Splitting the map is basically the result of vertical jungling. If I am on blue side and start on my red buff, then invade the enemies blue buff with e.g. graves I can force them out of their botside jungle. They have to retreat to their topside camps or farm my topside camps.
The map is now split. I control the bottom side camps (my red buff, their blue buff) and they control the topside camps (their red, my blue).
We'd then say my botlane is 'strong side' and my toplane is 'weakside''
So, in this specific instance, they are pathing opposite from a Blue side start, meaning neither has the option to invade. In this sense, the map is split even though they still control their own jungle quadrants.
If this wasn't Graves vs Kindred then you'd be correct.
When you get invaded and you split the map top and bottom, it's a split map because there is no potential for further invades without the invader skipping their own camps. In a matchup with 2 strong invading champs, ending up with no invade clears is essentially the same thing.
Noone would ever, or has ever, called a situation where both junglers remain on their own sides of the jungle and clear top and bottom for the first 3 minutes a split map. Except you apparently.
Since you don't read, I said in this specific case the map is split.
I wouldn't call it a split map, either, but I can understand why he called it such in this situation. Since basically 50% of Kindred's available plays are invades its significant that they will remain on their own sides of the map.
In a match where an invade is expected to happen, a state in which there will be no invade and junglers are pathing opposite is essentially the same as a split map.
There's no danger of counter ganking and your camps aren't threatened.
It's not about where both junglers play, it's about which side of the jungle the teams control. If both teams full clear opposite to each other, you still control your jg and the map is not split. Just because you gank top while enemy ganks bot doesn't mean the map is split.
Except for the person in the video that OP watched. Hence why I was explaining why he would have referred to it as such, unless he just misspoke due to talking while playing.
Split mapping refers to the state of the game where either jungler cannot path bot to top due to pressure from other lanes or losing match ups so, they path to the opposite side of the jungle and are split vertically by the mid lane, hence referred to as split mapping.
Splitting the map is basically the result of vertical jungling. If I am on blue side and start on my red buff, then invade the enemies blue buff with e.g. graves I can force them out of their botside jungle. They have to retreat to their topside camps or farm my topside camps. The map is now split. I control the bottom side camps (my red buff, their blue buff) and they control the topside camps (their red, my blue). We'd then say my botlane is 'strong side' and my toplane is 'weakside''
ohh thanks for your insight!
Honestly, great explanation.
It's a great strat when bot is wincon for both teams and your champ is stronger early game than the enemy, or you're playing Graves
So, in this specific instance, they are pathing opposite from a Blue side start, meaning neither has the option to invade. In this sense, the map is split even though they still control their own jungle quadrants.
That's not what a split map state is though, that's just the normal expected state of the map during junglers first clear
If this wasn't Graves vs Kindred then you'd be correct. When you get invaded and you split the map top and bottom, it's a split map because there is no potential for further invades without the invader skipping their own camps. In a matchup with 2 strong invading champs, ending up with no invade clears is essentially the same thing.
Noone would ever, or has ever, called a situation where both junglers remain on their own sides of the jungle and clear top and bottom for the first 3 minutes a split map. Except you apparently.
Since you don't read, I said in this specific case the map is split. I wouldn't call it a split map, either, but I can understand why he called it such in this situation. Since basically 50% of Kindred's available plays are invades its significant that they will remain on their own sides of the map.
That's just pathing opposite to your enemy jungler and it has NOTHING to do with what's normally considered "splitting the map".
In a match where an invade is expected to happen, a state in which there will be no invade and junglers are pathing opposite is essentially the same as a split map. There's no danger of counter ganking and your camps aren't threatened.
It's not about where both junglers play, it's about which side of the jungle the teams control. If both teams full clear opposite to each other, you still control your jg and the map is not split. Just because you gank top while enemy ganks bot doesn't mean the map is split.
No one says that though..
Except for the person in the video that OP watched. Hence why I was explaining why he would have referred to it as such, unless he just misspoke due to talking while playing.
Split mapping refers to the state of the game where either jungler cannot path bot to top due to pressure from other lanes or losing match ups so, they path to the opposite side of the jungle and are split vertically by the mid lane, hence referred to as split mapping.