Hi guys, I have been playing LOL for a month or so. I have been using ashe and garen mostly, and sometimes I try some of the free champions. I am now saving up for Zed or Darius. But who should I buy? I have tried Katarina but didnt own games with here :P I have seen a lot of Zed guiddes, and I think I can handle him but dunno. Darius looks pretty good too,, and now I am just confused :P Sorry if this isnt the appropiate place to post it. (U guys can reccomend someone else too)
Valrun3 votesI mean, you can really play anyone you want if you put the time and effort into it. Mechanically, Zed is far more difficult than Darius, however I also find him infinitely more fun to play than Darius. If you're looking for easy wins, Darius is pretty good for that so long as you can roll your face across the keyboard. ( I mean this jokingly ) but it's really just up to how you want to play.
I vote Zed, since learning his mechanics will prepare you down the road for more champions that you want to play, whereas Darius offers fewer learning opportunities.
Yxion the Yordle3 votesAlso ignore the trolls and naysayers on the boards.
Tarp961 votesOh, and this is the right place to post this right?
Yxion the Yordle2 votesIf I was to compare the two based on skill required, Darius would be the easier to play. While positioning is still important Darius is better at just walking up to a target and pissing them off. Zed requires good positioning to maximize damage, and scales hard with player skill. (Not saying Darius doesn't just not to the same degree).
Darius is a bruiser whilst Zed an assassin.
It comes down to, how much effort are you willing to put into a new champion? Do you prefer being a bruiser/fighter or a glass-cannon assassin? Both champions can carry hard in the hands of a skilled player and both champions can make big plays.
Darius is top lane whilst Zed is mid (generally). So take into account what your most comfortable laning against.
The choice is yours.
Tarp961 votesThanks for the answer mate. Is Darius like Garen on steroids?
Big Lincoln1 votessort of
you're slower at getting around fights and you take longer to grt your damage up, but you hit much harder than him when you get your passive out and you can heal in fights instead of running away to regen
Darius is better at carrying, Garen's villain mechanic gives him better comeback potential
Francisco Pires2 votesYou play lol for a month and you wanna buy zed?? go with darius, you can't play zed. (he's not that hard, like zed mains say, but with 1 month you can't even play master yi probably)
Tarp962 votesI can play Master Yi :3 First time I got double digit kills was with Yi hehe. But you have a good point, I have only played a month so gonna buy Darius
Romans VI XXIII1 votesdont waste your IP on darius, unless all you play is blind. cause he is banned in draft and ranked 9/10 games
Tarp961 votesI am only lvl 16 :P I only play blinds
Valrun2 votesYou don't have to be so negative towards him. I'm happy for him wanting to buy a mechanic based champion. You shouldn't try to deter him from wanting to play one of the "harder" champions because they're harder to play. The entirety of this game is a learning experience.
Romans VI XXIII1 voteslove how you say don't buy him like he is hard to play then go to say he isn't hard to play....lol the logic.
By your name im assuming you are french? So i have a question for you, How many men does it take to defend France?
Tarp961 votesB-b-but I live in Norway o.o
Francisco Pires1 voteslove how you say don't buy him like he is hard to play then go to say he isn't hard to play....lol the logic.
By your name im assuming you are french? So i have a question for you, How many men does it take to defend France?
If I was French, my name would be François, not Francisco. Also, I said Zed is not that hard to play, but still too hard for someone who started playing a month ago.
KraZii Poet1 votesi disagree. about a month after i started playing, i got zed. and while i was shit with him the first few games, it doesn't take that long to pick up his basic kit. i think it actually made playing other champs easier after basically starting with zed
Aatrox Herself1 votesYou cant handle zed.
Yxion the Yordle1 votesDarius and Garen are two completely different chamions. I pick Darius when I want to win my lane fast and roam. I pick Garen more for split-pushing top lane. Garen is a safer pick imo since he has passive sustain, is resourceless, and has a defensive steroid and an escape (sort of). Also Garen fits into a pick comp whereas Darius arguably fits better into a siege or all-in aoe comp.
Yxion the Yordle1 votesSure.
AMYS GRAVE1 votesAssuming you have enough IP for at least two full pages of runes (one AD and one AP) then i would recommend Darius first. Be warned that darius is considered OP right now and may be subject to nerfs in the not too far future. Zed on the other hand is often touted as an assassin, but his assassination pattern is extreemly counterable. He is better served as a split pusher, which takes a good amount of map awareness and warding that is harder for most people to understand than the mechanical skill required to execute the fast and accurate combos that people say are hard to perform.
Others i would recommend trying out are
top: sion, lulu, pantheon, garen
jungle: amumu, pantheon, warwick
mid: twisted fate, lulu, katarina
adc: caitlyn, ashe, corki
support: alistar, lulu, nami
That way you have a decent amount of role diversity and you can learn a lot from each of these about various playstyles. You almost certainly wont enjoy all of these champions but it will help you determine which playstyles you do enjoy.
But save up for full tier3 rune pages first if you haven't yet.
Tarp961 votesHow about Riven? Seen some videos and shee looks cool and fun to use, ofc I need to get used to her.
AMYS GRAVE1 votesMy personal distaste for riven aside, she has a very unique playstyle that takes some getting used to. Her kit is built around comboing your abilities in specific ways and animation cancelling. If you enjoy fighting games she might be a good fit. That said she's a snowball reliant champion where if you get ahead you dominate, but if you fall behind you're useless. IMO She doesn't really bring a lot to most team comps, so that's why i tend to not like her.... Others will of course disagree.
http://champion.gg/champion/Riven
Her learning curve is rather steep, expect to have to play a couple dozen games on her before you start to feel her strengths come to fruition.
Tarp961 votesHope I am not bothering you, but I have seen talon videos. He looks great, do you think he could work? He has very similar stats to Zed, and according to my friends he is a better AD assasin
AMYS GRAVE1 votesBetter becomes a bit subjective depending on what you want to do with him. Zed is a better split pusher, but talon has more burst damage and is less telegraphed than zed. Expect to do more assassinating with talon compared to zed.
Markus Kruber1 votesI have played against darius as zed and zed pretty much beats darius early on if u play right but once u get hooked by darius, RIP