[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 390

[Elise]

For a long time, she ruled as the Solo Queue destroyer known for her cheat codes, but due to her typical expiration date and the limits she faced when she couldn’t secure kills, she hasn’t appeared much in recent tournaments.

However, she still retained her unique strengths, occasionally emerging as a joker pick.

[“Elise…”]

It’s not an unplayable choice, but considering the gravity of the stage, it’s a pick with way too much risk.

Thus, the reactions from my teammates, aside from Seo Yeon-woo, who had played with me, were lukewarm.

[“I feel like it’s a bit of a waste for Outlaw to play Elise. How about another pick?”]

[“I think so too.”]

GuineaPig spoke up.

[“Lee Sin is still available. Wouldn’t it be better to just go with Lee Sin? Seems like a solid setup with LeBlanc.”]

Of course, that wouldn’t be a bad idea.

No, if I think about it objectively, that would actually feel more like a standard combination.

Lee Sin is strong for ganking too, and as long as the player’s skill allows, the value when he grows isn’t bad compared to other ganking champions.

Plus, Lee Sin is a pick I’ve showcased on various stages before.

It’s a certifiably proven pick, so to speak.

“No. This is the right choice.”

Still, the reason I was insisting on Elise was simple.

This game can’t be about me being the star.

Specifically, the Korean representative team shouldn’t be disregarded aside from me.

‘That’s not all.’

More than anything, I wanted to change the mindset that limiting my champion pool to carry picks could solve everything.

I can play the role of supporting my teammates just as well.

No, to be honest, the essence of my long play style could be seen as leaning more towards that side.

[“Then I’ll take AD for mid.”]

[“Huh? Then isn’t Elise going 1 AP? Is that okay?”]

Rainbow responded to GuineaPig’s concern.

[“It’s fine.”]

Usually, Elise isn’t the one responsible for 1 AP, but it seemed Rainbow believed in me to that extent.

The certainty that Elise would grow well.

Without that belief, it would be rare to allocate 1 AP to a champion like Elise.

[“Please take Renekton.”]

[“Whoa… really? Like that?”]

[“Yeah. Do it.”]

Rainbow’s pick was Renekton.

In a way, it was the most extreme choice among the options that Rainbow could currently choose.

[Renekton]

Elise and Renekton—this is a proven combination that has been validated multiple times, but given the current meta, both Elise and Renekton are not on high tiers, plus it comes with the risk of their expiration dates being halved.

Truly, a pick that requires a deadly resolve to shatter the game.

Did the enemy sense that intent as well? Soon enough, their final pick was revealed.

[Ornn]

A pick that shows their will to absorb our strategy somehow and fight for value and teamfights.

No matter how formidable the late-game expectations may be with the Zeri-Ruler combination for our bot lane, how long can Zeri withstand the enemy’s combination of Ornn, Arin, and Vayne?

It was clear that the combination was not in our favor time-wise, but it didn’t matter.

I didn’t intend to go late anyway.

‘Then…’

Finally, all the bans and picks were finished.

The picks are as follows.

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[Allied / Enemy]


Top: K’Sante / Ornn

Jungle: Elise / Vayne

Mid: Renekton / Arin

Bot: Zeri / Lucian

Support: Ruler / Nami


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“Well then, let’s do our best.”

[“Yeah.”]

[“Let’s win, for sure.”]

[“Let’s do our best.”]

[“Cawing!”]

The game officially began.

Boom, boom—!!!

As soon as the game started, a vibration could be felt through the noise-canceling headset.

It was the cheers of fans from all over the world.

And half of that roar would probably be for the Chinese representative team.

-Welcome to Summoner’s Rift!

The game had begun.

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[KR Rainbow(Renekton) is on the go]


[KR GuineaPig(Ruler) is on the go]


[KR Rainbow(Renekton) is on the go]

Countless pings were hitting the bot lane.

Mostly SY players’ orders.

[“Let’s head straight to bot.”]

[“I’ll bring a lens.”]

The early invade’s target was set for the bot lane.

Since both teams had picked champions to support the top side, the bot lane skirmish was more crucial than ever.

[“The enemy will probably be ready for a bush fight too.”]

As GuineaPig said, the enemy likely knew that and was on their way to the bot lane.

It was time for the invade showdown for the bottom bush, which could be seen as the first step of the bot lane skirmish.

[“Hmm, I think they’re there.”]

GuineaPig said.

