Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 245, Section 242: Summer Championship Predetermined

Yuna Shimamura had no idea how much of a shock her performance had brought to the audience.

She didn't care at all.

She was just quite satisfied.

Although she didn't watch the entire third stage of the competition live, she did pay some attention to it, watched some recordings, and also analyzed some key matches privately.

Then, the conclusion is
JDG is a very weak team.

In fact, if we only look at their strength on paper, JDG is not weak.

Even at the beginning of this year, when the roster was first confirmed, many people thought JDG was a strong contender for a top spot in the LPL.

After all, PeyZ and Scout are the top Korean duo.

Xun, the invincible member of last year's BLG runner-up team.

And the future of domestic top laner Ale (who has been kicked).

This lineup seems to have enough raw strength, and they shouldn't have such a poor record.

Everyone is even wondering what it will be like once this lineup has gelled well.

However, a year has now passed.

We need to give these people from JDG an objective evaluation.

That's right, that's it.
蛆。

There was no chemical reaction, no individual skill from the contestants, nothing at all.

That means this team has a lot of problems right now.

However, it is even difficult to find a cure-all treatment.

The final problem is caused by a combination of various trivial issues.

JDG is a relatively weak team.

This is an undeniable 'truth'.

If you're facing a team like that, then victory is a given.

Failure is unacceptable.

Not only do we have to win, but we also have to win simply, win beautifully, and win with complete nonchalance.

If we take this as the standard...
This match was simply in line with her expectations.

It should be said that "it should be this way."

Otherwise, what is the value of her joining this team?

All her performance so far has been expected, as it should have been, and exactly what she anticipated from the beginning.

So, of course, there won't be anything exciting about it.

It just happened to meet expectations.

The competition was much simpler and faster than anyone had imagined.

In the first match, JDG was speedrun by WBG in just 28 minutes.

In the second game, it's unclear whether JDG was either deliberately underperforming or testing the waters.

In short, Shimamura Yuna's vampire was released.

They might want to test whether this hero, which isn't played by many people, would have a different effect if Shimamura used it.

Is it really as amazing as the urban legends say?

Or is it just a boastful legend?

Yuna Shimamura also followed the same logic.

That is.
These heroes may not be particularly strong for the average player, but if you have a good grasp of them, then don't hold back.

If the other party offers it, then take it.

In reality, Shimamura Yuna's performance with the Vampire hero wasn't significantly better than those strong, standard carry heroes in the current meta.

Deep down, Shimamura Yuna felt that this hero was not easy to use.

Even with the improvements, it can only be said to be slightly better than before.

Compared to other heroes, this character is only lacking in the late game and is otherwise useless. He is a crippled character whose performance is entirely dependent on the player's skill.

The reason why Shimamura Yuna was able to achieve good results with this hero is actually because her proficiency or skill in playing the hero is secondary.

Most importantly, it simply has a few features that fit Shimamura Yuna's usage habits.

These characteristics are also present in some other heroes.

Vampires are not the optimal solution.

But she wants to create the illusion for the other party that this hero is the optimal solution.

This way, the ban slots can be freed up, allowing Shimamura Yuna to get the heroes that are truly optimal, while also putting additional pressure on the opponent's ban/pick phase.

This is an urban legend.

However, urban legends do have meaning.

In the second game, Shimamura Yuna chose the vampire character for this purpose and delivered a performance that lived up to everyone's expectations of the "urban legend".

As always, he farmed and grew incredibly strong in lane, making him impossible for the opponent to control.

At the same time, after developing a set of equipment that allows her to go into battle, Shimamura Yuna's vampire is still as good as before her rest, and there is never anything wrong with her in team battles.

This hero is nothing special.

All his skills combined don't amount to much technique.

The only thing that can be considered a skill is probably this hero's EW and EW flash.

However, in Shimamura Yuna's opinion, if this level of skill release can be called technique, then other heroes are simply full of technique.

This is a very simple hero.

The reason why everyone gets different results when playing this character is quite simple.

That's a difference in thinking.

Position control, timing of entry, and what to do at different times.
Should we farm or raid?

Should I go help or ignore my teammate and let them push the lane?

What should the vampire hero do at different points in time?
Yuna Shimamura wouldn't dare say that her choice of the vampire role was entirely correct.

But she dares to say that she is the player who is most likely to win with this hero in the current version of professional matches.

Perhaps there are people who know better than her how to play this hero and this game.

But someone like that can't compete.

To put it bluntly, she is now the world's number one vampire on the field.

The optimal solution for playing the vampire hero was defined by Yuna Shimamura.

The equipment build that Shimamura Yuna chose is the optimal solution.

The decision made by Shimamura Yuna was the optimal solution.

The moment she chooses to linger longer, that's when the vampire should linger.

So when does one choose to emerge from seclusion? That's when the vampire emerges from seclusion.

She has the right to decide on this hero. "Shimamura's vampire is truly the best of the best! Although this hero was buffed in the third stage, its pick rate is almost zero so far. The buff is practically negligible. Then, Shimamura said, 'I'll gladly accept it.'"

"Indeed, it was only after seeing Shimamura's vampire that I had a clear feeling that the vampire hero had really been buffed."

"It feels like it deals so much damage, is so tanky, and is invincible when it dives in. It even gives people the illusion that the Vampire hero is really strong. But everyone knows that."

"It's not that the vampire is strong, it's that Shimamura-nee is strong. It's that Shimamura-nee's vampire is strong."

Shimamura Yuna's vampire was devastating on the field, crushing JDG with a visibly superior performance.

The audience couldn't understand the intricacies of the game.

