League of Legends: Why do professional mid laners prioritize shoe upgrades in the early game?

For casual players, damage items are always the first choice. In contrast, the mid laner Professional has a way build items Slightly different. In fact, they often prioritize buying shoes in the early stages. So what caused the huge difference in item construction between pro player and casual players?

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In the match between Invictus Gaming and Funplus Phoenix, both Rookie and Doinb bought shoes (in this case, both Mercury Boots) early on.
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Most of the factors that keep the average player from prioritizing buying a shoe as a second item is because it doesn’t have any bonus damage stats. This is because normal players will always prioritize items that do extra damage, but shoes are quite expensive, especially in the early stages of the game (you will have to spend about 900 to 1100 gold) and you won’t get any damage stats compared to other lower priced items.

But the point is that the boots will give you certain advantages, for example the 18 Spell Resistance of the Sorcerer’s Shoe or help reduce the duration of all crowd control effects by 30% of the Water Shoe. Echo. So upgrading shoes is quite beneficial because you can’t find those stats in any other equipment.

Regarding the value of the items, the main purpose of these professional player when choosing to buy shoes is to increase mobility and have the opportunity to participate in any phase fight Which game start. Especially for median, where the travel distance to the forest, river and the other 2 roads is much shorter than other roads. This shows the ability of the mid laner to intervene early in teamfights and gank increasingly necessary, even in the professional match.

As a mid laner, your role is not only to farm but also to control vision, scan the surrounding area or simply participate in teamfights. This requires players to be able to move constantly early on and the best equipment to help you do that is shoes.

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Doinb does not stay in the same position when playing mid, but he is also responsible for helping his teammates sweep the jungle and increase the team’s overall vision control.
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If you are slower than your opponent in moving, regardless of whether your team plays proactively or defensively, there is a high chance that they will be completely defeated. No matter how many damage stats you get, there’s not much you can do because your teammates are already surrounded by enemies. One person cannot help the whole team out of such a situation, especially in the higher ranks and in professional matches.

Not to mention some mid laners in the professional league like Galio (Predator), Pantheon, Sett… will need a lot of movement speed to promote their strengths.

Due to the high demand for map control, pro players often choose shoes as a second item, which provides players with all they need to be able to overcome their opponents. This gameplay obviously requires a relatively high level of skill on the part of the player, as the shoe does not raise pure stat, but rather puts pressure on the map.​