Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 255, Section 252: Shimamura-san, even more terrifying than her left hand.

He even felt that he was not fighting a human, but a script.

Taliyah's Rock Slash is, of course, a skill that is not easy to land.

After all, it has extremely strong control effects, coupled with considerable damage when paired with the Stone Scattering Formation.
If this skill could hit easily, then it would be the supermodel below.

Riot Games will likely announce the following day that "this character's performance is out of control, so we need to make adjustments to her."

High risk and high reward are the very characteristics of this skill.

It's normal not to win.

However, as a player who excels at mid-lane laning, ZuoShou boasts that the timing of his skill releases is close to ideal.

'This guy is probably most relaxed at this time.'

'She might get hit by a skill while last-hitting minions.'

Such a judgment is possible.

Based on past experience, with this insight, Zuo Shou can always seize opportunities that others cannot, gaining an advantage in the laning phase.

However, these ideals proved completely ineffective when facing Shimamura Yuna.

Yuna Shimamura is like a script.
All psychological maneuvering online is ineffective against her.

The left hand can certainly understand; for experts, focus is a fundamental skill.

However, he also knew that for humans, focus is a limited resource.

He himself believes that he is unable to maintain the highest level of focus while laning.

They might slack off at times, which could lead to them being hit by a skill.

However, there are times when he is highly focused, resulting in some script-like compilations of his actions.

But these are all probabilistic matters.

Yuna Shimamura.
She seems like a robot that never gets tired or distracted, and always maintains absolute focus on the online environment.

All of her actions were optimal solutions.

In order to keep up with her pace, Zuo Shou had to adjust his own state to a similar level.

It's like a tiring arms race.

It's not that the left hand can't achieve that level of focus.

Rather, it means that maintaining this level of focus at all times would take an immeasurable toll on his mental energy.

In that instant, he suddenly understood why so many seemingly invincible and diverse professional players would experience varying degrees of decline in performance when facing Shimamura Yuna.

'It's hard not to get tired of playing like this all the time.'

From the audience's perspective, the matchup between Shimamura Yuna and the left-handed player was a close contest, albeit barely.

The difference in last hits should be within 10.

The Taliyah on the left had more health and mana depleted, but she wasn't killed in a solo fight.

My experience is slightly behind, but not by much.

That's certainly true.

However, all of them are within an acceptable range.

This can be understood as simply an effect brought about by the hero's characteristics.

The commentators were all marveling: "As expected of Zuo Shou, almost everyone who goes up against Shimamura in lane will collapse, but Zuo Shou just doesn't."

But only Zuo Shou himself knew how terrifyingly much energy he had expended to accomplish this.

While his left hand was drenched in sweat from arguing with Shimamura Yuna...
On the other side, in the top lane, Xiaohu, playing Sion, is being thoroughly suppressed by Bin.

Both the Sion role and the top lane position are familiar to Xiaohu.

During the year he played for RNG, when the team was at its most powerful, popular, and where the official marketing campaign was most aggressive in creating a god-like image for him,
That year, the team's bot lane was occupied by the legendary AD carry player UZI.

This was a truly remarkable year in the history of the LPL.

This marks the true beginning of the LPL's soaring popularity.

This was the year that the vast majority of current LPL viewers truly became fans.

This year is known as the "Year Zero of LPL".

In this inaugural year of the LPL, until the end of the World Championship, the biggest star of the LPL was undoubtedly UZI.

The 4-protect-1 system surrounding UZI was one of the biggest highlights of that year.

Before winning the championship, he was featured in a music video by Riot Games, appearing as the "final boss," which shows how prestigious the award was.

I'm not saying this to reminisce about the past or anything like that.
I just want to say that whether it's switching lanes, playing top lane, or playing utility champions like Sion or Ornn, it's all good.

These were all familiar things to Xiaohu.

In the 2018 4-protect-1 RNG team, he was one of the four.

Later, in RNG, where Cryin played the mid lane, he switched to the top lane and was also considered a mainstay player.

