Chapter 19
Chapter 19
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 19
Chapter Title: What is a Tinker? (I Really Don't Know)
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What is a Tinker? (I really don't know)
A Tinker was a profession that patched holes in pots, pans, bowls, and the like.
It was a job you hardly saw anymore in the modern world, where you'd just toss out anything broken or holed and buy a new one.
Tinker's lot in Teamfight Arena was much the same.
If your ally picked it, you'd rage. If the enemy did, you'd be grateful. It was quintessential troll pick.
The Tinker wielded turrets as its main weapon, but it had zero flexibility and could only fight on a battlefield it'd fully prepped.
You had to roam and farm all game from early to mid, so you couldn't just plop down turrets in one spot and camp there.
So was it actually strong on a prepped battlefield? Eh...
It might work on total beginners.
But against any team with a clue, it was obviously useless.
Any character that could delete turrets from outside their range, or even just burst them down, made short work of them.
But that was only in standard 5v5 team games with normal progression...
💬 Stream Chat — WildAndFriends? Wild's supposedly friends with her but acting like enemies? — ??? A lion gives its all even when hunting rabbits. — TrashTrollPick Utter trash troll pick! How far will you fall, Wild?! — SemiFinalMonster The monster born from endless semis... — AbuseNoob? Abusing a newbie? For real lol — NotTotalNoob Opponent's not a total noob tho — Lololol Too funny wtf lololol In 1v1 Arena Duel, things were a bit different.
Tinker needed prep time to shine, right?
Arena Duel forbade combat for the first 5 minutes.
Just step out of the Tinker's turf?
Arena Duel meant instant loss if you fled the arena, and handing over the capture point—which constantly gave gold and exp—basically doomed you anyway.
The ultimate trash troll pick!
The viewers burst into laughter at Wild's ruthlessness toward a mere newbie.
Why? Watching newbies get abused was always hilarious.
Tear down turrets from outside range?
Didn't apply to the short-armed Illusionist, despite being a ranged mage champ.
Melt turrets with raw firepower first?
Might work in 5v5, but nonsense in 1v1.
Dodge turret shots with godlike micro?
Too bad turret attacks were auto-targeted basic attacks—normal hits.
💬 Stream Chat — ProTip Pro tip: Champs should be agreed on beforehand for Arena Duel — TrashLegend Trash tier legend lololol — WantsToWin Means he wants the win that bad~ — WatchedJustInCase Watched just in case and yup — Accomplices? But those top supporters who didn't warn her are accomplices too, right? — NewViewer Just tuned in—what happened? The viewers chattered as if Jeon Jeonseol's defeat was already sealed.
But instead of calling out Wild or raging at chat, Jeon Jeonseol took action.
That action was...
💬 Stream Chat — NoClue? She doesn't even know what Tinker champ is? — RarePick Not a common game pick lol — Lololololol lolololololololol ⭐ Top Comment — WildWinChant Wild victory! Wild victory! Wild victory! Wild victory! — CramNow? Studying now won't help, Jeonseol lololol — CramSesh Feels like watching myself cram the night before a test Searching YouTube for Tinker and checking its skills.
...She really had no idea what skills the character even had.
Harshly for her, both loading screens finished fast.
Wild was a pro, and Jeon Jeonseol's rig was high-end too.
Teamfight Arena, national pastime on low-spec machines, loaded in seconds.
No time to even browse YouTube, it seemed.
💬 Stream Chat — OpenBookTest? Open-book exam vibes? — MapReadingAlt Map reading swapped for textbook reading ㄷㄷ — TimeIsMoney Time is gold—save it! Jeon Jeonseol, who usually ignored her own champ while checking ally vision on neutral monsters...
This time, alt-tab mastery let her farm while watching YouTube simultaneously.
💬 Stream Chat — Useless? Like watching changes anything? — AdmitDefeat Admit defeat, nooblet — RuthlessWild Wild's one ruthless dude — GamerPride Gamer winlust... — Enemies2 Friends or foes? Pt. 2 "..."
No response from Jeon Jeonseol amid the mockery.
Most viewers figured her mental had cracked under the pressure.
'This is doable.'
