Is a flash kill some sort of dumb thing to do?

JackEpic·Nov 27, 2016·2 votes·784 views

So I was playing a game and I flash killed a Rengar that was carrying the game. Was that a troll or rly stupid move of mine because right after hes calling me boosted and retarded.

14 Comments

Sahn UzalNov 27, 20165 votes

Lol. That Rengar was probably just salty. Unless you didn't need to flash, there's nothing wrong with it as far as I can see :P

JackEpicNov 27, 20161 votes

Ok that makes sence.

JackEpicNov 27, 20161 votes

He was also being kind of a jerk, he kept bragging about all his kills he had.

KilanostNov 27, 20163 votes

Acceptable flash kills:

The jungler for drag/baron control.
The enemy's main source of wave clear during a seige.
Laning if you want to back without it costing you your advantage in lane.
Fed ADCs in team fights.

Otherwise i say save it to save yourself.

Zero Skill TankNov 27, 20162 votes

I'd say that flash kills are also almost always worth it very early in the game, because early kill has a great chance to snowball, and very late in the game, because death timers get long and everyone is close to their full build, so a minute of 5v4 will almost always yield an important objective (if not let end the game).

420 gramsNov 27, 20161 votes

He's mad

PlacentasNov 27, 20161 votes

I've heard from higher elo players to generally not waste a flash on a kill. There have definitely been moments where I used flash for a kill and ended up regretting it but also moments where it's like "Fuck yeah!".

Just gotta weight the options during the certain circumstance. Flash & get kill, or keep flash for an escape? Depends where you are too, like I wouldn't flash for a kill in an enemy jungle with little vision because odds are you may need it to escape.

RequiemsfireNov 27, 20161 votes

The reason why you don't generally flash kill is that sometimes your opponent has flash as well, so you either end up trading flash for flash, or alternatively the trade turns on you. Higher Elo players and even LCS players would flash if they knew for sure that it would kill their opponent. If he flashed and he died and they weren't able to collect anything else from it by all means it was a good play.

Mysticman89Nov 27, 20161 votes

From what you said mostly just salt most likely.

Still, it depends on your role and the stage of the game and what situation it leaves you in after.

If it's late game and you're the adc, and you flash into the middle of the enemy team to kill the enemy jg, only to be destroyed immediately after, it's almost certainly not worth. On the other hand if theres vision of everyone else and the flash gets you a kill without putting you at any danger, then it's probably worth.

JackEpicNov 27, 20161 votes

I was Vel'Koz mid that game, and he just got away with I think two kills and he was running up top, I saw an easy kill so I used flash and got it.

Mysticman89Nov 27, 20161 votes

Yeah probably fine.

Almost everything in the game is situational so I'm sure one could contrive situations that are exceptions to the guidelines I and others have mentioned, but I mean, if the game worked out and you weren't discovering in the next two minutes that "Oh crap if I had flash here I'd be ok" and there wasn't any tragic losses due to the mid laner dieing, then it's nothing to worry about.

JackEpicNov 27, 20161 votes

Ok, We did lose but it wasn't because of the flash it was because early game the enemy team kept destroying are towers in every lane. Thx for the advice!

CerealBoxOfDoomNov 27, 20161 votes

it depends on the situation and what champ you're playing.

He was worth gold so its probably fine, if he doesnt like it he can go fuck himself

JackEpicNov 27, 20161 votes

Ive seen Mixed responces but I think it has do with playstyle, some people like to use there flash more to escape dangerous situations and some only use it to snowball/get fed. each way has its ups and downs and Ive learned something from this. thx for all the great responces!