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New player, already thinking of quitting...Help? Opinions/Advice?

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**EDIT: I'd like to thank everyone who replied here for all the tips and information given. I'd like to thank Blue Collar Bear and Tylobyte in particular; they added me on the client and we chatted for hours. They ran a match with me and told me all sorts of things, many of which you guys ended up telling me after they did...

I appreciate each and every one of you for taking the time out of your days to sit and answer my questions, to give me real advice and help me feel more confident about the game and my learning/playing ability. Gaming is a big part of my life, so while this is "just a game", it does matter, especially with a community like this. The fact you all actually did this and were SO damn kind also quelled my fears 100% about the rumors of cruelty to newbies. Sure, it may happen..but I can handle it knowing how many truly kind people there are in this place. I learned a lot from my mistakes, what mistakes I actually made, and a lot of important things that will really help me improve and understand what's going on. I realize some of my actions were really dumb, and I apologize for it..but I am so grateful for your patience. You were all very straightforward and more than willing to help a new player out..and that says a lot about a game and its community.

Thank you, all. I will try my hardest to learn and improve..hopefully one day I can be as good as you guys.**

Hello, everyone.

First legitimate post. Please don't rip me to shreds. This is gonna be a bit of a long thread, so please forgive me.

I have been into games of many types for many years. I have known about LoL for a long time, but it was one of the games I always avoided; I was aware of how creative and amazing the game was, but I feared the community more than anything; while there are obviously some good, supportive people, there are also millions of players who are insanely elitist and cruel...considering my horrible anxiety and other issues, I just don't deal well with online cruelty, so I tried to avoid this game. You can thank my fiance though - he didn't really like LoL when I mentioned it to him but a month or so ago he and his friends randomly got into it and became obsessed with it (he mains Kindred, which is SUPER fitting for him, character-wise). He kept begging me to install and try the game, and I kept making up bs reasons that I couldn't or wouldn't play. I eventually agreed and installed it, but didn't touch it for a while. One night I got curious - I knew of the game's awesomeness, but I had never watched or played before so I didn't 100% know what to expect. I did the tutorial with Ashe and of course grasped the basics of the game. When it came to doing the second/Battle Training tutorial, I hit a wall; I used Ryze for it, as I enjoy mages and general spellcaster-type characters in RPGs/MMOs/MOBAs, etc....it was a BAD decision..No progress was being made and I was dying constantly. I was horribly frustrated and felt pathetic that I couldn't even beat the damn tutorial, so I surrendered and logged out for the night.

About this past Saturday or Sunday, something compelled me to try again...So I replayed the Ashe tutorial just to brush up on how to play; when I went for the second tutorial, I picked Garen instead - I didn't really like Ashe, and Ryze already failed me...I figured maybe it was the character I was using, and tried to not beat myself up for a screw-up for once (I have serious self-esteem issues and constantly blame myself for things). I ended up being amazing with Garen. I went on to Co-op vs AI Intro and used him for all my matches, winning each one and doing well. Once I had enough IP, I bought Soraka, one of the 5 characters I was very interested in and planned on getting. Using her, I also did really well because I already had experience with these types of matches, and she was more of my type - mage, bit of a healer (Most MMOs I play, I have some type of priest character as I'm good with support, but I also want to rush in and be cool, kicking ass). I was having a ton of fun and getting really good K/D/A stats - a good few kills here and there, practically no deaths, and tons of assists. Once I hit level 6 and could access the free rotation, I jumped onto Nasus, another one of the 5 characters I wanted. Took me a bit to get used to him because he felt a bit slower and harder to manage, but he was still great fun, especially once I grew levels and got faster/stronger moves and was utterly destroying everything. Once I got enough IP, I bought him as well (literally less than 100 IP right now, if I remember correctly xD Wont be buying the other 3 I want for a while now). I ended up getting Garen for "free" through one of those champion shard/essence things you get from chests, so I could always have him as a backup if necessary (I don't like him much, to be honest, but he works). I was having a grand time, really. Any teammates I ended up with were either straightforward and didn't say much, or they were SUPER patient, kind, and understanding and were more than willing to guide me through things. I am thankful for them, as they helped quell my fears of the community a little bit; I know not everyone is bad, as that goes for any fandom or game, but LoL is infamous for cruelty, so..yeah. If any of those chill people read this - thank you. I appreciate your respectfulness so much <3

Since I reached level 7, I was gaining very little XP and IP from matches now. I wanted to move up in the game and since I felt confident in my abilities, I decided to go to the Co-op vs AI Beginner level instead.... Biggest mistake ever. I assumed that stepping up would provide more difficulty..but not the amount of difficulty I was faced with. I tried multiple matches in Beginner with both Soraka and Nasus and failed HORRIBLY in all of them. My amazing stats went from the numbers they were down to 0/10/0..it was pathetic and I felt insanely ashamed and humiliated, since everyone else in the matches were holding up fine. I couldn't stay in any lane for more than a minute or so because the AI was too strong..couldn't make any real kills, couldn't last against their attacks, and I didn't contribute at all for my teams..It was just plain embarrassing. I did everything I could, I really tried to be a good player, a good contributor, and just have fun..but I felt nothing but frustration and shame. I'm actually surprised no one screamed at me or called me any names. I love video games of all kinds and know they are just games, but I take it "seriously" in the idea of..I want to have fun. I want the game to be good and light-hearted..but in a game like this, you can't risk being that bad...unless you're willing to deal with the possible rage and hate from experienced players that you hear so many horror stories about.

