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Do you ever think about how one action could win or lose the game?

Stephen The G·5/27/2017, 9:19:05 PM·5 votes·456 views

For example maybe when your leashing blue on red side and the JG goes to Gromp and you auto it once. What if that let him clear it that much faster and he gets a early gank and gets first blood and starts to snowball and carries you because you auto'ed Gromp.

Then there is move obvious things like a team-fights at 40 mins where you missed your Orianna ult on a important target by 1 pixel and that costs you the game.

Or what if that one minion you missed before backing deny's you from getting that extra longsword, but if had gotten the longsword you could of gotten a double kill then snowballed and carried.

9 Comments

SnakDatSmilesBak5/27/2017, 9:21:30 PM2 votes

It probably did at some point; but you're wasting your time considering butterfly effect when thinking about things that win/lose you games since butterfly effect will rarely be seen. It's just not consistently a factor but yup that extra auto did help in 1/100 games.

Its All Skillzz5/27/2017, 10:14:17 PM2 votes

all the time lol

DemainaNyx5/28/2017, 2:16:27 AM1 votes

Yes, but whenever I leash blue, my jungler instantly goes to wolves/red so me autoing Gromp is worthless.

Jokes aside, yeah, I think about this a lot. Playing ADC, every time I miss CS I mentally curse myself since I know that's a lead I'm throwing away. When I misclick or cancel autos in a fight and we die, I wonder if those missed autos would've been the difference in that fight.

Playing support, I worry that getting upgraded support item, boots, and control ward vs sightstone/control ward means less wards bot lane even if it means more potential gold income and skill shot dodging ability.

AwesomeGuyDj5/28/2017, 2:37:30 AM1 votes

Theres more obvious things like blitz/thresh hooks yas ults etc. Then theres those tiny ones where you push the wave in after you kill them and deny them multiple waves. Remember, your laner could have a kill up on you (assuming both have no assists) if you have 38 cs more than him your technically ahead. 19 cs roughly=1 kill from what i remember reading.

L Psy Kongroo5/28/2017, 2:55:17 AM1 votes

I find this phenomenon to be especially prevalent in bot lane. A few missed cs can mean the difference between coming back to lane with a Pickaxe and boots or a BF Sword/Bligewater Cutlass. And depending on the ADCs in the game, that BF/Cutlass powerspike can determine the outcome of the rest of the lane. Trades won't go in your favor as often, meaning you'll have to play more defensively, which in turn can see you pushed under tower and prone to a 4-man dive. This will obviously lead to a down turret and perhaps even a dragon, which greatly snowballs the game in the enemy team's favor.

On the other hand, if one ADC has the money to squeeze in level 1 boots over another, the extra ms might mean the difference between escaping with your life or getting killed. And once the enemies have a kill lead AND a cs lead, it drastically reduces your ability to lane, forcing you even further behind.

But then again, the extra boots could allow you to dodge all-ins more easily from the likes of Thresh, Leona, or Blitz. Step out of the path of a key Blitz hook, and it immediately opens up the possibility of going aggro on the enemy bot lane, which could result in burned summoner spells or even a kill or two. And that could then translate into a free dragon or first turret gold for the team, which, statistically, provides a greater chance at winning the game.

Sure, missing 1 cs every so often might not be that influential, but the more mistakes you make in a game the greater the chances of you blowing any lead you manage to acquire. Most people don't fail to realize how important the micro-est of micro level play is to your success in this game. Every single decision, no matter how small and insignificant it may seem in the present, can lead to an uncontrollable landslide in the future; small mistakes giving way to larger ones, which inevitably spell defeat.

Personally, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the butterfly effect when it comes to an inherently chaotic system such as League of Legends. Ironically, you can never know with absolute certainty that those minor mistakes DIDN'T contribute to your loss. Best to air on the side of caution IMO.

Volibear Boss5/28/2017, 12:52:23 PM1 votes

Not only in game, in real life aswell.