[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 269

The game flowed as expected.

BGG's snowballing, which had seized control of the bot lane early on, led to the first Dragon and Herald, and soon that caused another snowballing, leading to the second Dragon and Herald.

It was literally a non-stopping snowball.

『"LeBlanc! What does LeBlanc riding Yuumi need to do right now?!"』

Nevertheless, it wasn't that there was no counterattack from BLH.

A powerful side pick called LeBlanc Yuumi.

Based on that, LeBlanc and Yuumi cleanly cut down Corki, who was farming on the side.

-An enemy has been slain!

-Shutdown!

『"Proof!!!"』

『"That's right! This is it! This is the play that can come out when LeBlanc Yuumi is there!"』

『"Proof's LeBlanc and Tool's Yuumi have truly brought us one kill, like a welcome rain in a dry drought!"』

『"That's right! On top of that, LeBlanc also got the shutdown gold! Of course, in that process, BGG did get the Dragon, but... what does that matter in this situation? What's important is getting the money right now. Anyway, that Dragon wasn't going to be BLH's anyway!"』

『"That's right! We just need to stop the Dragons from now on. What kind of team is BLH? Weren't they the leaders of Challengers Korea until OLZ appeared? They aren't a team that will retreat like this!"』

Just as the commentators said, it wasn't that BGG sent Corki to the side without much thought.

-Red Team has slain the Hextech Dragon!

Before long, BGG's Dragon stack was 3 stacks.

From the 4th Dragon onwards, BLH could no longer just avoid a direct teamfight.

-Wow Hextech Dragon looks f***ing cool
-Is that the new Dragon that was added this time?
-yy the 4 Dragon effect is similar to Statikk maybe
-Isn't it that old Chain Lightning feeling?
-Don't bring up examples from old games
-fr ㅋㅋ

"Hmm, BLH did do what they could... but honestly, I think the team comp difference is a bit severe."

"Yeah, that's true. If Gwen wasn't there, it probably would've ended already?"

"True. That W is completely broken."

"That one does cross the line a bit."

The conversation between the Jungler and Mid Laner, who had particularly strong negative feelings towards Gwen, passed by for a moment.

Of course, strictly speaking, it was true that Gwen was sometimes utilized in the jungle, but there was definitely a sense that it was difficult to see her as a mainstream pick.

A short farming time followed.

It was no different from the last time given to BLH before the 4th Dragon appeared.

"BGG is playing solidly."

"No need to force anything unnecessarily. If they only go where there's vision anyway, they'll probably think the 4th Dragon is theirs."

"That's why BLH should aim for times like this... but they're too intimidated. Like this, even games they could win are hard, and games they'll lose are even harder."

"Nothing can be done, I guess."

In League of Legends, there is something called psychological edge.

You might ask what on earth psychological edge is, but if you loosely interpret this, it's as follows.

Confidence in play.

It can be roughly summarized to this extent.

Therefore, BLH's situation now could be seen as twice as difficult.

Because when it wouldn't even be enough to bet everything towards a single correct answer with confidence, they were only thinking of dodging the whip the opponent was cracking while being intimidated.

Baek Seong-an, who was watching the game, said in a slightly bitter voice.

"You probably wouldn't know... but this is how people are, if you lose a lot, you can't help but get intimidated."

"I've lost a lot too."

"What?"

"It's true."

"Yes, yes, I'm sure. Mr. Outlaw with a hundred percent win rate."

Oh, dear...

It wasn't a situation where I could say, "I am Prisoner," so I could only silently endure being treated like a child by Baek Seong-an.

'I really have lost a lot.'

The words rose up to my chin, but unfortunately, I could only swallow my protest internally.

Meanwhile,

Finally, the 4th Dragon appeared.

Hextech Dragon.

If BGG got the Dragon Soul this time, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the winner of this game would virtually be decided.

『"Now, can they respond to this?"』

『"Having Yuumi does allow them to respond to the opponent's poking to some extent, but... the problem is if Corki lands one of his big missiles properly right now... Aaaah!"』

Screams couldn't help but burst out from the commentators.

Because LeBlanc's health instantly dropped by 1/3 with Corki's Ultimate that suddenly landed.

That Akali's health also significantly dropped while standing next to her was a bonus.

-??
-?
-What is this?
-Why did she burst?
-Why is the damage like that?

Even if Yuumi is there, healing isn't infinite.

Most of all, there's no way BGG would just watch while Yuumi was healing her health.

"Ah, they initiated."

