[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 91

Although Ornn is a tank, he is not a tank without any killing power.

No, rather, he's quite strong.

Especially when he picks up Ignite with First Strike at level 6, it's a move worthy of being called a finishing move.

However,

the timing just now was neither when Ornn learned his ultimate nor when he had Ignite with First Strike.

And yet, when the kill angle appeared in the damage exchange, Ornn crossed a line he shouldn't have.

Jason's acting, or rather, acting, had worked perfectly.

'Ornn would consider it bad luck.'

After securing the first kill, I immediately returned home and bought shoes and a Seal.

I plan to increase the tempo of the game very hard from now on, and there was no core item like the first shoes and seal for that.

Where should I go now?

'I didn't see the enemy Nidalee when ganking top. Same in mid or bot. Then... he must have eaten our jungle below.'

Unfortunately, there was no call at all within the team at the moment, so I couldn't get any more information.

I was confident in my map reading to some extent, but it couldn't be as good as when the team directly expressed their opinions.

'...Should I ask?'

My lips twitched for a moment, but unfortunately, I couldn't muster any more courage.

To speak in this heavy silence... it was too much for me.

'No. Just keep doing what I've been doing. ...This team might be silent in the first place.'

Even if they are silent, it didn't make sense that not a single word was exchanged after the game started.

I headed straight for the upper jungle, skipped jungling, and went straight into the enemy Raptors.

'Nidalee's route is first red. It's about time for golems and Raptors to come out.'

While I was counter-jungling in the enemy red side jungle, Nidalee appeared in the allied bottom lane.

'Dive.'

Fortunately, the enemy bot lane and Nidalee didn't seem to be able to easily enter, thanks to Ashe and Braum's fierce resistance.

'There's no way it'll end like this.'

Weeeing-

As if to prove that fact, the light of Teleport blazed in the bottom lane.

It was the enemy Sett's Teleport.

'Can I cut it?'

But the enemy Sett was already far behind and teleporting, and Renekton's position was also in a form of farming the lane.

'Even though it's a cannon wave, I have to give up the mid lane and cover the Teleport.'

Only then can the damage be minimized.

However, Renekton didn't Teleport and kept farming the lane, and with Sett who appeared at some point, the enemy four literally devoured the allied bottom lane.

-Allied has been slain!

-Enemy double kill!

The bottom lane exploded.

In the meantime, the only advantage the allies had was the enemy upper jungle and a little bit of the mid lane.

It was almost one-sided damage.

And... the first voice chat in this game was heard.

["No, huh……. Nevermind."]

He was about to say something in the bottom lane, but then he stopped as if it was no use.

Nor was there any apology from the mid lane.

'What a mess.'

How do I solve this game?

Top dive?

Gank for mid lane dominance?

Counter the bottom lane?

Unfortunately, there was no answer.

'...Let's take it step by step.'

Even if the game is twisted and tangled, if you wait slowly, the opportunity will definitely come.

'First, top.'

Honestly, Ornn is not that tasty of a champion to dive.

Because he's a tank by nature, he can play his role even if he fails, and especially in Ornn's case, it's hard for him not to play his part by upgrading his allies' items.

'It's not a gank to ruin Ornn. It's a gank for me to get kills, get shields, and grow.'

Ornn, who had lost the initiative after being killed once, was being beaten by Jason.

In that situation, it was like taking candy from a baby to dive with Elise.

-Enemy has been slain!

'I succeeded in ruining Ornn... but it's still not enough.'

Tank top and bottom.

Their importance is incomparable.

More consistent benefits were needed to reverse the situation.

'The difference in skill between the laners is also a factor, but the difference in teamwork is also terrible. Aiming for big gains is foolish.'

Gambling for big gains always carries the risk of suffering big losses.

To win this game, I couldn't make such a dangerous move.

'...In the first place, I couldn't either.'

If you throw alone, it's throwing, but if you throw together, it's a gamble.

But unfortunately, the teamwork on this team was so off that they couldn't even make such a gamble.

'Bit by bit.'

After returning, counter-jungle the allied jungle.

It was to prevent Nidalee from widening the growth gap any further.

Even so, the bottom lane suffers and is denied, and also pressured with dives.

All of the bottom turret shields are taken off.

There's nothing I can do.

'Bit by bit.'

Successful mid gank.

The moment Sett used W, Renekton used his Fury W skill to remove the shield.

-Enemy has been slain!

-Rampage!

'Bit by bit.'

Nibbling away.

Gnawing at the opponent.

* * *

SCV Dorm.

