I consider myself a great player, I'm able to farm well, outplay champs, win lanes, group up, listen to pings, hold myself in lane but one thing I can't do is defend against a gank. I'm always ganked and it pisses me off because I was totally outplaying the enemy champ then he gets a gank and it's over from there. I don't know what to do, I ward, I watch the map, and don't push too hard any ideas I really could use some help with this.
learn to think like an enemy jungler and really watch your lane opponents habits. alot of times they will sell a gank that you dont even have vision for by suddenly playing more aggressively (seemingly randomly). also if you think like the enemy jungler, i've dodged a ton of ganks by just backing off to b thinking it was no longer safe for me and about 2 seconds later i see them show up in vision for the gank.
tldr, read opponents habits, think like jungler, manage wave well = win games
OUTPLAY anything
In the words of Stonewall:
If you think your champion has great jungle clear or ganks or damage (Zyra, Jayce, whatever), how do you address the clear or sustain or ganks of someone like Mundo or Amumu or Xin Zhao? (paraphrased)
"Is his ganking super-mega-kawai-sugoi level? Is his sustain ultra-mega-giga level? Is his damage super-ultra-giga-kawai-senpai-pancake-taco level?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZRSPDUKxYI
If you think you're "great," then what would you call ZionSpartan or Keane? How about Faker?
Passive Aggressive Rant Over. Real advice to follow:
If you can't defend against a gank, you're not using your map awareness well enough. When you have wards out, do not go past a distance you can cover in the time between you seeing the enemy jungler and him/her kicking your ass into oblivion.
Learn to freeze lanes and manipulate minion waves--go aggressive when you see the enemy jungler elsewhere, and let the waves push back to you so you can farm closer to tower.
Probably the biggest thing, though, is to be careful about overextending without backup. When you see your enemy laner start to pull back from you and let you push, that's when you freeze the lane. Letting the enemy push is the clearest example of baiting a gank, and it fools just about everyone.
I realize I'm a filthy Bronzie, so you don't have to listen to me if you don't want to. This is, however, the same advice I give to my friends who've climbed from Bronze 5 to Silver 1, and many of whom are still climbing.
