Please give me beginner advice, as well as stories, tip, tricks, and hints for new players.

MysticPriestess·4/20/2015, 3:41:33 PM·13 votes·5,584 views

I started a blog and I'm going to do a series of posts for beginner League players. I have already did a post on Basic Info for Noobies that covers the simple things like don't get cocky, etc. I am going to start two different series, one on Basic Info on all roles and the other on Unusual Mid, Top, Jungler, ADC, and Support champions (i.e. Rengar support. ). I would really appreciate any stories, advice, tips, tricks, hints, and links to videos, blogs, or streams that could help a Noobie. I will almost always post any story or tips and tricks y'all give me and I will give credit where it is due.

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50000000000000004/20/2015, 3:45:52 PM6 votes

Where to ward and gank paths. Warding it's usually not done because they don't realize the value of warding. Knowing how to gank other lanes will probably help them understand why vision matters.

Also, CS.

Spinning Axes4/20/2015, 9:47:22 PM5 votes

On average, 17 cs = one kill. In lower elos, the average farm per 20 minutes is 100, where in higher elos is can be anywhere from 150-220. If your lane opponent has 2 kills up on you, but has been csing poorly, you might still be ahead of him. BUT! He probably will still have the experience ahead of you, so you will have to wait a little in lane before you hit the same level he does.

Let's say you had 120 cs at 20 minutes, you are 0-2-1, and the enemy top laner is 2-1-0 with 80 cs at 20 minutes.

120 (your cs) - 80 (their cs) = 40 cs ahead.

40/17 (the amount of cs that equals a kill) = 2.352

Look at that! You have MORE gold than your opponent! BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! You see that assist you have? Since you got it during a gank against the top laner, you just gain +150 gold, which is half a kill!

2.352 + .500 = 2.852.

In kill terms, you have .852 more gold in kills than your opponent. Let's translate that into numbers.

2.852 x 300 = 855.882 gold from your cs + assist lead.

Since you gain 7 gold per 5 seconds on Summoner's Rift, let's translate that into how much base gold both of you have.

60 / 5 = 12

7 x 12 = 84 gold per minute.

84 x 20 = 1680 gold at 20 minutes.

So both of you have 1680 to start with at 20. Let's see how much gold you have.

1680 + 855.882 = 2552.882 gold.

Your opponent, on the other hand, has only 600 gold from kills, so let's see his budget.

1680 + 600 = 2280 gold.

Let's see the difference.

2552.882 - 2280 = 272.882 gold.

So, just by focusing on farming, you were able to sustain not only an equal term of gold, but a higher total! You were able to farm to the point where you might as well had been 3-2-1 instead of 0-2-1, in terms of kill gold. You are actually AHEAD of your opponent, simply by farming! Again, you are still behind in experience, so you can make up for that by being in lane, but you will still offer more in a teamfight if you are both the same level.

It just goes to show how important farming is, and it can single handedly get you way more fed than kills will in a game.

TenSlashTen4/20/2015, 5:51:42 PM4 votes

learn 2-4 champions on every role. That way its impossible to ban you out.

Don't be a meta sheep, play w/e you're comfortable with. But also don't be that guy thats a one trick pony... be flexiable solo queue or not.

Be strategic in game and focus on objectives. Is X objective warded. Is their jungler warded? Where is their jungler? Where is your laner?

Learn when to recall. Don't overstay but don't ever leave too early. Shove out and then leave, never half shove unless you deem it necessary to risk having them freeze the lane because their jungler could clean you.

Learning to CS properly, when to trade when to farm how to farm how to trade. All very important, its hard to teach this, its much easier to show someone in a 1v1 than it is to try and talk about the game when it comes to mechanics involving enemy/ally champions.

Utilize constant mana control and be conservative. You never know when that last 100 mana you saved could mean your jungler/you get to pick up a clean kill because you didn't waste your mana pool last hitting like a noob. Utilize proper Cooldown usage! If you're a jungler and your ult is on a 30 second cooldown and it takes roughly 30 seconds to recall and walk bot with no boots then gogogogo bot and give them the ol' 1-2 "give gold to me" punch. \

Learn proper rune builds but don't be a meta sheep... Maybe instead of a bunch of hp seals take some mana regen and some hp seals on your AP mid rune page and that'll help you cast a few extra spells early game which could result in a faster push to recall or even some sweet sweet kills!

Learn all the roles and understand them at the very least! Learn all the champions or understand them at the very least! Learn match ups play matchups Find a match up your really enjoy and have a fucking blast.

I love jax vs irelia.(top lane)

I also like kat vs leblanc(mid lane)

I also like shaco vs Lee(jungle)

And finally I like Leona vs Alistar (support bot lane)

Dilitra4/20/2015, 4:42:48 PM3 votes

Chasing leads to death almost always.

