{"id":1483,"date":"2022-06-01T17:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/tech\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2022-06-07T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:56:18","slug":"type-of-minions-in-league-of-legends-why-are-the-minions-emoting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/tech\/league-of-legends\/type-of-minions-in-league-of-legends-why-are-the-minions-emoting\/","title":{"rendered":"Type of Minions in League of Legends: Why are the minions emoting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minions<\/strong> are a valuable resource in League of Legends<\/strong>. Here is a guide to understanding them.<\/p>\n

An Overview of Minions, The Most Undervalued Resource in League of Legends<\/h2>\n

Three Melee minions make up the front line of the wave. The middle of the wave is filled by one Siege\/Cannon minion<\/strong>. Finally, the end of the minion wave is made up of three Caster minions. The orientation and make up of a minon wave changes once an inhibitor is destroyed. Super minions will replace the Siege\/Cannon minions<\/strong> and will lead the wave to the enemy base. Each minion type provides different gold and experience to the player.<\/p>\n

Minions<\/strong> walk along a lane until they find an enemy unit. When they find an enemy unit, they attack it.<\/p>\n

The minions<\/strong> spawned in the first wave have slightly special behaviour and will ignore enemy champions until they are either provoked, the champion walks much closer to them or they have encountered the enemy minions. When encountering the enemy minion wave they also spread out their attacks on the enemy melee minions<\/strong> so that in every game, these three minions<\/strong> will die at roughly the same time and neither team’s wave gains a pushing advantage on this first wave without interference of a champion.<\/p>\n

When a player deals damage to an enemy champion with a basic attack or most unit-targeted spells, it will cause nearby enemy minions to become aggressive towards them and retaliate for a few seconds<\/p>\n

TYPES OF MINIONS<\/h3>\n

MELEE MINIONS<\/h4>\n

Melee minions<\/strong> provide 21 gold and 60 solo experience. However, they provide 75 shared experience with lanes with more than one person in them. For example, bottom lane has the ADC and Support. They will each receive roughly 38 experience for each melee minion. If the jungler ganks and takes some melee minions, they will all share the experience at 25 per melee minion. These stats make the melee minions the most valuable minion in the lane. Not including the cannon minion<\/strong> yet, because they spawn periodically until late in the game.<\/p>\n

CASTER MINIONS<\/h4>\n

Caster minions<\/strong> provide 14 gold and 30 solo experience. However, they provide 37 shared experience. These minions<\/strong> can be considered the least valuable in the wave, but that does not mean you should not last hit them.<\/p>\n

SIEGE\/CANNON MINIONS<\/h4>\n

Siege\/Cannon minions<\/strong> are not present in every wave. For the first 15 minutes of the game, they spawn every three waves. After the 15 minute mark, they spawn every two waves. Finally, after the 25th minute mark, they will spawn every wave. These minions provide 60 – 90 gold depending on the minute of the game. They also provide 93 solo experience and 116 shared experience. These minions<\/strong> are the most important one to last hit as they provide the most stats to you.<\/p>\n

SUPER MINIONS<\/h4>\n

Super minions are the minions that spawn after an inhibitor has been destroyed. They will replace the Siege\/Cannon minion<\/strong> and will the lead the wave to the enemy base. They are worth the exact same stats as the Siege\/Cannon minions<\/strong>. Once the inhibitor respawns, the Super Minions<\/strong> will stop respawning and revert back to a normal Siege\/Cannon minion.<\/p>\n