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Should you take Baron?

Riot·1/11/2016, 7:27:26 PM·1 votes·43,030 views

Highlights

Quick -- what’s worth more, 5th Dragon or an Inhibitor plus Baron? With every teamfight won comes a window of opportunity to take an objective, but that window shrinks with each passing moment. In this video, Pants are Dragon goes over a point-based system that assigns a value to every objective in the game. Using this system as a guideline, you’ll be able to quickly determine the best choice any time a window of opportunity opens for your team.

How do you decide which objective to take next? Let us know in the comments below!


About the Creator

Pants are Dragon, a Challenger Jungler in NA, has been playing League since Season 1 and making guides since Season 3. Over the past two years, he's published over 100 educational videos, ranging from quick champion guides and soloqueue top picks to overall metagame analysis. His number one tip for getting better at League is "to blame only yourself and learn from your mistakes. Try to improve at the game instead of trying to win."

Learn more about Pants are Dragon via the links below!

86 Comments

Pants are Dragon1/12/2016, 7:18:25 PM103 votes

Hey, big thanks to riot for showcasing this on there front page! I'll be hanging around to check the comments and try to see what you guys have to say :)

Ex3cUtIoN111/12/2016, 8:23:20 PM36 votes

I always keep my pants up. It seems I need to let them start dragon while I play.

TheBlackLuffy1/12/2016, 10:29:02 PM22 votes

This person in the video clearly doesn't know what he's talking about. Don't you know that Dragon is CLEARLY more important than Towers and even an Inhibitor? When ever its up. Go for it. Duh. Like its obviously why people in Bronze drop what they are doing to come secure every single Dragon when its up.

League of Dragons is more like it.. Sarcasm

Ronaldin1/13/2016, 1:20:37 AM18 votes

"Or hey, just don't."

TheLordPresident1/13/2016, 3:58:00 AM4 votes

One factor I'm surprised he didn't mention was the fact that ending the game is the most important objective. It seems pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how often people accidentally extend the game by taking baron instead of winning after a team fight, and then end up losing. Of course, this isn't to say that if the enemy team is about to come up, you should try to end (since you're all probably pretty low after the team fight.)

A Cute Snek1/13/2016, 7:10:55 PM4 votes

Report Pants are Dragon >:(

How dare you forget the most important objective of all

Scuttles item 3070

Slythion1/12/2016, 11:33:34 PM3 votes

Hey Pants, I was wondering if you factored in devourer stacks when giving these objectives points. Rift Herald and Dragon #2 seems like it should be worth a little more if you can give your jungler those 5 stacks, perhaps you can explain your thought process?

TheLegendaryJerk1/13/2016, 2:28:58 AM3 votes

#Asshole-jger-who'd-use-ult-to-take-red-buff-from-adc

Spiritclaw1/13/2016, 12:16:18 AM2 votes

Pants are Baron... amirite guys? Nevermind.

GenghisEmo1/12/2016, 9:31:29 PM2 votes

And ppl will still mess up which to do. Such is low elo XD.

Bieza1/12/2016, 9:49:05 PM2 votes

is anyone else laughing at how his team has lulu, jax, graves, mf and a brand. Like what in the world is this team builder?

thine swamp1/12/2016, 10:35:48 PM2 votes

No, because it has a home friends and a family.

Gideon of Joash1/13/2016, 12:31:43 AM2 votes

What about champions with a bounty?

swizl1/13/2016, 12:32:22 AM2 votes

good to see someone local on the front page, keep on representing Winnipeg :)

D I E G E1/12/2016, 11:00:02 PM1 votes

Huge breakthrough!! congrats on the in-client showcase. Keep the videos coming

FlameHalbrdOkido1/12/2016, 8:10:37 PM1 votes

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Royal Waffle1/13/2016, 8:17:20 PM1 votes

dragon 5 doesnt happen now. Games last anywhere from 20 to the low 30 mins. So unless u get drag super early and get all of them, dragon control shouldn't be that big of a deal. 1 point maybe. Baron and rift create more opportunities to take towers and therefore should be prioritize higher than drag. I would actually say hta stealing buffs are worth more than dragon 2-4. Buff control means vision and catch potential which turns into towers. easier to snow ball than team fighting of dragon when drag 5 rarely happens

66191767DEL11/14/2016, 1:11:54 PM1 votes

what? no. don't take baron. wth is wrong with you? what is this? 'should you take rift herald?' (insert kappa here)

EchoBlast041/14/2016, 3:10:32 PM1 votes

I really don´t think people pay attention to whether you are a tank when you get first hit. Like if you are a tank for example Garen and you are taking Baron a lot of people don´t realize that tanks should take the first hit am I right? So i´m just waiting there like ¨Ummmmm¨