[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 194

[“Nice!”]

Baek Seong-an shouted first,

“Good job.”

I praised him next, and

[“Ooh, top-lane god is fuckin' cool!”]

Kim Jae-min chimed in last.

[“……Enemy top laner, No Tell.”]

3-Minute Top Lane God of Honor, Seo Yeon-woo.

Now, the Gravez of OLZ Honor had solo-killed the enemy Renekton, shortly after the laning phase began in earnest.

In fact, this itself isn't particularly unusual.

In the current meta, Graves could be considered to be at the level of an OP champion, and especially in the top lane, it’s practically a given that he has no counters.

The important fact is that it was none other than Seo Yeon-woo who played that Graves.

Even if Seo Yeon-woo’s form has declined recently, the enemy top laner's tier was at most Master 101 points.

There was absolutely no reason for Seo Yeon-woo, who didn't lose in lane even against players like EZ of BAN or King of SCV, who is now the current top laner in Korea, and sometimes even dominated, to be at a disadvantage.

‘Not just for that reason, though.’

Graves has a very high tier in the current meta.

Not only can he perform as a Tier 1 pick with almost no counters in the top lane, but he can also be used as a jungler, his original position, as a swap-capable champion.

Not only that, but we could say our team’s ban-pick was not bad at all.

Our team brought both Graves and Lee Sin, which are current Tier 1 picks, and on top of that, we also brought Twisted Fate in the mid lane and Miss Fortune in the ADC role.

Then why did the opponent make such a ridiculous ban-pick?

There were a few reasons.

First, one of the reasons the opponent didn't ban Graves, even though they clearly knew we were going to pick him first, was because a lot of bans came in for the mid lane.

[Malzahar]

[Veigar]

[Galio]

The 3 bans chosen by the opponent.

Apparently, due to the interviews of All Day and the like, picks such as Malzahar and Veigar became a hot topic in the community and elsewhere, which naturally led to these bans.

The second reason was that, even though it wasn't precise, the opponent had made a ban-pick that seemed to be putting too much pressure on the game time.

Renekton Elise.

And even Sylas.

They brought a ban-pick that was blatantly strong in top-side engagements.

Of course, it wasn't a bad ban-pick, but the problem was that they gave us too much attention while caring about their own composition.

Soon, the result of that led to the play, and a solo kill came out in the top lane.

[“No need to rush. We just need to win both games anyway.”]

Seo Yeon-woo, along with the solo kill of OLZ Honor, eased the tense atmosphere of the teammates.

From now on, we just have to do as we were doing.

[⨷]

[OLZ Outlaw (Lee Sin) has targeted QS Ulsan Park Ji-ho (Renekton)]

“Let's go right away.”

One of the easiest ways for a jungler to snowball is to focus on a favorable lane.

Of course, in the case of top lane, there are many cases where the bottom lane gets ruined, ruining the game, but investing in the top lane once at the first camp timing like this isn't bad.

This was because the top lane itself, with its 1-on-1 characteristics, isn't easy to stop once snowballing starts early on.

Renekton who has already died once.

Renekton without Teleport.

Renekton whose lane is being pushed.

If we can kill Renekton at this timing, top lane is practically over in this game.

[⨷]

[OLZ Outlaw (Lee Sin) has targeted QS Ulsan Kim Soo-young (Elise)]

The opponent, too, seemed to know that fact well, and Elise appeared on the top-side three-way bush where wards were planted, as soon as Graves pushed the lane and gave dive pressure.

“Elise is coming.”

[“……It doesn't matter.”]

Graves Lee Sin vs. Renekton Elise.

Originally, the outcome of the engagement would be determined by the focus.

However, that's only the case when the situation is 2 vs. 2.

Twisted Fate vs. Sylas is a situation where Twisted Fate is advantageous early on, but as time goes on, Sylas becomes advantageous.

In other words, this means that Twisted Fate has lane dominance at this timing, before they have both returned home.

“Can mid teleport to top?”

