PSA: All lanes need to have eyes focused on the river at 2:00-3:00

Potato Doc·7/10/2018, 8:18:37 PM·2 votes·701 views

Because of the large struggle for scuttle crabs, and the transition many jungles do for lv 2 ganks every single lane needs to keep their eyes on river and not the creeps. Usually a scuttle will die at 2:10-2:20 and if you don't have vision and aren't keeping an eye on the river it can be the difference between getting lv 2 ganked or not, but even more importantly it could be the difference between your jungle getting killed or getting a kill.

As it currently stands scuttles is a guessing game for the junglers, which scuttle is the enemy going to do and as such how does your jungle want to play around that, sometimes your jungle guesses right and playing safe (or risky if they want that engage), or they guess wrong and it can go south real quick (or they wanted a fight and don't have it, all the safer in this case). Often times the junglers can accidentally meet up at the river brush which is neither of their faults and neither actually knows what they want at that moment until they both have acted initially.

You will not always be able to save their life but you can possibly pick up a kill and a tasty buff or two for helping out a comrade.

Because of how much of a swing this kill/scuttle secure means, it can propel your jungle into an oppressive monster that doesn't let the enemy jungle farm, or it means your jungle is going to be camped in his own jungle which means he cant help you in lane, because he cant even help himself.

You don't need to have screen locked on the river but checking your mini map every few seconds to see what your jungler is doing and what is going on in the river will help you win more games, and make games more of a toss up if you don't make this important minute a priority.

TL:DR Place a ward, watch the river, save a life.

4 Comments

Kats Pajamas7/10/2018, 8:54:01 PM2 votes

Having anyone in a lane help you throws their lane. The idea they should even help you is a sad meme. Lets compare the options: Mid lane leaves mid to help you with scuttle, you secure it and lets say the mid scores first blood.(450 gold mid laner, 40-110 xp)

The enemy mid laner, farms the 2 waves mid lost helping you secure scuttle(270 gold, 620 xp)

200 early xp is worth about 450 gold advantage each per level stats on the first 3 waves.

So the mid laner that helped you gain 700~ gold. and the mid laner that sit and mid and did nothing to save his jg earned 1620~ gold.

If your mid laner backs after that fight that he probably blew summoners on to save you, he loses an additional 500 gold in value, and will lose the very next time he duels mid at all.

I win more games ignoring the ig, your psa is a cry for help for someone else to win your lane for you, while also maintaining their own at disadvantage. Your job should be to solo kill the jg, just like every other person in the game solo checks another player in lane. By the pure fact I can't get solo kill xp helping you, verses solo killing my laner, is the main reason it's annoying to even drag my ass over there just to lose a trade we 'win'.

Malix Farwin7/10/2018, 9:28:51 PM2 votes

PSA: Junglers need to have eyes on ALL Lanes at 2:00-3:00, if the enemy champs have stronger wave clear early they are able to position better for the scuttle early as well. Scuttle doesn't give enough early to warrant dying over.

Furthermore if you are complaining about this you need to know the lane match ups as well as what lvls each laner is weak and each laner is strong.