Early Kill Exp

AStylishCurtain·Jan 3, 2020·3 votes·4,884 views

I was mid and the game started with a bad invade by the enemy team. During the invade, I got 3 kills while 2 other people on my team got assists on 2 of those kills.

The enemy mid laner got 1 assist and died.

He got back to lane with of my minions left, and I got back with 2 of his minions. When he was level 2, I was barely half way to level 2.

Can someone explain how I received so little exp from the 3 kills i got before minions spawn? I understand you share exp with teammates on kills, but one kill was a solo kill and the other 2 were only shared with my bot lane.

7 Comments

Pie OtterJan 3, 20202 votes

I have the same question. I always feel like the enemy gets level 2 before me, even when I'm making sure to be in range of minions and getting the CS :(

GreenlightxJan 3, 20202 votes

shutdowns give a bit more exp, the bigger the shutdown the bigger it gets. did you give a shutdown?

btw dying in lane isn't just disastrous because it gives someone gold, its not good because the enemy laner can push the wave to the tower, that's minions and exp and gold going to waste. please don't ping your jungler when they try to last hit those minions

AStylishCurtainJan 4, 20201 votes

No. I didnt die. I just got the 3 kills and went to lane. He re spawned and and came to lane and got level 2 faster when we got to the lane within seconds of each other. Just kind of a weird formula I guess.

forrestoJan 4, 20201 votes

most likely he shoved the wave while you were focused on last-hitting minions. It's not that you were down in XP, he just got his minions faster, which inflated him to level 2 before you.

ArammusJan 3, 20202 votes

lolwiki had 4 different ways over the year how you earn exp for champ kills. so i cant even tell you cause i didnt look at it in a long time and it never made sense

all i know is: the lower your level, the less exp you get for champ kills. at lv 1 you get like 12 exp for a kill or so. and you need what? 480 for level 2? at level 18 funnily enough you can get up to 2k exp for a champ kill. which makes no sense but hey.

nm1010Jan 3, 20202 votes

I thought it was something like the difference between your experience and the enemies experience + a flat amount based on game time/average level (don't remember which). The person who got the kills receives full experience and all assists share half that number, just like gold for kills.

ArammusJan 3, 20202 votes

that might be true. i recommend asking lolwiki. cause i dont know anymore and honestly i dont care either at this point lol