The first game of the “seleatch” began but, unfortunately, Gregory didn't get to collect much data on Roi's Dark Knight. He reviewed the info he dumped into Cssmancer Analyst but there wasn’t anything that stood out. Maybe there were some good statistics buried deeper in the report, but there was no time to dig them up.

  In some games, Roi stomped the other team a 10/0, while in ames he didn't achieve anything of note. Extreme highs and lows, pretty standard distribution for unreliable trash like Dark Knight. This edgy boi was always either hel oppressive or a useless nobody.

  Whatever. I'll figure it out on the gory pyed enough Dark Knight in his earlier days, so he khe gist of it. There was no way he'd lose to some cheap noob stomper css. Gregory was strohan that, dammit!

  Following the standard game opening, Gregory headed to the Wraith Camp together with Gilbert. While Greggro'd the wraiths and took their attacks in the face, Gilbert bsted them away with Eldritch Bst.

  Man, this feels like svery. Gregory made a face. As a Support pyer, he was kinda used to being a meat shield for others. However, Gregory wasn’t Gilbert’s Support. Heck, he wasn’t a Support at all this game, he was a Solo Laner, dang it. Gregory was supposed to be his own boss.

  Of course, Gregory uood this was an effit opening. Minions just spawned and hadn't reached the , so pyers had a short window of time to farm in the jungle. Gregory actually supported the idea of farming as much as possible to gain an advantage. rinding for the win! That’s how he beat bosses in every RPG.

  heless, this opening has been irking Gregory this entire week. It's like the Solo Laner was sving away for the Mid Laner without getting anything iurn. Gregory and Gilbert shared the exp from the camp, but acc to the meta the blue buff had to go to Gilbert. Gregory wasn’t gon shit.

  Yeah, yeah, Mid was the most important ne. Yeah, mages needed d MP5 more than bruisers. Yada yada yada. Bleh.

  I’m the oanking this shit, so at least gimme something iurn. Gregrumped. It's just one of these things he had to accept as part of being a Solo Laner. No matter how many times he followed this routi never became any easier to digest.

  Like, his fam Knight could also use some d MP5, ya know? After all, Gregonna go toe-to-toe with Roi, a starter from the first string. Shit ain't gonna be easy. Of course, Gregory was gonna trash that edgy boi, but he wouldn't miing some buffs to make the job easier.

  “Hey,” Gregory started. “Gil, my man. You don't mind if I take the buff, right?”

  “Excuse me?” Gilbert raised an eyebrow as if Gregory just said something in ese.

  “an. You're already a starter and you're paired against July. It should be a walk in the park for ya, right?”

  “Yes, it should be easy enough.”

  “Right? Right?”

  “As long as I have the blue buff, of course.”

  “Kek, bastard.” Gregory sneered. His hopes and dreams were shot down as soon as they formed. Welp, at least he tried.

  They fihe Wraith Camp and Gilbert cimed the blue buff. Gregory was tempted to steal it just to spite but decided against it. Poking Gilbert for lulz was ohing, but getting on Howard's bad side was more trouble than this buff was worth.

  Meh, whatever. Who even needs a buff against DK. Gregory parted ways with Gilbert and headed to Solo Lane.

  Along the way, he passed by the Wolf Camp. It was tucked away right beside the ne, inviting Gregory to farm it. As, he couldn't do it because he spent all his cash on Iron Boots and HP Potions for surviving Dark Knight's onsught. As a result, he didn’t have enough damage to effitly clear these wolves.

  Of course, Gregory COULD clear the camp if he really wanted. He wasn't some weakling who'd get pwned by scrubby wolves. However, dealing with them would take too long without any power items in his build, so in the meantime, he'd miss on farm from the ne.

  What a waste. Gilbert usually built power a straight for the Wolf Camp without thinking twice, but here he had to respect Dark Knight's early-game damage. That shit was scary when you didn’t build any defense, so the Iron Boots and HP Potions were necessary fory to avoid getting instantly cucked.

  Soon after Gregory reached the ne, Roi appeared too. And, somehow, that mofo was already at Lv.2.

  Shit, he did the wolves. Gregory clicked his tongue. He also could have been at Lv.2 right now if he cleared the wolves. Shit. The game just started and he was already out-leveled.

  He fihe camp hel fast toory knotted his brows. Roi built Samurai Tabi, the most offensive shoes in term of raw power. bined with Dark Knight’s naturally high damage, it’s not surprising Roi cleared ts iime it toory to clear one.

  Dammit, just you wait. I’ll get the advantage back before you realize! First, Gregory will farm up while keeping himself alive. Eventually, he’ll outst Roi's Dark Knight on the ne and will get an opportunity to push ahead. After all, Dark Knight was a suicidal edgy boi.

