Qin Feng's game-changing champion EQ flash was like a depth charge dropped into a calm lake, its ripples extending far beyond the average player base.
The livestream's popularity index surged again, and a group of special viewers poured in.
"Oh?'Star Sea - Coaching Staff' has entered the livestream... 'Forbidden City Peak Data Analyst' is here... 'Phantom - Tactical Consultant' has also arrived..." Qin Feng watched the IDs with various team prefixes constantly refreshing in the backend, a playful smile on his lips.
These professionals, who usually strategized behind the scenes, were clearly "blown out" by his unprecedented move.
The chat also noticed these "special guests" and started to jeer.
"Holy crap! Even the pro teams are here!"
"Boss Qin, your move scared all the coaches out!"
"Asking for the psychological shadow area of pro players!"
"Coaches, have you learned it yet? (Dog head)"
Qin Feng cleared his throat and said with a smile into the microphone, "Welcome, fellow professionals, to observe and guide.
However, my small livestream doesn't have many rules, just one—'freeloading' isn't allowed; you have to show some appreciation with gifts, right?
For example... how about a'Starship' or something?" He said this in a half-joking, half-serious tone.
As soon as he said this, the livestream was stunned for a moment, then erupted in even louder laughter.
"Hahaha! Boss Qin demanding gifts online!"
"Coaches, hurry, start gifting! Time to pay tuition!"
"I didn't realize you were this kind of Boss Qin!"
Perhaps out of respect for Qin Feng's identity, perhaps genuinely impressed by the move and wanting to "learn secretly," or perhaps infected by the cheerful atmosphere, various expensive gift effects indeed began to light up on the screen one after another, including "Starships" and "Spaceships" sent by IDs with team prefixes.
"Thanks to'Star Sea - Lin Haoming' for the Starship! Boss Lin is generous!"
"Thanks to 'Forbidden City Peak Coaching Staff' for the Spaceship! Very thoughtful!"
"Thanks to 'Enlightenment - Chen Mo' for the Rocket! Coach Chen, you've spent too much!"
Qin Feng happily thanked each one, the atmosphere as lively as a festival.
Once this wave of gifts subsided slightly, he changed the subject, his expression becoming a bit more serious.
"Alright, tuition's been collected, so I can't just talk without demonstrating." Qin Feng exited the game's post-game lobby and opened custom practice mode.
"That champion EQ flash earlier, everyone was very interested, but it's actually just the tip of the iceberg.
In this game, there are many small tricks based on skill mechanics and Flash usage, even what could be called... 'bug-like mechanics'."
He deliberately used the term "bug-like mechanics," sparking curiosity in the chat.
"Bugs? Won't they be fixed?"
"Is it a cheat?"
"No, it's not a cheat." Qin Feng explained while creating a room, "These actions are entirely within the game's set rules; they just achieve effects beyond regular skill descriptions through very unconventional button sequences and timing.
I believe this is not a bad thing; on the contrary, it's a manifestation of the game's depth and charm.
They provide top players and professional players with a higher operational ceiling and the possibility of creating miracles."
As he spoke, he selected the first champion—Cassiopeia, the Serpent's Embrace.
"Cassiopeia? Is there anything special about this champion?" The chat wondered.
Qin Feng controlled Cassiopeia to mid-lane and placed a custom training dummy in front of the enemy turret.
He faced the dummy and began to explain.
"Cassiopeia's Ultimate Ability, 'Petrifying Gaze,' stuns in a frontal cone and slows from behind, right?" He said, casting a normal Ultimate Ability; green light covered the area in front, and the dummy was stunned.
"But if we do this..." Qin Feng faced the dummy again, but this time, the moment he pressed the R key for "Petrifying Gaze," his mouse cursor sharply swung behind Cassiopeia, and almost simultaneously, he pressed Flash (R Flash)!
On the screen, Cassiopeia's figure instantly flashed forward a short distance just as the animation for her Ultimate Ability began, and the green light of Petrifying Gaze, which should have been cast forward, bizarrely shot backward from her original position before the flash!
It precisely hit another dummy that was originally behind her and theoretically impossible to be hit by the frontal Ultimate Ability!
"?????"
"Am I seeing things?"
"The Ultimate Ability... was cast backward?"
"What kind of crazy move is this?! Reverse R?"
