How many heal pots and pink wards?

Deus Imperator·Mar 16, 2016·3 votes·925 views

How much heal pots and pink wards you should buy average per game before you start wasting gold?

14 Comments

AnratonMar 16, 20162 votes

heal pots .. as many as necessary ... pinks .. try to always have one USEFULL active ...

EDIT: about pinks ... just try to buy one whenever you visit the shop - wards grant vision, vision saves lives ...

ModWulf HelhammerMar 16, 20161 votes

Note on the pots: it actually can be helpful to switch to the refillable potion of you are going to be continuing to buy pots just for the lane sustain. Eventually upgrade it to the corrupting potion, and you're pretty good.

AnratonMar 16, 20161 votes

While you right you save money on the long therme .. you "loose" 1 pot at first buy .... and I for myself evaluate this third pot higher than the money saving on further backs ... but thats a subjective, personal view ..

MalhammersMar 16, 20161 votes

I main support and keep my two wards + 1 pink (at least) on me AT ALL TIMES (unless I have a full build...) and 1-3 health pots on me at all times (during laning phase) depending on how aggro im playing as support and how my lane is performing overall. I dont really buy pots after lane phase though.

Magnum MackMar 16, 20161 votes

I always get a sighstone and then go for sweeper and the upgraded one. Vision denial makes my vision considerably more effective because when I can see their jungler, but they can't see mine, it puts gank strength in my favor all day long. The extra yellows don't last long enough or refill quick enough. Sightstone refills with each back and I get 3 longer lasting ones AND I can sweep their wards clear which could pull their support away as well and make an opportunity for my adc to get a kill while the enemy support roams to replace what I took.

After level 10 or so I don't keep too many pots. They end up just not having enough to sustain me once I've got a locket or another couple items.

theArtifactsMar 16, 20161 votes

If I'm against an Akali, Rengar, Shaco, Khazix, etc. I always have one pink on the map, and one in my inventory (until it no longer fits) so I can find them in a team fight. Otherwise I place a pink when ever we need vision and there isn't one of mine on the map.

As far as pots goes - if you don't get the refillable pot I'd say anytime after lvl 10ish? would be wasteful.

IlliadMar 16, 20161 votes

it isnt a matter of wasting gold, its health return that keeps you in the fight longer which is always valuable, and vision which everyone needs always, it is NEVER a waste of gold to be prepared. :)

AMYS GRAVEMar 16, 20161 votes

pinks, always until you're working on your 5th or 6th item. pots, i'll have a few unless i need the slot at around 25 min.

JayHog1992Mar 16, 20161 votes

HP pots: Up to 5-6 per game. If in ARAM, slightly more (If you're a champion with no sustain or if the enemy is fed enough that pots won't save you.)

Pinks: Very rare. About 1 sometimes and usually it's when the enemy has a stealth champion.

Magnum MackMar 16, 20161 votes

You're why my teams suck and keep getting ganked.

JayHog1992Mar 16, 20161 votes

I'm used to lower elo ranks where normal wards are enough vision already. My only struggles are as a support and I start roaming around since I only get to carry 3 (5 if I'm too stupid to switch trinket. -_-; )

Magnum MackMar 16, 20161 votes

I saw "enough vision" and saw your flaw right there. Vision is like insurance: You can never have enough. Vision is so powerful that riot nerfed the crap out of dropping vision onto the map. This is the NERFED vision amounts. There's NEVER enough vision until the whole map is lit up. In lieu of not being able to do that, I settle for dropping as many as I can and sweeping away theirs in areas I know my jungler will want to run through and gank from. Vision DENIAL while maintaining vision SUPERIORITY seems to be the name of the game right now that Riot is pushing.

JayHog1992Mar 16, 20161 votes

Well, I'm used to playing Teemo top, so my shrooms are also wards to compensate. Can't say I'm not that bad in the vision department for my team.

Just my playstyle I guess, I rely more on vision from my shrooms and strategize them on the most walked places than literaly everywhere.