[“Just a moment… Oh, it works now.”]

“Wait ten seconds and teleport.”

I slide into the tunnel, and Graves puts on an act.

For a laner, a good act isn't a play that blatantly pressures the opponent.

As if there's really no one behind.

Being careful, and cautious.

Perhaps because of that appearance, or maybe they thought it would really be a big deal if they left the top lane like this any longer, Elise turned towards the top lane one-bush to surround Seo Yeon-woo's Graves.

Little by little.

Elise approaches.

Seo Yeon-woo makes a quick move to pull back, as if he discovered Elise belatedly.

I don't leave the bush yet.

I was going to wait until both Renekton and Elise fell into the trap.

And, Elise fell perfectly into the trap by using her Webbing forward.

Renekton also used a charge forward to respond to Elise, but I was already next to Graves.

Of course, even so, the situation was 2 vs. 2.

The opponent, too, seemed to think they could fight, and immediately focused on me.

[“He’s on.”]

Along with that, Baek Seong-an’s trustworthy voice was heard.

“Elise first.”

Elise’s survival skill had been used, as she had already used the Webbing forward.

Even if she used Flash to escape, there was Teleport from Twisted Fate already burning on the escape route.

She was already in a deadlock.

Meanwhile, the opponent Sylas, who belatedly had to take the lane, used a matching Teleport, but it was already several seconds behind compared to Twisted Fate.

Twisted Fate arrived,

and a golden card flew at Elise.

Bang!

As soon as Elise was stunned, all of Graves’ and Lee Sin’s skills landed cleanly.

Elise, whose health was almost gone in an instant, tried to escape by using Flash, but it was insufficient.

-You have slain an enemy!

[“Nice!”]

Only then did Sylas and Renekton, who arrived by Teleport, get beaten like the defeated, and barely hid behind the tower.

As our three teammates put on 2 vs. 3 dive pressure, in the end, the two also had to give up the top lane and retreat.

From Sylas’ perspective, it was a waste of time to Teleport.

Victory in top-side engagement.

Even though we could say that only one kill was taken, what was important was that we won.

As evidence of that, the level difference between Renekton and Graves began to widen, beyond the gold difference.

Usually, when there is a level difference between laners in the laning phase, it proves one fact.

[“Top’s over.”]

Seo Yeon-woo’s low voice.

It was a trustworthy word now.

And…….

The victory didn’t stop there.

From the bottom lane’s point of view, the upper body engagement loss cannot help but have a sense of unease.

That’s why they take risky plays that they wouldn’t normally do, and they usually pay the price for that risk.

Just like now.

[“Jin got hooked.”]

[“Ah, yes, yes!”]

With Kim Ji-hoon’s low call of the initiate, Miss Fortune’s ultimate exploded over Jin’s head.

Even though Leona used her ultimate to stop Miss Fortune’s ultimate, Jin’s health was already depleted.

-You have slain an enemy!

Jin was finished off by Thresh’s Ignite.

-You have slain an enemy!

-Double Kill!

Perhaps because of the anger, Leona hung on to Kim Jae-min’s Miss Fortune, but couldn't catch him.

[“Wow, almost died.”]

It was natural to joke around, because Kim Jae-min’s health was less than 5% right now.

It was a health that was no exaggeration to say he survived by luck.

-Blue team has slain the Infernal Drake!

As the bottom lane won, the first dragon also became our team’s possession too naturally.

And the first Herald timing followed.

In fact, it was a timing that could be considered the most important moment in the current meta, but the opponent’s reaction was lukewarm.

It wasn't even ten minutes since the game started, but they had already lost the strength to fight back.

-Blue team has slain the Rift Herald!

No strategic plan,

nor a sharp ban-pick that stabs.

None of them were necessary.

“Finish it.”

[“Okay.”]

With that alone, the newly-launched OLZ won against QS Ulsan, which is a mid-level amateur team, before Baron appeared.

No, to put it another way…….

With the overwhelming difference in size,

OLZ crushed QS Ulsan.