League of Legends players are more creative than many might expect them to be. We say this because over the years they've come up with various strategies and tricks that maybe even Riot Games never would have thought of, with one of the most useful ones being slow pushing.
To slow push, the most crucial thing is to leave the melee minions from the enemy team that are at the front of the wave unharmed and only to kill the caster minions. By doing this, your minions will gradually stack up and form a monster wave.
We'll be going through everything relevant when it comes to slow pushing in League of Legends, including how to do it, why it's useful, and what the perfect time to do it is.
Why Should You Slow Push
As mentioned above, the main goal of slow pushing is to form a monster wave full of your minions. Now, while this monster wave will most likely be little threat to the enemy champion itself, it will be a much bigger threat to the enemy tower.
Of course, that isn't to say the enemy champions will be unharmed. When either a jungler or your mirror laner decides to push you, they'll have to deal with the minion wave you have built up along with the damage you'll deal yourself.
The biggest reason players slow push, however, is the fact that diving the tower becomes much easier when you have a literal army of minions on your side. A monster wave will give you more time to position yourself, as the enemy turret will take a while to get rid of all the minions. Add in the fact that you can call over your jungler to deal some extra heavy damage, and chances are you'll destroy the turret in no time.
Aside from diving the tower, there are a number of other advantages to slow pushing as well, such as when the Drake is about to spawn and you know you'll have to leave the lane unattended. Slow pushing at the right time and forming a monster wave will be more likely to keep the enemy laner busy while you sneak out and control the objective.
Similarly, if you're split pushing without the rest of the team by your side, wouldn't you want to at least have a gigantic wave of minions by your side to assist you? After all, it's better than going in all alone.
How to Slow Push
Now that you know the concept and advantages of slow pushing, let us go through what you need to do if you want to slow push in a match yourself. One thing to keep in mind is that slow pushing shouldn't be mistaken for freezing the lane, even though the methods are rather similar.
Basically, while you're slow pushing, what you want to do is ensure there are more minions from your side in the lane when compared to the enemy minions. At the same time, however, you want to keep the minions alive as long as possible to ensure they're able to stack.
So, how does this happen? Well, the most efficient way to slow push is to first take out the casting minions that are at the back of the enemy wave. Since the melee minions are tankier, chances are they'll survive long enough for the next wave to come around. Granted, of course, that you don't damage them yourself.
The push should make it so that your wave gradually continues to grow bigger. However, there are two things you need to watch out for:
- The first is the enemy tower. If you aren't able to push slowly enough, then the minions you have gathered thus far might get destroyed by the enemy tower, in case all your effort would have been wasted.
- The second thing you have to watch out for, meanwhile, are enemy champions. If a champion that's able to deal a high amount of spread damage comes along, then that could put a major dent in your monster wave plan. Literally and metaphorically.
When to Slow Push
With that being said, what are the best circumstances to slow push? Well, there are actually a couple of them, including:
- When you're behind in terms of level and can use the extra firepower.
- When a Drake or Baron is about to spawn and you want to keep the enemy laner busy.
- When you're split pushing and you want to apply extra pressure on the lane.
- When you're about to tower dive (with or without your jungler)
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