Elise’s 3-level top gank failure was practically an all-in rush.
Seeing that, the commentators sighed, and of course, the audience’s reactions were explosive.
– Hahaha
– FFF got completely wrecked!
– GG
– My sister is grinning right now 😂
– JGCHAOOO! JGCHAOOO! JGCHAOOO! JGCHAOOO! JGCHAOOO!
– FFF initiated the gank, and yet it was they who perished 😂😂😂😂😂
– If that’s the case, why did Elise even bother? 😂
– True.
Elise at Red 3 camp.
Delayed top gank.
While Elise was wasting time as if chucking it onto the ground, Outlaw’s Talon had blatantly split the map and stolen the opposing blue jungle camp before recalling.
It wasn’t just because he saw Elise’s position and went for the blue; he had planned his route that way from the start, making it a swift move without wasting time.
[Talon – Level 4]
“Wait, how can there already be a jungle level difference just after starting?!”
“The camp count difference is almost double! What is FFF going to do? It’s a bit harsh, but they’ve completely failed! Honestly!”
“Yeah! There’s nothing else to say other than they’ve failed!”
“By the way, Outlaw is amazing! If you notice, Elise intentionally messed up her route around Red 3 camp, but Talon went directly to the opposing blue as if he knew it!”
“He completely read his opponent’s mind… can we say that’s the case?”
“How can such a rookie have this level of experience? It’s like he’s been around for years!”
The chat exploded.
– For real
– Outlaw = Prisoner Outlaw = Prisoner Outlaw = Prisoner Outlaw = Prisoner
– Outlaw is a true legend…
– But seriously, is this rookie?
– Sis, I’m dying… sis, I’m dying… sis, I’m dying…
– Heeeyyy
If Talon returns home now and heads to the top jungle, it would be a foregone conclusion that Elise was doomed.
Attempting a haphazard counter-gank at this point would likely result in merely eating one camp and retreating.
Maybe that’s why, Elise stepped again onto a decision she absolutely should not have made.
“Wait, is she really going for another one?”
A gank that must not fail.
Knowing that, FFF’s Elise started a big rotation as if she intended to force a failed gank into a dive.
However, even that was not easy given the current grim situation.
“Talon’s on his way, is that okay? The level difference is one thing, but he’s already itemized!”
“Is the player invested too much in the top lane? If it’s not going to work out, she should just cut her losses and take a quick profit…!”
– ???
– Is she really doing more?
– Isn’t this risky?
– She’s throwing it away 😂
– Info: FFF is a team that plays recklessly like this as if it’s second nature.
As the audience pointed out, the Honor’s Jax had positioned his lane deliberately near the turret to avoid ganks and dive lines.
He had intentionally placed himself to obstruct any ganks or dives.
Of course, if someone insisted on attempting a dive, it was technically possible, but the problem lay with Jax’s gank evasion skills and the approaching Talon.
They could choose to engage in a 2v2 if they wanted to, but in FFF’s case, the odds of losing were substantially higher than those of winning.
“I’m doing it! Illusia, let’s go for it!”
“There are times when you have to go forward even when the way ahead looks like a furnace! It seems Ilusia thinks now is the time!”
“I wonder about making such a decision this early in the game, though… it really is typical FFF, we can view it that way!”
“This is also the charm of FFF! When they go for it, they go all out, and when they fail, they fail spectacularly!”
“Hahaha!”
The commentators’ eyes were drawn away from the broadcast, as the situation seemed clear, and indeed, it was heading toward a predictable outcome.
– Why is this even happening?
– Throwing it away, I can’t believe it.
– Is it right to do this with no wave?
– Heading toward Talon now.
In a desperate dive with insufficient waves, Honor’s Jax counterattacked effectively, launching a real counter-offensive.
Both Fiona and Elise had ping-pong skills known as W and E, but that didn’t turn impossibility into possibility.
The two champions did their utmost to ping-pong the turret aggro, trying to take down Jax, but time was on Jax’s side regardless.
Perhaps that’s why.
Jax was calm, while Fiona and Elise couldn’t hide their growing anxiety.
As Elise ping-ponged the turret aggro onto Fiona, Fiona used her counter and kept her distance but could only retreat in the end.
Thus, the moment Elise dropped from the spider’s web, waiting for her was none other than Talon, who had crossed the wall to arrive.
– First blood!
– Enemy slain!
“Oh no! It ended up like this. And of all things, the kill went to Talon!”
“This means the jungle gap between the two teams… Ah, no need to say more. It seems finished.”
“I’m always feeling that Honor excels in being a target for the opponent’s plans. Not that he lacks carry power.”
“Yeah! After all, you target what’s a threat, right? It’s just unfortunate it didn’t work out!”
“That’s right! Honor and Outlaw. Perhaps it’s because they’re both A-sides, but it’s no joke!”
– Hahaha
– Commentators’ tearful commentary show 😂
– Honestly, if it were me, there wouldn’t be anything to comment on this game 😂 it just exploded.
– For real
– Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!
– Stop spamming! Stop spamming! Stop spamming! Stop spamming! Stop spamming! Stop spamming! Stop spamming!
– Shut up, you idiots.
– Game’s done.
– Schoolyard massacre is boring.
The difference made early in the match against the team that placed second last season was immense enough to be termed a massacre of commoners.
Most importantly, the fact that the audience had grown to believe OLZ wouldn’t be turned around in this situation was a testament to that.
The snowball was starting to roll rapidly.
– Our team has slain the Flame Dragon!
– Triple buff control.
– Double crab.
For our team that monopolized all that, objectives were almost a natural right.
Recently, I’ve noticed quite a few teams in Challengers Korea we’ve faced have self-destructed by making reckless plays.
It seems they’ve come to the conclusion that they can’t win through standard means… but, who knows if that’s effective?
‘After all, our team doesn’t fall for those kinds of tricks easily.’
If they’re going to aim, they might as well target the recently ramped-up top or the seasoned mid instead of bot… but there was no need to tell this fact to the competitors.
“What the hell, this is so easy? Why are they throwing? I could win with my toes.”
“Hey…”
As Kim Jae-min remarked casually, Baek Seong-an shot him a sharp look.
“Ah, right. Oops.”
During the game, voice through the mic is broadcasted during commentary.
Naturally, considering various precedents, it seems that there’s some filtering in place, but sometimes players’ slip-ups still make it on air.
In other words, Kim Jae-min had just made a pretty big mistake.
“Sigh.”
“Damn that brat.”
I shook my head.
Given Kim Jae-min’s nature, there was no guarantee such a slip wouldn’t happen again later, so it might not be a bad idea to embrace that character now.
Wherever gossip arises, it tends to come from those you least expect.
After all, when someone like that gets caught up in rumors, they tend to blow over quickly.
Besides, “He didn’t even use profanity…”
Actually, that could be even more problematic. Perhaps if he had used blatant profanity, it would have been edited out during the process, but now it had a higher chance of going live.
“Ji-hoon can come right away, right?”
“Yes, I’ll head right over.”
Immediately, we began moving to secure the first Rift Herald as we usually did.
Basing it on the bot control, our Support was quickly joining the fray.
However, the opponent didn’t seem ready to sit idle and sent all five to the Rift.
In the 5:4 situation at the Herald, our bot laner was set to explode in growth.
This scenario was something our team had frequently encountered when they had an early lead.
And that fact was quite clear.
Humans are creatures of adaptation.
That is to say, since we had encountered this scenario often, we inherently knew what to do here.
“Let’s go.”
We initiated quickly before the enemy bot duo could merge.
If they had the greater numbers, we just needed to reduce their numbers first.
– Enemy slain!
The victory call echoed.