[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 243

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

The game has started.

["Fighting!"]

"Fighting."

["Let's do well."]

The game's structure overall reminded me a lot of solo queue.

Sword against sword in the top lane.

Shield and sword in the mid lane.

And again, sword against sword in the bottom lane.

Wouldn't you say this structure would keep both teams' junglers busy?

Even so, if there's a place to pay a little more attention, it was, as expected, the top and bottom lanes.

After all, the mid lane seemed a bit more survivable since Galio was picked, but in the top and bottom lanes, the team whose jungler arrived first was likely to win outright.

‘And if the jungler is also Elison…….’

Naturally, the starting jungle position of Elison would be an extremely important aspect of the game.

The opposing team's territory was the top side.

Here, Elison could choose from roughly two routes.

Starting with Red, take the buff-blue-buff route to put pressure on the bottom side,

Or, start with Blue, and similarly, take the buff-blue-buff route to put pressure on the top side.

Of course, depending on the situation, there was also the possibility of eating the blue side jungle's 3 camps and then ganking mid or bottom, but for a jungler to choose a route that ignores the Red buff early on was a gamble in many ways.

Especially for a pick like Elison, who needed to get a lot done early on.

[⬇] [⬇] [⬇]

[OLZ Outlaw(Talon) is on the way]

[OLZ Outlaw(Talon) is on the way]

[OLZ Outlaw(Talon) is on the way]

"Let's check for an invade."

["Okay."]

An early invade is a great way to find out the opponent's early jungle starting position.

If we even get an advantage during the invade, we could force the opponent's jungle route, and that was even more the case.

‘Our team composition is a little better in early invades.’

Of course, in an early invade fight, no matter how good the composition is, it could result in completely different outcomes depending on the fight, but being relatively superior in composition was good news.

‘If there's a variable, it's probably Pyke's hook.’

The so-called grab-type champions, represented by Blitzcrank, demonstrate strong power in invades.

Of course, in Pyke's case, the power was slightly less than that of the existing grab-type champions, but even so, a grab-type champion is a grab-type champion.

Carelessness could lead to fatal results, so we were cautious from the invade position.

["I'll take the lead."]

Seo Yeon-woo's Jackson took the lead.

Because in the early invade timing, where basic attacks were the main skill, Jackson's counterattack was nothing less than an invincibility skill, going beyond a simple area stun.

["Ooh, look at how reliable Seo Yeon-woo is."].

[“…Concentrate.”]

["I'm doing it."]

Kim Jae-min chattered as always.

He was a truly consistent guy.

The invade route we chose was the route that went through the top side's straight bush and then entered the three-way intersection.

The moment we, with Jackson leading, entered the three-way bush from the straight bush.

[⨷]

[OLZ Outlaw(Talon) points to FFF Oghyth(Fiora)]

The opposing Fiora took Q and smoothly escaped over the wall.

["Opponent Fiora took Q"]

["Confirmed."]

Most Fioras take the Q skill at level 1, but confirming which skill the opponent has taken was quite significant in the early laning phase.

["Wow, the opponent forced the skill. Top carry is in sight."]

["Agreed."]

[“……”]

Kim Jae-min and Baek Seong-an gave and took.

I've felt it for a while, but those two surprisingly get along well.

Fiora had confirmed our position, but we didn't stop advancing.

Fiora had retreated upwards, and even if the opponent's four members were waiting on the Red side, we calculated that we could give up the first attack considering the time it would take for Fiora to join.

"Let's go."

[⬇]

[OLZ Outlaw(Talon) is on the way]

["Follow the captain!"]

["Go go!"]

…Why is their tension like this today?

Did something good happen?

Perhaps because Fiora had confirmed that we were going for the invade, there was only one ward placed on the opponent's Red side, and we couldn't find any champion shadows.

"Ji-hoon, lens."

"Yes."

Since our ally Leona had already changed her trinket to a lens, we were able to remove two wards at once.

["What do we do? Start Red on this side?"]

The current time was 1 minute and 1 second.

It was a somewhat ambiguous time to start on the opponent's Red side.

"No, I'll just go to my Red."

There was no combat.

However, there was a result.

Two wards and the opponent's Red vision.

With this level of achievement, it was safe to say we were one step ahead in the early jungle fight.

Of course, even so, there was a possibility that the opponent had taken our ally's Red vision.

‘That's a matter we can fully accept, though.’

