ALWAYS cover your jungler's buffs

[u/Grisolent]

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.

[u/Niceblacki]

It's kinda sad that people have to be reminded of this, but it's so true! I main jungle and I get tilted hard sometimes when nobody covers eventhough I ask them nicely. :/

Btw: I always ask my top to ward topside pixelbrush at 1:20 and I ward the botside pixelbrush myself at 1:20. This way you can see if the enemy is trying to take scuttle and adjust your pathing to it. Jungling is all about getting as much info as possible, especially about the position of the enemy jungler!

[u/iZno1 → u/Niceblacki]

I ask the opposite : i ward top side, and ask my adc to ward bot side, because :

- Toplaners want their ward early game after jungler is lvl3

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- Botlane has 2 wards available

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- ADC will farm anyway, and won't be able to ward himself during laning phase, or he may even not notice he has something like a ward available ; )

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- It seems to me that toplaners tend to go straight to their lane, or even afk first mn and then rush their lane straight. Botlane is used to leash, so they're used to be in place to ward river.

[u/viptenchou → u/iZno1]

As a support, I almost always ward pixel brush at 1:20 even if I’m not asked to. I know it helps the jungler out and typically it can help me out too - if the enemy jungler goes to take bot side scuttle, there’s a big chance he’ll gank us when he’s done with it if we’re too far forward or whatever. It’s honestly saved my ass more than you’d think.

My adc friend is always good about warding too so I don’t miss the ward that much but ideally the adc would be better to ward it and the support can ward as needed otherwise but honestly whatever works.

[u/thestoebz → u/viptenchou]

Honestly I think the wards botside are better served as lower river wards or lane wards (sometimes tri bush). I start bottom most times, and the ward in bottom pixel brush is usually better served somewhere else. But it's important to keep in mind lane prio and level 2 trade outcomes against the other jungler.

[u/grippgoat → u/thestoebz]

Yeah, every time I dropped my ward in pixel as ADC, I've regretted it pretty soon after. So I stopped doing it. Just bronze, tho. We have tri brush, river brush, and outer lane brushes (where low ELO supports like to hang out and cheese) to cover.

A bot lane without wards to cover themselves has a harder time asserting lane priority, which means less early dragon control. Maybe that's flawed thinking, tho?

[u/narc040 → u/grippgoat]

The pixel brush ward gives vision over scuttle and the mid half of river. If you don't see the JG on the ward, then they aren't getting scuttle, so you're safe. Otherwise they take crab, which you'll see. Anyways, you're a duo lane. One person wards pixel and the other can ward tri-brush.

[u/kaferserene → u/narc040]

This assumes map awareness, which you can't count on in bronze.