The ONLY Laning guide you'll EVER need: Beginner to Challenger - League of Legends

[@markosoca]

man the content you have been putting out lately is so good, i hope you dont let the viewcount discourage you, i have no doubt that you will reach bigger audience in the future if you continue with this tempo :)

[@DavidDinant]

Thank you man this means alot, been working really hard. Let us know what kind of Videos you would like!

[@AloisNL]

Thank you for the lovely feedback💙

[@adamhoneyford6076]

youtube fundamentals go crazy

[@aranvella9144]

This comment aged incredibly well

[@markosoca]

@@aranvella9144 ye i know quality content when i see it, alois is a chad

[@kalehond_euw]

This is such a huge gem for the LoL community. You don't even want to know how much years it took to figure out how to manipulate the wave correctly and I still do it wrong in some scenario's. Even some pro's or top challenger players don't do parts of this correctly sometimes.

[@Wolsfen]

I am new into League. Playing it just over 2 weeks now, my first season ever and this was very helpful for me. Thanks a lot ❤️

[@someoneescapedfromchina5025]

Best riven channel ever subscribed, everything is so well explained, and the principles are all practical. Learned a lot about the combs laning and interaction with junglers.

[@AloisNL]

Thank you man!!

[@ashikchowdhury1001]

agreed just subbed

[@YaceIsComing]

Super good content ! I think it's worth mentioning that the enemy jungler must be tracked well when zoning the enemy from XP otherwise you may lose the lead you've acquired if he ganks.

[@jsarguitar]

I always had issues knowing when and when not to play aggressive top and never knew tracking the jungler. now that I know how to I can easily get at least a couple divisions.

[@jeanmichaeloyardo1290]

Wow… this was actually not a clickbait title haha Been playing for years and only ever used the 3 wave crash. I feel like after watching this I actually understand wave management now Thanks for all the great content alois! Keep it up 😁

[@mgikgaming9153]

What should you do when you don’t have the priority in the early game to create a push and it starts pushing into you?

[@reptyy4126]

The only time ur not gonna be having prio in early game is if ur facing hard matchups/counter picks. Or if enemy jungler starts topside and you fear a lvl 3 gank. My best advice is try to soak as much xp and cs "safely" Dont let enemy toplaner do a bunch of dmg on you. Leaving you up to be dived or forced to recall. The play is to either passively farm wait for ur jungler to come or u could play around item spikes and level up trades but generally speaking ur not mean't to win lane against a counter pick. But mid game late game would be ur best friend. Also when it comes to survivabillity go dorans shield and second wind overgrowth and ur chilling.

[@mr.nifler4602]

the quote at the start brought me to tears (in all seriousness thank you so much for this guide!!)

[@chloebarthelemy2963]

I am new on this channel and I am amazed by the quality of the content, thank you so much I want to start playing top and you are a master at explaining !

[@surajchatrathi3118]

Really enjoying the content since day 1, it's really helpful not just for Riven but toplane in general! I think a guide on how to team fight with Riven and/or what to do midgame if you're even or slightly behind in lane would be cool to see

[@galenvistica5654]

Just found this wonderful channel. Dude, oure the best educational league player I've ever found. Love all your content. Keep it up!

[@marintia359]

Ive watched this video 8 times since I started trying to climb in league. I started at bronze 4 and have now climbed to emerald 4. Thank you very much for the time and effort put into your guides.

[@FantasticKruH]

How long did it take you?

[@redrufe]

@@FantasticKruHcouldn’t have taken very long, emerald hasn’t existed for that long

[@legendtoni1094]

​@@redrufeare you stupid

[@piggy8761]

@@redrufebetter question is how many games

[@serenolopez-darwin1975]

10:30 I'm only a masters player, but I'm an Ornn main and I usually try to just hit the minions with Q against early-game cheesers like Riven to avoid getting dove on stack. However, that Ornn player is presumably a challenger so a lot better than me, do you think it's correct or a mistake for him to use Q for the stronger trade?

