Isn't AFK'ing technically better than feeding?

Hallbuster·Feb 26, 2017·2 votes·475 views

I had a 0/16/4 Ryze game last match, played poorly as support and ended up feeding Varus and Morganna until they took our entire lane and got super fed. Wouldn't it have been better for me to chill at the spawn pool instead?

6 Comments

BluePolarizerFeb 26, 20171 votes

I'd rather have a feeder on Tryndamere GP Lux or something because they can provide waveclear or splitpush pressure. It's not about the gold, it's about the pressure. Challengers cannot beat bronzes 1v5 solely because the pressure offered by 5 ppl is so much greater than 1, even if it's a challenger.

Mysticman89Feb 26, 20171 votes

Well. They usually can't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM99TE63og8

BluePolarizerFeb 26, 20171 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYCh1uCFH3I

KoggyStyleFeb 26, 20171 votes

i kinda agree but it also depends on how bad the bronzies are XD

Ethan AllenFeb 26, 20171 votes

It just depends on the whole situation. Feeders will give the enemy gold, but they will absorb some damage and spells.

Flamingo TangoFeb 26, 20171 votes

If you have a feeder, there is a chance of winning. If you have an AFK, there is no chance. (unless the skill level is severely outmatched, such as some high level guy playing low level, which generally doesn't happen due to the matchmaking algorithm except in a smurf situation or a situation where friends of different playing levels/ranks queue up together and the matchmaking algorithm gets confused.)

With a feeder, if the rest of the team is doing ok, and we tell the feeder to play cautious, farm jungle, etc, in the team fight, that little extra that the feeder brings (whether it's in damage, or absorbed spells, etc) can make the difference between a won team fight and a lost team fight. Even if the team isn't doing all that great, that little extra damage or meatshield is very valuable in the teamfight.

A lot of times people have rough early games, but turn out ok in the mid/late game. Or rough early/mid, and power spike late game. (Actually, a common fallacy I see a lot of people make is that they have a rough early game and then they simply give up, which is silly because although the early game does matter, it doesn't dictate the outcome far as much as people think it does xP)