This isn't the LCS!

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But that doesn't mean you don't ward the map.

I seriously am tired of warding the map for people, wasting my gold for very sensitive builds at times. If the only friendly pink in the game is dropped by me near top, there's a problem. If the only ward on the map is that pink ward, then there's a major problem.

I shouldn't need to explain the purpose of wards to people, yet, some people just don't think wards are necessary. People are given the option to have 1 free ward every 120 seconds, yet some people just use them purely situationally, in instances of face-checking dragon.

So who is suppose to be warding? Low-Skilled: The Support is suppose to ward n00b.

Wrong. Everything is situational, and you have to adapt to the game. In a very meta sense, yes the support wards. While the support may be warding, however, they leave themselves as prime targets and typically have a hard time fighting the ward game.

Ward Game - Gaining vision and tracking your enemy's movements to better plan and respond to situations that arise, such as : split pushing, counter-gank, friendly jungle gank, Baron/Dragon, counter-jungle, towers, etc...

Check out your personal warding ability here: http://wardscore.loltools.net/

When it comes to very tactile warding, EVERYONE MUST DROP DOWN AT LEAST ONE WARD. Mid will always need a pink, but for some horribly deranged reason no mid ever drops a pink (unless it's the enemy mid in my case...). Top will always need a pink, Support will always need a pink, and Jg will always need a pink. The only person that doesn't have a requirement for having a pink is ADC, and having one doesn't hurt, especially when laning.

Typically, early warding the JG helps against CJ. Most people who aren't dedicated Jg, do not ever ward. The only Jg to ever ward is in the case of Lee Sin because he just jumps to wards. Mid always needs wards, because if you're not warding you'll probably think "As long as I'm on the strong side of the map I'm fine" which is always wrong. You need a pink, on an suspicious side of the river for safety. 100gp is worth less than the 300gp you give up in a kill. Support needs to keep their enemy's vision down for incoming friendly ganks, and bait confrontations for easy poke using pink wards. 100gp seems like a lot, but if you can dish out 300hp of damage to the support who's trying to take it down it's worth it. Top always needs wards. Top and Jg are so symbiotic that it's absolutely necessary that they help each other ward. If the friendly Jg wants to CJ, you need to help them by warding the area for the enemy Jg, come in with your Jg for the free buff and kill.

http://www.adkgamers.com/uploads/imgs/adkgamers_1421699588__lolseason5wardmap.png

You don't need to be in the LCS to spend 100gp to buy a vision ward. Warding is so important in League of Legends that you can get one for absolutely free! Counter-Warding is just as important so there's even something for that. And for avoiding the face-check there's a free trinket use for that as well.

I can't tell you how many times the enemy ADC or JG comes to ward Dragon as my team is taking it, knowing that their team has just recalled, and seeing the lone player just get killed for free gold.

I wish I could stop hearing, "lol stfu n ward ur lane kid," with the eventual, "/all gg report our jg/other useless."

In all honesty, there's not a requirement that makes warding, or anything at all, anybody's responsibility to do. If you want to play at a higher level, the easiest thing to do is drop a strategic ward. Intelligence and preparation are 90% of the team-fight because you have all advantages. 5% is hitting your attacks, and the other 5% is the ebb and flow of fighting.

You don't have to be in the LCS to play the warding game. You can control resources, the map, and strategic positioning by playing the warding game. Only a blunt thinking person would say warding isn't important.

Upgrade your damn trinkets, and buy a pink.

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