We sometimes make the mistake of losing sight of the essence.
Like how chess is a game of capturing the opponent’s king, Wagal is a game of burning the enemy’s World Tree.
To reach the World Tree, we need to get stronger to defeat the guardians blocking our path.
To get stronger, we must slay more objects and enemies to earn gold and loot.
To kill enemies better, we need to carefully craft the right combinations of items, stats, and strategies.
That’s why countless professionals have repeatedly researched to establish what is known as the ‘meta.’
When each side’s tactical capabilities are comparable, strategies that guide the overall flow of the game become crucial.
But here we have a phenomenon of inversion.
Choosing specific combinations to kill enemies effectively becomes useless if there are no tactical capabilities to support them.
Then the game devolves into a prayer meta, hoping the enemy makes a mistake.
What is good in theory and what is most suitable are entirely different.
The archer combo is only effective at a minimum diamond tier.
It’s not about the hit rates of 40% or 50%.
Adella’s team could not utilize archer-based tactical operations on a long-range map at all.
To seize the opportunity, they must spread wide, cover each other’s blind spots, and ensure no one falls behind, maintaining tight communication.
Such operational skills don’t improve in the short term, so they sought other measures.
Let’s find a strategy to maximize each individual’s tactical capabilities.
Allowing them to operate naturally with the knowledge ingrained in them.
They think about the winning rates for each class at different tiers in Wagal and the counter strategies for each.
They examine what classes Adella’s team is most skilled at, eliminating strategies that don’t work one by one.
To find the weaknesses of other teams, they watch three separate scrim matches simultaneously.
‘Ultimately, crossing the Santangelo Bridge is the key to victory…’
While others start from the roots, I decided to launch my strategy from the trunk.
Since none of the six excelled at being demon hunters, let’s pass on that. Instead, let’s hire the easiest sword knights and axe warriors, with Adella as the berserker.
Here, I crafted item builds considering the expected healing per second, KDA, DPS, survival rates, and object involvement time for each healer class.
Then a question arose.
Can we entirely disregard the archers’ attacks in the current long-range revival meta and cross the bridge?
First of all, the bridge is way too long.
Even if the tanks take turns getting hit, they’ll all perish, and even if we set up extreme combinations like 4 tanks and 2 healers, or 3 tanks and 3 healers, it doesn’t help.
Almost every strategy had potential for countering, and there were valid reasons for why they weren’t used.
Except for one.
【Please give it a title – 3 Tanks 3 Healers】
“Hmm…”
【Mongolian Speed Tank Heal – 3 Tanks 3 Healers】
[Sword Knight, Axe Warrior, Berserker, Paladin, Sage, Summoner]
[Tactical/Runic Details – Speed]
[Sword Knight: Gains increased movement speed when receiving a shield from an ally.]
[Axe Warrior: Gains increased movement speed when charging at three or more enemies.]
[Berserker: Movement speed increases as current health decreases.]
[Paladin: Movement speed increases when not engaged in battle.]
[Sage: Gains increased movement speed whenever a shield gets destroyed.]
[Summoner: Cannot buy speed items. Applies the movement speed of the nearest ally.]
All classes in the combo have speed-related passives.
The Berserker and Axe Warrior lead the charge, while the Sword Knight protects the healers in the middle, and the healers restore massive shields and healing.
“This sounds fun. I want to give it a try.”
How exciting would it be to rush in together in that formation?
Now that I’ve laid out the big strategy, my fellow coaches will come up with the finer details.
As I was building strategies late into the night, suddenly it was 5 AM.
Establishing game strategies is this easy, but life is just not like that.
Without clear goals, neither strategy nor tactics nor builds can be established properly.
Is eliminating Valpurgis really my final goal?
Just like how a new game emerges after finishing a game, will a next life be given to me once this one is over?
Reflecting on these questions, I could only mournfully chew my own lips.
*
[Asaneko Adella (Adella_SafariDream)]
[World of Arceria – Scrim the Day Before the Finals of the Takapda Season 2]
[Broadcasting Time – 4:56:24]
[Number of Viewers – 18402]
“Hey, run, run! So fast!”
“Alright, kill all the archers!”
“Why can’t the enemies block this even once?”
“Gyaaaaaah!”
“Dal-tori, what’s wrong? Did you get hit in the vital spot?”
“No! The arrows are just so ticklish!”
