Chapter 97: Fists Are Stronger Than Guns

Ｒｅａｄ ｏｎ ＫａｔＲｅａｄｉｎｇＣａｆｅ

The performance of Hanzo and Widowmaker, based on a double sniper composition.

Especially as the commentators watched Da-jeong’s Widowmaker play, they couldn’t help but be amazed.

【No, Lulu! You’re even good at Widowmaker?!】

【Right. And with the Junk Drawer team’s current composition, the only one who can deal with Widowmaker is Hanzo. This is too tricky.】

【From Junk Drawer’s perspective, this must be frustrating. They came here expecting a mirror match, but the originator of the composition brought out a counter pick.】

【This is when mental fortitude really breaks. Even if they switch to a dive composition now, the enemy healers’ ultimates are almost ready…】

Before the match began everyone had predicted it would be a mirror match.

But the Blue LUV team, who were the first to officially use this composition had abandoned it completely.

And among them, Da-jeong, who could be considered the main player abandoned Brigitte, the overpowered character she had played the most and brought out Widowmaker, effortlessly dismantling the composition she herself had created.

This is the kind of strategic battle you’d expect to see in a professional match.

• This is insane lolololol
• Our Axolotl was hiding her power
• Isn’t this just Lulu’s one-woman show?
• Did they really only use one composition in scrims for this?
• Chills…

The viewers were equally thrilled.

Chae-yoon and Da-jeong, handling the double snipers.

Especially with Da-jeong’s overwhelming performance, they pushed through to the second point with little resistance.

It was hard to believe what was happening.

『Haha, our youngest is doing great!』

『No, isn’t Widowmaker carrying this alone?』

『She’s doing even better than during practice. This is insane.』

『Ehehe… It’s just that everyone supported me well, so all I had to do was shoot.』

Even in Discord, praises for Da-jeong kept pouring in, but Da-jeong herself didn’t feel like she had done anything special.

She just shyly smiled at the compliments from her members and the CEO.

The cold, ruthless sniper from moments ago was nowhere to be seen.

By the time they reached the final checkpoint, the third point.

The difference in ultimates was already significant, making a comeback difficult.

『Unnie, unnie! I’ll break their barrier, so use your ultimate!』

『Okay! Should I use it now?!』

『I’ll cover you! Go go!』

[Hammer down!]

Chae Yoon’s Hanzo shattered the enemy Reinhardt’s barrier with Rapid Fire and the moment the enemy was left defenseless, Ra-hee’s hammer spat fire.

Amidst this, Yuna’s quick thinking to use Zarya’s barrier to block CC skills, fearing the enemy Brigitte’s stun might cancel the ultimate, was also brilliant.

【Earthshatter! It’s in!】

【Ah, they can’t block this! They can’t! Zenyatta doesn’t have Transcendence yet!】

【Mercy quickly flies up to activate her ultimate… but ah, the momentum is against them!】

Fortunately, Mercy, who was behind the wall, avoided the ultimate.

But as all the enemy characters fell to the ground.

What followed was a one-sided slaughter, allowing them to capture the third point.

• Waaaaaaaaaah
• Lucretia’s ultimate is insane lololol
• Yukiko’s covering sense is something else
• Lilith’s call was great too
• Meanwhile, Erin took all the kills lololol
• Peashooter lololol
• Is CEO Kang just a discord shuttle? lol

Amidst the clean combo, cheers erupted among the viewers.

『Waa! Lucretia unnie! Your ultimate was amazing!』

『Huhu, I couldn’t just sit still while our youngest was doing so well.』

The atmosphere in the Discord room heated up.

Ultimately, even as the Junk Drawer team switched to defense to finish the first set.

They couldn’t come up with a proper counter to the Blue LUV team’s composition, and an overwhelming victory in the second set seemed likely.

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With the match being a best-of-three, losing the first set already put them at match point.

During the brief strategy time before the second set, the Junk Drawer team immediately went into a meeting.

『Hey, what do we do?』

『Should we switch to a rush composition to pressure Widowmaker and Hanzo?』

『Even if we go for a rush composition, what can we do? If Lulu switches to Brigitte, that’s it.』

『Tch, you’re right… Is there no way?』

Although they had collapsed helplessly in the first set.

This team is also a well-regarded team with their own strengths.

They can’t fall apart here.

