Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 254, Section 251: Laning Against Knight
That's right, this is the "reasonable" tactic that WBG came up with after thinking about it for a long time.

Their goal, in essence, is not complicated.

They wanted Shimamura Yuna to lead the game.

The goal is to make Shimamura Yuna the core player, pass the ball to her, and let her score.

It's that simple.

However, this route is definitely not suitable for playing like this.

So what is the solution?

It's very simple, just let Shimamura Yuna go play.

Yuna Shimamura is not actually only good at playing top lane.

Judging solely from her champion pool, she is actually more suited to playing mid lane.

The most skilled champions, Ryze and Vladimir, are both unsuitable for the top lane in this version, but they seem to be fine in the mid lane.

In fact, when she first started playing this game, Shimamura Yuna wasn't exactly a hardcore "top laner".

At the time, she played both the top and mid lanes, both of which were viable options for her.

However, the reason she ultimately chose to specialize in top lane before going pro was...
The reason is simple.

That is, she simply doesn't like the mid-lane gameplay experience.

The mid lane position almost always requires close coordination with the jungler, and often the mid laner must help the jungler or support other lanes.

On the field, mid-laners who play a little selfishly will be called "earthbound spirits".

In casual games, this can easily lead to conflicts with teammates.

Players who let their teammates get ganked and always farm in the mid lane themselves will always be questioned.

Even top mid laners like Left Hand and Chovy have gradually changed their playstyle focus.

Then let's not even talk about the other players.
For mid laners, being too selfish is a no-no.

But Shimamura Yuna is a bit of a loner, and she plays it a bit selfishly; that's just her personality.

Because she didn't want to be constantly questioned as "the mid laner is a dead man," she ultimately chose to become a top laner.

However, the top lane is not always a completely solo game; it often requires cooperation with teammates to support each other.

However, compared to the mid lane, the impact of dying in the top lane is slightly less.

If I had to say something, whether in the mid lane or the top lane, Shimamura Yuna's playstyle is very unconventional and quite unique.

She is a rather "unusual" contestant.

It's a game that seems illogical no matter how you look at it, making it easy to question.
But it just so happens to be a player with good results.

Looking back at Shimamura Yuna's basic abilities, they were simply strong in lane and good at farming.

It's useful after you start farming it; it can make you a carry in team battles.

Does this have to be done on the road?

It doesn't really matter which road you take.

Why can't we let other players go top lane as support characters and let Shimamura play mid lane?

Ultimately, WBG's coach came to this conclusion and put it into practice.

After all, Xiaohu once won the MSI championship as a top laner.

Even if Xiaohu doesn't play, Breathing Bro can still get on the court.

WBG has no shortage of top laners.

It could even be said that both Xiaohu and Breathing Bro are more like traditional "top lane" players than Shimamura Yuna.

They are more qualified top laners than Shimamura Yuna.

What this team lacks is a player who can carry the team.

That's just right.

Then let Shimamura Yuna go to the middle lane.

The mid lane has more traditional mage characters that can be used to deal damage, as well as characters that Shimamura Yuna is very good at, such as Yone and Akali.

This decision certainly sounds a bit rash.
After all, the way you play in the mid lane is quite different from that in the top lane.

Just because you can play all these heroes doesn't mean you're a qualified mid-laner.

Shimamura Yuna is certainly not a qualified mid-laner.

it's fine.

because
She's not actually a good top laner.

Since none of them are qualified, it doesn't matter where they go.

The key lies solely in how well one performs within the game.

At the moment the heroes switched places, Shimamura Yuna clearly heard a sound from the audience that was neither cheering nor confused.

It's similar to "Ahhhhh," and also a bit like "Ehhhhh."

Clearly, people are still somewhat confused about WBG's player selection decisions.

But at this point, no one expected that Shimamura Yuna would go straight to play mid lane.

It's been 7 years since the S8 meta where mid and top laners could freely switch between lanes, and mid and top laners were proficient in both.

Nowadays, people have somewhat forgotten about this kind of thing, and it's become somewhat unfamiliar to them.

Most players in the current version will not devote any of their regular training time to maintaining this ability.

Therefore, even if Shimamura Yuna were to switch to Alola, viewers, due to the inertia of their thinking, wouldn't immediately think, "These two should have switched positions."

They'll just think it's either top lane Alora or mid lane Sion.

The commentator did consider this possibility slightly, but only said uncertainly, "Could it be that Shimamura goes to mid lane and Tiger goes to top lane?"

In their minds, this was also a low-probability event.

It wasn't until I saw Shimamura Yuna's Alola heading towards the middle lane that I exclaimed in shock, "Wow, it really is a top-mid lane swing!"

This seems to have instantly triggered many viewers' memories.

Holy crap, Tiger's top lane? It seems like there's some truth to it.

[To be honest, Tiger was really good at top lane Gnar and Gragas back in the day. I thought he was never going to switch back to mid lane. I never expected to see Tiger top lane again after all these years.]

[Are they letting Tiger go on stage but not Breathing Bro? Isn't that a bit much?]

[Let's play the information gap game. Also, if Shimamura goes mid, it's obvious she's going top, so the draft might be countered. Shimamura's mid-lane champion pool is probably not very large.]

You're making it sound like Shimamura's top lane champion pool is all that matters.

The swap between Shimamura Yuna and Kotori greatly ignited the audience's enthusiasm for watching the game.

The anticipation that a competition brings to the audience usually consists of two parts.

Part of it is the visual appeal of the game content alone.

The other part is the sense of anticipation brought about by various off-field events.

Whether it's a feud between players, or the feeling of liking or looking forward to a certain player.

It was the diverse content that made the competition so exciting and fueled the audience's passion for watching the game.

To be honest, League of Legends these days is really not that great in terms of entertainment value.

