How To Win More League of Legends Games (No, Seriously)

[@Exil22]

Come check out my stream - Completely non-toxic coaching / gameplay / analysis / discussions www.twitch.tv/kellenexil

[@jdogsful]

get objectives is a "duh", but the reality is you cannot rely on your team to show up no matter how hard you ping. Dragons are not jg objectives, they are team objectives, so if they dont want to show up for it, your better off just ignoring drags until they do. Often times allowing the enemy team to get drag or baron often gives you the chance to just push up a couple lanes so the enemy has a bunch of work to do after they get baron. and honestly, lately ive been winning more games by simply ignoring all drags and baron and just getting ganks and pushing lanes.

[@alexanderson4338]

Could you give a longer list of the champions in the agency section?

[@nektariosvits7610]

What happened to your Twitch channel? It says "Sorry. Unless you've got a time machine, that content is unavailable"

[@oliverhorwood2339]

Encouraged me to get back into league

[@boringbone]

The best feeling about disabling all chat is when you end the game and you're getting 'Stayed Cool' honors from everyone. That's how you know someone was flaming the hell out of you but they were just talking to a brick wall

[@rkm4592]

looooooooooooooool true

[@anthonyquote1593]

it's true that most of you are brick walls

[@randominch8940]

I play in bot lane and if my lane partner feeds or is useless and I don't complain about it, i often get a: stayed cool, from him.

[@aviko9560]

@@randominch8940 Bro, we all make mistakes, if I underperform, I really honour the least toxic person, and if it's a dude who didn't say a word so be it.

[@quentinchronic6348]

@@aviko9560based

[@Skywardflare758]

One thing that personally really helped me climb is learning to let others carry when they’re having a good game and I’m not. If I’m losing lane as Ahri for whatever reason but someone else is doing great, I can go Everfrost plus Ionian boots and act as setup or peel. Heck, going even while our adc is 4+/0, pivoting to a more setup/supportive playstyle might still be the right call. Of course, the goal is to win lane and carry, but learning how to help someone else carry when you can’t that game was a massive help.

[@zedantXiang]

Ideally you can help your team whit your basic build. Just because you are the carry doesnt mean thats all you are

[@Cersonz]

@@zedantXiangnah he right if ure behind and ur team is ahead you really shouldnt go a burst dmg build unless ure only ap source

[@zedantXiang]

@@Cersonz I'm saying the opposite, just because you are ahead doesnt mean you dont help your team aswell, you cant 1vs 9, its a spectrum. I feel like you didnt read my original comment aswell

[@SGuitars1903]

Also i would like to add that dying as little as possible contributes huge to help your team carrying you

[@zezanje1]

ikr also you dont have to be having a bad game per se but if your vlad made 4 solo kills by 10 minutes and has 10cspm you better play around him and give him all the resources becauze he will solo win you the game

[@XionTheSylveon]

Exil, thank you for deciding to do this in the manner at which you do. I would be so much happier to engage with people if more approached this from the growth mindset and the desire to not be toxic and complain/flame rather than have a persona of enabling the worst inclinations in the community.

[@zarosderer4447]

Nope nothing will change elo hell once you stuck :D This is all clickabait

[@Devout-kg1gj]

i try to engage with pepole friendly and give friendly advice but they take it as flaming or just ignore me

[@Lasgriz]

one of my friends was actually in gold elohell, like he gained 10 LP and lost 40 LP or something, now he's in high emerald after many weeks, if that guy did; everyone can improve and there is no ELO hell

[@Darklinkftw12]

​@@Lasgrizyou're right, but the people that really need to hear it won't listen.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

@@Lasgriz True but I do genuinely think that Riot intentionally punishes the players who play the most to keep them playing. It's like how it's more profitable to treat a disease than to cure it..

[@Obsidian4242]

This kind of approach is exactly what I want to see more of in League. As a longtime player, It's the saddest thing to see the community devolve into what it's become, when most players used to be so positive when I started playing back in 2012. Thank you for being a force of change for the better, you're awesome.

[@Exil22]

Hell yeah!

[@kevinhowe543]

2010 skeleton here. I miss the goofiness, the silly antics, the random dance parties in ranked. Good times

[@stoyantodorov2133]

Solo Q was pretty toxic even back then tbh. Normals were a lot more relaxed though. Very rarely would someone rage at you if you went with an off meta build in normals like AP Sion or Yi or AD TF or Ahri. Now people tryhard even in ARAM.

[@HSE331]

You guys are literally rewriting history lmao. The game was toxic since day 1 and arguably 20 times more toxic. Riot chose to use toxicity as a scapegoat (something you can control by muting) rather than target inters (something out of your hands) so here we are.

[@TheMCmace]

@@stoyantodorov2133i mean i can kinda understand people that are annoyed if you play stuff like AP sion I can also understand that normal is the best mode for goofy stuff but it‘s also sometimes a bit annoying when you have something like ap sion in the team and you know the next 40 minutes of your time are wasted

[@asmonull]

On topic of agency, worth adding - if you're not smurfing, playing a lower agency champion has an advantage: consistency. In Sivir example - sure, you can't 1v9, but you will always be able to waveclear, get through laning phase at a decent spot and scale to provide high value to the team. High agency champions often rely on snowball to win the game, being able to deny them snowball does a lot to help. No need to 1v9 if you can comfortably win a 5v5.

[@richardvanderleeden930]

Butthat won't carry u out of low elo

[@Intoxicated4768]

@@richardvanderleeden930yeah this advice mostly applies to high elo. In order to climb low elo CONSISTENTLY you need to play a role or champ with high agency to snowball and carry games your self

[@pwl2992]

Low elo games are just a coin flip, whoever has a teammate that feeds the most loses. To win games in low elo you need to carry, gl playing as yuumi and trying to win games with your 0/7 adc

[@left5645]

​@@pwl2992Carrying as a support in lower elo is just picking who is stronger on your team and supporting them. See ur win condition on the team and help them. Provide vision for picks and objectives. Roam to get mid fed, walk with your jungler into the enemies and ruin the 3-1 rengars life yk the vibes

[@BobEwelling]

I think the best way to think of agency is with a range of potential games. Rengar might have 20% games where there is nothing he can do to win, 20% games where he gets carried no matter what, and 60% games where what he does is the deciding factor one way or the other. Sivir on the other hand might have a range closer to 30% 30% 40%, which leaves more games up to teammates(should level out to about 50%). So basically if you are worse than your elo a small range champ is better, but if you are better a wide range is better

[@ghostsilver5774]

Was watching this video while playing a match, as soon as I hit the mental section my adc left lane because I went 2/3. I guess life does imitate art.

