Topic of the Week - Blue Side Advantage

[quote=nanno][quote=Satella] Do you actually jungle? [/quote] is platin jungle good enough for you? Just because you have to skip them cause your low doesnt mean every jungler has to. I usually end up at golems with 3 health pots and get mad at the fact that i had to start with the jungle item because its lame. And i dont see the problem in not doing golems on your first run. Just go back and redo the camps, on your 2. run they should be a joke. If you want to do early ganks (level 2-3) you shouldnt be doing golems anyway, because they take too much time and are too distant from all but top lane, which is far easier to gank over the river than through the tribush[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]Putting the "bot lane" top on purple side should become a standard thing. If purple teams do this more often they will actually force advantage because the blue side didn't account for this. The "top laner" can take a good 1v2 laner like Olaf or Jayce whilst the other side is maybe stuck with something terrible such as Riven. Eventually that will then evolve to becoming the meta but I think that's what people should force until Riot manages to balance it out properly.[/quote]

[quote=Embracing]Make golems spawn 5 seconds later?[/quote]

[quote=Artesenc][quote=somewhitekid] Only thing that would make purple better for me is if your HUD would appear on the top of the screen instead of the bottom. It really gets in the way when you're trying to do anything. [/quote] OMG I never realized that! I don't think I have had big problems with this, but I think it would be a good idea since. I'll try to pay attention next time whether I have problems or not with this. Curious[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]Always preferred the blue side.[/quote]

[quote=Ashz09]Pref bottom thats for sure. When ever i play top as jungle or adc i would say 7/10 times the team would lose.. Not sure if it is that the adc and support get there pretty late or the fact when im jungle i always gank top lane after red. So regarding the title i would agree blue has the advantage[/quote]

[quote=Killercomic]For lower tiers i guess the Purple Team has the sight disadvantage because of your HUD. Later tiers will have a disadvantage because of the Golems. Swapping lanes is a good way for the Purple Team to put some (indirect) pressure on the Blue Bot Lane. But doing that consistent when you're playing PUG is a hard thing to do. Although i believe ranked matches with good communication shouldn't be too bothered with it.[/quote]

[quote=DarkPercy]The worst part imo is that they get first ban, first pick, and freaking blue side... all at once. So dumb. If Riot can't change the map, at least chhange champ select[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex][quote=C4 Lasty] ^This, Riot is actively trying to find a way to nerf this early advantage Blue side gets. Some of the talk I've heard is that they are planning to make golems spawn 30 seconds later then all the other camps. [/quote] the map in itself is symmetric in relation to it's center point. there are golems in top for the purple side so a lanesawp negates the mentioned effect. the real difference is that blue side has drake pit and red/purple side has baron pit. there is no reason to say blue side has an advantage because of golems... you can laneswap and take top golems, and get 2 2v1 lanes. the map doesn't say there has to be 2 champions in botlane. your mindset does.[/quote]

[quote=Hazard616]Honestly, I'd rather be on Blue than Purple, it might be that it took me a while to move onto pvp from co-op/ai games so i got more used to blue side, although I've noticed if I'm playing any lane but top lane I do better on Blue, for Purple it seems that I do better on Purple, it may have something to do with not having to pull blue and then rush to my lane where the enemy champ already has a level higher than me,[/quote]