League: What? A bunch of old men can win a championship?

The two sides traded blows, and the hero selection was quickly determined.

Blue side EDG: Top laner Aatrox, jungler Lee Sin, mid laner Quesant, bot lane Aphelios and Lulu.

Red side TES: Top lane Jax, Jungle Wukong, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Varus and Karma.

When EDG's Quesanti was indeed switched to the mid lane in the last pick, it once again aroused doubts from the TES players.

Pick Quesanti, or mid lane? Seriously?

On OPGG, there isn't even any data on Quesanti mid lane, which means the sample size is too small and almost no one plays this champion that way.

Did they pull a stunt after winning a game? Or was it a favor they did?

Or perhaps... a unique understanding? A special skill?

Rookie was a little confused because he had played a few rounds with this big black guy and found him very difficult.

But he still understands the roles of the heroes Quesanti and LeBlanc.

He knew that when LeBlanc was facing a tank champion, if she couldn't crush the enemy before they built up magic resistance...

The demon queen then exploded on her own.

"Let's put more pressure on the mid lane this game," Rookie said. "As long as I can move, we'll have a good game."

Their bot lane Varus and Karma combination is unbeatable in lane control. As long as LeBlanc can move, they can dominate the entire bottom half of the map, which naturally gives them the advantage to win.

"OK, then I'll drive down the top half and come to camp in the middle after Fast 4." Xiao Tian nodded listlessly, though he wasn't very enthusiastic, he still expressed his agreement.

Although EDG's ruthless targeting in the previous game had somewhat dampened his spirits, he adjusted his mentality relatively quickly. After restarting the game, he went from being in a terrible state in the previous game to being in his usual half-dead state.

In this state, his thinking is still relatively clear, and he can still play games normally.

Of course, whether or not Yu Yu will win a second time depends on how the competition unfolds...

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Eight minutes later.

Rookie stood under the tower, watching Quesanti relentlessly push the lane with his Q, and another bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

Something's not right. Something's not right.

The opposing team has far too much experience in using short-ranged weapons against long-ranged ones!

How to use a short-range weapon to fight a long-range weapon? This is actually a very difficult task, and the higher the level of the game, the greater the difficulty.

After all, the extra 400 yards of attack range from the other side is an insurmountable gap, which means you will naturally lose countless amounts of health for nothing.

You need to scrutinize every detail and make amends in order to recover the lost health.

Knowing when to push the lane, when to feed the enemy an attack to control minion aggro, when to sacrifice health to push the lane, and when to look for opportunities to get close and counterattack—these are all tasks that need to be calculated.

Before this match, Rookie could confidently say that in all his years as a professional player, there were only two players who could withstand his pressure with a short-range tank.

One is Xiaohu, and the other is Doinb.

After this... there are now three people...

Behind him, White Crescent had been observing the mid-lane matchup, and he was slightly surprised.

East's laning details in this game were truly beyond his expectations, but what surprised him even more was the strength of the champion Quesanti.

Is Quesanti really that easy to beat LeBlanc?

The tank's physique inherently gives it an extremely strong ability to withstand attrition.

If LeBlanc doesn't land her ultimate, she won't even get as much damage as the enemy's Doran's Shield and double regeneration!

If LeBlanc steps on your face, the opponent can instantly use W to control you, and then easily counterattack with AQA!

The key point is that this hero can push lanes quickly!

Get a small Sunfire Cape, fully charge your W to gather monsters, and then use two Qs in combination with the Sunfire Cape's burn to clear out a wave of minions!

Isn't this outrageous?

Which vixen could possibly defeat this?

Goodness, this champion is timid and hesitant when laning against champions like Sett and Fiora in the top lane, but goes all out against LeBlanc in the mid lane, right?

Seeing this, White Crescent already had a rough estimate in mind.

His years of coaching experience told him that this Quesanti could very well change the landscape of the midfield!

Seeing Quesanti make a move to leave after pushing the lane, Rookie quickly asked, "Are you here yet? Now's a great opportunity."

"Coming." Xiaotian responded quickly; the monkey had already activated its scanner and was standing in the mid-lane bush.

Rookie didn't hesitate, using LeBlanc's W to step on the face and follow up with double chain control, landing a full combo. Xiaotian also activated W, emerging from the bushes, and a gank came right away!

Rookie deliberately maintained a high skill frequency, striving for a seamless double chain combo, followed by a Q, relying on the explosion of the second chain to deal the highest damage for LeBlanc!

But... Lu Yingdong remained completely calm.

He calculated the timing and the Lee Sin's position. He first hit a nearby minion with a Q to accumulate stacks, and then, just as LeBlanc's first chain was about to take effect, he pressed W to enter a defensive stance.

In the current state, Quesanti's W will reduce damage by 30%.

With the addition of Mercury's Treads and Spectre's Cloak, LeBlanc's full ERQ combo barely took down a quarter of Quesanti's health!

Seeing the damage, Rookie couldn't help but sigh.

This has been going on for the past few minutes.

Faced with the succubus's burst damage, Quesanti simply tanked it without losing a single drop of health.

