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[Jopax]

This one?

[DemonOfWrath]

I suppose that would be it, the placeholder was just a blank screen. Wasn't aware of that regardless though. 
Oh well.

[Yodamaster]

Scarra showing AP Yi still has it before the rework.

[penguinofhonor]

Xelnath is starting to think up ideas for the Yorick rework. It will be in quite a while, but I'd expect a bit of discussion to go on until it's finished. Pay attention to that thread if you're interested.

[Krevsin]

I DL'd League of Legends.

Any tips for a complete noob? (I played DotA before, but not this)

[Frumple]

Check the links in the OP then... play the game. Or the other way around. Or just the latter. I'd probably suggest saying to hell with summoner's rift until you're more comfortable with the game -- Dominion, TT, and the all-random map I've forgotten whatever they're calling now, all tend to be much shorter matches, so if you're sucking and bungling at least you won't be stuck in that for as long -- but that's the most I could offer.

[frostshotgg]

I'd actually suggest the opposite. Yeah, Rift is longer, but it's more time with a champion at the later stages of the game which is when you learn the most about them.

The best advice is to just play games.

[IronyOwl]

I'll second Rift. All the game modes are different, but Rift is probably the most in-depth and representative; and if nothing else, Rift is what primary balance and design focuses on.

I'll also third not worrying about it too much and just playing.


If you do want specific advice, though, I would mention the following:

Lanes/roles. Dota didn't, at least as far as I saw, have much of a meta or structure to it, beyond some people insisting they got solo lane. LoL does- each lane is typically expected to have a certain type (and number) of champions in it. Exceptions exist, but the following is what usually works out:

Top lane is a bruiser of some sort. Actually, a lot of ranged champs that bully bruisers are popular now, but traditionally someone somewhat tanky and with good mobility usually went top.

Mid lane is a mage. This is partially because the lane is shorter and thus it's easier for slow, squishy mages to flee back to their tower, partially because you want a magic damage dealer on the team so the enemy can't stack armor, and partially for other complex reasons.

Bot lane is a ranged AD carry and a support. A ranged AD carry (adc) is someone squishy who deals monstrous damage when they get enough items (somewhat equivalent to ranged Agi heroes in Dota; melee carries are kind of risky and thus not typically used). A support is a character, usually an initiator, tank, or someone with healing or other buffing skills, who leaves all the tasty minions for their carry to get, and is basically in charge of babysitting them so they can grow up to become monstrous.

Finally, you have someone in the jungle. They eat jungle creeps, then come around and gank lanes, hoping to score their team some kills and breathing room. Especially in low-level play, this sometimes gets passed over and two people go top, to varying degrees of success.


Oh, and if you're coming from Dota I'd guess you're aware of this, but pay the ragers no mind. If they knew what they were doing they'd be playing or advising you instead of sitting there screaming insults at your mother. And, as something of a corollary, try not to get upset yourself.

[darkrider2]

I've been playing a lot of ARAM, partially cause its more casual compared to the rift, and partially so I can experiment with all the available champions.

[SalmonGod]

I think ARAM is great for getting good at raw combat.  I noticed that the couple times I've played Summoner's Rift since I switched over to ARAMs, I've become much more effective at lane control and fights.  Of course, it won't teach you much meta-game strategy beyond how to effectively use your characters.

[Graven]

Yeah, from what I've noticed ARAM is pretty good for your reflexes and skillshot aiming, and Dominion is pretty good at teaching you positioning and small-scale combat [especially for AD carries, jesus] but only SR can teach you the SR metagame and meta-tactics.

The other modes are still boss-er than SR, though. If you've tried SR and don't really like it, give the other two a try, they're distinct enough to maybe catch your interest again.

[frostshotgg]

Poor TT, nobody gives it any love. I like the idea, but it's so imbalanced that an Olympic gymnast would trip just by looking at it. It's like Kassadin for Dominion, except there are about a dozen of them.

[Jack_Bread]

The result of playing with a drunk friend, a high friend, a half-asleep friend on a macbook they've never used before, and a sober friend: http://i.imgur.com/RTABnS5.png
It was fun, though.

[Knirisk]

Poor TT, nobody gives it any love. I like the idea, but it's so imbalanced that an Olympic gymnast would trip just by looking at it. It's like Kassadin for Dominion, except there are about a dozen of them.

I like playing Shyvana on TT, 'cause she's one of my favorite characters, but I'm terrible at jungling.

She's okay on TT, but at the least, there's not much of a meta there.

I forgot who the imbalanced characters were, but it was mostly the duelists, IIRC. Warwick, Jax, and the like do well, I think.

[werty892]

Well, I have a funny story for all of you. THE TALE OF THE HACKED ACCOUNT! I come back to LoL after 3-4 months, and what's this, my username has changed! I'm also in gold 3, where as before I was in bronze 5. Also, someone bought lists of shit on my account. Now, I swear this is not me ELO boosting, but I find it hilarious that someone would use real money on a account they stole. I suppose my username/password were not so tight, but it is being resolved now, since they changed the e-mail address I can not reset the password. I dont know if I should be happy or pissed, but I know I wont play ranked, Jesus I'm not ready for gold.