The League of Legends community tends to rate the performance of other players very negatively. Depending on who you ask the question, the answer may vary. However, there is a majority opinion that the only people who are really good at this game are those who have reached the rank of master or above. Some even believe that only pros can claim this title. This is an argument that, on reflection, is illogical. However, there’s no denying that it’s easy to feel the same way after watching some great moments from the best players on the planet.
The nerves of steel of a professional player
In any case, this is what happened to us after watching one of the last ShowMaker streams. The DWG KIA mid laner is preparing for Worlds 2022 playing ranked in South Korea, and in one of his games he had one of the best moments we’ve seen in League streams lately. of Legends. He was visited by the opposing jungler, who ambushed him as we approached four minutes. However, the player’s performance allowed him to reverse a move that was, at first glance, fatal for him.
Instead of panicking and running under his turret, ShowMaker gains distance to position himself in the area of the river closest to his teammates. There, he begins to move in a circle, performing various feints to dodge all of his opponents’ abilities. Using potions perfectly and receiving only basic attacks, he manages to survive with only 200 health points when, after 10 seconds of dodging, help finally arrives to save him. The best thing about all this is that the player has calculated everything down to the millimeter.
ShowMaker was so calm that he didn’t even feel the need to use his E – Scatter the Weak to protect himself and even placed a pink ward to rob his opponents of vision in the river bush. An attitude that really makes a difference and in which lies the fraction of truth of those who say that being only at Diamond or Platinum rank means being a bad player. Of course, this is not true from a statistical point of view. However, the difference with what the professionals can achieve is such that we can’t help but feel very small in comparison.