Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 267, Section 264: First Battle Against Dolan
Yes, he had already accepted deep down that he was no match for Shimamura Yuna.

Even my strongest self from MSI couldn't beat me. Now that my form has declined slightly, how can I possibly beat the even stronger Shimamura Yuna?

He was afraid of making mistakes.

They were afraid of becoming the weak point.

I'm afraid of becoming a burden to the team.

Therefore, he hopes.
I hope Shimamura Yuna goes to the mid lane, and I hope Shimamura Yuna doesn't come to lane against me.

If Shimamura Yuna goes to the mid lane, then no matter what, I will not take the responsibility of laning against Shimamura Yuna.

The saying "you won't lose if you don't fight" applies here.

Besides, Faker is a very strong player, right?
He definitely knows better than I do how to fight against some strong players.

He knows better than anyone else how to handle opponents with stronger skills.

However.
Hope was lost.

When he saw WBG pick Jayce, his heart skipped a beat.

He knew that once this hero was chosen, what awaited him was basically a round of online bullying.

Just like MSI a few months ago.
Due to his previous psychological trauma, Dolan subconsciously chose a relatively conservative strategy from the start.

It means a playstyle that prioritizes maintaining your position and last-hitting enemies over a life-or-death struggle.

The so-called "blue-collar, pressure-resistant" top lane playstyle.

He still harbored some fantasies.

He fantasized that the beating he received was just an accident.

The idea that Shimamura Yuna was as powerful as a demon was just a coincidence.

'After all, how could anyone be consistently that strong? Even Zeus, who won two championships, couldn't do that.'

That's right, even Zeus couldn't do that.

Even Zeus had a mixed record against him in the league.

For a period of time, his win rate against Zeus was exceptionally high.

Even Zeus, who had won two championships, was not entirely invincible to him.

What about Shimamura Yuna, who has never won a single championship?
'There's nothing to be afraid of'

Seeing that Shimamura Yuna had chosen to play the same old strategy of applying maximum pressure, not letting herself gain experience or farm, Dolan felt a sudden surge of anger rising within him for some reason.

On second thought, with the current version's delayed penalty for switching lanes in the top lane, switching lanes is even less practical than before, meaning I'll actually be stuck in the top lane for a longer period of time.

So he decided to hold it.

Why can't I beat her?

'Why is she acting so pretentious?'

So he made up his mind.

I must resist.

The matchup between Wolf Mother and Jayce is not entirely unwinnable.

In terms of trading blows, these two heroes each have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Jayce has an advantage in attack range.

However, the wolf mother has multiple movement abilities that allow her to close the distance.

If handled well, these two heroes theoretically have a chance to win their lane matchup.

If there is a theoretical opportunity, then why don't I have one?
With this in mind, he stopped retreating.

Instead, he tried to maintain a certain distance from Shimamura Yuna in order to look for opportunities to attack.

Under Dolan's ideal scenario, he and Shimamura Yuna should always maintain a delicate distance and engage in a tug-of-war. Shimamura Yuna would assume that because of her long attack range, she would keep trying to come up and use her basic attacks with the Undying skill to wear him down.

Then, in this process, she will always make mistakes and sometimes not control the distance well.

We're all human, after all.
As long as it's human, there will always be mistakes.

If there's a mistake, the pair will lose their position.

The only difference is that capable people are less likely to lose their positions, while weak people are more likely to do so.

Yuna Shimamura is very strong, but she must also have moments when she loses her composure or is out of control.

What I need to do is seize those moments, go up and have a life-or-death battle with Shimamura Yuna!

With that in mind, he began to pull.

There will be a chance, there will be a chance.

There will be an opportunity!

then
Then, he was pulled around by Shimamura Yuna for several basic attacks, took a Q, and lost more than 300 points of health.

Because of the desire for a change in blood, it will be pulled in different directions.

Because I want to find opportunities, I will take the initiative to give them to me.

They wanted to use these small opportunities to gain a huge opportunity that could turn everything around.

And that's it.
Small chance, small chance, small chance, small chance
Wait a minute, what happened to the big opportunity we were promised?

Dolan found that no matter how he tried to probe or find a distance, it was all in vain.

