I can see your smites, he who farms.

TheItalianViking·Dec 1, 2014·1 votes·574 views

When an enemy jungler makes their first back to grab their shiny new smite and goes back to farm, you can tell what smite they have with a nifty press of the TAB button. They don't have to even show themselves. A Warwick can go farm until 6 and we'd be able to tell which smite he chose. Is this intentional? I mean, based on the smite they choose we can tell how they are going to jungle even if they were never seen. Do you think this is a fair advantage? Was this intentional, Riot?

2 Comments

disregardableDec 1, 20144 votes

It's not like these are the only items that directly reveal what the strategy taken is. "Oh, that Nidalee/Janna rushed item 3504 ? They probably maxed heal/shield first! Watch your all-ins!"

"Warwick rushed item 3100 ? He's gonna hide in the JG until his ult's up: counter away".

"Mid teemo has item 3117 ? Well, fuck."

TheItalianVikingDec 1, 20141 votes

Of course items built reveal how somebody will play, but we can know what jungle item the enemy jungler chose without having to ever actually see them. I think it's interesting, and changing this will probably yield very little change in how people play. IMO, it prevents giving the jungler another aspect of mystery.