Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 209
73. The first trial (1)
The incarnation chosen by the opponent was ‘Star Maid – Zen’. In fact, it is not an incarnation that is often used in the meta these days (*refers to the overall flow of the game).
-Jen is the counter?
– Doesn’t that fit in the coffin?
-Is she deceased?
He is an incarnation who never appears on the battlefield, to the point where he is said to be deceased.
‘What is that?’
As Almond, who had only recently started playing Reel, there was no way to know what kind of person this incarnation called ‘Zen’ was.
‘I’ve never heard of it, not even from Taco.’
The Nant match was an opportunity for me to learn reel properly. It was an incarnation I had never heard of even back then. Because it’s not a pick worth using in competitions.
-But have you ever seen that incarnation of Almond? Haha
– He’s even a craftsman. I don’t know what this is
– Wow, Almond, I don’t know what that thing is ㅠㅠ
– Are you sure you’ll lose?
Viewers also noticed Almond’s narrow reel knowledge well, so they noticed it right away. That he doesn’t know this incarnation’s skills.
‘Hmm…’
Almond scratched his head and thought for a moment.
How to fight with an opponent you don’t know well.
* * *
Snow White and the Seven Hoes He thought while looking at the chat window.
-Is that a counter??
-what?
-Could it be because of the rope?
-How about a counter?
Viewers also do not understand the mechanism of this counter. He sneered.
‘You idiots. All skills are counters. Let’s start with the meteor shower.’
Zen’s representative magic skill.
Meteor shower.
It is a skill that drops a huge blue meteor, but the delay after casting is quite large.
Delays like this were rare in reels that progressed constantly and quickly.
‘The delay is a whopping 1.5 seconds. The opponent doesn’t even know I cast it.’
When you cast Meteor Shower on a specific area, blue meteors fall after 1.5 seconds.
There is a very long delay, but the return when hit is quite large. Not only does it deal enormous damage when hit, but if it hits the center, it leaves you stunned for 2 seconds.
As the level increases, the stun increases to 4 seconds.
That said, it is a difficult skill to get right.
Why is this a counter?
And against Almond’s sound, which is the highest level in the VNS world?
‘The player doesn’t matter. If it’s a sound, you can guess it. ‘It’s because of the rope skills.’
The reason for his confidence is the existence of rope movement.
For rope movement, once the hook is attached, the route to take becomes obvious.
If the enemy reacted a little quickly, he could have hit something while moving this rope.
In fact, the master tier rifleman I met the other day was dangerous because all of his rifle shots hit Almond while he was moving the rope.
However, what if you hit a ‘Meteor Shower’ that has much more damage and even CC?
Rope movement will soon be Sori’s final skill.
‘Even Meteor Shower doesn’t have a casting action, so it won’t cancel the rope.’
The only variable is that Almond cancels the rope move.
In fact, unless you are a decent Zen craftsman, you cannot know whether Zen used a meteor shower or not.
Although Meteor Shower is difficult to hit, it is a skill designed so that the enemy cannot know that you are casting it.
‘If I can just hit the meteor shower…’
If I can hit this meteor shower, Zen is a very powerful incarnation.
This is because the combo that follows is significant.
‘First of all, hit Little Star 3 times.’
You can hit 3 Little Stars, which is Zen’s basic attack.
Jen has three ‘little stars’ that orbit around her. Throw this whenever necessary to perform a basic attack.
The charging cycle of each little star is 1 second, and you can throw all three little stars at once.
If you hit all 3 on one target, 3 additional little stars will appear at once.
What if you guess all of these little stars again?
Also, three additional little stars are created.
Depending on how often you hit this little star, Zen’s damage completely changes.
But what if the enemy is stunned for 2 seconds?
You will be able to shoot little stars like crazy.
‘This is a fight I will definitely win.’
After he finished the simulation.
I looked at the opposing turret in the distance.
I see almonds.
‘Now I too will have more viewers.’
I’ve always imagined this while watching his broadcasts.
To be recognized for my skills after crushing the skills of someone who is full of bubbles.
And a large number of viewers are attracted to the broadcast.
While these delusions were going back and forth in my head.
[Minions have been created.]
The sound of minions approaching rings out.
‘First, let’s safely only eat minions until we learn how to move with ropes.’
There is no rope movement for level 1 sounds. This is because you basically invest in elemental arrows first.
Then, at level 2, you will probably learn small rope movements.
Zen also has an advantage only if the sound moves the rope.
So at level 1, be careful and only eat minions.
‘If there is no sound or rope movement, there is no kill angle. So, nothing much will happen at level 1.’
If Sori, the opponent, does not move the rope, all he has to do is shoot 4 arrows.
That alone won’t kill you.
The plan was perfect.
Now the minions come in.
The minions fought each other and gradually lost stamina.
When my stamina runs out.
Paang!
An arrow of sound pierces the minion’s head.
‘good.’
Snow White and the Seven Hoes were relieved when Almond moved as he thought.
‘Me too…’
He approached the minion at a slower tempo than Almond, thus more cautiously, and launched a little star.
Paang!
Minions are defeated and gold and experience points are received.
‘You shouldn’t fly Little Star too often. ‘You have to save it at least before it goes up to level 2.’
The longer the little star orbits around Zen, the stronger it becomes.
To prepare to catch Almond in one combo, you should refrain from throwing Little Star as much as possible right before level 2.
