#laning

How fast and cleanly a hero can wipe out a minion wave.

Channeling back to base to heal up and buy items.

Throwing everything at a fight with no plan to retreat.

Letting your wave snowball by killing only a few enemy minions, for a big crash later.

Wiping a whole minion wave fast, usually with AoE.

Swapping damage with your laner while both of you stay in lane.

Tearing a big slice off someone's health bar without killing them.

Holding the minion wave by your tower with only last hits, starving the enemy.

Killing your own creep so the enemy gets nothing for it.

The spot in the lane where the two creep waves crash and hold position.

Dragging your lane creeps into a jungle camp to reset the wave and starve the enemy.

Using the threat of damage to keep an enemy off their farm without actually hitting them.

Self-healing or mitigation that keeps you topped up in lane and fights.