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Play whatever champion you want, just make sure you...

Drugoth··136 votes·10,126 views

...Play it a lot.

No seriously, forget what all those tier lists tell you, if you're under Diamond it really doesn't matter what champ you play. But like I said make sure you play that champion a lot. I mean spam games on it, don't stop playing it. Dream about playing that champion. When you wake up, daydream about it while you eat your El-Os for breakfast. Obsess over it. Memorize all the abilities, how they work, the damage they do, the scalings.

When all is said and done practice makes perfect, don't ever let anyone tell you your main is trash tier. Your goal should be to get so good with that champion that after every game your team is patting you on the back.

#####Source: It is a well known and recognized fact that your win rate will increase with proportion to how much experience you have with a champion. Why do you think they track win rates of people with 100+ games on a champion separately from the unexperienced lot?

This is just a feel good and encouragement thread.

Does anyone else have some tips and tricks or success stories to add? Please share!

Nami main out!

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######omg I just need one more S for mastery 7...

Edit: Wow, I wasn't expecting front page! There's a lot less toxicity in League than everyone thinks! You guys are amazing!

325 Comments

Sexy Fish Nami13 votes

I once didn't want to play nami in rank because I thought i wouldn't climb with her. But then i told myself to just play her and here i am, diamond 2 from gold V. Also dont give up the champ if you lose alot, alot of nami mains gave up nami because they couldn't win anymore. I had the same feeling but i kept on going so in the end my message to you all:

Dont give up your main no matter what. Nami

Drugoth8 votes

Yes! A diamond Nami main success story! I am heartened by your epic tale of stubbornness!

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Sexy Fish Nami6 votes

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Yes! A diamond Nami main success story! I am heartened by your epic tale of stubbornness!

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If you want more s with nami, go on normals and "kill secure" your adc a little bit... He won't mind right?

Drugoth3 votes

Lol, I accidentally secure kills all the time with W! It's usually when it's a real close fight and my W comes back up just in time to make the difference and it last hits the enemy ADC haha...

I swear all I'm doing is trying to save the ADCs life! It's not my fault Nami's W does damage as well!

... >.>

50000000000000008 votes

I remember trying to give my ADC the kill then getting outplayed and getting double killed 1v2. Kill secured is better than kill lost.

Handy Sandy 11 votes

This is what I did with Azir and Karthus

Drugoth8 votes

I bet you kick ass with those champions. Azir's dps is god-like and at such a huge range! These two are the zone masters!

Handy Sandy 5 votes

Tbh I don't even know why people hate them so much, but it's all worth it when I get a double kill from the enemy midlaner and low health ADC with karthus's ultimate xD

Drugoth7 votes

I swear, Reqium has got to be at the same time one of the most satisfying yet disappointing ultimates in the game! It's either you cast it and get those sweet sweet kills or someone heals/barriers/zhonyas/Sorakas their way out of it and you get instantly depressed lol.

SrirachaLimes11 votes

daydream about it while you eat your El-Os for breakfast.

Upvoted

IcyPepper8 votes

Can a support main get some general tips on Bard Zyra Nami?

I-if that's okay in this thread, I mean.

Drugoth9 votes

Of course that's okay! This thread is for learning and encouragement. It's meant to be a nice place. No question is invalid!

A couple tips I have because I'm a support main...

  • To get a leg up on the enemy ADC in lane you can watch your own minions health. When you do this you can predict when the ADC is going to last hit a cannon minion or something. Enemy ADCs will always generally last hit at maximum range in order to stay safe. Using this knowledge you can line up some CC or something right where you know they're going to stand to CS it and the enemy either has to choose to eat your CC in a trade for the CS or miss out. (wow that was a long one, but you get what I mean)

  • Try to make sure you stay in lane as much as you can when your ADC is CSing. If you roam to ward while enemy creeps are dying you miss out on valuable experience and gold.

