[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 189

『"Solo kill! Longbow Guinea Pig!!! He finally made something happen!!!"』

『"Uh... I'm not sure what happened all of a sudden... We should probably see what happened, right?"』

『"This is a scene we can't help but be curious about! Let's take a look!"』

And then the replay started.

The skirmish revealed in the replay wasn't particularly special.

A lightning-like initiation,

A cool super play,

An advanced mind game,

It wasn't any of those.

Just,

In a perfectly ordinary laning phase, Black Dog's Aphelios was caught by the opponent's scheme, just like that.

"Huh."

Black Dog's Aphelios was hit by Jwin's cc chain, starting with Rakan's w, and died.

Jwin did use Flash in the process, but the important thing was that Aphelios, who was practically the core of the composition, gave up First Blood.

-????
-OMG
-He died
-What?
-Flash on lol
-KingGuineaPigㄷㄷ
-There it is

『"Uh... He got hit by Rakan's airborne just like that, right?"』

『"Yes. Is it because it came in off-beat? Black Dog couldn't react."』

Rakan, once one of the OP champions, was hit hard by the w speed nerf and could no longer make sharp initiations like before.

But a pro gamer, and Black Dog at that, getting hit by Rakan's w without even flashing to react?

It was a typical mistake pattern for a player with a lapse in concentration.

"Uh... honestly, that was a bit much just now... Ah, I'm not putting down the player or anything. I really mean it!"

"Aphelios messed up just now."

"......Yes?"

"I agree with what you said."

Kim Jaemin's expression became subtle.

『"Yes! So, in conclusion, he died with Flash still available. This is really... a fatal mistake."』

『"This is really... Anyway, SCV is in big trouble now!"』

It was as the commentators said.

The reason SCV could afford to take losses in the top side was because of the potential of the SCV composition.

However, now Aphelios, who can be seen as the core of that composition, has died.

Although it went in a different direction than intended, SY succeeded in putting the first piece of the snowballing puzzle in place as a result.

"Hmm, I should watch."

I didn't expect the bot lane to do something like this...

Of course, the Longbow Guinea Pig bot lane isn't worse than SCV's Black Dog White Cat duo.

It's just that, in terms of play style, the Longbow Guinea Pig side values stability relatively more, so I didn't expect them to create this kind of variable.

'Strictly speaking, it's more that Black Dog played poorly than Longbow Guinea Pig playing well...'

Even so, maintaining concentration in a best-of series is also a skill for a pro.

In that sense, Black Dog's solo kill can also be seen as a skill.

The snowballing that had been blocked until just now slowly started to roll.

SCV's top side was still under pressure, and the bot lane, which had been growing smoothly, suffered a major wound.

『"Ah... the mid cs is widening more and more! Bbibbo is also being forced to move, so his growth is faltering!"』

『"The top is also uncomfortable now. Originally, in the Gwen Camille matchup, Camille should be uncomfortable, but Camille is growing too comfortably now!"』

The global gold difference has already widened to 1500 gold.

Considering that there has only been 1 kill so far, it was a difference created by the accumulation of losses in all lanes.

『"Ah, SY will take the first dragon smoothly."』

-The red team has slain the Air Dragon!

SY also took the first dragon.

Even though the first dragon doesn't mean much, dragons eventually become significant as they accumulate.

'If one side accumulates three dragons unilaterally, the possible operations change.'

In other words, the dragon is something that the side that needs to snowball must take, and at the same time, it drives a wedge into the snowballing.

For now, SY was taking the current flow very well.

-All lanes are getting destroyed lol
-ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!ㅇㄷㅊㅇ!
-Vendetta is crying ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Honestly, from the jungle's perspective, it must be disgusting to fend off the opposing mid-jungle while the bot lane is inting ㅋㅋㅋ
-LOL ㄹㅇ

Gradually, the first Rift Herald timing began to approach.

In this flow, SY can take it smoothly.

However, from SCV's perspective, if they just give up the first Rift Herald easily, it will be difficult to defend the mid tier 1 turret as much as possible and buy time.

『"It seems right to just give it up... but it's too uncomfortable if we just give it away!"』

『"That's right! Even if we just give up the Rift Herald, shouldn't we gain something elsewhere?"』

『"I see. The moment has come for SCV to make a decision. Now, what choice will they make!"』

SCV gave up the Rift Herald.

However, since there was no other objective to take instead, SY took the first Rift Herald smoothly.

-The red team has slain the Rift Herald!

『"The only consolation is that the cs difference between Bayiga and LeBlanc is gradually narrowing as LeBlanc leaves her lane for objectives? Of course, it won't mean much..."』

Bayiga grew little by little with the sacrifices of the allied jungle and top.

