League of Documentary - The History of High Elo ARAM

[@DongHuaPan]

Thanks again to Opera for Sponsoring the video Download Opera GX for free here: opr.as/DongHuaP2 This one took a very long time to make. It's something different from what I usually make and it took a lot of players helping me out. Let me know what you guys think!

[@mateomoore6385]

I think testicles

[@PsDnK]

Great work as usual. Like the change from video to video. Keeps it fresh. However, I am still want to riot for a better game

[@jasonlee6522]

Hey donghuap great vid! I was wondering, do you know what the world record is for the longest aram win streak?

[@teamsebago2]

Love this style of video. Would love to see more of these alongside your usual one main/one champ videos. Keep the great content coming

[@MYVIDEOSONLY-DB]

Even the ad was top tier 👌

[@grimjowjaggerjak]

I thought high elo ARAM was called LCS.

[@666Kaca]

LCS, aka "Literally Cannot Sidelane", is Riot's premier Wildcard region held in the saltiest continent and denoted as such, NA. It is ridiculed for its poor international performance and macro, favouring the "NARAM" style.

[@douglasluiz2225]

Hehe good one

[@DeathColor96]

it's the scouting ground for high elo ARAM

[@Tropical_Panda]

AYYYYY

[@sultan9109]

Good one

[@exyl_sounds]

this video is an actual masterpiece. I need this kind of guide for other game modes like urf

[@Horsheeen]

Nice logo

[@akaliislifeakaliislove5968]

@@Horsheeen too bad it looks like a half-erased in ms paint visual studio logo

[@biluca799]

Nice logo

[@biluca799]

@@akaliislifeakaliislove5968 Do you watch exyl? nice logo is an meme on his channel

[@aldiktxt25]

Tf exyl you play league?

[@Eccentrec]

"you'll see them freeze the wave" My scrub ass: oh hell naw

[@alveolate]

gotta admit, i will rage at team if they are cowards and wanna avoid fighting or even poking. and in my defense, scrub aramers who avoid doing stuff are almost never on late scaling champs anyway.

[@KuhleeDK]

Praying ill never meet a team that freezes in aram D: Also LS most be fucking proud :D

[@00FireFlyer00]

he also said that u wont see it unless u play in proper team and not solo Q which i can confirm been in high elo aram solo Q for years now and after 7k games still didnt see some proper freezing like that other mode with the big map and dragons, bots and shit

[@je2866]

the saddest thing is looking at inventories and seeing that everyone but you still has their porosnax :(

[@SUNTRUMP_TRX]

EXACTLY

[@batmanyk]

playing aram for many ears, and didnt know what exactly this poro does, until this video :) I just feed him, cause team start`s pinging me :) But anyway I dont think actually poro gives a lot mmr, may be 10-20

[@jumpvelocity3953]

@@batmanyki just feed them because it just feels so wrong to have a button you can click and not click it, when I feed it it’s like a weight lifted off my shoulder. IDK maybe I’m just OCD.

[@mattey456]

I will never feed those ARAM rats

[@lunacoco6718]

The most important lesson of this video. "Feed your poros"

[@steveweast475]

Feed your fcking poros

[@mauer1]

those poros man. You remember the ask riot where they told about what happens when you eat them? They look cute and all, but they will do everything they have to to reproduce.

[@noRandom]

specially if you're Braum

[@amuro9624]

After seeing people obsess over it and even be afk until you accept to feed the poros I decided I'll never feed a poro in my life

[@DeletedTroll]

@@amuro9624 Braum feed poro with good cookie!

[@xxxbbb7601]

Wave freezing *does exist on low Elo ARAM, it just has a different name: ignore the minions clashing under the enemy tower while endlessly flinging shit at them

[@Loctorak]

Walk up to wave > try to get all CS > get no CS

[@kingz5233]

"Highly Educational Content" I see no way to disagree with this

[@adanasiot425]

He says that while inadequate content displays on his left screen

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@adanasiot425 For Academic Purposes

[@adanasiot425]

@@finuinho6453 you are right, i want to emphasize

[@timgoodliffe]

wtf is going on at :37

[@thracereis3755]

@@adanasiot425 a girl teaching fitness is not inadequate, it i actually educational. Sex doesn't make something inadequate.

