[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 90

The team picks were completed at some point.

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[Allies / Enemies]

Top: Jason / Ornn

Jungle: Ellison / Nidalee

Mid: Renekton / Setu

ADC: Ashe / Ezreal

Support: Braum / Morgana

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The enemy composition was a typical poke composition and an Ezreal solo-carry composition.

A possible ban/pick because SCV has a destructive bot duo, Blackdog and Whitecat.

'Morgana is quite annoying.'

Our team composition is a typical hard CC composition. It would be a lie to say it wasn't inconvenient because Morgana countered it outright.

'Also, the matchup is very good against Braum.'

Of course, Braum's pick itself is good.

Not only can he counter Ornn's ultimate, but he can also counter the enemy's poke composition.

But the opponent also picked Morgana to counter it.

From this perspective, SCV made a leading ban/pick, and YSG made a ban/pick that followed one step behind.

'But there's definitely an advantage.'

Especially, the upper lane consisting of Jason and Ellison, and Ellison and Renekton.

What we have to save is the upper lane fight that will be the core of the game.

'If we lose in the upper lane... it'll be a very difficult game, but.'

[Please select a champion!]

[Please select a skin!]

Once the ban/picks were complete, Coach Park Tae-hyeong took off his headset and quietly stepped back.

["...Everyone, do your best."]

Since the game had officially started, the coaching staff's job was just to trust the players and watch them.

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SCV KING - Ornn

SCV Vendetta - Nidalee

SCV AllDay - Setu

SCV BlackDog - Ezreal

SCV WhiteCat – Morgana

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As the loading screen appeared and I looked at the SCV players again, my heart pounded.

'It's really happening.'

It's not that I haven't played against a pro team before.

I once won a game against the complete SY in a normal game with Nightmare.

However,

That was only possible because SY didn't have a main position and also threw the game in the name of fun.

If I play against the real SY complete team again with the same team members? I would definitely lose a hundred out of a hundred times.

'It's different from then.'

The opponent isn't SY, and my teammates are not ordinary game users, but current pro gamers.

Objectively speaking, the odds of winning are much higher than when I met the complete SY before.

'I won then, and I'll win now.'

I focused on the game after making a small resolution.

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift.

The real game began.

[⨷] [⨷] [⨷]

[⚑] [⚑] [⚑]

As always, pings are marked.

However, if there's anything annoying, it's that the pings are a bit erratic.

[⚑] [⚑] [⚑]

[⚑] [⚑] [⚑]

It didn't take long for me to realize a sense of incongruity in the absence of any bustling pings.

'Is this a solo queue or a scrim?'

I don't usually talk much when playing team games either.

It's not that there's any particular reason, it's just that the act of speaking itself felt a little awkward.

'It's strangely quiet.'

As the saying goes, the YSG teammates are not making any calls, to the point where even I have to take a step back.

It was a sign of a typical failing team.

'...I knew the atmosphere wasn't good, but I didn't know it would be this bad.'

This isn't because YSG is made up of people who aren't particularly sociable.

The natural atmosphere of decline that occurs when a team loses consecutive games.

No matter how good the atmosphere of the team is, it's inevitable, and if the team isn't good anyway, it's natural that this would happen.

'Even so, isn't it usually the team's eldest member or the coaching staff who solve this?'

I glanced to the left, but the expression on Kim Man-gi's face, the team's captain and oldest member, was calm.

As if the outcome of this game didn't matter much.

'Not good.'

Unfortunately, time is short to fix the rotten parts that are currently stagnant in the team.

'First of all, let's focus on this game.'

Fortunately, even if calls aren't being made through voice chat, the pings that are being exchanged within the game aren't being ignored either.

We gathered in the bottom triple bush with Braum at the lead and prepared for an invade.

If level 1 Alistar is a guardian, then level 1 Braum is a destroyer.

It was natural for our team to attempt an invade because Braum has a powerful presence in level 1 combat, to the point where those words come out automatically.

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Pings are marked, and as we boldly entered towards the enemy blue side, Morgana's Q bound Braum's feet, who was at the forefront.

Then, the opponent retreated smoothly.

It was a success if Morgana's Q skill was cast instead of W.

[❕] [❕] [❕]

After placing a ward in the enemy blue jungle, we pulled out.

We had gained some advantage by gaining vision, and we judged that there was no point in overdoing it.

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[YSG Outlaw(Ellison) : Need a leash]

I wondered if I was also assimilated into the silence, and I moved my fingers instead of my voice.

