Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 217

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 217
74. Roaming (2)
“First, we need to focus on Aqua as a pick.”
The Analyst began speaking with a serious expression, but King Gul playfully redirected the conversation.
“Ah, sorry, but everyone’s already paying attention! How could anyone not notice that!?”
-lol for real
-if you don’t see it you’re not human lol
-she’s a woman but i only see miho
-even almond, the handsome guy who maxed out his resistance to women, turned his head. case closed.
Laughter rippled through the audience.
“Ahem…”
The Analyst pushed up his Red Glasses and glared sharply. He wanted to discuss the game strategy further.
Taco Team’s Aqua pick had deeper meaning than that.
“I acknowledge that Miho’s visuals are flashy, but I was trying to explain that Aqua wasn’t chosen simply to select a deity with a pool party skin.”
“Huh? Does Aqua have other strategic elements?”
“Exactly. The pool party skin was released as a series, so other deities had it too… King Gul?”
King Gul kept his gaze fixed on Miho.
When the Analyst glared at him once more, he finally stopped joking around.
“Haha! My apologies! You’re right! The Aqua pick does have significance!”
The Caster asked in surprise.
“Is that so?! King Gul?”
“Yes. No matter what, even if Mosol is Mosol, a Challenger wouldn’t lose just because someone picked any deity and put them in a bikini!?”
“He wouldn’t… lose?”
When the Caster questioned as if he truly believed they would lose, the audience burst into laughter.
And so did the chat.
-lmaooo
-caster really thinks they’re gonna lose lol
-this is how dangerous it is to main Solia, folks.
-but they actually might lose though…
-10 minutes later: the feared outcome actually happened~!
King Gul shook his head.
“The Aqua pick definitely has intentional tactics. First, it’s closely related to the Frost Archer and Fisherman picks.”
“Huh?! Suddenly the Bottom lane?”
“Yes. It’s a pick designed with Bottom lane synergy in mind. They’re going to drain Almond’s abilities to the ends of the earth!”
The Caster looked back at the Analyst as if asking if that was correct. He pushed up his Red Glasses and nodded.
“The Frost Archer and Aqua synergy. Those who know will know. It’s one of the rare deity-to-deity synergies in the league.”
“Ah, right. If Aqua’s water gets on them, the freezing happens faster, doesn’t it?”
“Correct. And according to the lore, they’re also in a romantic relationship.”
“Aaaah! Lucky! Almond!”
King Gul interjected again, and laughter spread through the audience once more.
“Your wife is probably watching right now.”
“Ugh!”
The moment the Analyst brought up his wife, King Gul finally fell silent.
Thanks to that, the Analyst could continue speaking comfortably.
“The Frost Archer is a ‘roaming-type’ ADC. Rather than dealing high damage, she roams around supporting her allies. But you mentioned earlier that she has good synergy with Aqua in the mid lane, right?”
“Ah~!”
The Caster slapped his knee as if he finally understood.
“So Almond and Taco are planning to focus on mid-lane roaming!?”
“Exactly.”
Roaming.
Literally, it refers to the act of moving around.
The meaning in actual gameplay is the same.
It refers to moving around areas outside of one’s assigned lane.
“Ah, the Frost Archer definitely makes roaming much easier!”
Not all incarnations are equally suited for roaming.
Just as mage-type incarnations cannot assassinate, certain incarnations specialize in roaming.
The Frost Archer was one of them.
“That’s right. The Frost Archer has a skill called ‘Ice Board.’ On frozen terrain, this skill dramatically increases movement speed.”
“I see. There’s a ‘river’ flowing between the mid and bottom lanes, right? So the strategy is to use that to reach mid!”
“Correct.”
Roaming primarily requires high movement speed.
Not burst speed, but sustained long-distance movement speed.
A laner’s primary duty is to prevent their assigned lane’s tower from being destroyed. If roaming takes too long, the tower faces a high risk of being attacked.
“But there was talk that when Almond picked the Frost Archer in a practice match last time, he barely used this Ice Board skill.”
“…Well, that’s true. But today, he’ll have to use it.”
Previously, Almond had barely utilized the Ice Board among the Frost Archer’s skills.
However, this time he must master it.
Almond’s mission in this game wasn’t to destroy the enemy ADC—it was to destroy Mosol.
“Soloizebaek cannot win unless they take down Mosol. Taco chose the ‘mid-breaking’ composition with this in mind.”
“Wow… Really!?”
“In short!”
King Gul, who had been silent for a while, finally chimed in.
