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ToRsupapower · Sun, 7th-Oct-2012, 2:22 PM

Hi, welcome to the League for noobies guide!

How to sign up ! go to this site: Official Site

This thread is an introduction to League of Legends a 5v5 MOBA game, for newbies !

The goal for League of Legends, simply put is: Kill the enemy Nexus. The map is set out to be just like a DoTA map with a feature to replace return scrolls called "recall" an ability every champion has which lets you recall to base and buy items. League of Legends also doesn't have secret shops and runes, instead of secret shops there are neutral buffs that most people call blue buff : gives mana regeneration and cooldown reduction and red buff : gives a "unique" on hit effect to auto attacks that slows enemies and gives a small damage over time debuff onto the enemy.

Getting to the nexus hard though, expect a game to go for 15 - 60. Going more in depth into the game, to kill the nexus you need a few things, tower kills, money, items and champion kills. Unlike DoTA/DoTA 2 towers hit alot harder in League of Legends early game so diving under towers isn't as viable so early. You gain money from killing towers, killing champions, killing neutral minions, lane minions and inhibitors. You also get items from money

, and you kill champions with items!

Sounds easy right? Not in the slightest for a nooby

All these points can be learnt very early if you look at proper guides and are willing to learn. Like any game; practice makes perfect.

here are some links to help you.

Things you'll need to know in priority:

1.Laning Phase This guide will teach you roles of laning and a few other tips in lane, the following guides will explain more in depth lane mechanics.

2. Last Hitting If you're not support, then last hitting is where you hit minions just as they die, so that you get the final blow and gain money from the minions. All minions give money which killed by a real player, only to that player.

3. Zoning Is where you know your positioning and your range and are able to get auto attacks onto the enemy champion, effectively "zoning" them and giving you more lane control.

That's the gist of it, the important bits of the game is all there. Things like what champions have what abilities, what champion beats what champion, items, etc you will gain from experience.

Some amazing sites to help you are

Mobafire A noob friendly website for guides on champions and other things

Solomid.net Also another noob friendly site for guides on champions and other things. It's run by possibly the best League of Legends team in North America and has plenty of guides from pros.

Champion counters A simple site where you just click on the "champions" tab and a list of all the champions come up and you click on them to find the best counters.

Guide site another site with guides, and updates to the game. All these guide sites are amazing but i would recommend Solomid.net the most to starters.

lolpro.com owned by curse, another very well known team in North America, easily top 5 is another site with guides and updates for their team with alot of guides by pros.

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On to the more serious side

Tournaments

Tournaments you can join are Go4LoL and CityHunter tournaments, they are the most accessible maybe not Go4LoL because the games start at 5am on Monday, but if you're dedicated you might make it

Tournaments on at the moment

This will be updated regularly with new tournaments for people who need it.

Right now the main tournament is the League of Legends championship with a 2 million dollar prize pool. It's over and the winners were TPA (Taiwanese Team) vs AZUBU Frost (Korean Team) 4 - 1, sorry for spoilers not sure how to add spoiler tags :S but SEA pride

Coming up: IPL

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Streams to learn from

obvious websites to look for streamers are

Twitch.tv and Own3d.tv

Streamers are:

For jungle

TSMtheOddOne's Stream

For AD carry

TSMchaox's Stream

For AP mid

CLGeuFroggen's Stream ( TSMreginald's Stream because he recently announced his unretirement? lol and once again, TSM players stream the most ).

For Support

TSMxpecial's Stream

For Top Lane

TSMdyrus's Stream

Most of the streamers are from TSM because they stream regularly and are considered the best team in North America.

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SC2SEA names - League of Legends names ( I don't know how to make tables -.-)

SC2SEA | League of Legends

ToRsupapower | AZKsuperpower
mirth | mirthander

Looking for team

Also, my team is looking for a support or jungler to join our team to play 5v5 ranked, as long as you can play the game alot and are lvl 30 we don't care about your ELO. We can make you good as long as you can play the game alot. we are all 1000 - 1500 ELO atm and just need a dedicated jungle or support player

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Finals Words

I hope everyone can learn something from this guide and can have a go at the game to see how they like it. Feedback is awesome and i hope you have fun!

Useful links:
Facebook - for a free Tristana champion and skin. Youtube for a free Alistar champion and skin. Riot's Twitter for updates on tournaments and game, etc.

**nirvAnA** · Sun, 14th-Oct-2012, 10:38 AM

Really awesome guide, thanks!

VB_Blake · Sun, 14th-Oct-2012, 10:47 AM

These resources are awesome, thanks man

Flamga · Sun, 14th-Oct-2012, 10:48 AM

Hey supapower, awesome guide, and I would love to be able to help you in your team, im only lvl 19 atm though as no one to play with, so with some motivation im sure I can help you out. I also play every position wiht 1-2 champions so im sure by the lvl 30 I can have selected a nice position.