League of legends tips?

[Suicida1 Midget]

DO NOT BUY RUNES!!! these are a waste of ip until you hit twenty.(tier 3)
Ignore the community(unless theres mia in it) cause they seem to have dildos shoved up their asses.
Dont buy champs until you have tried em, and found some with a playstyle you like.
If someone is missing from your lane(unless some1 has smite) type x mia
No matter what lane you have(except jungle) but wards and place em in bush. Some champs have em built in.
The better champs- rammus, garen, morgana, lee sin, sona, swain, sion, pantheon, gangplank, caitlyn, kennen, and brand. (i got as a wide viraity that i could think of. Theres others 2 and the so called weaker champs can still get stuff done.)
Last hit minions.
Rabadons Deathcap/Infinity Edge/Warmogs/Thornmail/Force of Nature are the exterme items. Depending on what you have there should be one of em in you build.
Not the tank-get behind him.
Dont baron unless its 3v5 ideally.(Some champs like tryndamere, fiddles, and yi can solo him-so ward)
Thats the best i can say about tips. The rest is experience.

 

[Slycne]

Quick question I haven't been able to find out. Is there hot keys for items? It can usually be too late when I go for the health potion mid fight.

Yes, the items slots are by default keybound to 1-6. With 1 being the upper left and descending to 6 in the lower right.

 

[Tanakh]

Get competent with Dota or Hon and you will come back as a very good LoL player.

Or just stick with Dota. Or join the Hon master race.

And here i thought the master race was already playing DotA 2 beta with me

Seriously though playing HoN is a very good way to get good at LoL, and even a better way to get used to the stardard DotA mechanics for DotA 2.

Edit: Word of warning, HoN community is a bit worse than in any other DotA game, just a bit though.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Quick question I haven't been able to find out. Is there hot keys for items? It can usually be too late when I go for the health potion mid fight.

Yes, the items slots are by default keybound to 1-6. With 1 being the upper left and descending to 6 in the lower right.

Oh really? No wonder it wouldnt let me bind anything to the number keys. Cheers this will help me immensely.

 

[Mute52]

I was new to the game several months ago, and i have become better, although not nearly good enough for ranked play or anything.

The things that help me out the most were-

1. Learning to last hit
2. Learning to gank, help your teammates
3. Become aware, notice when people are missing from their lanes, calling MIAs
4. Buying wards, i didn't know how much wards helped until very recently
5. Learning how to play a champion, learn the technics (<-spell check has failed me) and limits of them

That's what helped me, just general playing of the game and practice always helps you improve

 

[Discon]

Also, although it is considered polite to call missing in your lane, you yourself should not require on it, as you cannot assume that every random person you meet will know to call SS, and you might end up being ganked without any SS being called.

 

[Hamish Durie]

shens a good tank is he? I thought he was just the guy who showed up to rape you out of nowhere.....

Shen's a bit underplayed now, and being a tank, he can't exactly just show up to rape you because he doesn't really have damage output. Most he can do is save a teammate, maybe.

Oh and, tips. Check leaguecraft.com for champion-oriented guides, most of them are crap but those don't usually get many upvotes.

>.> shen belongs to nunu, rammus, amunu and nasus group of "extremely op tanks that nobody plays" *assuming you can build right*
nunu is op because his ap goes 1-1 (meaning 1 ap = 1 damage)
amunu is op because he can tank and literally walk over you
rammus is op because if you build him right he can destroy single targets along with being a tank
nasus is op because of siphoning strike
shen is op because that spamable Q and his passive

im not looking to brag or demand a cookie for my accomplishments just saying try the champs that onbody plays because very few people knows how to counter them and if your good with said champ and you know how to build right you can dominate with a tank who cant deal out a whole lot of damage.
oh and a tip bind Q W E R to Z X C V much easier for quickly selecting/using abilities

 

[VladG]

first off try to play with 4 of your friends in a premade, that is to have all 5 players people whom you know and with whom you can communicate with via Skype or something similar. A team that can relay information in real time has a HUGE advantage.
Also your worst enemy while playing LoL is the community. Not kidding, the biggest douches you'l ever encounter on the internet, so avoiding anything to do with them, a plus.

As for playing tips, well, experience is very important, just play the game, try out every single hero at least once so you understand how that hero works (you get different heroes every week)

Be aware of your surroundings

Try to get good mixed team compositions (again a good reason to play only with friends). Don't just pick strong damage heroes, get a tank in there too, a guy who's not going to get many (if any) kills, but who is going to enable his team to get a lot of kills and also help them survive.

Don't rely on a single type of damage too much in your team, have heroes who do magic, and heroes who do physical, otherwise it will be easy for the entire team to get resistance to your only type of damage.

Having a lot of hard CC(stuns, knock-up) is very useful. Often the enemy team might have a dangerous hero you want to disable fast, so a nice combination of stuns is very useful.

 

[VladG]

As for hero lane combos, first of all, remember that no combination is foolproof, you play against creative human opponents who WILL find a way to break your combo, either through creative gameplay, or creative combos of their own. That being said, here are a few I've found work nicely(I might slightly misspell some names, you'll get what heroes they are anyway):

XinZhao + Jax - Both strong damage heroes, have some measure of CC, but not 100% reliable since both rely on a trigger for their CC. Massive damage output, both have gap-closers. Not very resilient, work very well against squishy heroes since they can nuke them down VERY fast. Less effective VS resilient heroes or strong CC. Vulnerable to ranged heroes with good harass since they are both melee.

