Alternate paths to gank bot lane from Purple/Red Side?

Maple Crusader·Dec 16, 2015·2 votes·504 views

I would like to roam as a mid laner to bot lane to get some kills, but I find it hard to actually flank an enemy by going down the river, which is usually warded. Is there any other ways to successfully catch enemy bot laners?

5 Comments

VerukaDec 16, 20151 votes

Have your AD and support hard push the lane past river and come in from your turret side to wait in bush along wall. Have team fall back and then engage when the enemy team approaches river. Have support sweep for wards before pushing.

SerevasDec 16, 20151 votes

So there's really only 3 paths unless you take teleport.

You run all the way straight down river.

You lane gank, meaning you come from your turret and run through the bushes in the bottom on the lane.

Finally, you can gank from their Tri-bush, this one is the most risky, you run through their jungle, along the back side of dragon pit and down through their tri-bush into the lane when they're pushed up.

The final path is shown by the purple line on this picture.

http://i.imgur.com/SHyjb.png

Dar RaksadaDec 16, 20151 votes

It depends on your jungler, every jungler can use the tri-brush provided you're purple side, junglers such as LeeSin Fiddlesticks (with ult) can gank through the purple side jungle by dashing over the wall (make sure you don't land in turretrange). This is more dangerous if you're purple, but can be a good way to gank a losing lane.

Maple CrusaderDec 19, 20151 votes

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It depends on your jungler, every jungler can use the tri-brush provided you're purple side, junglers such as (with ult) can gank through the purple side jungle by dashing over the wall (make sure you don't land in turretrange). This is more dangerous if you're purple, but can be a good way to gank a losing lane.

So if I'm Azir mid, how would I roam to bot from purple side?

Dar RaksadaDec 19, 20151 votes

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So if I'm Azir mid, how would I roam to bot from purple side?

If you're playing as purple you'd go through their jungle to the tribrush, but if the enemy has pushed hard you can also E over the wall near your bot lane's turret (surprise at the cost of damage, just w -> e)*. As a Xerath or Lux on purple side I usually just go through enemy jungle. If you want to gank bot as blue side it's harder, but as Azir you should be able to dash over the wall.

*I haven't played Azir in a long time, take this advice with a grain of salt.

Edit: my apologies for misreading the OP. Though junglers in that post can be replaced with laners.