gank pilled
Being gank pilled means you've been converted to the belief that ganking is not just a strategy but a way of life — that farming is for those without ambition, that every lane is an opportunity, and that the minimap is basically a chess board where your pieces never stop moving.
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Being gank pilled means you've been converted to the belief that ganking is not just a strategy but a way of life — that farming is for those without ambition, that every lane is an opportunity, and that the minimap is basically a chess board where your pieces never stop moving. The gank pilled player refuses to farm peacefully, gets antsy in the jungle for more than 20 seconds, and probably writes tier lists where every top-pick jungler has 'insane gank paths' in the description.
He's completely gank pilled now — watched three hours of Jankos montages and won't stop talking about gank pathing.
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