to the people that say "go play in bots" when i or anyone else is learning a new champ

KennysDreamGirl·11/22/2018, 1:58:14 PM·10 votes·2,733 views

Do you actually think that helps? How is going into a mode where the targets let you free hit them whenever you want going to teach me anything? how am I supposed to learn how to play lanes with my champ against something that cant even think? I could read the ability description on the champ page and thats the full extent of what bots teach you. If im learning a new champ im going into normals where I can test what I can and cant do with a champ against real people so fuck off

13 Comments

Disulfiram11/22/2018, 2:02:23 PM4 votes

You're wrong, bots teach you anything you need. You'll see it when I'll bring my full mana Garen out in ranked! (It's so broken, I always get fed against bots!)

DuskDaUmbreon11/22/2018, 2:05:32 PM4 votes

I mean. I still use bots for the very first time on a champion, and a lot for learning jungle pathing.

They're decent to practice a combo on or to learn the feel of a champion, if not much more than that.

nami tf11/22/2018, 2:22:48 PM3 votes

Bots is the only place where I can pretend I'm good at Yasuo.

Horrible Human11/22/2018, 2:43:51 PM2 votes

If you think you can't work on your mechanics and learn your champion in bots. You're wrong.

... and that is just the answer.

Bjørnetjenesten11/22/2018, 5:32:43 PM2 votes

Don't know the champions kit, and you haven't bothered reading it yet? --> GO PLAY BOTS
Don't know the basic, advanced combos or jungle clear of a champion? --> GO PLAY sandbox
Still feeling insecure about playing a champ fluidly? --> Play normals

When you check these 3 boxes, go play that shit in ranked, ty very much.

Need Gold 4 Tent11/22/2018, 2:17:41 PM1 votes

Hmmm... Ashe item 3075 really works, I got so fed against the bots. Riot sure makes good tutorials! I'm ready to one trick Ashe now.

Frosted Tips11/22/2018, 4:22:37 PM1 votes

I honestly don't think that playing norms helps much. Normal matches are usually so lax that you get very little feel for the champion. Maybe 1 in 25 normal games really help you and that is being generous. When I want to learn a new champion I play 1 to 3 games in normal and then try it out in ranked. Ranked is really the only way to learn imo.