NFBE Chapter 52: What's the difference between tethering a dog and playing jungle?
Chapter 52: What's the difference between tethering a dog and playing jungle?
Back at the base, Chen Song asked the staff to pull up the game video and begin reviewing the day's match.
He started the second game by addressing the point Ning made in the car.
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The video replay pauses at 7 minutes and 20 seconds.
Take a close look at your teammates' positions now.
Chen Song pointed at Baolan's Titan: "The distance is still so far, and you just use your ultimate first. Who do you think can follow up?"
"Also, not only did he not check his teammates' positions, but he also missed with his ultimate skill."
After listening, Ning didn't realize the problem at all, and subconsciously started to refute it.
"It's just that I missed a big move. I even managed to steal a Gromp from them, which disrupted Spider's momentum for a long time."
Chen Song was very thoughtful and specially translated this conversation into Korean for TheShy.
In his view, every step of the review is important, and every player should participate.
After listening to Chen Song's translation, TheShy, who is usually quiet, shared his opinion.
"The coach is right. By looking at the teammates' positions and their newly upgraded level 6 ultimate abilities, we can gain a significant advantage at crucial moments."
TheShy has often pointed this out in previous training sessions.
He is extremely demanding when it comes to skill release and distance control. Even with a tanky top laner like Sion, he would deliberately spend most of the day practicing the timing and distance of his charged Q.
In comparison, apart from Rookie, the training requirements for the others were rather low.
"Let's not waste time on the debriefing; I'll just mention this now. I'll talk about the rest later."
After Chen Song finished speaking, he opened the recording of the first game.
The last formal replay was after we finished playing DMO.
At that time, Mafa and Karam were together, and Chen Song sat on the side listening.
Chen Song was deeply impressed; the situation at the time didn't feel like a post-match review at all, but more like a summary of the game.
Similar to Karam asking Lucas why such a fatal mistake occurred when he used his ultimate move.
Ning admitted that his early jungle rhythm was countered, which led to TheShy being relentlessly targeted in the top lane. These were just minor replays.
How does this sound like a debriefing?
Isn't this just asking if you got it wrong, and then asking if you remembered it?
Chen Song opened the fog of war, extending the game time to 2 minutes and 25 seconds.
He has one habit that differs from other coaches.
Most coaches prefer to use a God's-eye view when reviewing a game, while a few prefer to open up the fog of war.
Coaches who use a God's-eye view believe that this allows for a better review of the overall game's rhythm, jungle routes, vision control, and team fight positioning.
Coaches who review games after demystifying the situation believe this helps them better practice the team's decision-making, address information gaps, and correct judgment errors.
Unlike Chen Song, he prefers to combine these two methods and use the review process in stages.
This is also why Chen Song likes to stand behind the players and participate from a first-person perspective during training matches.
He can use this method to convey his experience as a player and coach to them.
Doing more practice problems is far more effective than simply opening a book and being given the answers.
Initially, the IG players thought Chen Song was too long-winded.
In their impression, the coach's gaming skills had never been very good.
What's the difference between letting them be taught how to play by a coach with low skill levels during their laning phase and a group of diamond and gold players bragging in front of them?
After experiencing it a few times, they became completely addicted.
They all felt that Coach Chen Song was truly talented.
And there's quite a lot of stuff.
Take TheShy's experience as an example. In previous matches, he was practically imprisoned and subjected to military training in the top lane.
During his post-game analysis, Karam repeatedly emphasized playing more cautiously and being extra vigilant when the opposing mid laner disappeared.
From a coach's perspective, this reminder is indeed correct. However, TheShy thinks to himself, "Who wouldn't know if you said that from God's perspective? I could talk nonsense afterward too."
Chen Song, on the other hand, would never use such low-level language; he directly provided a solution.
"Forge, Ning told you about the enemy team starting with blue buff, right?"
Chen Song stared at Forge and asked, "Repeat this: when you're practicing, once you know the enemy jungler's jungle route, you need to know it immediately."
"Observe Ning's jungle clearing time, especially after he clears the second buff, which is basically when the enemy jungler has finished clearing it."
This is a point that Chen Song repeatedly emphasizes before each training match.
It can be said that this basic information is something that all players in the LPL, and even the LSPL, are aware of.
However, Chen Song listed it as an important piece of information.
Actually, this was more of a reminder from the jungler, but Chen Song paid particular attention to it.
Isn't it just about judging the enemy jungler's movements by your own jungler? Is it really that important?
Chen Song clearly stated, "Important!"
By determining the jungler's position, you can clearly know when to pressure and when to defend against ganks.
You need to be very focused when you're laning, so it's easy to forget the jungler's reminders right away.
If you can firmly implant this idea in your mind, the outcome will be completely different.
So this is the direction Chen Song wanted to convey to them.
"At this point in time, if Ning is farming blue buff, can we deduce that the enemy Elise is farming red buff or preparing to do so?"
Chen Song pointed to the spider's position: "The spider's jungling strategy isn't just Ning's; I've shared it many times, which is to quickly reach level three and gank."
Chen Song then switched his focus to the top lane.
"Based on TheShy's performance, we can analyze that the priority for Elise to gank is definitely you in the mid lane. Your health is already very low under Jayce's early pressure, and then the minion wave has been pushed to your tower."
Chen Song pointed to Forge's location: "You should be able to guess from this position if the spider comes to gank you."
"Not only should you position yourself close to the enemy ranks, but you should also move towards the F6 area. How many times have I told you this detail?"
"I'm...I'm sorry, Coach, I won't do it again next time," Forge said, bowing his head.
"Luckily you survived this gank, otherwise could you afford the consequences?" Chen Song raised his voice instantly.
Except for TheShy, the others all nodded in agreement.
They all learned a lot from this point, so when Chen Song brought it up again in his review, he reinforced it further.
Chen Song does one thing very well.
He would sternly point out and criticize any shortcomings.
However, they are equally generous with praise for good performances, giving them public recognition.
"But you did a very good job with the vision control I gave you. The reason why the third game went so smoothly was firstly because of TheShy's top lane matchup, and also very importantly because of the vision control at the mid and right river estuaries."
Chen Song turned his gaze to Ning: "It's fair to say that if it weren't for this ward successfully detecting Jiejie's movements, your Camille would have been ruined long ago."
"Not only did you keep getting invaded in the jungle, but you also kept making mistakes with your E-flash. Even when you had an advantage, you still went for a 2v5. I just don't understand what you're pretending for. With a performance like that, tell me, what does the third game have to do with you?"
"Even if I brought a dog to jungle, wouldn't the outcome be the same?"