League: I really didn't tank!

015 Top lane 1 for 1!

TheShy returned to the tower and saw Fiora who had already leveled up to level 2 by farming minions, realizing that his early laning phase was starting to fall apart.

The weakness of Riven is that she has no sustain, and with her health still behind, she will have to farm under the tower until at least her first recall.

But faced with this situation, Jiang Donggen did not show any frustration or anger; instead, he laughed.

"This guy is really amazing," TheShy said to Dopa in the voice chat.

Dopa seemed somewhat surprised: "Are there still people on Chinese servers who you think are really skilled?"

He also remembered that two months ago when they were duo queuing, Dopa would often say things like "the enemy top laner is no good" after less than three minutes in the laning phase.

This is the first time I've ever spoken so highly of the other side.

Dopa thought for a moment and said, "Can you beat him?"

TheShy didn't dare to make a guarantee, only replying, "I don't know, let's give it a try."

...

After the exchange of blows ended on the top lane, Chen Dongqing briefly gained lane control, but he didn't act recklessly, since he didn't know where the enemy jungler was.

Thus, Chen Dongqing, with a ten-kill lead, ended the laning phase before level six.

Six minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

After pushing through a wave of cannon minions, Chen Dongqing returned home, now possessing a massive sum of over 1600 gold.

However, he did not make the Tiamatga sandals that he usually made.

Top lane Fiora versus Riven is a head-to-head matchup, a pure power struggle. If you spend 1500 gold to only get 25 attack damage, you'll most likely get nerfed badly.

Chen Dongqing smiled slightly, bought a second Doran's Sword, and then bought the Vampire Scepter, immediately starting to use Life Steal.

Clearly, he wanted to wear them down.

Both top laners went online at the same time.

On the other side, TheShy also bought a second Doran's Blade, but he was down 10 CS and didn't have as much gold as Fiora. With the remaining gold, he chose to spend 800 to buy a Death Sentence.

Clearly, he wanted to make a gamble.

Both top laners glanced at each other's equipment and understood each other's intentions.

The laning phase continues.

Chen Dongqing played quite skillfully, using Unyielding to poke and run away, while keeping W firmly in his hand, making it difficult for Riven to chase him down.

After just a couple of pokes, Riven's health had already dropped significantly.

TheShy drank the red bottle to replenish his energy, and he began to think. Of course, he couldn't allow Chen Dongqing to just exhaust himself like this; he had to find an opportunity to make his move.

At this moment, both sides' mid and jungle players have shown up in the bottom lane, and a 4v4 battle has already begun in the bottom lane. The top lane is now an isolated island, with no one interfering.

Now is the perfect time; we're just waiting for Fiora to get her Q again.

As soon as she finished speaking, a green light appeared in Fiora's hand again, and she charged forward!

TheShy reacted quickly, using his E [Charge Forward] to block the Undying Q, and simultaneously dashed to Fiora's face, unleashing a basic attack before quickly retreating.

Seeing that Riven was actually using her E to counterattack, Chen Dongqing was not afraid at all. He quickly used E and A to attack twice, and then quickly pushed forward, intending to deliver a critical hit and run away!

But he suddenly realized that Riven didn't seem to be running away at all this time, and instead continued to fight Fiora head-on.

Chen Dongqing also has a high level of proficiency with Riven, and he knows what this action means.

He wanted to slowly whittle down Fiora's health to the kill threshold, then unleash his ultimate to burst her down.

Seeing this, Chen Dongqing remained calm and simply turned and walked away.

His main strategy in lane is to whittle down the opponent's health; it's better not to auto-attack if this critical hit occurs!

But at that moment, TheShy suddenly activated his ultimate ability, [Rogue's Edge]!

After activating her ultimate, Riven's attack range increased to 200 yards, which put Fiora back within Riven's attack range!

"Drink!"

The moment a basic attack is launched, W [Soul Roar] follows closely behind, and AW deal damage almost simultaneously, causing the damage numbers to be combined.

However, TheShy did not rush to start the QA combo. Instead, he took a step forward while Fiora was stunned, and then delivered another basic attack to Fiora.

Seeing Riven engage in a fierce fight, Chen Dongqing didn't hold back either, immediately using [Peerless Challenge] on Riven, creating four openings at once.

