Chapter 57
Chapter 57
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 57
Chapter Title: I'm Not Gonna Fight Though?
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Master League finals wrapped up after the second set.
Streamers covering League of Champions domestically and internationally, along with players not in matches, all got the news.
"This is real talk—the record of only appearing once even back in the ancient keyboard era, and zero times since VR. Right?"
Streamers connected to True were especially hyped, going all out.
"Yes, exactly. First time since the revamped league launched."
"We have to do it! And who is True? She played with me, taught me tricks! Didn't eat together, but as a fellow female Challenger, we've built some bond—Agni here!"
"No way! I still believe in True!"
Some cheers mixed with hope.
And some watching for different reasons.
"Bro, you know about this?"
"What?"
"Master League... Oh, you're already watching?"
"It's our team's finals. Gotta watch."
Tor—Choi Geun-su, ST1's top laner—made a disgusted face at Proud meticulously dissecting the replay.
"That True girl. The middle schooler you mentioned. Better than before?"
"Same as always."
More refined in details, but the core was identical.
A third-division middle schooler, not even out of that phase, steadily recreating the victory formula of Rock that he pursued.
"Watch it. You'll pick something up."
"Nah, no one I know. Better to just solo queue."
Choi Geun-su vanished into the personal training room, leaving Proud to watch alone.
Both teams' ban/pick screens were a spectacle.
[Wow, this ban/pick is surprisingly wild.]
[Milky Way starts with top Vayne ban, Nocturne jungle, Orianna mid, bottom Senna-Orm combo?]
[Yes. Grow top, starve Senna for late game! That's the plan!]
They picked Orianna to counter our ADC Yasuo, completing Nocturne-Orianna.
Theoretically, stealthy rolling Vayne with no vision hurts attackers.
But we had counters.
[ST says come at us! Twisted the ban/pick.]
[ADC Yasuo not mid! Fun already, then Alistar with airbone skill, mid tanky Galio with airbone and damage.]
[Against top Vayne, boldly Sett?]
[Yes. Manage distance well. Fail and die! That's the message!]
[Plook punishing funky top Ragdoll with true top champ!]
Forcing close range with Jarvan jungle too.
Our comp stronger overall.
Nocturne-Orianna burst hard, but their early damage fuzzy, follow-up lacking.
Of course, good laning lets Nocturne ult-Q copy kills, but predictable and counterable.
[ST vs Milky Way Master League finals, third set!]
[Maybe the last today—let's go!]
"One! Two! Three!"
"ST Fighting!"
With fan cheers, we entered the canyon.
[Huh? Pathing weird.]
[Plook bottom path down, Strike and Bell top!]
[No way.]
[Yes. Lane swap.]
No matter how good, enemy bot Senna-Orm.
Not sustain runes, Yasuo attack speed for fights can't sustain vs them.
[Refusing laning entirely?]
[Yes. Awkward tower dive vs Sett.]
[Milky Way top too squishy!]
So we swapped.
Not even beefy top, weird Vayne.
Top drooling for dives.
'Lane swap from where, Eun-seol?'
'We did it before.'
Lane swaps evolved, but old trick when avoiding laning.
Not perfected for dives yet, but I could fill that.
[Dive incoming!]
[Minion big wave top! Yasuo wind charge!]
[Jarvan from top path too!]
Enemy Vayne skill-pushed Alistar once, that's it.
One turn wait, Alistar knockup, Yasuo wind + Jarvan spear.
[Reason these champs don't go top!]
[Melting! HP bar draining!]
No resistance, Vayne carry dreams vanished.
[ST cracking Milky Way's plan early!]
A midsummer night's dream is over.