Hello, so first of all my name is TrentAuuesome. I am writing this guide because my group of friends and I all play LOL :3 YaY. Right now we are playing only for one reason, to have fun. We want to actually play to win and have fun. Before you ask, yes you can do both. You just need the right mind set and focus.

This guide is not for a specific champ. It is for a team, your team. For this team them there are a few key things that everyone needs to know and do in order for your team to be successful at LOL. This is whats in this guide.

Additionally, Please do NOT bash this because you dont agree with my point of view. I do appriciate constructive critisim, so if you have anything you think I left out, or that you would like to see in here, please let me know.

AD - Attack Damage
AP - Ability Power
CC - Crowd Control
DPS - Damage Per Second
LOL - You should know this one

Get a group of people, prefferably frineds together. First of all, you will need to discuss with everyone whether or not you want to do this, and what it entails for everyone. Keep in mind that this is not for everyone, and that there are many different "levels" of playing. Like I discussed above, my friends and I were playing for fun while we had general knowledge of how to play; strategy, team comp, communication, etc...

There are two levels to "Pick Your Poison". First is individually, second is for your team.
I would suggest each person in your team comes up with a list of champs that they can play, how good they are on them, and which ones they want/are willing to play in and for the team.

The next step is to get together with your group and decide team compositions. Which champions would work well together, which roles each of you can/want to play, and which role you are good at.

I am currently working on a table that will show each champions strong points early and late game. When I finnish, I will post it here.

This is where it gets fun. Scheduling, now that sounds like work :(
It is, this is one key thing that differentiates the different capabilities of each team.
You should get with your team and discuss when everyone is available to play and the increments that they can play for.

One of the hardest things for my team is that two of our members are in different time zones so we have to compensate for when we can play.

Now I know most of you would think that LOL is more important that school, and sometimes it feels like that. However, if one of your members is in college and they have midterms for example that they need to study for, it is important to remember that LOL is NOT more important than school.

HW also needs to get done. Dont procrastinate by staying up till 1 am playing lol instead of writing a paper thats due. And for that matter, dont stay up till 1 am playing lol if you have to be up and be somewhere anytime before 9 am. Everyone needs their sleep. To those who know who he is, I am talking to Teys0.

My suggestion is to see what works. Talk with your team and figure out when you can all meet, tinker with the schedule if you need to. For our group we are doing a schedule of at least three days a week where we play. For each of those days we play at least three pvp games, either ranked or normal. The good thing is that saturday and sunday are usually pretty free for everyone so thats two days right there.

NO, this is not anything like role playing, even though you can (and some do) do both in the bedroom ;) if you ever wonder why someone has their mic muted, thats probably why.

In all seriousness, let get this started :)
Main Roles:
The different categories:
(Note: many champs can fill 2 of the Main Roles and even multiples of the categories)

Put these all together and there are five roles total.
In a team fight, and generally in lane, each role has a different set of priorities to carry out. The difference between Pros and just general players is how they set up their priorities, who gets which priorities, and their ability to remember and carry out those priorities with out deviating from them.

Choosing the correct lane is very important. Each champion has a specific place where they belong.

The standard Roles chosen for a team are: AD Carry, AP Carry, Tank, Off Tank, & Support.
The latter three keep the first two alive in team fights, I'll talk about that next.

AP Carry's:
AD Carry's:
Support:
Bruiser:
Tank:
(Coming Soon In Color)

Now that you know what to do for your lane, lets talk team fights.
Main Roles:

Tank:
Bruiser:
Carry:
Support:
Note: You should always thank the support and tank for keeping you alive. Unless they dont/didnt, then you need to yell at them (not troll) and get them to do their job correctly.

Now comes the other category of roles. These have a different aspect of priorities.
AD/AP:
Jungle:
Key Note: each lane has to keep an eye on the enemies build to see if they have/had wards. They need to tell the jungler at what time the ward was placed and where. If you do not do this, then you are not a good player and will screw up your jungelr and thereby your whole team including yourself.

Oh goody, this will be interesting.
This is a very loosy-goosy section. Mainly because it is up to each person to chose what spells they use.

In general there is a minimum of what each team should have. Note: this is the bare MINIMUM.
One of each of the following: Exhaust, Ignite, Smite, Teleport, and Heal.

The way I would SUGGEST that you handle the spells is as follows:
Exhaust x2 (Tank and Carry) Ignite x2 (Carry) Teleport x2 (Tank or Support) Clairvoyance x1 (Tank or Support) Heal x1 (Tank or Support) Smite x1 (Jungler, obviously) Flash/ Ghost x1 (Carry, Jungler, Tank)

This is a general when you should be doing different things:
Spawning:

Monster

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First Spawn

spacespace

Respawn Time

-Wraiths: -Golems: -Wolf: -Blue Golem/Red Golem: -Dragon: -Baron Nasher:
Early game:
Protecting your jungler. Many teams will counter jungle right off the bat, going after your jungler so that they are set behind the rest of the team and greatly hindered. Depending on where your jungler starts, you will want various people standing in different spots.

Oh boy is this a big one. If you dont have this, it doesnt matter how boss you are at playing your champion. YOU WILL LOSE WITHOUT THIS.

I say team alot, that is because it is one of the most important part of playing, because you need to play as and for your TEAM, not just yourself. Alot of people, especially in bots, play for themselves because they solo qued. This is not a good practice. You should ALWAYS play for and with your team. I've heard of people losing bot matches because someone played for themselves and ended up feeding. A fed bot with its hidden stats is not fun to play against.

Always Always ALWAYS tell your team what you are doing all the time. Even if it is an "I'm going to stay in this bush for a while". They need to know what you are doing, you dont share the same brain, they dont know what you are thinking unless you guys synergize very well (like me and my BFF 1000souls :3 ). The only reason we synergize well is two reasons: 1 is we are very alike so we have similar thoughts, 2 is because we play together ALOT so we know what the others play style is and what they will (most likely) do at what time. However, even we tell each other what we are doing.

If you do not communicate you will end up destroying your whole team. Very often I have played with junglers who just randomly appear, they dont signal that they are going in, they dont say they are comming to gank. They usually just run into lane while im way back (because im playing safe) and then they rage because I didnt help. This is a big thing for the tank, you need to tell the people who are standing right next to you that you are initiating. It seems rudundant, "oh well they can see me so they should know to go in", well thats not true. How do they know that you are not just harassing. Also there is that 2-3 seconds where they are still playing with a different priority than you, if you tell them that you are going in, then they will know that they need to change their priorities suddenly. You are not a on seperate teams, you need to work together as a team. Everyting you and your team does, should NOT be supprising to one another.

Now I even though I could rant on and on and on about the many times people not communicating has ruined our team, but that would just bore the heck out of you guys so I wont.

Here is a list of the various Guides I have found that are really good:

• Shurelia's amazing video on Zoning.
• Hahano's great guide on how to Jungle.
• Hahano's guide on how to Jungle "Beyond The Basics".
• jhoijhoi, just incase you feel like Making Your Own Guide.

Teys0 and 1000souls for helping me with the guide.
jhoijhoi for her amazing guide "Making A Guide" helping me create a better guide for everyone.
League Of Legends for just being an auuesome game :)

Finish Champ Table
See if we need to add/delete any champs from ability chart
Elaborate on Jungle Protection
Add color/aesthetics and spacing
Have fun
Possibly add Masteries, Runes, and Items to Champs
(figure out how a Caitlyn, Shen, and Olaf with no accesories gets an increased 1% attack speed)

-April 3 2012
Finished initial creation of guide.
Published Guide.