In the meantime, the Rift Herald hit the mid turret, but the turret was not destroyed because there was still a shield.

Perhaps because of that, Bayiga began to cross the mid lane center line little by little.

Now that he has some killing power and survivability, LeBlanc, who has been constantly pressing, can't just look at Bayiga easily.

If he makes a mistake and gets stunned by Bayiga, he could get one-shot.

Of course, the global gold difference between the two teams had already widened to more than 3,000, but the important thing was that SCV was slowly trying to stretch and get up.

"It would have been better to catch the mid laner once, even if it was forced."

So that they wouldn't even think about getting up, thoroughly.

Of course, considering Ollehday's mid dive response shown in the last game, SY's scheme was unlikely to work.

However, if they weren't going to throw such a gamble, they shouldn't have been snowballing so smoothly.

'SCV's composition has many champions that counter engage compositions. If this continues, SCV is likely to regain the initiative little by little.'

As if reading my mind.

Guinea Pig's Rakan, who had been playing like a gentleman so far, went straight to the top lane after recalling.

-An enemy has been slain!

Rakan and Leesin's surprise top dive.

The top lane, which had been barely holding on, collapsed with that as a signal flare.

It meant that SY's snowballing itself was continuing without stopping.

However, in a situation that could be seen as over-investment in the top lane, SCV soon gave them the justification to take the dragon.

-The blue team has slain the Earth Dragon!

It's a dragon that would be meaningless in a normal game.

But in this situation, sharing the dragon meant that SCV had more time to use.

"SCV won this."

Therefore, I dare to say.

SCV won this game.

From the beginning, the difference in tactics due to the composition difference was too severe.

-Huh?
-The gold difference is almost 3,000?
-Yes?
-???
-Is that right?
-Hmm
-A malicious SY hater ㅋㅋㅋ
-Already?
-Isn't the host too addicted to predicting?
-Huge embarrassment if he's wrong ㅋㅋㅋ

"You'll see."

The start of the first upset.

It was from the second Rift Herald.

The global gold difference between the two teams stopped without decreasing or increasing from 3,000.

SCV, which had been silent until now, lifted its heavy butt after a long time.

Second Rift Herald fight.

Of course, the value of the second Rift Herald is lower than the first, but that doesn't mean it's not important.

In particular, it was even more so for SY, who wanted to destroy the opponent's mid tier 1 turret as quickly as possible.

Of course, SY had taken the vision first, so SY was the one who took the position first.

Nevertheless, SCV started to gather in front of the Rift Herald to fight for the Rift Herald.

As the five SCV members gathered together, SY, who should have been in a fairly advantageous situation, couldn't easily open the engagement.

It was because of the fundamental difference in composition.

『"What's wrong? SY's champions can't engage!!!"』

『"Gwen, Bbibbo, and even Bayiga have too many champions that counter engage compositions. It's not easy for SY, no matter how big the gold difference is!"』

SY's composition is a typical engage composition, while SCV's composition is a composition that is very good at cutting off and countering engage compositions, led by Bbibbo and Bayiga.

In the laning phase, SY easily cooked SCV, but in a team fight with five people each, the structure was bound to be different.

『"No, SCV is in front of them like that, but SY can't go in!"』

『"Is this going to be a Rift Herald smite fight?"』

An engage composition that can't engage.

The fact alone meant that more than half of SY's composition was already rotten.

'If it's a composition that can't team fight, you can just not team fight...'

The problem is that the current dragon soul and Rift Herald meta doesn't allow that at all.

In that bizarre stalemate, the Rift Herald fight became a smite fight as if it were natural.

-The red team has slain the Rift Herald!

The victory of the smite fight was Yunki's Leesin.

Leesin itself is a pick that is so good at smite fights, and more than anything, while SY was focusing on the dragon, SCV was aiming for something else.

"SCV is looking at the fight. Ah, Leesin is dead."

Bbibbo's w skill and Bayiga's e skill are skills that cut off the opponent from entering, but on the contrary, they also act as shackles that prevent the opponent from escaping.

Soon, Yunki's Leesin had to give up his life in exchange for winning the Rift Herald smite fight.

-An enemy has been slain!
-Has been shut down!

SY's other champions had already broken their formation, so they all scattered and ran away.

Although they lost the Rift Herald, SCV won the team fight as a result.

『"SCV!!! Are they winning this team fight?"』

『"Although they lost the Rift Herald, they won the team fight in a situation where the global gold difference is high?!"』

What the Rift Herald fight a moment ago said was clear.

SY's snowballing has stopped.