novelODS 050 Why don't you play by the rules?
050 Why don't you play by the rules?
Chen Dongqing felt thoroughly satisfied.
Although this system can only improve the [Consciousness] attribute, and the operational attribute is locked, Chen Dongqing can still feel himself getting stronger.
The "Operation" attribute refers to your control over your fingers. When this attribute is high, you can easily use any combo or trick.
However, where and when to use combos is another attribute, which is not displayed in the system interface.
Chen Dongqing's hidden attribute has been greatly honed today.
After this wave of cleanup, if the teammates can also secure Baron Nashor, the game is basically over at this point.
But Chen Dongqing didn't intend to end it so quickly, so he reset it again.
He plans to use this system to give himself intensive, one-on-one training, which will help him improve his awareness.
Reset back to the beginning of the solo push, Chen Dongqing was very bold, clearing minions and destroying towers right in front of the enemy, attracting multiple enemy players to chase him.
But whenever the enemy comes to capture him, Chen Dongqing will find a way to retreat safely at the latest possible time.
Even if you retreat too late and get caught, it doesn't matter. Just keep this retreat threshold in mind, try to execute a move, and then start all over again, continuing to push the lane solo.
Under this targeted training, Chen Dongqing could feel that his already strong one-man carrying ability had also been greatly improved.
Finally, Chen Dongqing felt it was about time, so he stopped dawdling and, together with his teammates, pushed down the enemy's base crystal in one fell swoop.
【victory!】
Back in reality, Chen Dongqing opened his eyes, and a ray of sunlight streamed into the room through the window.
He glanced at the time.
8: 55.
A night had passed, but strangely enough, Chen Dongqing did not feel sleepy or tired at all. On the contrary, he was full of energy, as if he was not the one who had trained all night.
Just then, a system message also arrived.
[This "Meditation Training" session has ended. Attribute changes are as follows:]
[Consciousness: 88→89]
Overall rating: A→A+
After a night of practice, you have gained a deep understanding of split pushing in professional matches. You are now a top-tier top laner in the league. If you can improve your team fight skills, that will be the key to victory.
Although the attributes only increased slightly, the rating rose by a whole level.
The system clearly knows that Chen Dongqing has benefited greatly tonight.
He got up, changed his clothes, glanced at Xiangguo who was still sleeping beside him, and decided not to wake him. After getting dressed himself, he took his water cup and went downstairs to get some water.
As soon as I arrived at the training room, the two coaches were already there, seemingly busy with something, but unexpectedly, Doinb was still there.
Chen Dongqing asked, somewhat puzzled, "Did you stay up all night or just get up early?"
"You get up early! I only sleep six hours a day," Doinb said matter-of-factly. "You need to practice more to maintain your competitive edge! I suggest you play more ranked matches, it will definitely benefit you. Playing PUBG every day isn't good."
"Impressive, but I still choose to stick to my own training methods." Chen Dongqing responded cheerfully, then sat back down in his seat and installed his peripherals.
Doinb glanced at Chen Dongqing, but still didn't say anything.
While the computer was booting up, Chen Dongqing ran over to the coach for a quick look.
You can see that Coach Banbazi is studying the practice match footage of their next opponent with the analyst.
Their next opponent is Snake, whom they have faced in practice matches before.
Snake's match is on the 17th, and the next match won't be until the 21st. There aren't many LPL teams yet, so there are only matches from Thursday to Sunday. They try to play on rest days to attract more viewers.
There are now a total of 12 teams, who have been divided into two groups according to the grouping ceremony before the competition.
Group A: LGD, EPA, Snake, QG, WE, M3
Group B: EDG, HYG, iG, VG, RNG, OMG
The Spring Split regular season is divided into three stages: the first round is a round-robin within the same group, a round-robin between different groups, and the second round is a round-robin within the same group.
The period from the start of the Spring Split to the Spring Festival holiday is the first round of group stage matches, and the other five teams in the group are QG's opponents before the Spring Festival.
Chen Dongqing had reviewed the schedule for Group A, and the match against LGD was the last game of this round of play, which was the only match he felt would be somewhat challenging.
As for the other teams, you can only say they can play casually.
"As for Snake, we'll stick to the same strategy as before," Chen Dongqing said. "We can protect our bot lane and I can handle the pressure in the top lane, or we can switch lanes. I feel like our bot lane is stronger than theirs."
Banbazi smiled and said, "Actually, that's what we thought too, but we haven't told you yet. It would be best if you could come to this realization on your own."
As they were talking, Banbazi remarked with some emotion, "Ilex is such a kind player."
He just carried the team twice in the last game, and now he's volunteering to take on the pressure in this one. Who else would have that kind of awareness?
Unfortunately, this person doesn't like playing games.
Strengths: Plays League of Legends well and has a great mentality.
Disadvantage: Doesn't play League of Legends.
