Ever since Kai killed the Pirate, the enemy Lumimancer has been turtling and there weren't any good opportunities to score additional kills here. From what Yuel could see, one of their best line of play was to keep pushing the Turret under the Lumimancer’s nose. That was good and all, but couldn't they go for a stronger play than that?
Fortunately, an interesting piece of information came up: an allied ward revealed the enemy Vampire heading toward the Wolf Camp near Bot Lane. He surely intended to farm the camp and he might drop by Bot Lane to help with the defense effort. This was a great chance to make a strong convincing play.
Their Mid is in Mid and their Top is in Top. Perfect. Yuel nodded to himself. There was no chance anybody from other lanes would interfere with his plan. Only the Lumimancer could help the Vampire out but that guy has already proved himself to be an extreme turtle who didn’t want to stick out his neck for others.
“Let's gank the Vampire,” Yuel suggested.
“I was thinking about it, actually,” Kai said. “The Mid and Top are in their lanes, so we're good as far as those are concerned.”
She really pays attention, Yuel nodded in approval. I'd kill for Lars to have such a keen map awareness.
“But,” Kai continued. “What about the Lumi? He's right here so he might pull something.”
“Maybe. But, remember: we already got plenty of evidence he’s the type who doesn’t like taking any risks.”
“Oh, right. He probably won’t be coming.”
“Even if he does, I don't see us losing much. It'll be a 2v2 and we can disengage if we don't like how things are going. It's a low-risk high-reward play.”
“Huh, I see that now. Alright, I'm in. Let's go get that Vampire.”
“Wait,” Yuel called out before Kai ventured into the Jungle through the entrance on the enemy side. “It'll be too obvious if we enter the Jungle from here. Let's go through the middle to pretend like we might be going for our Wolf Camp or rotating.”
“Taking things to the next level, huh. Alright. I just hope we don't let him slip away.”
“We got time,” Yuel took into account the fact the Vampire was a bruiser, which meant it’ll take the guy a while to clear the camp. So, taking a little detour to conceal their plans was alright.
Yuel and Kai retreated from the enemy's side of the lane and entered the jungle through the middle. This made it look like they were leaving the lane to go elsewhere. Maybe they were going to farm jungle camps? Maybe they were rotating to gank Mid? The enemy must have been asking themselves such questions right now.
They took the bait. Yuel smirked as the enemy Mid Laner retreated. That was clearly a countermeasure against a potential Mid gank. The uncertainty surrounding this play diverted the enemy’s attention from the real play Yuel cooked up.
“Let me initiate please,” Yuel said. “I'll make a wall parallel to you behind the Vampire so just shoot on my sign.”
“Sure.”
“Okay, so,” Yuel positioned the ice wall. “Now!”
He erected the ice wall perfectly. It stretched in parallel to where Kai was positioned. So, no matter how she fires her Impale, it was going to push the Vampire into the wall for sure. All Kai had to do was to quickly throw her spear and the Vampire won't even know what hit him! ... at least, that was the plan.
Kai didn't throw Impale right away. She first waited to the ice wall to form and only then threw her spear. Unfortunately, that was too late.
The ice wall alerted the Vampire about the incoming gank, so he didn't waste any time and turned into a bat. Thanks to his quick reaction, he dodged Kai's Impale and fled from the scene. The gank failed.
“Why didn’t you use Impale right away?” Yuel asked. “I gave you the sign early.”
“Yeah, I heard the sign. I threw it as soon as there was a wall.”
“There was no need to wait for it,” Yuel sighed. “I made sure to place the wall in such a way that you'll push the Vampire into it no matter what. You just had to shoot at my sign.”
“Well, excuse me,” Kai narrowed her eyes. “How was I supposed to know for sure you’ll place the wall where I need it? That’s why I prefer to place Iron Maiden myself and then impale. That way, I know for sure I can go for it right away.”
“I see,” Yuel said. Truth to be told, this one was his fault. For some reason, he expected Kai, of all people, to blindly trust him on the first try without any prior practice. He completely forgot he wasn’t playing with Lars right now.
Sigh. There was still a long road before his communication skills reach a decent level. Even though he managed to convince Kai to be more cooperative, they still had a long way to go before they could pull off strong plays together.
