League of Legends: Reborn in Season 3, Tuning the Entire League

Chapter 120: All the SSRs are mine!

"Smile, why don't you try first?" Jiang Ming wasn't targeting her because of yesterday's unpleasantness; their perspectives were different, so he wouldn't really be angry with her. It was just that since it involved training, and considering that Smile's finishing skills were quite good, he let her try first.

He smiled, nodded, and sat down in his seat.

White Crescent Moon instantly got into position, appearing behind the player. "Your first task is to select Doom and achieve over 102 CS in the bottom lane with no items within ten minutes."

"102 dollars?" PDD exclaimed. "Isn't this looking down on our classmate Gao Xuecheng?"

It's worth noting that during the IPL5 group stage in Season 2, WeiXiao played Vayne and racked up a whopping 107 CS at 10 minutes and 50 seconds. That was with an opponent interfering in the laning phase, so how could he have gotten even less in a stationary state?

Jiang Ming glared at PDD: "Keep quiet."

Soon, Smile entered custom mode and began his finishing-off journey with Doomsday Bringer.

It's clear that Smile's basic skills are indeed solid, and he has done similar basic skills training. At the beginning, although he was a bit flustered in last-hitting because he was not used to Doomsday's basic attack trajectory and extremely low attack power, he gradually became more familiar with it and stabilized, not missing a single hit in the first five minutes.

However, as time went on, Smile gradually realized the difficulty of this special training. That is, to ensure that the hero's attack power remains unchanged, you need to pay attention to the changes in the minions' health bar while facing minions whose health is constantly growing, and then adjust your last-hitting speed accordingly.

"Ten minutes, $105, excellent!"

Ten minutes later, the white crescent moon appeared in the notebook, recording the athletes' training data.

When Xiaowei turned around, Jiang Ming explained to the team members, "I believe you have tried similar bare-equipped last-hitting training before, but the more crucial part is to strengthen our ability to control our health bar."

Bloodline control training!
The man in the room coined a completely new term once again.

By judging the opponent's health bar and controlling the health bar of the hero you are controlling, you gradually master the subtle changes through this kind of training day after day.

"I'll give it a try too!" Hearing that this kind of training helps improve a hero's health control, PDD couldn't resist and started his first set of exercises in a custom game.

"JM... Coach, what about my training?" Mingkai asked, sounding a little anxious.

Unlike laning, jungling doesn't have the requirement of last-hitting minions, and he had been curious for a long time about what special secrets NXG had in farming.

Jiang Ming pulled a document from the table and handed it to Ming Kai.

The young man with the bowl cut took it with both hands and looked at the contents.

What is the current monster respawn time in the current version?

"That's right, you should be able to remember the exact respawn time of each group of monsters, right?" Jiang Ming asked with a playful expression.

"No problem. Basically, once you reach Diamond rank or above, players have all gotten into the habit of remembering the respawn times of jungle monsters. The only difference is how much error they make in remembering them."

"Okay, for the next few days, I want you to do the following training for the basic skills practice: (1) Think about how to clear your own jungle monsters in the shortest time using different heroes; (2) Under the premise of clearing both buffs, without considering ganking, only invade the opponent's jungle, and ensure that you counter-jungle at least two groups in the first fifteen minutes. The time from when the jungle monsters respawn to when you land should not exceed three seconds; (3) Coach Bai will provide you with defensive vision in different positions. You need to bypass them as much as possible without buying Prophet Potions..."

It's unrealistic to expect to change someone's personality in a short time and mold Mingkai into a carnivorous jungler in the competitive version. However, we can try to maximize Mingkai's strengths. Among them, ganking around vision is a classic skill of Mingkai. There are also references for counter-jungling tactics. In the following years, Snake Esports' Vietnamese bandit-style playstyle will be very suitable for Mingkai, who plays a map control style.

After assigning tasks to the three, Pang Ran stared longingly at his boss, eager for instruction on the new tactics.

