A dummy's guide to League of Legends, part 1

Hey, guys! I'm feeling a little bit bored (and disappointed, damn PC won't let me try URF), so here, I made a sort-of guide to the peeps planning to enter the realm of summoners and champions, the League of Legends.

What is League of Legends?

 

For starters, League of Legends (previously known as League of Legends: Clash of Fates) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre video game developed by Riot Games. It was designed to operate on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The game was first announced on October 7th, 2008 and released a year later on October 27th, 2009. The game was in beta from April 10th, 2009 to October 26th, 2009.

If you're unfamiliar with MOBAs, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), also known as action real-time strategy (ARTS), originated as a subgenre of the real-time strategy (RTS) genre of video games, in which a player controls a single character in one of two teams. The objective is to destroy the opposing team's main structure with the assistance of periodically spawned computer-controlled units that march forward along set paths.

Yeah, enough with the history. How do you play this game?

 

Each game starts with two games, with either three or five members per team. The main objective of the game is to destroy the opposing team's "Nexus", or the spawn point for the other team. Your spawn point is also your "Nexus". Sounds pretty easy, right?

Think again. There are three "lanes", or routes that the periodically spawning "minions" take, in Summoner's Rift. Each lane has three turrets that protect the "Nexus". Be warned, these turrets can, and will, hurt you, so to destroy the turrets, you'll need the cover of the minions. Also, attacking an enemy champion while under the range of a turret will cause the turret to attack you.

Let's talk about these lanes later on, and focus on another topic. Along the course of the game, you gain experience points and gold, which can be used to purchase items that improve your champion's stats, after completing select objectives. These objectives include, but are not limited to, killing an enemy champion, destroying an enemy turret, and killing minions.

Alright, how do I get this game? Is it for free?

Here in PH, the only way to play LoL is through the Garena client, which can be downloaded here. After downloading and installing Garena+, the next step is to download LoL from the G+ client. That's pretty easy.

Some of the champions that can be bought from the in-game store. These champs, along with a whole lot more, can be bought from the in-game store using Influence Points (in-game currency), or Riot Points (bought with real money)

As for the free part, well, I can't say it's for free. Though downloading the program is for free (yay!), there are numerous things that can be bought from the in-game store (not the one when you play a match). You can unlock champions (yes, these are bought), skins, and other things that can boost your game, statistically or aesthetically speaking. So, it is free to play, but to fully enjoy League of Legends, you need a fat stash of cash.

That's part 1 of "A Dummy's Guide to League of Legends", tune in next time for another edition!

-2Cool4Usernames (which, BTW, is my League of Legends name)