All-Round Mid Laner

ARML Chapter 117.1: Destiny Goddess

The selection of heroes for both sides were finished.

Yaoguang would be running the classic poke comp this time. The Godly Sniper, Demon Executioner, and Destruction Mage were all ranged heroes, while the top lane’s Dark Angel was a hero that could tank and attack.

The Six-Winged Angel can provide a protective shield. She could even provide a ‘revive’ skill in advance to her teammates when she uses her ult. This would allow her teammates to instantly revive and restore 30% of their health. It was equivalent to having a resurrection gear.

On the other hand, Tianhuan’s comp consisted of the Princess of the Blood Clan and Forest Envoy for the bottom lane, the Man of Steel for the top lane, the Ninja for the jungle, and Destiny Goddess for the mid lane. The bottom lane can self-heal, top lane can tank damage, and both the jungler and mid laner were powerful burst heroes.

Yao Mu started analyzing, “Both teams’ comps have their merits and shortcomings. Yaoguang can kite their opponents and shave their HP while Tianhuan can instantly deal burst damage. Now, we’ll have to see if Yaoguang would be able to cripple Tianhuan first, or if Tianhuan would be able to slay Yaoguang’s DPS first.”

Dong-ge agreed, “That’s right. If we look at the comps, both sides seems to be evenly matched and everyone has a chance of winning. In the end, it still depends on who would be able to seize their chance during the team fight. Let us begin the first game between Tianhuan and Yaoguang!”

The game interface started loading.

As they didn’t have any big moves at the starting of the game, Tianhuan played it relatively safe. However, Yaoguang fought fiercely. This was because the Godly Sniper’s Q skill could load five shots and snipe their enemies from far range with precision. They would be able to beat their enemies down to half health as long as their shot makes it. This also meant that two shots would be enough to take a kill.

Marksman Yu’mao and support Ling Tong went to the bottom lane together and hid in the bushes.

Qu Jiang placed a ward by the river at the bottom lane. Just when Cheng Xing appeared at the bottom lane, there was a sudden bullet that shot out from the bush in an instant a distance away, accurately hitting Cheng Xing’s head!

Cheng Xing retreated swiftly. Although he hated Yaoguang and their schemes, he had to admit that Yu’mao was pretty capable. The Godly Sniper’s skillshot hit rate was extremely high and just this snipe alone had caused his health to drop by half.

Qu Jiang quickly rushed over to protect him. The Godly Sniper’s second shot was just about to hit Cheng Xing but it got blocked by Qu Jiang using his movement skill. It hit Qu Jiang instead, but Cheng Xing who was hiding behind him had narrowly escaped death. The two swiftly retreated back to their home base to restore their health.

Yu’mao frowned and said, “The support’s block was pretty timely. If not, I would’ve already gotten a kill.”

His teammate, Ling Tong, smiled and said “There’s no rush. We’ll kill them later.”

Chi Shuo’s jungle was also invaded at the same time.

The enemy top laner, jungler, and mid laner grouped up to steal the blue buff while Chi Shuo, Ye Shaoyang, and Qin Yizhu defended against them.

Both sides engaged in a draggy 3v3 fight. As everyone only had one skill at the starting of the game, the damage dealt wouldn’t be enough. The three Yaoguang players didn’t manage to gain any advantage while Tianhuan also wasn’t able to kill them.

Both sides continued to push and pull. When the blue buff was left with 1,200 points of health, Ye Shaoyang seized the opportunity. He coordinated with Chi Shuo’s smite and threw out a Q skill, instantly taking the blue buff!

Mu Mu exclaimed, “Lieyang and Shuoyue’s brainwaves are in sync again! Both of their skills were practically executed at the same time. Yaoguang’s jungler wanted to use a smite to steal the blue buff too. It’s a pity that they were a second too late to do so.”

Dong-ge agreed, “Mn. Yaoguang’s attempt this time was a failure, and even affected the tempo of the jungler clearing minions.”

Both teams would attempt to go after the blue buff when the game starts. The team that failed to take it would find their leveling speed being affected.

Yaoguang’s jungler didn’t manage to come out of this bout with the upper hand and he immediately returned to take his team’s red buff. When he finished taking the red buff, he went to the mid lane to fight the river crab. However, he was one step behind again. Ye Shaoyang had already taken the river crab down with Chi Shuo earlier.