“Balloon Stars decided from the start to just beat Mosol senseless! Destroy mid! That’s all they had in mind from the beginning!”
“Ah~ Mid-breaking! Mosol must be trembling right now!?”
“Yes! Right now, Almond is pushing the bottom lane incredibly hard! So hard that the enemy can barely farm! This is proof he’s preparing to roam!”
[Almond]
[Minions Killed: 37]
[Maekju]
[Minions Killed: 21]
The gap in minion count between the enemy ADC and Almond continued to widen.
“Ah! What does this have to do with roaming?”
“Yes! We need to push the minion wave deep into enemy territory first, so there’s time to make a quick trip through mid!”
“I see! So that’s why… they’re really pressing hard right now? It feels like they’re trying to kill him!”
The Frost Archer’s damage output was relatively low for an avatar.
Yet oddly, his opponent was being pushed back.
Whenever the opponent tried to step forward even slightly to farm minions, arrows came flying immediately.
Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
Against the barrage of arrows curving through the air, the opponent didn’t dare advance.
“Ah! Maekju can’t even breathe!”
“Almond! Your skill seems to have improved even more than before!?”
“The competitive fire is burning hot! He must be frustrated about losing the last game!”
Just as the casters said, the pressure being applied was on a completely different level from the lane phase with Ran.
“Ran isn’t really a strong early-game avatar, while the Frost Archer is quite powerful early on, right? And… most importantly, Almond. I’ve been watching closely, and….”
The Analyst hesitated before continuing. He was briefly unsure whether he should say this.
“…there were many plays where he wasn’t using his right hand much. Especially when playing Ran.”
“Ah. Is it something like a sealed Black Flame Dragon?”
“Hmm… I wish it were something like that. I hope it’s not an injury.”
“Ah! An injury! That could definitely be it. But… hopefully that’s not the case?”
“In any case, now that he’s using the Frost Archer, he’s utilizing both hands fully. That’s why there’s a performance difference. He’s well-known for his bow skills, after all.”
Ahem.
The Analyst cleared his throat briefly and changed the subject.
“Regardless, if they keep getting pushed like this, eventually Mosol will be in trouble.”
“At this rate, they’ll lose!”
At the two casters’ assertion, the Caster asked a question.
“Then… how will Soloizebaek respond?”
“The Jungler probably needs to come.”
“Ah, and there he comes right as we speak!”
“As expected. They’re not an easy team to face, are they?”

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Soloizebaek’s Jungler.
Nogari’s Arachne was sprinting desperately toward the bottom lane.
[Man. Man. I can’t breathe!]
[Damn it! Don’t give the arrow user to Almond! Ran would be better!]
The Maekju duo whined as if they’d mortgaged their entire future to this voice.
[Ah!! I’m going! Go!]
Because of that, Nogari had to abandon his planned route and sprint toward the bottom lane for dear life.
It was irritating, but there was nothing he could do about it.
‘That’s probably their best option too.’
Nogari knew firsthand just how hard the entire Soloizebaek team had practiced.
Nogari himself had played so hard he’d even made his nose bleed.
‘Now it’s time to bear fruit.’
He gathered the sticky web bundle in his hand that could pin down his opponent and sharpened his focus.
The opponent had an escape route.
‘They’ll use the net pull on Almond and drag him away.’
There was no time to hide in the brush and wait for the right angle.
He didn’t bother hiding or waiting—he simply charged straight ahead.
“Huh!”
“Gank incoming!”
As expected.
The opponent reacted immediately.
Whoosh!
Nogari swung his hand holding the web bundle with force.
“Ah! Nogari! If you throw now, Taco will just pull Almond away!”
“Yes. The Fisherman can catch allies with the net and drag them too, right? Incredibly fast!”
[Net Throw]
Splash!
The net Taco threw wrapped around Almond and yanked him away.
Screeeech!
At tremendous speed.
This was one of the Fisherman’s advantages. As long as the Fisherman stayed back, the ADC could survive once even if they played recklessly up front.
[Ah, what! Did it miss?!]
[Throw it slower!]
Arachne smirked and raised the web bundle.
[Fake.]
That throwing motion from before had been a feint.
Almond’s eyes widened.
‘He panicked.’
Nogari believed he’d completely deceived him.
And then he threw a bundle of spider webs at Almond, who was being dragged by the net.
While being pulled by the net, the movement path is predetermined. It’s far too easy to land a prediction shot.
But──
While being dragged by the net, wasn’t Almond drawing his bowstring?
