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A tidbit I picked up from one of Wickd's VOD reviews. I'll link the video and mark the time he discusses it when I get an opportunity.

Wickd coaching a Jayce. The point about safely pushing two waves is discussed at 14:27.

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It is a somewhat specific scenario, but I hadn't heard it before and I consume a lot of league content so if I haven't heard it, others might not have either.

Say the towers are down in Top lane, but you take the Rift Herald. There is an enemy minion wave slightly past the mid point of the river on your side of the map and so you would like to get your minions pushing to the enemy side of the map AND two waves will give you enough gold to hit an item spike.

So how do you get those two waves without having to push too far into enemy territory?

Key Point

You slow push the first wave and then fast push the second wave.

Slow pushing the first wave will allow for the second wave to reach you without you having to overextend into enem…

I think I may have the Ryze.

Still in the button mashing phase, but I've been having a lot of fun mashing allthebuttons.

Still haven't managed a stylish activate Zhonya's Hourglass and

He-yo! It's me, TheSilverDust! But you can call me Dust (or Silver, whatever). For those people who remember me, I'm this ****posting animal here in this site years ago. Haha, those were the times.

I have been quite busy IRL for several months. Since November, I started to log-in again here on this site. And it pleases me that this site is thriving! The guides were really good compared from the guides before! Also, what the heck there are so many "Vapora's Guide to (insert champion here)" now. I guess, Vapora Dark was really a renowned member of this community which really helped build this site to what it is in the present. Maybe there are more that I could say about MOBAFire, but I guess this is all for now.

First of all, League updates: I finished Plat IV this season. I may have not accomplished reaching Diamond, but I learned so much about the game. Well, I could've reached Diamond if it were not for the losing streak that I had during March-April where I fell flat into Plat V fr…

This is a relatively complicated medium to high level topic.

If you've got the time watch this VOD review by Wickd of Jax vs a Yorick as he explains some of the thought process around pushing early.

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One way to think about it is if you are Top and your jungler starts Bot side then you don't want to push your lane early because your jungler is going to hit level 3 while they are near to your lane.

By holding back on pushing the wave this gives you another tool for setting the course of your lane because it forces the enemy laner to overextend making them a ripe target for a gank.

However if your jungler starts in the top side of the jungler and moves towards bottom side on their jungle clear you may want to push the wave in so you can get a ward in to spot a potential gank from the enemy jungler. If you crash the wave into their tower then you can just wait for it to push back to you knowing you should be reasonably safe from a gank since you have a war…

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Bot has not changed much from patch 7.23. This is still volatile meta, where a small lead can easily snowball in the bot lane. The only noticeable change from this patch that involves bot is Sona seemed to dip in pick rate and win rate. Other than that it seems like there is only a few minor changes.

Popular and Strong ADCS



54.1% Winrate
25.2% Ban Rate

In a world where the best poke wins lane, Miss Fortune is the queen of that world.

Hello everyone,

The name is BaxtyB and I am a new LoL player. The idea of this blog is to help me document my progress with the game and also take some of you on the journey with me.

I have been LoL now for just over a month (I started just after Worlds) and I am loving it so far... hence why I am here.

What role do I play?

I focusing on Top Lane just now. Though I have played Mid and dabbled in the other three roles.

Who are you maining?

I am maining Garen but I also play Mordekaiser, Kayle and Poppy. There are some other characters in the works but for now these are my main 4.

What is the aim?

Well I have a few:

1. To reach Gold Level in ranked. This may not seem like much of an aim but I am new to this and also new to MOBA's in general so slow steps.

2. Reach at least Mastery Level 5 with the 4 characters I mentioned above.

3. To continue my improvement and find some consistency. I normally score anywhere from a C- to a B at the moment in PvP but I want to start pushing f…

I'm a support main who's secondary is top. I like playing super off meta or super aggravating champs, I.E. blitz, lulu, Teemo, Annie =D Not much else I can say sep't support can only carry you so far in ranked. If you start out bronze like I did last season, support it up with damage supports or Soraka, once you get into silver its a whole other ball park. People are super salty, super demanding and require more than you can give.

Count towers, farm, kills, and look at the scoreboard to see which team has the most completed items.

If you are behind play like it.

-Avoid fights where you can
-Let caught out team members die
-Just farm
-Keep as much vision on the map as you safely can
-Buy items that let you wave clear


e.g. Statikk Shiv instead of Phantom Dancer if you don't have a lot of wave clear built into your kit.

Your job when behind is usually to stall and wait until your opponents either make a mistake or until you get get caught up in items and can then take an even fight (though you never want to take an even fight if you can avoid it).

Knowing when you are ahead or behind is a key to getting better at the game. There are things you can look at to tell even though you can't see the actual gold count while in game. Use that information to determine how you play the lane and the game.

;tldr If you are on the wrong side of the level, gold, and/or item mismatch then play accordindly.

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Garen is my secret boyfriend.
Here are my reasons as to why!

(WARNING - Garen fangirls might suffer from the following symptoms while reading about Garen:)

• Anime nosebleeds
• Spinning around with your computer screaming "DEMACIA!"
• Crashing into your parents while spinning, leading them to question if you're high on drugs.
• ******s

1. AMAZING attack damage carry!
2. His original art from the older days of League of Legends makes him look like SUCH A HUNK!
3. He looks like even more of a hunk when drawn as an anime character!
4. His breakups with girls that break his heart are unlike anything you've ever seen!
5. He gets his *** handed to him by Teemo.