[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 288

Legend of League Champions Korea Summer Season Finals.

It is generally agreed that the summer throne is even more important than the spring throne.

This is because not only does it have the right to be the 1st seed for the Red Cup, but also because the circuit points are higher than the spring season even if you are the runner-up.

In such an important match, a 2:2 situation has occurred.

The highly anticipated final set.

“Wow, are they really going to make a comeback?”

Kim Jae-min said.

There was no one to deny it.

Because the side that is chasing is usually much more anxious than the side being chased.

『"Finally, we've made it this far!"』

『"As expected, SY! They have a lot of potential. That's right. This is the finals! Who is SY? Aren't they the World Champion from last year?! They can't give up the throne so easily!"』

『"That's right. Of course, in SY's case, even if they lose in the finals, they will advance to the Red Cup as the 2nd seed... but since they're going, it's obviously better to be the 1st seed than the 2nd seed!"』

『"Yes! And SY lost to SCV in the last spring season, and didn't SCV also unfortunately become the runner-up in the MSL? I have no doubt that SY will show the power of LCKR in this Red Cup!"』

『"Yes. MAX is also something to look forward to! Although they are in a reverse-sweep crisis, who would have expected MAX to push SY this far in the first place? MAX, it's not over yet!"』

『"That's right! Let's go straight to the ban-pick!"』

-Waaaaah!!!

Ban-pick began with the booming cheers of the commentators.

SY's side is blue.

Sets 1, 3, and 5 had the same side.

Perhaps they thought they had revealed everything about each other, and the first bans were quickly made.

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[Ban List]

Aphelios / Coruki

Kaitlyn / Akalin

Zinx / Sandra

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The intentions of both teams were obvious.

SY banned three marksmen,

Conversely, MAX banned three mid laners.

『"Now, this is important, right? What will SY bring as the first pick?"』

『"There's Renekton, there's Caruma, there's too much that's been released, so I don't know."』

『"Yes. What pick will SY show... "』

[Twisted Fate]

『"Ah, they're going like this."』

『"Come to think of it, this was open. There are so many that have been released... Haha!"』

SY's first pick was Twisted Fate.

Even though MAX invested three bans in mid, they missed this, and they gave up Twisted Fate, which is currently considered a Tier 1 pick.

And then came MAX's pick turn.

[Jhin]

[Caruma]

『"Ah... They are immediately completing such a strong bottom lane combination."』

『"Yes. But even if it's Caruma, I thought they wouldn't pick Renekton, but it seems like they won't."』

It was SY's 2nd and 3rd pick turn.

[Lissandra]

[Ezreal]

『"Oh... should we say this is interesting... No one is picking Renekton right now?"』

『"Yes. I don't know if they think they can deal with it or whatever... Even if it's Renekton, it's not an invincible pick. It's just generally easy to use."』

『"That's right. Where would there be an invincible pick? In fact, even if a champion is rated as OP, the actual win rate is not always the case."』

『"That's right. Picking an OP champion is also important, but picking it to match the combination of the opponent and your team is more important."』

MAX's third pick turn.

It was no exaggeration to say that MAX's combination and intention were revealed depending on this pick.

10, 8, 6…….

Time is slowly decreasing.

MAX made a pick after using up the last of the last time.

[Veigar]

Locked in as is.

The commentators were ecstatic.

『"...Huh?"』

『"Veigar! Veigar has appeared!"』

『"Even if it's based on solo queue, Veigar actually has a pretty good match-up against Twisted Fate in terms of data!"』

『"Ah, this must bring back the nightmares of the spring season for SY!"』

『"The difference from then is that, currently, there is talk among the players that Veigar is actually quite good!"』

『"Veigar in the 5th set of the finals... Rainbow player seems to be very angry right now."』

"They're picking Veigar here."

Baek Seong-an smiled awkwardly.

Since Baek Seong-an was, in a way, the origin of the Veigar pick that SCV picked in the spring season, it was understandable.

"How is Veigar these days?"

"Definitely better than in the spring. Depending on the pick now, he's not a joker pick but can be considered a regular pick."

