FYI you DON'T HAVE TO WIN LANE, you just have to go even

His Bonnie·Jun 8, 2018·5 votes·3,866 views

i don't care what elo you are, you DO NOT HAVE TO WIN LANE TO BE USEFUL IN TEAM FIGHTS. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO EVEN IN LANE

edit : you shouldn't be picking a champ who is only strong early if you can't use them well enough early game

13 Comments

Automated RivenJun 8, 20185 votes

You don't even have to be even. You just have to lose gracefully. That typically involves not giving up deaths. Sacrificing cs. Even sacrificing tower. A -insert champion- with only a cs lead over his counterpart will be even with the rest of the map. Give him 4 kills and he is suddenly out of control.

Kai GuyJun 8, 20181 votes

Dam.. Lose gracefully was literally in my response then I saw your post was exactly what I was gonna say. Wp.

Dasdi96Jun 8, 20183 votes

Yes, however if the enemy adc gets fed, going even in lane isn't going to be enough to stop the fed enemy adc.

His BonnieJun 9, 20181 votes

If the enemy ADC gets fed then someone isn't even attempting to go even in lane.

Madsin25Jun 8, 20182 votes

Some champs win by default just by going even. Vladimir Singed

NekoniClawsJun 8, 20182 votes

You don't, if you scale better. Likewise 'going even' on lane bullies means you've lost.

FOR JUSTICEJun 8, 20182 votes

I agree with the sentiment of not feeding, but in reality going even isn't always the best option. Renekton Diana Fizz Garen go even while playing these champions and your actually put in a worse position.

His BonnieJun 9, 20181 votes

But if someone CAN'T win lane, like if it's a bad matchup, it's better for them to come out of lane 0/1/0 or 0/0/0.

101100111000Jun 8, 20181 votes

You just have to CS*

Pandemic PunchJun 8, 20181 votes

If you want to win games consistently, you have to be successful enough in your own lane to be able to help other lanes as soon as possible.

If you go even in lane, every game will be a coin flip.

His BonnieJun 9, 20181 votes

But people who can't win lane don't even attempt to go even. It's either they win hard or they lose hard.

Pandemic PunchJun 9, 20181 votes

I agree with this. However, their mentality may be what I said initially. Hence why it is so important to be able to carry them to win consistently :D

SpoofghoulJun 9, 20181 votes

Sion nope, i really have to win lane

I mean generally you are right if you go even when your team is ahead everything is good

But for some champions you HAVE TO win lane It's do or die

Sion is heavily handicapped in that base stats department for example he CAN make up for it by farming Now imagine getting zoned from level 3 onward The best part is his damage vs minions is handicapped as well which means you have limited time to farm up because minions scale in health this means later on into the game it will take far too long to farm a minion wave. yay you farmed 50 health good for you enemy team has slain baron. Also your damage falls of pretty hard past 20 minutes as does your reliability due to enemy mobility creep so if you didnt farm your hp you just hurt your team really badly

Sometimes you just have to win lane.

Just sad when riot forgot about this little nuance when they gutted sion's early game And they didn't even accomplish Q max ( doh it's still way more unreliable)

So right now more so then ever if you mlsoe lane you lose game as sion (his pre 20 mins has sub 50% winrate :S)

He is not the only champion reliant on winning lane, many earlygame focused champions are, they need to get ahead stay ahead and close the game out ahead as part of their win condition

So it's not as simple as just going even in lane and you will be allright