Can someone help me learn how to orbwalk/stutterstep/etc.
Title. I honestly have no clue how to do these things and I dont know when i should or even why
11 Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblvfOK9ajI
Videos like these can be helpful. In this one orb walking is mentioned. Hope it helps.
I just did it i never practised it it just kinda came on
YouTube might help, I can't explain it that well because too long didn't type lol but plenty of leaguers have really nice tutorial channels
What is orbwalking?
Easy to understand, hard to master. Like Poopy said, master getting your CS first before moving on to orb walking while doing it.
The purpose is multifaceted;
-
A moving target is always harder to hit. Obviously harder for skillshots, but even point-and-clicks are slightly harder because you have to follow the target with your cursor.
-
Chasing is better while doing it; There's always a delay after you autoattack before you can start another one. Use that time to move forward in a chase.
-
You can attack while retreating; If you don't need to escape at full speed (usually against a melee that isn't too fast), you can both damage them and pull back. Just running to safety is nice, but doing it and getting damage in is better.
How to do it?
-
It takes fast and accurate mouse movement to accomplish; the faster your attack speed, the harder it is to do effectively and not slow down your attack pace. Practice practice practice is the only way.
-
Focus on not cancelling any auto attacks; move immediately after your attack, but pick another target immediately before you can attack again. The less time between when you stop and when you can attack again, the better.
-
Practice on different champions, because they all feel different, and as I said before it gets more difficult the more AS you have. Kalista is a great champion to practice with because you literally can't cancel your autos; you just sit there and practice hopping back and forth. Playing Draven will show your mastery of the technique because the direction you are moving to will make your axes land that way; if you're doing it right, your axes will always drop where you want them to. Jinx has a high AS and will train how fast you can do it. Some champs also reset their auto attack when they use an ability, so that is something to learn also; Vayne is a good example (you tumble right after attacking and will immediately be able to attack again without the wait).
-
Watch ADC streams! I'm not an ADC main, but I watch Imaqtpie (former Dignitas ADC) and he is very good, and you can see it when he plays Draven.
-
Listen to ADC mains before me. If a good ADC disagrees with me, he is probably the one that's right.
Dont practice intermediate techniques before you master beginner techniques. You not knowing why you should be orbwalking, if at all, shows that youre not at a high enough elo where its particularly relevant and you should be focusing on things like CSing properly.
cancel the windown animation of your auto attack by moving after the projectile is fired off
You just right click the ground after you auto-attack then click your target again. Maybe this is my ADC main showing, but it's the most intuitive thing in the game. If you have Caitlyn, she's a very good ADC to understand it more with. If you're going to miss a creep, trying to clear faster, kiting, or chasing an opponent, it's a good time to stutterstep. Pretty much anytime when you're not too lazy to do it is good.