In my article about Teleport Mid laners, published today at Unikrn, I explored the win conditions and ideal game plans for using TP Mid in professional play. While the article is fairly thorough, it doesn’t cover every possible angle or complexity that might affect the conversation. Below you’ll find a supplementary table of win rates for different champions when playing with and without Teleport in the Mid lane, to cover one possible alternative explanation for my findings, which is that the stats are mostly measuring the best ways to use Diana and Twisted Fate, rather than the best ways to use TP Mid. That’s a big conversation, and one I’d love to continue in the comments or on Twitter, and hopefully the data below will help. Continue reading TP Mid Supplement: Champion Win Rates With/Without Teleport
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Mid Lane Teleport: Strategy and Win Conditions
In professional League of Legends, Teleport has seen occasional use in the Mid lane for years. But towards the end of the 2015 Summer split it gained more and more popularity, becoming a fairly regular feature in the playoffs and Regional tournaments. In this article, we’ll explore the effects of bringing Teleport in the Mid lane by looking at TP Mid’s “win conditions”, including how the early game plays out and what the late game looks like. Through a variety of statistical evidence, we’ll see why TP Mid is much more effective when it is used aggressively in the early game, not defensively, and why it is reliant on mid-game gold leads to produce wins.
Warning: this is a long one. Feel free to skim through for the important bolded sentences, or scroll through to the end of the article for a quick recap of the main findings and arguments!
Outline
1. The Recent Rise of TP Mid
2. Strategic Perspectives
3. Play Style
4. The Early Game
5. The Late Game
6. Conclusions
Results of “Have Your Say”: Viktor
A few weeks ago, I asked the community to fill out a survey about the champion Viktor. The goal was to crowdsource or brainstorm some ideas about why Viktor was such a high priority Mid lane pick, when his win rate in North American and European pro play was so low.
Twenty-one people filled out the survey, with a lot of very detailed and well thought out opinions and perspectives.
My original intention was to supplement this feedback with some statistical exploration, to see whether I could support or counterpoint some of the common ideas. However, I’ve been too busy with other projects to do that properly, so I decided to put these findings out there for people to explore before too much more time passes. Continue reading Results of “Have Your Say”: Viktor