Can someone clarify what game knowledge is?

EZ Viktory·3/5/2018, 6:56:36 PM·2 votes·647 views

If you learn something about game knowledge, what do you do to put it into your games to benefit you? Is game knowledge knowing special ways to outplay someone or knowing a champions power spikes compared to others and how to play with that? I've heard there is so much involving game knowledge, but are these some simple things that can benefit your play?

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Nick Valentine3/5/2018, 7:11:07 PM4 votes

Good Game Knowledge examples:

Knowing enemy Annie's tibbers cast range without playing Annie Calculating your damage combo vs their remaining health in lane Predicting jungler pathing

Canonic3/5/2018, 7:15:47 PM4 votes

There's way too much to put into a list, but some examples: . Do you know every champ, their abilities and CD's? . Do you know jungle camp respawn times? . Do you know the typical jungle path for X champ? . What objective do you try for next? . What is the optimal build against the enemy team? What have they built? . Do you freeze the lane or push to reset it? . What are your powerspikes? . Should you roam or push for tower? . Do you recall now or wait?

Etc., etc., etc.

kurnubego3/5/2018, 7:16:23 PM4 votes

Like.. it takes 4 enemy caster minions just outside of your tower's range for you to be able to freeze your lane in one spot indefinitely. Especially relevant for top laners who like to play early game champions. Just to illustrate that there are some really simply things which can wager you a big net benefit against someone who is not aware of it.

Ahristocats3/5/2018, 7:23:29 PM2 votes

you can block someone that used glory you can damage warwick to remove his bonus movement speed

DuskDaUmbreon3/5/2018, 7:40:00 PM1 votes

It refers to the data. The numbers. The pathing, interactions, and everything like that.

The game is split into 3 parts for players: Skill, knowledge, and calls/shotcalling. Knowledge is the information - "what's Garen's Q's cooldown?", for example. Calls are the application of that knowledge on the long-term/macro scale - "Should we go for Baron now?". Skill is the small-scale execution of things - Dodging abilities, pulling off combos, CSing, etc.

All three have a bit of overlap. Knowledge leads a lot into calls, (You can know whether or not it's smart to go for Baron, for example, based on their ultimates, summs, and your team's power at the time versus theirs), and assists with skills (You know what abilities you have to play around, or when to go in for a trade, or when to use your CC). Calls lead to situations with skill, and skill lets you actually do what you intended to do.

GodlyBane3/5/2018, 9:45:55 PM1 votes

ability CDR, openent stats against your abilities/personal stats, build paths for certain comps, so many things