I really want to master a character . My friends convinced me to get teemo because he is supposedly the best character in the game. Turns out my friends are assholes. I feel like I've wasted a lot of points buying him .
Suggestions for a legit ranged champion . I'm thinking about buying the Druid, Amazon chick who goes into puma form . Is she a good pick?
GummyBearWookiee2 votesI'm confused...is Teemo NOT the best character in the game?
Shinjusuke1 votesIf you don't even know names, you probably are WAY too early to be worrying about "mastering" a character.
Learn what all the characters do first, then figure out what role you like the most, then learn some characters from that role, THEN worry about perfecting a single one.
If you just tunnel-vision on a single character without learning the game as a whole first, 1) You'll be a liability to your team and that's never fun and 2) You'll only get good at the basic mechanics of a single character while playing a strategy game, which means you'll lock yourself down to the "I can beat my lane but can't win games" situation that so many on this forum whine about.
Lastly if you're one of those "whose the best character in the game so I can play them and feel good about myself?" types everyone hates as a kid, you're going to run into some problems here, sorry.
As for whether Nidalee (that's her name) is a good pick, that wildly depends. If you're asking "Is this character overpowered so I can abuse them", then I can't/won't help with that, but if you're asking "is this character a good pick for me?" you'll have to give some more background, like what types of characters you like playing in other games, or how you liked playing Teemo, etc.
Have to reiterate that if you're on the forums asking "Hey guys what's overpowered I wanna learn that first so I can win", not only are you going to get a billion answers (most of which are wrong), but you should also just stop playing while you're ahead: That's an absolutely god-awful mentality to have.
mvargus1 votesIf you don't even know names, you probably are WAY too early to be worrying about "mastering" a character.
Learn what all the characters do first, then figure out what role you like the most, then learn some characters from that role, THEN worry about perfecting a single one.
If you just tunnel-vision on a single character without learning the game as a whole first, 1) You'll be a liability to your team and that's never fun and 2) You'll only get good at the basic mechanics of a single character while playing a strategy game, which means you'll lock yourself down to the "I can beat my lane but can't win games" situation that so many on this forum whine about.
Lastly if you're one of those "whose the best character in the game so I can play them and feel good about myself?" types everyone hates as a kid, you're going to run into some problems here, sorry.
As for whether Nidalee (that's her name) is a good pick, that wildly depends. If you're asking "Is this character overpowered so I can abuse them", then I can't/won't help with that, but if you're asking "is this character a good pick for me?" you'll have to give some more background, like what types of characters you like playing in other games, or how you liked playing Teemo, etc.
Have to reiterate that if you're on the forums asking "Hey guys what's overpowered I wanna learn that first so I can win", not only are you going to get a billion answers (most of which are wrong), but you should also just stop playing while you're ahead: That's an absolutely god-awful mentality to have.
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Very, very good advice here.
As for a champ to "master". You can't master just one and do well once you reach level 30 and play ranked. Normal matches can be set up as "blind pick" which means the only people who can prevent you from selecting a champion are your 4 teammates. Ranked games are "draft". First each team will ban 3 champs each, these cannot be played. Then the teams select champs in a sequence. And champs will be unique. If the other team grabs the one champ you've "mastered" before you select you don't get to take them.
And at the same time, at the top levels there is an established "meta" of where you want to place champs. Right now its 1 top lane (usually a strong fighter), 1 mid lane (a mobile assassin or mage most of the time), 2 bottom lane (1 ranged champ who can do a lot of damage late gate, 1 "support" who is there to allow the ranged champ to get the gold they need to get good equipment), 1 in the jungle (another fighter.)
The first champ you named "Teemo" is considered a top lane fighter and actually a decent one with enough practice.
The one you asked about "Nidalee" is seen top lane or mid most of the time, and is rarely on anyone's top 5 lists. She is tough to learn and requires a bit of skill before you can do well. If you master her, you'd probably enjoy playing her, but it takes a while and she doesn't fit into every team well.
After all that, I can't really recommend a single champ for you. Take advantage of the free champs each week. Learn the positions and try to get into several games playing each lane and a variety of champs. Learn how the positions work together and which styles of play you can pick up. Then come here or go to places like Mobafire or Lolking, and look at the complete list of 123 champs and see which ones fit your preferred play style.
Plan on eventually have 3-4 champs for the lane/position you want to play most and at least 1 for each other position so that you can always have something to play once you get into draft games. Otherwise you might have to pull out a free champ and I can guarantee you that some players have a very low tolerance if you are struggling in a game because the champ is unfamiliar to you. (yours or the one you are fighting.)
MyChatisDisabled1 votesHi Drunk, Nidalee 
(the Amazon chick) relies on consistently hitting a very unforgiving skill shot. By unforgiving, I mean that the hitbox the skill uses is really small and finicky...which can be really frustrating if you happen to have missed the 3rd or 4th spear in a row. While she does gain temporary buffs on the marked target after hitting her spear, she has very low health and defensive stats, so is extremely fragile while trying to follow up on her own attacks. She can sustain by healing herself (or allies) with her E skill but then this causes a heavy mana drain and could require alternate build decisions.
The last issue I'd have with recommending the Amazon chick is that she doesn't play a specific role on 5v5 Summoner's Rift. This could be good for players looking for a flexible champion with multiple role options (as she could go top, mid, and SOME players say support), but if I'm not mistaken, you seem like you're looking for a champ to invest IP and time in to master and call a lane home!
