Chapter 94:  The Scrim Victim’s Perspective

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Song Ye-ji.

She is currently a streamer on Twitch under the nickname “Nyangtamon,” and she is also a long-time friend of Kang Ha-neul.

Song Ye-ji was quite confident about the upcoming Overwatch Winter Tournament on Twitch.

Even though her team’s overall strength wasn’t top-tier, the individual skills of her teammates were undeniably strong. What gave her the most confidence, however, was their teamwork.

Even during the times when Overwatch’s popularity had waned, Song Ye-ji and her team had continued to play casual and ranked games together. They also frequently played other games by Blizzard, to the point where viewers jokingly asked if they had bought Blizzard stock.

They had been playing Overwatch for a long time, and their communication as a team was seamless.

With this level of synergy, she believed they could win the tournament, especially since no top-tier pros or Grandmaster-level players were participating.

She submitted the application with great ambition.

And today, they finally had their first official scrim.

Clatter-

As soon as the game started, the members of her team, “Nyangtamon and the Butlers,” quickly picked their characters without hesitation.

The team’s greatest strength was their coordinated focus fire and teamwork.

They were particularly skilled at using dive compositions, which were notoriously difficult to execute.

A dive composition, as the name suggests, involves diving onto the enemy from all directions and focusing them down.

It was one of the most iconic metas in Overwatch’s history.

With its fast-paced, chaotic nature, it was notoriously difficult for opponents to counter.

• Oh.
• They’re going all out from the first match
• Their picks are insane
• This is our style~

The perfect dive composition of Winston, D.Va, Tracer, Hanzo, Lucio, and Zenyatta was formed in just one second, leaving the viewers in awe.

Those who had been following the team knew just how polished their dive composition was.

Nyangtamon, in particular, was highly praised for her main tank play.

She was so skilled that there were even rumors she had almost reached Master rank and considered participating in tournaments.

“Let’s go, guys!”

『Yeeeah!』

『Let’s go! Let’s go!』

『Let’s crush them from the first match!』

Showing off their aggressive nature, the team members raised their tension and gathered at the spawn door, jumping around excitedly before the match began.

『By the way, I heard Lulu is really good. Are we okay with this?』

『Hey, it’s just Hanzo. If we dive her, she won’t be able to do anything.』

• Wtf lol
• Even if Hanzo is good, what can she do against a diving Winston? ㅋㅋ
• Lulu-chan’s Hanzo is a one-trick, so she’s probably weak against dive comps ㄹㅇ

While one member expressed concern, the rest didn’t seem too worried.

After all, even though Lulu had shown exceptional aim and game sense, she was still a newbie with clear limitations.

Moreover, her main character being Hanzo only boosted their confidence.

Hanzo wasn’t particularly strong against enemies diving from all directions, making Lulu an easy target for their dive composition.

[The attack has begun.]

As the countdown ended and the spawn doors opened, the six members rushed out and immediately checked the enemy team’s composition.

The first thing they saw was Reinhardt and Zarya.

This was a tank composition commonly used by amateurs or beginners.

However, it had fallen out of favor recently due to the rise of dive meta and the dominance of Winston and D.Va.

“Hey, it’s Rein-Zarya. If we dive their backline, it’s over.”

『They brought Rein-Zarya? Not Winston-D.Va?』

『They have a lot of newbies on their team. Winston-D.Va is probably too hard for them to practice.』

Rein-Zarya was too weak to protect their backline from a dive composition, so Nyangtamon immediately felt confident they had already won.

Though she felt a bit guilty about stomping newbies, the world of competition was cold and ruthless.

Holding back would only lead to a worse outcome, so she decided to crush them completely.

She secured the high ground first.

“I’ll push from this side, so the rest of you go through the left room and dive their backline.”

『Okay.』

『Huh? Wait, their composition is a bit weird.』

As Nyangtamon gave her callouts, one member pressed Tab to check the enemy composition and voiced their confusion.

For some reason, the enemy team had brought a bizarre 2-tank, 1-DPS, 3-healer composition.

Of course, Overwatch was known for its flexible team compositions.

There had even been a time when 3-tank, 1-DPS, 2-healer was popular.

But this kind of composition was unheard of.

With three healers, including Mercy, and no speed boost from Lucio, they would be sitting ducks against a dive composition.

It was a perfect setup for a team wipe.

『Yeah. Lulu is playing Brigitte, and they have three healers.』

『I heard Brigitte is good, but…』

『No matter how good she is, this composition is just too unbalanced. If we dive them, they’ll all die.』

• ????
• What kind of weird composition is this?
• And Lilith is playing Hanzo lol
• Is this even a proper composition?
• It’s a complete mess.

The viewers, while not outright mocking the composition, found it baffling.

While it was possible that they had stacked healers to make their backline more durable against dive comps, having only one DPS made it feel unbalanced.

In an FPS game, where the core principle is to eliminate the enemy, this composition felt awkward.

『Anyway, Hanzo is on the second floor, so we can ignore her and just dive the healers, right?』

Since Hanzo was positioned inside the second-floor building, making it awkward to dive her, Nyangtamon decided to focus on breaking the healer line to weaken the enemy team.

『Okay. Call out Discord, and we’ll dive in immediately.』

Discord.