Now here's my dilemma: This is the #1 game in the world, so huge and so competitive that it is its own e-sport. That's a HUGE deal. People in this game take the higher-level matches more seriously, and ranked matches are practically professional-only. I WANT to be good. I WANT to enjoy the game. I don't want it so easy that I get bored, but I don't want it as difficult as it is because then I just feel worthless and don't enjoy myself at all. I don't want to be a burden on my teams and ruin THEIR fun just because I suck, you know? They shouldn't have to suffer. It truly baffles me how anyone even gets that good. I can't imagine how insanely skilled the professional teams are, the ranked matches and anything else....If I can't even play Co-op vs AI - a freaking computer, not even real players - at BEGINNER level...how can I play this game AT ALL? Part of me wants to just go back to Intro and stay there because I'm great at it...but it'll eventually get repetitive..I wont make enough XP and IP to really progress and get the other characters I want and it'll kinda fall short....So the other part of me is looking at the larger picture of the game, and the community and realizing that maybe I should just quit while I can...I don't know.

I literally played the game about 2-3 days and I already want to give up. What should I do? What do you guys think? Is it too early to judge? Maybe I was having a bad night? Am I just a whiny little college student "noob who should go uninstall"? Am I as embarrassing as I feel I am? Should I continue because I absolutely adore the game not only for the game itself, but as an art student, for pretty much every aspect of its characters, lore, etc, and just enjoy what it has to offer, even though I'm insanely bad? I'm stuck, really. All help is appreciated..I know I said to please not rip me to shreds, but if I really am annoying or anything, there's nothing I can do to stop you from saying so xD I tried my best to explain my story without making it sound like a pity party. I hate those, and attention-seekers, so I try to word my stuff carefully....Sorry for so much rambling..I'm running on only 3 and a half hours of sleep.

Either way..thanks.

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benotronic4 votes

so Nixenoko it takes a bit to get started and ya know didn't want to tell anyone this I went 0/20/0 for 3 WEEKS STRAIGHT in INTRO no less cuz I didn't get the game u said you like nasus. he is really fun but the thing is with him you don't really help your team a lot with him because you need stacks. on the other hand there is soraka a person who ALWAYS is with their team that's 2 very different play styles find a champ that fits your play style like someone who picks off the dmg of their team (zed,talon) someone who tanks everything (mundo volibear) or people who are tank that do a lot of dmg as well (garen darius) then there is long ranged champs the dmg of the team (miss fourtune twitch) so ya that sort of STUFFS

75900139_DEL2 votes

Thank you, that is helpful. Are you serious about those stats? I am so sorry, man ;O; I feel for you.

And you are right, they are different playstyles. I also want Nami, Anivia, and Aurelion..all different stuff. I try to play the characters I have a personal affinity and enjoyment for, as well as considering playstyle. Lots of things say it's good to be skilled in multiple areas in case a character you main can't be used, so it doesn't hurt..but your comment is very helpful ;w;

benotronic1 votes

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Thank you, that is helpful. Are you serious about those stats? I am so sorry, man ;O; I feel for you.

And you are right, they are different playstyles. I also want Nami, Anivia, and Aurelion..all different stuff. I try to play the characters I have a personal affinity and enjoyment for, as well as considering playstyle. Lots of things say it's good to be skilled in multiple areas in case a character you main can't be used, so it doesn't hurt..but your comment is very helpful ;w;

I'm not joking about that ;-;

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benotronic2 votes

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axel vazquez3 votes

Sorry, but I skimmed this thread a lot. Take it from a guy who's been playing League since late 2012. The game itself isn't a hard concept to get, but getting used to the game and devising strategies gets a bit tough. Once you play the game long enough and come to understand how everything works and take in resources from video/previous games you'll eventually get "good" at the game.

Illiad3 votes

Ryze has a kit you need to understand to use well, dont let it get you down there are easier Mages to play, like Annie! Ai are set to be aggressive but they arent serious so people would never give you a hard time :) The main goal is understanding the pattern of the match, against players they will act on mistakes so play a safe position, dont attack a champion in minions because they will attack you back and early game that can be alot of damage. You just need to get a feel for the flow of the game, it starts out slow and the lvl climb to 30 is a chore, but by then you'll have found a champion you really like and a pattern you can comfortably work around, a general good role to start is Support, not because its easy, but because you can watch how the other players are behaving, and act on that, giving you an understanding of how others act in situations, while you yourself can protect them and get the idea of how things happen, if you need help add me in game- Tetsu Juan - Dont feel bad about the early games, you'll understand it much more over time and you'll have alot more fun!

DREADN0UGHT3 votes

Just keep playing. You don't play this game to please other players. Its like any other game, just play to get better, and to have fun.

If beginner bots are hard for you, I suggest you keep player vs them until you can defeat them. Because intermediate bots are harder, and intermediate bots are laughing stock to Bronze 5 players.

Just take it step by step, and mute the toxic people, don't bother with them they are not worth it.

75900139_DEL1 votes

Thank you kindly. I appreciate that. Games ARE for fun, among many other things..but I happen to be a very timid people-pleaser, which might not mix well in a game built on co-op xD But I get you. Thank you.

DREADN0UGHT2 votes

No problem.

And btw, here is one thing I forgot to mention: Any player that plays this game, no matter the rank or level, had to start at lvl 1 and had to learn everything from scratch. the learning curve is really long. So don't worry about it.