Wards will make or break a game.

If you are fighting Dragon or Baron and the enemy team appears and the mob still has more than 50% health STOP attacking dragon unless you are 100% positive you are going to be able to secure it.

Pulling dragon out of the pit can be beneficial.

Check your masteries and runes before the game starts!!!!!

Oh my favorite....if you have low health don't back unless you are in a 100% safe area. Sometimes running all the way back to base without stopping IS extremely smart. People can tower dive and people can follow through the jungle then jump you. Why risk giving a free kill and be lazy rather than play truly safe?!? I have seen that so much lately.

MrBuffington4/20/2015, 4:34:56 PM3 votes

Sir ArmaMalum's Guide (which includes other resources for beginners)

EDIT: Also, because I just had a game where this was relevant, attitude is very important. I don't play too much, and was incredibly rusty in my game today, but my MMR is above average so I get matched with players who are better than me in this case (especially since I was so rusty). With this in mind, I picked Morgana and went mid lane, who's an easy champion/difficult to mess up in mid lane since farming is really easy with your W and you have tools to keep you safe (your bind, shield, and spell vamp). My opponent in lane was, imo, mechanically better than me (especially since I am so rusty), but I stuck with them, didn't feed or tilt, and my team started to win the game around me (they pulled a lane swap and got a pretty significant advantage). So, I adjusted my mindset further in that direction; I wasn't trying to carry the game, I was trying to win the game by complimenting my team, denying my opponent opportunities, upgrading my trinket and buying wards to provide vision control, etc. I played defensively and strategically and helped my team take advantages around the map, and I could visibly see the pressure build on my lane opponent; they started making riskier plays, flaming their team, etc. It wasn't that I was even playing well; My map awareness was fairly spotty at times and I was making a ton of mechanical errors, but I stuck to my fundamentals, denied the enemy mid laner, and worked to help my team win.

That's something I've noticed; ADCs and Mid laners tend to have this "superstar" mentality, where they feel like they have to be the one making plays and "carrying the game", where it's really not the case, especially in this meta. As a result they tend to tilt easily when the game is not going their way. Keeping calm and focusing on your objectives gives you the best chance of coming back in a losing game, or maintaining a lead and winning a game. It's more reliable to win by avoiding errors than making plays.

Lonas4/20/2015, 5:38:58 PM3 votes

The things that I wish I knew when I started playing:

CS CS CS CS CS CS. 100 CS per minute is the goal (unless you are the jungler). Always pay attention to that. There have been so many games where I fell off in kills early, but came back hard to carry because the enemy laner could not CS at all.
Be familiar with all roles, but focus on getting good at one or two. Same for champions.
Pay attention to the current meta. Who is considered strong, who is considered weak.
Find a champion that you love. For me, that was Jinx. I just naturally understood how to play her better than others, and it helped me to do consistently win with her in ranked.
Have a basic idea of what makes each champion strong. Obviously it takes a lot of time and dedication to understand the in and outs of every single champion, but having rudimentary knowledge of a) What class each champion is b) When each champion is at their peak in power (i.e., Teemo and Caitlyn are strong early, weak late, whereas Jax and Tristana are examples of weak early games but the potential to be insane hypercarries) and c) The core playstyle of each champion. will really help you to have an idea of how to play the game.
Look at the map every few seconds. Make it a habit.
Never get angry or call your teammates out. Sure it feels good and we all do it, but if you want to win, it accomplishes nothing. However, if you are consistently friendly to everyone and forgiving their mistakes, they will be much more inclined to listen to you when you point out that the dragon is free, or that the fed enemy Fiora is heavily overextended.

Sir ArmaMalum4/20/2015, 4:40:17 PM2 votes

What 5000000000000000 said, but for more specific things you may want to

detail the easier to play/learn champions for each role (Ryze, Lux, Annie for mage for example)
do an entire section on playing against Blitz, he was by and far the biggest challenge for me to overcome as a newer player way back when.
reference with people/services that have similar goals. University of League, Mobafire and Lolking are good examples.

I also have an incomplete collection of role guides myself here but I have not been able to keep them up to date unfortunately (The formatting being the most out-of-date factor). So you may not want to link them directly but you're welcome to copy pasta individual sections and tips if you'd like.

Skypual4/21/2015, 11:35:58 AM2 votes

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This sums up the thread.

GodofMountainDew4/20/2015, 4:57:23 PM2 votes

It's a good idea to master a small set of champions, once you find what you enjoy. But always make sure to become good at all roles. If you have a weak area, don't just give up and say "mid pls. I can't jungle", instead you should jungle more. Becoming better at one role affects others. For example, if you know how to jungle with a lot of different champs, you might play mid better knowing when or how the enemy jungle is going to gank you.

