10-11-2011, 10:21 AM
Generally, I say no it isn't. I say this because you still need to farm all the way through the game. Also, even after you take their tower, then you still want to be near your lane to push back creeps that start getting close to your tower to keep them from being able to take it. Yes with their tower down, you are able to roam around a bit more, but you still need to be near your lane to farm waves or your tower will suddenly be gone. On the other side of that, if your tower went down, try to push back on theirs as long as you can do so safely (wards, wards, wards.)
The best way to handle losing or taking an early tower is to continue to put pressure on that lane. If you took the tower, then you keep the lane pushed up to the second, which keeps them from being able to roam as much, and also denies them last hits and exp if that wave gets to the tower. If you lost your tower, keeping the wave pushed does the same thing, it keeps pressure on that lane so that they have less freedom to move around.
A mistake I see a lot of people make is ignoring their lane after a tower is down (either one), and instead trying to force grouping up as five. Sure this can work, but a lot of the time it's going to cause a team that's behind in gold to get into a team fight that they don't want too if they lost the tower (unless it's under a tower), or a team that is slightly ahead get into a fight under a tower. The better thing to do is to only group up to defend towers, otherwise ward the hell out of the jungle and river (your jungle if you lost the tower, theirs if they did) and continue to farm minions.
This is all general advice.; Keep in mind that this is also situational, so don't follow it religiously, but for the most part, early towers should not mean the end of laning, they just mean more wards. The laning phase usually shouldn't end until about 20 minutes into the game. If another team tries to force it to end by balling up as five and roaming/pushing because they took a tower, then ward the hell out of your jungle, keep your lanes pushed, and be quick to group up to defend where ever they are heading to push (since you can see where they are going because of wards.) If you took a tower, keep farming and putting pressure on that lane, while having the others do the same. Keeping them split up defending towers, and losing last hits and exp to them let's you get farther ahead.
That's pretty much my thought process on the whole thing. Laning phase should not end until your team is ready for it to end, when you have your core items built and are preferably ahead. This is all reliant on wards though, so if wards aren't being bought, then the laning phase is going to have to end a lot sooner. But with proper ward coverage, you can lane as long as you want.
The best way to handle losing or taking an early tower is to continue to put pressure on that lane. If you took the tower, then you keep the lane pushed up to the second, which keeps them from being able to roam as much, and also denies them last hits and exp if that wave gets to the tower. If you lost your tower, keeping the wave pushed does the same thing, it keeps pressure on that lane so that they have less freedom to move around.
A mistake I see a lot of people make is ignoring their lane after a tower is down (either one), and instead trying to force grouping up as five. Sure this can work, but a lot of the time it's going to cause a team that's behind in gold to get into a team fight that they don't want too if they lost the tower (unless it's under a tower), or a team that is slightly ahead get into a fight under a tower. The better thing to do is to only group up to defend towers, otherwise ward the hell out of the jungle and river (your jungle if you lost the tower, theirs if they did) and continue to farm minions.
This is all general advice.; Keep in mind that this is also situational, so don't follow it religiously, but for the most part, early towers should not mean the end of laning, they just mean more wards. The laning phase usually shouldn't end until about 20 minutes into the game. If another team tries to force it to end by balling up as five and roaming/pushing because they took a tower, then ward the hell out of your jungle, keep your lanes pushed, and be quick to group up to defend where ever they are heading to push (since you can see where they are going because of wards.) If you took a tower, keep farming and putting pressure on that lane, while having the others do the same. Keeping them split up defending towers, and losing last hits and exp to them let's you get farther ahead.
That's pretty much my thought process on the whole thing. Laning phase should not end until your team is ready for it to end, when you have your core items built and are preferably ahead. This is all reliant on wards though, so if wards aren't being bought, then the laning phase is going to have to end a lot sooner. But with proper ward coverage, you can lane as long as you want.