LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 49: Observing Jungler Habits

"Oops, I was wrong."

"I anticipated this and felt there was a chance."

Miller sighed.

The camera switched to the mid lane, paused briefly, and then the director turned the view to the top lane.

A Ryze at full health and a Renekton at half health.

In terms of last hits, Ryze had already out-farmed Renekton by a full 10 CS.

"Don't eat...you...don't eat..."

TheShy began to mutter incoherently.

Seeing the crocodile actively use its E to move forward, he used its red-rage Q to poke it back with its E, and then chased after the crocodile and dealt a small portion of damage.

Jinoo played his poke very well, but the problem is that after using his E, he could only stay in the back and watch the minions silently when facing Ryze's pressure.

The key issue is that Jiejie's position doesn't offer him any real help.

Forced to return to the city.

When he returned to his lane after using Teleport, he was already 20 CS behind TheShy.

"Help me...help me..."

Jinoo asked Jiejie for help in broken Chinese.

Without jungle assistance, Renekton's lane matchup against Ryze is practically like being in jail.

The game is less than 5 minutes in and they're already down 20 CS. If Ryze keeps farming like this, what's the point of playing him?

Why doesn't TheShy come to gank for me every game? What am I lacking compared to TheShy?

Can't we learn from Ning on the other side?

EDG players' lounge.

"If Jiejie doesn't step in soon, TheShy is about to take off."

Mingkai stared at the screen, looking somewhat anxious.

As a jungler, he clearly understands the role of the Renekton champion.

If you're constantly pressured by TheShy's Ryze and fail to develop, it will be difficult for you to be effective in the mid-game.

Given Jinoo's aggressive playstyle with Flash, if he gets pressured like this and TheShy gets a chance to solo kill him, he'll be completely outmatched.

He had a bad feeling when he saw the crocodile attacking Ryze in the lounge.

Another point is that, perhaps adhering to his own desire to gank bot lane at level two, Jiejie's focus has shifted more towards the bot lane.

"It was still a bit too hasty."

Abu sat next to Mingkai and sighed, "Ning understands the role of this game even better."

"Jiejie is focusing too much on countering Ning. With our lineup, he should be staying in the top or bottom lane instead of wasting time invading the jungle."

Mingkai nodded: "Just focus on ganking Ryze. We don't need to worry about the bot lane at all. Just cripple Ryze."

"Including Jiejie's roaming to the top lane and then leaving, we can just gank hard. If one gank doesn't work, we can try another. I'm just openly telling the other side that I'm going to stay in the top lane this game."

Abu frowned: "If we continue to develop at this pace, the bot lane's laning advantage will soon be over, and the top lane can't break through either. This pace is very disadvantageous for us."

"There's no need to rush, after all, we're still in the laning phase, and the bot lane has an advantage."

Mingkai stared at the screen: "Besides, Jiejie is currently in the lead. Looking at the lanes, the only problem is that the top lane is being slightly pressured, but it's not a big issue."

Just after he finished speaking, Jiejie invaded IG's lower jungle again through the river.

However, this scene was captured by IG's vision at the river mouth.

At the same time, Scout also disappeared from the mid lane.

Ning knew he shouldn't risk this red buff, so after clearing the Stone Golems, he didn't struggle and decisively chose to return to town.

The game lasted 7 minutes and 40 seconds.

Following this invasion, Jiejie successfully stole the first Infernal Dragon despite IG lacking vision.

In this exchange, both sides gained a slight advantage in terms of tempo.

IG gained an advantage in the online game.

EDG's advantage lies in the jungle.

However, the game lasts for less than 8 minutes.

Was this fire dragon really worth it, considering Jinoo was down 30 CS by TheShy?

The game lasts 8 minutes.

Jiejie finally remembered that as the jungler, he needed to gank.

Interestingly, at the same location at the river mouth, Jiejie's every move was once again seen by the eye.

