LOLing about with Eric part 1

hey guys, i wanted to bring ye something new from us so i thought what better than to help others out with league of legends. You might think why league of legends? Well you see I've not been playing long i kinda wish i had thought of this earlier when was a lower level in the game and help ye not make the mistakes that i did. Anyway league of legends is an extremely popular multi-player online battle arena of MOBA for short.

In league of legends you are a summoner and you summon champions to fight on the fields of justice. Now i feel i show lay out some ground work so you can understand and catch up to where i am currently. You have the game and created a profile you can start straight away, but i wouldn't throw myself into playing just yet id read a little bit and start with playing the tutorial. im pretty sure it actually asks you if you want to play to tutorial once you have set up. This feature is really useful, you choose from one of three champions and basically teaches you how to play the game.

With basic's like how move your champion, how to attack, how to unlock your abilities and how to use your abilities. it teaches you that your champion Gains levels, gets stronger and can rank up abilities just like you would in a RPG really. Next after all this excitment you get battle tutorial which teaches you things like Lane's, minions, turrets, the jungle, inhibitors and the nexus. you see the basic and most played arena in this game is the summoners rift, which places you in 5 vs 5 battle with and against other players. The summoners rift has 3 lanes top, mid and bot all of which is self explanatory these lanes however have a jungle between them all. the jungle is home to neutral minion's, creatures that hold no allegiance to either side, you can kill these "camps" for XP, gold, and with the more powerfull ones like the Lizard Elder and Ancient Golem grant you buffs that aid you in battle and make you more powerful for a short time.

the full layout looks a little like this 

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so now you know all about the map and where everything is. Your next port of call should be Player VS AI, this feature lets you play with other player's against Bots. this can really help you get up to scratch on your skills before you face real players, the bots even have difficulty setting so if you want to be sure of yourself you can set them up a difficulty. Bots is also a perfect place to practice a champion if you've just bought it, but i wouldnt buy any champions just yet. Get used to the game first and get to know some champions before you buy any, in fact every week there are different champions that Riot lets you play for free so you can try them out.

What i like to do is look at the champions a small bit, under their stats and what not it tells you little tips about the champion, what each of their abilities do and if you want to know a bit more you could read their lore or look at the champion spotlight which is a video that give some more little tips on how to play the champion. This I've found helps me start a champion even if I've never played them before. 

Here's an example

There are other factors to playing a champion and playing LOL in general but these helped me start to improve as a player once i took advantage of them, and that's the point of all this help you guys learn little bit more and not be at too much of a disadvantage. ill cover more next time as we catch up to my level as a summoner and we start venturing into new champions and roles. hope to see ye next time

Keep on Gaming
-Eric Higgins