[@J4tland]

Thank you for the positivity! I’m sick of streamers flaming team mates and always yelling while playing. That is an attitude which greatly affects the major of the player base. I’m glad to see someone playing in a way I can reflect myself in and look up to. So thanks, you gained a new subscriber both here and on twitch :)

[@Exil22]

thank you :)

[@yeski7719]

those content creators arent yelling at low elo players thats why they do it, theyre high rank they should be performing better. if it was like gold id get why youd say that but streamers in challenger have every right to yell at another challenger player for doing bad

[@varz16]

Such streamers who flame do not deserve our watch time. They think they are entertaining us by doing so or just being their natural self. Nobody should support them by watching, however good they play

[@varz16]

​​@@yeski7719no they don't. You have no right to be toxic to anyone, be any rank. Sometimes people have bad games, doesn't mean you totally shit on them and make it worse. Ridiculous mindset that is.

[@Blueprint4Murder]

QQLTP nub

[@nelldanger]

I just started playing (only quickplay and draft) and people have been so incredibly mean in the chats... It's really cool to see that there's a lot of nice people in the community. Also, it's overwhelming trying to learn how to play and everyone is really good and just playing on new accounts. Everyone I play with is genuinely so frustrated with me.

[@vedhil]

i’m still very new but i’ve gotten in the habit of just muting people who aren’t looking to communicate beneficially. but i’ve gotten a lot more kind guidance from randos (i don’t have a duo to teach me) than flame in my normals. i find that quickplay is too volatile for me to bother, as the double blind pick just ends up tilting someone at some point, especially since my team has new player disadvantage. i’ve mostly been sticking to a 50/50 of ai and normals, ai to learn new champs/how they work and practicing cs on different champs, then normals to learn itemization and my matchup fundamentals. i wish you luck and hope you’re able to have fun!! it sucks that the most popular content creators for new players are honestly the worst example for the community (dantes, t1, TARZANED) but it’s so nice to find some really great content creators beyond the wall of clickbait/toxic content!

[@nelldanger]

@@vedhil Thank you so much! I'm not getting trashed or accused of throwing games anymore thankfully, and I'll take your advice into account to continue to improve! Best of luck to you too and glhf c:

[@nelldanger]

@@vedhil P.S. I only learned I could play against bots recently and it's a big reason I'm getting better at all LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@dethdaemon]

Lol dw about the shitty peeps, I'm D1 and play with chat/pings turned off. Everyone gets so angry you've just gotta ignore them and treat them as ai lol

[@shxmana]

as someone who has been playing since season 2 this will never stop even if you become the best player in the world, just mute them and play your game to have fun its not worth it to get discouraged over :D

[@qualitymcbro8452]

I respect the proclamation of chill (it is a game and if you don't enjoy it 95+% of the time, you're doing it wrong) and I respect the Dobby shout out. Man makes great content for finding out about the game. P.S.: Flaming is tantamount to feeding. It takes your attention away from such a complex game and only serves to make your team mates play worse. Make your own proclamation of chill today.

[@jpuc5568]

deadass

[@alexandrereynaud7884]

I don't totally agree with a part of your sentence : "(it is a game and if you don't enjoy it 95+% of the time, you're doing it wrong)". In a game where my opponent is better than me or I'm countered too hard to do anything without help (yes, i'm a toplaner xp so I can't do anything to "have fun" till my team do something but in their side they are also losing, then I can't have fun. Is it something I can do to have fun ? Maybe I'm not aware of something to have fun while losing hard and not be able to impact the game ?

[@Kitsune_Dev]

you can’t expect me to be silent when my top laner, JG or whatever is 0/8

[@daben7145]

​@@alexandrereynaud7884 you could use the opportunity to learn to improve how to play from behind, take the loss and make the best of it, in a game where its not as much of a clear stomp against you, this experience, over the long run, might let you get wins you otherwise wouldnt have gotten. Your team is constantly running it down? Dont try to make miracles happen with them, focus on improving to watch the lanes and grab as much farm as you can for example. Or just try not to die, try to avoid regions you got no vision in, the game might be lost but you can still play your own minigame where you try to just not die in a game thats heavily stackd against you. Its not easy I know, takes practice, just try to make the best out of a bad situation is my advice.

[@Nothing2150]

I think people being vocal about their feelings can actually help the team. If someone is flaming then something is wrong somewhere and so long as everyone can come back to their sense, the issue will have been addressed because no one enjoys being yelled at our told that they're the one being an asshole. Sometimes it works out that other people flaming is what gets my team to actually be a team is all I'm saying.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚοκολογιαννάκης]

This is like a full time job

[@waalker1206]

As a player whos still new to league, this is so nice to hear I feel so discouraged when I listen to other league content creators talk so harshly or negatively about “bad players” so this video really makes me happy Thank you

[@zedantXiang]

S5 used to be better.S6 started this toxic trend,probably due to lol exploding on yt,look at Tiler Hashinshin etc..

[@wtbskilllololo]

@@zedantXiang Ive played since the end of S1 it was like that from the start the only difference is the game got bigger.

[@zedantXiang]

@@wtbskilllololo I guess it wasy circle then

[@wtbskilllololo]

@@zedantXiang I mean the level of toxicity was lower but pretty present and the popularity it got just attracted many players that are competitive/hate to lose and like any other online pvp team game ud get keyboard warriors eventually. Me personally ive always treated it like if you start running ur mouth id respond(doesnt work with the new rules u get banned way faster than before) and go at you aswell but never type out to anyone even if theyre doing bad.

[@zedantXiang]

Surely alot of good and bad join the game. I just mean my immediate circle as in my friend group on lol(they used to have clan aswell). I personally ignore toxicity and keep a positive vibe. For example one guy goes: your so bad trash player" I ignore the one flaming,then,when the one getting flame gets a kill,or just does something positive, I simply wrinte in chat : gj. I think it helps since most of the time the one flaming shuts up aswell,but I cant find proof.@@wtbskilllololo

[@victoriapschen]

The jungling tips in this vid somewhat go against playstyles like agurin (fullclear most of the time), or what ive learned in some other videos. like not sacrificing your own camps/tempo to help a laners wave, or always looking to do 3 camp ganking.

[@Sun_Chas3r]

Because author talk about "pro plays" where jungle is "teams slave". In Solo Q, is better to focusing on urself, cause is min/max strategy, u don't know who plays with u, how good is they etc.

[@BeatleHD22]

Step 1: Uninstall league of legends and never play it again.

[@Rozi_one]

The best tip lmao

[@Osoz3]

Is such a thing even possible?

[@nogamenolife9182]

There is not such a thing as quitting league, you just take a break.

[@BeatleHD22]

@@nogamenolife9182 I am done for good now, my latest relapse had such a severe toll on my mental health that I noticed myself. The game's free because you pay with your soul, just quit playing the worthless game.

