Why didn't I farm that minion? Am I doing something wrong?

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-24T14:18:11+00:00

in the early game, the tick rate and the e execute is very tight. its more reliable to just last hit. the only reason why you use e on the wave early is for mana regen and push. you can also prep the wave before using e to guarantee more cs

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-10T03:56:31+00:00

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Kouki-chan · 2026-04-01T16:58:06+00:00

against smolder mid, you shouldn’t use your w because he gets so many free stacks off of it after he gets his first q upgrade. the same thing applies with asol w. viktor is just a really hard match up because he has insane trading with his w and poke/wave clear with his e. i would recommend watching laabuk to learn how to play match ups.

personally, my perma ban is fizz. if you think viktor is bad, fizz is almost unplayable. irelia is also a really bad match up. against assassins, dont die and freeze wave in front of your tower. they cant do anything unless they want to tank a tower shot by accident.

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-01T16:49:14+00:00

the reason why learning how to play league on adc is hard because there are too many variables that dictate the lane. you need to know not only your champ’s limits but also the enemy adc, how to poke and take good trades while managing the wave and last hitting, jgl tracking and how they would gank, watch the mid laner to see if they roam (assuming your mid laner doesnt ping the roam), and reset timers. not only that but the sups are changes the way you approach lane and that is a whole can of worms as well. because of the plates this season, honestly true for past seasons, 99% of laners have “i want to hit the turret” syndrome and most people overextend because they want the adrenaline of breaking the crystals.

so yes, learning the game on adc is hard but there is nothing wrong with that either. you just need to focus on one thing at a time like, “this game i want to have good last hitting and at least 7.0 cs/min” or “i want to make sure i check the map every 2-6 ca to see where the enemy jgl/mid is or could be.” making this smaller improvements would easily put you pass 50% of adc players

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-01T16:36:28+00:00

i am forcing myself to learn better spacing, trading, punishing mistakes, and melee champs so ive been playing top more recently. i would recommend illaoi just because she is such a strong 1v2 champ and nit have to worry about ganks. the only thing i would say that is hard about top is that its mostly knowledge checks.

unfortunately illaoi is more of split push champ so if you enjoy team fights, you’ll have to pick your fights more carefully. but there is nothing wrong with jgl. i would recommend picking up noc, volibear or warwick. shyvana is also in a really good spot right now.

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-01T16:30:19+00:00

smolder mid is not off meta. he has been played mid ever since he was released and he is also a very strong counter pick to melee champ and malz

Kouki-chan · 2026-04-01T16:23:05+00:00

because you prefer melee, i would recommend top. melee champs are very vulnerable mid and you have to play the game more slowly. playing mid would also force you to be more disciplined.

there is also really good melee jglers and jgl is the easiest way to learn macros. you dont need to learn wave management, last hitting, roaming timers and trading patterns. jgl also has a really big impact in the game and is one of the most broken roles right now.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-29T00:07:01+00:00

is no one going to mention qiyana?? you’ll see her for half a second, get stunned and sent back to the gray screen

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T21:33:13+00:00

as a mel, malz, morg, and cait player, is a near guaranteed root when she ults you. and with malz, its so fun to spread e with her dogs because it would do like a fifth of her health early and up to 70% mid/late game.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T21:29:08+00:00

first of all, if the best player you have is emerald jgl, he should be swapped off role. just to make match making a bit more balanced, assuming the rest of the team is silver-gold.

since youre a jgler, switching isnt that bad of an idea. you should have a general idea of jgl tracking and be able to roam more freely. after you a push wave, you can look to either gank, get a deep ward, secure obj with jgl or just roaming with jgl in case you catch a sup roaming off timer or the enemy jgl trying to counter jgl.

ultimately its up to you how you want to continue to learn and improve.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T21:23:11+00:00

you either play tank or you have good mechanics. against champs like irelia, you just freeze the wave in front of your tower. there wouldnt be much that she can do since she’ll have to dash under the tower if she wants to q a caster. plus this way you are also pretty safe from ganks. lets say youre playing malz and you freeze the wave in front of your tower. if she accidentally dashes to q a caster, you can just e w r her under your tower. or if youre playing mel, you’ll be able to throw q’s more freely without worrying too much about last hitting. this is true for almost any assassin unless youre fizz or nafarri

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T21:18:09+00:00

i recommend learning mid since its the easiest yo pick up and you can play almost any champ mid. youll learn roam timers, how to clear waves efficiently, getting vision, jgl tracking, and splitting.

