Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 196, Section 193: A Shocking Gap in the Path (Part 3 of 4)
Because the actual combat situation differs so greatly from the conclusions AL drew from training matches, they are now unable to make an accurate and reasonable judgment.

This plunged everyone on the team into panic.

What is the right way to do it?

How can I win the game?

Surely it's not like there's no way to win no matter what you do?
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Amidst this struggle and anxiety, the second match still arrived as scheduled.

AL has been adjusted.

After the first game, they concluded that it was almost impossible to expect Shimamura Yuna to play the mainstream heroes poorly and to gain an advantage over CFO in terms of hero pool.

It can be described as a wild idea.

So, in the second game, they returned to their original approach.

They began to acknowledge the significant skill gap between themselves and the CFO at the top level, and started preparing to use this as a basis for their game.

However, as mentioned earlier.

If you only discover during the main competition that everything you prepared was wrong, and you have to start preparing from scratch, then there's basically no room for error.

You can't determine whether your changes are effective.

Maybe it's wrong.

Perhaps that's true.

Only the results can verify this.

But
This is real combat.

It's a real-world battle where once you lose, there's no going back.

Making last-minute changes at this point is, in fact, a pure gamble, if it leads to defeat.

And
Unfortunately, AL probably lost the gamble.

In the second game, AL realized that their tactics in the previous game were wrong, and they believed that they had misjudged the skill gap between their top laner and Shimamura Yuna.

Therefore, as an adjustment based on recognizing the skill gap in the top lane, they chose to let Flandre play a tank, picking Ornn.

Yes, it's very similar to what I was thinking on T1 that day.

'Since we can't stop you, then let's use tanks. Just make sure they don't get blown up.'

But playing like this would be tantamount to proclaiming Shimamura Yuna's invincibility in the top lane once again.

This means that Shimamura Yuna can have fun all by herself, and no one can control her.

Although they thought they handled it better than T1, banning Vladimir, Jax, and Yorick in the first round and using all their bans to target the top laner.

However, this kind of targeting is really not very meaningful.

Yuna Shimamura directly chose the character Camille in the second round.

She didn't play this character much before, but after using it in FS to defeat HLE, she became very confident with it.

The audience understands.

Yuna Shimamura doesn't play Camille much.

But when Shimamura Yuna pulls out this character, it means she's ready to spin the top and crush the weak.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

This role was not originally one of Shimamura Yuna's signature roles.

However, many people clearly still remember the Camille match where Shimamura Yuna defeated HLE and utterly crushed Zeus in the Vanguard Tournament.

As the saying goes, a hero's reputation isn't built on hype.

They earned their reputation through memorable moments.

Just like how even though TheShy chose Fiora as his championship skin, people didn't really appreciate his Fiora; instead, they remembered his Aatrox, who was like a god descending to earth and taking on four opponents at once.

Yuna Shimamura's Camille is not the so-called "signature" she talks about every day, nor has she changed her ID to something like "I love Camille".

However, everyone highly approves of her Camille, and almost unanimously agrees that her Camille is extremely strong, terrifyingly strong.

And her performance with Camille in this match did not disappoint anyone.

To be honest, compared to vampires playing around with turtles, it's much cooler and more likable to see a character like Camille kicking people around like a predator waiting to pounce.

From Flandre's perspective, Camille puts more pressure on him in the laning phase than Vladimir.

What can vampires do?
It's nothing more than using ranged attacks like the "A" and "Q" to annoy people in a harmless and ineffective way.

If the tank equips a magic resistance item, Vladimir's damage will be virtually impossible to kill.

All damage was calculated; there were no unexpected kill thresholds or unpredictable surprise kills.

But Camille was different.

Wave after wave of trades, wave after wave of damage that could exceed calculations, coupled with Shimamura Yuna's meticulous and aggressive play, put Saint Gun under immense pressure in the laning phase.

From Flandre's perspective, Shimamura Yuna was perhaps the most terrifying opponent he had ever faced.

