Thank you for another great video! Things I learned 1) For 3 altar objective have ally be ready to cap own top altar the second it spawns 2) Once you get bottom enemy tower, be sure to clear the wave before getting the pumpkins I am loving Taunt Varian :-)
Can someone explain to me why the big teamfights in mid at start of every match? Like, what do you try to accomplish there? If you'd have one person soaking in each lane and no one dies, you'd be ahead, no?
Due to map layout, mid is usually closest to the core, so the wave crashes there first. The goal is to clear the wave faster than your opponents can, leaving them to do the cleanup while you rotate and win another lane. If you 1-3-1 (3 mid and 1 in each lane), you are guaranteed to not miss soak but your opponents will have a 5v3 advantage mid, which, if they have any siege or kill potential, might lead to free siege damage mid, a guaranteed faster waveclear or a kill if your team steps up to them, which is what happens most of the time in Storm League if someone is afk. Clearing the wave fast means they can rotate to not miss any soak because your team is busy clearing the first wave instead of stalling their rotation, and it means they can send 4 people to a side lane for a gank / cheese push or start camps faster than you. Players in Storm League often misinterpret this first mid crash as ARAM and try to get kills instead of clearing the wave. I often see Jaina missing her Blizzard on the entire minion wave and staying there for the next 2-3 weeks, bringing a camping cooker and a sleeping bag. If you can push your opponents back, clear their wave and leave them to clear yours, you can do any of one thousand little followup things from stalling their rotation to the side lanes, getting camps (not directly but due to faster rotation you'll be faster on camps at minute 1), winning a side lane (Towers of Doom bot lane comes to mind) or even staying and getting siege damage, which is generally the worst option but still better than staying mid and not getting siege damage. If your comp is good at teamfighting, you can get ahead by winning mid. If your comp is really not good at teamfighting and your opponent can easily stall your rotation or kill you on it, you might want to go straight to lanes to guarantee you'll be there in time, but you'll be at a general disadvantage if your opponents push their advantage, especially if they expect you to not show. Missing XP is gruesome but getting an advantage AND getting all XP is better than only getting all XP.
I love your videos Ishb00. I also enjoy watching you play in HGC. I know you're busy and stuff but we'd really love more videos from you! Cheers!
Thank you for another great video! Things I learned
1) For 3 altar objective have ally be ready to cap own top altar the second it spawns
2) Once you get bottom enemy tower, be sure to clear the wave before getting the pumpkins
I am loving Taunt Varian :-)
15:43 lovely
Really Really good video. Thx for putting up the time. Super cool to get your insights
It still blows my mind that this map has been out for over 2 years and people still don't focus on bot lane control.
Can someone explain to me why the big teamfights in mid at start of every match? Like, what do you try to accomplish there? If you'd have one person soaking in each lane and no one dies, you'd be ahead, no?
Due to map layout, mid is usually closest to the core, so the wave crashes there first. The goal is to clear the wave faster than your opponents can, leaving them to do the cleanup while you rotate and win another lane. If you 1-3-1 (3 mid and 1 in each lane), you are guaranteed to not miss soak but your opponents will have a 5v3 advantage mid, which, if they have any siege or kill potential, might lead to free siege damage mid, a guaranteed faster waveclear or a kill if your team steps up to them, which is what happens most of the time in Storm League if someone is afk.
Clearing the wave fast means they can rotate to not miss any soak because your team is busy clearing the first wave instead of stalling their rotation, and it means they can send 4 people to a side lane for a gank / cheese push or start camps faster than you.
Players in Storm League often misinterpret this first mid crash as ARAM and try to get kills instead of clearing the wave. I often see Jaina missing her Blizzard on the entire minion wave and staying there for the next 2-3 weeks, bringing a camping cooker and a sleeping bag. If you can push your opponents back, clear their wave and leave them to clear yours, you can do any of one thousand little followup things from stalling their rotation to the side lanes, getting camps (not directly but due to faster rotation you'll be faster on camps at minute 1), winning a side lane (Towers of Doom bot lane comes to mind) or even staying and getting siege damage, which is generally the worst option but still better than staying mid and not getting siege damage.
If your comp is good at teamfighting, you can get ahead by winning mid. If your comp is really not good at teamfighting and your opponent can easily stall your rotation or kill you on it, you might want to go straight to lanes to guarantee you'll be there in time, but you'll be at a general disadvantage if your opponents push their advantage, especially if they expect you to not show. Missing XP is gruesome but getting an advantage AND getting all XP is better than only getting all XP.
Also Tempest should have done their research, you guys just stomped them with this strat.