Chapter 73 – Placement Test

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Back to the Arena.

Now, I have to be serious.

Ranked Game. Meaning, from now on, my ranking will be determined in each match.

Especially the 10 placement matches to determine the initial rank are the most important.

In other words, I absolutely can’t lose.

First, I entered the training grounds in the Arena to warm up.

Unlike other training grounds, this one has human-shaped dummies, not just torsos.

‘My condition is perfect.’

Maybe it’s because I exercised, took a half-bath, and even got a massage, but my body feels great today.

The skill combos flow smoothly, and switching the dagger between Essence and Reverse is effortless.

After hitting the dummy for a while, I immediately pressed the Ranked Game Matchmaking button.

Various notifications popped up, but I ignored them all and pressed the Matchmaking button again.

-Ding.

Instant match this time too.

I got matched in almost 3 seconds.

My first opponent in Ranked Game is…

Thump, thump, thump.

A robe reaching down to the ankles, a huge mage hat, and a short wand. The Mage class, with a wand, and numerous small potion bottles hanging inside the robe.

The debuff class of the Mage category, [Enchanter].

‘Soonchu said Enchanters are annoying…’

Enchanter is not a class advantageous in PVP.

Mage is already a difficult class in PVP, and Enchanter is even more so.

Therefore, it’s one of the least played classes in PVP. But the win rate of Enchanters is surprisingly decent.

It could be said that only skilled Enchanters remain, but Soonchu says he particularly dislikes Enchanters, and sometimes if he’s in a bad mood when he meets one, he forfeits without even fighting.

The reason is none other than the Enchanter’s concept.

‘Ugh… why an Enchanter from the start…’

Enchanters don’t have many attack skills. And even fewer skills suitable for PVP.

The Enchanter’s PVP fight isn’t about winning against the opponent, but…

“Slow! Bind! Restraint! Reduced Vision! Petrification! Paralysis!”

“What the fu-!”

They’re the kind of guys who PVP to piss off their opponents.

The damage from attack skills is trash, barely causing a flinch. But Enchanters don’t use them for damage.

Your body becomes heavy, slow, your vision narrows, your body stops occasionally—it’s just a CC skill bomb, that’s what an Enchanter is.

If you PVP against an Enchanter, a normal fight doesn’t happen.

Usually, in PVP, you reduce each other’s health to defeat the opponent, but the Enchanter’s fight isn’t about reducing the enemy’s HP to win, but about making the opponent give up, or winning by HP ratio after using up all the time.

It just means that people who PVP with Enchanter are all crazy.

Debuff skills are magic, so they can’t be Parried or blocked, only evaded, which isn’t easy.

Even now, I can only evade about half of the debuff skills the Enchanter throws.

They’re spamming magic that flies almost like bullets, and I can’t dodge them.

It’s more like the spamming skills are missing rather than me dodging.

“I’m a fan of Arangnim!”

The Enchanter user is saying that while using debuffs like crazy, and it’s pissing me off.

The Enchanter user’s skill is better than I thought. No, it’s infuriating.

Whenever I try to use a movement skill, the Enchanter immediately lays down a swamp, a movement skill prohibition debuff, on the ground where I am.

When I get close, they keep a proper distance and come in at the perfect timing, right before the debuff is解除.

Debuff duration calculation, my movement skill cooldown calculation.

The range calculation of the Assassin skills is also perfect. They seem to know more about Assassins than I do.

They’re probably a user extremely familiar with PVP.

Like the Great Swordsman user, and the Enchanter user, sometimes users surprise me.

There’s no opening. This user… is definitely a top-tier user. Seriously? I’m matching with someone like this from my first placement match?

Even if I had a 10-0 record in normal games, matching me with this kind of user right away is too much, isn’t it?

For now, my victory is certain.

No matter how much they debuff and try to block my approach, if that was 100% possible, Enchanter would be OP.

But that’s not the case. The Enchanter has to succeed in attacking about 20 times to equal one attack from me, that’s how pathetic the Enchanter’s attack power is.

No matter how good the Enchanter user is, I’m also pretty good, so I’ve already succeeded in attacking quite a bit and reduced the Enchanter’s health much more than mine.

Victory is 100% determined to be mine.

The problem is, even knowing that, the Enchanter user has no intention of giving up.

