I'm starting to feel like CS doesn't even matter anymore

Evil Jester·7/26/2019, 10:27:38 AM·2 votes·2,224 views

The worst games (at least for me) Are the ones where I feel like the team is doing everything right and still lose. I'm talking 200+ CS, every dragon buff, baron x2 and still get wiped every team fight and the game is lost. Yet there are times when I win carrying with only 50 or less CS as a tryn or WW going alone on kill gold only, and i'm able to take on like 2-3 players at once and still come out on top despite never getting a single dragon and only pushing mid towers.

I'm not saying the game is entirely skill less, or about champs picks/ comps or whatever, I just feel like nowadays it feels like CS and buffs aren't worth what they used to be.

11 Comments

OneMustFall7/26/2019, 11:03:21 AM4 votes

It definitely doesn't matter as much as it used to with bounties and plate gold mechanics in the game. I find the XP advantage you can get is far more important than the actual gold.

arowin2427/26/2019, 11:25:50 AM2 votes

because killing the enemy means they cannot CS, get EXP, use runes, make plays, or get tower plates

essentially killing the enemy prevents them from doing anything while you get free reign. missing a dozen CS but are still in EXP range? that lost CS doesnt matter anymore since you now have an EXP + gold lead. every level is worth about 560 gold in stats. a kill is worth 300, and CS is worth around 20 gold per CS.

in other words killing the enemy and getting an level advantage is worth about 860 gold which translates to about 40+ CS.

what makes this worse is all the catch-up mechanics, for a jungler if they are behind in level the jungle camps will start to give 50 EXP extra per level they are below, strangely this also goes the other way: if the jungler is levels above the camp they will get less EXP. so counterjungling while you have a lead can help you, or your enemy.

The same goes for champ kills. if you get an shutdown on an enemy who's 2 levels (lets say level 12) above you with a 450 gold bounty you get: 750 gold AND 740 EXP. minions gives about 59 EXP per minion this kills was just worth 2 waves of minions EXP. but almost 6 waves of minions gold.

so yeah going for CS alone wont help you, however, going for kills alone MIGHT help you but you should find the balance between the 2.

That's all.

Zero Shingetsu7/26/2019, 2:54:02 PM2 votes

Absolutely agreed. There's pretty much no reason to CS anymore, you're much better off just chasing kills as hard as you can. That is not where League should be.

preternatural7/26/2019, 10:45:44 AM1 votes

because catch up mechanics mean there's no point in being good anymore, just wait for the opponents to be bad.

TheBrothersGrymm7/26/2019, 11:01:06 AM1 votes

plates my guy its all about the plates now

Pxerkza7/26/2019, 10:30:39 AM1 votes

2 waves= 1 kill

Sohleks7/26/2019, 11:25:13 AM1 votes

Well they did take like 3 gold off the melee and caster minions and put it on the cannon because cannon minions are exciting or something. Now caster minions give 17 gold, amazing.