League of legends LXI: Demaglia!

[Olinser]

Can anyone give me a rough conversion of 1400 dota elo? I'm trying to gauge my brother's skill level.

I being by saying that I don't know myself, I haven't played DOTA in a long time.

Are we talking DOTA, or DOTA 2?

I do have a buddy that plays a lot of DOTA 2, and he sent me this graph:

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So, 'average' for DOTA is about 3500 (if I recall correctly, the 'average' for League is in mid-Silver, or was before the addition of the Master tier), and 1400 is all the way at the bottom - so Bronze IV/V, if this graph is appropriate.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Ever since I hit level 20 I've been maining jungle throughout the last 10 levels and all my ranked "career" (the whole 8 months!) but lately I haven't been enjoying it as much, specially in ranked games I sometimes feel that I have to carry the bulk of the weight, that if I don't play perfectly I'm simple screwing my team over, games simply have stopped being fun. Now before someone tells me to take a break from league, it isn't league that stopped being fun, jungling is what is becoming stressful and a chore. So I think I'll try to play other lanes, the thing is that I have very little experience other than jungling so I don't know where to start. What would be the best lane to get myself into a "laner" mindset coming from the jungle?

[Olinser]

Ever since I hit level 20 I've been maining jungle throughout the last 10 levels and all my ranked "career" (the whole 8 months!) but lately I haven't been enjoying it as much, specially in ranked games I sometimes feel that I have to carry the bulk of the weight, that if I don't play perfectly I'm simple screwing my team over, games simply have stopped being fun. Now before someone tells me to take a break from league, it isn't league that stopped being fun, jungling is what is becoming stressful and a chore. So I think I'll try to play other lanes, the thing is that I have very little experience other than jungling so I don't know where to start. What would be the best lane to get myself into a "laner" mindset coming from the jungle?

Well, bro, to be blunt, you are going to get hate no matter what lane you play.

But the biggest thing to remember when switching from jungle to the lane is that you now have a lane opponent.

As such, keeping an eye on that opponent - AND letting your team know, is a big part of a lane. If you lose track of your lane opponent - make sure you ping it. If you saw him go towards another lane (or Dragon, or wherever), convey that information. If your opponent brings Teleport, knowing whether his teleport is up or down is a big thing.

Properly managing your minion waves is also a big thing. Since you now have an opponent in lane and minion waves to manage, you can't back whenever you want. Try and plan your back and buys by pushing the wave, shoving out your opponent, etc. Just about the worst place you can possibly be in is going back to base just as a big wave is about to hit your turret. That not only costs you a large amount of CS, it puts a lot of damage on your turret.

Likewise with backing, knowing when you can put leave the lane and put pressure on objectives and other lanes is a big factor - if you aren't making progress solo against the turret (or have already taken it), it may be more beneficial to shove the lane and roam to a different lane than staying in lane.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Hate from other people? I'm used to it, the mute button is such a handy little thing after all; no the problem is that I'm simply not enjoying the jungle like I used to do.
I'm getting overwhelmed by the need to do well, to get my carries fed, to mantain jungle control, maintain vision, invade, counter-gank; I figured that laning would be "easier" on me, yes I still have to juggle a lot of things (last hitting, trading, zoning, roaming, etc) but at least from where I'm now it seems far less stressing than the jungle. Or perhaps I just need a general break from league, I've been tilting really hard lately, a 5 loss streak, and got demoted to Bronze II and I'm on the verge of getting demoted to Bronze III.

Edit: Thanks for the tips though, will come really handy one way or another.

[ex cathedra]

mid lane is most similar to jungle in that the bulk of your contribution is often tied directly to the success of your roaming

[thracian]

Shyvana skin is out. Time for Kid Kris to go back to nothing but Dragonlady.

