Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 712

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 182
60. Bow vs Bow (2)
Fast Age 2 Archer Rush.
-Archer rush!
-Archer rush lol
-Finally here… Archer rush
-My savior who came to ruin my build… “Bontovi”
-Haha
Shortened to archer rush.
This was one of the typical builds primarily used by civilizations with strong archers, a strategy commonly known as the “day build.”
“The viewers’ reactions right now are absolutely scorching!?”
“Yes! It has to be! The archer rush is really rare these days! When you think Joseon, it’s the day build now!?”
-Lmaooo
-When did it become like that
-Nothing feels better than our side winning with the day build
“But this! The situation is a bit different from what we saw before!”
“Oh, is that so? In what way?”
“It’s the forward barracks!”
Joseon was constructing a barracks building near the enemy’s main base, where soldiers could be recruited after they fell in battle.
“You don’t see this in Age 3!”
-Wow
-We used to see it a bit in Age 3 before
-So it ends completely in Age 2 lol
Since they were building a structure that should have been in their own base near the enemy’s main base, it was fair to say there was almost nowhere to retreat.
“When we used the archer rush last time, we could see Age 3? This time we can’t.”
Joseon had attempted an Age 2 archer rush against Espana.
Back then, Age 3 was possible. Espana had no archers in Age 2.
But it was different against Persia.
“The forward barracks is one thing! But especially with Persia, it’s a different story!”
Persia is also a bow civilization.
They also have archers in Age 2, and those archers are powerful.
Attempting an Age 2 archer rush against them was a different matter entirely.
It wasn’t a strategy you could execute while looking back.
The Fast Age 2 archer rush was, in a word, an outright Age 2 showdown.
“This is what Joseon is saying! Ugh, I hate seeing your elephants! I’m not going to Age 3! That’s it!”
-Hate seeing elephants lmaooo
-Hate elephants;
-So it’s an Age 2 showdown lol
-Wow, it’s crazy from the start
Perhaps Joseon simply didn’t want to face Persia’s elephants.
That seemed to be the reason this strategy had emerged.
Of course, this wasn’t everything.
One more thing.
“And one more! Joseon probably─”