Randomonium3 votes

Let me start off by saying we have ALL been where you are. What you are describing is literally the same stuff I went through. And once you master the beginner bots you'll go onto the intermediate bots and get your ass kicked again. And then once you master the intermediate bots you'll play blind pick against real people and get your ass kicked again. This game, like most things, is really freaking hard and that's part of the reason it is so successful.

The best analogy I can use is school. I bet when you were a kid when you first started doing math even simple arithmetic was really challenging. Now you can do it in your head almost subconsciously. The same is true for league. It literally takes hundreds or thousands of games to get good at this game. People have been playing this game for 6 years and even the best players in the world still haven't mastered it.

Do not be hard on yourself. You can't compare yourself to people playing for years any more than you could compare a middle schooler to a college student. All that matters is that every day you improve. If you learn something new every day then you are already doing better than most people who just blame other people for their own mistakes. If you're really serious about improving I'd keep a journal on what you learn each day, what you felt like you did well, and what you want to work on the next day.

The important thing is to never stop learning. Welcome to the most competitive video game in the world, get ready for a bumpy ride.

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I LOVE THIS COMMENT <3

WhiperSnapers2 votes

The new player experience makes the game very unapealing, but if you survive it chances are you will become addicted to the game. Hopefully this helps:

  1. get a couple of champions that you feel comfortable playing
  2. get familiar with a role or two (top, jg, mid, adc, or sup)
  3. dont worry about runes until you can get the teir 3 runes, and even then they arent that impactful so its not really a must have
  4. Masteries arent really important until you are level 18 and can pick a "keystone"
  5. Objectives (turrets, inhibitors, dragon, baron, etc.) are what win games, not kills
  6. try to learn about each champion and item (this one is very difficult, but in my opinion the most rewarding). If you know a champion's abilities and how/when they are used, it becomes a lot easier to play against them. As for the items, it is usefull to know which champions buy what. It's a bit embarrasing but when I first started playing I died a lot, so I thought that I should get tanky on every champion, even ashe.
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The new player experience IS very bad. Omg. I am a bit addicted though, I admit.

I have already bought Soraka and Nasus. I have Garen too. I plan on getting Nami, Anivia, and Aurelion too. I'm still learning what the differences in the roles are...After watching how some of my teammates play, it feels almost like top, mid, and bot are the same, just in different areas of the map...adc makes sense if the opponents are tough, cuz that's defending the base (right?)..I dunno what "sup" is, and I have absolutely no idea what the purpose of jungling is when all the players and opponents are in lanes >.>

I know nothing about runes and masteries, but saying what you said helps my worries a bit..I hate to say it, but I feel like there's too much information to learn of the game to really enjoy it...it's almost like I need to take an entire graduate class to understand it all...plus I don't have money to spare for anything, so I can't buy RP if that's needed. I'm relying on grinding for IP to buy stuff.

I go for kills when possible, but I usually just try to help my teammates and push forward against the turrets and other stuff in the base.

I am kinda learning how the champions I want/have are working, but as you said, it's tough.

I appreciate your comment though, omg. Thank you so much.

WhiperSnapers2 votes

Sorry, I should have explained some of the terminology that I used before. adc stands for "attack damage carry" and is usually associated with the marksmen champions like ashe, jinx, varus. SUP is short for support which is basically the person who focuses on helping others, whether that is healing them like soraka/nami or helping teamates get kills like thresh/blitzcrank.

You are right about the game being very "grindy" and if you do decide to get some RP I would recommend saving it for skins because buying champions with RP is a waste since IP is essentailly free.

There are so many champions and items that it is a bit overwhelming to try and learn them all, what I did to learn most of them was play a couple of games over the course of the week with one of the champions that I knew nothing about (that was on the free rotation for the week). By the end of the week I knew enough about them to see the general strengths and weaknesses of said champion. It is a long process and there are still several champions that I know nothing about. I definitely recommend waiting until you are really comfortable on your main champions before doing this though.

Jungling is just another area in which the "new player experience" has screwed up. There is no Jungle tutorial and none of the AI Bots ever go in the jg so new players have no reason to learn about it which means that they dont know why it is done (I've been playing for around 2 years now and I only recently started to learn about the jungle).

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Thank you for all that. I learned a lot from everyone here and I appreciate it.

I would only go for RP if I reaalllllyy needed it, since I don't have money to burn. I don't care for skins much either except for a select few. I actually would love to try jungling based on what Blue Collar Bear and Tylobyte told me about it, how it works and everything, though there's few characters meant for jungling that I actually enjoy so I'm still thinking on it. It would prolly be a rare thing.

trash sion2 votes

I had the same problem when I was new. Intro was super easy, but Beginner was impossible and Intermediate wasn't even an option. However, I actually found PvP to be easier than Beginner bots, because many people are having the same experience I was.

Eventually, though, when I went back to see if I could beat Beginner bots, the Intermediate ones were a piece of cake.

This might not be true now with all the smurfs (really good players leveling new accounts) so it could be a good idea to watch some newbie guides on YouTube.

Some of the stuff you need to understand in order to progress is items and stats (difference between magic and physical, what items are good on what champs), when a tower will attack you (items like sunfire cape that deal damage, when a tower will switch targets) as well as damage potentials so you know how much damage you deal compared to how much you take.

Lower level play is much different from high level play because in low level play and bots, everyone just runs at each other for kills, and whoever has the most damage wins. However, it's important to remember that killing a minion gives gold too. In PvP, focusing on minions will get you a ton of gold without even having to kill the enemy, so you can wreck them later. The hard part is that bots won't let you kill minions, because they just chase at anyone nearby and don't care about minions.

This is probably why I had better luck in PvP. Best of luck to you!

