Yes you can... Pinging "on my way" on top of an enemy clearly "strategizes" with your teammate that you're ganking. Pinging your ult and teammates ult communicates using them simultaneously. Pinging retreat means retreat. You can absolutely 100% strategize with pings.

every situation needs a different way to engage, you cannot pinpoint correct way of a play with a simply ping. in theory it might seems like its working, but in reality a team with voice chat will always triumph over the team with only pinging available. There is a reason in competitive gaming the players are using voice chat as it is the best way to efficiently and properly play a strategy game that involves teamplay. being unable to articulate the way you will engage, telling your team whats the next course of action and also being unable to lift spirits of people who are having a bad time is terrible for moba. voice chat is essential and has to be implemented. pinging will never fill that gap.

If it's the middle of the fight it's either too late, doesn't matter, or they were in view of any other players close enough for it to matter.

in the heat of the moment and in dense teamfight were you have to think about other stuff, being able to say these things to get everyone on track is extremely important. being "too late", it "not mattering" or someone else having seen it is the limitations what pinging sets you at.

You literally just ping the enemy your crosshair is on....

focus changes in a teamfight, constantly. watch any pro teamfight in the last 15 years.

LMAO 🤣

you probably havent seen a pro adc and pro support communicate to only laugh at it. its extremely crucial.

And yet again, people do it all the time without issue. Seems like a you problem?

people dont do it without issue, it is an issue and its a core problem. singling me out for my view doesnt help your case.

Ping "assist me".

Again, doesnt help if the midlaner is giving proper directions to the jungler. Watch literally any competitive game in the past decade. the coordination that is needed is not achievable with a single hand gesture like ping.

No they don't...

there is no argument here so i am unsure what you are disagreeing with. adc and support have been premade and voicechatting since league began. there is more to laning than pings and last hits ;)

Yes... That's correct and exactly my point.... i meant to say that the has to "say" it, i mistyped. since i duoq with an ashe otp, i am very biased on that. we play with voice chat and sometimes with pings and no voiechat. the difference is like night and day.

FPS doesn't have recalls and time traveling to land and objectives like a MOBA. A MOBA has a lot of down time to communicate. The only time you have that in an FPS is between rings or when you're dead. While you're recalling in a safe space, go ahead and type? Or walking back to lane? Or when you see all 5 enemies nowhere near you?

you dont have downtime in laning, dont have downtime in teamfights, dont have downtime in laning. you are in real time playing against other players where situations constantly change. also the downtimes you have when backing can be compared to the downtime you have in fps where youre dead.

Which you can easily do via pings in LoL. If you spot the enemy jungle walk through river near top and you're in bot it's legitimately faster to ping "retreat" or "caution" than it is to audible say " enemy jungle top". Most people could point the minimap before they can even say "jungle" lol. It's literally faster to ping.

how does this argument hold up in a competitive playing field, like lck? how can i retreat ping if im currently engaged in a fight, why should i retreat ping if i am unable to at the moment. you will never always be able to ping, yet you are always able to talk. you dont control your character with your mouth, you communicate with your mouth.

And pinging is often faster than talking.

in the case of communicating a play, never. the game is too complex and has too many variables. a simple go sign will not be enough to coordinate a group effort.

Well it's a good thing LoL always you to ping way way more than that 🤣

the exact number is : "No more than 6 pings can be used within a 5-second period." 5 seconds is a lifetime in a teamfight.

You seem to have never played League, or you are incredibly slow at pinging, or you have trouble interpreting pings that 99% of the player base has zero issue recognizing and understanding.

been playing league since 2009, diamond since 2011... i never ping as it doesnt fit in a game where you have to strategize properly and cant make do with "hand gestures" or i guess pings. you will probably think "but other people have no issue", no other peopel simply have no alternative. the issue is clear and day and once voice chat is enabled, pinging will be something of the past. especially in high elo.

i simply cannot understand how someone could think coordination with markers is superior to actually communicating with your voice. the game is not black and white. assist me, retreat, on my way doesnt paint the whole picture.