Making baron calls

Eevee In A Jar·Apr 9, 2016·2 votes·343 views

If you are lower level than enemy jungler AND/OR the enemy jungler is simply alive and you aren't ahead in levels, do your favors a team and yourself by not looking like a moron... IS NOT a good idea. Can't tell you how many games are thrown at this ELO from utterly bronze tier level baron calls that a bronze player can accurately say "Wow I can't contest that stronger smite 2 lvls ahead."

With that said, if you aren't the jungler; don't tempt the jungler into baron when he doesn't want to. You don't NEED baron to win. My God honestly the only time you NEED to baron is if the enemy team is on it.

Honestly I forget who but I remember one famous streamer who used to say don't make baron calls with enemy jungler alive even if they are equal level (though that was during season of god tier combo smite junglers).

2 Comments

Very Hard EngageApr 9, 20161 votes

stop stop stop hold up, stop....

level doesn't matter.

the best times to baron are... the enemy team was just aced.

bot lane inhibitor is down.

you see one or more players elsewhere on the map, namely far away.

the enemy team has no vision on baron.

the enemy team is currently doing dragon.

you rush it down super fast with kog maw/vayne/azir before the enemy team has time to react

or even just when the enemy jungler is dead, because then you get a bait, 5v4 going and they're forced to fight you when its unfavorable for them.

i can assure you, level doesn't matter for the jungler at all, its a team effort to kill baron, not a junglers.

if you're concerned about a smite steal, that is not a junglers fault, thats a vision problem and a peel problem.

Eevee In A JarApr 10, 20161 votes

We had vision and everything. And this is with diamond and plat player games. Everything you said is already known. Levels DO matter; you simply don't start baron if you're a jungler and enemy team's jungler is MIA or nearby with higher level as they have stronger smite. It is a team effort but only the jungler can smite (barring True damage champs who can combo).

Baron throws are the biggest reasons for a loss in this ELO. Please man.