[ex cathedra]

Shyvana skin is out. Time for Kid Kris to go back to nothing but Dragonlady.

have it you seen it tho?

who wants to be that ugly

[Artanis]

Hate from other people? I'm used to it, the mute button is such a handy little thing after all; no the problem is that I'm simply not enjoying the jungle like I used to do.
I'm getting overwhelmed by the need to do well, to get my carries fed, to mantain jungle control, maintain vision, invade, counter-gank; I figured that laning would be "easier" on me, yes I still have to juggle a lot of things (last hitting, trading, zoning, roaming, etc) but at least from where I'm now it seems far less stressing than the jungle. Or perhaps I just need a general break from league, I've been tilting really hard lately, a 5 loss streak, and got demoted to Bronze II and I'm on the verge of getting demoted to Bronze III.

Edit: Thanks for the tips though, will come really handy one way or another.

If it's not too late to get into the tip-giving...

Before getting into laning, I'd suggest using one of the simpler ADCs in at least a couple bot games. Regardless of how good you are at the game, a bot game or two will, if nothing else, confirm for yourself that you have the not-jungle-applicable basics (like last hitting) down pat before trying to do it against enemies that will competently put up a fight. And if you find out that you do need practice at something, it's better to find out about it before it puts you on a losing streak.

[Ashen Lilies]

Shyvana skin is out. Time for Kid Kris to go back to nothing but Dragonlady.

shhh, i've already been trying to spam rumble when i saw his new splash on the pbe :c

have it you seen it tho?

who wants to be that ugly

gotta catch em' all

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i am the shyvanamon master

[EternalMelon]

New thread title time!

**league_of_legends_thread_62: show_witty_thread_title

League of Legends LXII: Darius's Devestating Dunks Decimate Downfallen Demacians!

.... fine....


League of Legends LXII: The Wins of Winthur

[Nadevoc]

**league_of_legends_thread_62: show_witty_thread_title or a variant was running about equal in votes back when it came up on like page four or whatever, and I prefer it

[ex cathedra]

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i am the shyvanamon master

ya dats right we BOTH know how that ahri game would go

http://gyazo.com/971e16d5d8673c1ab7f3b117909176ff

riot pls

**league_of_legends_thread_62: show_witty_thread_title or a variant was running about equal in votes back when it came up on like page four or whatever, and I prefer it

ya but that's so over now

[Forrestfire]

My vote is to continue the pattern. We're almost done

[Qwertystop]

**league_of_legends_thread_62: show_witty_thread_title or a variant was running about equal in votes back when it came up on like page four or whatever, and I prefer it

I prefer it too, but there is the unfortunate problem that regular Kog'Maw is back.

[Manticoran]

I also prefer **league_etc personally.

[Lord_Gareth]

The circle must remain unbroken! FINISH THE EXTENDED JOKE!

[Nadevoc]

I prefer it too, but there is the unfortunate problem that regular Kog'Maw is back.

I don't really see why that prevents us from using the thread title.

[TechnOkami]

I vote for Winthur in the upcoming Thread-name Election.

[Ashen Lilies]

I vote for Winthur in pretty much everything.

[Godskook]

I don't really see why that prevents us from using the thread title.

It doesn't, and I kinda like the *** title too.

[sonofzeal]

We could always combine, for "**Wins of **Winthur"....

[Math_Mage]

Someone wanna key me in on the reference? /soconfused

[ex cathedra]

Someone wanna key me in on the reference? /soconfused

some boring stuff about a completely inconsequential bug that replaced kog'maw's name with **kog'maw etc. he was sorted first among champions alphabetically in champ select for a while. math mage why dont you play this game anymore

[Ashen Lilies]

Kog'Maw was bugged recently so that his name was displayed in game as "**game_character_displayname_champ_kog'maw" or some such coded whatever.

[Slayn82]

THE WINS OF WINTHUR has my vote... and my axe.

[Qwertystop]

I don't really see why that prevents us from using the thread title.

Oh, I wasn't meaning to say that. I'm still voting for it - I just see why some people wouldn't.

[EternalMelon]

NEW THREAD!!!

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