My Brother got me playing LOL from Dota 2 a few months back. I am not going to post about all the similarities or difference in the games but what works in Dota 2 will not work in LOL and vice versa. I was pretty good in Dota 2 and main’d Range Carry. In LOL the same role is ADC. Anyway I jumped into LOL thinking that I could probably get Platinum rank easily with ADC since I was so good with it in Dota 2 but it is much more challenging role to carry with than in Dota 2. I think I only got gold V with it. To push to Plat in solo ranked que twice, I followed the following tips and tricks. I will post more in upcoming posts.
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1. Fix ALL lag issues. When playing LOL, for some reason I was getting huge lag spikes – Especially during team fights or after major updates. In ranked games LAG is a Major ELO killer – you will miss a lot of CS (creep score), have bad mechanics, over extend, and just suck in team fights where milliseconds during a stun or engage decide the team battle. To fix lag I tried a lot of things including reading up official threads on lol but nothing worked. My best advice is to keep your PC clean, stop all unncessary programs even anti-virus during ranked games. I also gave PC Speed fix a shot and it helped my game’s fps and ping stabilize.
2. Learn at least 2 Roles. Blind picks in LOL means you will not get the role you are best at all the time. So you will need to learn at least 1 addition role to your main one. I recommend learning ADC, MID, and TOP. Master one of these roles with 1 Character each. That means if you want to mid and adc, master a champion for MID and a champion for ADC.
3. Master a champion. That means just that. Play with a character until you know all the mechanics, have great cs, know all the hidden combos and little tricks of him or her. Here is a side note, go to http://www.lolking.net/champions/ and sort by win rate. Choose and master a character you like that is at least 47% win rate. Cut your time in half by following a well written guide on lolking for your champion.
4. Win your lane and then help your teammates. Winning your lane does not guarantee a victory in LOL. It is a team game and you will need to push or defend as a team. You should know your role in a teamfight and execute it to give your teammates a worthy exchange. That means if you are ADC, you need to do as much DPS as possible, or if you are an initiator/tank, you should have good initiations on high value targets like MID or ADC. Etc etc. This will take a lot of games to know and understand.
5. Track and improve your win rate, and KDA ratio using http://na.op.gg/summoner/
6. Use a pregame spy tool like http://na.op.gg/summoner/ or lolking.net’s one. or lolnexus.com to see what your opponent’s runes and stats are like. This will give you a small but helpful advantage. Tell your teammates at start of big finds like if a player is going full DPS etc.
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More to come.