When are the best times to take dragon and Baron? Do they Stack? When do you take blue and red? Do blue and red affect the whole team? If not who should take it. Help is much appreciated.
thepay31 votesblue and red just affect you mid lane shuld take blue,adc should get red dragon stacks
DrCyanide1 votesRed and Blue only effect the player that last hits it. They get a Red or Blue ring around them indicating they have it. These buffs are transferred on being killed.
Dragon buff stacks up to 5 times, with the first 4 being permanent. The fifth wears off, and if you are dead when your team gets it or die after they get it you lose it early. These buffs do not transfer on death.
Baron buff is similar to the fifth Dragon buff in that you don't get it if you were dead when Baron was killed and you lose it early if you die with it. It's not transferred on death.
It is possible to have someone with Red buff, Blue buff, Dragon buffs, and Baron buff all at the same time.
In general, your teams APC should take Blue buff, as it gives them cooldown reduction and mana regeneration. Your teams ADC is the best person to have Red buff later in the game.
There's no universally best time to take Dragon or Baron, but the general rule of thumb is to take them where there enemy team has people back at base or dead. This is especially true for Baron, with the ideal being multiple people dead.
Abyssphere1 votesBlue and Red only affect the person who takes (last hits) them. Blue can be taken by the jungler whenever they have time to farm the jungle and don't want to give it to someone else. If you want to give Blue to your mid laner (which after a certain point in the game becomes quite common, so they can push waves more easily), it's best to give it when both you and your mid laner can afford to take some time out. In that situation you as the jungler start to attack the buff, but make sure that your mid laner can get the last hit. Red buff from what I've seen usually tends to be taken by the jungler until the ADC is strong enough that they can just walk into the jungle and kill it themselves.
Baron doesn't stack, it wears off long before it respawns. Dragon does stack, however, and that's the whole point of the buff. You try and stack as many as you can. Best time to take dragon is after your bot lane have managed to kill/force out the enemy bot lane and your bot lane is healthy enough to do it, while you're in the area. But it can also be a good idea to do dragon if you see that the enemy jungler is far away, e.g. if they've just ganked top lane. Judging when to do Baron is harder but it's generally a good idea if you've just killed a lot of enemy champions and don't think you can end the game, or if you're feeling a bit braver, do it if you see lots of enemy champions in a position where they can't quickly get to the Baron pit.
