Did you know... that league actually has semi-designated shot callers?

Shot calling can be a little annoying at times sure but it also unifies a team when everyone has the same goal. Everyone wants to be the boss sometimes but did you know there is actually a pecking order?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw6YxwOcg_A

I'm going to skip alot of the specifics, most of it is more debatable but there are 2 at the top you need to know about especially if you are lower than plat rank. Not to suggest you should always listen to this person because alot of times they will be shit players just like most people in the gameplay forums.

supports are at the top of the pecking order by default. They are the ones actually watching shit and producing vision. Support needs to know who's doing what and should be prepared to warn even when some idiot fails to call MIA, no fucking excuses do you job.

When its time for ganks or dragon grabs the jungler may make a call. If bot agrees to help support is still the shot caller for the most part but jungler gets to judge if he can or can't get the dragon and how to take the dragon. Support is in charge of the larger scale shots while jungler handles the smaller situation. "Do we need the toplaner?" If the support did their job and coordinated wards knowing full and damn well that a chance to secure the dragon was coming up then the support should know if top is needed. Top should have a good guess but support should know almost for certain if they have everything they need to make this happen. Do we want to prioritize something other than dragon? When the jungler pings you've got like 2 seconds to overrule hope you did your fucking job support.

Next up of course is the jungler but the jungler mostly makes calls for the jungle not the team in general. The jungler calls shots earlygame in places the support can't reach. Later on its just whomever is going to be engaging or counterengaging that comes second in command though this will sometimes be the jungler or it could also be the support.

Then later in the game you have the one handles engages and counterengages. Who this actually is is debatable but when ashe peels for you every teamfight and runs away not wanting to commit to the fight support should prepare a call based on this strategy and the rest of you should shut the fuck up and do what youre told if there are no complaints and support seems to be competent.. which they often wont be below plat.

Next up is the major damage dealer. For the most part this person should be saying what they need. When your damage dealer pings for buffs or minions OR EVEN KILLS you should back the fuck off unless this person is definitely wrong for some reason. I don't care if you "earned your kill" reality doesnt give a fuck what you earned, the math either says one player can use the gold more effectively or they can't. End of story. The major damage dealer should not be worrying much about making calls during fights, they should be operating on a solid plan and guided by instinct and called shots. Support should blow their load and focus on keeping the team coordinated with both vision and positioning. This is part of why some supports like to have alot of move speed.

For the most part, carries and mages will be at the bottom of the pecking order. Fighter pilots and bomber crews don't typically call the shots, they fire them and make split second judgment calls.

Just to stress how important this is. In pro games, before minions even spawn, the jungler will ping for an invade or defense and then the support will respond to this call and begin to coordinate anticipated attacks from either team. Later-on it is the support that will go and check dragon and keep vision high and communicate unusual behavior while the adc focuses on getting near perfect cs by 10 minutes. In some games (where this was arranged and members have some confidence in one another) the jungler will request an invade after minions have been spawning for even 7 minutes or so expecting the adc or toplaner to come, if its in botlane the support will confirm that they are ready to defend the lane on their own while the adc goes to help invade, if the adc is losing levels and cs by invading very probably they are trying to snowball another lane and fuck the enemy jungler. Don't be stupid in soloqueue just because pros do this please.

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I'm a mid main so don't even