Chapter 30
Chapter 30
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 30
Chapter Title: Teabagging?
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Bad Armchair Advisor.
He was sniping Cruise with the ferocity of someone determined to finish all the advice he couldn't give last time.
Normally, when a viewer snipes a streamer, the fandom and malicious trolls go wild, turning the community into a mess.
But the community users were instead letting out sighs of relief.
There was a reason they were reacting this way.
If someone who never did it suddenly starts, it's surprising.
But if someone who's always done it keeps doing the same thing, you just accept it.
Of course, some users didn't like it, but they got swept away by the community consensus and vanished.
And from the start.
Viewers and community members were looking forward to it.
Looking forward to the Armchair Advisor getting mercilessly thrashed.
That scumbag getting properly schooled.
It was a natural expectation.
Cruise was a former pro gamer.
He possessed skills on a different level from ordinary amateurs.
But...
What was this?
Clang-!
The holy knight and swordsman clashed.
The holy knight's heavy shield tried to smash down on the swordsman.
But the swordsman twisted his body slightly, breaking his center of balance and deflecting the attack.
Then, he thrust his sword straight into the gap in the holy knight's armor that was now fully exposed.
Squish-!
Any other character would have been left on the brink of death from that single strike, but the holy knight lived up to its name.
However, the follow-up strikes came in relentlessly.
The sword sliced smoothly under the armor.
It was a seam, a spot hard to dodge or block, making it an easy kill.
League of Worlds is a game.
What that means is,
no matter how much it aims for realism, each class maintains balance somehow.
It can't just chase realism and become a dead game.
A proper balance is needed.
So the holy knight is slow but has strength and recovery.
The knight is heavy but has immense strength.
On the other hand, the swordsman is fast.
Each has different matchups,
but that only highlights their strengths and weaknesses more.
In other words,
the swordsman doesn't bow to the holy knight at all.
Unlike what the community posts say.
The swordsman is perfectly viable.
Tch...
I looked down at the fallen holy knight in front of me.
I had high expectations because of the solid basic stance,
but he couldn't overcome the holy knight's chronic slowness, reacted, and got one-shot.
Died too fast.
What to do.
I was planning to commentary on why the swordsman is a good class, but the opponent went down too easily.
No one plays holy knight better against it.
I realized I'd been pondering too long.
But the PVP room hasn't disappeared.
Proof the opponent hasn't left yet.
Hmm... Could this be.
I sent a message.
The message stained red.
Cruise saw this message after a long time.
His character was dead.
In one go.
Cruise was a League of Worlds ranker. And a former pro gamer. He'd played in the second division league for a team maining LoW.
His skills were top-notch, so the situation just now was bewildering.
'What? Who? Pro? Sniper?'
Thoughts raced through Cruise's mind.
Then a message came from the opponent.
A proposal he normally wouldn't accept.
But.
Slide.
Cruise accepted the request.
He wanted revenge for dying within a minute.
Dying in PVP in under a minute was pure humiliation.
He thrust his holy knight's sword and shield forward.
From what he saw, the opponent was a typical aggressive swordsman type focusing on charges and barrages.
This time, no carelessness, nothing. Full focus.
He stood in a solid basic stance, waiting for the enemy.
Cruise had the basics down. Holding shield and sword was fundamental.
However, the shield Cruise held was different in shape, size, and purpose from standard supply shields.
You can't hold a holy knight shield like that. Arm bent more, legs spread, waist lowered. That way, it properly covers your body and makes protecting easier.
Wrong stance plus awkward game buffs.
That was the epitome of disaster.
Yura's mistake-filled play was better than that.
This stance came from forcing a mix after establishing his own style.
One more thing to add to the advice.
Thinking that, Third Life charged at the defensively posed Cruise.
The holy knight leads with the shield.
Push.
However.
Squish.
The long sword pierced Cruise's forehead amid the pushing force.
At least he lasted over a minute.
It wasn't much consolation for Cruise.
Because it ended in one hit again.
Holy knight's problem.
Players rely only on tankiness and charge blindly.
Don't trust buffs blindly; act properly.
Otherwise, you go down like this in one hit.
The same message as before.
Not a single letter different.
Cruise trembled, not at the record, but at the one-hit kill.
Then another message from the opponent.
A strangely familiar déjà vu.
He took a deep breath and accepted again.
Head too high.
True.
That's what killed him.
Unwanted advice, but Cruise accepted it and corrected his posture.
He hunched more, tucking his body fully behind the shield.
'Going with holy knight signature tag.'
Hit and run.
Heal and endure.
To endure tenaciously somehow, Cruise activated all holy knight buffs.
Didn't use early and it backfired, so no more mistakes.
Only after full prep did Cruise look at the opponent.
The opponent customized to holy knight mode.
-Viewer donated 1,000 won!-
Teabagging? That's harsh.
I just cared that swordsman was getting unfairly trashed in the community.
I never said holy knight was bad.
Holy knight is good if played well.
To show that, I specially picked holy knight to demonstrate playing it too.
It's true, why don't they believe me.
I played swordsman earlier, now it's holy knight's turn to show it's good too.
What else? Holy knight mode.
I mimicked what Cruise did.
Thud-!
Stamp the ground, charge forward powerfully, shield bash everything in front.
Cruise, also holy knight with shield, endured the first bash decently.
Now point-blank range.
Time for close-quarters brawl.
Holy knight has great vitality.
Won't die easily unless throat is slit instantly.
So...
Whoosh-!
Take upper body attacks like this, close in further,
Crack!
And smash the opponent's face.
That was proper holy knight usage.
If using holy knight, plan to take hits while killing the opponent.
Why think of just enduring hits?
Better to pick swordsman, dodge with high DPS and mobility, run if needed.
Shown everything now.
Now time to inform.
Posting here reaches the most people.
"......"
Got utterly wrecked.
No doubt about it.
Instead of the chat flooded with question marks and confusion, Cruise stared piercingly at the [You have been defeated.] message.
Then.
Third Life sent some link.
Cruise clicked it absentmindedly.
Because the chat was going nuts.
And...
There he saw the essence of advice.
It didn't end there.
Cruise saw more advice posts that seemed targeted at him, though not explicitly.
⋮
One thought circled in Cruise's mind.
What kind of person is this?
Not prescribing poison then antidote.
What the...
Third Life broadcasted writing the community post live.
And.
Minimal conscience, he gave end-broadcast notice before shutting off.
The 10-minute broadcast ended.
Abandoning 416 viewers from communities and word of mouth.
And some of these viewers overlap with Yura's audience.
Because Third Life's first broadcast was to advise Yura.
So viewers knew where Third Life went.
Straight to Yura's tournament finals.
[Yuha! Today's tournament... Huh? Wait, why's the chat like this?]
Thus, Yura took the backlash Third Life had built up.