The jungle camps were about to spawn. With AbsoluteChalle 20% HP, the guy was bound to recall to base because he was just one Dark Bst away from dying.

  Or, maybe he’ll be reckless again? Perhaps he’ll stay behind to farm the Ogre Camp despite the danger?

  Either sario works in our favor. Yuel thought. But, knowing Cato, he must’ve issued an immediate recall. So, we likely won’t be getting any kills here. Still, we steal the Ogre Camp very easily.

  He instructed the striking team accly. And so, the operation began.

  Lars, Kai, and Luke grouped up and dived deep into eerritory together. Their destination was her than the enemy’s Ogre Camp.

  “Them dudes are still here, yo,” Lars reported. “But, like ya said, I really don’t see the Cryo dude anywhere. Looks like he recalled.”

  “Figured.” Yuel nodded. “So, attack the Ogre Camp as pnned.”

  “Okey-dokey!”

  “Let’s do dis, boiiiis!” Luke and Lars ran up ahead, with Kai carefully following them from behind as the rearguard. Even though they were the aggressors, Yuel made sure they maintained a careful formation, just in case.

  It’s unlikely for Cato to try anything here, but we have to be on guard. Yuel thought. He might choose to rotate from Top in order to help out. After all, getting the red buff for Mid is more important thaing the blue buff for Top.

  heless, it was doubtful that Cato would make any drastic moves here. The guy was all about maintaining a defensive formation, so he probably won’t go for any moves that’ll make the board messier than it already was.

  Oher hand, Yuel was fih flipping the board on its head and making it as messy as necessary. After all, the meta was just a set of guidelines, not hard rules.

  Some situations called for innovation that strayed away from the standard. A good strategist had tnize such irregur situations and adjust his game pn accly.

  Though, if I had the choice, then I’d also rather not put myself in irregur situations like this. Yuel thought. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to follow the meta with Luke oeam. Sigh.

  The more Yuel practiced with Luke in the club, the more he realized that following the meta wasn’t good enough when Luke was in the lineup. Oftentimes, it was necessary to make some important adjustments and practically build the eeam’s strategy around Luke’s irregur picks.

  I even feel like I’ve bee pretty good at doing this, as much as I hate to admit it. Yuel sulted many guides oo find the best ways to make use of off-meta Jungle picks. Even though he droo Luke 24/7 about goia, Yuel himself actually researched off-meta picks uhe assumption that Luke won’t budge on his stance.

  Until that blockhead stops being so stubborn, I have no choice but to learn how to make the most out of his memes. Yuel sighed. It’d be ideal if Nia could py aire match without falling asleep, but she’s a stubborn troublemaker as well. Seriously, why are all our Junglers so cursed...?

  Seriously, it ain. But, until either of the two brats decides to grow up, it to Yuel to make the most of their quirky features.

  I’ve pyed more than enough games with Luke’s Dark Knight, and I’ve researched the pros and s of it. So, at the very least, this game isn’t going to be a crushi, not under my watch.

  In fact, so far, Stratus was off to a great start. They forced AbsoluteChalleo recall early due to injury, leaving only Merlin and AbsoluteWinner in Bot Jungle

  Eveer, the enemy duo was posed of Sorcerer and Seraph, two csses that were extremely weak in the early-game. Especially Sorcerer, who couldn’t even put on a fight until hitting Lv. 2.

  There’s no way they’ll fight back. Yuel cluded. We take their Ogre Camp for free without any worries.

  And truly, everythi acc to pn without a hitch. Lars, Kai, and Luke arrived at the enemy’s Ogre Camp without anybody to test them.

  Merlin and Winner watched this development from the sidelines and then decided to back away. They had no i in starting a fight with these odds; they were both outnumbered and outpowered.

  Instead of testing the Ogre Camp, Merlin and Winner went separate ways, each headed to their respective his was all the evidence Yuel needed.

  “They’re giving up the Ogre Camp,” Yuel cluded. “Clear it out and give the buff to Kai. Then, Kai should go to Mid while Lars and Luke go to Bot.”

  “Oh, we gonna stick together?” Luke asked. “Haha, am I gonna be DK Support now? Cool!”

  “Yes, you will be a Support, for like 5 seds. Clear out the ne, and then both of you should rotate tre Camp.”

  “Oh, I see watcha doing there! Okay, I like this pn!”

  And so, the pn was set in motion. The trio assaulted the Ogre Camp and cleared it out almost instantly, rgely thanks to Luke’s overwhelming Dark Bst.

  Kai took the power buff and headed to Mid Lane. She fearlessly ehe hrough the enemy side of the ne, pletely disrespeg the Sorcerer who arrived there before her.

  Hmph. Try to hit me if you dare. Kai lifted her as she jogged past the Sorcerer. The guy was still Lv. 1, so he wouldn’t dare to pull anything here.

  Huh, he hasn’t even cleared any of the minio. Kai noticed.

  Even though she arrived in the ne a couple of seds after Merlin has already started farming, all her minions were still intact. Sure, they lost nearly half their HP, most likely from Repelling Foroheless, they were still very much alive.

  Pretty sure I catch up. Kai fired electric basic attacks at the minions. She hit each of them in order, applying aric Charge to each of them. Then, she unleashed Lightning, firing a spear of lightning that pierced through the first swordsman.

  From there, the lightning leaped from one minion to another, damaging all of them and applying further Electric Charges. After three bouhe lightning exploded in the minions’ faces, dealing damage and applying even more Electric Charges.

  The swordsman who received the full damage of Lightning’s first attack had already colpsed, and his peers were about to follow suit. In fact, Kai could erase them from existeh a single snap of her fingers by usirical Explosion.

  I’m SO tempted, but that’d just be a waste of MP. Kai stopped herself at the st moment. Merlin is going to burn lots of his MP by relying on his 3 instead of his 2, so I’ll just save up until he recalls and then go all out.

  After leveling Repelling Force, Merlin will surely level up Magia Orb in order to improve his wave-clearing speed. In other words, in the wave, he’ll be using Repelling Force again, which was far more costly than Dimensional Colpse.

  These first two waves gonna burn out a big k of his MP. Kai cluded. And after that, even once he starts farming normally, he still doesn’t have the power buff.

  In other words, Kai was bound to overwhelm that turtle on all fronts. This was going to be easy mode.

  That is, uheir damn Jungler shows up again. Kai grumped. Well, we’ll see how it goes.

  Either way, Stratus’ successful early i Kai in a great position for dominating the ne. She was strohan her oppohanks to the power buff, and she’ll also have an easy time being more servative than her oppo in terms of MP. Basically, she was winning both in terms of strength and endurance.

  So , go ahead and turtle to your heart’s tent. Kai smiled fidently as she bsted away the enemy minions. I have so many advahis time that I ’t even bme you for pying defensively.

  While Kai was asserting dominan Mid, Lars and Luke moved on to Bot Laogether.

  All in all, Stratus opehis game in a somewhat unventional, but definitely dominant, manner. And, with Yuel’s shot-calling, they were only going to keep pressing that advantage further!

  DarkestCymore