LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 69: Getting Better

Chen Song translated Ning's words.

TheShy nodded seriously, leaned closer, pointed at Ning's screen, and spoke a long passage in Korean.

Chen Song translated word by word, and Ning listened attentively, nodding occasionally as he listened.

He didn't argue, but instead smiled and said, "I know, let's play one more game, TheShy, you continue."

Upon hearing this, Chen Song stared at TheShy. TheShy seemed to understand Ning's meaning, and the two exchanged a smile.

Chen Song was least worried about Ning's talent, and TheShy didn't hold back, sharing his Nidalee experience with Ning in great detail.

As professional players, there are differences in their skills, but one thing is certain: their learning ability is absolutely top-notch.

TheShy only offered a brief explanation of his own techniques, which Ning quickly grasped.

"The core of playing Nidalee is to play aggressively. Use the champion's mechanics to invade the enemy jungle as much as possible. Don't be afraid of getting caught and killed in the jungle. With Flash and terrain mobility, she is a champion born to counter-jungle."

"Even if she doesn't steal the enemy jungle camps, Nidalee can still provide an advantage for the team by setting up vision and judging the position of the enemy jungler."

"Then there's controlling the dragons. Because of the team's playstyle, your dragon control rate is very low in the early game. You need to start changing that gradually."

After TheShy finished explaining the hero mechanics and counter-jungling strategy, Chen Song went over the overall direction with Ning.

As I said before, Ning, as the FMVP jungler, definitely knows all about these jungle aspects.

Knowing something and actually being able to do it are two completely different concepts.

Chen Song's main reason for doing this ahead of time is not to make Ning make immediate changes, but to urge Ning to start practicing early. Changing a jungle style cannot be done overnight, and last-minute cramming is not applicable here. The early bird catches the worm.

Besides, what kind of stupid bird is Ning?

"You need to remember one thing: your teammates in the other lanes have the best laning skills in the LPL. This means that when you go to invade the enemy jungle, they can use their laning skills to secure lane priority and help you in advance."

"I know Karam's previous draft picks made things difficult for you, but that's almost impossible with me. I'll maximize your jungle advantages, and in return, you need to show me you deserve it."

Chen Song opened up and shared his true feelings.

Since Chen Song joined IG, his coaching style has been recognized by everyone, mainly because everyone has benefited from the training that Chen Song tailors for them.

And it's not just in games.

Ning put on his headphones and couldn't wait to start the next ranked game. He felt like a genius whose meridians had been opened, and his whole body was filled with understanding of Nidalee.

In the training room, besides Ning listening attentively, Mafa also stood not far from them with his phone in hand. Even he felt he understood TheShy's sharing of Nidalee experience. Afterwards, Mafa turned back to his computer and opened League of Legends. Mafa felt that the opposing jungler had become his piglet.

Ning was so engrossed in playing Nidalee that Chen Song even stood him up for the afternoon's practice match, citing player discomfort.

Those who understand know that when you're focused and immersed in something, you don't want to be disturbed, and Ning is currently in that state.

Throughout the afternoon, Ning played a total of 12 games with Nidalee, achieving a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. Even the two games he lost were MVP-worthy.

This is also an extremely high number of such statistics in solo queue games for Master and Grandmaster players.

He personally felt that the way he played Nidalee now was very different from before, and that feeling made him even more excited.

After settling Ning in, Chen Song turned his attention to the other people.

For IG, the performance of this person is particularly crucial, and that person is TheShy.

Not only in this world, but even in the world before he transmigrated, he had never seen a top laner like TheShy who was so far ahead of everyone else.

However, TheShy's problem is also obvious: he is prone to getting carried away and getting easily defeated.

Since Chen Song joined IG, this problem has been greatly improved.

Others can see the changes in TheShy from IG's recent matches.

He's still as aggressive in lane as ever, but he's made more impulsive plays and is much better at avoiding ganks.

Under the plating mechanic, the most important strategic direction in the early game of League of Legends is to acquire as many plating plates as possible.

The side that can acquire more of the other side's coating proves that the side with the higher economy.

Judging from this early stage, IG is the only team in the LPL that has the ability to get plating on several lanes.

In the third game of the previous match against TES, JackeyLove and Baolan were relentlessly taking down LokeN's turret plates in the bottom lane.

TheShy goes without saying; he undoubtedly takes the most turret plating on the team, but he also often gets caught and killed because of his greed for turret plating.

This explains why IG was able to gain a 1,000 to 2,000 gold lead over their opponents during the early laning phase.

Having gained an economic advantage, the next step is to transform that advantage into a winning position.

After observing, Chen Song discovered that IG performed poorly in the process of converting an economic advantage into a winning position.

If IG's early stage could be described as dominant, then IG's mid-stage stage could barely be considered top-tier.

Furthermore, Chen Song also discovered that in terms of mid-term operations, not only IG, but also other LPL teams were not doing very well.

Later, Chen Song specifically watched match recordings from other regions and discovered that the style of the LCK region was completely opposite to that of the LPL.

If we were to use a metaphor, IG's early game is like a heavy hammer that can smash the opponent straight into the ground.

However, if the vertical strike fails to kill the opponent immediately, the subsequent blows will become chaotic and disorganized.

When it's time to control the dragon, gank; when it's time to push the tower, engage in fights; when it's time to retreat, launch a counterattack.

It's fair to say that in the mid-game, they only rely on playing video games to win matches. It's not that this approach is inherently bad, but it's also prone to causing problems.

On the other hand, LCK is the opposite. Their early game attacks may not hurt you much, but in the mid-game, they will slowly tighten like a net, with vision, minion waves, and resource rhythm all linked together. By the time you react, you can't breathe.

Chen Song doesn't want IG to completely adopt LUK's playstyle; that's not IG's style, and it's impossible to do so in a short time.

But he needs to rein in these players in the middle of the game, letting them charge when they should and pulling them back when they shouldn't.

Then we need to strengthen IG41's split push system.

It's fair to say that not only IG, but the entire LPL needs to improve in this area.

IG has a unique advantage in the 41-point push because of TheShy's individual skill.

Therefore, he must make good use of this unique advantage.