NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 453
Outlaw, having freshly succeeded in a big gank in Mid, seemed to take a moment to munch on some jungle camps while surveying the situation.
Bur-bur-bur-dong line!
If it had ended here, it would have felt like a pretty smooth stab at Top, but Outlaw had other plans.
After quickly teleporting home and buying items, Outlaw dashed straight to Bot.
“Uh… is Jarvan III heading straight to Bot right now… did he perhaps see something?”
“Isn’t this too much of a loss for Jarvan if he goes this way?”
A wildly extreme route.
Even if he got some results at Bot, unless he managed to take down both champions and their spells, he would inevitably lose out on the jungle camps he skipped.
“Hmm, I guess we’ll have to wait and see? What kind of result will Outlaw’s choice bring…”
“Right now OLZ’s Bot side is doing some vision work. They have confirmed there are no wards.”
“Yes, and from SCV’s Bot side, they are almost certain of Jarvan’s position, so they judged it wasn’t necessary to place any wards at this timing.”
“Just as we were talking, SCV’s Bot has initiated a fight?!”
“Oh no! They think Jarvan is still above!”
“It seems SCV is about to fall right into OLZ’s trap!”
At that moment, Outlaw’s Jarvan III appeared, charging toward Bot.
However, SCV’s Bot was already way too deep in.
“All spells have been used already, right? They must be prepared to burn both flashes!”
“But with their current positioning… even if they use flash, I’m not sure they’ll make it out!”
Jarvan III emerged from the darkness, having completely surrounded SCV’s Bot.
Not to mention, he had his flagpole ready, so even if Caitlyn and Lux used their flashes, there seemed to be no way out.
In the end, SCV made a decisive choice.
Since saving both was already out of the question, they opted for saving at least one.
Lux used her first flash to divert the attention towards herself, effectively separating the formation with Caitlyn.
“Ah, they’ve given up! They’ve judged that it’s impossible for both to survive!”
“You must live!”
“Oh no! But──! OLZ is not the type to let this slide!”
OLZ’s Bot and Jungle remained calm.
As Lux stalled with her first flash, OLZ quickly sent Kalista to finish off Lux, while Renata and Jarvan chased after Caitlyn.
“Ah! This might be tough for Caitlyn to survive!”
“Caitlyn did use her flash, but got immediately hit by the pole! It seems she tried to avoid it with some movement during a psychological battle with the flash, but it didn’t go well!”
“OLZ is in a complete jackpot! This is a massive disaster for SCV!”
-Enemy slain!
Caitlyn fell, and shortly after…
-Enemy slain!
Lux, who had tried to draw their attention by backtracking, was also taken down by Kalista.
“Double kill─! OLZ’s Bot and Jungle nailed it!”
“A huge accident! A super, super big accident! What does SCV do now!”
“Wait, didn’t that champion just go up? You can feel that confusion from the SCV players!”
“And more importantly, OLZ’s Bot had preemptively set up vision with a lens before Jarvan even arrived. Normally, SCV would be cautious when vision is set up like this, but with the information that Jarvan was above, they seemed not to have suspected anything.”
The commentators’ voices rose in excitement.
“Honestly, even though OLZ picked up the first blood, SCV seemed a bit more advantageous based on the line fight in Top and Bot, didn’t they? But that successful gank earlier completely flipped that script!”
“Exactly! And now Ahner is going to be suffering in lane at Top!”
“With this, SCV has to look out for Vayne… but Vayne has nowhere to go! She can’t even go home to replenish or head to Mid!”
Kill score: 3:0.
If these kills were merely a result of accidents, that’d be one thing, but each of the three kills that OLZ took from SCV was a substantial wound.
“Now more than ever, something needs to happen at Top… but can they even do it?! Ahner isn’t a pushover!”
“Yes! If you were to ask who OLZ’s two-horse carriage is, everyone would point to the Jungle and Top! Ahner’s sturdiness is not easy to break through, SCV!”
SCV attempted to recover from the critical injuries they had sustained in Mid and Bot, but the momentum was proving difficult to regain.
Then came the eagerly anticipated first Dragon teamfight.
“Now, what will happen next…”
“There’s a lot at stake in this teamfight. SCV!”
