[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 301

The jungler’s intervention always comes with a certain level of risk.

Especially in the case of top ganks, it’s even more pronounced.

The reason is simple.

When a jungler heads for a top gank, due to the diagonal law, the allied bot lane gets exposed to the threat of the enemy jungler’s gank.

On top of that, if the lower jungle is not cleared, then the lower jungle camps could be completely raided, so it’s pretty natural for many junglers to shy away from top ganks.

If both junglers target each other’s tops and bots, it’s relatively easier to take down the top while the risk on the bot side is much greater.

Comparing the importance of top and bot, the bot lane clearly takes precedence.

Given the situation, it’s not surprising that many junglers established the standard route of farming the jungle first before ganking.

However, from the laners’ perspective, they can’t help but be aware of the pressure from the enemy jungler’s ganks, even knowing this fact.

Even if I die and my team benefits from it, it’s hard to bear the fact that I’m the one suffering.

So, I quietly rotated through the upper jungle and focused on farming again.

In the meantime, the enemy top Graves was under pressure, and only after I moved down below did he start to move, probably because he got spotted by a ward.

“There’s a ward at the blade.”

And I immediately pulled out my lens to wipe out the enemy ward.

Judging the presence of a ward from the enemy laner’s movements is something you can figure out if you just pay a little attention to the details.

And…

[Malphite – Level 6]

[Yasuon – Level 6]

Finally, the time had come.

*

GBP’s top laner, Silroom, was furious.

“Hey, can’t anyone help the top out?”

[“Just wait a bit.”]

“I can counter-gank if I see Diana right now!”

[“The upper jungle got cleared, if I go over there, I’m totally doomed. Hold on.”]

Silroom felt it.

Although there was no vision, he sensed that Outlaw’s Diana was lurking nearby.

In fact, the movements of Honor’s Yasuon were blatantly announcing, ‘There’s a jungler here.’

But still, with the enemy playing so predictably, what was our jungler up to?

“Come on! If you come, we win!”

[“No, I can’t go over there right now…”]

Of course, Silroom knew too.

He was aware that the jungler’s pathing was leading to a split trade-off situation.

The problem was that it was a forced split due to Lee Sin getting chased away by Diana.

As evidence of that, Lee Sin had been doing nothing but farming on the opposite side without any decent gains.

If the enemy jungler was visible up top, wouldn’t it make sense to gank bot, gank mid, or at least take the dragon?

“Ugh…”

Damn it, the jungle difference.

Those words rose to Silroom’s throat.

But starting a fight here would only mean throwing the game, so he had no choice but to play without focusing.

[“Diana is at the blade.”]

At that moment, Yune saw Diana on the ward placed at the blade.

Looking at the health, mana, and levels, she wasn’t waiting for a top gank but was purely farming the jungle.

Seeing that, Silroom felt it.

Ah, I got played.

[“See?”]

The voice that poured onto him was like oil on a fire, and Silroom finally exploded.

In the past, he would have held back.

But after the losing streak leading up to the promotion matches and the worst team discord, Silroom’s patience finally snapped.

“No, it’s your fault for getting caught up in a fight in the jungle and losing vision. If you’re not coming, at least get some vision. What are you doing?”

[“And what about you? The enemy top was under pressure early; what were you doing while their top was helping their jungler?”]

[“Hey, hey, don’t fight. Focus, focus. Don’t you want to get demoted?”]

Eventually, after the word “demotion,” which is like a death sentence for a pro, came up, Silroom forcibly quelled his anger.

The unexpected occurred when all his focus was on the enemy Diana’s movements.

[“Looks like Malphite went home?”]

That call was accurate.

However, the direction Malphite headed for was the issue.

Malphite went straight to the top.

Right on the line, without hitting any wards.

When the Graves who was still in the laning phase spotted Malphite, he was already faced with Malphite’s ultimate flying toward him.

“Ah.”

Reacting to Malphite’s ultimate with a flash is something any pro can do.

But that’s only when Malphite is coming right at you; reacting to someone who flashes in from outside vision is something only a few pros can do.

Boom─!

