How to WIN LANE using ONLY Wave Control - League of Legends

[00:00] league of legends is all about concepts

[00:01] game knowledge mechanics are nowhere

[00:03] near as important if you learn all the

[00:05] concepts and bring them all together you

[00:07] easily make it to at least masters then

[00:09] you have to refine them and actually get

[00:10] good at the game and that's what the

[00:11] climb from master is a challenger is

[00:13] just missing one or two important

[00:14] concepts can make you lose a lane

[00:16] especially against a player that isn't

[00:17] missing that game knowledge today i'm

[00:19] going to show you a perfect example of

[00:20] this in a low platinum mmr game where

[00:22] i'm on jax vs mordekaiser i'm going to

[00:24] break down a bunch of different concepts

[00:25] where they all could lead to a one or

[00:27] lost lane don't worry if you don't play

[00:29] jacks or mordekaiser though as the

[00:31] concept will apply to any champion so

[00:32] let's jump right into this lane one

[00:34] could argue level one is the most

[00:35] important part of top lane as the dick

[00:36] takes the next three levels and like i

[00:38] always say in loilo i wouldn't lane in

[00:40] the first three levels 90 of the time

[00:42] you need to know who's stronger at level

[00:43] one in any matchup that you play do you

[00:45] know who's stronger here

[00:49] well even if you don't have the match of

[00:50] experience like me

[00:52] you could know who wins level one here

[00:54] just by thinking about two things first

[00:56] mordekaiser is an ap champion where jax

[00:58] is an aed one this normally means the ad

[01:00] champion will win a long extended fight

[01:02] on top of this jax starts e at level 1

[01:04] which blocks autos from minions and

[01:05] champions this is obviously really

[01:07] important when autos are going to be the

[01:08] main form of damage when both champions

[01:10] only have one ability the thing is

[01:11] mordekaiser q which is what he starts at

[01:13] level 1 is a shorter cooldown than

[01:15] jack's e so mord wants to avoid level 1

[01:17] all in and just poke with q

[01:19] remember how i said just missing one

[01:20] piece of game knowledge can win and lose

[01:22] the lane well i actually don't have the

[01:24] matchup experience here but because of

[01:25] the things i just talked about i look

[01:27] for a level one all in when he walks up

[01:28] and auto attacks me here i make sure to

[01:30] turn on my e after auto attacking more

[01:32] because that's when his minions will

[01:33] start hitting me the more minion autos i

[01:35] soak the more damage my e will do i

[01:37] should have turned it on to block mord's

[01:38] first auto but i mistimed it at this

[01:41] point i have my passive on and conquer

[01:43] and we established that i went all in

[01:44] sadly i wasted auto attack on a minion

[01:46] which made me feel like i would lose the

[01:48] fight because of his q coming up he

[01:50] flashes to try and finish me off but i

[01:51] flash as well and survive so because i

[01:53] accidentally auto attacked a minion i

[01:55] don't punish the board and end up having

[01:56] to flash away i should have easily got

[01:58] first blood here because he didn't

[01:59] respect that my level 1 was stronger i

[02:01] started corrupting potion though and

[02:03] have biscuits so i have plenty of

[02:04] sustain i don't need to recall on top of

[02:06] this i have the push advantage since i

[02:08] was auto attacking minions at level one

[02:09] remember how i said the level one

[02:10] determines the next levels as well even

[02:12] when i have lower health than him i

[02:14] still mean control the lane for these

[02:15] first three waves level advantages are

[02:17] too important with this big health

[02:18] disadvantage i would still win 1v1 if i

[02:20] jumped in right now it's important that

[02:22] i control the minion wave properly from

[02:23] here though if i push too fast right now

[02:25] the wave will half crash on the tower

[02:27] meaning the melee minions will be in

[02:28] tower range and the ranged ones won't

[02:30] then the next wave will arrive and

[02:31] mordekais will be able to safely farm

[02:32] under tower and will hit level 3 around

[02:34] the same time as me it would be really

[02:36] hard to fully crash the wave to get a

[02:37] good recall off if that happens this is

[02:39] an extremely common mistake in the wii

[02:41] low and toppling you want to crash 3

[02:42] waves which makes the enemy laner take a

[02:44] long time under tower to farm the wave

