Unusual minion focus in LoL that can lose the game, especially in low divisions

League of Legends

Strange minion focus that leads to EXP losses in low divisions.


Minions are programmed creatures that always do the same thing every game and are easy to predict. They can be used in many different ways to increase your advantage early in the game.

Sometimes, however, there are unpredictable anomalies, especially in low-level divisions where players often come late to the line.

Minion anomaly

A Reddit user with the nickname Professional-War-322 posted interesting footage of a game where something rare happened. Namely, it is about the minion behaving in a strange and unpredictable way. Instead of spreading the focus evenly, they started to shoot the front creep, so the player did not manage to get experience from it.

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In fact, such a strangely selected focus is really rare and under normal conditions Samira would not only have managed to get EXP, but also probably finish the minion. Only as commenters noted, she made the typical low-divisional mistake herself.

Lee Sin decided to start the jungle from bot lane. Consequently, he needed and received help from bot. And he got it, way too much of it in fact. Samira left Red around 1:40 and that prevented her from getting the minion. Usually, players from higher divisions (depending on the side, jungler, and opponent on the lane) leave the leash already in 1:35-37. This allows them to get to the line faster and to deal with such situations, among other things. Getting the second level on bot is extremely important and can often be a decisive factor in the match.

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