What dumb things did you do/say when you started League?

BlakexEkalb·12/10/2017, 4:32:57 PM·51 votes·13,141 views

When I first started playing League of Legends, I would build Catalyst of Aeons because I would run out of mana too fast. Another thing I remember was when I called this Yasuo out for hacking because he was getting double crit chance. Those were the times.

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ChaddyFantome12/10/2017, 5:32:37 PM82 votes

Friend: "Hey, you have 4000g. Why didnt you buy at base?" Me: "I'm saving up to buy a new champ".

Infernape12/10/2017, 4:42:17 PM42 votes

"Trinity Force is a good item because it's the most expensive"

dolphinosplash2412/10/2017, 4:41:09 PM31 votes

I remember wondering why Katarina built magic damage. She did her damage with daggers and shit so i thought she was ad.

RiotSparkle12/10/2017, 8:56:50 PM29 votes

Flash into walls. I used to do that but I still do that too. :P

Marshbouy12/10/2017, 4:35:54 PM26 votes

I built warmogs first on Twitch. I'd ult minion waves as Twitch. I thought a shaco was hacking for having 2 versions of himself. I thought Aatrox was a viable champion. I built the old corrupting potion on Aatrox, even though he was manaless, because I thought it was worth it.

mosaickle12/10/2017, 4:42:46 PM22 votes

Cancelling my own channeled abilities by walking

Zed genius12/10/2017, 4:39:13 PM20 votes

"I don't need starting items or health potions, they just slow down my build" "They can't kill you if you stack hp Corki item 3083 item 3083 item 3083 item 3083 item 3083 item 3083 "

BobaFlautist12/10/2017, 9:17:45 PM19 votes

My friend told me to stop focusing the tank as Fizz.

"I'm not focusing the tank, I'm trying to burst down this blue ninja guy but he won't die!"

Zone of Endless12/10/2017, 4:34:33 PM15 votes

I didn't buy items because I didn't know shop was a thing.

FOR JUSTICE12/10/2017, 4:35:15 PM15 votes

"who needs a map? I know where I am already..."

AFilthyCaitMain12/10/2017, 9:52:01 PM12 votes

I never realized you could by components, so i waited till the full item.

red oolong 12/10/2017, 7:50:37 PM9 votes

When I me and my brother first started playing, we always took smite because it said "1000 true damage". So we always took it, tried to use it on enemy champions. Soon, my brother became frustrated, so I told him "they just have to stand still".

DontTouchMyBall12/10/2017, 10:31:27 PM8 votes

I played mainly Soraka vs Bots until level 23-25 because I was simply scared I would suck and to be flamed in a actual PvP game.

Lunar Lunacy12/10/2017, 7:45:45 PM8 votes

Nothing I was a pro my first day. Lol no but seriously the first time I played league I didn't use qwer, I just played tristana and pressed the buttons at the bottom of the screen. The sad thing is it was working

Bonipherus12/10/2017, 11:02:41 PM7 votes

I thought it was more expensive to buy component items so I would only buy the fully-built item outright

M15T3RJ12/10/2017, 11:12:26 PM7 votes

Zed jungle. But this was no ordinary Zed jungle (as if Zed jungle is ordinary). I would call jungle in champ select, lock in Zed, and then I would run to bot lane. Once I got there, I would sit in one of the bushes and just harass all game. Bush=jungle, right? Nothing else. Never even touched the jungle monsters. I also had no idea what Zed's ult did. But I still loved that champ to death, him and Jinx were my favorites initially (still up in my top 20 nowadays).

In the five or so games I did this, I'm pretty sure I had five different builds. I remember very clearly that one of them was a relatively normal build ("relatively" being a relative term here), one was a full AP build, and one was a full mana build.

HekaPimp12/11/2017, 1:56:26 AM7 votes

Buy xp boosts so I could "out level my lane opponent"

PhDs Nuts12/10/2017, 8:14:39 PM7 votes

I don't remember the stupid noob builds I probably had, but I do specifically remember thinking Smite was better than Ignite because it did more true damage.

Nami Want Salami12/11/2017, 5:52:02 AM7 votes

Ashe item 3075

Blue Moon Wolf12/10/2017, 9:36:54 PM5 votes

"Why are these "junglers" trolling? don't they know its supposed to be duo top?"

"I should take this AP item on champs to make there abilities stronger"

"Teemo was made to be support"

"Why doesn't Garen's Ult kill anyone?!"

Ah, good times

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

Disulfiram12/10/2017, 10:19:52 PM5 votes

Stacked item 3089

Also, team: "fiddle, are you starting blue?" Me(fiddle): "what is blue?"

