So, this is to help newer League of Legends players learn how to play the game, but mostly will be a list of resources for you to learn yourself, like I did when I first started playing at the end of the open beta of League of Legends. I will definitely start by saying this... bot games are a good resource for you to learn how a champion's mechanics work, however I believe that you don't actually really get better at the game unless you play player vs player. Another helpful hint is to not buy the early tier runes, until you hit level 20. The early runes are a noobtrap for you to waste your influence points on, save your IP. One more thing I will say though, is that last hitting is everything in this game. If you want to progress, you have to learn how to farm. Custom games are good for this, because you can go in by yourself and put on some chill music and just practice. After you get down the 10 cs per minute and can get 200 cs by 20 minutes while watching tv or something, you'll become a god at the game... but who has the time to do that?
Here is a list of websites that have good resources for builds for League*:
http://solomid.net/guide
http://www.mobafire.com/
*As a personal aside, please... please don't follow the builds exactly. Mostly these are to learn what items CAN be built on the champions you like to play, not what you SHOULD build every game. Your build should be situational not only on the other team's comp, but your team comp as well. However, it's a good way to learn what items do what as well.
Tier lists (if you believe in them):
http://www.reignofgaming.net/
Some people are really into the metagame and believe in this kind of thing. I however, play what I like and what I think is fun, and a lot of the trash tier champions I actually play pretty well, and can smash the god tier champions with. Most of the really good streamers will tell you the same thing.
Champion win/loss rates and summoner stats:
http://www.elophant.com/
http://www.lolking.net/
Just kinda interesting to see what most people are playing. However, some champions always have really high win rates, regardless of the patches that come out like Talon.
Here are some streams to help you learn:
http://www.twitch.tv/wingsofdeath -one of my favourite streamers to watch. He normally plays top or mid. He's really great with general game knowledge and gives a lot of commentary on what he plays and why he plays it, even though sometimes he gets bored and goes ham. Some of the champions he plays often are: Renekton, Shyvana, Rengar, Akali, Yasuo, Riven, Lissandra... although he plays all top lane-able champions because he really doesn't like to play the same things over and over.
http://www.twitch.tv/trick2g -Trick is an entertainer, but he is definitely the best Volibear and Udyr player in the game. He plays one or the other champion almost every game, and he plays them both top or mid, he also will occasionally play Volibear as a support or ADC. Trick also does a lot of what he calls Subwars, which means he pits his subscribers against each other or against another streamers subscribers, then gives commentary about the game to help people improve. His advice is absolutely solid and if you follow it, you will definitely win more games, however Trick's favourite strategy is to splitpush, so if you don't want to learn that, you'd be better off somewhere else probably. I also recommend not listening to this stream with headphones on, because he gets pretty loud.
http://www.twitch.tv/flosd -boxbox has multiple diamond accounts from playing pretty much only Poppy and Riven. He gives a lot of advice for both of those champions and is pretty decent to learn some general game knowledge from.
http://www.twitch.tv/voyboy -Voyboy, the most loveable (that's debatable) pro league player. He's extremely knowledgeable about game sense and gives a TON of commentary about how to play and what to do and how to get better at the game. He plays a lot of midlane champions now, because he recently moved to midlane for Curse. He's a great learning resource, as long as you don't mind listening to Ska.
http://www.twitch.tv/phantoml0rd -Phantoml0rd is an entertainer, however you can learn quite a lot from his stream if you cut through the bullshit. He listens to metal and screams pretty loudly, so definitely ditch your headphones. He does give a lot of commentary though on midlane, and plays some things that a lot of the other streamers don't. Check out his stream for Leblanc, Syndra, Ziggs, Brand and definitely most notably... Karthus.
http://www.twitch.tv/xpeke -Xpeke, king of the backdoor. He plays a ton of midlane champions and can give some pretty good commentary, but only when he's in the mood for it. His stream is good quality though.
http://www.twitch.tv/fnaticcyanide -Cyanide is an amazing jungler, in my opinion. He streams pretty early in the morning, and I used to watch his stream a ton. I learned a lot from him. He plays pretty much every jungler that's currently popular.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_theoddone -theoddone is a very odd guy, however he's an amazing jungler to be sure. He plays pretty much anything in soloqueue and gives a ton of commentary about the champions he's playing. You can learn pretty much anything about the jungle from watching his stream, especially about when to farm and when to gank.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_wildturtle -Wildturtle, one of the best ADCs in the world. He's been jungling a lot lately, but he gives a ton of commentary and you can learn pretty much anything from him, though he excels at adc. At one time he had 5 accounts in challenger out of only 50 spots, and most of them were in the top 10. Such a boss.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_xpecial -Xpecial the god. King of support. Does everything. Gives amazing commentary.
http://www.twitch.tv/skumbagkrepo -Krepo is an amazing support player as well. He also gives a ton of commentary and a lot of helpful hints. He plays all the support champions and some odd support champions like morgana occasionally. He streams usually in the morning.
http://www.twitch.tv/meteos -Probably the best jungler in NA. He's been playing a ton of jungle gragas lately, though he plays everything.