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Thank you. Yeah, I'm not even touching Intermediate, and since there ARE so many smurfs, I don't dare touch PvP.

I do read the descriptions of items before I buy them, but I am still learning 100% what works and doesn't. When attack turrets, I watch how my minions are doing so I can know when to move out of the way so I don't get targetted, you know? I've been good with killing minions and get plenty of gold, so that's not an issue I need to learn. Bots are scary, man but sometimes I'd like to think a pre-programmed computer is safer than a constantly thinking human being. I see what you mean though.

Thank you <3

trash sion2 votes

Just checked out your match history, so I have some more advice.

League has this thing called Unique Passives. Many items have a passive effect aside from stats, so a Unique passive means having multiple of the item will only apply one passive. For example, I saw that you bought quite a few Catalysts on Soraka or Kindlegems on Nasus. This isn't bad itself because you have itemization paths pretty good, however having multiple of these items isn't too beneficial.

For example, on Nasus, you might know that his Q is a stacking spell. Every time you kill a minion with it, it gains damage. Permanently. For this reason, Cooldown Reduction is a great stat on Nasus so he can use Q more often. Kindlegem gives some CDR for cheap, but it's not the best idea to get more than one of them because Nasus only really benefits from one of the items it upgrades into, Spirit Visage. Spirit Visage has a Unique Passive, so having multiple is a bit of a waste, because the stats aren't enough to justify getting multiple.

A good build path for Nasus would be to go tanky, because he gets free damage from his Q. I like to rush an early Kindlegem, and then a Sheen into Frozen Heart for the CDR. Throw in boots whenever you feel like it, then finish Visage, then just build tanky.

Soraka, on the other hand, is more of a supportive character. Although, she can be played for damage. Catalyst the Protector builds into Rod of Ages, which has a Unique Passive. This means building multiple is a bit of a waste as well.

A Rod of Ages is good for the damage and a bit of HP and Mana, but having multiple really isn't worthwhile. Soraka benefits from Ability Power to increase her heals and damage, as well as Cooldown Reduction to heal/regen health from Q more often. She also benefits from items that empower her allies. Many of these should be on her recommended page, but namely Mikael's Crucible, Ardent Censer, and Zeke's Herald are all good items on her, as well as a Frost Queen's claim or Talisman of Ascension.

Feel free to add me or reply for more advice, glad to help any time.

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I have a couple new friends from this thread telling me all about this stuff now actually. It's funny because now that they really helped me understand it all more with their perfect wording (I'm a slow learner), everything you and others are saying makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE

Thank you very much for all that info on the specific items. I know what I did was stupid, but my mindset was "more health/mana/AP, etc; gotta rush and help team, can't sit and read all the descriptions in the shop" I'm dumb, what can I say Thanks again <3

trash sion1 votes

Np, I probably would have gone more in-depth about everything but I was in class... lol

Taric the Gay2 votes

This was indeed a lot to process. I will say that the difficulty ramps up very quick. Intro anyone should beat. Beginner teaches you the basics of the game. Just try not to die and work on last hitting the minions. Once you get that down you will be able to buy items and with items you will have an advantage. You can then exploit that advantage for a bigger advantage then you win.

Your choice in champions may have something to do with your kills. Soraka is a healer not a killer. Garen is a tank, he can kill but he is better at not dying. Ashe and Ryze are killers but are very soft. They are glass cannons. There are also recommended lanes based on a champion's role. Top is for melee, mid for mages, bottom is for marksman. There is also supports who go bottom and junglers who roam the jungle. Don't jungle yet. It is impossible to do as a low leveled player without smite even if you are a pro player.

I recommend browsing youtube videos for instruction on how to play certain roles or champions. Soraka is a support, so Google some Soraka or support "how to play" videos. But also check out top, mid and ADC (ATTACK DAMAGE CARRY) or marksmen in layman terms. Learn how to CS effectively (last hitting minions) and learn how to animation cancel your auto attacks.

If you like mages I recommend picking up Annie, Karma, Morgana or Lux. Heimerdinger is another mage who is a little higher on skill floor so it will take more time to pick him up but his skill ceiling is arguably the lowest in the game. Once you get the basics on him there'should not much complex stuff about him beyond that. You may like one of those champions. The ones you want to avoid playing are Evelynn, Akali, Alistar, Nidalee and Twisted Fate. They are squishy and have complex mechanics that are tough to learn for new players.

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Oh my gosh thank you SO much, this is SUPER helpful. I really appreciate it. See, I understand the basic stuff..I'm just learning how to properly execute it. It's like preparing a speech vs actually giving it, you know? I know Soraka is a healer, I was just making a point that I was doing well in general lol. I enjoy healers, yes.

I REALLY appreciate you explaining the lanes because as I said to another person...I didn't see the difference. Observing all my matches, it seemed like all the lanes did and experienced the same stuff. I knew ADC was basically protecting the base, and I had no clue what the purpose of jungling was because no one was doing it..it seemed pointless. Why is jungling bad/hard, if I may ask? I'm generally curious on the role, and my fiance plays Kindred..he's level 10 right now and does note it can be difficult to play sometimes. I went top for nearly all my matches unless someone in the team told me not to. It helps a lot that you said what each lane does..looking at the lanes, they really seemed the same, so I didn't get how some roles fit certain lanes. Top is melee, mid is mages, bottom is marksmen/support..jungle is a no-no, and adc is protecting the base/marksmen...is that the gist? I will write this down on a sticky note or something cuz that is super helpful, no lie.

