League of Legends: League of Unknowns

Chapter 97: Pride of a Professional Player, Mejai’s Soutstealer

A four on one, a dead end with no escape mechanism. And yet, Yu Luocheng had managed to calmly grasp at their flaws, exchanging a Support for a Carry with a 500 gold bounty. It was worth it.

“That’s right, Team Scarlet’s Yu Luocheng has once again demonstrated his talent. In LoL, the difference is normally between 1 and 0 second. If you can hold out for 5 seconds, you will get a completely different result!”

***

Team Dawn finally decided to go all out for team fights at the 25-minute mark of the game.

The Riven on the opposing team had a high damage output. In the few times that they had fought, it was Fizz that had wrecked them, not giving Team Scarlet a chance to retaliate.

Team Scarlet’s composition was more towards the poke and siege kind, but Jayce’s items were severely lacking even at this point in time. If Fizz, Volibear, and Riven, which were the engage type of champions, baited them into a fight, they would surely lose horribly. They were also behind by seven kills, as well as Dragon kills, which lead to lower gold gained.

“Sigh, if only they had Twisted Fate.”

“Yeah, I don’t understand why he chose to play Support and not Mid. It’s such an important role, and it’s hard to make a come back once mid lane goes down.”

“Although Lux can disengage for the team, she can’t do much other than that. Her damage count is too low.”

The murmurs of the crowd debating on the latest development could be heard throughout the stadium. For those who had spectated Team Scarlet’s previous game, they were certain that Yu Luocheng was way better than Huang Yu, especially as his Twisted Fate plays had thoroughly impressed them all.

But Team Scarlet had picked him to play as their Support instead.

Not to say that he played badly at the bottom lane, it was just that Caitlyn’s items could not compare to Riven and Fizz. It was evident in the few fights that they had, seeing how quickly Caitlyn was disposed of. You’d have to admit that Team Dawn’s captain was good, being able to kill Caitlyn a few times when she was not paying attention to her surroundings.

Once the ADC was dealt with, the whole team would lose its main damage output in a teamfight.

***

“I think they’re taking Baron.” Xiao Tongtong said. “I’ll go check.”

“Wait, let me get some vision.”

Before Yu Luocheng could finish his sentence, Xiao Tongtong decided to walk right into the Baron Pit. Before Singed could walk into the bush at the deepest part of the river, five shadows appeared from the shrubs, giving Xiao Tongtong a fright.

“Ambush!”

Xiao Tongtong activated Ghost and ran as fast as he could, but with Volibear’s toss, Riven and Taric’s stun and even Varus’ root, Singed may very well have not had a chance to escape even with his substantial health.

Walking through the river without any caution or awareness, you were really asking for this.

Receiving an assault from all five of the opposing champions, Singed was unable to escape from their clutches.

“What the hell, Xiao Tongtong!” Xiao Dao said angrily. “Yu Luocheng already said to wait for him to gain vision, why did you face check?”

“I… how would I know they were there?” Xiao Tongtong said defensively.

Yu Luocheng frowned. Their opponent’s strategy of taking advantage of his team’s lack of vision was on point. After killing Singed, Team Dawn would surely go for Dragon and the tower. As expected, they gathered at mid and started pushing the lane. Team Scarlet could not defend under the tower and slowly move backward, using their ranged skills to defend the tower from afar.

“It’s not looking great for Team Scarlet. Team Dawn just needs to push, teamfight, repeat again, and victory would easily be in their hands.” The host said. “In the last match, Yu Luocheng’s Twisted Fate had managed to turn the match around and save them, but he’s a Support now. Their team composition can’t really do much here, and this seems like the end for them.”

Yu, Xiao Tongtong, Xue Haiyang, and Xiao Dao were also feeling depressed with the situation.

During the fight with Team Aviator, even if it was a 4 vs 5, they had not felt this helpless, they always had that sliver of hope left. However, this time during the match against Team Dawn, they felt as if they were being led around by their noses. Team Dawn was clearly experienced, tactically sound, aggressive and their movements were calculated and precise. It was hard to find any flaws to grasp at.

This was a Herculean task compared to the match against Team Aviator.

As their disadvantage kept rising, the words that Xue Haiyang told them kept echoing in their heads. That a player ranked top ten in the country was exceptional, and they really couldn’t find any way to retaliate against his plays.

Thinking about the huge amount of prize money, the glory of victory that must be won, and the future of e-sports, Team Scarlet was carrying a tremendous burden on their shoulders. Feeling the strong continuous pressure as their computer screens kept graying out, indicating their deaths, Team Scarlet fell into a grim sense of despair and hopelessness.

“What the hell, Xiao Dao!” Xiao Tongtong shouted in frustration. “Why did you also trap me inside?!”

“If I didn’t do it, Caitlyn would have died.”

“I could have killed Fizz!”

“So what if you did kill him! Our back line is dead!”

***

Team Scarlet’s movements were getting increasingly uncoordinated, and their frustrated shouts were filling up the area. Yu Luocheng remained silent as he tuned out his team’s progressively loud arguments. He would rather remain calm and ignore them as it would only break his concentration.

Yu Luocheng didn’t blame his teammates for hurling accusations against each other; they were under immense pressure right now, and getting repeatedly killed was not helping the situation.

“Vision! Why don’t we have better vision control!”

“F*ck! What kind of item are you buying? They already have vision control over us, why are you making a Mejai’s Soulstealer?” Xiao Tongtong’s eyes widened as he realized that Yu Luocheng had sold his Sightstone for a Mejai’s Soulstealer instead.

“You’re crazy!” Xiao Dao exclaimed.

A Support buying Mejai’s Soulstealer?

Now that they were getting wrecked repeatedly, being able to defend the tower was already a tough feat in itself, don’t even dream about wasting the opponents. And now, a Support actually dared to buy a Mejai’s Soulstealer? It was normal to buy a Mejai’s Soulstealer when things were looking good, as the stacks were built up based on the number of kills and assists.

But…

With the situation they were in now, even a mid lane AP wouldn’t buy a Mejai’s Soulstealer, what’s more to say about a Support. It was really an idiotic move at this time.

“Hey, make your Sightstone and sell that Mejai’s Soulstealer…”

“Yeah, we’ve already lost our vision control everywhere.”

Xiao Dao and Xiao Tongtong were unhappy with Yu Luocheng’s attitude. They knew he was a good player, but that didn’t excuse him from making rash decisions like this.

“Shut up you two,” Huang Yu said gravely. “Can’t you see that Yu Luocheng has switched off party voice chat?”

Huang Yu had become the captain of this team not because he had the best skills, but because he had the highest prestige among the four of them. He was also the only one who could control Xiao Dao and Xiao Tongtong.

The two of them faltered for a moment at his words. It was true, Yu Luocheng had switched off party chat…

***

Yin Qin who had been standing behind the players had taken note of the happenings in the team, and his face showed obvious changes.

Looking at Yu Luocheng’s back, he felt somewhat ashamed. Yu Luocheng had done well, gaining great advantage for the bottom lane. Although they were players that he himself had trained, they were still too weak in the end. Compared to Yang Ying, who was on par with professional players, the difference was too great.

Yin Qin knew that it was them who was dragging Yu Luocheng down. Their arguments and accusations were surely making him feel disappointed in the team he had hand picked. When he closed the party voice chat, it proved that he had given up on his team and this match. Buying a Mejai’s Soulstealer, it might be because he refused to lose without dignity!

***

Yin Qin sighed, looking at Yu Luocheng again. He used to be a top professional player, there must be some pride left in him, refusing to lose a worthless loss.