Nia's qualifier match began. It was her third qualifier in total and she has lost the previous matches. So, she better start winning if she doesn't want to get stu Bronze.
To help with that, Yuel watched over her match like a coach. While the match was loading, Nia glued herself to her phone.
"Tipmancer again?" Yuel asked.
"Mhm," Nia gave him a small nod but her eyes kept sing the details in the app. It had some good news and some bad news.
The good news: Wizard had a favorable chup against Pyromancer during the early-game. Wizard's passive, Wisdom, gra magic poeiht off the bat. That put Wizard slightly above the petition early on and her spells also had a better rahan Pyromancer.
However, there were also huge bad news: the enemy Dark Knight in Top Lahat thing was a monster. Even without Tipmancer, Nia had more than enough terrible experiences fighting that early-game bully. It er OP css. It was best to steer clear of it.
"What Tipmancer got to say about this lineup?" Yuel asked.
"Pyro ez. DK scary."
"Yeah, I had a feeling it'd be something along these lines. Wizard got a good matchup against Pyromancer and Dark Knight has a dangerous early-game, something like that?”
“Mhm.”
“Well, that omits some crucial information."
"Such as?" Nia titled her head.
"For starters, Pyro will only be a favorable matchup for you in the first ten minutes or so. Before long, its burst damage will outdo the Wizard. So, if pyed smartly, a mid-game Pyro will have the upper hand against Wizard."
"That’s terrible. Nobody told me about that," Nia pouted as she scrolled bad forth on her s. There was no such advi Tipmancer. Where did Yuel draw that info from? It gotta be some a alien wisdom, no doubt.
"Tipmancer 't teach you the entire game," Yuel said. "It's a nice app but, like any app, it has to be stantly maintained and updated. So, whoever fills it up with info 't cover too many specifiteras. They have to be as general as possible to make sure the info is corred will remain corre the uping patches. It's the same thing with the info you find on the wiki. It's either going to be very surface level or if it covers something specific, there's a ce it's outdated.
"Hmm," Nia twisted her lips. "So, I have to kill the Pyro a bunch of times until mid-game?"
"That's one way to overe the problem. But, that's unrealisti general."
"Why?" Nia tilted her head.
"You won't always fight pyers who are easy to get kills on."
"Hmm, how about this Pyro, then? I beat it?"
"How should I know? The match hasn't even started yet."
"I thought you knew everything."
"Pretty sure I've never cimed such a thing."
"Disappointing," Nia said. "Ok, I'll try to outlevel him early somehow."
"That's the idea," Yuel nodded. "The other thing Tipmancer probably doesn't mention, is that your team will have to pressure Top to prevent Dark Knight from snowballing. You have to prevent an unfortunate development like the oh the Orc during your entrance exam."
"But, it's dangerous to fight DK early."
"True, but somebody has to challe."
"Don't wanna." Nia puffed her cheeks.
"That’s okay. This isn’t supposed to be your responsibility anyway. The Jungler is supposed to hahat part. I was just giving an example for another important thing to keep in mind that Tipmancer won't teach you."
"Tipmancer is a sham," Nia put down her phone. "How do I install you on my phone instead?"
"Sorry, but your phone doesn’t have enough memory to store all my game knowledge."
"Show-off," Nia gave him a look auro the game. The map loaded and she started off at the base. "Tipmancer reends one Ward and one MP Potion to start off. Does it lie?"
"No, that's a good start," Yuel said. "Tipmancer be trusted to give you det openers, at least."
"It also says to start with Magi Boots."
"Not sure I agree with that one," Yuel crossed his arms. "It's the standard opening so you 't g with it. In that sense, I get why it's reended. But, when you fight a Pyromancer on ne and have to get ahead during the early-game, you o be mgressive."
"So, I buy Staff of Ages?"
"No, no, that's going too far. That’s a super te-game power item. It scales yic power by pertage so it’s not that good early. Not to mention, it’s expensive. Even at Lv.1, you ’t afford the Ward and MP Potion along with it."
