Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 142, Section 139: Countering Zeus's Overpowered Line (Part 2 of 4)
Camille is almost universally acknowledged as a champion whose stats are not quite enough in the laning phase in the current version.

Choosing this character almost always involves relying on the human form's abilities and the hero's proficiency to compensate for the hero's stat issues.

When he saw Shimamura Yuna pick this character, he thought that the opponent would most likely play it as an unconventional late-game carry.

Although his damage output isn't at the level of a late-game carry, he's an extremely difficult engage top laner to deal with once he's fully built.
This also aligns with his preconceived notion about Yuna Shimamura.

However, reality was quite different from his imagination.

Yuna Shimamura displayed a strong aggressiveness even in the first level.

Shortly after being released, she surprisingly learned the E skill instead of Camille's more conventional W skill during the laning phase.

The advantage of learning E is that when facing a squishy champion like Gnar in the early game, Camille can use E to auto-attack a couple of times, and with the physical shield, she can create a strong pressure on the enemy's health bar.

However, the risks of learning e-skills at Level 1 are also very high.

Once you miss your E (E skill) or your E (E skill) misses, you'll find yourself in a very awkward situation, especially when facing ranged champions like Gnar.

They lack the ability to continue approaching the enemy and inflict damage, and they can't even escape.

Often, when Camille levels up her E skill to fight Gnar, if she misses her E, she will face the awkward situation of being chased down and auto-attacked by Gnar, forcing him to use Flash.

On the other hand, if you learn W, you usually won't lose in trades, and sometimes you can even use W's slow effect to go in and get a passive physical shield, thus gaining some advantage in trades.

Learning from W is a more reasonable approach.

Both q and e are more reasonable.

Under this premise, Shimamura Yuna is also a notoriously conservative player.

Zeus subconsciously assumed that a player with a conservative style like Shimamura Yuna would not choose to learn E at level 1, but would definitely choose the more stable and reasonable W skill.

At the start of the game, the two sides were locked in a stalemate for a long time. Shimamura Yuna maintained her position and distance, neither using her W to harass nor attempting to push the lane.

He only prepared to come up and finish off the minions when he saw that they were about to be low on health.

Upon seeing this scene, Zeus was convinced that his earlier idea was correct.

Shimamura Yuna will definitely be playing her usual late-game strategy of tanking and last-hitting minions.

She must be trying to land as many hits as possible while minimizing the risks, hoping to survive until Camille's power spike.

Based on this judgment, he activated his Q skill and decided to whittle down Shimamura Yuna's health.

This was exactly what Shimamura Yuna wanted.

Zeus's judgment was completely wrong from the very beginning.

Moreover, his mistake.
As Shimamura Yuna had anticipated.

You'll definitely think I'm that kind of person.

However, the reality is quite the opposite.

It should be said that Shimamura Yuna was indeed like that most of the time.

But it is precisely because this is the case most of the time that when they occasionally do something different from the norm, it is so unexpected.

Shimamura Yuna pretended to come up and finish off the enemy, but the moment she saw Gnar's Q skill being used, she turned left, first dodging the Q skill, and then immediately used her E skill.

This series of actions looked incredibly smooth. From the audience's perspective, all her movements were almost synchronized with the moment Gnar's Q was unleashed, making it seem like a script.

This is not actually reaction force.

It's not about quantity, but pure focus.

From the very beginning, she was waiting for Zeus to exhaust her by learning Q. She consciously wanted to mislead Zeus, making him misjudge her actions based on past stereotypes.

Everything that is happening now is exactly what she expected.

Everything the other party did was within her expectations, so she acted swiftly according to her initial plan.

Shimamura Yuna seized the opportunity and used her E skill to kick Little Gnar.

At this point, having lost his Q skill and also lacking his E skill, Gnar, with his slightly lower base speed, had no way to escape Camille's pursuit and could only retreat while auto-attacking.

