How to Get Better at Warding in League of Legends: Vision Control Guide

There are various ways to improve your warding in League of Legends; here you will learn how to establish solid vision control on the map and everything else.

As you progress through the League of Legends ranks, you’ll realize that having good vision control is crucial to your success.

As a result, knowing how to improve your warding in League of Legends is critical.

Warding is essential at the highest levels of the game, whether it’s preventing pesky junglers from ganking your lane or establishing your own network of wards to help ensnare those who dare to enter your jungle.

If you’re wondering how to improve your warding in League of Legends, we’ve got you covered with this comprehensive guide to vision control.

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What is Warding in League of Legends?

Warding is all about gaining control of the battlefield. The majority of the enemy’s territory is shrouded in a fog of war.

Wards effectively eliminate this by creating a small circle of clarity around the ward. This means you’ll be able to see enemies as they approach the ward’s radius, giving you time to react.

Ward	The Available Level	How Many You can Buy	Its Function	Recommended Role
Warding Totem	1	1, alongside any obtained via Support items (Spellthief’s Edge, Steel Shoulderguards, Relic Shield, Spectral Sickle)	It provides a small radius of vision around the ward until it is destroyed or runs out of time (90s, three hit points)	All roles
Control Ward	1	2	Provides a small radius of vision around the ward until it is destroyed (four hit points)	Top, Mid, Support
Oracle Lens (Red Trinket)	1	1	Creates a radar-like radius around the player, revealing and disabling wars while also displaying traps and enemy champions.	Jungle, SupportFarsight Alteration (Blue Trinket)91A ward that can be dropped from 4000 units away and reveals the area for two seconds before championing inside for five seconds.	Top, Mid, ADC
Zombie Ward	Domination rune tree	1	When you kill an enemy ward, it will spawn. Give sight to over 1100 units, are visible to the opposing team, have one health point, and last for 120 seconds.	Build dependent
Ghost Poro	Domination rune tree	1	When wards expire, a Ghost Poro replaces them for 60 seconds. Is frightened by enemy champions.	Build dependent

Warding in the Early Game

Much of the early game revolves around warding, especially as junglers attempt to gank lanes before players begin to separate for team fights.

As a result, having good vision control is critical.

We recommend that you do not drop any wards before 1:25, as they provide little to no information and will most likely be destroyed, providing your enemies with all-important gold.

Each role has its own set of ward positions, but these are only guidelines. If you’ve discovered a location that works for you, stick with it!

Role	Where to Ward Blue side	Red side
Top	Scuttle crab river bush post 1:25Control ward in your river bush	Scuttle crab river bush post 1:25Top tri-brush
Mid	Control both bushes and keep the ward on your side of the lane to force the enemy to overextend. Ward is in the middle of the lane.	Control wards in both the red side bush behind the Baron pit and the bottom side curved river bush Totem wards in both bushes, towards your side of the lane to force enemy overextension
Support (ADC to a lesser extent)	1:25 Scuttle crab bushTo spot enemy supports, use a dragon pit Totem ward in the botlane bushes.	Control Ward in riverside bushTotem wards in the jungle (tri-brush if you’re losing lane)

Warding in the Middle/Late Game

As you move around the map, contesting objectives and towers, you’ll want to have as much vision as possible.

When you’re ahead, try to place as many wards as you can in the enemy jungle, as well as around major objectives like the Baron or Drakes.

This keeps your gaze fixed on your opponents.

With major objectives, make sure to get your wards in early to spot players as they try to collapse, and use your Oracle Lens sweeper to clear out any vision left by the enemy team.

This means they’ll be walking into the dark, face first, with no idea where you are.

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If you’re playing from behind, make sure your wards are more focused on your own jungle and base; otherwise, you may be backdoored without even realizing it.

Defensive wards in the river, bottom, and top side jungles, and around the mid lane (where teams tend to siege) are essential.

Lastly,

As a general rule, it’s always a good idea to place wards at choke points so that if you see the entire enemy team wandering over to Baron, you can collapse quickly and suffocate them before they get too close.