What is League of Legends? League of Legends is a team game very similar to the WarCraft 3 custom map DotA. There are two bases, one on either side of the map and several "lanes" between the bases along which AI controlled units spawn. An overhead view of the 5v5 map looks about like this:
There is a base in the bottom left, and a base in the top right. 3 lanes connect the two bases and every 30 seconds AI controlled "minions" spawn in each lane. Everyone who is in the game controls 1 "champion" unit and your job as a team is to push your lanes and destroy the opposing base. The lanes are protected by turrets and so you need your own minions along side you to be able to kill the turrets without getting targeted by them. 2 bases, 3 lanes, 5 players per team.
What are Champions? Champions are the powerful units that you get to control. You pick 1 before the map loads and that is the champion you will use for that match. Champions start each match at level 1 their max level is 18. The important thing to consider is the stats of the champion you select will be affected by the level of your account.
What do 'account-levels' have to do with anything? When you create an account you have a level 1 account. That is called your 'Summoner Level'. You are the summoner, and the champion you select for the match is the 'summoned'. You increase your summoner level by playing matches. Every match you play will earn you XP and IP. Earning enough XP will increase your summoner level with the max level being 30. Wins are worth more XP/IP than losses, so try to win. Your summoner level also determines: (1) How many runes you can slot and (2) How many mastery points you can allot
If you are low leveled still and playing by yourself then the game will try and pair you against similarly leveled opponents, but if you are playing with higher leveled friends then it will seek higher leveled opponents. Just something to consider when you start learning how to play.
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What is IP again? IP is the other kind of points you earn when you play matches. You earn both XP and IP and IP are the points that you use to purchase runes and champions. Yes, that’s right, you have to "buy" the champions, but you get the points for free so its not a bad deal. (You can also spend real money on champion packs if you would rather not take the time to earn them) The point is that you get the IP for free so you should figure out which champions you are good with and spend it on those. When you buy a champion you will have it unlocked on your account forever. And if you don't buy ANY champions, you will still have access to 10 of them. Every week there are 10 "free" champions. But they are only free for the week and 10 different champions will be free the next week. And so if you are level 1 you still have 10 champions available to you and so try them out, figure out which one you might like to spend points on and then buy it.
And so IP is good for Champions and Runes. You can also spend *real money* to unlock champions but you can NOT unlock runes with real money, only IP and so runes have to be earned.
To sum up: You have an account that goes up to level 30 (this is your summoner level) You earn XP (to level up the account) and IP (to buy champions/runes) every time you play a match You have rune pages (with up to 30 slots) You have a mastery page to spec (with up to 30 points) (and you can respec as much as you want)
This is probably a bit over-kill and so if something doesn’t quite make sense just ask and someone will clarify. And if you are going to start playing please post: (1) Your GameFAQs name (2) Your Summoner name (this is different than your log-in name) (3) Your preferred champions. It’s just nice to know which champions people prefer to play or use the most.
And please BOLD THE INFORMATION so we will see it and update the list accordingly.
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These are topic titles we 100% have used before. For future reference:
Our rage is beyond your control! Ahhh... You sure you're not in the wrong league? Die first, then we'll talk. Do you wanna play? It'll be fun. Take a good look. It's the last you're going to get! If you want me to hit you less, die sooner. Time To Feast! Mundo's ABC's of success: Always Be Cleaving Who wants a piece of the champ?! C'mon, I'm not even holding the controls! Only two jokers in the deck and I got dealt you. Time to Feed! Guess what's about to hit the fan. I'm OP? Your MOM is OP!
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-New site for the new map/gamemode. Also, new splash art for the LoL site!: http://dominion.leagueoflegends.com -New champion announced, Talon, the Blade's Shadow. Probably the first black champ in LoL history! -Stealth rework still chugging along. Eve and Twitch likely to turn viable by the end of the month or close. -Poppy to get nerfed for being abusively bursty. -Morde is now OP because the community realized he has the most flexible build in the game, huehuehuehuehuehue.
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Of course, I also conveniently forgot to mention all those nerfs come with buffs elsewhere. I just feel trolly. :P
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ChichiriMuyo - ChichiriMuyo No preferences just yet, still new.
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Silverliner182V posted... what the hell, annie has more single target burst than poppy. why are they nerfing poppy.
Also, Poppy has more single target burst. Hitting you with a 700 damage ignite adds up yo.
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Anagram posted... I want to pick up a new mage, I currently use Annie for my mage purposes. Whom should I check out?
Are you interested in OPness, skillshots, combos...?
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I prefer to call him Feedlestix myself. Makes those who play him rage so hard.
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Ryze isn't a mage in the usual sense though, he's an AP carry. You might like Orianna if you liked Ezreal though.
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I'm afraid of investing in Orianna. Word is she'll be seeing nerfs soon, and I already play Jax and Sona, and I've heard healing is getting a general nerf.
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Anagram, Ryze is a good teamfight champ in that he basically takes one other champ out of the fight straight up. He's not an AP carry in the sense that he's literally the worst pusher in the entire game. He makes up for it in nuking potential with his passive/Q/W being overpowered.
go with 9/0/21 and w/e runes you want and flash/ignite start mana crystal and 2 pots go back when you can afford tear of the goddess buy boots whenever catalyst RoA if you want W/E to do more damage, but I prefer banshees frozen heart helps pretty much all around
at this point you should have nearly 3k mana, a decent bit of hp, good resists. the build up to this point is his core and are the items I take in 90% of my games (tear/catalyst in 100%)
next buy w/e you need like magic pen, more health, more mana, AP if you want to be a better pusher, etc
his combo is IDEALLY Q>W>E>Q>R>E>Q>W (wait a second) Q but this assumes you are within range of Q, and don't need to hold them down first
if they're out of range of Q and within range of W, go W>Q>E>R>Q>W (wait a sec) Q basically anything to blast as many Qs as possible because they're worth 600 damage apiece
pick up his ult at level 6/17/18 (opting for W at 11 and E at 16) and use it for farming or healing up between battles. Other than that its only use is to make your Q come up sooner in the combo and it's not actually worth taking level 2 R over maxing W or E sooner.
I have some more tips but this post is running long, let me know if you want to know more
BUT, red disconnected from Game 4 and his computer would not allow him to reconnect. We went on to win, but it took us 8 minutes and our Vayne going 24-5-7 including a pentakill as we made our final drive.
But the end result was that I gained 12 and red lost 13. And so rather than him being 1 ELO ahead of me, he is now 24 ELO behind. (-133)
It took quite awhile to get next to each other and now it's all messed up.
I've tried Ryze before, but maybe I'll give him another shot with your advice. I don't know, I didn't really like him, but he's so cheap that it hardly matters, I guess.
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I like playing him, no reason says you have to like him though. Just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents about which mage carry to play. There are plenty of other choices if you don't like his style, that's for damned sure.
HanOfTheNekos posted... Why have I never played GP before? This guy is AMAZING.
He didn't used to have his slowing passive. It used to just be damage over time, but it lasted longer. It also had a mortal strike effect which made him a solid counter to regent/sustain monsters. But he's still better for the change, imo.
I have found my character to escape Low Elo....Nasus.
95% slow....how did Riot think this was a good idea? Especially giving it to a character who can pop you for 500 damage every 5 seconds and use that damage for Lifesteal....
Get Sheen>Get Aegis>Get Triforce>Get Guardian Angel>Get Game.
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