  • You don't always have to go back when your ADC goes to buy. If you're rather healthy you can stay in lane and try to (safely) last hit some minions while the ADC is gone. (don't put yourself at risk or push the lane though, only last hit minions that are dying anyways.

  • When you pink an objective like Dragon or Baron make sure you place the pink closest to YOUR side of the map in the pit to prevent enemies from autoing it over the wall.

  • If you have a stun or some other hard CC in your kit and someone is killing a scuttle crab make sure you CC it, this will severely cut the crab's resistance making it easier and quicker to kill.

Sorry, that was long winded but these are just some of the things I've learned so far that help me out.

IcyPepper2 votes

Good review (the last couple are especially useful), but I'm a support main too :P I'm just unused to new Zyra, and balancing Bard's roaming style with laning is difficult with me (who loves roaming).

Do you happen to have any Bard tips? I wouldn't mind any for Nami, however, and any tips on appropriate uses of her E and how to land her Q better would be much appreciated (although your first tip really shines a light on it) ;~;

Valeckserai1 votes

Don't play Bard myself but I have a friend who does, and these are some things that I see him do that should help you a little.

There is a super long portal you can make from the edge of the fountain towards bot lane that will save you some time when going back into lane, it covers about half of the base. Dificult to aim it right though. When you get multiple meeps in lane, USE THEM. Don't sit back and do nothing for the next two minutes. They are great for harassing laners in short trades. Don't force trades just because you got meeps, but keep in mind that you should try to use it within a reasonable time limit. However, try to save one for safety reasons for when enemy jungle ganks. If you get the slow upgrade from chimes, then it adds a little additional protection to your adc and you. When roaming for chimes (keeping in mind what 3sheetstothewind said about leaving lane while your adc is csing) try to gank a lane if you are nearby and the enemy is in a good position for it. This will help your whole team out from you roaming and it won't just be, "Welp, Bard left lane, its a 4v5 now." This will add additional map pressure and make enemy laners nervous whenever bot pings mia for you. It can sometimes be a good idea to place a heal shrine to the side of the minion waves, not super close to river, but far enough that someone has to purposefully move to get to it. People go nuts to try and kill shrines when Bard is on the enemy team, and either the enemy support or adc will eventually try to go for it. This gets them out of position and out from behind minions, making it easier to start and win trades against them (especially if you have a skillshot oriented adc like Ezreal or Lucian). And if they don't get it, your adc or jungler can just take it normally when the lane is pushed up so you lose nothing. People are dumb about Bard portals when they are fighting against him. If an enemy takes a portal, wait for them on the other side and q right into their face just a split second before they come out. It will lead to an automatic stun since they are against a wall, and will lead to either killing them, chasing them off, or allowing you to run away and survive what would have been certain death otherwise. If you catch 2 people in your ult, line up next to them and q them right as the ult fades off (you really need to learn the timing for this one.) Chain cc is one of the best thing you can do for your team if you are in a teamfight, just use the ult to position yourself well and screw them over again when its over. Your ult is one of the best stalls in the game. It buys time for your entire team and has a ton of uses. It can cover towers that are about to be killed, catch an enemy out of position so your team can kill them mercilessly, save a teamate by letting allies get to them and protect them, objective control, and so on. However, it does nothing by itself. If you land an ult and you and your team don't use it to reposition to do something about what you ulted, it was wasted. Its all about positioning, don't ult it if you or your team aren't close enough to save it or kill it afterwards.

Bard is a super complex champ (imo) and there are a LOT more tips than this for using him, but since I don't know him super well this is all I could come up with off the top of my head. The best way to learn more is by just spamming him in games and learning what cool tricks you can and can't do with him. Hope this helped somewhat.

IcyPepper1 votes

Man, Bard sounds like the Zed of supports now O_O

Can I add you? 'Cause I would be honored to support you with chimes and shrines.

Thank you so much for the advice! :D

Valeckserai1 votes

Sure thing!

Also I forgot. At least once, you need to get into a normals game and try out ad crit bard. It is hilariously awesome.