Blitzcrank + Alistar. Insane CC ability, both have 2 hard CCs, both are quite resilient (especially with Alistar's aoe heal). Blitzcrank can grab an enemy from quite a long range, Alistar can further push them back, both can knock him in the air. It takes good coordination so that your CC's don't overlap, but it is VERY hard to escape from them if played right. Again vulnerable against ranged harass, but effective against most heroes that don't have very strong escape mechanics. Biggest challenge is that is requires VERY good communication and coordination to make the most of the combo

XinZhao(or Fizz) + Karma. Interesting combo, Xin/Fizz jumps in and Karma mantra shields him, delivering a strong punch to the enemy with hopefully no damage taken. Works best against heroes that can't stop Xin from retreating after the attack. It makes for powerful harassment, and Xin's burst combined with Karma's heal, shields and damage make it a potent combo. Less vulnerable to ranged heroes than previous combos, fairly good lane sustainability with Karma's heal and Xin's passive lifesteal.

Amumu + Sivir. Works VERY well against squishy heroes, requires good communication or at least good awareness from both heroes (well, mostly Sivir). Amumu charges in with bandage toss, dealing some decent damage and stunning the enemy for Sivir's boomerang line attack to hit him twice. Hopefully after Sivir pops all her other abilities the target is dead. This combo is vulnerable to enemies who realize that they should stop Sivir fast and not focus Amumu. Any hard CC against Sivir will make this fast less effective. Mostly I've found this works because the enemy panics and doesn't react well to the situation since in the time he's stunned he will lose a LOT of life and then try to run away (not easy against Sivir). Again, vulnerable to hard CC and players with good situation awareness .

These are just a few I've tried and had fun with. Basically as I've said, no combo is fulproof, no combo can't be broken, it's really all about finding what works with you.

 

[VladG]

The best league of legends advice I can give is to go play Heroes of Newerth instead.

Very true. You'll appreciate LoL even more.

 

[Windcaler]

Its worth noting that generally you'll only find the hyper insulting players in ranked games. Theyre in normal pvp too but to a far lesser extent

I know of 3 sites that might help you. They include mobafire.com leaguecraft.com and lolreport.com Leaguecraft has IMO the best builder for designing champions throughout a game they also have some cool player made skins. However the best guides (that Ive found) tend to be on Mobafire but you really have to sort through the trash to find the good ones

There are two youtube people that post up some good games now and then. They are Redmercy and Ciderhelm. Ciderhelm makes a series called dont feed for champions which is highly enlightening and IMO better then Phreak's champion spotlights. Some people also like colbycheeze but I dont really care for him

Just starting out I recomend playing just beginner bot matches till you find a champion you like and start to become good with them. When youre getting 10-20 kills per match with 0 deaths then its time to move up to intermidiate level and you'll also be ready for bad players in normal PVP.

Also everytime theres new free champions make sure to play all of the ones you havnt played multiple times. Preferably in bot matches so people can complain about you sucking or your unfamiliarity doesnt cost you a match.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

SPIN TO WIN

DEMACIAAAAA

I can't offer anything that hasn't been said here already, go for it! Oh, and keep your ego out of the game.

 

[Slycne]

Two more that I thought of:

1. While sites like mobafire and solomid are great, remember that they are resources and not hard and fast rules. Many of the better guides will point this out. Once you constructed your "core items" you should generally be tailoring your build based on game itself. For example, I'll often build Last Whisper on Talon, but that's wasted gold if no one on the enemy team is building armor.

2. You might be interested in joining the League of Legends User Group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-s-League-of-Legends-Group] here on the site. Give you easier/quicker access to a bunch of players should you have further questions.

 

[Cap'ain Merrington]

I'd play the free week champs and have a look at sites like mobafire/solomid.net/clgaming.net for guides on the champ that seems to best suite you. When/if you want to do ranked games when you hit level 30. Wear some thick skin and learn 2-3 champs for each role. Ie AP/AD Carry, Jungle, Bruiser and support/tank. As with the 3 bans on each team before champ select. I've seen alot of people get banned out of the match as their variety is lacking. If someone flames you for an apparent *bad pick* and starts abusing you, just remember, at the end of the game you can report them. The tribunal might seem a bit beta at the moment. But it does work.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Two more that I thought of:

1. While sites like mobafire and solomid are great, remember that they are resources and not hard and fast rules. Many of the better guides will point this out. Once you constructed your "core items" you should generally be tailoring your build based on game itself. For example, I'll often build Last Whisper on Talon, but that's wasted gold if no one on the enemy team is building armor.

2. You might be interested in joining the League of Legends User Group [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Escapist-s-League-of-Legends-Group] here on the site. Give you easier/quicker access to a bunch of players should you have further questions.

I'll check that out when I get home from work.

 

[Skin]

Get competent with Dota or Hon and you will come back as a very good LoL player.

Or just stick with Dota. Or join the Hon master race.

And here i thought the master race was already playing DotA 2 beta with me

Seriously though playing HoN is a very good way to get good at LoL, and even a better way to get used to the stardard DotA mechanics for DotA 2.

Edit: Word of warning, HoN community is a bit worse than in any other DotA game, just a bit though.

Dota has alot of things going against it for now, so I am hesitant to class it as the master race. When they fix these problems is going to come down to Icefrog balance vs S2 balance (both are equally horrific) and art style preference.

Both are better than LoL. When they base the game around "anti-fun" balancing, you know it is a fucking terrible game.