There are lots of commonalities between invasion sports - famously one of Pep Guardiola’s coaches at Manchester City is a former water polo player, for example.

There are lots of commonalities between invasion sports - famously one of Pep Guardiola’s coaches at Manchester City is a former water polo player, for example. I assume much of what’s been learned there (minus the ball) applies to games like League of Legends. So, from what little I know of LoL, you’re simultaneously trying to attack the enemy base and protect your own. Presumably there are interesting second order things to study here - how can you get close to the base, how can you destroy it quicker than the opponent destroys yours etc. I assume if there are any epiphanies along the lines of “shoot threes” in basketball or “shoot closer to goal” in football, they’re probably well trodden. Much of the game is presumably controlling the space between, trying to create overloads against opposition players, and not be overloaded yourself. The best teams in football are experts at using space, and at manipulating their opponent’s shape to create gaps or opportunities for ambushes. So an interesting thing to study would be teams tendencies to overextend - what sort of structures appear to offer them opportunities, but actually keep your players close enough together to pounce on them. The ghosting work mentioned in the article would be interesting here, as would work on pitch control: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Spearman/publication/327139841_Beyond_Expected_Goals/links/5b7c3023a6fdcc5f8b5932f7/Beyond-Expected-Goals.pdf?origin=publication_detail https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William-Spearman/public...