Middle Lane: Lone Magi

Welcome Summoners! It is I once again Leo Aka. Midnight420X, and today we will be talking about (And discussing in comments.) about middle lane. Middle lane is where you see iconic champions like Ryze, Annie, Fiddlesticks, and Lux. The one thing that they all have in common is that they all are mages. Middle lane is well meant for mages in the world meta of the 5 v 5 Summoners' Rift default play mode. The thing tha makes middle lane so special is because it is the lane that your APC (AbilityPowerCarry) is laned in. The middle lane is one of the stronger but most fragile lane, most ap champions being very weak in base vitality and armor stats, making the lane very attractive for ganks (ambushes), so it will take alittle more than just pushing and killing to have a successful middle lane.

Middle lane champions:

Middle lane is a more strategy based lane, filled with A LOT of poking (doing small mounts of damage easily regenerated.) and dodging, trying to exhaust your opponents' mana so there'll be minimum resistance when you go in for the kill. Middle lane... well to overrate it is kind of like chess in the concept but in reality thy're no where the same, in the middle lane it is sometimes better to NOT go in for the kill so you can have time to leave and come back with better gear due to your extended time alone killing off minions, those extra minoin kills giving you the needed extra 500G (Gold) that you may not need but is just the upper hand that would be liked to either cover and escape from a failed cutthroat attempt or to make that finishing blow just strong enough to get the kill. A few little tips and tricks I have to give you before I go are.

PLAY SMART: Do not rush under turret when you see that your opponent has low health. Most APC's have a snare or stun which WILL immobilize you allowing the enemy to get away and to have the turret do the enemy's dirty work giving your enemy a literal "free kill."

PLAY DEFENSIVE: Do not go all Brave Heart and rush in like no one's business because you WILL most likely die, unless you're Katarina or Akali (at level 6 when you have your ultimate ability.) 

DISH DAMAGE: Most tanks in game do not expect the APC to be killing a lot due to the slow early game play so build a lot of AP damage so when those team battles come and the tanks are lacking magic resist you can rack up the kills so even when they get the magic resist items you can still break through and get kills. And with the increase of magic resist they will either be sacrificing armor or 

damage and if they sacrifice armor then your ADC's can get in on the action as well.

Well I'm Leo Aka. Midnight420X signing off.

Top lane: Tanks and Ganks

Welcome summoners it is I Leo Aka. Midnight420X  (alternate smurf account: Katsunei) and I'm coming to you with more knowledge to bestow. Today we will be talking about the top lane. The top lane usually holds the more beefy champions are held.

A few of the top laners:

Top laners are usually champions that can take quite the beating, or can bruise (deal a lot of damage constantly in casual intervals.) Most top laners include Xin Zhao (personal favorite), Nasus (another personal favorite), Fiora, Lee Sin, Renekton. Top laners are another important if not essential for a solid win. Top lane is one of my fovorite lanes cause you can carry a game without leaving that lane (for the lazy summoners) but I still highly recommend, if you are dominating your lane, to take leave from top for alittle to support your other lanes. But back to top lane, as an champion in top lane your main goal is to be strong enough to take damage and also have the power to dish back to keep them away or to even slay the aggressor or to even take your choice of prey. The significance of top lane well is pretty simple, just like every other lane it is to take down all three turrets and to destroy the enemy nexus, but also you're supposed to be able to take damage for long enough to have the ADC's to melt and or kill the enemy champions. In other words you're a meat shield that can (depending on the champion) also dish some serious damage. One thing that can indicate that you're a good top lane is whenever you walk into team fights later or towards the middle or come to a champion 1 on 1 is that the 1st thing they try to do is run, and if they do not run and try to fight you.... Give them a reason to, if you can do that the game will be a cakewalk end game.A few in depth tips I can give are. 

1. TEAMWORK: if you are top and you are doing well enough, you have the right to roam lanes and help others. Also help those in need even if you have low health, remember you're the tank you're meant to die if things get that bad, and if they do you'll be a problem and a half to take out giving the rest of your wounded time to get away.

2. BE FEARLESS: Sometimes there's a time to take risks and go for the 2 v 1 cause sometimes you can out chicken them. Taking on odds that are slightly in the enemies favor are not something you should avoid (if you have the skill for it.) A few well placed dodges and attacks can secure you a double kill.

