“Nice!”
“That was good, this.”
After we killed Graves, with the power of the Rift Herald, we smashed the top first turret way too easily.
It was literally a walk in the park.
Of course, during all this, the opposing Yune got a little advantage in mid lane, but that was something we could easily handle.
“Yunwoo, go cover mid right now.”
“Okay.”
Since Yasuon was in decent condition, he headed straight to mid, and I went to the jungle.
Naturally, Malphite should’ve gone top, but he decided to take a detour straight to bot instead.
He was priming for some serious snowballing to start rolling with the timing of his ultimate.
“This is the right moment for the enemy to rotate top.”
After we put a lot of pressure on top, it was the enemy Lee Sin’s turn to rotate down below.
As evidence of this, the enemy bot was pulling the lane, but Kim Ji-hoon’s Lux had already full control over the bush with her lens.
Malphite started to dig into the ground slowly.
The enemy was completely unaware of his position.
“Let’s go right now.”
As Baek Seong-an signaled, Caitlyn and Lux pressured the enemy’s bot first turret, and sensing it was time to retaliate, Jhin and Karuma moved forward.
“If we get an opening, we dive right in.”
“Okay.”
“Yes.”
How far is it from the bot bush to the first turret?
If we utilize Malphite’s ultimate at maximum range, even if the enemy bot creeps just a little further forward, they will fall right into Malphite’s ultimate range.
Yeah, just like now.
“Go.”
Bang─!
Malphite’s ultimate hit both Jhin and Karuma at once.
Then, with Lux and Caitlyn’s skill combo, Jhin exploded in seconds, and Karuma, who was nearby, desperately flashed away but got finished off by Caitlyn’s ultimate.
-Enemy eliminated!
-Double kill!
“Nice!”
“That was good, this.”
“I’ll cover top.”
While we were gaining ground in bot, the enemy made a push top, so I recalled to cover top right away.
Then, Graves and Lee Sin joined the enemy side, applying strong pressure.
If I went there now, I could very well get dove, so I felt the need to wait a bit.
“Yunwoo, get ready to stick to top. They’re crossing the line.”
Diana’s level 1 ultimate cooldown is exactly 100 seconds.
There was still a little time left until her ultimate was up, but by the time Yasuon joins, it should be back.
“Okay.”
“When Yasuon’s ultimate range is in reach, we’ll go for it.”
“Sure.”
And then briefly meeting up with Yune, Yasuon pushed the lane and stealthily retreated.
He hadn’t found the right time to recall, so the enemy would probably think he’s heading home now.
In other words, it was one more time.
To be honest, there tends to be more negative than positive stories about going for one more time.
It’s a balance between throwing and making a super play.
But right now, I had just come back from home, and while Yasuon couldn’t catch the recall timing, he was managing his health well enough to make this a reasonable shot.
Above all, the enemy wasn’t well-fed.
Even if it’s 2:1, matching the numbers to 2:2 means we could definitely have a shot.
Cautiously pulling back from mid, Yasuon started to join through the blue side jungle.
Meanwhile, the returning Malphite was heading towards mid as well, so the lane was also covered.
Of course, during that time, our top turret’s barrier had taken a hit, but this level of damage wasn’t enough to make a fuss about.
I had pulled back from the turret, quietly waiting for the right moment.
And little by little, I started to move forward.
As I pushed ahead, I noticed the enemy flinched a bit, but I quickly pulled a backstep to ease their nerves.
I was currently posturing.
This was my purpose for doing so.
The enemy had their reasons too.
Malphite had just revealed himself in mid a moment ago, and it was the timing when Yasuon was believed to be back home.
No matter how well I had fed, they likely wouldn’t think I’d take them on 2:1 against Graves and Lee Sin, so the enemy kept pressing the turret.
Of course, that was exactly what I aimed for.
“Is the range about to hit?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Just as Yasuon’s ultimate range was about to barely connect, I dashed forward with a flash and hit them both with my ultimate.
And it came right on time as Yasuon’s maximum range ultimate connected.
From the enemy’s perspective, it must have seemed like Yasuon appeared out of nowhere.
“Start with Lee Sin.”
“Sure.”
Even though Yasuon didn’t have the right items after returning home, it didn’t matter.
Commonly, the core of the Yaiana combo is Diana, so I just had to land the damage.
-Enemy eliminated!
-Double kill!
All the enemy’s top jungle champions, who had crossed the line, were wiped out.
