Chapter 68: Soraka, Brand Ambassador for Rift Civilization!
Chapter 68: Soraka, the Ambassador of Canyon Civilization!
"Lucian has used his Flash! What?! Instead of Flashing into the turret, Lucian has actually reverse-Flashed right into the faces of Elise and Jayce!"
"Could this be a misoperation?! While he successfully dodged Elise's landing point, Jayce is right in front of him! A single basic attack! Lucian's health bar is down to a sliver! One more basic attack will finish him off!"
"The Soraka is rushing over! Soraka is desperately closing the distance to Lucian, holding her W ready!"
"But the Level 4 Elise is also closing in! Just two steps away! With a Level 2 Q, Elise's execute threshold on a low-health target is at least 200 damage!! A single W from Soraka won't be enough to heal him back up!!"
The situation was changing in the blink of an eye. Forgetting the faint tearing sensation in his throat, Jizhe continued to scream at the top of his lungs.
Compared to mundane, uneventful moments where they had to force small talk just to avoid dead air, commentators like Jizhe—and indeed any commentator—far preferred these intense, toe-to-toe brawls.
The audience members also held their breath collectively.
No one wanted to watch a game where everyone passively farmed for thirty or forty minutes, only for the total kill count between both teams to remain under ten by the time the match was won.
A match was naturally better the more exciting it was.
Beyond the commentators' praises, the live chat stream was flooded with waves of "666".
A flash of holy turquoise light rippled outward.
"Xian, fierce, this wave of minion waves, split, eat."
Soraka suddenly moved, canceling her recall state.
"Oh no!" The moment that thought crossed TheShy's mind, he watched helplessly as Soraka eagerly trotted over to the enemy's tier-one top turret, fiercely swinging her staff to chip away a layer of plating.
She took a bite out of the sliver-health Lucian.
A massive heal sustained Lucian.
An execute threshold of over 200 health—what good was your Soraka W?
It simply couldn't heal enough!
"Damn, Xianzi-ge, are you going straight for a Mejai's Soulstealer right off the bat?" Wink stared in gaping astonishment.
Soraka, having backed and returned to the lane.
"Shy-ge, I was afraid you might have trouble pushing the turret later, so I helped you take down a layer first. No need to thank me; this is just what a support should do."
Simultaneously triggering Aery's white shield, which could negate nearly 50 damage.
"Cover up the IDs and I'd think I was watching a Iron-tier match."
Therefore, he exchanged polite pleasantries with Cheng Xian.
As a result, right at the final moment of recalling.
Although both kills went to Soraka, TheShy didn't feel too bad after picking up two assists.
With Soraka's falling meteor harvesting Elise's head!
Lucian's Holy Gun sprinkled radiance, Piercing Light bursting forth from his chest to pierce both Elise and Jayce.
This single heal became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Elise's execute Q had already landed, but because of this +181 health restoration, the percentage-based skill damage was significantly reduced.
-163!
+181!
It crashed heavily beside FPX's top and jungle, dealing damage while applying a 35% slow effect.
Jayce's health plummeted, but the slow effect quickly faded.
TheShy: "???"
W, Astral Infusion!
Tian sneered inwardly.
From this moment on.
"TheShy has actually chosen to fight back! A sliver-health Lucian, anyone who touches him is destined to die!"
"Right, you're not wrong. Judging by FPX's performance in the first two games, it really isn't any different from late-stage cancer patients."
"Jayce has fallen!! Elise is at half health! Lucian is still at a sliver of health!! Can they pull off a counter-kill here??"
"This guy doesn't have Flash; you guys in the bottom lane can look for an opening to engage," Tian finally squeezed out, much like a player in a solo queue game who loves to ping the enemy's missing Flash after being solo killed.
"Shaqima holding his skill points was the key. From the replay the observer just gave us, I noticed that Shaqima didn't prioritize leveling W to Level 2; instead, he held the skill point and only leveled W right after arriving in the top lane to maximize his healing output," Jizhe paused to catch his breath before continuing.
Yet the very next second, the numbers popping up over Lucian's body froze the smile on the corner of Tian's mouth.
The second part of the E skill triggered the root effect, locking both of them in place.
The Q skill, Starcall, descended from the heavens.
Jayce in hammer form did the same.
And at that exact moment, Lucian and Soraka ran toward each other, finally stepping into the range of Soraka's W.
Not only was the live chat buzzing with discussion, but even his own teammates were dumbfounded.
After several rounds of trading and maneuvering, Soraka's second W skill cooldown came back up.
Combined with Lucian's own sliver of health, his overall health was instantly pulled back up over 300!