  “Oh shi-” A dark wave sliced through Gregory! The bck ssh passed through all the minions on the frontline and then hit Gregory too, deleting 20% of his HP! Aggressive ahoy!

  So, it began. This was the overpowered attack which hit like a truck was the Dark Knight's spam skill: Dark Bst. Just a few hits from that shit and Gregory will be a goner. He immediately spent two HP potions to pensate for the damage. They will slowly, but surely, restore all the HP he lost.

  “Respect his Dark Bst,” Howard lectured. “You're hanging too close around the minions. Roi won’t hesitate to aim at you instead of the bowmen if you give him the ce.”

  “Yeah, I kinda realized already,” Gregrunted. Dark Bst was a great wave clear, on par with the stuff mage usually had. The bck ssh traveled through the air in a line a a shit ton of damage. Basically, it was everything one could ask from a wave clearing ability. O from that bad boy was enough t aire minion wave to the brink of death, at least in the early game.

  But, back there, Roi opted for hitting Gregory instead. He fired Dark Bst through the swordsmen on the frontline and theack flew tregory instead aiming at the bowmen. Needless to say, Gregory didn't expect this level of aggressiveness right from the get-go.

  This guy doesn't get the true fun of DK. Gregory shook his head. Wiping out the enemy's entire minion wave and leaving them alone against a gang, THAT’S where the real fun was at. Not killing the bowmen was such a wasted opportunity.

  Well, whatever. This warning shot made it clear Roi won’t alrioritize clearing minions first. Sory will have to be a little more careful about his positioning.

  Just you wait. I'll make your life hell. Gregory smirked. Once he hit Lv.2, he spent 1 SP on Honorable Duel. This gonopkek.

  As the minion wave was about to arrive, Gregory advanced on his own. He reached the enemy minions first and tauhe swordsmen with Honorable Duel, then turned around and ran away. Kek, take that!

  Gregory led the enemy minions away and broke their usual formation. In response, Gregory's minions respoo the new enemy positions and broke their formation as well. As a result, the whole ne became a mess! The minions were scattered around like a bunch of unruly brats.

  How about that? Salty? Gregory smirked. Dark Bst was a hax OP skill no doubt, but it traveled in a straight li must have been desigo hit aire minion wave because these idiots always vely lined up in one n, just asking to be shot.

  But, what happens when the minions are forced to break formation? Boy, that's where the fun began. With the minions scattered around, Dark Bst couldn't possibly hit all of them in one shot. This was the topkek ter to Dark Knight's bullshit!

  He must be hel mad. Gregory amused himself with the image of Roi's annoyed expression. Gregory had pyed enough Dark Knight to know these situatio like shit. There's nothing more annoying than stupid minions not lining up to be sughtered like proper sheep. That always killed half the fun of pying Dark Knight-

  “Again!?” Another Dark Bst smacked Gregory! What the actual fuck!? Roi didn't even wait for the minions to slow down! Dude had no chill.

  That shithead is out for blood. Damn, son. Gregory tapped his foot. This was some fiesta Dark Knight gamepy. Roi didn't give a single fuck about the minions and fired straight at Gregory.

  Was that some sort of special pystyle Roi developed? Or, maybe that’s how Dark Knight yed on higher levels of py? Holy, Gregory had no damn idea. He ditched that trash tier css ages ago, so he didn't bother researg it much. High tier csses were the only thing that mattered in this game.

  Okay, this is starting to get a little annoying. Gregory has already spent all his potions and was still hanging at 70% HP. These Dark Bsts raped his HP bar.

  But hey, Roi was even worse off. The guy only had 50% HP because Gregory's minioaliated against him every time he hit Gregory. These little mofos took revenge for their beloved boss! So toug, kek.

  But, the main reason Roi had low HP was due to Dark Bst. On top of costing MP, it also cost 5% of the user's HP, ly fun. With great power es great responsibility, kek.

  Between aggro-ing Gregory's minions and spending HP on Dark Bsts, Roi was quickly burning himself out. Not to mention, the Dark Bsts didn't even hit Gregory’s entire minion wave, which gave a Gregory a huge ne advantage. His minions had enhanced defehanks to Chivalry, his passive, so when Roi chose to not wipe them out in one fell swoop - Gregory’s remaining forces were strohan Roi’s. Ez ne advantage.

  Good, good. At this rate, that scrub gonna burn himself out. Gregory smirked. Despite the few hiccups earlier, things were proceeding smoothly. With every Dark Bst which Roi fired, it was actually Gregory who was getting closer to winning the ne.

