Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 291, Chapter 288: Laning Against Chovy
Influenced by the previous T1 match, GENG still cannot determine how good the champion Vladimir is.

Or rather, they have judgment.

That means this hero simply cannot be let go.

Especially when Shimamura Yuna came to the mid lane, it made the hero selection seem more reasonable than before.

In the first game, GENG took the initiative to choose sides.

Based on the principle of "not letting Shimamura Yuna mindlessly take the Counter position", they took the red side.

After all, everyone knows how monstrous WBG's red team is.

Now everyone knows how terrifying it is to have Shimamura get the Counter position 100% of the time.

This is equivalent to saying that if you have a path, it will definitely explode.

This phenomenon becomes more pronounced in the later rounds of a complete BO3 or BO5 series.

As the game progresses, there will be fewer and fewer versatile heroes, and most of the remaining characters will have obvious weaknesses in the current version and can be countered.

At this point, Shimamura Yuna, who can always pick a strange counter hero as long as she goes second, becomes extremely threatening.

Therefore, now any team facing WBG should choose the red side if they can.

It's not because the red team is stronger.

It's because it's too dangerous for WBG to be chosen as the red side.

However, even if GENG actively chooses the red side, it doesn't mean they will have an advantage in the draft phase.

Because if you're on the red team, you need to take the initiative to ban some characters.

This included the Tsar.

WBG's current hero pool is putting a lot of pressure on their opponents.

Any team will be at a disadvantage when playing against WBG due to hero selection issues.

The same goes for this one.

After a long and drawn-out negotiation, the final lineups settled on by both sides were:
For WBG, the top lane is Sion, the jungle is Xin Zhao, the mid lane is Alora, and the bottom lane is Corki and Poppy.

GENG's lineup consists of Wolf Mother in the top lane, Monkey King in the jungle, Orianna in the mid lane, and Kai'Sa and Alistar in the bottom lane.

In the current version, Orianna is actually a very strong character and has a very high priority.

However, despite the blue side's Tsar being banned and Clockwerk still being available, WBG did not choose to build Clockwerk first, but instead built Alora first.

The clockwork was given to GENG.

This understanding is based on complete trust that Shimamura Yuna's personal skill level is greater than the hero's strength.

Shimamura prefers Alola to Clockwork.

That's why I chose this role.

After the draft phase ended, the match officially began.

In terms of sheer strength on paper, GENG should have the psychological advantage.

All five positions represent the top-tier lineup in the LCK.

All five of them are players whose skills have been recognized by the public through years of competition.

Facing WBG, a team that seems unorthodox and couldn't even qualify for the World Championship before strengthening Shimamura.
They should have the confidence of strong people.

but
After watching the previous matches, they simply couldn't have that kind of confidence.

After entering the game, the actual results confirmed their thoughts.

Just as expected before the match, after the battle with T1, WBG almost mindlessly locked Shimamura Yuna in the mid lane.

GENG assumes they will do this.

And they actually did it.

As a player registered as a top laner, he was ultimately placed in the mid lane for the final match, which made the audience quite nervous.

For a year now, everyone has been saying, "Shimamura's champion pool is so limited, she should just go mid lane."

Unexpectedly, it actually came true in the end.

Moreover, at the beginning, he only occasionally switched to the mid lane, but by the time the finals came, he was playing mid lane exclusively. This was incredibly difficult to manage.

However difficult it may be, as long as the final result is good, then the decision is beyond reproach.

At least for the WBG team, they need Shimamura Yuna to go to the mid lane to put pressure on the opponent.

Moreover, judging from the actual results
He is one of the strongest mid laners in the LCK today.

He was once touted as one of Faker's successors.

As a mid-lane player who has been around for so many years.

Chovy couldn't gain any advantage when facing Shimamura Yuna.

Alora is one of the heroes that Shimamura Yuna is most proficient with.

For a player like Shimamura Yuna, once she gets a "highly proficient" character, and that character also has theoretically high laning strength, it will be a great opportunity.

The situation would be self-evident.

even if
The opponent is Chovy, who is widely recognized as the strongest mid laner in the world.

Even when Chovy is mentioned, most viewers' first impression is his basic skills.

They can last-hit minions, lane effectively, farm efficiently, and deal damage in the late game.

It can be said that he is a player of the same type as Yuna Shimamura.

He is a player who has perfected the fundamentals.

Even before, some people said that Yuna Shimamura was a top lane choreographer.

It is clear that in many people's minds, he is the typical representative of this style of play.

He is the epitome of basic skills.

However, when such a fundamental skill was encountered by Shimamura Yuna, she felt immense pressure.

'This guy has gotten stronger.'

Chovy had already faced off against Shimamura Yuna during MSI.

Although the CFO did not use the mid-to-upward conversion tactic extensively at the time, the confrontation between the two was not as direct as it is now.

However, even then, Chovy could sense that his opponent was a player of the same type as himself.

Moreover, they are no weaker than myself.

When he encountered Shimamura Yuna again at this time, he even felt immense pressure.
"Stronger"

"This guy is stronger than before."

Previously, when they occasionally faced off in scrims, Chovy felt he could barely hold his own against Yuna Shimamura.

Although it is difficult to defeat Shimamura Yuna head-on.

It is also difficult to gain an advantage in last-hitting and health points beyond the hero's inherent strength against them.

But at least a delicate balance can be maintained.

If we only consider their laning phase, these two players are definitely at the same level.

They are all world-class.

But now that they've met in the main competition, Shimamura Yuna gives off a different vibe.
Simply put, the level of focus is on a completely different level compared to training matches.

With an already extremely low error rate, Shimamura Yuna's performance in the main competition was noticeably improved even further.

Chovy could feel
The other person entered a state of "flow".

If at this point you still want to call yourself world-class...
That Shimamura Yuna is someone who has surpassed the top level.

Not long into the laning phase, Chovy made many forced mistakes under intense pressure.

More cuts were missed than usual when finishing the job.

My health is dropping faster than usual.

For this man, who embodies "basic skills," this situation is simply unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)