And that's not all.

Immediately afterwards, Quesanti used a W to crash into the open space to the side!

Just then, Xiaotian's monkey, who was stealthily approaching, was hit by Quesant's W, stunning him for 0.85 seconds!

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Yingdong used a basic attack to trigger his passive ability, and then followed up with a QA combo to deal the first round of damage!

Xiao Tian knew he had no choice but to act, so he decisively used AQ to unleash a small burst of damage, then activated the first part of his ultimate skill, spinning, and followed up with another AQ after it ended.

The monkey's damage was still effective; after this combo, Quesanti's health dropped to below half in an instant.

But clearly, Quesanti's peak is when his health drops below half!

Because he had already fired two Qs, Quesanti was now in a state where his hand was flying.

With this state in mind, Lu Yingdong used his ultimate skill, [Proud and Heroic Posture], on the monkey next to him, taking it away a distance!

Quesanti loses both physical and magical resistances and health after activating his ultimate ability, which is why Quesanti has a low win rate. Activating his ultimate ability is too dependent on timing, and activating it randomly makes it too easy to die, thus losing the essence of a tank.

However, the ultimate skill also grants attack power, attack speed, and all-around lifesteal. If the timing of the ultimate skill is clever, then this hero is truly powerful.

After landing, first use a basic attack to trigger the passive, then quickly unleash the three-part Q!

Xiao Tian was first controlled by the ultimate skill for a period of time, and before he could react, he was knocked into the air by another control skill, leaving him a little dazed for a moment.

Knocked into the air, Quesanti landed another passive hit on him.

Xiao Tian frantically pressed R, and the monkey immediately activated its second ultimate after breaking free of control, trying to control the monkey again and kill it while Quesanti was using his ultimate.

But Lu Yingdong had anticipated this.

After the basic attack, he released his W [Pathfinder] which was refreshed by his ultimate for the second time. With the immunity to crowd control and damage reduction of W, he easily withstood the small burst of Wukong's second R.

As soon as the monkey's ultimate skill ended, Lu Yingdong instantly released W, and Quesanti dashed out, his twin blades flashing past the monkey!

Immediately afterwards, Quesanti landed a passive stab on the monkey, followed by a QA combo. This series of punches brought the monkey down to near-death!

What's going on?!

The little celestial being was dumbfounded.

He originally thought that Quess was definitely going to die, and he even held onto his E skill without using it, just in case Quess submitted and ran away.

Who would have thought that Quesanti would not only not run away, but would even fight back against two opponents at once!

Now it's him who has to learn how to dodge?

Xiao Tian reacted quickly, hurriedly using Flash to create distance, and then used E to dash twice to the minion, forcibly escaping a distance.

But... it still didn't work!

Quesant's Q skill cooldown is already relatively short, initially only 3.5 seconds, and this cooldown time will be further reduced with the increase of armor and magic resistance, as well as the full power of the ultimate skill, now it is less than two seconds!

Lu Yingdong waited a second for the cooldown, then used E+Q to flash and forcibly chased after the enemy across thousands of miles. Finally, he used a basic attack to finish off the enemy!

"First blood!"

"Holy crap!?"

JackeyLove, who happened to be switching screens nearby, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, is that for real? Dead?"

Xiao Tian was also somewhat incredulous, and he shared the same confusion.

He died like that?

How many dashes, how many crowd control abilities, and how many crowd control immunity abilities does this hero have?

On the other side, Rookie was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't rush to express his opinion because he had to finish off Quesanti, who had very little health left.

He first placed a mark on Quesanti, and then, once W recovered, he immediately stomped on it!

Quesanti's health was almost gone, and WE had used all their resources. If he kicked, the kill would be practically guaranteed!

But at that moment, Quesanti raised his twin blades again and unleashed a Q move, [Peerless Spinning Axe]!

A colorful blast emanated from the hand of the Supreme Celestial Kui Santi, forcibly interrupting the Enchantress's W attack!

The movement was interrupted, so naturally there was no damage!

Rookie's heart tightened.

Because, Jie Jie has already arrived.

JieJie didn't try to counter-gank, but Lu Yingdong was incredibly aggressive and managed to hold out until his support arrived.

Lu Yingdong used a basic attack to trigger his passive ability, and then very cleverly took two steps towards Jie Jie's direction.

These two steps allowed Jie Jie to get close enough, and the Lee Sin used Flash and W to get close to Lu Yingdong!

"Echo!"

Desperate to protect his father, Jie Jie kicked LeBlanc away, then landed a Q that landed perfectly, followed by a second Q and a barrage of attacks, easily securing LeBlanc's kill!

Seeing Rookie also taken down, Xiaotian glanced at his own dismal 0-1-0 score, his face darkening once more. Like a headless fly, he switched screens to check his teammates, then toggled the shop, glanced at the damage list, and finally opened the shop again...

What was initially a peaceful and stable situation turned into a complete collapse after this gank on the mid lane...

In just a few minutes, the opposing mid laner was already able to take on two opponents at once, and Xiaotian didn't know what to do next.

