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PBE ftw!!!

Loved her when I tried her. She seems like the kind of champion that you have to take a while to master but when you do good luck losing.

Yes, I'm awake that I'm necroing. Thanks, annoying red box.
If anyone still plays this game, I could use some tips (and also if anyone wants credit for inviting me via friend rewards program or whatever).
Thanks, Mike

If you want I'm doominbottle. What kind of tips are you looking for? Starting out?

I played league for like the first time ever today like 3 days ago on my friends account (he's diamond 1.) I was Karma AD carry. We lost.

I'm not surprised.  No offense.

I'm also around to play. If you are lower level I have a smurf account. If you are higher then I'm also friends with doominbottle so we could set something up, yet I don't think I've had a chance to play with him yet.

Karma is actually somewhat underpowered. Escpecially if you are playing her as an ADC. That is quite a bit less surprising but still quite good.

Why do you guys make smurfs?

Why do you guys make smurfs?

To do stuff like dunkmaster Yi and AP Renekton.

Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on February 08, 2013, 06:31:50 PM

Why do you guys make smurfs?

To do stuff like dunkmaster Yi and AP Renekton.

.... I do that on my level 30.... Does that make me a bad person?

Easily afforded good champs:
Garen is a fairly easy champ to use for people who like tankier people. Annie is great for people who prefer damage dealers via spells. Master yi is great for speed fighters.

Tips:
Towers will auto target you if you hit a champion while in range.

Don't be afriad to run away or teleport back to base. Better to run then give XP and Gold by dying.

Have fun. I know this seems silly to say but in a team game when you are the lowest level and keep dying it can get frustrating. Remember you're playing for fun and do what you can to catch up but don't get mad. (I have a roomie who does this.... T_T; He is a good player but he gets mad and suddenly he becomes a bad player).

Don't buy runes till you can get 3rd tier runes. You are better to save for the best ones or more correctly a champ you enjoy (and maybe are half-way decent at playing).

Use the free rotation to try new champions even if you have one you're good with. You just might find one you are better with. (Switching from Shaco to Darius thanks to free rotate. I still use both, and love both).

Don't be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand something.

Look up guides on builds for champions(Mobafire has a ton. Googling *champ name* guide will find them). This gives you an edge knowing which ability will be most benefitial to max first and what items will be helpful in most situations.

Many abilities such as flash and moves that dash, teleport, or otherwise move you CAN go over most walls. Learn this trick early, it will give you an advantage offensive or defensively.

Ignore trolls. Seriously there are some of them that take themselves and the game too seriously.

As you learn play Bot games. Start at beginner, when you find that easy go to intermediate, and once you are competant there grab some friends and head for your first PVP!

.... I do that on my level 30.... Does that make me a bad person?

Yes.

Easily afforded good champs:
Garen is a fairly easy champ to use for people who like tankier people. Annie is great for people who prefer damage dealers via spells. Master yi is great for speed fighters.

I second that, all three of those champions are really strong right now, and one of them (Yi) is even played at the professional level.

Don't be afriad to run away or teleport back to base. Better to run then give XP and Gold by dying.

This. A thousand times this. Knowing when to run, and when to fight is what separates bad players from good players.

Look up guides on builds for champions(Mobafire has a ton. Googling *champ name* guide will find them). This gives you an edge knowing which ability will be most benefitial to max first and what items will be helpful in most situations.

I'd suggest using Lolking or Solomid over Mobafire, mainly because the guides on the other two sites are written by more skilled players (generally) and are subject to a higher degree of quality control. That being said, use your brain a little, if you're getting wrecked by a physical champion, but the guide tells you to buy magic resist, ignore it and buy armor instead.

ADC: Ashe (Easy to play, good damage, fairly safe.)

Disagree, Ashe is one of the hardest ADCs to play properly. Since she has no repositioning skills, you need to be incredibly mindful of positioning, her skill set is intended for kiting (a rather difficult concept), and he ult is slow moving skill shot.

I think the easiest ADC to learn is Ezreal, his E makes him a really safe pick, his Q is a good intro to skill shots, and his ult gives him global presence, but is also really easy to use in lane.

I like Annie atm and I'm wondering if there's anyone similar to her that I would be good with.

I saw a guy playing Veigar today... he went 0-21-0 or something. Not even feeding. He was just that bad. Annie seems to be working out really nicely except against Miss Fortune. So OP.

Another question: What lane should I want to be playing most of the time? I usually run bottom and then gank a lot middle. No jungling yet.(I'm too much of a noob).

Support is the slave role. You'd be the team slave. Top is noob. If you jungle, you spend half the game playing against a computer before having your team yell at you because they suck and need a scape goat.

The only respectable role is mid. I didn't even mention adc because it's that boring.

Source: I played an additional game of lol.