He knew he was getting old.

My skills have declined; I can't beat the younger players anymore.

He was aware of all these things, and deep down he had already accepted the reality.

However, my own experience still remains.

Even if he can't gain an advantage, he can usually manage to get by online in a decent way, or even lose a little money.

He gets blown up usually because he wasn't paying attention.

This is experience.

He knows how to avoid clashing with people.

He knows how to maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses.

However, when he faced Shimamura Yuna, he discovered that his confident strategy of playing to his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses was not as effective as he had thought.

The oppressive force exerted by Shimamura Yuna came from the oppressive force of resources.

If you don't come up and exchange blows with me, you'll lose soldiers and experience.

I will control the minion wave.

I will restrict your development.

To accomplish these things, she took her position.
To put it nicely, it's called aggression; to put it bluntly, it's very dangerous.

An angle from which you can launch an attack is often also an angle from which your opponent can attack you.

In other words, Shimamura Yuna was constantly challenging Flandre to a duel.

Only the winners are entitled to consume soldiers.

Only those who win are qualified to gain experience.

If you're scared, then you can only go back to your tower and wait for me to control the wave under your tower before you come back to farm under the tower.

To achieve this extreme approach, Shimamura Yuna deliberately created many openings.

She was practically seducing Flandre.

She showed Flandre through her positioning and her skills.
'I've been playing so recklessly, you should be able to easily punish my arrogance.'

'If you don't punish me, I'll get really demanding!'

'If you don't dare to confront me head-on, then I'm going to take all these advantages.'

'Can you tolerate this?'

'Can you accept that I'm behaving so disrespectfully?'

Every move she made seemed like a provocation.

Every step she took was an act of contempt.

Shimamura Yuna was brimming with confidence.

In the first set, she had completely figured out Flandre's form and level of play today. Therefore, she was full of confidence and dared to go all out.

She just felt that even if she played like this, Saint Gun Bro wouldn't be able to resist.

Either obediently get out of the experience zone and hide under the tower to eat the bare minimum you can get.

Either come up and get beaten up.

And that's the choice Flandre made.
Get out of the experience zone first.

Yes, reason tells Saint Gun that he is no match for Shimamura Yuna today, and he has to leave.

But after playing for a while in such a frustrating way, seeing himself doing nothing like a turtle and falling behind in last hits and experience, Flandre changed his mind again.

He felt he had to rebel a little; he couldn't be a purebred turtle. He had to try to obtain more resources within reasonable limits.

Then he gave it a try.

The result is
'He has become honest.'

Yes, after trying it a couple of times and getting bruised and battered, Flandre basically gave up on the idea.

Shimamura Yuna is in such good form today that he can't possibly cause any trouble.

His staying in the back and not sending anyone away was the best way to avoid causing trouble for his teammates.

But ultimately, in the end, the number of kills is just one representative factor in determining the outcome of a laning phase.

The economic difference of 300 gold per kill, plus the experience and economy lost due to respawn time and login time.

That is, resources.

The purpose of laning is to compete for resources, to strike at the opponent in a 1v1 environment, and to try to reduce the opponent's resources while increasing one's own.

If the game is played according to this logic, it will lead to constant concessions and giving away resources to the opponent.

So, compared to the disadvantage of dying once, the only difference is whether the disadvantage accumulates quickly or slowly.

Is it a spectacular 1-11 kill, or a slow, painful death as the gap in last hits and plating widens?
If it were TheShy, he would probably choose the former.

But Flandre chose the latter.

That's right, AL's top lane is continuously accumulating disadvantages.

There was no fundamental difference between this game and the previous one.

It appears they are neither dead nor sent away.

However, the gap in last-hitting and experience is still widening.

It's just not at a decisive point yet.

Maybe if we win a team fight later, we can come back.

Perhaps if Ornn initiates a good team fight in a small skirmish, Camille's advantage can be wiped out.

