is splitpushing considered trolling in my elo? (bronze)

Squidwards House··1 votes·500 views

first off... me english no good.

k so my question is if splitpushing is considered trolling in bronze. im no good teamfighters but i love the splitpushing so i try to splitpush as often as possible. often when my team doesnt engage or gets engaged, i take objectives. i take towers inhibs i take as much as i can. but like 3/4 of the time my team gets into a 4v5 and i can promise you that i will get AT LEAST reported from my entire team for trolling eventually from enemys aswell. which is okay because i know splitpushing needs coordination which is hard in soloq and especially in my elo where most people dont know what splitpushing is (and where most ppl prob splitpush wrong anyways. i bet i do a ton wrong but thats not the point)

so my question is can i get banned for that? is that considered trolling/griefing? cause EVERY TIME my team dies in a 4v5 i see that same all chat message "/all report squidwards house for trolling, always going solo".

now listen I DO teamfight, but when im fed and i know i can 1v2 or 1v3 the enemys AND my team got like a sivir or anivia i expect them to just press w or r and hold. when our teamcomp has 0 waveclear, i dont go splitpush. but when we have decent waveclear i rarely join teamfights. unless its a baron dance or something.

so do i break the rules? because i swear if anyone from riot checks any of my games where i splitpush and where my team dies in a 4v5 (EVEN IF WE WIN THE GAME, EVEN IF WE WIN BECAUSE OF ME!) i get at least 3-4 reports. and i know its not about the mass, but getting a ton of reports like every 2nd game cant be good.

18 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer3 votes

As long as you are trying to win and performing at your best, then no. If your team ignores your messages or pings to back off or not engage in fights, that's on them

Squidwards House1 votes

well i try to win, but my team just died 4v5 and the enemy took our entire base because it was pretty late in the game and i couldnt hold 1v5. so basically we lost cause i wasnt there, cause i tried to take parts of the enemy base. am i a troll now cause my team got engaged on/did engage into a 4v5?

you can always say "well why arent you there ahole"

DrCyanide2 votes

From what I've seen, the most successful split pushers are the ones that can realize when they need to group before the fight breaks out.

Attentively, a champion like Shen might be a good fit for you, since his ult lets you join the fight and shield someone while you're joining. This would let you split push right up to the last second.

Michael7022 votes

Yes, if you're not there for the 4v5 fight that your team starts, it's your fault :p

Squidwards House1 votes

its bronze... people seriously flame me (even enemys do) and report me cause they engaged a 4v5 while i just took 2 enemy inhibs. so this is (sadly) a serious concern from me.

Michael7021 votes

I know. Just don't say anything in chat and you won't get in trouble.

Squidwards House1 votes

k ty <3. that gives me hope :D

C9 Wrath1 votes

I have to disagree with you there. League is all about strategy right?

So with that being said if say a tryn is split pushing topside what should we do?

A.) engage a 4v5 with tryn tp on cd B.) get pressure on other sides of the map like bot side

My main point is that a 4v5 does not need to happen at all. You have to use your brain. Spread pressure all over the map so you force the enemy team to make a decision. Do we lose top to tryn or try to save bot tower. They will most likely save top. So with that, you can get a bot turret maybe two can and clear the bot side jungle while getting vision get up for the next drake.

Michael7021 votes

You need to turn on your sarcasm detector.

BerylCrab2 votes

Here's the thing about this mentality. You will always not be there to help your team when they need you, and you will infact lost much more often because you are splitting so much. Is it reportable? technically no, but at a certain point it is intentional feeding in my book because you should learn from mistakes. If your team is losing teamfight after teamfight and you still arent helping, then yes, that is in my opinion trolling/feeding.

PrismalDawn1 votes

It's the only way to win in bronze. Good luck

Zezockary1 votes

It isn't against the rules, but always splitpushing isn't exactly the best strategy. Good splitpushing opportunities are somewhat rare and require good vision so you can properly react to enemies trying to take advantage of your position.

Basically, punishable, but it isn't the most sound strategy out there.

Escheton1 votes

Nasus= 1v9 splitpush God. Will in fact carry you out of bronze.

Squidwards House2 votes

thats not the question.

Escheton1 votes

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thats not the question.

Bronze players can't report you if you aren't bronze any more.

But no, strategically differing opinions are not reportable. Not validly at least.

TonyTonyMordecai1 votes

I had a Nasus that "splitpushed" when we needed pressure elsewhere in the map to start a fight or take objectives. I put splitpush in quotes because while he did farm other lanes, he didn't hard push it. He froze the lane to get more stacks. While yes, that is Nasus: stacking; we needed him to create pressure elsewhere while we took another lane. We won that game because Nasus stacked up and became a one doge wrecking crew, but it was a struggle because it was us 4 trying to coordinate lane takeovers, but with the Nasus not communicating and being smug about his performance.

In the end, if you're going to splitpush, make sure to communicate with your team. No one can be mad if you clearly stated your strategy

archerno11 votes

Its most effective strategy for climbing in low elo. But ,friendly advice: mute your team on start and stick to your strategy.

Telephone Booth1 votes

I'm sure there are people who are convinced you're trolling and have probably made threads asking why you haven't been banned. But don't worry, Riot doesn't like false banning people for trolling. They give a lot of leniency because of people like you, who could be seen as trolling, but really, you're just bronze. I wouldn't worry about it.

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