Just because you are not ahead does not mean you have lost

Nin10do0014·Apr 3, 2015·10 votes·862 views

Did you lose your lane? Did you get counterjungled to the point where you have a Support's income? Did you get ACE'd at Dragon? Did you face ~~Teemo~~ Satan in lane?

Well, that means you are behind. And when you are behind, you are still in the game, and that means you still have a chance at winning. Your wins should not consist of all stomps; you have been matched with opponents of similar skill levels as you are. It only makes sense for you to have close games or games where you will struggle. That's part of climbing the ladder. The ladder is supposed to challenge you, not give you an easy path to Diamond or Masters.

Basically, if you are behind, you can recover. You can still punish the opponent for silly mistakes such as a 20 minute Baron or a poorly executed turret dive. Even little picks, such as getting that Vayne in your Jungle can turn the tables around. Just do not give up.

6 Comments

HueboneApr 3, 20153 votes

And don't forget that kills don't equal win, there are games where you could be behind by 13 kills and still pull off the victory, kills only give quick gold, cs and push towers, pull off teamfights and you'll be seeing that victory screen.

COWmanLordApr 3, 20152 votes

One fine example of this? I saw someone else's game where the enemy team was about 30-40 kills ahead (78 - 39 or something similar) and still lost.

blkh1Apr 3, 20152 votes

I was in a game where we won and were down in kills 60 - 30, we just stopped making stupid mistakes. They got cocky, and we picked them off, they were far enough ahead in level per player that their death timers were high enough to give us an edge actually. We simply got ourselves together and did it. Granted I am not saying that is a norm though.

COWmanLordApr 3, 20151 votes

If there is one thing I have learned in all my time playing it is that the throws are real. A single mistake can turn an entire game around. One hilarious story I have is how when duoing with my brother he waked over to the barons pit to ward it. He found the enemy team doing it and they were fairly low so they backed off thinking the rest of the team was behind him. This lead to him stealing baron 1v4 as alistar support and walking out unharmed. The free baron buff gave us the boost we needed to win. Granted this is an incredibly unlikely story, but it shows that you never know what kind of crazy shit will turn a game around.

3tysonApr 3, 20152 votes

I once played a game where we where behind 23to 0 They had 6 towers taken we had 0 and we won because we kept trying and eventualy had them make some mistakes and Cassiopeia carried hard