As soon as Malphite’s ultimate hit, Yasuon’s ultimate followed up.

Graves was indeed a solid champion, but there was no way to survive the perfect synergy of those two champions’ ultimates.

-You have been defeated!

“Ah…”

Watching the screen turn gray in an instant, Silroom’s mental state shattered completely.

*

Getback’s Malphite.

Everyone expected him to just flop it, but he actually pulled it off.

Naturally, the commentators’ reactions were explosive.

『“Getbaaaaack!”』

『“Malphite just roamed and got it done!”』

『“That was truly a perfect synergy!”』

『“Today, Getback from the pick to the play, just solid as a rock, right?!”』

『“Haha! That’s right! It’s not just ‘riding the bus,’ he truly made the plays himself, Getback!”』

『“It seems he’s making up for the disappointing performance he had against the SS Class last time!”』

Given the situation, the audience’s reactions were equally explosive.

-Wow

-Blinding Light ㄷㄷ

-There’s no way they could react to that lol

-Graves weeping ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This is Malphite Yasuon

The advantage for OLZ wasn’t just that Malphite roamed and secured a kill.

『“Look at Diana’s level now. I think she had a two-level advantage over Lee Sin momentarily. The core of this Yai-ana combo, Diana, is becoming a monster!”』

『“Yes! Right now, the mid lane is also being farmed by Outlaw’s Diana! Having Diana scale is never a loss!”』

『“That’s right! Moreover, she’s also eating while waiting for jungle camps to respawn, so there’s essentially no loss!”』

『“Really… This roaming was only possible due to perfect team coordination?”』

While the commentators were excited, when OLZ turned their attention to the top, GBP reluctantly took the dragon as a consolation prize.

-The red team has slain the Flame Dragon!

But during that time, OLZ joined in with Diana and easily secured the first Rift Herald.

-The blue team has slain the Herald of the Battlefield!

Thus, OLZ gained significant benefits including the top kill and turret plates along with the Herald, while GBP only secured a dragon.

『“GBP! What are they going to do? This feels really bad, doesn’t it?!”』

『“It seems like they want to try something bot side… but look at the traps! It’s not easy!”』

From GBP’s perspective, even wanting to coordinate a bot dive was hard since OLZ’s bot duo of Caitlyn and Lux was holding the lane way too solidly.

Damn those traps.

-Jaem-min is a god, and he’s playing Caitlyn right now. Jaem-min is a god, and he’s playing Caitlyn right now. Jaem-min is a god, and he’s playing Caitlyn right now. Jaem-min is a god, and he’s playing Caitlyn right now.

-GBP fail ㅋㅋㅋ

-Er, herald >ㅓ

-Wow, this is downright hilarious ㅋㅋㅋ

-Top weeping

The importance of the first Rift Herald has been a tradition ever since it was remade.

To exaggerate a bit, in pro matches, the team that secures the first Herald basically wins, giving a clear indication of the current game situation.

After killing the top and taking the Herald, OLZ started to pour more resources into the top, the core of their combo.

『“Uh… Are they going to the top again?!”』

『“Graves got surrounded in no time, right?!”』

This time, it was a three-man gank involving Yasuon, Malphite, and Diana.

They came right up after taking the Herald.

In a normal situation, it would have been wise for Graves to give up the top turret, but Silroom hung on like he’d lost his mind.

『“Ah, there’s no place to run!”』

『“The enemy is coming straight at him; shouldn’t Silroom have backed off by now?!”』

『“Oh no… GBP is in real trouble!”』

With the commentators’ shouts, the Herald was summoned.

Even though Malphite and Yasuon’s ultimates weren’t ready yet, it didn’t matter.

Three champions don’t need too much to kill one champion.

The turret aggro was taken by Malphite.

Malphite rolled one time and casually backed off while taking turret hits.

And all that was left were Yasuon’s and Diana’s cooking.

Graves desperately fought back, but there was no way he could handle the vastly grown Diana and Yasuon by himself.

No, before he could even try to do anything, the shroud blocked everything.

-You have taken down an enemy!

The meaning of this situation was clear.

The top had fallen.