[@Trockenmatt]

Another reason to feed the poros, specifically for Fiddlesticks: Fiddle's passive works in ARAM. Fiddle can place wards in ARAM. Please, feed the poros if you're Fiddlesticks

[@notmyopinion4981]

what does it do to feed them?

[@hetoverseo3887]

@@notmyopinion4981 its a cosmetic feature, but fiddlesticks need his wards, he can't use them without feeding the poros first

[@89Fritzy]

I just sell it from base at start 🤷‍♂️ also once you get rid of that first snack as fiddle you don't receive anymore from towers

[@KaycCal]

@@89Fritzy so you‘d rather sell a porocookie instead of giving it to a poro in need? Monster

[@spicyboy6190]

​@@89Fritzy Heartless

[@joshuaneuhauser]

Me and the boys on our way to become the next aram world champs

[@Jeff05Hardy]

good luck bro

[@9999y]

Give us an update xdd

[@zeddtv291]

Just wait for them guys, him and the bois shall become the aram world champs

[@randomuserame]

You'll be up against 18 naked cowboys

[@2blu4you1]

Any updates since the post? How goes the quest?

[@oliverm3589]

Lol, the closest I've seen to a freeze in aram is people leaving minions for nasus to stack on. Most of the time they won't even let you lifesteal.

[@_FirstLast_]

*MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE* Yeah, when I'm nasus I just ask to at least let me get cannons...at bare minimum

[@TheRagingwerepanda]

@@_FirstLast_ I stopped asking because people tended to be assholes about. Like who doesn't want a stacked Nasus on their team?

[@dzigayu4944]

Lol, I stopped playing shit like Vladmir on ARAM because my teammates never let me heal from minions no matter how much you ask on chat.

[@tyranmcgrathmnkklkl]

I stop to freeze because at least it's not 5 people pushing and it's a bit slower, I'll still last hit though.

[@CreativeB34ST]

They never let me build my fury as Tryndamere :(

[@Kulei666]

The funny thing is that the longest game I ever played in League was ARAM and it lasted 72 minutes. The last 32 minutes was just ACE and reverse ACE when they were pushing Nexus and some of not hitting nexus a little bit too.

[@hampelmann5804]

Bruh at some point the death timers are just too long for this to make sense, no?

[@Kulei666]

@@hampelmann5804 kinda yes but no, pushing waves takes some time especially if you have 1 or 2 team members left only

[@junckskype]

mine is close to an hour if I remember correctly

[@Lors_101]

@@hampelmann5804 Idk, I had a 130 minutes game of ranked summoners rift before, both teams basically just trade 4 and then last ones left are like the supports that cant shove waves.

[@thetrav2100]

same, had one go an hour and 20 mins before and yeah its just back and forth ace's certain matchups just happen that way

[@El_ultimo_Guille]

for someone as me with 5000+ wins on ARAM this documentary is a work of art.

[@grozaflorin1715]

I wounder what youre lvl is :P

[@aLittlePal]

5000+ wins and 6000+ loses?

[@RuntaBRkot]

do u need help?

[@manuelm2805]

same here, i cant belive i found my lost brother

[@manuelm2805]

@@grozaflorin1715 he should be at 350-400 aprox, maybe more if he had played normal games too

[@wolfosfi9945]

This is a seriously good doc Dong, there’s almost no content on ARAM strategy and culture but again you went in there and actually did the research. Major props.

[@exeexecutor]

Which highly suggest people should do their own research

[@Soulliom]

12:50 "Some people play at 3am": Picture of a bright and sunny morning. "Some people might play at like 3pm": Picture of a dark and rainy night.

