[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 223

Broken turret.

Isolated Xin.

In that situation, Xin's fate, surrounded by the enemy, was as good as decided.

-An enemy has been slain!

["So delicious!"]

It's Ezreal, who stood alone in the bottom lane and enjoyed free farming to his heart's content.

With that Ezreal getting kills, his growth accelerated even further.

["Pull out."]

As soon as Xin was delivered, Leone didn't look back and pulled out.

Thanks to that, they didn't catch both bottom laners, but just catching the enemy's ranged carry was already a sufficient achievement.

["Wow, this is it."]

["Nice."]

["Good."]

Although Raze joined late, the difference in numbers was already significant, so only the unfortunate mid lane suffered.

["Mining mid."]

"Good."

Thanks to that, the difference in CS and gold between the two mid laners, which had begun to widen, narrowed considerably.

And…….

By destroying the bottom first turret, the pace of the game began to increase significantly.

Because Ezreal, who shows his true power from the mid-game onwards, arrived much sooner than expected.

-The red team has slain the wind dragon!

After destroying the bottom first turret and naturally taking the first dragon, we immediately started to increase the tempo.

"Bottom to top."

["Okay."]

Bottom and top lane swap.

Even from SY's perspective, they knew our bottom laners would move, but they didn't expect them to go to the top lane instead of the mid lane, so the opposing bottom laners went to the mid lane.

Naturally, it wasn't difficult for Orianna to just clear the lane and hold on, so our allies' bottom laners naturally pressured the enemy's top laner.

"Everyone's doing well."

The mighty SY couldn't keep up with our tempo and was shaking.

Who would have dared to imagine?

That a team that had just been promoted to the second league would shake the very SY.

'But I'm not going to be careless.'

The opponent is SY.

Carelessness was impossible.

"We're going to dive. Prepare."

["Confirmed."]

["Are we going right away?"]

"Yeah."

Precisely,

"Me first."

Precisely,

-An enemy has been slain!

Precisely.

["Nice!"]

We followed the steps, as we had practiced.

In League of Legends, it's a game where it's very difficult to make a comeback if the team with the advantage doesn't make any big mistakes.

Of course, it's easy to say, but in a game with countless variables, there are only a few teams that have actually done it, even looking through the history of League of Legends.

Therefore,

No matter how favorable the situation is, carelessness is forbidden.

The opponent was SY, a team with the ability to launch a counterattack at any time.

Is that why?

["They're coming."]

The second herald timing.

As if proclaiming that they wouldn't hold back anymore, SY's champions, who had been wavering throughout, gathered.

Normally, they wouldn't have made a move at this timing, but, since the combination was such that we would only benefit as time went on, even SY couldn't hide their impatience.

"Yeon-woo, if this happens, you have to come too."

["Yes."]

Jackson, who was pushing the lane in the bottom, also responded to the enemy's movements and, after an early recall, started running towards the herald.

A standoff situation was formed.

In a standoff situation, we are overwhelmingly advantageous in poking and sustain, while the opponent has a strong one-shot combination through initiation.

The key is distance management.

["Here!"]

With Kim Jae-min's boisterous shout, Ezreal's Q, who was now in his prime, hit the enemy champions one by one.

Pow!

It felt like those sounds were heard, and the enemy champions' health was rapidly decreasing.

Even if they tried to initiate, if this happened before they even started, the opponent wouldn't have a way.

["Left, right!"]

As if playing a shooting game, every time Ezreal moved his hand, the enemy champions scattered.

If Ezreal's growth had been even slightly slower, it would have been different, but the damage coming from Ezreal's fingertips was so atrocious that it was impossible to ignore it and force an initiation.

Watching Kim Jae-min, who was frolicking like a fish in water, I thought.

'Certainly, Kim Jae-min when he has the advantage….'

Kim Jae-min, who has many shortcomings in various areas, including lane battles, but at least his ability to overwhelm the opponent in a favorable situation like this was no less than that of other players in the first league.

Of course, strictly speaking, it's true that many players are good when they have the advantage…...

'That's not what's important right now.'

What's important is that Kim Jae-min's Ezreal has succeeded in making the opponent back down.

["Pull out."]

["Shall we chase?"]

"No, there's no need."

Even though Kim Jae-min's poking has put the enemy's health management in a bad state, a counterattack could be launched due to the combination's characteristics.

There was no need to give the opponent a chance for a one-shot comeback when we were already struggling to manage.