I appreciate you giving examples of champs too. I have Soraka, as I said. I have Nasus too. I have Garen but I don't really like him..characters like him aren't my style, but I happened to be good at him. I plan on getting Nami, Anivia, and Aurelion. I REALLY want those 3 even though they're supposed to be hard to play. I feel determined to master them, if I can muster the courage to continue playing. Thanks again <3

Taric the Gay3 votes

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Oh my gosh thank you SO much, this is SUPER helpful. I really appreciate it. See, I understand the basic stuff..I'm just learning how to properly execute it. It's like preparing a speech vs actually giving it, you know? I know Soraka is a healer, I was just making a point that I was doing well in general lol. I enjoy healers, yes.

I REALLY appreciate you explaining the lanes because as I said to another person...I didn't see the difference. Observing all my matches, it seemed like all the lanes did and experienced the same stuff. I knew ADC was basically protecting the base, and I had no clue what the purpose of jungling was because no one was doing it..it seemed pointless. Why is jungling bad/hard, if I may ask? I'm generally curious on the role, and my fiance plays Kindred..he's level 10 right now and does note it can be difficult to play sometimes. I went top for nearly all my matches unless someone in the team told me not to. It helps a lot that you said what each lane does..looking at the lanes, they really seemed the same, so I didn't get how some roles fit certain lanes. Top is melee, mid is mages, bottom is marksmen/support..jungle is a no-no, and adc is protecting the base/marksmen...is that the gist? I will write this down on a sticky note or something cuz that is super helpful, no lie.

I appreciate you giving examples of champs too. I have Soraka, as I said. I have Nasus too. I have Garen but I don't really like him..characters like him aren't my style, but I happened to be good at him. I plan on getting Nami, Anivia, and Aurelion. I REALLY want those 3 even though they're supposed to be hard to play. I feel determined to master them, if I can muster the courage to continue playing. Thanks again <3

Not sure who told you that ADC is the guy who protects the base, but that's just not right. In fact its the opposite. The ADC is probably the best attacker on your team. Ideally the person you want defending is your top laner or your mid laner since the top laner usually is tanky and will run the summoner spell teleport making them able to get between two spots in a very short amount of time. And mid laners who are either mages or assassins (usually mages) have very fast wave clear. So they can push back an enemy wave faster than anyone else on the team usually. But once a mage gets to a tower they don't hit as hard as an ADC because magic power doesn't translate that well into auto attacks. I think if you have 100 ability power (AP) you only get half of that strength transferred into your auto attacks. ADCs do physical damage and so if they get 100 Attack Damage (AD) that 100 AD gets transferred completely into their auto attacks. The game favors AD champions in taking down objectives but AP champions in pushing lanes. It evens out in the long run usually.

Jungling is hard because as your account levels up you get access to masteries and later on tier 3 runes. Without these masteries and runes you are weakened and struggle clearing the jungle camps early on. In the really low early levels you have no access to smite which is absolutely required to play the role properly. It deals anywhere from 350-1000 true damage instantly so it helps clear out the camps quicker and safer for you. And the advantage to jungling is that when there are multiple people in lane you have to share experience. The ADC and the support level up the slowest in most games. The mid laners level up the quickest since the minions get to lane quickest there and they have the lane all to themselves the whole game. So when you have a jungler your top laner levels up slightly slower than your mid laner. But if you were in lane with the top laner you would level up just as slowly as your bottom laners. Also you won't have to share gold either so as a team you make more revenue with a jungler on to of leveling up quicker. But in early leveled games the jungle is so risky that its better to send 2 people top than to try jungling. I wouldn't start jungling until you hit level 20 and you have a full page of tier 3 runes for your level. Speaking of which do some research on runes and once you hit level 14 start saving up for your first rune page.

Nami is good. Her Ebb and Flow takes some practice knowing who to cast it on but its pretty straight forward. The Bubble is a slow travel skill shot. You have to have good prediction to make it work. Your slow shots enhance you or an ally's next 3 auto attacks in both power and slows the enemy significantly. Ideally you want to cast the slow shots on your ADC because their attack speed is usually quickest but if you are in range of a target and your ally is not then cast it on yourself. The tidal wave is great and straight forward. You will get the hang of that on the first try I bet.

Aurelion Sol is new. You will take a LONG time to save up enough influence points to afford him. I recommend waiting on buying him. He should be free to play next week by the way. Once a champion just gets released they are put on the free week roster 3 weeks later.

Anivia is actually pretty difficult. If you do not know what you are doing you can actually negatively affect your teammates and lose a game with a misplaced wall. I highly advise overlooking her since playing her while you are new is just inviting people to rage at you. She also uses mana like its nothing and takes a while to get strong. Her early game is fairly weak.

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I'll be honest: This was insanely helpful and explained a lot for me...but it also kinda made things worse...This game is practically a college course in itself...there's TOO MUCH to learn and I don't think I can handle this.. I'm actually still confused on the purpose of a jungler if all they do is hang out in between lanes...and the ADC makes no sense because you didn't really say where they go..Like, I'm confused on how you know when a champ is ADC vs another lane or something...you explained both roles well but I got more confused on them, in a different way...but that's my own fault. I have an IQ of 85 and am a VERY SLOW learner...usually people explain things to me perfectly, and I'm just too dumb to comprehend. I apologize. And then all the rune stuff and just..omg. And, I really enjoy all 3 of those characters..I know Aurelion will take ages to pay for, but I was kinda hoping to get all 3. I was aware of them, especially Anivia, being so hard, which is why I was going to practice, like any other champ but ..I get you.

