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Pink Wards

Rismonaught·6/17/2015, 2:34:49 PM·2 votes·630 views

I have a lot of trouble buying the pink ward and placing it. I end up playing a lot of sup games and here in Silver I often feel like it's quickly destroyed before it seems to have a useful contribution to map awareness. I'm really talking about early game in a hectic solo que game. Are there any tips for it in the first thirty minutes other then just looking up good places to put them? I often find it hard to ping and get guys to act on bot lane feasting on a useful pink ward. Is there somewhere I could look to find some better info on when to buy the pink ward, where to put it, and how to use it? I'm still rusty coming back from playing almost a year ago when the pink ward used to be invisible. Often on Soraka (My sup main) I feel powerless to really initiate on enemies popping my pink.. Is pinging it like crazy just annoying? I guess I'm looking for advice on this issue.

Also, in low elo, is it okay on Soraka to forgo my flash for CV? Because I really miss that summoner spell. In an engagement where I get caught I usually blow up before flash saves me, and usually a flash over a wall leads to me being run down by a quick champion anways. And I never seem to generate a meaningful play using flash offensively.

While I'm making off topic edits, is it okay to take a little attack speed to smooth out Bannana harass early?

3 Comments

canpan146/17/2015, 2:47:30 PM1 votes

Place pinks in more defensive positions if you want them to stay alive longer. If you place them a little bit in your own jungle, they wont be seen unless the enemy invades. In that case you will have helped the team a lot.

CV is a fun ability. I would still say take flash, but if you feel like it will work better with you, try it out in some normals.

Finally its okay to do anything you want. It may not be the most efficient thing to do. But don't be afraid to try out weird things. Just be prepared for people to call you out saying it is bad. Also try out weird things in normals first before you go to ranked with it. People will get pissed off less.

Ghiefelstein6/17/2015, 5:16:06 PM1 votes

A pink ward is useful for three things:

  • Denying enemy vision. The enemy has to play more cautious because they lack vision.
  • Providing clear gank paths. A pink ward gives your jungler an unseen approach.
  • Baiting the enemy. Sometimes a pink ward gives a perfect reason to pick a fight.

Green wards are more effective for map awareness. You already said that pink wards are hard to defend and they alert people that they have been seen.

Try using flash before you get caught instead of after you get caught. Flash away before Blitz pulls you instead of after he already pulled you. If you still don't like flash then, it is perfectly fine to use clairvoyance. Go for what you feel most impactful on. Just my 2 cents.

Lugg6/17/2015, 5:41:58 PM1 votes

I have found the pink wards last the longest if you either put them in your jungle defensively or put them DEEP in the enemy jungle to track the enemy jungler and team movements. Wards in or next to the river get taken out quick.