[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 247
OLZ vs FFF (6)-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!
The second set officially began.
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[“Where to?”]
“Just play defensively.”
The early invade setup wasn't bad for us either, but even so, the opponents seemed better.
First of all, starting with the pre-emptive strike due to the presence of Ezreal and Pyke, followed by Gragas's area-of-effect abilities and Xayah and Yasuo's sustained damage.
Even though we had Aatrox, Aatrox's Q damage at level 1 was surprisingly weak.
Besides, champions like Orianna or Jinx also showed weak performances in the early game, so there didn't seem to be a need to create a variable in the early game.
‘By the way, Gragas…….’
Gragas is one of the picks that is said to have no counter in the top lane.
He's one of the picks with such outstanding lane performance, but there are many opinions that he's rather ambiguous in the late game.
He's a pick that's difficult to handle, but since the opponent has Yasuo, there was a high possibility that Gragas would do his part even in the late game.
‘Is it going to flow to the top again?’
The bottom lane matchup, the opponent has both good gank response and gank evasion, but on the other hand, our allies have good gank response but not so good gank evasion.
Of course, since Leona has a counter to Pyke, the laning itself wouldn't be difficult, but if the enemy jungler puts pressure on the bottom lane, our allied bottom lane would also have to be careful.
‘Induce a top lane fight.’
The conclusion was reached.
“Yeonwoo, you can trade aggressively in this game's top lane. With the feeling that the opponent will call Reksai.”
[“Yes.”]
I, who designed the early game for this game, also asked for a leash to get the first Razorbeak.
“Top, please leash this.”
[“Yes.”]
That's because, after all, it was a bit difficult for Bbibbo to start the level 1 Razorbeak alone.
Above all, Aatrox was one of the top laners with exceptional abilities in Razorbeak leashing.
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While we were setting up the early game on the top side, the opponent came in with a late invade towards the blue side.
[“I will use Flash.”]
Our ally Leona's Flash was used.
Since we decided to defend the early invade, it was inevitable.
‘If this happens, the jungler's path also has to be divided in half.’
The vision on our blue side disappeared.
Since it was a late invade timing, the enemy Reksai was likely to start with my blue.
‘The problem is, after that.’
Will he just take the blue buff and go back to protect his jungle? Or will he eat up all of my blue side camps and split in half?
Unfortunately, the choices were with the opponent.
Of course, it's not like I couldn't change that choice.
The Razorbeaks came out, and the laning officially started.
“Okay. Get out right away.”
[“Yes.”]
Aatrox pre-loaded his first hit and quickly used only the second and third hits on the Razorbeaks and immediately returned to the lane.
If he was awkwardly late, he could miss not only the CS but also the experience, so it wasn't for nothing that top laners hated Razorbeak leashing.
‘But, it's not just disadvantages.’
I looked at the top lane, jungling in order with the Razorbeaks, Red buff, and Golems.
Inside the lane, which was naturally pulled towards our side, Aatrox was cautiously eating CS.
That's because if he forcefully traded damage in a situation where the opponent had more minions, he couldn't avoid the loss.
That was one of the advantages of a top laner leashing.
That the lane naturally gets pulled in.
Although there would inevitably be a slight CS loss in the process, Seo Yeonwoo didn't mind because he trusted me.
“I'm going right away.”
[“Yes. I'll try to manage the lane.”]
If the lane gets too pushed and the tower is hit, even if the gank is successful, the profit isn't that great, and if it fails, it leads to a big loss.
Of course, an appropriate gank also needed an appropriate lane situation to support it.
‘Alright, let's see what you can do.’
If the enemy jungler presented me with a quiz, I would just hold out a cheat sheet with the correct answers written all over the opponent's face.
Gragas, who was being careful in a situation where the lane was pushed, couldn't catch his escape route because I went around and caught him from behind.
Gragas and my face met.
It was, in a word, a distance where our breaths could touch.
Perhaps conscious of Bbibbo's W, Gragas couldn't escape with his E.
Eventually, as if he thought there was no other choice, the moment Gragas used Flash E,
‘I knew it.’
I also immediately used Flash to stick right next to Gragas and used W.