[@jesusmolina8812]

i feel so stupid right now, i just rage when someone dodge on aram saying "who dodges in aram", i never buy the unique aram item, time to improve and and become bronze in aram

[@arcanine19PT]

Dont worry, I play on high elo aram and theres plenty of people who complain about the amount of dodges that people do there (me included), its just annoying and its normal to feel like that when you got a good pick and someone dodges last second

[@Futuran123]

@@arcanine19PT i just checked and i have 2062 mmr in aram what does it make me? Xd

[@arcanine19PT]

@@Futuran123 sry I can't tell because I don't know much about the mmr overall (I just know mine is high because I've appeared on the top 500 with ~3300 mmr)

[@andrews9695]

@@arcanine19PT honestly I think they should just make both teams get champions that are somewhat balanced in power against eachother so that even if you get a shitty teamcomp you can be guarenteed that the enemy will have a shitty comp as well or if it's better it won't be by much. Either that or make the op picks even more common so that there's less dodges and people can play the fun champions more nothing's op if everything is op.

[@drizzelkun]

@@Futuran123 depending on server around top ~40%. Not very high. These high elo ARAMs are like 3300 or higher. I'm 3000 and the gameplay I'm witnessing isn't even close to what they are showing. Maybe because I only play solo.

[@YourLocalPlagueDoctor]

2:49 God rejecting me at heaven’s door and making me go back to Earth

[@forthy831]

XDDDD

[@RookiexLee]

I legit thought this was a meme at first. Me after 4 minutes into the vid: This man is serious.

[@thedoctor4252]

Mad respect

[@Loctorak]

You thought it was a 28min meme when you clicked it?

[@Aceinine]

Wow, this documentary actually taught me more about how to play ARAM properly, than any other actual 'guide'... while also giving me background and context to understand how the meta came to be this way, topped off with fun trivia. ... Absolutely amazing video! the amount of value I got from this one piece of content alone is actually ridiculous when I think about all the volumes of improvement content out there.

[@freidrcihschwegel3556]

You forgot that Guardian Items count as Legendary items what makes them even more better.( Mythic passive)

[@lorenzo249]

You are a true master of the mode

[@nightradical1459]

what?!

[@klumzyee]

lol fuck the what...

[@TheDinofou]

you are more better ;)

[@panic-a-la-mode]

I just want to acknowledge DongHuaP's change in narrating. I've always enjoyed the videos but in all of them he would raise his voice. It was pretty grating on the ears. I don't know if he got some feedback on this or something, but here in this video he's relaxed and casual. I almost don't recognize it as him. Great change. Thank you.

[@eventon9372]

Being at player in and out of the top 10% aram mmr, I'm surprised they didn't focus on the importance of dying/suiciding. It's part of the game mode and best way to win the next team fight. I can't tell you how many times I watch teammates at 5% hp play so far back they don't help with anything cuz they are afraid to die. After a team fight just finishes, push lane/objectives and find a way to suicide. Your team needs you at 100% hp, not at 25% sitting on 2k gold having to play safe which actually hurts your team. Last point, try not to have your entire team be AD or AP. Going AP Kog'ma or AD Bard are still great options. I'm glad aram is getting more recognition. It helps with understanding comps, being flexible with items and roles, how to engage and navigate a chaotic team fight, and how to dodge skill shots as well.

[@WanderTheNomad]

The most satisfying way is to get executed under enemy turret at low health WHILE THEY'RE UNDERNEATH IT. Though the most smart way is probably to either get executed by minions or die to turret after winning a teamfight.

[@eventon9372]

@@WanderTheNomad yup! letting those supers slap you in the face for the execute is good fun too lol

[@ckpn4771]

@@WanderTheNomad THIS! This is the best omg i always try to do this its so fun xd

[@ckpn4771]

I agree. Some people run away with 10% hp then the next team fight they're automatically dead. ez

[@shaso3664]

There is actually more to that. Usually in 5 Stacks it highly depends on the teamcomp and the situation whether one player just sui's in and who stays back to clear waves. Sometimes it is even better to stay alive with low hp (e.g. when you have long range wave clear and you lost a fight in the middle of the map) and sometimes you can probably just full hp tactical int for tower hp when you pushed tier 2 or even nexus turrets. I think that would just be too much for the video or they simply forgot to mention it

[@fang5526]

Some people might play at 3AM: *shows a picture of someone playing during the day* Some people might play at 3PM: *shows a picture of someone playing literally at night*

[@666Kaca]

The people shown are from europe so they have different timezones

[@fancyncv110]

