Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 241

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 241
84. Summoning Memories (1)
“Almond. You’ll have to handle this.”
When I first heard those words from Taco, I thought it meant I’d have to carry the team again this time.
But something about the way he said it felt off, so I asked.
“…Handle what?”
Then came an answer I never expected.
“Jungle.”
“???”
I was taken aback.
‘Jungle?’
Jungle is the most fundamentally different position among all the roles in this game.
Whether you’re a Supporter, ADC, Midlaner, or Top laner, you all share one thing in common—you defend against enemy minion sieges and accumulate gold from that lane to grow.
That’s universal.
Only the Jungler is the exception.
They venture into the jungle and must hunt the monsters that inhabit it.
The Jungler must decide the order in which to hunt these monsters and plan the route accordingly.
Even with a predetermined plan, there were countless situations requiring improvisation based on circumstances.
I had to know the various buffs the jungle monsters provided and each of their respawn timings.
Simultaneously, I had to make decisions about which lane to support or which enemy to hunt down.
In short, it required a deep understanding of the game itself.
That was one of the areas I struggled with most.
“Which avatar should I pick? We’re short on time, so let’s just choose one.”
Despite this, I didn’t hesitate to ask which avatar to select.
‘I could’ve said I can’t do this.’
Taco appreciated this about me.
I’m the type to just try first. If it doesn’t work out, I think and adapt afterward. I’m a pure pragmatist.
A person like this can become a pro.
If you’re afraid of clashing, you can’t even set foot in that cutthroat competition.
Taco grinned and squeezed my shoulder with his hand.
“Sana.”
“Sana… becomes jungle?”
“To be precise, mid.”
I looked at him with eyes that said, ‘What? You said jungle…?’
Taco grinned and answered.
“More precisely, you’re going jungle with me.”

* * *
While Taco hesitated over his pick, King Gul praised Soloizebaek’s ban selections.
“Ah~! This is the Ironball ban. No matter how I look at it, it’s incredibly sharp, isn’t it?”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Player Taco must want to tear his hair out right now! Look! He’s already torn it all out!”
Hahaha what kind of logic is that, damn it
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Yeah, right? Haha
-We call this ‘hair loss’
Hair loss from excessive fapping lol
“Ah, so he’s torn it all out now?”
“That’s right. Because Soloizebaek picked ‘Dragon Tamer – Jeremiah’ first. This is absolutely maddening!”
“Why? Isn’t this a midlane pick?”
“Usually it is. Usually. But right now, where is the matchup between Soloizebaek and Balloon Stars’ greatest ace?”
“Midlane.”
“So why would they pick the midlaner first? That doesn’t make sense, does it? Mosol could wait until the very last pick and see all five of the opponent’s picks and all four of our picks before choosing, right?”
“Ah~ That’s true! But they picked first anyway?”
“Exactly. That’s what’s so strange. Jeremiah could potentially go jungle if needed! Though the probability is extremely low!”
“Ah! That’s right! I’ve seen it before!”
“And they banned Ironball top earlier, right? So now Taco can’t tell whether Soloizebaek is trying to target the top lane or the midlane. That’s his current state.”
That’s scary.
-Does King Gul breathe through gills?
Spamming penguin-style information lol
-So who do you think will win lol guess right lol
-King Gul… breathe through your gills…
“I understood the situation well, King Gul. Player Taco must be losing his mind!”
Then King Gul suddenly jumped up from his chair.
“Hmm. Player Almond. Could they just go ADC? Pick Sana? And…”
Thump.
[Shadowless Swordsman – Yul]
It was an avatar that Balloon Stars had never picked before.
One of the most typical jungler picks, but it’s rarely used because it’s so extreme.
A pick with a paper-thin body but incredible damage and speed—called the paper jet fighter.
And it was also the pick that made King Gul jump from his seat.
‘This is…!’
Here comes the nationalist fanboy lol
-Warrior! Yul!
What’s this about? You’re going to keep the beat? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Holly shit is this the Sana-Yul combo?
“This is… I see… It seems Player Almond is going midlane.”
Chuckle, chuckle.
King Gul let out a peculiar laugh.
“But why are you laughing?”
“Ah, I just thought about drinking a latte and couldn’t help myself.”
-A latte?
-Back in my day~ Was it a pick??
Do the Jaemin newbies really not know about Shek? lol
-Wow, they don’t know this
The problem is that even Mosoldo probably doesn’t know because he’s a zoomer lolololol
“Ah, did you remember something from the old meta?”
“Yes, back then….”