Since the live streaming platform is still in preparation, QG's four new players do not need to stream yet, so they are still playing on their own.
On the first day of his holiday, Chen Dongqing racked up another 300 kills.
The very next day, the intense training matches resumed.
Today's opponent is HYG.
Do you feel like you've never heard of this team before?
That's right, this team is indeed not very famous. They were promoted last year through the promotion/relegation tournament. They were a team that dominated in the LSPL, but after coming to the LPL, they became a lower-level team.
If Chen Dongqing remembers correctly, this team seems to have set a record for the most losses in a single season with 30 games in the Spring Split this year. This record was not broken until S10 by V5, who lost all their games in the Spring Split.
All I can say is that it's highly valuable.
The player Chen Dongqing is facing off against this time is named SS17, a veteran with extensive experience. He played in LSPL in Season 4 and was once known as the best Yasuo player in the Chinese server before becoming a professional.
Overall, he is a skilled and experienced player.
Unfortunately for him, he encountered Chen Dongqing, who had just finished his meditation training the day before and was in excellent form.
In this match, Chen Dongqing was almost in a frenzy, his Fiora was unstoppable, taking down enemies in three hits and single-handedly cutting through HYG's defenses!
This training match was so bad it almost made HYG want to shut up.
Why is this Fiora playing so arrogantly?
The key issue is that we still can't catch him dead!
Every time they felt that this Fiora was feeding and wanted to gank her in the top lane, she always managed to escape by sheer luck!
How disgusting!
The following scrimmages were almost all against weak teams like HYG, and LPL top laners, as you know, were all spoiled brats who had been pampered by Maokai. So, Chen Dongqing faced almost the same scenario against them – a brutal thrashing!
The training matches are underway, and the LPL competitions are in full swing.
On the 16th, the two popular teams also ushered in their second battle.
WE vs. EPA, LGD vs. M3.
Both teams, who lost their opening match, seemed to come in with anger.
The first match was between WE and EPA. EPA is a team that has just been promoted from LSPL, and its core player is top laner Gimgoon.
At this time, many 60E players are worried about getting on the road.
After all, judging from the last game, 957 doesn't seem like a reliable player, and I'm afraid he'll collapse again in the top lane this game.
But unexpectedly, the 957 performed perfectly this time.
Facing EPA's strongest offensive, Leg Bro directly picked the top lane Gangplank.
Despite being targeted and countered in the early game, 957 played steadily and farmed aggressively in the late game, eventually taking off and reaching 100 CS for GimGoon and Poppy by 30 minutes, thus helping his team secure the victory.
In the second game, he once again picked Crystal Maiden to switch lanes and withstand pressure. He successfully acquired enough items through his excellent farming ability. Then, relying on Crystal Maiden's excellent control attributes, he cooperated with his teammates to pick off isolated enemies and won the game!
These two matches truly made many 60E users feel very satisfied.
From this perspective, 957, the top laner, isn't weak at all!
As for how badly they played before...
Is it possible that QG's top laner is just too strong?
Meanwhile, LGD's matches are also quite intense. After losing to the strongest team in China in the opening match, they are determined to give M3, a weaker team, a serious win.
In the first game, Rapheal, the Korean player for M3, picked Azir, intending to play a late-game strategy, but GodV had a million ways to counter Azir.
Gao Dewei directly picked the classic hero Varus, and despite countless "reverse Q" comments, he forcefully carried the game and proved himself.
In the second game, M3 seemed to be stunned by LGD, with all three lanes collapsing and not even lasting 25 minutes.
Both LGD and WE proved their strength with a resounding victory.
Another day has passed, and it's now the 17th, the last day of the first week of the LPL season.
Sunday is the peak day for LPL viewership, so the organizers usually schedule three matches on Sundays, starting at 1 PM, 3 PM, and 5 PM respectively, filling up the entire afternoon of the holiday.
However, this arrangement will cause some hardship for the team playing the first game.
For a match that starts at 1 a.m., players usually have to get up at 10 a.m. to prepare. If they need to eat breakfast, they might have to get up at 8 or 9 a.m. This is actually quite a torment for esports players.
Clearly, Tencent Esports will schedule some of the less popular matches at 1 o'clock.
For example, QG and Snake.
Both teams are quite famous, but the two teams following them are the dark horse OMG and the rising EDG, so QG can only be placed in the first match.
Fortunately, the QG club members are already used to getting up at nine o'clock, and they even feel that a match at one o'clock is perfect for them.
At 9:30 a.m., the QG players were already in the training room, each doing their own thing.
The manager bought breakfast for the team members and came in carrying large and small bags. He said, "Come on, come on, breakfast is ready. You can't have lunch after this meal, because the match starts at one o'clock today."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Li." The QG team members stood up and took their favorite breakfasts from the table.
