Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 143, Section 140: Drawing the Zeus Top

This kill was not only a very satisfying and morale-boosting one for the audience.

On a personal level, this also endowed Shimamura Yuna with a confidence that is difficult to describe in words.

'So I really can do it.'

At that moment, she had this intense feeling.

Her playing style has been almost fixed all along.

But actually, it wasn't that she chose the way of playing; rather, it was the way of playing that chose her.

Only by being conservative and avoiding mistakes can you win.

Only by playing a late-game carry can you achieve the desired results.

You can only perform at your best when you're in your comfort zone.

She always thought that as long as she maintained this style, everything would be fine.

However, now, when facing HLE, Yuna Shimamura has realized a problem.
When facing a team like HLE, if you stay in your comfort zone, even if you perform at your best, it won't make much difference.

Therefore, asking for help became a natural and reasonable choice.

I started having to force myself to play heroes that I didn't usually play.

After careful consideration, Camille was chosen as the role.

She had practiced this hero countless times on the ranked ladder, and had thought countless times about how she would perform if she used this hero in a match.

However, due to her personal style, she has never really used this role in competitions.

The reason I'm thinking of playing this hero right now is that, if played properly, Camille is an easy opponent for Gnar.

On the one hand, there is also a system like Camille and Galio.

She tried picking Camille and playing more proactively in the laning phase, differentiating herself from her usual playstyle.

As a result, this change brought about immediate and significant results.

This greatly boosted Shimamura Yuna's confidence.

"I can do it."

In that instant, the intense feedback of making changes and achieving success gave her a tangible sense of spiritual energy.

After this wave of kills, she began to believe that her changes were effective.

In the next few minutes, Camille of Shimamura launched a fierce online attack on Zeus.

Zeus was almost completely powerless to resist.

It's not that Zeus's handling of the game was bad, or that Zeus's performance throughout the game was worse than Shimamura's.

If we had to pinpoint his biggest mistake this game, it would have been getting caught out in the first wave of the game and suffering a significant loss in the trade.

However, for professional players in this kind of laning phase, a major mistake in trading blows in the early game can have a direct chain reaction.

This is especially true for the top lane.

Shimamura Yuna controlled the minion wave, positioned herself forward, and blocked the enemy. Without her teammates to help, the enemy was almost helpless.

Regarding the matchup between Gnar and Camille, there is one detail that must be mentioned: Gnar's E skill has a significantly longer cooldown than Camille's E skill.

In other words, when Camille is aggressive and her E skill hits well, Gnar almost always has a period of vulnerability with his E skill.

During this cooldown period, Gnar should either retreat and leave the experience zone.

Either you get kicked up by Shimamura Yuna and take a huge hit.

For Gnar, without anyone coming to his rescue or without Shimamura Yuna making any major mistakes, the laning phase was already beyond saving.

Basically, all we can do is wait to die.

Around the 5-minute mark, Shimamura's Camille had a 20-creep lead over Zeus, and also had a significant advantage in level and experience.

This game produced a scene that is hard to imagine.

Zeus was spinning like a top by Shimamura Yuna.

Before the match, some people thought that Shimamura Yuna might be similar to Zeus, and others thought that Shimamura Yuna might be able to carry the team if she farmed up.

However, Shimamura Yuna was able to directly counter Zeus's spinning top.

Seeing this, even the Dragon God was a little dizzy: "Holy crap, Shimamura-nee is amazing!"

"Why is it hitting Zeus's spinning top like that too!"

"Shimamura-nee is awesome!"

HLE's top laner being outmaneuvered was clearly not something they had anticipated.

You should know that Zeus is a top laner who they bought for a lot of money, including two world champions and the S-series FMVP.

He's still the team's most valuable player this year.

HLE bought him because they wanted him to be a center and make a difference.

Anyone on this team can be at a disadvantage, but what's the big deal if you get blown out? The opponent is just a wildcard top laner who hasn't been around for long, right?
HLE's few fans are probably grinding their teeth in frustration by this.

