[{quoted}](name=Owl Or Nothing,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=2EKuAcKM,comment-id=00070000000000000000,timestamp=2015-01-01T19:58:40.973+0000)
i wasn't aware of the innate mechancis. That was how i learned them,. You underestimate the ability to learn
You weren't aware of counter building? You weren't aware of the relationships between armor and health? You weren't aware of how to maximize on hit effects? How to hybridize damage? How to actively change your intended build based on whether you're ahead and can go more offensive or behind and need to be more defensive with people like fighters and bruisers? You didn't know about AA resets, or how to more effectively combo with someone like Riven? Timely juking, and proper ward placement? A lot of these are things that people take partly for granted. Once you've learned them you don't really have to remind yourself, it becomes almost muscle memory. I know that if I'm going on a heavy in with Diana my combo to ensure that whoever I'm picking on right then and there dies beyond a shadow of a doubt is DFG Q R AA W AA E AA R. But I don't have to THINK about doing it, I just have to decide I'm doing it and then let it flow from there. I've mastered the mechanics behind something so instead of thinking about every little thing I'm doing during the combo I'm thinking about the end result instead and the rest takes care of itself.
If you were playing competitively, at level 30, I can pretty much guarantee that you were familiar with mechanics like that. You knew how to combo. You knew when to dodge skillshots. You knew what to expect from other champions and how to keep them from being able to completely and totally overwhelm you. The things that you learned from those competitions weren't the basic requirements needed to play adequately at max level. They were the things that exceed the basics, and even the advanced mechanics. People who've played champions so much that they can just feel what they need to do and when. People who can play League almost like it's second nature.
And THAT is why smurfing is bad. A level 12 player is familiar with the game, but they're still getting the gears moving. The fact of the matter is that at level 30 most players, even if you aren't going into ranked, who are serious about the game no matter how much they intend to focus on the fun of the game vs the competition, have reached a point where everything they do is smooth. We don't second guess our mouse clicks. We've learned how to keep track of how fast the health bars on a minion wave are going down and what minions are targeting what other minions so we can better predict our last hitting. We've learned. By the time you're level 12, you're probably hitting 100 CS around minute 30 or so, after that you've probably got enough ranks in abilities and items to start taking out waves. But a level 30 player will have 2 or 3 hundred at minute 30.
There IS a difference between knowing the game well enough to see why you've lost and learn from it, and being a fresh player who is getting beat by a champion they've never seen before using items they've never heard of using stats they don't understand.
