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Slayking·2/7/2015, 6:10:41 PM·1 votes·1,335 views

Hey everyone I recently got into League of Legends about a week ago. I'm still learning and I finally moved on from bot games. Almost every person I come across is pretty nice, no one gives me a hard time for being new, in fact they actually praise me for doing a pretty okay to good job for a newbie. But I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice to better myself in game. I kind of know the basics terminology and stuff and I know how the basics. Any tips on CSing and when to fall back and avoid getting ganked etc? All I really play is AD or Tank. Ive tried other roles and I have no idea what I'm doing :( How do you be a better jungler and support? I have no idea what I'm doing with Alistar tbh. I had a support that was really good and they buffed me and healed me and saved me, they even took shots for me so that I wouldn't die. OH! and I usually build things from the recommended page but I just get whatever sounds like it'll benefit me the most. Also is it good to buy lower tier items? or just wait to get enough gold for the higher tier ones?

Any other advice would help! Oh yeah, first board post whoo! and I just hit level 10. I bought tier 1 and tier 2 runes, was that a waste? I like to think it gives me an advantage or at least helps me compete in lower level matches.

Btw I just bought random runes, is there a build to them? and the skills book thing too.

11 Comments

saphirraa2/7/2015, 6:19:35 PM1 votes

First the lower teir items build into higher ones. So look at the higher items and see what items to buy that builds into the one you want. To get better at CSing make a custom match and just practice. If your pushed to there tower your likely to get ganked so just ward river/tri depending on the side your on and youll see them soon enough that you can just run back in time just pay attention to the map. Only way for you to get beter at support and jungle is to just play them and practice them. If you want to be an adc main you should really practice support. In my opinion a good adc/support should know how the other role is played very well. Sometimes items from recommended list is good and sometimes they are not. Every champion is different and some games you may have to build differently according to the game

Sir ArmaMalum2/7/2015, 6:20:11 PM1 votes

If you don't mind reading:

New-player Guide by The All-Tamato

Great guide in Mobafore (also a great site for character specific guides as well as helpful discussions). Covers everything from the basiscs to the next level not-so-basics. It's pretty large, but well-formatted, so while a bit of a book it makes for a smooth read.

Dynamics of bot-lane by Declined

Very in-depth guide that can help out advanced players and beginner players alike. Details the thought process behind moves and decisions to be made in bot lane.

Sarutobi2/7/2015, 6:28:01 PM1 votes

As a Support main if you want to learn it some great "noob" friendly Supports are Sona, Soraka, and Lulu! they are great at that role in the sense that you always want to protect your ADC the laning phase of the game! Not only that they also Heal/Shield your teammates to help them stay into fights longer! items builds are usually the support items, either the Coin if you like that mana regen, or the Edge for that massive poke! you dont get the Relic Shield unless you play a tanky support like Braum, Leona, or Thresh which is a great way to play support as well! After that youll want to get a Sightstone as soon as possible to get warding down on bot lane! after that boots are usually the Mobility or Sorcerer! After that its try and get some items that have Auras like Locket, Unholy Grail, etc. you can also go that extra attack and make lich bane, and Deathcap to help a lot in team fights!

Necrolegion892/8/2015, 3:18:39 AM1 votes

I still consider myself a noob, feels like just yesterday I made fun of my girlfriend for playing this game and well... Here I am now, addicted to it!

Gawd! I remember I hated this game as every other game I played involved some sort of shooting, either CoD, BF, or World of Tanks and could not stand how she talked about champions this and champions that. The term mana didn't even exist in my dictionary neither did magic or energy in any game I've ever played.

Things I've learned so far...

Support: -Never CS steal your ADC or APC early game. -Do not tower dive unless you know for certain you have the kill. -Your job is to either heal your ADC/APC, grab/stun/snare enemy ADC, or poke/harass enemy ADC/APC and slow down their CS Starting items: Health Pots, Mana Pot(s), Stealth Ward, and Support Item(Ones that generate gold for you).

Once you have enough gold, buy more wards and ward every bush (usually bottom 2 and the mid bush). If enemy JG comes down chances are you will see him/her before they dive on you.

Top Lane: -Do not tower dive. Only do so if you have the kill. -Focus on farming CS. -Whenever possible, harass your opponent. This slows down their CS farming and allows you to reach level 6 first. -When your JG pings or is on his way to gank your lane, lure the enemy top laner closer to your turret. Take unnecessary damage if possible to lure him. Once he's in your JG should be right behind him.

Last hitting is something I am continuously learning as it varies as you level up. At the beginning you want to let your minions do the damage and once you see a minion with a smudge of health left, auto attack it or use your abilities if you can. The more damage you dish our the easier last hitting becomes. Again it varies depending on the type of damage you do. Basic attacks depend on base AD (I believe). Eventually around mid game you will be able to last hit minions when they are approximately 50% (Maybe 30%) or lower in HP.

Jungle: Since last season, jungle has changed a lot. I mean a lot. Now your upgrades to Machete matter. It used to be an item that only mattered at the beginning and would be sold off mid to late game. If your jungler is good at chasing, like Vi, Aatrox, Rek'Sai, Skarner, Hecarim, Diana (these are some of the JG I use that have gap closers or speed boost), you might want to go with the blue upgrades that allows you to smite enemies and slow them. For other champions like Elise, Darius, Nautilus, Shyvan who have AOE attacks you might want to go with the purple upgrades that give an AOE smite and makes clearing jungle camps much faster.

