Finally a reason to actually play other than just to play the game has had serious problems with games not even being worth it so I'm glad they're making the change
He's had self heals, where have you been?
Been months since I played league but I hope I can help answer this a bit.
High level play is more team oriented than what you will see in low ranked play. Not quite as glorious as having Garen lead the charge but there are regular lane shifts. People staying behind at base isn't that common from what I see as you will need to win team engages in the rift otherwise the enemy will have superior numbers when they push into the base.
Think about it like this. In low ranked play, when the match starts people move to their designated lanes and usually don't stray from it outside of whoever is providing a leash for the jungler. In high-ranked play the whole team will move through the jungle as a unit looking to pick off members of the enemy team as early as possible for the gold advantage.
You also notice that people don't necessarily die that often in ranked matches as sometimes first blood doesn't happen for 6-10 minutes.
Low level play is more about individual lanes trying to carry their best and then the teams will pull together once laning phase is over. Since players aren't really the best at working together (Solo-queue is basically a lottery on whether or not your team is competent) you have people trying to do their best to be the biggest man on campus. You definitely see the mentality of "kills over objectives" play out more here.
Low level play is more about individual lanes trying to carry their best and then the teams will pull together once laning phase is over. Since players aren't really the best at working together (Solo-queue is basically a lottery on whether or not your team is competent) you have people trying to do their best to be the biggest man on campus. You definitely see the mentality of "kills over objectives" play out more here.