choosing a main

Party PWNY·Mar 19, 2016·2 votes·522 views

i was wondering if you guy can help me pick my main champion. i asked other people but they just said the champion pick you. any advice is helpful. thank you

17 Comments

DeloricVIMar 19, 20162 votes

Do you have a preference for melee range, or long range? Do you have a role that you like better than the others? Are you good with skill shots?

All of these questions can help me give you a few suggestions for champions where you might like.

Also, do you have any champions that you really don't like? Those could push me in the right direction as well.

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Do you have a preference for melee range, or long range? Do you have a role that you like better than the others? Are you good with skill shots?

All of these questions can help me give you a few suggestions for champions where you might like.

Also, do you have any champions that you really don't like? Those could push me in the right direction as well.

in order to your questions. long range, jungle, i would like to think so, and nunu and taric

redniwediSMar 19, 20161 votes

I would suggest Quinn, but as she takes more effort than a regular jungle to play in the jungle I'd suggest Kindred instead.

DeloricVIMar 19, 20162 votes

Well, when it comes to jungling, long range is not great. It requires a lot of kiting to do well. Perhaps you should try mid or adc?

You may want to try out Lux, as she is a flexible pick (she can go support or Mid, although he's best as a mid lane burst mage). Annie is incredibly cheap, and could suit you. Her q is free if you use it to kill a minion, and her stun is free after a few spells. Definitely good for players starting out and learning the mid lane role. All of these champions also have no silly mechanics like Nunu, and don't really rely on their team very much either.

If you prefer jungling, I could see why someone would recommend Nunu; his consume is meant for the jungle, and his snowball is built for ganking, along with his buffs you can put on an ally. If I could guess, you probably don't like Taric or Nunu because they seem ineffectual because their kits have several spells that have no apparent effects, or ones that you really notice. Taric has his stun, and that's pretty much all he's known for. Nunu's kit has only 2 spells that work on enemy champions. Does that sound accurate?

Also, something to be careful of; don't let people tell you to play Kindred. Kindred was built as an ADC/Jungler hybrid champion, has about the range that an ADC would have, and does seem to fit your preferences, but I recommend against it. Kindred has many mechanics and distractions that would make it difficult for a new player. Heck, even some players I get in bronze can't manage Kindred; they give their position away by marking targets with his/her passive, doesn't use their ult correctly, and doesn't take marked camps in the enemy jungle, one of the main points of kindred.

If those champions don't work out, I'm sure I could find something else for you to try. :)

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Well, when it comes to jungling, long range is not great. It requires a lot of kiting to do well. Perhaps you should try mid or adc?

You may want to try out Lux, as she is a flexible pick (she can go support or Mid, although he's best as a mid lane burst mage). Annie is incredibly cheap, and could suit you. Her q is free if you use it to kill a minion, and her stun is free after a few spells. Definitely good for players starting out and learning the mid lane role. All of these champions also have no silly mechanics like Nunu, and don't really rely on their team very much either.

If you prefer jungling, I could see why someone would recommend Nunu; his consume is meant for the jungle, and his snowball is built for ganking, along with his buffs you can put on an ally. If I could guess, you probably don't like Taric or Nunu because they seem ineffectual because their kits have several spells that have no apparent effects, or ones that you really notice. Taric has his stun, and that's pretty much all he's known for. Nunu's kit has only 2 spells that work on enemy champions. Does that sound accurate?

Also, something to be careful of; don't let people tell you to play Kindred. Kindred was built as an ADC/Jungler hybrid champion, has about the range that an ADC would have, and does seem to fit your preferences, but I recommend against it. Kindred has many mechanics and distractions that would make it difficult for a new player. Heck, even some players I get in bronze can't manage Kindred; they give their position away by marking targets with his/her passive, doesn't use their ult correctly, and doesn't take marked camps in the enemy jungle, one of the main points of kindred.

If those champions don't work out, I'm sure I could find something else for you to try. :)

two things i'm level 13. and ADCs are champions like ezreal and tristana right?

DeloricVIMar 19, 20161 votes

Correct. You could try either of those because they have two very different styles; champions like Ezreal, Miss Fortune, and Corki usually deal a lot of damage with their abilities, where champions like Tristana, Jinx, and Caitlyn are much more auto-attack focused. They have spells that cam help them secure kills and/or an ultimate that does damage, but what you're mainly going to be doing is auto attacking. A lot.

You may want to just stick to mid though. Going ADC can be tricky, especially if you don't have a good support. Good supports are hard to find in Bronze Ranked Games, let alone finding one in Normal play at level 13. Things just kind of get a little complicated when there are 4 champions in one lane, rather than just 2. Most supports in this level are going to be either crap, kind of compitent, or will be 100% Smurfs (if this is your first time around the block, you may be unfamiliar with smurfs; basically, it's a lower level account that a higher level player uses to boost their ego or something).

Overall, it looks like you could still be looking for a lane where you work best. Who knows? You could just be one of those players inclined to play ADC.