[@jacobtorres7102]

I quit and haven't played rank in 2 years an let me just say life has gotten so much better

[@TehNoobiness]

I think the most tilting thing, for me, is committing to a match that I feel like I have no control over. This is most prominent when I've lost early, and am struggling to keep up with the enemy team; I signed up to play an hour of League of Legends, not thirty minutes of League of Target Dummies or Shaco Jumpscare Simulator. I _already_ mostly just play norms with my friends, but because my preferred playstyle is very late-game and caster centric, I often find myself sitting there waiting for the game to end because an early mistake means I'm permanently unable to contest anything against the unkillable Main Character on the other team (who is invariably a ranged melee tanky DPS assassin mage tank-support jungle). It feels like I'm being dragged along for 20-30 minutes of my life to be someone else's target practice. AFKing in spawn is unacceptable, but situations like this quickly snowball to a point where I consider my presence a net negative on teamfights because I cannot be in range to do damage and not die immediately. (It's a good thing I enjoy splitpushing, lmao.) What do you even do in situations like this? All of the comeback mechanics I know of in League require you to be able to contest farm or objectives, neither of which are things I can do as a damage mage without damage or a control mage without teammates.

[@alanfarciarz]

i feel like i was kinda at the same spot as u and what u should really do is just seek information like it was said in the video, it amazes me how much to learn is about this game but at the same time u need reliable sources since there is a lot of misconceptions in the game and a lot of "game winning 1v9 strats" that are just not avaible every game so the best answer is just gathering as much information as u possibly can and then adding every single piece of it in to ur games and u need to adapt basing on your situations and know what u can and what u cannot do (and also u need to remember there are just games that you are going to lose no matter what u do and no matter how hard u try) and i also found it helpful when i actually learned basics of every role bc its then easier to roughly estimate how strong everyone is in the game and kinda how they operate and u can kinda bypass it in the way for example if u see the enemy team constantly forcing fights mid and when u decide to go for towers while splitting they just leave mid and fight u as 5 leaving u at this kinda akward spot when ur team is still stuck mid doing nothing and u are out here dying for towers its a very specific example but its the only one i can think of right now but qhat i mean by bypassing that u can just kinda try to take the tower but be aware when they leave mid so u can just recall instantly and go to the other lane or farm jungle camps idk the idea is just to not die but constantly get resources, tempo and just to be aware of ur own game state and everyone else's at once. The video of course cant do its justice bc if it did it would have to be like 10 hours long and u just need to know that there is absolutely everything u can do to improve at the game and i felt like i knew everything about the game about 10 time this year yet i still learn more and more every single day so the most u can do is just seeking information and adapting

[@alanfarciarz]

i can comfortably say that i spent more hours gathering information about the game than playing the game itself and it made me kinda fly threw ranks every season and i get my peaks playing new roles and champions by just applying the info i gathered and when i was stuck to one champion and role i was actually stuck in one rank too but it might just been me so take that with a grain of salt

[@alanfarciarz]

also dont let the negativity eat u and if u havent learn fundamentals of the game until u completely understand what matters in thw game the most and what wont matter as much so u can always atleast rhink about your next move and what u want to play for in ur current game

[@alanfarciarz]

whatever i said might not make u improve but the idea is to give u a path u can take to actually improve

[@alanfarciarz]

bc most of the time when u feel like u dont have control over the game ur wrong

[@ClayedBack]

I love the "mental" section of this video. This is for fun. You should just not be angry? You can have a bad matchup. Take a breath. Just do your best to stay positive and dont think about it too much. Remember its a game and its supposed to be fun. Competitive? Yes. Irritating? A lot of the time. Just do your best to remain calm and lift the overall spirit of the game

[@ngngye]

I’d actually argue against muting all: if there is the *slightest* chance you typing encouragement at your 0/4 toplaner keeps them from mental booming and showing up to a lategame baron teamfight, its better than if he afk-splits bot permapushing the other side of the map

[@davidpavel5017]

Thank you Exil, this is exactly what the league community needs!

[@Exil22]

My pleasure!

[@emptyptr9401]

In regards to jungling, from what I have been told what is often a far more consistent strategy is to focus on farming more than on ganking. If I am not mistaken, half a full clear is worth the same amount of gold as a kill, and farming is thus often undervalued. As far as I know Kora is a region where games just end very quickly overall out of cultural reasons and overall a region where players often are mechanically very good but do not have the best macro understanding of the game, so looking at Korean junglers as saying that aggressive play is the correct play because they do it could be somewhat flawed. As far as I know the most important part of jungling is to consistently rotate your camp respawns.

[@cakebirrd1186]

I really appreciate mindset and positivity focused videos like this bc getting into league the toxicity is insane like one mistake and people will flame so bad

[@di5963]

i think one thing that was missed, that everyone always misses in videos like these is that getting an advantage and pushing that advantage is nothing if you can't use it, this is pretty much only an issue in low elo but as i have just started playing ranked this year i haves seen it plenty low elo players don't know they need to destroy the nexus to win, they don't know they do have to push eventually and that towers are objectives too i have had multiple games where our team is 50-20 and yet once we get baron, everyone just sits in the jungle clearing camps until the buff ends until eventually the lead we had diminishes as the enemy team also gets level 18 and full build, maybe i am just not good enough but trying to push a lane 1v5 is not easy, so yes this might seem as an obvious tip but you do in fact need to push lanes and hit towers to win the game, yes baron is important but what makes it important is that it makes pushing lanes and destroying towers easier so use it

[@liamswiggard3877]

I know this isn’t really an accomplishment, but using your tips, I managed to get out of iron. I’m still only bronze, but my friends who are silver can no longer make fun of me for being iron. So thanks. Hopefully I can continue to climb next season!

[@Exil22]

Hell yeah, keep up the good work! We all start somewhere

[@JustSomeLint]

That's huge man. Good job!

[@spencer7539]

​@@Exil22tbh that is an accomplishment for no reason other than your teammates in iron are going to be hella tilting. Good job dude!

[@user-qb4on2qm7z]

I played in iron on my buddies account (I was gold 1 at the time) and it was super frustrating.

[@robdaniels5966]

As someone who TRIES to be non-toxic, but admittedly often fails, I made a vow to never tilt or rage again starting in this new season. One trick that sounds EXTREMELY cringe but that unironically works (at least for me) is the following: every time something happens that would formerly make me tilt - making a mistake, dying, team inting, etc. - I just say, out loud, "it's okay, I'm tilt free." This started ironically and as a joke, but it worked so well that I have just adopted it into my play. [Side note, my duo / friends think it is hilarious and have joined in with the mantra for themselves]

[@Rhiusvell]

Gonna save this and try climbing next season! Genuinely needed this as I've kind of hit a slump because it felt hopeless... but if I keep up a good attitude and just try to play the best I can, I can climb. Together with the always learning and stuff.

[@HyperLexus]

hey. climb this season. don't procrastinate, if you're genuinely willing to climb, it doesn't matter when. because climbing doesn't mean your rank. your rank actually has nothing to do with climbing. it is your mentality and your skill at league that will make you climb in the end. so, whether you play some games and learn some stuff about the game now or in a month makes absolutely no difference.