This was Zenyatta’s signature ability.

It applied a debuff that increased the damage taken by the target by 30%, a skill so powerful that it was a key factor in the rise of the dive meta.

『Hey! Their Zenyatta has Discord on them!』

『Go go!』

As the purple orb of Discord appeared above the enemy Zenyatta’s head, a callout came from their off-healer.

At the same time, Nyangtamon’s healer and DPS lines dove in from all directions.

Ting-!

“…Huh?”

But at that moment, something went wrong.

Nyangtamon’s Winston, who had jumped from the high ground to dive the backline, was hit by the enemy Brigitte’s flail and knocked back, interrupting his jump.

However, the rest of the team had already reached the enemy backline.

Thinking she could join them after a short cooldown, Nyangtamon waited.

But just as the cooldown reached one second…

Beep-

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『What the hell! I got one-shot!』

Suddenly, a kill feed appeared, and a shocked voice erupted from the member playing Tracer.

Winston’s Leap ability had a 5-second cooldown.

Brigitte’s primary damage ability, Flail Swing, had a 4-second cooldown.

In that 1-second window, Brigitte had landed a combo of Shield Bash > Basic Attack > Flail Swing, instantly deleting Tracer from the game.

It wasn’t a matter of healing to save Tracer.

Tracer’s health was 150.

Brigitte’s full combo, chained with a stun, dealt 165 damage.

In other words, unless you dodged the shield bash, you were guaranteed to die.

Ting-!

“Ah, this is driving me crazy!”

Even after Tracer respawned and tried to re-engage, every time Nyangtamon attempted to dive in, Brigitte’s flail would knock her back, wasting precious time.

『Guys, focus Zenyatta! Zenyatta! Zenyatta!』

『I got Zenyatta… Wait, what the hell?! She’s still alive?!』

『Ah, I got combo’d again… If you can’t react to that, you just die, right?』

Even though the rest of the tanks and DPS fought valiantly, Brigitte’s well-timed heals, stuns, and knockbacks meant that someone would always die just before securing a kill, or someone would get caught in a stun combo and die instantly.

『Hey, I’ll try to take out Brigitte with my ultimate.』

『But doesn’t her shield block the damage?』

『I’ll stick it to her back. Let me try.』

Fortunately, Tracer had charged her ultimate quickly.

With an ultimate that could instantly kill any character with 400 HP or less, she flanked around to the enemy backline.

If she could take out Brigitte, pushing forward wouldn’t be too difficult.

Thud- Thud-

While her teammates drew aggro at the front, Tracer looped around to the enemy’s rear.

『…What the hell, she’s watching me.』

The problem was that Brigitte seemed to predict her flank, as she was still guarding the backline.

Tracer muttered in frustration but smiled confidently.

After all, Brigitte’s stun skill required her to charge forward with her shield.

If Tracer blinked behind her and stuck the ultimate to her back, it would be over.

The player controlling Tracer, Seo Ina, was confident in this play.

‘Now!’

Whoosh-!

As Brigitte slowly closed the distance, Ina used Blink to teleport behind her.

She then used her ultimate, Pulse Bomb, and stuck it to Brigitte’s back.

Beep beep-

The sound effect indicating the bomb had stuck played, and Ina assumed Brigitte was dead. She immediately activated Recall, a skill that rewinds Tracer’s state, including health, ammo, and position, to 3 seconds ago.

It was essentially an emergency escape button.

As she watched her character return to her previous position, she sighed in relief.

Clang! Thud- Crash-!

“What the…?!”

Suddenly, Brigitte appeared at the spot where Tracer had recalled, landing a full combo and killing her instantly.

Brigitte had predicted the Recall location and preemptively used Shield Bash.

• ?
• What just happened?
• What’s going on?
• Why didn’t Brigitte die?
• Did she predict the Recall?
• That’s insane

Ina blinked in confusion and checked the kill cam, a short replay showing the enemy’s perspective of her death.

Whoosh-!

From Brigitte’s perspective, Tracer’s play replayed.

She used Blink to teleport behind Brigitte, ignored the shield facing forward, and stuck the Pulse Bomb to her back.

That part was fine.

Whoosh-! Beep beep-

The problem was that Brigitte, who had been facing forward just before the bomb was thrown, suddenly turned her head 180 degrees and blocked the bomb with her shield.

Since the sound effect for hitting a character or a shield was the same, Ina had assumed she had landed the bomb.

Then, taking advantage of the brief moment after Recall, Brigitte closed the distance, predicted the Recall location, used Shield Bash, and finished Tracer with a full combo.

“…Wow.”

Ina could only let out a sigh of admiration at the flawless play.

Whether Brigitte was overpowered or not, the enemy player’s skill was simply too high.

• She blocked that?
• Is she insane?
• Brigitte montage material
• Lulu-chan is insanely good wtf
• I’m speechless…

The viewers watching the stream live felt the same way.

『Wow, with Brigitte’s ultimate active, the damage just doesn’t go through…』

『Brigitte is broken…』

『No, it’s not just the character. Lulu is just too good.』

In the end, “Nyangtamon and the Butlers” were completely overwhelmed by Brigitte’s flawless performance.

They failed to capture even the first point on King’s Row, suffering a humiliating defeat.