Wards.
So damn OP.
Just the other day, my top laner warded the river after purchasing actual, 75 gold wards and pinged for a gank as soon as we noticed the enemy jungler preparing for a gank by taking scuttlebug. My jungler, seeing the epic map hax, had enough time to finish his camp and come to top. Five seconds later, I heard "Double kill!"
So damn OP.
Rito, plz nerf.
Serevas24 votesNo doubt, vision OP. I can't tell you how many times I've watched the enemy jungle waste a full minute trying to gank me while sitting in my warded side brush.
IcyPepper21 votesSometimes, when jungling, I ward for my laners.
They don't realize how OP it is until they realize they hadn't died once to a gank.
Serevas19 votesa jungler that wards for laner? What is this? I usually get junglers that insist I ward for them o.O
IcyPepper5 votesJunglers do prefer laners ward their own lanes, and at least help ward dragon/Baron, but some of us do help out.
Sometimes, I get the classic excuses on why a laner isn't buying wards (75 gold is not going to impede your build, people...), so I just roll my eyes and ward for them.
I'm one of those people who practice map awareness quite a bit, especially when I play Soraka (playing support really helps with these subtle mechanics). If the map isn't warded, I actually feel blind. It's kind of uncomfortable. I don't like ganking lanes blind, nor do I like it when my laners are in the jungle or river without wards and can be 100-0'd before I get there.
But hey, the difference between bitching about laners not warding and just warding for them is the results I get.
A Superb Villain3 votesI always buy a 
on my first back, which either goes in the bot-lane river bush or the tri-bush, so I know I can gank with impunity. It's up to them whether or not it lasts by the time I get back for a second gank.
Space Bum1 votesSame.
Father Cthulhu2 votesThe only real person I would consider to make the "it costs too much gold" argument valid is the ADC. Cause they have to sink A LOT of money into their build, and I often hardly make it back my first back for a BF Sword.
IcyPepper3 votesFor the first BF sword, yeah I'd give them a pass.
But eventually they should at least buy a ward or two and maybe a pink before they can upgrade their trinket at level 9. Upgraded blue trinket is best, btw. Never facecheck a bush again! Support roaming and you can't see the enemy? Use gank-away today!
Father Cthulhu1 votesFor sure. I usually like to buy a pink and put it by drag if my support hasn't already, or put it in tri (if on bottom side) or lane bush (if on top side).
SelflessTeammate1 voteswaves Me too. If a laner doesn't ward for themselves, a good jungler will ward for them. They don't like to do it, of course, but damn it, it loses games so bad if you don't ward, and some laners just don't realize this.
And of course it is not just the support's job to ward. That remains a terribly misinformed and desperately selfish assumption that some people still abide by, no matter how ineffective only three wards and a few trinkets are.
I used to get a Sightstone all the time as a jungler just for this reason (and started with a Lens, so I'd have an endless supply all game and the ability to remove as many wards as possible for as many successful ganks as possible). I still do get Sightstone sometimes, but otherwise I just grab a bunch of greens and a pink and throw them in their proper places near the lanes, if 75 gold is just unreasonable to them to keep them alive and prevent ganks.
You really do have to watch the kids when you're jungling. Some of them are good and considerate, some of them less so, some of them are grateful, some of them blame you for literally everything bad that ever happens to them. Heck, one time I lost a game as Skarner (and got an S in Mastery despite the loss) and my top-laner friended me just to tell me how bad I was and how I lost the game for him. That's an extreme example, but some degree of grief when someone absolutely needs someone else besides themselves to blame is just, you know, part of the role.
You get a variety of people when you're jungling, all with different loci of control.
Vesarixx2 votesI make 
part of my build on a lot of junglers, not even talking about 
or 
CleverExpletive3 votesSometimes, when jungling, I ward for my laners.
They don't realize how OP it is until they realize they hadn't died once to a gank.
Can we be friends?
IcyPepper3 votesYes.
We can buy wards together!
Aych Pii1 votesThat's how you spot a shit jungler.
SirTanknSpank1 votes
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55455241_DEL8 votesI have read this post once and almost fell off my chair laughing, thinking that OP is some kind of troll. But after some time spent researching, I have also discovered that a mere 250 coins can be used to supply a player with an infinite amount of wards. RITO must take immediate action and put a stop to this warding nonsense.
IcyPepper3 votesOmg, that item is so broken.
RIto, plz nerf.
Most broken item NA.
Bodkins Odds1 votesIt really is. I swear it's cooldown is reduced by regular CDR and not merely the item active CDR mastery. I will not be happy when they fix that bug.
NinjaFifer1 votesSo don't mention it here! They have eyes everywhere!
T RexHasTinyArms4 votesyellow trinket is legit broken as fuck. I'm so glad they won't nerf it bc healthy game play, but it is soooo broken. An early yellow up grade lets you split push and have wards even when you're stuck with just enough gold to only build parts to your next item and really don't want to save an item slot for wards. Lets you have extra combat stats in that items slot and still ward. Legit OP as fuck :D
Slamurai Jack8 votesMan, this warding thing almost sounds as OP as not going on full tilt and raging at first blood.
