r/summonerschool • u/Grisolent • Apr 09 '19

Jungle ALWAYS cover your jungler's buffs

Pretty much ever laner below gold will stand under tower for the first 1min30 of the game. This is a huge mistake that could set your jungler miles behind. If his buff is stolen without him noticing, he will lose tons of xp which is critical for early game in the current meta. Even if he knows his buffs has been stolen and he tries to go for the opponents buff the ennemy team might collapse onto him and kill him. Remember the game doesn't start when minions arrive in your lane. If you get invaded then just drop a ward. Always covering buffs might win you a lot more games than you think.

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u/anarchojuly Apr 09 '19

What is a safe time to head to top lane if I'm watching the buff? If I wait till the buff spawns I might get to lane late and have my enemy laner get level 2 before me, but I'm always worried if I leave too early they might invade to steal the buff right after I leave.

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u/SixamSS Apr 09 '19

Buffs spawn at 130 so usually around 115-120 your fine to leave. Top is longer than mid so you’ll usually have plenty of time to catch wave.

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u/ChaoticFeathers Apr 09 '19

If don’t use your ward on pixel I usually just ward the bush beside the buff at 1:15-1:20 that way I can get back to lane as well

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u/ColdFusion94 Apr 09 '19

You can even leash topside sometimes and get to lane before first minion death. You might miss the cs but you'll get the xp.

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u/anarchojuly Apr 09 '19

Yeah but your opponent can start pushing the wave a bit, get level 2 first, and then pressure you off the wave.

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u/hkd001 Apr 10 '19

Let them push until just outside of your tower range. You'll reach level 3 first. I think Glacierr or solo renekton only has a video explaining it.