Questions tagged [league-of-legends]
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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What are the Key Gameplay Differences between Valve's DOTA 2 vs League of Legends?
Valve's new game DotA 2 is a sequel to the popular Warcraft 3 map of the same name which is nearing release. The game follows the same paradigm of a similar game, League of Legends which was inspired ...
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First thing to learn when beginning League of Legends
So I just started out playing League of Legends. I've got a friend who plays and we started up a bot game so that I could learn the basic commands.
It wasn't pretty.
The bots basically slaughtered ...
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How do I ward properly in League of Legends?
I tend to like to play a support champion. Since I'm slowly making my way to mid and high level play its getting more important to get good wards up because ganks become more common.
I am therefore ...
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What do those abbreviations mean in League of Legends?
I'm quite new to League of Legends (LoL) but try to improve through reading guides. All too often I stumble upon abbreviations I am not sure what they mean.
Some of those are:
AD
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ArPen
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Why don't pro LoL players concede while pro DotA 2 players concede virtually every match?
Something like 95% of professional DotA 2 games end with a concession, whereas I have personally never seen a professional LoL team concede even once, no matter how hopeless the game (though I hear it ...
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What are the pros and cons of flat vs. scaling runes?
With 80+ champions and more being added, and endless build possibilities, I know it's unrealistic to ask "which one of these is better" because there is no right answer. I assume that one is not flat ...
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How cost effective is Recall
So this is a decision I often have to make, is it faster to run back to base or Recall?
For those unaware recall is a 8 second cast time before instantly being transported back to base; thus we can ...
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How can the damage reduction from Armor in League of Legends not have diminishing returns?
The formula for calculating damage reduction from armor in League of Legends is
Damage Reduction = Total Armor / (100 + Total Armor)
It seems clear to me that this formula dictates that adding more ...
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Is there a way to convert a .rofl file to .mp4 or .avi?
While using the League of Legends replay system, I found a nice replay that I like. I want to use it in a video, but my editing software cannot use .rofl files. Is there any way to convert the .rofl ...
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Difference between top and bottom lane in League of Legends?
What is the difference between top and bottom lanes in LoL? More experienced players tell you during the game to switch the lane if you go to the "wrong" one. So I guess that certain champions are not ...
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How much IP do you get for winning & losing games in the various modes/maps?
My understanding is that you get a base number of Influence Points (IP) for losing each game and a little more for winning a game. In addition, the amount of time a games goes on seems to factor into ...
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Is there a list displaying the champions in order based on their auto attack range?
I quite enjoy playing harassing champs on LoL, and I am interested in which champions have the longest auto attack range. Is there a list displaying the order of champions with the highest range first?...
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How does hearing range work?
In some situations in League of Legends, you can hear things that you can't see. For example, I'm pretty sure you can hear some enemy skill uses in a nearby bush.
I haven't been able to find any ...
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Do traps improve when you level the ability after you place them?
For example, if I place a Yordle Snap Trap and then put a point into that ability, will the placed snap trap benefit from the higher level when it is activated?
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Smartly using smart casting
In League of Legends, I saw a smart casting mode in the options. What does smart casting do exactly? And is it useful/helpful playing against people with it?
When I was playing Soraka it seemed to ...
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What is Attack Move for?
Attack Move is a key bind that I came across in the key binding list. From my own testing it seems to move to the target location and attack the nearest target-able object including turrets.
I heard ...
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How do I choose which Runes to get in League of Legends?
Since runes cost influence points, I'm reluctant to just try getting a bunch of them. Also, as a low level summoner, I am still experimenting with different characters. Are there some guidelines for ...
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How do you send a personal message to someone in League of Legends?
How do you send a personal message to another player through ingame chat? or out of game chat?
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Why do high level/professional junglers seem to 'kite'?
When watching various streams, YouTube videos or LCS, I notice almost ALL the junglers doing this.
They attack, then turn away for a very very brief moment, the auto attack, then repeat this process ...
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Good hero for a beginner?
I am new to League of Legends and not used to games of this style. What would be a good choice of hero to learn in this case?
On table RPG I usually like playing mages, but on LoL it seems hard and ...
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Is there an updated list of the most frequently banned champions in the ranked solo game? [closed]
I have just reached level 30 in League Of Legends and I would like to approach the ranked solo game. I read about the banning system, that allow to ban 4 champions from the game, before champion ...
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What effect do neutral buffs have in League of Legends?
I know it is desired to get the blue buff for Ability Power (AP)-base champions and the red buff for Attack Damage (AD)-base champions and baron buff is good for everybody. I think blue buff at least ...
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What are the differences between Defense of the Ancients (DotA) and League of Legends (LoL)?
I played a lot to League of Legends (>1000 hours) and I am going to try DotA now. Speaking about gameplay only, it would be really helpful for a newbie knowing what are the main differences between ...
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Which walls are flashable?
I found this nice map that indicates where players can Flash across walls.
Unfortunately, the range for Flash has been reduced, most recently in the V1.0.0.129 patch in November, 2011. Since this ...