[@TheTCM]

Great video as always! One of the best channels for educational content

[@VeylmanTheRock]

What do I do if my opponent has also watched this video? Hope I have the better mechanics/champ for the small trades?

[@smebbo6435]

6:52 "1 game, for human team 1 game PLS" relatable

[@kevinkontny91]

Hello Alois, I´m a hugh fan and and learning a lot from your videos. This video is one of my favorites and I´m now watching it for the third time to improve more and more because the early game is just to important to make mistakes. Up to this point I´m struggeling with a specific situation. It would be awesome if you can gimme a quick tip on how to improve. Example: Riven vs Olaf. (Enemy jungler is pathing top) Because i think that I´m in a losing matchup, I try to do a second wave crash (my thoughts: hit level 2 first and be save for a potential jungle gank because of the bounce back). But on the bounce back olaf - smart as he is - stacks the wave and eventually pushes the wave under tower. During this time i respect him because of the minion advantage and the level 3. Now comes the problem. After the wave crash into my tower the lane slowly pushes into Olaf. He is stronger level 4 and zones me from last hitting. If he does this correctly he can keep this lane state up for 3-5 waves. I feel like i have no options at this point because i cant win the all in. I think there are definitely ways on how to avoid getting in this situation at the first place, but how do i escape this situation when it already happend? Best regards from Germany :) Love your content

[@ethan414]

this is really late but the only way to do it is for your jungler to help you unfreeze the wave

[@aoidosgabriel2777]

Oooh! Now I get why enemy was having bigger waves all the time! Can you do a video on how to counter that, like do we just do the same?

[@xXNinjapenguin298Xx]

Hey Alois! I just found this channel to work on some top lane fundementals. I was wondering how you approach these first 4 waves if you feel like your champion doesn't have as much priority or wave clear in those first few levels. It feels like most of these crashing strategies rely on being able to pressure your opponent early.

[@AloisNL]

Absolutely true, if you can't control it it's moreso to your opponent!

[@pandasempie]

Amazing video bro. Watching as a jungler so I can learn how to put my toplaner in the best position possible.

[@Arel_Kursat]

Thanks dude. I am a jungle main but I know other lane's laning phase except top. Now I know exactly how it plays out for top lane, so I time my ganks according to the lane state. Of course no top lane really knows these in my games and they just get ganked freely, even if I warn them when will the enemy jungler be there. They say stupid shit like "oh then I am not gonna farm huh?" if they watch the game and know what junglers does, they can manage the lane accordingly but no one knows.

[@rammycanales3784]

You cant always do so though. In the cases you cant, it really sucks giving up cs to an enemy freeze. Both sides may know the same level of wave management and the better champ early game will get to decide how the wave looks like. This is why you always give last pick to your top laner!

[@Mrocax]

Awesome video Alois. What do you do if you don’t have the push advantage / lane control from the first wave?

[@HienNguyen-cs1md]

ff

[@binbrown8066]

You can’t 2nd wave crash against Darius lol, unless he’s gold or below

[@slaapverslaving]

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[@heldervasconcelos1045]

hey Alois! i recently found you channel and i am mind blow because i never though of the game like this. I wish there was some more content on this fundamentals in mid position since i really dont have a grasp on it.

[@AloisNL]

I can do coaching! But ye atm I pretty much exclusively make toplane content. I think you can still apply stuff to mid for sure

[@patalachatte1220]

great content! a Darius who kicked my butt, told me nicely to watch your video to improve

[@hugodasilva198]

Hey Alois ! Great video, i asked on twitter but now that scuttle spawn is later, do you think you need to do a 4 wave crash into rotate scuttle or a 3 waves crash + one wave shove into rotate?

[@AloisNL]

Its after 4th wave yes

[@hugodasilva198]

@@AloisNL thank you

[@Seltz_]

amazing video, this is exactly the breakdown i was looking for 🙏

[@WiredTenshi]

Son of a bitch, this is good content

[@flurinstockhammer8273]

What can you do if the enemy is stronger early and contests push

[@justablob4530]

Thanks for this my guy. Now I get it when to freeze and when to actually slowpush. Alois my GOAT.