Ideally you want to keep track of your Dragon (Its yours, do not let enemy JGr have it) and keep it ward it. I usually clear my JG and try to gank bot or top lane. If I get a kill or assist I can get to level 5 fast. Once that is done, I ward my dragon, and by this time your first buff should be up. Sometimes I grab my buff first and then proceed to ping dragon and take it or other times I just ping and take dragon and get buffs later. Bot and Top lane IMO are the most needy lanes in which they usually need ganks whenever possible as they are isolated. Mid lane has bot laners or top laners that can come down and help it in case it gets into trouble.

Runes: Runes are perhaps as important if not more important than masteries. Everyone has their own pick of Runes. Me and my gf argue all the time of flats vs scaling. She argues that scaling is much better for bot lane ADC/APC as they scale faster and better late game. I argue that having early game advantage gets you to scale better mid to late game.

My recommended runes: Flat AD Marks Flat Armor Marks Flat Armor Pen Marks Flat Magic Pen Marks AS Marks

Flat Health Seals Flat Armor Seals

Flat AP Glyphs Flat MR Glyphs Scaling MR Glyphs

MS Quints Health Quints Armor Quints LS Quints Flat AP Quints Flat AD Quints

With runes, I recommend only Tier 3. I think tier 1 and 2 which I bough when I first started, are a waste. Also, a healthy number of rune pages like 3-4 is strongly recommended. You need one for AD, one for AP, and one for either Support or Tank.

Glossary of Terms AD: Attack Damage / Physical Damage AP: Ability Power AS: Attack Speed MS: Movement Speed LS: Life Steal APC: Ability Power Carry (Mage Assassin) ADC: Attack Damage Carry (Marksman)

MrSc0tty2/8/2015, 5:00:43 PM1 votes

Runes! Not a total waste but you'll eventually want tier 3. Here's the easy peasiest two rune pages to use (you inly need one set of some of them as you'll use them for both pages.

Flat armor yellows Mr per level blues AD/AP flat quintwssenses. %Armor Pen/Magic Pen Reds

Use one rune page for all AP champs and one for AD. When in doubt use AD. I'm in gold league and this is still 99% of what I use.

Antemos Xaos2/9/2015, 5:52:52 PM1 votes

Spend your IP on tier 3 runes more than champions as you can. The other poster's have good advice on which ones to get. As other's have said, Wards are of utmost importance. In lower ranks, it might not seem that way, but they are the difference between being at your tower when the enemy jungler walks into your lane or being at theirs (and therefore dead.) The biggest mechanical boost you can have to playing is Last hitting. Instead of simply auto-ing the minions down from full health, try to only attack them when their at low health. it is hard, and takes practice, but the best players have pretty close to perfect last hitting, and it drastically trims down the wait time to better items.

As to Roles...

Top (Tank-Bruiser): Your job is to Last hit, fight your lane opponent, try to kill them or at least push them out of lane, and become the most obnoxious champ to fight. Your lane is the longest, so try to push down the enemy tower early. Top is generally ganked less than other lanes due to Dragon being the early game objective. summoner 12 is in general your go to summoner spell to provide map pressure in other locations, either by getting from the isolated top lane to a teamfight, or to split push. Remember to ward River at the very least, and later ward around Baron and the enemy jungle.

Mid (mage-assassin): Your job is to last hit, try to kill your lane opponent, and roam Bot or Top to set up more kills. Your lane is the shortest, so you're a good target for ganks, Ward the bot river bush and later around dragon, as the enemy jungler is probably going to come while trying to set up a dragon fight. You are a solo lane, so early game you will have a level advantage over bot-lane. Since your lane is short, merely pushing the opponent back to base is less helpful, which is why I say to try to kill them more than simply force them out.

Jungle (Varies) : Your job is to farm your jungle, set up ganks, decide which buffs you need and which you can give to your laners, keep ward coverage of Dragon, Baron, and both jungles, and attempt to inconvenience the enemy jungler as much as possible, whether by counter-ganking, counter jungling, or any other means. Jungle is complicated, and I recommend reading guides, watching videos, and practicing a lot in bots and normals. You will be bad, you will probably be yelled at in chat, its okay, you will get better.

Bot(Support): you job is to poke the enemy laners with damage skills. use crowd control abilities to lock them down, Ward the river, tri-bush, and wherever else you can think of, and prevent the enemies from killing yourself and your carry. Bot is heavily ganked to pressure for dragon, so your wards are ESSENTIAL. generally starting out the game with the Yellow Warding Trinket, a support item (ancient coin is best if you're not sure what champ style you're playing) one potion and a stealth ward is the way to go, rushing a sight stone and changing to the red scanning trinket ASAP.

Bot: (ADC) Your job is to last hit, Last hit, Last hit, farm, poke the enemy laner occasionally, kill if you can, and survive until late game, where you become the biggest source of damage on your team. Be cautious in lane, try to not push unless the enemy ADC and jungler are dead or you are confident that you can get out of danger, and in teamfights, stay as far back as you can to auto attack and land skills.