"True, true," Nia nodded. "So, what do I get?"
"I'd go with Nei," Yuel said. "It got det power and MP, so it should help you bully the Pyromancer."
"Bullying isn't nice."
"You have to do it, though. Otherwise, you won't win the ne."
"I didn't say I won't do it," Nia smirked. Her enemies will take any opportunity to bully her so she'd do the same to them. An eye for an eye.
"Good," Yuel nodded. "Just make sure to return to base as soon as you upgrade Nei to Lv.3. You have to start stag as early as possible."
"Ok," Nia purchased Nei and proceeded to buy a Ward and an MP Potion. But, there was a little problem. "I don't have enough. 't buy."
"ht. Nei costs extra 50 gold now at Lv. 1. My bad."
"I thought you were the superior app," Nia gave him a disappointed look.
"I sincerely apologize for only being a human," Yuel smiled wryly. "It used to cost less until the bance ges st year. That's why Tipmancer rarely suggests any specific matchup builds. You never know when the build bees irrelevant in future patches."
"So, do I buy it, or...?"
"Stick with Nei. If memory serves, the cost increase ecifically to disce pyers from buying it alongside an MP Potion. Nei + MP Potion + Ward was a very on opener due to how much sustain it gave. But, Nei alone should suffice. You skip the MP Potion."
“Ok,” Nia fihe purchase and joihe Carry and Support at the Ogre Camp. Or, at least, that was the pn...
“Eh?” Nia tilted her head. Hello? Red buff? Anybody?
The Elf and Padin oeam passed by the Ogre Camp without stopping. They went on to Bot Lane.
“Um, aren't we supposed to take the red buff?” Nia asked. “Is Tipmancer lying to me again?”
“No, it’s correct,” Yuel said. “The meta is to begin at the red and blue camps.”
“Ok,” Nia went on and reached the Ogre Camp. But, she was alohere. Even though her allies could see her there on the mini-map, they didn’t budge. Nobody came to help.
“This takes me back,” Yuel smiled wryly. “Lv.50 pyers, qualified for Ranked and still don’t know the meta opening. Brilliant.”
“They need more Tipmancer in their life.”
“Not even kidding,” Yuel sighed deeply.
“I guess this isn’t happening,” Nia turo leave the camp.
“Wait, there’s still time,” Yuel argued. “Try pinging the camp with a ‘group-up’.”
“Ok, um,” Nia pressed a button. Then another button. Then a different one.
“You press right on the dpad to open the chat. That also lets you ping the map.”
“I-I remember that.” Nia pressed in a hurry.
When was the st time this girl pinged anything? Yuel made a face. Well, at least she mao pick the correct ping on her own.
Group Up!An excmation popped on the mini-map, apanied by a voice line. However, the Bot duo didn’t budge.
“Spam it a few times,” Yuel advised.
“Ok,” Nia repeated the ping multiple times in a row. By the fourth time, the Padin turned around and began heading in the camp’s dire. The Elf followed suit.
As a result of this deyed unication, they cleared the Ogre Camp a little te. But, they still had enough time to return to nes before the minions csh. Nia just had to take the power buff and...
“Ah, mine...” Nia grumped. The Elf just went ahead and snatched her red buff! Robbery! Send halp!
“Yeah, this happens sometimes,” Yuel sighed. Low-level Ranked was such a fiesta.
“These bullies...!” Nia mashed a macro.
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“Enough already,” Yuel said. “Head to your ne.”
“I don’t want to py with these people anymore,” Nia pouted.
“I feel you but you ’t throw away your Qualifier. You don’t want to be stu Bronze, do you?”
“Gufu...” Nia sighed i.
“It’s okay. You’re a Wizard, Nia. Even without the power buff, you’ll outclear the Pyromancer early on.”
“I guess,” Nia dragged herself to ne. She felt so robbed here. Even though she was the one whht these clueless scrubs to the Ogre Camp, they robbed her in broad daylight. Dang it!
This Qualifier was off to a great start...