[02:46] and it will push back towards you

[02:48] this also makes so you don't have to tp

[02:49] back to lane i'll show you exactly what

[02:51] i mean here and again this is one of

[02:53] those core pieces of information that

[02:54] you need to understand or you lose or

[02:56] miss an opportunity to win a lane

[02:58] anyways getting back to the gameplay i'm

[02:59] basically lasting at this point because

[03:01] i need to make sure i don't finish

[03:02] clearing this wave until the next wave

[03:04] gets here mordekaiser is respecting my

[03:05] level 2 as well but if he walks up i

[03:07] would definitely look for a trade i used

[03:09] my q here to get the cs though and i

[03:11] knew he would hit level 2 from this

[03:12] minion so i didn't trade with my q down

[03:14] now the third wave is arriving and

[03:16] mordekaiser actually clears a big chunk

[03:18] of it with his q and his e but since he

[03:20] doesn't have those i'm free to hit the

[03:22] minions i'm fully focused on clearing

[03:24] this canon wave and crashing it for a

[03:25] reset

[03:26] but i hit level 3 here so i jump in for

[03:28] a trade with my level advantage this

[03:30] isn't to kill him or anything though

[03:31] it's just to weaken him so he can't

[03:33] pressure me while i'm trying to crash

[03:34] the wave i didn't use my either though

[03:36] since that's a big cooldown and without

[03:37] it i'm much more vulnerable and when

[03:39] mordekaiser wakes up to try and trade

[03:40] back then i use my e you might not know

[03:42] this but jax e reduces the aoe damage he

[03:45] takes when he's using it so i reduced

[03:46] mord's q damage while also using the aoe

[03:49] damage from the e to hit all the minions

[03:50] i had to make sure that the cannon

[03:52] minion actually got into tower range

[03:53] though if it didn't i would only have

[03:54] two options either stay and try and

[03:56] crash the next wave or recall and tp

[03:58] back right away this is because the wave

[04:00] would freeze so if i didn't tip you back

[04:02] to lane i would lose a ton of minions as

[04:03] i ran back enough minions at the lane

[04:05] can easily be decided by that you might

[04:07] be wondering why the wave won't freeze

[04:09] when there are still three minions there

[04:10] after the cannon dies

[04:12] and that's because you need at least

[04:13] four minions to actually freeze those

[04:15] three range ones aren't enough

[04:16] especially when they are missing a lot

[04:17] of health already the wave will slow

[04:19] push to me at this point now this is

[04:20] another crucial part of the lane like i

[04:22] said it's slow pushing to me so i don't

[04:23] have to tp back i will have my gold spin

[04:26] here when i get back and mordekaiser

[04:27] won't so i will have the item advantage

[04:29] but since it's slow pushing you'll have

[04:30] a minion advantage and a level advantage

[04:32] if i'm someone like irelia here where i

[04:34] can easily clear a bunch of minions i

[04:36] have a ton of kill pressure jax is good

[04:38] in this scenario too because his e

[04:39] avoids minion damage but i still have to

[04:41] be careful best case scenario would be i

[04:43] bait out mordekaiser's q and e and dodge

[04:45] them and then i just all win

[04:47] if mordekaiser doesn't want to take the

[04:49] risk of dying here he can recall now and

[04:50] tp back to lane but then i'll have the

[04:52] tp advantage let's see what happens

[04:54] though when i walk into lane you see the

[04:55] footsies i'm playing right away walking

[04:57] in and out of his q and e range to try

[04:59] and bait it but once he clears my wave i

[05:01] have to back off even after he uses his

[05:02] q now that my next wave is here i want

[05:04] to try and kill as many minions as

[05:05] possible so i can hit level 4 along with

[05:07] trimming the wave down to prepare for my

[05:09] all in while doing that i'm trying to

[05:10] bait out his abilities like i talked

[05:12] about earlier this means when i walk up

[05:13] for some cs i'll just let them die since

[05:15] i'm anticipating that he'll try to

[05:17] contest it it's kind of tricky doing

[05:18] this in low elo since i don't know what

[05:20] they are thinking this applies to skill

[05:21] shots as well it's really hard to dodge

[05:23] the player's skill shots since it feels

[05:25] like they're just random it's 100 easier

[05:27] to dodge high level player skill shots

[05:29] world crazer walks into the brush though

[05:31] so as i walk up and clear some minions i

[05:32] wore the brush to see if he's recalling

