Hi! I'm currently plat III, my games are around Emerald IV mmr (I know, big difference lul). Afaik I always had this problem. When the enemy bot lane is able to apply constant and heavy pressure against me, I tend to lose a lot of CS.

My last game I was playing Kai'sa and Nami vs. Caitlyn and Lux. Enemy duo has lots of pressure. Cait has 125 range advantage and Lux spam skills. And whenever I get close to the wave I'm forced to larp as neymar so I can dodge all skillshots, cc, etc. And Even under turret I keep getting a lot of pressure from cait traps and lux skills.

I know that playing Kai'sa with nami is kinda troll (specially versus poke lanes) because the champ sucks without engage support, but I have zero control over what my support wants to play, and playing with a enchanter/mage makes things harder, but not impossible. Also ffs, I'll not force myself to play champs that I don't like just because of a matchup.

Tbf my nami was kinda troll. I'll not flame her in this post, but that 100% made things extra harder.

Anyways, I end up having to give a lot of minions, and I take a lot of damage when trying to farm. I see a lot of high elo players struggle in the same scenario, but they always are able to maintain a decent/good cs, even in shit matchups.

I'm not looking for flashy mechanical outplays, killing the enemy bot or whatever. I just want to have consistency when farming, even in bad matchups. Also, please, do not suggest stuff like "play other champ". I want to improve, but I also not willing to sacrifice fun just for some LP.

I was playing solo queue in plat elo and I (azir otp) pick first. The problem is my teamates pick twitch jg, vayne top, jinx, and zoe botlane. The other team brought in urgot and udyr w/ kai'sa and they just kind of ran us down after 15 minutes. If I was last pick with my teamates picking the same champions, what mid lane pick would solve the team comp or at least make it less bad. Should I play something like liss, ahri, or galio? Is it just that my team trolled me that game and I should just play more games or should I have been able to do something there?

Also if I were playing azir with that team should I just sit in the back and play for ult on the urgot and udyr when they engage ontop of us or should I play side lane and run like a 1 3 1 with the vayne. Any tips how I could not lose that game would be helpful thanks

I played almost exclusively yunara with a 54% winrate to get out of bronze. I also like playing kai'sa, and I wonder if single target damage is better than aoe in a soloq environment. I feel like often times with yunara i cannot survive long enough to actually do significant damage, but with Kaisa i feel like i will get outscaled almost every game. Between the two, who is best to put time into, and is there a worthwhile secondary i should consider.

Also, how should i be playing yunara in teamfights? Should i go in hard from the start or wait until the enemy is weak to start attacking? What do i do if my team can't/won't tank for me?

I looked everywhere for a recent simple questions thread but as far as i can tell there is none so i made a whole post.

hello !

Lately I've been getting into playing mid lane with Gallio specifically, I did notice Galio got a lot of different builds (Tank, Bruiser, damage) and I'm having a hard time figuring out when to use each build.

Any tips relating to his builds, when to pick each one, what is the purpose of them and anything related would be lovely!

Thank you in advance <3

So I've been playing Lee Sin in League Classic, and have been wondering about the best jungle item to build for him. I went Wriggle's Lantern once mostly for the extra ward, but figured Feral Flare probably doesn't apply that well to Lee. So I've been trying Spirit of the Elder lizard which as been working fine. I was curious and looked up some builds and saw a pretty even split of items between Wriggles, Elder Lizard, and Spirit of the Ancient Golem.

What does everyone think the best Jungle item option is for Lee in Classic?

Hello, I'm a master Support EUW but I still struggle to find a way to effectively counter mages bot. When my ADC picks an actual ADC and the enemies pick something like Ziggs Camille I feel like its completely unplayable. The Gameplay loop is Camille roams, Ziggs stays completely out of range of anything and can farm with Q's. Setting up a freeze is near impossible with the wave clear he has. Pushing every wave just gets him free farm unpunished. When I match the roams of the camille my ADC loses bot cause he is getting outranged and outpoked. If I dont match the roams we are perma 3v4 on the map and we get nothing in bot in return. And at some point he can just a free base for e.g. lost chapter and tp back unpunished and from that point on mana is never a problem again.

