LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 37: Tactical Deployment

Manager's office.

Su Xiaoluo and Karam sat facing each other, each holding a mobile phone.

It's funny, really. Two grown people sitting face to face, communicating through their cell phones.

[Su Xiaoluo: Coach Karam, as you know, the principal was quite angry after we lost 2-0 in the last game. As for why Chen Song was temporarily put in charge, I'm sure you understand.]

I value you very much, so this is a good opportunity for you to rest and avoid the limelight.

[Karam: Manager Su, I understand. I was just angry that Chen Song confronted me in the training room. You've all seen IG's recent performance, and while Chen Song keeps saying it's my fault, I don't accept that.]

[Su Xiaoluo: I understand. I've seen all your contributions to IG.]

Su Xiaoluo made no attempt to hide her "admiration" for Karam.

......

As Chen Song observed, this applies to TheShy, Ning, and Rookie, as well as JackeyLove and Baolan.

They won all three ranked training matches.

Ning and Rookie won the fastest, with their mid-jungle dominance lasting almost 20 minutes.

Their chairs all turned around to face Chen Song.

After scanning half of the lane, Chen Song said, "Judging from your duo performance, the mid and jungle have almost no communication problems, and the bot lane goes without saying; as long-time partners, they are quite adept at it."

"Next, let's switch. TheShy and Ning, and Rookie and Baolan will duo queue, and JackeyLove, you'll solo queue for now."

Chen Song went to his seat, first translating what he had just said to TheShy, then turning to Ning and saying, "Let me see how you guys usually communicate when you play together."

"Considering that you are the in-game leader and also have to communicate with TheShy in a specific way, it must be very difficult for you. I think in the next scrims, try having JackeyLove take the lead. This will reduce your burden in the game."

"My next task for you is to report the enemy jungler's position. For example, where the enemy jungler will be at this time, which jungle area he started in, and then report this information to TheShy as soon as possible."

Ning nodded. In fact, he did do that during S8. However, as the team needed to direct in the early stages, he had to devote more energy to the entire team, which meant he couldn't focus on reporting the enemy jungler's position.

"As for TheShy, I have a very important task for you: learn to observe Ning's position."

"For example, after Ning tells you which half of the jungle the enemy jungler starts with, you should observe Ning's jungle route. If he starts with blue buff, then you need to be careful when Ning is about to finish clearing red buff or the red buff area, so as not to give the enemy any opportunities."

"Then it's about lane dominance."

"I highly acknowledge your ability to dominate in lane. However, you often get carried away with your dominance and fall into the enemy's traps, leading to your death."

"I need you to push the lane to the enemy tower, but don't waste time under the enemy tower. Instead, use that time to go to the enemy jungle and place a ward."

TheShy nodded upon hearing this.

He agreed with Chen Song's words.

Ning, standing to the side, looked surprised and asked curiously, "Coach, what did you say to TheShy? He actually nodded in agreement?"

He knew perfectly well what TheShy's position was in the team.

During Karam's time as coach, he knew that Karam mostly listened to TheShy when it came to tactical arrangements and hero selection.

In Ning's memory, moments like this, where someone actively nods in agreement, are almost non-existent.

"You should all understand now, so we can start duo queueing. I'll be sitting here watching the whole thing."

After Chen Song finished speaking, he pushed off with both feet and stood up to stand next to JackeyLove.

As Chen Song said, he greatly admires TheShy's individual abilities, but his tendency to make mistakes is also a major flaw.

If we were to ask TheShy to play a more restrained style and not to exert pressure,

In his view, this was burying TheShy's talent.

If you directly criticize him for playing too aggressively...

He thought about it and also felt it was inappropriate.

Because by assigning important tasks, he indirectly allowed TheShy to ensure his own safety by providing vision, while also providing effective vision for the team.

Chen Song looked at JackeyLove: "I heard that you're one of the team's commanders in the mid-to-late game. I'm considering handing over the entire team's command to you. Do you have any objections?"

JackeyLove shook his head: "There shouldn't be any problem."

Chen Song nodded upon hearing this: "Then let's arrange it that way. The reason I had you solo queue is for this purpose. To train your ability to handle both laning and commanding in the early game."

Chen Song originally wanted to suggest that they take a break halfway through so they could digest the tasks he had assigned.

To his surprise, these people were like they were on steroids, showing no sign of stopping.

As for Rookie and Baolan, Chen Song did not assign them any tasks.

Chen Song expressed satisfaction with Rookie's performance in the mid lane.

In this situation, hastily assigning him tasks would backfire.

Furthermore, he also had to act as a commander during the competition, and Chen Song felt that he was already busy enough.

As for Baolan, being substituted has already slightly affected his mentality. Based on his experience as a professional player, the most important thing at this time is to help him readjust and reintegrate into the team, and then help him adjust his mentality.

He has a lot of experience in this regard.

In the following ranked games, all the players maintained a perfect record.

Especially because Chen Song was sitting between TheShy and Ning, they initially played their own game, with Chen Song occasionally saying to TheShy to place a ward in the enemy jungle, or to Ning to report the enemy jungler's location to TheShy.

This led to the two players in the back of the line asking each other, "Ning, where's the enemy jungler?"

"Shy, don't push too far. Take a moment to place a ward in the enemy jungle for me."

After a while, things got better, didn't they?

Chen Song got up and left his seat to walk next to JackeyLove, who had just finished playing a ranked game.

"If I put you in charge of the early game, wouldn't that affect your laning phase?"

Chen Song asked proactively.

"Won't."

JackeyLove shook his head: "Judging from playing ranked games, there shouldn't be any problems. Let's see how it goes when we play scrims."

Chen Song's suggestion to appoint JackeyLove as the main commander was not unfounded.

He drew a conclusion from his teaching experience in his previous life.

That means the players can't be too idle during the competition.

When one is idle, one tends to let their guard down, and there is a high probability that the illness will recur.

Chen Song believes that JackeyLove's minor flaws are simply due to him being too idle during the laning phase.

This problem is amplified, especially when a player can turn a disadvantageous laning phase into an advantage.

That's why he thought of having JackeyLove take on the role of lead commander.

This will improve the synergy between Ueno and Ueno.

Secondly, it gives JackeyLove something to do.

Having something to do will improve your concentration.

Improved focus makes it less likely to make mistakes.