『Hey, what if we go for the exact same composition?』

『What? The same composition?』

『We have a Widowmaker player too. If we go for the mirror match as planned in the first set, it might work.』

While they were brainstorming.

The opinion of the member playing Hanzo came up.

And the Junk Drawer team members felt as if a lightbulb had gone off.

Right, why didn’t we think of that?

From the beginning, what we had in mind was a mirror match.

If we use the same composition, especially a double sniper composition where the damage dealers have more weight.

With one Master-tier damage dealer and one Diamond-tier damage dealer, it’s obvious we have the upper hand.

『Not bad. So, Changhyun, are you going to play Widowmaker?』

『Yeah, I’ll play Widowmaker and Jinseok can take Hanzo.』

『Okay, let’s go with that.』

Ultimately, the Junk Drawer team decided to switch to a double sniper composition.

As the second set began, and they got to choose the map after losing the previous set.

They chose Watchpoint: Gibraltar, a map favorable for double snipers.

It was also the map they were most confident in.

【Oh, what’s this? It seems Junk Drawer is also going for a double sniper composition?】

【I think it’s a good choice. In Overwatch, if you have the skill advantage, a mirror match is the best option.】

【That’s right. Especially since their main damage dealer is Master-tier, so they naturally have high trust in their Widowmaker.】

• Double Widowmaker match~
• Let’s show the power of Master-tier
• No matter how good Lulu is, going against a Master-tier Widowmaker is tough lol

Once again, choosing to defend first, the Junk Drawer team.

As they came out of the base with the same composition as the Blue LUV team in the previous set.

Positive reactions flowed from the commentators and viewers.

[The attack has begun. Transport the payload.]

Bang-!

As soon as the Blue LUV team left their base the Junk Drawer team’s Widowmaker fired.

At the sight of the chilling red bullet trajectory, Kang Ha-neul urgently shouted.

『They brought out Widowmaker!』

『Are they going with the same composition as last time?』

『What do we do? Should we go for the mirror match?』

The Blue LUV team was momentarily thrown into chaos.

Originally, they planned to use the double sniper composition for its advantageous matchup and push through with it.

But if they do this, they might face difficulties in the mirror match against the higher-tier enemy damage dealers and end up with an awkward result.

『It’s okay, I expected this. I’ll switch and come back. The rest of the composition stays the same.』

『What? You’re switching?』

But Da-jeong, without any sign of panic comforted her teammates and immediately returned to the base, pressing the character selection screen.

Even her teammates were puzzled by this unexpected move; after all, while they had planned to use double snipers against Hanzo.

They hadn’t discussed what composition to use against double snipers.

On the other hand, they wondered what difference switching out just Widowmaker would make.

• ???
• She’s dropping Widowmaker?
• Is she going to play Hanzo or something?
• But even if she plays Hanzo, there’s only one spot. Can she handle the pressure alone?
• It’s tough to deal with double snipers with Hanzo these days; Hanzo is too strong.

As viewers also expressed their doubts.

Da-jeong selected a character with a burly build and muscular physique from the character selection screen.

[Only conflict can change us.]

Against Hanzo and against double snipers, this character.

This was the winning formula Da-jeong had planned for the first match.

【Oh?! Lulu has brought out Doomfist this time?!】

【This is another unexpected move. Doomfist is a character known for being extremely difficult to master, often considered a character for specialists. Can Lulu really handle him well?】

【That’s right! Of course, we’ve seen Lulu’s exceptional game sense, but Doomfist is a character that demands such a high level of skill, right? It’s both exciting and worrying at the same time!】

As the commentators mentioned, Doomfist is one of the most skill-intensive characters in Overwatch.

His mechanics require him to get close to the enemy and depending on how and where his skills are used, he can either be as fragile as a fly or an unkillable immortal.

The question is, can Da-jeong pull this off?

That will be the key to this game.

『Tanks, focus on the payload. CEO, can you give me some harmony? I’ll handle the snipers!』

『Okay!』

Following Da-jeong’s orders, Reinhardt and Zarya quietly stuck to the payload.

Meanwhile, Kang Ha-neul attached Zenyatta’s Harmony Orb to Doomfist.

Harmony Orb is a skill that continuously heals a single target from a distance.

However, its healing output is relatively low.

So, it’s typically used on backline disruptors like Hanzo or Tracer.

But in this case, it was given to Doomfist.

Whoosh-

[Huuuh…!]

