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I'm tired of teammates who refuse to take any risks

Great Muta··3 votes·810 views

I don't know where these "safe spacers" came from, but I hope they go away. I'd rather lose a game on a lost team fight then lose a game because someone refused to fight or didn't want to do a baron try to save life. We just lost a game as we had 3 people up and baron unwarded. 2 of us started, and the other said "not now". He eventually of course walked over to baron, which ended up walking the enemy team over as well, and they killed us, including "Not Now Zed". Couple of minutes later, they got a free baron and turned the game completely around.

You will never get anywhere in this game by playing safe. This is not a defensive game. I'd rather lose a game because we tried and lost than lost because people sat back and said "nah, I don't wanna risk it".

And newsflash, DO NOT PICK AN ASSASSIN CHAMP IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE RISKS. Pick fucking Ashe where you can stand back and never touch another champ.

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Maximum Morde9 votes

I'm tired of team mates who take unnecessary risks and feed 10 kills by 10 minutes.

Great Muta1 votes

At least they are trying to win. You cant be an assassin and play like Ashe.

asamu2 votes

If you're significantly behind, fighting just puts you further behind unless you get picks before the fight and/or the enemy team makes huge positioning mistakes.

It's better to play safe and focus on surviving when you're significantly behind, because things will slowly even out due to gold leads becoming less significant as total gold in the game gets higher.

As an assassin, you usually want to wait till you have an opportunity to kill the target and get out with little or no risk, not rush in immediately and dive for the kill, only to get CCed and die before the team can help.

Dionesus3 votes

This game isn't about defensive or offensive play. It's about team work. The other two members said not now, so you should of backed out. Also playing safe is the better way of playing. Let the other team make the mistake of taking risks and you capitalize on that. It's funny you make this post cuz I am tired of risky people.

Great Muta1 votes

1 person said not now. 2 people said now. And Voli is all about going all in.

DeathBurst3 votes

I'd rather win a game by not fighting at all and controlling objectives than lose because we tried to force a bad fight.

Taking risks is stupid, it should be a very last recourse when you are so far behind that you have absolutely no other choice.

As for your specific example: why take this risky baron, if you could just push a lane and take a tower? One tower is worth less than baron, but it's less risky, faster, and baron won't disappear, you can get it later, after winning safely the next fight too thanks to your better map pressure.

Arcus Diabolus2 votes

Why did you even go for Baron? Nothing good comes from Baron unless the enemy team got aced, which apparently they didn't. If you are winning, then you never needed it to begin with. If you are losing, you had to expect them to check out Baron and take it from you anyway.

I won't say you shouldn't take risks, but particularly game throwing risks should never happen and going for Baron (with only three people no less), while the enemy team is not currently staring at a grey screen, is one of them.

Great Muta1 votes

Because we were behind and needed it to get back up to speed. They weren't at baron and the 2 of us almost took it alone before they even showed up. Would have had it easy with a 3rd.

I hate my ADC3 votes

If you are behind, you shouldn't be trying to get baron, you should be trying to keep Baron away from them by keeping it lit up like a Christmas tree in order to contest it if they ever try to engage it. Baron isn't meant for coming back into the game, Baron is meant to push a victory by either baiting the enemy into contesting it or taking it uncontested after a won team fight.

Arcus Diabolus2 votes

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Because we were behind and needed it to get back up to speed. They weren't at baron and the 2 of us almost took it alone before they even showed up. Would have had it easy with a 3rd.

You don't take baron whenever you are ahead or behind. You take it when there is nothing to stop you.

And if you think they wouldn't have checked Baron before you grabbed it, get rid that mentality NOW if you want to climb. No matter what, if they don't see anyone on your team on the map, anyone worth their salt will ping baron and have their whole team run over to Baron and at least ward it.

Khä Zïx1 votes

There is a difference between being a "safe-spacer" (honestly never heard that term before) and being smart and not engaging/ fighting an unnecessary fight. Besides, you should learn to work around your team's attitude rather than expecting all 4 other players to adapt to yours.

This being said, my friend and I are so risky with our decisions XD

SanKakU1 votes

Sadly, even as an Ashe, there are times to get dangerous. Even the bot lane slot isn't safe for this kind of player.

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