The bottom lane gave a red leash according to the standard procedure without any complaints.

There were roughly two meanings to my request for a leash from the bottom lane.

The first is to accelerate my tempo,

And the second is that I expected our bottom lane to lose the lane phase anyway, so I told them to give me a leash.

Because if the lane is going to be lost anyway, it's better to do something.

'Also, since Ashe has a good lane clear, even if we give up lane dominance, we won't easily allow a dive angle.'

In this game, our bottom lane is playing a role of holding on to the end.

From the point of giving a leash to the bottom lane, the role itself was already determined, even if our bottom lane didn't want it.

'Let's see…'

After eating the red buff, I immediately headed to our blue buff and checked the other lanes.

The first lane I looked at was, as always, the mid lane, which can be considered the eternal partner of the jungler.

The Renekton-Setu matchup is basically slightly advantageous for Renekton.

However, that doesn't mean Setu can't handle the matchup at all.

It's because if Renekton is a little careless and makes a mistake, Setu could get a kill.

If we have to put it in numbers... Renekton is slightly, very slightly ahead with 5.2 to 4.8, shall we say?

In fact, there are many cases where the Renekton pick failed to live up to the meaning of the pick even though Renekton was picked as a Setu counter in pro games, so it was right to see this matchup as a hand fight.

'They're getting pushed.'

Of course, the Renekton-Setu matchup isn't one where Renekton wins from the very beginning, but even so, it seemed like they had already suffered a big loss in the damage exchange.

'No gank angle.'

The synergy of Renekton and Ellison wasn't good from the beginning, as Renekton's condition wasn't good from the beginning.

If Nidalee even counter-ganked, the game would explode right away.

'Think.'

I know the opponents.

Although it was the first time, of course, to face the complete SCV, I have met them countless times individually.

'First, SCV jungler Vendetta.'

The way Vendetta plays is simple.

'Retaliation.'

It is said that the nickname Vendetta itself was derived from that style of play, and Vendetta mainly plays in response to the opponent's plays.

For example, if Vendetta's jungle is invaded by the opponent, he must counter-jungle the enemy's jungle no matter what.

If the opponent is ahead in levels, he focuses on leveling, regardless of ganking or objectives.

Some may say that it's not a natural play if someone says it, but in fact, Vendetta's style of play had a fatal flaw.

'The jungler, who should be moving more proactively than anyone else, is moving passively.'

Retaliation only works when someone suffers damage.

In other words, Vendetta doesn't move carelessly unless the opponent throws the first move.

'The problem is that the flaw doesn't come to light most of the time.'

It's not always a disadvantage just because the jungler is passive.

If he moves after seeing the opponent's movements, even though the tempo will be a step slower, he can choose the best option for the situation.

The SCV team's overwhelming size completely covers the disadvantages of a passive jungler.

'I have to take that as an opportunity. The first turn must be mine.'

I carefully examined the health status of the allied champions on the top side of the mini-map while eating the red, blue, and the last 3-level sacrifice, the Krugs.

'A battle broke out at the top.'

When I glanced at the top, Jason was getting beaten by Ornn.

Jason was losing in the damage exchange from the beginning to Ornn, not even at the level 6 timing.

'This is...'

I immediately headed to the top.

It's because, although Jason was losing in the damage exchange, I found one thing there.

'For sure. The enemy top is completely ignoring our top.'

There must be several reasons for that.

A terrible solo queue score of Diamond 1.

A poor physique to handle the tricky champion, Jason.

And the pressure that feels insignificant in the actual lane phase.

All of those reasons made Ornn cross a certain 'line' now.

Rather, because Jason was so clumsy, Ornn got a greed that he would never have had originally.

-Can I take that?

I could read his thoughts from Ornn's movements, which had turned aggressive.

'Come in.'

If Ornn hadn't come forward, I would have paid a terrible price for wasting time and been ruined.

Ornn was a champion with excellent survival skills, apart from the tank position, and, above all, Jason, who had lost in the damage exchange, couldn't have created a dive composition either.

But, Ornn crossed the line.

The line that must never be crossed if the opposing jungler is Ellison.

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[YSG Outlaw(Ellison) has targeted SCV KING(Champion)]

Jason's response was clumsy.

But ironically, that clumsy gank response gave the enemy Ornn another delusion.

-You don't have a jungler, do you?

But Ornn was wrong.

Because I was with the bruised Jason right now.

-First Blood!

It's time for the spider show to begin.