Warding the Map : The importance of Warding, where to Ward, and who should Ward
Stop saying "it is the supports job!" Everyone should fucking ward.
This is not bias, I am a jungle/mid/top player. I hate playing bot lane. I hate relying on a team-mate. ADC players are typically stuck-up fuckwads who think they are amazing because they carry games (no fucking derr you carry/have a great k-d ratio, you ARE THE FUCKING CARRY) and as an ADC I get frustrated when my support plays like a handicapped chimpanzee. Anyways, onto the list.
In Season 5, you get free wards. For 250 gold, you get a fuck-ton of wards.
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If you play top, you should upgrade your wards as soon as you hit level 9. Ward river bush, tri-bush, and by blue buff if you are blue team or by entrace to jungle near chickens (this way you know when someone is attempting to turret dive you from behind/counter jungle your jungler.)
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If you play mid, you should upgrade your wards as soon as you hit level 9. Ward both lane bushes and either by blue buff or the entrance to jungle near chickens.
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As a support during the laning phase, upgrade your wards as soon as you hit level 9. Ward river bush, tri-bush, and dragon. Later in the game this changes.
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ADC should have the blue ward for sight. This will help your team secure kills/chase/win teamfights. Because you have someone with you in your lane to babysit and ward for you, you can get away with using the blue without handicapping your team's vision of the enemy team too badly.
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Junglers is 100% optional and depends on your style of jungling. Personally, I believe junglers should be the one to buy the pink wards the majority of the time. Why? They are given a free ward by blue buff if they smite wolves. They are given free ward-detection if they smite the chicken. Pink wards provide your team with much needed vision in addition to allowing you to take vision away from the enemy team, something that complements the job of the jungler very nicely.
If you are on blue side and followed this guide, this is what happens:
Your top laner has his river bush, tri-bush, and blue buff jungle warded. He has great vision of the top portion of the map. Your mid laner has both lane bushes warded and red buff single of jungle warded. You have vision of the middle of the map and red side now. Support has his river/tri/dragon warded. Awesome. I just showed 9 locations on the map which should always be warded, you seriously believe the support can ward all of this at once? Ward for yourself. You and the jungler will be able to coordinate and make #prolcsplayz with your vision of the enemy team. Your jungler can help you keep your shit warded, he can kill your enemy wards, or he can ward the enemy's jungle and counter-jungle the bastard.
No matter what, warding is important regardless of the position. It is very hard to gank someone who properly wards his/her lane. It is your responsibility to ward as well as the support's. For fuck sake you are given a free ward and a fuckload more wards for only 250 gold, just do it for fuck sake and win the game because most bronze-gold scrubs have no fucking clue how to ward properly.
Wards win games. You can make an enemy team your bitch if know where their 5 players are at all times, regardless of your skill level.
