Chapter 45: A new mid laner who is strangely good at handling pigeons.

The early bottom lane was truly invincible.

[Luxanna bind! And Caitlyn trap combo!]

[The gap widens in an instant! They have to go home unconditionally!]

It’s a combination that’s strong, even destructive, in the laning phase, so it can hide the weakness of Bell, the support, to some extent, and Strike’s aggressiveness was clearly demonstrated based on the long range.

“The bottom lane is completely destroyed now.”
“Come and eat the dragon.”

In fact, less than ten minutes after the game started, the opponent’s turret shield health was torn off by 2 out of 5.

In addition, thanks to the fact that Ox ate the first large monster, the dragon, in the dragon’s nest in the bottom without any interference, he immediately went up and took other large monsters, so the opponent’s bottom was as good as gone.

[Wow, ST has the initiative in all lanes?]

[This is really not supposed to happen. If Renekton avoids the axe, he’s usually superior until level 6, and in mid, it’s obvious that Azir should be pushed by Tristana, is that right?]

[But why is this happening? Azir pushes the mid lane first and joins the top’s large monster fight first!]

[And DS Gaming, Tristana’s health is half.]

‘…Didn’t they play against the opponent much?’

As it’s a meta where AD AD Carry champions crawl into the mid lane, I was thinking that Tristana was stronger than I thought, but Seven, the opponent’s mid, couldn’t handle Azir well.

It’s not like I didn’t use this champion often in scrims, but it’s not at a level to be this flustered.

[Ah, in the end, DS Gaming gives up all the early large monsters. Tristana just goes home.]

[This is where the lack of champion experience of the 3rd division players is revealed.]

[Actually, it’s because LOCK players use Azir like they eat, but that champion isn’t actually good, right?]

[Young players usually use first-person a lot when trading, but Azir has to trade in third-person, and in the first place, it’s a champion that’s too easy for the opponent to avoid in first-person if it’s not handled precisely.]

“First, I sent the mid home, and I’ll check the lower Twisted Forest, so if there are no monsters, run up immediately.”
“Okay.”

With Ox’s answer, I also pushed the lane and checked the empty opponent’s lower Twisted Forest and caught the home time.

“For now, it seems like Lilia went up, but be careful in the bottom.”

It’s Lilia who can’t reach level 6 if she doesn’t go up. She wouldn’t want to slow down her growth rate, but you never know in team games.

[True also returns after tearing off a turret gold. But how does this friend handle Azir so well?]

[Isn’t the emperor of Azir the current coach of ST3? I think he learned it.]

So, at the moment I returned and bought items, I realized that the timing was off.

“Bottom, back off! Tristana is still not visible.”

Normally, by this time, whether she walks from home or stops by somewhere, she should have arrived in the mid lane and pushed the lane.

But the fact that she’s not there means something is happening, and since Olaf’s ultimate exists in the top, it’s close to impossible to succeed in a gank with Lilia’s or Tristana’s ultimate.

And since I went home in mid, the only thing left is the bottom lane, which is excitedly hitting the turret.

“Tristana in that bush.”
“Shall I try to hook her?”
“No, just pull back.”

The fact that she’s coming so openly means that there’s something more.

[Uwaaa! Lilia pops out from behind even though the vision was checked well!]

[Unexpected situation! Caitlyn and Luxanna try to escape by using flash at the same time—!]

[Lilia’s sleep! Then both are caught!]

Kill log popping out with Tristana’s jump skill.

[ DS Drag -> ST Bell ]

I don’t know how many minutes they waited in the bush, but DS Gaming, who put in even Lilia, made Lilia reach the level where she could use her ultimate with the minions they put in, and ate our bottom.

“First, eat the toad and try to clear the buff.”

Fortunately, the overall gold difference wasn’t that big thanks to the gold that the bottom had already earned, Ox going to counter-jungle, and me scratching the mid tower, but the next one was the problem.

“If they do this, they’ll keep aiming for the bottom.”

It worked once, so there was no reason not to do it twice.

The opponent’s hunter’s growth will slow down, but at this point, DS Gaming is sufficient with just the mid and AD Carry for the damage itself.

So, if you just make them play the role of a simple ultimate user, our bottom without decent mobility has to endure it with their eyes open.

Naturally, the laning phase can’t be pushed strongly, and that alone fades the meaning of the bottom combination.

“Take it slow. We still have a chance.”

It was actually like that.

Even though it took a long time to return to base by bottom standards, we are ahead in everything from CS to gold.

Psychological pressure can’t be completely removed, but anyway, hitting with gold and items is the position of AD Carry, so it wasn’t the worst.

So a little more time passed, and at the moment when I thought it would be better to go down and manage the side.

The light came on on the back ward that the opponent had hidden.

It was already late.

[Whose teleport is this!]

[Renekton and Tristana both come!]

[Lilia even appears from the river!]

[Luxanna tries to match the bind somehow, but it’s meaningless! The bind is two, and there are only five opponents in the bottom now!]

So, our bottom disappeared in an instant.

“No! What is this. It’s unfair!”

Strike was angry, but that didn’t bring back the demolished bottom tower or make the opponent’s kills disappear.

[Now the AD Carry gold difference is reversed! Drag finally gets the 2nd core!]

[With this, DS Gaming, both the bottom and mid, have something to say.]

Drag, the opponent’s AD Carry, and Seven, the mid, each took 2 kills in two ganks.

The time until the full-fledged operation of the double marksmen was accelerated.

[DS Gaming, who prepared thoroughly for the 1st set. They are using the slightly empty times of ST amazingly!]

