[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 284

The ban-pick was soon completed.

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[SY / MAX]

Top: Renekton / Jayson

Jungle: Nidalee / Rilc

Mid: Azir / Viktor

ADC: Jin / Ezreal

Support: Yuming / Karma

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It was a standard ban-pick that everyone had expected, but that also proved how textbook it was.

"It's pretty standard."

"It's the first game."

As Baek Seong-an said.

Just because something is obvious doesn't necessarily make it bad.

Rather, picks that weren't obvious had a much higher chance of being worse in terms of win rate.

"Both teams seem to have ambiguous initiation. This could go on for quite a while."

"Yeah."

Both teams had chosen champions skilled at long-range combat, which could be considered quite important in the recent meta.

However, due to this, the initiation became a little ambiguous.

Of course, in SY's case, even though they had Renekton, it was also true that it was difficult to initiate awkwardly without Flash.

Due to the situation, the ban-pick structure made the super plays of Azir or Rilc even more noteworthy for both teams.

"Did it start?"

"Yeah, it's starting now."

Only then did Kim Ji-hoon, who had finished showering after his workout, join in.

It was as if he didn't want to waste a single second.

- Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

"Oh, it's really starting now."

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[❔] [❔] [❔]

[⨷] [⨷] [⨷]

The pings of both teams, appearing chaotically.

SY's direction was an invade through the top tribush, and in contrast, MAX's direction was a red invade through the bottom tribush.

As if mirrored, each team went to invade the opponent's red, but since it was early in the game, they returned after only securing vision.

This is how they knew each other's jungle starting positions.

『"So, in this case, both teams' junglers' positions are now revealed."』

『"Yes. It seems that SY wants to prioritize the Renekton synergy and go for red first, and MAX also seems to be focusing on the bottom side, so they're starting with red as well."』

『"It's a textbook start, but... how MAX's Woo-chan handles the Renekton Nidalee will be important."』

『"Oh, that's why Jayson is hiding in the bush right now. It seems like he intends to apply strong pressure from the start."』

Renekton Nidalee vs. Jayson Rilc match.

I asked Seo Yeon-woo.

"How do you feel about the top match?"

"The top is all about the jungle."

Seo Yeon-woo laughed, saying that. She was always agreeable, but she was like her old self in situations like this.

"Just kidding, usually Jayson has the advantage. But it's different when you consider jungle involvement."

"So, it's all about the jungle?"

When I persistently asked, Seo Yeon-woo's voice quickly became subdued.

"I was kidding..."

"I was kidding too."

I thought about teasing Seo Yeon-woo, who quickly became subdued, but I had to watch the game, so I stopped.

- Minions have spawned!

The laning phase began in earnest.

What drew attention early on was, as expected, the top and bottom lanes.

In the case of the mid lane, it was a mage battle, so there wouldn't be any kill opportunities, which wasn't interesting to watch, but that wasn't the case for the top and bottom lanes.

"Oh, Ez's Q is sharp."

As the words said, as the bottom lane started, the god-king-emperor's Ezreal hit the opponent with three consecutive Qs.

On top of that, Karma's harass as well.

Of course, SY's bottom lane, which had completely lost the lane dominance in an instant, had no choice but to give up the level 2 dominance.

『"God-king-emperor! It's very sharp from the start?!"』

『"Yes! The SY's Jin Yuming duo are getting a tough time from the start!"』

『"And, top! We have to watch the top!"』

Along with the shout of the commentators, the screen moved to the top lane.

In the top lane, Woo-chan's Jayson was constantly applying pressure to TheOne's Renekton.

"Hmm, they should be hitting him more..."

"Yeah. Even though Renekton looks like he's getting hit, he's not missing CS, and his health management isn't bad."

It was Seo Yeon-woo and Baek Seong-an speaking.

"They should be putting more pressure to prevent him from getting experience, but they're not doing that."

"Because they can't, considering the jungle path."

"Our sister tells us all the jungle paths..."

"He's the weird one."

"Right?"