The entire livestream, including the lurking professional coaches and analysts, was completely stunned!
This completely overturned their understanding of Cassiopeia, and even of skill casting mechanics!
"This move, I call it 'Reverse R Flash'." Qin Feng calmly explained, as if he had done something trivial, "The principle is to use Flash to change the champion's position within the extremely short cast time of the Ultimate Ability, but the system still judges the skill's direction based on where your mouse cursor was pointing before the flash.
So, when you face forward but swing your mouse cursor behind you and press R Flash, this 'backward Ultimate' effect occurs.
In real combat, it can be used to unexpectedly control enemies chasing from behind, or... well, to counter-kill while escaping."
The chat was utterly frantic, with screens full of "???" and "Holy crap" almost crashing the server.
Before everyone could fully digest Cassiopeia's Reverse R Flash, Qin Feng switched to another champion—Lee Sin, the Lee Sin.
"Everyone is familiar with Lee Sin; his Q Skill, Sonic Wave, and the second cast, Resonating Strike, flies him to the enemy.
But is there a way to make the trajectory of the second Q unpredictable, or... achieve some special displacement?"
He placed three dummies on the ground, forming an irregular triangle.
"Watch closely."
Qin Feng controlled Lee Sin to cast his Q Skill, Sonic Wave, on the first dummy, hitting it.
But he didn't immediately activate the second cast, Resonating Strike.
Instead, he walked to a special angle and cast his W Skill, "Safeguard," on the second dummy (not the Q-hit target), displacing him to a ward next to it (ward hop).
Almost the instant he landed from the ward hop, he immediately activated the second Q, flying towards the first dummy that was hit by Q!
However, because the ward hop changed his position and direction, Lee Sin's second Q flight path was not a straight line to the first dummy, but rather a bizarre triangular zigzag in the air!
His final landing spot was astonishingly a third position, far from the first and second dummies!
"Triangle kill?!" Some quick-thinking viewers already shouted out.
"Exactly, this move can be called 'Triangle Displacement' or 'Triangle Kill'." Qin Feng nodded, "It uses the flight mechanism of the Q Skill, combined with the W ward hop to change your position, to achieve a change of direction in mid-air, for the purpose of deceiving opponents, traversing complex terrain, or adjusting your landing spot.
This requires extremely high APM and precise mouse positioning."
Next, he demonstrated Gragas's "Geometric Barrel"—his E Skill, "Body Slam," followed by Flash (E Flash) for an ultra-long-distance dash, simultaneously throwing his Q Skill, "Barrel Roll," at extreme range in mid-air and instantly detonating it at the landing spot (requiring prediction and extremely fast reflexes), achieving ultra-long-distance, almost zero-delay explosive crowd control.
There was also Vayne's "Flash Pin"—when an enemy was near terrain, using Flash to instantly adjust her position, pinning an enemy who normally couldn't be stunned against the terrain at her post-flash position with her E Skill, "Condemn."
Every move was dazzling like magic, completely overturning all the viewers' preconceived notions of these champions.
"Am I playing the same game as Boss Qin?"
"This game is too profound!"
"I feel like I've been playing with my feet before..."
"Pro players: Oh no, I've become a noob!"
Between demonstrations and explanations, Qin Feng patiently answered questions from the chat, meticulously breaking down the button sequence, timing, and practice methods for each move.
"These techniques can indeed be considered as utilizing certain 'characteristics' of the game mechanics," Qin Feng concluded, "but their existence precisely proves that league of legends is not just a game of comparing numbers and reactions; it is also a stage full of creativity and imagination.
I hope to see players in future professional matches skillfully use and even develop more such moves, pushing the entertainment and competitiveness of the game to new heights."
His words were not only for the ordinary players but also for the professionals silently observing in the livestream.
He was opening a new door for them, showing the tactical depth and operational limits this game could potentially reach in the future.
The atmosphere in the livestream gradually shifted from initial teasing and shock to a deep discussion of the game's essence and an aspiration for a higher realm.
Qin Feng's impromptu livestream had already transcended the realm of entertainment, becoming a dimensionality reduction strike against the existing understanding of the game and a forward-looking "technical popularization" for the entire esports ecosystem.
And the storm brought by this "lesson" had only just begun to brew.