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League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Riot Games, inspired by the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

League of Legends is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) inspired by the Warcraft III mod, "Defense of the Ancients". Developed by Riot games (including Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak; one of the original creators of the DotA mod), League of Legends is completely free to play, with profits being made by the sale of in-game currency that allows players to unlock in-game customization options. The in-game customization includes unlocking champions to play, bundles, and champion skins.

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First thing to learn when beginning League of Legends

So I just started out playing League of Legends. I've got a friend who plays and we started up a bot game so that I could learn the basic commands. It wasn't pretty. The bots basically slaughtered us. I eventually ended the match with 3 kills, 17…
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How do I ward properly in League of Legends?

I tend to like to play a support champion. Since I'm slowly making my way to mid and high level play its getting more important to get good wards up because ganks become more common. I am therefore interested in learning how to ward…
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What are the pros and cons of flat vs. scaling runes?

With 80+ champions and more being added, and endless build possibilities, I know it's unrealistic to ask "which one of these is better" because there is no right answer. I assume that one is not flat out better than the other for all situations,…
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How cost effective is Recall

So this is a decision I often have to make, is it faster to run back to base or Recall? For those unaware recall is a 8 second cast time before instantly being transported back to base; thus we can rephrase this question as: "When are you 8 seconds…
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How can the damage reduction from Armor in League of Legends not have diminishing returns?

The formula for calculating damage reduction from armor in League of Legends is Damage Reduction = Total Armor / (100 + Total Armor) It seems clear to me that this formula dictates that adding more armor has diminishing returns. For example, let's…
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Difference between top and bottom lane in League of Legends?

What is the difference between top and bottom lanes in LoL? More experienced players tell you during the game to switch the lane if you go to the "wrong" one. So I guess that certain champions are not good for playing top/bottom. Why and what kind…
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How much IP do you get for winning & losing games in the various modes/maps?

My understanding is that you get a base number of Influence Points (IP) for losing each game and a little more for winning a game. In addition, the amount of time a games goes on seems to factor into the calculation as well. For the following modes,…
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How does hearing range work?

In some situations in League of Legends, you can hear things that you can't see. For example, I'm pretty sure you can hear some enemy skill uses in a nearby bush. I haven't been able to find any documentation about this mechanic, and am wondering…
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Is there a list displaying the champions in order based on their auto attack range?

I quite enjoy playing harassing champs on LoL, and I am interested in which champions have the longest auto attack range. Is there a list displaying the order of champions with the highest range first? I cannot seem to find this resource…
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Do traps improve when you level the ability after you place them?

For example, if I place a Yordle Snap Trap and then put a point into that ability, will the placed snap trap benefit from the higher level when it is activated?
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Smartly using smart casting

In League of Legends, I saw a smart casting mode in the options. What does smart casting do exactly? And is it useful/helpful playing against people with it? When I was playing Soraka it seemed to want to heal minions over allied champions so I'm…
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What is Attack Move for?

Attack Move is a key bind that I came across in the key binding list. From my own testing it seems to move to the target location and attack the nearest target-able object including turrets. I heard people talking about it in IRC chats and during…
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How do I choose which Runes to get in League of Legends?

Since runes cost influence points, I'm reluctant to just try getting a bunch of them. Also, as a low level summoner, I am still experimenting with different characters. Are there some guidelines for choosing which ones to get? If I don't want to use…
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How do you send a personal message to someone in League of Legends?

How do you send a personal message to another player through ingame chat? or out of game chat?
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Why do high level/professional junglers seem to 'kite'?

When watching various streams, YouTube videos or LCS, I notice almost ALL the junglers doing this. They attack, then turn away for a very very brief moment, the auto attack, then repeat this process until the jungle monster dies. However, they are…
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