??? tf is this comment 3pm can indeed be the night for other people

[@Daviddant100]

I think most countries don't use AM or PM, 3AM is 03:00 and 3PM is 15:00. That's why people mistake it. (I think)

[@666Kaca]

@@Daviddant100 Americans cant count to 24 unless they are in the military so they use the 12 hours terminology

[@FresherPear0649]

requirements to join the us army: must know how to count to 24

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

0:26 Lmao I spat my water out the moment I saw the monitor on his right. He truly is a man of culture.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

Lmao i see it now

[@datguy2585]

Wtf how can you see that and what is it

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@@datguy2585 only people of culture can truly see it

[@datguy2585]

Lmao I paused it as soon as I clicked the 0:26

[@argonaut8560]

Hey

[@horizon3064]

22:50 "It will atleast still take 20 minutes for your minions to reach the enemy side." Actually true though, you can win a fight on your side and have all enemies respawn before even being able to deal damage to the tower.

[@daano465]

There are periods when i only play aram. I might even like it more than summoners rift. Id actually love to see ranked aram.

[@jesterchester8428]

Same here. Sometimes I just need a break from the ever so toxic SR.

[@Tomislav9]

Ranked aram actually existed. In season 5 or 6 it was a thing.

[@andrews9695]

@@Tomislav9 I remember trying to Que for it and the que times were super long and so I quit everytime before I even got into a game.

[@iDivinity117]

"Ranked" aram would literally defeat the purpose of ARAM and anyone who wishes for it obviously doesn't get the spirit of the game mode. And if you think for a second that no one will be toxic in this ranked mode, you're sorely mistaken.

[@iDivinity117]

@Krytrephex I agree completely, I was just saying that it's there specifically because winning doesn't matter. It's a random mode, so trying hard to win all the time will leave a bad taste in your mouth. That's what I meant by spirit. It's a for fun mode because there's no balance whatsoever. It's the same ish with people going "OMG THERE NEEDS TO BE RANKED URF" Like, no. And to make it even more laughable, all of these people begging for a competitive version of these modes are the first people that are gonna be toxic in em anways lol.

[@LandelRey]

The best ARAM games are always at 3 am where everyone's names are 'Jenna Tull' and 'Anna Bortion'

[@SwainixFPV]

I played 2 games at 3am because of this video, one had a toxic vayne on the ennemy team (must be the 3am factor) and my team had a great comeback, the second one someone crashed, the ennemy team spawned killed us instead of hitting the nexus and we cameback 15 minutes later... Should have seen the entire video first tho bc I didn't start Guardian lol

[@zacharydeguzman7377]

InventorOfSex

[@pichtri]

I literally just saw the poll for this a week ago. You're insanely quick with the videos wtf

[@CPskipper21344]

Donghuap the goat

[@reccaman]

You assumed he wasn't working on it before and gave the illusion of choice

[@kevinmarcelo4006]

Yeah I think the first time I saw him mention “high elo ARAM” was the pre-Christmas poll (where OnlyFans won haha).

[@abdulazizmath9134]

mashallah

[@mrcopycat2355]

Perhaps he had the options almost ready and made a poll for prioritizing one or the other

[@JVGaming123]

1:20 Video start

[@gentle68]

imagine wanting to have some fun in aram and these guys show up

[@luisdawa]

And I thought I was weird for being challenger in flex queue. These guys got to a whole new level.

[@Shiraori999]

22:53: It will take at least 20 minutes for your minions to reach the enemy's side of the map. If that was the case lol

[@rayaqin]

seconds, probably

[@whyarewestillhere6381]

though it can feel like it

[@frodo4503]

Hes not wrong, 20 minutes because you have scaling comp and decide to frezee after ace lol

[@FoxireGaming]

As a guy who plays almost nothing but aram solo, I can say most of this is pretty on point. But also the whole freezing thing does happen a shocking amount of times in just casual aram games. It mostly ends up happening when both teams are either scalers or early gamers and refuse to fight each other, so they both attempt to freeze each other to force a fight out so they can take advantage of health kits. Also please feed your puros, if I have to ping one more person holding onto 2 snacks all game ill go insane.

