LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 469
I think I know quite a bit about Rainbow.
Of course, I can’t compare to team members like Rainbow, but still, I believe I know enough.
Conversely, Rainbow probably knows quite a bit about me too.
Maybe even more than our team members.
So, what does Rainbow actually think of this situation right now?
Up until now, our team has intentionally utilized the presence of the jungler in many situations.
If the jungler is absent, OLZ’s laner awkwardly trades damage?
Just hold back, because the jungler is nearby.
Our OLZ laners have slowly gained an advantage by exploiting that flaw in thought, but as that happened repeatedly, the opponents no longer fell for it.
But what happens if they don’t fall for it?
Even that alone gave us the advantage.
A psychological warfare of psychological warfare.
So what choice will Rainbow make in that context?
“It’s coming.”
Rainbow might have read Getback’s movement as a bluff and stepped forward to eat him instead.
There’s also the fact that Getback’s movement looked somewhat awkward.
In reality, the Orianna-Yune matchup was one where Orianna kept applying pressure while Yune absorbed damage.
However, Rainbow was still prepared to consume Orianna if she showed any weakness, even in this matchup.
[“Yune is coming in!”]
Normally, Yune would use her E to approach after using her abilities, but Rainbow did it differently.
First, he approached with a Q charge, ready to dodge Orianna’s abilities with his E.
That definitely meant he had secured a kill angle.
And that also meant one more thing.
“There’s also the enemy Sejuani.”
Pro plays are based on reasoning.
Especially for a player like Rainbow, it has to be the case.
But Sejuani wasn’t in sight for our team.
So, the current position that our team couldn’t see was…
[❔] [❔] [❔]
“Here comes Seju.”
[“Okay.”]
The mid players from both teams knew both junglers were around.
Yet, the fact that Sejuani hadn’t shown herself until this moment meant she was thinking of not just taking an appropriate advantage but outright ambushing us.
“When Yune uses her skills, don’t use W, just use Q. I’ll dodge with E anyway.”
[“Got it.”]
As Orianna threw her Q, sure enough, Yune used her E to dodge Orianna’s ability.
And just at that moment…
As if waiting for it, Sejuani suddenly dashed out of the bush alongside me to create a 2:2 situation.
But there was no need to be surprised.
This situation was anticipated and had been prepared for.
“Yune first.”
[“Understood.”]
If we hadn’t expected it, maybe we’d be startled.
But if it was a situation we had already anticipated, there’s no need to panic at all.
That’s exactly how it was now.
We knew Sejuani was waiting, and we knew Yune would be saving her E to dodge.
Since we predicted everything, the scenario for the fight from now on was almost entirely in our hands.
“Push in forward.”
[“Uh, okay.”]
This might be a somewhat risky order with Sejuani joining, but it was necessary now.
And I was counting on more than just that.
[“I’m almost there.”]
Our Pyke was rapidly joining from the top to mid.
Seeing the opposing Barus wasn’t visible on the map, he must be joining as well but wouldn’t be able to match Pyke’s speed.
Orianna moved forward to avoid Sejuani, who was backing up, and instead stuck to Yune.
I also moved to catch up behind Yune, cutting off her possible escape with E.
“We need to dodge Yune’s Q once. If we get 2 stacks, we can get away.”
[“I’ll give it a shot.”]
As Orianna used her stored W, she successfully dodged Yune’s Q with an enhanced movement speed.
As Yune turned back, I was ready at that spot and unleashed my abilities on Yune.
The isolated additional effect took a toll on Yune’s health in an instant, and Sejuani rushed to protect Yune, using her abilities on me.
Yune barely managed to retreat, but we still had one more trick left.
[“I’m here.”]
Our Pyke arrived, charging his Q skill.
To prevent Yune from pulling us in, Sejuani stood in front.
But Sejuani was making one big mistake.
“Target Seju.”
[“Yes.”]
From the start, we aimed not for Yune, who had Flash, but for Sejuani, who didn’t.
Swish!
Sejuani was pulled in, and right after that, Pyke’s E skill followed up.
With Kha’Zix’s isolated damage and Orianna’s DPS, Sejuani, who had lost her defense, could no longer withstand the assault.
-You have slain an enemy!
Sejuani was defeated.
[“Nice!”]
