PSA: If its super late game and you have a TON of gold left over

Lucky · 2015-07-10T15:42:20.355Z

Sell your cheapest item, and buy Use the active and promote a minion as it spawns Go back and sell banner, and rebuy the item you originally had

Lucky·Jul 10, 2015·133 votes·6,320 views

Sell your cheapest item, and buy
Use the active and promote a minion as it spawns
Go back and sell banner, and rebuy the item you originally had

47 Comments

A Superb VillainJul 11, 201563 votes

https://33.media.tumblr.com/62646a63028626d815baadb17e3c5fb8/tumblr_nr50s3MJ9t1ra7r3bo1_500.gif

LastWildWonderJul 10, 201527 votes

Dang never would have thought of that. Thanks man!

Only Play DariusJul 11, 201510 votes

This, is fucking genius. Dirty, but genius.

gubigubiJul 11, 20156 votes

Jesus Marry how disgustingly late game is this lol

chipi99Jul 11, 20151 votes

Those 1+ hour games.

SinlaireJul 11, 20153 votes

had a 58 minute kalista game tonight. had full build. sold last whisper for maw straight up. bought 2 wrath potions, still ended the game with full build and almost 3k gold on hand.

had 14 kills and 400cs

LordGeovanniJul 11, 20153 votes

the type of late game people rather quit than reach the real test of skill

AbodyHUN666Jul 12, 20151 votes

The ones where teams would not show up on each other's maps because both of them are camping somewhere. Where everyone is afraid of an enemy splitpushing, but they also don't want to risk a 4v5, so they only move out when TP is off CD.

Toothless LionJul 10, 20155 votes

Bump for truth.

Hard PenetratorJul 11, 20155 votes

Veigar Nooooooooooooooooooooo my ultimate counter. Veigar Ill get you next time you promoted minion (goes back to base to buy IE and dunk minions ass while still having 1200ap)

DedriusJul 11, 20154 votes

Faker?

HAIL WHYDRAJul 11, 20154 votes

...THIS IS GENIUS. Take my upvote OP!

http://i.imgur.com/unGD0FT.gif

EDIT: Pro Tip: Promoting the Cannon is the best one followed by promoting the melees then casters

LordGeovanniJul 11, 20152 votes

actually promoting cannon minions is the worst pick if you want to use it for pushing because cannon minions get destroyed by the towers first promoting caster minions are the best choice if you want to push the lane as they get hit last by towers and will probably last 2 tower pushes if it can cause a large enough minion wave. if you want to use it to farm then its best in the order than you say edit: i used to promote cannon minions for years and just a month ago i realized that if you promote casters that they get hit last so your promoted minion will do more damage to the tower over longer more likely kill the first tower and half kill if not kill the second tower it gets to too if left unchecked

chipndip1Jul 11, 20157 votes

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actually promoting cannon minions is the worst pick if you want to use it for pushing because cannon minions get destroyed by the towers first promoting caster minions are the best choice if you want to push the lane as they get hit last by towers and will probably last 2 tower pushes if it can cause a large enough minion wave. if you want to use it to farm then its best in the order than you say edit: i used to promote cannon minions for years and just a month ago i realized that if you promote casters that they get hit last so your promoted minion will do more damage to the tower over longer more likely kill the first tower and half kill if not kill the second tower it gets to too if left unchecked

Actually, you should promote cannons because they get so much tankier that it doesn't matter, yet they do a good deal back to the turret. They also kill minions REALLY fast and force the wave HEAVILY in your favor. The only time promoting a cannon is bad is if it takes too much minion aggro before it gets to a turret, cause if you got a ton of things blasting your cannon, then its still gonna die anyway while only killing 1 or 2 minions. Best way to avoid this is by upgrading them before they get into fights with the enemy wave.

Source? I build it when I support now. It's...just...so...fking...good.

LordGeovanniJul 11, 20151 votes

they do get tankier but the tower focus them first still so they still wont be around as long as a caster minion so caster will do more damage cause its around longer to do damage

43161549_DELJul 11, 20152 votes

well actually, a melee minion is best is you're trying to fast push a tower in a cannon wave, you promote the cannon if you're doing it from base, if you're doing it in lane and pushing waves, casters, if pushing turrets, the last melee in the line.