"Let's push mid."

What's the core of snowballing?

One of the answers to that can be seen as vision.

Even if the situation is unfavorable, if vision is secured, a comeback can be dreamed of, and conversely, even if the situation is favorable, if there is no vision, a comeback can be received.

The core of that vision battle could be seen as the mid first turret.

It's not for nothing that most of the champions who go to the mid lane are champions with good lane clearing, and if the mid first turret disappears, you will be in a very disadvantageous position in the vision battle.

-Kya-oh!

The Rift Herald appeared in the mid lane.

Originally, the opponent should have tried to stop it, but unfortunately, due to the excessive consumption of health in the Herald battle standoff, the defending forces were insufficient.

Moreover, Ezreal was still healthy and still waving his hands, so it was impossible to prevent the Herald from ramming its head into the mid first turret.

-The blue team's turret has been destroyed!

Starting with the destruction of SY's mid first turret, the momentum of the game began to tilt completely.

* * *

League of Legends is an organic game.

The lanes are connected like spiderwebs, so what happens in one side must affect the other side in some way.

The enemy's Ezreal, who had started to grow normally, growing into a monster as time went on, was also in that context.

The first herald battle.

The reckless bottom lane join as a result.

Snowballing due to the stolen Herald.

That was the background of Ezreal's growth.

'...My mistake.'

Ryu Jin-hyuk blamed himself for his mistake.

He had misread the opponent's intentions, and as a result, the mid lane, as well as other lanes, were negatively affected.

In addition, he was also caught up in the opponent's jungle's mind games, so it was a huge mistake as a mid laner and as the main order.

'And the growth of the enemy top laner Jackson is also considerable.'

No, to be exact, there are no laners who haven't grown among the opposing laners.

Moreover, even the jungle was already 2 levels behind our jungle, showing how difficult this game was.

["What are we going to do about the dragon?"]

["We should give it to them, I guess?"]

["Hmm, okay."]

Give what can be given.

Some people have a critical view of this, but in fact, there are not many choices other than this when you're at a disadvantage.

It was because opening a fight for fear of an insignificant loss could lead to a greater disaster.

Therefore, "give what can be given" in an unfavorable situation also has a negative meaning, but viewed positively, it also meant to prepare for the future.

-The enemy has slain the fire dragon!

As things were, the second dragon was also naturally taken by the opponent, and the Baron timing came.

That is to say, SY could no longer just huddle up.

If the difference was insignificant, the opponent would have aimed for the 4-dragon timing slowly rather than risking the Baron vision, but the growth difference between the two teams had already widened beyond that.

It was to the point that the opponent could boldly attempt the Baron try at any time.

["There's no vision here."]

As soon as it was 20 minutes, the Baron pit as well as the allied blue jungle vision was completely shrouded in darkness.

It was evidence that vision work had already been completed before the Baron timing.

From here, it was a typical OX quiz.

Are we going to take Baron?

Or are we not and just fishing?

If the answer couldn't be found, the price was simple.

The result of this game.

It was the OX quiz on the line.

The fortunate thing was that the allies still had vision-checking skills, such as the telescope lens and Xin's ultimate.

"Want to try the lens?"

["Okay."]

The moment Longbow used the lens in the Baron pit.

-The red team has slain Baron Nashor!

As if they had been waiting, Baron fell, and the message that the opponent had slain Baron appeared.

* * *

You must not show any openings when facing SY.

But, when you need to be bold, you have to be.

The 20-minute Baron was also a strategy that came from that calculation.

The vision work was already completed, and the opponent would also be cautious, so it was calculated that it would be enough.

"Let's go."

There was nothing to stop us anymore.

A poke combination is relatively easily neutralized when the opponent takes Baron, but on the other hand, when allies take it, it is so threatening that the opponent can't even resist.

Because the advantage of the standoff situation changes depending on the presence or absence of the Baron buff.

Advance, advance, advance.

-An enemy has been slain!

-Double kill!

-Triple kill!

SY's champions stood in our way, but they couldn't stop us, who had already widened the gap and also had the Baron buff.

[Victory]

Finally, cheers erupted as the opponent's nexus was destroyed.

["Nice!"]

["Wow…."]

["Hooa… guys, I'm sorry. If I hadn't drunk alcohol…."]

"It's okay."

The world's strongest.

The best in the world.

Above all… a team that can be said to be the greatest in the history of League of Legends.

Against that very team, we succeeded in winning the first scrim game.