[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 60

Chat Select and Pick Select.

In normal games, whether chat comes first or champion selection comes first is actually a very old debate.

Looking back at the history of League of Legends, there was no concept of position selection in League of Legends ranked games.

The pick order was determined by MMR order, and the priority for positions was naturally determined from pick 1 to pick 5.

It was a kind of class system based on MMR.

Of course, as you went to higher tiers, there was a certain atmosphere of respecting each other's main positions, but in most matches, there was no such thing, and pick 5 was just a support.

As the situation was like that, the influence naturally spread to normal games, and for a while, pick select became the mainstream rather than chat select.

However, as light has darkness, problems with the pick select culture itself began to be discussed one by one as time passed.

-? I'm mid lane pick.

-I'm pick first.

-?? Is Master Yi mid?

-Okay

-;;

For example, there were often cases where someone would choose a mage who was clearly a mid lane champion and say they were a jungler, or vice versa.

Because pick select itself was such a problematic method, the pick select culture gradually shifted to the chat select culture through the process of position selection being introduced in ranked games.

Of course, there are still people who insist on pick select, but that's how the mainstream has shifted.

Well…….

I've gone on and on with these kinds of talks, but in this case, the debate wasn't even necessary.

[Horororolrollol : ? Isn't that person pick first?]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik : Just shut up and ride the bus, you low-elo scrubs]

Because, regardless of whether pick select or chat select is right or wrong, the opponent was just a madman.

[Horororolrollol : Ugh]

[Horororolrollol : Can the 2nd pick go top?]

[Horororolrollol : Understand]

I had no intention of getting into a fight in chat here, so I readily agreed.

[Game_good_4148 : Yes]

There were a few more reasons why I readily agreed, and the biggest reason was simple.

'...No Smite.'

It was a rather embarrassing reality for someone who confidently shouted "Jungle."

'No, but people still do this?'

A few years ago, League of Legends, which had a considerable entry barrier at the time, made a large-scale patch to lower the entry barrier.

The complex rune system, where you had to purchase dozens of runes directly to use them, was completely removed, and you could now set runes in the pick screen.

Naturally, as someone who doesn't level up a second account, I thought that the spell level limit would have naturally disappeared back then as well.

But to think that the spell level limit would still remain…….

I hadn't thought of the spell level limit because I had never leveled up a second account.

'This is a variable.'

I now feel with my skin why people put so much effort into bot games when leveling up a second account.

For a level 1 account that has just entered League of Legends, the Rift was a very harsh place.

'No Smite jungle.'

At the same time, I'm reminded of the old days.

'Come to think of it... I used to take Ignite instead of Smite when I jungled.'

It sounds absurd now, but at the time, Ignite also hit jungle monsters, and you could also get attack damage and ability power bonuses during the Ignite cooldown through traits, so I did that.

Well, that was only in the days when I was relatively a beginner, and it was an absurd thing to do by the time I was doing ranked games.

In these kinds of feelings, I quietly examined the spells I could use.

'Uhm, there are still many spells I can't use.'

The spells I could use right now were only Ghost and Heal.

It would be great if I could at least use Flash, but unfortunately, it was a distant dream.

'The position is top, and I can only use two spells…….'

Two champions naturally come to mind.

'Olaf and Hecarim.'

Both are champions whose effectiveness comes out more when using Ghost than Flash.

Furthermore, since those two champions are both champions used as junglers, I was quite confident in my proficiency.

'Olaf would be good, but… this game is this one.'

[Hecarim]

It was a champion that had even been called an OP champion relatively recently, but unfortunately, it became ordinary after a swift nerf.

Of course, it's not to the point of being unusable, so it was also a champion that I use quite often in ranked games.

[Please select a skin!]

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The game started.

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[Allies / Enemies]

Top : Hecarim / Tryndamere

Jungle : Lee Sin / Master Yi

Mid : Zed / Malphite

ADC : Ezreal / Vayne

Support : Nami / Blitzcrank

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'Uhm.'

What should I say… should I say they're a really familiar pick?

'Haven't seen it in a while.'

Vayne and Blitzcrank are picks I see from time to time in the section of the game I play, but Tryndamere and Master Yi, in other words, are the so-called "main" champions that only the people who play them play.

…Of course, there are much more commonly used expressions, but it feels a bit cheap to say it out loud.

Finally, the loading ended, and the full-fledged game began.

Quiet─

Even though the game started, there were no pings, let alone the initial invades, as if it was natural.

No, should I say it's fortunate that he didn't go AFK?

'Well, it doesn't matter to me.'

The jungler is the one who is most affected by the early invasion, as they have to protect their own camps.

And right now, I was top.

So I was going to run straight to top, but as the saying goes, I went to protect our blue buff.

'Know you're grateful.'

Our team is the blue team.

In other words, it is the bottom team.

As I was hiding alone in the top river brush, the enemy Blitzcrank and other champions appeared through the mid lane brush.

This was possible because our team's mid vision was not secured.

'Hmm.'

The enemy Blitzcrank quickly came and placed a ward in the brush, and my position was revealed.

-Flash!

The enemy Blitzcrank used an unhesitating forward Flash grab.

My spells are Ghost and Heal.

From a common sense point of view, you can't dodge Blitzcrank's Q that also used Flash.

However,

-Swish.

'Huh?'

