THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS (99% of the time) BABYSIT YOUR NEWBIE TEAMMATES
Question: So what do you mean by babysit? Here is an exhaustive list of all the situations where you NEED to stop farming immediately.
- Anytime the enemy decides to cross that middle line to gank your fellow teammate or steal his minions, you should IMMEDIATELY head over to kill them. Make sure you ping GO to your third teammate to make him aware of the situation.
- Anytime your newbie teammate decides to cross that middle line and invade the jungle by himself, IMMEDIATELY go and babysit his ***. Make sure you ping GO to your third teammate if he's not in the invading party.
- Anytime your newbie teammate in lane is outnumbered in LANE, IMMEDIATELY go and babysit his ***. Make sure you ping Go to your third teammate if he's not in lane yet.
- Anytime your newbie teammate is trying to shoot at the first enemy canon without any vision of the bush where he can get outnumbered, IMMEDIATELY go babysit his *** and sit in that bush for him as he aimlessly attacks the tower. Make sure you ping Go to your third teammate so he knows what's happening.
-Anytime your newbie teammate is raging and decides he doesn't want to kill any of the minions for gold and is just bolting for the enemy, go babysit his ***. Make sure you ping Go to your third teammate so he knows what's happening.
You're probably thinking... but but but...
What if I'm in middle of killing one of those big minions with 100 gold? NO, your role is to babysit bad players so you can win almost all your games, you can farm later.
What if I'm waiting for 50 more gold so I can buy that next big weapon upgrade? NO, your role is to babysit your newbies so you can win almost all your games, you can buy that weapon easily later.
What if I'm on the other side of the map and I don't want to walk all the way over there? NO, Get your *** over there and if you're too slow, you probably need to buy boots.
What if I'm a couple of hits away from killing the Draken? In this case, KILL the Draken. Don't be a dumbass. :)
So the reason why this is the single most important lesson to consistently win is that TEAMING wins games.
PERIOD. I know you've been there like me where I've had games where I've shut down my lane 10-0 vs a SAW (he basically spent the ENTIRE game dead) but still lost the game because my team got destroyed in the jungle and I couldn't fight two well fed players vs 1 gimp Saw. You also feel me when you've had those games where your gold is like 11k+, you're carrying the fk out of the team, for the beginning, middle, but lose late game cause your other two teammates got destroyed early on and never got enough gold to do any damage or defend themselves.
Instead, the stories you want to be telling are... WOW, I was 6-8, my teammates were 8-11, 5-9, all of had more deaths than kills but we were able to team, and win. When you start to team, there are many games like this.
And if you haven't noticed already, there is always going to be that bad player that either feeds your team, or your bad player feeds their team, but if you're there to babysit your bad player(s), you can really change that tide and make sure it's their bad player feeding your team.
So MAIN LESSON: ALWAYS DROP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND TEAM
So at this point you might agree, "YES I NEED TO GO BABYSIT MY NEWBIE TEAMMATES FTW," but arrive to help him with only half of your health, or worse yet, no energy to use any of your skills, you just wasted your time.
In order to be in position to help your teammate when the enemy wanders into your territory or when your newbie invades their territory, make sure you have a good amount of energy AND health.
BUT HOW do I make sure I have a good amount of health???? You may ask.BUT HOW do I make sure I have a good amount of health???? You may ask.
HEALTH POTIONS early game and a little towards mid game are your friends so learn to just automatically instinctively use them. Always buy your items that you need first when you're at the shop and then pick up as many health potions as you can (5 max)
Being able to sustain and stay in the fight and in control of the center of the map is key to winning. When the enemy decides to invade. YOU'LL BE THERE. When it's time to pick up that center mine. YOU'LL BE THERE. When you need to defend that center mine. YOU'LL BE THERE. When your team invades. YOU'LL BE THERE. Don't be that guy who is always at base at the wrong time when the action goes down, or spending too much time recalling and walking back onto the battlefied.
Some of you newbies might be thinking... but that gold I use on health pots can add up. BEING IN THE BATTLE allows you to #1 farm more, #2 back up your teammates, #3 capture strategic resources, the advantage outweighs the disadvantage.
So OK, I have potions, my health is always at a good amount, but I'm out of energy. What do I do?
Buy a small battery, if you're still using too much energy buy a bigger battery, being able to spam your skills at all times and keeping your energy up is essential.
In conclusion, CONTROL THE CENTER OF THE MAP AND SHOW UP TO EVERY IMPORTANT FIGHT BY KEEPING YOUR ENERGY AND HEALTH UP
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