Welcome, guys, I’m Librarian Husky. In this guide, you’re going to learn exactly why you bad at mid lane, and the simple steps that you need to take to fix it.

Understanding Mid Lane Mistakes

All right, guys. In this guide, you’re going to learn exactly why you suck at mid lane, and the simple steps that you need to take to fix it. With mid being one of the most mechanically and skill expressive roles out of all five of them, it can often be really easy to miss some of those subtle mistakes that you’re making, which are the reason why you continue to struggle to win lane consistently.

Identifying Common Errors

So, in this guide, we’re going to be taking a look at these easy-to-miss mistakes that most low elo players make and how to easily avoid them. From our years of teaching low elo midlaners, we’ve come to realize that one of the biggest reasons why almost everyone sucks at getting consistent results is simply because they don’t get value out of their spells.

Improving Skill Shot Accuracy in League of Legends

This is especially true when reviewing players on skillshot-based champions like Syndra, Oriana, Lux, and so on. If you feel like you have extremely poor skill shot accuracy in lane, or that you generally just can’t build consistent leads, then listen up here. This problem is almost always resolved by completely changing your perspective. That’s right, I said your perspective of the laning phase. Before you ever start thinking about your specific matchup, your game plan, your jungler interface, or really anything of the sort, you need to treat mid as a turn-based lane on an action timer based system.

Understanding Laning Actions

So, here’s a quick snippet from the laning part. For our purposes, an action is a time where you or your opponent have to trade, hit a minion with an auto-attack or ability, or ultimately concede if the trade or last hit looks too risky to go for. Basically, an action is anytime that you have to input an auto-attack or ability, or else you’ll get punished for it. Either it be losing out on CS or losing a trade. Most players just accept last hitting as a given without putting much thought into it.

Importance of CS in League of Legends

After all, the first thing you learned when playing League is that you need to CS. But think about it. If we weren’t required to last hit minions for gold, every laning phase would pretty much just be a 1v one skill shot contest like Mundo Dodgeball. That’s why you need to understand action timers and how to play around them. Actions or turn-based trading are the foundation for almost every single midlane trade.

Mastering Action Timers for Midlane Trades

Actions or turn-based trading are the foundation for almost every single midlane trade.

The Importance of Laning Phase Strategy

And yet, when we watch low ELO, it almost seems like no one even tries to consider this during the laning phase. To show you what we mean, we’re going to be reviewing a skillshot-heavy matchup here between two platinum ELO midlaners. Now, as a quick note, do keep in mind that players platinum and below account for 85% of the whole rank population. So, by following what we’re about to teach you here, your laning is going to immediately be better than the vast majority of players. Anyway, let’s get into the lane we’re reviewing here.

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The Importance of Tracking Mistakes in ELO

We’re going to be keeping track of how many times both players mess up so you can get a good idea of how dominant you could be in this ELO if you just learn this concept.

Recognizing Early Mistakes

The lane begins, and Zerith immediately readies up his Q. This is mistake number one. Take a look at the lane through Ari’s perspective. She isn’t forced into any specific action right now.

Game Strategy Analysis

There’s no low minions, and she still has her cooldown up. Technically, Ari is free to do literally anything she wants right now. She could kite up, down, left, or she could even go straight into Zerith and try and fight back because she’s not in the middle of a forced action. A game of Mundo Dodgeball in which Zerith missed his random skill shot. And now the situation turns with Zerith down a spell and being forced into an action to last hit.

Ari’s Generosity

Right now, it’s a perfect time for Ari to punish. So, she AFKs and well, does nothing. We all know this story. Great. Ari is clearly feeling generous and does something even worse than this, though.

Understanding Opponent’s Actions in League of Legends

One thing to understand is that certain actions are more forced than other actions. For example, there’s a difference between when an opponent has to last hit a caster minion versus a cannon. During a caster last hit, they are much more willing to give it up to potentially dodge your spell. Now, on the other hand, during a cannon, they are far more likely to commit to last hitting it. Think about that as you pay attention to what Ari just did.

Optimizing Auto Attacks

She alternated auto attacks between all three melees, so they all got low at about the same time. If she were to lose all three, that’d be the equivalent of missing a cannon minion. So, she’s forced herself to line up her cue so she can last hit them all at the same time. Seeing that happen, Zerith’s immediate instinct is not to cue her while she’ll predictably stand, but instead he walks over to stand exactly where she’s obviously going to cue. Now, I’m thinking it’s pretty fair to add five to our mistakes counter for how insane that sequence of events was.