However, thanks to the physical shield she generated from kicking out, and her more robust base stats than Gnar, Camille maintained a stable advantage in this exchange of blows, even after drawing aggro from some minions.

After feeling that the exchange of blows was almost over, Shimamura Yuna walked into a nearby bush, removed the minions' aggro, and ended the exchange.

In the end, Shimamura Yuna gained a slight health advantage by taking advantage of the information gap from this level 1 surprise attack, and at the same time, she gained the experience of two minions by forcing Gnar out of the experience zone.

To be honest, this gave Zeus quite a fright.

Shimamura Yuna's level of concentration was so high that it almost startled him.

For no other reason than that this operation really looks too much like a script.

Almost at the same time as he made his move, Shimamura Yuna dodged.

Almost the instant she twisted Q, she pulled E and kicked it up.

This is almost identical to the League of Legends scripts that read memory to perform operations.

But Zeus knew very well that the other party was not using a script, but rather had most likely planned to do this from the very beginning.

This made him exclaim in admiration, "Not bad, a formidable opponent."

To be honest, Zeus has fought Shimamura Yuna many times.

Whether it was a ranked match or a practice match played by both sides before the end of the group stage.

The number of games played in a short period of time has accumulated to a level sufficient for him to conduct some analysis and draw conclusions.

Zeus was someone who liked to label his opponents.

He would label his opponents with various different tags, or rather, "stereotypes," based on his actual combat experience.

This is actually the same for many professional players and even spectators.

But this stereotype is more accurate when considering his status as a top player.

Previously, the label he had given Shimamura Yuna in his mind was:
'A true master'.

This is her strongest feeling about Shimamura Yuna.

As a top-tier top laner recognized in the present era, Zeus believes that he has truly reached the highest level in terms of raw skill.

Therefore, he can intuitively sense which contestant is the real "competition master".

Some so-called prodigies may appear young and quick-witted, and seem to have high scores, but in competitions, they simply cannot deliver a performance commensurate with their reputation.

On the contrary, some players who don't seem to have particularly strong raw skills can become qualified, or even top-notch, players by accumulating experience and working hard in other areas.

In Zeus's view, many players may not actually possess truly top-tier talent in terms of operation and reaction.

However, they found the knack for the game faster than others, and they also knew how to use their abilities more effectively in the game within their limited capabilities, instead of always being told that they had "a promising future" but their talents could never be realized.

These people don't rely on flashes of inspiration or so-called "operations" or "reactions" to become the center of attention.

Instead, it relies on rigorous training and repeated learning, like solving a problem, to solidify all game experience into one's own underlying logic. This allows one to have a strategy for any situation and a clear approach to any lane matchup.

And Shimamura Yuna is such a contestant.

She is a "master in essence".

As a fellow top player, Zeus could sense the aura emanating from Shimamura Yuna.

only.
Compared to herself, or even to top laners like TheShy and Nuguri before her, Yuna Shimamura gives off a more extreme vibe.

She is very conservative.

She tends to be absolutely rational and absolutely risk-averse. Every laning choice and every operational decision she makes reflects her desire to avoid any unexpected events.

Even the heroes she chooses sacrifice laning strength, relying on the strength of her human form to maintain laning performance, and then using this compensated laning strength to achieve a theoretical ceiling in the late game.

A similar style has been seen in the LCK as Zeus.

That's Chovy.

Zeus originally thought that Shimamura Yuna was a Chovy-type top laner, and he even felt sorry for her, thinking that the current version was not suitable for playing like that, and that Shimamura Yuna's playstyle destined her to not have any ideal results in the short term.

However.
Unexpectedly, after a short group stage, Shimamura Yuna chose to "draw her sword" in this match.

This was truly beyond his expectations.

Moreover, it completely disrupted his composure, causing him to make what could be described as a fatal mistake.

After suffering a double advantage of blood loss and experience at level one, Shimamura Yuna, who had reached level two, forced Shimamura to use her simple E skill to kick him in within just 30 seconds, thus forcing him to use Flash.