That was a statement made purely on intuition without any checking, but if it came from the Red Cup champion, it was definitely worth believing.

“I’ll place a ward. Zeri and Ruler should use their skills first.”

[“Yeah. Let’s do it right away.”]

Zeri and K’Sante were on our side.

That’s extremely advantageous for us in a bush fight.

As soon as Zeri and Ruler’s skills entered the bush simultaneously—

Tiddick!

A strange impact sound echoed.

[“They’re there.”]

With our advance, wards were placed in both our bush and the enemy’s.

It was time for a full 5v5 invade clash.

Naturally, the advantage lay with our team who initiated first.

[“Stay calm from the front line.”]

Our dealer was Zeri, level 1.

Naturally, Zeri couldn’t take her E skill at level 1 to pierce through, so it was ideal to focus down the front line first.

Moreover, K’Sante could show powerful potential at level 1.

As the Ornn standing in front started to lose HP, he tried to escape with a flash to the back.

[“I’m going in.”]

K’Sante, having charged his Q skill to 2 stacks, dashed into the midst of the enemy formation and hit a 4-man Q while finishing off Ornn.

-First Blood!

Sure enough, K’Sante found himself amidst the enemy formation, and he couldn’t avoid being focused down by the enemies.

-Our ally has been defeated!

However, the enemy formation had already been shaken up by K’Sante’s brilliant pull, and now it was basically akin to our team’s massacre.

-Enemy slain!

-Double kill!

With the enemy Vayne and Nami falling in succession, Zeri had snagged a double kill in no time.

3:1 exchange.

Thanks to our advance and Honor’s super play, we effectively gained a unilateral advantage.

[“Nice.”]

[“This is it!”]

[“I’ll carry!”]

BlackDog, now the owner of 2 kills, declared that he would carry.

And among our team, no one doubted that.

The start was looking excellent.

However, there still remained a gap in combination values, so it was important to maintain this advantageous start carefully.

The enemy would still be thinking they could win if they just held on.

The early laning phase generally had the enemy in a cautious stance.

Especially in the bot lane, Zeri had secured a kill and started off with lane control, which made it difficult for Lucian and Nami to push the lane easily.

‘Hmm…’

I decided to jungle and hit level 3 while observing the lane situation.

Elise’s first course of action was very important and depended on a lot of things.

‘Alright.’

The decision was made.

“Can you put pressure on mid?”

[“Yes.”]

Rainbow began to steadily apply pressure in mid.

And that would cause Vayne to have to pay attention to middle lane, eyeing the opportunity.

Whether it was to counter a dive or to gank Renekton was irrelevant.

What mattered was that Vayne’s movement was momentarily absorbed into mid.

From here, I had two choices.

To engage in a 2v2 fight in mid or to dive bot.

Naturally, my choice was the latter.

While there are variables in the mid 2v2 fight, once the balance of power in a bot dive is disrupted, there aren’t any variables left.

“Vayne will be in mid.”

[“Yeah. I’m being careful.”]

I began to circle around to take the diving angle for bot.

Although a level 1 Zeri isn’t the best champion for wave-pushing and diving, the power of the 2 kills transformed the impossible into something doable.

The enemy bot seemed to sense the threat of the dive and scrambled to clear the minion wave.

We had five allied minions in total.

That’s a bit of an awkward number to dive with, but not an impossible one.

“I’ll go first.”

Elise revealed herself from the bush intersection.

Calmly watching as the turret wiped out the minions, I landed a net on the enemy Lucian.

Unless Lucian dodged it, there were no variables after he got hit.

-Enemy slain!

In an instant, Ruler’s skills connected, and with Zeri and Elise’s burst damage, Lucian couldn’t hold on and exploded on the spot.

And just before I too absorbed a turret shot, I activated my E skill to take one hit from the turret.

There was no need to see how Nami left alone under the turret was going to meet her fate.

[“I’ll go first.”]

Ruler struck Nami first, drawing the turret aggro while retreating to just out of the turret’s range.

Prepared to escape the turret aggro at any moment.

Then, with the following attacks from Elise and Zeri, Nami fell.

Nami tried to dodge Zeri’s attacks as she squeezed between the turrets, but given that Ruler was already holding the turret aggro, such a move was pointless from the start.

-Enemy slain!

A clean success in the bot dive.

[“Wow, nice!”]

[“Good good.”]

This was practically the moment when the game exploded.