* * *
“Joseon is confident in combat, aren’t they?”
It was something Choi Sa-rang had said during the Sync Tank meeting.
“…Excuse me?”
Chiseung’s eyes widened as he asked back.
“The Joseon civilization’s combat variables are among the highest-ranked among participating teams.”
“Combat variables…?”
Saying combat variables were top-ranked meant they were scoring highly in turning the variables that arise in combat to their advantage.
Simply put, it meant they were just good at combat.
However, if such statistics existed, there was no way the Sync Tank team wouldn’t know about them.
No matter how much Yi Sun-sin, the greatest, had climbed to the top ranks with Joseon in civilization warfare, no one had analyzed the Joseon civilization as thoroughly as Sync Tank in the national team competition.
“What do you mean? The data doesn’t show that at all….”
“Right. That’s completely absurd.”
“Ugh….”
The other Sync Tank members agreed with Chiseung.
When they clashed in actual combat, Joseon’s record wasn’t very good.
“Go ahead and explain.”
Cookie waved his hand, silencing them.
Then he decided to hear Sarang’s opinion.
“Ah, yes. What you mentioned is data that measures whether combat occurred and whether we won or lost.”
At those words, Cookie and all the Sync Tank members were dumbfounded.
“Isn’t that combat variable data?”
If combat occurs and you lose, you can’t fight.
If combat occurs and you win, you fight well.
Where is there room for any other logic here?
“That’s not what I meant. I’m speaking while considering the characteristics of the Joseon civilization.”
“Our characteristics…?”
“The Joseon civilization has no resource faction.”
“…That’s right.”
“The game company tried to balance things as much as possible, and instead of having a resource faction, Joseon was designed primarily as a combat faction.”
“…Well, I’m not sure if they were trying to balance things. But yes?”
Pfft.
Everyone chuckled at Chiseung’s remark.
“When you only consider the utilization and effectiveness of a combat faction, Joseon must have high combat power.”
“….”
*tilt*
Everyone’s heads drooped.
‘Wait, so you’re saying we can’t do it?’
‘What are you talking about? We need to fight well, but you’re saying we can’t fight?’
It was a statement that could easily be misunderstood, but that wasn’t what Choi Sa-rang meant at all.
“But the data shows we’re losing, right? And this isn’t even national team data—it’s data from the entire civilization ranking matches.”
In civilization ranking matches, anyone can choose Joseon, not just Korean players.
Yet Joseon still has a low battle win rate.
This is data that can’t be explained simply by saying Korean players are bad at this game.
“So does that mean all Joseon players are bad?”
“No. We’re losing in battles because of the resource faction.”
At those words, exclamation marks appeared in everyone’s eyes.
“!”
It was a concept they already knew, but thinking about it this way felt profound.
They’d only thought that Joseon was weak because it lacked a resource faction, never considering that the resource faction was putting them at a disadvantage in battles.
There was only a slight difference, but ultimately it seemed like the same thing…
In fact, in the professional world, even this small difference was a big one.
Because you could flip the causality like this and ask different questions.
“S-so if we start fighting before the resource faction gains its advantage…?”
Chiseung was someone who could catch that difference immediately.
By nature, the resource faction wasn’t one that gained advantages right away.
It was a faction that accumulated gradually, making the gap grow bigger and bigger like a snowball.
Since it was literally a faction that helped with resource mining, the longer the time spent mining resources, the greater the advantage.
What would happen if you didn’t give it that time?
“Exactly. Joseon’s winning formula should be having battles occur before the resource faction maximizes its advantage.”
Joseon would fundamentally gain the advantage.
“…!”
Only then did everyone realize it.
Why Cookie’s changed playstyle had such a high win rate.
Of course, Almond’s participation also improved the battle variables significantly.
The early strategy itself was the act of continuously delaying the timing when the opponent gained advantages from the resource faction.
Cookie hadn’t used this consciously.
“Huh. This is a new perspective.”
This wasn’t microscopic analysis—it was truly stepping back and looking at the bigger picture macroscopically.
“Then the reason the battle win rate dropped in ranking matches was because Joseon generally prefers to have its first battle in the 3rd era?”
The reason the battle win rate was low in rankings was because they’d invested different amounts of money from the start.
“The fact that we were the only ones who could hunt Vikings all the way to the 4th era was also because we did well at disrupting Viking hunting outposts….”
All the matches where Joseon had won by going into the late game had disruption tactics targeting the opponent’s early resources.
“So ultimately, that means the early game is actually advantageous.”
“That’s how it looks to me. So as you know….”
“Ah, that’s right. I’ve watched all of Yi Sun-sin’s plays. He seemed to favor early-game builds quite a bit.”
Cookie nodded.
It wasn’t simply that he’d honed his builds sharply for high win rates—there was actually a numerical pattern underlying it all.
“Then against Persia, we absolutely need to go with an early-game build.”
Chiseung chimes in excitedly.
“Persia is already too strong in the late game anyway. If we can at least shake them up early, we’ll have a real shot at winning.”
After hearing the full explanation, the Sync Tank team is largely in agreement.
However, the real decision-maker is the commander calling the shots directly from the field.
Everyone looks at Cookie.
“Hmm….”
Cookie strokes his chin, thinking for a moment.
‘New people and new perspectives….’
The Joseon team is definitely changing.
Both the strategic side and the tactical side.
Ripples are spreading one by one.

* * *
Beep!
Light flickers and spreads across a point on the map.
It’s Cookie’s ping.
[ATTACK]
The order is attack.
A fast attack timing following the accelerated 2 o’clock phase.
‘Now’s the time.’
He’s decided that the moment is now.
At his decision, King Gul shouts out.
“While we’re talking!! Our archers are getting their bows right now and charging forward!!?”
Joseon’s elite archers are the first to receive their bows and rush out.
“Did Persia notice!?”
Persia already knows that Joseon’s movements are suspicious.
“Persia followed the 2 o’clock phase! They’re producing bows now! And distributing them!”
So Persia is also rushing up to the 2 o’clock phase, desperately preparing however they can.
“Ah, they’re moving like they expect some kind of early poke!?”
“But Joseon right now has 10! 10 archers!! Do you really think Persia anticipated this many!?”
“Persia currently only has five archers!? But they can always! Always stretch out the time and increase their numbers!”
Persia hasn’t yet reached the point of producing archers explosively.
“Joseon’s archers have reached Persia’s main base! We can see it now! Can they even stop this!?”
“But we don’t know yet. Persia is a defense master, right? Their expertise is completely different! There’s even a term called Persian Turtling for a reason! We need to be careful entering!”
The Persia commander’s ping starts appearing.
Beep!
Pee-wing!
[Assemble]
[Move]
The Barbarian Soldiers began surging forward in a rush.

