As a relatively new player, I have found that no matter how much I play, I just never seem to get any better. I have tried lots of new champions and the one I keep going back to is tryndamere, the only champ I can kind of play. Please help me in any way you can! Sincerely, A future bronze 5
You can't just keep trying new champions over and over to get better. Pick a lane, pick a champion, spam play that champion. Learn that champion's damage, learn how to build them, what counters them, learn their ins and outs. Learn how to play that champion in other lane's even. What is that champions role in the early game? In the teamfight? What kinds of teammates does this champion go well with? What order of building items/what item start works best?
Pick someone you like, play them 5 or 6 games in a row. Start playing them 1 or 2 times a day after that, while you're playing some other champion (in the same lane) 5 or 6 times. I learned support by playing Soraka from level 7 to like level 15 almost exclusively. After that I branched out to Sona, Lulu, Nami, Orianna, Ashe, Syndra, Braum, Leona, Thresh. I can play pretty much every support proficiently except Blitzcrank (who I've played only twice) and Anivia (who I have never played) at this point. I played about 200 Sona games last December. I got good at Sona by the end of that month.
I played my first Kat game yesterday and I fed. I played my first Brand game yesterday and I fed. I played my first Elise jungle game yesterday and I kind of fed. I don't play midlane and I don't play jungle. I don't play assassins or burst mages I play tanks, ADCs, and utility mages. It makes sense that having never played them before I didn't do so hot. If I played Kat all day every day for a week I'm sure I'd be doing very well at Kat.
Latch onto a champion and never let go.
Well, not necessarily never, but don't let go for a very long time.
I remember when I started League a few years ago and got dumpstered by the fatass Cho'Gath Bot game after game. (There were only a few champions with bots back then, so he was in like every bot game.) I ended up maining Cho'Gath from level 5 or to level 30. By the time I hit Diamond 1, he was still my go-to laner.
The meta shifts from patch to patch, and different champions phase in and out of popularity, but if you find that champion that really fits you, just stay with it. Any champion is capable of holding out at the highest level of ranked play, provided it's in the right hands.
Personally, I would just stay start with bot matches against beginner levels. A challenge you could do is just keep your lane's turret alive. If you can get a kill, take it, but don't risk it if you are unsure. Try out one ability at a time, don't do massive combos until you get a feel for the champion. Ask for help from someone to give you a helping hand, players I've seen are extremely supportive if they're in it for the game and not necessarily the kills.
Sidenote: suddenly I cannot see any comments at all, whatsoever, I just see names and replies.
Trynamere is a gimmick champion. Try not to play that virus
A lot of people are going to tell you to ready guides, watch streams, ect. My advice to you is to take these with a grain of salt and use them as guidance for ideas, not as a template of how to play.
Game play is always changing (so you cannot rely on one form of play consistently), and the best way to change with it is through personal experience. Just play the game however you see fit; however, as you play be sure to consciously note what you are doing, what your teammates are doing, what your opponents are doing, and (most importantly) what effects are happening as everyone is doing these things.
After your game, take some time to lay down and seriously think about what happened during your game, what effects it had throughout the game, and why it lead to the end result of the game (regardless of winning or losing). Try to make sense of everything (especially if it doesn't make sense). Note what was good about that game (from you, your teammates, and your opponents) and try to incorporate that into your next game. At the same time, note what was bad and actively try to avoid that.
Repeat this process. The more you do it, the more you will refine your play and ultimately become better at the game.
Or throw this all out the window and YOLO SWAG, I'M DRANK DRUNK AND ITS MY TEAMMATES FAULT (but we all know where this gets you).
http://www.twitch.tv/thornswitcher
This guy runs a stream and you can submit replays and he gives advice. D1 player. Good stuff
TLDR: Watch as much from better player as you play yourself. Use Twitch.tv as a classroom.
When I first started playing, I had no idea of anything, didn't understand the game at all. So I quit. After about a year I saw some of my favorite Call of Duty streamers playing league it made me want to come back. However, I did not have a good enough computer at the time, so all I did was watch. By the time I started playing again I understood the game and all I needed to learn was mechanics. That is where Phreak and his Champion Spotlights came in. I was able to learn the types of champions I liked without even touching the game. So I would very much advise you to watch streamers and learn the game. Also when the LCS comes on watch them to see what types of builds and champions are very strong on the current patch, and if you have a very strong meta champ that you are decent with give them a shot and try to learn them much more.
General tips: -Having a good KDA (kill/death/assist) ratio is nice, but taking down objectives (enemy towers/inhibitors, dragon, baron, and to a lesser extent blue and red buffs) is always more important. -Learn to recognize fights you can't win, and run away from them. In 98% of cases, this is just a case of counting and evenness; you will lose a 1v2. You will lose a 3v4. You will lose a 4v5. There are some exceptions (2v3 when 2 are at full HP and 3 are almost dead), but having an extra champion at your side is massive. If a teammate tries to initiate a 2v4 or something equally silly, use V to ping them back. -------corollary: try to group up as much as possible when mid-endgame rolls around. -Trust your teammates. If someone pings back, there's usually a good reason for it. It's better to listen and be on the safe side than to not listen and have everybody else report you for Failure to communicate later on as you feed to a hidden gank. -Use solomid.net featured guides to learn how to build a champion.