[“That was good.”]
Yune barely survived, but Sejuani ended up dying consecutively for a total of 2 deaths.
Yune might have lived, but in this current situation without proper health management, she couldn’t hold her ground in mid.
Our three allies could dive mid at any moment if they wanted to.
The opposing supporter Barus seemingly joined from bot, but when Pyke disappeared from sight and applied pressure, Barus had no choice but to dodge Pyke.
The mid lane was burning away.
Ultimately, while Yune returned home to use Teleport, we managed to fully break down the mid turret and inflict significant damage, even burning their minions.
“Let’s reset now.”
The balance of the game dramatically tilted.
Among them, the jungle was the most affected, which also hit mid the hardest.
As mentioned earlier, the early matchup of Orianna-Yune was quite unfavorable for Yune.
She had to rely on Orianna’s permission while farming CS, and if she wasn’t careful, she could be forced to recall due to health pressure.
Of course, that was just the early game and things would change when items came in and levels increased.
Just like now.
[Yune – Level 6]
After level 6, Yune, no matter how good Orianna’s lane matchups were, couldn’t be too careless.
If she miscalculated even during a single trade, she could easily find herself with a kill angle.
But…
Right now, Rainbow couldn’t make any plays even under lane pressure.
If it were the usual Rainbow, maybe, but now all the vision around mid has been claimed, and our composition is Pyke-Kha’Zix.
If we tried to awkwardly wait for an opportunity, we could end up being turned around and initiated on instead.
The balance between mid lanes.
And above all, the balance in the jungle has been severely disrupted.
Of course, just because Rainbow was under pressure didn’t mean we had to force a play on him.
Rather than recklessly setting the stage for a comeback, we just needed to gradually take whatever advantages we could.
We already had control over mid vision; now all that was left was to easily gather the jungles first.
-Blue team has slain the battlefield jungles!
So far, things had been flowing so favorably for our team that it was almost one-sided.
However, the opponents are SY.
They were not a team to just sit back and take hits like this.
The first to pick up the tempo was SY’s bottom lane.
Since it was a lane swap situation, both teams’ tops were under pressure.
But our top was feeling relatively more pressure than their top despite having received massive damage after a successful dive early on.
SY took advantage of their strong bottom power, quickly mining the bottom turret and securing the dragon.
-Red team has slain the Flame Dragon!
After their first recall, they naturally went up to the top, starting to fully utilize their advantages.
That’s exactly what they aimed for.
If we were just going to sit there and take it.
“Let’s engage this.”
The opposing bottom lane was trying to shift their strong pressure from bot to top with a swap.
However, our team had no intention of letting that slide.
Normally, our bottom lane would move to bottom to mine against their turret shield according to the enemy’s tempo.
But instead, we chose to stand strong against their bottom lane at top.
Right now, it was to put a snag in their tempo.
“Let’s do this.”
As we clearly showed our intention to fight, SY also called in their jungler and mid to join in.
Soon the scale of the fight grew to include the top laners from both teams joining through teleport.
It was a skirmish initiated from just lane trading, but neither we nor SY seemed to want to back down.
“Here they come.”
The enemy’s Ashe’s ult was the start, and then Rumble’s ult followed.
We were caught unprepared.
[“Slowly, draw them in.”]
But there was no need to panic.
Slowly, calmly.
We just had to position K’Sante in front and respond as we fell back.
Eventually, an opportunity would surely arise.
While K’Sante and Sejuani were fiercely battling in the frontline, the enemy Yune spotted an angle and charged in.
And I had no plans to let that opportunity slip.
“Ori to me for the ult.”
[“On it.”]
I used my ultimate combined with Flash to dive straight into the enemy formation, and Orianna’s ultimate erupted right after.
[“It’s a 4-man ult!”]
And the result that followed was a massive teamfight victory.
A 5:1 exchange.
[“Niceee─!”]
[“This is it!”]
After winning a crucial teamfight that determined the course of the game, we were on an unstoppable path from that point on.
Jungles, dragon, rift herald, mid turret tier 1.
And then we secured the Baron, leaving the opponents with no way to stop our advance.
How long had we prepared for this moment?
How much effort had we poured into achieving this moment?
[Victory]
And finally, we demolished the massive wall that was SY.