IcyPepper2 votes

Velkoz I know :3

Roadkill74662 votes

Also let me tag on a tip for bard. Land the skill shots, and win the games. Low ELO especially bards kit is just sort of random and unfocused. 9/10 if you just land the Ulti, the enemy team just sort of panics because OMG STASIS WHAT NOW!!!!!!...and you end up winning from the chaos of it. It's the same with Nami ult, and Zyra ult. Typically players aren't baiting out those abilities or actively expecting them to come out, so when they do they panic and you win from it.

Great Muta7 votes

It does matter. Let's stop with these fantasies of "every game is winnable" and "every champ can work in any role".

Drugoth71 votes

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Are you lost? This is a good vibes and positive energy environment you'll only tilt yourself posting in threads like this.

Great Muta3 votes

It's all bullshit. These people will be the same ones flaming and complaining when its the game they need to win that is getting fucked with stupid picks.

TequilaZombie9 votes

[{quoted}](name=Great Muta,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aK1FQ8cB,comment-id=000600000000,timestamp=2016-09-21T02:36:32.470+0000)

It's all bullshit. These people will be the same ones flaming and complaining when its the game they need to win that is getting fucked with stupid picks.

If I were to bet in wheter you or the OP would be flamming on a losing team, guess in who I'd bet? That's right! Mister Great Muta over here!

Great Muta3 votes

Just let me know when you are in promos man. It's time for my "it can work" pick of Soraka AD JG. Let's see how many games you can keep cool while waiting for it to work while you lose LP.

TequilaZombie13 votes

If you were a Soraka jungle player who would actually try to win with it, I'd glady invite you to play with me in my promos.

However both you and me know that you're only in this to prove your point that Soraka Jungle won't work and will try to get me tilted and flamming to prove your previous point.

Roadkill74668 votes

This is the type of person that thinks no-one can be positive, and since he flames everyone that everyone else must flame too. He wants to call you "holier than thou" and uses that as an excuse to be rude. AD Soraka Jungle for days, gimme that freelo

Ravag37 votes

[{quoted}](name=Great Muta,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aK1FQ8cB,comment-id=0006,timestamp=2016-09-21T00:53:05.380+0000)

It does matter. Let's stop with these fantasies of "every game is winnable" and "every champ can work in any role".

This is the type of guy that when someone takes a champ in a lane they aren't supposed to be in your "Trolling" Even if you do good your still "trolling"(Every champ can work in almost every lane) with the exception with jungle since camps can really hurt early on squishier champs. but can sometimes work out(Jungle fizz) (jungle malz) it's what your champ can bring to the table in a game if nami went top there is still a ton of utility or opens another door for bot lane. Also Every game is winnable but attitude as such isn't going to help you win games that you wouldn't normally win again its how you play the game*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

Also Elise and Udyr and sej main :) Elise {{All Hail The Spider Queen}}

Great Muta3 votes

Let me run some Soraka Jungle in your promo games if you think everything is winnable.

BLACK REALM GOD24 votes

it was already proven that a player can soraka jungle. your argument is invalid

Great Muta3 votes

Lemme know when you are in a promo game and we'll try it.

BLACK REALM GOD16 votes

just so you can throw because you dont want it to work and have never done it before so you wouldnt know whether to buy this item or that? no thanks. you're a flamer and should be downvoted off the boards.

Great Muta2 votes

I'm not throwing man. "IT CUN WERK!"

Let me know. It can work right? No pick is a bad one right?

BLACK REALM GOD13 votes

guy. just because you like to throw games and cant soraka jungle doesnt mean i should let you into my promos to prove that you cant soraka jungle.

Kuzja16 votes

It's a good thing I main Corki since day one when I first got him back at the early days. Even with these changes like the package, I still kept the old timer up high in the skies.

Drugoth3 votes

Amen brother! A fellow obsessor like myself! Corki is a really good ADC! I especially love his awesome poke ult and killer escape!

