Macrogame theory - Bonus article

The art of shotcalling

The underrated team role

What is a shotcaller?
He or she is a person who has the duty and responsability of leading the team during a game. In this scenario a coach can't (in a normal situation) help, so the shotcaller has to become the strategist of the team and adapt the coach's strategy to the real situation, which often varies from the prepared scenario.

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Objective attacking

From the blue side

Attacking tier 1 towers

TOP TOWER – EARLY GAME APPROACH

Jungle pathing

This are timers for the usual jungle pathing relevant for a top dive / gank.

- From 3:00 (If not invading or early ganking mid / bottom) to 4:20 he will stand in botside of
the jungle.
- From 6:30 to 7:30 for buff spawn then GANK.
- Around minute 8:00 after second recall to buy PINK and small items + sustain

Going TOP to GANK / DIVE

- Make an attempt between minute 5:00 and 6:00, or around minute 8:00 taking advantage of
enemy jungle recall.
- In case of DIVE is strongly recommended to collaborate with midlaner. Push mid and roam.
- The jungler has to get a pink ward to clear take the chance and set deep vision.

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.