[@ashdust9832]

if there's one thing you can take away from this vis it's that you should always feed the poros they just too damn cute

[@Deathf1ame]

Coordinating an exploding poro is one of the most satisfying things, esp if the enemy team catches on w/ a moment of truce to contribute and witness it together

[@darthmustaine9950]

The opera start was heavy but the video is just amazing, really good work !

[@nameless7211]

3v3 and aram will be in my heart forever. Thank you for the video.

[@SKRRRRRRAAAAAA]

Respect for calling their team Ram Ranch cowboys, that song is gold

[@odinuniverse797]

I used to be in “high Elo” Aram before I got my account permabanned (thousands of games played). Now when I play aram im still shocked that people don’t buy guardian items. So fucking shocked it’s so insanely overpowered but it’s always ignored. I always bought guardian horn and triple reju beads on tanks and prioritized playing tanks. So busted.

[@Primimimimimimimi]

sweat more

[@BassBumpin108]

Especially now that guardian items give a mythic passive stack, making your first item power spike even better. Always build it

[@Hotwopper]

Yup guardians horns feels amazing with tanks

[@ComfortableTool86]

tanks are boring tho. 99% of people playing aram are just playing for fun and prioritize rolling a fun champ over having the best chance to win

[@Deathf1ame]

@@ComfortableTool86 Depends what tank, tanks like Leona and Ornn are hilariously funny to play bc you become unkillable while constantly being a nuisance. I played a full armor conq Taric once and 2v1ed mid-late game lol

[@alejandrogutierrez-pereira425]

Haven't even gone passed the 1 minute mark but seeing Luffy on the phone screen was an automatic sub from me. Plus the sarcastic undertone of the sponsored bit was golden

[@caeveeundkuchen8142]

"You probably won't ever see a champion with a +60% winrate for very long" laughs in Seraphine at 62%

[@SKsuprakirby]

Inb she takes +15% dmg received.

[@Y33Tbigly]

@@SKsuprakirby sera damage in aram is already super nerfed I’m pretty sure

[@wabalaka1565]

@@Y33Tbigly it not her dmg that is OP she could literally deal 0 dmg and still 50%+ win rate in aram if they keep her utility untouch

[@SoberPilot]

@@SKsuprakirby and deals -15% too, rip sona on steroids

[@Derploop]

Little does he realise, that's the same stat as seraphine in ranked

[@momowilson7441]

2 years and this ad is still one of the best selling

[@HaydnYick21]

As a former high elo ARAM player, I really miss the dark harvest days, they were hilarious, especially Jhin one-shotting anyone. I find lethality assassin Lee-Sin to be really OP if you manage to snowball with him (assuming you're good with him and you face squishies) one q, auto, e and tiamat active and they're all gone xD High elo ARAM is where its at. And old fiddle with the crow was so annoying but I loved it

[@michael4491]

I miss the old Fiddle Crow ...

[@andy_mir]

this video is surprisingly interesting! it has been appearing in my recommended section for weeks and now I see why! btw the edit and music choice makes this docu very engaging

[@SpazMLoL]

Thanks for having me and for bringing more light to the ARAM Community!

[@mathiasdollo7552]

Incredible video ! I'm a french aram player since like 2 years now and see someone talk about the competitive aspect of this gamemode is fucking amazing, good job

[@Frexerable]

Good video! Would love to see a update with the changes ARAM have had (portals, runes, items, etc) :)

[@TheFearrrrrr]

Seeing the old summoners rift and remembering how ARAM was played back then made me super nostalgic for it. I miss the old league :'(

[@Kategan]

I remember when there was no ARAM mode and players were creating custom games titled "ARAM" using the normal Summoner's Rift map, but you were not allowed to go to other lanes except mid. Good times.

[@mindjoroso]

Yes !!!! I played then too :D playing since beta in 2009

[@Louisifer_LoL]

that is by far the greatest opera gx advertisement i have ever seen

[@joshuastokes9324]

Me when ranked Aram is released

[@quietchase]

I wish!!!