"Ohong."

When I let out a small exclamation, Baek Seong-an looked at me with a strange expression.

"Why?"

"...Nothing. Just watch the ban-pick."

While we were distracted for a moment, both teams finished their 4th and 5th bans.

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[Ban List]

Renekton / Yuming

Xin Zhao / Turin Damir

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Currently, the remaining positions in SY are top and support.

And the remaining positions in MAX are top and jungle.

As if to reflect that, both teams' bans also came out relatively honestly.

『"Now, what choice will MAX make... "』

[Jarvan IV]

『"They're taking this first."』

『"Even though it's a little ambiguous to have a champion like Ezreal as a counter pick, the champion itself, Jarvan IV, has such a good balance."』

Now it was SY's 4th and 5th pick turn.

[Graves]

[Tahm Kench]

Did they prepare in advance?

SY finished their ban-pick in less than 3 seconds.

『"The pick was fast, right?"』

『"Tahm Kench... SY side took it this time!"』

『"Did SY prepare this?!"』

It was MAX's last pick turn.

It is often said that the blue side is for the first pick, and the red side is for the last pick.

SY took advantage of the blue side's advantage of being the first pick and picked Twisted Fate, so it was now MAX's turn to counter the opponent's pick.

"Yeon-woo, what's the Graves counter?"

"It's a bit ambiguous among the meta picks, but something like Jax might be worth trying depending on how you do it."

"Really?"

Well, the current top Graves is a crazy champion who even beats up Jason, who was the former top king.

Since Graves was picked first, MAX had no choice but to be worried, even if it was the last pick top.

"What would you do here?"

"I think I'd do something like Jax or Aurelion Sol."

"Hmm."

Should we say that's what Seo Yeon-woo would do...

However, it was unknown whether Woo-chan, MAX's top soler, could make such a pick in such an important stage and moment.

There was a reason why picks like Jax or Aurelion Sol couldn't become mainstream picks.

Is that why?

[Gnar]

MAX's Woo-chan chose to back down.

Even though Gnar cannot win the lane against Graves, it seemed like he wanted to create a variable in team fights.

Finally, both teams' ban-picks were all done.

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[SY / MAX]

Top: Graves / Gnar

Jungle: Lissandra / Jarvan IV

Mid: Twisted Fate / Veigar

Marksman: Ezreal / Jhin

Support: Tahm Kench / Caruma

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『"Overall, when looking only at the early laning phase, it seems that the SY side is slightly more advantageous... But considering MAX's bottom lane combination and Veigar's growth variables, it doesn't seem to be much of a deal."』

『"Yes. So, in this game, TheOne's Graves has to show that he can definitely break through Woo-chan's Gnar? It seems like he has to show that."』

『"Rainbow's Twisted Fate will also have to help."』

As the commentators said, the top is a match-up where Graves wins on its own as time goes on, and on the other hand, the mid is a match-up where Veigar wins as time goes on.

Therefore, for SY, it was important to quickly influence other lanes before Twisted Fate gets solo-killed by Veigar.

The main stage chosen there was the top, which they had to win.

"Wow, seeing the Ezreal Tahm Kench combination again in a tournament."

Kim Jae-min exclaimed quietly.

That's because the Ezreal Tahm Kench combination was one of the standard picks that was often used in the league, but it disappeared with the Tahm Kench rework.

"But it's a bit... interesting that MAX is using Tahm Kench and losing, and then immediately taking it."

"It's confidence."

In other words, you could say, 'That's not how you use it.'

Of course, this is just a fun story, and the real reason is that there were no suitable support picks to choose from.

"Which side do you want to win, noona?"

"Me?"

I couldn't easily answer Seo Yeon-woo's question.

If it were originally, it would have been SY of course, but what should I say now... I don't know either.

"...I don't know."

Kim Jae-min chimed in.

"I want SY to win."

"Why?"

"That way, it will be better when we meet and win later."

"Is that so?"

It felt like something that was Kim Jae-min-like and also made sense.

While we were having a pointless conversation like that...

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift!

Finally, the highly anticipated set 5 began.