Assortment of questions
Hey all, sorry if this isn't the place to post this, but I've got some noob LoL questions I have gathered after playing for a while. I’m level 20, main champ is Morgana, usually Sup, but can hold my own using her Mid/Top/Bot. Learning to play Shaco AP Top, going to try to use AD though, and learning to play Alistar as a tank. Looking to learn Warwick for Jungle, then Shaco Jungle after.
How am I supposed to lane as a melee champ against a ranged champ? The melee characters I have played as are Garen, Katarina and Kayle. I’m starting to use Alistar but don’t have enough games with him to include him. Kayle’s E gives me range for a moment but it’s simply not enough. 9/10 times they just auto-attack me if I try to either attack them or minions, so I always end up hanging back behind my minions simply getting the xp. Basically I’m useless, but I don’t know what to do.
Is a support not supposed to attack minions? I was in a game where my lane partner got mad at me and called me a troll for attacking minions. He said it was screwing up his lane control, and I was supposed to purely poke, ward and heal/buff them. I was saying how ridiculous that statement was but then a teammate said I was wrong as well, so now I’m confused. I asked if he was going to buy my items for me then he told me to make gold from items and wards, which I don’t understand at all. I’ve looked into gold items, for example with Morgana I’ll try getting Frost Queen’s Claim, starting the game with Spellthief’s Edge. But the gold is 2 every 10 seconds, isn’t that quite low?
What role should a tank pick? My goal is to be the guy mid/end game who just can’t be killed. I’m trying to learn to tank with Alistar, and got scolded for going Bot. I know I can go Sup, but could I go Top, Mid or Jungle with a tank?
Can someone explain the proper way to jungle? I will be using mainly Warwick to practice, Shaco later on, and maybe Alistar if he is appropriate for it. As far as I know I’m supposed to kill Jungle creeps, help gank, and cover a lane while it’s undefended (recalling or respawning). I don’t get red/blue buffs, how to kill creeps at starting levels (I lose the fights and die/run away). Is there a set path every time takes, or does everyone have their own? Also, can an AP Morgana Jungle?
Why is smurfing done so much, and is it “legal”? Whenever someone admits to smurfing I report them, but maybe it’s not report-worthy? I HATE that these dicks are ruining beginner games. Yeah “Well playing with better people makes you better” is true, but getting cussed out for not knowing exactly where to be/go, or not knowing all 100 champions spells at my level or lower is ridiculous. I don’t know how the matchmaking system works, but I don’t get why level 30’s are matched up with me, and why the hell pro players make new accounts to tear apart noobs.
How do wards work? I know you get the ones that you press “5” to place, and you can buy vision wards (I think they’re called pink wards?). The thing is I don’t get what the symbols are after they burn out. There will be these tiny red or blue dots where a ward was before, what does that mean? With regards to eSports LoL Worlds, how do they have soooo many wards cast? I know it’s 5 people throwing down wards compared to just me, but it seems like they have their entire side of the map warded.
What the hell do you have to do to get a "S" rank? I've gotten it twice for Morg, before I hit level 5 with her, but I've had better games with her and gotten A/B ranks. There hasn't been anything more frusterating for me than going something like 7/0/15 and getting an A-.
For the eSports play/LoL Worlds
What role do the coaches play? Are they like sports coaches, calling the shots/plays for the players to follow, scolding their players when they make bad plays? If not, who is in charge of the action in-game? Who decides who makes the main-five roster?
Why are the players so young? Why are there so few people in their mid-twenties or older?
How do I watch LoL when the World's are over. Specifically NA teams. I'm currently cheering for Cloud 9, because they're the only team with a Canadian on it :)
