Psychology of League: Reading your opponents aggressiveness.

Mister Support·May 24, 2016·3 votes·643 views

Quick video I made. Not too proud of it since it was rushed, but I hope it got the point across and helps anyone who watches! ^_^

6 Comments

Rand0mH3r0XMay 24, 20161 votes

This is a video game, there is no psychology involved in this. /all top flash down. Rand0mH3r0X has drawn First Blood! Rand0mH3r0X has slain Enemy for a Double Kill!

Great video. I watched it through the end, don't worry.

So will you do an active and persuasive video of your opponent's play style next? (Baiting, Forcing off waves, etc.)

Mister SupportMay 24, 20161 votes

Right now I have 2 other videos, one about tilting and one about tips on getting to an improving mindset. But I plan to do more. The next one I was thinking will be either baiting or predicting dodges to land skillshots. Not too sure yet.

I try to make these videos be related to psychology in some way (it's my major and passion) but I didn't execute it well with this video sadly. It's why I leaned more towards saying how you can trick your opponent to be less/more aggressive rather than strictly how to punish aggression. Though you have very valid input.

Rand0mH3r0XMay 25, 20161 votes

That's great! Keep em coming. I'm pretty experienced, but I'm sure you don't need my input. I'm hoping to see an advanced video featuring something I haven't seen, and wouldn't be able to see until ~500 or so experienced games. I've played probably 4 times that, but not all of it was at the current ability that I have now, so I I still need another 498.

I would mention that a lot of players tend to be right or left dominate when it comes to baiting skill-shots (I just tied your ideas). People will always have hints to give this away. Players also seem to pick champions based on this as well, like Right Hand Screen players will usually pick someone like Zed, whereas Left-Hand screen players will pick Zyra. There's something there, I just haven't given, or gotten, a lot of insight on that.

Mister SupportMay 25, 20161 votes

Huh, Never heard of handedness determining preferred champions, though I can see that in some cases (since handedness usually also hints towards which hemisphere of the brain is stronger) and for Left hand it would suggest a more calculative style of play, while Right handed would indicate a for reactive style. Which would make sense for Zyra/Zed in those regards. Another neat thing to keep in mind is that it's typically easier to land a linear skillshot when playing on blue-side. This is because of how the human mind perceives the images of League from the angle the game shows, as well as where most skillshots begin on champions.

Generally, it's easier for someone to determine where a line path will connect to when it's going upwards on the screen, since the mind perceives that as going directly outward. Meanwhile if the skillshot is going down on the screen, the mind thinks it is coming towards the individual, making it harder to determine the exact location it will go. Another part of this is that since people think the lower end of the screen is more towards them, they will have a misrepresentation of how big and the exact location of a hitbox, while someone who's aiming at the higher end will think the hitbox is smaller, so their aim naturally compensates making the skillshot more precise.

Actually, I could use some help with getting recorded material to demonstrate pieces to a video if you'd ever be up for that.