Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 121, Chapter 118: Riot Games' Plan to Create an Artificial Faker
On the other hand, after the first match, Kc already felt that his team was in a slump.

The entire lounge was deathly silent.

"I think our problem in the last game was..." The coach was still trying to analyze the problem for the players and review the previous game.

However, the atmosphere just wouldn't improve no matter what.

Everyone remained silent, only occasionally offering a token response to the coach.

Canna, especially the top laner, was completely silent and unable to speak at this point.

Honestly, this game had a huge gap in the top lane.

Whether in the laning phase or in team fights, Canna's impact is less than half that of Shimamura Yuna.

But precisely because of this, people are afraid to review his actions.

What's the point of asking him now? Should we honestly tell him what mistake he made in the game?
Actually, no.

It's just that I got a few dozen CS down in lane.

His impact in team fights is simply not as great as others.

It's simply that my output is half that of others.

To put it bluntly, he's just better than Shimamura Yuna.

Or rather, within the CFO system, Shimamura Yuna, as the core, is a hundred times more useful than Canna.

The question is, is there any way to solve this problem immediately?

The answer is no.

If Canna could easily become stronger, he wouldn't have been kicked out of the LCK's top team and had to come to Europe to look for a job.

So at this point, they couldn't say anything to Canna.

Are you suggesting I yell at him in front of him, "You're such a loser, you can't even beat a woman"?
This is of course impossible and pointless.

Instead, all I could do was comfort him, saying, "It's okay, it's okay."

Moreover, it's really not fair to blame Canna entirely for not being able to beat Shimamura Yuna.

Yuna Shimamura's laning skills are indeed very strong.

However, the overall tactical setup of CFO acted like an amplifier, amplifying Shimamura Yuna's already outstanding individual abilities several times over.

The strength of this team exceeded their expectations.

In their stereotypes, the LCP region where the CFO was located was basically the weakest of the major regions.

It should be the kind of score that even a team from the European or American regions like ours can consistently achieve.

But now they realize that something is wrong.

Moreover, as a contestant, Shimamura Yuna's performance was exceptionally high.

Their outstanding ability in laning is naturally the most noticeable aspect.

On this basis, she also completely lacks the radicalism and recklessness that newcomers of this age often have.

It is as steady as a mountain.

This composure translates into strong execution capabilities.

All the actions were so reasonable, and all the choices didn't offer many opportunities.

No mistakes, no gifts.

Is this really a player competing for the first time?
From KC's perspective today, Shimamura Yuna's title as the first female player seems like a mere facade used to deceive people.

This will draw your attention to the label of "female contestant" and subconsciously make you look down on her.

People might subconsciously overlook the fact that she is, in essence, an excellent athlete.

At least, CANNA, as the opponent, began to show some degree of fear after playing the first game.

He realized that he might find it difficult to truly compete with Shimamura in a one-on-one situation.

It's like he was kicked out of the LCK by Zeus, Kiin, and other top-tier LCK players.

It seems he's about to be kicked to death on the world stage.

When someone truly believes they can't win, they most likely will genuinely be unable to win in the end.

Things will always move forward in a reasonable direction.

After the first match, the expectations of both the audience and the commentators regarding the game changed significantly.

At first, I just thought that being a CFO might be a good option.

I think KC is likely to be a stronger team. I believe CFO might need to have a breakout performance to beat KC, and even winning one game would be considered a good result.

But after the first game, everyone realized that it wasn't like that at all.

It's not that the CFO couldn't beat KC at all.

Rather, KC completely lacks the means to manage the CFO's on-road maintenance system.

If CFO drags the game into the mid-game, KC will suffer a crushing defeat in team fights.

During the halftime commentary, Longshen also mentioned this point: "Let me tell you, if KC wants to win now, they have to make Shimamura uncomfortable. They can't let Shimamura get too many heroes that are too easy for him to play."

