In League of Legends saw the crucial hour of a minion on August 5: In a match of the LCK between the two top Korean teams in LoL, DWG KIA and Gen G., “Steve” played a special role.
What kind of minion is this?
- The minion was a “caster minion”: these are the minions in a minion wave in LoL that lag a bit behind and attack from a distance.
- The commentators of the match had dubbed this minion “Steve”, and Steve was on the verge of dying. He had just a sliver of HP left.
- Nevertheless, he played a crucial role in the victory of the former world champion DWG KIA against Gen G., who had almost won every match in Korea with a record of 15-1.
LoL gives chills with its cinematics:
Survivor caster minion bypasses protection, enables victory
How could the minion win the match? In LoL, there is a special rule called “backdoor protection”: if no minion is near a tower, that tower takes 66% less damage.
This protection is designed to prevent champions in the endgame from being so strong that they can attack and destroy the enemy base “out of nowhere” without the opponents having time to react to this attack.
Attackers must always attack with a wave of minions; otherwise, their damage is too low to deal significant damage to the towers. However, it does not matter whether the players are accompanied by a full wave of minions. A single minion is enough to bypass the protection mechanism.
In the match between DWG KIA and Gen G., only Steve remained from a minion wave, and he had just a tiny bit of health left. Nevertheless, Steve bravely fought through and allowed the two surviving players of DWG KIA to destroy the nexus of Gen G. and win the match while all other players were dead.
Steve’s crucial hour:
Thus, Steve and the players of DWG KIA gave the favorites Gen G. one of only four match defeats that the top team suffered this split.
However, it was not enough for DWG KIA to win the series. Gen G. then won the third and decisive game. Steve could do nothing about it.
What are the reactions? In numerous tweets, LoL users are addressing the scene around Steve and declaring the brave little minion a hero:
- “He’s not just an ordinary soldier!”
- “Winion”
- “Hopefully he wins the Play of the Game”
Steve received over 1,800 likes for his heroic work that day. The top laner of DWG KIA, Nuguri, who won the match alongside Steve and achieved his 700th kill in the LCK, was only worth 684 likes to the people. Well.
In LoL, there has long been a mystery revolving around minions that no one could explain:
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