GarfieId12/10/2017, 10:45:21 PM5 votes

I would use Ashes E in a fight because i thought it did damage

scribbles78212/10/2017, 4:35:47 PM4 votes

i used to build 4-6 needlessly large rods cuz im like "omg look at all this flat ap its BUSTED!" also my friend told me to build runnans and stack warmogs on zilean

Golden Worx12/10/2017, 8:45:46 PM4 votes
  1. I will be the bestf full tank teemo in the world
  2. i used to buy two boots for both feet to be twice as fast
Simpumba12/10/2017, 11:08:52 PM4 votes

Tried ulting the tower as ashe.

Flop Doggo12/11/2017, 1:51:33 PM3 votes

I played Karthus.

OniSeiji12/10/2017, 8:43:02 PM3 votes

I used to press all of my abilities in one trade. I always had to.

I used to wonder why the ultimate level sign was gray when I leveled up. I thought my game was glitched.

I would save up to buy an item at full price. Recall -> Check gold -> See price -> "Ah, I need around 1.2k gold. Back to top." I remember complaining about how expensive items were and how people got them.

Thought Smite was the most OP summoner. Tried it in a bot game. Never worked. "Looks like a bug or something."

notice me Sin pi12/10/2017, 9:10:10 PM3 votes

build multiple item 1004 s for late game mana sustain as Lux . item 3303 on any lane cuz it has +2 gold/10sec attached to it. Took pre-rework item 3123 on any champ cuz it had +3 gold/10sec attached to it.

Barkley12/10/2017, 9:16:19 PM3 votes

"Yi is such a broken OP champion"

-Barkley, 2010

L Rayquaza12/10/2017, 9:17:00 PM3 votes

Fiddlesticks Hmmm, I'm running out if mana, and I'm dying before I can do enough damage with Drain item 3110 item 3110 item 3110 item 3110 item 3110 item 3110

Arkadije9512/10/2017, 9:20:38 PM3 votes

Tank Talon. The items vere item 3078 item 3748 item 3025 ( mana issues )item 3006 item 3742. Yup all those items on Talon. I belive the mindset was ,, WELL I AM AN ASSASSIN, I DO DAMAGE AND THEY CAN NOT KILL ME IF I BUILD TANK.,, YEAAAAAAAAAAAA In my defense, this was old Talon and Lethaliti was not a thing then. TAKE THAT RIOT I BEAT LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. TANK TALON META.

To all the people who played with me then I AM SO SORRY.

invisiblecat112/10/2017, 11:33:57 PM3 votes

I didn't know what an adc was, so I thought it was just another name for bot lane And with my stupid logic I thought since it was the bottom, the mid would be adb and top would be ada So when I would call "ada" in champion select so many people got confused

Jaspers12/11/2017, 12:00:47 AM3 votes

Built attack speed on everyone. I thought, more attacks = more damage. I mean technically I wasn't wrong. I watched pros play to understand the game.

Wraichu12/11/2017, 2:10:48 AM3 votes

-Trying to shoot people with the Ashe hawk-shot for damage. -Thinking that undying champions (Anyone with a rebirth passive, including old Zyra) were inherently op. -GA second item so I'd die less.

Dengeden12/11/2017, 2:14:36 AM3 votes

I'm the only one who leveled up with bots until lv 15?

Who took smite for the cannon minion because lasthitting with Fiddle is difficult?

Who practiced flashing over walls after the inhib fell?

Who took tp/clarity on supports (and people were actually grateful)?

Who didn't know Janna's ult heals you until he blew it for fun when the enemy team ff'd?

NickMP12/11/2017, 2:24:24 AM3 votes

I don't really recall anything that stands out, aside from occasionally losing track of my champion in a team fight, more then a few teammates got annoyed at the Gangplank standing 3 feet away that wasn't doing anything while they were getting jumped.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I'd stare at the shop for like 3 or 4 minutes trying to figure out what to buy.

TrevorAlu12/11/2017, 2:28:48 AM3 votes

I got confused for the longest time why my Lost Chapter, Etc., would disappear when I bought Morello's and other items. Because of this I would sell Lost Chapter and other stuff before buying the main item because I thought the item just got deleted and it would be a waste of gold.

Succubús GF12/11/2017, 3:07:32 AM3 votes

Pantheon was destroying me and I was teemo. So I was like "oh he wont hit as hard if I build item 3083 item 3065 " What a silly time

Knoyle12/11/2017, 4:01:28 AM3 votes

Annie item 3072 "but muh last hits."