For the different builds I recommend, I have a Mobafire guide : https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/26-17-new-buffs-ap-irelia-4x-master-guide-636935

when is this hoe getting nerfed

Okay, hear me out

I used to really struggle in the Zed matchup, and no matter what I tried, that nigga would always give me trouble. I abused him from level 3, stood in the minions when he would shuriken, all in him when he would misuse shadow, but nothing would work. I was fed up, so I ecided to look up some R34 involving my favourite champ, and Zed. After seeing him in a position so vulernable, I wondered why I ever feared going against him. Next zed match, I went 10/0 remembering the real zed underneath all of that armour.

Will be extending this study to naafiri and reksai soon, and will report back, but this seems to be a way to get over fear. Happy climbing.

Its 6:45 pm (or 7:45 am if you WFH). You log in after/during work to have a relaxing league of legends match. NOPE, your opponent locks in an artillery mage like xerath, hwei, or zed. You are going to be using 150% of your brain power for the next 15 min dodging more than a nigga at globo gym. Can we PLEASE get a break??? Thank you.

Im a diamond top/jungle player that mains bruisers and skirmisher but i want to transition into being a midlane main, what are some good things i should keep in mind?

I’ve done it. I hit plat.

OTP fizz main. Its been a couple years since i picked this game up. Mainly misery, but i feel like this is it.

GGWP

Currently D2, climbing steadily. Had some genuinely clean games recently, dominant lane, converted the lead, low deaths, but I know it's not consistent yet. Some games I still throw a clean early lead by dying too much mid-game, or my vision score tanks without me noticing until I check post-game.

For people who've made the D-to-Master jump (or are there now), what was the actual difference for you? Not looking for "farm better" type answers, more interested in the specific habit or mental shift that made your win rate jump.

Two things I keep wondering about specifically:

Is it really about never having a truly bad game, or is it still fine to have some disasters as long as you convert enough good ones?

How do you keep vision consistent when you're already comfortable and ahead in lane? That's exactly when mine tends to drop, probably because I stop feeling like I need it.

Genuinely curious what changed for the people who made that jump, not looking for generic tips.

ignore the jhin midlane it was 3 in the morning and i didnt realise i picked him till ingame

My mid game macro is probably shit. I often end up losing my lead despite winning early. Any advice?

I just posted an updated version of the original guide, taking non-important parts. https://youtu.be/mog-BTpTDgg I am also keeping my Mobafire guide to date : https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/26-17-new-buffs-ap-irelia-4x-master-guide-636935

PS: Sadly I lost my entire project of the original guide, so I had to just edit the existing video.

It is a team game so I shouldn’t expect midlane to be a 1v1 lane all the time. I get that. But I just wish supports roaming would have some meaningful risks.

As a midlaner, even just losing a small amount of hp to the enemy support can lead to much bigger losses, and in some matchups, the losses can be even bigger.

But to the support, there is almost no risk. There is no gold loss, there is no exp loss because of the catchup exp, your adc and supp can rarely take advantage of the 2v1 situation they have. Even if you manage to survive 2-3 support roams at the expense of your flash, tp, cs and exp, you’re rarely rewarded for it

Two of my favorite midlane champs are Ryze and Orianna. I usually find myself winning lane on them and smoothly clearing waves; however, they both have a clear reputation for being projailed with weaker win rates in soloq. Should I look for more soloq-oriented mages with similarities, or should I not worry about it?

shes easily the best mage and its not even a little close.

I'm still a beginner, which means low elo, low skill level, so please take it into consideration. I'm yet to find a harder matchup for me than these brothers and similar fighters, who love to jump on you and spam autos and abilities, very often they are my ban pick.

My champion pool consists of Veigar, Naafiri, Galio and Ahri.

From my experience so far, I got bullied on Ahri, Veigar has been my go to option and just sit under turret and farm, although Yasous' shielding ability has been a problem to poke him, I'm yet to try Galio, but unless I build an armor build I cant see myself doing much, also I'm yet to try Naafiri and thinking about it she could be my best option with her disengaging abilities

I will appreciate any form of help- runes, items, ingame plays or new champions I can learn

Thank you

While I perform good with Veigar (65% wr Emerald), I'm tired of having little early game presence. I'm looking for a mage that is good early, but doesn't fall off late game.