Although he didn't want to fight head-on, he still had to use his ultimate skill, as its healing and speed boost were crucial.

You can't let Riven chase you down to low health just to save your skills, otherwise you won't be able to lane.

The moment the opening appeared, Chen Dongqing used a basic attack with two E skills to break through the frontal opening, directly reducing Riven's health by a large amount!

Just then, Riven's Broken Wings finally activated!

Riven wielded her greatsword, first unleashing a basic attack, then instantly flipping herself around to cancel the attack's animation with her Q skill, before clicking the ground with the mouse to follow up with another attack – it looked incredibly smooth!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Dongqing moved to the bottom right corner of Riven and used a basic attack to create an opening, reducing Riven's health while slightly increasing his own.

By this point, Chen Dongqing had a vague feeling that he had won this exchange.

After all, Riven had been constantly worn down by him, so she wasn't at full health to begin with. Now, after being hit by half of her combo, she only had about two-fifths of her health left. It should only take a few more hits.

I still have half my health left, and I have Flash and W available, so there's absolutely no way I can die.

Thinking of this, Chen Dongqing was no longer afraid. Taking advantage of the interval between normal attacks, he quickly walked towards the third weakness.

Meanwhile, Riven's QA is still ongoing.

Second stage QA, third stage QA!

Riven leaped high into the air, her sword slashing down heavily towards Fiora!

Chen Dongqing reacted perfectly, immediately using his W [Laurent's Mind's Eye] to try and stun Riven!

"Ding!"

The sound effect of a successful block rang out, and Fiora unleashed a sword aura, thrusting straight at Riven!

At this critical moment, Riven suddenly moved to the side, dodging the sword energy while a shield appeared on her body!

Chen Dongqing was slightly taken aback when he saw this scene, but then quickly understood what was going on.

Riven's E skill is used at the very beginning of a fight, and its cooldown is ten seconds.

The reason TheShy didn't immediately use his Q to whittle down Fiora's health during the fight, but instead slowly auto-attacked, was primarily because he wanted to reduce Fiora's health.

The second reason is that he wanted to play slowly and wait out the cooldown of his E skill!

Only in this way can he confidently throw out the third Q, thus baiting out Fiora's W.

TheShy planned all of this from the very beginning; it can only be said that he had a very long-term vision.

But Chen Dongqing remained calm. He first traded a basic attack with Riven to lifesteal, and then waited for Riven's shield to disappear before using a Q to dash sideways and expose Riven's third weakness!

At this moment, Riven was already low on health! Fiora, on the other hand, had two-fifths of her health remaining. With a lead of over 100 health, Chen Dongqing was almost certain to win!

He still has a flash!

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chen Dongqing clearly saw Riven's rune sword suddenly unleash a wide-range horizontal slash!

Chen Dongqing understood what this was; it was Riven's second ultimate skill, [Wind Slash]!

This sword aura has a killing effect; if the Sword Maiden is hit, she will be severely injured even if she doesn't die!

However, Chen Dongqing's reaction speed is now as high as 90 points, so it is impossible for such a normal skill release to hit him.

Without hesitation, he decisively used Flash to the left, flashing behind Riven!

This position not only allows you to dodge Riven's ultimate, but also exposes the last weakness!

Fiora has already raised her hand for her basic attack!

But then, something unexpected happened.

The instant Chen Dongqing used Flash, Riven also used Flash to the left!

Both of them dodged to the left, which meant that their relative positions did not change at all!

Furthermore, this flash caused Fiora's basic attack to miss its opening, and the damage was insufficient to kill Riven.

As you can see, Riven's health has reached a very low level of 14.

At that moment, [Swift Slash] was unleashed, piercing right through the Sword Maiden's chest!

Both teams' heroes were reduced to low health!

Chen Dongqing gasped in shock.

Because he knew that Riven's next basic attack would be faster.

Immediately afterwards, Riven landed a basic attack, which completely wiped out Fiora's remaining health!

"The Exile has slain the Grand Duelist!"

However, immediately afterward, before the [Dangerous Game] talent took effect, damage from minions also hit Riven. Her 14 health points seemed weak in front of the minions, and she was also taken down.

"Fiora has slain Riven!"

The top laners from both sides traded one for one!