For most general viewers, the level of anticipation for the entertainment value of the game itself is clearly less than the level of interest in various things outside the game.

For example, in the current match, people have more expectations than just "wanting to see a clash between BLG and WBG".

For example, "I want to see Shimamura dominate the LPL", "I want to see the internet celebrity teams battle", "I want to see BLG break through the doubts".

There are quite a few people with this idea.

As for the actual gameplay, people are less concerned about that.

But now, it's different.

The moment Shimamura Yuna switched to the mid lane, everyone's reaction was, "Holy crap, will this really work?" The anticipation for the match instantly skyrocketed.

Let alone the audience.

Even their rivals, BLG, were completely stunned.

The man with his left hand asked, somewhat confused, "Huh? I'm going to hunt rabbits?"

BIN was also a little confused: "Huh? Isn't Shimamura going to come up?"

This situation caught everyone off guard.

This caused some panic among the people on BLG's side.

All the tactics they had devised, all the methods they had considered against Shimamura Yuna, were based on the premise that Shimamura Yuna would come forward.

This includes limiting Shimamura Yuna's development through more reasonable and frequent line switching.

This includes planning the jungle around half of the map.

The coach and players worked together to achieve this.

Shimamura Yuna's sudden move left the entire BLG team somewhat bewildered.

Zuo Shou never dreamed that he would end up going up against Shimamura Yuna.

But this feeling of shock and bewilderment did not last long.

He quickly burst into laughter.

"I see. So this is the one who's going up against me."

Soon, he stopped panicking and instead felt excited.

As the almost universally recognized best domestic mid-laner, Knight has always been proud of himself.

He has always had the confidence that he is the strongest.

Regardless of external doubts
Regardless of how some players' fans claim they are no good or bad for certain purposes.

But he firmly believes that he is the strongest mid-laner in China.

My annual salary, and the team I'm in each year.
These things all prove my strength.

They don't need the approval of certain audiences.

There's no need to pay attention to the smear campaign by certain people in Xuyi.

There are still many areas where I need to improve and refine myself.

But that's comparing yourself to yourself.

If it's compared to other people.
'I've never lost.'

He has the confidence to defeat all other mid laners in the LPL.

He only considers other players from the LCK region as his "opponents".

but now.
"A top laner coming to play mid. Does he think I'm not a particularly serious opponent?"

Out of curiosity about the contestant, Shimamura Yuna.

And a very subtle competitive spirit.
The left hand began to focus 200% on this match.

Yuna Shimamura didn't quite understand what her left hand was thinking.

Or rather, she simply didn't care.

She didn't have many thoughts about changing her lane.

The team simply came up with an idea and asked her, "Do you think it's feasible?" She then answered, "Yes."

That's it.

Since that's the case, what I need to do now is very simple.

That is, just complete the tasks assigned by the coach.
That being said
"This guy is something else."

Previously, she rarely played mid lane and rarely faced off against players who played mid lane.

She always knew that Zuo Shou was very strong, and that he was considered the most recognized and strongest player in the country.

Regardless of how viewers deny his strength by saying he doesn't have an S-series championship, most people in the industry feel that ZuoShou's strength is not in question; he just lacks an S-series championship to prove himself.

At this moment, Shimamura Yuna clearly felt this point.

She was even a little surprised.
She never expected that the strongest laning pressure she had ever felt during her long career as a professional player would not have come from those towering top laners.

It was something I felt from a mid-lane player.

In the past, when laning, Shimamura Yuna always had a feeling that she and her opponent were not on the same level.

My obsession with the lane allows me to handle details that many other players don't have time to consider.

It is these details that allow you to create a gap between yourself and everyone else in the online game.

Your own knowledge is your greatest treasure.

But
'This guy can almost perfectly keep up with my pace.'

His positioning was almost flawless.

A near-perfect skill execution.

Solid foundation in last-hitting and minion wave management.

Left Hand is a player whose attention to detail is no less than that of Shimamura Yuna, who is almost obsessed with laning.

only.
"However, at the same skill level, the strength of the heroes is more significant."

Although the left hand did a very good job in the laning details.

Unfortunately, Shimamura Yuna played Alola.

Alora is a dominant force in both the mid and top lanes.

Without jungle interference, Taliyah poses almost no effective threat to Alora.

The rock protrusion can be easily twisted open.

The Q skill can also be blocked by minions.

On the contrary, Alola can push lanes and harass without restraint.

The only limitation is mana.

At least in the early game, it is indeed quite difficult to gain an advantage over Alora with Taliyah in the laning phase.

On the contrary, it was the precise details of the laning phase with her left hand that aroused Shimamura Yuna's competitive spirit.

Although she has also had times when she lacked confidence in her abilities as a player.
There were times when she felt like "I'm nothing except for laning".

However, she is absolutely confident when it comes to laning.

Even during her lowest point, when she was the dean of a weak team in her previous life, she never doubted herself in this regard.

after all
'I have nothing left but this.'

If someone who is utterly useless can't even gain a decisive advantage in their only strength, laning, then what is there to be proud of?
Therefore, the focus is more on accumulating countermeasures and improving the precision of one's operations.
Today, she is no longer the professional player who had no achievements and was eager to prove her worth.

But that obsession with the intensity of the laning phase still lingered in her heart.

So, at this moment, she wants to prove herself.

Even you, I can defeat.

This idea boosted her concentration several times over.

Of course, the left hand had no idea about Shimamura Yuna's various messy thoughts.

He can only perceive things directly from his own perspective.

That is.
"Holy crap, this pressure is immense."

Although Taliyah will face some pressure when playing against Alola.

Even so, the pressure that Shimamura Yuna put on him still exceeded the limit.

(End of this chapter)