However, none of it mattered.

Logically speaking, if you give someone a small chance, they should give you a big chance in return.

It's just like fishing.

If you give a fish bait, it should take the bait.

But
He discovered a problem.

It seems like Shimamura Yuna is the kind of person who only takes the bait but never bites the hook.

Every opening he deliberately created was exploited by Shimamura Yuna.

But when I tried to attack her first, I found that I couldn't find the right distance to strike.

That's how I get repeatedly taken advantage of and repeatedly disgusted.

The atmosphere became extremely awkward.

Then, when the director turned the camera to the top lane, it was very humorous.

It's like seeing two people, one advancing while the other retreats, and the other retreating while the other chases.

As they continued to stalemate, Shimamura Yuna didn't lose a single drop of blood, while Doran's health had already dropped to two-thirds.

It looks like normal people are beating up idiots, or experts are beating up noobs.

After being pulled like that for a while, Dolan couldn't hold on any longer.

He realized that he was not on the same level as Shimamura Yuna when it came to controlling distance.

It should be said that there are very few people in the world who can compare to Shimamura in this regard.

Yuna Shimamura's playstyle, in essence, is about extreme proficiency combined with a formulaic approach.

When all attention is focused on creating the so-called optimal solution, this is the natural result.

Dolan thought, "How can anyone not make any mistakes?"

But the problem is.
The defining characteristic of Shimamura Yuna is that she doesn't make mistakes.

Or rather, she makes mistakes.

If we consider the operations performed by machines to be 100% accurate...
That Shimamura Yuna's performance was 95%.

That 5% of her actions was her mistake, her flaw.

However, errors and mistakes of this magnitude are simply beyond the grasp of ordinary people.

It requires at least the same level of hard work as Shimamura Yuna, or rather, the amount of training she puts into online matches.

Dolan, however, is not; he is not a genius of that caliber.

After being repeatedly pulled along by Shimamura Yuna, Dolan finally couldn't hold back anymore.

In a moment of impulsiveness, he decided to move directly up there to have his blood transfused.

It doesn't matter if the opportunity you find isn't the best one.

after all
'I'm playing as the Wolf Mother, I have the stats.'

That's what he was thinking. However, this very decision turned out to be a huge mistake.

Doran immediately used his E skill to initiate the attack, closing in on Shimamura Yuna at top speed.

Next, he had an ideal plan in mind.

That means first use the outer edge of your Q to land a hit, then use a dash to get in and chase after Jayce.

Then, he forced Jayce to use his E skill to knock him away. At this point, he used his Q second stage and W to dash in, relying on his high shield and base damage to engage in a passionate trade of blows with Shimamura Yuna.

However, the reality is...
He used his E to dash forward, but Shimamura Yuna easily dodged the outer circle of his Q with a script-like forward movement, instead taking the damage from the inner circle of his Q.

Throughout this process, Shimamura Yuna remained calm and unhurried.

Maintain distance while slowly unleashing your full damage potential.

After using both the cannon and hammer skills, finish off the wolf mother with a hammer-form E skill.

By this point, combined with the health advantage gained from the previous exchange, Doran's health had dropped so low that he could be killed.

If he had been more rational, he should have quickly rolled backwards when he missed the inner circle.

But Dolan had already lost his temper.

Instead of backing down, he continued to step on it directly.

Then, Mei Mei missed a second Q, which was then dodged by Shimamura Yuna.

So, based on this statistical analysis, the skill he hit was...
One Q on the inner circle, one E skill to hit, one W to step on.

The most crucial damage, namely the two Q attacks, was almost entirely lost.

This scene has appeared countless times in Shimamura Yuna's Jess fighting the wolf mother.

During the first and second stages, Shimamura Yuna's Jess defeating the wolf mother even became an urban legend.

In other words, anyone laning against Shimamura Yuna who wants to pick the Wolf Mother must first ban her Jayce.

Now that so much time has passed, Shimamura Yuna has played more and more heroes, and people's impressions of her playstyle and personal style are gradually being updated.

The Jayce from the Wolf Mother Special Attack has slowly been forgotten.

However, after seeing this move, everyone suddenly remembered.

