Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1207

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 92
29. Who’s in Command? (4)
Reina’s skill composition was relatively straightforward.
First, there existed a unique passive called “Marksman’s Pride.”
It randomly generated targets on the enemy’s body, and hitting them would stack [Marksman’s Pride] stacks.
As stacks accumulated, my attack power increased gradually, and when 100 stacks were reached, I could activate my transcendence ability.
Starting from 4 combos and above, I gained 1 stack per combo; at 5 combos, 2 stacks; at 6 combos, 3 stacks, and so on.
However, when hitting a Contractor instead of a monster or Minion, stacks accumulated five times faster.
Just 6 combos would stack 15 stacks.
Landing 15 combos meant 60 stacks.
Of course, 15 combos was a dream number. In Diamond tier and above, matches typically ended within 4-5 combos on average.
My true strength lay in another passive skill called [Mana Burst], which synergized with my unique passive.
Every 3 combos, mana would ignite and deal massive damage to my opponent.
As combos stacked, the damage increased dramatically.
Around 12 combos, most dealers would die or become incapacitated.
It was that powerful of a passive skill, and it could be called my core strength.
“Leave Mana Burst alone! How many times do I have to say it!?”
Waaahhhhh!
That was why Danmuji was wailing.
If this crucial skill was carelessly modified, I might become unusable.
“To be precise, I didn’t even get to say it once.”
Hong-cha corrected from beside me.
That was true.
Before Danmuji could even open his mouth, I just went ahead and selected it.
Haha, damn it lol
-Isn’t she basically a different character now?
-Doomed
lol
Sniper Reyna lol
-She’s not Reina anymore?
Not only Danmuji, but the viewers’ reactions were also unfavorable.
[Skill Enhanced!]
The direction the skill was enhanced in was utterly ridiculous.
[Mana Beam]
The name sounded quite plausible.
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Every time Reina hits a target 3 times consecutively, mana density increases and range increases by 20 for 5 seconds. Range increases up to a maximum of 100, after which mana arrows transform into “Mana Beam”….
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In other words, the range increases first, and then the damage increases later, not the damage.
I explain this to them.
“Every time you hit a target, your range increases by 20.”
“…P-permanently?”
Danmuji’s eyes sparkle with hope.
“No. For 5 seconds.”
“…!?”
Haha, damn it lol
hahahahaha
lol so funny
-Reina… execution!
“No way. Brother. You’re joking for the broadcast right now, aren’t you?”
“No, I’m serious. Range increases by 20 for 5 seconds. And it caps at 100 or something…”
I explain the rest vaguely and unclearly.
-Why aren’t you talking about the important mana beam kkk
-Talk about the mana beam
-Mana beam: ???
-I don’t get what changes into a beam though lol
Even Gobong, who’s Gold rank, gets frustrated.
“What!? You’re calling this an enhancement!? Reina getting range instead of damage!?”
What was the point of opening the vault then?
Getting a Legendary Rune is supposed to be the vault’s peak moment.
But instead of helping, it actually ruined one character.
‘Command? I want to say it, but I’ll hold back.’
I felt the urge to make a joke, but this time I held it in.
‘Even I can see this skill isn’t good.’
I have enough mastery with Reina to call myself a craftsman.
Even with my tactical shortcomings, I could tell this wasn’t right.
‘Reina’s strength is instant deletion.’
Reina is only a ranged carry in appearance—she’s actually an assassin-type avatar.
That’s why her range isn’t that long for a ranged carry.
She’s roughly on the same level as Poison Dart Bunny who shoots poison darts.
But the damage is in a different dimension.
She closes the distance instantly with a roll while amplifying damage, then stacks a few combo levels to unleash explosive burst damage.
There’s a saying that three instances of mana exposure changes a teamfight.
It’s definitely accurate when it hits a dealer.
High risk, but equally high return avatar.
But now the entire structure has changed.
‘Temporary increase…’
Stack 3 combos and your range temporarily increases.
The benefit of increased range is being able to attack from a distance without risk.
But to stack a 3-combo, don’t you have to enter with reduced range first?
It’s an ironic composition where you already accept all the risk, then eliminate the risk later.
“Ehyu.”
Danmuji sighed deeply with the same thought.
Realizing this wouldn’t work, his eyes sharpened.
Flash!
“First, get your head straight… Gobong, you contract too. You need to keep up. We’re running out of time.”
Danmuji began issuing orders in earnest.
-Gasp
-Danmuji’s eyes wide open
-Whoa
-His eyes already snapped open kkk
-His eyes flashed right at Ttok-cheong’s wall kkkkk
“Then what am I supposed to do?”
Gobong still had nothing decided.
