Playing Notes

-Dodge Riven into Nasus games at least at my level of play if the enemy has the Nasus
- Anivia might be a counter to Yasuo, but check to see if the Anivia actually plays Anivia
-Use Tab More
-Look at lanes more
-Remember to cycle your camps
-Trust your gut
-Work out a system for using all of your time actives

Camp Cycling

I actually got this tidbit from a recent NEACE video.




While not new I hadn't really thought of it in the way that he explains it. I found it helpful in the area of ?where do I go next? and if you are cycling your camps in the way that he explains then you know which camps will spawn next.

I have added some of my own thoughts/experience/inculcated ideas from other sources with respect to deciding if you can contest for the Rift Scuttler or not.

Red > Wolves > Blue > Contest The Rift Scuttler?* > Look for a gank > Base and Buy

Krugs > Raptors > Wolves > Gromp > Contest Rift Scuttler? > Look for a gank > Base and Buy

The cycle repeats at this point but this time your whole jungle should be respawining

Krugs > Red > Raptors > Wolves > Blue (Hand off to Mid?) > Gromp > Conest Rift Scuttler? > Look for a gank > Base and Buy

Then of course

Krugs > Raptors > Wolves > Gromp > Contest Rift Scuttler? > Look for a gank

?* it is a question mark because you need to look at the position of all the laners on that side of the map and decide if their laners can respond faster than your laners. If they have someone like Jayce and Anivia you need to be really careful about getting caught out in the river especially if they have your laners pushed into their turret. Jayce can respond really fast due to Acceleration Gate and Anivia can block your escape with Crystallize.

Camille is another champion that you have to watch our for because she can cover a lot of distance and go over certain walls with Hookshot, she can slow you from a quite a ways off with Tactical Sweep, and if she is level 6 she can block your retreat while possibly dodging some of your abilities with Hextech Ultimatum. Oh and we musn't forget Galio and Hero's Entrance and Shen with Stand United or Twisted Fate with Destiny.

Hopefully that list gives you some idea of what your need to be on the lookout for.

It might even be worth your time to make a list of champions or champion combinations that you've been caught out by when you weren't expecting it and play accordingly in the future.

E.g. Anivia Mid and Sejuani jungle was a nightmare combination in one of my games.

Practice Patience

So someone on your team got picked off and they move to rush Baron Nashor. Your Mid laner sees a minion wave at their inhibitor on the far side of the map so they Teleport there to take the inhibitor leaving you as a three verses five squad.

What to do?

Let your Mid laner get their inhibtor and go push out the lanes.

If no lanes need to be pushed and all your jungle camps are down you can think about going in as the jungler and attempting a Smite steal if you think that you lose the game if they have Baron. Since it is a one way trip and it is probably late enough in the game that the death timers are fairly long make sure only you go in, so your team is only 4 v 5 for the duration of your death timer.

Trust your gut

You know when you've just had a successful gank but you are really low and you are having trouble deciding if you should grab one more camp before backing, but you think "what if their jungler shows up?"

Yeah, trust that feeling. Park yourself under the nearest tower and go back to base. Handing over a kill to their jungler is not worth it.

Gromp is worth 86 gold and 200XP. Your death is worth 300 gold assuming your don't have a bounty on your head for already having killed multiple champions without dying yourself.