Chapter Two: The Practice Room in the Low Tide

The room went still except for the fan in the AC unit. Jordan looked up. “So you’re saying he has a mental issue?” “I’m saying every pro player has a mental issue,” Marcus said. “The difference is whether they hide it in games or fix it in practice.” They scrimmed until two in the morning. Caleb realized that Harbor Wolves did not “scrim” the way his old team did. Here, after every game, Marcus demanded the last five minutes on repeat. Team fights were broken down frame by frame: vision, spell sequencing, BKB Timing, buyback choice, even false targets and baited rotations. Jordan tracked enemy pathing and support ward patterns. Isaiah handled front-line initiation angles. Nick dealt with late-game resource allocation.