General DiscussionWhy are so many "pro" players buying Midas

Because of the xp multiplier and games going mid/late

Games are now slower due to tower armor change; you need more exp to get through level 7-12 now, and on the newly popular slow-farming strength cores like naix/ck a midas makes it easier to bridge that exp gap and better gear up for mid/late game. Before that, games were faster and most popular cores were fast-farming agi heroes who had no problem getting fast levels/items just by hitting creeps, so midas was kinda meh.

What's the timing for pos 1 and 3? Like is 14 minute still acceptable as pos 3?

Its still ok if u have 1 other item (not brown boots ofc)

Midas gives 40 attack speed.

u shouldnt base buying midas on just timing

if u have tinker u can buy it later. if they have ld ss jugg u might want to skip a late midas. game state will change how long u have midas by 10-30 minutes, timing is important but only changes it by 2-6 minutes as core

midas is very strong rn but i still see people get memed on because they have triple midas against some strong push and 1 lost teamfight is rax

Yes 40 attack speed is the reason, no memes. It is high enough attack speed that buying this item doesnt make you feel like deadweight anymore

meanwhile i am getting tired of games with 3 midas cores in my team ....

Games arent slow at all. Its the atk speed and also fighting/5 man meta where you dont hit many creeps so it helps u get xp and gold

Midas help u to push faster. Those catapults is nice to clear by Midas and fast push on. In current Meta which one man needs to do it all