"Gwen, Yone, Jax, these are the heroes you should never let go."

He had the right idea.

Kc did just that.

In the second game, KC immediately banned three of Shimamura Yuna's signature heroes in the first three bans.

That is, Gwen, Yone, the Weapon Master.

However, in the current version, Shimamura Yuna has far too many heroes she can play.

Even with so many top lane champions banned, Shimamura Yuna still has many viable champions to play.
No, to be precise, there aren't that many heroes to play.

Instead, the number of heroes she can pull out varies depending on the intensity of the match.

At least when facing an opponent like Canna, the number of heroes she can play far exceeds expectations.

For example, in this game, despite being heavily guarded, Shimamura Yuna still chose the champion Ryze.

Moreover, once the game actually started, the performance of both teams was not fundamentally different from the previous game.

Ultimately, is the vampire really a very strong hero?
Or is it really a problem with the Vampire hero?
The answer is obviously no.

The champion Vladimir does indeed possess the functionality of a top lane carry who, after accumulating resources and farm, becomes a late-game core.

Once this hero is fully developed, he is indeed very well-rounded, excelling in burst damage, sustained damage, and survivability.

However, this also leads to a problem that cannot be ignored for this hero.

That is, before he was fully developed, he was indeed a hero who could do almost nothing.

In team fights, it lacks damage and crowd control, has poor survivability, and has a long cooldown period for its skills.

The reason Shimamura Yuna plays this hero is simply because she enjoys playing it.

She can make an impact in the game by playing vampire, but that comes from her fundamentals.

However, the performance issues of this hero are almost undeniable.

When she gets Ryze, her domineering pressure in the laning phase is even more pronounced.

Compared to her previous game as Vampire, Shimamura Yuna's Ryze in this game demonstrated what pure spinning top play truly means. The audience and fans' emotions had gradually shifted from the initial nervousness, anticipation, and unease of the first game.

It became a simple enjoyment.

after all
Isn't it incredibly easy for Shimamura to fight a big rat?

With Shimamura's Ryze having already secured 50 CS, everyone was starting to feel less of a difference.

After all, if Shimamura doesn't get a 50-CS lead in lane, she's definitely being pressured!

Everyone has started to assume that Shimamura is the one who should win in the laning phase.

Throughout the second game, the atmosphere was much more relaxed, both in terms of the commentary and the live chat compared to the first game.

"Oh my, Shimamura-san's Ryze, you guys should learn from her."

"Let me tell you, her distance control is really top-notch. I feel like she plays Ryze better than Vladimir, and her Ryze is actually much more useful than Vladimir."

It seemed to be to verify what the Dragon God had said.

Not long after, Shimamura Yuna achieved a simple solo kill in the top lane, as easy as kicking a stray dog ​​to death.

Like Vladimir, Ryze is also a champion who can use his range advantage to kite and harass in the top lane.

However, unlike vampires, Ryze's early-game damage and combat power are unmatched by vampires.

Furthermore, the inherent crowd control ability of W gives this hero a high probability of securing a solo kill.

Canna picked a crocodile first and tried to survive in a solo lane.

The only result would be that Shimamura Yuna would spin the top around and beat him.

This wasn't just a matter of him being pressured in lane.

Instead, he couldn't hold on and was solo killed.

Therefore, the game is essentially over, and there are no further questions or uncertainties.

The script is almost exactly the same as the last one.

The CFO prioritized giving all the best leads to Shimamura Yuna, while simultaneously all resources were allocated around her.

However, unlike the previous game, Shimamura Yuna achieved a solo kill in the laning phase, and Ryze is a champion who is relatively strong in the early game compared to Vladimir.

So the pace was much faster than the last round.

It's no longer like the previous game, where the game was deadlocked for 25 minutes, waiting for a team fight before finally winning.

From the very early stages, Shimamura Yuna joined the group by virtue of her equipment advantage, and her success snowballed.