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Correct. You could try either of those because they have two very different styles; champions like Ezreal, Miss Fortune, and Corki usually deal a lot of damage with their abilities, where champions like Tristana, Jinx, and Caitlyn are much more auto-attack focused. They have spells that cam help them secure kills and/or an ultimate that does damage, but what you're mainly going to be doing is auto attacking. A lot.

You may want to just stick to mid though. Going ADC can be tricky, especially if you don't have a good support. Good supports are hard to find in Bronze Ranked Games, let alone finding one in Normal play at level 13. Things just kind of get a little complicated when there are 4 champions in one lane, rather than just 2. Most supports in this level are going to be either crap, kind of compitent, or will be 100% Smurfs (if this is your first time around the block, you may be unfamiliar with smurfs; basically, it's a lower level account that a higher level player uses to boost their ego or something).

Overall, it looks like you could still be looking for a lane where you work best. Who knows? You could just be one of those players inclined to play ADC.

i just tried annie and i was terrible but i had fun. also you're right about support. my team had a yi support

DeloricVIMar 19, 20161 votes

Yeah, you get those people all the way up, even in bronze and sometime silver. They think they can just get a kill and snowball their lead out of control to win the game, while completely ignoring their adc, taking their adc's gold, and generally being a nuisance.

They're a lot less common the longer you go though.

As for just trying a champion, you're going to do terribly your first time on any champion. Just let your team know and they'll do their best to keep that in mind... usually. If you had fun, that's a pretty good sign that that's your kind of champion, even if it's not your "one true main."

After getting a feel for a champion, you know, how their spells work, getting used to which buttons they're mapped to, etc. I recommend looking up a guide. It's what I always do before picking up a new champion. After you get to that stage of letting it tell you what to build, feel free to change items around, or add your own favorites to the build. Eventually, you'll get a feel for what kind of items do what, and when to build them, but at level 13 the boiler plate build off proguides or mobafire ought to serve you pretty well.

Oh, also, because I've been giving this advice out a lot, keep a careful eye on the number of minions you kill. Try to kill as many as you can without letting your minions or turret get them. I can't tell you how many people in bronze can't do this very well, and how many I can beat because of it. It may not seem like much, but just being 10-15 minions ahead of your opponent puts you at a lead of 300+ gold! That's as much as a kill, and we all know how everyone in this game loves to get kills... Heck, since you're still in normals, you could start out with an item called Cull at the beginning of the game to encourage you to farm, or train yourself to get this lead. It gives you one extra gold every time you kill a minion (which isn't great) but when you kill 100 minions, you get 350 gold, a great reward for if you have been farming diligently ;)

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Yeah, you get those people all the way up, even in bronze and sometime silver. They think they can just get a kill and snowball their lead out of control to win the game, while completely ignoring their adc, taking their adc's gold, and generally being a nuisance.

They're a lot less common the longer you go though.

As for just trying a champion, you're going to do terribly your first time on any champion. Just let your team know and they'll do their best to keep that in mind... usually. If you had fun, that's a pretty good sign that that's your kind of champion, even if it's not your "one true main."

After getting a feel for a champion, you know, how their spells work, getting used to which buttons they're mapped to, etc. I recommend looking up a guide. It's what I always do before picking up a new champion. After you get to that stage of letting it tell you what to build, feel free to change items around, or add your own favorites to the build. Eventually, you'll get a feel for what kind of items do what, and when to build them, but at level 13 the boiler plate build off proguides or mobafire ought to serve you pretty well.

Oh, also, because I've been giving this advice out a lot, keep a careful eye on the number of minions you kill. Try to kill as many as you can without letting your minions or turret get them. I can't tell you how many people in bronze can't do this very well, and how many I can beat because of it. It may not seem like much, but just being 10-15 minions ahead of your opponent puts you at a lead of 300+ gold! That's as much as a kill, and we all know how everyone in this game loves to get kills... Heck, since you're still in normals, you could start out with an item called Cull at the beginning of the game to encourage you to farm, or train yourself to get this lead. It gives you one extra gold every time you kill a minion (which isn't great) but when you kill 100 minions, you get 350 gold, a great reward for if you have been farming diligently ;)

okay i decide to main mid lane, but what should i do if it is taken. and also the yi was a jerk. i was trying to grab blue buff and he just ran in and stole it

DeloricVIMar 19, 20162 votes

Yeah, all you can do is move on unless they feed intentionally or start yelling at you in chat. But, yes, Mobafire is a pretty good site to get you started.

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Yeah, all you can do is move on unless they feed intentionally or start yelling at you in chat. But, yes, Mobafire is a pretty good site to get you started.

what should i do if someone else is placed in mid lane

DeloricVIMar 19, 20161 votes

Well, I could think of a few options.