* * *
Pangeo was at the very front.
Ratte followed, then Almond, Spam, and Danggeun ran in that order.
This was the standard single-file formation for their five-person squad.
“Alright. They’ve spotted us!”
Pangeo, whose sense of distance calculation was exceptional, called out first, accounting for the enemies’ line of sight.
“Here they come!”
Boom-boom-boom-boom…!
Nearly all of Persia’s Barbarian Soldiers rushed toward them in an encirclement.
[Ah! So they’re deploying Persia’s Barbarian Soldiers to buy time!?]
[If those Archers get inside the main base, the Worker casualties would be catastrophic!]
They were trying to prevent the Archers from ever entering the main base.
Whoosh.
As Pangeo gave a hand signal, all the Archers took their positions and stood ready.
“Alright! Half water, half meat!”
Pangeo raised his hand sharply as if to signal them to prepare.
Boom-boom-boom-boom!
The Persian Soldiers rushing toward them drew steadily closer.
“Draw!”
At Pangeo’s signal, Almond, Spam, and eight other Archers began drawing their bowstrings.
[For the Archers, this is truly terrifying!? They have to draw their bows against Soldiers charging at them like madmen!?]
[They have to start shooting at maximum range to kill as many as possible!? They need perfect timing!]
[The first battle will decide everything!]
Screeeee…!
White Light blazed and radiated brilliantly.
[Focus]
Focus—Joseon’s pride of a faction.
When the Persian forces drew closer, he lowered his arm.
Snap!
This was an order calculated to Focus’s maximum range.
All the bowstrings were released.
Whoooosh──
Countless arrows streaked white across the plains, flying toward the Persian forces.
──Thud-thud-thud!
Countless Soldiers collapsed in a tumbling heap.
Soldiers tripped over the fallen bodies, causing them to collapse like dominoes in a chain reaction.
[Niiiiice shoooot!]
-Kyaa
-Each one’s perfect
-Distance calculation on point~
The Persian army paid no mind and continued charging forward.
The Joseon Archers kept firing.
Thwang!
Thwang!
Yet the Barbarian Soldiers didn’t stop, maintaining their formation as they blocked the path.
Given how desperately they were defending, their numbers were simply overwhelming.
[Ah! The Archers need to get through! But they’re successfully blocking the passage!?]
[Truly a master of defense! A defensive wall!! How will they break through! It looks impossible to go around!?]
-Defensive wall lol
Hahahaha what a mess haha
-Where’s the sauce?
[Alright Joseon Archers! Keep shooting! Huh!?]
King Gul pointed something out in surprise.
One section of the Persian formation seemed odd.
While they charged toward the Archers, they had to thoroughly block the path to the main base.
But one spot was beginning to crack open.
[That area looks strange right now!]
[Huh!?]
The speed at which the formation collapsed accelerated.
It was happening only in that one spot.
But it began affecting the entire formation.
Persia suddenly had a gaping hole torn in one side, and the entire army wavered considerably.
“F-fill it in!!”
“It’s breached!”
Persian Soldiers from other formations rushed into that sector, filling the gap and reforming the blockade to continue their charge.
But from that moment on, arrows began flying at incredible speed.
From the opposite side of that point, someone was shooting with a bow.
[Ah, Almond!?]
[Insane rate of fire!! That’s why! This spot keeps getting punched wide open!!!]
It was Almond.
Almond’s bow-drawing speed accelerated progressively.
[This player! Incomparable! Just standing and shooting! He’s a machine! A machine!!]
Thwang!
Thwang!
Thwang…!
Persian Soldiers rushing through the gap suddenly collapse one after another, arrows lodging into their heads.
[Almond! You’re too fast! Auto-loading is a Persian faction ability!! When did you even acquire that!?]
Simply standing still and drawing back the bowstring, then releasing—that was all this situation required.
For Almond, it was an utterly familiar scenario, one etched into his body through a lifetime of practice.
Moreover, was it thanks to the optimization?
‘It’s definitely lighter.’
His condition was far superior to the previous game.
Whoooosh, whoooosh, whoooosh…!
The Persian army was roughly ten paces away from the Archers.
In a few seconds, they would reach the Archers.
However—
[It’s pierced through!!!]
—Boom!
As the last substituted Player collapsed, the entire line crumbled completely.
[If this continues, we can’t block the Persian advance!?]

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