During the commentary, Longshen couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, Shimamura's Jayce vs. Wolf Mother, that's a classic! Is there any matchup more classic than that?"

After this series of plays went wrong, Dolan had no way out.

The planned blood transfusion failed to replace Shimamura Yuna.

This all-in desperate gamble was completely outmaneuvered by Shimamura Yuna's performance.

With the two buffs combined, he now has only a tiny bit of health left.

However, Shimamura Yuna still had nearly half of her health remaining.

Dolan now came to his senses.

His brain at that moment also understood what was happening.

He was likely to be solo killed.

"I'm going to be the scapegoat" and "I think I've messed up" flashed through my mind in an instant.

In the T1 team, it's practically impossible for anyone to maintain a calm mindset.

Having a huge number of extreme fans watching your every move can amplify the pressure you feel as a player many times over.

This is especially true when mistakes are made.

After realizing he had made a mistake, Dolan almost reflexively backed away.

But at this point, flashing is pointless.

The Wolf Mother's skill cooldowns are too long in the early game.

Even if he used Flash, it would simply be a matter of Shimamura Yuna using Flash to kill him.

If Shimamura Yuna were a little more careless, she might not even have had to use her Flash.

But she wanted to prevent any accidents, such as the jungler coming to help at this time.

So, without hesitation, I used Flash to rush in and finish off the defeated wolf mother.

He secured a solo kill.

There is one point that Shimamura Yuna must admit.

That is, when both sides are evenly matched and one side is determined not to die, it is very difficult to get a kill in this game.

In a competitive match, the side with the killing intent will usually have weaknesses. Therefore, in order to reduce these weaknesses, both sides will restrain their killing intent compared to the ranked match environment.

But Dolan was too eager to kill just now.

Moreover, while he was intent on killing, his actions were also naive.

This is equivalent to revealing the biggest flaw in a single wave.

Shimamura Yuna, of course, could easily solo kill him, completing a stunning kill spree.

She didn't think this was anything particularly special.

I don't think I did anything right.

It's simply that I didn't do anything wrong.

The other party made a mistake.

Logically speaking
That's how it should be.

However.
After she made the kill, a huge cheer erupted from the audience, loud enough to penetrate her noise-canceling headphones.

Noise-isolating headphones can still pick up some sound from the audience area.

After all, headphones isolate noise, but microphones don't.

So normally, you can hear a little bit of sound from your teammates' microphones.

But today is clearly different.

Not the sound from the microphone
It's simply a massive sound wave, so huge it can penetrate headphones and enter the ear canal.

'Is this the atmosphere of the World Championship?'

It was just an ordinary solo kill.

However, the audience's enthusiasm was unprecedented.

Infected by the atmosphere of the audience, Shimamura Yuna felt herself getting a little excited as well.

It felt just like when I first appeared in a match.
It's like the kind of championship you feel when you win your first title.

'As expected, the World Championship is the ultimate stage.'

Less than four minutes into the match, WBG achieved an incredible solo kill.

Yuna Shimamura's fans were ecstatic.

T1 fans felt a chill run down their spines.

Audiences always expect to see more visually impactful scenes.

And this solo kill is exactly the kind of scene everyone has been looking forward to.

Yuna Shimamura's actions heated up the atmosphere at the scene.

Regardless of how this solo kill came about, just tell me if this solo kill was cool or not.

Moreover, a good show doesn't necessarily have to be a clash between two strong opponents.

The weak are full of flaws, while the strong are flawless.

This kind of overwhelming domination of the weak is also a kind of visually appealing aspect from the perspective of admiring the strong.

This is what everyone has been waiting for.
An unpredictable stage of fate.

[Holy crap, Shimamura is amazing! I predicted before the match that if T1 lost, it would most likely be because of a huge gap in the top lane, and it turned out to be true right from the start.]

Is Shimamura the player with the highest number of solo kills this season?

No, she suffered from fewer appearances. However, in the games she did play, her solo kill rate was probably the highest.

I had a feeling the top lane would fall behind, but I didn't expect it to happen this fast.

Dolan is in trouble; T1 fans are about to unleash a truck attack.

(End of this chapter)