[@Rhiusvell]

@@HyperLexus Sorry for the late response but back when I wrote this, I actually came down with covid and it impacted my performance a lot so I did in fact have to take a break! Did play some normals to keep myself a bit polished, though.

[@legitplayin6977]

I wish I got that kind of motivation to play ranked. I just don’t care and play normals

[@TraZix]

Exil, I haven't even finished the video but the "General Tips" section is so helpful. I would love a whole series on these fundamental tid bits. I've spent hundreds of hours in league and I didn't know about some of these. Thank you!

[@OmoNok]

"league community is a diffrent breed I don't know but im pretty sure 90% of soloque players belong in a special facility where they can be monitored" best quote of league I heard

[@spikenn616]

Your point about objectives is the biggest tip for anyone. As someone who plays casually, I get stuck in the Silver to Gold area and the one thing that I notice about players who are constantly loosing games is that they have bad map awareness and they are bad at objectives awareness. If you pay attention to the map and show up to objectives on a regular basis, you will win more games even if you don' t have the best individual stats. LOL is a team game. If you aren't doing things to help the team, you're a liability to the team.

[@kitzuru]

This is definitely one of your best videos so far, great job as always, Exil, love your content!

[@Exil22]

Glad to hear it!

[@Guilherme-Cassel]

I play league of legends since 2014, I started at 10yrs old. From my gain of conciousness, to 2019, my life was just getting beat up by my older brothers in all aspects of life, I got used to lose in everything and being bad at everything, compared to my older brothers, that reflected on league of legends and in all these years I never really tried to be better because I have been always stuck in the mentality "I lose because I'm bad, thats it" and its really difficult for me to break the barrier and learn anything new on the things I used to be humiliated by my brothers as a child. I'm still bad at league nowadays and I feel so ashamed. I tried to play ranked some times, but there is always someone who gets 0/20 in the first minutes, and my winrate overwall just doesnt let me get out of iron.

[@generationxpvp]

This is immeasurably helpful. It really changed how I look at many aspects of the game, mostly from a mental fortitude standpoint. I don’t want to get tilted, I don’t want to deflect blame for my mistakes, but I end up doing it anyway. It’s usually a result of reading some comment in chat, might not even have anything to do with my lane but it effects me in a very toxic way. I really wish I could change how I feel, I’m going to try your advice.

[@Ashystar067]

​@MafiAc0staYes, please

[@alexandresantos7210]

Came for the guide, stayed for the life lessons, was thinking about the whole mindset you talked about and there is so much things in my life that could use a mindset like that

[@rudimcpherson]

Fantastic video, glad to have focus on positivity and improving personally as opposed to the usual how to climb and stomp x rank. Been playing normals for the last year and recently got a bunch of friends into the game, has helped me flex each role and to think about the game a lot to help teach and learn myself, videos like this are really awesome

[@Trime8istus]

I personally always had trouble keeping friendships active and alive. After discovering that, literally, all my friends played league I downloaded it and... had amazing and discouraging times regularly... But I don't want to fail, League of Legends is pretty popular in my country so I will continue to play to not only get better but make newer friendships too (and maybe post some of my highlights on youtube when possible). Mute all is a BLESSING for me, and going slow listening to songs I enjoy makes me perform way better than reading the toxicity of the team chat towards me and/or my teammates. And I'm kinda used to hard/challanging games, getting better at them is like evolution, it takes time to adapt to it, and I'm going to adapt to overcome this hell with my favorites.

[@user-qb4on2qm7z]

You got this lil bro.

[@nathanouellet1253]

Yeah mental is one of the most important aspect. Great vid Exil. Have a good day and rest of the year.

[@Mothyave]

Remember: being the carry doesn't always mean having the most kills and a perfect KDA. Sometimes it's a Leona that really knows what she's doing. Also - realize your strenghts and weaknesses and work on them. For example: I am fucking bad at remembering to auto attack when overwhelmed, leading me to have lower damage overall than I should; BUT I have above average map awareness and macro knowledge for my elo. Therefore, I play mostly supports and support-ish toplaners (Shen, Ornn). I am actively working on weaving in auto attacks and understaning auto attack heavy champions, but I am not going to jump into ranked as an ADC or something reminiscent of one (Kayle, Teemo, Kindred) just because I feel this desire to be the carry.

[@anniekujo]

Love this video, you sound a lot like Coach Curtis and Nathan Mott. To anyone who wants to improve, I can only recommend the channels and the podcast of those 2. They are really incredible, doing extremely long and informative videos.

[@Pyrrha_Nikos]

Bbc enjoyer, I see

[@dision9470]

BBC for life 😂

[@TrashCombine]

Small thing that I think helps: Set goals. This might be as simple as "I want to hit gold." but make it reasonable. Climb a division, have certain KP across games, achieve a certain ranking or rating on your favorite site in each game. I generally play only the last month of ranked. This might be a mistake, but I like doing it, and then my goal in previous seasons was just "Hit gold", that got me the victorious skin, and was all I really wanted. This season I just decided to try for Platinum after starting gold and hitting it fast, but gold was a struggle to get through. So I changed goals. I can't control my teammates, but with DeepLoL, I can see what everything I did sort of rounds up to as far as team impact(Or at last, an okay approximation). My goal was now "Be the best player on my team, or at least second", anything else? I watched the replay, tried to figure out what I did wrong. There was really only two games in the 70 I played where I MAYBE couldn't have fixed what I did. It might not have won the game, but it could have made a huge impact. While focusing on just playing my absolute best every game though I hit platinum this season, the goal I had originally. It's a lot easier to focus on something other than your rank, but instead watch something that's much more directly influenced by your own performance.

[@changibson1000]

League of legends... this was one of the first games I've ever played on PC and the game I play most today. I started shortly before the release of kayn a few years ago and you are right, it takes years just to learn how to click the mouse lol.i started bronze four and it was the lowest rank I have ever gotten on any game I've ever played. I'm close to diamond this year and still improving.❤

[@TheLastGhostLegendario]

