Chapter 407 – 407. Being a Pro (6)

After a while, I heard the staff say to come to the stadium for the 3rd set ban pick.

Me and the players go out onto the field once again and enter the capsule.

The team that wins this set reaches match point.
So the importance of this set could not be overstated.

[BA Peace: Fighting everyone! Let’s go while concentrating!]
[BA White: Yes!]

I could hear Hwang Ji-yeon’s voice trying to continuously raise her concentration and tension.
In the multi-premise system, the winning rate ultimately depended on who focused and immersed themselves longer.

Even if the opponent’s spirit is broken, you must concentrate until the very end.

And then the pick and ban started.
Since BES took the blue formation, the opponent proceeded to ban first.

The first van was the Jormungand.

[BA Peace: You’re trying to keep pushing the mid?]
[BA Battle: You must think of it as a sure victory plan.]

Perhaps even if I were in the opponent’s position, I would pay attention to the mid-line with high carry.

But then we were comfortable too.
As expected, it is a matter of ban-picking.

[BA Battle: I’m thinking of going all the way to Ragnarok and making a combination, so try following along slowly.]

While talking to the players about the concept of this combination, we slowly proceeded with ban-picking.

BES continued to invest in the mid side, including Heimdall, who was difficult to deal with in the 2nd set.
Then the character pick begins.

Our opponent’s first pick was Helios.
It had good survivability and good range, so it was a good, but strong one-hander.

After that comes our pick order.
This side could have also postponed important mid and jungle picks while selecting a bot duo.

[BA Peace: I don’t think you need to pull out the top first, right?]
[BA Battle: Then let’s complete the bottom first.]
[BA Peace: Yes.]

Through discussion with Hwang Ji-yeon, the bottom duo was completed first.

It was Artemis and Tinker Bell.
Artemis, which Ryu Seo-yoon uses well, and Tinkerbell, which gives powerful buffs while sticking to friendly characters, have a good compatibility.
It was okay in the beginning, and it was a bottom combination that could be used with value in the second half.

BES went up against him and pulled out top and support.
For the top, Hyeonmu, an extreme tank character, appeared, and for the support was Hermes.

As expected, it seemed that they had chosen Hermes, who had good buffs, and Hyunmu, who could build the front line, only for the midfield.

In addition, mid and jungle are postponed until the end of the day.

It was a pretty scary choice.

If that’s the case, the mid will also be delayed until the very end.

Top picks Kraken with an AoE CC ultimate that’s good for teamfights, and Jungle is again Cockatrice.
Both of them were good characters to make because they were good at entering and teamfighting.

The opponent’s last mid and jungle picks were characters that could carry the team.

Medusa in the jungle and Ares in the mid.
Medusa, which is also used as a one-hander, but recently appeared more in the jungle, was used as a powerful damage dealer even in the second half.

And Ares, needless to say, was a powerful sword character.
With Ares’ unique skills counterattack and skill set specialized in one-on-one confrontation, no one can stop him in the middle and second half.

It was only a story about one-on-one confrontation, so there were many cases of dying without doing anything in teamfights.

Now we only have one final pick left.
The opponent was trying to keep our picks in check during the 2nd set, so the mid characters were loose.

If so, it meant that Jiah Lee’s best assassin character was still there.

An unusual character who is an assassin but does not lose his power until the end of the game.
I filled in the last piece of the puzzle by choosing a nine-tailed fox.

Team Battle Angels
Top: BA GODOG (Kraken)
Jungle : BA Wisdom (cockatrice)
MID: BA Sia (Gumiho)
AD Carry: BA Ryu (Artemis)
Support : BA White (Tinkerbell)

Team Best E-Sports
Top       : BES 7890 (Hyunmu)
Jungle : BES Xian (Medusa)
MID: BES Hua (Ares)
AD Carry: BES Chan9 (Helios)
Support : BES 30Jc (Hermes)

The BES strategy was similar to the first and second sets.
The rest of the line, except for the mid, is just holding on and hoping that Hua will do something for it.

The idea that I would openly press down with force was really disgusting.

I can’t stand it because I want to press the bridge of my nose the other way.

[BA Battle: With that style, it will definitely be difficult to go through multiple prerequisites.]

Before leaving the capsule, I gave the players my best advice.

[BA Battle: In the 3rd set, I exhausted my opponent while taking as much time as possible. You don’t have to think about winning unconditionally.]

Then the 3rd set started.

I came out of the capsule and checked the in-game situation in the waiting room.
Due to the opposing bot duo aiming for Baek Ha-yan, who was alone at the bottom of the bot line, a small incident occurred that surprised each other, but the first point did not come out.

The line that follows.
The opponent was in a position where everyone held out except for the mid-line, so accidents do not happen easily.

