Been wanting to tell this story for a while. Of all the Off-Meta Builds (or strategies) in the history of League of Legends this has to be one of the most iconic. If you were around back then and following Korean League I'm sure you remember it. I hope you guys enjoy :)

"League of Legends makes no sense." That single statement pretty much sums it up 😂

This is not only a nostalgia for older League fans, but also interesting story for newer league fans like me. Thank you for telling this story, Gbay!

For newer players: This heimerdinger was even more toxic than you can imagine. His rockets werent a skill shot in the normal sense, he would just send out 3 rockets to the 3 nearest targets without having to aim, meaning that his poke wasnt dodgeable and even had a better base damage, while the ap ratios sucked. His turrets didnt have the beam attack, but their autos and durability were stronger in the early game, making them easier to push with and better agains towers. His passive aura would slowly heal everything around him, his lane minions, his turrets and his teammates (and even his teams structures like towers and inhibitors got the healing), making this 4 man squad very sustained and hard to harass out of lane. Imagine everyone on his 4 man squad gets 2 rejuvenation beads for free. This means, on this push, the enemy team had to endure a blue buffed heimerdinger that could deal undodgeable poke all the time. Meanwhile the enemy just heals away the poke you deal, and even the enemy minions take more damage to kill than usual. Pure gold, if it wasnt such gambling that you had to win the game in 15 minutes.

The way Gbay makes any league story sound so heartwarming and filling is incredible. Love the content.

I couldn't stop laughing when everyone just fucking ran down mid breaking everything, it's just so unbelievably stupid and somehow they made it work so well Damn this game is amazing

That Picture of Papasmithy and BabyTime is amazing.

I've been looking for this match for like 2 years. I thought it was lost to time. Thank you for posting this. Watching this live was so brilliant. It was a meta shock that was like season 1 meta chaos.

Of all the off-meta games you've highlighted, this one has to have been the most infuriating to play against...

Man I miss how nutty old league was.

2 in one week?! My boy is *BLAZING* . Thank you for these blessings

also shout out to SoLo now called Heart, current head coach of Hanwha, ex-coach for RNG during their golden road (LPL & MSI) and also ex EDG!

One brilliant detail of this strat is that in those days of LoL, there was no better botlane than EzSona, bc their Es ensured they were basically unkillable with the move speed and blink escapes. They also, like today both scaled really hard. Of course CJE snapped them up when they were left open. Their one weakness? No shove power. They could not match the objective shoving of GSG, and never got their time to scale. Now its arguable wether CJE shoulve ever bothered sending cho and sona to mid. They prob shouldve just played the game out as normal on their end, but you have to respect just how calculated every step of the plan was.

This is literally a sport anime plot

3 Things I feel are underrepresented here: 1st Towers back then were soo much thinner and gave more gold than towers today excluding plating. At that time Towers were so weak that riot had to do multiple hotfixes to buff them after these kinds of Strategies suddenly started appearing. 2nd Season 3 Dorans Items are way way better than they are today. 2 or even 3 Dorans items were not uncommon even for people playing ranked. Given the amount of money they would have in that game from the turrets alone they could have easily outbought their opponents however Buying Dorans was just better given you intend this to be your last back before the Game is over. 3rd This game had impacts way beyond this team itself. A while after this game Happened I remember in EUW people have figured out how to pull this stuff off in normals. perfecting it to the point where teams would win the game at minute 9 occasionally. The changes were (If I remember correctly) replace TF with Sona and then you would 5 man Top Until you get the first tower and only after that Olaf would start Roaming. These changes happen for a few reasons: First these games were not against pro players so Pushing toplane is more effective since it takes Those players longer to react - by the time they show up the first tower is usually gone like 3 minutes into the game and second the change from TF to Sona was because tf doesnt provide much for this teamcomp. Sona however back then would increase EVERYONES Attack damage by having Q passive active. So anyone in the push comp had about a longsword of extra AD (at lvl 1 permanently) and her passive triggers on towers making the push even faster despite not helping with the wave. In conclusion while this is a nice summary of the game it seems a few things related seem to have been forgotten

To some extent, the "4 ppl being an annoyance offmeta while the jungler powerfarms" is what Gigabyte Marine did against Fnatic with Levi's Nocturne at Worlds. I think there's real potential to that part of the strat, even if the plates made the old strats mostly irrelevant.

I like this more rather than seeing ranked, even tho I don't care a lot about competitive league.

I'm so glad you made a video about this match Gbay. This match means so much to me on an emotional level, winter 2013 were really hard times for me and Korean LoL was one of the only things keeping my head up and this game is the only highlight of that era of my life hahaa

You deserved way more views on your videos. Top notch quality.

This is one of my all time favorite matches since Monte presented it on a stream a few years back. It's great you have given the full youtube treatment though, the extra context and editting make it fresh again. :)

This is beautiful. I love hearing about these weird strats and builds work and how some people actually pulled them off.

What an incredible story. Another excellent documentary gbay. I love seeing you still active always with interesting content that not many other people are covering. Keep up the good work, man!

This story is amazing man, thanks for retelling it to us!

Not even mentioning acorn or heart at the end, the absolute disrespect.

the old Shurelya's on Olaf is such an amazing detail you missed, it's absolutely brilliant

I would give everything to see LS and his goons cast a game like that today lol

Well done gbay! I enjoyed this a lot. Very straight forward and fun to watch

This was insane. Great pick for a doc!

