I dont get the Tower trade thing that happens alot in EU LCS...

Raoul·Feb 25, 2016·2 votes·1,154 views

I mean... maybe thats because my silver noob brain cant get behind it, but it looks kinda stupid to me.

No team gets an advantage, since they trade one tower for another, one team loses conztrole about Rift Herals, one about Dragon, again, not that much advantage for any side in early game, gold stays even and now your solo laner is very open for ganks, since he has no tower to retreat to, meaning you actually put one of your guys at a higher risk early game by doing so... Not to mention that you lose alot of minions and xp by leaving one lane totaly open...

Is the global gold you get really worth that much if the enemy team just gets the same amount?

I actually prefere to not kill the enemy tower if I have controle about the lane to deny as many minions as I can...

Why is this Tower trade a thing? What benefits do teams have from this?

7 Comments

MisterHealYoGirlFeb 25, 20162 votes

Tower trading has a few benefits.

First of all, it lets your ADC have a safe lane. If you're a weak laner like Twitch, Vayne, or (previously), Kog'Maw, or up against a bully like Quinn, Caitlyn, or Tristana, it lets them get gold and farm without too much threat from a toplaner, especially if you're in a 2v1 lane. Related to this point, it lets you get a lot of gold fairly quickly, accelerating your carries towards the late game faster; if you've got a hypercarry, that cash can really help.

It also helps open up the map; if you have a team comp that wants to group up and brawl with the enemy team (Lissandra, Sion, Leona, Draven, Gragas), a team comp that wants to make picks before going for objectives (Twisted Fate, Thresh, Rek'Sai, Tristana, Maokai), or a team that wants to poke and siege turrets (Nidalee, Janna, Ezreal, Vel'Koz, Gnar), opening up territory to make those plays in can help you do what your teamcomp wants to do.

Earl EulrichFeb 25, 20161 votes

both teams actually get advantages, as they get the gold and transition into midgame more smoothly, without having to risk getting a snowball of of some stupid play very early on - in this meta it´s just way saver than playing out the lanes and hoping for the best + you can set behind inexperienced teams easily without even fighting this way.

The DeckownerFeb 25, 20161 votes

idk, it feels like every game every team is treating their top laner as if he is dyrus.

Ale non è maleFeb 25, 20161 votes

No one want to risk a good early game jungler to put their ADC behind, so they go for trading towers and let him scale by farming uncontested minions both in the push, and then when they can last hit the minions of the lane where the enemy has taken down the tower because they are not capable to overextend with few vision given the changes to entire vision system (so you don't lose a lot to minion and xp since you can farm freely once the enemy take down the first tower)

And no, teams can get advantage if they can execute this strategy better, just as they can have advantage if they play a standard laning phase better than the enemy

It can be boring at times, I agree, but in the ends is a reasonable strategy...just, it is not going to be a standard thing for too long imho, the changes that are coming through the various update will make change the meta and we'll see a larger mix of strategy

Earl EulrichFeb 25, 20161 votes

It can be boring at times, I agree, but in the ends is a reasonable strategy...just, it is not going to be a standard thing for too long imho, the changes that are coming through the various update will make change the meta and we'll see a larger mix of strategy

not sure with that, Riot for some reason seems to be contend with the state of the makro game so far and apparently don´t deem it necessary to change anything that would actually promote playing a little...more interactive once again. Maaaybe after MSI they will make changes to the game-systems - but for now most of it comes down to (in the end useless) champ by champ balance.

Ale non è maleFeb 25, 20162 votes

I expect that at some point they will do something to strengthen towers - especially after seeing for some patches the effect of new 2nd and 4th dragon buffs - or some classes of tanks (the latest thing would happen some months after mage update so towards the very end of the season), and at this point, with ADC and duelists ending up not being so dominant any more after the buffs assassins - through itemization - and mages - through mage update - will receive, the tactic will be dropped some In comparison with the start of the season, things have yet slightly changed and will keep changing...what will be the rate speed of the changes is unknown, since it will depend on how Riot is planning their scheduling with relevant updates - 6.4 has had few changes, but no one know if they'll push more with 6.5 for example -, but there will be one that will encourage less the tower trading tactic

XantakFeb 27, 20161 votes

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I expect that at some point they will do something to strengthen towers - especially after seeing for some patches the effect of new 2nd and 4th dragon buffs - or some classes of tanks (the latest thing would happen some months after mage update so towards the very end of the season), and at this point, with ADC and duelists ending up not being so dominant any more after the buffs assassins - through itemization - and mages - through mage update - will receive, the tactic will be dropped some In comparison with the start of the season, things have yet slightly changed and will keep changing...what will be the rate speed of the changes is unknown, since it will depend on how Riot is planning their scheduling with relevant updates - 6.4 has had few changes, but no one know if they'll push more with 6.5 for example -, but there will be one that will encourage less the tower trading tactic

I miss seeing oddball picks for things such as top/mid/botlane. I remember last season, going apeshit when I saw InSec(when he was on King) pull out a toplane Poppy out of nowhere, Keane with midlane Malphite, Keane/PoE with midlane Hecarim...Keane with a different champion each game...I'm still waiting for a mid or toplane AP Sejuani, or mid/top AP or AD Alistar...or....Teemo to show up(might require Hikashikun to join the LCS/LCK/LPL for the Teemo though)...