He has played a supportive four-protect-one mid laner with Sion and Banner of Command, and experienced versions where switching between top and mid lanes was commonplace.

He switched to top lane and practiced many of the champions that top laners need to practice.

His career has been too long, and he has experienced too much.

It's just a swap between the middle and upper classes; it's nothing special for him.

But that was a long time ago.

Now, after several years, I suddenly have to go to the top lane again because of something like "there's an older sister on the team, and I have to sacrifice for her," and play the champion Sion.
This gave him a feeling of being in another world.

It feels like just yesterday that I used a grasshopper to immobilize my opponent at MSI and won the championship in one fell swoop.

It feels like just yesterday that I played top lane with Cryin and Wei.

It was just an ordinary match, but it made him feel like he was watching a replay of his professional career.

This is what life is all about.
"It's truly amazing and unfathomable."

Actually, it's not what many viewers think.

"Because Xiaohu has played Sion before, both top and mid lane, switching between top and mid lanes to play Sion is no challenge for him."

That's not the case.

In League of Legends, what you learn isn't something you can apply for a lifetime.

There may be some vague related memories in your brain.

However, proficiency requires long-term practice to maintain.

The older you get, the harder it is to maintain your competitive edge and to develop more heroes.

The same applies to Xiaohu.

It's becoming increasingly difficult for him to maintain his champion pool in the mid lane.

Suddenly having him go back to play top lane, to play Sion, at this point is not as "completely painless" as some viewers imagined.

There are practical difficulties.

He even asked the coaching staff directly when making the decision, "Should we just let Breath play?"

However, the coaching staff ultimately rejected the proposal.

For two reasons.

Secondly, the breathing was too obvious when she appeared on stage.

It doesn't confuse the draft picks at all; it just forces Shimamura Yuuna to play mid lane.

The current starting lineup.
Xiaohu and Shimamura Yuna can flex between the top and mid lanes, putting extra pressure on the opponent's draft and ban phase, making them wonder "where will Shimamura Yuna go?"

Even if you know that these two people might waver, you don't know exactly how they will waver.

This gives WBG a significant advantage in the draft phase.

This is one of the considerations.

But this consideration isn't actually that important.
The more crucial point lies in the second one.

The second point is that WBG needs Xiaohu to be present.

On paper, Xiaohu might not be as good as Huxi.

His proficiency with top lane champions isn't as high as Breath's, and he plays fewer champions than Breath. However, he will bring more positive influences to the game.

Whether it's offering suggestions on team decision-making.

He still managed to calm the atmosphere at crucial moments, acting as the team's elder brother.

Or, at certain crucial junctures, as a veteran player, he made more accurate judgments than players like Breathing Bro.
Negative comments about Xiaohu have never stopped.

However, his achievements as a three-time MSI champion and a perennial favorite in the league have already proven his worth.

He is absolutely qualified as a player.

It could even be said to be absolutely excellent.

WBG
Xiao Hu needs to be present.

His indispensability is similar to that of Yuna Shimamura.

Yuna Shimamura is the team's latest addition and an extremely strong attacker.

So, after some discussion, even though time was tight and the task was heavy, Xiaohu accepted the coaching staff's arrangement and began to work overnight to rehabilitate some top lane heroes.

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As a result, this is how it looks now.

Basically, they can't fight back against Bin.

Sion is a relatively simple champion, so it's easy to regain proficiency with him quickly.

Xiaohu knows exactly how to last-hit minions and what to do in lane.

However, the intensity of the battle in the top lane is actually much higher than that in the mid lane.

Moreover, compared to the mid lane, it is more difficult to escape the laning phase in the top lane, and many times it is not possible to clear the wave and run away.

If you're controlled by the lane, you'll only lose damage and experience.

Sometimes, you have no choice but to be forced to take the beating.

Such intensity of competition is really beyond Xiaohu's capacity to handle, given his age and relative unfamiliarity with the top lane.

This is especially true when the opponent is a top player like BIN.

However, he is still trying his best to do what he can.
'I don't feel any pressure at all.'

