User blog comment:XelNecra/False Friends - SS/Mia/@comment-4794115-20130207213021

Like the first commenter said, it's a good thing to call mia, but it's not a good thing to rely on it.

I prefer when people call mia or at least ping. I tend to play aggressive top laners and try to win my lane early. I usually ward, but there's always that period of time where your ward dies and you can't leave lane. If mid goes missing while I'm trading with my enemy, I might not see it, with my ward down I wont see them. If mid calls mia -preferably ping- then I back off. No one dies.

I still buy wards and I still watch the map, but mias are still nice.

Same thing with warning of an incoming teleport. If I see someone teleporting out, I warn my team. I haven't had that situation happen since the new effect on the map, but I'd probably still toss out a warning.