Everyone says the Doom Bots are easy but I'm struggling.

BLU Medic·Jul 17, 2014·1 votes·680 views

Posting here in the hopes that one day I'll get a reply... Anyway... Everyone else keeps on saying the Doom Bots are easy, but I'm finding them really bloody hard. I've played 3 matches and only won one of them (with the amazing score of 0/1/1). I can't tell if I'm just a really awful player or maybe I need to buy more runes or something. The only thing I've managed to do is not die much. I've been doing the split-pushing but every time an ally comes over to help me, I get swarmed by the bots.

Feel free to judge me on these games: Loss 1 Win 2 Loss 3

Thanks.

12 Comments

Live for MoreJul 20, 20142 votes

You're Level 25. You're only ankle-deep in League experience.

The Red WardenJul 17, 20141 votes

You must learn to never dive them and only engage them when they have 20% health left or less. Otherwise you just keep using poke spells on them

Smaller BrainJul 18, 20141 votes

I have to say that the amount of times you die is irrelevant, especially in 5 bombs. The doom bots are designed to be "OP" and can be easily beat with well placed wards for teleport and a good split push. The easiest way to win is to farm until they take a few turrets (the amount of times you die doing this is inconsequential) then they will send 4-5 to mid lane. This is when you send your tanky bruisers out to split push an let your "squishy" ranged teammates defend the mid lane turret. The reason for this is because as long as you have a continuous poke going on the doom bots they will poke back but not go on an all out spree under a turret. After you get to the bots base, throw a ward in there and wait for bots to charge your base. At this point your tank and 1 or 2 damage champs port to the ward and take out nexus turrets and nexus. Bots will still be mid lane and gg.

Win proof here- http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1458039356/34950561.

You will see no one on our team had a positive k/d ratio. i had 16 deaths because as a tank against bots if you jump in they will all focus you and your team can pick them off. Just remember that while incredibly overpowered they are still just bots.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 17, 20141 votes

They can be pretty difficult until you can identify what they can do and how to avoid it, and that's a simple matter of practice and exposure. My best advice is to stick to champions that have a good amount of range and can kite really well. Caitlyn's a good choice for that.

Getting champs that can split push well are also a possibility, as the bot's behavior for switching lanes and defending is fairly weak but that's nowwhere near as fun.

And don't worry, just wait until those people play 5 Bomb bots, they will not say that anymore, trust me. :P

BLU MedicJul 17, 20141 votes

So what can I do then to get better? I don't own any long-range champions apart from Kog'Maw. Am I the one making the mistakes? Are my builds poor? I mean, I've been doing my best to not get caught but early game it's nigh impossible to get any farming done with Veigar and Ziggs going after you.

Everyone's already beaten the 2 and 5 bomb versions and I only just managed to beat the 1 bomb bots.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 17, 20141 votes

Having trouble farming is something that happens to everyone. Quickest way to get better at this mode specifically is to abuse the bots' behavior and pre-sets. Bot lane is usually the easiest lane as they tend to stick 2 bruisers down there and long-range champs can do quite well.

Honestly you probably are the ones making mistakes, and the most common mistake is to try and fight fair. Don't, it's not what these bots were made for. It's not an even fight, so anytime you run into a bot, poke em, outnumber em, bait them into turrets (they HATE turrets), bait them behind turrets, anything really.

Protip: Rush gold generation and movements speed items asap, it'll help you out a lot.

BLU MedicJul 17, 20141 votes

I've played bottom lane in all games and each time I only got one bruiser down there, I've gotten the ones with the huge amounts of crowd control or Annie (Annie Veigar, Veigar Ziggs, Galio Annie). I've actually done all of those things. Guess it all is my fault.

I'll just go back to intermediate bots. I can barely beat those, so I've got no chance against these bots.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 17, 20142 votes

Now now, don't get down on yourself. Playing a high reflex game like League is a legitimate skill, and like all skills it takes time to learn and temper it with in-game knowledge. These doom bots are meant to be a serious challenge, or else it wouldn't be an accomplishment to beat them. Don't worry about other people calling them easy or anything, just focus on you yourself getting better :)

RhlaxJul 22, 20141 votes

To beat Doom 2/5, there needs to be at least 1 person backdooring and 1 good defender (minion clear from far). Avoid team fights and try to minimize tower loss.

Not everyone has beaten it. It requires a fair amount of skills and game knowledge to beat it.

BerterJul 18, 20141 votes

The people who are saying that doom bots are easy are most likely level 30s who have been playing league for a while. Since you arent level 30 yet, go into doom bots looking to improve and learn how to dodge skills, cs safely under pressure, and learn abilities. It also helps to go in with a group of friends so you can work together. The doom bots are strong but easily out maneuvered once you learn more about how the game progresses. As for how to get better practicing mechanics in bot games such as last hitting really helps. You can also look up guides for champions to help you get a better feel and understanding of the champs and how to build them. I like using lolking.net for guides and I also like using probuilds.net to look at how the pros build champs as well. Another thing that helped me get better is watching streamers on twitch and watching the LCS and OGN. There are some streamers who walk you through what they are doing and can help you learn game flow and mechanics. The biggest thing is to just keep playing and not to just blame your team for losses but to think about what you did wrong and what you could have done better or differently and learn from that. I hope this helps = ).

THE Space JawaJul 19, 20141 votes

Levels 1 and 2 are relatively easy. They're a challenge, but if you play smart, work with your team, and treat them more like a powered-up version of the existing bots rather than players and exploit the weaknesses that come with it, they're definitely beatable.

Level 5, on the other hand - that's a huge challenge. The whole point is that they're unfair. However, if you use the right strategy, they are definitely beatable. Not easy by any means, but beatable.

BLU MedicJul 27, 20141 votes

Sorry for the late update but I managed to beat the level 2 and 5 Doom Bots using AP Kog'Maw and Support Vel'Koz respectively. Thank you all for the tips.