Lane Pushing Tactics

[Kaden]

Yeah, there are a handful of reasons.

Something like a 20-minute "everyone get mid and push" is really to force a team-fight. It's very chess-like, actually. You force the enemy team to react in a predictable way.

If they'd been split up, it makes for an easy push.

If they're running a gimmick team-comp, you can just win a team fight.

If you can keep pressure 4v5, you can have a teammate collect buffs or split push.

Balling up and rolling down mid is one of my preferred tactics, really. It helps equalize disparities if their team is more coordinated than yours. It lets you gauge mid-game/team-fight strength. It's required for some other tactics (AoE comp, for example, will never work if you don't get the enemy all in one place). It's a good initiation to grab a quick dragon. People will usually let their own team 4v5 or 3v5 if they know their lane is open and they can get some damage on a tower (letting you trade towers should be a gain for your team in a 4/3v5 situation).

I think one of the reasons I like it when playing with our group, specifically, is that it lets me see exactly what's happening and why. If I'm in bot lane and our top dies during the early game, I won't know why nine times out of ten, but when everyone is right in front of me and I can see what everyone is doing, it lets me get a better feel for the game. Additionally, when I said it forces the enemy team to behave in a predictable way, it also forces your team to behave in a, hopefully, predictable way.

But yeah, I like this play, usually.