Understanding the Effect of Morale, Not just yours, But your Opponents as Well.
A standard Good ol Day at the Rift. Chipper attitudes.. We got this game for sure. Often We'll enter the meta with this attitude. Often though, This attitude is what defeats us. We spend too Much time i like to believe Focused on the atttitude of ourselves... Our surroundings, Trying to sway Decisions of fellow team mates. How many games have you entered pumped, Just to find yourself on tilt because of two deaths that led to the teams surrender. Ask yourself Why you found yourselves so shattered, from two recoverable deaths.. That you Just gave up. Lost faith in your team? This is Called morale. You fear that the entire game will be wasted on either Feeding lanes or Toxic Behaviors when you need to take a step back.. And realize that when you go slow and Patience, Your chances of Success will increase. If gives you time to look around map. Discuss strategies.. Escape routes. And most importantly... What to do During a defensive Situation. What kind of Defense are you running, a Defensive Offense? Or Hardlock? Its important to know where you stand. And where the enemy stands, If they have an early Mid push, Guess what.. You can still win.
Enemy morale has alot to do with the Rotation of game play and mistakes you make. Where you are tunnel Visioned on the Fiora that you just can't kill But you know shes weaker then you.. That Fiora knows your going to Chase, and she has a plan. She's been planning it since the second time you dove her tower. This is where the Balance starts to shift. The definition of insanity? "Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results" Why continue Chasing, When you know you can't fight them.
To shatter enemy morale early Game, Do the unexpected. Break the meta!~ Not only does it put them up for something that they were not already prepared for. It gives you a chance to toy with them further. Psychological Warfare is an extremely Valid and Active form of warfare.. And look We all know "Its just a game" and for you it may be, If so go to bots and play a game.. In PvP many see it as a war. it has a map, and your locked in for 20 - 40 minutes.
If you are patient, the enemy will not be. Don't be afraid to hug Turret ESSPECIALLY in that hardlock Defensive case. Cause it doesnt matter how fed they are. if they dont have an effective tank at level fourteen they will never be able to take turret with your Whole team hugging it. They'll still dive.. but only because they think you'll chase. Hug turret and Fire All your CC, but dont chase, Don't leave turret. Most teams wont have the strategy or strength to finish until level 16 and up, usually around 36 minutes in. Use this as a chance to let Weaker champs feed.
Team work is a must.. Not only that, if you want to win, Its required. Three things will help you win any match if you have them ready before you go in. Offensive strategy Defensive offensive strategy And hardlock Defense.
Have a basic idea of what these will be, But always bend to circumstance. Test your enemies Strengths and weaknesses, and learn how well they maintain composure and patience.. Angry players Will dive you every single time. Utilize that. Have vision In your jungles and theirs... Prepare escape routes mentally if you get ganked... Prepare for ganks, and counters. Have every team mate build one item against the enemies carry. This is called brain work. Patience wins wars.... But most importantly having a plan and trusting each others decisions. If you put one person on your team down... Your not fit to even Call a single wave clear. I tend to always tell my Game mates no matter how much they hate my positive attitude. "Don't look down on any one unless your helping them up.." Thats usually when they tell me, that i'm no good, No cs No kills 3 deaths "GG" ff at twenty.. you see how this is quite hindering. I got reported to tribunal Because i wouldn't leave my turret. I asked team to have a plan. They refused to cooperate. After awhile they thought i was trolling.. Even though everything i told them was true.. Hell at this point i could predict my enemy very well. In one round, i shut down my entire midlaner.. By doing absolutely nothing.. Syndra vs Fizz... I stood near edge of turret with ancient coin. And guess what? He wanted nothing to do with me. This is morale. I was unpredictable.. It was not meta. He had no idea how to counter this situation. Infact By the end of laning phase, My tower stood With no damage... I was four levels ahead of my mid lane opponent.. With almost 3 k gold. Ready for next phase.. You know what happened Bottom lane gave my mid lane 2 kills, And i was blamed for it after i told them to ward jungle. Now my morale is destroyed.. So The next match. I wanted to make a solid point. I wasnt Toxic or mean. I just told them to have a plan and ward, Otherwise i couldn't trust them, I wasn't angry.. I was beaten already.. We'll discuss in another post anyways. v
In order to win a war, You must First win against your opponent, and namely your opponent is yourself. For those who become creatures of habit are horrendously predictable-unknown. Discuss this Further.. I have plenty of free time. Apparently the Tribunal thought these methods were toxic.