There is no next time. In a one-on-one battle, if you die once, that’s it.
There is a high probability of winning at level 2 or 3.
‘The meteor shower won’t be shown until then.’
The magic skill, Meteor Shower, was also decided to be kept hidden until the perfect kill angle came out.
While steadily building up my own plan, I was also eating the minions mechanically.
‘uh?’
Snow White and the Seven Hoes felt something strange.
‘Why do my minions keep going forward?’
In reel line battles, minions rush in from both sides to form a battle line.
Where this front is formed is quite important.
The location of the front line is naturally affected by the number of minions.
If this front line is formed closer to you, it means that there are more enemy minions.
Conversely, if this front line is formed closer to the opponent’s side, there will be more minions.
It is impossible to determine which of the two situations is better. There are always pros and cons.
So, the situation where we had more minions and the front line was moving towards the enemy’s lines was not necessarily a bad situation.
So I didn’t notice it.
He’s walking further and further away from his turret.
‘If I just eat a little more, I’ll be level 2…’
His head was filled with thoughts of becoming level 2 by continuing to eat minions.
Because I thought that would definitely give me an advantage.
‘But what? ‘Why aren’t you hitting the last hit?’
So then I realized.
At some point, my opponent, Almond, stopped shooting arrows at the minions.
‘This is why the front line was pushed. ‘Since when did you stop hitting?’
The moment you think like that.
Kiririk.
Almond pulled the bowstring.
He, who was standing just outside the intersection, suddenly started running forward.
“!”
Snow White and the Seven Hoes realized that this was targeting them and stopped.
You need time to make a decision in a sudden situation. So, it was a time of less than 0.1 seconds.
The moment I decided to stop him by sending Little Star flying.
Paang!
The arrow was stuck.
The arrow didn’t even fly off the bowstring; it had already hit his forehead.
‘What is this…’
He quickly tried to respond by launching a little star. If you take damage from 3 of these little stars at once, the enemy will still hesitate a bit. But—
my body didn’t move.
[Freezing]
It was frozen.
‘what. ‘When did you fire four shots!?’
It was definitely one shot that hit me.
The fourth arrow would be an elemental arrow.
‘ah.’
Only then did I realize it.
Almond saved the elemental arrows after spending 3 arrows on the minions.
‘But now it’s time to reload.’
Snow White and the Seven Hoes were embarrassed, but due to the nature of the sound, there was a timing for reloading, so they thought it would be advantageous to pull back and regroup again.
‘This is a deal exchange (*short for damage dealing exchange) that I win?’
Right now, our minions are beating Almond to death.
‘As expected, it’s clumsy.’
Almond, who has only a short reel career, has a poor understanding of lane play.
This is something I always felt when I saw it.
As expected, its shortcomings are clearly revealed. He doesn’t understand how big a role the number of minions plays in laning. So, we are engaging in this meaningless exchange of deals.
Crash!
But the almond suddenly started jumping forward.
[Bloody Warrior]
[89% health]
Even though more than 10% of his health was lost due to the onslaught of minions, he ignores them all and runs forward.
Thanks to the movement speed buff, it was incredibly fast.
“?”
Jen was finally freed from freezing and started running backwards.
Almond, who had received the speed buff, had already passed him and was standing on the retreat path.
“Oh my…”
Jen started flying little stars.
Huh!
The first little star missed as Almond moved to the side.
‘You can’t avoid this!’
In the meantime, one more little star was thrown. While avoiding one, it is difficult to avoid the second.
So if you use two little stars, one is correct.
This is the standard of Zen’s deal exchange method!
But….
Sigh!
“!?”
The second little star also split the air.
‘What is this?’
Missing again?
okay. I knew why. I understood it in my head.
The speed buff for sound is quite good.
If your physical strength is good enough, you will be able to avoid the second little star.
In theory, I get it.
‘what’s this. What should you do to me?’
But when I experienced it myself, it felt so unreasonable.
I could definitely tell with my senses at my fingertips! It was definitely an angle that had to be right!
The opponent is not suitable.
This much difference in skill? It’s hard to believe. I couldn’t admit it.
Something is bubbling inside.
‘In that case…!’
Jen holding the third little star. My desire to get this right was like a chimney.
‘ah.’
After being excited for a moment, he calms himself down.
‘no. ‘Run away.’
If I rushed to the turret, I could survive one turn. First of all, you can only fire four shots.
Crash!
He jumped to his turret.
But—
whee!
Almond, who was standing on the way out, deliberately bumped into him and got in his way.
“Get out of the way!”
In Lille, path obstruction is limited. It crashes the first time or so, but after that it just runs through.
Sigh.
Thanks to this, Jen was able to stop for just a moment and run again.
It was then.
The moment when a sound and a shoulder pass each other.
Slowly!
The almond quiver was filled with arrows.
Kiririk.
In an instant, an arrow was attached to the bowstring. The opponent was right in front of us.
There is no way to avoid this.
Bubble bubbling!
All four arrows fired in succession hit the back of the head.
[Snow White and the Seven Hoes]
[Health 32%]
‘When did my stamina get like this…’
[Freeze]
This time, as expected, the last elemental arrow was freeze.
And Almond was still right next to him.
He approached the frozen Jen and whispered.
“Chikicha.”
-ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ
ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ Kitchen ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ
This is
the Kya -Gatki
Cha
came out!
