Hello MOBAFire,

My name is Colleen or SweetIrishLass and my favorite role is adc.

Welcome to my first foray into guide writing. I truly hope this helps you adapt to the MOBA environment with less shock and less difficulty than I had when I began League of Legends; my very first MOBA.

Little background:
I've been a gamer since Atari playing online games since they began and have led clans in several games that were VERY VERY different than a MOBA. I believe this gives me a unique perspective on the dynamics within league and therefore will, hopefully, give you some insights that you have not encountered thus far while attempting to learn this amazing yet very dynamic and complex game.

Polar opposite of a 40-minute game, when I led clan games, they lasted months and my last, in which we came in 2nd, was eight and a half months long. Within such games cooperation is not only important but imperative. A player quitting forfeits territory that will be lost to the enemy so TILTing and FLAMING at the clan would result in catastrophe that doesn’t reset in 40 minutes but results in months of unrecoverable completely wasted time.

Miss Fortune is a difficult one to get just right but the biggest hinderances to many will be her weakness early on
1. CS decently or fall behind (especially when you just can't get close enough to last hit)
2. Her extremely squishy nature (early game can be very rough)

Both of these really get frustrating and can tilt a summoner quickly.
In addition, you doing poorly by tilting will bring on the FLAME

STAYING COOL IS PARAMOUNT for MF summoners as it truly is for ALL SUMMONERS -glhf

The purpose of this guide is to address exactly this TILTING AND FLAMING Why it happens, how to avoid it and how to ignore it when a TILTED summoner targets you.

Something that was unexpected but certainly reversible is the lack of decorum among teammates. I am uncertain exactly when decorum went out the window in online gaming but WOW! Imagine my surprise going from online gaming where cooperation was ESSENTIAL to a gaming environment where it is, in many cases, NONEXISTENT.

I have come to realize that it is the nature of a MOBA, for players to not really care as much about teammates as themselves.

Learning, climbing, watching everything, warding, building the right kit, short game length all contribute to a very self centered attitude in ones own gameplay. The stress of Summoners running around not teaming up to work on baron, gank or push lane, escalates the frustration.

Add this to the fact that you are not likely to see that team again for a while if at all and you have the perfect storm for hella tempers, nastiness and popping off at EVERYTHING YOU DO!

Why would one care about working together?

Well, really, if you don’t respect EACH AND EVERY summoner you play with you are opening yourself up to wasting more games then you are successful at to idiotic and COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY nonsense.

Let’s try to get a handle on ourselves and see if we can’t be just a tad bit more respectful, realizing that EVERYONE, not just you, is trying to improve.

Even if this guide isn’t for you Please carry these two things with you when you move on:

1. Great players only become great through desire and practice
If one is discouraged by nastiness & hatred before they even begin, you could be denying yourself a great teammate in the future. Think of all those you may have turned off LoL who may have become as good as you and a great ally. After all, you weren't always this good; remember?

2. Tilting &/or flaming will RUIN your game one way or another
You'll miss an opportunity, another will, your target will go afk or intentionally feed or worse yet you get creamed while typing/complaining. I've watched all of this happen & all one can do is shake ones head. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND EFFORT! Why bother playing at all?

I don't believe that it is in any way productive to pronounce a problem without proposing a solution so this guide is a list of problems and solutions that I have come up with for myself after watching hours and hours of pro play and trying to incorporate their experienced calm collected even tempered approach, to my game play.

This guide will be a dynamic work as I come up with more solutions to the problems I encounter, which may be of use to others.

I hope these ideas work for you as they have for me.

I encourage you to add tips to the comment section. Everyone has something to offer that may not have been thought of but could really help out. -glhf

I have attempted my first build guide here as I'd like to see how I fair in the contest but really the information below is what I am mainly attempting to convey.

All I have to convey below I have observed as Miss Fortune. The issues discussed are some you will likely encounter as MF as so many regard her as a joke.

You will get flamed you will get people tilted more quickly if you mess up as MF but if you work at not worrying about the upset and instead focus on learning her well, your time will not be wasted here. This should help you focus on your gameplay and not the external craziness that can throw your entire game off.

MF can REALLY ROCK! Don't let anyone discourage you if you like playing her as much as I do.

For MF it's really important to stay cool. Her strength is mid to late so if you don't cs and ward for safety you are going to get leveled, die and fall way behind and likely not ever catch up. If you can snowball though you are crazy especially w/late game crit!

Miss Fortune is my absolute favorite and she is HIGHLY underestimated. There truly are some amazing MF players so I will not presume that I have much by the way of brand new knowledge about her to impart here other than my builds which have worked well for me with minor tweaks.

