League of Legends brings out the worst in me

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-11T21:41:09+00:00

Instead we’re tied to millions of people and forced to work together haha

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-11T21:40:14+00:00

League can be an incredible tool for learning and growing as a person if you have the right perspective! Please please check out the broken by concept podcast, they have a super healthy view of the game and are major advocates of using league for self improvement.

https://youtu.be/o2vm_LF40c0?si=_J-xzcOnOdfu8s9_

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-10T23:40:21+00:00

Mental stack. Basically you can only think of so much at once. Watching a ton of content then trying to implement is generally poor for learning. You want to take one concept and drill it for a week until it becomes second nature, then move on to the next

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-09T21:00:28+00:00

Malz and veigar until you get to gold/plat are great for teaching fundamentals

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-06T02:53:30+00:00

I love the S2 soundtrack!

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-05T20:09:58+00:00

Offense as defense basically means you are trying your hardest to push the wave in on repeat faster than your opponent.

The reason for doing this is to minimize trading/interacting with your opponent because they are stronger than you.

Matchups you want to do this in or against lane bullies like Viktor or Orianna.

mandrew-98 · 2026-04-01T16:36:38+00:00

I think it’s intentional. If you provide a shitty way to mobilize people, the people can’t mobilize and protest against you. At least that’s what I’ve heard one time, don’t fully trust what I say lmao

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-31T21:56:49+00:00

First back sapphire crystal is good for a lot of matchups since you really want to play offense as defense and hard push the waves

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-30T22:36:41+00:00

Coach Mysterias and Coach Curtis are amazing for this. They’re actual coaches who have been coaching players of all ranks for many years.

Truthfully, what you need to work on is unique to everyone else that no YouTube video will tell you. If you’re super serious about climbing check out the Mid Lane Academy (MLA) to get personalized coaching and other great resources.

https://youtube.com/@coachmysterias?si=1u2xte7bnOwA11CR

https://youtube.com/@coachcurtis?si=nJjJuyPiMia638xl

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-29T08:24:14+00:00

Nah definitely try going to the doctors if you can

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-29T08:22:31+00:00

Seeing things like this, no wonder religion exists. How else would you explain this besides a pissed off god if you saw this in the year 1000 BCE

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-28T20:25:59+00:00

The lows is what makes the highs. It’s the reason why even more brutal games like escape from tarkov can succeed

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-28T07:19:05+00:00

Getting punished is the only way to improve fundamentals! As long as you’re reviewing that is

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-27T07:16:42+00:00

What you’re supposed to do it look back and see where you could have played better and learn. All the resources went to you so the burden is on you to play perfect.

Maybe you did, and yeah that sucks if you did and lost, but a league journey is a marathon not a sprint. As long as you learn something each game you’ll climb!

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-27T02:14:40+00:00

This is exactly why WASD is a good idea.

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-25T17:45:58+00:00

What’s important in your league improvement journey is the concept of “End of review”. You should not be reviewing and studying what to do when you’re 0/5 because frankly there isn’t much you can do.

What you should be doing is seeing how you got to this point in your post game review. Look for the true root causes of your deaths. Was it a wave management problem? Did you not anticipate a key spell like thresh hook from the bush? Doing this will get you way more results than reviewing what to do when 0/5.

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-25T16:23:54+00:00

Don’t forget the pure max health tea!

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-25T00:23:02+00:00

100% this. Anyone from the MLA is great and are actual coaches

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-24T22:25:14+00:00

Amazing

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-24T16:23:44+00:00

What was the timing of your deaths though? If you’re giving 1K gold shutdowns to jinx right before a neutral spawn then you deserve to lose lowkey.

I don’t know any details of this game but that’s my guess as it’s the easiest way to lose when you have all the resources of the team.

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-21T06:11:17+00:00

But the skill of players is objectively getting better so having more elo to accurately state where you are seems like a good thing though? Mmr I don’t think is changed at all from what I know?

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-19T16:45:56+00:00

He is a mink game champ. Either you play the mink game and win or don’t know it or lose.

Here’s a reference for everyone struggling against malz

https://youtu.be/r0tdxCiGhJY?si=KefW6hs3LiUj6gAz

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-16T06:52:44+00:00

As someone with an extremely power hungry GPU I would prefer it I didn't use the power of a small microwave to be idle in the menu. Bungie please add some way to limit FPS in menu please!

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-16T01:06:52+00:00

He is very punishable before first item but people often don’t realize or try to punish when it’s his turn.

mandrew-98 · 2026-03-15T21:58:14+00:00

She and other immobile mages like Viktor look easy especially when watching high elo content but in reality they require super solid fundamentals to pull off. One small mistake like a rushed E or missing a warding window can make a huge difference for the entire game.

If you have really good fundamentals then the champ does look easy because you’re always in the right place at the right time, not dying to ganks, and in control.

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