On my LoL (League of
Legends) experience so far:
I am pretty much a
newbie. My lvl 12 is a real lvl 12 (nearly 13), I have not had other
accounts before this one. So I am in the process of learning this
game.
From the beginning I
liked Ashe most. In all other games I play ranged characters, and so
I chose this type for LoL as well.
First thing that was a
problem for me, in the very beginning. I had to read so much that it
took away from the fun. During matches I would have to click through
the shop menu so much to understand what items are for me and which
aren't.
I chose completely
wrong things of course – until I started watching game plays with
commentary, Ashe builds and read on the wiki and on other sites, what
a good Ashe-build looks like.
My mistakes in the
beginning where these:
I realized that I
will take a lot of damage, so I built a lot of health. This led to
me not hitting well.
I realized that my
Q,W,R take a lot of mana, so I built a lot of health. This led to me
using slots for items that could be used a lot better.
I realized that I
need to hit faster if I want to kill minions or have a chance in any
kind of fight, so I bought stingers a lot.
By this time my build
would normally look like this:
2 stinger, 2 frozen
heart, boots of swiftness, mana potions
Soon I realized that
this is a crappy build. Not only are the stingers obsolete if you
build in the direction of say Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and
Banshee's Veil, they actually take spots that you might need for
other things for the time being.
Say during laning phase
you might wanna bring health and mana potions and maybe some sight
wards along.
So you better play safe
during that phase, have a Doran's Blade as first item and stay in
lane as long as you can to farm minions.
I learnt to not push
too much for as long as it makes sense. I would rather get the last
hits on the minions and then fall back a little, than draw attention
to my lane for getting to near to the turrent. This would increase my
risk of getting ganked a lot and would simply get my team in a bad
position as in that case it is most likely that my turret will be
destroyed in no time.
I kept watching game
plays and targeted for lvl 30 plays and championships by that time.
This was very useful because it started increasing my map awareness.
Watching others play and trying to figure out what is happening by
checking on the mini map is very useful because I didn't have to pay
any attention to anything happening to me or my lane.
Something very good
happened, when in a forum a guy showed up. He opened a thread about
LoL and asked if anyone would like to play with him. I said, I am new
but I would like to.
Turns out this guy is a
pro and he started explaining a ton of things to me. Why to build
things a certain way, what to do, where to go. He would play a few
matches with me and then tell me what was wrong with my game play or
build etc.
Recently we simply
swapped roles and went bot together. He played ranged to show me how
to properly build and play it.
Since then I build like
that and try to play like that. Although I am still getting a few
ganks, and I still sometimes run out of position for no good reason,
I feel I am getting better and more secure.
I start understanding when to
push and when to leave.
By now my problem is
that obviously at this lvl people are very aggressive. It seems that
they care more about killing champions than about destroying turrets,
making gold, or even winning.
I have tried other
champions as well.
I tried Miss Fortune and Caitlyn and liked them so
far but I have mainly played Ashe.
The one that I played
worst so far was Master Yi. And the one I had fun with but really am
bad at playing was Dr. Mundo.
I salut everyone who
can play anything else but ranged champions. I suck at all these,
ranged is the only thing I am ok at.