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How are re-roll credits earned?
In the ARAM queue that arrived with the Freljord patch you can re-roll a champion you've been given by using a re-roll credit. How fast do you accrue these re-rolls? Is it based on number of games ...
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What is the difference between a "carry" and a "fighter"?
I have been rather confused about this for a while, mainly when someone says they will play their Champion as a carry when the Champion is not classified as one. So, I suppose I am also wondering the ...
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Is IP gained based at all on performance?
Is there any correlation between how well I do in game and how much IP I gain? I already know that winning a game nets you more IP than losing a game.
But for example, if my team carries me to a win ...
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What's the point of jungling?
I'm fairly new to League of Legends (or DotA-likes in general).
What's the point of jungling versus just killing minions? Do they give significantly more gold or experience than the peons from ...
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Why are some champions considered to be better at blue/red side?
This questions got in my mind when I was watching the LoL World Championships. I do not know who it was, but one of the broadcasters made a statement like this:
When playing on red side you always ...
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What makes a champion squishy?
I have gathered that squishy essentially means "easily killed", but I'm not sure how to judge a champion's squishy-ness. What factors go into being squishy?
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Why can Sona speak in game?
I enjoy reading the lore behind the champions in League of Legends. Sona is a Champion I enjoy playing so I read her lore earlier. It seems she is mute:
Sona has no memory of her true parents. As ...
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What does SS stand for when an opponent is missing?
When someone from the opposing team is missing I have noticed people writing "SS bot/mid/top" to indicate to the rest of the team that they don't have visual on one or more of the people in there lain....
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What makes an effective 5v5 team composition in League of Legends?
I've been wondering which 5v5 team composition would be the best. The heroes can all be classified under various roles like AoE, Globals, Tanks, Heals, etc.
What combinations of these roles lend to ...
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How do executions work in League of Legends?
If you don't take damage from any champions for a short period before dying, then your death counts as an execution. What does this mean in terms of gold rewards given? In particular:
Does the enemy ...
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Which abilities are shared in One For All?
If a team is playing Akali and one puts down the shroud, does everyone go stealth? What about other similar skills such as Nocturne's Q? What about team buffs?
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What is Leona's Secret Passive?
While I was aware of the Inverse Ninja Law reducing the base HP of Akali / Kennen / Shen when present on the same team, I have recently discovered that they are not the only such champions to have a "...
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Can Shen teleport Fiora around the map?
Assuming they are on opposite teams, if Fiora uses her ultimate on a Shen that is channeling his ultimate does the Fiora end up with the Shen at his new location?
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Are health potions a waste of gold?
I've been playing for about a year and a half now and some of my friends would rather not buy potions saying "it's a waste of money and time".
Well, I disagree with this thinking since you can remake ...
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Which champions are suited to League of Legends Dominion Map (and which should be avoided)?
I'm not regularly playing League of Legends as a pre-made team and was wondering which champions are more suited to playing the Dominion map.
Obviously it depends a bit on what other champions have ...
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How long before you get untagged for a kill in League of Legends?
Sometimes your only options might be to kill yourself on a turret, monster or minion. How long from the last time an enemy attacked you until you die does it have to be for it not to count towards ...
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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 do I read the kill icons in League of Legends?
The new League of Legends patch (1.42.34) added in a "Kill Stream" (as well as a lot of other neat UI cleanups. It looks very pretty now, but I digress...) in addition to the announcements of "So and ...
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Can I get banned for using LSI (League Summoner Information)?
I have been using LSI for about a week, what this program allows me to do is:
Edit what champions I get when I type in the search bar.
In game allows me to view all the damage i took from every ...
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Should you let the minions destroy the towers?
I've watched some pro-games (LCS, All-Stars, etc.) and really high-Elo games lately and noticed that the towers are always shot down to about 5% health but it is left alone and not destroyed. (When ...
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Why are Armor Penetration runes considered much stronger than atk speed runes?
In lots of forums, ArPen runes are considered the best marks (along with Insight) and AS runes are referred as "do not buy runes". I'm not quite sure why.
9 Tier 3 ArPen runes comes to 11.61 ArPen. ...
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What's honor for?
The FAQ page at League of Legends.com is broken and clicking the FAQ links does nothing.
League recently brought honor into play. You can be awarded honor for several different reasons after playing ...
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Is it possible to change "recommended Items"?
I recognized some items which are listed as recommended in the shop menu are pretty useless for certain champion builds and it is better to get some other instead.
Because I am pretty new to LoL I ...
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How are all diminishing returns calculated in League of Legends?
It was brought up in another question about how two slows would stack.
I am wondering how do diminishing returns work and are calculated.
For instance, if I would stack dodge on a Jax if I was able ...
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What are Zyra's 3 hidden passives?
Similar to how Leona has a hidden passive that reduces her damage to champions that have sunglasses, Zyra apparently has three hidden passives according to one of her designers (CertainlyT).
What are ...
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What items are announced to chat when bought?
I have noticed that some items get announced to chat when purchased, what items gets anounced and what makes them so special?
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