That's right, there's no pressure.

Simply switching to the top lane is already a contribution to the team.

This way, Shimamura Yuna doesn't have to worry about her development being affected by the lane swap.

This allows the team to choose a front-line character, making the team composition more reasonable.

My job is simply to live here temporarily, and that will be useful later.

This is not very difficult.

It is an objective fact that BIN suppressed himself.

But conversely
Isn't Shimamura also suppressing his left hand?

And he believed it.

If you get a well-developed Shimamura Yuna, you must be more useful than your opponent.
Even if the opponent is left-handed or has a BIN, it doesn't matter.

Everyone at WBG believes this.

This trust ignited the team's fighting spirit.

Yuna Shimamura didn't want to let down the expectations of everyone in the team, including the coach.

And she certainly did not disappoint.

Although she hasn't played mid lane much, Shimamura Yuna believes that, from a laning perspective alone, it's actually an easier lane than top lane.

The tasks required on this path are largely focused outside of the laning phase, and this is also where the players are most demanded of themselves.

But Shimamura Yuna doesn't need it.

She has an external brain.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Hu.

Both of these veteran players would take the time during the game to help her plan for the future, letting her know what she should do.

For example, "Shimamura-nee, you cleared the minion wave ahead of time, went back to base to buy some items, and now you're ready to fight the Tidebug team."

"Shimamura-san, could you ward this spot in the jungle this time so I know what the enemy is doing?"

Actually, they are all very simple and uncomplicated things.

This is something that any professional player would think of from the ground up.

If you let Shimamura Yuna think about it herself, she can figure it out too.

But that would interfere with her thinking, make her think more, and distract her.

Her teammates' nurturing guidance freed up her thinking a lot.

She is able to focus more on "how to do things" rather than thinking about "what to do".

This is a significant boost for Shimamura Yuna.

She was born to be a fighter.

Making her do things other than being a thug would be much less effective for her.

Conversely, if we only let her be a henchman, then we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

This was perfectly demonstrated in this match.

Thanks to her advantage in the lane, Shimamura Yuna was able to take the initiative to cooperate with jungler Xiaotian.

Whether it's invading the jungle or early resource gathering.

Despite being known for her toxic behavior, Shimamura Yuna always arrived on time.

BLG is a team that doesn't easily give up resources.

Even knowing that the team was at a certain disadvantage.

Even knowing that the team's win rate isn't the highest right now.

But as long as the chance of winning isn't zero, they'll give it a try.

This attempt, however, gave WBG an opportunity.

"BLG doesn't want to let this Woodlice go, do they want to fight it? But the Alola is in pretty good shape right now, and its skills are all available, can they really fight it?"

"Here we go! We still have to fight. BLG wants to keep Shimamura, can they keep her???"

"I tried to raise my left hand, but Shimamura's Flash hadn't expired yet, so there was no chance at all!"

"Shimamura-nee isn't dead! Shimamura-nee has reappeared!"

"Alolan's move was absolutely perfect! All the moves hit, Shadow couldn't possibly withstand that combo!"

Even without watching the game footage, you can understand what's happening in the game just by listening to the narration.

That's right, it's very simple.

BLG tried to take over resource groups in the early game, but they lost.

WBG got a 2-for-0 exchange and even took a bug.

This result is not surprising.

BLG is a team that relies heavily on player stats. They always need a lane to gain an excessive advantage so that the team can play comfortably.

It is especially comfortable to play with your left hand.

Left hand, to a large extent, is the true core of this team.

However, when Shimamura Yuna was moved to the mid lane, it not only made Shimamura Yuna's game more comfortable, but also made Zuo Shou's game more uncomfortable.

This puts BLG at a disadvantage from two points at once.

Therefore, it's only natural that the final team fight would end up like this.

After the first wave of Tidebugs was lost, everyone in BLG looked a little off.

They all realized that WBG had completely taken control of the game's pace.

This sudden tactic of swapping the top and mid lanes is not only due to information asymmetry, but also a truly effective and useful strategy.

(End of this chapter)