Are You SMARTER Than A Mid Laner? [Mid Lane Knowledge Quiz]

[@kimberlymoriarity]

So as a gold rank mid laner I have plat level game knowledge with my weak point being wave management. Sounds about right 😅 Minor critiques - a) Question 1 should specify mage minions, instead of just saying minions. b) The in game picture is very, very hard to see on mobile (which is how i consume most of my KZbin content).

[@NocturnalMusic231]

Editor here, I see what you're saying about it being hard to see on mobile. If we do this type of video again, I'll try to reorganize and resize it so it is easier to see on smaller screens. Thank you for the feedback.

[@JsMethod]

Thank you for the feedback! Yeah watching this back after giving it some time, I think I worded question 1 and 2 pretty poorly - for future quizzes we'll keep this in mind :D Thank you for the comment

[@kimberlymoriarity]

You're both quite welcome! I should also add, I really did enjoy the video overall!

[@samuelcolon7394]

Do more of these, i LOVE this

[@jonathant6948]

I got 5/5. The last two I was less confident on. 1-3 were easy for me. On 4 I was thinking, get the heck away from the losers (our jungle, our botlane) hang out with the neutral lane. On 5 I thought, viktor and aphelios/lulu will be powerful at a similar time, as long as we hit our items we will have a strong core to work with. Also Zac likes major teamfights, and aatrox is ok at 5v5s.

[@Ekser02]

Why would u go top as ahri at 4# like ur gonna chunk 200hp from mundo which hes just gonna heal it back

[@fuyuu3098]

facts, the only reason I see ahri going top is to shove the wave for Aatrox. It is much better for ahri to go bot to help his inting jungler out. We don't want a viktor getting +300 gold for our jax's mistake. Going bot lane will mitigate the enemy's snowball later on. Plus, we might be able to help jax if he q's towards us and out of danger. On the other hand, ahri can also just stay mid to get the plate tower so there is absolutely no reason for ahri to waste time going top

[@JsMethod]

You literally cannot go bottom. This is a common mistake we see in mid laners especially in the mid elos (like silver, gold, plat) - this is a very high level question looking for the high level answer of trading sides. It boils down to 1 > 0. 1 May not be worth a lot, but your roam bottom is worth 0 (maybe sometimes even hurtful as you let their strong side snowball and you fk your one side of the map that is winning). If something as small as vision top, helping a wave crash, securing top plates is better. These are small wins (1) but is better than nothing (0)

[@fuyuu3098]

​@@JsMethod Though what you said about trading sides does exist in the game, this scenario does not apply. We can see that both top lanes have equal footing in terms of gold as seen from their tower plating. In addition, I cannot see their summoner spells, so I could not provide a detailed explanation on why we have to help out our top lane. If Aatrox has tp up, we don't have to help. If he does not, helping out top lane should still be the last resort of our decision. You have to realize that we don't need vision top since kindred is bot side and will prep dragon soon. It is best to either help out our jungler or help ourselves out. This decision is also worth 1 > 0. Being that we help ourselves by grabbing plate and recalling to catch the next wave pushed by vik then potentially go top and shove wave for Aatrox by the time enemy team does dragon (1). This not only help us be in equal footing with Viktor it also mitigate the enemy team's snowball from our inting bot lane. Or to help our jungler escape, recall, catch his red buff, and invade enemy blue side by the time kindred starts dragon or us 3 man ganking top (1). We have plenty of time to help out our jungler as seen from jax escaping only Viktor. This decision is best especially when you mention high elo plays, the smallest macros can determine a game's success. High elo does not depend on coinflips, the smallest mistakes can determine a team's success.

[@DannyJava]

The pressure is still very important for the Aatrox even if they don't get the kill, and as JsMethod said: even if you get vision or crash a wave or something small, to add on a bit: that's actually really good because it can be the start of something bigger. That ward can save Aatrox from the enemy jg when he backs and farms top, and the better quality back you got your top laner might lead to a solo kill, or him having some sort of impact on the map afterwards. Point being, even tiny things MIGHT be the starting snowball for big things and the opposite can be said as well for tempo. Overstaying and being off tempo by 5 seconds with your team can be the difference between a loss or a won teamfight.

[@JsMethod]

@@fuyuu3098 Bro Im a grandmaster mid laner T_T Come talk to me on discord and I'll give you a free session in the academy so we can teach this more in depthly :)

[@Rexiled]

The photo shows caster minion but not the question, by showing the answer i presume it was about the caster. But yeah, melee needs 2tower shot and 1aa (2aa in the lategame), caster 2aa and 1towershots. This question was tricky, initially i thought 2-3, then i thought just the canon but then i realized that if you take the canon, the lane will be even... So the correct answer was none? Then the video was played and oh... yeah... it's Aurelion Sol, he gonna shove this xD... so just let 4caster, shove canon and melee asap xD You baited me with Malzahar, at first i had the correct answer, then i went too deep because of Malzahar shield and thought he could even be in the towerdive line zoning lux because he can hold his spell depending on where Lux wants to land her spell. Ahri one: i thought roaming top is bait because no obj but i was wrong, however: If Twitch, Kindred or karma could be low-mid life (especially Kindred because of smite or twitch because immobile), if summ would of been pinged\used. If it's the first dragon then ahri is either barely 6 or is about to be I would basically snitch that tower plate (which there was no answer like "stay mid and push" so i already knew i was wrong xD) And then roam bot if i see they didn't recall and commit to push\crash the wave. Would prioritize killing kindred due to smite and then twitch then karma. The draft one: because the answer showed i already knew it should be a range AP mid, like lissandra. But Sylas baited me because of hp gain comp with Zac and Aatrox. I didn't know Viktor could be easly blind pick and not be easly countered. first correct, 2nd correct by luck, all other incorrect ... guess im silver xD

[@DannyJava]

omg im a certified diamond+ mid laner. Maybe this is the year I escape emerald finally.

[@matteomuraro8997]

i got wrong the second question, how do you determine how many minions are strictly necessary for a freeze, considering there is a cannon in the enemy wave and not in ours?

[@JsMethod]

Yeah watching this back I worded this question very poorly. Cannon waves complicate things a ton which is why 99% we trim the cannon first so we can simplify and deal with castors. Then it's just a question of where the freeze is landing for how many minions you need (closer to the middle is less, closer to your tower you need more)

[@matteomuraro8997]

@@JsMethod i see, thanks a lot!

[@shiv_ring]

4/5, have problems with the wave management in Q2. I hope it was "legal" to pause the video, I needed longer to gather all the information. :'c

[@JsMethod]

I worded question 2 poorly as well, this is from anther comment, "Yeah watching this back I worded this question very poorly. Cannon waves complicate things a ton which is why 99% we trim the cannon first so we can simplify and deal with castors. Then it's just a question of where the freeze is landing for how many minions you need (closer to the middle is less, closer to your tower you need more)". It was a fun video to make though and will work to make the next one better 🙏

[@shiv_ring]

@@JsMethod ahh, so my choice of "cannon" wasn't the worst. 😂 looking forward to it, love the concept.

[@ohdrluwhao]

5/5 diamond when

[@chickenoodle3397]

I got gold in knowledge, questions I missed were lane positioning and roaming.

[@sidways47]

Missed roaming and freeze question got gold. Which is accurate since i am gold hardstuck

[@Presort]

Now do top 🤟🤜🙏💪

[@gessensaber6558]

I got a plate knowledge

[@solartea_]

you look like the geo guessr pro dude but for league

[@solartea_]

you also sound like him ahaahhah