* * *
That’s right. Mosol had no idea.
When the final pick came around, Mosol could only tilt his head in confusion.
‘What? Yul? Is Almond playing Yul?’
When Sana came out, he was certain Almond would be playing her.
But then, another ADC was picked.
[Ppokjujok – Paul]
Likely the Ppokjujok that Strawberry Shooter was expected to play.
Of course, this Ppokjujok could be used in the jungle too. But that wasn’t exactly a great choice.
Mosol examined the other picks more carefully.
[Serene Tide – Aqua]
First, Aqua.
It was obviously Miho. There was no one else on this team who played Aqua.
The only question was where she’d go.
Support? Or mid lane?
Set that aside for now and move on.
[Great Monolith – Kutan]
Kutan, the stone incarnate.
That was a tanky meat shield incarnate with no use outside of top lane. 100% Balloon Gum, 100% top lane.
That’s locked in.
‘So then….’
Miho could go mid or support.
Almond’s Sana could go ADC or support.
‘But the registered position on the roster doesn’t allow support?’
Due to the Nanteu Tournament rules, if Sana went support, it wouldn’t be Almond—it would be another player. Either Taco or Miho.
‘They picked Sana just to give her to one of those two?’
Both of their Sana proficiency was far lower than Strawberry Shooter’s. Not to mention compared to Almond’s.
‘Sana mid?’
I also considered the midlane position once.
‘No, that’s not it.’
Sana in the midlane is impossible. Why would I send an incarnation with healing skills to solo the midlane?
Besides, ‘Shadowless Swordsman – Yul’ can play both midlane and jungle.
‘Ugh… my head hurts. What on earth is this!?’
I was the one who prepared the hidden card, yet my head feels like it’s about to explode.
Mosol racked his brain, turning over every possibility to find the most logical scenario here.
“Yul in midlane. Ppokjujok in jungle. Sana as ADC. Aqua as support.”
This seemed right.
Almond plays Yul, and Taco plays Ppokjujok.
Sana plays Strawberry Shooter well too, and I didn’t know Almond could play Yul.
But he’s the madman who does shop picks at tournaments, so there’s nothing strange about it. The reason the pick phase took so long might be because he was buying items from the shop.
“Thank goodness I figured it out. Phew.”
Mosol exhaled in relief, convinced this was correct.
At least things finally made sense at the end.
‘Banning and picking against Takoyaki is always exhausting.’
Dealing with bans and picks against Takoyaki was always draining.
This game, we definitely should have had the advantage with hidden cards like the Dragon Tamer prepared. Yet strangely, it feels like we’re being cornered.
“So I just go Dragon Tamer jungle, right?”
“That’s correct.”
Nogari knows how to jungle with the Dragon Tamer. This is not a fact known to the outside world at all.
Why? Because he only practiced it three or four days ago.
It was prepared as a hidden card to defeat the Balloon Stars.
We secretly invited a Dragon Tamer master to learn the know-how and prepared this ban-pick deception.
“But do you think they actually fell for thinking this is midlane?”
“Seeing them use a card like midlane Yul, maybe?”
“…You’re sure?”
“I’m telling you it’s true!?”
“Alright, alright.”
Nogari remained unconvinced until the end, but let it slide.
Mosol looked confident.
“With Rope Assassin, we can instantly kill a paper character like Yul, and we can blow up all lanes together with the Dragon Tamer, so don’t worry!”
[Rope Assassin – Kai]
Soloizebaek’s final pick.
The final puzzle piece.

