Original League of Legends (LoL) Thread

450 IP Champions
Ashe
Kayle
Master Yi
Nunu
Sivir
Soraka

1350 IP Champions
Alistar
Amumu
Annie
Dr Mundo
Evelynn
Fiddlesticks
Janna
Nasus
Poppy
Ryze
Singed
Sion
Tristana
Tyrndamere
Twisted Fate
Veigar
Zilean

6 450 IP Champs + 8 1350 IP Champs = 2700 IP + 10800 IP = 13500 IP

So to get the minimum number of champs to do ranked games, you just need 13500 IP. Which considering I have around 8-9k IP saved up at 17 and I only started playing normal games at around lvl 10-11, isn't hard to do by lvl 30. Now of course if you want a lot of the expensive champions, it would take a lot longer, but realistically it's not that hard to get enough for ranked games

And remember the runes and the fact that apparently Master Yi is not very good in ranked games.

And remember the runes and the fact that apparently Master Yi is not very good in ranked games.

The first part is entirely dependent on what characters you play, as there are lots of runes that can be used on similar characters, and some runes that are specific to one type of character. I believe a full 3rd tier rune pages is around 10k IP give or take, so chances are good you'd only have enough for one or two pages, but depending on what you like to play, that might be enough.

The second has nothing to do with how good the 14 characters are in ranked games, it's just the bare minimum to play in ranked games. Obviously you want to have a better selection, but my point was that it wasn't that hard to have enough chapmions to play.

And remember the runes and the fact that apparently Master Yi is not very good in ranked games.

Runes aren't that important.
Also i had no problems getting enough.
I got around 25 or 30 now.

Before you even jumped to ranked games
1. Full rune pages
Casters:
Mpenn Marks, Mana regen/level seals, CDR glyphs, Health Quints
Tanks:
Apenn/Mpenn marks, Armor seals, Resist Glyphs, health quints ( you can put mana regen instead of resist)
DPS:
Apenn marks, health/level seals, mana/level glyphs, health quints

This is the standard for most champions in each category. OFC heatlh quints can be traded for others but this is what everyone should attempt to start out with.

2. Attain a High ELO
You should have around 200+ wins under your belt to go into ranked games.
After ranked games:
3. Gain more champions, more rune pages, more runes based on specific champion
I am 29 with 50% or so and I have 151 wins. The best thing to look forward to at 30 is full mastery points and full rune slots

Rammus can handle up to two casters (You will need to use Mercury Threads, Banshee Veil, and FoN). Any more than that, Rammus is rendered useless.

That is the most stupid thing I have ever heard.

A tank is a tank.

And remember the runes and the fact that apparently Master Yi is not very good in ranked games.

Actually no. Jungle Yi is actually very good as a carry for solo que.

Actually no. Jungle Yi is actually very good as a carry for solo que.

Especially since exhaust was nerfed.
Also AP yi is good for pub-stomping.

Before you even jumped to ranked games
1. Full rune pages
Casters:
Mpenn Marks, Mana regen/level seals, CDR glyphs, Health Quints
Tanks:
Apenn/Mpenn marks, Armor seals, Resist Glyphs, health quints ( you can put mana regen instead of resist)
DPS:
Apenn marks, mana reg/level seals, mana reg/level glyphs, health quints

This is the standard for most champions in each category. OFC heatlh quints can be traded for others but this is what everyone should attempt to start out with.

2. Attain a High ELO
You should have around 200+ wins under your belt to go into ranked games.
After ranked games:
3. Gain more champions, more rune pages, more runes based on specific champion
I am 29 with 50% or so and I have 151 wins. The best thing to look forward to at 30 is full mastery points and full rune slots

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That is the most stupid thing I have ever heard.

A tank is a tank.

You told that to me yesterday.

Fixed

Expected/10

Don't forget that you get the free week champs included, so it's not realistically 14 champs bought and payed for.

Since we're already talking about runes, what kind of runes does Vlad use?

The first part is entirely dependent on what characters you play, as there are lots of runes that can be used on similar characters, and some runes that are specific to one type of character. I believe a full 3rd tier rune pages is around 10k IP give or take, so chances are good you'd only have enough for one or two pages, but depending on what you like to play, that might be enough.

A fully decked rune page of any meaning is worth at least 12k IP. The ones that are recommended for general purposes for either Physical, Magical, or Tank are 20k IP.

Before you even jumped to ranked games
1. Full rune pages
...
2. Attain a High ELO
You should have around 200+ wins under your belt to go into ranked games.

200+ wins =/= high ELO. It definitely means you have more experience though, as then you probably won't be caught flatfooted when you see Gragas suddenly appearing over a wall without using Flash. There's definitely a difference between lvl 10 1500 elo players and lvl 30 1500 elo players when it comes to experience in playing the game (smurfs excluded of course).

Especially since exhaust was nerfed.
Also AP yi is good for pub-stomping.

Exhaust was nerfed vs. auto-attackers, buffed vs. casters. It's more of a general purpose spell now, and I sure as hell love being able to save people whenever I see an ulting Fiddlesticks.

Does ranked mode offer more cash and crap, or it it just for bragging rights?

Does ranked mode offer more cash and crap, or it it just for bragging rights?

Bragging rights.

Then I'll probably never go to ranked games. Hurray.

Bragging rights.

It also makes people stfu and listen to you if you find a legitimately powerful play that apparently appears to be a troll one.

Recently got a new runepage, so I could try out a movement speed spec. Other than the quints of course, it ended up being identical to my Tank page >_> So I tried it on Irelia (1/21/8), and the results were pretty cool. For most of the game their jungle Udyr couldn't catch me without summoner spells. I'm not even sure he could late game, but too much crap was happening. However, there were a few moments as well where the flat HP quints would have made a difference. And surprisingly, none were during laning phase.

7-5-30 Rammus match, great stuff. Kinda have to bit my tongue from my previous posts. Got off to a weak start, something like 1-4-2 when laning started to end because Soraka and Mundo were harassing the ever-loving hell out of me. Match wasn't looking great for a bit. Enemy team managed to knock out 2nd mid tower pretty quickly after all our 1st towers were down, and I think we'd hit one or two of theirs. Then we came out on top of a 5v5 or two, and the whole game plummeted for them. We were constantly picking them apart 1 or 2 at a time from bad formations.

Then. The magic. Xin Zhao pentakill on our winning push. It was so glorious. Me and two of my teammates were starting in on the Nexus towers when most of them respawned, myself and Sona were forced to back out... and then came Xin. Their team never knew what hit them.

k so I know I said I got it it before but I guess I didn't.

NOW I have my jungling down on shaco again.

Took some practice in custom games but I can clear the jungle and end with a healthy amount of hp to gank with afterwards

Shaco game spree inc.

Just played Shen on my Smurf, and while he's not bad, I realized Rammus is so much better than Shen in terms of defense and Taunting.

Though I did tons of saving with my ult.

Once I have enough IP, I'll be using Nunu on my smurf more often. I might try jungling on him just for the lulz.

Just played Shen on my Smurf, and while he's not bad, I realized Rammus is so much better than Shen in terms of defense and Taunting.

Though I did tons of saving with my ult.

Rammus and Shen are two completely different kinds of tanks. Rammus is the kind you want initiating, Shen is the kind you want coming in for defense in the middle of a teamfight and the kind you want to babysit your carries.

Wait till you get the team of Udyr, Mundo, Shen, Rammus, and Galio all with Fortify and Teleport.

There was on possible way on this earth that my team could down a tower without whipping their team. And there was no possible way that we could do enough damage to kill all of them.

This sounds like some good lulz.