[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 159

Recruiting ADC (5)

The ban-pick for the third test was Lucian versus Ezreal.

It was a champion that appeared frequently in the current meta as much as the previous two champions, and at the same time, the lane matchup was also relatively less extreme than in the first game.

In other words, it could be seen as a pretty decent matchup because hand-fighting was possible.

‘And the support is…….’

Among the hot supports in the current meta, there are quite a few new faces.

The main characters were Amumu and Maokai.

Of course, some might ask what’s so new about Maokai, but in the long history of League of Legends, it was true that Maokai had been more active in the top or jungle rather than as a support.

Anyway, the matchup between the two champions is very advantageous for Maokai statistically.

Maokai can provide long-range harassment through bush saplings, and his gank response through his W is also decent, and above all, he can push back Amumu’s entry once.

On the other hand, in the Lucian versus Ezreal matchup, Lucian is slightly advantageous based on lane phase.

Therefore, the decided bottom lane combination was Lucian, Amumu vs. Ezreal, Maokai.

- 30 seconds left until minion spawn!

‘I’ll know soon enough.’

Whether PleaseOpenYourMouth’s skills are real or fake.

PleaseOpenYourMouth was the first to pick Lucian.

The order doesn't matter since it will be changed in the next game anyway, but the important thing is that Lucian is PleaseOpenYourMouth's most played champion.

‘Alright, show me.’

- Minions have spawned!

Before the lane phase began in earnest, a fierce psychological warfare took place.

In a situation where there’s no jungler, if you start the lane phase normally, you can’t beat Maokai, who planted saplings in the bush at level 1, so it was to remove the saplings that Maokai had planted.

‘The Ezreal Maokai combination is stronger at level 1.’

Due to the characteristics of level 1, where there is no mobility, the Ezreal Maokai combination with long-range harassment overwhelms the Lucian Amumu combination.

However, whether he knows that fact or not, Lucian fearlessly went forward, trusting only his own movements.

‘…Is that right?’

The lane phase began with a sense of bewilderment.

Although the lane phase started with many concerns, Lucian wasn't stupid enough to get hit by Ezreal's blind Q.

However, he couldn't avoid the Q due to the proper damage trade.

Like all bottom lane phases, the bottom lane damage trades were intense to get the first level 2.

[⨷] [⨷] [⨷]

[PleaseOpenYourMouth(Lucian) has marked 3minTopGyoMyungYeSinDo(Ezreal)]

With a fervent ping, Amumu's bandage was aimed at Ezreal, but Maokai took it instead.

However, Amumu's bandage still had one shot left.

Swish!

so-so190’s Maokai took the second bandage with his body as if he had even anticipated Amumu's bandage.

Now the situation has become simple.

Will the opponent's Maokai die first?

Will our Lucian die first?

In fact, the answer to this was already as good as decided.

No matter how much Maokai is a support, he is a melee champion from a tank.

No matter how much Lucian is a short-ranged champion, his survivability is incomparable.

- First Blood!

- Our ally has been killed!

- Enemy has been slain!

Lucian and Maokai died almost simultaneously.

Of course, it was obvious which side was at a disadvantage if the ADC and support died simultaneously.

Still, he thought it was too early to finish the third test, and the dead Lucian and Maokai returned to the lane, and the lane phase continued.

The level 3 timing, where all three skills were taken.

The timing was approaching where Lucian could take the initiative against Ezreal.

But, the lane phase is done by the support.

Amumu is a champion with strengths in combat or gank response, but if the damage trade doesn't occur like this, the Ezreal Maokai side is obviously better.

Moreover, Getback is a mid laner, and the opposing support, Maokai, is so-so190.

In a situation where the support matchup is lagging, what will the ADC do?

The answer sheet PleaseOpenYourMouth submitted was extremely simple.

- Our ally has been killed!

…What?

There was no particular damage trade angle from the opponent.

In fact, Lucian threw himself, trying to force a damage trade in a way that was half-throwing, and was caught by Maokai and died.

In a word, Lucian threw.

[All][PleaseOpenYourMouth(Lucian) : GG]

‘……You said Lucian was your most played, right?’

I don't know.

The more I look, the more I don't know what kind of guy he is.