And Gragas shaking in the air.
The E skill was interrupted by Bbibbo's W.
That delay gave Aatrox time to finish clearing the lane and join, and soon, waiting for Gragas, whose E and Flash were both used, were Aatrox's Q and W.
Nevertheless, Gragas endured with his unique toughness and somehow managed to escape to the front of the tower, but that was it.
-First Blood!
-You have slain an enemy!
The victory cry resounded.
[“Nice!”]
[“Good good!”]
“Good job, Yeonwoo.”
[“No, the older sister did a great job.”]
After achieving one success like that, we naturally pushed the top lane.
“Yeonwoo, instead of taking the recall timing, can you stick with the jungler once? We have to go into the enemy's blue and split in half.”
[“Ah, yes.”]
If we went with Aatrox as well, even if the enemy Reksai was in the blue side jungle, he wouldn't be able to brazenly hold his ground.
We went into the blue side jungle like that, but there was no sign of Reksai.
“It's not there. Go home right away and take the teleport.”
[“Yes.”]
It was when Seo Yeonwoo took the recall and I was eating the enemy's blue side jungle.
Currently, the bottom lane was almost exactly split in half.
If Reksai came for a gank, it was a position where they could escape at the extent of using spells.
However, Reksai chose a different ganking route rather than such an obvious ganking route.
“Bottom! Behind!”
The route Reksai chose was a route to come over from our jungle to the bottom tower with ward protection.
Of course, as a result, he could only be hit by the tower, but since Reksai had already managed his health well, it was a level where he could endure it.
With that, Pyke threw Leona behind.
That was because he couldn't escape since his Flash had been used during the early invade.
[“You’re dead. Just get out.”]
[“Just fight. It looks doable.”]
[“Get out.”]
The moment Kim Jihoon spoke as if he was ordering.
[“Jaemin, just do it.”]
Baek Seong-an, who would never have stopped it under normal circumstances, said that for some reason.
[“Roger that.”]
Kim Jihoon was about to say something, then nodded his head and focused on the game.
[“Pyke first.”]
[“Okay!”]
Jaemin's Jinx started the barrage.
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『“This Reksai's position is quite peculiar, isn't it? Is he planning to go there?”』
『“Ah! He went over! We've often seen it with champions like Rek'Sai, but does Reksai go for a gank using this route?!”』
『“The FFF players are furious right now! Their top just died using Flash!”』
『“Yes! They must be thinking they absolutely have to get results in the bottom lane!”』
『“Oh? Wait, is OLZ bottom going for a head-on assault right now? Because Reksai is coming from behind?!”』
As the commentators said.
The viewers cheered for OLZ's bold head-on assault strategy.
-Oh
-M-f-ing crazy
-Are they going in with this?
-This decision is insane lol
-Reksai is cool too, but OLZ bottom is also godlike lol
Even in a situation where Reksai was closing in from behind, OLZ's bottom calmly evaded Ezreal's skill shots and continued the combat.
Ezreal, unable to bear it, used his Arcane Shift and went for a damage trade, but that was the door to hell.
-You have slain an enemy!
-An ally has been slain!
-You have slain an enemy!
-Double Kill!
2:2 teamfight victory.
Of course, since Reksai was approaching afterward, Jinx's fate was almost certain.
-An ally has been slain!
Of course, even this was a great thing.
In a situation where Reksai attempted a desperate gank, they managed to achieve a 2:2 trade.
There's a truth that applies in almost all situations in the League of Legends pro scene.
No matter what the player says, no matter who the player is, if they're just good, everything is fine.
Of course, there's a downside that it comes back twofold when the player's skills decline or they show a bad performance, but for now, that's how it is.
This was the case right now.
Fiery talk.
Fiery judgment.
Fiery game play.
It all fell into place.
-Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut!
-What's the problem with calling a bug a bug?
-R.E.A.L. lol
-Is Kim Jaemin a god? Is Kim Jaemin a god? Is Kim Jaemin a god? Is Kim Jaemin a god?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-So funny, sh-t ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This is how it turns out?
Jaemin's public opinion, which was going down to the bottom, went up.