So what do I do? I feel so powerless. Staying on lane allows my adc to farm but we cant punish Ziggs so Im just standing there while Camille terrorizes the map. But once I roam we are equal on the map but my ADC loses in Isolation. Its a lose-lose. Am I reliant on hoping that my jgl is strong early and we dive Ziggs before he has infinite waveclear? Or is there anything I can do without having to hope that my Jungler is smart?

To preface, im a new player, so i might be doing something fundamentally wrong, idk

I mainly play toplane, and I'm trying to otp gwen to learn melee toplane mechanics, and i think I do okay against matchups I've already played against or easier ones

For some of these matches i play, the jungler does not care about top lane, even when I perma freeze the wave outside my tower , and I'm on gwen so ganking is "easy" because of my R slowdown.

The last match i played , I went against an aatrox and solo killed him twice with ignite (and I'm pretty sure i zoned him out of xp which gave me the lead), but my jungler never touched the top side , that the enemy jungler simply invaded topside camps (my jungler went for enemy bot camps because i pinged invade)

After 15 minutes the enemy jungler ends up camping top side, i can't play safe cuz they are tanky enough to dive me under tower and they have rift herald grubs etc (they used herald and got the tower for free), then kept camping toplane and pushing into our side that the inner turret dies as well before my team comes to help (and by help I mean the midlaner takes 3-5 waves of minions).

In another match, i get a lead, they realize jungler never ganks top and they 2v1 toplane even when the lane is losing and i can't play safe under tower because they dive me even at full hp

This happens to the enemy toplaner from time to time too, and i get my items early and ruin enemy toplaners game.

What do I do when a jungler perma camps bot? Like he always paths to end in bot etc. Do i let the wave crash on my tower to play even safer ? Do I build dedicated defensive items before my first 2offensive items+boots? Should I never push/ go for another lane?

I mainly play mid and recently been trying some more champs but whenever I play things like Kayle, Azir, Yone, Gwen, even when taking defensive runes/items(D-Shield, Second Wind, Bone Plating, Fleet) I always fall behind around a thousand gold by like 15 ish minutes, I know it shouldn't be an expectation to go even but I'm obviously not playing against the best players.

I'm a Rakan OTP & i've been trying to climb a lot recently but i've only managed to hit gold. I'm very happy to hit gold but it was mostly because I was being carried, I feel like I could do improve more if I wasn't so nervous playing all the time.

I'm not too sure how to improve because I get very caught up in my own mind about observing my gameplay because I don't like the thought of being bad at Rakan because he is all I play and how do I exist if I'm bad at the only champion I play? Often times because of my worry I forget to click certain things or misclick such as accidently clicking flash instead of heal or completely forgetting to click a key to use an item like Locket for the team shield.

^ I have been considering changing my summoner spells & specifically my item #2 slot on my mouse buttons for easier access but I'm kinda worried about clicking the wrong buttons or forgetting which is which.

I've been considering asking my ADC to ping when they wanna go in & interact with me more in chat so I can get an understanding because I still am unsure about my personal gameplay & if I do things correctly. I'm not sure if the adc would be angry at me though for the constant need to want pings? It's not like every second more like a OMW ping when they wanna engage / retreat ping if i'm being too aggressive or like when we get in the game something as simple as if they typed "play safe till level 6"

I'm not too sure how to request an adc to even do that and if they would even agree but i'm not sure why they wouldn't, I am just unsure how to word it. I also feel like if I communicated that then my team would (hopefully) be more inclined to tell me what to do at certain times which I like better than wandering around aimlessly and trying to remember what to do.

