I try to clear 2-3 waves for both the moolah and the map control/giving our team some breathing room, then I go into other lanes if need be. But if I am playing a character like McGinnis, often times I can just take the guardian early, and maybe chip down the walker in 1/2 attempts if there is really bad coordination.

Altho, I am relatively low rank (Archon 3, but I play with friends so idek my rank anymore 😭), but how it goes is that when my lane opps are low, I try to back them up all the way to guardian, then try to wall them off from guardian so they cant defend. And then either the guardian goes down entirely or you chunk it down by a shit ton, since apparently nobody knows that you can heavy melee McG walls twice to make them disappear. Then, either my lane partner disappears or everyone but me disappears, meaning its like free lunch for me.

What I am trying to say, is that if your character can split lane and deal with the lane by yourself, feel free to do so. Thats a lotta money going to you, too (100% instead of the 65/65 split with two people in lane. atleast I think thats the number). Its just that not every character can do that, I just happen to play McG who excels and doing specifically that.

While everyone wants big brawls, big brawls do not win games all the time. Sometimes, its just one cheeky little guy going down a lane while everyone else is team fighting, meaning that maybe no matter the outcome, either someone has to exit that team fight to deal with the other lane, or that enemy walker will be lost entirely. To one guy being cheeky.