  But still, I wanna taunt these minions. How do I go about it without getti? Gregory pondered. Advang to the frontline was dangerous because he might eat another Dark Bst to the face.

  heless, he really wao pull this off somehow. Scattered minions were like the most annoying thing ever for a Dark Knight. That shit triggered Gregory all the time back when he pyed Dark Knight, so Roi should feel the same salt!

  Eventually, Gregory figured it out. Yes, it was the ultimate pn! Da best pn! Fwless and genius, as expected from somebody ory's caliber.

  He advao the frontline and activated Honorable Duel. Same as before, right? WRONG! Surprise, mothafucka! Right after activating the taunt, Gregory rolled away! That'll totally throw Roi off and-

  “Shit!” Dark Bst struck him again! What the-!? Gregory was still in the middle of the roll! Damnmit! Did Roi misclid fire his atta the wrong dire? Like, there's no way Roi saw through Gregory's brilliant roll and adjusted in a split sed, right? Nah, no way.

  Welp, this was unfortuhe HP gap between Gregory and Roi was almost entirely closed in that o. Gregory was now at 50%, whereas Roi at 45%. Gregory’s faithful minions will smack Roi's HP now, so everything was fine. Gregory still had the upper hand.

  “Greg,” Howard called. “You should sider retreating.”

  “Huh? Why? I'm winning here.”

  “You're running low and you don't have any potio. It's risky against a D-Knight.”

  “Running low? My man, I'm at 50%. The heck you on about?”

  “Yeah, half HP is usually fine, but, D-Knight is a different story. He takes about one-fifth of your HP i, right?”

  “Only with Dark Bst.”

  “Keep in mind his ult too. bihat's already about 40%.”

  “Hmm, I guess.” Gregory knotted his brows. He uood what Howard was saying, but he didn't like. It's as if Howard was already vihat Roi will destrory at this rate. It's like Gregory was nothing but a pung bag who couldn't fight back. Am I a joke to you?

  Like, hello? What about Roi being at 40%? That didn't mean anything? On top of that, Roi will have to spend 5% HP on Dark Bst and 10% more on Gate of Sheol if he wants to go all out, so his 40% HP was more like 25% right now. Roi was a walking dead, kek.

  Seriously, everybody has been looking down ory. Out of all the stupid niames Ellen ied from her sick mind, only “GG” became widespread and it's the stupidest of them all. It's like nobody toory seriously as a pyer. Tch, he gonna show them...!

  “Well,” Howard said. “If you feel fident about staying on ne, you keep going.”

  Thank you so much fiving me permission, my lregory sneered. Hah! Of course he felt fident about staying in ne; he had this shit in the bag. Ezpz.

  The pn was simple: hit Lv.5 and wreck Roi's life. Once Gregory's ult, eed, bees avaible, he'll have a ve escape tool at hand. He'll finally be able to go all out on Roi's ass and then scram if shit hits the fan. Well, not that there was any ything would g in Gregory’s masterful pn, but just in case.

  After a few repeated failures, Gregave up ered Roi with Honorable Duel. There was o do that shit anyway because Gregory’s minions were strohanks to their buffed defense, so he domihe ne by default without even lifting a finger.

  Roi had to spend a Dark Bst on the minions tain some ne trol, but for some reason... he didn’t? Huh. Roi just hit minions with basics, apparently uned by Gregory’s advantage. Did that guy fet about Knight's passive or something? S pyer, such first string. Topkek shenanigans.

  Oh! This is a huge ce! Clearly, God sehis opportunity to destroy Roi! Gregory couldn't stop himself from grinning. All the pieces were here. He hit Lv.5 and still had some minions remaining, unlike Roi who didn’t have shit. Gregory couldn't ask for a better stage! Shit was about to go down!

  Gregory fearlessly dashed ahead of his minions. His goal? her than Roi, the big boi himself!

  As soon as Gregot inte, he opened his assault with Shield Bash. He charged forward and smmed his shield at Roi! At least, that was the pn. Right before the shield rammed into the target - Roi vanished!

  Damn! Where did he go!? Gregory sed left and right, but no sign of Roi. The guy clearly dodge-rolled, but where to!? Gregory had to quickly figure this shit because this assault wasn't over yet...!

  The same way Dark Knight had a broken ability in Dark Bst, Knight was broken too. It's top tier css, after all. After finishing Shield Bash, a skill that was already preeeeetty good on its own, the Knight readied his bde for aronger follow-up move: Bde Swing! Yeah, the name sounded kinda me, but this bad boi was the shit.

  So, Shield Bash being dodged wasn’t a big deal on its own. In fact, Gregory suspected Shield Bash might be dodged. That's right, everything was acc to pn! Gregory's real attack was gonna begin with Bde Swing! And for that, he had to strike Rht away.

