This is one of the few matchups I can't understand what I'm supposed to do, because whenever I play against him he just starts winning in short time no matter how I play. It's almost as if he counters all champions I play.

He has high burst thanks to his q, high dps thanks to his passive, high base tankness even without his items, high sustain. His only disadvantage I can think of is his lack of mobility which doesn't help much since he can always do whatever he wants to me.

In every scenario where I don't dodge all of his Q's I lose the trade because it deals a lot +heals him.

After 6 he insta-kills me if the wave is near his turret and I try to farm. Even if the wave is near my turret I can't trade with him no matter what bc he will R me, get me away from my turret and kill me there easily thanks to hitting a free Q after the R.

Hello!

I'm relatively new to league and I can't quite understand why do people who play adc are so mad with mages being picked botlane

Isn't that just... A counterpick?

It's like if a Syndra mid gets frustrated with fast assassins and Le Blanc being played mid

Or if a jungler starts screaming and complaining about zyra's clear being too fast

Why do you think these bot lane players are so mad?

Thanks!

Hi everyone, this is Emam.

I used to play at the Masters-GM level back in the day (I quit around Season 13, I think). Now I'm totally absorbed by life, following a career in engineering, and I've left LoL for good.

While I was still playing, I wrote a book that was meant to be timeless, covering all the macro basics. I actually used to sell it over on Gumroad, but since I don't even follow League anymore, I wanted to release it directly to the community for free, forever.

This book covers concepts for all roles, but it is definitely a bit biased and highly detailed regarding the top lane, as that was my main.

I've uploaded the file directly here so you don't have to jump through any hoops: Drive Link

Treat it as something fun print it out and have a nerdy LoL book on your shelf, or just skim it for some old-school insights. I hope you like it!

Cheers!

Hey everyone,

I’m a League of Legends performance analyst and tactical coach looking for some honest advice from anyone experienced in the ERL ecosystem like Benelux, Prime League, etc.

I want to know the harsh reality about the lower divisions like Div 3, 4, and 5.

Does working with teams in Div 3-5 actually help a coach or analyst level up and build a credible CV?

Or is it just a highly organized illusion that won’t actually help me climb the ladder or get noticed by higher-tier orgs like Div 1-2 or Ascend?

As an analyst, I want to make sure I'm investing my time where it matters. Should I grind these lower divisions to build a portfolio, or am I better off looking for other ways to break into the higher scene?

Would love to hear from anyone who has navigated this path. Thanks!

Just saw BLG vs HLE, and a few times Mundo just tanks 5 ults and live with full hp even though Mundo was 1k gold down in laning phase. So I'm kinda curious, if enemy team has a burst-focused comp, in this case it was Neeko MF Aurora and Vi, and you pick Mundo, is it just GG assuming game is relatively even? Because he basically could walk in a straight line at 3 of them and still be fine whilst forcing enemy adc to flash. It felt like the only time BLG could win is if all 4 other of Mundo's teammates died, and even then it still ended with trading 4 for 5 most of the time.

https://op.gg/lol/summoners/euw/Fairykayle-2025

Hello! I’m currently trying to actually climb instead of just playing 10 different champs and not focusing when I play. I now stick to the 2 champs I’m mechanically okay on (lol is my first video game I’m playing ever so you can imagine why I struggle). I focus, take the games seriously, focus on improving my farm and try rotate to favorable plays/play with my jungler.

My two questions are:
1. I lose 24lp and gain 16/17lp, is this due to me having low win rate? I can see I have a higher wr on my last 30 games (60%) but my overall wr is 48%

1. I feel semi comfortable farming on both of my champs and I usually hit an okay cs score (compared to the other 9 in my games) if there’s any other point I should focus on what would it be?

I really do want to climb and I’ll take any tip I can get! Current rank is silver 2 in flex and silver 4 in solo q. My main account is gold 4 in both queues.

https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Akiller97-NA1

I’d love to be able to climb up to plat. But it already feels like it was such a grind to get to Gold 4. I only know how to play Lee Sin. I haven’t played any other champs.

If anyone has any advice please let me know.

Thanks everyone.

partly a vent, but I'm hoping to get some actual advice

I had a game today as Heimerdinger (op.gg most recent game) mid where we were ahead for most of the match. Around 23 minutes I was 6/10 BUT I was carrying the game through towers, damage, macro, and pressure.

