lane.

Chen Dongqing had placed a powder keg at the junction of the minion waves early on, and also placed one in the bush on the top lane.

At this moment, the captain had already spun the two gunpowder barrels in his hands again. Without hesitation, he picked up his fire knife and rushed towards the big tree.

He needs to test what skills the big tree has learned first.

If you're a young, strong player, and you see the Captain charging in with his Fire Blade, you'll usually use your Q to poke the Captain, and that's when the laning phase is over.

But A-Guang is clearly not a young Maokai. He is proficient in various top lanes and is a pure ancient Maokai. He learned W the moment he saw Gangplank set up his barrel.

With the invincibility of his W ability, Maokai is not afraid of the Captain's barrels. As long as you play him properly, you can still get minions.

Seeing the captain charging towards him, Ah Guang had no choice but to retreat immediately, not giving the captain a chance to attack.

Chen Dongqing wasn't annoyed; he turned around and slashed the soldier with his fire knife.

Seeing this, Ah Guang relaxed a little and manipulated the tree to take a small step forward; he couldn't go too far offline.

But the captain was still standing on a gunpowder barrel, and he dared not get too close.

Meanwhile, as Chen Dongqing watched the tree move forward, he placed a gunpowder barrel at the base of the tree and then slashed at the barrel at his feet!

But just as the captain launched his basic attack, Chen Dongqing suddenly pressed S and made a feint, trying to bait out the tree's W.

But on the other side, who was Ah Guang? He remained unmoved and refused to be fooled.

There is a lot of room for maneuver when using the Great Tree's W to dodge the two barrels. He can wait until the first barrel is confirmed to have exploded, and then use W before the second barrel explodes, thus avoiding being feinted.

As expected of a professional player, he is indeed different from ordinary top laners in casual games.

Moreover, EDG's top laner, Maokai, is a top-tier professional player, so he certainly wouldn't be so easily fooled.

Chen Dongqing had no choice but to use a basic attack again, this time actually detonating the two barrels.

On the other side, A-Guang was very steady, waiting until the first barrel exploded before finally binding W to the captain.

However, Chen Dongqing didn't lose out no matter what, since the double barrel attack hit six minions, which helped him secure second place.

Meanwhile, during the process of killing A minions, his invincibility was refreshed.

After Chen Dongqing hugged the tree, he didn't rush to use a basic attack, because the tree had a passive ability, so even if he attacked, the opponent could recover using the passive ability.

He deliberately waited a second, waiting for the tree to come over and trigger its passive healing before attacking.

Ah Guang was also cunning; he didn't attack either, intending to wait for the captain to use the fire blade before recovering health through his passive ability.

The two were face to face, but neither of them moved, creating an awkward silence for a moment.

But Ah Guang can't wait.

Because Maokai's W is a single-target skill, it has already attracted the aggro of the minions, and he is being focused down by them.

If both sides continue to wait like this, Ah Guang will only suffer more and more losses. He had no choice but to launch his basic attack at the captain first.

But he hadn't lost much health to begin with, so this passive ability didn't actually restore his health.

Chen Dongqing immediately retaliated, directly slashing the tree with both his Undying Blade and Fire Blade.

This strike, combined with the burning effect of the fire blade, dealt 153 damage, cutting the tree's health down by a significant amount.

Moreover, Chen Dongqing was relentless. Taking advantage of the speed boost from the fire blade, he chased after the tree and slashed it again before turning back and slowly taking down all three melee soldiers.

Looking at his health bar, Ah Guang felt a bit of pressure.

This captain has details.

Immediately afterward, Captain Chen Dongqing continued his actions, placing the gunpowder barrels at his feet again, and successfully securing level two after eliminating the ranged units and the second wave of melee units.

And the instant he reached level two, the captain produced another bucket in his hand and suddenly took a step forward.

"More gunpowder!"

With a cold shout, the captain placed the gunpowder barrels at the foot of the tree, the distance between the two barrels being extremely close, almost like two circumscribed circles.

In that instant, Ah Guang's CPU temperature skyrocketed.

He quickly analyzed the captain's distance and determined that he could reach him with W. So he maneuvered the tree and quickly turned around, ready to use W on the captain to dodge the double barrel attack.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the captain's scimitar slash fiercely at the gunpowder barrel that had already been placed down.

boom!

Having confirmed it wasn't a feint, A-Guang quickly pressed W on the captain, intending to perform an Asian bondage move.

But at that moment, Chen Dongqing, who had just detonated the powder keg, squinted and suddenly took a step back with a flash of inspiration.

This step perfectly demonstrated his ability to control distance.

He took a step forward earlier to position himself within the maximum range of the tree's W, giving the opponent the illusion that they could use W to dodge the barrel.

Then, based on the previous wave, he also knew that A-Guang was a skilled Tree Master who would only use W to dodge after confirming that the two barrels had already exploded. In other words, his W would be a beat slower, not given instantly.

Therefore, Chen Dongqing can take this opportunity to detonate the powder keg, use the acceleration effect to immediately turn around and walk out of the W-shaped area of ​​the tree!

This move is specifically designed to counter experts!

Two barrels were fired in quick succession, and Ah Guang was indeed hit hard. He pointed his W at the captain, but the skill was not successfully released because the captain was outside the skill's range. Instead, the tree took a step forward.

This caused the two barrels to explode directly in his face!

123!

And that's not all.

The moment the two barrels exploded, Chen Dongqing maneuvered the captain and twisted again, returning to the range of the giant tree W.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Before A-Guang could cancel the W command he had entered earlier, Da-Shu saw the captain walking back and immediately charged at him with an Asian bondage move!

This obviously caused a big problem.

Not only did he eat two barrels in a row, but he also delivered himself to the captain's blade!

Chen Dongqing grinned and unleashed a powerful basic attack with his Fire Blade and Undying, slamming it into the tree and instantly taking away another 160 HP!

At this moment, the tree was still level one and had used its W skill, so it had no ability to fight back. Chen Dongqing chased after the tree and hacked away, then waited for the Undying in his hand to refresh and fired a bullet.

Q!

72!

With Undying and Q, one shot deals 72 damage. Adding the previous double barrel combo, fire blade, and basic attack, this combo deals over 400 damage.

The tree wasn't at full health to begin with, and this attack reduced his health to one-third, with leveling up to level two still a long way off. The captain also had the torment of Undying and Q.

"Top lane, we could consider ganking. Maokai is low on health and still level 1." Chen Dongqing turned around to push the lane while calling out to his teammates.

This one sentence instantly drew everyone's attention.

This laning phase seems to have just begun, right? How come he's already down to zero health?

Even coaches Banbazi and Park Un-yong, as well as Lin Weixiang who was watching the game, couldn't help but turn their attention over.

At this moment, you can see that the tree has less than 200 health and is standing under the turret. The captain has a gunpowder barrel placed in front of the turret, and he doesn't even have the right to smell the experience.

At this moment, Ah Guang had already started pressing the return button.

There was no other way; he had to return to base to heal and then teleport back to lane. Otherwise, he would definitely have died under the tower!

banbazi gasped in shock.

As the strongest team in China, EDG's players have been thoroughly studied by other teams.

EDG_Mouse's ability to withstand pressure is undoubtedly top-tier, especially when he gets the meta-defining Maokai, he's fearless against anyone in lane.

But his big tree couldn't even withstand two levels of pressure from Captain Chen Dongqing!?

I've struck gold!