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Don't just farm when your teammate is dying!

DarthSpectrum·8/7/2015, 10:31:55 PM·2 votes·690 views

Okay, CS is important, but you might be losing a lot more than a few creeps if you fail to participate in a fight.

At my ELO (Silver 1), I see this mostly on Junglers. Rather than launching a counter gank immediately, they would clear whatever camps they were doing before moving to join the fight. By then, the teammate is either already dead, or it is too late to turn it around.

Honestly, the camp isn't going to go anywhere. The enemy team is going to gain a lot more gold from a kill or objective than you ever will from a camp.

Of course, laners do this as well. Specifically, I see this behavior often on ADCs, especially if the ADC is Vayne. In one of my recent normal games, my ADC Vayne would literally flame teammates for fighting when "I'm in a middle of a wave," and refuse to leave bot lane while there are still farm left behind.

Just don't waste time farming. You are not going to throw the game by missing out on less than 100 gold. However, if you are down one member, you risk the potential to lose a lot more in a 4 v 5.

5 Comments

52426480_DEL8/7/2015, 10:35:03 PM1 votes

Don't get into a fight if your jungler is doing a camp. It's on the player to pick their fights, you can't just rely on others to be there exactly when you want them to be. If a jungler is getting their red buff and you're picking a 1v2 right then, you shouldn't expect him to drop everything and fly over to save your ass.

52426480_DEL8/7/2015, 10:36:09 PM1 votes

That's another thing I can't stand, if your ADC is farming bot lane, then don't pick a 4v5. That's just stupid to fight without your main damage dealer. Get behind your turret and show some fucking patience.

52426480_DEL8/7/2015, 11:09:21 PM1 votes

If the enemy team wants to fight you under tower, then 4v5 and win the fight. If you're gonna lose dragon because your ADC is farming top lane then trade a turret instead of picking a 4v5 at Dragon. If it's Baron then you should be communicating/having it warded well before there's a Baron fight so people are where they need to be.

Realize especially early game that losing a huge wave of 20 CS is a huge deal. Don't be starting dragons when your ADC is obviously clearing a wave. Worst scenario, you don't contest the drag and you take mid tower or something. But you don't just start a 4v5 because by the time the ADC is in the fight you're gonna lose anyway.