It must be said that Forge, as a newcomer, has performed exceptionally well in terms of team vision.

It's fair to say that without those two eyes, IG's situation wouldn't be as easy as it is now.

8 minutes 35 seconds.

After going around in circles, Jiejie returned to the vicinity of the middle and lower reaches of the river.

Same ward position, same spot.

Jiejie just stood there under the enemy's vision, signaling to them that she was coming to catch them.

Ning was the one who had the most fun playing this game.

He had a near-complete grasp of Jiejie's every move, and Jiejie brazenly invaded EDG's upper jungle.

At 9 minutes and 11 seconds into the game, Ning moved from the jungle to the top lane.

It's fair to say that Ning had nothing better to do. Taking advantage of TheShy pushing the minion wave while Renekton only had Mercury's Treads, he came to the top lane to get the first blood on Renekton and earn some gold.

Jinoo had already spotted Ning with his true sights and activated his ultimate ability.

Ning uses his E ability on the crocodile first, drawing the turret's fire first.

Then, he followed up with his ultimate skill to perfectly avoid the turret's damage, and with TheShy's combo, he easily took down Jinoo.

First Blood!

Ning secured the first blood.

"This match is going to be tough for EDG."

Miller was anxious: "It was just a ward that spotted Rek'Sai's movements, allowing TheShy and Ning to easily kill that crocodile."

"This wave of crocodiles hasn't teleported yet."

IG lounge.

Mafa kept her chin resting on her hand, staring at the screen with an undisguised smile on her lips.

He glanced at Chen Song every now and then, which sent a chill down Chen Song's spine. He couldn't help but ask, "Coach Mafa, don't you find it strange that you're staring at me with that smile?"

Mafa was slightly taken aback after hearing this: "I just don't understand, JackeyLove and Baolan clearly don't practice these two champions well, so how dare you let them use them in the competition?"

"You know, if we lose this game, we'll be down 2-1. I wouldn't dare to gamble on that."

Chen Song withdrew his gaze and casually said, "They just weren't proficient enough back then. With their gaming talent, they could master this type of hero in no time."

"I've done my research. EDG tends to gank the bot lane, so I had TheShy pick Ryze to farm in the top lane in the early game."

As expected, Jiejie kept invading the lower jungle, but couldn't find an opportunity to gank it. Instead, he was constantly spotted by the vision at the river entrance.

"EDG likes to gank bot lane at level two with Clearlove, how can you be so sure Jiejie does too?"

Mafa was somewhat puzzled.

Chen Song smiled and said, "Think back to the first two games carefully. Let's not talk about the early game of the first game, where the bottom lane tower dive was countered and killed. But in the subsequent game, Jiejie focused on controlling the dragon and invading the bottom half of the map."

"Do you know why we were able to see Jiejie's movements from the same spot the whole time?"

Mafa subconsciously shook his head.

"After the match, take a close look at Jiejie's route habits in the first two games during the post-match review."

Mafa's eyes widened involuntarily after hearing this.

He realized that the point Chen Song made was something he had never noticed before.

By recalling his memories, he recounted the locations where Jiejie was caught mid by Olaf in the first game, was counter-killed by Forge, and the location where he invaded the jungle.

Then, it should be aligned with the route taken by the excavator in the previous stage.

After comparing the results, he was surprised to find that Jiejie's jungling habits were almost identical across the three games.

After the mid and bottom river chokes were given vision, Jiejie seemed to have forgotten how to jungle, either sleepwalking or just wandering around aimlessly the entire game.

Although Ning's jungle was invaded in the early game, these jungle monsters were nothing compared to the several dangerous moments he experienced.

No wonder they gave Ryze to TheShy.

No wonder the view from this river mouth is so continuous.

No wonder you still took the gems even though you knew the jewels and the Sona hadn't practiced much.

After thinking it through, Mafa stared intently at Chen Song and asked:

"Jungling habits of Jiejie, when...when did you discover them?"