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“Huh? Isn’t this Mosol’s first time using an Assassin-type Avatar?”
The Caster tilts their head in confusion.
The Analyst responds in agreement.
“That’s right. Especially the Rope Assassin seems like a first appearance… Yes, there’s no data on it either.”
“Oh. Could it be a hidden card?”
“The Dragon Tamer Jungler is also unusual right now… It’s probably a hidden card. And from what I know, when those two combine, it creates some rather interesting plays?”
“Oh, what is it?”
“The Dragon Tamer can ride the dragon and fly to a different lane, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. To be precise, they grab the dragon’s feet and ride along.”
“Right. But if the Rope Assassin shoots their rope there, the Rope Assassin travels along with them.”
“Wow. Isn’t that a bug?”
“There hasn’t been any official mention of it being a bug yet. It should be considered tacitly permitted. However, those two rarely appear together. Usually both are used in the mid lane. This is definitely a tactic designed to exploit that bug-like play!”
The broadcast team was explaining the Rope Assassin and Dragon Tamer.
“Alright~ the game is starting!”
The main game had begun.

* * *
The Contractors summoned in the Sanctuary were already moving busily.
The Caster shifted the broadcast focus to the in-game play.
“Why is Sana with Almond? Is Sana mid lane? But Strawberry Shooter is Ppokjujok. And the Jungler is Yul! What is going on here!?”
Only then did the Caster confirm all the positions and express their surprise.
King Gul was grinning as if he’d known all along.
“Didn’t I tell you? A nostalgic combination. It seems my prediction was correct.”
“A nostalgic combination?”
“Yes. Ancient weaponry! Lost technology! Behold, the Sana-Yul Combination!”
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text as it appears to contain corrupted or garbled Korean characters that don’t form coherent words.
Lost technology lol
-Is this real?
Haha, did you ride a time machine? Sayuri? Lol
What is this, some kind of retro thing? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Yo this is hip-hop, wait, this is city pop!
The Sana-Yul Combination.
A portmanteau of Sana and Yul.
A tactic where Sana and Yul both go to the jungle simultaneously while also covering the mid lane at the same time.
However, in this case, Yul monopolizes all the jungle monsters and minions.
“Basically, Sana goes mid while Yul roams the jungle. But Yul consumes both the jungle and the mid lane minions that Sana should be getting.”
“What!? Is that even allowed?”
“That’s the Sana-Yul Combination. The advantage is that the damage output is insanely high, but the ‘Shadowless Swordmaster – Yul’ has a paper-thin body, so Sana can provide perfect support! And during teamfights, Yul becomes invincible after receiving Sana’s divine descent, then sweeps everything away with devastating damage!”
“Wow, I see. This is my first time seeing this!”
“Back in the day, there were plenty of duos who climbed to Challenger using just this combination. They were commonly called the Yul-Sana couples, though it was somewhat of a derogatory term. Because that’s all they could do!”
“Wait, they reached Challenger with just that?”
“It was that broken!”
“But why isn’t it used anymore these days!?”
“Well, even though it seems like Yul is the main character of this combination, Sana is actually the core. Sana got nerfed, you see?”
“Nerfed?”
“Yes. Back in the ancient days, the Arrow of Light was originally generated infinitely, just like the Shadow Arrow.”
The lawless scam era lol
What’s up with the laughter?
Haha, those Jaemin fans are so shocked lol
“Wait, it was infinite back then!?”
“Yes. It just appeared. But even then, people struggled with it. They couldn’t figure out how to hit targets above their allies during combat… Nowadays everyone’s gotten good at it, so they land those shots pretty well.”
Everyone couldn’t do it back then… lol
Dark Ages lol
-Truly the dark era
After hearing King Gul’s explanation, the Caster suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke.
“Oh? But if the problem is that Sana got nerfed… if the problem is that the Arrow of Light became harder to create… then since the current pilot is Almond, wouldn’t it not really matter?”
King Gul nodded with a smile.
As if that was exactly the point.
“Exactly. We might just get to see that broken Yul-Sana combination from the old days again.”

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