Share kills to win games!

Have you ever won a game against a 21/1/0 Vlad?

If you have ever tried to play a solomid game against a powerful Vlad, then you know what I'm talking about!  He tends to do really well early game, and even mid-game. As a matter-of-fact, he may even rack up most of the kills on your team!  I have even seen Vlad's with scores in the 20's by mid-game with zero deaths.  But when end-game comes, all you can hear is the sound of his rage against his team...

"OMG I CARRIED THIS TEAM AND THEY SUCK SO BAD LOOK AT MY SCORE IT'S 21/1/0 AND MY TEAM ARE ALL 1/6/21 THEY SUCK SO BAD ZOMG ZOMG WTFBBQSAUCE!"

There is a reason their team lost.  And it's not because of "noob teammates"!  Allow me to explain:

Vlad's, Warwick's, Akali's, and Tryndamere's are notorious for "hogging" all of the kills in a game. You may see these champions with 10 kills early game and even 20 kills mid-game. Then end-game comes along and what do you see? You get to witness an overfed Vlad raging about how "noob" his team is!  This, we all know, is not true, because in order to get Vlad that overfed, he must have been taking tons of kills from his allies.  Can Vlad really solo their entire team 1v5?  I don't think so!

 The fact of the matter is that League of Legends is not a solo game!  It is a team game, and forever will be a team game. With that said, we can determine the real reason their team lost...

Their team lost because all of the gold went to one champion!

It's the same premise as a level 1 champion with no items attempting to fight a level 6 champion with three items; who do you think will win?  Likewise, the team with the overfed Vlad has only one champion who had all of his core items (and then some), while the rest of his team barely could afford cloth armor.  And in the upcoming, we can only surmise who the victorious party will be!

So remember kids: share kills and share gold in order to win more games!


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Choose the right team!

A well-balanced team has a tank, a dps, and a mage.

I'd like to start off this blog with a very important, yet often-neglected topic: team composition.

There are hundreds of thousands of players playing that it can be difficult to "choose a balanced team" when players are in the champion select lobby. Here are some key pointers to consider when choosing a balanced team:

1. Champion roles
2. Damage types
3. Countering your team



1: Champion roles

There are different types of champions in League of Legends. There are tanks, assassins, mages, supports, and carries. Each of these categories can be found in your League of Legends client within your profile, under the "Champions" tab.  A team should have at least one tank, one physical damage dealer, and one magical damage dealer.  They should be listed under: TANK, CARRY, and MAGE, each in their respective categories. These three champions are your bread and butter, where the entire game and every battle will center its focus!  The final two champions can be "situational" champions, tailored to disrupt the other team or to gain an edge in any respective area (such as AKALI anti-carry or JANNA support).


2. Damage types

Since there are only two types of damage in the game, they can easily be countered by armor or magic resistance. You do not want the enemy team to be able to resist your team's damage too easily! The best way to do this is to choose champions who have different damage types! Two physical damage dealers (such as Tristana and Master Yi) and two magical damage dealers (such as Kassadin and Malzahar) should compose the team. The final champion should always be a tank.


3. Countering your team

Certain team strategies can easily be countered just by the selection of a certain champion. For example, Karthus has a global nuke which deals magical damage. The proper counter to this is: Soraka, whose ultimate is a global heal on allied champions. If Karthus channels his ultimate to nuke enemy champions, Soraka will react by activating her own ultimate in order to neutralize Karthus' damage! There are many more situations that we will discuss in future posts!


Team champion selection is one of the more crucial elements of winning games in League of Legends. Having a balanced team can make or break your game!


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