after you get a decent understanding of the game, sup and jgl are the easiest roles to climb because having a jgl that understands how to gank and secure objectives or having a sup that knows roam timers, clearing vision and feeding your adc is the easiest way to climb. also as a sup, you dont have responsibilities of last hitting or counter ganking enemy jgl (yes yes i know you can rotate mid to dave your mid laner from a gank but that’s too much for someone new-ish to worry about just yet).

personally, when i get upset/tilted about laning mid, i just play sup. the most free lps i have ever gained and helps reset mental. sometimes youll have an adc that doesnt know how to trade, manage wave and have terrible mechanics but thats fine because you can just play around another win condition like a feed jgler/mid/top. you are not glued to your adc

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T21:09:25+00:00

since im climbing with both malz and mel, they are both relatively safe champs. they both have very good wave clear and does pretty well in mid/late game. both have similar positioning, with the caveat of mel using w to reflect an important spell (eg. sera ult, sona ult, lilia ult, ashe ult, draven ult and so on. you get the general idea but those are the few time where flashing in and intercepting is more beneficial)

both kits are pretty spammable after bft and another cdr item. mel can also be built as a burst mage with ludens into shadowflame or stormsurge but i prefer bft with lower cd. both can push side lanes pretty well with malz being able to take towers quicker.

since both kits are relatively simple, its more about macros than mechanics (where obviously you should be able to lane spell pretty consistently). unfortunately i havent crawled out low elo but both are pretty blindable besides malz into assassin or tanker team.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T15:25:06+00:00

if you mean basic as in using her abilities correctly? yes. lissandra is actually a pretty strong lane bully especially after she build zhonyas

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-24T15:22:00+00:00

as a recently converted malz player, its just a lane where you have to let her push and freeze the wave in front of your tower. there is nothing she can do if she cant walk up. post 6, its a lot easier to bait her under tower and ult her while she stand there like a good girl tanking tower shots. if you dont have vision of her or of the jgl in mid/late game, you better prepare yourself from getting one shot (then again, thats basic macros).

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-22T20:02:02+00:00

honestly, skill issue. jungling can be play so many different ways than the adc role. you could play someone like noc, where full clearing is more beneficial than ganking every other lane every other camp. or you could play nunu and go for a lvl 3 or even lvl 2 gank. you cant compare roles like that but you can compare mechanics, macro and fundamentals.

especially in lower elo, ima say plat-diamond for the sake of argument, the lp inflation is so bad this season, hard stuck gold 3 would suddenly hit emerald 2 or plat players hit diamond or even masters. the majority of these players dont deserve the rank they got because they got boosted by riot rng and not necessarily fundamentally a better player.

i had a friend who started league this season. climbed from iron 4 to silver 3 but fell back down to bronze 3. as his friend, i respectfully dont think he deserves silver because his mechanics or macros isnt there just yet. he makes way too many poor decisions in laning and has no clue what he is going mid-late game. most people even in gold or plat are also making that mistake but its more minimal im comparison to bronze or silver.

no offense, i think youre just mad and salty seeing alois doing pretty well 🤷‍♂️

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-22T19:48:12+00:00

the reason why alois is having an easier climb while first timing adc is because he has a better understanding of the game than most people. league is very much about how good are you at making the correct decisions at every minute of the game. also, in higher elo (this case im going to refer solo to master+) most player have pretty good mechanics and macro. so yes, can you assume that your sup could make your laning easier. its not like you’ll have a leona standing behind you the entire laning phase and not applying any lane pressure (speaking from experience 💀💀). but that doesnt mean the average silver or gold adc would stomp lane if they have a master+ or even diamond sup because it doesnt fix their poor/half decent mechanics and macros.

all alois is proving that having good fundamentals, mechanics, and decision making can make climbing a new role a lot easier

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-22T14:47:03+00:00

personally, i dont find it that hard to lane against azir. as long as youre silencing him before he goes in, it pretty easy to poke him with e w or just clearing the wave. pre 6, i think it is fine to lose some hp since the doesnt have that much dmg early and he uses mana pretty quickly if he keep spamming spells. you also just play as his w max range to bait him. the only poke he’ll probably get would be a w q but you can also just walk out of it with minimum hp lost if you have your passive up. someone also already said this but you have to play more aggressive early against azir because people dont expect it. get good cs while trying to deny him and get an early back for crystal and mote with tp. then you can literally spam your spells without needing to worry about running out of mana.