Jiang Ming slapped the other person in an annoyed tone, "Why are you looking at me? Just go through the existing stuff again."

Of the five All-Star positions, he selected two support positions. He must have had certain considerations. Unlike providing tactical guidance for other positions, if you want to improve the ability of a support, you can't neglect vision and operational rhythm. First, it takes too much time, and second... in the final analysis, it is related to NXG's current version of tactical gameplay. Jiang Ming is not so generous as to hand over even these things.

Soon, as noon approached, the contestants had finished all their basic skills practice.

In the first part of the training, the performances of the contestants varied.

Smile has a solid foundation in last-hitting, so he is much better than PDD, who is used to being carefree and has no concept of basic skills training at IG.

Except for the last group of pressure tower knife training, where his performance was not as expected, he passed all the other parts on his first try.

However, it's understandable when you think about it. The core of WE's entire team's tactics revolves around the bottom lane. Jungler Mingkai actively ganks and counter-ganks countless times. Even the mid laner often chooses roaming heroes to take care of the bottom half of the map. As a result, WeiXiao rarely experiences disadvantageous games, let alone being pressured and having to keep farming under the tower.

Even so, after watching Weixiao's training, Pang Ran was still incredibly envious of her talent, muttering to himself, "If Lao Xu knew that the basic skills training that once tormented him to the point of ecstasy was just a matter of getting used to it a few more times for Weixiao, would he be so jealous he'd die?"

PDD's training situation is rather dismal.

In White Crescent's records, it's fair to say that there's no such thing as professional-level basic skills.

To put it simply, it means – it's substandard!

Finally, there's Mingkai. After experiencing the tactics and gameplay tailored for him by Jiang Ming in ranked games, his previously unchanging, dead fish-like eyes became energetic.

"Let's put the basics aside for now. After we eat, I'll give you a basic operational training session," Jiang Ming said, not expecting to elevate their professional skills in just a game or two.

The basics are just an appetizer for today.

Upon hearing that it was time to eat, PDD immediately threw down the mouse in his hand and said, "Hehe, let's order! Let's order grass first, for food is the most important thing in the world."

"It's a pity Ge Yan didn't come. Otherwise, with him here, we wouldn't have to worry about what to eat for lunch at all."

The All-Star training camp was funded by the LPL operators, and meals were naturally delivered on an ad-hoc basis.

Although Mingkai and Weixiao weren't as exaggerated as PDD, they had clearly finished off the snacks they had eaten in the morning, and their pace didn't slow down at all.

Pang Ran was pulled along by Abu, exchanging some details about their field of vision.

Jiang Ming and White Crescent lagged behind, quietly exchanging observations from their training.

White Crescent thought for a moment, realizing that verbal explanations were not as direct as reading data, and pulled out her notebook from which she had been taking notes.

"These are some basic habits of the three contestants that I observed over the past two hours."

"Old Bai~"

"What's wrong, Ming-ge?"

“These things can be examined in more detail, especially after the strength has changed.”

"Oh, I get it!"

……

"Discipline, literally, is usually used to describe the self-discipline and standardization shown by individuals or organizations when complying with rules and regulations, and carrying out orders and tasks."

"For a player, this means complying with the club's rules and regulations offline, executing the team's commands in the game, and self-discipline when performing tasks."

In the training room.

Jiang Ming spoke in an extremely calm tone about his tactical approach to building an LPL All-Star team, breaking it down into several sentences that the players could understand.

"Let's set aside the rules and regulations of offline clubs for now..."

Abu: ? ? ?
Don't refuse to talk about it, I'm listening.

How did you manage to keep these rebellious teenagers under control? Could you offer some practical advice?

Unfortunately, Abu could only keep these thoughts to himself. It was about someone else's club management philosophy; how desperate would a boss have to be to reveal it?

Now, just by doing odd jobs under the opponent, I can learn a lot of tactical concepts and team training methods. What more could I ask for?