But at that moment, a big mistake comes from the opponent’s bottom.
Perhaps because of the pressure of the game, supporter 30Jc was forced to take the front position.

It wasn’t Ryu Seo-yoon who would miss it.
Punishment to enter immediately with the white Tinkerbell.

Hermes, who lost his stamina in an instant, saved his life, but it was difficult to fight again.

Once the position was pushed back, the laning battle was hell.

Tinkerbell, who is not strong in the early lane battles, but uses her wits from moment to moment to squeeze in damage.
And Ryu Seo-yoon’s Artemis, who received Tinker Bell’s buff, was truly a monster.

‘He’s doing better than I thought.’

Following the bottom, the top line was also our landslide victory.
Hyeonmu, who had a single determination to safely pass the laning phase and hold on to the front line in the teamfight phase, was beaten so many times by Heo Sook-hee’s Kraken that he had no choice but to do tower hugging.

No matter how much it is a tank position and has a high-value ultimate, the story changes when the CS is more than doubled.
Hyunmu’s skin, which should be as hard as a rock, was as soft as tofu.

The voices of Korean commentators and casters sounded like they were screaming.

“The entire line is overrun! Battle Angels!!”
“BES made a very complacent combination! I understand Hua’s physicality, and because of his good mid-carrying ability, I understand that he’s trying to hold on in other lines, but he’s too blatant!!”
“What kind of team is the Battle Angels?! Even in ACK, where only monsters with good physical skills were gathered, they were a team that used to lose physically!”
“Every line except the mid is falling apart! BES! How can I get through this difficulty?!”

Hua’s presence was great, but a hole was forming that she alone could not block.
At this rate, it was to the point where they didn’t have to go all the way to Ragnarok, which was the original plan.

However, from this point on, BES’ potential began to be revealed.
An aggressive ganking by Xian in the jungle along with Hua came in.

The target is Lee Ji-ah, who caught the nine-tailed fox.
Although a nine-tailed fox was never dull, Hua’s physicality was unbelievable.

Stun by predicting Lee Ji-ah’s movement to avoid the momentary attack.

‘Isn’t it, did I just fly it after seeing it?’

The process didn’t matter.
The conclusion was that Lee Ji-ah was stunned, and Xian’s Medusa’s ultimate was linked to death.

BES’ bottom and top were difficult, but they hadn’t given up a kill yet, so it was the first point in the third set.

“Wow… ! Sia’s evasion maneuver was also really good, but how do you hit that?!”
“It’s a scary physical. This is probably the reason why I gave strength to mid.”
“Still, from a value fight, Battle Angels are still good. Rather, the BES side will have to roll the snowball based on this gain to win the fight in the second half.”

Commentators were still optimistic.

Time passed, and after the laning match, we went through several teamfights.
The Battle Angels, who had been pushing their opponents since the laning match, seemed to be able to break the game if they did well, but in the end, BES held out and no additional kills came out.

Even in the object fight, BES had the advantage.
First of all, the Battle Angels players who met Hua were cut off one by one, so we couldn’t have a proper teamfight.

Thanks many times to give up Buddha and Mary.
The game entered the mid-to-late half where Messiah appeared.

This time, when BES prepared for a team fight, they settled down first.
Battle Angels move late after farming from end to end.

As a result, Messiah’s physical strength has fallen to less than half.
The Battle Angels arrived nearby, but they were blocked by the front line of the BES and could not easily enter.

“I don’t have the stamina of a Messiah!”
“I have no choice but to give the Messiah! We have to watch teamfights, teamfights!”
“Hua is behind you! Do you know Battle Angels?!”

Hyeonmu, the BES tank, lost a lot of stamina due to his throwing skills, but at that moment, Hua entered from behind and opened a team fight.

At the same time, the rest of the BES players meticulously ate Messiah and joined.
BES made stronger by Messiah’s buff.

In order to block Hua’s attack, the Battle Angels’ players scattered, but that rather put them in a disadvantageous position.

“Ah… They are being cleaned up one by one!”
“You have to live as much as Ryu!”
“Oh oh… ! Meanwhile, Sia?!”

Still, Hua’s Ares wasn’t the only one who preferred a melee.
Lee Ji-ah’s nine-tailed fox was also easy to play in a melee like an assassin.

In order to defeat the scattered Battle Angels individually, the players of BES are also spread widely.

After getting the timing right, Lee Ji-ah’s nine-tailed fox assassinates Hyun-moo, her daughter, and then goes one step further and catches supporter Hermes.

As a result, the final score for this teamfight is 3-2.
We lost three on our side, and two on the BES.

It was a lost exchange, but it could also be seen as a defense against what could have been more ruined.

Time passed, and 40 minutes passed before I knew it.
The game had already reached the end of the game, and it was time to think about Ragnarok.

On the face of it, it was a game where we didn’t get a nice final blow, but it was all planned.