The terribly low winning rate of the Della Thieves was restored to about 50% in just a day.
“The Mongolian Meta is insane!”
“Who are we? Descendants of Genghis Khan!”
“Della, that’s a bit much…”
“No matter what, we can’t abandon our Korean identity.”
“I’m disappointed in you, Adella, uwu.”
“Ah… no…! I’m Japanese, actually?”
“Huh? Saraaam?”
“Hey! I’m a person, okay!”
They comfortably wrapped up with a 5-0 victory in the final scrim.
The previously gloomy Della Thieves sprang to life.
In the end, the one who laughs last is the true victor.
The Della Thieves, bringing a bizarre item build, gained massive attention for their completely new meta, vastly different from the known sturdy 3 Tanks and 3 Healers.
– I’m seriously losing it, nonstop laughing hahahaha
– Why is it so funny? hahaha
– I’ve never seen this combo in my life hahaha
– This combo is said to have appeared less than 100 times over 450 million games. Oh my god!
– Seriously, if you’re going to troll, just go for 6 snipers. Who does a dull 3 Tanks 3 Healers?
– Adella, you crazy cat…!
– But seriously, this is good, right? We haven’t lost today at all.
– How is a title contender getting finished in 20 minutes? hahaha
– Everyone is worried about the qualifiers tomorrow; no sleep for us!
– Time for a showdown on whether to change the combo or not!
“Thank you for your hard work!”
“Thanks! Let’s just perform like we did today tomorrow.”
“They’re definitely going to be stressed. They either stick to 2 archers or swallow their pride and bring the same setup to fight.”
“No, Adella! Where did you come up with such a cute idea? Why didn’t I know speed 33 was this strong? I learned something completely new today.”
– Was just doing thieves when they were trash, now that thief meta has arrived, they’re not using it, huh? hahaha
– Adella the green frog hahaha
– Della Della doesn’t like doing what others do!
– The Berserker’s skill level is insane too. Maintaining health is super tough.
– If a thief gets banned, they go Berserker, yep.
– The Great Della!
– Buy me 10,000 Della pastries!
“Is this what AI creativity looks like?”
“Did you come up with this, Adella?”
“Oh, no?”
“Oh, then who did?”
“Um, that is… ahem. Just a bit from a knowledgeable acquaintance.”
“A knowledgeable acquaintance?”
– ???
– An acquaintance?
– Why are you stuttering so much? hahaha
– Looks super suspicious…
– There can’t be that many people who know Adella the loner.
– Could it be the one person I know, ‘that’ person?
– Oh no!
– Oh no, the chat is about to explode again…!
– Is this for real?
“Is the person you refer to Adella perhaps female?”
Dal-tori with keen intuition raised his eyebrow.
Adella started backing away slowly, trying to shake off the attention.
“Ahaha, well, she is indeed a woman.”
“Is she short?”
“Was she short…? Maybe I think so?”
“Her hair is tied into long twin tails, right?”
“That part was definitely not short—”
“Recently involved in some controversies and kept out of sight…”
“Gasp!”
Caught up in the 20 Questions trap, Adella covered her mouth.
But judging by her expression, ‘that person’ was known to the streamer, the viewers, and even the heavens and the earth.
“See! I told you! It’s Na-me!”
“Did NoName tell you that strategy?”
“Is Na-me doing well? Send my regards!”
“Ah, yeah. She seems to be doing fine without any issues.”
“No wonder her strategic class is exceptional.”
Adella quickly suppressed the chat.
Normally, she believed in not using subscriber-only chat, but it was absolutely unmanageable without it.
Continuously mentioning someone who was currently in self-reflection just seemed odd.
So streamers focused on discussing the strategy she devised rather than Na-me.
Then Director Hwang-gu tossed a burning question onto what had cooled down.
“You must have been busy lately, so I’m sure it was tough to help us with our strategy. Please tell her we are very grateful.”
“Oh, I’m not busy. Just rolling around at home every day.”
“But aren’t you busy with your studies or activities? I understood you still attend the academy regardless of not streaming.”
“Hey, Director, hold on…! Just a sec!”
“Yeah, what’s up? What did I say? Adella, I’m really sorry!”
“It’s okay, you might not know.”
“No, I think I really committed a huge faux pas. I’m just a person who’s been obsessed with games… I haven’t been watching the news lately at all. I’m so sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
“You really don’t need to kneel before me…! Honestly, it doesn’t even matter since I withdrew from school last week anyway—”
Adella gritted her teeth and cut herself off.