The Duel Between Zerith and Ari

It’s ridiculous. Next, both of them are forced into an action to last hit a minion at the exact same time. However, Zerith has Q, whereas Ari’s Q is still down. He had the advantage and could cue both. Another mistake to add to the list.

Zerith and Ari’s Gameplay Analysis

And moments later, Zerith finally shows some promise and looks to Q during Ari’s last hit, but unfortunately misses. Now, we’re not going to count that as a mistake, as it was actually the right thing to do. Ari, on the other hand, knows that Zerith’s Q is now down, and he has to last hit, and she does nothing again. Our next few mistakes are a little bit more nuanced, but if you’ve been able to follow along so far, you should be able to understand how what both players are about to do makes absolutely zero sense. As the second wave arrives, Zerith wants to fight for level two, so he cues these caster minions here.

Ari’s Mistake in Lane Strategy

The mistake by Ari here is once again not thinking of the lane holistically and instead looking at it as an isolated skill shot game. Think about it. If she simply stood still outside her wave and she didn’t even try to dodge, Zerith now has two choices. If he cues her, she has an even bigger advantage in the level two race. Not only that, but Zerith would now have a forced action to try to last hit these two caster minions only with auto attacks.

Importance of Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking in a lane scenario is crucial for success in the game. Players need to consider the overall situation and not just focus on individual actions. Ari’s failure to assess the lane holistically led to missed opportunities and advantages for her opponent, Zerith. By broadening her perspective, Ari could have gained a significant edge in the gameplay.

The Impact of Zerith’s Decision

It would be very easy to deny or punish that timer. Now, let’s discuss what actually happens if Zerith went for option two, which was to cue the minions. So, the problem with this particular cue by Zerith is that it doesn’t change his problem. He’s still behind on the race to level two. Ari’s going to kill the melee first, leveling up, and then Zerith is going to be forced to auto attack this melee, giving her a timer to punish with a two ability advantage.

Understanding Lane Phase Dynamics

And she throws that away and cues the wave instead. Funny thing is, she still has an advantage because Ari can last hit with her W and trade at the same time. So, since both these minions are getting equally low, she can harass Zerith as he’s forced to last hit again. Once again, Ari does nothing. Okay, so at this point, we should all be thinking it is abundantly clear just how little players think about action requirements during the lane phase.

Analysis of Low Elo Midlaners’ Mistakes

Neither side played around these timers at all, except maybe one time by the Zerith. We literally could not go 5 seconds without either of them making a mistake to break down in this guide. This is why most low elo midlaners really do suck and are so inconsistent in their laning. Listen, and I know that word is a little bit harsh, but I’m talking about myself here. You’re playing the skillshot-based role.

Importance of Game Awareness

Timers play a crucial role in strategic gameplay, especially in competitive scenarios. Being mindful of cooldowns and timings can significantly impact decision-making during engagements. In the heat of the moment, even a slight miscalculation can lead to critical errors that may cost the team objectives or even the game. It’s essential to maintain focus and minimize mistakes to ensure a successful outcome.

Improving Mid Lane Trades: Mastering Action Timers

You absolutely need to play around these action timers or you’re going to look exactly like this Ahri and Zerith do every single game. You can tell that they just throw their spells randomly without much thought put into it. And it’s not about your mechanics that are bad. Your biggest issue is 100% the timing for how you actually go about your trades. This is the foundation for trading in mid lane.

Context for the Game

Let’s move on to our next big mistake. So, to understand this, we first need a little context for the game that we’re about to go into here.

Analysis of a Platinum ELO Game

Again, we’re looking at a platinum ELO game between a Leblanc and a Huay, who is about to do something you should all be familiar with, myself included. Throughout the earlier levels of this lane, all Hui does is uses QE on the wave over and over and over again. We have all played against this type of Haye before. They don’t want to try to lane versus you. They just want to spam shove over and over and over again.