Seeing that things were continuing like this, Zeus might really have to start developing the I series. HLE's other teammates also felt that this was not a solution, so they had no choice but to switch lanes with Zeus to relieve the pressure on Zeus in lane.

But this is not a problem for the CFO.

The CFO team may not be good at much else, but they are really good at switching lanes.

Even without Shimamura Yuna, CFO's lane-swap strategy and the individual skill of their mid laner would have made them a mid-to-upper-tier team in the World Championship.

HLE's continuous line replacements did not put any pressure on Camille, nor did they cause Camille any substantial losses.

Switching lanes is a strategy that makes it difficult for both top laners.

Camille, who was originally very fed, was not significantly affected by the continuous lane swaps; at most, she went from being extremely fed to just average fed.

Zeus's Gnar was already strong in this game, but after several waves of lane swaps, he became completely unrecognizable as a human.

Ultimately, Camille, which was originally useful, is still useful.

Zeus, who was already useless, became even more useless.

At this point, the advantages of the Galio + Camille combination become apparent.

HLE really wanted to take the initiative and organize some small-scale team fights to regain their rhythm.

But it wasn't even HLE's turn to make a move first.

Given Camille's significant advantage in the laning phase, it's always CFO's side that takes the initiative.

HongQ's Galio in the mid lane, together with Shimamura Yuna in the top lane, executed a classic Hextech Ultimatum + Hero Entrance combo.

The reason why a classic is a classic is, of course, because it is useful.

Even now, with Camille's pick rate gradually declining and the one-shot burst composition gradually fading after the durability update.

The Camille + Galio combination remains a timeless classic that can always be used in specific situations.

This combination, along with Kai'Sa, can be considered the most representative LPL lineup that has followed the LPL since S8.

Starting with RNG, countless teams have won crucial games and achieved results using the Kai'Sa, Galio, and Camille composition.

For many LPL fans, this is truly a combination filled with many memories.

However, the reason why this lineup is no longer mainstream in the current version is, of course, because this combination has its inherent weaknesses.

The biggest drawback is that Camille is a relatively weak character. She has few advantageous matchups in the top lane and is difficult to build. When Camille is picked, the early game strength is often relatively low.

Moreover, if you're not careful, you'll get your line blown up and turned into a stinking maggot.

Secondly, after the durability update, all heroes have very high health.

As a result, it often happens that Camille and Galio land their ultimates, but the damage is not enough to instantly kill the opponent, and they are held back by the opponent without dying.

The other teammates couldn't keep up with Camille and Galio's initiation speed, and instead, after the two of them entered the fray, they had no skills and were focused down and killed by the enemy's five players like Qu.

Such situations occur frequently.

Even so, this combo remains a timeless classic, and when executed to its full potential, it is still a lineup worth noting and remembering.

And that's the situation right now.

Shimamura Yuna's Camille's advantage in the laning phase amplified the threat of the classic Galio-Camille combination.

After reaching level six, Galio in the mid lane ganked Gnar in the top lane twice in a row.

No, it wasn't actually a gank, because the enemy mid laner and support moved even faster than them.

However, in both consecutive waves, before HLE's mid and support could reach the top lane, Shimamura's Camille was caught out.

And Gnar, like Zeus, was locked up in the Hextech ultimatum, only to be kicked to death like a dead dog by the duo of Galio and Camille.

Seeing this, viewers watching the live stream couldn't help but comment, "You guys win, you've got to torture us!"

In wave after wave of small skirmishes, Zeus was constantly on the verge of death.

Their record quickly dropped to 0-5, and they couldn't even develop the I series.

Shimamura Yuna's Camille quickly racked up a 7-0 score in wave after wave of small team fights.

By the 20-minute mark, the CFO's kill ratio against HLE had reached 24-8.

The economic gap has widened to more than 10,000.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, this game turned out to be a complete rout for the CFO.

The reason they were able to dominate was due to the chain reaction caused by Zeus being eliminated in the top lane.

That's right.

Shimamura-san has taken over.

Shimamura-san spun Zeus's top.

(End of this chapter)