Macrogame theory #2

Laneswap

Strategy breakdown

A laneswap is the situation where the support and the adc, usually sent to the bottom lane, is sent top lane instead and the toplaner joins the jungler to share some experience and gold.

Why would a team do a laneswap?

Well there're 4 main reasons;
1. Your adc and support combo is weaker than the enemy's, and you want your adc to farm safely without trading.
2. Your toplaner has a very bad matchup against the enemy toplaner and you want to help him out early on.
3. Your adc and support can take a tower and push significantly faster than the enemy duo lane.
4. You want to deny the enemy toplaner for some reason.

If your team is in one of this 4 situations, you can execute a laneswap, yet everyone has to stick to the laneswap plan to make it worthy.