[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 278

The reason for picking Renekton and Nidalee.

As that synergy crumbled, all the plans BLH had set up in the early game began to fall apart.

– JJs


– GG


– Surrender g


– It’s over


– Honor kill? This is lol

Nidalee, hurriedly chased down to the riverbank, tried to apply pressure in the bot lane, but Ezreal and Yuumi were exerting pressure in lane, making ganks and dives impossible.

Nidalee was left with no choice but to return home, crying in defeat.

“Ah… This is a BLH emergency!”

“Oh, so Viktor went home now?”

“Are they really teleporting in bot lane? But they can’t even ride the minions anymore?”

“Wait, it seems like they’re about to do something. Nidalee interrupted her recall!”

– ?


– Really?


– What the?


– Hmm…


– Sounds like a throw

Everyone was concerned,

And soon, that concern became a reality.

“Nidalee managed to catch up from behind, but… Nidalee has no CC!”

“Ah! Leona just flashed, but Ezreal got away way too easily!”

“Oh, Viktor abandoned his lane and used teleport just to get here!”

As Ezreal and Yuumi retreated easily, Nidalee and Viktor wasted an enormous amount of their time.

Losing a massive amount of minions in mid was just the icing on the cake.

“No way, is this…? Is this BLH? No matter how I look at it, it feels like a reckless attempt…”

“Of course, they’d be grasping at straws, but… didn’t they overestimate their opponents too much?! No way their opponents are naive enough to fight 2:4!!!”

– Does Bug Cut left look like crap?


– Still, this crosses the line lol


– For real


– Mid and top are both blown up lol


– Getback >> gg

In fact, OLZ’s play wasn’t anything special.

They just pushed Nidalee down,


They simply succeeded in diving top,


And the bot lane didn’t overcommit.

With that alone, BLH couldn’t maintain their pressure and ended up collapsing under themselves.

BLH is originally a very balanced team in Challengers Korea.


There’s a reason why they maintained the top spot until the previous season.

But,

Just because they had balance doesn’t mean it always led to good results; once that balance started to crumble, BLH lost their grip on it.


They had no data on how rapidly a game could spiral out of control when they had held such great balance before.

“Wait, we need to watch top! Watch top!”

A brief scream from the commentators echoed,

– Enemy has been slain!

As if they were waiting for this moment, TP’s Renekton was killed solo by Honor’s Yune.

“Honor!!!”

“Is this another solo kill?! Renekton is completely ruined!”

“BLH’s ban/pick phase is totally off! At this rate, wouldn’t something else be better?!”

“Exactly! They originally picked to counter Honor’s Yune, but the early jungle trade completely messed up the setup!”

“We should take a look at what went down again, right?”

And the replay begins.


At first glance, it looked like an ordinary lane phase.

Both lanes were well-positioned in the center, and Renekton’s health wasn’t too bad.

If there was a slight issue, it was that the lane control was currently in Yune’s favor, meaning Renekton had to catch up.

The problem was the cannon minion.

Just as Renekton used his E to secure the cannon and tried to back away with his second E—

Swish!

Yune’s skill sharply pierced through Renekton just before the duration of his E ran out.

Renekton hastily tried to escape, but died right before Yune’s E skill duration ended.


It was a perfect example of an overextension.

“Ah… So that’s how it ended up.”

“It seems TPT was a bit careless? And Honor skillfully capitalized on it.”

“That cannon minion….”

“Haha! You know what they say? You can’t resist a cannon! And so TPT paid a heavy price!”

– Ah lol, can’t resist the minions


– Agreed


– How could you resist that


– Just… -top-


– As expected, the grind


– Lol devoured

The game continued.

*

“Top has been secured.”

A faint voice was heard.


With that, Renekton fell.

“Nice job!”

“Good work.”

As Yune entered the scene, he performed the play he needed to.

However, it was no easy feat.


Even though they had gained an advantage in the top lane early on, a solo kill against the Renekton and Nidalee combo was still quite impressive.

The game was already in disarray.


But as important as finishing is, one cannot afford to be careless.

[Diana – Level 6]

While my opponent wasted their turn, I focused on jungle farming and managed to gain level 6 slightly faster than Nidalee.

In this situation, my destination was practically predetermined.


Every team had the same answer regarding where the center of the current meta was.

Even though the opponents had invested somewhat in the bot lane, they hadn’t completely taken control of vision there; for me, this was just sufficient.

“I’ll dig a tunnel.”

“Sure.”

The bot bush had already been warded with a pink ward, and I was checking the opponent’s ward situation in real-time, ensuring complete vision control.

In other words, the opponents had no idea where I currently was.

“Galion line push and prepare to join.”

“Okay.”

Watching Galion’s position, I gauged how far he could reach with his ultimate.

At last, when Galion entered into the determined distance,

“Let’s dive.”

“Let’s go!”

While Yuumi hopped onto me, I dashed in with an aggressive flash onto the two opponents, hitting my ultimate.

And then, the seal of Galion’s magic circle was engraved.

Boom!

“I’ll tank the tower.”

Having done my job as a launcher, I pulled the tower aggro away at the last moment before retreating.

Alongside my timing, Yuumi smoothly transitioned to damage dealer.

– Enemy has been slain!


– Enemy has been slain!

A clean dive success.


Galion and Ezreal happily shared the spoils, each getting one kill.

Though Viktor and Nidalee arrived late, there was nothing they could do in that already finished situation.

“We might have a tough time for the dragon now. Let me recall briefly before heading straight back to it.”

“Okay.”

“The opponents might see the dragon right now. Galion, use your teleport to get back immediately.”

“Understood.”

Under normal circumstances, my retreat would have let the opponents take their turn, but since Galion returned with teleport and our bot lane was still intact, the opponents wouldn’t dare easily attempt a dragon.

In other words, they were feeling scared.

So it didn’t take long before the turn came back to us.

– Blue team has slain the Wind Dragon!

Smooth first dragon.


The snowballing speed accelerated.

*

BLH’s jungler, Park Su-hyun, was feeling an unparalleled sense of despair.

They already knew their opponents were superior in strength.


But that’s why they brought a draft aimed at winning in the top side.

If only they had at least tried something and found themselves in this situation, it might not have felt so unfair, but their negligence led to the game falling apart without capitalizing on their draft.

Winning in Legends of League is actually pretty simple.

Fight during your strong timings,


Avoid fights during your weak timings.

The opponents executed that simple truth too flawlessly, and soon BLH’s draft ended before their strong timings even appeared.

“…Can the top lane hold out?”

“Feels deadly. Oh, they’re coming back again.”

“Is there any chance you won’t die?”

“I’ll try to back off first.”

Under the strong pressure from Yune, Renekton could only retreat behind the turret.

Because of that, the level gap between Renekton and Yune began to widen.

“I guess we’ll have to give up this Rift Herald.”

Even though the opponent was blatantly attempting the first Rift Herald, BLH’s top side had no remaining strength to speak of.

If Diana came in, and Galion’s ultimate fell on top, it would be a situation where they could lose even 2:3.

‘Even if the bot lane comes… this isn’t going to work.’

Originally, one of OLZ’s strongest winning patterns involved luring the enemy bot to the first Rift Herald while explosively growing their own ADC.

In other words, attempting to fight for the Rift Herald was essentially stepping into a giant trap set by OLZ.

– Blue team has slain the Rift Herald!

But does simply handing the Rift Herald over to the opponents yield an answer? No, not at all.

It only delayed the game’s end.

The snowball kept rolling down the hill.

Park Su-hyun already sensed it.


The winner of this game had already been decided.