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best starting champ and tips for noobs

Katniss Potter··1 votes·8,151 views

what would be the best champs to start with and do you have any tips for noobs

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SmokingPuffin3 votes

Of the champions you listed:

Ashe is extremely hard to play well. You have no escape and only short duration CC against enemies who get in your face, which means you have to be super good at positioning.

Lux is a good choice. Her kit is straightforward and rewards good play, and she has an easy time clearing waves and staying safe in lane. You're still slow and vulnerable in teamfights, but landing her combo is very rewarding.

Garen I wouldn't recommend because he just doesn't do enough different things. There are many opponents where you just can't solve them because your kit doesn't have the tools to handle it.

Jinx is super strong. Maybe not the best pick for a new player, because controlling which guns you're using is a lot of thinking and it makes her brain hurt. Much better than Ashe for new players though.

Annie is quite a good choice. Very straightforward kit -- charge up stuns by last hitting with Q, then stun and do damages. Also, you drop bears on people, and you can play her in any lane.

Janna I would not recommend, even though she is one of the strongest champions in the game. Her kit is very reliant on knowing what the other team is about to do.

Now that I've covered the poll options, let me give some picks for new players of my own.

  1. Kayle - She's got a really simple kit that will serve you well at all skill levels. Intervention is a tremendously powerful ultimate and her trading in lane is pretty foolproof.
  2. Udyr - Beartigerphoenixturtle man is just a truck. Hard to kill, hard to stop, does tons of damage. Very easy to play and strong enough to make almost anyone run in a 1v1.
  3. Tristana - Probably the safest ADC in the game. Super long range, super long jump, plus a self peel. Will dominate late games if you get there, and she's not exactly weak earlier either.
Katniss Potter1 votes

thank you so much for being precise about why your answer is your answer :)

Leti the Yeti2 votes

I didnt like any of those champs when i started out There are a numerous amounts of 1350 champs i prefered over them tho

like jax, nasus, tryndamere, udyr

Nasus teaches you important shit resource management last hitting importance of cs laning safely

Katniss Potter2 votes

ok thank you for your opinion

Laughing Fish1 votes

Garen DEMACIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katniss Potter2 votes

whats DEMACIA

Laughing Fish4 votes

Demacia is the faction Garen serves. They are loosely based on the British Empire (or more specifically, the Church of England). Demacia includes: Fiora Galio Garen JarvanIV Lucian Lux Poppy Quinn Shyvana Sona Vayne XinZhao Taric

Here is a quote about them taken from the LoL wiki:

"The people of Demacia are driven by their common cause to disseminate benevolence and order for the betterment of all beings throughout Valoran. They view malice and selfishness as a disease which should be expunged from the psyche of humankind. Those who come to Demacia and choose to settle within the borders of the city-state are expected to share the ideals and virtues of its citizenry. Those who seek personal gain at the expense of others quickly find themselves ostracized… or worse."

They are the arch-enemies of the Noxus, which is the home of champions such as Darius, Katarina, and Sion.

Katniss Potter3 votes

thanks

disregardable1 votes

You know what? Garen isn't the easiest champ in the world. I had no idea how to play him as a newb, and I have no idea how to play him now. Seriously I feed when I play him. He's not tanky, and he's hard AF to farm with. Newbies should start with more forgiving, higher damage champs.

Laughing Fish1 votes

I have found the key to Garen is to build AD in the early game, but then focus on tankiness as the game goes on, as his damage falls away by the endgame anyway.

Phaite1 votes

ashe, tristana, garen, alistar, or annie i'd say. especially since you can get trist, garen, and ali for free. the learning curves on those champs isn't too high (although i personally SUCK with ali.)

Katniss Potter1 votes

how do you get them for free? i would love to get trist

disregardable1 votes

https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/201751824-How-to-add-Facebook-Tristana-to-your-account ^see the support page

If you like ADCs, I'd definitely pick up Sivir. :) She was my main pre-30.

Katniss Potter1 votes

thank you but i dont have a facebook

ora1 votes

Unfortunately, short of making a dummy account, there is no other way to get these "free" champs for "free". They're only free in exchange for the endorsement you're giving Riot in your social circles.

Katniss Potter1 votes

that make sence its so they get something out of it

Phaite1 votes

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how do you get them for free? i would love to get trist

trist and riot girl tristana skin are from:

https://www.facebook.com/leagueoflegends/app_208195102528120

free alistar and unchained alistar skin:

https://na.leagueoflegends.com/YouTube

free garen and dreadknight garen:

http://woobox.com/scrx56

Enjoy. :)

Katniss Potter1 votes

thank you so much

TeemoJenkins1 votes

Garen and Ashe are in my opinion the two easiest in their respective roles to learn as Garen's passive teaches you to engage smart and sustain, Ashe's passive teaches patience on last hitting.