Thank you again. You've been insanely patient and kind, and I appreciate it SO much. I don't deserve such kindness. I was having conversations with a couple other players through the client chat, and the more that's discussed, the more my head hurts (actually have a headache)...I am BEYOND grateful for all the help and information, as it's helping me understand, but at the same time..because there's more to this game than there is to some college classes...I feel like I might not be cut out for this and should just kinda back off while it's still early.

Taric the Gay2 votes

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I'll be honest: This was insanely helpful and explained a lot for me...but it also kinda made things worse...This game is practically a college course in itself...there's TOO MUCH to learn and I don't think I can handle this.. I'm actually still confused on the purpose of a jungler if all they do is hang out in between lanes...and the ADC makes no sense because you didn't really say where they go..Like, I'm confused on how you know when a champ is ADC vs another lane or something...you explained both roles well but I got more confused on them, in a different way...but that's my own fault. I have an IQ of 85 and am a VERY SLOW learner...usually people explain things to me perfectly, and I'm just too dumb to comprehend. I apologize. And then all the rune stuff and just..omg. And, I really enjoy all 3 of those characters..I know Aurelion will take ages to pay for, but I was kinda hoping to get all 3. I was aware of them, especially Anivia, being so hard, which is why I was going to practice, like any other champ but ..I get you.

Thank you again. You've been insanely patient and kind, and I appreciate it SO much. I don't deserve such kindness. I was having conversations with a couple other players through the client chat, and the more that's discussed, the more my head hurts (actually have a headache)...I am BEYOND grateful for all the help and information, as it's helping me understand, but at the same time..because there's more to this game than there is to some college classes...I feel like I might not be cut out for this and should just kinda back off while it's still early.

The jungler is your hidden teammate who travels around the map and ambushes the enemy laners in hopes of giving his/her allies and advantage. They also control objectives like red andot blue buff and the very important dragon and Baron Nashoor monster camps. Killing these camps give strong buffs to either individual players or whole teams. Blue buff gives you mana regen, red buff makes your auto attacks slow and burn targets. Dragon gives increasingly stronger buffs the more time you kill him. Baron gives a buff to everyone on the team that also empowers your minions.

ADC stands for attack damage carry. ADC stands for ability power carry. ADC deals physical damage and ADC deals magic damage. ADC is typically a ranged champion who uses a gun, bow or thrown weapon. They are listed as Marksmen in the client. Ashe, Sivir, Kindred, Kalista, Miss Fortune Draven and Twitch are examples of ADCs. APCs are magic damage dealing champions. Usually they are ranged mages but they can also be melee assassins. So if you see mage they are definitely an APC, but only some assassins are APCs. It's weird but ignore anything listed as an assassin right now. Champions such as Aurelion Sol, Lux, Morgana, Katarina, Xerath and Ryze are examples of APCs.

ADCs and APCS are usually weak early on in the game. Mages (APC) get a majority of their strength from leveling up. Marksmen (ADC) get a majority of their power from items. Because of this mages get sent mid lane where they level up fastest. ADCS get sent bottom lane and get a teammate who's primary job is to protect and save the ADC from dying. They go bottom lane. And the duo lane is sent bottom lane because it's closer to the Dragon camp. Dragon gives gold to everyone on the team of the player who slays the Dragon as well as minor permanent buffs which ramp up in power the more times the Dragon is slain.

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75900139_DEL1 votes

Dude, no shit, I actually totally get it now thanks to you, Blue Collar Bear, and Trylobyte (I had a match with them and they're telling me stuff in chat too)

Thank you SO DAMN MUCH OMFG

It's amazing when stuff comes together and my brain's just like YUS

Taric the Gay1 votes

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Dude, no shit, I actually totally get it now thanks to you, Blue Collar Bear, and Trylobyte (I had a match with them and they're telling me stuff in chat too)

Thank you SO DAMN MUCH OMFG

It's amazing when stuff comes together and my brain's just like YUS

Good. Glad to be of service.

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Taric the Gay2 votes

Also there are chat rooms you can join through the client. You can access them by clicking the middle button at the bottom right of the client and typing in the name of the room. The two I know of that are nearly always full are: Noob General Discussion

Noob you may get some help. Or they may just complain to you about their recent games. Depends on the time of day. General Discussion is hit or miss. They're a very cliquey group. If they like you they are very open to helping people they like. If they dislike you just more insults and dismissive actions.

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Linna Excel2 votes

Don't quit. This game is fun, but has a big learning curve. Almost Eve-online levels (you can google eve's learning curve).

My best advice is practice and try reading up on things and watching youtube videos.

75900139_DEL1 votes

It's funny you say that I was just saying to someone how the "Just keep playing" cliche is like telling art students "Just practice" - they can do it all they want and still struggle. I do want to play, this game is amazingly fun and creative and great for developing real-life skills..but sometimes it's like, all this stuff makes me wanna stop playing.

Thank you <3

Linna Excel2 votes

Yeah a lot of us struggle with the game. But as you play, as you learn, as you find the things that are making you struggle, as you learn what you are doing wrong, you get better. But yes, there's a lot to learn at least early on.

But through our struggles, we get better.

If you want to do yourself a favor, start a custom bot game, go in there by yourself (no bots) and focus on trying to get 30+ cs in the first 5 minutes. Repeat that for about 10 hours. If and when you can get to 30-34 or so, add a single bot and go in the bot lane. Try to get 30+ in 5 minutes again and don't worry about killing the bot. It's boring as crap, but it'll help you in the long run.

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That's clever. Thank you.

