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What happened to level 2 ganks?

Creator: Le Pro of d00m September 15, 2013 10:05pm
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There's no point when just blue + red buff give you level 3 anyway

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The point is that a level 2 gank catches someone by surprise, while everyone expects level 3 ganks nowadays.
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I still fall for it every time.
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You fall for Crittlesticks ADC as well so it doesn't tell us much ;-)
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crittlesticks adc OP baby.

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It is because efficiency.

In the Meta most teams (unless something goes awfully wrong) will help the jungler with a smiteless buff (red or blue)

Since the jungler has smite up it makes sense to do the other buff with smite because it won't take that much longer.

If you get a smiteless buff and then gank while smite is still up it's just inefficient.
Also if your team forces jungler to smite first buff it is also inefficient.
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Vynertje wrote:

You fall for Crittlesticks ADC as well so it doesn't tell us much ;-)


I get the feeling this isn't going to be the last time you pull that card.
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sirell wrote:



I get the feeling this isn't going to be the last time you pull that card.


I should've played AD TF to pull that card all the time. Haha, get it?

But yes, I will, especially because you uploaded it :D
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I guess a level 2 gank is most useful if used by a strong early game champ who started on red buff. Just like it used to be Vi, Lee Sin etc. can easily do level 2 ganks.
In some situation it might be better than the level 3 gank. Otherwise the time that you save is about 1 min. And 1 level more in that time with an additional buff can give you the edge.
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Vynertje wrote:

I should've played AD TF to pull that card all the time. Haha, get it?

But yes, I will, especially because you uploaded it :D


oh-ho-ho-ho. So witty.

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