I need to say as a 10 year + player that recently come back to the game(3 years break) that this video has a lot of truths on it and i will put an example. I until recently started playing ranked and because i dont play ranked that much i play at silver, I could play champions that have high risk high reward that needs of mechanical practice but i am very rusty at that but because i played that much, i have the timings, CDs (Info of enemy champs and map/objective importance etc) right, So instead of picking some flashy champion, i pick a safe one, this days i learnd that usually if i dont pick a champ that can be a threat in some way that can get out of hand, the game is a 50%/50% chance or less of winning and the lane and knowing yourself is important: If i pick top even if i am good with the objectives, usually i am locked in there and fall behind because the other lanes(u know Low elo players goes brr with kills). If i pick mid, usually there are where the most skilled champs are played so i am usually neutral in the lane so roaming becomes dificult. If i pick adc i have my head marked for every enemy, a mistake and i am gone even if i did well in my lane so late game i will get behind. If i pick support even if i am the best at it, if the rest of the party refuses to do the right choice i cant progress the game. If i pick jungle and the enemy jng invades me i am gone or if i pick a weak champion and my teammates dont like to help me, i am useless. Now, i played like 20 games and my problems were, even if i do decently, we fall of lategame and because my safe aproach of my lane even if i get some advantage over the enemy laners(and them having 0-2 kills) , the rest will crush me because(silver player must kill or be killed and minions/objectives doesnt exist) + the frontlanes always fail to do their job/people dont foscus well enough to the problem in that match.(focus the most dangerous champ protect at all cost your most important teammate etc) So what i needed is play a champion and a lane were even if the rest of my team gets killed i could do something about it to prevent that or one that i grow that much stronger that i am a threat to be dealed with even if i dont get that much kills. The perfect for me were top and jungler, top is a safe place to hyperscallers to grow + if them are left alone they will reach the nexus by their own, baron is right there, the herald is also there and i can help my jung if he gets invaded and being able to atract 2-3 people to your lane while your team deals with objectives kills and stuff is amazing + if they dont do that and they go to dragon or bot, i will just end the game by my own, This days i play Dr.Mundo, a simple champion, a lot of counters at early game, but if i doit right there is a point that they cannot kill me and i demolish everyone, i become a raid boss by my own even without that many kills, but because i know how the game works and its silver my weaknesses are covered and i am a problem only for existing. Jungler i dont need to explain it, i do a good farming path, and when my team its about to go hobo mode i am there to cover them because I can predict what will happen,I am playing Amumu, again simple champion, a lot of counters early game etc, but because its strong i can kill the dragon and heral by my own, i have a lot of cc and damage and utility and my ult is godlike + because how is the champion like Mundo i can deal with every champion type in the game even if they are tanks(How u know that i perma ban Vayne :D) + even if they invade me, i know how to deal with that so its not a problem + amumu can be builded in a lot of ways depending of what your team needs, in summary i can help everyone and do the things that needs to be done and lastly, for some reason, toplane if your toplaner gets some kills over his oponent you will not need to gank that lane again and you help them scale early, i saw a lot of games were if the jungler focused at top a few times even if is only to give your toplaner a breath to recover from a mistake the lane power would be at our favor(example, both are equal u gank and then the enemy has a lot of less health that your teammate or to unstuck the lane). If i get outofilled, in the rest i play akshan, his pasive alone and how he works and utility and impact of the game dont need to be explained. Most important thing even if poke is important, farm and *get those cannons* and then try to block the enemy laner to farm as much as posible, kills are good, but if your farm and make the enemy get less CS the better and if u need to leave, try to make a lane were u dont miss that much. For ending and summary, apply your own personality and knowledge in how to play the game and do what you are most expert, if i were more agresive with squishy champs and have better mechanical practice, i should play something like Yone, Zed etc and most importantly, have fun, i really like assasins but for now i am not ready but ihave a lor of fun with Mundo and amumu

[@AceWolf456]

I'm not high ranked, but I have OT'd a champ for 2 years (2018-20) and still heavily main them today, so I think that gives me some speaking power on what I'm going to say. Pick runes you play well with. It might be super meta and OP to take X champ with Y rune setup, but what is your playstyle with the character? If you play more defensive, first strike might not be a smart rune for you to use. Edit for later in the video: He's absolutly correct. Play what's fun to you. My 2 year OT and still heavy main is Neeko in Support. I find her incredibly fun. You can play what's good and hope it's something you like, or you can play wat you like and make it good. Neeko hasn't always had the showing she's had this year, there was a point when she was pretty weak. But I made her work.

[@slitzitv2875]

Not only runes but builds aswell. During the time where lethality xayah was good I kept on playing crit xayah cause I was much more succesfull on it.

[@thotinabox2400]

you have a tumor

[@warxdrum]

@DINGOLORD69 i don't think that's the point OP is making. if i go against e.g. vayne top, ori mid as a melee i will have a hard time, and will have to change stuff. if i play a melee vs melee matchup i can choose what to use. it could be that e.g. conqueror would be better for this matchup (objectively speaking), but i still choose Grasp because it fits my playstyle more = going in and out instead of stacking up for a nice trade. (you can tell i play top from my example xD).

[@wolpifox]

I find this so funny since its the same for me and my neeko support xD Usually I pick what works for my playstyle - but theres been a situation where i noticed that she was more squishy than usual during a certain meta so i adjusted her runes a tiny bit. I am glad there are rune builds out there - they can give you ideas and suggestions and help out a lot!

[@anon1963]

​@@warxdrumvayne top only works when you're extremely good mechanically, otherwise bruiser abusers will just run you down

[@griffinmacqueen6124]

I'm not an amazing player when it comes to mechanics, but as a twisted Fate otp I was able to climb to master by simply not dying and reacting to what happens on the map. Being able to get carried is a valuable skill imo.

[@jotarojoestar9385]

lol wow i wish my teamates were like that. i always tell my team to not die and they never listen😭😭😭

[@mexicantakeout2192]

Great work Exil, not many content creators are like you. They don't focus on the community as a whole and focus on their niche. However I know this video will help any new player climb to their dream rank! 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@Exil22]

:)

[@guillermo_bouzada]

I have to say this video is very high quality. I got coached a few days ago and one of my mistakes was not reacting fast enough to fights around objectives as a midlaner. I have also optimized my runes and builds and I already see improvement.

[@Snarflez]

Thanks for this, Exil. Keep up the good work.

[@Exil22]

You bet!

[@Ernelion]

I never believed in elo hell, until this year. Now I firmly believe that elo hell is a thing at least for some players and does exist because I am example of what people refer as elo hell. I always played for fun and never actually believed in elo hell, because I never cared about my win rate or elo, since they give you skin now no matter what rank you are. However this year, I was several months in silver and suddenly within a week I got into platinum and almot emerald. I did nothing different than before, my winrate haven't change, my playstyle was the same, same cs, same wards, I just played for fun as usual. Riot just totally random decided to give me +30lp instead of usual +20 -20. So yeah, I climbed with exact same win rate. I am not saying that people who cry about elo hell are victims of elo hell, but I do believe now it exists, since I put 0 efford into climbing, as I was never trully interested in playing seriously. But I also never tilt playing this game, since I genuinly don't care what my rank badge color is.

[@jotarojoestar9385]

oooh boy play kat and enjoy the elo hell. Something i realised idk if its just coincidence but if i play mid and carry i lose the game but if i play support i always win the game. It makes no sense to me though.

[@axellou9660]

Why is smurfing in lol so common that a person will say it like it's nothing ? It really is one of the worst thing in online games, alongsides cheating, it's nearly the same thing for the player you're against

[@Major_Arachnid_1]

Yeah, 2 minutes in and this guy is bragging about how he smurfs.