Potato Doc4/21/2015, 4:40:34 PM1 votes

#1 rule for team fights. Know your timing. What type of champion are you? A tank? You should be the one to initiate that fight (or be the one the enemy team initiates on) Are you an assassin or bruiser? you should be going immediately as soon as the fight starts to burst down the damage so that tank survives Are you a carry like katarina or master yi? Give the enemy team the opportunity to shift their entire focus to the rest of your team... then you hit them like a wrecking ball Are you an ADC? follow your tank and support, attack the closest thing to you, play as safe as you can all the while doing damage. Your time to fight is the whole time after your tank initiates

DerDave814/21/2015, 5:37:39 PM1 votes

I might be "new" to LoL but I have lots of experience with other mobas so I have two pieces of advice that would apply to any moba.

Don't tower dive. Just don't. 90% of the time it is just going to get you killed. The only time it ever really works is if you can absolutely kill them in one hit and get in and out as fast as possible. And even then you'll probably end up being easy pickings for anybody else that comes by.
Don't get discouraged by bad game. Yes, everybody does not like to lose. But nobody can have a 100% win rate. Learn from your mistakes and move on to the next game. The more upset you get the worse you are going to end up playing.

tikitikibumbum4/22/2015, 4:27:23 AM1 votes

Trolls are the Norm in League. Get used too it. Unless you're a duo with someone. 8/10 games you play YOU WILL Definitely get a Troll. Or someone who rage quits.

better yet. Die once. and you get bombarded with "you suck" "omfg gg" etc etc. get used too it. there's no such thing as social conscience in l0l.

overall the people who play (who aren't pro) are just whiny douchebags who think they're gonna be the next turtle

Vesarixx5/7/2015, 1:21:03 AM1 votes

Probably the best advice, don't get down on your mistakes, but don't get high on your triumphs, don't look at what you did poorly, look at what you could do better. Don't obsess over other peoples misplays, but ask yourself how you could prevent the same thing next time, and prepare for when it happens again. Always try to be doing something, if you are idle or typing something aside from strategy in chat you aren't increasing your chances of winning, any time not spent working towards victory is wasted time.

LordGeovanni5/9/2015, 1:34:20 AM1 votes

try not to give up every battle can be won. and when you get better try not to harass other people. remember now that everybody has a point where they were new or bad. and new players play master yi. and warwick

YorkDevil4/20/2015, 4:43:06 PM1 votes

Learn how to jungle decently before you hit level 30. It gives you a much better understanding of the map. I remember before I learned how to jungle, I viewed the jungle as a weird/unexplored place and I didn't really know what was inside.

Pikmints4/20/2015, 8:53:17 PM1 votes

(Copy and pasted from a post I made a few months back with minor alterations)

As for general beginner tips:

Learning to land the killing blow on minions and the importance that carries. You only get gold from a minion when you learn the killing blow and that gold can add up pretty quickly, especially early on.

Notice personal flaws and how adjusting them can open up more possibilities. Early on, it's enticing for champions to pick the summoner spells revive, clarity, and heal, however learning to manage your mana or build more appropriate items can let you swap out clarity for another spell, knowing your general strengths and the consequences of giving your opponent a kill can take away the appeal of revive, and so on. I'm not saying to never take them, but some have more potential than others.

Don't buy any runes until you hit level 20. You unlock higher tier runes as you level up, accessing top tier runes at level 20. They are expensive drains of IP, so spending IP on any runes before that is simply a mistake.

Use your mastery points. There's no reason not to use all of your mastery points at any given time, and keep in mind that you can have multiple mastery pages for various champs. Playing a durable character, use your defensive mastery page that game. Going a Mage or Marksman, use your ability power/ attack damage mastery pages respectively.

Learn to use your trinket. It's been said for years that vision can be the difference between a win and a loss, and with the somewhat recent addition of trinkets, there's no reason not to use it and adjust the amount of vision in the game accordingly (yellow or red trinket advised early on).

Learn how items/abilities work. This sound fairly basic, but some people think early on that if you want to buy a item like Thornmail, you need to spend the full 2200 gold all at once. That's not the case, as buying the 300 gold Cloth Armor that's listed under Thornmail's picture in the store will subsequently reduce Thornmail's price by 300 since Cloth Armor is an ingredient. Also learn how UNIQUE effects change items, like how you can't buy 6 Guardian Angels and revive 6 times every 5 minutes.