However, if a player makes a mess of the laning phase, what are the chances that he will perform better than his opponent in team fights later on?
It's not that it doesn't exist.

Especially for a seasoned top laner like Flandre, he is often better at finding his position than some skilled rookies, and he is often more effective than some seemingly talented players who can dominate him in lane.

This is why, despite his advanced age and significant decline in skill, he can still serve as a valuable piece in a top-tier team like AL.

However, Shimamura Yuna is not the typical rookie player who can only lane but not team fight.

She achieved an extraordinary level of completion.

What Flandre can do, she can do too.

And so, once again, Shimamura Yuna delivered a perfect performance in the small team battle, securing the victory against AL.

It's the same snowballing pattern that the CFO is familiar with after a small resource group wins.

The only difference from the previous game was that when Flandre played Ornn this time, he didn't have such a terrible, low-level performance as he did when facing Gwen.

But that's all.

Because Shimamura Yuna performed even better than him.

The threat that Shimamura Yuna poses to her teammates in team fights is greater than the threat that she poses to Shimamura Yuna's teammates.

That's enough.

As always, the Dragon God was picking on Ornn.

"Sigh, look, this was a huge opening move. Now people are going to say that Flandre did his best."

"Come on, tell me, where is the effort? Where is the effort put in?"

"His ultimate was decent, but what's the point? Camille's impact upon entering the fray is a hundred times greater. Moreover, the further the game progresses, the more difficult Camille will become to deal with."

"But he was always just a tool, not even qualified to go up against Camille in the lane."

"So do you understand now? This is the difference between a terrible player and a pro. He's always been like this."

It's just a blatant attempt to smear someone.

That's definitely a bit of an overreaction.

While Flandre may be a bit lacking in skill now, his past achievements are undeniable.

He's old now, but when he was younger, he was definitely a top player.

Dragon God is simply acting out of his own hatred, mindlessly and awkwardly attacking Holy Gun Bro.

But at this time, no one from Saint Gun Bro's fan club came out to refute Dragon God's blatant criticism.

The comments section was a celebration for Shimamura Yuna's fans and AL haters.

[Shocking! LPL team treated like maggots by LCP – who are their own people really?]

Is this really our LPL's number one seed? Why should we support a region like this?

I support the CFO; you can criticize me now.

[Haha, this is hilarious. This is a complete humiliation; there's absolutely no chance of them winning.]

The gap is too big. T1 can even struggle against CFO, but AL looks like they're not even in the same league as CFO.

[A staggering gap in top lane]

While the internet was abuzz with discussion about AL's poor performance, AL's coaching staff watched the game from the locker room, sweating profusely as well.

'Ineffective'

Coach Tabe was extremely anxious when he saw this scene in the locker room.

'This is completely ineffective.'

Before the competition, he had thought that CFO might be very strong, but he never expected him to be this strong.

He had considered that the road ahead might be a breach, but he hadn't imagined it would be this big.

Everything was far beyond his expectations.

The key issue is that he misjudged the difference in individual skill between Flandre and Shimamura.

In the first game, we chose to trust Flandre's laning ability and let him play Gwen to withstand some pressure, hoping to gain an advantage in the draft phase.

As it turned out, he was wrong; Saint Gun couldn't withstand Shimamura Yuna's pressure at all.

The second time, I tried to let Flandre play a tank, instead of trying to put pressure on Shimamura Yuna. He just farmed against Shimamura Yuna and decided the outcome in team fights.

But he was wrong again.

If Shimamura Yuna isn't restricted, she becomes incredibly effective in team fights once she's developed.

This person is completely different from the one with obvious strengths and weaknesses in the first stage.

Now, she is a player who is closer to being fully developed, and she is very mature in both laning and team fighting.

Aside from a slightly limited champion pool, Shimamura Yuna is now almost a perfect ideal top laner.

Moreover, her limited hero pool is hardly a problem under CFO's current tactical system.

(End of this chapter)