08-21-2011, 10:53 AM
One thing I want to add on the subject of wards... When you have wards, one thing to remember is to not place them somewhere that isn't high priority (dragon/baron or buffs) unless you plan to be in that area for a large portion of the the 3 minutes. That way you don't have a ward on top or bot lane that is protecting no one. By doing that you save time on your wards so you don't have to buy even more.
Also, by 1-2 wards per times going base, it's fairly easy to make sure it happens. If you are laning and about to go back to buy something, stick around a bit longer to get 2 or 3 more creep kills which will give you the ward. If you are blue pilling then open your store panel and check the price of what you are going to buy to make sure you have enough for a ward. Keep in mind that warding does help you farm better which will increase your gold by far more than the 75 they cost by giving you the safety to farm in that area while it's up.
Pretty much from start to finish wards need to be bought. You can save placing one on lanes most times until about level 3 or 4 because the large majority of junglers will wait till at least level 4 for a gank.
This rambled quite a bit because of watching the IEM match between [M] and Fnatic, but what I would like to see is the ward cost being spread out on more people rather than focused on one or two usually hurting their build overall. Over the course of a game, if each person buys 10 wards that's 750 gold which really isn't all that much, and also made up for somewhat with the gold mastery if you can pick it up. On the other hand, if only one or two people are buying wards, to get the same amount of wards they spend a hell of a lot more gold over all. For two people to get the same ward uptime and coverage would require 3750 gold split between those two. A massive amount of gold to be used for safety by just 2 people. Never mind the time spent placing them.
Moral of the story, every single person needs to buy wards.
Also, by 1-2 wards per times going base, it's fairly easy to make sure it happens. If you are laning and about to go back to buy something, stick around a bit longer to get 2 or 3 more creep kills which will give you the ward. If you are blue pilling then open your store panel and check the price of what you are going to buy to make sure you have enough for a ward. Keep in mind that warding does help you farm better which will increase your gold by far more than the 75 they cost by giving you the safety to farm in that area while it's up.
Pretty much from start to finish wards need to be bought. You can save placing one on lanes most times until about level 3 or 4 because the large majority of junglers will wait till at least level 4 for a gank.
This rambled quite a bit because of watching the IEM match between [M] and Fnatic, but what I would like to see is the ward cost being spread out on more people rather than focused on one or two usually hurting their build overall. Over the course of a game, if each person buys 10 wards that's 750 gold which really isn't all that much, and also made up for somewhat with the gold mastery if you can pick it up. On the other hand, if only one or two people are buying wards, to get the same amount of wards they spend a hell of a lot more gold over all. For two people to get the same ward uptime and coverage would require 3750 gold split between those two. A massive amount of gold to be used for safety by just 2 people. Never mind the time spent placing them.
Moral of the story, every single person needs to buy wards.