When to Man up, and When to run away: An instructive Blog by yours truly

Helllooooooo guys, it's me again, Exit, and today I, for once, am going to try my hand at passing my knowledge on down ;) even though most of you are better than me. So lately I've been seeing a lot of games thrown/lost because of one thing: unfair engagements. One person will run in and die, and then the whole rest of their team will de ice to go balls deep and feed, resulting in at least one tower, if not more lost. And it's pretty disturbing, because it's not as if they are getting tanked into the fight. They are consciously making a decision in heir head go go in and try to fight all five members of the enemy team and trade.

So, when to attempt a trade? Do you ONLY fight as five, and just give away objectives while waiting on your teammates re spawn timer? Or do you run and and try to get at least one of their heroes for yours? I have come up with a sort of guide to attempting an uneven trade(it's by no means definitive though, so please, lay on the criticizing).
1) is your teammate tanks enough or has a spell, such as Shallow Grave, that will allow them to take art in the trade before dying?
If the odds are even, you may consider trade

2) did we lose a big teamfight ultimate(such as Black Hole)?
If not, then you might be able to trade, if you have the necessary damage and disable.

3)did your team mate already die, and/or is the rest of your team nearby?
If you said no to either of those, a trade is probably not a good idea

4)can I/We clean up the fight?
If you can't, or if you can trade evenly, then back off and only fight under a defensive objective.

5) do I feel like manning up, killing someone, and getting out Alive?
You shouldn't. Don't be a hero ;)(see what I did there? But seriously, trade advantageously)

If you can't trade advantageously do t try it. If they will still be able to push, don't trade. Your goal in an uneven trade is to buy time, to weaken the enemy to where they can't push, or... Yeah. Generally don't make an uneven trade. It doesn't work out that well most of the time. Sometimes, if you see an ally dying, it's better to let them die than make the odds worse. Fighting a 4v5 is better than fighting a 3v5, and so on, and so forth.

Yah, that's pretty much it. It's a fairly simple subject, but one that a lot of people don't grasp. Sometimes manning up is not the way to go.

Go out there, and good luck have fun! Don't feed too much ;)