With anxious eyes, she looked once at the streamers, once at the director, and finally at the chat filled with question marks.
After a cough, Adella spoke with a trembling voice again to her fellow streamers, “Did you hear… about it?”
People in shock nodded their heads.
Already spilled water could not be taken back.
“Quitting isn’t that bad. Everyone carries a resignation letter in their heart, right?”
“No one takes it that seriously either.”
“And besides, isn’t Na-me just an elementary student…”
Adella plopped down on the floor, grimacing as she sighed deeply.
“That’s true. Yep. Ha-ah… why did I say that…”
Today too, I sensed it would be a chaotic stream.
*
【D+49】
[Breaking News) NoName, Withdraws from Sephiron Academy. Future whereabouts unclear.]
Na-me’s withdrawal would quietly be disclosed only to the parents before the start of next year’s new semester.
If this news were to leak out, it would be equivalent to pouring oil onto a burning thatched roof.
Currently, the interest drawn to Na-me worldwide had exceeded imagination.
No one from east to west could deny its significance.
Even the stories from the past, like Sim Cheong-jeon featuring the blind and the cripple, would now be remembered as genuine classics.
Already, wealthy elite who had recovered their sight were reported to be visiting Na-me, yet rumors swirled that she might disappear forever.
[World of Arceria Gallery]
[NoName’s Updates (Acquired from Adella)][203]
Withdrew from the Academy.
Threw out the Speed Tank Heal 33 combo and disappeared.
[Comments]
– Is it true that she withdrew? But what’s below???
– Elementary students can’t withdraw due to compulsory education.
└ No, no they can. It’s basically a declaration of homeschooling.
└ What can she learn when there’s nothing left to teach?
– It’s a story circulating in the gaming industry, but there’s a rumor that any game with a tank heal meta goes down within five years.
└ Goodbye, Wagal~
└ That’s genuinely terrifying, hahaha
└ But if you think about it, it’s true since games are rapidly becoming boring.
└ NoName has poisoned the well!
– If it’s Speed Tank Heal, isn’t that somewhat interesting?
└ Fun only lasts until a point; unless it’s in the Celestial Realm, no combo can overpower it.
└ You can’t nerf the tank heal because the damage dealers aren’t weak either.
– “After withdrawing from the academy, just stream the content, NoName!”
└ I think she might give up on streaming tooㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└ There’s no reason to continue. She isn’t someone who’s greedy for money.
└ If she puts in the effort, she could earn a fortune.
– Is it true that the academy’s parents really caused that much trouble?
└ A close friend told me some people indeed acted that way.
└ That’s unfortunate…
└ As a parent, while it hurts, I can empathize that those people did wrong.
[NoName Minor Gallery]
[Where’s my Academy Competition? Where’s my NoName Elementary Graduation Photo? Noooooo!][53]
I’ve sent so many messages of support via DMㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I just hope her mental state hasn’t broken down.
Please take care of our dear Na-meㅜㅠㅠㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠ
[Comments]
– The Na-me gallery has become a trash gallery, that’s just impossible…
– I believe in NoName. She’ll return as if nothing happened.
– Looks like she’s still participating in the National Exchange Tournament, thank goodnessㅠㅠㅠ That’s enough for me.
└ How do we wait until next August?
└ I feel like dark Na-me will be terrifying.
└ Oh, our Na-me is a kind and gentle child!
– 7 substantial certifications and 8 documents. Isn’t it time to show us the 9th miracle?
└ One day her vlog might be like, ‘I tried planting potatoes on Mars’ haha
└ I’m so upset, yet you crack me up;;
With her face buried in her arms on the desk, Saetbyeol checked the community sentiment and scrunched her face.
She couldn’t afford to groan out loud while clutching her aching stomach… it was co-ed after all.
In the midst of the Takapda competition, high school finals, and also dealing with her period, three challenges hit the poor Cheon Saetbyeol, making her extremely cranky.
Just a light tap on her shoulder would have her baring her sharp fangs and puffing up her soft fur, ready to snap.
Tap, tap—
“Kyahhh!”
“Saetbyeol, look over there.”
“Ugh, what is it? Da-hee.”
“Is your younger sibling NoName, by any chance?”
“Eh?”
