For many League of Legends players, Dopa is one of the best rank climbers in the world. Among the tips that the “rank climbing master” Dopa uses most while laning is freezing minions to create invisible pressure, preventing opponents from gaining experience or last-hitting minions for gold.
Therefore, to climb to the highest ranks in League of Legends, freezing minions is an incredibly necessary tactic when laning. And with this super simple trick from Riot Games, you can master this technique in just 2 minutes:
First, you need to understand the difference between the two basic types of minions: melee minions deal low damage but have high durability, while ranged minions are squishy but deal high damage.
As for the definition of this tactic, freezing minions means keeping them close to your tower so you can farm, but far enough away that the tower does not attack the enemy minions and push them back.
To freeze minions, you need to slowly kill enemy minions, allowing the enemy minions to kill your team’s minions. The effectiveness increases when there are many enemy ranged minions. However, you should not let too many enemy minions live, as they will push the lane quickly and may reach your tower.
If the enemy clears minions quickly to recall, you can pull the enemy minions into the bush and freeze them very easily.
Sometimes leaving 2-3 enemy minions and recalling will cause the enemy to lose an entire wave of minions when they return to lane, while also maintaining the minion wave near your tower.
So, what is the purpose of freezing minions? Basically, this helps you farm safely near your tower, forcing the enemy to venture far from their tower if they want experience and gold from minions. At that point, your jungler can appear and gank very easily. If you’re stronger than the enemy, you can bait the enemy to get close to the minions and secure a solo kill without needing the jungler. Additionally, the power disparity created by levels and items when freezing minions is also a significant advantage of this tactic.