"How... how is that possible? A Level 4 Soraka healing for 180+ health in a single cast??"
Unfortunately for them.
In contrast, IG's team atmosphere was warm and harmonious.
Tian fought desperately to trade for Lucian, but the damage was no longer enough.
Squinting his eyes to look closely at the observer camera in the bottom left corner, he realized that Soraka had put two points into W.
However, the in-game situation quickly provided everyone with the answer.
As long as I am alive, no one shall suffer!
"This Shaqima!! He actually held back a skill point for leveling!" Miller, stationed at the analyst desk, sensed something was wrong the moment he saw 225 health restoration pop up on Lucian.
He had eaten both waves of top lane minions, leaving TheShy unable to secure a single minion.
"Mhm!" TheShy acknowledged, his fingers dancing lightly and gracefully across the keyboard.
Soraka accompanied him by his side, soaring together in harmony.
Lucian hung on by a thread, left with a mere sliver.
He lavishly upgraded his Dark Seal into a Mejai's Soulstealer, alongside an Amplifying Tome, and headed back out to lane still at half health!
A base heal of 135 plus a 0.7 AP scaling made the healing output overwhelmingly massive!
One minute later.
"Die, you bastard!!" Tian forcefully pressed Q, Elise's eight legs moving as she leaped forward with claws bared, closing the gap in a short-range dash.
Another +225!
"To be honest, I was quite worried at first about whether this player's synergy with the team could stand the test of time. Now it seems he has seamlessly integrated into this group!"
TheShy saw the minion wave successfully push into the turret and pressed recall.
It was precisely this slow that prevented Elise—who had practically stretched out her legs to finish him—from landing a second attack on Lucian.
Before TheShy could fully process what had happened, Lucian instantly teleported away to the Fountain thousands of miles away.
Q, click, click.
Jayce and Elise, their eyes completely bloodshot, failed to retreat in time. By the time the warning circles lit up beneath them, it was already too late.
Wink wore a dark expression.
At that exact moment, purple magic circles lit up beneath the feet of the enemy top and jungle once again.
"Mejai's Soulstealer schmajai's Soulstealer," Cheng Xian calmly responded. "We are all civilized people here; use nicer language. I am simply studying, leading by example, and spreading the importance of knowledge to viewers watching the live stream all over the world. A scholar of the Canyon spreads positive energy starting with me!"
Drink up, Mother!
TheShy knew that Chinese people seemed to love exchanging polite pleasantries.
The live chat, however, was in an absolute uproar. Many veteran players who had quit the game saw IG's two trending search topics today and came over to see just how bizarre this so-called IG support really was.
"Shy-ge! Counter-attack! Do not stray more than three steps away from me!" Cheng Xian commanded in a deep voice over voice comms.
FPX's top and jungle were filled with pent-up frustration; not only had their secured kills flown away, but they had also been brutally outplayed by Soraka.
Cheng Xian's mind was crystal clear, his thought process razor-sharp.
If he had sent that skill toward the top lane earlier, let alone making plays, he probably would have messed up the angle of his Q entirely under this kind of tense pressure.
"That's right, and TheShy's do-or-die fighting style—remaining utterly fearless at death's door and outputting damage even in a deficit—is truly remarkable!"
If not for Soraka, forget getting assists; he would have even lost out on the gold from two minion waves crashing into the turret.
Yet the moment they clicked into the stream, they saw Soraka heading out to lane with a Mejai's Soulstealer.
"That slow!! It was so crucial!!" Jizhe shouted, clenching his fist.
As it turned out, Cheng Xian hadn't been polite with him at all.
"This IG rookie support, isn't he a bit too arrogant? Does he really think all five members of FPX are fools?"
He successfully rescued the low-health Lucian from the jaws of death and completely turned the tide of battle!
"Oh my god! This heal literally made FPX's top and jungle duo want to vomit!" Rita couldn't help but exclaim. She was also quite proficient at playing Soraka, having once formed the "Breast-feeding" duo with Zzitai.
W, click, click!
Teaming up with Soraka's unhurried basic attacks, they directly secured the kill on the low-health Jayce.
"Is this how the game is played? A support Soraka rushing a Mejai's Soulstealer?"
E, Infinitum!
Cheng Xian didn't choose to drop it right beneath their feet; instead, he predicted their movement trajectory ahead of time.
Forget it, forget it. Soraka was the MVP of this play; eating a few minions was a small price to pay.
What positive energy? You call a Mejai's Soulstealer and an Amplifying Tome positive energy?
Which one of those has any positive energy in it?!
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