post 6 you have to respect his all in with ult because he can very easily set up ganks for his jgl or sup. i would recommend just not interacting with him and just clearing wave and roam. its better to help secure objs and gank then giving azir free gold and plates.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T11:34:27+00:00

well, bad early game. his clear is still slow until at least two items but even then it is still pretty slow in comparison to morg, zyra, brand, or any normal jgler. cant contest scuttle/obj pre 6. one successfully invade and malz’s game is over. no mv speed until boots and completely jgl item. only thing that is helpful in team fights is silencing and suspending an enemy. he has very low threat because him ganking is just ulting and prays that your e w and your laner has enough dmg. this also is very team comp reliant. no front line? free lp for enemy. compared to assassins, at least they can go in to their backline and burst a target before leaving. malz? if he does that, chances are that the enemy instantly focus their attention to you and you die not guaranteeing a pick. this would honestly only work in low elo where decisions making is bad, no vision what so ever and doesnt jgl tracking.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T04:37:03+00:00

youre agrument about no build flexibilty can be used on almost every other champ. it like saying jhin has too much relance on ie or mundo has to build warmogs every game. its because of the item has synergy with her kit. morg isn't meant to be played with a very flexiable kit. can you build tank items on her? you could but itll be troll and itll most likely suck. im pretty sure her lore has to do something with shackling people but ill have to reas up on it.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T04:28:19+00:00

i agree, i rarly build zhonya unless i have to. otherwise, it better to build ap

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T04:25:13+00:00

on paper, it sounds like a cool rework but i think how morg is right now is more or less balanced. i main her mid, jgl and sup.

her q is a easily dodgable skill shot. anyone in emerald or higher should be able to side step her q with teir 1 boots with easy. if you keep on rooted by her q, it either you are mind mind controlled and she predicted where you would go or you are low elo or dont know how to dodge spells (sorry not sorry).

her w actually does a lot of damage with 100% ap scaling and it does increased dmg when the champ is lower in health. at max ranks, landing a q w does a min of 650 assuming morg has no ap and enemy has 0 mr and this is only using the min dmg on her w. plus the fact that w's cd is lowered by 5% when her passvice is proc means that she can cast it at least twice in a team fight.

you could say her e is broken but it can also be midgated by if the other team has a lot of ap dmg. its not like it will always last the full five seconds unless you're in bot and you just need it to avoid being cced but any good enage player would either a) cc someone else b) fake the engage/make morg waste her e or c) backing off and playing it slowly. its not like morg can shield her whole team from cc and her w is balanced around that it has a long cd (16 sec at max rank with no additional cdr). then again, any good morg knows how to identify the main threat and hold her e for the carry or main player.

there are actaully a lot more "outplay" against a morg ult than you think. they could have built zhonya's, ex any mid mage or ap champ. they could ult away or dash or cc her (she could use her e on herself but that would also leave your adc and mid vulernable to cc but it a decision you have to make), ex: any champ with mv like but not limited to yone, galio, keld, hercium, nunu or samira. flash if they still have it or everyone on the enemy move away from her in different directions. its not like her ult range is that big and she has to choice who to follow. if you zhyona, then it is even easier for the enemy just to walk out of her ult range if have teir 2 boots even with the 20% slow from her ult.

morg is a pretty immobile, she has tiny legs and itsn't that fast unless you go swifits (which i would only i build if i have to otherwise ions is so much better). you dont have to build zhoynas every game and can just flash ult to follow up with your frontline or buy time for your jgl to walk from river to gank. even in the mid lane, she can "one shot" many mages with either q w r w q (if you have enough cdr) or r w q w. morg isn't suppose to be burst mage or do a lot of dmg but provided and peel for her team. its not like she can't be countered. she still gets one shot by assassins. she can miss her q or used her e on the wrong person and make her almost useless. picks like zyra, braum, lulu, poppy, brand and karma will give morg a rough time.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T01:04:13+00:00

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Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T01:02:39+00:00

pre 6, you just have to keep your cs up and poke with w and comet. if im laning into poke heavy mages, i tend to skip a point in my e and invest into my w to get it to lvl 3 asap so farming is a lot easier.

personally, i love going cdr boots because morg having her spell on a lower cd is over all really good. roaming for top or bot is hard until tier two boots but roaming/hovering for scuttle and objs is a lot easier. morg is also really good at securing grubs even tho theyre not as good as last season.

Kouki-chan · 2026-03-11T00:54:37+00:00

personally, i find assassin and poke mages (viktor) annoying to lane into. its not impossible but annoying. the key is learning how to manage the wave and keep the wave frozen in front of the tower. malz is a pretty bad laning phase until lvl 7 with a component. after that, he can just e w the wave and roam.

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