Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <league-of-legends>
Title: Is killing Baron worth losing a turret?
Question: I've noticed that every time me and my team go for baron we lose a turret. Is the boost from baron really worth losing a turret? Doesn't baron just give health and mana regen? Can a baron kill alone bring a sure lose to a victory or is pushing more important?

Answers:
sents: text: Killing Baron Nashor gives you the following: a buff that lasts for 4 minutes that gives: 40 ability power 40 attack damage 3% of your maximum health in health regeneration per 5 sec.
text: 1% of your maximum mana in mana regeneration per 5 sec.
text: it also gives 300 gold.
text: Compare that to a tower which only give 150 gold and i'd say getting nashors is worth it.
text: A baron kill alone doesn't necessarily turn a loss into a victory although it might help a lot.
text: Because you gain a huge advantage in the next teamfight usually allowing you to ace their team and push.
text: Or if that's not the case then you can usually push with your team and get 1 or more turrets tipping the game in your favor
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/19798/Serge Bekenkamp
score: 4
sents: text: Depends on What turret we are talking about.
text: Worth: T1 (First turret that can be broken)
text: T2
text: (Second turret that can be broken) Not worth: T3 (
text: Turret from base) Turret from Nexus
text: As @SergeBekenkamp said in his answer:
text: Killing Baron Nashor gives you the following: a buff that lasts for 4 minutes that gives: 40 ability power 40 attack damage 3% of your maximum health in health regeneration per 5 sec.
text: 1% of your maximum mana in mana regeneration per 5 sec.
text: it also gives 300 gold.
text: The best moment to go for baron are: When all lanes are pushed.
text: After an ACE (if your team is good on health/survivability).
text: After a push when the opponents are dead or recalling.
text: All from above GOLD RULE: When you are SURE about they don't know you are going to do Baron.
text: (Wards are EXCELLENT tool for this.
text: sometimes the opponent is going jungle red/blue, defending bottom/mid lane and your team go there and do Baron quickly)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12936/Michel
score: 4
sents: text: I would say 1 of you make sure that all lanes are pushed while other doing baron , and if you're doing baron after winning a team fight that would be a lot easier
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/22207/MastaMoMo
score: 2
sents: text: One tower generates you 150 gold for each member of your team whereas baron gives you 300 gold to every member of your team plus 900 exp points and a buff that makes you stronger
text: so i would say it makes up for the tower...
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/22199/Duje Zubcic
score: 1
sents: text: Killing Baron is definately worth taking over loosing a turret, because in the late game...turrets are pretty worthless.
text: I just view them as a tanky level 20 champion with no items.
text: So by taking Baron your team would get twice the the gold than the other team just taking a turret AND you would have a buff advantage (which you would use to push them or force a teamfight) 75% of the time getting Baron is a game ender.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/22305/Trevor Patch
score: 1
sents: text: In my opinion, it is.
text: Baron gives 300(iirc) gold if you kill it to each person, pseudo-blue to your team, and 40 ad/ap, and massive hp regen (there may be other stats on it
text: but I forget it).
text: The tower gives 150 gold per person and no buff.
text: 300+many buffs is better then 150 and no buffs in most cases, however, if your team can't kill baron fast you're giving them a large chance to push and baron will deal a lot of damage to your team, allowing an ace opportunity
text: so in that case, protecting the tower is better.
text: TL;DR:
text: Baron is better if you can kill it fast, if not, save the tower.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/22095/Nobody
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Killing Baron is definitely worth losing a turret as they are pretty worthless in the late game. Getting nashors is worth it, compared to a tower which only gives 150 gold. 
It is widely accepted as a fact that it is worth to trade a tower for a baron.