Blitzcrank's hand cut through the air.

It wasn't that my movement was fantastic.

The enemy Blitzcrank just missed the grab.

He threw a bizarre prediction shot that I couldn't understand.

'…….'

To be honest, I was a little flustered, but thanks to that, I got away without using any spells.

As the minions were about to arrive in lane, I slowly headed to the lane, following the minions.

Because I felt burdened to go out confidently from the beginning due to the close-range and long-range lane match.

'Hmm. Can't see him.'

Tryndamere is not visible.

Thinking of the patterns of Tryndameres I've seen, he's probably hiding somewhere using his passive.

'Hide and seek.'

Show your hair.

I entered the brush and swung Q at the place where Tryndamere was expected to be.

At that moment.

-Swish!

Tryndamere, who was hiding through his passive, not knowing that I would use Q in the brush, appeared.

Of course, it was a little strange choice for me.

'Uh… is this right, friend?'

My current spells are Ghost and Heal.

And the enemy's spells are Flash and Ignite.

At first glance, it seems that Tryndamere has a very advantageous spell composition, but the problem was that I was Hecarim.

Hecarim's passive is bonus attack damage proportional to movement speed.

And both Ghost and Heal increase movement speed.

Moreover, since the characteristics of close-range and long-range champions, it was common sense, if not obvious, that close-range champions are advantageous when they get close.

'That's also a section that doesn't even have that common sense.'

I boldly used Ghost and Heal first to avoid the reduction in healing from Ignite.

It was a judgment because, in the lower tiers, there is a strong tendency to try to use Ignite without taking into account the enemy's healing skills when they are low.

And it was simple.

If he had hidden until the end, I wouldn't have known, but the moment he appeared clumsily, Tryndamere's fate was as good as decided.

-First Blood!

After that, Tryndamere, who didn't have Teleport, hurriedly returned to the lane, but the level difference was already widening.

[Tryndamere – Level 1]

[Hecarim – Level 2]

'Gonna push the lane? That won't work.'

As Tryndamere trotted over to eat the CS, I immediately charged at Tryndamere.

'Blind. Wait a moment… Q, Q, okay, now.'

As soon as the blind duration ended, Hecarim's ferocious front hooves struck Tryndamere's small head.

-You have slain an enemy!

In an instant, 2 kills.

It was the moment the top lane match was practically over.

'Is he going to leave?'

The lane was already freezing, and Tryndamere's lane push power is not very good among top champions.

Unless there is intervention from other lanes, there is no way to break this hell in the future.

'I feel sorry somehow.'

In League of Legends, where there are not many newbies anyway, Tryndamere seemed to be one of the few pure newbies.

While I was finishing the top lane match…….

As if by appointment, Lee Sin and Master Yi met at the top Scuttle Crab.

[Lee Sin – Level 3]

[Master Yi – Level 3]

And again, the ensuing engagement as if by appointment.

One of the common misconceptions people have is that Master Yi is a late-game champion and is very weak in the early game.

Of course, this is generally true, but if there is one error, it is the fact that Master Yi's early game is absolutely not weak.

'He just isn't good at escaping or chasing, but his 1:1 match-up is at the top.'

Of course, even so, Lee Sin often wins when the two meet at level 3, but that also depends on the situation.

For example, like now, if Lee Sin foolishly casts Q first.

'He lost this one.'

Master Yi dodged Lee Sin's Q with a matching Q, and he absorbed the damage and simultaneously canceled the auto-attack with Meditate, matching the timing of Lee Sin's E.

Lee Sin didn't do well either, but the enemy Master Yi did quite well.

'He'd be at least Diamond.'

He ate the incoming sound wave with Q, and on top of that, he blocked Lee Sin's E skill with Meditate in time, and even canceled the auto-attack.

It wasn't the physical ability that an average tier could show.

'Well, it could be a coincidence.'

[⨷] [⨷]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) has targeted Meis_master4787(Master Yi)]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) has targeted Meis_master4787(Master Yi)]

Feeling the danger when all the skills he used missed, Lee Sin, who was confident until a moment ago, desperately clicked the ping.

'Hmm.'

I hesitated.

If I went to help now, I could save Lee Sin, but instead, I would have to give up one lane of waves, and above all, the freezing lane I had made into hell would be broken.

If this was the game I usually played, there was no need to even hesitate.

No matter how important the lane was, it was not comparable to kills and the initiative in the engagement.

But,

'I don't know if Lee Sin is worth it.'

It's not because of personal feelings because of what happened in the pick screen at all.

Really.

While I was pondering, Lee Sin, who lost the engagement, couldn't shake off Master Yi even though he used Flash miserably.

-An ally has been slain!

As soon as Lee Sin got a solo kill by Master Yi, the chat came flying in.

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) - Hecarim]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) - Hecarim]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) : No]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) : Why aren't you coming?]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) : If you came, you could have caught him]

[Yanghakyongbu_cakeim_kik(Lee Sin) : Ah, really, ㅅㅂ]

'Indeed, this is the taste.'

Does the person who goes to top become a top-laner?

Or do the people who go to top originally have that tendency?

This is one of the oldest conundrums in League of Legends.

However, for some reason, I feel like I know the answer at this moment.

Instead of chatting, I replaced it with a cute penguin.

『🐧』

Lord, please allow me to become a beast today.