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Summary

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League of Legends Supplemental Guide which has been
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the most recent and accurate information about changes made

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While much of the information is scattered across the web with
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locate the most reliable information, quickly.

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For beginners, it discusses the basics of play, methods to
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improve your play, and even rules that can get you banned
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from the game permanently.

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the best way to advance in the game--to become the competitor
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you choose to be at each level.

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League of Legends Introduction ..................................................................................................... 5
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League of Legends Players Qualify for P-1 U.S. Passports ........................................................ 6
What’s New for 2014 ...................................................................................................................... 6

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Team Builder ............................................................................................................................... 6
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Elise ......................................................................................................................................... 7
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Twisted Fate ............................................................................................................................ 8
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Magic Resistance ..................................................................................................................... 8

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Create a Summoner ..................................................................................................................... 9

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Choosing a Champion ............................................................................................................... 11
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Runes ..................................................................................................................................... 14
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Spells ..................................................................................................................................... 14
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Masteries ................................................................................................................................ 14
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Sharpen Your Playing Skills ......................................................................................................... 16

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Known Glitches ............................................................................................................................ 17

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Blocking Chat of Toxic Teammates ...................................................................................... 17
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Let’s Talk ELO.......................................................................................................................... 18
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Beware – Approach with Caution! ............................................................................................... 20

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Cheats, Hacks and Gifts from Gluttons..................................................................................... 21

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Magical Transformation Gains Huge Riot Points – Free! ..................................................... 21
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League of Legends Introduction

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League of Legends is an international Action-RPG focused on competitive

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tactics and strategies, to overcome obstacles and win battles. You can
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If you are new to League of Legends, this is the perfect time to get started!
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features are only temporary: in short, what you gain in any character in preseason may or may
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There are teams for everyone of every skill set and ability. Your best bet is to find one that best
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fits your personality and purpose for being involved. If your primary goal is just to have fun and
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challenge yourself, be honest about that when aligning with a team. On the other hand, if you are
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In spite of being designed for adult gamers,League of Legends allows members under the age of
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League of Legends Players Qualify for P-1 U.S. Passports

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professional athletes by the U.S.
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Department of State” is the most
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encouraging. P-1 passports are for athletes

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At the beginning of each year, Riot – the producer of this game – adds new characters,
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champions, boards, arenas and items for its League of Legends game. Additionally, there are
modifications made to items, altering the effect produced, the way challengers and enemies
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spring from hiding places, and how teams match up in arenas. Season 4 will not disappoint when
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Builder. Unlike the current matching system that lacks the ability
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Of all the selections that a player must make, selecting the Champion that you wish to summon is

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parameters, according to Verandure.

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Elise
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changes in order reign in her powers and encourages players to choose a variety of Champions
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rather than just one strong, versatile champ like Elise. The main changes are to her kit.
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determiner of the value. It is truly a random bonus. What this means is that the team will no
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Magic Resistance
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champs, grab your hankies and violins now. Runic Bulwark has been removed totally. For
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consolation, Aegis of the Legion is going to be allowed to upgrade to Locket of the Iron Solari.
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There is a brand new mid-level item called Spectre’s Cowl. This item provides health and magic
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resist--- plus health regen when you are hit by an enemy.

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allegiance”. This is an in-client event where you can select to align with any one of the three

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them - from returning to the queue right away--- to sign up with another team. Leaverbuster
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From the Beginning

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Create a Summoner
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game will ask you to create your in-game name. If you choose to use an avatar,
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The avatar above belongs to Panzerfaust and is taken. After that, you need to Login with your
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Summoner name on top. Next to your name, the first number indicates your current Riot Points
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[RP] and next to that your current Influence Points [IP].

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head figure that takes you to your profile, a feather that opens to League of Legends stories and
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balloons lead to the chat rooms – very handy when playing in teams. And the fat “!” button holds
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your notifications – players who want to be friends with you, game invitations and messages

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champion that will fight for you in-game, you now need to start learning about Champions and
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enemies the Base and destroy their Nexus.
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Once you open this map, you’ll see that it is mirror imaged on each side. Both are interspersed
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with Jungle, a Dragon at the river bottom and the Big Cheese of the Board, Baron Nashor. The
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personality to survive. In the Items and Equipment section, you can purchase items with the gold
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item you choose should compliment your winning personality and smile as you trudge off into
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champion is an Assassin or Tank, you might want to use Ghost to get them to scramble out of
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benefit from them. Choosing those that unlock additional related Masteries might be something
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Tutorial games. They will give you a sense of what the screens look like and get you used to
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working with your Champion. If you find that the Champion you picked isn’t what you thought
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getting in on a custom game such as in Proving Grounds – or create your own and invite others
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will be up and running in Season 4, get in line to be randomed into a team. Teams are matched
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player in the future. There are others that enjoy the social aspects of playing.

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that make you a stronger player. Regardless of your level,
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beginners and intermediate levels. There are also events that take place in arenas with
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play skills and learn from more experienced players with in-game chat. An updated
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video. You can also find many video teaches and plays on YouTube. Paying attention
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samples of what you can learn here.

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Known Glitches

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The tips in this section are to help you enjoy the

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Locked Camera Glitch - November 2013

In October, League of Legends got a new menu screen, the in-game camera “locked” up and you
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Gragas Not Currently Available

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Gragas experienced a bug in the 3.14 patch that resulted in his untimely death. This bug showed
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Blocking Chat of Toxic Teammates

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Press the TAB button on your keyboard, which will bring up your team’s Scoreboard
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Tips from Top Players

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The following are tips from the leagues top players and some professional players, as well. We
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Foxdrop, a Senior Player, come the five most common
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Poor Item Builds - inexperienced players and players
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from other MMORPGs buy the same items repeatedly,
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even though there may be other items that would work better in specific circumstances.
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them out in the early stages of play.

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are less important to winning strategy; however when engaged in team play, the way you
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Choosing an experienced player who is skilled with using his/her mediocre Champion is

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attempts to take Dragon when it is least likely to succeed. The cure: make your targeting
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priority list as follows in lower level play – inhibitors, baron, towers, Dragon and then
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Weak Mechanics and Positioning – missing free minions, harassing or lack of it during
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lane play, and not recognizing threats until the last minute are the most common; these
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weaknesses are typical of lower ELOs because they generally play against those of their
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same level where all the players unknowingly make the same mistakes. The cure: play in
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 Closing Games and Taking Advantages – lower ELO play is much longer than higher
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levels because most of these mistakes have been corrected along the way; The cure: use
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Click here to watch the video demonstration. Foxdrop has several videos on YouTube and they
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before playing, check out Tinystar’s Guide. While it is

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you advance faster. Right. But, why would
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impression that the “main” objective is to kill Dragon. The truth is that most RPG games make
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the dragon the ulitimate high spot in the play--- showering the players with enormous bonuses,
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real life money – not game money. When you get banned by the developer, your IP

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address is banned – not just your email address. Regardless of how many new emails you
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Cheats, Hacks and Gifts from Gluttons

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Points – Free!
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to an end, a junior member posted a link for other
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Summoners to get “Free Riot Points”.This one
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Teddy Bear icon, and play to level 5 when your Teddy Bear would magically turn into a Sword
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with Wings.
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The member promised that after you reached level 12 you would be bombarded with 60,000
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