Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 90, Section 87: You Are the Ultimate Weapon (12,000 words today, please subscribe and vote)
Later on, Shimamura Yuna, who was considered unstoppable, became an object that MVKE simply could not handle.

With her Jax standing there on the lane, MVKE had absolutely no idea how to deal with her.

Go catch it.
It's really difficult to catch her dead. Shimamura Yuna always has a bodyguard squatting next to her. If you try to catch her by force, not only will you kill her, but you might also get yourself killed.

Let's not arrest them.
You'll clear the game if you don't follow the route that Shimamura Yuna leads.

They were completely at ease, as if they were in an empty place.

Furthermore, this game wasn't solely dominated by Shimamura Yuna, which made it even harder for MVKE to choose which target to deal with.

It feels like everything you do is wrong, there are no right options, and the only possibility is to wait for the other person to have a breakdown and send you back.

But such a thing is nothing but a vain fantasy.

And so, unsurprisingly, MVKE lost the first game of the BO3 series.

After the match, Yuna Shimamura was awarded MVP for the first game.

It has to be said that it really looks a bit strange that Shimamura Yuna's petite appearance appears on the MVP results screen.

Even though she had tried her best to pose, and even though she really had no intention of acting cute.

But still the same sentence.

With her current look, she'll never be considered cool or stylish, no matter what she does.

The more she tries to look cool, the more endearingly clumsy she becomes.

So, after the official photos of the MVP were released, the commentators almost couldn't hold back their excitement.

One of the commentators, suppressing a laugh, said, "Alright, what we're seeing on screen now is our MVP for this game, our player Shimamura."

"This photo is also very handsome and dignified."

The chat room couldn't help but let the commentator make some blunders.

Where is the pressure?

I didn't feel any sense of authority at all.

【What the heck?! wwwww】

Wow, I've never seen an MVP photo like this before!

[An unprecedentedly adorable design]

This is so anime-like!

Although the MVP's official photos are so cute that they feel a bit like a prank, and even seem unreal, like a joke.

However, no one would question the value of Shimamura Yuna's MVP award.

Anyone with a normal sense can see that, judging solely by their laning phase, Kratos and Shimamura Yuna are not even in the same league.

Compared to her opponent, Shimamura Yuna's operational details were undoubtedly on a crushingly superior level of precision.

Even viewers who only have a superficial understanding of games and can't quite grasp the intricacies can roughly tell that Shimamura Yuna is spinning Kratos's top, and in a way that makes it impossible for her to fight back.

Moreover, the reason this game ended so decisively was because Shimamura Yuna gained an overwhelming advantage in a single lane that was unlike anything one could achieve in a competitive match, effectively sealing the victory.

From Coach Chawy's perspective, he would consider Shimamura Yuna to be a player who is very one-sided and unable to adapt to high-intensity starting roles.

I can't play heavy armor warriors, and I'm not very good at lane swapping games.

Targeting Shimamura Yuna is actually quite simple.
The key is for the team to execute lane swaps better, preventing Shimamura Yuna from leveraging her strengths in lane and farming.

After all, no matter how good you are at laning, if you encounter a lane swap game, can you really control two enemy bot lane champions with just one top lane champion?
Even a top player like Bin complains about opponents avoiding the laning phase and feels like he can't perform. How could Shimamura Yuna possibly be better than Bin?
In this kind of mutually exhausting game, the top laners on both sides are competing on resilience, on who can handle situations better when neither is playing comfortably.

The so-called "mixed learning".
However, the problem with Shimamura Yuna at this stage is that she doesn't know how to socialize. If she's not comfortable with the game, she'll naturally become useless.

It's not that I'll send it.

It's just that once she's not playing well, she doesn't have any performance advantages and appears mediocre, making it hard to see the value of having her on the field.

This is also why Coach Chawy insists that Shimamura Yuna is talented and has potential, but is not suitable to be an absolute starter in the current version.

After all, the current version is one where it's almost impossible for top laners to have a safe laning phase.

But he knew about this, the other members of the team knew about it, and TLN, who was also playing scrims with them, probably had some idea about it too.

But apart from that, no one else knows.

