Fighting the Cheater (2)
It was a simple truth. Her current Physical stat was 81. Activating Concentration pushed it all the way to 91. And with the time-slowing effect on top, she could truly become the top dog in her tier for that full minute.
'Gotta snag at least two kills to kick things off...!'
The enemy was definitely cheating with hacks. She wanted to start with as much of an edge as possible. If the CS gap widened too much, even a pro without hacks would be tough to overcome. Her Physical was just that high.
The enemy Sepir hesitated, clearly not expecting Osya to return so soon. Seeing that, Nam Haneul signaled to keep pushing forward, convinced her judgment was spot on. Going in with support maximized the double kill odds.
Support Maro—despite Osya's prior death—planted a flag buffing attack power and movement speed, then flashed her sole CC flag to root Sepir. Maro's CC was a targeted skill, rendering Sepir's moving hack useless.
"Nice...!"
Nam Haneul chained teleports on Osya to close in. Sepir fired a slowing skill and splitting arrows. Each split dealt damage, perfect for AoE or burst if angled right.
In Concentration mode, Nam Haneul eyed the incoming arrows. They flew at varying speeds.
Takakakang-!
The arrows arrived in less than a second's stagger. She reflected each at the perfect timing, succeeding on all—including the late binding arrow. Osya took zero damage, while Sepir, hit by every split, dropped to 30% HP.
Obel healed and sped up Sepir the instant the root broke.
And the crowd-pleasing play that wowed viewers: Nam Haneul reflected Obel's heal sphere right back from between them. Sepir got only the instant speed buff—and even that was muted by the prior binding arrow.
"Now...!"
Nam Haneul teleported onto Sepir, locking in amid slowed time with laser focus. Osya's attack skill, Horizontal Slash, fired a straight-line beam. Mediocre auto-attacks, but 1-second cooldown made her deadly. Long range but narrow width—Sepir's moving hack dodged it easily at first.
Not this time. Glued to Sepir, Nam Haneul angled un-dodgeably. The hack twisted the body, but Sepir ate the hit.
Shackler has died!
Left alone, skill-less Obel faced Maro's lingering slow flag. Nam Haneul cut off Obel's escape and opened fire.
AnchovyBroth has died!
Perfect play punishing their overconfidence. Nam Haneul took a kill lead against the cheater.
Hacks? I'm the Real Hack!
Show off the true power of the Status Window against this cheap, low-perf hack user!
🎁 Win | +100P, +3 Masculinity
📉 Lose | -5 Game Physical
With the lead secured, a Status Window mission popped up. Stream donations had topped 800k won.
"I-I'll... definitely win!"
Nam Haneul steeled herself. No way she'd lose this game.
Current Viewers: 1,623
Himend's entrance and the hack drama had drawn a solid crowd. Time to flip her image with something epic.
Laning stabilized post-return—no total domination. Sepir was spooked from dying despite hacks, which only boosted skill hit rates and dodges. Base mechanics and judgment were sub-Bronze, so even hacks couldn't shine.
Yet it stayed even: Sepir remained threatening, and Nam Haneul's Physical was elite, but Judgment and Comprehension lagged.
"Hmm..."
Moving hack's laning strength showed, but teamfights amplified it—pure movement dodging in chaos saved ADCs.
Midgame ops loomed. Mid/top even, jungle behind. Lagging on team-wide objectives.
"Th-then... I-I gotta carry, right?"
"Ugh, th-that word's banned in our chat!"
Nam Haneul bristled at "bug" in chat—past trauma from being called that, leading to muted chats. And yeah, she'd once seen herself that way.
Anyway, she calmly recalled Hong Suyeon's lessons. Mid + support pushing up, both T1 towers bizarrely down top-side.
"O-okay, I'll punish top first!"
Light-hearted signal to rotate top. Jungle nearby farming, easy gank expected.
"Huh?"
Enemy jungle/ADC/support appeared top—minimap blind. Instant 4v4 sans mid.
"Wha?"
Judgment barely above average—not low, but not elite. Chaos limited her Physical's full potential.
Nam Haneul gripped her mouse tensely. Gulped, watching ally top initiate.
'N-now's the time. Solomon.'
Saving it from double kill, she activated Solomon instantly. It rivaled—no, surpassed—Concentration.
"Hup...!"
Following Solomon's guidance, she teleported enemy core. Dodged incoming skills, reflected CCs. Timings shown numerically slashed misses.
Tung- Tang-!
Deep in enemy lines, most skills nullified. Allies piled on easily.
AppleCale has died!
Enemy top fell first, tilting hard. Double kill + good CS made Osya's damage nasty.
YellowBeanFlourSalt has died!
Enemy ADC wasn't pushover—hacks dodged slows. Sepir, scarred from laning, dumped on ally top first. Squishy top ate perfect arrows.
But Solomon predicted it all, prioritizing others over Sepir in the mess.
AnchovyBroth has died!
Obel down—tanky, low priority. Nam Haneul lined up ally + Sepir, wedging between.
Takang-! Takang-!
Reflected attacks on ally, closed on Sepir via speed flag.
Shackler has died!
SuperRed has died!
Inevitable. Allies burst enemy jungle; massive teamfight win.
Nam Haneul relaxed, wiping sweat. Momentum shifted. Osya snagged 3 more kills—nothing could stop her now.
SkyPongdu has died!
FrogPot has died!
EasyTreat has died!
FutureScam has died!
Dika has died!
Until deranged Sepir cranked insane ping-spiking hacks.
"...?"
Nam Haneul and viewers were stunned. No one expected this blatant.
She inwardly sighed—mission clearance impossible now. The hack's audacity numbed her.
Shackler has left the game!
Until the hacker got real-time banned and kicked.
"Huh?"
Himend. With Hong Suyeon watching... Nam Haneul's stream was under Lell monitoring.