League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Riot Games, inspired by the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Pets, On-hit, On-ability and other effects
I would like to know how On-hit and On-ability works with pets, more specifically on Malzahar's Voidlings. I'm testing an hybrid build, and I know that Voidlings will get AD and ArmorPen from ...
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Cost-effective items for mana-hungry AP champions
I think Mana Regen items are good in early-mid game and Max Mana items are good for Mid-Late game (because take time for fill the stacks). Am I correct?
Which kind of items are recommended for ...
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When is the right time to start farming the epic jungle mobs?
When playing a match when is the right time to get some teamates together to go kill the bonus granting mobs in the jungle ?
Are they worth taking the time to kill ?
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Magic Penetration Vs. Magic Resist Reduction
What is the difference between Magic Pen and MR Reduction? In what situations would I want one over the other?
The items I'm debating between are Abyssal Scepter and Void Staff. I know that Void ...
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Unit “in combat” [duplicate]
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What counts as combat for boots of mobility?
I would like to know when a unit is consider to be "in combat". Mainly, im interested in knowing how long it takes to get ...
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Does Athene's Unholy Grail's passive proc on minion kills?
The passive says:
Restores 12% of your max mana on kill or assist.
Does it means champion kill or assists or any kill or assists (including minion and monster kills)?
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How is critical damage from Statikk Shiv classified?
A new Season 3 item, Statikk Shiv, deals magic damage that can critically strike. Does this critical strike get counted in with regular critical strikes on the end-game stats screen? Or is it just ...
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Which LOL champion has the lowest basic attack at level 18?
Which League of Legends champion has the lowest basic attack damage at level 18? Any ideas?
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Effective range of Captain Enchantment on Tier 2 Boots
With the new Captain Enchantment on your tier 2 boots, allies move towards you faster.
What is the effective range of this bonus for allied champions? What is the range of the bonus for minions? Is ...
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is GP10 still a viable choice as support?
With Season 3 here, lots of new items have been release. One in particular is the Sightstone, and if you didnt know this item allows you to basically have unlimited wards and a decent amount of health ...
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What happens when you place a Ghost Ward beyond the Sightstone's limit?
The new Sightstone seems like a fantastic value,
Unique: Ghost Ward - Consumes a charge to place a Ghost Ward. You may have a maximum of 2 wards from this item at once.
What happens when you ...
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Does Twin Shadows seek stealthed champions?
The new Season 3 item Twin Shadows has the following active:
Unique Active: Hunt - Summons 2 invulnerable ghosts for 6 seconds to seek the
two nearest enemy champions. If they touch an enemy ...
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Does the Captain Enchantment Tier 2 Boots Stack?
In the Preseason 3 Patch Notes, it says,
Enchantment - Captain: Allied champions moving towards you gain a
movement speed boost. Additionally, nearby allied minions gain a large
movement speed ...
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Is the Elo system in League of Legends accurate?
I'm confused about how Elo could work properly in a game such as League. The Elo rating system was originally developed for 1 versus 1 chess games as I understand it. So, how could it properly show ...
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What exactly defines a champ who “falls off late”
There are some champions which are commonly known to "fall off late game", such as Lee Sin. But what is it exactly, what defines if a Champion "falls off" or not? Or to be more precise, what (for ...
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Do ranked games matter in the pre-season?
Currently, League of Legends is in between seasons but the ranked queue is still active. Does playing ranked games serve any purpose at the moment? Will it carry over directly into the next season or ...
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When/how to start farm Wraiths on Mid Lane?
Good players in higher elo start farming wraiths and wolves quite out from midlane quite early. Actually I can't explain myself how they actually manage to do so. When I start to farm Wraiths ...
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Why is Tryndamere not seen in competitive play?
It seems as though Tryndamere would make an excellent top lane champion or jungler. The "requirements" for a top lane champion in the current metagame are:
Sustain: Tryndamere has a heal.
Getaway: ...
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New Twisted Treeline Base Walls - Skills or Spells that jump over them
Intro:
With the new twisted treeline riot also introduced this new elevated base which has one set of stairs on each side and a big wide wall in the middle. The reason behind this design (in my ...
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Does Flash make a champion untargetable for a moment?
There are some effects in the game which remove a champion's sprite from the map, rendering them untargetable for a moment, such as Elise's Rappel. Does the Summoner Spell Flash do this as well, even ...
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Why was cho'gath not seen in the top lane much in season 2 competitive play? [closed]
I haven't seen Cho'gath picked as top lane in tournament games for much of season 2. Is this a "meta thing", or what are the reasons behind this?
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Can damage from thornmail critically strike?
After playing a game as Nautilus, I was surprised to see that I had critically striked. I do have a rune page that gives a chance to critically strike, but I'm sure I didn't select it.
Do critical ...
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What stats of Malzahar's do the Voidlings mimic?
I know that the Voidlings scale 1.0 of Malzahar's Attack Damage, and partially from Armor Penetration, but do they benefit from anything else? And if they benefit from his life steal, does the life go ...
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Does Elise continue to take damage during Rappel?
Elise's Rappel ability makes her untargetable and removes her champion from the map for a short duration. During this time, however, does she continue to take damage from damage over time effects ...