What's the situation we're seeing now?

As you can see, after successfully catching the enemy laner who swapped lanes, Shimamura Yuna completely dominated the enemy laner.

Before the opposing team even had a chance to switch lanes after the first wave of laning, they were already completely defeated and their decline was obvious.

This makes it impossible to execute any subsequent plans, rendering them meaningless.

What don't you know how to handle cable replacement?
What? You can't play a heavy armor warrior?

Please, can you at least try laning first and not get crushed by me in two minutes before saying these things?

In this situation, viewers can hardly see any negative aspects of Shimamura Yuna.

All that everyone could see was her dominating the field and completely overwhelming the Vietnamese team's top laner.

Previously, CFO was able to achieve a relatively high win rate against these teams and was able to maintain a top-tier position in the LCP region.

However, even though they are both games, the feeling they evoke is very different.

Previously, CFO could only be described as slightly stronger than other teams outside of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan in the LCP region, and also had a relatively high win rate.

Now that Shimamura Yuna is the CFO, it's like a pro player crushing a diamond player while crushing the Vietnamese team, or the four major regions crushing wildcard teams.

So, naturally, after this game, the commentators on stage couldn't stop discussing Shimamura Yuna.

During the break between the first and second sessions, almost all of their conversations revolved around Shimamura Yuna.

"Sigh, I have to say, Shimamura is really strong. This match was really a bit over the top."

"Indeed, although I'd heard rumors that she was quite strong, I really didn't expect it to be this exaggerated. Could she really be a genius girl?"

"There's no doubt about it, absolutely! Actually, I was a little skeptical before that she could really improve the CFO, since REST and Driver are already among the strongest in PCS. But I didn't expect her to actually do a good job!"

"I'm really looking forward to her performance next."

The situation in the chat rooms on the runway was basically the same.

Basically, the discussion revolves around praising Yuna Shimamura and whether she has a chance to make it to the first stage's Pioneer Tournament. If she does, the question is whether she can be compared to strong top laners like Zeus, Bin, and 369.
Meanwhile, Coach Chawy watched the game from the locker room while keeping an eye on online discussions, and then a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"It seems my strategy was successful."

Currently, the praise for Yuna Shimamura in the media is clearly an exaggeration.

Their assessment of Yuna Shimamura is seriously overstated.

But this is not a bad thing.
Because that's how he wants to use Shimamura Yuna this season.

It is an objective fact that Shimamura Yuna currently has shortcomings in her abilities that cannot be remedied in the short term.

Of course he will teach Shimamura Yuna how to play properly, and he will try to cultivate Shimamura Yuna to become more and more versatile.

But what should we do before that? Shimamura Yuna needs time to grow, so how can we make her more useful before she matures?

the answer is.
Turn Shimamura Yuna into a strategic deterrent.

The goal is to make everyone outside think, "The CFO's top laner is incredibly strong, this top laner is absolutely amazing."

We need to deliberately downplay Shimamura Yuna's weaknesses and only amplify her strengths during the match.

Whenever Shimamura Yuna appears on the field, the entire team focuses on her, from tactics to in-game protection, to make the opponent feel that Shimamura Yuna is so strong that she is indestructible.

This has caused everyone to be fearful and make some strategic and tactical adjustments.

Therefore, he deliberately does not intend to start Shimamura Yuna in the subsequent matches.

It's not because Shimamura Yuna isn't strong, nor is it because her performance on stage was poor.

There are two main reasons.

First of all, given Shimamura Yuna's current physical condition, she simply cannot sustain herself from the first game to the fifth game, and it is unlikely that she can adjust to this in the short term.

Secondly, there aren't many traditional and conventional strong heroes in her hero pool. Jayce and Jax are already the traditional heroes she plays best. Without these two, it's really difficult for her to make a good draft pick.

But she actually does quite well with some of the less conventional roles.

In the past few days of practice matches, she's tried all sorts of top lane champions, like Akali, Syndra, and Vladimir, and it seems to have some surprisingly effective results.

If that's the case, then things become clear.

Regardless of how well Shimamura Yuna and the other heroes train in the future, and regardless of whether she will improve or get better.