But the audience understands two words: crushing defeat.

In the end, including BP, the best-of-three series was completed in just over an hour.

The result was WBG2:0 JDG.

The team's regular season points total ended at 7:9.

Judging solely from the results, it seems that whether Shimamura Yuna arrived or not didn't have a significant impact on the team.

After all, even with Shimamura Yuna, the score was still 2-0 against JDG.

Even when they're not playing, they can still beat JDG 2-0 just by breathing.

Perhaps Shimamura Yuna is stronger, but judging from the score of this match, it's really hard to tell.

However, anyone who watched the game knows that the score doesn't reflect Shimamura Yuna's contribution to the team's improvement.

The previous day, WBG's 2-0 victory over JDG was quite good, and they performed very well. However, they were not without weaknesses, but JDG handled them poorly and failed to capitalize on WBG's mistakes.

In the second match on the second day, JDG should have played better after their adjustments, and the two sides should have been evenly matched.

But the result was completely the opposite.

The day before, things were evenly matched, and there were some weaknesses that could be exploited.

But today, that possibility has completely disappeared.

Shimamura Yuna completely killed any suspense in the match.

The feeling of the match changed from a close victory to a complete rout.

This is, of course, the outcome that Shimamura Yuna's fans most wanted to see.

But before the match, few people could have predicted that Shimamura Yuna would bring such a significant change to the WBG team.

After all, it seems there are too many debuffs now.

Firstly, Shimamura Yuna hasn't played for a long time, so she might not have the feel for the game and might not be familiar with the current version.

Secondly, the WBG team also looks a bit old.

Even before the competition, some people said, "Does anyone really think that CFO is better than WBG, except for Shimamura?"

But before the actual match results are in, fans always have a minimum expectation to avoid being disappointed.

Then, with such low expectations, everyone watched the game and discovered...
Shimamura is still the same Shimamura, still as awesome as ever.

But WBG is no longer the same WBG.

With the arrival of Yuna Shimamura, the entire team underwent a true transformation.

After the match, Shimamura Yuna naturally gave an interview.

After all, she is the real protagonist today, and the only reason why this match has received so much attention.

As usual, the reporter asked a few questions.

"How was your first match in the LPL today? Are you getting used to life in mainland China?"

No matter how many times, seeing a Japanese girl who looks like a middle school girl holding a microphone and being interviewed in the post-match interview booth of the LPL is still a very subtle feeling for the audience.

I had barely gotten used to it before.

But now Shimamura Yuna has changed her team uniform, and after a month or two, her hair has grown long, and her demeanor has changed a bit.

So everyone felt uncomfortable again.

The feeling of seeing a professional player's appearance every time is like watching your own daughter come home from school after a semester – it's truly unique on the entire internet.

However, Shimamura Yuna herself was completely unaware of this.

She just smiled slightly and then answered the reporter's question: "The LPL audience is very enthusiastic. And since the difference between mainland China and Taiwan isn't really that big, and everyone speaks Chinese, I don't feel like I'm not in a bad mood at all."

The reporter then asked, "So, how do you feel about getting along with your new teammates? Coming to WBG, a new team, and to the LPL, a new league, have you had any special feelings?"

To be honest, there is a little, but not much.

She wasn't the complete novice everyone thought she was, so of course there wasn't anything new or exciting about her.

If I had to say what's new about the LPL league, it's probably that after actually playing against those top LPL players that I used to admire, I realized that "they're not as unattainable as I thought."

The phrase "suddenly looking back" can be used to describe Shimamura Yuna's feelings.

But of course she wouldn't say that.

When facing the public and reporters, her answers are always watertight and formulaic.

"Xiaohu is a very interesting player, and Liu Qingsong is also very interesting. I feel very happy to be with everyone. I am also full of expectations for the LPL league and I really want to go further here."

Boring and uninteresting—that's the consistent feeling people have about interviewing Yuna Shimamura.

And the same is true today.

However, these are all things that happen off the field.

Yuna Shimamura dislikes gossip and doesn't like people speculating about her feelings for someone or whether she's had a falling out with someone.

When it comes to game-related topics, Shimamura Yuna's answers are always more serious.

"The next question might be a little pointed. Your team, CFO, won the MSI championship, becoming the top region in MSI and securing the fourth seed. Meanwhile, LCK became the second-best region, also securing the fourth seed."

"After many years, the LPL has returned to a state where it only has three slots for the World Championship. In other words, you personally took away this LPL spot. But now you've come to the LPL, and to a team that's relatively low in the draft and has a very poor record."

"To put it bluntly, there's a high chance you won't be able to enter the World Championship because of the spot you disqualified. If that really happened, how would you feel about it?"

When asked this question by the reporter, Shimamura Yuna was genuinely stunned.

This season, she has already engaged in countless battles of wits with reporters.

I've seen quite a few reporters trying to create a big story by asking some sensational questions.

However, this was the first time she had ever encountered a question from such a tricky angle.

This is a truly pointed question, and one that cannot be avoided.

Because these are the actual problems we will encounter later.

She could already imagine what the public opinion would be like if she really missed the World Championship because of this missing spot.

This is a problem that there's no point in avoiding.

To say that she isn't worried at all is an oversimplification.
That's not it.

I still have some worries and some concerns.

But that's it.
"Although if such a thing really happened, there would definitely be an uproar in public opinion, and there would be no end to the sarcastic and cynical voices. People would say that I made the wrong decision and that I shot myself in the foot."

"But no, that won't happen."

“I will not let such a thing happen. If I can win the championship twice, I can win it a third time.”

"And let's make up for this third time with the Summer Championship."

(End of this chapter)