MF can adjust to A LOT depending on who she is against.

My Best Tip LEARN THE OTHER CHAMPS ABILITIES SO YOU CAN BUILD A GREAT MF AND DEAL WELL WITH MOST ANY CHALLENGE IN GAME. You really DON'T want to walk right up to blitzcrank or yasuo SERIOUSLY LEARN ABOUT THEM!-glhf

PROBLEM
BAD SUMMONERS TICKING YOU OFF
When players mess up maybe you’re being nasty isn’t helping. Learning and being new does not make a person a bad summoner, which can’t be fixed, it makes them inexperienced which can be fixed with education.

Since I’ve gotten better, I see the mistakes made by others and man alive do people swarm with nastiness. Before I learned to handle it that made me nervous which made me to do worse and until I could play more and learn more I had no idea what I was doing wrong being new. How much do you think that helped my gameplay? ... ZERO!

SOLUTION
HELP THEM OR LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!
In the end isn’t it more beneficial to have better players than bad ones? Don’t you want to play against good players? The more you can help out when possible the more people will do well. You don’t have to help but at least LEAVE THEM ALONE and let them learn. Continuous flaming will make a player anxious which will ABSOLUTELY make them play poorly.

Do you consider you may be making them nervous? Have you ever been nervous? It’s actually a condition among gamers. LEAVE THEM THE HECK ALONE IF YOU AREN’T GOING TO HELP! You won’t improve a thing in their play if you are just yelling at them. He’s your teammate! Him nervously playing and feeding because you’re flaming him is shooting yourself & your entire team in the foot. Should be added to self mitigated damage stat!

Be it a new champ for them, them being new, a bad day, mistakenly coming off a really bad game and not breaking, being tired, hand getting cold etc etc EVERYONE EVEN PROS - HAVE BAD GAMES and you aren’t helping by piling on! glhf

PROBLEM
YOUR TILT IS MAKING YOU PLAY WORSE THAN THE GUY YOU ARE FLAMING
Typing to flame someone while playing is a waste of gameplay and potentially, really harmful. If you are on to be a jerk then by all means have at it but if you really want to win and to improve then FOCUS ON YOU!

We ALL have issues with other Summoners. My favorite role is attack damage carry or ADC I have an issue w/supports who don’t know what they are doing, start fights real early where I’m useless & take all my farm which I must have or I won't have a prayer to help let alone carry mid-late game

Know what I do about it? NOTHING!

I simply play and try to improve!

Why should that tilt me?
Maybe he's new, maybe he's arrogant, maybe he didn't want support but I called adc and he called support then picked an adc and took all my farm.

NOTHING you say in anger is going to change a single thing

SOLUTION
ZIP IT AND PLAY
I want to do well and would like a victory if possible. If I start spouting off the support is going to leave lane, quit, go afk, spout at me etc etc. I am extremely squishy early game & can’t afford that; What’s the point? Will he help more? Will he support better? A GREAT BIG - NO!

Instead of focusing on what they are doing focus on YOU, your gameplay, your cs'ing your WARDING for goodness sake! Only YOU can improve your grade or rank. If you learn your champ & do all you know and improvise if the others aren’t doing what you like then you’ll do fine. If you flame and get tilted you’ll die, lose lane, cause others to quit or even get reported.

If you quit or feed you leave four people to do the work of five. NO ONE INTENTIONALLY GOES IN TO GAME 4V5 and though it can be a fun challenge if someone leaves, really, no one asks for that. You just wasted 4 other peoples time!

Use it as a practice game where you're getting XP & Rank. Focus on your gameplay NOT everyone else's mistakes. How are you even seeing what can be done if you are watching everyone for their mess ups?

You can look for opportunity to help and in some cases you can but when they are resistant to it just focus on you and get better and when you have a great team it will be all that much sweeter! glhf

As in any game it is REALLY important to at least know the basic etiquette BEFORE going live.

PROBLEM
BLIND PICK - WHEN A ROLE IS CALLED IN CHAMP SELECT IT’S NOT YOURS!!!
There is no set RULE but it’s known among the players that you call your role. If someone calls jg first everyone else will respect them as jg and will often times flame you the entire game ESPECIALLY if you don't give it up and do poorly.

SOLUTION
SPEAK UP
Let the other guy know it's the only role you know right now BEFORE Champ select is over and ask kindly.