Here is a list of websites that have good resources for builds for League*:
http://solomid.net/guide
http://www.mobafire.com/
*As a personal aside, please... please don't follow the builds exactly. Mostly these are to learn what items CAN be built on the champions you like to play, not what you SHOULD build every game. Your build should be situational not only on the other team's comp, but your team comp as well. However, it's a good way to learn what items do what as well.
Tier lists (if you believe in them):
http://www.reignofgaming.net/
Some people are really into the metagame and believe in this kind of thing. I however, play what I like and what I think is fun, and a lot of the trash tier champions I actually play pretty well, and can smash the god tier champions with. Most of the really good streamers will tell you the same thing.
Champion win/loss rates and summoner stats:
http://www.elophant.com/
http://www.lolking.net/
Just kinda interesting to see what most people are playing. However, some champions always have really high win rates, regardless of the patches that come out like Talon.
Here are some streams to help you learn:
http://www.twitch.tv/wingsofdeath -one of my favourite streamers to watch. He normally plays top or mid. He's really great with general game knowledge and gives a lot of commentary on what he plays and why he plays it, even though sometimes he gets bored and goes ham. Some of the champions he plays often are: Renekton, Shyvana, Rengar, Akali, Yasuo, Riven, Lissandra... although he plays all top lane-able champions because he really doesn't like to play the same things over and over.
http://www.twitch.tv/trick2g -Trick is an entertainer, but he is definitely the best Volibear and Udyr player in the game. He plays one or the other champion almost every game, and he plays them both top or mid, he also will occasionally play Volibear as a support or ADC. Trick also does a lot of what he calls Subwars, which means he pits his subscribers against each other or against another streamers subscribers, then gives commentary about the game to help people improve. His advice is absolutely solid and if you follow it, you will definitely win more games, however Trick's favourite strategy is to splitpush, so if you don't want to learn that, you'd be better off somewhere else probably. I also recommend not listening to this stream with headphones on, because he gets pretty loud.
http://www.twitch.tv/flosd -boxbox has multiple diamond accounts from playing pretty much only Poppy and Riven. He gives a lot of advice for both of those champions and is pretty decent to learn some general game knowledge from.
http://www.twitch.tv/voyboy -Voyboy, the most loveable (that's debatable) pro league player. He's extremely knowledgeable about game sense and gives a TON of commentary about how to play and what to do and how to get better at the game. He plays a lot of midlane champions now, because he recently moved to midlane for Curse. He's a great learning resource, as long as you don't mind listening to Ska.
http://www.twitch.tv/phantoml0rd -Phantoml0rd is an entertainer, however you can learn quite a lot from his stream if you cut through the bullshit. He listens to metal and screams pretty loudly, so definitely ditch your headphones. He does give a lot of commentary though on midlane, and plays some things that a lot of the other streamers don't. Check out his stream for Leblanc, Syndra, Ziggs, Brand and definitely most notably... Karthus.
http://www.twitch.tv/xpeke -Xpeke, king of the backdoor. He plays a ton of midlane champions and can give some pretty good commentary, but only when he's in the mood for it. His stream is good quality though.
http://www.twitch.tv/fnaticcyanide -Cyanide is an amazing jungler, in my opinion. He streams pretty early in the morning, and I used to watch his stream a ton. I learned a lot from him. He plays pretty much every jungler that's currently popular.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_theoddone -theoddone is a very odd guy, however he's an amazing jungler to be sure. He plays pretty much anything in soloqueue and gives a ton of commentary about the champions he's playing. You can learn pretty much anything about the jungle from watching his stream, especially about when to farm and when to gank.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_wildturtle -Wildturtle, one of the best ADCs in the world. He's been jungling a lot lately, but he gives a ton of commentary and you can learn pretty much anything from him, though he excels at adc. At one time he had 5 accounts in challenger out of only 50 spots, and most of them were in the top 10. Such a boss.
http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_xpecial -Xpecial the god. King of support. Does everything. Gives amazing commentary.
http://www.twitch.tv/skumbagkrepo -Krepo is an amazing support player as well. He also gives a ton of commentary and a lot of helpful hints. He plays all the support champions and some odd support champions like morgana occasionally. He streams usually in the morning.
http://www.twitch.tv/meteos -Probably the best jungler in NA. He's been playing a ton of jungle gragas lately, though he plays everything.