“But right now, only Ahner has teleport available, right? Wouldn’t it be better for SCV to retreat?”
“However, it seems they have no intention of backing down. They think if they let this one slip, there’s no turning back for the game.”
As a fierce standoff continued, the turning point was, once again, at Top.
“Ah! Jarvan III’s teleport position!”
“SCV has to retreat! But the escape route is completely blocked!”
While both sides were using their recalls, Ahner’s teleport came back first, and with Top joining in, OLZ secured a grand victory in the teamfight.
-Double kill!
-Massacre!
“Double kill! Getback is truly on fire today!”
“Getback! Just like his name says, he made a stunning return! Who would think he’s a player who came out of retirement when watching Getback now?”
In this teamfight, Pizhu of Getback managed to snag a double kill, effectively sealing the deal in an already favorable Mid lane.
-Blue Team secured the Earth Dragon!
Of course, in the meantime, SCV made a bit of a mining gain at Top, but since OLZ had won the teamfight, not only did they gain kills but also took the Dragon and secured a better position at Bot, so they merely recovered some minimal losses. The game had greatly shifted in OLZ’s favor.
“In the blink of an eye, global gold differences skyrocketed! This is… SCV is in big trouble!”
“Who could have imagined that a match between OLZ and SCV would flow this one-sidedly?”
“Of course, SCV isn’t some pushover team!”
With the game already tilted, OLZ easily secured the second Dragon.
-Blue Team has slain the Flame Dragon.
But SCV, a strong team, wouldn’t miss an opportunity.
With some strength remaining on the Top side, SCV took advantage of OLZ taking the Dragon and managed to execute a successful Top dive.
-Our ally has been slain!
“This was inevitable.”
“I was wondering if Aatrox would hold on well… but Vayne barely made it out alive!”
“Now we need to watch the Rift Herald…”
Things started moving rapidly.
OLZ’s Jungle and Support, having taken the Dragon, had now joined the Rift Herald, while Vayne used her teleport.
The SCV’s Bot, which had been pushed back, was also rushing to join the Rift Herald as if they were betting everything on it.
4:3 situation.
Normally, OLZ wouldn’t take a fight they were outnumbered in.
But there were reasons for their decision.
First, Jax had just taken a pounding in the previous Top dive, and his health wasn’t looking great, and second, SCV’s current Mid laner, Pizhu, had grown monstrous.
“It looks like OLZ won’t be backing off from this Rift Herald, right?”
“For SCV, they absolutely must secure it! They’ve committed too much at Bot, so the gain from securing it seems marginal!”
And as expected.
OLZ left their marksman at Bot and were already engaged in full mining.
SCV was rolling the dice on the Rift Herald fight.
SCV’s champions: Jax, Sandra, Caitlyn, Lux.
OLZ’s champions: Jarvan III, Pizhu, Renata Glasc.
Just looking at their champion composition and numbers, it seemed OLZ would find it tough to win this fight.
Well, if it weren’t for OLZ, of course.
-Blue Team stole the Rift Herald!
Outlaw’s Rift Herald steal.
Perhaps due to the thought that they had lost the objective, SCV’s positioning focus slightly waned.
Outlaw’s Jarvan III seized that opportunity.
His spectacular ultimate trapped all four SCV champions in an instant, and Pizhu wouldn’t let that slip.
-It’s an alligator!
Pizhu’s ultimate perfectly hit Caitlyn, and the massive ultimate ensnared Lux and Sandra nearby as well.
“Ahhhh! Pizhu’s ultimate is an incredibly big deal! All SCV champions have been caught up!”
“How could this possibly be…!”
The result was a 1:3 exchange.
Only Jarvan III fell from OLZ, while SCV only managed to escape with Jax.
At the point where SCV could not afford to lose the teamfight, the future of the game was all but determined.
Or maybe it was when Outlaw stole the Rift Herald that it was already decided.
From that moment on, it was just like playing a game of Go with the result already predetermined.
Whenever OLZ struck, SCV hurriedly raised their guard, causing a turret to fall, and the moment OLZ struck again, Baron was taken in the same haste.
[Victory]
OLZ vs SCV.
2:0 OLZ victory.