Actually, the round was over for a player in League of Legends. However, with a psychological trick, he was able to turn it around.
What was the situation of the LoL player? The Reddit user nightlesscurse (via reddit.com) played the champion Fiora in the top lane. The opponent was a Volibear. Since every other lane and the jungle were lost, the opposing champion could farm freely through proxy farming.
What is proxy farming? If you stand between the opposing towers of the lane, it is called proxy farming. The idea behind it is simple. You can farm the enemy minions while letting your own run into the opponent. Many champions cannot withstand a whole wave without taking too much damage.
If an opposing champion is proxy farming, it puts more pressure on the other lanes. The jungler doesn’t have to worry about the lane and can gank other lanes during that time. In most cases, someone is forced to stop the proxy farmer.
A Message Turns the Game
What message could turn the game around? A simple message in the All-Chat to the jungler Lilia threw the Volibear off balance. The “strategy” was to buy the item Mejai’s Soulstealer and take down the Volibear together.
With the item, you get four stacks for every champion kill and two for an assist. Each stack grants you more ability power.
With Mejai’s Soulstealer, many champions are able to “snowball.” This term is used when you can roll through the entire game and become stronger like a snowball.
How could his team still win the game? The “accidental” message made the Volibear stop proxy farming. The fear of a snowballing Lilia was too great. The Volibear stayed close to his team since then, allowing nightlesscurse’s team to win the game after all.
Experiences like this always provide an incentive to win even games that seemed lost and not to give up.
The Best Psychological Tricks of the Community
How do other players react to this? Many responded with their own tricks to unsettle opponents. MeinMMO has picked out two interesting tricks from the community.
Situation 1: You died in the lane, and the opponent is pushing your tower with his minions. Trick_Ad7122 (via reddit.com) recommends sending the following to your jungler in the chat for everyone to see:
- “He wants to crash the wave and has no flash, get him”
In the best case, the opponent gets scared and retreats. In the worst case, your jungler dies as well, and you have an even bigger problem.
Situation 2: You are the jungler and are near the dragon. Owl_Might (via reddit.com) has developed a secure strategy.
With the simple words: “Help me with the dragon” in the chat for everyone, he lured the opposing bot lane to the dragon. When the bot lane wanted to stop him at the dragon, he was able to take them down with a well-placed ultimate.
With the chat in League of Legends, you can achieve quite a bit. Two players insulted each other throughout an entire game years ago. Today, they are married and in a happy relationship: LoL: Support and ADC insult each other for an entire match, marry 6 years later
