Why don't top laners last hit the turret?

MysticFlameHaze·Oct 10, 2015·1 votes·713 views

I've been watching worlds and i don't understand why the top laners just watch the turret die instead of them last hitting it. It's kinda annoying, cuz that seems like a waste of time.

10 Comments

Dr PoroOct 10, 20153 votes

More minions dying to turret while enemy is not around = more exp and gold denied.

EnvironmentalistOct 10, 20151 votes

What he said. To add to it, they'll generally move onto the next enemy wave while the turret slowly dies and kills minions. It's the most effective way to level up while denying your enemy xp and gold.

MysticFlameHazeOct 10, 20151 votes

ah, okay that makes sense now. still kinda annoying watching them not last hit the turret lol

xJLx MCHammerOct 10, 20152 votes

-Bounce the wave -Share gold from tower with team. If minions take it the gold is spread between players. If one person get sit they take a larger portion. This is why adc when pausing tend to get solo tower kills early. Extra gold early game for them. -Moving earlier

Snowball4uOct 10, 20152 votes

All people do this not only top laners, and so should you.

The idea is you still get the same amount of gold when you stand near the turret that dies. If you have a big wave, your minions will kill it. minions give gold. So you let the minions kill it, therefore getting rid of possible enemy gold, while not losing anything.

MysticFlameHazeOct 10, 20151 votes

no not really, most of the time i'm watching it's only the top laners

Snowball4uOct 10, 20151 votes

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no not really, most of the time i'm watching it's only the top laners

if there are 2 minions there, it doesn't matter if you do this, partly because it is little gold of the enemy, but also because they probably wont kill the turret on their own.

Maybe the other people think the enemy is right there, so they decide to kill it to guarantee the kill. Otherwise yes everyone does this.

xJLx MCHammerOct 10, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Kazuto Ishin,realm=NA,application-id=9hBQwnEU,discussion-id=WkAmuTXF,comment-id=00040000,timestamp=2015-10-10T21:58:10.781+0000)

no not really, most of the time i'm watching it's only the top laners

Don't listen to people here It's mainly for bouncing the wave, or freezing the lane But it's also for gold distrubtion

CPU BIancOct 10, 20151 votes

bouncing the wave

TurquoiseYoshiOct 10, 20151 votes

Sitting there waiting lets the minions all die to force a loss of gold for the enemy. They don't even need to kill the turret themselves for the gold, they just need to be nearby.