What's Up With Top Laners Killing the Wolves at Level One??

Major Sparkles·4/5/2015, 6:09:56 PM·3 votes·3,788 views

Ya'll know what I'm talking about. Start of the game the top laner invades your jungle and kills the wolf camp. I assume they do this to get a quicker level 2. However to keep that slight advantage they've got to burn TP to get back to lane. Doing this may seem like a viable strategy in some cases but if you're going to do this, please ask your jungler if it's okay to take some of their exp and gold. When I jungle I try to go for a full clear before my first back. However, when you kill my wolves it throws of my EXP and gold curve. You've pretty much gimped me in every way. Please, don't do it. How would you feel if I just came to your lane and started taking your CS without your permission... exactly.

11 Comments

thinking man4/5/2015, 6:16:52 PM2 votes

It's an easy way to get a massive lane advantage over your opponent and really doesn't screw a jungler over that hard. They also don't need tele for the first 8-ish minutes of the game usually so they don't lose that either.

redniwediS4/5/2015, 6:17:18 PM2 votes

Top lane is all about cheesing your way into an advantage, however I'm with the OP. I'd rather just cheese my opponent than my jungler.

SleepyLionCub4/5/2015, 6:14:04 PM1 votes

If you are in a lane where its very easy to lose early on, most top laners kill the wolves so they can buy a dorans blade and more than 1 hp pot.

Tsugaga4/5/2015, 6:15:54 PM1 votes

TP is rarely ever used within the first 5 or so minutes of laning, so burning the TP at the start is fine. If your top lane doesn't take a camp but the enemy did, then your top will be behind on every level up and will get zoned and lose lane. I honestly don't like it either, more changes should be made to keep everyone besides the jungler out of the jungle, at least in the early game. Jungle monsters should have their damage increased and Machete should negate that damage.