Jiang Ming emphasized: "My first requirement for you is that in the game, no matter what orders the commander gives, even if you have a lot of doubts in your heart, you must first carry out the decision according to the content of the decision. If you are told to fight, you must fight; if you are told to retreat, you must not linger in place."

"Of course, discipline is not that simple; for example, in this game we have a late-game composition, and the requirement for the first fifteen minutes is to focus on farming and absolutely not to fight with the opponent. No one can have any wishful thinking or the idea of ​​'giving it a try'."

"To judge whether a player can fight or not, they need to keep a clear head at all times. You have probably all seen the scenario in the LPL where some players want to fight while others feel they can't, and in the end, they are like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, only to be eliminated one by one. It is a classic example of what not to do."

PDD, Mingkai, and Weixiao looked at each other, their eyes filled with obvious embarrassment.

Cough cough, the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather and sending gifts, etc., have all happened in these three rounds of the regular season when the two teams played against NXG.

Jiang Ming wasn't trying to deliberately mess with the players' mentality. He continued, "Secondly, it's about the players' individual discipline. For example, not using a bush-checking skill and getting ambushed by the opponent, or having two skills but getting caught in a crowd control skill and killed by the opponent due to overconfidence. These are all signs of a lack of discipline."

In addition to the topics mentioned above, he also took the opportunity to criticize the players' personal experiences.

PDD frequently pushes lanes too far alone, Mingkai hesitates and is indecisive when initiating team fights, and Weixiao always has his own ideas and likes to be stubborn.

In short, among LPL players, there are many instances of disobeying team commands, neglecting vision control, ignoring advice when choosing heroes, frequently returning to base to replenish supplies, and even engaging in passive gameplay.

"Let's play a practice match first, and I'll tell you the rest in the game."

"Good coach."

At this moment, Abu, who was finally able to perform, hurriedly pulled out the same small notebook as the white crescent moon and said, "The team responsible for our practice today is PE." Among the eight LPL teams, apart from WE, NXG and IG, which were dismantled, the main practice partners are Royal Club and PE. LM and Dawn of Wings, which are ranked lower, were not included in the practice partners.

LM, Dawn's Wings: Discrimination, blatant discrimination! It's just that the LPL professional league struggles to win a single game, so dragging us along as practice partners to familiarize ourselves with the noob-stomping tactics is perfectly acceptable!
Soon, under Abu's arrangement, the two teams of ten members entered a custom room with a pre-set password.

"Don't use '123456' for your password, make it more complicated."

Jiang Ming reminded him that in his previous life, the EDG coach had used "123" as the password for convenience. A Korean netizen spotted a room named "EDG" in custom mode and, on a whim, entered "123" as the password, successfully infiltrating EDG's training room and witnessing the players preparing for an internal match. Fortunately, EDG's coach and team management discovered this in time and kicked the netizen out of the room, preventing a greater loss.

In the game chat box, the players from both teams were chatting and joking with each other.

PE-Sicca: "Brothers, please go easy on me."

CNLPL-PDD: "Hehe, Kazi, I'm going to make sure you get everything sorted out today."

PE-Aluka: "Look, look, it's only been a few days, and you've already shown your true colors after learning a little from JM... Waaah, Jiang Shen, let's make a deal, let me be an All-Star substitute who doesn't play, I'm a really good sparring partner."

CNLPL-Clearlove: "Your plan is so well-thought-out, I can hear it all clearly here in Shanghai."

CNLPL-JM: "It's not impossible. As long as you guys keep an eye on PDD's top lane today, everything will be fine."

PE.Ziv: "Bao, Jiang Shen."

The casual conversation didn't last long. After the talent and rune adjustments were completed, they entered the BP (Ban/Pick) page.

For tactical training purposes, Jiang Ming designed all the lineups and draft picks for both sides.

Blue side LPL Dream Team: Top lane Jayce, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Orianna, Bot lane Varus and Zyra.