LatetotheRace5 votes

"omg I just need one more S for mastery 7..." Play AP nami top for that S.

Drugoth4 votes

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Melledoneus5 votes

I once saw Shen. I played Shen. I liked Shen. Then... feelings for Shen arose within me.

Now I'm tier 7 200k mastery points with him and I've created several working builds that make even post-triforce Irelia fear him. I have become... the Shensei.

NodaYame1274 votes

Kindred Want to main them but gosh those nerfs

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

devdev4634 votes

Then you hit diamond with said champion and just feel frustrated because now champion balance actually matters and all you know how to play is a inferior champ.

Drugoth3 votes

Valid point.

Okay, real talk then. In all likelyhood if you made it to Diamond with an "inferior" champion doesn't that put you ahead of the pack in theory? Wouldn't you just be able to apply your experience with that champ to a "high tier" champion that is similar if you're worried about competitiveness? All you have to do is practice!

devdev4632 votes

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Valid point.

Okay, real talk then. In all likelyhood if you made it to Diamond with an "inferior" champion doesn't that put you ahead of the pack in theory? Wouldn't you just be able to apply your experience with that champ to a "high tier" champion that is similar if you're worried about competitiveness? All you have to do is practice!

It's not as important the lower you go because the average amount of mistakes made goes up significantly. So it's not about what champ you play in lower elo, it's more about how good you are noticing mistakes and reacting accordingly to them. The higher up you go the better you need to play with a champion that is simply worse than another champion, because of the lack of mistakes.

Kozmo tin can4 votes

People tell me warwick is trash. People say nothing when I get a S+ with warwick

Leetri4 votes

I played a lot of Viktor back before they reworked him, you know back when he had 1% play rate and everyone thought he was trash. No one knew how to deal with Viktor so I was just raking in the figurative freelo (since I didn't play ranked back then). My crowning achievement was a game where I completely destroyed the enemy Annie. At 20 minutes I went to roam bot and help take tower, and out of tribush jumps 4 of the enemies who had been sitting there and waiting for me. I ulted, threw my gravity field down, lasered them all and Q'd the sole survivor. 1v4 quadrakill in a second flat. Had the enemy Annie been there as well (she was top for some reason) it would've been a pentakill. They started raging in all-chat for a few seconds, calling Viktor broken OP and everything, before surrendering. I was shaking for minutes after that, it was such an adrenaline rush.

l Helios l3 votes

I assumed the moral of this was win. They go hand in hand though, so no big deal.

Drugoth5 votes

Haha to be honest I wasn't sure which direction I was going when I started this post but the original idea came when I saw someone on the boards telling everyone not to play Janna unless they were at least plat because she's too hard and I thought to myself: "Is this really how people think? This sounds like terrible advice to me!" then this post was born haha.

Hey, we all get to cheer each other up and provide sound advice and success stories at the same time though, win/win am I right?

l Helios l2 votes

I don't care what people play as long as they don't feed. Example, I think Teemo is a worthless champion after lane, but I won't hate on a Teemo unless he goes 0/28. 0/5, I can deal with.

Drugoth2 votes

Although hating on specific champions is pretty much the opposite of my message I get where you're coming from. I really do.

Even I hate certain champions, but I do my best to reserve my judgment and not allow any negativity to flow through me and try to encourage them.

There's pretty much thousands of ways a champion can be played and you have to wait and see how they play and do your best not to tilt them or they're definately going to play worse than they would if you trusted them from the outset.

l Helios l3 votes

Yeah. I'm saying I'll not say anything, I'll just harbor my resentment outside of a keyboard. I'll probably never get over hatred of a few champions, but I'm more than tolerant of them on my team as long as they don't feed.

Drugoth2 votes

Hey man, we really can't ask any more from you, you're a real genuine good guy!

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l Helios l3 votes

A lot of that is just learning to stop taking League super seriously. Figure if there's any game I'll take seriously, I'll just stick with Dark Souls.

Ty btw.

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