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. The Dominion overhead view looks like this:
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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Remember: If you wish to see your player information updated, please bold the information so we will see it.
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-Graves, The Outlaw, is a new AD carry who becomes tankier by being near elements. He has Nocturne's ult as a basic skill on a small area and is all kinds of amazing. Get him while he's hot! -Graphical glitches still unfixed. Hotfix in the works. -Hybrids cry as gunblade gets nerfed heavily. -Spectator client and pause feature almost ready to go - expect to see them on live in a few months.
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I like my enemies two ways: dead, or about to be. This is no challenge. Learn from your mistakes. Demacia. Now and Forever. It is never ending. Never underestimate the power of the Scout's code. 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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From: Aecioo | #008 you could have fit all that into less posts :(
This is like saying you could write a college paper and stick the conclusion with the main body. In theory you can, but it ends up biting you in the ass. I mean, seriously, it's four minutes since the topic's inception until I'm done. Hold your horses for that amount of time, at least!
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From: Aecioo | #010 the mafia gene deep inside me forces me to interrupt chain posting with stupid remarks
I CAN'T CONTROL IT
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This has nothing to do with anything, but it's a backhanded compliment that fits League pretty much perfectly.
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First time playing Annie, I went 19 kills, 9 deaths, and 16 Assists, ended the game with 16.8k cash <_> ... She wasn't too hard to pick up and learn at all.
Probably could have tweaked my item purchasing though.
I went Doran's Ring > Rod of Ages > Sorc Shoes > Morello's Evil Tome > Rabadon's > Void Staff > Zhonya's Hourglass
After the Rabadon's I wasn't really sure what to start getting.
Is there a way to control Tibbers? After summoning him, he would often times just do whatever the hell he wanted.
Hold alt then right click and you can control tibbers or any other singular summon (aka not heimer's turrets or that necromancer guy's undead units) you own. It's not exactly foolproof control mind you and kinda clunky but that's how you do it.
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From: Lopen | #021 The original DotA was never really that huge. Warcraft 3 wasn't even that huge and DotA was basically a subset of that.
I'd say that LoL now is bigger now than WC3 ever was, personally.
You do realize WC3 sold a ton of copies right.
I mean you might be right but WC3 was a big deal.
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Well keep in mind I'm speaking relatively. I know WC3 sold a lot of copies and was no pushover as far as popularity went but as far as Blizzard games go I think it's on the bottom half as far as playrate goes.
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2) A good chunk of those copies that got solid after Wc3 Had been out for awhile were BECAUSE of DotA. IceFrog literally made blizzard a LOT of money by creating dota, because as a result a bunch of new people bought Wc3 and TFT.
3) Even with that said, LoL might have a larger following? It is difficult to compare, we never had any numbers for how many DotA games got created and played a day, things like that.
And unless Blizzard DotA is anything more than a DotA Clone (which HoN and DotA2 both are) it doesn't stand a chance of doing too much to LoL's fanbase.
From: Aecioo | #023 There is literally a song about DotA that was in the Top 10 in a couple European countries.
a song about getting on ventrilo and playing dota
that was a top 10 song in the country
To be fair that song was pretty good and you don't have to "get" the reference to enjoy the song, even. Hell the song is probably better if you don't get the reference. That and a top 10 song is quite possibly less significant in the culture of those European countries as ours.
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Believe me, I'm not underestimating WC3's playership. I didn't mean to imply it was some cult game, just that it wasn't huge. There's a difference between a game that sold millions of copies and Pokemon or something. I played that game (and DotA) quite a bit back in the day. More than I've played LoL, probably.
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3) Even with that said, LoL might have a larger following? It is difficult to compare, we never had any numbers for how many DotA games got created and played a day, things like that.
LoL blows DotA out of the water in following(in terms of "playing at once", I'm sure a ton of people played dota at one point or another).
Its huge(and free).
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My record when Duo Queueing is so much higher than Solo Queue.
Not that you don't get the random bad every game, but having someone you know in the group does 2 things
1.Lessons the chance that you get a bad by 1. This is huge.
2.Even if your team is bad, it guarantees 2 parts of your team will be solid and communicating. Either Carry+Support Bottom or Solo Top and Jungler or Carrying. That's a big advantage.
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From: TheConductorSix | #032 1.Lessons the chance that you get a bad by 1. This is huge.
2.Even if your team is bad, it guarantees 2 parts of your team will be solid and communicating. Either Carry+Support Bottom or Solo Top and Jungler or Carrying. That's a big advantage.
yesss
Duo Q = success.
Red knows I'm not bad. I know red's not bad. As a result less people on our team have a chance to be bad. Can't get much more simple than that.
I am bedridden due to a ****ing plague of a virus, have to fight the urge to puke my guts out and generally feel like the mother of all diseases suckerpunched me.
But I can play LoL again.
I'm taking offers to duoqueue and go kick some ass, gentlemen, because, as the best champion ever would say, "Surprise! I'm baaaaaack."
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He's never banned at my elo and no one knows how to play against him. They just let me sit there and bomb them over and over and over and over and over. They never ward the brush. They never try and punish me. They either let me bomb them or just let me zone them from CS.
Red/Chris/FD-Any Tips on how to improve my Support Zilean game?
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Aecioo's Garen never really paid attention to the rest of the game.
He kinda just trolled Singed and Nocturne at the same time and then by the time team fights rolled around he had Brutalizer, 2 dorans, and a warmogs somehow.
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BTW Kanz we won the 4v5 anyway so don't feel bad. That Orianna was amazingly strong. The TF wasn't awful and the Nasus lost top but it wasn't enough to matter.
From: SythaWarrior | #044 BTW Kanz we won the 4v5 anyway so don't feel bad. That Orianna was amazingly strong. The TF wasn't awful and the Nasus lost top but it wasn't enough to matter.
Sigh. Sorry Sytha. I dropped the ball there. Whole building's power went out and locked me out of reconnecting. It's good to know we crushed those scrubs enough that you got your elo though :(
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Realo you just underestimate how dominant I am in a solo lane.
tbqh the only reason I sucked so bad with Morg was because 1. I picked her for you and then got stuck into playing her because no one else jungled, and 2. I got counterpicked and literally had Pantheon follow me around for levels 1-9. We literally did laneswaps between mid and top 8 times and Panth followed me each time.
I much prefer solo lanes and when I am given someone like Garen top or Kassadin mid I tend to absolutely **** on the opposing player and win the game.