Even with his most played champion in that state, there’s no need to look at Ezreal, who is at the bottom of his most played champions.

……That should have been the case.

- First Blood!

- Enemy has been slain!

The fourth game, where the teams changed their combinations.

This time, Ezreal manages to get a kill against Lucian.

What?

What on earth are you?

I couldn't stand it and asked Getback what exactly happened in the third and fourth games.

[Getback : Well...]

[Getback : He was throwing a fit, saying what’s up with the Amumu support]

Ah…….

You ignorant primitive.

Sometimes, there are ADCs like that.

When a new pick comes out among the supports, they don’t accept it and only force the picks they know while trapped in the past.

Champion tiers and stuff like that are unnecessary for them. If they don't like it, it's a troll.

PleaseOpenYourMouth was exactly that type.

‘Maokai has been used as a support for a while, right?’

No, maybe the champion Maokai itself is a champion with a long history, so that might be the case.

Such a narrow-minded way of thinking.

However, unfortunately, despite the lack of such a way of thinking and the lack of a concept of League of Legends, PleaseOpenYourMouth had something that the ADCs I’ve tested so far didn't have.

‘Pure power.’

The ability that is called the so-called physicality, but more specifically, it includes a combination of a sense of damage trade and positioning necessary as an ADC.

Despite numerous shortcomings, PleaseOpenYourMouth had such an ability.

‘……Maybe.’

There is such a thing as talent.

And in that talent, there are things that can be learned by being taught, and things that cannot.

Then, are the shortcomings that PleaseOpenYourMouth has, shortcomings that can be fixed? Or are they shortcomings that can't be fixed?

I already knew the answer.

The weight of the judgment is slowly tilting.

And…….

In the fifth test, the champion PleaseOpenYourMouth chose was Kalista.

A champion with monster-like performance limited to the lane phase, but a champion that isn’t highly tiered in the current meta.

From that point of view, it’s also true that it’s not appropriate for an ADC who has to participate in the promotion/relegation qualifiers in a month.

But, that’s why I’m looking forward to it.

The champion chosen by 3minTopGyoMyungYeSinDo was Kai'Sa.

Although it was true that Kalista was slightly more advantageous if we only looked at the lane phase itself, statistically, it was a pick that was neither good nor bad against Kalista.

It’s a 50/50 matchup, to put it plainly.

The supports of both teams were picked, as if by appointment, Lulu and Yuumi.

ADC: Kalista / Kai'Sa

Support: Lulu / Yuumi

This will make the ADC's influence relatively stronger than the previous games, where the support's role was important.

Challenger top laner and Diamond ADC.

It was a game that was worth watching in many ways.

‘Well, that’s not the point.’

The important thing is whether the talent that PleaseOpenYourMouth possesses is real.

- Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

The game has started.

It is a well-known fact that Kalista’s lane phase ability is strong.

But it's also true that it's a champion that requires that much skill.

PleaseOpenYourMouth constantly pressured the opposing lane based on Kalista's unique powerful lane phase.

There was no reason not to push the lane anyway, since there was no jungler and the opposing support was also Yuumi.

Push, push, push.

Kai'Sa, who couldn't stand such harassment, came out, but the result was disastrous.

- First Blood!

- Enemy has been slain!

[All][so-so190(Yuumi) : GG]

The sixth test has begun.

This time, so-so190 picked Thresh.

He seemed to have judged that he couldn't win with a supportive support like Yuumi.

And, that intention worked.

- First Blood!

- Our ally has been killed!

With this, the fifth and sixth lane phase tests were all over.

The result was 1:1.

PleaseOpenYourMouth's team won the first game, and so-so190's team won the second game.

‘……He seems to have been pretty serious.’

When conducting the tests so far, so-so190 had played the game while easing up.

However, in the final lane phase test, I felt like I could see his sincerity.

An ADC who is only Diamond has drawn out the sincerity of a support that I recognized.

‘……Almost there.’

Now, only the 5:5 test remains.

This was the real test, in fact.

No matter how important the lane phase ability is in the current meta, the lane phase when there are other teammates, including the jungler, is different from the lane phase when there aren't.

[Outlaw : I’ll go right away]

Alright, show me.

Whether you are really the ADC that I think you are.