Tips For Level 30s
You're level 30 now, and thrown into the mix with everybody else. You still don't know jack about the game, but you sure think you do. You've watched the streams, and your "friend plays like this." Here are some tips to help you not get screamed at by your team, or just disappointed sighs:
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Wards Are Vital. They are so vital that they even give you free ones. If you can't make yourself remember to drop wards places, swap it out for a sweeper and use it when you go through bushes. At least contribute. It isn't Mid Lane or the Jungles' responsibility to watch your bushes during laning.
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Don't AFK Farm. What does this mean? You've likely seen it. Team fights going down, objectives being fought over... and some player thinks it's best for them to be half a map away just farming. Not pushing, just amassing gold all game. Don't do that, the game is 5v5 for a reason. Wave clearing is useful, but make sure you are still taking part in your team.
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Your Teammates Didn't Kill You. This is an easy logic trap to fall in to. Even the best players sometimes stumble into this, and it's the leading causes of being banned due to raging afterwards. Nobody... NOBODY... is responsible for your game play but you. If you die, it's entirely on you. Being near an idiot shouldn't make you one.
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Early Kills Do Not Make You Immortal. Most raging I have seen in my years in this game come from those who get fed early, and then abandon all concepts of positioning or timing. They think they've become immortal due to wrecking the other team early on, and ultimately pride loses it for them. Don't do that. Keep the same caution from level 1 until the Nexus falls.
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Objectives Speaking of the Nexus, let's make one thing abundantly clear. Objectives matter. They can matter more than any form of personal score you get, other than maybe objective kills. Pay attention to Dragons, Herald/Baron, Towers and inhibitors. You can lose a 40-15 game if they are controlling all the objectives. One ace and a baron push can easily completely turn the game against you.
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Certain Champions Are Broken We all know. No reason to rage about them, just because you didn't ban them.
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Positioning Is Everything. Most of the broken champions are broken because position doesn't mean anything to them. They can negate it, or create it, however they want. Think Yasuo's windwall, and watch it soak all five ults from your team without flinching. That said, you need to pay attention to how you are positioned in relation to the other team. Learning the ranges of every skill, knowing what's in the bushes around you, and flanking the enemy will turn a team fight into a guaranteed victory.
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Knowledge Is Powerful. Are you in Ezreal's range? If so expect pain. Does Skarner have his ult up? Might want to stay back if squishy. Is there an Elise in that bush? Stay away from it. This feeds into Wards and Positioning as well. The more you know about what items who has, what ults and skills are down, and where opponents are on the map is the difference between a defeat and a victory.
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Finally The Meta is the meta for a reason, but raging at your teammates if they seem to be slightly breaking it just ruins the game. A lot of times, even if the Meta Breaker is doing very well... someone will still be shrieking at them. Usually the person shrieking is losing their lane and feeding, because they are too busy worried about what another player is doing.
Pay attention to what YOU are doing. If you spend all game worried about someone else, you are very unlikely to win. You can still win with one feeder, if someone else fails, but you can easily make it two feeders for no good reason.
In conclusion just have fun, enjoy the game, and don't be jerks.
Hold my beer.
