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Champion choice for begginers

WhoFedTheFiora·3/8/2015, 9:00:52 PM·1 votes·649 views

Hey all i have been struggling a bit here. mainly as i play with different champions. Champions I own: Shyvana Warwick Teemo Gnar I'm very new only level 14, please check out my match history. Shyvana was a stupid early purchase i really don't play her at all anymore. I'm ok as warwick but i'm really not great at jungling yet i feel like i need to get better all around before i can be of any real help as a jungler. I have played a bunch of champions just to try different things.

Any who, My issue is that with Teemo I will win 7/10 games and do pretty well in 9/10. Gnar was on sale and i have gotten wrecked as Teemo a few times by Gnar so i figured it would worth a shot. If my team holds up past the 15 min mark without feeding anyone i do pretty well but early game is terrible i always end up feeding and cant seem to get any momentum I also tried a game being very cautious but i got way behind in creeps and felt like it was still getting ugly.. I don't want to just change back to Teemo or another easier champion as it doesn't really solve the problem just changes my situation.

7 Comments

Aatrox Herself3/8/2015, 9:09:08 PM1 votes

Get Urgot He is op as a fighter top lane.

Only Play Darius3/8/2015, 9:10:28 PM1 votes

Nasus

Teaches you the importance of farming, last hitting, and grabbing every last CS, and as a beginner that is what you should be learning, not how to outplay your opponent at level 2.

WhoFedTheFiora3/8/2015, 9:19:00 PM1 votes

So you guys think i should just change champions? well I cant another right now, ill wait a little bit, for money reasons. Should i just practice farming, last hitting and cs? What do i do when they push my out of lane? do i let them farm or do i try and retaliate?

J3R3MYism3/8/2015, 11:16:38 PM1 votes

Hey man! you should try playing late game champs. I say this because if you can get ahead early you will only get srtonger as the game goes on. Blade is right in saying nasus, he is really easy to play and you will learn a lot about the importance of farming and he will do a lot of damage while still being tanky. Another champion i would say to play is katerina, she has a lot of comback potential if you do fall behind but you shouldnt have to worry about that if you look to kill when you have your ulti up. Hope i helped! if you have any other questions feel free and ask!

Sona Ping3/9/2015, 10:14:12 AM1 votes

(Pre-script: I can't actually view your Full Matches in your history as I'm not on your friends list. Also I can't see what you do in game. I'll do my best with what I got.)

But I do have some things that can definitely improve your game.

First, I see that you aren't really using your mastery pages. You should do that. Yes, masteries are just small percentage or point change but they are free stats. They're very customizable and you can use them to help you early game. You have 20 pages to play around with, so start experimenting. Like if you want to jungle, for example, you can have mastery page(s) with points into the jungle masteries Tough Skin and Bladed Armor. Small amount, but it'll save you a significant amount of Damage Over Time taken.

I saw that you seem to always go for Warmog's Armor on Gnar. I can't comment on that though; I can't know the circumstances of those games so I can't talk about them. But if you are actually always building it, that's sub-optimal. If the damage threat on the enemy team do primarily Physical Damage in a game, you would be better served by building items with armor stats over Warmogs. For example, a Randuin's Omen outperforms Warmog's Armor if your attacker is only doing physical damage and if the it is on champions where it is the only defensive item, Randuin's does even better against physical damage. A lot of League is not only making good choices, but choosing which of those choice to make in a certain circumstance.

You do have good champions. Shyvana is a good champion, though you may just personally not care for her playstyle. Warwick has great jungle sustain, he can jungle without runes or pots; a person can take him top lane too. I don't need to say anything about Teemo; you know you're performing above average with him. Gnar's is a good champ but his playstyle is different from others so he'll take more practice than others, I imagine. I wonder what skills you are leveling, that may be an area to improve.

Also, to answer your other question: Yes, you should always be looking to improve with last hitting

WhoFedTheFiora3/10/2015, 3:18:02 AM1 votes

Thank you for the feedback, at this point i am honestly only picking if i should go offensive item or defensive, i really haven't taken the time to learn ad/ap items until the last few days. With the exception of situation based decisions i pick skills based on the pro builds i find online, not saying this is right just saying what i do. I watched a few videos on last hitting and it did make a difference and i can see where it make a big differences throughout, just need to make it a habit =D