Truth be told, he knew almost nothing about Ril besides Almond, so he wasn’t sure what he should be doing.
He just knew how to perform the Tank position adequately.
“Originally, I’m supposed to enter together with Reina….”
Danmuji was troubled too.
The Tank is supposed to enter together and draw Reina’s aggro.
But now Reina’s range has increased.
How on earth could they make this work?
“Since we have two ADCs. The Shield Warrior….”
That’s when it happened.
“Play Mace Paladin.”
“…?”
Almond spoke up.
“W-wait, Mace Paladin? But you’re Reina, hyung?”
There was a reason Danmuji said this.
Reina and Mace Paladin are fundamentally incompatible.
Reina’s combo only maintains if she hits her target.
Mace Paladin only functions properly if the ADC hits his nails.
Reina can’t hit the nails in the first place.
“Reina has to hit her target from the start, so she can’t hit the nails.”
“That’s why Gobong can just scatter the nails over that target.”
“…Huh?”
-This is crazy kkkkkkk
-You think it’s all you kkkkk
-How’s Gobong supposed to do that
-Gobong’s expression kkkkk
-kkkkkkkkk
-If that happened, Gobong wouldn’t be Gobong…
“Ah… it won’t work?”
“It won’t.”
But I felt that I needed a Mace Paladin.
“Still, the thing is… I’d end up with so many targets…”
-Till the end kkkkk
-Ah, is the overlap probability high?
-Why does Almond get so many targets? Is this affinity too? lol kkkkk
-Just pick already
The reason was simple.
‘I liked how Letmi played it.’
When I met a player named Letmi before, I saw what a Mace Paladin was for the first time.
I thought it was quite good.
If I had been a ranged carry instead of a Rubisword user back then, it would’ve been so much better.
“Aaaah! No time! Everyone’s dying!”
Hong-cha pressed her mouth to Gobong’s ear and yelled.
“Ah, no, what the—why me… No, why are you doing this to me!?”
“You punk Bong! You’re the one choosing! Contract it! If it’s a mace, I’m a ranged carry anyway so I’ll land all the shots!”
“That’s right! I’ll do it!”
Thump.
Goguma immediately contracted into a Mace Paladin.
“Goodness, what would I know!? I just do whatever you ladies tell me to do~!”
Gobong emphasized that he was merely a servant, slipping away from responsibility.
Whoosh!
A brilliant light descended, and Gobong’s form transformed.
“Mace~ Pal~”
He spoke as if he’d become some kind of creature.
-Lol
-Pleasure without responsibility kkkkk
-But servants never had responsibility anyway kkkkkkk
-Mace-mon kkkkkkk
-Mace~ Pal this nonsense kkkkk
-Real talk, we all know what’s up kkk
Tap.
Danmuji pressed her forehead.
‘Right… Hong-cha will land them…’
Hong-cha was also a Challenger-tier ranged carry.
But the question was whether Hong-cha had the same level of shooting precision as I did.
Being good at ranged carry and landing shots were completely different matters.
‘This would’ve been perfect for Almond.’
So I understood why Almond preferred the Mace Paladin.
The problem was simply that it wouldn’t work alongside Reina.
Pabam!
[Monmon donated 10,000 won.]
[You can overcome this with Reina’s love~]
Financial therapy striking at just the right moment.
10,000 won was quite precious on Danmuji’s channel.
“…Ah, thank you for the 10,000 won donation, Monmon. No matter how much Reina loves Almond, I don’t think she’d let him fire two arrows at once.”
Hahahaha, for real
That’s true lol
It’s really frustrating that love is already assumed as a given condition, haha.
Overcome it with love haha
What doesn’t work simply doesn’t work.
That was my philosophy.
Rather than trying to make the impossible possible, I’d acknowledge what couldn’t be done and quickly find another approach.
‘I need to get Hong-cha under contract first… probably.’

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The change in mana exposure immediately made the difference in Reina’s performance apparent.
Puffbung!
The damage when shooting monsters was drastically different.
Against monsters, range didn’t really matter, so it somehow felt more powerless.
〔Something… feels off.〕
Even Reina said this.
Even Reina ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah…
-It’s definitely weaker
-It would’ve been instant kill normally
-This isn’t the hunting speed of a party with two Contractors
-Doesn’t look like we can split either
“Daegam! What if we try focusing on my nails instead!?”
Gobong suggested driving nails.
That would get more damage in, at least.
“No, first I need to test this ability properly.”
“Ah, yes!”
Driving nails could wait until we needed it in actual combat.
I needed to confirm exactly how the ability felt in practice.
Puffung!
[Range Increased +20]
My attack range increases further.