IcyPepper5 votesSurprisingly enough, vision is good for your health too!
Whinja4 votesHow could he fit 75 gold wards in his inventory 0.o And why are they gold?
IcyPepper5 votesDamn syntax >.>
Lanayurian1 votesNAW NAW NAW NAW NAW, he meant stealth wards. 75 gold wards. A stealth ward costs 75 gold. You weren't really wrong m8 ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
IcyPepper1 votesI know I wasn't, it was the syntax that was confusing.
It's like a vampire hunter. Is it a hunter that hunts vampires, or a vampire that hunts?
jDVL20eCYs2 votesLee sin don't have 0% winrate? Some one cheat
MasterPrankster2 votesI'm winning so many more games now that I buy at least 2 wards every time I back.
I can almost feel myself shredding the bronze coat and blooming into a silver butterfly. When I check match history I usually ward more than the supports which I think is something! I mean i'm not totally worshipping them now but I am dying alot less, and realising how easy this game actually is.
IcyPepper2 votesAaaaand that's how I got into silver in my placements!
Trust me, you'll be out of elo hell in a jiffy!
DotEleven2 votesMeanwhile in my game.
DotEleven wards: 30-60 depending on length Teammate 1: 10 Teammate 2: 5 Teammate 3: 2 Teammate 4: 0 <- Usually ADC who still keep warding totem the entire 30-40 minute game.
Nucleophilic atk2 votesWards are def OP. Their pick rate, however, is about 1%. Until the pick rate increases, rito will not nerf. Plus, remember that nerf awhile ago? It made it impossible to place more than 3 wards + pink on map.
Blazing Tenshi2 votesTeemo OP confirmed.
MattAkhavan2 votesi was gonna say Riven's Sword
ChaoticPinecone1 votesNice story bro.
but nobody buys green wards, especially top laners. And junglers dont respond to pings to ganks.
IcyPepper5 votesThey respond if you give them a heads up, not an immediate "get here right now!" deal. If they're close, 30 seconds is a good warning. If they're across the map, give them at least a minute. But don't panic and tell them to haul ass. I jungle, and I give people a heads up and I expect them to do the same if they want more ganks.
And the people who buy wards get results. Want to know the difference? A camped top laner without wards bitches about being camped and overextends or gets pushed to tower easily. A camped top laner with wards wastes the enemy jungler's time while your jungler either ganks a snowball lane, sets up dragon, or counterjungles.
Vision is OP. Trust me, I wear glasses, I know the value of not being blind during a game.
LordForrest4 votesTrust me, I wear glasses
LMAO. But, seriously trust those who wear glasses when they tell you how OP Vision is. Take it from someone who is nearsighted (incase i got it backwards, again, i mean i can see close fine, distance, not so much)
Spicy Rice2 votesNice story bro.
but nobody buys green wards, especially top laners. And junglers dont respond to pings to ganks.
Competant top laners buy wards.
Honestly, the only way to get a jungler to gank top lane is to ward it a ridiculous amount, and even then it isnt enough most of the time
LeeDark1 votesYeah, wards are broken. Just the other day, my 3/0 mid laner got cocky, thinking he couldn't ever be in trouble. He bought an actual pink ward, and went to go place it deep by the enemy red buff. Then, with the vision it gave, he saw the jungler and went after him. The jungler was Gragas, and bot and mid both collapsed and got bounty gold and 3 assists. Rito, plz nerf.
IcyPepper1 votesAnd while you're at it, Rito plz nerf bad decisions and stupidity. Gave a team and three assists, too OP.
Snarflaz1 votesYA when your behind in game, ward so you know where the enemy is. Warding can prevent you from getting baited.
A Prop Phone1 votesNasus
Nykyrian1 votesyou knows what really broken? riot changing the report system so you get reported by the enemy team now just because they lost without speaking in all chat.
Veilix1 votesVision is not OP! The people who actually utilize it, are OP.
IcyPepper1 votesI am so OP.
Rito plz nerf me.
jDVL20eCYs1 votesnaa. yellow tinker is the most broken shit do, if everyone on your team use that 250 gold tis basically gg
Bladesinger Nyx1 votesI learnt the value of warding the hard way, getting ganked. After that I always get the Ugraded yellow trinket and if I'm support, Upgraded SS, spam wards for days. Although I usually forget my pinks and sweepers.
AJStarhiker1 votesI learned value of sight/vision when I learned Teemo shrooms are miniwards. Then I started playing support, and WARDS!!!. Just a few days ago, I was playing support (Nami) vs. a Morgana. (On of the most fun laning phases I've played)
By the time the game ended, both of us had placed 41 wards.
TheRealBaz1 votesgg wards removed
IcyPepper2 votestriggered