I haven’t played league in years but watching your videos makes me teleport back to the good ole days when I was obsessed with the pro scene and it’s the only content that makes me miss it as much as this. Love everything your doing, you deserve a ton of support from all the old heads.

Insane. Gbay thanks for this man. So refreshing

The quality on these videos are insane, keep it up!

Gbay, we need an skt documentary, shit would be nuts.

Did not know this story, awesome! Thank you Gbay99

Super well done documentary. Keep it up, love ur videos.

Awesome video. Absolutely bonkers stuff. Keep up the amazing work, you're one of only three league content creators I regularly watch anymore on KZfaq.

I wish strategies that changed the entire gameplay like this happened more often. It’d make things so much more interesting and unpredictable and wild

Your videos are really great lately, keep it up!

Really enjoyed this story, thank you for telling it!

Not playing LoL anymore but great nostalgic video. You made me remember how me and my friends tryed to do this. That was my favorite time of LoL back then. Thank You for that :)

This was amazing. Never would’ve imagined this.

yo keep it up gbay. you defo have a knack for making this stuff

Incredible video!!! Amazing narration!!! I've loved every second of this

Your off meta videos are the best! It’s so much more exciting than just normal strats

Oh man, that was amazing! I loved that video Gbay!

I have such respect for you and your content that im at the point where i live the video before i've even seen it so i wont forget. Its fantastic.

FINALLY someone did a piece on this amazing game. Remember watching it and having my mind blown. Thanks!

have loved every one of your videos keep it up my man

Thank you for yet another, beautifully crafted, inspiring video. I doubt i will ever get tired of hearing you tell these stories.

This video was amazing well done!

Amazing story, with an amazing storyteller, thanks for the video :)

Gbay gang! I've been loving the essays man, keep up the good work! Btw, if you have spare time to grind league ranked I wouldn't mind seeing the road to diamond series but maybe in a more casual format where you just try out new builds and have fun with the champion.

Great story love your vids man keep em up

Great content Gbay! Love your documentaries

Beautiful video as always

Great video as always bro

This is an incredible story and I hope it gets more traction!

I remember you from older videos ! where Irellia wasnt reworked yet. I completely forgot about your channel until you got recommended to me! I gotta say I really like your shift in content !

Thanks for the great video as always

I got the chills near the end of the video, love these stories.

Love this video, great work, great editing, so much fun watching your videos :)

Another gbay99 video, HELL YEAH BABY!

This is amazing, am gonna watch it again

this is, hands down, no contest, my favorite game of league, and im glad you're telling it's story again here

Remember seeing this story on a reddit thread. thanks for the great vid as always!

Oh shit this is such a throwback. Thanks for the content and the trip down memory lane

that's hands down the best league video I've ever seen holy shit I got shocked at the end when you said those two players were actually Easyhoon and PoohManDu

Bruh I'm so glad I know this channel This story is amazing I love it 💖💖💖

That strat was insanely calculated, very good story and video :)

I'm not big on documentary style videos but I've stuck around because I like your videos. This one, though? Absolutely loved it, despite the genre. What madlads!! Ravioli

I live for these underdog stories. Truely amazing.

Nice vid dude!

As always awesome video!

this is my favorite game of pro league ever, been waiting for a while for your video on it

A long awaited upload, finally some actual league content with intellectual value! Cheers :D

Awesome video man

The conclusion is so good.

The fact that I could watch this with my brother who has never even seen league played and he understands whats going on is a HUGE compliment to Gbay. Good work, keep it up

Ur channel is a gold mine for Leagues' history, man. Keep up the FANTASTIC work you are doing Gbay

6 years of playing league and i've never heard of this thing. I think you did an awesome video man.

I never thought GSG this would be showcased here, I first saw this 7 years ago, I wanted them to make a name for themselves. Thanks Gbay99 Here's an old video that covered this match that I did manage to enjoy. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNSYhNqgnN2VkZ8.html

Gbay ive been meaning to make a video about this for three years, damn your lightning fast quickness beating me to the punch :P

Awesome vid dude

This video dug up my memory of watching this match- stopped playing league in 2015. Incredible times

Recognised Heimer from the thumbnail instantly!

That was kinda insane tbh. Awesome storytelling Gbay. Much love

This was actually a really good video

That was an enjoyable video. Good work. ❤✌🔥🤘

This was such a crazy game to watch

What a brilliant way to finish the video.

I loved this, thank you

Woah the nostalgia train's hitting hard! I miss the days where pro were always pushing the limit of the game. Nicely done Gold Bay!

It honestly makes me so happy to see what good teamwork and communication is capable of accomplishing. I wish the state of league was like this... So many cocky players and such little team fight focus/game knowledge.

i never understand competitive lol, but your explanation was a simple and easy to consume. good for you!

do another unranked to diamond gbay, thats what made me fall in love with ur channel back in the day :)

Long ago... A friend played Heimer in this over an hour game we were losing. We were left with only nexus turrets and he sold all items and bought 6 rabbadons. Game went for another hour. Enemy just couldn't finish. I wish I had recording of it.

Great video!

Wow, I literally thought you should make a video about this when I watched your last video. Nice lol

This is actually amazing, I hope the balancing team never catches up to how crazy people can be. I kinda dislike that the game is so dictated by what riot wants and not by discoveries of the players, even though the game is much more healthy and stable now.

Best Gaming channel period!

Looking at that picking phase feels really nostalgic