──Thwack, thwack!
Two consecutive shots struck true, and the spider web bundle that had been flying smoothly froze mid-air.
‘What… is this….’
It was a privilege of ADCs with excellent aim.
Being able to neutralize projectile-type skills like this.
‘But who would’ve thought he could pull this off while being dragged by the net.’
I never expected him to succeed even while being dragged along like that.
-Uooooooooooh!
The crowd erupted in cheers.
Both Nogari and Almond had displayed incredible plays.
Nogari was reluctant to just leave like this. Was there any way it could work?
[Hey! Just get out of here!]
[No angle for it!]
The Maekju duo told him to just retreat now.
[Let’s try one more time! Block! Block!]
[B, block?]
Let’s try just one more time.
The most dangerous thought in League filled Nogari’s head completely.
[Do you even know where the enemy Jungler is!?]
Because of that, he had overlooked something.
His best play when he picked the Clown – Lecard.
Counter-ganking – turning the tables on an incoming gank.
Poof!
Through the white smoke.
“Zaa──zan!”
A ridiculous clown mask suddenly burst forth.
It was Strawberry Shooter.
“Hey there, big bro!?”
Seeing Strawberry Shooter’s muscular physique with a clown mask on gave me chills.
A curse escaped my lips involuntarily.
“Ugh. This bastard! Get away!”
Gasping in shock, I tried to change direction.
Thwack!
A massive blade lodged itself in the back of Arachne’s head as she tried to flee.
[Backstep!]
The Clown’s passive. As the backstep effect triggered, health drained away in chunks.
Arachne immediately spun around to counterattack.
But Almond’s arrows pierced her waist in a flash, giving her no chance to escape.
Two shots in succession.
[Frost Bite]
Her waist froze solid, and her body wouldn’t turn.
“What—how is she so fast!?”
I couldn’t comprehend how the Frost Archer’s arrows were coming two at a time.
Whoooosh──
And that wasn’t even the end of it.
──Thwack! Thud!
Two more arrows slammed into my head.
[Frost Bite]
Getting hit twice in the head triggers a brief stun.
The Frost Archer’s damage output wasn’t much on its own.
“Brother, are you getting destroyed today!?”
In that window, the Clown’s blade carved through my back relentlessly.
My health plummeted to critical levels.
As if waiting for that exact moment, Almond’s arrow pierced through my skull.
Thunk!
Nogari’s vision faded to black and white.
[First Blood!]
[Reckless Warrior → Nogari]
The killing blow was successfully granted to the ADC.

* * *
“Aaaaaaah! What is this!?”
“Strawberry Shooter! That player is genuinely terrifying! Brother, really! Nogari has never had a gym-obsessed younger sister like that!”
“Apparently she sometimes adopts that concept! I’m getting chills too!”
“But wait! Soloizebaek!? This is a major disaster, isn’t it?”
“That’s correct. As I mentioned, Balloon Stars is a mid-lane destruction combo, and the core of that mid-lane destruction is Almond and Taco… and Almond got the kill, didn’t he?”
“Is it over then?”
“Only if Mosol gets a solo kill and bursts through. Otherwise, it’s finished.”
“Ah, but there’s been no word from that area at all, which is strange, right?”
That was true.
While the casters focused on the bottom lane skirmish, they hadn’t paid attention to the mid lane.
For a Challenger versus Platinum matchup, there hadn’t been any significant incidents.
“There were no kills. So is there at least a minion difference?”
“The minion difference is probably… huh?”
[Miho]
[Minions Killed: 81]
[Mosol]
[Minions Killed: 85]
Miho was trading in the lane at a level quite comparable to Mosol.
“They’re almost the same!?”
“What is this! Is this really the power of the pool party skin!!”
-Mosol’s shaking… is he really not going to win!?
Haha, there’s a challenger who counters with a swimsuit!?
Ugh, that’s bullshit lol
-Wow, this actually works!?
Honestly, how am I supposed to resist when Miho’s acting like that in front of me lol
“How is Soloizebaek supposed to win like this! Mosol is this team’s hope!”
“Ah…! The moment you speak! Almond and Taco! They’re not heading to the bottom lane from the shrine! They’re heading straight to mid!”
To make matters worse.
Almond and Taco, having secured the kill and equipped themselves with items, were heading toward the mid lane.
“This is bad! For Soloizebaek’s perspective!”
“Mosol destruction incoming! This is Most Solia! Everyone, please don’t get hurt for nothing!”

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