It felt embarrassing that they were acting like that with me present, but I pretended not to hear.

[⨷]

[SY YunGi(Nidalee) has targeted MAX WooChan(Jayson)]

『"Did Nidalee just skip her camp?"』

『"Yes! It seems like she's trying to get a head start on the angle."』

『"But that could be a bit risky... let's watch."』

YunGi's Nidalee went straight to the top lane as soon as she hit level 3.

Considering that Nidalee usually favors a full-camp route or a 5-camp scuttle route, which are growth-oriented champions, it couldn't be a more risky choice.

The current lane situation is that Jayson has passed the mid point.

Because it was a little too early for Nidalee to arrive, Jayson was also exerting pressure.

In that situation, as soon as Nidalee's image appeared on the ward, Renekton used Flash to charge forward.

Here, a mistake occurred.

Renekton used W with slightly insufficient Fury due to the haste of responding.

『"Ah... ! Renekton's W went out as a normal W! So Nidalee's spear missed as well!"』

Shorter-than-expected stun duration.

The missed spear.

After that, it was as good as a predetermined sequence.

Jayson pushed Renekton away with E and retreated towards the tower.

Even though he lost a lot of health and lost some lane advantage, it was a significant gain, considering that they had prevented Nidalee's ganking turn and took Renekton's Flash.

『"Jayson survived!"』

『"No, in this case...!"』

"SY's doomed."

"That mistake was a bit bad. Were they nervous?"

『"There have always been different discussions about Jayson with every meta change, but it's true that these days, Jayson is more often active in the late game than in the laning phase."』

『"That's right. Before, there were talks about him being a champion with a limited lifespan, only good in lane, but recently, there's even talk about him being a late-game carry champion!"』

While the commentators were talking about various things, Rilc's turn came.

Rilc, having cleared more camps than Nidalee and eaten the bottom scuttle, looked behind the mid lane.

『"Are they going to try something in the mid lane?"』

But the opponent was Rainbow.

They don't give any awkward angles.

On top of that, the mid lane champions were also Azir and Viktor, so even though Rilc spent some time waiting, he couldn't create a decent angle.

Rilc recalled.

The early laning phase passed that way.

In a way, it was a very unpleasant feeling for SY, who had to gain an advantage in the top lane.

Time passed.

The first battleground was the dragon.

Because the laning situation itself was even between the two sides, no one was willing to concede the dragon, and this soon led to a 5:5 team fight.

The poke of each side flew in front of the wind dragon.

In this standoff, SY was having slightly more fun.

Because of the presence of Nidalee and Yuming, their sustain was ahead of MAX.

Perhaps that's why.

SY was a little careless.

However, the result was fatal.

『"Oh, oh, oh?"』

『"It exploded!!!"』

Jayson's eq.

Karma's rq.

Viktor's e.

On top of that, Ezreal's finishing Arcane Shift.

The simultaneous barrage of fire from MAX's champions struck Nidalee, who was throwing spears from the front.

- First Blood!

- You have slain an enemy!

As the jungle exploded in an instant, the initiative of the dragon fight also inevitably went to MAX.

As SY couldn't do a Smite fight without Smite, the first dragon went smoothly into MAX's hands.

"Nidalee went a bit too far."

"Nidalee players are always like that. They think they won't die."

"It seems like he positioned himself considering the Smite fight... but it's still a shame."

Even though the first dragon fight had passed, the laning phase hadn't ended yet.

Because the first Herald timing, which could be said to be the true end of the laning phase, hadn't arrived yet.

『"It's already looking like MAX's bottom side has a slight advantage... the balance of power completely collapsed after the dragon fight, right?"』

『"Yes! It feels like the damage exchange isn't even happening. Ah, Rilc is coming too. They will have to give up the bottom turret as it is now?"』

Rilc's bottom dive preparation.

Even though the first Herald was out, unfortunately, Nidalee's current position wasn't one where she could immediately strike the Herald.

"MAX won this, right?"

Baek Seong-an said.

Everyone agreed.