Katniss Potter1 votes

thanks :)

TeemoJenkins1 votes

I'll be playing tonight with some other new players Katniss if you want to add me, I'll try and help out.

Katniss Potter1 votes

ok that sounds like fun what time i can play one now if you can

TeemoJenkins1 votes

I'm working until tonight. GF and I are playing with her coworker and his 11 yr old. So if you joined it'd be a five man.

Katniss Potter1 votes

i am not sure if i can but invite me and if i am on i would love to its just i am supost to help make dinner tonight but thanks so much for the offer if i cant play :)

Poptart Evelynn1 votes

Honestly, Annie and Jinx of those I would start out with. They may not be easy but you need to learn the game either way. It's best to start out with semi complicated characters to get a feel for the game.

Annie will help you learn about farming/trading and Jinx will help you learn about positioning/utilizing kit offensively and defensively.

Katniss Potter1 votes

thank you :)

ora1 votes

Tbh, there's no be-all-end-all best starting champ. There's a huge number of different playstyles throughout the game, and you'll go through a ton of different ones while you're learning the game anyways. Just my two cents.

However, when I was learning the game, the champs that I found easy to learn with were:

Heimerdinger

  • Good for just learning the basics of everything
  • His turrets help you CS so you can focus on other skills and still get enough gold to be relevant the whole game
  • Your main damage is targeted for you so you don't have to use skillshots/attack moving, you can just run around in your turrets

Annie

  • Good for learning to CS
  • Can be built a ton of ways
  • Can fill pretty much every AP champ archetype (assassin, mage, support, engager)

Lux

  • Good for learning to push/roam
  • Good for learning to position and use threat ranges (a huge part of the game, since if you can stay out of range you can't get hurt as easily)

Ezreal

  • Good for learning to play adc (safe, can do everything an adc can do to some extent)
  • Good for learning to land skillshots

Malphite

  • Teaches you to avoid harass/passive helps if you aren't good at it
  • Ult gives you easy way to reposition and lock down enemies
  • Good champ to learn tanks

Hope this helps!

Katniss Potter2 votes

thank you :) it does help

The Chin1 votes

Ashe Play her bot Annie Play her mid or bot as support Warwick Very easy jungler

Ryze or Garen Good top laners

These are all very easy champs, good at their role, and best of all they're only 450 ip!

WiegrafOfValor1 votes

Leona She's always useful, doesn't matter your skill lvl as a player, you always can do something to help win the game.

vortical421 votes

If you are restricting yourself to free or low cost champs then Annie . Learning to last-hit and trade efficiently is critical and Annie is a great at helping you learn those skills. That said, there are actually better champions out there to pick up as a first champion. The problem you are going to run into with any of the choices you listed is that they tend to be specialists. They are good in one or two roles, but run into problems if you have to do something else. Annie for example is a good mid-lane mage and a decent support, but what do you do if other people take those roles and you have to fill in somewhere?

If you are willing to be patient and save up some IP, Cho'GathChogath and NunuNunu are both great stating Champions. In addition to being easy to pick up, they have the ability to handle pretty much any role in any lane.

Katniss Potter1 votes

thank you

DarthSpectrum1 votes

Annie Annie would be a good champion to learn in my opinion. She can fill the role of mid, support and sometimes even top pretty well. In addition, out of the list of champions, she a very high potential with minimum skill required.

Annie dominates melee champions due to her stun, and has one of the highest AA range in addition to her flame shield, making her a very safe champion. Her only skill shot is a pass-through AOE with 625 range; landing it mostly consist of pointing the mouse at the general direction of enemies and press a button.

Her ult gives her a tank for tower dives that will also AOE stun where ever she clicks if she cast it with her passive.

The most sophisticated Annie technique can be learned without much practice. While you have one stack of pyromania or ult and your opponent is low, cast every spell in order of W - E - Q for a guaranteed stun or Q - W - E - R if ult is off CD. Switch W and Q in the first combo if you want an AOE stun.

As well, remember to cast spells before going to lane to build up stacks. Her stacks does not require you to actually hit an enemy. When you do have a stack, don't hold on to it for too long. Most champions will try to push the lane in hopes that you will not wave clear. Don't be wary of losing a stack, at later levels you can get it back in under 5 seconds.

MadCakes1 votes

incase your stupid, and if u dont know that master yi is the easiest noob champ, here i just told u, MASTER YI IS THE EASIEST TO USE I GET 30 KILLS WITH HIM EASY MasterYi and btw use this for summoner spells summoner 4 summoner 11

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