"Do we really have to scrim with these guys? I feel like it's a waste of time."

["Don't say that. You'll get into big trouble. And you haven't won yet."]

"Ugh, boring."

SCV's jungler, Vendetta Kim Kang-han, shook his head at the team leader Blackdog's point.

Boring.

When he heard that the scrim opponent today was YSG, Kim Kang-han had already foreseen this result.

When strong teams schedule scrims, there are times when they intentionally schedule with relatively weak teams, even though they don't have to.

It was to boost the confidence of the players who were about to play an important match.

In fact, this method is quite effective, and often shows much better results than being intimidated by meeting a strong team as a scrim opponent.

But that's only when confidence is needed, and if you consider the upcoming match against SY, which is only a few days away, it was also true that scrims with other teams felt much more productive.

'Look at what they're doing. What's that? The calls don't match at all.'

The bottom dive, which was originally intended to just apply some pressure and then back off, succeeded so easily that it was ridiculous.

The opponent who can't even respond to this much is a professional like them…….

It was truly a waste of time.

'It's better to solo queue.'

Of course, strictly speaking, this game was harder than solo queue, but it was only an expression of comparison.

'The jungle seems to be doing a little bit though…….'

[YSG Outlaw]

YSG Outlaw.

It was a nickname that Kim Kang-han had never seen before.

'Was he newly called up?'

Since he couldn't know the internal affairs of other teams, the only thing Kim Kang-han knew about Outlaw was his nickname.

While Kim Kang-han was casually playing the game, the teammates whispered.

["Hey, but the jungle over there is better than Kang-han, no matter how you look at it?"]

["I agree. The jungle difference is so awesome."]

Kim Kang-han's lips twisted.

"It's because the top lane gave him a chance."

["It's because the jungle didn't watch out."]

"That's why the ruffians are…"

["Next Whitey."]

Even considering his young age, the childish squabbling was unbearable.

If it had been originally, he wouldn't have made such trivial arguments during the game, but the situation itself was so advantageous that no one would stop such jokes from going back and forth.

["By the way, who is that person? I've never seen him before."]

["I don't know either. Never seen him before. Kang-han, do you know? You're both junglers."]

"I don't know."

Normally, a jungler who performs to that extent wouldn't be unknown to Kim Kang-han, who is an active professional gamer, but for some reason, there was no data on Outlaw in his head.

["Looking at his solo queue record, he's got a hundred percent win rate and is grandmaster."]

["Real?"]

["He's crazy. He's probably got at least 1,000 points on his main champion."]

While the teammates were chatting about various things.

-Allied has been slain!

-Enemy is Rampaging!

The silent enemy Elise subtly continued her active play.

["Wow… did you see that? He's really good."]

["Jungle Cha-i!"]

["I agree."]

Kim Kang-han shook his head in the jungle difference collaboration called out by the top and mid lanes with one mind and one heart.

'Uhm, but something's strange.'

Kim Kang-han felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

It felt as if he had entered a humid and sticky swamp.

'What is it?'

It's definitely an advantageous game.

No, it's already practically a won game.

But for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of foreboding that this game might lose.

'Elise's level… why is it the same as mine?'

[Elise – Level 10]

[Nidalee – Level 10]

It was something that doesn't easily happen, considering the characteristics of the two champions.

Moreover, isn't the current situation very advantageous for the allies?

'...The counter-jungling itself is weird.'

The driving force that matched Elise's level with Nidalee's was her counter-jungling her own jungle, and continuously leaving a small monster.

After that, together with Jason, who took the initiative, he forced the route to split the jungle 50/50 and unilaterally benefited in terms of jungling.

Is that what a trainee who's about to make his debut can show?

Usually, when rookie junglers are praised for being "good," the most highly rated item is the powerful combat ability and physicality that comes from youth.

But in Outlaw, who is showing now, not only physicality but also judgment and operation were imbued with a profoundness as if he had been rolling around.

'Something…….'

The moment Kim Kang-han began to feel the sense of incongruity, Elise's level surpassed Nidalee's level.

[Elise – Level 11]

[Nidalee – Level 10]

Kim Kang-han knew this unpleasant stickiness.

Because he had experienced something similar quite a lot in the old memories, which have now become memories of the past.

'That can't be…….'

That name is already gone.

It became a wraith.

Although he tried to deny it, the sense of déjà vu and strangeness that Kim Kang-han is feeling now couldn't be explained otherwise.

That's why?

'……Prisoner?'

Suddenly, a thought that didn't make sense came to mind.