LEARN AT LEAST ONE OTHER CHAMP
You really need to know all the champs abilities which you will over time if you practice with them on free champ rotation & look them up on MOBAfire and read about them and watch gameplay on youtube, twitch etc

Knowing a few other champs well enough to hold your own gets you more gameplay experience if your favorite gets taken in blind pick. (if you don't know much about other champs DON'T PLAY RANKED YET unless you love being screamed at all the time)

The alternative is to quit which locks you out for a while and in ranked this can cause loss of XP and other penalties. Up to now I learned one champ in top, two in mid a support but no jg yet, in conjunction with my working on learning all adc’s.

Right now I can hold my own in all lanes except early game jg. If your main is not jg then lots and lots of practice here BEFORE playing with others; it can be a tricky role.

This section is NOT about blame it's really just about learning the basics enough to not rush in like a bull in a china shop. glhf

LEARN YOUR ROLE
No matter your role there is a plethora of information to tell you all you need to know to learn and improve on your favorite champ in your favorite position.

Know what you are supposed to do and how to do it. Your teammates rely on your knowledge of both your champion & your role.

COMMUNICATE
TOP - Top Laner - May need help and def may want to swap lanes after 1st turret down. Often top & bot switch. Say something if you are ready or want support up there if bot is alright.

MID - Mid Laner - Have a lot of concerns with all their blind spots. Ward the river JG be ready to jump in to help as with all lanes but imo Mid can be REALLY vulnerable early game. Help with warding the river. If other team doubles up - adc support can help then return to bot if it's still early game.

JG - Jungler Pay attention to the jg for Herald, Drakes, Baron, warning pings, assistance etc. JG, pay attention to your lanes. Go after Baron calling the team when ready; don't be afraid of Baron, Ping to take him when 3 or more of the enemy have been slain. EVERYONE can stop what they are doing if Baron is up and 3 of the enemy are down No brainer but you can't take forever or you lose your window.

SUP - Support (on BOTTOM!) ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO ADC If you need farm fine but try not to take it all ADC really needs to last hit to build their kit or their useless. You really should not run off bot until bot turret is down or at very least any first turret is down, unless crucially needed; your ADC crucially needs you. ADC ABSOLUTELY NEEDS YOU AND THE ENEMY KNOW IT. Adc's will get blasted if left by themselves 3v1 or more YOUCH!

ADC - Attack Damage Carry (helps carry mid to late game) No matter what DO NOT ABUSE YOUR SUPPORT. Good supports are hard to come by and they won't get good if they are abused they'll pick another role or quit altogether. STAY IN THE BACK OF TEAM FIGHTS OR YOU'LL GET SLAUGHTERED Not way back at turret but just behind your team. Remember you are squishy and are a super easy target by yourself ESPECIALLY early game. YOU WILL NOT EVER CARRY EARLY GAME so no lone ranger stuff!

TEAM
IF YOUR JG CAN GANK TELL HIM THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
Junglers are trying to multitask and don't always see a great opportunity. If your jg is in your region of the map let him know there is a gank potential.
If the enemy keeps trying a gank even though your jg is top and you are bot, let him know so he can get down and catch them out. He may not be able to come DON'T GET MAD but let him know.

IN LOW ELO
If you don't know what you are doing (and you know who you are) DO NOT start early fights. If you do DO NOT EXPECT ANYONE TO JOIN YOU! Some may, I don't. I am not good enough early game and that's alright. One early death and I'm behind an uncomfortable amount of CS and I struggle a lot. Teams prefer you to NOT feed so if you aren't sure DON'T GO!

Do practice jumping in early preferably with some friends, because when you climb you better be able to jump in to help your team any time or they won't be too happy with you.

WATCH READ LEARN
MOBAFire, Youtube, Twitch, op.gg, download your games and watch, learn terminology, google everything, understand items and runes and learn your champ/s inside & out, learn about the other champs abilities.

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE In practice mode and live games. NOTHING Trumps knowledge paired with experience. glhf

1/18/2020

CHANGES
SPELLS
I like ignite when using Arcane but have been using only Heal now w/the rest

REORG/ADDITION
ITEMS
The way I use my item pgs in game is difficult to translate without a lot of explanation so I'll surmise best I can.

I regrouped for clarity and added executioners.

Executioners - if you are having trouble early laning
MF LOVES life steal - I'm no pro but 3 dorans is what pros use and I like the feel up to you. some used to stack 2 vamps - I like the 240 health HUGE

CRIT BUILD W/PRECISION w/SORCERY

LETHALITY BUILD W/DOM & PRECISION

PROS LOVE INSPIRATION (free boots & biscuits)

I love to play with inspiration & Sorcery - arcane w/ignite spell can be a fun lane bully