They didn't abandon the sage tho. The Sage and Maegu were the ones who chased. They abandoned the Scholar. Which to be fair, if the scholar was skilled enough, they could have kited that out.
maegus, sorcs and dks are notorious for this. they rat around like they can 1v3 and then whine about their team being dead after failing to make anything happen. My brother in christ if you just helped you could win more often.