[@saki1333]

Not gonna happen

[@dr.palitostock2042]

@@saki1333 please

[@mauer1]

In my opinion, that would be what it needs to be more players obsessed with it. Just add a visual rank to it, so even the braindead people can see how bad they are.

[@666Kaca]

@@saki1333 Alrdy existed back in s3/4/5 or so

[@SuperRainingday]

Not only a documentary, but also an operating manual. Good stuff!

[@RedLuigi235]

I'm still so fucking sad that they never even TRIED to balance TT and let it fall away and die with a whimper. Especially having seen what per-game mode balancing could do for ARAM.

[@tiblubjunior]

I still miss TT, I still rage with my friend over the fact that it's gone

[@LeonesAce]

Ikr, my best memories playing league was in TT, before and after the rework, I just really liked it :(

[@sebawuba8533]

I mean the truth is that, statistically, basically nobody played TT. Legit didn't appear in a certain graph that included every gamemode's playrate while ARAM was at a consistent 2nd place

[@RedLuigi235]

@@sebawuba8533 Don't give me that bullshit. They never touched it. The last change to the mode was on 5.11, and that was mostly jg camp values. Before that was 3.10 with a couple item changes. That's it. Last time before that was when it was reworked in season 1. They never gave ANY care to the game mode, never promoted it, never did anything to address its health. Never added plates when SR did. Of course, they didn't start doing champ specific changes when they did for ARAM. They never gave a shit about the mode, they didn't give a shit when it was dying, they didn't want it to stay alive or give it a chance. There are no draft alternatives to SR. No competitive alternatives to SR. Because they didn't give a shit about the mode. It was made to fester until they were able to justify pulling it. Stop defending that.

[@mestune5043]

@@RedLuigi235 The sad truth. It would be nice to see a video like this on high elo TT. I doubt it will happen though.

[@Quickdraw_Punslinger]

The staff over at Opera is watching this AD sweating, wondering how far is too far. Best creator-made AD I've seen!

[@abzalonga]

I was today years old when finding out that there was a whole ARAM community Btw, do you guys remember when Riot said that they were going to put rankeds in ARAM? It was like 4 years ago if I can remember....

[@lemon9.9]

It only seems like all they do is make new skins and abandon other game modes,at this game mode deleting rate they may remove aram in the future,if they do,I am done with this shit game

[@zeronothinghere9334]

They are not putting ranked into ARAM because it's a for fun mode. They will delete ARAM if nobody plays it, like what happened to Dominion or Twisted Treeline

[@narakarrarr6191]

@@zeronothinghere9334 rip treeline

[@lyre6820]

@@zeronothinghere9334 I still miss twisted treeline, honestly 😔

[@zeronothinghere9334]

@@narakarrarr6191 Honestly can't blame their decision tho. Nexus Blitz at its lowest when all the hype went away still had more players than Twisted Treeline. Like double or triple the players.

[@emwnter]

I had no idea this side of aram existed... Thank you for bringing this to light! I looked up my stats and I have 2,318 games, in the top 9%, only 800 MMR away from the top 500! I was just playing for fun this whole time wow maybe I'll try for it lmao!

[@GamercraveGFX]

who remembers when the health icons would only heal one person instead of a Redemption aoe

[@kricketune5114]

Yeah me and my friends used to flash to steal them from eachother

[@handohall3406]

@@kricketune5114 same, we still do it though, just for the meme

[@Gabrol]

yeah, it's literally in the video

[@pavelech2565]

I've been playing a ton of aram for the last year or so and it was so funny to see some of the tactics i use on a regular basis (instinctively) be addressed in the video, stalling for time when you have a scaling comp, freezing the wave so you have a chance at a fight, the tricks with the poros, i used to think aram games were fast but as of late i've had games go for 35-40 minutes lol, i'm nowhere near to the top of the ladder but it was nice to see other players coming up with the same ideas, great video man

[@FREEXrg]

I played so much ARAM that I literally don't know how to play properly anymore.

[@sheridan1700]

Same. what server do you play on?

[@lilyliao9521]

@@sheridan1700 damn

[@kitkarts]

already off the bat, this video is special omg going in depth the snowball and DH

[@nielsderyst]

True ARAM is defined by its name: ALL RANDOM, all mid.

