A faster way to farm IP?

Niyumi·10/5/2015, 3:10:03 AM·2 votes·13,920 views

So, there are several champs I want to get, most of which are 3150-6300 IP each. When you only get between 50 and 100ish IP per match, it takes a long, long time to get those expensive champs. Is there a more efficient way to farm IP?

Yes, I know you can buy champs with RP, but I'm currently out of a job right now, and I'm planning on buying Kindred with the RP I have when they release (I wish I could get Bard since he's on sale and have enough for Kindred, but I'd be left with ~70 RP too little).

Anyway, outside of IP boosts, is there any way to farm it more efficiently? What game mode is fastest?

8 Comments

Adicitus10/5/2015, 4:05:55 PM2 votes

Victory, 29:06, 1766 Secs, 85 IP, ~20.78 secs/IP, 5/5/8, 9k Gold, 48 CS, Level 14
Defeat, 35:11, 2111 secs , 65IP, ~32.48 secs/IP, 3/9/4, 10k Gold, 89 CS, Level 14
Victory, 37:05, 2225 secs , 103IP, ~21.60 secs/IP, 7/3/11, 13k Gold, 93 CS, Level 17
Victory, 39:04, 2344 secs , 108IP, ~21.70 secs/IP, 3/6/9, 11k Gold, 84 CS, Level 15
Defeat, 29:20, 1760 secs , 57IP, ~30.88 secs/IP, 0/10/8, 7k Gold, 62 CS, Level 13

The same champion was used for each match, the matches are in chronological order with the latest match first. First win of the day had been expended in a previous match.

Take note of the "Seconds/IP" 'column', it seems that IP is based on performance as well as time. However, my Seconds/IP value was better for game 1 than game 3, even though my strictly numerical performance was worse. The difference is that I bough a sighstone and upgraded the yellow trinket to ward aggressively for the team.

It seems that there is one clear trend: if you win you get more IP. Warding seems to also play a part, but that's really just a guess. it might also be something like team composition or team performance over-all that affect IP. So here are our team stats: N | Gold | K/D/A | Composition 1 49k 43/22/32 TF, LB, Ash, Garen, Wu 2 42k 19/35/17 LB, Ash, Jax, Li, TF 3 57k 35/42/38 Voli, Xin, TF, Aat, Li 4 49k 26/43/24 Jinx, Kat, Var, Ash, Twitch 5 35k 19/45/20 Aat, Li, Tryn, TF, Vay

Notice that our overall K/D is better in game 1 than game 3 & game 4, however our A/K is worse. If it was as simple as K/D I'd expect to see a bigger discrepancy in Seconds/IP: game has ~2.0 K/D, while 3 has roughly ~0.8 and game 4 roughly ~0.6 .

But this is just speculation, although it seems clear that there is a performance factor in how much IP you get. This limited sampling of matches also seem to support the idea there is diminishing returns.

Tilomentry10/5/2015, 3:23:16 AM1 votes

Aram's usually i think since you can get in and out of them really quick.

IP gains are based on how long the games last and (if i remember correctly) the longer the game last, the less efficient they get. Take for instance, you gain 5IP per minute for the first 20 mins then after that you only gain 3IP per minute (made up numbers)

If you are going X number of games per day, do normals. But if it's X hours per day do ARAM

ltmetal10/5/2015, 3:25:01 AM1 votes

You get bonus IP at the end of every dominion game. They are also the games capable of being resolved the fastest.

Lapis10/5/2015, 3:11:35 AM1 votes

ARAMs don't usually take very long. I've found them decent to farm.

Matthias911910/5/2015, 5:26:05 AM1 votes

You can get slightly more IP by playing shorter matches like ARAM/TT/Dominion. You get a flat amount per match, plus a flat amount per minute played, so shorter matches end up giving you slightly more IP overall.

And obviously make sure you get the first win bonus every day -- you can get it very quickly playing beginner bots. TT is even faster if you can coordinate properly.

Pykel10/5/2015, 7:35:41 AM1 votes

Sadly there is no trick, anything people will tell you will get you a few more ip per hour which is not worth it. sadly you either have to pay rp for the champs or grind it out. ive been playing off and on since season 2 and still have 3 champs to go. the trick is to find a few champs you really really enjoy and just play the game for fun.

TouchpadExpert10/5/2015, 4:07:34 AM1 votes

I made a second account. Played a game every day on each account. Got first win of the day IP boosts every day on both accounts. If you want the most bang for your time that's the way to go. Only downside is that later on down the road (years later) you'll find that a specific champ you really want to play as is over on the other account and vice versa. Oh, and having to grind for runes can be annoying too. It's bad enough on one account where you have to starve yourself from playing new champs for a while but when you have to do it on two accounts it gets to be annoying all over again. Your call on whether you're up to doing this.