[@TheSoulsie]

Best educational top lane video I’ve ever watched. You are Him.

[@extracheese8059]

ah i got from bronze to gold just on the concept of slow-pushing and freezing but i have never really thought about this sort of thing yet. i think the one thing missing here is how to decide when to do 2nd wave / 3rd wave / 4th wave crash. you mentioned it a bit but i think a recap at the end would help crystallize it in the mind. the one thing that stuck is "4th wave is best if possible" but i'm not 100% sure how to tell when it's possible.

[@atanasdzhivdzhanov4252]

That's where match up exp. and jgl knowledge comes into play. Every match up is diffrent every player will aproach match ups difrent. In theory there is an optimal way to aproach a match up but sometimes you can get away with being aggresive and getting wave prio in match ups you are not supposed to have it. For example Darius in the video is playing TP flash and starts Q lvl 1 wich I don't think is the standart way to aproach this match up. On the other hand if Ornn flashed 3th Riven Q when he was lvl 2 and Riven lvl 3 he could possibly put riven in a though spot later on when he was about to hit lvl 3. So like every game and match up plays out diffrent.

[@yafi2475]

I am glad that KZbin has suggested me your video. Very good content, keep it up bro.

[@MaipuruSyrup]

"The ONLY laning guide you will EVER need" This guide only covers wave management and how to get recalls for free.

[@donut7799]

If I'm playing a champ who is weaker early game than most toplaners, should I still be trying to out push my opponent or should I just be denying their crash (I play ornn)

[@Hanswai]

Nice vid! WIll be good to know what thought processes you go through when your opponent is contesting in order to do the same thing: the 2nd/3rd/4th wave crash? Also what to do when the opponent succeeds, how do you cut the losses?

[@aaku_nepp2657]

Yo dude i think i might be late but the vedio you should make is for a BEGINNER beginner , someone who just picked up the game

[@codyearthdust]

Alois really carrying league rn 😂

[@pieromedina9321]

Alois i have one question, what can you do if your champ is really hard at early, or if you are against sett or renekton? you cant look for prio those matchups right?

[@chabbab6698]

You talk about pressure on the second wave crash, but this is exactly the same case for the third wave crash without the negatives, right?

[@heiio66]

Alois how do you keep track of the wave numbers? And how do you make sure you never lose track? Do you just count from each cannon wave or are you continuously counting 1 2 3 4 every wave?

[@Jesioon]

Why would u count them after first 4 waves

[@alvaromafiol7050]

Found da mentos lore:

[@JoshDoes]

how cna i escape elo hell.. played the game for 10+ years (on and off) like 1-3k hours and still haven't reached gold.. peaked silver 1 and like 1 game off gold. Currently just demoted from near silver yesterday to nearly bronze 3 in a single night of bad games full of awful teammates. i even went 26/5 on khazix and lost that game.

[@sentko8926]

Look into your own games, try to find someone who plays the champions you play and ask them to go all out and give you every mistake. It should hurt, because if it doesn't, you won't break through, at this point. 1 - 3k hours, you need to understand that the problem is basically never your teammates before a very, very high level.

[@davidwollmann9293]

You were mega gankable on your fourth and fifth waves. Did you have vision of their jg?

[@ariayousefi9124]

you're such a great person tbh, well done for sharing these information with us for free !

[@amvz_d_6708]

Idk. Pushing constantly is a double edged sword.

[@ericahays4281]

I wish when I started playing people told me how important wave management is.

[@drinx116]

Ehmm the question now is which one should I use in what situation

[@washamisha6582]

does 3rd wave crash cheater's recall works in midlane?

