Question from a low well player to all high elo players

St0rmln·Jan 16, 2016·1 votes·281 views

Is KS ing a thing in high ranks? Not so much asking if people do ks as I'm asking whether it actually exists. Or is it not a big deal who gets the kill because your more team oriented and you are just happy someone got the kill?

7 Comments

EndlessSorcererJan 16, 20162 votes

It depends on the situation.

If you are a champion who doesn't scale extremely well with gold (i.e. Alistar, Leona, Braum, Shen, Maokai) and you can (without risk) give the kill to someone who scales extremely well with gold (i.e. Jax, Master Yi, the ADC, an assassin), it can be beneficial to do so.

If you already have a significant amount of kills (and gold), it can be better for your team if your allies get the kills. This means that your gold is more evenly spread and that multiple people on your team are strong rather than a single very strong champion.

However, you primarily want kills so that you can build an advantage and take objectives. If the enemy dies, they will miss gold and experience while your team will have additional pressure on the map.

In short, I wouldn't really say that KSing is really an issue at higher levels of play. Aside from the occasional toxic player, the most I have seen is players occasionally asking to spread the gold around so that it's not all funneled into a single champion.

St0rmlnJan 16, 20161 votes

Perfect. Thanks a lot!

OnegarionJan 16, 20161 votes

its really not a big deal. Its not good if you do it, but its not really a thing. As long as you aren't getting the last hit just to get the last hit.

St0rmlnJan 16, 20161 votes

That's kinda what I thought when I saw pro games with high kill supports and high assist assassin's. Seems like it doesn't matter who secures the kill to them.

Spicy RiceJan 16, 20161 votes

Pretty much. Its more about kill secured.

Now, if you walk up and last hit someone who im clearly aboit to kill, ill get a little peeved

ThrëatJan 16, 20161 votes

In higher elo people are better at getting gold from sources outside of kills, so the gold from kills isn't a huge deal.

St0rmlnJan 17, 20161 votes

I did always think it was interesting how a champion kill can literally be worth less gold then a few minions. Lol has an interesting emphasis on last hitting. A lot of low elo players (including me) place way to high an emphasis on kills. That's why we chase anything that moves if it's low health.