[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 169

The feedback was short.

The game itself was so short that surrender was inevitable, and the atmosphere wasn't good either.

["Everyone, fighting."]

The third scrim began.

This time, we switched sides again, and we were the first pick.

["What should we ban?"]

["Let's change the pattern a bit for the third one. To see how they come out. Yeonwoo, ban what you want."]

In other words, they were intentionally letting the opponent pick.

["...Do you really want to do that?"]

["Yeah."]

["Yes, then I'll ban what I want to ban."]

Somehow, a strange heat was felt in Seo Yeonwoo's voice. Perhaps because he had been given full authority over the bans by Baek Seong-an, he seemed slightly excited.

And…….

Soon, the bans were completed.

[Malphite]

[Graves]

[Aatrox]

Seo Yeonwoo's intention for the bans was clear.

Don't play a half-baked, half-and-half champion, let's go at it properly.

Moreover, the opponent's top laner's tier was currently Diamond 1, so it was even more so.

'Well... Even though it's Diamond 1, it's completely different from Kim Jae-min.'

There's a huge difference between a current pro gamer's tier being Diamond 1 and an amateur's tier who's about to become a pro being Diamond 1.

Because their attitudes towards solo queue are bound to be different.

Of course, it's not that a pro gamer's solo queue isn't important, but there was a relative importance to it.

'Well, that's that...'

What's important is the opponent's bans.

[Lulu]

[Yuumi]

[Morgana]

The opponent banned 3 supports.

Apparently, the result of the previous game was that shocking.

["Hmm, what do we pick?"]

["Since the opponent cut a lot of supports, I think it would be good to bring a support first."]

"I think so too."

Baek Seong-an's words made Kim Jae-min's shoulders twitch.

I could see it from two seats away, so Baek Seong-an and Kim Ji-hoon, who were right next to him, must have noticed.

["Support... what should we pick? Ji-hoon."]

To Baek Seong-an's question, Kim Ji-hoon, the timid person 190, spoke.

["Anything is fine."]

That's a helpful thing to say.

"But, in this case, Lucian and Nami are open, so I think it would be better to bring Lucian? If necessary, we can switch it to top or mid."

Of course, in the current meta, it's not very good to send Lucian to a lane other than ADC, but there's a clear difference between not being able to send him at all and being able to send him.

["Hmm... It's not bad, but let's pick mid first. Give him TF."]

Currently, the ban situation is that the opponent has banned 3 supports.

Given the situation, it's usually right to bring Lucian in terms of pick and ban.

No matter what anyone says, the Lucian Nami combination is op in the current meta, and even if you lose Nami, Lucian alone is not bad.

Even so, Baek Seong-an's reaction meant that he didn't want to give our ADC, Agalyeolboseyo Kim Jae-min, an ADC champion.

'Of course, a TF first pick isn't bad, but... It's a bit too obvious.'

Kim Jae-min also sensed Baek Seong-an's intention and quietly bowed his head.

["……."]

It's like in all things, especially in League of Legends, the guilty have no words.

And…….

Soon, the pick and ban was completed.

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[Allied / Enemy]

Top : Fiora / Sett

Jungle : Viego / Xin Zhao

Mid : Twisted Fate / Leblanc

ADC : Lux / Lucian

Support : Sona / Nami

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Unlike the previous game, even though versatile picks like Miss Fortune and Jhin, which can be used as ADC, were open, the bottom lane couldn't play an ADC champion again.

'With that combination... If you get hit by one wrong combo from Lucian Nami, one person is dead right away.'

Even so, Baek Seong-an was stubborn.

It was as if this scrim itself meant more in other aspects than the result of the scrim.

'Well, I think the same.'

The reason why I didn't stop Baek Seong-an, but rather supported his words, was because of that.

Baek Seong-an was currently taking on the role of a villain with the title of playing coach, and I respected him.

'That's not important right now.'

I examined the structure of the game.

The concept of this game could also be seen as similar to the previous game, but the only difference was that the strength of the combination was skewed towards the operation side.

The first game was a team fight.

The second game was a lane fight.

The third game was operation.

It was a good combination to test our team in many ways.

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

The game began.

* * *

There were several reasons why BOQ accepted the scrim with OLZ.

The first was that they wanted to directly see and experience the team that Outlaw was creating, about which many rumors were circulating.

Outlaw could be considered the most talked-about person in all the issues happening within League of Legends right now.