Behind them, Coach White Crescent saw this scene and thought to himself, "Oh no!"

He had been with Xiaotian for a year, and he knew that this was a sign that Xiaotian was about to awaken his jade...

If Xiaotian has a series of bad games in a row, he's prone to getting into this state, and his gameplay will become erratic...

Of course, the white crescent moon is understandable.

After all, today's practice match was indeed quite abstract.

Since both teams came today to try out their mid laners, they've been playing a mid-jungle matchup.

But apart from the fourth game today, the mid and jungle players were at a disadvantage in all other games.

If the mid and jungle lanes fall behind, the mid laner is actually okay, as they can farm under the mid tower. But the jungler suffers.

Especially in the last two games, Xiaotian was targeted and suffered terribly!

But the white crescent moon is also quite strange.

After the previous match, he had a very high opinion of East, believing him to be a top-tier mid laner in the league, even capable of holding his own against mid laners like Doinb and Rookie...

But after watching this game, he understood.

I underestimated myself.

This person is acting incredibly fast, I don't know what kind of drug they've taken!

After this battle, White Crescent has come to two conclusions.

1. Today's East is larger than Rookie.

2. Quesanti, absolutely crucial!

"Can we G now?" Xiao Tian asked again, a question he had asked countless times today.

"Uh...okay." White Crescent realized what was going on and said, "It's G, there's nothing interesting about it."

JackeyLove sighed helplessly. This time, he didn't struggle; he was too lazy to struggle anymore. He simply withdrew from the competition.

In these few games, it had nothing to do with his bottom lane; he would always get killed mid-game, which left him feeling very helpless.

Rookie looked quite helpless when he quit the game, apologizing again, "My bad, my bad, this game was also my fault..."

Rookie has a soft personality, and he readily takes the blame after losing a match.

Moreover, he hasn't played many matches during the off-season since the summer season ended, and he only recently started rehabilitation for a few games, so his form is indeed not good.

"It's alright, it's alright." White Crescent Moon turned her head and smiled, "It doesn't matter, we still recognize your strength."

Inside the EDG base, Lu Yingdong looked at the characters in the chat box and shook his head, saying, "Why are you typing 'GG' again? I was just having a great time!"

It can only be said that the development of the matchup was exactly as he had predicted.

Quesanti is really good at fighting the Enchantress.

Especially with this wave including First Blood and an assist, Lu Yingdong could even imagine Quesanti with three items going on a rampage.

As a result, they sent it.

"Nice, Dong-ge!" After exiting the game, Jie-jie excitedly stood up and gave Lu Yingdong a fist bump. "That Quesanti was ruthless!"

Lu Yingdong said cheerfully, "I told you we could pick Kui this time! No problem!"

Nearby, Saint Gun Bro, Meiko, and others were also giving Lu Yingdong, their old friend, a thumbs up.

When it came to choosing between the two mid-laners, everyone at EDG had similar thoughts; they all supported Lu Yingdong as the starting mid-laner.

Seeing Lu Yingdong's outstanding performance, they were somewhat pleased.

Unfortunately, they can no longer joke about Lu Yingdong being a substitute during meals.

Lu Yingdong and his brothers exchanged glances before turning to look at the manager, coach, and Doinb's expressions.

You can see that Abu, Maokai, the factory manager, and others are all smiling at you, their faces full of satisfaction.

On the other side, Doinb was also smiling, but his smile seemed somewhat forced and unnatural.

Looks like I've got this in the bag, buddy?

It's more than just stable.

Although Abu only smiled outwardly, the little devil inside him was practically grinning from ear to ear.

Lu Yingdong is truly a treasure!

Why didn't EDG give Lu Yingdong a chance to play before?

The reason is actually quite simple. First, Lu Yingdong's playstyle is too aggressive, and his hero pool is too narrow. He only knows one mid-lane assassin, and he also knows a little bit of traditional mages like Viktor and Orianna.

Besides that, I'm not very proficient with any of the heroes that are frequent picks in professional leagues, such as Twisted Fate, Taliyah, Galio, and Azir; I can only say I'm so-so.

But now, these problems seem to have completely disappeared!

In the first game, he played Twisted Fate; in the second game, he played Quesanti. These were all areas where Lu Yingdong was not good before, but he performed well in both.

If he were to pull out his signature assassin move, what would happen?

And most importantly... it's cheap!

Compared to players like Doinb who have won championships, any contract they sign would inevitably be a top salary.

With a championship in hand, Doinb can arrogantly say: If you don't want it, plenty of others will!

But what about Lu Yingdong?

Even if Lu Yingdong performs better, his contract fee will inevitably be lower than Doinb's due to his lack of accolades.

What's this called? Cost reduction and efficiency improvement!

Lu Yingdong, EDG is determined to have him!

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Today's content is coherent, so I'm posting it as a combined 4500-word chapter.

It's not advisable to update too much during the new book period. Almost everyone updates 4,000 words a day. My friend occasionally updates 7,000 or 5,000 words, which is already considered very generous. Don't say it's too little.

There will be plenty to see once it's available!

Brothers, remember to keep reading! See you tomorrow!