Aphromoo Teaches Support Map Control

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Aphromoo

Mid & Late Game Macro

Lesson 8

Aphromoo explains important factors to consider during the mid/late game and touches on:

  • When the mid and late stages of the game start

  • What to do before and after taking a certain objective

  • How to properly measure your success as a support

  • The importance of contesting Mid lane and how to control it

  • Comeback mechanics and strategies for playing from behind

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With this lesson, you learned important concepts that should help you better navigate the chaotic later stages of the game with your team. Use this information in your next few games to consciously identify when you should be with your ADC or when you should be making vision plays with your jungler. Some helpful questions to ask yourself might be - how important is mid priority versus setting up control over a neutral objective? Is my jungler available to set up vision with me or are they still clearing camps?

Lessons

Meet Your Coach: Aphromoo
Lesson 1

Aphromoo tells you about his journey of becoming an esports pro, including:

  • How he got introduced to League of Legends

  • The individual strengths that allowed him to stand out as a player

  • How he bounced back from some of the lowest points of his career

  • The importance of minimizing toxicity and being a motivator for his teammates

  • The importance of listening within a team and being openminded to other perspectives

"The Facilitator"
Lesson 2

Aphromoo teaches you how to improve your chances of winning by being a facilitator, covering:

  • How to use your time most efficiently as a support

  • Different ways to get your team on the same page through communication

  • How properly managing your own lane's minion waves can help you impact the rest of the map

  • The importance of understanding the lane dynamics and matchups of the rest of the map

Team Synergy
Lesson 3

Aphromoo discusses synergy and how it affects team dynamics in all levels of play by exploring:

  • The importance of pattern recognition when it comes to different map states and movements

  • Communication with your lane partner and adjusting to their playstyle

  • The synergistic relationship between the support and jungle roles

  • Split-second decision making based on the goals and intentions of your teammates and their champions

Strong Side vs. Weak Side
Lesson 4

Aphromoo teaches you the concept of strong vs. weak side and how to apply it by offering you:

  • His take on recognizing your team's win conditions

  • Advice for losing as little as possible when playing weak side

  • Ways to snowball advantages when on strong side

  • Tips for better understanding your Jungler's intentions and knowing what to do when he’s not playing around you

Defensive Vision
Lesson 5

Aphromoo teaches you how to orient your vision when you're on the back foot by:

  • Helping you understand how your wave state affects you and your team's vision

  • Teaching you when and how to contest wards and vision

  • Giving his advice for how to play from behind and where to place your control wards

  • Offering you strategies that allow you to abuse vision control in key areas to set up your comeback

Aggressive Vision
Lesson 6

Aphromoo teaches you how snowball your advantages when playing from ahead by showing you:

  • How to ward for key areas that your team will later control

  • How to find good recall timers to refill your wards

  • Ways to contest and hold vision when your opponent fights for map control

  • The value in protecting your weak side while maintaining your presence on your strongside

Early Game Plan
Lesson 7

Aphromoo explains his thought process for early game planning by highlighting:

  • Ways to find advantages from L1

  • The importance of leashing your Jungler properly

  • How you can manage waves to intentionally create different scenarios for yourself

  • The importance of playing to your lane's win conditions

Mid & Late Game Macro
Lesson 8

Aphromoo explains important factors to consider during the mid/late game and touches on:

  • When the mid and late stages of the game start

  • What to do before and after taking a certain objective

  • How to properly measure your success as a support

  • The importance of contesting Mid lane and how to control it

  • Comeback mechanics and strategies for playing from behind

Climbing Ranked
Lesson 9

Aphromoo teaches you his thought process for climbing the ranked ladder by teaching you:

  • The importance of understanding your strengths and playing towards them

  • How to decide on your champion pool while adapting your pick depending on your team's composition

  • His thoughts on what differentiates players at different skill levels

  • Ways to better communicate, properly engage, and track the enemy jungler

Contesting Objectives
Lesson 10

Aphromoo helps you understand how to approach objective control by teaching you:

  • How to understand and apply the concept of tempo

  • How to know if you’re strong enough to fight

  • The factors that might lead you to give up an objective completely

  • The value in crossmapping and how it impacts your chances of winning

Teamfighting
Lesson 11

Aphromoo teaches you how to approach teamfighting as a support player, including:

  • How to space in teamfights and the importance of properly spacing around skill shots

  • How to understand the most effective position for your champion

  • Engaging and how to avoid getting engaged on

  • How to cut your losses and when to avoid teamfights entirely