“Arangnim, I love you!”

The Enchanter, a female user, is smiling while throwing debuffs at me like crazy, and it’s giving me goosebumps all over.

This Enchanter seems to have no intention of winning. Maybe this user… is planning to use this PVP time to just endure.

Trying to be with me as long as possible!

Have you ever seen such a crazy user?

“It was an honor~”

In the end, I couldn’t kill the Enchanter and won by time. The Enchanter user waved their hand around with a smiling face.

I frowned at that Enchanter user.

“Ah, that expression is so delicious!!! Awesome!!!”

“Ah…”

The Enchanter user just said what they wanted to say and disappeared.

I’m exhausted.

I was going to play all 10 placement matches today, but I used up all my energy in that last match.

I can see why Soonchu forfeits immediately when he meets an Enchanter. It’s a class that can’t help but be annoying.

I experienced debuffs directly for the first time, and it feels pretty bad.

Especially since I’m sensitive, the moment I get hit by a debuff, it feels like someone is forcibly messing with my nerves, which is even unpleasant.

Enchanter. A class I never want to meet in PVP.

PVP already requires thinking about the opponent as a person, but with debuffs on top of that, it feels like I’m going crazy.

Was PVP this difficult? No. It’s just that Enchanter is a trash class.

Anyway, the Enchanter ratio in the PVP Arena is the lowest.

I probably won’t meet one again.

The Enchanter ratio in PVP is 0.3%, so.

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[Arangnim Finally Started Ranked Game Placement] [310]

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As soon as I confirmed that Arangnim entered the Arena, I queued up as an Enchanter.

Thanks to that, I had an Arena date with Arangnim for the full time.

Everyone, Arena date with our Arangnim let’s go

I’ll recommend classes that can enjoy with Arangnim for the full time

First, of course, the number 1 is Enchanter. I think everyone knows the reason. Very stable full-time date possible.

Next is Grim Reaper.

An absurd movement skill that reduces your health by a percentage every time you use it, but you don’t die. In other words, if you have no intention of winning, a full date is possible.

The downside is that you have to waste time with movement skills, so you can’t leisurely look at Arangnim’s face.

The last one is, of course, the Tank Knight.

If you just use survival skills and healing skills, you can stay in place.

But the Knight’s disadvantage is too big.

There’s a high possibility that Arangnim’s expression won’t change.

So what should we do? Enchanter is a must. If you watch the Enchanter gameplay video, you can see Arangnim’s various expressions. This is the real delicacy.

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An expression of narrowing the eyes.

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An expression of widening the eyes.

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An expression of getting annoyed while looking at the floor because of the swamp debuff.

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An expression of getting angry at the debuff shower.

My favorite Arangnim screenshot. An expression of sending a contemptuous look after it’s over.

Just perfect for a bowl of rice.

Everyone, let’s queue up as Enchanter now. let’s go

[Comments]

I raised an Enchanter for this~ lol Let’s go~

ㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋI’m already queuing up until I find Arangnim

But isn’t Gallju in placement? I wonder where the MMR is right now?

ㄴIdk? With a 10-0 record in normal, it seems like it’ll start high?

ㄴDoes the record in normal games affect the MMR in Ranked Games?

ㄴUsually not, but if the record in normal games is overwhelmingly good, there’s an unspoken rule that it affects the placement

No comment [Okay]…

Maybe people between Platinum and Diamond will meet? Bronze Silver Gold, GG

No comment [Fuck, I queued up diligently but didn’t come out too bad]

ㄴWhere do Bronze Silver Gold dare to meet Gallju

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This is going wrong.

I’ve finished 5 out of 10 placement matches. But I’ve met Enchanters in 3 out of 5 matches.

Clearly, Enchanter is the lowest-ranked class in the Arena, used by only 0.3%. But 3 out of 5 matches are Enchanters? If 3 out of 5 matches, the probability is almost 60%.

Does that make sense? Does it make sense for 0.3% to become 60%?

That doesn’t make sense in terms of probability.

What’s the probability of 0.3% happening 3 times out of 5? It’s like I pulled 6 pickup characters in 10 pulls in a gacha game right now.

That doesn’t make sense! This is definitely a scam. It’s a scam.

There’s no way this can happen.

Of course, winning is good. But there’s no fun in winning against Enchanters!