How can you learn characters without p*ssing people off?

RookieUS·9/4/2019, 8:43:58 PM·6 votes·7,925 views

(TL;DR: I don't know how learn new characters aside from playing against bots, people get super toxic if you try new ones in normals. What do I do.)

I'm fairly new to league (lvl 33), I use Blitz for runes and whatever and I know most of the easy characters for each lane. I want to branch out to different characters such as Jayce so I practice them against bots, but literally every time I go into a game with a new character everyone get's super toxic over tiny things that you haven't learned yet. I might sound stupid to people when I say this but I have no clue on how to learn every aspect of a character aside from playing it and looking up things online, is that the only way to learn? or am I stuck with people being toxic until I master that character?

31 Comments

GatekeeperTDS9/4/2019, 8:45:41 PM10 votes

Ignore them and play the game.

ModBianca Colt9/4/2019, 8:49:26 PM6 votes

Pretty much what Gatekeeper said. Keep the chat muted if it gets toxic and enjoy your game. You're allowed to play whatever you want, as long as you're aiming to win.

MagicFlyingLlama9/4/2019, 8:49:25 PM5 votes

Play a round in practice tool with cooldowns off, just run around spamming and learning how the abilities work.

Then play a bot game, get a feel for the cooldowns and damage, ect.

Take it to blind pick, everyone there is a fucking monkey anyway. They wont notice anything unusual.

Then on to normal draft, by then you should have a rough idea what you are doing.

Zlera9/4/2019, 8:48:13 PM2 votes

Mute them and keep going.

Totalwanabe9/5/2019, 12:32:42 AM1 votes

play custom vs multiples ai by yourself if you want to improve safely

Pendergast8919/5/2019, 12:41:23 AM1 votes

/mute all, then mute pings if they're being toxic

YaraUwU9/5/2019, 1:17:20 AM1 votes

Play normals and mute people or tell them "its fucking normals you lose nothing so stop bitching".

Support Position9/5/2019, 6:12:57 AM1 votes

Play -> Practise tool to know what the champion even does. -> Skins practice tool and use youtube FIRST. -> Click play -> BLIND PICK. NOT DRAFT. -> Play it regardless of the role.

Project Xayah9/5/2019, 1:05:35 PM1 votes

Bottom line is that people are always going to find a reason to bitch, even if you're a literal god with a champ. Best thing you can do is to ignore (mute if you think want/have to) and report. If other players take issue with you learning a new champ, that's their issue, let it remain their's, and focus on learning.

Syrile9/5/2019, 2:45:29 PM1 votes

Check a good website like Lolalytics or something else to get an idea of the champion's item builds and runes.

Go into practice tool. Get a feel for each of the characters abilities. Learn how to CS with the champion (unless you are playing a support maybe). Know which abilities to max first.

See how the damage trades off with a some AI that fits your lane in the practice tool. If you are a jungle, check to see how the clear feels to you. What camps you take, etc.

If it feels comfortable enough to use, go into Draft. Play to win. Do not worry about what people say in chat if you do poorly. If it feels like you are still not comfortable with the basics, maybe run through another practice session. Do not rely on AI though. They are nearly useless. This is just to get an idea of how the abilities feel and how CSing (or clearing JG) feels.

Stay in Draft until you feel very confident on the champion in most match-ups for your lane (assuming you not already high elo and thus very good at the game in general, which you said you were relatively new?). If you get reasonably confident in a majority of matchups with the champion, go into ranked when you feel ready.

Otherwise, if people are flaming you, ignore it or let them know you are practicing the champion but you are still playing to win. Key thing: Play to win, even if you start losing. Adjust your style to match what is happening in the game. If you are getting trounced in lane, try not to feed and try to do other things to help your team win. It helps a ton in these cases.

If you have even a single champion that you understand all of the matchups with, and you take each other champion into practice tool and run them through a time or two, you can get a good idea of how most matchups work and you can deal with a lot of situations better.

Keep in mind that Jayce is deceptively hard. He seems easy sometimes but in reality, only a small handful of players are actually really good at him. He is not really easy to get down to the point of being exceptional, so if you really want to learn a champion like that, do not get disheartened if you do not dominate in a few games, even if it seems your opponents are killing you with him every time.

Xion The XIV9/6/2019, 3:12:56 PM1 votes

Just mute and play what you want. Look up videos of guides on how to play that champion in that role. But the main thing is just play them in normals(Don't first time in ranked, you will see a whole new level of tilt for that)

CloudedLogic9/6/2019, 3:36:34 PM1 votes

Well, if someone tells me in champ select that they are using a champ they haven't played before I would only be upset if we are in ranked (which I didn't really bother with this season so whatever).

How to not upset me in game? If you die twice in lane, DO NOT LEAVE THE GAME. Just start playing safe, ask the other lanes to roam if they get a chance.

The number one way people irritate me when trying something new, is when they instantly lock in like Azir, die twice in the first five minutes, say "#@$% this." and just leave.

Once you leave the game I am now in a 4v5 for at least the next 10 minutes, almost assuredly longer as there is almost no way my team will ff, even if my mid fed two kills and then let the enemy mid free farm or whatever.

AJStarhiker9/6/2019, 3:45:58 PM1 votes

Mute them and play. A lot of things are learned best in a pvp setting.

Just remember: matchmaking placed them with you. Just because they're complaining about you doesn't mean they are actually better.

A lot of people just look at K/D and cs. They ignore the A, they don't ward, and they don't follow through to take objectives. They're the first people to complain they don't get good teammates while ignoring that better teammates also come with better opponents.

Also, watch some pro streams/vods. You can see how champions play, but it's also a useful reminder that stomps, bad plays, and mistakes can still happen at that level.

Light Burner9/4/2019, 8:54:40 PM1 votes

I don't know how learn new characters aside from playing against bots, people get super toxic if you try new ones in normals. What do I do.

IF you dont want to piss people off you already have the solution. "aside from playing against bots". Play bots. Try finding custom games in 1v1s

MrFawknSunshine9/4/2019, 9:29:55 PM1 votes

you can just do you. as long as you arent legit trolling then just play, try to enjoy the game. people forget that is the most important thing, its not win/loss its not rank/elo its to enjoy the game.

co op vs ai is good to start , but one or two games should be enough to get basics of a champ. try 1 vs 1 vs a friend for some experience vs a real person and sometimes this helps just say hey guys 1st time "champ" bear with me. most will understand but you still get those who are jackasses and nothing you can do about that. if someone starts flaming /etc just mute and report afterwords

Glamorous Rammus9/4/2019, 10:20:23 PM1 votes

Step One: Keep your play style in mind.

Step Two: Find a Champion that compliments that play style.

Step Three: Search for Gameplay highlights for that Champion on YouTube. (Step 3 is repeated through each step.)

Step Four: Use the Practice Tool to get the feel of using your Champion and getting used to how the Abilities and Stats work out.

Step Five: Play an "Intermediate" Bots game, get used to how your Champion plays with your team, and how you would play against different Champions, without the Enemy team posing much of a challenge the goal here is to get yourself working with your team.

Step Six: Play a Normal "Draft" game. "Blind Pick" can cheat you out of playing a good role for your Champion. Draft is closest to Ranked, and allows you experience against other players.

Step Seven: Bring it to Ranked. Even Ranked is a learning experience. Keep watching Gameplay highlights, the more you learn the more you learn to observe. Watching the same video as a "noob" will teach you basics, while more experience with the champion let's you pick up more "pro" details. Like a "noob" Alistar can watch a WQ combo and learn how to use it. But later will learn when and how to use it to really set up the good plays.