Teach me how to dominion?

jwf999·Dec 23, 2013·1 votes·226 views

Hey guys was really looking into playing more dominion and i have NO idea where to start and what basic strategies are and basic stuff like that.

4 Comments

pwndrasDec 23, 20131 votes

pretty sure there is a legit dominion site out there, I know a big community for dominion is Dominate Dominion or something along those lings. They stream from time to time.

from my recollection the basic format is 1v1 bot and the other 4 go mid/top/wherever.

at the start of the game 1 person from your team runs to bot point, the rest head up towards mid. Only 1 out of that group should capture mid point while the rest move to top. Top being the furthest and in the middle is a key point that you want to hold or try to hold.

but yeah that is the basics from me. there are several different things that could go down.

hope this helps you at a bit

jwf999Dec 23, 20131 votes

thanks.

OzbirtaDec 26, 20131 votes

It's fun getting into more complex diminion strategies :)

I really want there to be a ranked dominion in the future, as I think it is the most intense and thrilling game type in League.

Basically, the game starts as you said, with 4 top, 1 bot.

As far as a comp, up top you want to have at least one person that is quite tanky (sometimes a last stand must be made, holding a point for as long as possible by yourself to give teammates time to spawn/run and save it), at least 1-2 people with solid ranged poke, winning the first cap war on the top point. Healing/shield utility can be very helpful for that first cap, as it can win you the trades and force the other team off the objective. From there, it tends to be 2 people holding top, 2 in the jungle or "mid" as it's called swinging around to pick off stragglers or enemies going for the shield relic. These two also will help defend top if it gets sieged, or one will split off bot to help if the enemy team sent help down there.

That's the basic strat/layout, but there's all sorts of strategy that goes into it.

/diamond soloqueue player that loves high stakes dominion

KronqDec 23, 20131 votes

pwndras is right, the meta is usually 1 bot, 4 top. The bot laner usually provides the most important role, as if they can outplay their opponent, they'll force someone from the other 4 to come down bot, which then frees up your other teammates to make things happen. Bot players usually have lower scores, but higher gold, and you want to be careful with your pick choice for bot lane. I personally love Sivir, Urgot, and AD Malz for bot; all of them work very well down there.

There's a good amount of subtleties to learn, as to what you need to be doing to maintain your lead or how to gain one. These are best learned by playing the game, so I'd recommend that :)