Purple Team Practice Team (PE): Top lane Renekton, Jungle Elise, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Ezreal and Nami.

"Hey, the Ueno Zoo combo, isn't that a bit unnecessary?"

As soon as this lineup was picked, PDD, who got Jayce, just wanted to sing, "Why am I always the one who gets hurt?" (Top laner).

"Jayce is an easy target when he goes top lane, but he also needs to use his range advantage to trade blows in the early game, making him relatively easy to gank."

Jiang Ming patiently analyzed, "In addition, PDD, your personal anti-gank awareness is too poor. When facing strong teams, you can't expect your teammates, especially the jungler, to take on too many anti-gank tasks for you. Summoner's Rift has limited resources overall. If one lane takes too much, the other lane will inevitably have to take less, which is fatal for a team."

PDD didn't quite understand the specific details, but he did understand JM's statement that the purpose of choosing this combination was to improve his online anti-ganking ability.

Come on, it's just a desert spider, isn't it?
who is afraid of who!

Fifteen minutes later, PDD's Future Guardian team achieved a score of 0-3.

……

Despite PDD being ganked relentlessly in the top lane, the LPL dream team still held a significant advantage in the overall situation.

In the mid lane, Jiang Ming's Orianna not only suppressed LeBlanc under the tower, but also coordinated with Ming Kai's Lee Sin several times. At level six, a QR combo even pulled down the Spider who came to counter-gank in the bottom lane. In the end, WeiXiao got a triple kill and took off.

During the match, Mingkai couldn't control himself and kept looking towards the middle lane on his right.

Leaving aside the mechanics, various techniques like hiding the ball, using QR to pull multiple opponents are basic skills, and using R-flash to dribble past opponents and instantly kill the carry are just minor feats.

What he couldn't understand the most was why this person could not only avoid being pressured when playing Orianna against LeBlanc, but also take control of the lane and always make the first move before the PE mid laner.

It's not Mingkai, let's go bot lane. Mingkai, let's go find some spiders in the jungle. It's because the enemy has some kind of buff, let's invade.

He kept invading the enemy jungle, turning a scaling mage into a roaming assassin.

To put it simply into ZIV's spider perspective, even Mingkai wouldn't know how the opponent was supposed to play the game.

"Is this what it's like to have a top-tier mid laner?" ×2
Smile's experience is similar to Mingkai's, but it's different from JM and Ruofeng's mindless roaming and protecting the bottom lane while leaving the team's output tasks to him.

JM's strategy was to ensure he had an advantage in the mid lane, then extend that lead to his teammates, giving up kills and gold, and incidentally drawing the mid laner's attention.

He would gank the bottom lane, and he also frequently went to the top lane.

In team fights, he not only dealt as much damage as he was expected, but also drew maximum aggro from the opponents, allowing him to deal damage without pressure.

Laning, farming, roaming, controlling the economy, managing resources, and commanding...

Most importantly, this person doesn't play games alone; the other person's decisions always seem to be solely geared towards winning the game.

The more he fought, the more alarmed he became, and at the same time, he quietly buried the last bit of cricket in his heart into the ground.

They can't utter a single word of criticism, nor can they feign any resistance.

Although I feel a tiny bit sorry for Ruofeng, if given the chance, I think I would definitely choose JM as my teammate first.

Oh, and NXG's support player is also incredibly skilled at controlling the jungler's movements and setting up defensive vision. He just needs to focus on his lane and react promptly when it's time to retreat...

I've never had such a wonderful experience!
Curly, don't call me for the next few days, I'm afraid Door will misunderstand.

"Don't rush. You can't rush during a match. Lao Pu, you can't stay silent now. You have to say what you want to do, where you're going, what skills you have, and what skills the opponent used to gank you. Feedback is very important."

"We must process your feedback promptly!"

Seeing PDD in such a miserable state after being arrested, Jiang Ming kept comforting him while instilling the correct team communication concepts in his teammates.