Gameplay Analysis: Leblanc’s Punishment

But the really nice thing about this game in particular is that Leblanc actually punished him for it because Hoy barely tried to interact with her. She got some good trades off and eventually managed to kill him. Leblanc now has a great lead coming back to lane with two ampeds to just a tier of the goddess. Needless to say, she should have a huge advantage during trades right now.

Recognizing Midlane Mistakes

Which brings us to a huge mistake a ton of midlaners don’t realize that they’re making.

Effective Mid Lane Strategies

After another great trade by Leblanc, the lane it’s going swimmingly. She then clears the remaining wave at the tower, but this is where the downfall really begins. As a mid laner, it is an extremely important concept to always try to be on the wave first. This is true at level one, but even more so later into the game. It’s especially important starting at level five, as you’re about to see.

Optimizing Lane Pressure as Leblanc

After clearing the wave, it is imperative that Leblanc walks forward with her minions here to contest the next wave. Instead, she goes to place a random ward, which she doesn’t need right now. And as a result, we get first contact with the wave and does his usual QE. Who cares about that though, right?

Midlane Break Points in League of Legends

You need to remember that one of the most important break points for most midlaners happens at level five. This is the point where two cast of your main spell on the back line kills the casters. The problem with what Leblanc just did is she gave Hui an easy out by pressing Q. Even if Leblanc runs right at Hoay right now, he can just kite backwards a bit and wait for his Q to come back up. Then when it’s ready, he walks forward, Q Ease again, and destroys the rest of the wave.

Game Strategy Analysis

Even if Leblanc tries to trade with him, she’d be forced back by all the minions still alive. Hoy could then just base or roam or whatever, depending on how that trade went. We see a similar dynamic in the actual game. After his Q, Leblanc tries to run at Hoy, but he kites backwards for a bit, waiting for his cooldown. Now, there is a Blitzcrank gank that goes on as well, but we’re just going to ignore that for right now.

Improving Wave Management in League of Legends

As you can see, with his Q back up, we can just walk up and kill the rest of the wave instantly. Leblanc missed that opportunity to trade because she gave him that initial QE cast for absolutely no reason. On the next wave, Leblanc makes a similar mistake. She should be forward ready to attack way for using spells on minions. Instead, since she’s so far back, Hua gets to QE the wave again.

The Importance of Level Advantage in League of Legends

We see the same issue once again. Leblanc hits level six first and obviously wants to all in with her advantage. But Hoe just kites backwards while his Q comes off cooldown. Then when it’s back up, he walks forward to QE again. You can see just how much Leblanc is struggling to interact with him here.

Gameplay Analysis

Hoy missed the caster minions with his previous QE. So he walks forward to finish off with Q. LeBlanc is clearly tilting here because she cannot interact with him. So she desperately goes for a very forced all-in. Needless to say, it doesn’t end all too well for her.

Importance of Wave Control in Mid Lane

And just like that, she threw the biggest lead she got in the first place. You absolutely cannot allow your opponents to get first contact with the wave for free, especially starting at level 5. You’re basically handing them priority. You’re making trading impossible for yourself, and it just makes the lane feel absolutely unplayable if you allow them to clear that wave like Huay did in this game.

Strategic Decisions in Low Elo

While most low elo midlaners don’t care enough about not letting their opponent get first hit on the wave, they do care way too much about helping their own teammates instead.

Mid Laners’ Common Mistake

Probably one of the most common issues that we notice from mid laners is trying to help their team way more often than they really should. And now a reason for that mentality is because everyone’s always saying that mid’s biggest strength in the game is their ability to impact the entire map. And while that is true that mid is the center of the map and can easily rotate anywhere they want, it doesn’t mean this is the most important thing you should be doing. This is mostly a huge mentality issue. It’s a thought process where players just prioritize others over themselves too often.

Mid-Lane Prioritization in League of Legends

And it is primarily a mid-lane issue because it’s in the center of the map near so much action, but you are a carry role that should care about your own lane state way more than anything else. The rest of the map should always be secondary to your own lane. As they say, you can’t help others before you help yourself. Like this situation for example, in yet another Platinum ELO game, Silus takes a great trade onto Twisted Fate and he’s forced back and has to base. As that happens though, there’s a chase going on in the river.

Player Reactions and Map Awareness

Normally, it’d be commendable how fast both players react right here. They clearly have good map awareness. That’s a good thing, except for the fact that they’re both actually trolling themselves way too much. So, let’s start with Twisted Fate. Think about it like this.