Within 20 minutes, the economic gap between the two sides had already reached an astonishing 5000.

KC subsequently suffered repeated defeats, heading headlong towards a hopeless and crushing loss.

In the end, the CFO ended the game with an almost overwhelming victory.

Final score: CFO 2:0 KC.

The moment the game ended, the chat was flooded with comments like "Shimamura-nee is awesome!" at a speed so fast that it was impossible to see them clearly.

In less than a second, several pages of comments on the right side can scroll through.

The cheers at the scene were so loud that the recording equipment could barely hear anything other than "Lets go Yuna".

They only won one best-of-three series, just the first game of this tournament.

But the atmosphere at the scene was so enthusiastic, it was as if they had won the championship.

However, such an atmosphere is understandable.

After all, she's a female contestant.
Is she a Japanese girl?
Is this a genuine, adorable girl who rivals an idol?

And this girl, who already has so many attractive elements, also has a series of other problems such as depression, family changes, and being a professional gamer.

It's fair to say that, aside from the fact that her fanbase is still relatively small due to her short time in the industry, no one can rival Yuna Shimamura in terms of popularity right now.
As the most anticipated contestant in this competition, Shimamura Yuna's performance in this match far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Everyone initially thought that she played fairly well, and that winning a couple of games would be considered a success, let alone achieving great results. So they started praising her as the "world's strongest female player."

The result was completely unexpected.

Not only can she win, she can also perform like an MVP in two matches against well-known players like Canna.

It's also possible that it's because she hasn't been studied yet.

It's possible that she's currently in a newbie protection period.

But even so, what does it matter?
The commentator mentioned an interesting statistic after the match.

"I have to tell everyone that Shimamura has played a total of 6 games so far, including two LCP regular season games, two LCP playoff games, and two Pioneer group stage games."

"Currently, she has maintained a 100% win rate in all the matches she has played, and she has won the MVP award in every single one of them."

100% win rate + 100% MVP rate.

If he can maintain this level of performance, he would be considered a DONK-level rookie in the CS game.

Even if their tricks were exposed later, causing their performance to decline somewhat.

But based on her current performance, she's already hot enough to become a sensation for a while.

Seeing her performance, the fist was grinning from ear to ear.

They have truly seen the hope of creating another Faker.

They have already seen a new traffic anchor for League of Legends esports in the next decade after Faker's retirement.

Yuna Shimamura is what Riot Games considers a "manufactured Faker".

All I can say is that this was just a simple best-of-three match, and it didn't seem very important.

However, for the history of League of Legends esports, it was a real turning point.

After the match, Shimamura Yuna gave an interview to reporters on site, which was not too surprising.

The reporter asked her, "This is your first match in the World Championships. You've always mentioned the word 'stage' in interviews, so, is this a satisfactory stage for you now?"

Yuna Shimamura usually likes to ramble on and say some really cringeworthy things.

But when her words are repeated, she can't help but feel ashamed.

Just like right now.

When the reporter asked, "What do you think of this stage?" her face turned bright red, and she felt extremely embarrassed.

In front of the camera, she visibly became somewhat nervous and shy.

She stammered, her words slightly halting, "It's alright, I guess. I feel..."

After a long silence, she blushed, lowered her head, and said like a primary school student who had made a mistake, "That... should already be considered a very good stage."

Her performance immediately drew a barrage of comments praising her cuteness.

【No, Shimamura-san, why are you being so cute?】

Wow, I really have to say, Shimamura-san is way too much like anime characters; her reactions really give me that feeling.

Oh my god, she's so cute!

I used to think interviews mainly fell into a few styles. One was the formulaic, high-EQ, repetitive style. Another was Bin's outrageous remarks. But today, Shimamura-san pioneered a third style of interviewing: the cute style.

This doesn't look like an interview with a professional gamer. It looks like someone grabbed a middle school girl on the street and asked her if she did her homework.

(End of this chapter)