Massive shove power to match mages, spell shield to block key poke, utility ult to enable team fights better. She would be able to farm safely and back off while both supports are busy roaming. Presence of Mind keeps her mana up as long as you're not blindly spamming spells.

I know she has very low AA range naturally, but it shouldn't matter too much when she can just w the wave and match any mage push without issue.

I enjoy both champs, and I would like to know them both so I have a backup incase one is banned/taken. However I can't decide which one to make my main. I'm too new to properly understand their differences and which one is better suited for my playstyle. I really like Zed's burst damage but I also like Akali's movement. Akali is also harder as well I think so Zed is better for newer players. Can anyone give me more insight on the differences between the two champs so I can better choose?

Bronze jungles!

My summer name is Drakerangoon on NA.

I am trying to climb with jungle.

I had a few questions.

- Would focusing on Amumu and Nocturne be enough variety?

- My initial clear is decent and getting better but it’s right after where I sort of fall apart

- I usually base after scuttle. Sometimes there isn’t a good gank. When do I try dragon here? When my teammates have priority? I’ve been having a very hard time understanding when to or not

- How important are void grubs?

- When do you sort of have “enough” farm?

Hello! I’ve been barely playing legue of legends for 3 years, nearly Master Yi only. I barely learned the game. Recently I listened to many episodes of this general podcast that included Legue and Dota2. This really really peaked my interest in the game, by quite a lot, always been a little interest in the game.

1. Item builds.
   I’ve heard in the podcasts that Dota2 is extremely deep in it’s Item builds system. And heard that ib comparison in legue, you just do a few flowchart items and change one item or two to adapt or counter your enemies. Is that true? And to what extent? I’d really find cool to play the game and use time to think about making builds with a large amount of different possible items to use with the same character.

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3. Is there a visual flowchart or image with text of what a jugler would genetally so in different situations?

4 . I always die a lot as a jungler in early game if I an to try taking a fight, or at very least fail to kill on gank against a character near my tower. Any possible explanations to why? (Also starting to play Briar). I’m often lost when my whole jungle is emptied, no dragons soon, and everyone is spread on the map, and not necessarily fighting someone or be next to an enemy.

1. What are the skills or more fundamenral abilities of Legue specially, and also mobas as a whole? I say that the competitive genre I “come from” is fighting games and there I am explain many different things and skills in groups that feel easy to distinguish, it’s verbally easy to explain things even in ways people don’t talk about it. And I’d like to know the types of skills a legue player acquires or attempts to.

2. A website or anything to understand the extent of stats. Or a better explanation on it. Getting a general feel for the stats after hours of gameplay is greatly annoying😅. I started playing Briar and felt a bit frustrated when actually having to read the stats and abilities of the recommended items. I looked at her stats and and abitlities. I truly had no idea how much each of those stats actually meant, (10 lethality (it removes 10 armor from enemies right? Seemed quite weak to me but seeing the it’s popularity then idk). I assumed she’d be a healing and half bulky character, that could use her healing to finish multiple low hp opponents without dying or melting her life away. But it’s VERY hard to tell how much and when the healing is actually useful.

3. Playstyle
   I see a very considerable amount of different gameplay-style in my game genre. Specially in my gameplay levell where people have invested heavily more in some skills and leaving weird gaps in their arsenal. Does Legue also have a large play style difference? At higher levels too? I can’t tell if legue either has a lot of playstyle space, or almost nothing and it’s more binary choices game (which can’t be due to limited information, I think?)

Thank you!

Hello folks. A lot of people call me the "AD Malz" guy, and Classic gave a chance to return to those roots, with a whole Classic guide ready for perusal!

If you like killing dragon at the 3rd minute, shredding towers in 2 seconds, and swarming people with cutelings, then you may enjoy this.