I repeat:

Cannons for tanking turrets and pushing from base or needing to tank a turret
casters for shoving lane
Melee for shoving in turrets

AbodyHUN666Jul 11, 20151 votes

Or as I heard: Cannon for sieging, mele for splitpushing, caster in a teamfight, as they are ranged and deal tons of damage.

43161549_DELJul 11, 20151 votes

sieging and split pushing are two different things. if you wanna get a tower down fast and the wave is there when you use it, you upgrade the third melee in the row cause the tower goes in a numerical order to kill them (unless their is a cannon minion as it prioritizes that obviously).

LlaniteJul 11, 20151 votes

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they do get tankier but the tower focus them first still so they still wont be around as long as a caster minion so caster will do more damage cause its around longer to do damage

Does it matter? They can kill 1 tower at most before the enemy team puts them down. The super caster might live longer, but he pushes the wave slower, kill the tower slower and as said, once the enemy team noticed the super, they'll take them down, if they haven't reach the tower by then, 100% useless. The cannon may die faster, but he WILL reach the tower faster and higher chance to do some real damages before getting caught.

LordGeovanniJul 11, 20151 votes

the cannon has around the same damage as the caster and same tankyness as the meele only slightly more and because it pushes faster it wount survive a tower unless the tower was already under half hp because it will be the only cannon minion around and be the garenteed second target after the first meele minion that walks into tower range

TotalJerkJul 11, 20153 votes

Turrets ALWAYS prioritize promoted minions. So if one is going to die first, it will usually be the one you promoted, regardless.

LordGeovanniJul 11, 20151 votes

im gonna test this again because i usually see it go the normal seige minion, cannon minion, meele minion, caster minion route

FusionBenJul 10, 20153 votes

Wow, great suggestion, I always wanted to buy that thing but the main items were essential, never thought about it. Heimerdinger

g07h4xf00Jul 10, 20153 votes

Can't you also do that with item 3512 ?

Firefox509Jul 10, 20156 votes

The voidlings have decaying health after a point once they spawn so their range is limited, doing it from your spawn they won't even leave your base

MaikalJul 11, 20153 votes

You don't have to do it from spawn, as the op said, you'll be selling the item back. You can't undo purchases after using it's active, and you couldn't even promote a minion from spawn. Just put a portal down in front of a dead inhib, an inhib turret, nexus, w/e and then go back and sell it for your actual item. The portal makes it extremely difficult for super minions to push to your base iirc if you just put it down next to an inhib.

LuckyJul 11, 20159 votes

banners just much easier to use since you can do it from base

iamthegoatofwarJul 11, 20152 votes

to some degree though it would be nice to use this item and have 90 seconds where there's basically no way in hell that just a minion wave will push your tower.

chipndip1Jul 11, 20151 votes

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Can't you also do that with ?

Don't those things not travel as far?

Solidair3Jul 11, 20151 votes

That's better to buy if you want something to use while your item 3026 is on cooldown.

SoryInAdvanceJul 11, 20151 votes

if you sell GA and re-buy it, im pretty sure that it restarts back at 5 minutes.

ShinobisDemonJul 11, 20151 votes

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Can't you also do that with ?

not really unless the enemy are pushing. Because it has a range limit.

Civil DawnJul 11, 20153 votes

Also, upgrade your trinket! item 3361

FirestartertotJul 11, 20152 votes

holy shit that's the smartest thing ever!

JChaosMasterJul 11, 20152 votes

If you just can end the game and play melee your final build should look like this. item 3074 item 3046 item 3031 .

Trust me NO one is living that burst, or killing them

OperationDEEZ1Jul 11, 20151 votes

If I'm playing support I'm probably buying this item anyway, especially if my teammates have poor pushing/sieging power.

chipi99Jul 11, 20151 votes

Repeat

WutsKrakenJul 11, 20151 votes

Wait, the active CD continues if you sell it?

O_o

Hard PenetratorJul 11, 20151 votes

Yes, its like GA, you can't sell it and buy fresh one.

The EllimiistJul 11, 20151 votes

you know ive had alot of games where ive been buying/selling ga and other crap and somehow never though to do this (although I won a game other day by buying a zhonya on vayne, using it in a fight against fiddle ult and then selling it after)

Kinda sidenote but other candidates item 3102 item 3026 item 3157 item 3512