Lanes

One map, eight spaces. Learn the lane you are standing in before you roam the whole river.

Safe Lane

The long lane: carry farm, support pulls, and a tower you should not donate.

Levels, runes, and a 1v1 that decides whether you gank or get ganked.

The short lane: soak XP, cut waves, and do not feed the enemy carry.

Stacks, neutrals, and the camps you should not steal from your carry.

Runes, smokes, and the fog where games actually start.

Aegis is an objective. Contesting it blind is a teamfight you did not have to take.

Towers, glyph, and the wipe that throws a won game.

Free XP, vision, and the map control people skip for a jungle camp.