Chen Dongqing casually grabbed three large steamed buns and an egg, then a cup of soy milk, and started watching videos on the computer.
Not farming points on the day of the competition was the greatest respect he could show to League of Legends...
Soon, it was one o'clock in the afternoon.
...
The commentators Joker and Longhair appeared in front of the camera on time to start warming up the audience.
"Snake hasn't made any major changes to their roster for the new season; the only changes are in their mid and jungle!"
Joker said, "Beast has been replaced in the jungle position by ZZR, and Baka has been replaced in the mid lane by TANK. How well these new mid and jungle players will integrate with the team is something to look forward to."
Longhair added, "The second point worth looking forward to is the head-to-head clash between last year's Top Laner of the Year, Flnadre, and the rookie Top Laner, ilex!"
"Both top laners are exceptionally skilled individually, so it's worth looking forward to seeing who will emerge victorious today!"
At this point, both teams had entered the field.
In the first game, Chen Dongqing was on the red side. He joined the game room first and then moved to the first position on the right side of the room.
But just then, Chen Dongqing saw that someone on the other end was suddenly typing and interacting with him.
SSFlandre: Dog, go easy on me today, can you give me some face?
Chen Dongqing laughed when he saw this.
Saint Gun Bro is a pure fun guy whose favorite thing to do is to brag about the opposing team.
His most classic line later was: "If Dog Lord is here, then what's the point of us fighting?"
Later, when they actually faced off against Uzi's RNG, they were ruthlesser than anyone else.
Uzi chuckled and typed, "Asking me is useless. You should ask my top laner, the one you're laning against."
Immediately afterwards, Flandre typed: "ilex, go easy on me. How about we pick two tanks to farm damage together? That way, both sides' stats won't be bad."
Chen Dongqing was about to type his agreement when he saw this, but then the referee behind him spoke up: "Please do not discuss this kind of content."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dongqing could only reply with an "Oo".
Immediately afterwards, the referee announced the start of the draft phase, and Chen Dongqing finally sat up seriously and began preparing for the draft.
The current version of the BP still uses a three-ban system, which means that all three bans are executed by the first pick of both teams, so the top laner has to do it himself.
At this point, the ban/pick phase had begun, and it was clear that Snake on the blue side banned Gangplank almost without hesitation.
Seeing this, the two commentators looked at each other in bewilderment.
While the Captain is decent in this version, his priority is definitely not that high, so why ban him as the first pick?
At this moment, the QG players exchanged smiles. They certainly understood how much pressure Chen Dongqing had put on Snake with the tanky Captain build he had pulled out during the training match.
Despite being heavily targeted in the early game, they not only didn't collapse, but also surpassed others in CS in the late game. In the final team fight, a triple barrel combo sealed the fate of both carries. It would be strange if they weren't banned.
banbazi said in Korean, "Then let's ban Ryze. This champion can't be allowed to play."
The translator during the match was Doinb. Hearing his mid-laner's words, Chen Dongqing nodded and banned Ryze.
Following the second ban, Snake showed no mercy, directly banning Fiora, demonstrating respect for Chen Dongqing, while Banbazi happily banned Lulu.
"Okay, for the last ban, we can see that Snake has chosen to ban Riven!?"
Seeing this, Joker was stunned: "Three bans on the top laner straight, is that that much respect?" It seems that ilex has put a lot of pressure on Snake in their scrims!
Changmao also said, "On the other side, QG chose to ban Nidalee, so Alistar and Graves are still out there, so they should each get one."
Immediately afterwards, Snake quickly locked onto Alistar on the first floor. This hero is the only T0 support in the current version, and all the major teams are practicing him.
During regular training matches, the team tends to let the players choose their own heroes, but when it comes to the actual competition, they definitely have to stick to the current meta.
QG didn't hesitate either, locking in the meta jungler Graves, and then locking in Trundle, a support with a very high recent pick rate, clearly intending to switch lanes and take down towers.
After making his selection, Chen Dongqing simply lay down on his chair and gave up.
They had already decided that the key strategy for the first game today would be to focus on the bottom lane.
On the other side, Snake quickly locked in Rek'Sai and Lissandra. The position of Lissandra in the top or mid lane is still undecided, but judging from the fact that Rek'Sai is jungling, she is more likely to play mid lane.
"In this game, our two carries will face greater pressure to deal damage," banbazi said. "Let's pick the top and mid laners first, and give the last spot to Uzi."
As they were talking, Banbazi turned to Chen Dongqing and asked, "Chen Dongqing, what hero are you planning to play this game? You're playing a tank role this time."
Chen Dongqing thought for a moment and said, "Can I play any hero I want?"
"Yes, how about you play Lulu? Or Morgana? A top laner with a protective role would be best, because we're going to be doing lane swaps this game, and if you're still playing a carry, you might have to go invisible."