The four allies, excluding top, took a collective recall.

In an early invade, it was good to recall together.

"Do you want to stick with me for Red?"

["Okay."]

Having returned home, we soon started attaching our ally bottom and mid towards the Red side, following my words.

We had already forcibly taken the opponent's Red vision, even by exposing our position during the early invade.

Naturally, the opponent would have taken our ally's Red vision as well.

In such a situation, there was a possibility that the opponent might be setting a trap and waiting.

‘The time it takes for us to arrive at our ally's Red after recalling is about 30 seconds.’

On the other hand, if the opposing champion who placed a ward on the enemy's Red moved quickly, they could arrive at the ally's Red in about 27 seconds.

In other words, depending on the situation, a 4:4 engagement could occur.

‘Both tops are gone.’

Jackson is one of the core components of our invade composition, while the opponent's core is not Fiora.

When both sides are gone, the opponent would naturally be feeling good.

"Yeon-woo, don't show your face to the opponent."

["Yes."]

I don't know how much help this would be, but it's better than showing off.

As we carefully broke through our ally's Red vision, thankfully, the opponent's figure was not visible.

And Elison appeared on the opponent's Red.

It seemed like they were thinking of starting with Red.

"The opponent Elison started Red."

We had grasped the opponent's location.

The start was quite good.

* * *

After OLZ's early invade,

Various discussions began to take place among the commentators.

『"First of all, it seems that the vision fight is going as OLZ intended, right?"』

『"Yes! Especially in Elison's case, a level 3 gank is more important than anything else, and this forces them to expose their route to the opponent."』

『"That's also why Elison doesn't appear often in the recent pro scene."』

『"For now, FFF has also secured vision on the opponent's Red side… but it seems the damage they feel is different, right?"』

『"Talon is such a good champion these days, and he can also gank by breaking routes, so it's hard to say that they took a big hit just by showing the jungle starting position… but isn't Elison different?"』

『"Yes. Since the OLZ bottom side has also confirmed that Elison is starting Red, they'll definitely be conscious of Elison."』

Elison is a champion with considerable limitations when clearing the early jungle camps.

She clears single monsters quite well, but conversely, it takes more time to eat camps like the Razorbeaks, Wolves, and Golems than other champions.

That's why Elison, for whom the early game is important, usually takes the buff-blue-buff route.

Because in the early timing, where every second counts, slowing down the jungling is the same as giving the opponent the first turn.

Certainly, it should be like that…….

Red-Razorbeaks-Golems route.

Illusia chose a route that Elison almost never takes.

『"Oh, did they take this route? Then Elison's jungling is considerably delayed, right? Is FFF trying to put pressure on the top like this?!"』

『"We'll have to see."』

A gamble.

The route choice of FFF Illusia right now could only be called that.

Perhaps because Elison's jungling was delayed and the timing was slightly off.

OLZ's top lane currently wasn't paying any attention to Elison.

For now, FFF had succeeded in hitting OLZ where it hurts, as they had intended.

『"Top, top! Elison has taken quite a loss on this route, right now! We have to catch them no matter what. We have to force it!"』

『"That's right. Why would player Illusia choose this route? Isn't it because they've judged that they can't win against OLZ if they go smoothly? We have to catch them no matter what!"』

Desperation doesn't always lead to positive results.

Jackson is already known for being a champion with outstanding survivability.

Knowing that if they aim recklessly, they would only waste the jungler's turn, Illusia also skillfully went for a gank using the timing when the opponent's minions weren't coming.

However, since Jackson's Q skill wasn't sealed just because there were no minions, Jackson, by Honor, smoothly retreated to the back with the ward he had saved.

The Elison's gank, which could have been called a sure-kill, had been pushed to the brink of failure so anticlimactically.

『"Still, still! They haven't used the cocoon yet!"』

After Elison attached to Jackson with the spider web, the cocoon mind game began.

Left, right, stop.

Due to Jackson's calm movement, Elison's cocoon soon cut through the air.

The top gank failed.

『"Ah, ah! The cocoon missed!"』

『"There's a saying that skill shots aren't for feedback… but it's such a shame! It was a gank that had to be caught!"』

『"This pattern is familiar. The top lane evades the opponent's gank, and in the meantime, the OLZ jungle gains a huge advantage. This is the winning pattern that OLZ has shown so far!"』

The gamble of FFF, which had bet a lot, began to crumble.