Tips of all Shapes.

The Real Grimlai·Jul 5, 2015·1 votes·1,037 views

I suck. I get that. But instead of whining about it, I'm going to ask a question: How can I improve? What are some general tips that you guys have for me? It can be about anything related to the game: From Champ Select to Laning Phase to End Game, from Bot Lane to Top Lane and everything in between, it's all fair game. Also, feel free to recommend champs, too. I have a support roster that I like (Sona, Janna, Blitz, and Thresh) but I am willing to try just about any champ and build that you can give a good reason to try it for.

14 Comments

Nicorus Jul 6, 20153 votes

Theres not enough information to make any recommendations. How do you like to build these champs? what role do you play, and how do you see it? I could explain the role of a support or adc, because I main support. But when it comes to other lanes I'm not highly experienced in these other roles. the lanes are very different, and how you play them are very different. there are 3 phases to any game, laning, mid, and late game. each role has a different responsibility, and then each sub champion category has a different role. I would suggest asking a bit more precise questions rather than broad questions which dont really have a clear answer.

but I will say this.

use your trinket, often.

and upgrade it

The Real GrimlaiJul 6, 20151 votes

I, too, main support; it's the role that I feel needs the least work (Although honestly they may all need work.) Really, whatever has been helpful for you, I'll take it. As for all of the questions you mentioned earlier, I shall try and answer them in order.

I don't really think of myself as a big risk taker, and try to play it a bit safe. You'll note that in my entire Support Roster, they all have at least one form of good CC in their kit (Sona's R, Janna's Q,W, and R, Thresh's E and R, and Blitzcrank's E) that are good for leaving your opponent behind in the dust.
I play support, which seems to me to be the most simple role in the game. In my mind, if my ADC's dead during the laning phase, I screwed up somehow. The rest of the job is either preventing my ADC from dying (warding to prevent surprise attacks, providing CC to let my carry disengage, healing/shielding my carry to let him survive more, so on and so forth) or giving him things (poking the enemy to give him breathing room, letting him take CS, giving him kills, etc). Mid to late game, the same rule applies, but to the rest of the team as well. Give the rest of the team things, help them do their job.

Nicorus Jul 6, 20153 votes

I recently wrote a post on one support sub category role in game, and realistically it isn't a bad starting point for the role of support. you said that you main support, and I mean no disrespect on linking this, it may have some insights you hadn't thought of and help.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/tips-tricks/rOMEd00A-how-to-play-the-role-as-a-support-champ

The Real GrimlaiJul 6, 20153 votes

There is no disrespect taken; This board's entire purpose is to improve my skills, and support is certainly not exempt.

ReluctorJul 5, 20152 votes

Play 2 games, then watch them. Rinse repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywhB-2h2AE Watch that entire series.

The Real GrimlaiJul 5, 20151 votes

Ah, Leaguecraft 101. I remember having a notebook and just taking notes on all of their videos as I would a normal class. I think I still have that notebook, too. I'll have to track it down. A good series, and I agree that it's worth watching.

As for your first tip, I'm not sure how to record my games. Could you tell me how to do that?

ReluctorJul 6, 20152 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bIumXUveeY&feature=youtu.be

The Real GrimlaiJul 6, 20151 votes

Cool! I have done this! Or, at least, I have now.

SxliJul 5, 20152 votes

Work on getting CS whenever you can, and ward a lot. Dont chase kills (unless its stupidly free) About 2 waves of minions is equal to 1 kill worth of gold. So even just getting the enemy to go back to base puts you ahead.

Another thing that actually helps me win more is being a troll. Not the bad negative kind, but the good kind that makes your team feel better about their mistakes. Basically anytime something bad happens just be like "Insert random crappy joke about enemy champ or name here" then "its okay, we can still do this" The joking helps you stay positive, and keeps your teammates in a good mood because theyre laughing a little. People play better when theyre in a good mood and people aren`t inclined to be the negative type of troll in these types of games as well.

Also, practice D.S.T. AKA anytime your teammate does something good be like "Oh shit man that was awesome, are you the next faker?" But dont sound sarcastic, just keep complimenting your team anytime they do good. This will make them strive to be good so they get more compliments.

Think about it, Is Sky Williams really that good to be in high diamond? (Yes and no) Mechanically he`s great at jungle, but his decision making and reaction time suck xD, watch his stream, he even says it himself. But he does both of these things in game and he climbed pretty easily

You can do it man, good luck in future games!

The Real GrimlaiJul 6, 20151 votes

I've watched some of Sky's videos, and am familiar with D.S.T.. It's actually one of the things I try to incorperate into each of my games, even if I don't really call it that.

As for getting people to laugh, I use puns. They're punderful for online play: they have humor, compacted into a sentence so you aren't typing too long. For example, one of my favorites in LoL are variations on the phrase "Don't Jinx it" while playing Jinx.

SxliJul 6, 20152 votes

You already have a great mindset for getting better. Just remember after every loss, "what did I do that could`ve made that better?"

Sometimes you will have shitty ass teammates and you won`t be able to control them, but dont point blame, theres ALWAYS something you could have done better to help the situation. It may not have been spectacular and cause you to win, but at least it helped.

OH! I forgot, theres a video on youtube about "win conditions" knowing these for your game can help so much. (For example last game we were so close to losing if they pushed, but my team knew if they focused renek and ashe and got them out the fight fast, the rest of their team couldnt fight us. So we picked them off before the fight started and we pushed to a quick win)

The Real GrimlaiJul 6, 20151 votes

I'll have to keep that question in mind. In fact, I found the notebook I mentioned earlier about Leaguecraft 101; I may have to write that question on the cover or something.

Also, if you could put the video that you mentioned on "win conditions" in the forums, that would be awesome. Thanks!

SxliJul 6, 20151 votes

There are two videos

Using win conditions and power spikes to win games

Using win conditions to climb the ladder

Good luck bud, feel free to add me in game ^,,,^

RandomoniumJul 6, 20151 votes

I saw a huge improvement in my game once I started watching my replays (I use SkinSpotlights Replay.) Watching LCS is also very helpful because you can see how the pros play (and you can check out their builds at probuilds.net.)

Its kind of hard to offer you more advice than that because you didn't really say what you were struggling with. I'm going to shamelessly advertise my youtube channel now because I actually think I put out a good product that might help you. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EZm50wNGmfJal7IHM_b8Q