Chapter 57: I Finally Managed a Solo Kill, Yet You Made Me Lose
It took me so much effort to solo kill you just once, yet you made me lose so thoroughly!
Everyone noticed a problem.
The health of Jax, which was originally higher than Twisted Fate's, was now dropping at a terrifying speed!
Two seconds later.
Jax, with barely over 120 health remaining, panicked and flashed away.
Meanwhile, Twisted Fate still had over 200 health left.
If they were to trade basic attacks again, Twisted Fate would only need to hit Jax twice, while Jax would need to hit Twisted Fate three times.
Nuguri didn't dare to trade anymore. His mind was filled with the ghostly absurdity of what just happened, and his hand operating the mouse was trembling as he pulled back.
At the caster desk, the three commentators also stared at the screen with wide eyes, utterly bewildered.
"How did Jax lose this trade?"
Hahahahahahaha!!!
"F*ck!!"
"???"
"The most crucial part is that he actually gambled and won!"
Although Twisted Fate is a mage, according to the rune setup provided by the director, all of his adaptive minor shards were put into attack damage.
He had backed to base and had potions in hand, but Jax hadn't recalled for a full six minutes, and his consumables were completely empty.
And when a critical strike triggered, the attack damage provided by Conqueror was factored in as well.
Are you hiding chili peppers inside those cards or what?
Three critical strikes out of seven hits were achieved entirely through his meticulous calculations.
"With that kind of luck, why aren't you going to buy a lottery ticket to get rich overnight instead of being a humble pro player here?"
"Even though Jax hasn't recalled, Twisted Fate only has a Cloak of Agility."
Nuguri caught a glimpse of Twisted Fate flashing to pursue him out of the corner of his eye, and it made him grind his teeth in anger.
Triggering yet another critical strike in the subsequent combat.
With multiple sources of damage intertwining and stacking, this was simply not a situation that an unlucky Jax could withstand.
"Holy cow... Brother Xian, with your luck... I want to sit at the kids' table!"
Two critical strike hits could squeeze out two extra basic attacks worth of damage.
In the ensuing solo kill replay.
Combined with starting a Doran's Blade, at level 5 with 0 AP, his AD bonus had already reached 85 points.
"15% critical strike chance, three criticals out of seven hits?"
During the initial skirmish with Jax, Cheng Xian was only thinking about trading health.
The whole exchange lasted less than ten seconds, during which they at most basic attacked seven or eight times.
"Wait! Twisted Fate actually followed up with a flash to chase Jax! Is Shaqima still going to chase?"
Not only that, the stacks of Conqueror had already reached four during his early W-A-Q-A health trade.
This meant that only 4 more basic attacks were needed, and the random critical strike would turn into a guaranteed critical strike!
You!
Shaqima!!
It took me so much effort to solo kill you just once!!
Like a flickering highlight reel at the threshold of death, it kept spinning round and round in his mind.
Right now, his luck value allowed him to reliably trigger a Lucky Star every 4 basic attacks.
Combined with the final finishing critical strike, he had actually landed three consecutive 15% faith criticals!
Everyone was completely dumbfounded.
Echoing in their minds were the bright red damage numbers of critical strikes popping up one after another.
- 124!
- 128!
- 132!
Meanwhile.
"Stop arguing, stop arguing. The critical hits happened earlier, the person walked away just now, the memorial service isn't until tomorrow."
"Get lost, all of you can get lost." Cheng Xian replied with a middle finger, calmly finished clearing the minion wave, and backed to base like a stingy miser hiding his great achievements.
"Don't say anything else, let's just eat something good."
He was numb, thoroughly numb from being crit to death.
He actually landed two critical hits!
In the early game when levels were low, the damage from a critical hit was equivalent to getting an extra free basic attack.
What kind of heaven-defying luck was this?!
The live chat exploded instantly, with question marks rolling across the screen.
Guaranteed critical hit!
"I've already entered the turret range! You're still chasing? You can at most touch me with one basic attack, and if you chase any further, the turret will kill you."
So, the fifth basic attack.
"Is he scripting?"
"A Twisted Fate with no offensive items at all, how is he going to kill me with just a single basic attack? Heh, absolutely impo—"
This is also why all heroes must exercise risk avoidance when Tryndamere is at full fury in the early game.
"Wuwuwu, my precious Xian, don't do this anymore, Mommy is scared. Mommy admits you're strong alright? Please stop playing games with your life expectancy, wuwuwu."
And that final, unwavering forward flash was simply due to the fact that his previous four basic attacks hadn't produced a single critical strike.
Inside the FPX team.
Nuguri stared blankly at the gray-and-black screen with a numb expression.
"This damage is definitely unreasonable. Let's check the replay later to see where things went wrong."
During the duel between Twisted Fate and Jax.
"Twisted Fate's faith critical strike directly takes away Jax's remaining health!! Damn! How dare Shaqima do this! His flash only allowed him to get off a single basic attack! Why would he dare to gamble on this 15% crit chance?!" Jieke roared passionately.
Not only that, what made everyone even more dumbfounded was:
The subsequent chase directly maxed out his Conqueror stacks, and fully stacked Conqueror granted an additional 15 attack damage!
"An unlucky player sheds tears of envy. Even as a Tryndamere one-trick, I wouldn't dare play like this after stacking crit..."
Yet you made me lose... tortured beneath the wheels...
Under the state of being blessed by the Lucky Star, it meant that the upcoming random probability events were bound to manifest with a lucky outcome.
After chunking him for three hundred health and holding onto a guaranteed critical strike basic attack, Cheng Xian finally dared to chase decisively.
Witnessing Twisted Fate's heaven-defying critical strike firsthand, the entire IG team was left completely dumbfounded.
Before he could even finish his sentence, the basic attack released by Twisted Fate blossomed directly on Jax.
"What the f*ck are you playing!! Is this how the game is played?!!" Nuguri was so angry he almost smashed his mouse.
Slap!
The bright red damage number made Nuguri's eyes widen to their absolute limits.
- 132!!
Jax instantly dropped dead on the spot.
"???"