If there is one major difference between the 1st tier league and the 2nd tier league, it's that in the 1st tier league, they often make so-called 'jostling' plays with an objective in front of them.

This is because 1st tier league Junglers feel a lot of pressure regarding Smite fights themselves, and even when coaching, they are primarily required to create situations where Smite fights are avoided as much as possible.

But, the 2nd tier league was a little different.

If you say it nicely, it's wild/untamed, if you say it badly, it's slightly throwing plays.

As if to prove that fact, BGG didn't stop even though they hit the Dragon first.

Unrestrained burst.

And sometimes, such unrestrained boldness works out well.

Just like now.

-Red Team has slain the Hextech Dragon!

-Red Team has acquired the Hextech Dragon Soul!

4 Dragon Soul.

-Wow
-They just hit it like that
-That was crazy
-This is it
-fr they didn't jostle like gays and were decisive/cool
-Watching it like this sometimes, the 2nd tier league is also really fun?
-Originally, fights where noobs fight are fun ㅋㅋㅋ
-That's true ㅋㅋ fr

『"Aaaah! They got it!"』

『"The lightning is striking now!"』

The teamfight that happened along with the Dragon burst.

In the middle of that battlefield, a well-fed Corki's firepower literally erupted.

Bang, bang, bang.

It was the speed at which BLH's champions were dying.

-Ace!

BLH's champions who were annihilated in an instant.

Stepping on their corpses, BGG's champions advanced fearlessly.

BGG's loss was merely just one person, the Jungler Xin Zhao, dying.

"This is really over."

"I guess so."

As they said, BGG's champions didn't stop.

Inhibitor Tower, Inhibitor, Nexus Turrets, and finally, up to the Nexus.

『"GG!"』

2nd Round first match.

BLH vs BGG.

Set 1 BGG Win.

-Wow BGG wins this
-Looks like BLH hasn't grasped the meta yet?
-fr they just gave Caitlyn Lux ㅋㅋ
-Seems like they need to do ban/pick properly

"Definitely, going like this makes the team comp difference apparent."

"I guess so. LeBlanc Yuumi didn't seem like a bad choice either, but somehow the pick wasn't utilized well in the gameplay."

"That's right."

Ban/Pick and gameplay are connected.

Naturally, if a certain Ban/Pick is made, gameplay that matches it must be utilized, and if such gameplay cannot be utilized, criticism naturally leans towards Ban/Pick.

This is where the influence of the coaching staff is judged.

Judging whether the Ban/Pick itself was really the problem, or whether it was a gameplay mistake simply due to error.

I don't know what choice BLH will truly make, but what's certain is that they must definitely show a different appearance in Ban/Pick or gameplay compared to Set 1.

'Well, it's not that there aren't teams that sometimes say, "We weren't wrong"......'

This phenomenon generally appears in strong teams.

Because the very fact that they are a strong team in the first place is why they reached that position because they have a certain stubbornness, and correcting that is not easy.

'Actually, my team also tends to be like that.'

Instead, our team's 'We weren't wrong' stems thoroughly from me.

It's not that OLZ wasn't wrong, it's that Outlaw wasn't wrong.

In a way, you could see it as leveraging the authority of being the team owner, but nevertheless, what's clear is that this method of our team has never been wrong so far.

Even when facing teams like SY or GRS, the world's top teams.

"What are you doing?"

For a moment after Set 1 ended, while the commercials were continuing, Baek Seong-an was looking at something on his smartphone.

It was a somewhat familiar screen.

"Ah, just checking the community for a bit."

"You look at things like that too?"

"I generally tend to look when our team wins a match."

"...That means you've looked every day."

"I guess that's how it turns out."

Well... from a pro player's perspective, not looking at the community at all is also a difficult thing, so it was something that could be fully understood.

Surely, if there's a play they did well or a game they won, it's natural to be curious about people's reactions.

As we were doing that distracted talk, the Set 2 Ban/Pick started quickly.

"It's become a bot lane win/lose game again."

"I guess so."

Of course, it wasn't that our bot lane was inferior anywhere we went.

And,

Finally, the Ban/Pick was completed.

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[BGG / BLH]

Top : Ornn / Jayce

Jungle : Xin Zhao / Jarvan IV

Mid : Viktor / Akali

ADC : Caitlyn / Jhin

Support : Karma / Yuumi

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The moment I saw the Ban/Pick, I felt like a single thought flashed through my mind.

-We weren't wrong.

It seems I would soon see the price for that.