Starting Out

Du Ma Mi··1 votes·424 views

While my regular NA is stuck in bronze, I decided to give my new smurf account a shot. Starting at level one, I quickly remembered why I never bothered to play on a smurf account: I have no champions. It'd be okay if I could just start out with Master Yi, or Warwick, or Annie. But no, I have to start out with solely the champion rotation, and the zero IP I currently possess. It's fine for me, as I have a decent knowledge of the champions, so I could easily play as Ryze, or Jinx, etc... But as a brand new player, wouldn't it be more efficient to, instead of giving them a new roster of champs that they won't be able to afford until level 10, and forcing them to start new by level 4 (as a new rotation comes out) why not give them 450 IP to start off with? This way, they can pick up a random champ they like, and begin to get down the basics, before rushing into a 6300 IP, skillshot reliant, hard to play-harder to master champ unknowingly. I'm just saying, it would be easier for a brand-new player to say "Ryze looks cool," and buy him, then go "Oooh the people on WikiHow say that Draven is OP. Let's use him".

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ABlueQuaker2 votes

Not to mention you have to grind hard for 2 weeks or play 3-4 games a day for about a month just to get to level 30.

Du Ma Mi1 votes

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Not to mention you have to grind hard for 2 weeks or play 3-4 games a day for about a month just to get to level 30.

Yup... and it took me about a week after getting to 30 to get the 16 required champs, because I kept spending my IP on 6300 champs, that I had no idea how to play, but looked cool. The system is cruel.

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

I decided to make a smurf for kicks, might use it in the future or something...Smurfing Pikachu is taken :( and Silver Smurfer, and Smurfing USA. Given how many people play, I think I'm better off smashing my face on the keyboard for an unused name lol

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