Analysis of Gameplay Decisions

Silus is extremely low right now, but he went to go help his Blitzcrank. If Twisted Fate had just ignored this play, based, and teleported back, he can now trap Silus in lane at really low health despite a bad early trade, TF would have complete control over the lane. So, not only would he build a lead for himself, but he would also have priority to help out his team in the future pretty dang easily. And now, let’s focus on Silus for a second here. He just dominated his lane right now.

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Maximizing Lead Advantage in League of Legends

He just needs to reset and make sure he’s in a position to capitalize on his lead. Listen, we know that this feels bad in the game to do, but it’s often completely acceptable to use your teammates dying to push in your lane knowing you’re safe. In this case, Silus knows his Blitzcrank is being chased by the enemy jungler. That means he’s 100% safe to move up and push this wave instantly without fear of being punished. Now, if he crashes that wave, he can reset, come back, and set up a freeze versus a flashless Twisted Fate.

Game Strategy Mistake

Honestly, it’d be potentially game-winning, especially with a great roaming support like Blitzcrank. Instead, that small delay caused him to miss his chance to crash the wave. He’s collapsed on by Re and Ekko, and of course, he goes down, losing that big advantage. This is what we mean when we say low elo midlaners care way too much about what’s going on in the map. Silus threw away that lead by trying to help, which defeats the whole purpose of playing his early lane well in the first place.

Twisted Fate’s Missed Opportunity

Now, on the other hand, Twisted Fate threw away his opportunity to salvage this lane 1v1. If he hadn’t been bailed out, he would have been owned by the Silus. He had the opportunity to save his own lane without any help. And that is actually how you carry games, not by banking on hope. You have the better team every single time.

Mid Laners Overhelping Teammates

We’re serious here. Midlaners overhelping their teammates. It’s by far one of the most common reasons they suck and throw their leads all the time. A mid laner can have an impossible to lose lane setup, but then they’ll notice something going on in the map and immediately move to help. Right now, Victor should know his Thresh is probably dead, but he’s also gotten perfect intel on the enemy Zen Shia.

Balance Between Lane Presence and Roaming

Finding the right balance between maintaining lane presence and roaming to assist teammates is crucial for mid laners. Overhelping can lead to losing advantages in the lane, while timely assistance can secure objectives and turn the tide of the game. Players like Victor need to assess the situation carefully to make impactful decisions.

Consistency Issues in Low Elo Midlaners

If he just went back to mid and played the top side of the lane, he is ungankable from the Zen on the bottom side. He can continue to build a massive lead over this Vex. Instead, he throws away his lead trying to be a good teammate.

Resource Management in the Midlane

All right, so moving on from that one final reason for why low elo midlaners suck at being consistent is not understanding the current resource they should be playing around in lane. The most obvious thing to play around in every single game is obviously going to be your opponent’s health bar.

Understanding Resources in Mid Lane

But this is actually only one of four resources that you can actively be playing around to dominate your matchup. Now listen up cuz this is important as mid lane is by far the most diverse role in the whole game. We all know this and different champions are far better at playing around different resources than others. For example, Landra is extremely good at playing around a summoner spell advantage because of her ease long range and ultimate stun. Anytime her opponent doesn’t have flash or cleanse available, she can set up ganks extremely reliably.

AD Assassins and Item Efficiency

Despite AD assassins being a little bit mediocre right now in the meta, they have always been amazing at playing around items. Because most lethality items build out of a ton of long swords, they’re going to often have a big advantage with efficient purchases compared to a mage counterpart. Understanding the current most important resource you’re playing around is really going to make you a much better player than almost anyone you encounter. Most low elo mid laners don’t even think about it, which is why they suck at making consistently good game plans to win lane. So, enough talk to show you why.

The Final Platinum Elo Game

Let’s take a look at a final platinum elo game versus a Zed and Velkos. So, the matchup goes basically how

Champion Matchup Dynamics

Let’s discuss the champion matchup dynamics in this final platinum elo game against Zed and Velkos. The game unfolded in a way that highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of each champion.

Strategic Decisions

In this intense final platinum elo match, strategic decisions played a crucial role. The gameplay showcased the significance of tactical maneuvers and decision-making under pressure.

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