3. TEAM BEFORE PERSONAL GAIN: Sometimes you have to let your teammates to have the kill because you're not the one that deserves and or even needs all the kills you're the shell of the walnut that the enemies is supposed to get past to get to the softer meat.

4. DO NOT HAVE TOO MUCH HUBRIS (PRIDE): It's okay to be fearless and dive for a few kills (Dive: To go under a turrets range and take hits for a kill.) but DO NOT think you're god you cannot fight anyone at full health or multiple weaker enemies under a turret no matter how much damage or how much health you have.

And that's all I have for you today summoners, this is Leo Aka. Midnight420X signing off. Till' next time summoners.

OMG LoL: Yasuo (Oh My Gragas League of Legends)

Hello summoners it is I again Leo, or Midnight420X. I have some AWESOME news for you, Yasuo is AMAZING, technically. This is going to be a new segment called Oh my Gragas League of Legends when i take things that seem amazing or just really cool to me and I tell you about them you know something to break the whole Lol (League of Legends) School, class time trend.

Yasuo:

Yasuo is one of the 1st TRUE samurai/ shogun/ ronin, that I have actually see in League. Yasuo is a wondering samurai who uses wind to slay his foes and obstacles. Once being a soaring pupil in the Ionian sword school Yasuo learned the difficult wind technique. This being so he was rumored to be a great hero in the land of Ionia, but one day the land of Noxus attacked the Ionian sword school and  Yasuo was tasked with protecting the school elder. His own Hubris (Pride) got in front of him and he thought his skill and sword would turn the battle, though they did win the school elder was killed in the fray of combat. This tragedy of war kick started Yasuo's peripetia (change of fortune). Yasuo took full accountability for what he did saying himself that he was responsible for the elder when he died. After his confession to his suprise he was accused of the death of the school elder. Yasuo being exiled and sent away he left a vengeful wanderer hellbent on finding that man and bringing him to justice. (there will be an acctual post of tips and tricks for Yasuo in later posts hope you look foreword.) Well I'm your summoner blogger Midnight420X signing off. Till' next time summoners. 

Lanes and Character Roles: Bottom Lane

Welcome again summoners! I am Leo Aka.: Midnight420X On League of Legends and today we will be talking about Character roles and Lanes in the Summoners' Rift! We will talking about one of the more basic roles which is the most common and where one of the 2 to 3rd most wanted lanes in the game itself. The role of bottom lane in general is the Attack Damage Carry (ADC), and the Support. The support is well what it is named, the Support. The Support works to secure kills for the ADC so it can get ' fed " or gain kills to become stronger so it can " carry " the team or become the highest damage out put that dominates the other team.

Some used ADC's (Not default skins shown!)

The other component to a successful bottom is a good support the ADC may get kills but the real success to a bottom lane is how well the support well supports. it's ADC good support players can secure kills for the ADC with an easy stun (disables the target champion for a period of time) or slow (reduces the target champions movement speed) Taunt (lures the target champion to the caster for a period of time) or snare/ pull (grabs the targeted champion) or fear (makes the champion run in terror for a period of time) strengthening bottom lane for easy domination. Winning/ dominating bottom lane takes out two of the players them having to stay with a group to be able to re level or do anything till middle to late game, Making an easy game for the middle and bottom lane highly benefiting the rest of the team in the long run.

Some Supports:

Welcome to the Jungle!

You're welcome for that AMAZING Guns and Roses picture. But back on topic. Welcome Summoners! As you know me, I am Leo, or summoner: Midnight420X. Today we will be talking about the treacherous jungle. The jungle is kind of a neutral " no mans land " which is inhabited by neutral monsters that are alittle beefier than other minions them maybe proving alittle more formidable than the cannon fodder minions. There technically 4 jungle ares 2 for the blue team and 2 for the purple team. These jungles are usually occupied by a Jungler, or your roamer, someone who roams all lanes to give support by guerrilla warfare type ambushes securing kills for you or the lane. The jungle in habits these well neutral monsters that will not attack you unless inflicted damage upon by you now there are 5 normal camps 2 buff camps 1 epic camp and 1 legendary camp. This legendary pit which is occupied by the Baron Nashor which is a very formidable foe able to take down whole teams of players if they are a low enough level.

