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[GENERAL GUIDE] LoL Essentials: an in-depth, well-written, and organized breakdown of the basics.

The All Tomato·12/20/2014, 3:10:57 AM·4 votes·6,656 views
Strategy Guide: LoL Essentials: League of Legends New Player Guide by The All Tomato

Hey Summoners of all levels,

You may have realized that mastery of LoL requires a daunting amount of game knowledge and understanding. I've created a guide, LoL Essentials, to make learning simpler for those ready to tackle all this information.

I believe this guide is the best resource available to get you started. It has received accolades from Rioters and players alike. I update the guide every patch, and will continue to update it for the foreseeable future.

I occasionally stream over at twitch.tv/thealltomato. Come learn from my mistakes as I commentate my games.

I'm always looking to improve the guide. Please leave feedback and questions. Moderators, please consider pinning this resource to Tips & Tricks.

25 Comments

Declined12/20/2014, 10:42:50 PM1 votes

So you finally got around to posting it here on the Boards, congrats, been a while since I last read it.

I gave it another go, my initial opinion of it hasn't changed it is very in dept about terminology and definition and you've been well around the subjects, however I did find some discrepancies and areas where you seem unsure of the correct use, and there is no reasoning, theory or principles, therefore I consider it mostly a compendium.

There are still some game concepts you seem confused about, you may want to cannibalize certain areas of my guide in particular the section regarding mechanics, and if you check the more recent version I posted on the boards you can read a bit more in dept about stutter stepping (which utilize animation cancelling), and also the term 'orb walking' as it might be a good idea to include it as well.