Tianhuan’s jungler got the slight upper hand instead.

However, Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang were continuously being suppressed at the bottom lane. They also didn’t take the little crab so they ended up being one whole level lower than their opponents. This can’t be blamed on Cheng Xing, as any marksman that was facing off with the Godly Sniper in early-game would also be suppressed.

As the Godly Sniper had an extremely far attacking distance, almost twice that of other marksmen, he could just stand under the tower and snipe. One shot would chip off half of their health and if they weren’t careful and got hit by two shots, their life would instantly be lost.

Cheng Xing moved around very carefully while Qu Jiang helped him block the shots. After two minion waves, both Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang returned to their base with low health.

In the livestream, Yaoguang’s water army began ridiculing them again——

【Tianhuan’s Fanxing indeed can’t perform. He’s being suppressed so miserably!】

【It had only been a few minutes since the game started and he’s already being beaten back to his base?】

【Yu’mao, keep it up. You must take the head of that dog called Fanxing in the next bout!】

Godly Sniper’s appearance count was extremely high in league matches as it was one of the most popular marksman hero in this version. Cheng Xing rarely picked him. It wasn’t because he couldn’t play this hero, but because Tianhuan currently hadn’t studied on kiting strategies surrounding the Godly Sniper.

But as a professional player, Cheng Xing understood the skills of these marksman heroes very well.

He calculated the number of shots the opponent had. After five snipes, the Godly Sniper would enter a period where he would have no skills available and no bullets to use. Cheng Xing took advantage of that time to clear minions, so that there wouldn’t be such a big economic gap between him and the opponents.

The junglers on both teams reached Level 6 very soon.

Chi Shuo reached Level 6 sooner than the enemy jungler as he had taken down a river crab at the start of the game.

As for Ye Shaoyang, he had gone to the top lane to assist and freeloaded one of Old Qin’s minion waves, so he also reached Level 6 before the enemy mid laner.

Yaoguang’s support, Ling Tong, immediately warned, “The enemy mid laner and jungler is reaching Level 6 soon, quickly retreat!” The coach had instructed him to specifically focus on the enemy mid laner and jungler, so he naturally had to alert his teammates. At the same time, he hurried to the bushes by the river and hid away, checking his field of vision.

Cheng Xing was currently left with half of his health and was clearing minion waves carefully, as a single accurate snipe aimed at him can take his life! Yu’mao hid in the bushes and said confidently, “Wait for me to kill him first before we retreat.”

It’s just a shot, a very simple matter.

Yu’mao believed in his skillshot hit rate. He narrowed his eyes, took aim, and shot——a clear ‘peng’ sounded out as a result of the shot and the bullet went straight out!

The sound of the Godly Sniper hitting or missing an aim was completely different. Players could determine if they managed to hit their aim based on the sound. They could even seek out the bushes and see if there were any players lying in ambush there through the difference in sound.

Hence, players must turn on the game’s sound effects when playing this marskman hero. This sound effect definitely meant that he had sniped successfully!

Yu’mao was delighted, but he soon realized that a kill announcement didn’t pop out on the screen. He took a closer look——it was Qu Jiang again! This annoying support came out of nowhere and stood in front of Cheng Xing, blocking the attack for him

The Forest Envoy’s health was down by half, but Cheng Xing managed to keep his life. If this continued, the enemy mid laner and jungler would soon come to assist.

Yu’mao frowned and rapidly fell back. However, he was too slow. A golden talisman suddenly descended from the sky, piercing his forehead. It was only now that he sensed the oddity. He swiftly cleansed and prepared to escape.

The Six-Winged Angel rushed over to shield him. But he had only taken a step when the Ninja stabbed him!

The masked man in black was actually already at his escape route guarding. The sharp knife suddenly thrust through from behind, activating a critical hit. His shield was slashed with just a strike and his health instantly dropped by one-third.

At the next moment, Ye Shaoyang suddenly flashed in. He used a Q skill to seal, and followed it up by using an E skill to switch states. Lastly, he unleashed a QWR burst combo. Yu’mao didn’t even get to see his actions before his health bar was directly emptied out!

——First Blood！

——[Tianhuan-Lieyang (Destiny Goddess) killed YG-Yu’mao (Godly Sniper)!]