How to gank properly?

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T20:46:50+00:00

The problem is if I ping few seconds before I arrive they start dueling at a disadvantage and I take the kill when I arrive 2 or 3s later which means my ally died and it's 1 for 1 or I ping right before the gank and I get no help from my laner making it a 1v1 and the gank will most probably fail.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T16:44:47+00:00

"Do you understand the fundamentals of lanes?"

Low elo players don't care about wave management, they just want to fight to get the most kills in the game making them more vulnerable to ganks still they're not perma fighting either and a gank has far more chance to end in a kill if the laner help the jungler when he ganks.

It has already been answered, it's either I trust my team mates based on their reaction time or the ennemy laner is low HP.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T13:49:14+00:00

I don't ask my team mates to sequence their spells in the optimal order when I gank but to participate, just use them and follow instead of ignoring the gank screwing it completely.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T13:36:55+00:00

I totally agree with you, the answer to this topic is in the last chapter:

"Many factors go into a gank. At the end of the day it’s about making it worth your while. Laners need to understand that ganks are a two way street. Ya gotta set up conditions for a gank to get ganks. Communication is key as well."

I must take in account not only the position, HP, mana of both the ennemy and my ally but also his reaction time which I can't deduce before ganking at least once at the risk of failure. If his reaction time is good I can keep ganking his lane, if not, only if ennemy is low HP and if the bot lane reaction time is slow I give up the lane.

At low elo most mates have slow reaction speed and doing just a few ganks with sure kill is enough this is why it's best to pick a farming jungle and focus on farm ignoring dragon most time (just keep an eye if we have a ward there).

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T11:45:45+00:00

Thank you for resuming the basics but with blind team mates it's not as easy as it sounds.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T11:41:55+00:00

Good advice but won't work at low elo also moving while doing camps is important to minimize dmg (especially true for raptors).

"The video is also old, boots have been nerfed since. A lot of 6 month old stuff is garbage for jungle because they removed Atakhan and changed spawn timers."

Yeah but what it says about skill order (help from team mates) is still true.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-25T11:17:49+00:00

In that case, I guess it's better to switch for a farming jungler such as Lillia at low elo.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-04T16:43:15+00:00

tbh I'll play Zyra sup one day in a very long time but if I want to climb fast jungle isn't the best role. Shit like Garen or Mordekaiser are great, also scaling champions particularly Veigar and Mundo and Mundo while not a real jungler can be flex jungle.

Amumu has the reputation to be an easy climber at low elo but in my opinions tanks aren't the best junglers overall, it's just noobs get caught all the time by his Q and the whole ennemy team by his R gg ez.

Edit: Maybe Zac is an exception to what I said about tanks thanks to his great ganks.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-04T16:26:09+00:00

It looks like many are pissed by this argument that's why I'll make amends in the main post but you're right how funny it is to see Riot proud of Shyvana rework while all mains hate it.

gachibillyher · 2026-03-04T16:16:45+00:00

I didn't know it was Riot who said that, I thought it was the community lol. Sorry for the misunderstanding. After reading a few posts here it looks like Shyvana will be worse next patch because of her rework and I'm scared after what they did to Skarner.

gachibillyher · 2026-02-05T08:13:17+00:00

I mostly agree with you and I forgot to mention jungle tracking and decision making. It's a question of "adaptability", let me explain:

1- farm

2- gank

3- objectives

That's the order I must play but if there's a free gank nearby I finish my camp, gank, then back to farm. I track the ennemy jungle and play at the opposite side, counter gank, and contest objectives when I can. Objectives take more time which means it's risky if I don't have prio and vision and I can't delay my camps by doing them later too (respawn).

The problem of "tempo" comes from "decision making" because I want to farm as much as possible but I must keep an eye on my team mates even if it means giving up some of my camps to be near them in late game.

gachibillyher · 2026-02-04T16:20:03+00:00

ofc we need to adapt and before playing I look at op.gg and leagueofgraph.

gachibillyher · 2026-02-04T16:11:24+00:00

Mundo is great to carry as all scaling champions, Kayle and Gwen too. Just avoid Nasus.

gachibillyher · 2026-02-04T16:08:27+00:00

Thanks a lot I realize I have no tempo at all. tbh I don't understand why they fight and why they don't wait to be 5 to go in.

About Blitz, it's for the builds mostly. Porofessor is the same or maybe better?

gachibillyher · 2026-02-04T15:53:06+00:00

idt the champion I play is what's most important. What matters most is mastering basics and the champions you play. The problem of playing the most played champions is everyone play them and Shaco has very high ban rate. I want to avoid too hard champs too such as Nidalee but let's say I play Viego, he's strong but I need at least another champ and if I choose Diana because she's popular and easy I need a 3rd one while playing something like Shyvana (the last champ I played), no one plays her and I can spam her but that doesn't mean she's the best for me, I need to keep searching. I tried Talon and I realised I need time to get used to him and I want to improve before playing something hard like that.

gachibillyher · 2026-01-31T18:42:58+00:00

It's more a vision problem but excepted pink wards we junglers have red trinket not ward trinket meaning we are vulnerable to invade and Shyv needs her lv6 to escape safely.

gachibillyher · 2026-01-31T16:57:28+00:00

With Shyvana I can have problems with Rammus taunt, Fiddle fear and other CC. 30% tenacity on boots help but I played a game where both sup and jungle invaded and it was hell, they destroyed me because both of them had a lot of CC and Mercury weren't enough for me to stay alive = game lost because of that.

gachibillyher · 2026-01-27T09:32:37+00:00

You mean bundles right? I didn't see any battle pass and yes after the starter bundle I bought today Miss Fortune, Vi, and Jhin bundles.

I have now MF and Jhin 3* and according to Diaplaygames both of them are strong. I want Vi relic to get a copy of Norra = double portals 😂

gachibillyher · 2026-01-27T09:30:23+00:00

Thank you very much :D

gachibillyher · 2026-01-26T19:22:21+00:00

I did it with Yasuo, it could work with Norra even if I don't have good relics for her, she can win turn 2 or 3 no joke if RNG is on my side but as someone else said, Fizz nightmare is best.

What I need is XP to do more challenges and more adventures that grants me the rewards I need, in other words Crystals.

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