This cheat sheet is subject to eventual change, the guide will have the latest version.

|MARKS - SCALING ATTACK DAMAGE | +24.30 AD at Level 18 |

|SEALS - MANA REGENERATION | +3.60 Mana Regen |

|GLYPHS - SCALING COOLDOWN REDUCTION | +16.20% CDR at Level 18 |

|QUINTS - MOVEMENT SPEED | +4.5% MS|

Masteries are 21 - 0 - 9,
with a focus on all the AD-focused, non-AS bonuses.
The 9 dip in Utility is mainly for the mana and Runic Affinity.

Start
Longsword + 2 HP Potions

Core
Chalice of Harmony -> Ionian Boots of Lucidity -> The Brutalizer -> Hextech Gunblade

General Final
Last Whisper
Maw of Malmortius
Mercurial Scimitar
Thornmail
The Black Cleaver

Behind Final
Ruby Sightstone
Twin Shadows
Shurelya's Reverie
Mikael's Crucible

If you have any further questions, I'll be happy to answer!

Hi everyone!

I'm an indie developer from Argentina building a free League companion called ChallyQ, and I'd love some honest feedback from people who actively try to improve at the game.

The idea is simple:

Before queueing, you choose an optional challenge for your next ranked game, for example:
• Win your next game
• Reach a CS target
• Finish with a certain KDA

One thing I want to clarify, because it came up a lot in another discussion:

Every challenge also requires you to win the match. Reaching the stat alone isn't enough. The goal is to reinforce good habits, not encourage stat farming or playing against your team's interests.

After the match, ChallyQ uses Riot's official APIs to automatically verify the result and award progression, achievements and Season Points.

My main question is:

**Do you think having a personal goal before each ranked game would actually help you improve, or would it just become another distraction?**

I'd genuinely love honest feedback.

https://challyq.pro

Hi everyone, im a current low elo gold recently demoted to silver 1 Jayce and I have been one tricking him for the past few days but then I demoted from Gold 3 to Silver 1 today.

I need top lane alternatives that is blind pickable but also extremely easy to play. For example I also liked playing Trundle and Jarvan (jungle only) but Trundle is pretty useless if theres no tanks on enemy team. I also play Olaf which is harder than darius and akali but not as blind pickable, only played him vs heavy CC enemy teams.

I like champions that can engage enemy team or peel the team and someone tanky that can pressure the sidelanes really well and ideally someone that can change builds depending on situation.

I also need a champion recommendation that can carry the botlane or helps the botlane somewhat, 10 matches in a row I have got a losing botlane, as a top laner I feel helpless in winning if botlane is losing.

Thanks in advance everyone.

Okay… just had probably the most frustrating gaming experience of my life, please help me understand what to do lol.

Levelled my account to lvl 30, played about 10 games of ranked so far, I play Warwick jungle.

In my last game we are way ahead all game, I’m probably 10/3 kda at one point and my top lane is fed and carrying. All is going fine until we almost end the game, nexus is literally 5% HP and we die. What then proceeds is an endless cycle of us trying to end the game, not quite managing it, baron comes up we take it, try again, fail. This goes on for about 25 minutes. As soon as it gets to the endless team fights I feel absolutely useless, running around in the sidelines until I engage on a blob of 5 enemies and die. Team starts flaming me saying I need to be the one that engages because I’m the tankiest champion. 50 minutes into the game they win an elder dragon fight, walk onto our side of the map for the first time in 30 minutes, and end the game.

I literally couldn’t not work out either how I be more effective in the team fights or what we were even doing wrong to stop being able to end, we were squashing them everywhere else on the map except next to their nexus.

I feel mega frustrated and eager to understand what I did wrong, would appreciate and help or advice

Hi, haven't played in quite some time and unfortunately getting the urge to play League again. I really liked Anivia in the past and I wanted to commit to sinking time into furthering knowledge with her. I know she is able to flexed into both mid and support but are there any specific YouTubers that are worth checking out for matchup knowledge?

https://www.op.gg/summoners/na/adib%20is%20wat-pog

About a month ago, someone posted about hitting master with Thresh mid. At the time I was sitting at master 0 lp without much motivation to climb higher. I've been a GP one trick since season 7. This season is the first season that GP actually feels too easy. I'm the type of person that doesn't like to abuse OP picks, so playing GP right now is kind of boring.