"Mingkai, you too, you must learn to use the spawn locations of the enemy jungle monsters to update your teammates on the enemy jungler's movements in a timely manner." "In the safe lane, take the initiative to trade blows and ask the jungler if they can come, instead of passively waiting for your teammates to gank."

"When team fights, immediately report key skills and key items. When teammates are warding, you must communicate effectively to prevent the enemy from gaining distance from you."

In professional matches, a lack of communication not only makes it easy to give away big wins, but also easily leads to the accumulation of conflicts between players. As the old saying goes, many conflicts can often be resolved by talking them out before they happen.

Jiang Ming was honestly quite satisfied with his All-Star teammates.

If the five members of NXG are modern handicrafts produced using standardized methods, then PDD, Weixiao, and Mingkai are truly masterpieces of traditional craftsmanship, brimming with talent.

Having undergone no professional training before, yet still able to reach this level solely through talent, it's entirely predictable that under my tutelage, the plus version of the Dream Team will reach an incredibly terrifying level.

"It's finished..."

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming's lips twitched, and a strong urgency to draw an SSR character welled up from the bottom of his heart.

The main reason is that he saw how much progress these talented players in the LPL made after just a little training. He couldn't bear to see those players who had already achieved certain results on the original path and hadn't yet entered the professional league go through the same detours.

Mine, all of them are mine.

Children make choices; adults want it all.

……

After the training match, the debriefing session followed. As part of the training compensation, the PE team members naturally joined the chat room.

Jiang Ming turned on the microphone; the computer screen showed the recording of the training match they had just watched.

"Okay, let me first talk about the draft strategy for this game. The blue side picks Jayce to counter Renekton in the top lane, which gives them a certain advantage in the laning phase. In the mid-game, after completing Manamune and armor penetration items, their poke damage will be very impressive. At the same time, the mid-jungle duo of Lee Sin and Orianna are quite strong in all aspects, and they also have a knack for dribbling and crossing in team fights."

"Varus's Q skill has a long range and can also play a certain poke role, while Zyra is used to prevent the opponent from engaging."

"Next up is the purple team composition. The Desert Spider has excellent early-game ganking ability, and the mid-lane LeBlanc also has very strong roaming and single-target sniping capabilities. The right-side composition looks short-ranged, but I have actually prepared a backup plan for it. EZ is the second main force on the right side to cooperate with the mid-laner to poke before team fights. After the health is suppressed to a certain extent, there is also Nami's ultimate, which can take into account both counter-attack and strong engagement."

"So the first question is how to arrange the focus for both sides in the early stages!"

"As the PE commander, Xika clearly understands this lineup. At level one, he had the bot lane help him deal more damage to the buff, allowing the Spider to gank top lane faster than the Lee Sin."

"Old Park, you obviously overlooked this point. You were lured by Aruka's crocodile, which led to you giving up your first kill."

"Let's look at the second wave. You clearly saw your own Lee Sin appear in the bottom lane and control the first dragon with me. At this time, the best choice after you used EQ should be to retreat away from the turret. I don't need to emphasize the tower diving ability of the Sand Spider."

Jiang Ming paused slightly, took a sip of water, and said, "Speaking of which, let's talk about the half-zone principle."

"The half-zone principle is a relatively practical strategic concept in MOBA games, mainly applied during the laning phase and resource contention phase."

"The half-zone principle simply means dividing the map into an upper half, namely the top lane and the upper jungle, and a lower half, namely the bottom lane and the lower jungle, with the middle lane as the boundary."

When a battle or resource contest occurs in one half of the map, teammates in the other half must make informed decisions based on the situation, making good use of minion waves and map resources to gain an overall advantage.

"Like the game between NXG and OMG, gogoing had clearly broken through Song Yuan's top lane, but because of the loss of the bottom dragon and jungle economy, the overall gap could not be widened?" Mingkai suddenly chimed in with a flash of inspiration.

(End of this chapter)