Official League of Legends Thread

[nobodyinparticular]

It seems that we have actually outgrown the PC Gaming thread. Let's use this thread to talk about builds, strategies, favorite champs and feeders. And maybe we can get a ranked team going.

Let's start out with a quick intro to your LOL experience:

Summoner name:
Favorite roles:
Favorite champs:
Elo (if you have one):


Database:

Here's mine (NIP)
Summoner name: HowieLong75
Favorite roles: Solo top, AD carry, jungle
Favorite champs: Singed, Sion (AD), Graves, Miss Fortune, Jax, Lee Sin
Elo (if you have one): 871 (climbing) 4-12 ranked record

Caddy
Summoner name: Kendrick13
Favorite roles: Trying not to die, Doing tons of damage
Favorite champs: Blitzcrank, Ashe, Teemo
Elo (if you have one): N/A

JeffSamardzijaIRISH
Summoner name: Jagan Hiei
Favorite roles: Top/Bot
Favorite champs: Ezreal, Wukong, Blitzcrank, Fiora, Jax
Elo (if you have one): 1400

A Perfect Score
Summoner name: MercWithTheMouth
Favorite roles: Mid, Top, Carry, Jungle, Support
Favorite champs: Ahri, Akali, Olaf, Ezreal, Vayne, Swain, Gangplank, Lux, Kennen, Riven, Pantheon, Talon, Vladimir, Wukong, Annie, Nocturne, Kog Maw, Jax (I can play more, but thats a pretty good list)
Elo (if you have one): 1100 (God damned ELO Hell)

nepg
Summoner name: Jesot
AD Ashe/
AP Annie/ Fizz
Top Garen/
Jungle Warwick/Udyr
Support Taric/ Soraka

j0sh
Summoner name:Artie Bucco
Favorite roles:Anything but support
Favorite champs:Gragas (AP), Corki, Mundo, Sion, Ziggs
Elo (if you have one):800s or low 900

Vox Populi
Summoner name: Leevo
Favorite roles: Prefer jungle and top lane but have mostly played support since I almost exclusively play with people whose ELO's are 1500-1800 on that account.
Favorite champs: Any of them
Elo (if you have one): 1300

Summoner name: BarlowBrad (NIP's bro)
Favorite roles: Top, Jungle
Favorite champs: Riven, Jax, Irelia, Yorick, Xin Zhao, Tryndamere for my main roles. If I have to Mid, Morgana/Annie/Ahri and if I have to Bot Ashe/Graves/Tristana and Taric/Yorick
Elo (if you have one): 1050

ImBrotherCain
Summoner name: ImBrotherCain
Favorite roles: No idea yet
Favorite champs: No idea yet
Elo (if you have one): na

df2k5
Summoner name: MaurerRanger
Favorite roles: Mid, Support, Top, AD Carry in that order
Favorite champs: Ahri, Leona, Janna, Soraka, Alistar, Malphite, Ashe
Elo (if you have one): 1200-1300 range at the moment

DrunkenLament
Summoner name: NacPirate
Favorite roles: Mid, Top, ADC, Support, Jungle (in that order)
Favorite champs: Anivia, Teemo, Cho, Katarina
Elo (if you have one): 1400-1600

[DiG]

Dotaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[nobodyinparticular]

If its cool with you guys, my brother is going to be registering here to join our ranked team. He's stellar as a jungler and good solo top also.

[Gay Ork Wang]

Is solo top actually a role? As in, there is a solo top and jungler in every game?

[JeffSamardzijaIRISH]

Summoner name: Jagan Hiei
Favorite roles: Top/Bot
Favorite champs: Ezreal, Wukong, Blitzcrank, Fiora, Jax
Elo (if you have one): 1400

[A Perfect Score]

Ummm I'll do my best, I'm drunk at work.

Summoner name: MercWithTheMouth
Favorite roles: Mid, Top, Carry, Jungle, Support
Favorite champs: Ahri, Akali, Olaf, Ezreal, Vayne, Swain, Gangplank, Lux, Kennen, Riven, Pantheon, Talon, Vladimir, Wukong, Annie, Nocturne, Kog Maw, Jax (I can play more, but thats a pretty good list)
Elo (if you have one): 1100 (God damned ELO Hell)

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

Is solo top actually a role? As in, there is a solo top and jungler in every game?