Under normal circumstances, we should’ve come out ahead here, but because we pushed the top lane for so long, we ended up wasting time.
“Nice!”
“Hey, what’s up with Yujin?!”
With that situation, the next most important objective, the second Rift Herald, naturally fell into our hands as well.
Having completely won the vision battle, the enemy couldn’t dare to approach the Herald’s nest.
In fact, the vision around their red side was practically ours.
“I can just take this by myself.”
“Okay. Everyone scatter!”
“Understood.”
-Blue team has slain the Rift Herald!
The game had completely turned around.
*
“This second Rift Herald goes into OLZ’s hands!”
“No matter how much less important the second Rift Herald is than the first, with this game tempo, it seems like we can accelerate towards the finish line!”
-The red team’s turret has been destroyed!
As the commentators said, the Rift Herald that was unleashed in bot quickly smashed the bot first turret and even made a successful charge towards the second turret, saving the Herald in the process.
-The game is lost
-Game over
-It’s done
-So sick and tired of this, so sick and tired of this, so sick and tired of this
-But there’s a difference in all lanes, lol
-For real though, being unable to engage in a 2:3 down at bot was the ultimate fail
In the meantime, OLZ claimed the second Dragon.
The Dragon stack was now 2:1.
But hardly anyone expected GBP to grab any Dragon stacks in the remaining game.
The game was heading towards the 20-minute mark.
From now on, it was all about meticulous operation.
With Yasuon’s teleport, he pushed bot while Caitlyn and Lux held mid. Malphite was left holding the top lane.
In Legends of League, the operation after the 20-minute mark is pretty simple.
Whether to take Baron or Dragon.
Every operation and personnel distribution serves that purpose.
Typically, the team in a favorable position gets to choose.
They can either take their time waiting for the 4-Dragon timing or press hard to force a fight before transitioning to Baron.
The former has lower risk, but it tends to prolong the game, potentially introducing late-game variables, while the latter has higher risk but also guarantees a clear return, allowing for a quicker game finish.
OLZ’s choice was obviously the latter.
“Can GBP make their way out to red side now?!”
“But right now, Caitlyn and Lux are lying in ambush. If they go out clumsily, they’ll immediately get— Aaaaah!”
Before the commentators could even express their concern, Karuma, trying to claim the bush vision, got caught in Lux’s bind and was destroyed in an instant by Caitlyn and Lux’s combo.
-Enemy eliminated!
“GBP is in big trouble right now! This is an emergency!”
“Wait, is it really okay for just the support to go out for vision like this?! Their focus seems to be seriously lacking right now?!”
“That’s right! They should’ve at least sent Lee Sin to send out a sonic wave… Either way, OLZ has started taking down Baron. From this point, it’s both a crisis and an opportunity for GBP.”
“It’s going to be really tough, but… we have to go for it!”
Of course, everything unfolded as everyone expected.
Lee Sin tried to steal Baron but got caught by the ultimate combo from Diana and Yasuon, while Jhin and Graves fell to Malphite’s ultimate and Lux’s binds.
In this situation, Yune, trying to recklessly engage on Caitlyn, stepped on a trap and got killed.
-Finish!
-Blue team has slain the Baron Nashor!
The champions of OLZ, now buffed by the Baron, marched forward.
But GBP just didn’t have the strength to stop them anymore.
Had they lost flashes? That wasn’t even it.
Really, with just a few hits from Caitlyn wielding her Infinity Edge, the champions of GBP didn’t even dare to step forward to defend and often retreated back to their fountain.
It was only possible due to the enormous gap in growth.
-???
-What’s the damage?
-Wow, a single headshot takes out half my health, lol
-Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min! Jaem-min!
As Jhin desperately tried to cast his ultimate, the shot couldn’t even pierce through Diana’s shield.
“Ah, it’s not working! Jhin is trying his best to shoot, but… the health just won’t drop!”
“Is GBP going to have to do something about this?! Are they really just going to lose the game like this?!”
“Ugh!”
Eventually, after the inhibitor was down, GBP made their last stand in front of the twin turrets.
But the result was disastrous.
-Finish!
-Double ace!
Losing a fight right in front of the twin turrets meant only one thing.
The loss of the game.
As a testament to that fact, the champions of OLZ smashed through the twin turrets and soon targeted the Nexus.
“And just like that, the Nexus has been destroyed!”
“GG!”
OLZ vs GBP.
Set 2, OLZ victory.
Current score: 2:0.
With just one more step to reach OLZ’s promotion to the LCKR.