[@progdragon9218]

This is genuinely a really good guide. A few examples or a short explanation for wave states would've been great, but there's a billion other videos for that so, good enough.

[@phillipcoleman6267]

I like all the talk about mental. If you keep calm then the fundamentals you’ve worked on will come through even in a pinched moment. Thanks for the video

[@Exil22]

of course glad I could help !

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

I'm pretty squarely in the "play normals with my friends" camp. I enjoy the game and think it's at its core very well-designed, and I enjoy playing it and doing cool shit. But I'm not the best, I don't have much of a drive to become the best, and I find it far more enjoyable to try to make some weird-ass janky build work with the bois rather than perfecting my mechanics. I'm far from a competitive league player, is the point. But I really respect this. It's nice to see people who want to make positive changes in the League community. (I think it might be needed sometimes lmao) Very good approach, very good mindset. Thanks man. Good luck in your improvement journey

[@royavidan]

First. This video is why I love Exil. But pls I need more champion retrospectives.

[@Jasongy827]

I main adc I had to switch to jungle due to people not know how to jungle in bronze, they would smite early obj at full health, it’s crazy to see a game when dragon isn’t taking at like 21 minutes. I enjoy this game in late game, me and friends on league we play together and learn 😊

[@xVibra]

Telling someone to feel bad after making a mistake is literally the worst advice. I don't know how you listened back to that in editing, and thought it was sound advice. Feeling bad without any direction to take that energy in is just feeding into you tilting, and it's usually over innocuous mistakes as well. I've seen so many people get tilted that they missed cannon, or a support took it by accident when I just saw them miss 3 melee minions in a row and they didn't bat an eye. As any mistake, you should ask yourself what you should've done instead, and try to work on getting it in the future. As far as last hitting goes, you should always prioritize melee minions over ranged. If you want to mechanically get better at a champ without worrying about csing, and you can afford to take demats, try it to help you farm, so you get the feel for the champ first. That or you could go into a custom game against bots to practice last hitting, and if you want practice last hitting under tower, then go top or bot against 2 bots. Try to do it while using spells as little as possible, and pay attention to openings when it would be possible to harass without missing cs that you could take into a real game. You also should put into perspective that missing 3 melee minions is about the same amount as a cannon, 3 ranged minions is about 2 melee minions, and that a kill is worth 2 waves. Maybe you're behind in kills, but you have 2 waves up on the opponent. You should be gauging how much more you need to fight your opponent, and what you can and can't do with your income. It's also important to not fixate on comparing your cs to your opponent. Sometimes they hit way more ranged minions, but missed melees. Maybe you missed a lot of melee and ranged, but got every cannon. The same for jungle. Your opponent may have gotten every raptor and krug camp, but you got the main buffs, gromp, and wolves. CS numbers can be very deceptive, and it's important to not tilt and fixate on it. Items, exp, and champion diff matter way more than how much more gold the enemy has. You could be rich as hell with a ton of MR, but a zed super far behind could still blow you up. Don't force yourself to stay in a lane you know you'll die in for cs, especially if you have no way of guaranteeing you'll be able to last hit under tower, or while being poked. Risking 300 gold going to the opponent, potentially another 150 for the assist the jungle or support gets just so you don't miss 100-ish gold for you?

[@furret8456]

Step one: After the game started, immediatly stir war in All chat ppl who dont have it muted have a 50% chance to play worse after u annoyed them

[@hellNo116]

The thing is I don't like playing ranked but the only way to play satisfying well fought games in which both teams are usually fairly equal require you to do so.

[@Webbyhx]

just play clash

[@satysfaction9702]

@@Webbyhx just play clash to face 2 teams with high elo smurfs and having to wait 45 min between 2 games because one team rq after the first loss

[@hellNo116]

@@Webbyhx or and hear me out, play aram with friends or even better never play league again.

[@Webbyhx]

@@hellNo116 what kind of fucking answer is that. I get that it's often a meme to say "stop playing league" but I don't think that's helpful here

[@hellNo116]

@@Webbyhx this is not even a meme. I had straight up stopped playing for over 2 years. the only reason I started again was because a friends new at the time boyfriend was playing and her into the game and the asked me to play ranked. honest to god. league is a great game that fucks your brain when you are playing it. it is really not worth. it not a meme. everyone that says stop playing this piece of shit game says it with the listeners best interest in mind. I only get back in the game because I actually understand it really really well and I don't have to study to have an okay performance when playing with friends.

[@breadshoe4073]

I love this video and almost everything in it, i don't like people who muteall right away, often i communicate important information like "melt it and back" if we need to get done with an objective and then recall quickly. (This is just an example) If a player is being annoying mute them, I get it, but mental is something that you can work on too. Just muting all and calling it there is limiting yourself realistically, especially in low elo where some people dont understand they need to be the one to match split or smt. Everything else is great in this video this one thing just kind of makes me think that its not just league of legends that affects league of legends you know? If youre tilted youre going to play worse maybe taking a break if youre on a losing streak would have been a good tip too.

[@namba3886]

I picked up league of legends again after not playing for years, and the most important thing that helped me improve from bronze to plat(before the change) was Limit testing. By constantly playing like you have the potential to 1v5 through macro and micro you can quickly pick up what works and what doesnt

[@gromplover161]

just came back to the game a couple weeks ago and ive been having a hard time finding the motivation to grind ranked but your video just filled me with a newfound hunger for improvement

[@guybrushthreepwood362]

Step 1 don't get angry and flame your teammates I have played for more than a decade and have never once seen it help at any level of play or game mode

[@orbitronsorbitrons]

I would argue its the biggest reason winnable games are thrown, period. So many games should be won/winnable but end up not being so due to someone giving up and spending all game typing instead of playing. In the same way, some games have no right to be winnable but someone on the winning team will fuck up once, make it their entire teams problem, and now the games up for grabs again. Silly, really, but its so common.

[@elin0s]

Played him for the first time in Aram recently. I just play casually but at first I was overwhelmed but then when it slowly started to click during the match I had so much fun

[@Kiltlord]

Welp Kellen you've done it you got me motivated to improve in ranked instead of playing normals for the first time is 7 years

[@psychokuca302]

It took me too long to realise one simple rule to start having fun in game: When you start the game, your goal isnt to exactly win. Its to have fun and do your best, and see what happens!

[@Mikalya]

The comfort with a Champions thing was so huge honestly, going from trying ksante or even checking up Gangplank, thinking about the combos, resets, placement of barrels, walls for ksante ult, to just go OTP yorick, learn the AI of ghouls AND maiden then just chill, my macro been improving a lot, i feel far More relaxed in laning phase because all I have to think Is just "how many ghouls do I have?" AND just been winning tbh.