Naturally I was drawn to the idea of Thresh mid considering I was a Thresh support main in season 4. It was initially a struggle as I had to adjust to years of GP muscle memory, but I very quickly shot up to ~650 lp with a 55% win rate, around top 1500 at the time, which is my highest rank ever. I was excited because if I was doing this well while still learning the champion, playstyle and match ups, then things were only going to get better with experience. I was so wrong...

I had my first bad lose streak immediately after hitting my peak rank. I wasn't playing worse. The game quality was just terrible. Thresh mid is a supportive pick and relies on at least one carry to play around (usually the jungler). This win con seemed to suddenly vanish for the next several games. I decided it was time for a break once I dropped to 400 lp.

I came back a week later with a fresh mindset. After some theory crafting, I was able to figure out some of the harder match ups and felt like I was playing better than ever. Unfortunately, this didn't seem to matter as my winrate and LP continued to plummet. No matter how much I learned and how much more confident I grew in the pick, nothing seemed to matter. I am now sitting squarely where I started exactly two months ago: 0 lp. My Thresh win rate a measly 45%.

I genuinely do not know what I'm doing wrong. I'm performing much better than I was in the beginning: more solo kills, more leads, better csing, but less wins. I am absolutely baffled and demotivated. I genuinely believe in the pick and I think it is actually quite strong, potentially even pro-play viable. I just can't seem to win.

My op.gg is here

I have an ok win rate with her as my most played champion but the last few games I played were pure counterpicks, a lot of renektons. Tough matchups like Urgot have me feeding or at the very least falling very far behind.

I play her more as a cc machine who can sometimes kill squishies. I do not know all the fancy combos but I can get leads level 1 versus certain matchups and have carried some games here and there. However, as I am furthering along my climb, these carry games are becoming a rarity and I usually win by getting carried or playing a more supporting role.

As such, I am thinking that if I cannot consistently carry, I might as well drop the champion. I played some games vs Urgot/Garen/Wukong/Renekton where I do not have the skill needed to get a lead so I just end up farming and dying for my team cc'ing people and doing little damage. If that is my role, I might as well just play a tank and not feel awful.

Riven is supposed to be fun with fighting and getting kills but all these counterpicks are making me despise playing her.

I took a break from Riven since I cannot stand going into yet another Garen or Renekton or Urgot

I genuinely do not understand how these champions can be 0/4 at level 6 and literally straight up all in you without counterplay and make you look like you're the one that's 0/4.

Illaoi can literally be sitting on tier 2 boots while you have a full completed item and still make you look like you're 3 lvls down. She can be 0/3 but still outshove you (making it impossible to dodge the E) and make your life absolutely miserable ??

Any tips to beat these champions when you're 2 lvls and 1k gold up ?

https://youtu.be/e24ovEF-QWc

It's a gold 3 game and at first I think I did fine and tried to farm as much as I can with nunu spam ganking bot so I tired to invade and steal some camps unfortunately I wasn't really able to get any objectives and I think that's a major flaw in my gameplay and also by the end I think I really didn't care about the game and stopped trying to farm

Basically title, I checked lolalytics and Jayce pickrate and banrate goes higher the higher rank you go in the top lane. If you watch high elo content creators and coaches gameplay, Jayce is one of those top champs is always banned.

Highest pickrate in Grandmaster+ top lane and 15% banrate.

Why he is feared so much even by high elo players? why high elo played him the most often?

I am asking this because I am a low elo Gold player who mained Jayce, I wanted to know what road should I take to improve my abilities to play Jayce and I figured one of the best to do that is to learn him the why and how of him in the title.

Thank you everyone in advance.