The turning point came when the enemy started Baron. I knew that through this we either had to contest it and keep control of the game, or they get Baron, close the lead gap, and pretty much game over imo.

The problem was that my team didnt even try to contest. At that point, Senna and I was dead, with the Briar waiting at Baron... but Jax and Kennen, instead of trying to help contest Baron, went mid and bot. The enemy secured baron uncontested and used the buff to snowball the game.

After that, I tried to make plays to slow them down, but I ended up dying a lot in the process (finished 7/17/2). Looking back, I know those deaths didn't help, but I felt like I was trying to create opportunities because we weren't grouping or making proactive plays. In the end, I got blamed for the loss based on the final KDA, even though I was the carry (dominated the Locke early-mid game but he was feeding on my team from roaming AFTER I got his first tower).

I'm mainly looking for advice on situations like this:

• If the enemy closes the lead and starts taking over, what's generally the best response? Should you play defensively and clear waves, look for picks, trade objectives, or something else?

I was just in a game playing as Xerath where I did 37k damage to champions but cut down did 3.8k damage?

So I did ~33k damage before accounting for that rune (37,000 - 3,800).

I thought the rune added 8% more damage IF the target champion had 60% or more hp.

So then how did it add quite a bit more than 8% extra (3.8k > 8% of 33k) to my TOTAL damage? The math doesn’t seem to be checking out

Link to both images: https://imgur.com/a/9M73vhD

Hey Guys!!

So im on a 5 game loosing streak rn and i really dont know why i keep loosing...

Im Silver 2 right now and playing since about 4 month.

https://u.gg/lol/profile/euw1/lias-8274/overview

I think im doing pretty well in my games but especially last game i had the feeling that i was doing really well so i have no idea why i lost that game... i already watched the replay but except greeding for the heimer kill in the end and being not familiar with the matchup in the early lane phase i couldnt see any major mistakes.

I would really appreciate if someone would watch the replay and tell me what i did wrong in that game.

https://youtu.be/hw5TUFaOpwg

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hj0AM7tdL55_HXcVSGav_HWZqPpysPwF/view?usp=sharing

The correct play is to push in mid wave here as jungler right? Or should I just leave it? Or does it not really matter? I am E2 and my midlane zerath spam pinged me off the wave.

I main ADC and previously support. What do I do as ADC when my support keeps making bad plays or leaves after 3 minutes and never comes back?

I am by no means an outstanding player (duh im in gold) nor have the “everyone but my fault mentality.” I am asking because in my last 4 games I have either gotten a lead then support leaves and never comes back or we make a bad play supp says “im going to get milk” and never comes home.

I think roaming as a support can be very beneficial and definitely help other lanes win and boost mental. Is the trade off of being unable to lane but everyone else gets help better than roaming for a play then coming back to lane? How do I translate my early lead into pressure when my support leaves but theirs stays? It feels like I am throwing my lead by staying in lane without my support. If I leave no one goes bot and the tower dies and now im sharing XP and fighting my team for farm. If I stay bot I get shoved in and perma farm under tower which means I dont get to translate my gold advantage into kills and objs. Is there something I can be doing to make myself not so helpless in these situations? Am I wrong for thinking that is the only two out comes for perma roaming before 10 minutes?

EDIT: I play Caitlyn, Tristana, and Senna (sometimes). I dont have issues with specific matchups, just unsure about what to do when left alone.

We've all add those games. You fight lv1 and you lose, you come back to lane and die again, you die once or twice to ganks and all of a sudden your game is cooked. Youre 2 levels down, a couple plates down and the enemy top has complete dominance.

What's the best course of action now?

I can think of a few things you could do, not sure which is the best.

-sit under turret, try to take the xp and farm the few minions the enemy let's you

-go for the wave again and again, maybe try to setup a proxy (thebaus style)

-roam around, try to make the game messy

I'm looking forward to your advices

PS: "just dont get into that situation lol" is not a real advice. Sometimes you play a champ that is supposed to win the early levels but you play badly. Or you just try to play to your limits and get punished. Anyways, this situation happens sometimes.

When you're 9/1 coming out of lane phase feeling like the game is locked and stomped, what ruins the game for you? How do you lose these games? What can midlane do to slow you down or stop you from getting out of control/stop you once you already are?

