Why people still activate Youmuu's Ghostblade when they are attacking towers?

YumaS2Astral·Mar 11, 2017·2 votes·1,840 views

used to give attack speed, back then it was justifiable to use its active when attacking towers, since with the higher attack speed, you would take the tower faster.

However you are now better off saving the active, especially if your HP is very low, because if the enemy comes to try to kill you, 's active can save your life.

I don't understand why people still activate even though it doesn't give attack speed anymore.

13 Comments

WoodakoodashoodaMar 11, 20176 votes

Mostly out of habit. It can take a person weeks or even months to adjust to change on an unconscious level.

Here's a RL example. I used to store my coffee in my right-side kitchen cabinet, but, because I brew my coffee beneath my left-side cabinet, I eventually moved my coffee over to the left-side cabinet. For the next couple of weeks, I awoke spending an extra 5 minutes looking for my coffee because I had forgotten where I placed it. It was only after I remembered I switched it over that I found it. This stopped being a problem after I got into the habit of seeing it in the left cabinet.

xxxDogmanxxxMar 11, 20173 votes

I personally do it because I just like pressing buttons.

venomous frostMar 11, 20171 votes

gotta inflate your apm so you look skilled!

Gamer LifeMar 11, 20171 votes

I think its beacuse people skill think it give attack speed or they forget it doesnt anymore

SEKAIMar 11, 20171 votes

Because not being up to date with the item descriptions and/or buying and using stuff out of habit rather than through decision making.

greekvandaLMar 11, 20171 votes

habit. altho i do it when i'm fighting for the juke potential not when attacking towers :D

ChaddyFantomeMar 11, 20171 votes

was saying this the other day. They just boosted.

Mysticman89Mar 11, 20171 votes

It's probably just habit or not realising it doesn't help anymore.

That said, I suppose it could be anticipation of needing to escape, and they want it already active to save a fraction of a second, similar to why you sometimes see pro players 'kiting' wards/towers even with no minions/enemy champs around. (Of course, this doesn't apply if people are actually beating on the turret for more than the 6 seconds ghostblade lasts.) I don't think this is the case, but I suppose it's a possibility.

ChaddyFantomeMar 11, 20171 votes

Its like how I see soraka's use E to waveclear even tho it doesn't damage non-champions lol.