Legit ranged champions happen in the ADC role; even if you don't get your perfect champion, there's always plenty of options to fall back on and play a similar style of ranged AD game. These champions almost always go bottom lane and get the benefit of having the support player fight alongside in the lane. I would recommend researching and trying the following until you find one that feels good to you.
Personally, I love because she has one of (if not the longest) auto attack range in the game, coupled with great range on her Q skill.
is also fun because his passive rewards you for just being an ADC and auto-attacking, gaining 1/2/3 armor and magic resist per each auto attack (max 10 stacks) for 3 seconds. No other ADCs have as buff of a defense stat boost so this makes Graves really dangerous to stand and fight against 1v1 for other ADCs.
mvargus1 votesHi Drunk, Nidalee
Legit ranged champions happen in the ADC role; even if you don't get your perfect champion, there's always plenty of options to fall back on and play a similar style of ranged AD game. I would recommend researching and trying the following until you find one that feels good to you.
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Nidalee as a support is really gimmicky. I've seen it done against me and the team struggled. Nidalee has no crowd control and all she could really do is try to poke with the finicky spear toss. When I faced it she and her ADC were bullied out of the lane after a while. I'd never recommend her as a support. She belongs top or mid.
Caitlyn has the longest auto attack range with the exception of Tristana's at level 18 as Tristana gains attack range with each level or Jinx's rockets with Switcheroo at level 5. Or at least that was true, the change to Tristana might have reduced her growth enough to make Caitlyn's 700 range the longest in the game. (Tristana hit 703 at level 18) {Jinx is base 525 range with her minigun, but the rocket launchers range increases with each level of her Q and maxes at 700 at level 5}
Otherwise, that is a very good post.
Rubbery Skrub1 votesEvery champion is strong if you play them right, even picks like Urgot who are supposedly "trash tier" are actually incredibly viable. So if you want to focus down on one champion to master them, it really depends more on your playstyle. The champion I think you are talking about, Nidalee, is very strong and fun to play, but so is Teemo, only in a different way. So I would advise you to try lots of champions and see which ones you like and then buy them.
SloshMoney1 votesplay the cheaper champions. they are all designed to have basic kits and forgiving sets.
Garen: Great shield on w and great dmg, his passive keeps him alive late game if you stop taking dmg for like 20 seconds you can heal up real fast :).
Ashe: Last hits count! You get bonus gold for last hitting, she has a very VERY strong ultimate (the longest single target stun ingame) with aoe slow. Its a complex skillshot, if ezreal looks interesting playing ashe will help you if you do play ezreal in the future... very similar ultis. Oh and ashe can scout areas with hawkshot, has a great slow late game with a great ranged auto attack.
Warwick: Self healing, really safe jungler. Not a huge damager but can buff AS with a spell and it great for chasing low health targets.
Fiddlesticks: Fragile but scary when in capable hands. Great damage, great cc, great jungler... Fragile as fk, but much easier to gank as fiddle than ww due to fid' s fear and silence capabilities.
Annie: if you can last hit with your q you get mana back, hard to go OOM as annie imo. and she has great burst, range, and decent defense power through her E.
Plus all these champions are generally free at least once a month, cover different area's, very simple understanding kits, nothing complex like kallista or rek'sai. They are basic champions, priced low. For a reason. :P.
mvargus1 votesplay the cheaper champions. they are all designed to have basic kits and forgiving sets.
Garen: Great shield on w and great dmg, his passive keeps him alive late game if you stop taking dmg for like 20 seconds you can heal up real fast :).
Ashe: Last hits count! You get bonus gold for last hitting, she has a very VERY strong ultimate (the longest single target stun ingame) with aoe slow. Its a complex skillshot, if ezreal looks interesting playing ashe will help you if you do play ezreal in the future... very similar ultis. Oh and ashe can scout areas with hawkshot, has a great slow late game with a great ranged auto attack.
Warwick: Self healing, really safe jungler. Not a huge damager but can buff AS with a spell and it great for chasing low health targets.
Fiddlesticks: Fragile but scary when in capable hands. Great damage, great cc, great jungler... Fragile as fk, but much easier to gank as fiddle than ww due to fid' s fear and silence capabilities.
Annie: if you can last hit with your q you get mana back, hard to go OOM as annie imo. and she has great burst, range, and decent defense power through her E.
Plus all these champions are generally free at least once a month, cover different area's, very simple understanding kits, nothing complex like kallista or rek'sai. They are basic champions, priced low. For a reason. :P.
You forgot Amumu, tanky champ who is surprisingly good at ganking and teamfights once he is properly equipped and only has the one skillshot as his W, E and Ult are all AOE around his position.
Or Soraka, not an aggressive champ, but a very viable support and a way to become quite popular with other players as everyone appreciates seeing someone volunteering to be support.
Drunk Rummate1 votesyou'll change your attitude once you've played the game some more. learning 1 champion at a time is great to start, but trust me after a month or two and a few new champions purchased you'll be dying to try something new :)
also keep in mind that learning champions other than your 'main' champion will make you better as well. knowing your enemy from the inside out is an important step to winning a matchup.
Mathbalnase1 votesTeemo is not expensive. You'll bounce back. Also, he's fun, even if he is severely overnerfed thanks to his 'toxic'/'annoying' kit.
Nidalee is also a fun champ, and in a far better balance position than Teemo. I don't think she's 'top tier' at the moment, but if you get good with her, you should do just fine.
What types of role/playstyle do you prefer?
Woodakoodashooda1 votesI play casually and I don't really main. I'm like a poke'mon trainer. I collect the champions and toss them into battle whenever the hell I feel like it. This way, I don't get so bored so quickly of the game.