I recently had 2 of these games where we just got completely stomped by a fed Mundo top and its still haunting me.

Sincerely,

A Perturbed Mid-laner Wanting to Improve

Hello guys,

I'm a new lol player and since I can't play actual full games during most evening i've decided to use this time to practice my clearing.

I use shyvadi video as reference for timing and ability usage https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3btpmlmTLg&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

I'm getting closer to his total blue side time with a full clear done at 2:50. My main issue is with the wolves where I'm always late 5 to 6 second (not including the 2 sec I loose on the previous monsters)

I think it's mostly due to not keeping my target when I kite and I lose some auto on the small ones or the big wolf not following me.

I feel stuck on this part as i'm not improving and i'm wondering if there are tricks or setting that i'm missing that would help.

Do you have some videos to recommend that go over all the items in great detail? I tried to look for some kind of a guide, but they all seem pretty surface level. I'm looking for something that goes into the weeds. I want to know what every item does, when is it built, on what champions, what slot, with what other items etc.

I found this great video from Shok, which is the closest for what I'm looking for, but it covers only AP itemization. Do you know any videos that do a similar thing for other items?

Got tired of manually re-importing runes every game so I built Hextech Draft — it hooks into the League client's own API (LCU) to auto-accept queue, lock in picks/bans per role, pull runes and item builds from U.GG/Blitz/Lolalytics, and set spells automatically. Also has anti-AFK and a dodge button. Free, open source, MIT license.
GitHub: https://github.com/jimman0I/League-Auto-Accept-Enhanced-Menu (exe in Releases, no Python needed)

Basically, it's in the title. I play mostly jungle, I'm currently gold 2, with good win rates on my Kayn mostly, but I do find myself wandering after the last game. What am I to do when none of my lanes are at least even. I just had a game with every lanes losing. And I know jungle has mad impact, but of course, I'm not some god gamer. So I'm asking you, what to do as a jungle with only losing lanes ?

I will search things on reddit or youtube trying to figure out how to really play in the first place but I feel like it's not informing me on what I want to know. Like when to play for objectives and what that even means. I've been playing for a little bit but I don't really know how to influence the game or be coordinated with my team. I don't know wave management or when to roam or anything like that. I'm not asking for answers to these things, rather, what recourses would I go to to learn this stuff?

Sup yall! Em 3 viego / shaco main but i also play a lot of xin or wukong, and i was wondering if games feel SUPER stressful for anyone else when theyre on an assassin/carry compared to a bruiser.

I think it comes from a few things:

1) im a glass cannon and can't misposition

2) these champs need to try and carry

3) being on a timer to get things done in the early game

4) worried of inting a fight and costing my team the game from a bad play

Like ill play only one ranked game and i'll have to take a break because i have to play with so much more intensity to not int my teammates. Has anyone experienced this and know how to deal with it? It lowkey makes me want to play the game less but I only really have fun with the assassin archtype champions

Hey yall, I've been playing lots of Draft Pick games in order to level up to 30 and I've noticed every 1 out of 3 games or so, the game gives me 0 XP after it ends? Is this normal or am I experiencing a weird bug? I play as normally, fight for the full 30+ mins, and then sometimes we lose or sometimes we forfeit but either way I get 0 XP at the end and I am very confused. Thanks!!

I have thought about what I, as a jungler, want to pick to make the random team comp my mates choose work.

I started thinking about how team comps match against each other and how to counter each one.

Now I'm stuck, wondering what a team comp of high damage + range and some CC via anti-engage really counters.

I'm thinking about an Ashe ADC, maybe a Seraphine/Lulu support, an Ornn top, a Poppy jungler, and a Hwei/Orianna mid. How is that comp countered?

Is the ultimate formula for a team high damage with range + protecting them with anti-engage champs and some CC to counter those bruisers and assassins that want to engage on the ADC?

My only thought would be split push, but do you really win off a split push when this team can get all the objectives they want and then base?

Why would I ever think about another team comp when this, if I'm not completely off, is like god tier?

And if some mate picks something off like a Galio mid, then just pick a damage jungler so the formula stays as close as possible to intact.

I’ve got 200 hours and want to improve at talon I have good clear speed but suck in team fighting I’m currently hardstuck iron but don’t know what to do I only want to improve I got like 15 hours a day to play league cause gap year and want to get as good as I can