Supporting. Annie and lux can support. Annie is just harder to do it with. As long as you don't kill any minions, stay back so you don't get killed, and keep hitting the enemies with spells, you ought to be fine. Just make sure you save your ult with the stun prepped for when your ADC wants to all-in and try to kill someone. Also, make sure you buy Spellthief's edge when you go support Annie, and finish it first; it will be your main source of gold. Don't be afraid to auto-attack someone, especially if the enemy support is melee ranged. Just make sure you stay behind minions when you do it so you don't get grabbed by blitzcrank, stuned by leona, etc, etc.
Top lane is another role that you could take, but you should really be playing tanks in this role. Tahm Kench is expensive, but if you can play him he might me a melee champion to suit you. A lot of his kit seems complicated, but honestly it's not that hard to play him. His main combo is just a loop. You land your Q (Tongue Lash) so they'll be slowed, auto attack them twice (pretty easy) then you get them with your W (Devour). You just spit them out and instantly Q them again. Rinse and repeat. Other than that, use your E (Thick Skin) at the last minute when things get hairy, and use your ultimate to cut people off or get close to your team when they need you. As far as a "Complicated champion" goes, Tahm is pretty easy to get a hang of.
Try out an ADC and see if you have fun as one of them. This week, Quinn is free, and I recommend giving her a try if you have no other ADC's, or find that you don't really like the ones you own. Draven is free, but he is really hard to play; like, you won't do well with him unless you play him near-perfectly. Most people recommend that you stay away from Draven until low Gold to Low Platinum. Ashe is also incredibly cheap, so most players already have her, and she works well for beginners and veterans. You can also get Tristana for free by liking the League of Legends Facebook page:

http://woobox.com/potb6z

Also, if you want to use IP to buy any champions that are kind of expensive, wait until Aurelion Sol is released; Riot discounts a handfull of champions every time they release a new champion. I think it's one 6300 champion, one 4800, maybe two of each 3150 and 1250 champions, but I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, since Aurleion Sol is coming out soon, it may be worth it to wait if you're lucky.

Party PWNYMar 19, 20161 votes

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Well, I could think of a few options.

Supporting. Annie and lux can support. Annie is just harder to do it with. As long as you don't kill any minions, stay back so you don't get killed, and keep hitting the enemies with spells, you ought to be fine. Just make sure you save your ult with the stun prepped for when your ADC wants to all-in and try to kill someone. Also, make sure you buy Spellthief's edge when you go support Annie, and finish it first; it will be your main source of gold. Don't be afraid to auto-attack someone, especially if the enemy support is melee ranged. Just make sure you stay behind minions when you do it so you don't get grabbed by blitzcrank, stuned by leona, etc, etc.

Top lane is another role that you could take, but you should really be playing tanks in this role. Tahm Kench is expensive, but if you can play him he might me a melee champion to suit you. A lot of his kit seems complicated, but honestly it's not that hard to play him. His main combo is just a loop. You land your Q (Tongue Lash) so they'll be slowed, auto attack them twice (pretty easy) then you get them with your W (Devour). You just spit them out and instantly Q them again. Rinse and repeat. Other than that, use your E (Thick Skin) at the last minute when things get hairy, and use your ultimate to cut people off or get close to your team when they need you. As far as a "Complicated champion" goes, Tahm is pretty easy to get a hang of.

Try out an ADC and see if you have fun as one of them. This week, Quinn is free, and I recommend giving her a try if you have no other ADC's, or find that you don't really like the ones you own. Draven is free, but he is really hard to play; like, you won't do well with him unless you play him near-perfectly. Most people recommend that you stay away from Draven until low Gold to Low Platinum. Ashe is also incredibly cheap, so most players already have her, and she works well for beginners and veterans. You can also get Tristana for free by liking the League of Legends Facebook page:

http://woobox.com/potb6z

Also, if you want to use IP to buy any champions that are kind of expensive, wait until Aurelion Sol is released; Riot discounts a handfull of champions every time they release a new champion. I think it's one 6300 champion, one 4800, maybe two of each 3150 and 1250 champions, but I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, since Aurleion Sol is coming out soon, it may be worth it to wait if you're lucky.

i found a website called findyourmain.com have you heard of it. i played every role and i am great at jungling with kindred

Its LiuKangMar 19, 20161 votes

Pick one that suits how you play, and it depends on what position you play, its an intensely personal choice inside you

ThrëatMar 19, 20161 votes

Just play a bunch of champions until you find 1 that you do good with AND you find to be really fun to play so it doesn't feel tedious to spam it.

I started as a Yi main, then went to Tryn, Cait, Vlad, Warwick, J4, Olaf, Lee and then Nocturne. After I mained Nocturne I never wanted to touch anything else, so I knew it was meant to be.

Party PWNYMar 20, 20161 votes

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Just play a bunch of champions until you find 1 that you do good with AND you find to be really fun to play so it doesn't feel tedious to spam it.

I started as a Yi main, then went to Tryn, Cait, Vlad, Warwick, J4, Olaf, Lee and then Nocturne. After I mained Nocturne I never wanted to touch anything else, so I knew it was meant to be.

but what if nocturne gets banned what then

ThrëatMar 20, 20161 votes

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but what if nocturne gets banned what then

Then I just simply play 1 of the other champions that I mained at some point and feel comfortable with. My current go to backs for Nocturne are Warwick and Olaf.