[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 10

The thrill was fleeting, and soon, not-so-good news came.

-An ally has been killed!

Orianna had been solo-killed by Cassiopeia.

Of course, Cassiopeia had a slight advantage in this matchup, but getting solo-killed is another story.

In other words, it meant that Cassiopeia had dominated Orianna in lane.

‘Hmm.’

I wonder if they really are a 90% win rate duo. Even after they completely destroyed top and jungle, there are signs of life in the mid lane.

The mid lane has the most powerful influence in League of Legends.

Occasionally, there are times when it’s a jungle meta, or some other meta, but that only means the influence of mid is relatively reduced; strictly speaking, mid has always been the most important lane throughout the history of League of Legends.

‘This makes it a little harder to counter-jungle.’

I was planning to control four buffs just a moment ago, but if things turn out this way, I have no choice but to change my response.

The jungler is always forced to make choices.

Should I go jungling, or should I gank? If I have the initiative, should I counter-jungle, or should I take the objectives? Or should I just shop for items?

In other words, because of my ally mid laner losing the initiative, I had lost the option of counter-jungling.

However, as there is always action and reaction, the loss of initiative for my ally mid laner isn't necessarily all bad.

Losing the initiative means that the opponent will push the lane, which means they are exposed to the threat of a gank.

‘Let’s see how they react.’

I pinged the opposing top laner.

This makes the opposing top laner, who's already having a hard time, play even more cautiously, which leads to the top side Rift Herald initiative.

Even if mid has the initiative, no one would dare to fight for the scuttle crab if top is getting pushed and my ally jungler is level 1.

‘As expected.’

In ordinary games, the fight for the top-side scuttle crab often determines the outcome of the game.

But that's only in ordinary games, and this game is already half-ruined from the invade.

Even though I headed straight for the top-side scuttle crab, the opposing Cassiopeia didn't react at all.

Rather, they felt pressured, as if I was going to gank.

After taking the top-side scuttle crab, I reached level 3.

I shouldn’t have leveled up to 3, but I got kill experience since I ate so many kills.

I went straight into the enemy blue buff.

It was to see Rek'Sai's pathing.

‘Blue is there.’

In other words, Rek'Sai didn't take a path that was taking the blue buff excessively after being killed by me, but instead, she planned a path to avoid me and head to the bottom jungle.

Here, I have to choose again.

Should I calmly counter-jungle the enemy blue buff, along with other jungle camps, and then dive top for the mark?

Or should I go back home, take the bottom scuttle crab, and completely ruin Rek'Sai?

If it were the old me, I would have chosen one of the two options.

But my current physical skills are in tip-top shape.

There's no reason to avoid a fight, so a choice that didn't exist before naturally emerged.

‘I'll catch mid.’

Orianna just respawned.

She also didn't have Teleport, since she used it to return to lane after the invade.

There's no way she could respond to a gank.

But it doesn't matter.

The opposing Cassiopeia pushed the lane too aggressively after getting the solo kill, and almost used all her mana.

She'd already used all her spells.

In other words, Cassiopeia is now just a fast-moving snake.

-Chak!

Just as the poison area was about to be placed in front of me.

I boldly used Flash, which I'd been saving and saving without using even in the invade.

Cassiopeia tried to escape by using a late arrival, but with the Red buff slow and the E skill's slow, the distance got too close.

-You have slain an enemy!

-You are on a killing spree!

-You are unstoppable!

Orianna was almost back in lane, I didn't stop there, and went straight for the bottom jungle.

[Rek'Sai – Level 2]

Sure enough, as soon as I entered the river, Rek'Sai, who had just respawned, was hitting the scuttle crab.

If Rek'Sai was level 3, it would have been a dangerous decision to target Cassiopeia, but Rek'Sai, who was already shut down, had only eaten one camp.

“Uh-huh.”

To try for the scuttle crab at level 2… too cocky.

“Scuttle crab confiscated.”

The scuttle crab's health was barely 600 now.

Another Smite battle had begun.

This time, it was level 3 versus level 2.

For Rek'Sai, it was the worst situation than before.

-Ddee-ing!

As expected, I won this Smite battle as well.

And, at the same time as winning the Smite battle, my level increased.

[Kindred – Level 4]

[Rek'Sai – Level 2]

And the result of the following battle was already predetermined.

-You have slain an enemy!

-You are running rampant!

From now on, I can do whatever I want.

I could take the dragon that's right in front of me, or I could take the jungle camp on the blue side.

Most ordinary users would be satisfied around this point and take the dragon and the ally blue side jungle camp.

But I pressed recall as is.

[2,144 Gold]

Not only was there a lot of money, but I also wanted to give Rek'Sai, who dared not dodge, a taste of hell.

‘Rek'Sai’s level was 2. CS is 4. That means she only ate the Raptors.’

In other words, the current situation of the enemy jungle camps is that all of the upper jungle camps are alive and only one camp is left in the lower jungle.

Rek'Sai knows this too.

‘And it's getting easier.’

I bought Tier 2 boots and core lower items at the shop, and I headed straight for the enemy blue jungle.

The reason I bought the boots first was because kiting was important in the fight against Rek'Sai, but most of all, it was to enter the enemy jungle as quickly as possible.

As soon as I crossed the river, the movement of the enemy Cassiopeia changed.

She moved in advance to cover Rek'Sai.

‘I think it’s a ward.’

Of course, it could be a bluff, so I turned the lens and moved.

It was a ward.

‘If this is the case, then….’

[⊙] [⊙] [⊙]

As I furiously pinged Cassiopeia, ally Orianna started to pressure Cassiopeia.

‘Peek-a-boo.’

Cassiopeia, who was moving to cover Rek'Sai, was instantly surrounded by Orianna and me.

Rek'Sai belatedly showed up, but a level 2 Rek'Sai couldn't do anything in this situation.

-You have slain an enemy!

-Unstoppable!

As Cassiopeia died in an instant, Rek'Sai belatedly tried to escape.

Of course, it was no use.

-You have slain an enemy!

-Godlike!

After instantly taking out the enemy mid and jungle, I pinged top as is.

[⊙] [⊙] [⊙]

The reason I pinged top and didn’t go there.

Because the mark placed on the top lane could be collected naturally if I caught the enemy mid.

[MAX WooChan(Nyar) : Please save me]

Soon, the opposing top, who foresaw his death, typed in the chat.

It was a chat that came out because the game was practically over.

[Jungle_of_Slaves(Risim) : Try saying I'm a baldie]

[MAX WooChan(Nyar) : I'm a baldie]

[Jungle_of_Slaves(Risim) : Not enough sincerity]

[MAX WooChan(Nyar) : ********]

Before the words were even finished, Orianna and I arrived and dove top as is.

Risim was the first to take tower aggro, it was a very clean dive.

-You have slain an enemy!

[yytvxxiaojin(Rek'Sai) : open]

Finally, Rek'Sai's mentality had broken, and declared open.

Even though it was still too early for the game to end, the herald hadn't even gone to work yet, the result was already decided.

“Easy.”

The opposing bot, who still couldn't accept the loss, blocked us, but they couldn't stop five people, who brought the herald after that.

[Victory]

+

[+17 LP]

[1630 LP]

Since I had earned a relatively easy victory, I immediately queued up again without a break.

‘Should I do some lurking in the meantime.’

Since the queue time is quite long in the high elo, lurking in the community was one of my main routines.

While I was looking at the community like that, a strange post was uploaded in real-time.

-Breaking) Red Cup runner-up duo, 35 consecutive wins finally stopped.