[2020] Serious / Request for advice - how to move from bot games to live games and not suck so I can play a game with my boy and not embarrass him | League of Legends Dev Tracker

Hi guys, I’m new here. I recently started playing because my son and I have bonded through games as he’s grown up. When he was small we started with plants vs. zombies, then he introduced me to Civ, then introduced me to some other black and white game where you roam around in a forest and try to survive (can’t remember the name), then hearthstone t hen he got into LOL and we stopped playing together. He’s older now...my boy is all grown up. Over the last couple of years he became super good at league. I think he said he’s top 5%. He plays e-sports and we’re even hoping he gets a scholarship because of his skill level. Anyhow, one day he asked me if I wanted to try to play his game. He even invited me to watch a couple of matches with him. Of course I’m intimidated and have no idea at what I’m watching but I’m excited by the invite so I agree. He showed me the basics and told me to watch YouTube videos and check out mobafire. I’ve been playing for a couple of months now in the beginner bot games. Once in a while when I feel like I’ve improved I try my hand at intermediate but I’m just ok and sometimes people are mean cuz I’m not that good. I would really like some advice on how to level up and one day play a real game with my boy and not embarrass him. I mostly play with Jinx, Annie is my backup, I’m decent with viegar and I’ve recently tried to learn Jhin. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks so much guys.

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Originally posted by niva14

Tbh it is pretty daunting. I had no idea how complex and how many layers there are to this game. Everyday I seem to learn more and more but there’s still so much info and I feel like I’m still such long ways away from being able to join in real games and actually not hurt the team. However, I will say that in this situation, my ignorance has been my ally bc I had no idea what I was getting myself into but hey, here I am and i have to admit - it is pretty fun! Sometimes, when I reach a personal best, I’ll take a pic of the end game results and send it to him and when he gets excited for me and says “GJ Mom!” It’s such a great feeling. When he plays, he laughs and jokes and screams and makes all these funny noises and I can’t wait to be a part of that joy. Thanks for the well wishes, I’m grateful for all the advice and would be happy to post updates :)

This is so great to read. League can be incredibly complicated, but it sounds like you're both finding your joy in it already! One thing I found helped some of my less experienced friends face the challenge was understanding that it's not just you—the game is designed to be hard enough that even very high level players can have pretty big gaps in their knowledge and skill. You don't need to know everything or be able to do everything to move on up to a harder difficulty or higher skill level, and everyone's struggling with at least some aspect of their play right alongside you.

Maybe more practically, I think making little plans and predicting what will happen can help a lot in the early days (and honestly, much past the early days as well). Like, "I think if I use all of my spells on that Lux right now, she will die," and if it works then you've gained the knowledge that you can kill her in that situation in the future. If it doesn't, you know she wasn't low enough health.

Anyway, everyone else has here has given great advice as well. Best of luck with the game, and welcome aboard.

[2020] Serious / Request for advice - how to move from bot games to live games and not suck so I can play a game with my boy and not embarrass him

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