[@andreacatanzaro8460]

This is one video that I would recommend to every player that I know, most creator just focus mostly on playing the champion or some laning matchup, but these examples, like the rune that I honestly as emerald player i never went to deep in checking them, I have a really "general" idea of what they do, but I honestly if I really had to explain them, I wouldn't be able to do. Another thing that I really never understood correctly is how riot thinks when they need to make any changes, for example, in general I see like champs that get buff of .5 AD or a very little increase of HP, are these really changes that can be considered buffs that boost that champ? For example, the little cooldown reduction buff to Naafiri and Lucian both on E abilty. Aniway thank you for this video, I got your point, I'm also a very non-toxic player, and when things in chat gets messy I was used to mute everyone, but instead, I would suggest to write even a single "well played, or good job" can put that player in a different mood. Now gonna read these runes lmao, thank youu P.S. I hitted the 5k button (it was 4999), satisfaction 👌🏼

[@BloodDrenched-y6i]

One thing that is helping me to climb in top lane is learning when to push and show up for objectives. I use to think I had to perma split but you should only do that on certain champs and even then only if your team doesn’t need you and you can draw pressure. It’s difficult to learn all the correct macro and for each different situation. One thing that helped the most was learning that if I can’t dive the enemy and kill them under tower than my pressure isn’t enough when objectives are up. If I can’t threaten to end the game with a lead then it’s best to team up for dragons and baron.

[@charlesredd9619]

I play twisted fate ad in baron lane i should on paoer lose all matches but i dononate due to my map awarenss n controll

[@raulotero1134]

As an ocasional lol player, i see so much toxicity. I have a few spare hours over the week and everytime i jump into ranked i am really positive and see very clearly all the negativity and frustration ( i get like that too after playing for too long ) when you stop seeing it as just a game to enjoy and get better at is when you start to tilt jumping from loss to loss

[@owa1985]

Thanks for making this video, Exil. Everything I've wanted to say, but better and with pictures and music.

[@orbitronsorbitrons]

Mental is so insanely important. I climbed a ton by just not flaming, trying my best to win, even while behind, weaksiding etc. I still tilt, unfortunately, but not taking it out on my teammates, and trying my best to be easily carriable when I have bad games, I could win games where my actual mechanical performance was really quite bad

[@ambitiousram]

Need so much more like this in the community, this was great

[@MatiasDypala]

Exil, i play since s1, and let me tell that you are so damn right, loved your video as always. You are a greay value to the comunity.

[@destructive_thoughts_]

We need more content creators with this mindset, lately most of the League of Legends youtubers have all be aiming to entertain and not much learning, nothing wrong if you like this but I prefer learning than a troll build.

[@justacasualcrimsonygo7533]

You say the music is from runescape etc, you can't hide the Last Light theme from BG3 ;)

[@Synocra]

bro rly became a menance after quitting riven

[@DawnofHope]

Thanks for this Kell. Got sick last night and I'm bedridden today. Needed something relaxing yet interesting to listen to and yeah, kinda weird to say, but your voice is very soothing. More to the point, your content has been exactly what League needs for a long time now, and the intro only proves my point. Thank you, Exil.

[@yatoyoboku]

by far my fav league content creator thx for all the hard work!

[@Raspora]

as a bronz player after i just finished my match with 31k turret dmg ( the only person who hit a turret) and takin nonstop objectives . solo baron with 3 item . feel the part where you say peoples fiesta instead of objective control ...

[@DeejayFact]

Honestly, that's one of the best, down to earth, informative, mental vids about league. Great voice tone!

[@lizardltd]

from watching the first 3 minutes of the video (of course I immediately subbed, followed ur twitch and liked) I think you're the first league channel I genuinely just enjoy listening to. You're not like "hey guys we sell these courses and you will win and you gotta grind and don't be inting and we're the best and you're probably unranked" lol You seem like the exact person I would love to learn more from, and I'll definitely be joining your livestreams!

[@xXHollysoxXx]

God I totally resonate with being the change you want to see in the community. I make a point in my games to never lash out at my teammates and instead to offer advice on what to do. If you’re the type of person who rages, you should consider that is part of how you end up losing and that you could be winning more by giving constructive criticism and not attempting to insult your team. I have played games with players that have no idea what they were doing, but they listened to pings and developed their strategy throughout the game to be more useful. It really can be the difference between winning and losing when you take an active role to help your team come together. LoL is a TEAM game and you can’t carry every match.

[@guidc8500]

I have a serious problem in this game, if I get a fresh account in Bronze or Silver, I never tilt. I know I can carry even if my team mates are doing horribly. As soon as I get close to Emerald I start tilting a lot and doubting my abilities, and this tilting snowballs from a game to the others, its very hard to keep my mental focused.

[@Jack-ou6py]

I love how you don’t just give facts but also consider how people feel

[@Hopsout]

Thank you for this video, Exil. Not only does it have useful tips, it's also has an encouraging message to the community that we can all be nicer to each other.

[@creativename2567]

I returned after 5 years and it's genuinely being a blast, I have a functional brain now, and I can improve with each match, 30 matches now and I feel like I'm aready more knowledgeable than I was after quitting.

[@Jyxero]

13:31 I play Ziggs mid for fun, but these reminders to focus on improvement are appreciated, as I just yolo push and then (Sometimes, Ghost instead of exhaust or barrier) get killed or just forced to back

[@Reikasa]

It's really sad to see that so many people feel like just muting everyone is the only way to play this game without tilting or getting toxic yourself. One of the main attractors to multiplayer to me is the coordination and interaction with other people. Its incredible how league managed to foster such a horrible culture of toxicity. I still keep my chat open, because I have hope things can change for the better and I dont want to miss it. But if things continue how they are going, noone will be left in chat eventually. Sadly there isnt really any incentive to be nice in this game. There is honor level and reports, but I feel like both don't amount to enough to get people to play nicer. Maybe they should tie RP reward to honors recieved by randoms or smthg. We have to make the game frustrating to play any other way than to be nice and be a teamplayer

[@lokir2809]

Personally i dedicated my league climb for Yorick, doesnt matter he has below 45% win rate in high elo. I would do my best to make him great again some day.

[@BushXIII]

This video is truly a masterpiece, thank you and great job!

[@Yikunkhir]

13:00 To add on your point if I may, One tricking and being comfortable with the champion links directly to "Muscle memory" same as playing a music instrument, or typing really fast! You know where the keys are, you know what they do. BUT it almost becomes second nature like breathing!! So practice your champ that u have the most fun with and has the potential to win you the game if you're interested in climbing and improving the depth, quality and complexity of your games. I went from hardstuck silver for multiple seasons (since 2016) To Emrald with 60% wr in like two three months with pure dedication and a healthy 3 games per day. Good luck with your climb summoners!

[@brunoyudi9555]

Completely disabling chat was the best decision i've ever made in this game, i'm at my best when i'm focused, and people flaming and pointing fingers at me and at each other is a unnecessary distraction

[@curtisedwards9573]

Bro. Love this kind of content. It was so relaxing, too. Your voice is great. Thank you. My night is a little better thanks to you👍

[@prometheus-hg4on]

Exil realized he has power to the LoL community and decided to have a video to send his teammates

[@julsegs]

Such a breath of fresh air, Sir Exil. Thank you for this!

