Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 120, Section 117: The Real Superstar (Part 4 of 4)

After this team fight, the situation naturally turned into a one-sided affair.

The CFO lineup, which was already stronger in the later stages, has now become virtually invincible.

A head-on approach can be described as "however you receive the pass, you win."

The Vampire hero has a very important characteristic: health is converted into ability power, and ability power is converted into health.

This makes the hero much tankier than others once he gets developed in the late game, with his left foot stepping on his right.

In addition, there's its own lifesteal ability, W's Blood Pool, and Zhonya's Hourglass.

A series of characteristics maximize this hero's margin for error.

To put it bluntly, compared to other late-game carry champions in League of Legends, Vladimir is a carry champion that won't go down.

Even the most fed ADC can be easily overpowered and instantly killed by enemy dive champions when they don't have Flash, leading to a loss.

But the vampire hero.
However, for the disadvantaged side, it looks a little unappetizing.

I don't know where to start.

If you try to engage her, she has invulnerability, a health pool, and a flash, among other survival skills, making it very difficult for you to engage her.

Even if you manage to activate it, her inherent tankiness means you might not be able to kill her even if you focus fire. There's a high probability that she'll use all her skills, activate her Blood Pool, and use her ultimate to heal herself back to full health.

To put it bluntly, even if everything were handled perfectly, we might not be able to kill this vampire now.

No.
In fact, it's not that 'it's not certain that we can kill them'.

It's simply impossible to kill her; Kai'Sa's damage increase rate can't keep up with the Vampire's tankiness increase rate at all.

With the blood pool and golden body as double insurance, it's practically impossible to kill a vampire in one go; it's utterly a pipe dream.

But you shouldn't drive her away.
Then we'll just have to wait to be slaughtered by her.

Her current damage output is high in both sustained and burst damage, so it's impossible to ignore her.

The only scenario where a team can win might be if they instantly wipe out all the vampire teammates and then win a fight against a numerically superior enemy with almost no losses.

But this is also not very likely to be true.

Because it's almost impossible for you to ignore this vampire and win a team fight without losing any health or mana.

A vampire isn't just a decorative object to be placed on the side; she can draw blood, she can charge up her E skill, and she even understands the Blood Plague.

The other teammates weren't incapable of fighting back either.

At this stage, KC's chances of winning have actually dropped to almost negligible.

All they can hope for is that the CFO will fall ill, nothing more.

For example, Shimamura Yuna was ganked while soloing and died instantly.
But now, it's almost impossible.

After the laning phase, Shimamura Yuna becomes increasingly vulnerable and has few strengths.

However, there is only one advantage that she absolutely possesses.

That means she's really steady; she really doesn't make many mistakes.

The scales of this competition tipped completely in favor of the CFO's victory.

Take the Baron, take the Dragon, push the towers.
The CFO does everything that the advantaged party would do.

As the economic gap widens, dealing with isolated vampires becomes increasingly difficult.
Team fights ended in defeat after defeat.
Ultimately, the inevitable ending arrived.

Judging from the content of the match, the overall pace was actually a bit too bland.

An excessively long period of low-blooded development, an excessively long period of not fighting each other.

Basically, team fights are decided by a single dragon fight. After that dragon fight, KC is basically already lost. The next two fights are just about barely surviving and are not entertaining at all.

The only highlight is probably Shimamura Yuna's super fat vampire character using it to fry fish and crush weaker opponents.

However, for a large portion of Chinese viewers, they did not find the match boring at all.

Rather, every part of it is interesting!

At this moment, the number of viewers in Longshen's live stream has exceeded 10.

This is an incredibly high level of hype for a typical world championship.

Under the watchful eyes of 100,000 people in this single live stream, Yuna Shimamura dominated the match.

Was it boring at first?

I don't find it boring at all! Shimamura's attack power is still increasing, and her level is still ahead, so it's not boring!
Waiting for Shimamura's three-piece set, that's the most exciting thing!
Not to mention the team fight in the mid-game, Shimamura's three-item Vampire set made her feel so safe, and it was such a satisfying team fight performance!
Such a steady Flash to deal damage, such a steady Zhonya's Hourglass to stall for cooldowns, such a steady two Red Qs!

