sort of related but mostly noob q so ffti
I feel I'm getting my sight stone to early? I usually have it by 10-14 mins, whereas in most (even) pro games it's not grabbed by supports until the 17-20 min mark. Does this mean I'm not buying enough wards early game? or are people just so bad in sub 30 draft that I'm getting more assists than would be expected? I just feel I'm playing a little greedy maybe, I always manage to convince myself "oh just stay in lane a little longer, you don't need to b for wards yet"
also what the fuck is up with sona, I just bought her and in the two games I played I went 0/0/8 and 1/4/16.
she just seems so super generic, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around why she's so good/successful.
for clarification I only flash/crescendo'd like three times over the course of two fourty minute games, so it wasn't that getting my team all the kills
ALSO FUCK VEIGAR WITH A CAPITAL F
event horizon isn't even his fucking ult
edit: I have completely forgotten what ffti means
edit2: fell free to ignore
You're NOT, ABSOLUTLY NOT supposed to mimic the pro supports in the way they control the vision.
Do you ever see your SoloQ team going to do a wall of wards across the river at level 1 ? No you don't, because it is not needed.
Way less map pressure = way less map vision requirements.
So you're gonna ask me "what do I do with that extra gold that I get, if I don't spend it in 40 Gwards + 68 Pwards + 37 oracles in 10 mins?". And the answer is simple, spend it to increase your game impact.
Not telling you to buy BT on Tresh or something like that, but in SoloQ, you have the chance to be able to buy more stuff than pro support. The ennemy team got a Rammus Top, an Ashe AP Mid, a Malzahar Jungle, a Warwick Support and a Skarner ADC... And that dumb ADC in your team didn't take cleanse, or buy QSS ?!
=> Your chance to shine, get that Mikael Crucible and save his ass all game long.
Usually I rush the Sight Stone, the Philo and on some Sup I get a Kage or an early Doran Shield (stuff like Tresh, Alistar... : read engage). You're supposed to dominate your lane with a Support in soloQ, that's what I believe with all my soul. Supports have way more presence than ADCs in the early stages of the game, YOU do the plays, not your ADC. Don't go Rambo mode, but try to have as much presence as possible.
Also, you should make sure your lane is always warded, but sometimes the enemy lane is pushing like bronzies (and their mid laner/jungler can't really dive you like yolo because it's too early) and you can save some minutes on those wards. If you feel like you should have bought more wards, because you're out of wards try to think : - Could I go back to buy wards earlier ?
Many bot lanes don't go back when they should. Man, how many times did I force my fucking dummy support to go back WITH ME after I got a kill and pushed the lane to the turret "but I'm full hp and mana, meh, let's stick around just for the fun, waiting them to come back with fresh new items and a jungler ganking the pushed lane while our summoners are on CD... ;Y". Always take every single chance to TP back to the shop (usually, try to push to the enemy's turret, you can do it too as support).
Finally, you probably know it, but man so many supports forget it :
- When it's past min 25, when your team applies large map pressure (read : further than the river) : ALWAYS have the Baron pinked. Even if your jungler doesn't know Baron exists, even if no one in your team wants to do it. It wins games to delete enemy's informations on Baron when you're in a position of strength.
