A Complete Beginner’s Guide to League of Legends

August 9, 2020

Author: David Warner

In this article, we will discuss the complete steps related to how to start the game League of Legends if you are a beginner. League of Legends is a game by the developer Riot Games and is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA). League of Legends is a strategy team game consisting of different game modes. There are a wide number of tactics that a player should learn using. The loot system and in-client shop also require similar tactics. So, you should achieve proper knowledge about these steps that are required for playing the game. This article presents you the required information in the form of a tutorial so that you can start your journey in the League of Legends. This article will let you clear up the concept of how you can play the game in the main game mode.

Leagues of Legends: Introduction to the Steps

Summoner’s Rift or simply 5v5 is the main game mode in League of Legends. The reason why it is called 5v5 is that it is a player vs player game, basically five versus five. You will get the role of a Summoner, and you will have to select a player who will play the game on behalf of yours. Every player (champion) available for selection, carries a different set of powers, capabilities, and abilities, and also every character will have a different role to play. The Nexus of the enemy’s team must get destroyed by you and your team so that you can win the game. If you want to reach the Nexus of the other team, you and your team will have to destroy the turrets that protect the Nexus of the other team.

To reach the Nexus, you will have to follow the three per lane and two protecting it. After you have knocked down at least three, you will need to destroy at least one "inhibitor".

After you have destroyed the inhibitor, Nexus might lay super minions on the lane, remember these will do a lot more damage, by pushing the lane reaching the enemy’s Nexus very quickly. Do make sure that you stay out of the reach of the turrets. If you are nearby them, they may attack you,

Leagues of Legends: Minions

Minions are a great source of gold income for every champ. They come down to the lanes in the form of waves and that too every couple of minutes. You have to farm to get money, and for that, you need to "the last hit" the minions.

The new players might find last-hitting a bit harder. Don’t be ashamed if you are not able to do so. In the meanwhile, keep in mind that the minions also help in protecting the champ from attacks of the turrets. They also help in pushing the lanes.

Always make sure that you restrict attacking enemies in their tower. If you do so, the tower will turn against you, thereby completely neglecting any minions in between.

Leagues of Legends: How to Get into the Game?

After all the champs are ‘locked in’, you will get 10 seconds for setting up your skills, rune page, and the extras if any, like little legends (pets), emotes, and ward skins. You will have to make sure that you do lock-in, if not done, you will be restricted from playing another game for a while as you will be thrown out of the lobby.

When you come in contact with the Rift, you will have to open up the shop to purchase the starting items. We recommend you to buy those that will suit best for the champion or on the position on which you are playing. You can play on any of the positions like Top, Middle, Bot Lane, and Jungle. The Top and Middle positions are solo lanes where you have to play in a completely isolated yet beautiful environment. In the Top, you play as a fighter or a tank. In the Mid, an assassin or a mage. The Bot is, however, a duo lane where only the Marksman can farm. He plays it with basic support. The support here helps in the good cause of the team by buying the gold generating items.

Leagues of Legends: Communication

There are various color-coded smart pings in the game, which mainly play the role of alerting the team on different instances accordingly. The "?" symbol in yellow tells that the enemy is missing, the red-colored "!" tells about the danger ahead, the blue flag is a symbol for guidance, and the green arrow pointing downwards is the signal denoting "on my way".

Leagues of Legends: 5v5 modes

You will see three 5v5 game modes in the League of Legends. They are as follows:

Blind Pick: In Blind Pick, players choose champs simultaneously. Blind Pick is the simplest mode of 5v5 games. While selecting the champs, the teams will only be able to see each other’s champs after the screen loads and not before that.
Draft Pick: The teams have to select a champion to ban from the game. They have to do this ten times. To have an edge at the very start of the game, the bans need to be strategic.
Ranked: This mode follows a similar method like the one in the draft pick. It is mainly used for competitive playing and getting a good rank in the league.

Conclusion

You will have no idea in the starting about what is going on in the game, and it will annoy you when one champ keeps on killing you. This, in fact, never changes but later on, you will get used to it. You will then select the position and the champs according to you. The game will obviously test a lot of your patience. You will have to learn about a lot of tactics. But the more you dig deeper into the game, the more you will start understanding it in better terms.

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