League of Legends: The Starting Guide to Summoner's Rift

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Since multiplayer games have existed, free online games have been quite popular. Although all games are different, the genre of League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). Other games that are similar to League of Legends include Dota, Heroes of Newerth, and Smite. So why is League of Legends so popular? League of Legends is very popular because of how many different stages it has.
Although the first stage of the game is the early game, there is much more to do before you play. First, you have to choose out of three modes. The three modes in League of Legends and they include Classic, Dominion, and All Random All Mid (ARAM). While Classic has two maps, Dominion and All Random All Mid have only one map. Out of three modes and maps, the most played map is Summoner’s Rift, a map in Classic. After selecting Summoners’s Rift the player will be in queue and soon after go into champion select. After waiting in the queue, the selection of a champion will be needed. Along with selecting a champion, the player will also need to select Summoner spells, runes, and masteries along with a champion. Although champions need to be bought with money earned by playing or with real money, you will get new champions every week from the champion rotation. When in game it is ideal to get items. For the first couple of games try to use the recommended build that is given. A build is essentially the items that are bought. After buying items you should go to one of the lanes or roles. There are multiple lanes in this game including top, middle, bottom, and the jungle. The jungle is where neutral monsters spawn and the jungler will kill them and they will gank lanes. Ganking means to help kill or give a player an advantage over the othe...

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...lane items will help greatly against the other enemy champions. While in lane focusing on killing minions to earn money will allow items to be bought that are stronger than the other enemy champions can afford. Getting objectives by killing Baron Nashor or Dragon is a excellent idea because they will make the team more powerful and give a gold advantage to the whole team. Objectives also include destroying turrets, inhibitors, and finally destroying the enemy Nexus. So why is League of Legends so popular? The reason is because it makes people think of ways to win. They also like to use strategies with teammates. The company Riot Games, does not make the game pay-to-win. Games that are pay-to-win mean that if you pay real money, you will gain a great advantage over other players. The main reason people like League of Legends is because the game itself is very complex.

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