[05:34] in it if he was i would definitely stop

[05:36] him last second since i might have a

[05:37] chance to kill him here sadly

[05:39] mordekaiser hits me with an isolated q

[05:40] here and hits level 5 then hits me with

[05:42] another isolated q to make me too low to

[05:44] fight him at this point i won't be able

[05:46] to use my item advantage to look for a

[05:47] kill but that's fine i'm not in a

[05:48] terrible spot or anything although if it

[05:50] was high yellow i could easily be dove

[05:52] i'm just going to let motocross crash

[05:53] the wave at this point but while i'm

[05:55] doing that my skarner shows up trying to

[05:56] gank so what i do next is an extremely

[05:58] important concept that many players fail

[06:00] to understand or know i can't help my

[06:02] skarner in this gank if he can kill mort

[06:05] alone that's great but the risk reward

[06:07] here isn't good for me it's way too

[06:09] risky if i try to help here and the

[06:11] enemy jungler counter ganks we lose the

[06:12] 2v2 since i'm level 4 and have half

[06:14] health i would die and lose all these

[06:16] minions and my lane would be unplayable

[06:18] on top of this if i help skarner here

[06:20] and chase the mordekaiser i'll still

[06:22] lose all these minions to the tower so i

[06:23] won't even be gaining that much if we

[06:25] kill him especially if i get the assist

[06:26] and not the kill then it actually

[06:28] wouldn't have been worth it for these

[06:29] reasons i don't help skarner and i just

[06:31] focus on the wave notice what i do with

[06:33] it though i don't just let it crash i

[06:34] use my e to tank it and avoid letting

[06:36] the wave crash on the tower this is

[06:38] because i want to freeze and if skarner

[06:39] kills mord or even chunks him hard

[06:41] enough to make him recall mord would be

[06:42] forced to tp back to lane because of the

[06:44] freeze but when i noticed that skarner

[06:46] backed off early and didn't really chunk

[06:47] mordekaiser i just let the wave crash so

[06:50] i'll be honest here this mordekaiser has

[06:51] played pretty well so far he's exceeded

[06:53] my expectations this is where he starts

[06:55] to slip up though because he's missing

[06:56] some important fundamental concepts it

[06:58] only takes one remember as i'm clearing

[07:00] this wave i noticed my low health makes

[07:02] the mordekaiser stay in lane and he's

[07:03] sitting in the brush he might have

[07:05] forgotten that i ordered it earlier but

[07:07] this is a huge mistake from him since he

[07:08] could get a big advantage from just

[07:10] recalling after the skarner gang just

[07:12] like we talked about earlier with what i

[07:13] did to him in the first three levels the

[07:15] wave will slow push back to him so he

[07:16] could walk back to lane and i'm so low

[07:18] that i would be forced to recall and use

[07:19] tp since the wave would be frozen i

[07:22] wouldn't be able to crash the wave on

[07:23] his tower before he got back then he

[07:24] would have the tp advantage to punish

[07:27] this i'm going to act like i'm recalling

[07:28] to bait him out of the brush before we

[07:30] see what happens let's say neither of us

[07:31] touch the wave from this point will the

[07:33] push to him push to me or stay where it

[07:36] is

[07:41] because the even minion rule meaning

[07:42] when the waves are even it will push the

[07:44] opposite way it's slow pushing to him so

[07:46] i don't stop my recall to bait him into

[07:48] using an aoe ability on the wave either

[07:50] his q or his e now the wave is pushing

[07:52] to me and look at where my next wave is

[07:54] it's close enough that the mordekaiser

[07:55] won't be able to crash the current wave

[07:57] before my next one gets here so i start

[07:59] channeling my recall i buy a sheen which

[08:01] is a big power spike for jax and tipped

[08:02] me back to lane right away while

[08:04] mordekaiser is trying to clear the

[08:05] cannon wave last time i only had a long

[08:07] sword advantage on him this time though

[08:09] i had the long sword plus an entire

[08:11] sheen mordekaiser is overstated as

[08:12] welcome a bit too long now so when i tp

[08:15] in i gladly take the fight even though

[08:17] he's level 6 and i'm level 5. my item

[08:19] advantage is too big especially when

[08:21] he's missing this much health already so

[08:23] i get the kill like i said it only takes

[08:25] one piece of game knowledge that you

[08:26] could be missing that your opponent can

[08:27] use against you like this

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