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Concorde Games in conjunction with Concorde Education has developed a training camp for League of Legends players of all skill ranges. Concorde Game’s professional esport athletes coach players through drills and strategies in a fun and competitive environment.
How To Play League of Legends: Our Guide
What is League of Legends?
Without any doubt, League of Legends is currently one of the most popular games. It has been so for a long time since it launched in 2009. It is defined as a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), in which two teams of five battle out to be the ones to destroy other teams’ main structure, or Nexus, first. These teams are made out of a selection of champions with backstories and inter-connected lore, which was recently adapted into an animated Netflix series called Arcane.
What do you need to play League of Legends?
To play League of Legends you need a computer, a keyboard, and a mouse. You can technically play with a controller, however, it would put you at a very big disadvantage as MOBA games like League of Legends require precise movement and quick reflexes. Unlike many other games on the market, the system requirements of League of Legends are very low. This makes the game accessible to many gamers with average hardware and is one of the reasons why League of Legends is so popular. Then you just need to download the game client and create a free account in order to play the game.
How to play League of Legends?
With a fresh account, your game mode choices are a little bit limited. You have to play against AI for a few games before you can play with real players. Your champion pool will also be limited because in League of Legends you gradually unlock champions by accumulating in-game currencies called blue essences. You can also purchase Riot Points to unlock characters and skins.
After queuing up for a game and accepting a match, you will be taken to the champion selection screen. On this screen, you will pick the champion you want to play in the game and the rune combination, or special effects that help you throughout the game, and your summoner spells. Keep in mind that there is also a banning phase in ranked game modes, followed by players picking their champions one by one to allow for more strategies and counter-strategies. You need to talk with your team while picking your champions, as League of Legends has a main strategy consisting of pre-determined roles with appropriate lanes for them. You need to pick a champion suitable for the lane you’re going to play in and the role you’re going to have in your team.
Then you will face a short loading screen in which you can examine your opponents. After that, you will spawn in your base with your team. You’ll be level 1 when you start and by completing certain objectives in the game like killing minions and opponents, you will level up to 18. Each level-up grants you a skill point that you can spend on one of your four skills. However, your ultimate skill can only be leveled upon levels 6, 12, and 18. Before leaving the base, you’ll also have to shop for certain items. You will select these items according to their attributes and whether they are suitable for your desired build or not. By completing the objectives mentioned before you’ll also earn gold, which you can spend to get more items once you come back to your base.
The main objective is to destroy the enemy team’s nexus. Before you can do that, you need to get through 3 lane turrets, an inhibitor for each lane, and then two nexus towers. There are also creatures in the area between the lanes for the jungle player to earn gold and experience. Baron Nashor and the different kinds of dragons are two other big objectives in the game, each granting different buffs to the team that kills it. The main idea is to use your skills and your items to kill enemy players and attack their buildings by cooperating with your team.
How to play League of Legends competitively?
After climbing up the ranks in the competitive game mode, you need to show yourself in amateur leagues in order to become a professional League of Legends player. If you perform well enough in local leagues and tournaments, scouts will take notice and you will get offers from bigger teams from bigger leagues. Before that, you will probably be admitted into the Academy roster of a team, which competes in smaller versions of regional leagues. After that, it is up to how well you perform, whether if you advance up to the big leagues or stay in the academy league.
Professional Leagues and Tournaments in League of Legends
Apart from countless tournaments all around the world, League of Legends features regional leagues organized by the game’s developer Riot Games and also international tournaments, in which the winners of regional leagues compete. The twelve main regions which have spots in international tournaments are:
- LCK — Korea
- LCS — North America
- LEC — Europe
- LPL — China
- PCS — Pacific Region
- VCS — Vietnam
- CBLOL —Brazil
- LCO — Oceania
- LCL — CIS
- UL — Japan
- LLA — South America
- TCL – Turkey
Concorde Games is the premier esport coaching platform that focuses education and enhancing competitive gaming for middle school and high school esport athletes. The comprehensive training approach provides league participants with a number of tactics and tools that they can utilize to improve their gaming skills, while building important life skills that extend beyond the game.
Comprehensive strategy, teamwork, and communication are the keys to success in League of Legends, and this league will help improve individual skills and abilities to play casually or competitively, help players find their designated roles, move-sets, and tasks to complete, refine team play tactics, and callouts.
Most importantly league participants will have fun in a professional and competitive environment.
FAQ
Why train with Concorde Games?
Concorde Games is designed to arm students with the skills and knowledge to be able to compete in competitive gaming tournaments and become collegiate scholarship recruits. Concorde Games has been building and growing esports programs at high schools around the country. Whether you’re new to esports or leading a thriving program, we have got content that is right for you.
Concorde Games has incorporated a STEM.ORG curriculum as part of its esport coaching program. STEM-related skills are crucial to any esports athlete: deep engagement with computer technology, statistical analysis for scouting, and strategizing pre-match and mid-match.
Esports requires a tremendous amount of critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity from players to achieve and sustain success. It reaches beyond traditional sports to create an all-inclusive environment that breaks barriers.
Esports are co-ed, inclusive to anybody who can use a computer and engage students who might not otherwise participate in extracurricular activities.
Winning demands not only superior execution but superior strategizing. Defeating an opponent requires quick, conceptual thinking and creative problem solving. Concorde Games helps students sharpen these skills in a fun, supervised environment.
Every game Concorde Games offers is team-based. Success demands strong, clear communication skills — something highly sought after by every employer.
Competition means sometimes you lose. Learning to deal with failure, particularly when emotions may be running high, teaches students one of life’s most valuable lessons — how to get back up.
Currently, hundreds of colleges and universities offer tens of millions of dollars in esports scholarship money. That number grows substantially every year as more and more schools spin up esports programs.
How much does a League of Legends Coach cost?
Our seasonal league costs $200 per player. The price of a 1-on-1 League of Legends coach depends on your unique circumstances. Additionally, students who meet their instructor on a regular schedule may be charged differently than someone who wants sessions at the last minute.
Who are Concorde League of Legends Coaches and Teachers?
We only choose to work with the absolute best All of Concorde’s coaches are put through an intensive vetting process (interviews and simulated tutoring sessions).
How can a League of Legends coach help you master League of Legends?
Concorde Game’s coaches are here to help you get more out of your League of Legends play by setting you up with a qualified League of Legends Coach. League of Legends coaches offer you a unique chance to learn alongside an expert in the subject who can create a focused environment that is conducive to League of Legends coaching. It’s possible that you have spent time searching for “League of Legends Coaching near me.” If so, then it’s likely that you understand the value that a top-notch League of Legends Coach can bring to you. If you are tired of searching for an “League of Legends Coach near me,” you will be happy to know that Concorde Games coaches are ready to set you up with a coaching session.