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More leads are thrown than converted. Being ahead means nothing if you can't turn it into towers, inhibitors, and a nexus. Closing is a skill — and it's mostly about not getting greedy.
When you're ahead, the job is to convert that gold lead into permanent objectives: towers, inhibitors, and Baron. Kills are temporary; a tower is gone forever. The winning team should be taking map, not chasing every fight across it.
The 'win more' trap is forcing fights you don't need just because you're ahead. You only have to win the objectives, not every skirmish. Take what's free, and decline the coinflips.
Key takeaways
Baron is the closer's tool: the buff empowers your minions so they shove waves hard and crash into towers, doing the sieging for you. After taking it, group, push the big empowered waves into the enemy base, and take the towers your minions have weakened. Don't dive a defended base without the wave — let the minions tank the shots.
Patience wins sieges. With a lead and Baron, you can take the game in two or three controlled pushes. Forcing a 50/50 dive when you could just siege safely is the most common way a won game becomes a loss.
Key takeaways
A losing team only needs one good fight to swing the game — an ace, a stolen Baron, a caught-out carry. When you're ahead, your whole job is to deny them that one chance: no solo facechecks, no greedy splits without vision, no contesting an objective you don't even need.
Vision is the safety net. Ward Baron and the river so the enemy can't catch you out or sneak the buff. The boring, careful close-out wins far more games than the highlight-reel one.
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