[@alozyyy]

This was a great guide but what should be the gameplan when I don't have the clearly stronger early game champ? In all of the examples you can freely trade aggressively and win control over the wave as your champ is stronger (You obviously also played really great and that's why you could do it but in some matchups you simply can't contest level 1 at all no matter how well you try to trade) Do I just try to not let them do any of the crashes, do I try to force an outplay to get one of the crashes myself even if they can win trades by just playing decently or do I just let it happen and call for help or play from behind for the rest of the laning phase? Is there any option that's actually decent?

[@MatthewWilk]

6.58 lmao check chat "1 game for human team 1 game please" XD

[@rammycanales3784]

Nice vid! The only detail I dont love (maybe you mentioned it) is that Riven specifically is a champ that really pressures the enemy early game with her lvl ups. I usually just dont touch the wave if an enemy Riven got there first, and hard push when I can. Honestly, thats the strategy I use for most match ups. Although you can always ensure an advantage by doing this, a good player will just give up cs to not die to a Riven (or any champ for that matter) lvl up. Sometimes I even bait the riven thinking she can kill me with a precise flash into qw only to miss miserably by my positioning and getting half hpd for free lmao

[@nixtzy6897]

Wins 4 lanes against aatrox as a riven and first blood gets plate gets jungle camps Aatrox gets level 6 HOL UP HOL UP HOL UP DOUBLE KILL

[@drugh]

I'll give you a pro tip cuz i like your videos but i get annoyed when you play and pause the video to skip 0.5 seconds :))) you can press . or , on youtube to skip each frame. try pressing multiple times and see how each frames look like. life changer

[@livefast1064]

Can you explain how the second 4th wave crash is another 4th wave crash? Is it just because you're slow pushing the 4th wave in the middle and then crashing the 5th when you can? What if they don't let you crash the 5th wave the same way they didn't let you crash the 4th? Does that put it back into another 2nd wave crash situation for the number of minions that you've pushed or is a 4th wave crash just any crash from the 4th wave and on before your first recall? Sorry for so many questions, but I just want to be sure I understand. Great video, chief ❤️

[@kumikan8533]

Love this type of content!

[@queendread4427]

I one trick Ornn in high emerald low diamond and I love abusing grasp timings. Every single time my grasp is up, I go for a quick auto trade along with my low cooldown Q, especially when my opponent is going for a last hit and their auto is on cooldown (or they hit me and miss a minion). Doing this makes minions aggro on me and lets me keep pushing in the wave and give me that lvl 2 advantage, deep ward, harass, and make the lane push back into me for a nice freeze, avoiding ganks, and extending my lead. Ornn specifically is also very good at counter engaging after a trade, so holding a freeze and making sure the enemy can't push it in is very easy

[@masterforcer3956]

I would love to also know what to do when you're a weaker early game champion. Then you can't get the push and you would be in a disadvantageous spot. Any idea how to counter this? Or would you have to rely on your jungler?

[@randombob3837]

Is there the same for BotLane, too? I hope so :-/

[@fable8596]

Really good insight as a low elo player, only thing I would say is all these predictions of where your and the enemy will path, when they will gank ect, is good for mid to high elo maybe, in low elo players are very unpredictable, and are much more likely to not work with you on these moments of opportunity, in bronze your jungle will often just afk farm until thet see a gank mid or bot and ignore top lane all together, you cannot reason or assume the thought process of a bronze elo player

[@theangusschmaloer]

10:33 that Q hop over the ohrn pillar. xDXDXD bruh I'm dying

[@Mariomatix]

Hello Alois, thanks a lot for the guide, it is great to finally see good content for toplane. I have a rather specific question that i would love to receive an answer to: I am D2 in EUW, currently learning Gangplank. What do you do if you can't get push priority lvl 1, for example if you have to leash, play TP vs IGN, or play a weak early game champ? If i play GP with First Strike + TP, i feel like i can't control the wave at all until sheen, which results in me giving up a lot of cs and TP as well, as i can't crash the wave into their tower. Watching Solarbacca, he kind of cheats himself out of this situation through taking ignite, and he often gets push priority. But in a competitive game, you would take TP instead. Is that why Koreans take Grasp + TP on GP, to ensure they can contest the wave at least a little bit? I would love a guide for things you can do when not having push priority lvl 1. Is all i can do just waiting 10 miles away until the wave crashes? And how do i play the GP vs Riven Matchup, what do good GPs do that annoy you? Thanks a lot!