[@LowerYourExpectationsPleb]

no

[@booboo3161]

It's become "pick perfect team or we dodge"

[@bigboi9225]

This video pretty much single handedly made me start playing ARAM for high-elo purposes, so thank you mr donghuap :)

[@P1aceHo1derName]

17:43 pyke is my favorite enchanter.

[@mauer1]

Pyke probably just valued a lot because of the sustain and the infinite gold you get with cleanups.

[@N12015]

@@mauer1 And also his Q to force 1v5 situations where you will likely kill.

[@mauer1]

@@N12015 yeah but this is also with blitzcrank. but blitzcrank gets outscaled by every other enchanter. Pyke will just ultimate through their shields because he is likely to have like 10k mor gold than you because he got like 2 kills with his ultimate.

[@zacharyberg1829]

Top quality OperaGX ad. I should start using it so that I can keep school tabs open while playing games.

[@herebejamz]

12:28 I didn't know Neil deGrasse Tyson played ARAM.

[@MrRBX]

I have played ARAM only for years and years now. Somehow hit too 13% and learned most of this through osmosis but still learned new stuff in this video.so well done

[@jamiefox]

The Poro part blew my fucking mind.

[@jacobesterson]

I don't know how many ARAMs you've played, I've been playing it rather consistently for about 9 years now and I think I figured it out quite quickly. It's useful to tell if someone's camping the bushes pre-minion spawn. Also it can give away sneaky Teemo players.

[@Spacemuffin147]

@@jacobesterson you have any limited edition skins? PAX TF, Black Ali, etc?

[@Kupoinfo]

Probably one of the most entertaining sponsor bits I've ever seen!

[@Vawiko]

"it is better to have a garbage god tier champion, than it is to have a good garbage tier champion" ~ DongHuaP (2021)

[@williamstoots1749]

Im actually one of the high level aram players. never thought id see a documentary on this. good job

[@iamchuch]

Dies 5 minutes into game, alt tabs into bikini model instagram....this hits too real

[@superderp703]

fam i subbed way back in my first year of uni and watched ur vids in the library, still here!

[@Wicksonnyjim]

"One team has to be committed to being cowards and hiding under their tower and the other has to be committed to look for a fight and this is pretty much impossible to do in a solo aram" Idk man, sounds like every aram I've ever played xD

[@tbone9474]

My mind was blown on multiple levels here... especially the freezing

[@MrRufus974]

aram be like: me being silver vs a diamond player flaming calling everyone bad all game on the opposite team

[@leonidasvonsparta]

Played once against a master player and won . aram is different

[@luezma]

this Opera GX ad made me like the video instantly

[@hubertmiszuk6908]

WE NEED how to deal with X... come on dong, i know you can!

[@daltonburnett7181]

Liking and commenting to help with this video's reach.

[@chrisg2506]

I miss Dominion, i was properly sad when it was discontinued. Where my other 2 Dominion lovers @?? Also, i clocked the "ideal comp" from the early days of ARAM, so that was pretty cool of me i guess

[@Loctorak]

I miss dominion. If I was ever going to be high elo in any mode it was dominion. In 5s I was a bronze noob, but in dominion I don't know what it was, I just stomped everyone. Kass and then when he was banned, Yorick, if go solo bot and push for their tower. I lost so few games - like 3 in 80 - and eventually found my bronze ass in teams with diamond players. I even "laned" bot against CoL Chuuper (CoL being complexity I think, some pro team at the time and he was their adc) - didn't lose that match, either. Like I just kicked dicks and it was so much fun and now it's gone and I gotta be bad in 5s again RIP Dominion 💔

[@cloudownage1994]

That Opera ad was top-tier!

[@WhoeverNevermind]

Its good to know that what ive been doing for years even has a name and people that do it proffesionally lmao

[@sylasoce6376]

2:48, damn that nunu bug really been around since 1984

[@johannabonana5306]

I am ranked around 400 on the aram leaderboard (3135mmr, Top 0.09% currently) and I play with people in the top 100 often. You made high elo aram sound a lot more tryhard and serious than it really is. I think you were talking more about 5 man competitive aram than solo queue which could've been more clear. I only play solo and half of the stuff that you talk about, rarely anyone does. I have never seen a freeze ever. People don't build lee sin as support. People don't just sit under turret and waveclear for 10 minutes unless they have no engage. Most games are under 25 minutes. We try to win, but we don't stoop that low.