“Can you try it next time please?” Yuel asked. “Don’t wait for the wall to appear. Just shoot when I give the sign.”
“I can try, sure.”
Sometime later, another great opportunity presented itself. Yuel suggested to rotate to Mid and gank the enemy Sorcerer. Once they approached the lane, he gave the same instructions as before.
“I’ll make a wall. Impale as soon as you hear my sign.”
“Alight.”
“So... now!” Yuel raised his voice to make sure Kai didn’t miss the sign.
“Ah, oh!” Kai flinched for a moment before shooting. As a result, she thrust her spear a little too late.
Thankfully, this Sorcerer player didn’t have the same reaction speed as the Vampire, so the spear successfully impaled him into the ice wall. Yuel extended the stun with Ice Coffin and Kai killed the Sorcerer together with Lars.
“You impaled late again,” Yuel commented after the play was over.
“Ah, well,” Kai shifted her eyes away. “But, I impaled him, right? We got the kill.”
“Only because he didn’t react fast enough.”
“Yeah, I guess so,” Kai shrugged. “You’re really bossy, you know that? It’s pretty damn hard to shoot a skill blindly like that without even knowing whether a wall will be there or not.”
“You just have to trust that the wall to be there and shoot. It’s not that hard.”
“I’d say it’s pretty damn hard, though.”
“Okay, noted,” Yuel had to concede here. Maybe he was wrongly using Lars and Ellen as prime examples for Carries. Perhaps not everybody could put their faith in the Support’s initiation, especially not on the first try. Thinking back on it, Taison also gave Yuel some trouble on this topic but that guy was a total delinquent so Yuel disregarded that experience.
Either way, it seemed like it’d take a while before Yuel and Kai learn to execute quick plays that required trust. Then again, it wasn’t like Yuel was particularly interested in it. After all, ultimately, the team’s Bot duo will be him and Lars, not him and Kai.
Based on Vincent and Kai’s attitude, Yuel has already proven himself as the best Support the team had to offer. So, it was easy for him to seize the position right here and now. All that was left was for Lars to get the Carry role. But, Kai refused to budge on that topic.
Still, in the end, Lars will be the team’s Carry. Even though Kai was a solid player, her playstyle didn’t work the best for how a Carry should be. She was too self-sufficient for her own good.
For example, no matter how many times Yuel criticized her on this, Kai kept buying two wards every time she returned to base. It was an unnecessary investment for a Carry. Instead, she should have focused on finishing her build faster. Warding in Bot should’ve been primarily Yuel’s job during the early game but Kai insisted to do everything herself.
Kai wanted to initiate herself, to set up kills for herself, to ward herself, and to do literally everything possible herself. It was admirable but also inefficient. The Support and Carry shared a lane in order to split the burden between them, not for one of them to do 100% of the work.
Ironically, as much as Yuel criticized Lars’s flaws, these flaws actually made it easier to play Support for that goof. Lars was lacking in a bunch of very specific areas so Yuel covered up for those. And, since Lars knew where his own weaknesses were, he was more than happy to split the burden with Yuel and focus only on the parts he excelled at, such as crushing the opposition in battle.
Compared to Lars, Kai didn’t seem to have any glaring weaknesses. That was something Yuel sensed all the way back when he played against her and now he was convinced: she was very self-sufficient, to the point there weren’t any big holes in her playstyle.
However, as a result, she wanted to hog all the work herself and didn’t feel comfortable sharing any of the burdens with Yuel. That kind of mindset was fine for Mid and Top but not for a Carry. So, even though Yuel would kill for Lars to have amazing map awareness and sharp decision-making like Kai’s, he also absolutely didn’t want Lars to become anything like Kai.
I can see her playing a solid Mid. Yuel nodded to himself. With how self-reliant and all-rounded Kai was, there was no doubt she’d excel in Mid. This was good. It meant that, once Yuel and Lars become the team’s official Bot duo, all the other roles will have promising candidates too.
For Mid, there was Kai. For Jungler, there was Luke who, despite his memeing, was a solid player. As for Top, there were two options on the table: Vincent or Ben. Which one will make it into the final roster? Today’s practice matches should give Yuel a hint.
After observing Kai enough and understanding what type of player she was, it was time to focus on Ben’s performance in Top.