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Does the amount of games played influence your ELO?
I'm really enjoying playing League but can only devote a fraction of the time most other players can. I've got a job, business and family to run and thus am playing around 2-3 maybe 4 matches every ...
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Does lux's light binding reveal it's target when hit?
Does the light binding ability of Lux reveal it's target when hit? For example when firing into a brush?
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What do the borders around summoners in the loading screen stand for?
In the new season, we now have borders with the summonners on the loading screen. What do they mean and what colors can be earned?
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How many cases I must solve to be ranked in new Tribunal in LoL?
I have 57 cases solved, elo 2171 with 88% of accuracy and I'm still unranked. I'm curious how many cases until I am "ranked" judge. Anyone know anything more about it?
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How much honor must I have to earn badges?
I see in this earlier question about honor that the amount needed is unknown, but in another question it's stated to be 25.
How much Teamplay or Honorable Opponent honor must I earn to receive a ...
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What are the demerits of pushing early in League of Legends?
I have started playing League of Legends recently, and a lot of guides advocate against pushing a lane early by auto-attacking. This seems counter-intuitive to me, as a beginner.
So, why should one ...
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How to bring back the game in Dota 2?
In League of Legends if the early game is messed up and the enemy heroes are fed up, every additional kill costs less for them. Also killed heroes does not lose gold. This allows them to buy equipment ...
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As Yorick, when should I ult someone other than the ADC?
Since Revenant scales off AD, and also the most valuable member on team who can help a lot more with extra 10 seconds of life-after-death is the ADC - it seems a natural fit to use R on Vayne or ...
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How can I check a team's match history?
As the title states, is there any way of checking the history of a team, rather than an individual?
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Why does my mouse sensitivity spontaneously change?
Sometimes when I'm playing, my mouse sensitivity will spontaneously change for no reason. Any thoughts on what can cause this?
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What is the purpose of having banned champions in ranked League of Legends games? [duplicate]
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Why are characters banned in tournament play for DotA-likes?
Has Riot provided any reasoning behind this game play feature? I'm curious to learn more about it. I'm not ...
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Was Zed Betrayed? [closed]
Part of Zed's Lore reads:
The old man implored Zed to enter the temple, destroy the box, and lead his followers to balance. The dark ninja followed the master inside. Moments later, the ...
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Can Teemo become stealthed while capturing an altar?
In response to this question:
Are stealthed opponents visible when capturing altars on Twisted Treeline?
Is it possible for Teemo to activate his passive while capturing an altar? Or does the act of ...
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For the end of Season 2, what are the new Elo bracket percentiles?
For example, before the new brackets were introduced:
Bronze: Between 1250 and 1399 (3v3: 1249-1409, pre-made 5v5: 1249-1409) (Top 25%)
Question from the League of Legends forums.
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Why shouldn't Hecarim trust Mordekaiser?
On the League of Legends Wikia I found out that an Altar on the new Twisted Treeline says to Hecarim "Mordekaiser is not to be trusted, Hecarim!"
Why? I can't find anything in their lore about their ...
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How do I lane safely on Twisted Treeline?
With the remade Twisted Treeline map, laning can be very tricky as they are very vulnerable to ganks, especially due to there being no wards allowed on the map any more.
Are there any techniques I ...
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What advantages do capturing the two altars on the new Twisted Treeline map give?
There are two altars in the middle of the jungle on the remade Twisted Treeline map. What advantages do my team and I get for capturing them?
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Are stealthed opponents visible when capturing altars on Twisted Treeline?
When playing on the new Twisted Treeline map, I noticed that some champions remain stealthed whilst capturing the altars. Do they remain invisible to the enemy or can they be seen?
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Game Modes and Learning Curve
What's the recommended learning curve on League of Legends? I mean, I'm in level 16, and for me Beginner Co-op vs AI is very easy, I can win even with a bad team.
So, I tried Normal Game (PVP), and I ...
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Videos don't work
Every video in the League of Legends client, whether it be a YouTube video or the videos of the champions' abilities, does not work.
It plays the sound completely fine as fine as I can tell, but the ...
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Does Awareness (mastery) increase the XP gained from Sage (mastery)?
I would like to know if the mastery Awareness increases the exp bonus gained by the mastery Sage. Although the experience gained isn't exactly a game-changing difference, I'm still curious.
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Unknown summoner icons?
I've came across some summoner icons that I seem to not have myself.
Where an how can I get those? (Talking mostly about the one from superari and hotrod in the screenshot.)
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What level should I be before facing Vilemaw?
With the new treeline, there's the new Spider boss, Vilemaw, with a damage buff reward for beating it.
At what level should a team with average equipment try to tackle it? And if I would be to tackle ...
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What lane do assassins play on?
I've mostly played AD Carry on Bot lane and Offtank on Top lane, so I am unsure of where other certain types of champions should lane.
This is what I know so far:
Top: Offtanks
Mid: AP Carries
Bot: ...
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What can I do after winning my lane?
I mean, I have destroyed 2 enemy towers on my lane. I'm playing Mid-Malzahar, and I get those objectives really fast (sometimes my team mates haven't destroyed any towers yet!). Yes, I know about the ...
