[0:00] when playing league of legends knowing
[0:01] how to correctly manipulate minion waves
[0:03] is one of the most important mechanics
[0:05] in the game and one of the most
[0:06] overlooked mechanics in lower elo there
[0:08] are three different methods of
[0:09] manipulating a minion wave you can fast
[0:11] push a wave freeze a wave or slow
[0:13] pressure wave and we'll go over what you
[0:14] should use and when firstly fast pushing
[0:17] this is very straightforward just kill
[0:18] all the minions as quickly as possible
[0:20] to push your minions into their tower
[0:21] this is possibly the weakest way to
[0:23] default push and should only really be
[0:24] used in two circumstances the first
[0:26] being that you want your wave at your
[0:27] opponent's tower this could be for any
[0:29] reason such as your opponent has roamed
[0:31] and you're looking to deny farm or
[0:32] simply you can push in for tower plates
[0:34] the second reason to fast push is if
[0:35] you're in danger for example if you've
[0:37] got low health and your risk of being
[0:38] killed or if you know the enemy jungler
[0:40] is looking your way fast pushing is a
[0:41] quick way to get yourself out of that
[0:43] lane and buy yourself a small amount of
[0:45] time to fall back or have backup arrive
[0:47] so what is the downside to fast pushing
[0:49] well usually when doing this you are
[0:50] just forcing a single wave into the
[0:51] tower with minions spawning every 30
[0:53] seconds and taking 5-10 seconds to push
[0:55] a wave in you're not giving yourself a
[0:56] good window to roam or be impactful in
[0:58] any way in addition if you're fast
[1:00] pushing you're letting your opponent get
[1:01] pretty free farm under their tower where
[1:03] they are very safe and if you want to
[1:04] challenge them for this farm you're
[1:05] putting yourself at high risk for no
[1:07] reason also what quite often happens is
[1:09] you've now given priority to your
[1:10] opponent set up a freeze or slow push
[1:12] back at you which can cause you to
[1:13] quickly lose control over your lane the
[1:15] second method is freezing a wave this is
[1:17] pretty easy to set up you just last hit
[1:19] minions when your wave has fewer minions
[1:20] than your opponents as long as the
[1:22] opposing minion wave has two or three
[1:23] more minions in it than yours you should
[1:25] be able to set up a freeze making sure
[1:26] this minion line does not move from
[1:28] where it is there are many advantages to
[1:30] freezing a lane firstly you're keeping
[1:32] yourself incredibly safe and easily able
[1:34] to farm while keeping the opposing laner
[1:36] overextended also freezing is a great
[1:37] option if you're ahead or behind if
[1:39] you're behind it can keep you safe from
[1:40] ganks and all ends and allows you to
[1:42] farm and if you're ahead it's a
[1:43] crippling way to deny your opponent farm
[1:45] and sometimes even experience depending
[1:47] on how far ahead you are the downside to
[1:49] freezing however is that you have now
[1:50] committed to being in that lane for a
[1:52] very long time this means that if the
[1:53] enemy team go for a dragon or herald
[1:55] your opponent will usually have priority
[1:56] over you in addition it means they'll be
[1:58] able to roam and gank without any
[1:59] pressure from you so a good general idea
[2:01] for freezing is that if your opponent is
[2:03] great at roaming don't freeze your
[2:04] teammates will not be happy with you the
[2:06] third and final method is the slow push
[2:07] this is incredibly strong and should be
[2:09] your default way to push and thankfully
[2:11] it's very easy to do all you do is
[2:12] simply push the minion wave slowly last
[2:14] hitting and pushing where you need to
[2:16] what happens following this is you're
[2:17] able to build up two and sometimes even
[2:19] three waves of minions to crash into
[2:20] your opponent's tower this strategy is
[2:22] actually really similar to the fast push
[2:24] except you're pushing more minions into
[2:25] the tower which overcomes the weakness
[2:27] of fast pushing and that you don't have
[2:28] time to be effective where with multiple
[2:30] minions crashed you can now be impactful
[2:32] the main advantages of this are you now
[2:33] have time to roam you can freely back
[2:35] and buy you can often get multiple tower
[2:36] plates and you're pretty safe because no
[2:38] one wants to fight you in a large wave
[2:39] of minions in addition if you do score a
[2:41] kill it is devastating because your
[2:42] opponent is going to miss so much farm
[2:44] essentially this method allows you to do
[2:46] anything you want the only real downside
[2:48] to this method is if you're weaker it
[2:49] may allow your opponent to set up a
[2:50] freeze in their favor but if that is the
[2:52] case either look to push the minions
[2:54] hard into the tower or go in rome i hope
[2:56] you found this guide helpful and here is
[2:57] a cheat sheet of what method to use and
[2:59] when