[You’re the first time in the playoffs! It’s different from the regular season! It’s different from the regular season! DS Gaming is shouting that!]

If this was solo queue, the bottom would have thrown the game, but this is the playoffs.

“Should we avoid team fights?”
“No. Win.”

While drying the bottom, the opponent’s top and mid turrets were demolished at the same time, and the top, including the hunter, was overgrowth.

They must have planned to ignore the difficult parts and aim only for the bottom, but the problem only gets bigger if you turn a blind eye.

[Huh? The bottom is now coming out of the fountain, but they don’t avoid this dragon fight!]

[For now, Renekton is pushing the top, so it’s a 4v3 fight, but the double marksmen are both alive, so they don’t avoid it?]

“First, Tristana.”

As soon as I finished speaking, V jumped over the wall with a flash and cast her ultimate on the opponent’s mid.

[ST initiates first!]

[She jumped out of the nest momentarily in surprise, but this champion follows to the end!]

The response speed was alive, so the opponent retreated quickly, but the reason why V, a champion who is said to be a fist-only one, is still used, follows the target to the end, no matter what happens.

“Tristana is out!”

As soon as Ox finished speaking, Fluke and I entered the opponent’s camp.

Leona dropped a stun-attached field ultimate from the sky, but Fluke turned on the ultimate without hesitation and became immune to all CC skills, and I avoided it by moving the soldiers as expected.

So, the distance to the opponent’s AD Carry that has narrowed in an instant.

If you enter and wait for a turn and poke the opponent’s AD Carry and support with sand soldiers, the opponent will eventually have to move with the ultimate.

Then, in time for that.

Delivers the opponent to Olaf.

[DS Gaming Emergency! Azir delivers it!]

[True intentionally waited for Zayan’s ultimate to be removed and then used Azir’s ultimate at the right timing!]

One axis of the double marksmen combination disappeared in an instant.

[Still, the team fight isn’t over! Renekton teleports and arrives, and Tristana is back!]

Ox, who had disappeared outside the dragon’s nest for a while, received bad news.

“I’m dead.”
“Did you take out the ultimate?”
“Yeah. And she doesn’t have flash either.”
“Then it’s fine.”

Well, I didn’t expect V to win against Tristana with her ultimate even if she’s close, because she’s a double marksmen meta for a reason.

Rather, it’s amazing that she made Tristana’s ultimate as well as flash with that simple champion.

[So how will the owner of this dragon be?]

[DS Gaming, where Lilia is alive, will definitely want to eat it, and ST won’t want to give it up in a situation where both double marksmen are absent.]

[Ah, Lilia starts hitting the dragon again!]

Whether it’s a mindset to win by putting us to sleep and just putting in a smite, the opponent started to reduce the dragon’s health.

And that situation was not bad for us, who occupied the C-shaped bush.

“I’ll go back.”

Fluke disappeared from the opponent’s sight, and I stuck to the river wall of the opponent’s camp and stabbed the sand soldier’s spear mercilessly at Lilia, who was hitting the dragon.

[Why is this damage like this! I felt it when I was dealing a while ago, but it’s too strong, right?]

[Ah! She was wearing this hat! Player True, who bought a pure damage item with the money from demolishing the turret, not a survival-related item!]

Lilia is definitely a good champion who has both damage and ultimate utility, but she’s not a tank anyway.

She tried to twist her body and enter the nest to continue hitting the dragon, but that’s only when the back line and front line positions are properly in place.

[ST’s bottom arrives! Luxanna’s bind goes in and Leona can’t protect Lilia anymore!]

[Ah, what should I do! Lilia used flash when catching the bottom earlier, so she can’t get out of the nest!]

I skewered the deer that was running wild in the bottom.

[There is no such thing as falling asleep by being hit by a rolling ball!]

[True keeps stabbing! Vita is also out!]

[Ah! And this time, Olaf from behind Tristana!]

Tristana jumped with the jump skill without hesitation when she was hit by an axe, but this leaves the remaining support as just a 300 gold snack.

[Like this—finish! The winner of this team fight is clearly ST!]

[A very long battle, and what comes out in 10 seconds?]

[Baron! Baron comes out! Is ST going to eat the dragon and be greedy?]

[It’s not greed. Look at Olaf. The reduced health bar is already rising again with lifesteal.]

The AD Carry and support are warm, and I was about half health while fighting Zayan earlier, but Olaf’s condition is fine.

Besides, the opponent’s hunter is in a death state, while Ox will soon revive and run to the Baron’s nest in a healthy state.

[Eventually! The broken balance collapses even more with one battle!]

[ST players who receive the Baron buff advance to the mid! Only player True goes home and returns with teleport to put pressure!]

Now there’s only one thing left.

As always, I had no intention of dragging out the time.

[Here, True!]

[Ride the sand soldier and flash! And at the same time, even the ultimate!]

[Is this real?]

[It’s True! Except for Zayan, who reacted, all four were forcibly bounced out of the tower!]

In a situation where the formation was already collapsed, the opponent who fell in the middle of our camp melted away without even being able to resist properly.

We ignored the opponent’s AD Carry and pushed in, believing in the buff.

And Olaf rushed in without hesitation as soon as his ultimate returned, and he cut off Zayan.

Now there were no champions in front of us to stop us.

[Like this! Destroying the opponent’s Nexus—!]

[GG!]

[Today, tomorrow, always ST!]

When I got up from my seat and looked at the opponent’s expression, it seemed that there was no need to worry about the next game.