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How to work with a team with no map awareness?

Nova Skye·2/12/2015, 5:24:32 PM·1 votes·3,446 views

I've written several (hopefully) helpful posts, but I was just hit with a question I have myself.

I'm in Bronze 5, and apparently in an elo low enough to be placed with what I have to guess are just-reaching-level-30 summoners. I know, I did it too. Jumped right into ranked as soon as I hit the level with the right number of champs. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

But I digress.

What I'm finding is that, as an ADC, I am FORCED to make sure I ward (my supports won't even use a trinket, even when I ask them to). I'm not saying this is a bad thing. I have, however, been constantly berated by high level friends for forming a habit of trading Doran's Blade and a pot for Longsword and a Pink when the game starts, but I deliberately started doing this BECAUSE of ranked. I ward every time I have a ward up, and I buy them every time I back (most likely to a fault). I place them in what my diamond friends praised to be "high level" placement - they didn't even expect me to know where they should go. Meaning I'm actually not just warding, but warding right.

But that's not the worst of it.

I am playing game after game where, no matter what lane I am, and no matter how often I ward, my team will outright ignore the mini map. I'm talking about a lone support pushed up to bot tower with the enemy ADC protecting it, ignoring a mid and jungle gank coming from the river but visible around the dragon pit - and not even moving. No, the tower was not half down. No, you do no damage. You are a Singed support, there was no escaping that gank.

I have also formed the habit of pinging not once, but one time for every enemy that crosses a ward. The above situation earned two pings in the river - and I was yelled at for spamming.

So, to my fellow summoners who actually understand what I'm talking about, how on earth do you handle a team that refuses to look at the mini map? Do you quit wasting money on wards (though I use my own vision, if no one else does)? Do you continue to spam pings that will go ignored? Do you play super crazy (almost trollishly) safe because of it? Do you not say anything or do you constantly copy/paste "MAP AWARENESS, PEEPS! THAT'S WHAT THE WARD IS FOR!" into chat?

I have hit the point that I truly don't know what to do. I don't want to waste gold on something that isn't benefiting anyone but myself. I don't want a dark map. I can't ward for 5 people as the ADC, though I do try to make it close as support. This is getting so far beyond aggravating!

7 Comments

ayychuu2/12/2015, 5:31:20 PM1 votes

the best way to deal with them is communication in the most non-toxic way you can and pings and general shot calling or even map control like think ahead of them and prediction. This wasnt a problem for me when i dropped to b5 because i am a jungler main and i generally had to shot call or be aware of everyone but mainly communication is the only answer to this. glhf p.s.i climb out of b5 after i learned how to jungle

Deep Terror Nami2/12/2015, 5:33:09 PM1 votes

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him ward. Or however the saying goes.

You might try queuing up with a higher tier friend so you get queued with more competent groups.

FHMarshy2/12/2015, 5:33:38 PM1 votes

The best way from personal experience, I'll duo with a friend or someone i know that think on the same page as me. We would ward, gank, communicate, and/or pressure objectives. In that situation, you have at least one less person that doesn't ward.

Now, about handle people that don't have map awareness; You can't. You simply cant. But rest assured, if you gain map awareness, know the placement of wards and the positioning/timing of ganks, You will raise ranks fast. Before you know it, you will start being paired up with people around your level

AwesomeChad2/12/2015, 8:07:50 PM1 votes

Make calls. Lead your team. Instead of complaining and doing nothing when you're on the verge of losing the game, tell your teammates what to do and use pings to inform them.