Every move Shimamura makes is absolutely unquestionable; they all seem invincible.

As for the later equipment-overwhelming and noob-stomping, you say it's just garbage time and you find it boring?

That means you're not a fan of Shimamura-san.

As a fan of Shimamura-san, I don't think it's trash at all; I just think it's all really, really fun!

It's like watching Vincent spawn-camping.

Vincent is stomping noobs in low-elo games, while our Shimamura is stomping pro teams. What's so ugly about that?

Just one word, cool!

Dragon God watched the entire match with the other spectators.

His previous filial piety towards Shimamura was somewhat contrived.

But ever since the news of Shimamura's Nayutama syndrome was released, and the documentary came out, Ryujin has dared not do any more crossovers.

When he commentates on Shimamura's matches now, it's all 100% genuine and heartfelt.

He was more excited than anyone else when he saw Shimamura Yuna win a team fight with just three items.

"Can Shimamura-nee hold on? Kai'Sa's damage is actually quite high, and her health is dropping too quickly. She needs to wait for a red-rage Q, is she going to be able to get one?"

"Oh my god, it's absolutely perfect! Shimamura's invincibility is crucial. The enemy team has no way to deal with her this wave. She gets up and uses a red Q, yes, red Q!"

"Holy crap, isn't this going a bit too far? Can the other side really withstand this???"

"Damn, let me tell you, this wave was won entirely by Shimamura-san alone. After her vampire level was ahead of the curve, she played so aggressively that she didn't make any mistakes. She did everything to the extreme and was the best."

"Holy crap, it seems like we really can't release vampires in this version."

It wasn't just the Dragon God's commentary that was exciting.

The comments section was also filled with excitement.

After this round, almost everyone strongly realized that Shimamura was going to win.

Thus began a joyful atmosphere of opening champagne.

[Canna is a second-tier laner who was eliminated from LCK, and his skill level isn't weak. Shimamura playing against him was like spinning a top; it can't be considered a lack of merit, right?]

[I feel like Shimamura has really proven herself this time. Before, every time she played in the LCP, people would say it was a terrible league and a mess. Does anyone still say that now?]

[Shimamura-nee is awesome! This vampire is so dominant, holy crap!]

It's fair to say that everyone is feeling a bit like they've finally overcome hardship, experiencing a sense of relief and empathy that resonates with Yuna Shimamura.

The reason for this is that Shimamura Yuna can be said to have grown up under the watchful eyes of the Bilibili community.

It all started when she accidentally matched with Longshen on the ranked ladder, which Longshen's fans used as an excuse to provoke her, generating her initial buzz. Later, Shimamura Yuna gradually became a moderately well-known streamer and began to independently gain popularity.
Later, she went to LCP, joined as CFO, and delivered a very convincing performance.

until now
Yuna Shimamura has made it to the World Championship.

She's like a daughter who has grown up and been watched step by step by the viewers of Bilibili, especially the original viewers of Longshen's live stream.

She has made steady progress step by step, and everyone has seen it.

Therefore, compared to other professional players, people can empathize with Yuna Shimamura more and feel more joy for her success.

At the same time, I am even more worried about her.

Especially at this stage, everyone is actually feeling a bit uneasy.

Is Shimamura Yuna strong as a female player?

She's strong enough; she proved herself; she dominated the LCP and made it to the World Championship.

She can be said to be the most formidable female athlete in the world at present.

No one is stronger than her.

No one is more powerful than her.

However, she was walking a path that no one had ever walked before.

Furthermore, the outcome of every step she takes from now on is entirely unknown.

Therefore, people are apprehensive about her progress.

Despite having already dominated the LCP, almost no one expected Shimamura Yuna to perform as brilliantly in the Vanguard Tournament as she did in the LCP.

after all
LCP is just a region formed by merging wildcard teams.
Among the five regions in the Pioneer Tournament, it can be said to be the weakest in terms of theoretical strength.