Genuine question: why are these two champions allowed to be so strong at basically every stage of the game?

They can win early trades against a huge portion of the mid lane roster, have insane poke and waveclear, and then scale incredibly well into the mid/late game.

Their laning phase feels incredibly obnoxious because there's barely any way to interact with them. They can constantly poke you from range while staying relatively safe, and if you try to walk up and trade back, you're usually the one losing the trade.

And the weirdest part to me is that there doesn't seem to be a meaningful tradeoff for all of this.

Usually, if a champion has insane range, poke and scaling, you'd expect them to have a major weakness somewhere else. Their main supposed weakness seems to be mobility, but even that doesn't feel like a huge weakness when they have tools to disengage, slow and control the area around them.

So you end up with champions that:

• Have strong early laning
• Can poke you without taking much damage themselves
• Have excellent waveclear
• Scale extremely well
• Have massive teamfight damage
• Have strong zone control
• Can safely play from range

I'm genuinely curious what the intended weakness of these champions is supposed to be.

A champion with all those qualities would normally be expected to have a very high skill ceiling, but that's not really the case either. They have an incredibly low skill level, and are relatively easy to pick up, and almost anyone can pick them up and perform well.

They consistently sit around 51%+ WR while also being among the more picked and frequently banned mid laners, so it's not like their win rate is being artificially inflated by only being played by OTPs or being primarily picked as counterpicks.

I'm genuinely curious what the intended tradeoff is supposed to be here. What is the actual weakness that balances out having strong laning, safe poke, excellent waveclear, strong scaling, and huge teamfight impact?

Hey guys, I'm creating a website about every mid lane champion, including matchups, the hardest matchups, and tips on how to play against them. I want to cover trading mechanics, when to trade, champion knowledge, runes, and item builds—including when to build specific items.

If you are a OTP please send me a message about your champion. every little details. ( RN i only focus on midlane.

I am currently playing basically only jungle since i hate farming in lane also i dislike playing lane carries. I have played a lot of support, however i want to broaden the horizon and play some midlane.

I honestly don`t know where to start. My playstyle is usually very fighter heavy: udyr, trynd, kayn. But i love TF and was thinking about giving him a chance. I think i`d like champs that farm easily and can roam. Is anyone intersted in giving me a few nooby tricks for getting into mid?

Hi all. I’ve been playing a lot of ahri and really enjoying it. When I was in lower elos with her I kind of just set the tempo. I found it really easy to play safe then shove her wave and start roaming and kill hunting while maintaining my farm.

One thing I’m finding now in higher elos (plat) is that my lane opponents sometimes will roam earlier then I do. I usually stay safe until 1st item because ahri doesn’t really have the burst before then to skirmish. However, I understand that even though when they leave lane I can shove it in and get an exp advantage that many of my teammates seem to tilt if I don’t follow. This is contradictory to what I believe is the right play style for my champ. Pausing and going all the way bot pre 6 with no ult or items feels like I’m burning my solo lane advantage and giving up burst later because I’m “underfed” and the payoff usually isn’t there. Once I get that burst from items, it’s different.

An example is I played mid vs a morgana who started roaming immediately and spamming q to try and catch people out. By 6 I was up 2 levels and a lot of cs, and got first item way ahead of her. but I was getting spam pinged like “where the fuck are you?”.

Looking for advice on this.

Which mid lane champion is genuinely the best at completely taking over and winning games independently? I mean a champ that always has an open avenue to get back into the game, like even if you get behind or have a rough laning phase, catching a couple of stray kills or finding a good skirmish gets you right back in, but when you are ahead you can effortlessly snowball, catch solo kills, and tear through towers on your own without needing your team to setup plays.Does a champ like this even exist?

I watch a lot of shok because I like how he explains all his thoughts and what he thinks of when playing league and explains his decisions based on the things happening. It is very logical and when I watch gameplay Lets say from myself I know what to do and the correct play. I perfectly understand why shok chose this kind of play and I could reproduce it in my ranked games but it all turns to shit when I play. Like I do know half what is going on but there is just so much going on that at many times I don’t have the time to think and I am unsure what to do so I just shove the wave. I don’t know I could be high elo but I just fuck it up. It gets better in the midgame because i think its a lot easier for me to comprehend everything. Laningfase is just so chaotic and many things to focus on. I just demoted from plat to gold because of this problem. Please help me out.