Chapter 105
Chapter 105
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: Hyper War Winter Tournament Finals - 2
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Variant 33 with Sombra slotted in.
The reasons why this comp is called the counter to 33 are plenty.
But the most representative one can be summed up in just a single point.
From the side using the 33 comp...
They essentially have no means to check Sombra.
The overwhelming survivability to return to any saved location at any time.
The stealth skill to slip safely into the backline without anyone noticing.
With these two combined, they can...
Operate from a position untouched by 33's resistance.
Rapidly filling their ultimate and driving a speed-focused fight.
Stealing the opponent's tempo—that's the reason for deploying Sombra against 33.
And on top of that...
"Hey, hey, I've been hacked again! Can't turn on Matrix!"
"We gotta deal with D.Va! They might focus her!"
"I'll put up the barrier—let's just pull back together!"
The overwhelming performance of her basic skill, Hacking.
With a skill that disables all enemy skills for a full 6 seconds.
Even if just one of the three tanks gets hacked, it makes frontlining a hassle.
Especially in the 33 comp, D.Va with Matrix is...
Pretty much the only character who can check Sombra shooting from the back.
If that D.Va gets hacked and can't use Matrix...
The enemy Sombra can comfortably smack the team from behind, filling her ult fast. Super annoying.
"Sisters! EMP incoming! I'll kill their Yata right away with ult—let's swarm!"
"OK! Rush in now!"
As if to prove it.
Among the 12 players in the match.
Da-jeong, who'd filled her ultimate the fastest by far, briefed her teammates while circling to the enemy backline.
The enemy six were pretty clustered.
And as soon as she spotted their Genji right in front...
She hit Q to unleash her ultimate.
【EMP! Hit all six of them!】
【Blue LUV team! Just amp speed with Lucio and swarm! You got any counter to this?!】
The moment Sombra spread her arms wide.
A purple electric field enveloped a wide area.
"Hacked!" popped up over every enemy in range.
And the casters let out stunned voices.
Sombra's signature ultimate, EMP.
Simply put, a wide-area version of her basic hack.
A monstrous cheat skill that locks out all six enemies' skills for 6 seconds on a perfect hit.
But EMP had one hidden feature too.
The blue portion on HP bars: shields.
EMP wipes them all on hit.
So for a Genji with 200 HP, 150 as shields...
One EMP turns him into a 50 HP glass cannon.
In practice, Da-jeong ulted right next to their Genji and sprayed bullets.
The enemy Genji realized he'd eaten the ult... and was already dead.
Near-impossible to deal with assassination method.
【No way, Blue LUV team! Pulling dirty plays again?! They made 33 when it suited them, but when the enemy pulls 33, they go 'Nah, we don't do that' and bring the perfect counter comp?!】
【Exactly! With basically no way to check Sombra, Nyantamon and Butlers have no choice but to get swung around! No one saw Sombra coming!】
Like this, by stealing tempo with Sombra.
Blue LUV easily snagged the first point in under a minute against what felt like an invincible 33.
Praise poured in for the new comp.
"They used it right from the first game."
"Yeah."
"Defense swap's gonna be the problem."
But Blue LUV wasn't exactly partying.
Especially with commander Da-jeong here.
The variant 33 with Sombra was her invention too, just like standard 33.
She knew all the strengths and weaknesses.
In that sense, this variant 33 isn't invincible.
Nah, standard 33's closer to invincible.
So no room for complacency yet.
"Sisters, push fast now!"
"Yeah, my ult's coming soon? Link it with hack."
"OK! Let's go!"
As they all thought the same, the door to point 2 opened.
Blue LUV pounced like they'd been waiting.
Purple tendrils from Sombra's fingertips snared the enemy Reinhardt.
His barrier dropped as he got hacked.
Ra-hee's Reinhardt, speed-boosted, charged forward spewing fire.
Boom—!
【Hammer! Perfect entry!】
【Clean hack combo! No ult counter left, Nyantamon and Butlers!】
Enemy Genji in back and D.Va upstairs survived.
But the other four flopped down.
Blue LUV mercilessly massacred the defenseless foes, cleanly taking point 2.
That's the biggest strength of Sombra variant 33.
Hack enables seamless ultimate chains.
Sure, you could combo Brigitte shield charge stun too.
But that needs pinpoint 0.9-second timing, demands great team sync.
This? Force barriers down for 6 seconds from range, no harassment.
Much lower combo difficulty.
Of course, no comp's perfect, so variant 33 has flaws too.
Namely...
"Ah, we can't lose tempo here... Zarya ult anyway? Just drop it first?"
"Yeah, no enemy D.Va to eat it, so safe?"
"Just Lucío ults on both sides, doable. Let's try."
No D.Va means...
Enemy Zarya can ult freely, no absorption worry.
【Whoa, Nyantamon and Butlers respawn and charge right out?!】
【Yes! Force enemy Lucio ult early, then ult late yourselves to win the teamfight! Setting up a last stand here before Sombra steals more tempo! Smart play!】
Nyantamon and Butlers caught the flaw.
As Blue LUV entered the third checkpoint...
They bolted out, popping Zarya's ult.
Black blob shot out, blanketing Blue LUV.
Perfectly slotted between front and backline.
Everyone but Sombra got caught in the grav.
Right on cue, Ji-ah's Lucio ulted as expected.
Mass shields saved the team.
But the enemies had foreseen that much.
"Hey, their beat's gone! We drop beat and swarm too!"
"Go go go!"
Blue LUV's shields all vanished.
Only their Lucio ult left.
So enemies ulted to shield in, gaining HP edge to win the fight.
Judgment alone? Not bad.
100/100 even.
If they dragged time greedily saving ult...
Sombra would freely poke and steal tempo.
Plus, win this fight? Third checkpoint favors defense positioning.
They could stall out point 3 messy-like.
Quick judgment done.
Nyantamon's Lucio wall-rode to join fast.
Slamming the ground, ult line about to echo map-wide...
"...Huh?!"
Sudden keypad beep from somewhere.
"Hacked!" flashed before Lucio's eyes mid-cast.
Cast canceled, he plummeted pathetically.
Yep.
Sombra hack cancels casting ults with delay—if hacked just before.
Nullifies the ult entirely.
Lucio's isn't super slow-cast...
Rare sight usually.
But judgment triggers on ground slam.
Wall-riding off-ground or jumping from height? Delay spikes.
Da-jeong camped next to him precisely for this beat interrupt.
【Aaaah! Beat cut off!】
【Lulu player! Read this far?! Cutting beat from there?!】
【Probably! That spot didn't scream Sombra hideout! They figured no cut but at least delay with hack!】
Last hope—healer ult—gone pathetically.
Compared to Nyantamon's fresh grav...
Blue LUV's grav came back overwhelmingly sooner.
"My grav first! Just go!"
"Yeah! I'll hack their D.Va!"
Da-jeong hacked enemy D.Va in the gap.
No grav for them.
Yuna's Zarya grav blanketed them next.
No defenses left—Nyantamon and Butlers yielded point 3.
Round 2 was close, but they stalled at 2.
Thus, set 1 ended in Blue LUV's victory.