  But seriously, where did that mofo gory sed both sides but found nothing. Roi rolled right befregory's attack ected, so it was hard to see the roll’s dire from the camera's limited third-person view. Dammit. Why ’t this be a MOBA with an RTS point of view?

  This was so damn weird, it's like Roi disappeared from the face of the earth. He didn't roll left, right or away. He definitely wasn't up in the sky and of course not ihe grouher. Then, where!?

  As if to answer, a bck bde sshed Gregory... from behind!? What the-!? Roi somehow teleported behind Gregory! And he probably gonna cim it's nothing personal!

  How the flying heck did Roi appear behind Gregory? It’s the mystery of the millennium! Okay, not really. Roi must’ve rolled tregory while Gregory was charging forward with Shield Bash. In other words, Roi rolled underh the shield assault! What a cucklord!

  But, you made a great mistake revealing yourself tory the Great! Gregory turned around to finally strike with... huh? Roi wasn't there? What the...

  Another ssh! Yet again, aimed at Gregory's back. Even though Gregory turned around, Roi was behind his back yet again!

  Bitch, are you messing with me!? Gregory roared. That mofo must be stig tory's back like glue! Even turning around in pce had some weight to it in Cssmancers, so it wasn't as instantaneous as in many ames. Therefore, even though it should be hel hard to do, it ossible to keep stalking somebody’s back while they’re turning around.

  At least, it ossible as long as the pyer didn't turn around at full speed. Gregory didn’t do that because he wao take a more careful aim for the uping Bde Swing, but no more! He gonna turn around like a supersonic fidget spinner! If he doesn’t attack soon, Bde Swing will cool off and won’t be accessible. So, he had to strike! Now!

  Gregory spun around in full speed and thrust his bde as soon as he caught a glimpse of Roi. Like before, Roi tried to bullshit his way through his situation by stig behind Gregory, but no luck! Cute trick, fam, but it won't work ory the Great! Your ass is mine!

  Bde Swing shot forward. Landing a hit not only gonna deal damage but will also buff Gregory's attack power. He’ll totally have this fight in the bag! Provided, if the attack actually ects. And, it didn't.

  What the...? The bde cut through empty space. The attack sted but a sed, but it stretched to infinity in front ory’s eyes. Roi was a little to the right, outside the sword's reach.

  At that moment, Gregory realized he done fucked up. It’s not like he missed or anything. Bde Swing had a rather wide attack range, so there's no way a deadeye like Gregory would miss with from point-bnk.

  No, it was all Rht befregory fired his attack, Roi sidestepped in the opposite dire. Roi stopped stig tory's back for just a moment and that was all it took fory to turn too much to the left and miss.

  Oh oh. Shit. Shit shit shit! Roi was still sitting on 40%, but Gregory was now hanging at 42%! When did that even happen!?

  ALERT. DANGER. GET THE FUCK OUT. Arms rang in Gregory's head. He messed up this attaore accurately, that scrub Roi was a little better than Gregory expected. Yeah, Roi was quite the beast in this fight, outpying Gregory's fwless attacks like that.

  Anyway, this was the right time to scram. Gregory booted his eed right away. Once he gets on the horse and rides away, he'll be untouchable! Ezpz retreat.

  Except, the bully had no iion of letting Gregory slip away. Roi sliced through Gregory with Dark Bst, dealing the usual 30% damage... wait, 30%!? Wasn't Dark Bst around 20% until now!? Did Roi level it up? No, even with a level up, that's WAY too much damage! Gregory ying Knight fod's sake, not some squishy css!

  A-Anyway! Gregory finally got on his white steed, so that's it! He was safe! Dark Bst was on cooldown, so Dark Knight won't be able to give chase-

  “Death to the feeble!” Errie words resouhroughout the area. Oh crap! Shit! Roi hit Lv.5, so he had access to Gate of Sheol! Fuuuuuuuu!

  A rge gate popped out of thin air. Fed from bck metal and decorated with skulls, it was the maion of death itself. As the doors opened wide, a wraith emerged from inside and tched ontory's back.

  There was time to dodge. The wraith ripped out the Knight's soul as if plug a leaf and dragged it bato the gate of doom. The Knight turned limp and slipped off his steed, then crashed straight into the ground.

  EXECUTED

  It was a delivery of death in its purest form. There was no damage dealt, just instah. Gate of Sheol erased anybody whose HP fell below a certain threshold. It sucked in the weak souls without giving them any ce to fight back.

  There it was, the anti-fun ne bully in all its glory. Between a bst with tremendous early-game damage and a freaking execution ult, Dark Knight was the kind of mofo nobody wao mess with.

  And, that bastard just trampled all regory. Damn it. Maybe he should have listeo Howard earlier areated...