LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 67: TheShy teaches Ning how to jungle

"Let's put that aside for now. I've discussed it with the other management, and starting tomorrow, you'll be in full charge of the training matches and the next game."

Chen Song blinked upon hearing this: "So sudden?"

Su Xiaoluo nodded: "I have witnessed your abilities. Don't overthink it. Just tell me what you need."

That night, Chen Song couldn't sleep a wink.

The reason is simple: the version he was most worried about was about to be released.

He had a deep impression of the S9 season in his original world, when the mid-year patch marked the rise of jungle carry champions, which was his first year as a coach.

The team's jungler failed to adapt quickly enough, resulting in dismal performance in the second half of the league and ultimately a poor ranking in the World Championship.

This was a thorn in Chen Song's side.

As luck would have it, after joining IG in this world, I encountered the same problem here.

If the current version remains unchanged, Chen Song is confident that he can lead IG to win the S9 World Championship.

With the current players, he felt that with a little more training, it would be a relatively easy task.

The problem is that the jungle carry meta is coming, and the jungler position has become the most important factor in determining the direction of the game.

This marks the first time in League of Legends history that the economic focus has been completely shifted from the lanes to the jungle, making the jungler the true carry.

First and foremost, the respawn time of all jungle monsters has been shortened by a full 30 seconds. The Rift Herald has changed from respawning every 10 minutes to every 8 minutes, and it can respawn again after being killed.

This change means that junglers will have the highest level in the game, with a 10-minute jungler's level being comparable to a 15-minute jungler's level now. This is an extremely significant change.

Secondly, there's the jungler's economy. With the jungle monster respawn time shortened, it's equivalent to indirectly increasing the jungler's economic income. As long as more jungle monsters are cleared and cleared quickly, the jungler's economy can take off.

This change is practically tailor-made for carnivorous junglers, especially.

Then there are the changes to the online system. Compared to the lower online economy, the most crucial change is the significant reduction in the shared experience between two players.

Moreover, Chen Song discovered that Ning is a lane-stealing jungler. He relies more on farming the top and mid lanes and picking up kills to develop. The intuitive feeling is that he is strong in lane.

The core jungler needs to farm lane resources, and the biggest difference is that the jungler is required to farm on their own, control dragons and Rift Heralds, and actively farm lane resources.

After this change, junglers will have to do a lot more; simply fighting won't be enough to win the game.

Since learning from this experience, Chen Song has become very sensitive to version changes, so he has started to train Ning separately.

To be precise, it's individual hero training.

That's Nidalee, the Wild Huntress, who is very popular in ranked games.

As a top-tier jungle carry, Nidalee is undoubtedly a must-ban or must-pick.

Since this hero is either banned or picked, the jungler must master this hero.

Otherwise, it's easy to suffer losses in business proposals.

Nidalee requires a very high level of proficiency. Chen Song was deeply impressed by this. A highly skilled Nidalee player, once she gains an advantage, can not only dominate the enemy jungle but also extend that advantage to all three lanes.

As for why Ning was given individual training with this champion first, it's because Chen Song's research revealed that Ning had never used Nidalee in any official matches from S7 to now.

However, he often gets this hero in ranked matches.

However, while Ning's Nidalee had no problem clearing jungle camps, she wasn't aggressive enough in invading enemy jungles, and her Q skill accuracy was also somewhat low. She often didn't know how to play when behind.

In summary, the problem stems from a lack of proficiency.

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The next morning, Chen Song arrived at the training room as early as usual.

Around noon, the other contestants began to enter the training room one after another.

After TheShy and Ning sat down in their seats, Chen Song suddenly said:

"You two shouldn't rush into playing ranked games."

Ning was somewhat puzzled.

After Chen Song and TheShy communicated for a while, Chen Song continued in Chinese, "You two practice Nidalee together today."

Ning was even more confused now.

What does it mean that you guys are practicing Nidalee together today?

It's fine for TheShy to practice Nidalee as a jungler, but what does this have to do with him? Does he want TheShy to practice top lane Nidalee?

That doesn't make sense either. You can only pick the same hero once per game. So he was wondering what Chen Song was really up to when he said, "Let's practice Nidalee together today."

Although he had a big argument with Chen Song last time, Ning sincerely admired Chen Song's coaching ability. So he took the initiative to find Chen Song and apologize for his attitude problem. The two reconciled immediately.

Chen Song did this for his own reasons. He didn't want TheShy to practice top lane Nidalee as Ning thought, but rather to practice jungle Nidalee together, or more accurately, to exchange tips on jungling Nidalee.

As for why it was an exchange of experiences, it was because, in Chen Song's opinion, Ning's Nidalee was not even half as good as TheShy's Nidalee.

Chen Song had his reasons for doing this. First, he learned from the player's information that TheShy was very proficient with Nidalee and had even published a tutorial on how to farm with Nidalee.

In the video, TheShy first explained the placement of the W trap, and then explained how to weave auto-attacks into skills when clearing jungle camps.

After hitting the target with the Q skill at the furthest distance in human form, instantly switch to cougar form, pounce with W, sweep with E skill, and then switch back to human form. The whole process is smooth and seamless.

The smoothness of it is beyond mere aesthetic pleasure.

What's most terrifying is TheShy's jungle clearing speed.

TheShy cleared the jungle camps almost 3 seconds faster than the professional player's Nidalee jungle speedrun video he had previously compiled.

This is no longer just skill, but a kind of almost obsessive muscle memory.

The aftercast delay of each skill is perfectly canceled, and precise positioning is used between basic attacks. The pulling angle of each group of monsters is meticulously calculated.

"Ning, you can start solo queuing now."

Chen Song instructed, "Pick Nidalee as your jungler, and if Nidalee is unavailable, pick Elise."

"I haven't played Nidalee much lately, but I practiced her a lot in ranked games during Season 8."

Ning smiled.

It's clear he likes the Nidalee champion quite a bit, but he doesn't seem very confident.

This can be seen from the fact that he always plays ranked matches, but never actively seeks out wins in competitive games.

It's also possible that the previous coach was unwilling to give Ning champions like Nidalee, but Ning's lack of confidence is also an undeniable fact.

After explaining the choice of hero, Chen Song suddenly said:

"If there's anything you don't understand, just ask. I'll have TheShy teach you."