The damage boost only came gradually through [Marksman’s Pride], nothing else.
“Hmm….”
I stare at my blue bow with a slightly dissatisfied expression.
‘Is there no way?’
My range has grown considerably from beating monsters.
Whoosh!
When I test it, it’s quite far.
‘Oh. It’s good, but….’
The funny part is that to achieve this range, I have to go forward and hit things.
So the best approach would be to beat nearby monsters, then shoot from a distance when enemies appear.
Only then would this ability be somewhat useful.
‘Anyway, the Marksman stacks accumulate, and if I build up enough combos, a beam fires off….’
Boom!
[Level Up!]
I manage to kill all the monsters and level up.
Right when my combo hit exactly 15.
[Mana Beam]
Crackle!
Sparks fly from my bow, and its form transforms.
Not a bow anymore, but more like a crossbow with a trigger mechanism.
〔I feel like I’ve discovered something new.〕
Reina’s line carries significant meaning.
“Huh? What is this?”
My line also carries significant meaning.
-?
-Didn’t you finish reading the explanation kkk
-No kkk
-I knew I stopped reading halfway…
Damn, haha
-Like Pandora’s box, hope’s the last thing this guy reads kkkkk
I hadn’t read up to the part about Mana Beam.
‘Let me read it.’
While I quickly skim through it.
I hear Danmuji’s scream.
“Whoa whoa whoa!?”
Crackle crackle!
Lightning magic flies in, pushing Danmuji backward.
“It’s an enemy!”
Danmuji regains his stance and shouts.
“Enemy, enemies!”
But Lemon, who was looking in the completely opposite direction from Danmuji, was shouting the same thing?
“Behind too?”
“Behind?”
Both of them were watching each other’s backs from opposite angles.
“Damn it.”
“Uh, another!”
“It’s a pincer formation! No, what is this place!?”
Hong-cha took position with irritation.
Danmuji quickly checked the map.
‘Oh no.’
While checking abilities and whatnot, I had momentarily forgotten the most crucial shadow positions.
‘We got pushed here because of the shadow movement, didn’t we?’
From my current perspective, the rear was the direction being chased by the shadow.
The front was where they were aiming to harass and torment.
I was caught right in between.
“This… our level is lower?”
The enemies were level 6.
We were still level 5.
The difference between level 5 and 6 wasn’t just a single level gap.
It was easier to think that fighting was impossible.
It was the difference between having and not having a Divine Descent skill.
“Damn, we’re done for!”
Thud!
Gobong blocked the bullets the enemy was firing with his shield while shouting.
“Uh, what do we do!? They both have two Contractors too!”
The timing was terrible.
The advantage had been that Contractors appeared quickly in pairs.
But even that was negated, and the enemies were just one level higher.
“There’s nothing left but to retreat while being careful and keeping the Rune Spirit alive…”
“Oh, here they come!”
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
The rear team rushing forward with a tank leading.
It was ‘the Great Stone – Kutan’.
The way he was moving his hands clearly looked like he was about to use a Divine Descent skill immediately.
“Upheaval! Dodge the upheaval!”
“We’re done—”
──Kwaaaang!
Kutan, as if he had some movement speed rune embedded in him, burrowed into the ground in an instant, then burst out right beneath the Knight Order team.
Nearly everyone was sent flying upward.
Only Almond reacted, rolling to dodge.
The rest had no mobility skills yet, so they all took the hit directly.
‘If the dealers unleash their damage now, we’re wiped.’
What makes Tanks like Kutan terrifying is the moment after they land their crowd control abilities.
That’s when the dealers can pour on damage so easily.
In other words, if we could just eliminate the enemy dealers somehow?
It might turn into nothing at all.
‘But that’s impossible.’
A dealer can’t just vanish out of nowhere.
Look at Igtan charging in with such enthusiasm.
He’s grinning, ready to land his area-of-effect skill.
But then—
‘Huh?’
Crackle-crack-crack-crack!
Suddenly, a thunderous boom echoed from somewhere.
[Enemy eliminated!]
[Reckless Warrior → Umpagumpa]
“!?”
From an impossible distance, at an impossible speed, Almond sniped Igtan down.
It was the power of a mana beam fired at maximum range.
-Insane kkkkkkkkk
-Wow
-Awakening kkkkk
-Damn
-Oh right, he had full stacks kkk
-That’s cheating lol
-Wow
-Intercontinental ballistic missile dd
-That’s insane kkkkkkk
-Ttok-cheong’s rising kkkkkkkkk
-That’s totally broken lol
Danmuji’s jaw dropped.
‘We’re done for.’
Once again, Almond’s choice had proven correct.

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