The reason he was forced to use Flash in this situation is quite simple.

First, he was stuck at a certain level and hadn't learned his own E skill yet, so he couldn't dodge using his movement ability.

Secondly, he was also somewhat hesitant to engage in a duel with Shimamura's E-flash.

If Shimamura Yuna flashes into me with her E, I'm really going to die.

With the damage and movement speed provided by her Q skill, if Camille gets kicked by Gnar, she's likely to get a solo kill.

So, he could only be forced to appear in a flash, looking rather disheveled.

This scene was captured entirely by the director's camera.

When the Dragon God saw this scene during his commentary, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Wait, why is Shimamura kicking this guy like a maggot? He's only level two and his Flash is already being forced out?"

"No, really? Is Shimamura-nee's Camille that powerful?"

Yes, that was his first reaction.

Moreover, many viewers share similar sentiments with him.

Most viewers could imagine that Shimamura Yuna could go toe-to-toe with Zeus, and they also felt that Shimamura Yuna was a player who was not necessarily weaker than Zeus in the laning phase.

However, few people would believe that she could easily defeat Zeus in lane.

But now, the facts are clear.

With just one misjudgment or one failed maneuver, even the world's top players can fall behind in lane battles.

Well, that leaves everyone with nothing more to say.

[Holy crap, Shimamura-san!]

[Shimamura-san is awesome!]

[Holy crap, is Shimamura really going to cast a spell on a spinning top?]

After observing Gnar's health and the state of the minion wave, the Dragon God made a judgment:
"I feel like we should just go back to base, right? If we don't, won't the jungler come and gank us?"

He's right.

Despite the loss, the best solution for Gnar in this situation is indeed to go back to base, replenish his health, and then teleport back.

After all, you've already had your blood transfused to this extent, so what else can you do besides obediently get out of here?

What can a Gnar do besides get lost if he has no Flash, less than half health, and can't grow bigger yet?
If you don't roll, are you just waiting for the enemy to swarm three waves of minions to dive your tower?
Returning to the city is the optimal solution.

But Zeus is a top-tier player.

As a top player, he possesses both skill and arrogance.

However, this arrogance can sometimes become the poison that kills him.

For him, being sent home immediately after the start of the game was undoubtedly a disgrace.

Even if the odds are low, even if the hope is slim, he would rather let Shimamura Yuna hog the minion wave to his tower and see if he can make a move.

Sometimes, perhaps it really is possible.

But in this match, Shimamura Yuna clearly didn't give him that chance.

After accumulating three waves of minions, Junjia's Skarner positioned himself on the top lane on time, using his E skill to pass through the wall and arrive under the tower, forcing out Gnar's E skill.

Then, without even using Flash, Shimamura Yuna used her E skill to kick Gnar, killing him as easily as kicking a stray dog ​​to death.

Until the moment of his death, Little Gnar's rage remained around 90, unable to increase further.

Yes, a scene that no one expected has occurred.

Yuna Shimamura completely dominated Zeus in their matchup.

After seeing this tower dive kill, even someone as observant as Kujo Akari knew that Shimamura Yuna had won the lane.

Moreover, they won against Zeus in an extremely powerful and unquestionable manner.

She jumped up excitedly, slammed her hand on the table, and shouted in the live stream, "I told you she could do it!"

"I told you there was something wrong with you!"

"Who was it from the very beginning who said 'the CFO definitely can't win'? Who was it that said 'Shimamura is still far inferior to Zeus'? Who said that?!"

Seeing how excited she was, the viewers in the live stream also found it quite amusing.

To curry favor with her, people started spamming comments like "Shimamura-nee is awesome" and "Yuna-nee is awesome".

It's mixed with occasional comments like "The old man is right."

It can only be said that Shimamura Yuna's kill did indeed greatly boost the team's morale.

Although getting one kill is still quite a distance from winning the game.

But this highlight alone is enough to give the CFO team a real step forward toward 'victory'.

(End of this chapter)