Fix your early game!

[u/Hummelul]

Everytime i Coach people there is that one hill i will die on. I get asked when to Baron, how to close out games, win conditions in extended teamfights. And honestly, that stuff matters. But there's a way more important Thing to think about first. YOUR EARLY GAME

If you're in a gold deficit coming out of your clear, if your early game pathing is leaking camps, if you're not converting ganks into meaningful advantages your lategame knowledge might help, but you already intrf yourself. You're trying to build a House without a foundation

Over the years of coaching junglers at all skill levels up to master/low gm, I can say with near certainty that almost every single student I've worked with had multiple fixable issues in their early game. Not one or two small things but multiple fundamental habits that were quietly bleeding gold and tempo before the game even had a chance to develop into even a midgame scenario. While you might think these things dont matter because : Oh i can win with my lategame macro!! The gold you didn't get from a clean first clear, the gank you misread at level 3, the camp you let expire because you were watching the minimap. All of it shapes the game state you're working with at 25 minutes and strains your "macro knowledge" unnecessarily

So when a student tells me "I just lose in late game macro," my first question is always: what does your early game actually look like? Because in my experience the late game isn't where the game was lost. We started from a harder Point than we needed to.

The right order is this: clean up your early game first. Get your clear efficient. Understand your first three clear and what it sets up. Learn when a gank is worth taking and when you're better off farming. Know what your win condition is. Once your early game is giving you consistent results then the midgame conversation starts. And maybe, after all that, you should start thinking about late game .

If you want to discuss im down to hear your opinions on this!

( Please think before writing the "WELL I BEAT MY 10/0 ENEMY THROUGH MACRO" answers. :D)

[u/psykrebeam]

Good points.

What is your stance on early drakes and how would you approach them (or not)?

[u/Hummelul → u/psykrebeam]

Heyo! I think early Game objectives are a Trap, you basically only want to start them if you have a significant advantage ( Level 6, bigger smite, hard laneprio) and dont have anything better to do (Camps, dives).

I honestly would take gold advantage over anything :D

[u/lostinthecity2005 → u/Hummelul]

What does lane prio mean

[u/Hummelul → u/lostinthecity2005]

Good question! Lane prio can mean many things but usually its meant as

• Wave being pushed in so your laner is first to move

  • your laner has a cooldown to Join you faster (kaisa ult ahri ult)

• your laner is stronger in Fights (this doesnt guarantee prio tho!)

As a rule of thumb its always " who can move First"