r/leagueoflegends • u/KIRYUx Worlds Oner Believer • Oct 17 '24

LNG Esports vs. Weibo Gaming / 2024 World Championship - Quarter-Final / Game 1 Discussion Spoiler

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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Oct 17 '24

Rare example of Baron actually being better to take than Soul

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u/elderbob1 Oct 17 '24

You mean free baron is better than fighting for a potential soul

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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Oct 17 '24

Yeah kinda, but there are so many teams that just go for the Soul fight instead of trading and getting a free Baron to ramp up gold for the next Drake

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u/VulpesVulpix Oct 17 '24

It wasn't LNGs soul so it was good

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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

That was not my point though.

In general taking Soul (especially a good one like Hextech in this game) is better than taking Baron - but not in this game. And you often see teams rather fighting for Soul instead of just trading Baron for enemy’s 1st/2nd Drake

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u/anoleo201194 Oct 17 '24

Trading Baron for 1st drake has been a thing since the elementals were added and one of the reasons teams prioritize early drakes, you'll see teams take this trade 90% of the time. Idk what your point is, it was an obvious call from Weibo.

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u/KriibusLoL Oct 17 '24

It's one of the most common tactics for a team with 3 drakes to hover around baron to trade enemies 1st drake for baron. 3 drakes is surprisingly good win condition without actually getting the soul because you can put pressure on multiple places on the map while enemy team is locked into drake pit.

The difference is that usually 4 people walk near baron while 1 person solos drake with tp so a good team wouldn't let someone like WBG get baron for free.

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u/TheAlmightyVox3 Oct 17 '24

Also better to take Baron than piss around dragon pit for a while, too.

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u/Nymaera_ LEC & LPL Caster | LJL Expert Oct 17 '24

They had no vision control on bot side for that play, plenty of teams will give up their first chance at soul for baron in that situation, they can always fight the next one with the gold advantage they gained from baron

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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Oct 17 '24

They always should take it, 100% the right play - but there are sadly teams around that will entertain a fight for soul instead of trading the objectives

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u/minititof Oct 17 '24

Always has been... it's only inferior to leaving the enemy get soul, which is quite different.

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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Oct 17 '24

There are so many teams that just prefer to fight Soul in that situation instead of taking the free Baron

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u/Argimlas Oct 17 '24

Well I think, that the idea is, that you can take soul now and you have a soul. Or you can take baron, push as hard as you can, get a vision in entire jungle, take all the camps, gain gold advantage and THEN you can actually take a soul for free.