Lycanoon2 votes

This game has it's up's and downs. Best to avoid communicating with salty players...as they'll just burn you down. Stick to what you're good with and play well at. I for one prefer Atk Dmg Crit assassin builds, and I receive a LOT of flak for it...so, yea. But as a support-type player, you can carry the game well with soraka, so don't let people get to you. Never get discouraged, and never give up :-)

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Thank you ;o;

Weathered2 votes

Find a group of friends who play. Best advice I can give you other than keeping at it. This game takes a while to get used to and feel fun, and feels horrible when you start. Trust me though, if you get into it after a while and like it, its the best game you will ever play.

corruck2 votes

So, hopefully, you've already gotten the help you've needed (since I'm not seeing this till after the entire world apparently) but I did want to add a little something because I love League. I, too, was completely fed up with the toxic players, the chronic caps lockers, and just the various people who love to hate on others. But the majority of the community isn't like that, especially if you play with friends, and it's interesting to note that most of these people usually get stuck in bronze; it's a game about teamwork and they don't ever want to function as one.

All that aside it's just a game. If you're having fun then keep playing on whatever difficulty with whatever champ you want. If you're not then uninstall and go play something that you find fun, because that's the point even if the league of bronzies tends to forget that.

75900139_DEL1 votes

Actually yes, I got massive amounts of help from everyone here. I had a couple people in particular add me on the client and we chatted for a long time. They helped me perfectly understand a lot of basic information that I was just not getting in my head for some reason.

And yes, it is just a game. You are so right about everything you said. Thank you.

Shroom Junkie2 votes

The game takes awhile to get good at, especially with the sucky tutorials. Watch a few League tutorials and high-rank matches and maybe you'll figure some things out. Don't watch LCS for that though, its so hard to understand anything in it its just like "WHAT IS GOING ONNNN HOLY CRAP?!?!?? ?? !?? !> 83huti UAIUwitg3u gYGFUEugt" explodes

I sucked too for the first while. You get used to it and it takes more than three days, heck, more than 3 months, but as a tip: don't get stressed, if you start to lose just have fun with it. Its not that big of a deal and Ranked has even worse players. You play games for fun, right? So have fun.

In my opinion for fun I love to play Teemo, hence why he's my main. I sucked at him but it was hilarious being a little munchkin shooting people with darts and making them rage when I killed them from half-way across the map with exploding mushrooms.

Otherwise, for easy-to-learn fun guys, I suggest keeping on Garen, he's hilarious to play when you learn his build and you're just an invincible spinning top screaming "DEMACIA" and calling upon the magic of whatever he's doing.

Also, Master Yi. Newbies at the game have an easy time playing him and a hard time playing against him making him perfect for starting and trying to get better. He becomes many players main because of that aspect, as he's very good in higher tier play as well.

There's Heimerdinger who puts down turrets to fight for him while you spam his emotes that stop what they're saying mid-sentence to repeat and is the most annoying and tilting thing besides maybe Lux or Teemo's laughs, and if you get good at landing his stun and rockets he's good and fun to play as well.

Mundo who, like Garen, is just a tanky guy that charges in without a care in the world, spamming cleavers(he throws cleavers, yes, its very strange), yelling "MUNDO" and generally being a derp.

Kha'zix can be a good newbie assassin too. Low MMR(match-making rating, its what bases who you play with and against on) players generally don't stay together so his passive, which lets his Q ability deal extra damage to someone outside of a certain range of an ally, is very good. His Q is point-and-click so its easy enough to use and deals a lot of damage. His W heals, and his E dashes so he's safe too. His ultimate makes him go invisible for a second, and you can keep having fun trying different things with his evolution. When you rank up his ultimate ability, he gets to "evolve" an ability, making it do new things like his Q does extra damage, his W throws three spikes, his E jumps farther, and his ultimate can be used more and makes him go invisible for 2 seconds per activation instead of one.

And after a bit of experience, Nidalee can be good. You have to land her spear which is a skillshot so it takes some getting used to, but in low elo people don't generally try to dodge skillshots so they get hit a lot even with bad aim. And after you land her spear, its easy to jump on enemy in her cat form and claw their face off.

Though if you really want an opinion... LEAVE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

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Thank you so much, this was insanely helpful. I love your beginning comment xD

I got a lot of help from a lot of people like yourself and all I can say is thank you so much <3

Lycanoon2 votes

Feel free to add me also :-) I'm "smurfing" right now with a buddy, but I'll add you once I hop back on ^_^

Magneto812 votes

This reminds me of when I thought the enemy champions had a special ability to make the turret target me, and then I learned that whenever I hit them in any way the turret changed to me automatically.

And then there were all those beserker's greaves I would buy for super attack and movement speed - and then I learned about 'unique passives' that made it so the movement speed I was paying for wouldn't combine which is why my champs weren't flying around the map at super speed lol.

And then I learned how to CS, combine items to get good ones instead of selling them and buying them all at once, kiting, that an ADC goes bot lane etc.

And just a correction sort of - when I hit level 20 and got runes they made a massive difference for me.

And yeah - a lot of the early level PVP games the players don't even have a jungler - they just have two people play top lane.

Good luck, I think you'll do great. Just learn from others and ignore the flamers - many people want to blame you when they are the ones not doing well. They might have a valid point sometimes, but don't take the negativity - just the useful stuff ;)

I am super impressed with the posts here - you found some really great community members to help out!

And trust me, sometimes I am the worst player on a team and I bring them down and it is hard to come back when you are behind (plus all the gold the other team gets when they kill you) so learn to play safe and then learning how to make the awesome plays will come.