Who can be optimistic about a competition like this?

Moreover, logically speaking, LEC is actually the team with the best historical performance in recent years, apart from LPL.

Although there is still a gap in strength compared to LPL and LCK, in recent years it has been considered the strongest region outside of the two top regions.

So how weak can the teams selected from such a region be?
How could anyone not be worried when facing a team like this?
In short, everyone's expectations were very low at the beginning.

However, after seeing Shimamura Yuna's performance, this extremely low expectation was transformed into an extremely strong surprise upon seeing the results.

So Shimamura-san really is that amazing.

It turns out that even considering the intensity of the World Championship, Shimamura Yuna is indeed a strong player.

It turns out that even when facing Canna, the infamous rat, Shimamura Yuna doesn't show any fear.

In short, all that can be said is: "Shimamura is awesome."

There's nothing else to say.

After that, everyone watched the final two waves of carnage with a sense of exhilaration, as if watching their own RPG characters wreak havoc on the field.

Ultimately, the game ended in this one-sided situation.

Longshen said in the live broadcast: "To be honest, I guess no one in the world expected that Shimamura would be this good, so good that even the top European teams in this world championship can't beat her and will still be beaten by her vampire."

"Furthermore, I noticed that when she played in the LCP, she was actually gambling on lane swaps in every game. The fact that lane swaps are no longer available in the World Championship is a huge boost for Shimamura. I can't say whether she's as good as Zeus, but to put it bluntly, she's probably better than 369. Don't disagree."

"Judging from this, the next round should be garbage time. Let's end it quickly. To be honest, this big rat is really not in the same league as Shimamura-san, you guys understand?"

Meanwhile, the official commentators expressed similar sentiments.

"The world's first female player showed no stage fright when facing her first world championship stage and delivered her best performance."

"In any case, her debut match today has already left a significant mark on the history of League of Legends esports!"

At this moment, Shimamura Yuna was on the field, unaware of the huge public opinion storm her match had caused off the field.

No.
She could probably imagine some of it.

After all, with such a strong personal brand and such high popularity, it's normal for people outside to have expectations of him.

But because they didn't actually see it or feel it.

Therefore, whether it's the public opinion outside the venue or the so-called popularity in the live broadcast room, it all matters.

These things felt unreal to her.

The moment she took off her headphones, all she could feel was the deafening cheers from the crowd.

At first, it was just sporadic "Ghost King is awesome".

But the "Ghost King is awesome" meme is something only Chinese people understand.

Koreans and other foreigners don't understand.

But it's not just the Chinese who are happy about it.

Then, someone shouted, "Let's go Yuna!"

Then, as if infected, one person after another began chanting "Let'go Yuna," gradually forming a remarkably unified and powerful sound.

Even the Chinese who initially shouted "Ghost King is awesome!" started joining in.

That sound could practically pierce through Yuna Shimamura's soul.

She truly felt that she was on stage, that she was becoming the center of the spotlight.

Thousands of expectations, tens of thousands of longings.

At this moment, they coalesced into one, transforming into a tangible radiance that shone upon her.

She felt something more clearly than ever before.

"This is the stage I've been waiting for."

That stage I had imagined in my dreams, yet it remained elusive.

The stage that was once thought to be out of reach is now within reach.

Yuna Shimamura was so immersed in the amazing atmosphere that she forgot about the intermission and left her seat.

But it's not just her.

In fact, the other members of the CFO team were also shocked.

Among them are many people who have played professionally for a long time and have experienced different world championship stages.

The audience's expectations, the fans' hopes.

They all thought they were already used to these things.

However, at this moment, they clearly felt that compared to the CFO team led by Shimamura Yuna.
The expectations and longings they had felt in the past were probably not even one ten-thousandth of what they could achieve.

Keep in mind that this was just one small victory in the world championship.

The brilliance I've felt in my career over the past few years pales in comparison to this moment.

This situation serves as a constant reminder to them: "Right now, sitting next to me is a true phenomenon."

"She will be the next superstar in League of Legends."

(End of this chapter)