[@GratissTVofficial]

Amazing video, especially the "mental" part. Learning is very important, trying new things, exc. I have been otp singed for the past 2 years but I never really had what I would call "fun". It was cool but not much more. Now however, after discovering what baussffs calls "the bausens law" I tried applying it on singed, resulting in a very weird playstile that I like very much, and is very rewarding, as long as I don't make mistakes. TBC I didn't learn anything from the video, even tho I'm not even far from being a pro, I've just played league for 6-7 years but almost never ranked (starting just know, wish me luck). I've always been a very peaceful player, what I mean by that is I tend to keep chat on, don't mute, but never flame (it happens on extremely rare occasions but it was more caused by irl stuff than LoL). One thing I never touched toh was looking up enemy cooldowns. That's something. Thanks for the video anyway, very well done

[@blueyeon807]

Thank you for this video! Will definitely try to apply these techniques.

[@darkshock42mlg05]

In my last game I was trying out nocturne because he's strong and I realize shyvana can't do much and I only play solo queue since all my friends are much higher ranked than I am and one of the things I did in terms of runes was intimate hat. Late game I realized the only one left was their support so even though I was probably going to die I dmused my ult to get zero. I didn't get the kill but Caitlin used her ult and I got the final stack. Ateast with nocturne you have a fear. Some runes you actually need to make an effort to get the full effect.

[@debxty5156]

this helped me so much! thank you i have improved significantly because of this video! #NRGWIN

[@N4jss]

2:10 i'm glad to see someone finally say it right - elo hell doesnt exist in a LARGE ENOUGH SAMOLE SIZE, my account has been cursed by riot and it took me too many years getting out of it, even though i played with master+ friends on other accounts and been doing just fine. whenever one of my friends tried to prove me that you can easily get out of low elo, i gave them my account and they constantly would whip out 30-% winrate that wasn't AT ALL their fault

[@yuyauchida2629]

Did you forget to put champions icon up at 9:44

[@Mrjaksonn12345]

24:08 whats the background song with the flute?

[@Exil22]

Runescape 3 soundtrack - not sure which song exactly

[@eleanornicolai2225]

Missed the stream but I appreciate the tips and effort to stay positive!

[@zynthio]

First off, I really appreciate the message of positivity and change. It would be nice to repair some damage to the community if possible, and make it more enjoyable for current players and more inviting to new ones. The league community is so toxic that even conversations about the toxicity are toxic themselves. The amount of times I’ve seen people not interested in even trying league, because all they’ve heard is how toxic it is, is absolutely ridiculous. And the league community wears the toxicity like a badge of pride for some reason, when they should really be ashamed of it. I’m a very relaxed person, and almost never get mad, so league doesn’t tilt me. Sure, it doesn’t feel good to be losing or when big mistakes happen, but I’m just chilling and trying to have a fun time, and I know that wins and fun moments will come back around. But it always seems like the people I play with feel so strongly in the opposite direction. And I get that it can be frustrating to lose and all that, but I genuinely don’t understand how people get so upset by league. People never stop talking about how salty the game makes them, or how they want to uninstall the game. And they’re constantly warning people that don’t play the game that they’ll get salty too. And that’s way more frustrating to me than anything that happens in the game - no question. I don’t have any problem keeping a positive attitude for myself, but this video has inspired me to try and spread that to others. Or just within the friend group I play with at least. I’m going to try to start being more outwardly positive and encouraging to my friends/teammates, more than I usually am at least. And try to keep the energy positive instead of negative. That was my biggest takeaway from this video, amongst the other tips on actual gameplay. The other tips that have stood out to me are the ones about objectives and Baron, improving my jungle clears and my ganking and awareness, getting more efficient at wave clearing, taking exhaust to deal with assassins, and becoming more familiar with enemy champ cooldowns. “The order of importance in this game is baron, then the towers. Use the baron to siege”. I’ve always understood that dragons and baron are important, but this is the first time I’ve heard someone emphasize their importance this way. And that is a big help for me. I think the hesitation to take baron as early as possible, in my opinion/experience, might come down to a few things - lack of communication/coordination on the team, how dangerous baron itself is to fight if you aren’t strong enough, and the risk of everyone dying in a team fight and losing baron. As a result most of the time we always end up getting it much later than we should, and more often as a last ditch effort to swing the balance of the game back in our favor. But making baron the main priority over getting towers, as a tool for more easily getting the towers, makes much more sense. So I’m going to be trying to improve at this. When playing with randoms it’s usually hard to get everyone to leave their lanes and converge on baron. But I will try to get better at making the call for team to head there, and when I play with friends I’ll do that as well. Jungling was always super intimidating since I started playing, because it’s obviously really challenging. But I still always had an interest in learning it regardless. In the past couple months I’ve been more or less “stuck” with jungle since most of the rest of my friends don’t want to do it, so I’ve been sort of forced to learn. And I’ve found that I enjoy it a lot more than I thought. It’s still WAY more complicated to learn than laning, because of all the paths and choices you can make, and pretty much requiring you to be aggressive and trying to get kills - but that also makes it more freeing and interesting than laning for me, because its different every game. I’ve gotten pretty comfortable at clearing jungle camps, and I feel like I’ve gotten decent at taking crabs, stealing enemy camps, and even stealing dragons from the enemy. And my overall map awareness has improved a TON since I’ve started jungling, but even still I have a ton to improve with. Getting good enough at the camp clearing that it’s basically happening passively, so that I can be paying more attention to the rest of the map, is a solid tip that I hadn’t considered, so I’m going to try to practice my clearing a lot more. I also need to get better at warding too. But my biggest area to improve on is doing more ganking. I sometimes find myself falling behind while I’m moving around looking for opportunities to gank, instead of just making an opportunity, and while I’m doing that I also start falling behind on camps. But I’m finally at a point where I’m aware of these things so I can start working at it. Since I’m mostly jungling now, my wave clearing has gotten a bit rusty. For a while I was mainly playing adc and I was getting really good at last hitting. So that’s another thing I should practice a lot more. It also doesn’t help that I have a larger pool of champs I like to play than people recommend, but that’s just what’s fun to me. But because of that there are some champs that I don’t totally having the auto timing down on, so def need to practice just wave clear timing. I started playing league in 2017, but it’s been super off and on. My account is still only level 40. Because I’ve stopped playing for long stretches, sometimes years at a time. Since I started playing with a new friend group about 2 months ago, I’ve been playing way more regularly than ever, and I’ve seen a ton of improvement and feel a lot more comfortable with the game. This video is a big help too! I’m gonna send it over to some of my friends, some of which are literally brand new to the game, but I think some of these tips will help them a lot.