Holy fuck, typed out a bunch of tips then closed the window. What a scrub.
Well this won't be as well put, but here is what i keep in mind:
**1) **Be polite in champ select. Pick order > Call order
2) Be aware of match ups and team comps. If you have last pick, try and pick something that fits in well (if you know how to play the champ)
**3) **Learn a champ well enough to be able to claim you "main" them. Have a main in each role, and then as you get more champs have at least 2 that you can always play. Mine are:
Top: fiora/irelia/wukong
mid: karma/syndra
Jungle: diana/sej
Adc: MF/sivir/Cait
Support: Nami/Leona/Karma
You'll notice i like to have dashes in the top lane, early game damage and flexiblity in the mid lane, AP in the jungle (dives), idk what my adcs have in common, and CC in the support role. Find champs that fit the way you want to play the role.
4) Ward. Place your yellow at 1 min so its back up at 3 (common double buff gank). Buy at least 2 pinks a game. Buy a green every time you go back after like 6 mins (if you can afford it. Don't camp 75 gold)
**5) ** Ping. Even if your lane has been out of sight for 5 seconds, if you dont' know where they are and whether or not you follow, PING. If they leave lane, you ping and top/bot backs off then you just got 30-45 seconds of free CSing, tower damage, and exp that they did not.
**6) **If you are support make sure you grab a red trinket when you get your sight stone. Clear wards.
7) Upgrade your trinket late game. Even if you are full build you should try and ward.
8) Keep an eye on the mini map. MAP AWARENESS. Watch which lanes are pushed, watch where your jungle is (will he be able to countergank), watch where the other jungler shows his face (don't place a ward on the top side of mid when you just saw him die bot).
**9) **Play smart in lane. That doesn't mean play super passive, it means take the shots you know you'll hit, dodge everything you can, ward all ur blind spots, watch their pot usage, pay attention to summoner spell CDs, their normal spell CDs. Just be smart. Hell, look up their CD's if you dont' know them before the game starts. It'll help you know when you can trade. ex. Ahri throws out her charm and q, misses both. You have a few seconds to fuck her up, or at least force her off CS. Take it.
10) Do NOT play champs just because they are good in the match up. Play champs you know how to play.
11) Put ping and announcer volume up. Pay attention to who is getting kills, and where things are happening. I've missed pings then told my team "Sorry about that, i'll turn off the music" and turned off my pandora. Pay attention.
12) Always be farming. Set a goal for 10 and 20 mins, and always try to hit it. It doesn't matter if you have 10 deaths or 10 kills, go for that goal (mine has always been 150 at 20 mins. You can get 230.).Certain people will play for the kills, but if you play the farm game (get those jungle camps) you can leave lane 2 kills behind and be perfectly fine.
**13) **Tell your team mates when they do something good, or thank them when they save you. This is important in bot lane, you'll find that many support players do it because they like to be in a motherly/fatherly role. They want to save you, they like when you realize that they are putting themselves in danger for you. Dont' be a brat (i'm an mid main this season, adc last season).
14)Call ppl "baby" or "sexy", they like that shit for some reason. Don't do it unless they are actually doing something right tho lol.
- FINALLY, pay attneiton to objectives. PLAY THE OBJECTIVE GAME. I like to think its: Inhib>2 outter towers> baron > 1 tower >dragon. This clearly changes as the game goes on. If they are taking a tower, try to trade or take dragon in response. If they are taking baron and you are too far behind to answer, take dragon. If baron is up but you are too low to do it, take what you can or just back. Grab a tower or dragon.
I dont' know everything, not a perfect player, but this is just what comes to mind.
