Newish Player Looking For Serious Help

[quote=Niek]Hey. I'm [color=#ff0080]Niek[/color] and I've been playing since mid April and I'm level 19 thanks bot games. I usually play with my IRL friends who babysit me through most games, but they don't always have the time to help and teach me the things I need to imrpove. A few of them actually prefer to throw me in without any help. Thanks to this, I get the basics of the game and understand a lot of the concepts. Yay for that. However, there are things I still don't get and struggle with and I"m posting here because I'm hoping someone here is available to work as a mentor of some sort. I usually main[u] Janna[/u], and I'm pretty good with her (though I need to work on warding). I sometimes do Lulu as well. I play [u]Support Lulu[/u] somewhat effectively, though I'm not as efficient with [u]AP Lulu[/u]. [u][b]This is what I really need help with:[/b][/u] [color=#ff8000]-[b]Last Hitting and CS.[/b][/color] I usually average 60-80 CS a game;. It makes it very difficult for me to do well because I struggle to get a build going, so I'm useless early to mid game. Late game, I only get a few kills because I'm so behind. [color=#ff8000]- [b]AP Carry skills. [/b][/color] I have some experience with [u]LeBlanc[/u], and I love that I can dash in and out with her, but I end up feeding because she's so squishy. I also have some experience with [u]Orianna[/u], though only through custom games. Again, I don't farm well enough to get my items and I'm not skilled enough to land many champ kills, so I usually have few items. When I do have items, I don't have the know-how to do well. I feed a lot with AP Carries, and I want to stop that. [color=#ff8000]- [b]Tanky DPS, Melee DPS[/b][/color]. I'm currently trying to learn how to play [u]Riven[/u]. I have had some crazy success in beginner bots (not shocking though). When I try to play Riven in normal games, or even in intermediate bots, I really drag the team down. I don't die as much, but I'm also not as helpful. So any advice with this role, and more specifically, advice for Riven, would be helpful. [color=#ff8000]- [b]Lane Control![/b][/color] Every time I go bot, my lane gets dominated. I can't hold my lane, ever. If I go top, or mid, the jungler almost always has to help me because I can't do it on my own, and the jungler gets behind. When do you push your lane? When is it safe to go into another lane to help? When is it safe to B back? I really want to learn to play an AD or AP character effectively because my IRL friends need the role the most. They especially need an AD. While I rock at support, someone else fills the support role much better than I do, and I need to work on filling out my niche on the team. I can play Janna all day long on my own with random people, but in this specific team setting, I need to be able to shine in another role.[/quote]

[quote=Eaglesfan427]I can certainly help you out with these, just send me a friend request or message me here and we can get to work :D[/quote]

[quote=Niek]Thank you. I appreciate any and all help that you are able and willing to give. :)[/quote]

[quote=The Overmyynd]Add me as well if you like, ive got some good experience i can share with you[/quote]

[quote=Taffy]When I started out last hitting minions was a total pain for me (I play Ad carry mostly) Once you hit level 20 and purchase runes it gets a lot easier, but before then the only thing you can do is practice, practice and practice. I trained with Ashe a lot until I was happy with her timings. I did this by creating a custom game and not adding any bots so the teams were unbalanced. Then I just practiced last hitting till my heart’s content (I didn't buy items as this made it harder) Once happy I added bots so I could get used to poking and farming at the same time, it's an annoying skill to master and I have no way got it totally perfect yet, but training on it so much has helped! I then felt happy enough to change to another champ. Remember, each champ has a different attack speed/animation so I'd recommend practicing at least once with a new champion. (The pro's do this before each game just so they get used to the different timings!) I hope this helped in someway![/quote]