So I was wondering, after watching some LCS games, I normally place anywhere from 28-36 wards in a 45 minute game when I'm support. Should that number be higher? These guys in the pros are placing like 80-90 wards in their games, but since I'm in low ELO (B3), I definitely don't have to place as many as they do. What would be a good amount of wards in say a 45 minute game?
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With a team that will work with you, the best warding strategy ends up looking something like this:
- Top/bottom lanes ward river bush (or nearby) and tri-bush
- Mid wards the bushes on either side of their lane or the bushes just beyond the mid bush that curves around into one side of the river.
- Jungler wards buff mobs and dragon/baron.
If you search, you'll find some in-depth maps that tell you about additional spots you can ward that will be helpful. In general, though, you should get used to at least warding the buff jungle mobs and the dragon/baron as the jungler. Here's a simple map (which I stole from Mobafire) that illustrates a simple warding strategy:
The areas the jungler would ward are the ones marked with red, orange, and yellow stars. An aggressive jungler will ward both yellow and orange so they can protect their buffs and either steal their opponents buffs or gank the opposing jungler when he goes for his own buffs.
As for types of wards, you'll default to the green (75 gold) wards. Purchasing the pink (125 gold) wards is typically reserved for warding baron and dragon since you'll likely be able to uncover a ward and kill it, thus removing map awareness from an enemy.
In addition, if you see an enemy place a ward in a place you'd usually place a ward and you're going to ward the area within 3 minutes (the duration of wards), do it with a pink ward instead of a green ward. You'll be able to kill theirs (which will get you 25 gold, thus making your end cost 100 gold) and you'll make things more difficult for your opponent.
It depends, I like to choose a support based on the ADC early game play, if the ADC is squishy, let's say for example Ezreal, I'm more likely to pick Soraka or Sona to sustain him on lane. But, if you have a more sustainable ADC, you can pick a more aggressive support like Leona, Nunu or Zyra.
Another thing to observe is the synergy of Support/ADC level, Leona has her Q,W and E ready by level 3, which can combo really good with Graves, where in this level he's really great. We could also mention some good combos like Ashe and Janna, due to the synergy of Janna's Shield and Ashe's crit, and Ashe's slow with Janna's slow.
Besides, picking a champion that you enjoy playing, which will also help in your performance, you could ask the ADC which support he enjoys to play with, if he has any preference and you feel his preference is useful, you could pick it too.
I found the League Support Suggester, a recommendation software to provide the best support for your current needs.
I've also found the following chart which really helps me when to choose a good support for my ADC, I usually pick one of the three recommended:
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Vision is highly important, no question. But the lower you are, the less important it becomes. From my experience, people in B3 are far too focused on their lanes and do not pay attention to the wards placed around them. I saw a lot of times that the jungler was obviously running past a ward to gank and the laner did not notice it.
Don't make sure that you place ENOUGH wards, placed the correct ones. If you ward all important spots and placed during the game correctly, 28 - 36 wards are completely fine.
Also, you have to remember, LCS is different from SoloQ. On my elo (D2), the players place ~ 50 - 60 wards each game, so well ... kinda embarrassing if you only check the numbers. But the wards are placed at the correct spots and are more than sufficient.