The Better Way To Learn

TIKrunk·10/10/2019, 7:44:46 PM·1 votes·1,787 views

So I wanted to pick the ear / brain of the community (especially the more experienced players) and get their thoughts on a thought I was having.

What do you think is the best way to learn how to play this game? Should you be hyper aggressive and learn how to play safer, or should you be hyper passive and learn how to play aggressively?

I can see both being an issue. Playing too aggressively will get you caught out, killed by turrets, etc. Playing too passively can allow the enemy to snowball.

Should it just be balls-to-the-wall, screw the damage, I'm going in hot, or should be people be wary of taking any kind of damage? Or is there a happy medium somewhere therein?

7 Comments

CurS1VE10/10/2019, 7:49:08 PM2 votes

I would look on youtube for lane management vids, it gives you the basics of how to manipulate the lane so you can take favorable trades and know when and when not to trade / harass

then i would look up basic macro elements, tbh macro isn't something tough and ppl make it seem like you have to be high elo to understand the fundamentals and honestly you don't. The easiest way to learn how to make plays around the map is through vision as well as looking and seeing what lanes are pushing into the enemy towers. When you have that then you can build on things like minor objectives (enemy buffs for example) and major objectives (Drags, Baron)

then just play 1-3 champs and only those champs in whatever role until you see how to consistently win with those champs, when you learn how to win with those champs you are going to be consistent in your games and be confident of how to lane and win lane against matchups and also you will be more comfortable with macro plays since you will know your limitations

usul120210/10/2019, 7:51:12 PM2 votes

Everyone learns differently. Personally I'm a very methodical person. I want to see what I do, why it's wrong, and fix the problem. And that's worked pretty well for me during my climb. A friend who has climbed a relatively similar amount is not self reflective in the slightest. He throws himself into games and practices until he improves (has like, 6X my number of games this season). I would hate league if I played that much, but he would also hate it if he spent the amount of time I do looking over stuff. Both of us have found success tho.

TL,DR: find what's your style and go for it.

Edit: there's also nuts amounts of free coaching out there, either generically as YouTube visa and stuff or personalized. Find someone who you work well with.

Whisper8710/10/2019, 10:03:12 PM1 votes

I would say the most important thing to take care of is just learn not to die. That should be your first priority. If you notice that you typically die between 5-8 times a game, usually twice during lane phase. Make it your goal to lower your average to 4-5 deaths a game, and 0-1 times during lane phase.

The reason behind this being the #1 step is because you loop in so many other fundamentals of the game with the one task of not dying so much. You'll have to learn to manage vision, and to keep track of mia's, and learn how to cs with out getting poked so much. manage your wave, etc.

Then when you decide to put on your big boy pants and go beyond basic mechanics to making hype plays, you'll already have the fundamentals in place. Maybe you'll be playing an assassin, and you're like, "I know I can dive into those 3 guys and nuke the ADC, and get out alive." But since you went through the trouble of keeping track of mia's and vision, you'll realize that the other 2 enemies are mia and could very well be waiting in the wings outside of your vision. So those big plays you are working on will be strictly mechanical exercises, cuz your decision making is already on point.