In secret, Jeon Jeonseol finished her calculations.
She kept quiet so Wild wouldn't know she hadn't given up.
Five minutes neared. She'd cleared the promised three camps for level 3.
Heading to the true battlefield—the arena—she spent her earned gold.
[Electroshock Device] [Spell Power +40] [Deals 60 magic damage to champions on hit (Cooldown: 40 seconds)] Viewers questioned the item choice.
💬 Stream Chat — NewbieMeta Arena Duel meta is stacking newbie items — NoobGuide Noob doesn't know: newbie set has no future but godlike early — LostTouch Always first-item rushing dulled her sense lol — TeacherNote Teacher: Tinker can't hit everything and dodge everything Newbie Sword, Newbie Shield, Newbie Grimoire.
The "Newbie Trinity" was cheap with sky-high stats.
No upgrade path meant no future, but Arena Duel had no future anyway.
Best strat: buy two with starting gold + neutral camps.
Jeon Jeonseol bought a low-stat item instead, so of course she seemed clueless.
💬 Stream Chat — Useless1v1 Electroshock good for team bursts, useless 1v1 — LowExpect What ya expect from noob—not even max level yet — MentalBreak Mental snapped seeing Tinker? Turret autos can't be dodged — WildScum Wild's the asshole here, Jeonseol didn't do wrong ㅇㅇ Finally, both champs met in the arena.
Wild's Tinker predictably plopped three turrets right on the capture point.
Then, obnoxiously centered among them, he baited: come get me—"your move" strat.
Only sniper-types with longer basic ranges than turret range, or chars with skills longer than that, could push a Tinker like this.
People thought picking Illusionist sealed her loss from the start.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [5:00] [Arena Capture Event has begun!] [Gain experience and gold every second atop the Arena Point.] Five minutes up.
Everyone could picture it clearly.
Illusionist helpless against turrets, flailing outside the point, then dying to level 4 Tinker.
Or forcing turret deletes, burning HP, unable to leave point, bleeding out.
Neither happened.
The instant 5:00 hit, Jeon Jeonseol's Illusionist Flash-stepped (short-range teleport spell, 300s cooldown) into the point.
Then W: spawn illusion at target spot.
E: swap with illusion + AoE damage where illusion was.
In range now: Ignite spell (5s DoT, 180s cooldown).
Q: fire linear magic arrow. Illusion copies, firing one too.
Two+ arrows stun for 1s.
Long description, but from Flash to Q: under a second.
Blink of an eye.
And the result:
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ —"Enemy eliminated." —"Eliminated by enemy." Turrets vanished instantly on Tinker's death, but already-fired basic attacks clipped the Illusionist.
Classic love tap.
But victory's world was cold.
Dying a split-second later? Jeon Jeonseol wins.
💬 Stream Chat — Wow Whoa — Wtf Holy shit — ????????????? ????????????? — Huh What is this — Win? She won??? Unambiguous result.
Jeon Jeonseol won.
But so shocking, it took time to sink in.
💬 Stream Chat ⭐ Top Comment — GodJeonseol Jeon Jeonseol is a god????? — NoobSlayer Noob slayer Jeon Jeonseol ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ (she's the noob slayer) — Insane wtf that works? — DamageMath How'd she calc the damage?? — KnewTinker? Didn't know Tinker??? Didn't know Tinker??? Didn't know Tinker??? — ActedNoob Ric show! Pretending not to know Tinker was acting! — PerfectExec One skill miss or fumble and she'd die instantly? — NewbieItemsLose Newbie items instead of Electroshock = loss — Supercomputer How tf did she math that???? Supercomputer???? — MathPhDNo Spell coeffs, MR, skill dmg—even math PhD who memorized it all couldn't calc that — Howwww How'd she do it — Beers Dunno, cheers! — WildQuote ??? : Jeon Jeonseol's the only one better at the game than me — UglyLoss Ugly, Wild—how ya lose to Tinker — TrashTierWild Trash tier level lolololol — NickValue Living up to the name, Legend ⭐ Top Comment — TrueLegend Jeon Jeonseol is legendary (real legend) Praise erupted belatedly.
Jeon Jeonseol's victory.