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LBDORRITO·1/20/2016, 9:54:29 PM·1 votes·763 views

Hello! I wanted to do a nice little poll + discussion I thought would be insightful!

It seems like in 8/10 or easily over 80% of my games in ranked, bot feeds. Maybe even more than that, it's incredible!! I don't know if i have some anomaly, (kind of like in s2-4 i seemed to always have an afker or dc. My luck is genuinely awful.)

Now, I am not saying I lose all these games, just that bot always feeds in ranked! If i play well and top/jungle does as well, we tend to win. Or vice versa. But this happens so. much. I don't even get upset if they go 0/10 in 15 mins, because bot always loses. It must lose. It has to lose.

This happens so often, that when i log in, i genuinely have the mind set that I am playing: 'League of legends, bottom feeders edition.'

Does anyone else have a rather skewed lane failure rate? Whether or not it is your lane or not!

**Also, I would like thoughts on what the jungler should do in this situation! **

(^^ this so much!) I do not always jungle, but I tend see bot yelling at the jungle if they are not constantly helping.

lets say bot/whatever lane is feeding like crazy:

**Continually gank bot? **

Stay out of lanes and get lots of jung xp if mid and top are ok?

Ignore bot and only gank mid and top so as not to give a chance to feed the already powerful bot?

Please discuss, and keep it civil insightful! ( I am excluding the jungler for the poll, assume the jungle has normal skill.)

9 Comments

Brody Biggu1/20/2016, 9:58:52 PM3 votes

Why do so many people played ranked right when the new season starts and expect to be queued with master players....

The Poetic Zed1/20/2016, 10:01:17 PM1 votes

Bear in mind one lane has to lose...

JRobin311/20/2016, 10:17:44 PM1 votes

Can't vote because all my lanes feed equally often (including the jungler)! XD

But to answer your question on what should a jungler do if bot lane is feeding the best answer is usually going to be to gank for mid or top. The jungler can still gank for bottom and this will sometimes work out quite well. But in most cases, it won't. You say bot lane feeds. If that's true than ganking there usually won't stop bot lane from feeding. You also said that you tend to win anyways if top or jungle does well. So ganking for top would increase the chances of that happening. So basically if your assessment of the game is correct (that bot lane feeds and you win anyways if top or jungle does well), then it follows that the best strategy is to gank for top. If your assessment is incorrect, then it doesn't matter.

LeBlanc Jameś1/20/2016, 11:51:19 PM1 votes

Not all bot lanes feed. Not all mid lanes feed. Not all..... you get the point.

BluePolarizer1/21/2016, 2:55:50 AM1 votes

ADC is the most snowbally role because they have low utility and must build almost pure damage to fulfill their role.

Literally any other class has strong utility/base damage or can build full tank. Rengar, for instance, is usually played as assassin but if he falls behind he can build full tank and use the utility of his snare as an initiate (that was how he was played in LCS and season 4 worlds: ghostblade->full tank). If Syndra falls behind, she can just peel for the team's carries with her huge AOE knockback stun and high base damage ult.

What ADC can you build full tank on and not be useless?

LBDORRITO1/25/2016, 5:00:52 AM1 votes

Found it interesting that top mostly fed for people! Everyone has different experiences obviously :P