As the sound effect of Harmony Orb activating played.

Da-jeong immediately began charging up on the second floor of the base.

Doomfist’s bread and butter skill, the right-click Rocket Punch.

This skill increases in damage and travel distance the longer it’s charged.

But there’s a secret to this skill.

If you cancel the skill with a jump while using it to hit specific structures.

You can travel much farther and higher, a kind of bug-like playstyle.

Though it’s called a bug, after this technique was discovered it became so widely used that it’s practically an officially recognized trick.

But that’s only after the technique became well-known.

At least at this point in time, Doomfist isn’t particularly popular after being nerfed.

And there aren’t many people who have thoroughly researched these tricks, so it’s essentially a secret weapon only Da-jeong can use.

Whoosh-!

【Huh?!】

【What, what just happened?! Since when could Doomfist’s Rocket Punch travel that far?!】

• What?
• ???????????????
• Is that Pharah?
• How did she do that just now?

Using this technique, Da-jeong positioned Doomfist in front of the second-floor structure of the base and activated the right-click.

She flew so far that she appeared right in front of the enemy’s second-floor building.

It was an overwhelming distance that left not only the viewers but also the commentators stunned.

『Hey, hey! Their Doomfist is coming!』

『What, what the hell?! Where did he come from?!』

In the blink of an eye, Doomfist appeared above their heads.

The Junk Drawer team members were thrown into chaos.

Da-jeong wasn’t one to miss such an opportunity.

Crash-

As Doomfist’s right hand glowed, he slammed the ground hard.

The Seismic Slam skill was activated.

This skill slams the ground, creating a shockwave that damages and pulls enemies forward.

Interestingly, the damage increases proportionally to the time spent charging before slamming the ground.

Meaning, Da-jeong’s Doomfist, who had jumped high into the air.

Had plenty of time to charge up for maximum damage.

Thud- Thud-

BlueLUVLulu > Changhyun

After taking the full damage of Seismic Slam the enemy Widowmaker, hit by bullets fired from Doomfist’s arm, was instantly eliminated.

[Uppercut!]

Whoosh-

After eliminating one enemy in the blink of an eye, Doomfist, using the Uppercut skill to leap into the air combined it with the cooldown-refreshed Rocket Punch to escape effortlessly.

『Hey, what the hell is that?! Is that even a character?』

『No, she just solo’d the Widowmaker and left?』

『I saw the kill cam, she flew from the base. What the hell is this?』

The Junk Drawer team could only stare at her retreating figure utterly baffled by what they had just witnessed.

The Widowmaker player, who had died before even spotting the enemy, could only laugh bitterly at his own situation.

【What did we just witness?! She just took them out like that?!】

【Even if we rewind and watch it again, it doesn’t make sense… She clearly used Rocket Punch here, but how did she get all the way over there?】

【Exactly. Of course, there have been tricks where Doomfist cancels Rocket Punch to travel farther, but not to this extent? There must be some secret to it.】

• This is insane lolololol
• Wait, Doomfist can do that?
• If I were the Widowmaker, I’d be so tilted after watching the kill cam lol
• She’s even good at Doomfist lolololol
• Wow, but this is so frustrating… How do you even deal with a Widowmaker when she flies in like that?
• It’d be easier to deal with Hanzo at this point…

The commentators and viewers were equally stunned.

The Doomfist they remembered was a much more rigid character, a one-hit wonder who relied entirely on his right-click.

But this?

Da-jeong didn’t even use her right-click on the enemy.

Instead, she used it solely for engagement and escape, using the rest of her skills to take out enemies and retreat effortlessly.

It was like witnessing a new era for Doomfist.

Whoosh- Thud-!

BlueLUVLulu > HealMePlease

[Flattened.]

After drawing aggro on the second floor and using Rocket Punch to take out the healer.

Da-jeong, who had retreated to safety, immediately began briefing her team.

『I got Mercy too! I’ll keep watching the second floor, so Hanzo and Yata, come up here and help me out!』
『Okay, I’m coming up!』
『Our youngest is seriously too reliable, isn’t she?』
『If we win today, I’m giving our youngest all the kisses she wants.』
『Unnie, why are you punishing Lulu for doing well…』

The Blue LUV team members, who had been nervous when the mirror match first happened.

Were now hyped up after witnessing their youngest’s overwhelming performance.

It was truly a moment of highs and lows.