"These two are too clumsy, aren't they?" Chen Dongqing frowned slightly. Lulu and Morgana were simply abnormal products of the lane swap version, so he didn't play them much and had no proficiency at all. It would be difficult for him to be effective even if he played them.
Chen Dongqing thought for a moment, then moved the mouse over a hero and asked, "How about this one?"
"This..." Banbazi leaned over to take a look, then said directly, "No problem, choose!"
"Always have faith in your soul."
The next second, the image of a middle-aged Asian woman appeared on the screen.
"Karma?" Joker was somewhat surprised. "Are we really going to pick Karma? Lock her in!"
This scene seemed somewhat strange to the two commentators.
Because they all know that Ilex is a top laner with very strong individual skills. Whether in ranked games or professional matches, he uses expert champions like Riven, Fiora, and Jayce.
But today, after three top laners were banned, he pulled out a Karma top laner that was completely different from before.
Is there really that many different playing styles?
Or perhaps the hero pool has been completely banned, leaving no heroes to choose from?
No one can get the answer.
Immediately afterwards, Snake quickly locked in their next two heroes, picking Poppy in cannon form and Tristana in hammer form, essentially finalizing their lineup and strategy.
By picking a tower-pushing hero like Tristana, Snake clearly saw that QG wanted to switch lanes.
However, they don't seem to intend to stop QG's lane swap, but instead choose Tristana, the AD carry with the fastest tower pushing ability, in order to quickly take down towers and get the rhythm going.
On the other side, Uzi pondered for a moment and decided to pick Caitlyn, also starting a tower-pushing strategy, thus locking in the lineups for both sides.
Blue side Snake: Top lane Poppy, Jungle Rek'Sai, Mid lane Lissandra, Bot lane Tristana and Alistar.
Red team QG: Top lane Karma, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Cassiopeia, Bot lane Caitlyn and Trundle.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this game should be an obvious lane swap game."
Looking at the lineups of both sides, Changmao said, "This match should be a contest of the tower pushing rhythm in the bottom lane. But judging from the lineups, Snake has a stronger early-game aggression. If nothing unexpected happens, they should dominate the early game."
Joker nodded, adding from the side:
"But QG's lineup is more late-game oriented. They have three core heroes: Graves, Cassiopeia, and Caitlyn, plus Karma's protection. Their late-game teamfight kiting ability is incredible."
"If QG can withstand Snake's tower-pushing pace in the early game, their victory will be a breeze."
Amidst the shouts of the spectators from both sides, the match footage officially loaded!
Both sides immediately began the first level of deployment.
This time, neither side chose to engage in a level 1 team fight. Instead, they adopted defensive positioning. Moreover, judging from their positioning, it was obvious that QG wanted to switch lanes, without even trying to hide it.
In Snake's voice chat, Crystal, who hadn't yet degenerated into Gangzi, saw Uzi already appearing in the upper river and said, "We need to push the towers quickly this game, otherwise, if it drags on to the late game, we'll be the ones getting slaughtered."
Ella, the support player, nodded in understanding and said, "Tristana can definitely push towers faster than Caitlyn. I'll just place a ward to prevent the enemy from taking down the tower."
As they were talking, the minion wave came online. Crystal and Ella, as usual, ate the Krugs first before coming online.
The little cannon learns E at level 1. After eating the Krugs, it can go back online and eat three melee minions with one auto-attack, which is very satisfying.
But he had just reached the lane when Karma also walked from the river to the bottom lane!
"Sa sai sa, PDD!"
A mantra was cast, and an energy wave immediately appeared in Karma, directly striking the six minions.
It not only devoured three melee units, but also reduced the ranged units to half health, and even affected the Tauren!
In addition to the three minions, Karma also had a +11 mark above her head, with 8 of those marks coming from the support item she bought at the start of the game, Spellthief's Edge.
The remaining 3 yuan came from the talent [Cloud-Piercing Hand].
This version of Spellthief's Blade allows you to steal gold without needing teammates nearby.
Later in Season 8, due to the existence of the Kleptomancy rune, the top lane fasting Karma build, which didn't focus on last-hitting minions, became quite popular.
Ultimately, Riot Games made a fatal mistake, adding a new feature where Spellthief's Edge requires nearby teammates to steal gold, effectively banishing the fasting Karma build from the game.
That's right, Chen Dongqing is a fan of the fasting Karma build, so he's very skilled with this champion.
Although this version lacks the top-tier fun talent Kleptomancy and the fasting Karma build has not yet been released, Chen Dongqing doesn't mind bringing this playstyle to the competitive scene ahead of time.
After all, he was playing a support/tank role in this game, so it didn't matter if he was a little behind in gold; he just needed to hold the lane.
Seeing this, Snake's bot lane duo were completely dumbfounded.
What does this mean? Aren't you going to go and grind experience with the jungler?
Why don't you play by the rules?