Even Rainbow herself would have to take a step back compared to Outlaw's popularity, so there's no need to explain how much influence she has.

It was a kind of curiosity.

The second was that BOQ, which was currently advancing to the playoffs and was about to have a match, wanted to use OLZ as a sacrificial lamb to boost their confidence.

It might be a bit cruel to OLZ, but there were often cases in pro games where, before an important match, they would deliberately pick a relatively weak team as a scrim opponent to boost their confidence.

Of course, even the weak team could scrim with a relatively strong team, so it couldn't be seen as all bad.

But…….

It didn't take long to realize that such calculations had failed.

"These guys are no joke."

Someone said.

There was no answer, but everyone agreed.

It seemed to be going well until the first scrim.

Although they lost in the final team fight and lost, they had shaken the opponent very well operationally.

If you don't make any mistakes, you can easily win by doing the same thing.

All the BOQ players thought so and entered the second game with a smile.

And they felt it.

The first game was a taste, and the real power of OLZ was from the second game.

In front of the 3-support combination that the opponent brought, they couldn't hold on, leading with the overwhelming strength of the top jungle.

No matter how much you make a difference of twice or thrice the CS in the bottom lane, what's the point? The top jungle, including the mid, has already been completely destroyed.

And that style of play continued in the third scrim as well.

Even though they had put everything into the support ban, the opponent still responded with non-ADC champions.

The problem wasn't just that.

["Top, be careful! TF isn't showing."]

Even when Getback was active, BOQ didn't have a good record against Getback.

Because Getback's play style itself was quite similar to BOQ, the strategy didn't work well, and above all, the players who were on the same team as Getback at the time were much higher in level than the BOQ players.

In other words, those of the same kind can never surpass the masters.

So what about now?

Is OLZ now inferior to BOQ?

The BOQ players couldn't agree.

The mid and bottom lanes were okay, but they couldn't possibly stop the destructive power of the overwhelming top jungle.

["Hey, there's no way out of this top jungle structure."]

Certainly, just looking at the combination, it's not a combination that's inferior in the early game.

But even so, the BOQ's top jungle was constantly pushed back, let alone having a decent advantage over the upper body top jungle.

The difference in overwhelming power.

It felt similar to when you meet EZ and Prisoner as enemies in solo queue.

If you think about how badly you were beaten back then, you'd jump up even in your sleep.

["Ah."]

With someone's sigh,

-An ally has been slain!

The bad news announcing the future defeat echoed through the battlefield.

* * *

[Victory]

They won again.

It was an easier game than the first game and slightly more difficult than the second game.

"……."

Kim Jae-min had many thoughts as he saw the rising screen as if it were natural.

Who is the opponent?

BOQ is a team that has proudly advanced to the playoffs in the first league of domestic League of Legends.

In other words, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are one of the top ten teams in the world, with a slight exaggeration.

Against such a team, a newly created team that has just been formed, and hasn't even properly practiced team games, won the victory in the scrim.

'…Really, we won.'

Kim Jae-min still couldn't believe the reality, but he had to accept it now.

That he was nothing more than a burden in this absurd team.

'Am I... a burden?'

He doesn't want to admit it.

No, he can't admit it.

His pride as an ADC that he had built up until now, the belief that he was a good ADC, wavered.

But he had to accept it now.

'...Not yet, it's not over.'

He has to be recognized.

He has to prove himself.

To do that… he has to raise his tier.

'Can I do it alone?'

Most metas were like that, but especially in the current meta, it's a meta where the ADC can't be the main character.

In other words, it meant that it was even more difficult to raise solo queue points as an ADC than other times.

So what should he do?

How can he raise his solo queue points?

Actually, he knew the answer from the beginning.

It was just that he couldn't do it because of his fear.

"I...…"

Kim Jae-min, trying to hide his trembling voice, looked at Kim Ji-hoon sitting next to him.

Kim Ji-hoon's impression is seemingly innocent.

But the ferocious muscle armor that didn't match that impression at all exuded an intimidating pressure like a weapon.

Under the pressure, as if a ferocious beast was growling in front of him, Kim Jae-min trembled his lips.

"I, um...…"

"Why, what is it?"

A voice of anger.

It's scary.

It's so scary.

But, he has to do it.

"If... if it's not a problem... can you duo with me?"

The weak prince faced his fear.