re: Official League of Legends Thread

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I can only realistically play Top, ADC and I play ranked all the time lately

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If you can get away with it, awesome. I envy the players you find who are very willing to be teamplayers and allow you to play your preferred roles.

I only really ever play support or ADC. However, I can mid or top just fine if necessary (I would never recommend myself jungle, but I could if I absolutely had to)

Problem is, I've run into people who claim they can only play mid or top...then ironically enough, 3 other people say the same...now we have someone play adc/supp/jungle that doesn't even know what champ to pick (let alone have a champ for that role).

If you only play 2 roles and you've never been forced to play another in ranked, then I'd say you're pretty fortunate.

I keep getting hit with nerfs.
I was a really good rammus/shyvana jungle. But both got hit hard. Now I'm still adjusting to the feral flare meta.

I hate that I go on tilt when I play with td ppl. I try too hard and end up playing poorly.
Very frustrating.

For some reason, when I play AGAINST Thresh, he can throw his hook in the complete opposite direction and still hook me.

When I play AS Thresh, I could put the hook straight up your arse at point blank range and somehow it misses.

Rito please.

I should probably learn to Jungle.

What tips would you more seasoned junglers give to someone extremely new at it? Best champs to use for a beginner, why some champs start at red vs blue, etc...

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What tips would you more seasoned junglers give to someone extremely new at it?

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Farming will keep you relevant all game unless someone feeds hella hard.
Make sure you take your buffs and the other jungler's buffs if you can manage it.
Understand buff and ward timers.
Pressure lanes... sometimes just showing up in lane can get a flash (and subsequent gank).
Diving is bad unless you can easily get a kill.
Beware the dreaded counter-gank.
Tax a lane for gold/xp if it is open.
Act as a second support regarding vision control.
Mid should be your buddy, but feeding bot or preventing top from falling behind are almost as important.

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Best champs to use for a beginner,

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The meta shifts alot. So, someone easy to play is usually going to be someone that is OP (b/c you don't have to be very talented with that champ to be good).

Right now, the farm heavy junglers are really good.
Yi, Shyvana, Xin, Nocturne.

The gank heavy junglers are still strong.
Khazix, Panth, Wukong..... kinda Vi.... kinda Elise.

Late game carries - like Jax & Tryn - are better now b/c of the length of games.

Of these, Shyvana is probably the easiest to learn. Pretty straight forward kit, and farm super hard.
Yi doesn't have skill shots, but using his skills correctly.. and timely are hard to learn.
Alot of ppl really like nocturne, but he can fall off late game.

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why some champs start at red vs blue, etc...

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This is a very complicated question. The easiest answer is that some junglers don't need mana or CDR. So, starting Red gives them more damage to clear the jungle.

The more complicated version has to do with leashes, ganking paths, counter-ganking, respawn timers, and contesting their buffs @ 7:12/12:20 min.

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The TL;DR version of this post is....
find opportunities to make a difference. gank lanes that are over-extended. take objectives when they're open. counter-jungle when it's safe or you have the advantage. otherwise, just farm.

Looking at a few tier list can tell you the current "best champs" to use. After that, its a matter of finding champs that fit your particular playstyle.

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Riot gives Curse Voice the death penalty.

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I love the way he talks about making the "rules" no longer ambiguous....yet he practically said nothing in that entire post.

I got the feeling that they frown upon things like curse voice, but it was very vague and they don't actually come out and say not to use it.

And honestly, if they don't want shite like that existing, then they need to get off their lazy asses and make an in game voice comms.

Teamspeak, Raidcall, etc... only works when you're premade. Put a simple voip in your game, with the ability to easily mute any trolls or toxic players. Not difficult.

Yep. Dig just became top 4.

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They have been top 4 this didn't change really anything.

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With LMQ in the mix, they were 5th tops. They just upgraded both solo lanes, especially top lane. It will be interesting to see Zion on a team that he doesn't have to constantly carry.