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New Player Looking for a Coach and Tips

Arugrath··1 votes·383 views

NOTICE: If I don't respond it is because within 1min of posting this I got like 5 ppl offering to coach. Please excuse me if I don't reply. Thank you for your help :D

Greetings, I am Arugrath. I come from plat 5 in Smite. I've been dabbling in LoL and figured I could play it when I'm just not in the mood for Smite. If this thread happens to be in the wrong place, please move it.

There are two points to this thread. First, I am looking for a coach to help me with the ropes. I do carry some experience from Smite, but obviously not all of it is going to help in LoL.

I still need help with: Itemization, what exactly each champ can do in a match-up, what to do at X amount of time in game, etc. The only things I can really carry from Smite are ward placements (despite the maps being different its not hard to figure where to ward), and zoning. Although, since I don't know the champs well my zoning knowledge is near useless.

I don't have enough knowledge of the fine points of LoL's roles to determine which I want to main. What I do know are a few champs I enjoy even if I'm not that great with them yet.

The times that I'm available to set up some coaching are either 11am-3pm or 9pm-whenever in the morning US eastern time on Mon-Sat. Sundays I'm available whenever. I'd prefer that we use Curse or Skype. I refuse to be with a coach with no voice.

Which brings me to my next point, tips. If you only want to come and coach then you need not to read further. If you just wanna give out some tips and info, read on.

  1. These are the champs I seem to be a bit interested in and need to know what in general they are used for. If you want to go in depth with the champ, be my guest. Just some tips about the champ or how they fit in the current meta are all I really need though. For some frame of reference; In smite, my favorite gods are Ullr, Ares, Serqet, Zhong Kui, Aphrodite, and Sun Wukong. Champs that are similiar to them I'd probably enjoy a lot. So if there are other champs that may play similar to those Smite characters, by all means recommend them to me. -Thresh: I'm aware he's a support since he's my most played champ currently. -Tristana -Fizz -Kalista -Rammus -Gnar -Sun Wukong -Elise -Heimerdinger -Jinx -Vlad -Nami -Pantheon -Orianna -Soraka -LuLu -Twisted Fate -Sona -Janna -Lissandra

  2. Not that I plan to main the role, but HOW THE HELL DO YOU JUNGLE? Jungling in Smite is a lot different than LoL and I just can't do it for the life of me. Either explain or just point to an in-depth guide for me please.

  3. What are the pub-stomp champs or completely broken champs that I just need to never mess with. Also, how do I deal with said pub-stompers.

That's all I can think of currently. If there are any random tips/info you'd like to let me know that's not include in the list feel free to toss it out there.

3 Comments

Lüx Main1 votes

Ah, I can relate to this. I came to League from Smite as well, although I hadn't played Smite since the Beta.

Honestly, the best way to learn I've found is to watch videos and such. CaptainMonkHD https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFv-ESJVfepEugA-CvsuQg is a good youtuber to go to, very informative and has played every champ at least once. He usually tries to explain how to play the champ.

Watching someone else Jungle is the best way to learn in my experience.

There isn't really any "pub-stomp" champs. No champion is bad, although some are certainly better than others.

Vlad Vladimir is a good starter pick for Top Lane. Very safe yet still strong.

As for itemization, I recommend using Mobafire to give you an idea of what to build. For example: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/champion/vladimir-56 Usually the one with the most views is going to be the most reliable.

I'd also recommend playing a bot game or two when you're first trying out a champ, just to get a feel for his/her kit and mechanics.

One huge part of League is CSing. Last hit every minion you can. There are videos floating around that may be able to help you, but it'll probably just come with time.

That's about all I can think of. If there's anything else I can help with, let me know. I'm unfortunately too busy to help coach you, but I can offer advice here.

Good luck, and welcome to the Rift! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Arugrath1 votes

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Ah, I can relate to this. I came to League from Smite as well, although I hadn't played Smite since the Beta.

Honestly, the best way to learn I've found is to watch videos and such. CaptainMonkHD https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFv-ESJVfepEugA-CvsuQg is a good youtuber to go to, very informative and has played every champ at least once. He usually tries to explain how to play the champ.

Watching someone else Jungle is the best way to learn in my experience.

There isn't really any "pub-stomp" champs. No champion is bad, although some are certainly better than others.

Vlad Vladimir is a good starter pick for Top Lane. Very safe yet still strong.

As for itemization, I recommend using Mobafire to give you an idea of what to build. For example: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/champion/vladimir-56 Usually the one with the most views is going to be the most reliable.

I'd also recommend playing a bot game or two when you're first trying out a champ, just to get a feel for his/her kit and mechanics.

One huge part of League is CSing. Last hit every minion you can. There are videos floating around that may be able to help you, but it'll probably just come with time.

That's about all I can think of. If there's anything else I can help with, let me know. I'm unfortunately too busy to help coach you, but I can offer advice here.

Good luck, and welcome to the Rift! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Ty for the post. Also a side note: when I say pub stomp, I mean a champ that destroys new players that don't know how to handle them but end up crap otherwise. An example in Smite would be Anubis who destroying in low levels but is considered crap in high levels of play because he roots himself on 2 of is abilities and is reliant on his stun too much.

Lüx Main1 votes

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Ty for the post. Also a side note: when I say pub stomp, I mean a champ that destroys new players that don't know how to handle them but end up crap otherwise. An example in Smite would be Anubis who destroying in low levels but is considered crap in high levels of play because he roots himself on 2 of is abilities and is reliant on his stun too much.

Hmm, Nasus Nasus is good. Funny since he's based on Anubis. You have to shut down Nasus early game, otherwise he can damn near 1v5 their whole team. In higher elo's, people generally know to shut him down early and gank a lot, but that's not as true in lower elo, so he would be good. Just remember his early game is very weak, but just last hit everything with his Q and in about 15-20 minutes you'll be a massive threat.

I don't know if she's relevant anymore, as I haven't seen her get much use at all in the past few months, but when i was starting, Katarina Katarina was super strong. It's easy to just stop her teamfight winning Ult with CC, but lower elo players tend not to know to do that.

If you liked Loki, you'd love Shaco Shaco , and good Shaco is almost unstoppable.

Vayne Vayne Is a really strong pick right now, and is similar to Nasus in that she's a lategame monster.

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