Baron Nashor (Scary-ish):

Some of the other monsters in the less Legendary categories are the Wraiths, Wolves, Golems, And the Wright. Which are alittle weaker than other monsters in the Jungle. The middle man or middle class of monsters in teh jungle include the Lizard Elder, Ancient Golem, and the Dragon. 2 of the 3 middle class monsters give buffs that are given fancy mystical titles while in reality it just boosts things like your mana regeneration or attack damage. One buff in particular is the buff that the Baron Nashor gives you an all around buff excluding armor, magic resist, attack speed, and movement speed. The Lizard Elder buff is a buff that adds a true damage (unblock-able damage) and adds a slight slow (reducing movement speed) to the enemy champion that you hit with a basic attack making this buff close to ideal for slaying a dominating or lacking enemy champion. In contrast to the Lizard Elder there is the Ancient Golem which instead of giving a attack buff and slow gives a great increase in mana regeneration and a slight ability cool-down (time taken before you are able to use that ability again.) A few jungle pointers for those interested in jungling, HELP YOUR LANES, ganking (surprise attacks) is KEY to making your lanes dominate at ALL TIMES. LET YOUR LANES KNOW HOW TO SET UP GANKS, Some players in opposite lanes do not know how to get their junglers attention to set up a gank on a low health champ of a higher level, so tell them to like type in chat for a gank or to ping (placing a way point/ signal) On the map to get your attention, and lastly the one I think is the most important. DON'T Be AFRAID TO TAKE INITIATIVE. Make your won ganks from time to time if you see that a lane is hurting or is just not getting anywhere. You want to get those lane turrets down and those inhibitors destroyed as fast as possible to get that quick win. But until next time summoners. Leo, signing off.

Summoner's Rift Crash Course

Hellos summoners it is I Midnight420X again and I have come to you with another post about League. League is based off of 4 game types. The regular type of play called well summoner's Rift which is the regulation 5 versus 5 game play, Twisted Treeline, a more close quartered game play that makes for quicker games, Dominion, a more domination like type of game style, And last but not least, ARAAM. ARAAM's a random mode where the game gives you a random champion and if you have you can mulligan or re-roll your champ, which you get from winning games. Lets focus a little more on The Summoner's Rift though. This being the main game style, mostly on the Summoner's rift there are two teams of 5 on each side competing to take each others base Nexus, or the creep creator. Creeps ( or minions ) are smaller enemies that double as cannon fodder for the turrets, which we will get to later on. Over the course of the battle after taking the turrets in your lane you will notice a some what smaller Nexus like object.

Inhibitor:

The Inhibitor... Well inhibits or prevents the creation or spawning of super minions which are dangerous to take on even as a high level. These super minions stacking up more health than a normal level 18 champion and having similar damage to a level 18's. These super minions are a great threat overtime them being able to take down turrets fairly easily and also actually able to cut down other champions if you dare to fight them in numbers . 

Minions(Right and left) & Super Minion(Middle):

(Best picture i could find sorry.)

Now as I promised we will talk about the turrets. Turrets are the Npc's keeping the enemy champions running straight into your base and treating you like you owe them money. There are 3 turrets to a lane, 3 on top lane, 3 on middle, and 3 on bot. 2 (per lane) sit outside your base, and one sits just before the threshold on exit from your base. (per lane) There are also two turrets guarding the nexus and one hardcore dragon warrior looking turret that guards the summoner platform. (spawn point.)
Normal (boring) turret:

Nexus (less boring) Turret:

Summoners' Rift map:

(Sorry for the crappy images not many to choose from.)

Welcome to the Leauge

Hey I'm summoner Midnight420X Aka. Leo. I'm a League player myself some could call me a no life cause of how much time I have put into this game over the time I played it. But I decided to make something out of my plethora of seconds, minutes, hours I've put into this game by making a sort of guide or tips and tricks covering, teamwork, building, leveling, mastery and rune sets, and obviously gameplay and characters. To get a little deeper I won't just be talking about the character I will try and express who and what this champ ( Character ) is. How to play them their lore ( In an nutshell of course. ) And a few of my own personal tips. This is Midnight420X signing off, Hope you look foreword to and enjoy the blog.