The Key to Victory

Coming to my third week as a new player in League of Legends I have been able to learn and understand ways to improve my play and become more consistent and sometimes even bring my team to victory. This came first in the form of beginning to stay behind the minions that spawn and move through the Top, Middle, and Bottom lane. By staying within or behind these minions you protect your self from an enemy champions attacks in the lane. 

Another rather simple thing I learned as I played and watched people play either on stream or on youtube, is that warding an area that you could be attacked from gives you much needed time to escape if an enemy tries to “Gank” or hide their presence. This goes hand in hand with pinging on the minimap when you see an enemy champion running through a zone you warded to alert your teammates to a potential threat. 

There is also the case of not falling into the same pattern. I’ve found that switching positions or champions, lets me learn about the behaviours and mindsets of the opponents I am facing. Like how In the bottom lane, a support champion will be prioritizing warding and protecting their bot lane damage dealer, (called an ADC). with some champions like Thresh or Blitzcrank, they have an ability that pulls an opponent towards themselves, letting the ADC finish the job and getting the gold and experience lead.

Yet the Top lane champion will be wanting to be getting a lead on minion kills or creep score (CS). this gives them time to build their items up and help them be a valuable tank or damage dealer when team fights occur. 

Builds are very important as they dictate more or less the effectiveness of your Q, W, E, and R against other champions. A great resource for these suggested builds can be found on OP.GG or Mobafire.com.

But the biggest key to success I have found in League of Legends is communication. 

Being able to ping and ward is one thing but actually communicating to your team through chat or league voice is the most efficient way to express what you want or need your team to do in addition to pings. Yet, most players are inclined to be salty and toxic, calling players that are losing to other champions hateful things and being genuinely rude. Luckily you can report these players after a game for their behaviour but during the game, they tend to bring the team’s spirits down. The key to actually winning with your team instead of one or two champions carrying the game is talking and being calm, even with those who are calling you very rude and mean names. By not giving in to this hateful attitude you can lead the team and even promote communication. After all League of Legends is a 5v5 battle, and even in videogames, there is no I in team.