Chapter 23: The Professional Player Finally Earns My Brother Black-Iron's Approval!
Chapter 23: The Professional Players Have Finally Earned the Approval of My Iron-Tier Brother!
"Wink seems very cautious; knowing he's holding the bottom lane alone and seeing no sign of the enemy jungler on the map, he decisively chose to recall." No sooner had Guan Zeyuan finished praising Wink's move than his eyes swept across the screen.
He saw Darius wielding his broad axe, striding purposefully toward the bottom lane.
It looked like he was clearly aiming for that plump wave of minions in front of the turret.
"He can't afford to be greedy for this wave! Three against one—even for a Darius who has had a decent early game, it's very easy to get blown up." Tong Xi stared at the screen, hoping Darius’s instincts were a bit sharper.
After all, this player had pulled off several impressive moves previously; if he were to commit such a low-level blunder and ruin his early-game momentum, it would be quite a pity.
But did Cheng Xian have any instincts?
Absolutely none.
His mechanics had evolved to Gold, but his game sense was still stuck in the Iron tier.
At this moment, he didn't even know where the enemy jungler was.
He had only one thought in mind.
Noxian Might triggered!
Cheng Xian actually quite liked the champion Darius.
"He's been CC'd! Go, go, go! Quickly follow up with crowd control!" Zhuo shouted.
Are you annoyed yet?
"What the hell! Three of you coming to gank me? No, seriously, is this how you play the game? How is this even playable..." Cheng Xian panicked.
Forget it, forget it, let me farm a few more minions before I die.
"What else is there to say? Finish him! A big head with a 200-gold bounty—can we let him get away?" JKL grunted.
Immediately, Zhuo rapidly pressed his W skill, *Focused Resolve*.
"Okay!" Karsa nodded firmly.
But could Shaqima, who had been creating miracles lately, deliver a satisfactory answer to all the viewers?
Once might be a fluke, but including the previous game against WE, he had already performed way above expectations seven or eight times.
Three Challenger-level professional players, surrounding a little Iron-tier player like him...
He had strutted past the Viego lurking in the tri-bush.
When it comes to "throwing" the game, even a Challenger lobby might not understand how to make teammates lose their composure as quickly as my Iron-tier segment.
If it were just one or two, that would be one thing.
Viego moved slowly, beginning to channel his blade.
Mantra + Inspire.
Unexpectedly, he got lucky; one hook hit its mark.
Forget Karsa; even Cheng Xian was stunned.
The strike he was charging was about to be unleashed.
Now, the crowd control from Karma and Viego had dissipated.
You won't even let me farm a minion!
Damn it, I'm going all out against you today!!
Of course.
The main point was, if this were an Iron-tier ranked game.
"Damn it, it's over now..." Cheng Xian sighed helplessly.
That was exactly what Cheng Xian was thinking.
His tactics were always unfathomable, appearing to have the mindset of a low-elo casual player.
In this match, he didn't have any actual stat buffs.
Just imagine, when you're playing a casual game, your support doesn't support you, takes Smite, wanders around aimlessly, and leaves you to struggle in the bottom lane.
Brother Ma! Can you feel my pain? Hahaha!
Of course, he didn't dare to laugh out loud.
"What are you panicking about? Three against one, you think he can still run?" Karsa huffed, his finger pressing down on the W key.
He had been lurking for ages without catching Wink’s Lucian.
Yet, midway through, Darius suddenly seized the moment and probed forward with an E skill!
It was broken!
Viego was pulled in, so the stun naturally ceased to exist.
"What's the call?" Karsa asked in a low voice.
Is he playing with his life?
A thin, pale-green spirit link instantly connected him to Darius.
Viego had his own CC, and Karma had one too; as long as they chained them properly, Ziggs could follow up with a high-burst combo.
My fists are clenched!
Auto-attack, then W, combined with his Q, which had just come off cooldown, to cancel the animation, followed by another auto-attack!
It's locked in.
Suddenly, Darius appeared in their line of sight!
Three against one!
"Shaqima is surrounded by three people. I said he shouldn't be greedy for that wave; being greedy leads to trouble... Oh? Darius Q, auto-attack, combined with the Ironspike Whip he just picked up—the small-scale AOE cleared the minions in front of the turret! Shaqima's reaction time is quick! He cleared the minions first; he wants to outplay them! He wants to turn the fight around!!" Guan Zeyuan's voice rose in excitement.
"If I can't kill you with this gank, I'll retire on the spot!" Karsa swore in his heart.
The three from TES never imagined that, despite playing professionally their whole lives...
Yet he could always produce miraculous results.
"What the hell is this reaction speed?" Karsa was stunned.
"Not bad, but not enough." Cheng Xian scoffed, his eyes turning sharp.
Meanwhile, looking at the three from TES.
Thinking this, Cheng Xian maneuvered Darius to step forward.
Not far from the turret, the Ziggs and Karma, who had been feigning a recall, also stepped forward.
Trapping Darius under the turret.
Just as they were about to leave in disappointment.
Suddenly, from the tri-bush behind them, Viego stepped out, brandishing his sharp Blade of the Ruined King, cutting off the incoming wave of IG minions.
"This bastard is starting to clear the wave. Is he trying to fight back?" Karsa said in the TES voice chat.
...
"Two waves of minions, 300 gold—stealing your teammate's farm feels so good." Cheng Xian was feeling smug for a moment.
Who could handle this?
If they saw him trigger Noxian Might, the opponents would probably be so terrified that they'd be shaking in their boots, scrambling to run away.
As the team shield was applied, all three allies gained a massive speed boost.
They kept showing up with three or four people to visit.
The position of a professional player is not an easy one to hold.
Almost instantly, he was cloaked in a layer of red mist.
Since the last time Cheng Xian ate all his farm, Wink had developed a heart of steel.
This was completely different from the four-man gank on two by Team WE.
The ultimate goal was victory, so seeing Darius happily running to the bottom lane to farm, Wink didn't say a word.
Cheng Xian knew the simplest Darius combo.
But in the eyes of the commentators, this move became the wisest choice.
They were giving him too much credit.
Outer-circle Q, then auto-attack.
Throw it, just throw it recklessly.
Just now, he had been panicking and, relying on subconscious instinct, started mashing his keyboard.
But three against one, the variables were almost completely suppressed.
Three level 7 or 8 heroes standing under the turret, and he didn't even have Flash.
If it were anyone else, this three-man gank would be a guaranteed death.
Yet now, he had been recognized by a little Iron-tier player.
"Deserves to be a pro, he's got something."
"Stunned! Now he's dead... Wait! No!" Before Karsa could finish his sentence, his eyes widened as he stared at the scene on the screen in disbelief.
After lasting two seconds, it locked Darius in place.
After all that, you struggle to hold the lane, only to be forced to recall at the end.
Kill!!!
Right now, he was also worried about making a mistake during this tower dive.
You do your thing, I'll do my farming; it's already a mess anyway.
Are you annoyed yet?
Recognized, but not fully recognized.
"He dares! He's fighting back with his life? I'll tank the turret first!" Zhuo controlled Karma to step forward, his fingers tapping the keys twice.
"What the? So Darius's E can interrupt Viego's channeled W? I learned something."
After half a game of clashing, Zhuo felt an inexplicable wariness toward this substitute support for IG.
Wink, watching from a distance, felt a strange, sour satisfaction in his heart.
And these guys didn't even run when they saw his Noxian Might, especially that Ziggs, who was actually tossing those little bouncing bombs at his face.
But this support would come over and eat your lane minions afterward.
However, this was a match, which is very different from a casual game.
Four against two, the two still had room to maneuver.