How does one go Pro in League of Legends

ClariorHincHonos·Nov 16, 2015·3 votes·3,004 views

I have a dream of becoming a pro in the world of League of Legends. I don't know how to go about doing this so I was wondering if anyone(Riot included) would know how to do this.

21 Comments

ElysMustacheNov 17, 20156 votes

I would think it would go something like this:

Obtain Challenger.
Stream on Twitch.
Get subs/viewers => get paid

Tada! You're a professional.

But you want to be in the LCS? Obtain very high Challenger, say top 10. Get noticed by professionals. Have a very deep champion pool in your lane. Exhibit leadership skills. Get recruited by team to replace underperforming member.

Seems simple enough.

MimyNov 17, 20151 votes

Voted best answer... LOL

Virgin RayNov 17, 20152 votes

Basically sell your soul to the game.

Kal Vas FlamNov 18, 20153 votes

Step 1 - smoke a of crack.

There is no step 2.

XteriorNov 16, 20152 votes

You should focus on improving first since you're silver. Just trying to help.

ClariorHincHonosNov 17, 20151 votes

I did only get to play 7 of my 10 games due to the ranked glitch.

Live2LetDieNov 17, 20152 votes

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I did only get to play 7 of my 10 games due to the ranked glitch.

to get noticed by a team you have to be d1 minimum and be exceptional. There are thousands of players at your rank, if you are in masters, so why should they pick you?

Also if your thining this over higher education then just don't. School is more important

ClariorHincHonosNov 17, 20151 votes

I am planning on getting an education, it is just my dream to go pro.

AngryScrubNov 17, 20151 votes

When you say go "pro" do you mean play for the LCS or simply to earn money playing league?

If it is the latter you could start streaming. Granted if you are only in silver you'd probably need a lot of charisma or something else to attract an audience large enough to make it a full-time gig.

WinclarkNov 17, 20151 votes

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When you say go "pro" do you mean play for the LCS or simply to earn money playing league?

If it is the latter you could start streaming. Granted if you are only in silver you'd probably need a lot of charisma or something else to attract an audience large enough to make it a full-time gig.

I'm actually pretty good friends with him and he is a very skilled player, he is only silver because he could not get into 3 of the 10 ranked games to get his rank initially. There was a bug (Don't know if it is still a thing) where it says you were disconnected from the server and just strait up wont let him in the game. And he is wanting to go LCS.

AreURdyForTheEndNov 17, 20152 votes

Um, he's 8-22. That's 30 games. My advice would be to not quit your day job.

ClariorHincHonosNov 17, 20151 votes

This isn't to say I am great at league, with most of my games I end up losing because I can't carry enough. I'm a top laner, top lane champs like Mundo (I don't play Mundo Ranked, maybe once) or J4 can't change the game if my opponents usually get fed mid or bot lane that just snowballs into my defeat. I know I've been the feeder, we all have. 30 games later I realize that you can only win ranked if you play champs that use fairly easy but deadly champs.(Yi=3tap) The reason I lose is because of my champ selection, not skill.

Live2LetDieNov 17, 20151 votes

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This isn't to say I am great at league, with most of my games I end up losing because I can't carry enough. I'm a top laner, top lane champs like Mundo (I don't play Mundo Ranked, maybe once) or J4 can't change the game if my opponents usually get fed mid or bot lane that just snowballs into my defeat. I know I've been the feeder, we all have. 30 games later I realize that you can only win ranked if you play champs that use fairly easy but deadly champs.(Yi=3tap) The reason I lose is because of my champ selection, not skill.

This is your downfall. It is your skill level. Pro players and master players, in any role, do steams all the time from I ranked to challenger challenge.

Look at box box who solo carries top at low Elo all the time. It is your skil level

ClariorHincHonosNov 17, 20151 votes

I know it is skill, that wasn't the point, this whole conversation started because my "friend" decided to post what he did and it created something of a hateful comment. This was supposed to be a useful discussion on how to go pro. I'm 15, I've got a bit of time to improve. I've been playing video games since age 3, I don't have any other hobbies so I want to make something of this one. I gave up hope this season because of my promos being glitched and not letting me play 3 of them, which I probably would have won as Yasuo counters Ahri in most match ups. This season just wasn't the right one, that is why there is next season.

AngryScrubNov 19, 20151 votes

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I'm actually pretty good friends with him and he is a very skilled player, he is only silver because he could not get into 3 of the 10 ranked games to get his rank initially. There was a bug (Don't know if it is still a thing) where it says you were disconnected from the server and just strait up wont let him in the game. And he is wanting to go LCS.

In that case, I'd say grind a lot of solo queue and try to obtain and sustain high Challenger in at least 2 accounts. Try to network, get in on scrims or just be noticed when you can obtain an ELO high enough for people to take you seriously.

Also, you may want to talk to your ISP if you are having lots of disconnects in-game.

T RexHasTinyArmsNov 17, 20152 votes

I think the job of pro gamer isn't necessarily the best job, but if done right it can provide opportunity through moves like creating your own organization through starting a challenger team w/ players you know (think xpeke or how tsm started and how much money the org makes now), or getting name recognition to become a profitable streamer.

There are 3 major ways to go pro as far as I know:

The first is to become a top challenger player and get recruited (Marin and Faker were both rank 1 in KR for an extended period of time which is how SKT recruited them, Quas reached challenger NA from south america w/ 200 ping and was scouted, Rush was a solo que talent that was scouted)

The second is to get around that rank and get to know the pros/former pros from your games and be recommended (Niels was recommended to Xpeke by Rekkles or steelback, and I think steelback was someone yellowstar duo qued w/ from meeting in a masters game or something and he tried out for the org on yellowstar's recommendation)

The third is to get masters/challenger rank and build an team w/ other players at that level and play through challenger series.

No matter what route you take you need to improve to the level that you can consistently get an account to Diamond 1/masters level at a minimum (I'd suggest do it w/ at least 2 accounts, and try to get one to top 50 challenger)

TurquoiseYoshiNov 16, 20151 votes

Be really good or have a team of friends who are really good collectively.

Live2LetDieNov 16, 20151 votes

Just some perspective. There are 2k challenger players, so 0.02% of the community, that is challenger. There is less than 100 pros. Almost every pro hit challenger in 3 months of starting league. Only 2 pros were picked up from plat, before master was chosen, so high diamond is a must just for a small chance.

ClariorHincHonosNov 17, 20151 votes

Well I have a couple years to get to that level of experience, but the time to decide is closer than I think it is. Thanks that helps me see where I need to be.

JimmyNtheKudosNov 17, 20151 votes

You need to be Challenger at the very least to get noticed by a team, Master may fly but I doubt it. Try to look for teams that are recruiting especially for the new season (if you are really pro level right now).