Sniped (2) - Lol, So Sketchy - It's a Snipe - Yeah, 100% - If That's Not Sniping, What Is?
It wasn't hard to tell that the enemy Flenn was sniping her. Unless they were watching Nam Haneul's stream and reacting to it, their plays made no sense.
Up until the early laning phase, nothing seemed off. Sure, their physicals were solid for Gold? They were holding their own against Nam Haneul's game physicals in a tight lane battle.
Even that alone threw her off—they're better than I thought.
"Wh-why are they so good?"
Still, it wasn't a huge issue. She'd only been practicing Osya lately, so she needed time to get used to Deil. Once I adapt, I'll crush them, she figured.
"Huh?"
[ChugumiJjukumi has died!]
It didn't take long for her ally jungler to die. The enemy ADC cleared lane fast, spotted their jungler heading mid, and ganked with their midlaner.
"Uh... uh...."
Nam Haneul prioritized clearing the wave and grabbing tower gold instead of pushing up late. That much was understandable.
Hmm...
But her skill, Genius Instinct, was prickling—a subtle warning something was fishy. Her chest felt tight, her head itchy at the edges.
And sure enough, the enemy bot duo started roaming the canyon.
[ChugumiJjukumi has died!]
[OebuinSsangbuin has died!]
Laning had its recall timings—you step away, come back home. But the enemy support didn't return to bot; they timed it perfectly with their jungler heading top. Their jungler and top got ambushed by the enemy support, jungler, and top, and lost spectacularly. Meanwhile, Flenn, holding solo lane, ghosted back the second Nam Haneul's mid rotated down. As Deil's counter, Flenn could solo lane fine without support.
"Ugh... th-this feels like a snipe."
By now, Nam Haneul was convinced her gut was right. Anyone could see they were playing off her stream.
Sigh, trash game
Nam Haneul glared at her screen, then quickly covered the minimap with her cam in broadcast view. Standard for LoL streamers, but she hadn't expected sniping at her tier.
[ChugumiJjukumi has died!]
But the jungle and top gaps were already set. Their jungler was ruined by the enemy support shadowing them. Top barely clung to life, but enemy top had nearly double the minion count.
"Hoo... I-I guess I have to carry."
She cleared the wave, recalled home, and slapped her cheeks to hype up. But Flenn's nontarget skill on her recall spot canceled it.
"Eek...!"
Her position should've been hidden, hard to skillshot—but they were stream-sniping, obviously. She had to back off fully. Still, steady minion farming kept gold close; enemy support absences meant tower plates for her.
3:14
The kill score was the problem. Without her and support grabbing picks off mistakes, mid and top were crushed. Despite her duo's zero deaths.
"Uh... this is tough."
Did snipes usually snowball this hard? Same tier, plus stream delay of 3-4 seconds—she'd figured it'd be manageable.
Chat had the answer.
The enemy bot duo were pro snipers. And—
Why even
Tsk tsk
They're washed tho?
Yeah has-beens so they snipe
Ex-Diamond. But "washed" gave her hope—Diamond was her dream tier. Initial terror faded; if they were rusty, she could win. Her goal was Emerald anyway.
"Hoo... j-just you wait...."
Pondering a comeback, she recalled and closed her eyes. Her skill nailed the snipe first.
Th-then trust the skill.
Minimap covered, but their style screamed roams. A nagging spot. Fight brewing. Eyes snapping open, she dashed river between top and mid.
No logic—just pure instinct.
AwakenedHaneul whoa
Hilarious lmaoooo
To viewers, unaware, it looked unhinged. But spot-on: pre-20 dragon, enemy support/jungle/top rotating for it.
She warded quick, pinged help. Kill deficit big, but 4v3 could flip.
"Ah, why aren't you coming?!"
Affection fail
Just lose lol
No dice. Jungler despised her duo post-feeds. Top muted pings/chat to dodge flame. Mid joined late, jittery.
Already losing, bad matchup. But retreat meant wasted roam. Support spamming ? pings, pissed.
"Nngh...."
She pinged engage on enemies. Ally mid: Grott, stinky decay tank optimized for initate—charge skill slows AS/MS in AoE.
Mid hesitated at her ping. Enemies clustered perfectly, but...
"Qu-quick, go in!"
No time. Post-minimap, no bot roam yet—but risky. Spam-engaging enemies and mid, Grott ulted in finally.
"Hoo...."
She'd been practicing Concentration/Solomon timing. Early kills let physicals snowball before, but...
Won't last forever.
High physicals? Win lane pure, save skills for key moments.
Dragon at 20%—Grott ult lands, enemy trio slowed/AS nerfed/MS down.
Concentration active, time slows. She adapts fast. Few targeted skills from their support/top/jungle.
Dodge well, all free.
"Huuuup—"
One AA, two. Dodges support smoke orb low, shoves AA. Weaves high/low through skills. Godly movement—aimbot suspicions.
AA stacks mid-dodges. Her HP near full, massive stacks on trio.
Deil ult: stack-scaling damage, doubles stacks.
E bind on 10+ stacks—
[HomoNarlens has died!]
[5037 has died!]
[DearDear has died!]
[Triple Kill!]
Q+AA combo seals triple. ~2000g with shutdown.
Recall.
Lol
God's girl
God tier fr
Dodged all skills, zero AA drops. Her physicals shone brighter daily.
"Huuu... s-saw that, right."
Buy items, deny surrender vote. Gold lead meant win potential.
And Solomon left...!
Back to lane: tower hurting from long roam. But growth even—her ahead now.
Snipe ≠ hack; humans play.
[Cleopatra has died!]
[HomoNarlens has died!]
[Double Kill!]
Easy double on ex-Diamonds.
[Ssaessat donated 5000 won!]
God tier god tier
Bronze days weeks ago. Growth bizarre, but viewers craved dopamine highs.
Still behind overall—solo kills on mid/top.
5v5 dragon clash—
S-Solomon!
Solomon
[Penta Kill!]
[Victory]
Hard-fought win. Nam Haneul thrust chest out, grinning smug at cam.
"S-saw that, right? Hehe."
"Ah, n-no! Me being good!"
Blushing, she shrunk. Status messages popped up.
"Oh...?"
Like that, over 9 days—from then on, overwhelming dominance landed her at Emerald 1.