A open question to Junglers: Odd Pinkwards.

Oelyk··1 votes·304 views

So I love toplane, and often the strategy is to pink the bush closest to your tower, but often in my elo junglers will just walk past it(aka not go in the bush and not see it) and because I'm flipping blind I'll die like a dumbass.

So what If I just placed it in plain sight in the river far enough so the laner doesn't just walk over and clear it. If you are walking up the river top, will this immediately dissuade you from ganking if I am openly challenging you to come even though I may or may not be paying attention?

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MagicFlyingLlama1 votes

What are "wards"?

Oelyk1 votes

Relatable.

Kilanost1 votes

If i see that so far away from the entry points to a lane for ganking, I will just walk around it. Then destroy it after I kill you.

Oelyk1 votes

Like right outside side bush that screams: "I may have fucked up but I still flippin' see you."

Kilanost1 votes

LOL. Then i'm thinking "This dude is 'flippin'' retarded. lets gank him." I see where you're coming from though lol

Oelyk1 votes

Thanks!

BobaFlautist1 votes

I don't play ranked, so take this with a grain of salt, but I would probably keep walking towards you to see if you start backing off. If you start backing off in time to avoid the gank, I'd go back and get the pink, but if you act like you didn't notice me I'll give the gank a shot.

Thrëat1 votes

I dunno, that might work in incredibly low elo. In high elo if someone walks past a pink they are boosted but everyone on the team is pinging it so they can still clear it. Putting it out in the open is just giving out free gold. Just work on the map awareness.

Oelyk1 votes

Luckily I'm Gold V.

Reaper Soraka1 votes

I know it's not top lane, but I do drop my pink ward right outside dragon sometimes when the river bush is too contested. I just make sure his ward in the river bush isn't close enough to see my pink in dead center of the river.

Likewise, you'd probably want to set it center river outside the baron pit. Scuttle Crabs make this a weak strategy, but if the enemy jungle isn't farming it the ward can be worthwhile.

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