At least for now, there's no need to force her to play a role she's not suited for on the field.

Under this year's global ban/pick system, Driver or Rest could easily be the starting lineup.

Let these two players start by picking as many of the enemy's favorite heroes as possible to burn through their hero pool.

Wait until the opponent's hero pool has shrunk significantly and all the good heroes are banned before letting Shimamura Yuna play.

In this situation, by utilizing her unusual hero pool, she can gain an advantage and carry the game in the third, fourth, and fifth games, which should have been filled with a bunch of less useful heroes fighting each other.

This is the so-called "bringing you into my familiar territory and then using my rich experience to defeat you" approach.

As for why Shimamura Yuna started today...
That's just a simple attempt to fool the other teams by exploiting information asymmetry, leaving them with the impression that "the CFO has a very powerful ultimate weapon."

After today's matches, he will significantly reduce Shimamura Yuna's appearances in the upcoming BO3 stage of the regular season, in order to minimize Shimamura Yuna's vulnerability and avoid exposing her weaknesses.

He wants to save this information gap for the best-of-five series in the playoffs.

Thinking of this, Coach Chawy smiled mysteriously.

"Shimamura, the next match is crucial."

"We must win 2-0 if possible, and not let anything go wrong."

"You should remember what I told you before the game: the more you play, the more research others will do on you. So you need to resolve things as quickly as possible."

"You are our secret weapon."

Yuna Shimamura nodded seriously and said, "I understand."

Soon, it was time for the third game.

In this round, MVKE clearly started to be a little afraid of Shimamura Yuna.

Their conclusion after reviewing the first game was clearly that "we must limit Shimamura Yuna's performance."

So they banned a large number of top lane champions right from the start.

Jayce, Gwen, Rumble.
Then, he himself instantly locked Quesanti for Kratos on the first floor.

Their main selling point is fear of death and avoidance of battle.

However, this is exactly what Shimamura Yuna was thinking.

She just loves spinning tops like the Quesanti.

The final lineup is set.

For the CFO, the team selected a combination of top lane Vladimir, jungle Xin Zhao, mid lane Orianna, and bot lane Kai'Sa + Alistar.

MVKE opted for a top laner Quesant, a jungler Lee Sin, a mid laner Viktor, and a bot laner Ezreal and Poppy combination.

Yuna Shimamura's vampire was the last one to be revealed on the tenth floor.

The moment she selected this hero, the commentators immediately shouted.

"Oh!!!! Here it comes, here it comes, the famous Vtuber Oni-no-Yuna's signature move, the vampire has appeared!"

"This is Oni King Yuna's most confident and signature move. So how will she perform in this game? Let's wait and see!"

"Is it finally here?"

"finally come!"

The commentator's tone was very passionate.

The fans of Yuna Shimamura in the chat room were also very excited about the casting.

But in reality, the CFO team didn't think it was a good casting choice at all.

The Vampire's power spike comes late, and he's relatively weak at withstanding lane swaps.

Once the enemy switches lanes and tries to tower dive, compared to champions like Jax and Renekton who have relatively strong tower-diving resistance, they are basically just waiting to die under the tower.

For this reason, this hero is basically unavailable for selection in this version of the game.

If that's the case, why did Chawy still choose it?

There's only one answer: tampering with the ban slots.

"Anyway, the opponent is just MVKE. Their lane swapping is terrible. As long as we handle it well, even if they pick Vladimir, winning shouldn't be a problem."

"And if you can deliver a dominant performance with your signature hero today, then when you play later, this hero, which is actually not very useful, will most likely be banned. That's a free win for us."

"But the key is that you must put on a performance that is convincing enough to fool people, you understand? I know it's difficult, but it's an order."

In short, it's about making her vampire do weight training and trying to fool the other teams into believing that the vampire character is a high priority for the CFO.

Shimamura Yuna found Chawy's tactic both laughable and exasperating.

She felt that the coach's mind was full of all sorts of whimsical ideas.

but
'Since you've set this goal for me, I will strive to achieve it.'

P.S.: This chapter is 4 words long again.

I'll be updating again tomorrow, maybe not as much, but at least 8 words.

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