There SHOULD be, but some people are ******* ******** and choose not to play with a jungle. Without a jungle, you have no ganks, and almost always lose unless top has a roamer (Sometimes, you can play a character with great ganks as a #2 top and if the other solo top feeds, then you are free to gank).

That said, every single ranked game should feature a jungler, IMO. It might be the most important position on the field.

[nepg]

Jesot

AD Ashe/
AP Annie/ Fizz
Top Garen/
Jungle Warwick/Udyr
Support Taric/ Soraka

No Elo.
Need to fill out rune pages

[Gay Ork Wang]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

There SHOULD be, but some people are ******* ******** and choose not to play with a jungle. Without a jungle, you have no ganks, and almost always lose unless top has a roamer (Sometimes, you can play a character with great ganks as a #2 top and if the other solo top feeds, then you are free to gank).

That said, every single ranked game should feature a jungler, IMO. It might be the most important position on the field.

k. dota gives you the option. You can jungle someone, you can double jungle, you can lane everyone or you can trilane. So many options!

[JeffSamardzijaIRISH]

Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

k. dota gives you the option. You can jungle someone, you can double jungle, you can lane everyone or you can trilane. So many options!

You can do this in league as well.

[Gay Ork Wang]

Sure sounded like that not having a jungle especially in competetive games, ***** you up a lot.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by JeffSamardzijaIRISH

You can do this in league as well.

No team ever has double jungled and been successful. You can counter-jungle, which can be wildly effective if you're the right character (Riven, Olaf, etc) but there should be no double jungling in LoL, ever, whereas I remember it being an acceptable meta in DOTA.

[ImBrotherCain]

Thank god this was made finally... no offense guys but you were hogging the PC thread.

Anyway I am contemplating getting into this game. Whats the learning curve?

[JeffSamardzijaIRISH]

Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

Thank god this was made finally... no offense guys but you were hogging the PC thread.

Anyway I am contemplating getting into this game. Whats the learning curve?

It takes about 800 games (assuming 50% win percentage, 400 games won) to start to understand the game fully. It's pretty easy to get into, but the little things like knowing when to engage, when to team fight, that all comes with experience.

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by JeffSamardzijaIRISH

It takes about 800 games (assuming 50% win percentage, 400 games won) to start to understand the game fully. It's pretty easy to get into, but the little things like knowing when to engage, when to team fight, that all comes with experience.

I picked it up faster then that, personally. Even though my current ELO sits at about 1100 (I bombed my placement games), I operate at about 1400 ELO and that only took me about...500 games? Probably?

[Gay Ork Wang]

depends on your willingness to learn, affinity for games and experience with mobas

[ImBrotherCain]

Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

depends on your willingness to learn, affinity for games and experience with mobas

High, High, Low (Had to look up what that is)

[thefalconer]

Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

depends on your willingness to learn, affinity for games and experience with mobas

and time. lotsa free time.

[josh07039]

Summoner name:Artie Bucco
Favorite roles:Anything but support
Favorite champs:Gragas (AP), Corki, Mundo, Sion, Ziggs
Elo (if you have one):800s or low 900

[A Perfect Score]

I totally forgot Fizz. I own Tundra Fizz and can absolutely take names with him mid if left to my own devices. One of the best assassins in the game.

[Vox Populi]

Summoner name: Leevo
Favorite roles: Prefer jungle and top lane but have mostly played support since I almost exclusively play with people whose ELO's are 1500-1800 on that account.
Favorite champs: Any of them
Elo (if you have one): 1300

Watching pros play helps a lot when it comes to gaining skill too. I watch more streams than tv at this point with the lack of sports on.

[nepg]

Watching the LoL Spectate Live's can show you a lot about what not to do as well.

[ImBrotherCain]

I think I am going to give it a go tomorrow. Any tips?

[nepg]

Originally Posted by ImBrotherCain

I think I am going to give it a go tomorrow. Any tips?

Depends on what your gaming style is, really.

There's always a group of free champs every week.

However, you can get a couple free permanent champs, though. Tristana through facebook and Alistar through YouTube. Both are very good at all levels of competition (both are also completely different playstyles).

[ImBrotherCain]

I am installing now. I will add you guys as friends when I get on.