Huh, wonder why she wasn't already playing top/mid; was it because of the seniors? Such as one of them already playing mid, so she had to pick something else? Or is it just of the poor support she's played with to get where she is, thus she got that mindset?
En mi opinión claramente es una tipa que a sido menospreciada y infravalorada por hombres al ser mujer para empezar, cosas como que por ser chica es incapaz de hacer X cosas y tal, de hay una forma de pensar en la que le disgusta ser ayudada incluso en mover un armario afirmando que no necesita ayuda por qué puede sola y entonces otros y menos hombres no deben ayudarla, también esa forma de ser autosuficiente al extremo de lo dicho, rechazar ser ayudada nacida de los avisos y burlas sobré qué no es capaz de hacer cosas por sí misma por ser mujer y tal vez y probablemente no a tenido buenas experiencias recibiendo ayuda de Suport, aún que en parte seguramente tenga culpa por su autosuficiencia extrema y que no sabe jugar bien Carry, lo juega cómo una clase que debe hacerlo todo por sí misma y cero ayuda de los demás, solo algo ocasional, vamos, como Lars en el baloncesto, Lars no era egoísta, pero sentía profundamente que al ser el 'As' tenía que si o si ser capaz de hacer las cosas por si mismo, cosa que acabo cuando chocó con la realidad en aquel campeonato contra eso negros mucho más altos que el y todos en su clase que bloqueaban sus triples, Kai es así por sus traumas y quiere ser el 'As' por demostrar que se equivocaban con ella y demostrarse a si misma que es mejor que cualquier chico como dijo ella en su momento
Únicamente juega Carry para demostrar ser capaz de ella sola poder llevar al equipo ignorando que en classemancer las cosas no son tan simples, el Carry es el 'As' pero no trabaja sólo, es más, sobretodo al principio trabaja junto a Suport
Básicamente por sus problemas en la vida desarrollo una personalidad super autosuficiente además de un cierto rechazó a los hombres por qué unos idiotas se burlaron de ella por ser mujer, lo que irónicamente le lleva a rechazar por completo su propia feminidad y todo eso hace que quiera ser el 'As' para demostrarse a si misma qué es autosuficiente y no necesita a NADIE para hacer las cosas, haciendo que jugué a Carry también como un Soport que ignora y deja solo a un Carry, osea fatal, puede matar todo lo que quiera, pero está jugando mal, para jugar sola es mejor cualquiera de las otras clases, según Yuel Mid es la mejor para ella
Dicho todo, eso son especulaciones nacidas de las cosas que nos han mostrado sobre ella, no muchas pero suficientes para teorizar su transfondo y de sobra para saber su personalidad y su estilo de juego ya mostrado y que en este juego falla y dicho asta por el propio Yuel, aún que era predecible desde el primer momento que nos mostraron a Kai y Vincent jugando, dicho esto su transfondo podría tener otras cosas distintas, en la parte más díficil de acertar, también podría ser uno bastante más duró que involucre a un padre maltratador y tal vez abusador en vez de unos acosadores que le hicieran lo que antes mencioné, tal vez incluso ambas, su madre podría ser una mujer tan maltratada que fuera sumamente sumisa y frágil, haciendo aún más fuerte las razones de Kai para rechazar su feminidad, tal vez allá cosas incluso peores como abusos del tipo s*xsu@l... Aunque no creo que esto último sea así por qué entonces ella debería odiar mucho a los hombres en vez de solo molestarse con que le ayuden o sean mejores que ella en cualquier cosa y busque demostrar ser mejor que los hombres, que es todo lo que nos mostraron asta ahora
En fin, el transfondo es lo más impredecible con absoluta certeza por qué muchas variaciones de todo lo mencionado y otras posibilidades pueden componerlo desde pequeños a grandes cambios y encajar en por qué se comporta como lo hace ahora, aunque no creo que las más oscuras sean acertadas por qué no está tan odiosa con los hombres o la vida, aunque quién sabe, tal vez esa gorra que lleva oculte una cicatriz
Dicho esto a seguir leyendo y ver que nos encontramos, tal vez e acertado en su transfondo y tal vez alguien que les esto piense que vi capítulos futuros y hice espoiler pese a ser solo mis teorías y deducciones lógicas