Understand how turrets function in the game. Turrets deal increasing damage each time they shoot (to a limit) until they have a second to cooldown and reset their damage. Turrets reveal nearby stealthed enemies, so you can't sneak past the enemy turret if you are invisible. Turrets lose a fair amount of armor when enemy minions are near it. If a large wave of minions is approaching your tower, your tower will take a heavy beating unless a champion helps kill the minions, so don't feel the constant need to hover around your teammates.

This should be a fairly good list of basic lessons that would help people get up to speed about things they weren't sure about. If it comes down to it, there's a league wiki that you can visit and look up virtually any info about the present game.

Sypher The Poro4/20/2015, 9:38:37 PM1 votes

Here's one that I really enjoy: Don't just learn how a champion usually plays, but learn how to play them in odd ways. AP Rengar, ADC Nidalee, Jungler Bard, etc. While I don't recommend it in ranked, it's a ton of fun in normals and usually throws off your lane opponent.

(So many people buy item 3155 against AD Malzahar top it's not even funny.)

Now, more seriously, enjoy the game. It's just a game. Contrary to what your Riven top says, this is not the LCS.
CS. It can not be stressed enough. So many times I've given up first blood to my lane opponent due to a mistake, but when I have 200 CS by 20 minutes and they have 89, the lane is mine. You get ~300 gold per kill, and ~20 gold per minion. 20 minions = 1 kill.
Don't get discouraged after playing a champion once. If they look fun to you, but you never seem to do well, keep playing them. Yasuo is my favorite champion in the game, but he's also one of the hardest to use and it took me a lot of practice to get good with him.
Visit http://www.surrenderat20.net/ often. It has the most updated news on League of Legends, both the live servers and PBE. (Public Beta Environment) You can find who's going to be free, the updates planned, even news on LCS games.
Learn to build your champion. Contrary to the tutorial, Ashe does not need thornmail. Depending on how you play someone, each champion will usually have 1 or 2 items that they always build, and the rest they build due to how the enemy team is building. http://www.mobafire.com/ is a great place to learn how to build, and often how to play all the champions in League.
Teamwork is OP. The better you communicate with your team, the better your chances of winning. Don't tell your jungler he was stupid for not ganking top, instead ask him to gank top the next time the enemy over-extends.
Party OP. Like #6, communication is your best chance at winning. With a full party of 5 in a Skype call, you have instant communication between all members. Plus you can do crazy stuff like Blitz and AP Shaco bot lane.
Get at least 200 wins in normals before trying ranked. It helps, trust me.
Worship Teemo, all hail Satan.

Sky of Smiles4/21/2015, 4:56:23 AM1 votes

Communication is the most important thing. The meta and the following of the meta just allows players to better communicate with one another. The higher the elo you go, the less active communication you need because Junglers and other players more or less understand lane match ups, power spikes, travel times, timing windows, cool downs, and how to take advantage of that information. In example, timing follow up CC can be the difference between obtaining a kill/assist or having the target get away.

Do not allow the performance of your allies to discourage you. I'll admit that this is the most difficult thing for me to handle because even in Gold elo, people still don't ward or last hit properly for 50% of my games at least. This can lead anyone to underperform and be emotional which impacts them from being able to better properly analyze the flow of the game and how to best proceed given all the information they have available by which to utilize into creating a chance for them to win the game. Not everyone can be expected to know all the lane match up mechanics in great detail. With that said, if you're not familiar with a certain lane match up, do not be afraid to ask. However, take all advice with a hint of salt - be willing to accept advice, but you needn't follow it to a T, only draw points/concepts/ideas from it.

Understand that at all times, you are in control of your own actions. Even if you die because you follow up on a bad call, understand that it was your decision to follow up or not follow up on it. Being able to make proper decisions based on the information you have available is not something you should rely on others for. And, whether or not they take your calls into consideration (such as backing off because you see the enemy Jungler going towards their lane), does not mean you have to care if they do. While your calls may not always be the best and another players' calls may have been better, whatever happens happens. You can't go back in time to change things.

Ranked Games in League of Legends and one's ranking is not about superiority, but about self improvement/progression. Your CS within X minutes, your average death/kda with a champion this season so far, your decision making skills, level of map awareness, etc. Never allow it to mean that you can consider yourself better/worst than other people. If you do, you're not gonna be happy when you interactive with randoms in this community even though you may both love the game. Doing so will only end up hurting yourself. I've been there; I'm still there everytime I see a player in solo q claiming to be a Diamond smurf and they end up going 0/10 in 10 minutes. Don't be like me. Be better.

P.S. Morgana Support are for pussies!

Krigjer4/21/2015, 3:16:22 PM1 votes

I enjoy playing Swain support. His W is spectacular in lane to engage for your ADC. Rush Rylai's Crystal and mana regen, turn on R and slow all the enemies so your team can catch them.

Death by Kayn4/21/2015, 4:35:36 PM1 votes

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