[@arcanine19PT]

Agree. If you're a good player it isnt hard to get to high elo Aram, it will take a lot of games sure, but you will eventually get there

[@tractie_]

I am currently sitting at 2690 mmr, top 2% Do you have any tips on how to improve and climb?

[@johannabonana5306]

@@tractie_ I would say learn more champs and don't be greedy about the champs you play. Like you should try to pick for your comp instead of just playing champs you want to play. I also use my extra reroll if the team doesn't look great, even if I already have a champ I want. Then just make sure to play a lot. Pretty general tips, but that's what I've got. :D

[@booradley6832]

He did say that it was what was done at one time of day but not anymore.

[@Shin3yBidoof]

This is an interesting video. The description of the high level play reminds me of Overwatch. Pushing up the map, control health packs, objective focus, heavy play around ulti timers. Kinda wanna grind arams now

[@voyces22]

I wish they did ranked ARAM, it would reward players for learning as much champs as possible

[@Zer0-0]

But would make the game mode a toxic piece of shit like Summoners Rift. Me and my friends queue up in Aram because there are no strings attached

[@Psynnegyn]

@@Zer0-0 amen.

[@AsianRailgun]

It wouldn't really work because despite all the champion specific balance changes, some champions are flat out better than others. Sona and Seraphine both have severe champion specific nerfs and they still are highest winrate champions here.

[@leonkt3642]

dang I'm an ARAM player and I didn't know these were High Elo things lmao, feeding poro to get rid of your "mark" is like the most basic thing I learnt playing lol and the minion wave is also a thing that I didn't know it was "high Elo" aram strat lmao is just that it gets boring when the other team just sits under turret so you have to tell your team "hey let them out of their cave" so naturally we let the minions crash int othe middle instead of clearing near their turret lol. This video was crazy fun to watch and so funny too. I didn't know I was in "high elo" ARAM till just now after watching your video lol thanks

[@FranfutADC]

0:50 i like what r you seeing lol

[@webuser2014]

As an competiv gamer i never saw any appeal in aram, but with video i really wanna try out competitiv aram. This sounds fun.

[@TheEllord33]

Unpopular opinion, they should just go full random matchmaking no mmr in aram.

[@TheEllord33]

@@AmisThysia I'm only talking about aram.

[@TheEllord33]

@@AmisThysia Ah sorry, when you said game knowledge, reaction and frustration I thought you meant real league.

[@Sasquiny]

I've been looking for an up to date guide on how to improve my Aram capabilities for a while now. This video is what I needed, noice! 👍

[@oliverstaunton10]

Brace yourself, ARAM tryhards are coming. Would be interesting to see if there is an uptick in games after the release of this vid though.

[@alekdelimateles243]

I just loved the intro, you definitely have my attention from now on

[@GodofGHz]

I swear to god, people in aram are allergic to hitting towers. They don't do it unless you spam ping the tower...

[@spxrri]

that's the kind of ad i actually watch! great job on that!

[@VyNyLoKo6]

The real old frogs of league remember whem aram was not in howling abyss

[@lucasdurval3484]

Welcome to the Proving Grounds.

[@RobinVL]

No cap, opera gx is actually a beast, using it for around half a year now, ain't going back

[@Zurbgazorb]

The only intro sponsorship I've ever watched

[@drdoom700da]

“there is a reason there’s no snowball on summoners rift” kaisa r: am i a joke to you

[@Jeepod]

I remember doing arams through forum posts before it was even a game mod. We also had some funs with a website randomizing our picks and builds with items order to do. it was such a good time.

[@Prefix1998]

I didn't realize that aram was so big that it takes 20 minutes for minions to travel nexus to nexus.

[@abhishektyagi7402]

24:05 The way this man talks about freezing minion waves in Aram is just so funny lmao