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I know right? So many people wanted to help me...I'm shocked, flattered, and grateful as hell.

Emozgus2 votes

When I first started playing, I dove almost immediately into the PvP games. I didn't know much about the game, or it's community when I started, but luckily I had two friends who were Silver at the time teaching me. I actually recall telling them I felt last-hitting for gold was cheating, since I didn't do any of the work to get the minions low. So I was always auto-ing minions so that I could earn the gold (luckily I broke this habit later).

I don't normally tell people this, but I figured given your original post, you might understand and appreciate the information. I too have intense anxiety issues, and making mistakes makes me feel worthless and humiliated as well. There was a game when I was starting out, it was something like my 3rd Corki game, and it wasn't going well. There was this Warwick on my team that raged so hard I didn't play for weeks afterwards. Due to people like that I always get anxious about queuing up for a game, and actually RARELY play alone. In the past year I've played maybe 5 games on my own. Most of my games are played with friends. But this actually highlights a few important things about playing this game with anxiety. The first is that your friends don't care if you mess up, everyone is trying to have fun (and since they're friends, they'll help in game, or offer suggestions to learn from, etc), which makes games with them much less stressful, since you know how they'll behave before you even start the game. The second is that those 5ish games I played on my own were FINE, and I have to remind myself of that whenever I try to queue up on my own. Even if people raged at me then, I don't have to deal with them again. Thirdly, going back to the playing with friends (didn't really plan the order of this, I'm just typing what comes to mind. Sorry about that), If you're in a game with friends and someone is being toxic, having the INSTANT support system is nice. If you're like me, it doesn't matter if you did the most perfect thing possible, if someone comments that it was terrible, then you will feel that it was indeed terrible, and feel like crap about it. However if I'm playing with a friend when this happens, at the very least we talk about what just happened to figure out if what happened was good or bad (we like learning). But what happens more often is friendly support. Simply having that tether out of that self-doubting part of my mind is enough to be able to have fun and relax while I play.

Still, the more you play, you will start encountering some rude people. There's a few things I do after a stress-filled game, that seems to be pretty common. For a lack a better word, you need a palate-cleanser. For my friends and I, this usually means doing an ARAM or two, since we don't need to take those too seriously. Sometimes, we'll even just do a quick bots game and try to mix it up and try weird things like: see how fast we can win, see if we can Thresh Jungle, can I win with straight-AP Jax, stuff like that. The point is to do something FUN. Since you're currently going against beginner bots, if you get too stressed play an intro bot game. You won't get much IP/Exp, but it will allow you to de-stress. Sometimes I'll even play a different game entirely for a bit, or watch a video. Again, de-stressing before playing another game is important. Actually, just having methods of relaxing in general is important. I'm going on year 10 of dealing with depression, anxiety, and bits of PTSD thrown in too, so I've learned what works for me. You need to figure out what works for you.

TL;DR: If you can play with friends, I highly recommend it, it makes the game much less stressful. If you can't, it's actually not a big deal, but it might take a bit to convince yourself of that. Learn how to deal with stress so that even if you have that rude person in game, you're able to not let it effect you for too long.

I realize in my rush to write this (and not planning too much of what I was going to say), I might not have made much sense. Apologies if that is the case. Most people discussed a lot of game-related things, so I thought you might want to hear from someone in a similar anxiety situation. I'll check this in a few hours if you have any questions on what I wrote or something. Hope that helped.

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Thank you so much for this. You are totally correct on all of it. I don't have PTSD, but I completely understand all the things you said and described. By how you spoke, I can tell we are very similar and I appreciate you so much for writing all of this.

Angry Monster1 votes

First i think you have to understand that INTRO bots are literally glorified minions. They are extreamly weak and are only there to represent a more realistic looking game. I am not even sure that you can lose to them. They are programmed to be very forgiving. Your performance here is meaningless for anything else.

This game is hard and very complex. You are going to be bad for a very long time. In a year you may have a grasp of all the enemy champs do and basic strategy.

The sad thing is even when you finally master bot games you only took the first step. Champs like Garen are only played in top lane for deep reasons( an hour conversation could be covered on that). Everything you learned in a bot game is just how to abuse the bots and usually does not work against real people and will have to re- learn everything again, because bots will teach you bad habits.

SO after you play a game spend a few minutes trying to figure out why the game spun out of your control. Correct the early mistakes that you are making. In league 2 early mistakes will make it so your to behind later in the game to be effective.

75900139_DEL1 votes

Yes..I understand that NOW..but you need to look at it from the perspective of someone who has only been playing for 2-3 DAYS. I was learning and I thought I was getting good. I didn't know a lot of the shit I know now thanks to all these people helping me.

You are right on the bad habits thing. That applies to a lot of stuff in life, actually.

Angry Monster2 votes

You are right on the bad habits thing. That applies to a lot of stuff in life, actually.

Bots are worse cause you get rewarded for X behavior. Then you take that behavior against real people and get punished for it.

Just take your time and understand what is happening. League is meant to take a long time to master. Hell the developers change things just to keep people on their toes.

Part of the experience is the failure. You are supposed to fail until you learn. Its just that most people refuse to learn. (personal gripe)

Try find another new person to play with. Failing with another new players is not as bad as failing alone. You will have someone to share your frustration with.

75900139_DEL1 votes

I love this comment so much. So perfect. It applies to so much in life. It's funny cuz I can be very wise at times (according to friends) and have some real shit to say...but other times I'm just derp.

Thank you.

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