League of Legends

Wave Control

League of Legends lanes are a wave game. If you only fight, you will lose to the person who crashed the cannon wave and walked into your jungle.

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Freeze when you are ahead and want a dive later

Hold the wave near your tower, not under it. A freeze makes them walk up for CS. That is when junglers eat.

Break a freeze with a crash. If you cannot crash, ping for help instead of dying on their wave.

Slow push before a roam

Build a big wave, crash it, then move. Roaming on an even wave donates plates.

Track the enemy mid’s roam timer. If they are missing, do not greed the next three melee minions in river fog.

Plates are a clock

After 14 minutes the plate gold is gone. Play for plates early or play for towers later. Do not split the difference and get neither.

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