[@Joseph-nnnjr]

I recently discovered your videos (after you went to Korea) and suddenly you became my favorite youtuber. I've been watching all your videos and learning a lot. Keep it up man. I love your videos.

[@mina8150]

What does a wave crash even means

[@myv112]

This reminds me how bad I am… I Hope I can put this in practice now in my gold 2 elo😢 Thank you !

[@dennismohn5095]

this is way to much for me :D i play the way i play.. anyway no interst to climb above gold. to stressfull gameing and no room for AP sion . Thanks anyways Alois i really appreciate u and baus conent.

[@bastian8648]

I cant believe your number of suscribers, this is S++++ tier content

[@buffzerg]

Nice video. Cheater recall for item or just pick ornn :D and craft it

[@Dan-gx8qd]

Wish I would of got this video in my algo 10 months ago! This is so helpful!

[@ItsTac0-zmic]

Damn this was so informational thank you so much! shout out to the riven mains

[@salovamrani2084]

I play garen, so I can't contest push in the most of matchups

[@dusanpavlovic2201]

what if my opponent counters me and dictates lane tempo and he wants to do this?

[@fly981]

Fking awesome

[@cankucuk4696]

your educational videos are soo good thaks for your effort sir :)

[@ericmclaren1431]

If only I knew this before I started playing top lane!!!

[@Waelly17]

I hope Coach Curtis and Coach Nathan Mott notice you 🙏

[@ryan_d.v]

Great video

[@smokyx]

INSANE free content, thank you!

[@stormcaster6322]

could u do riven vs Poppy? Great vids btw!

[@sxoutz]

This is definitely not a beginner to challenger video. I have no idea what the concept of "crashing", "laning" is... It would be nice if you explained what these concepts are.

[@themuffinprincesa21]

He did though.

[@Yozika]

skill issue

[@Wazzo31]

Thank you so much!

[@nahkriiinnahkriiin8517]

Very good executed and high quality video. I hope you keep up with that educational content.

[@AndreeWasTaken]

awesome

[@epicgames-k9h]

rich

[@miguelalonso5481]

BEST

[@gergopapp4595]

can you apply this to midlane as well?

[@amirkefiraltroterminator2556]

comm

[@TheCianhogan]

This is the most underrated top lane channel on KZbin, insane!

[@nidaleeh]

❤

[@surugoo]

funny how tp completely negates all of this

[@LenaTurquoise]

9:00 >tries to show an example of gold advantage >ornn

[@DSP_Gaming0]

Watched this 3 times amd i still dont know what a 2nd wave crash is 😅

[@user-qb4on2qm7z]

Does this convert to botlane?

[@mattoppilip5996]

This is gold content thanks

[@maxliermann5134]

Great explained. I learned a lot. 👍🏻

[@Djoser20]

This is one of the best wave management guides especially for higher levels, keep up the good work!

[@fever22]

thank god i found you bro

[@jeremybernstein137]

Hi Alois theacher is ur acc? i saw on dzukill twitch u were his enemy probably and u destroyed him really hard

[@AloisNL]

Yes! My name is Teacher Alois ( that account ye )

[@jeremybernstein137]

@@AloisNL Holy shit man ur so good.Can you make video about this matchup? riven vs yone or riven vs yasuo.

[@jeremybernstein137]

@@AloisNL Is Dzukill hard enemy for You?what is harder to play vs yone or yas?

[@AloisNL]

@@jeremybernstein137 Yes, Dzukill is one of the best soloQ toplaners so it's hard to play vs him. Yone is harder IMO, Yasuo is easy to get on top of, Yasuo tricky

[@jeremybernstein137]

@@AloisNL Ok,someday i will improve my english and i will buy coach from u :D

[@xrpmxwix7932]

this helps so much, great video!