My girlfriend plays League and whilst from just listening to her play I have a vague understanding of the game, I still don’t really get it. I’ve asked her but she’s absolutely awful at explaining things.
Some questions that have sprung to mind whilst listening / watching her play: what’s a lane? what’s mana? how do you win/lose? ~~why does this game make her so angry?~~
I’m also not much of a gamer so please dumb it down as much as possible – I’m just a clueless boyfriend that wants to enjoy his girlfriend’s interests.
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In league, the goal is to destroy the enemy’s big building at the far end of the map. A.I. controlled Minions spawn automatically and march down 3 lanes towards the nexus. This happens at either end of the map though, so without intervention the minions will meet in the middle to fight each other until they die.
The way to win is by ‘pushing’ your team’s minions all the way down a lane to the enemy’s big building and kill it, while defending against the other team’s attempt to do the same. By pushing I mean kill enemy minions and the towers which are smaller buildings spaced out in each lane that deal damage to minions and champions alike.
Each champion has 3 different abilities plus a stronger ability called an ultimate. Their abilities make each champion unique. Some are good at pushing lanes. Some are good at killing other champions. Some are good at protecting allies.
Mana is a resource some champions have that is consumed by using abilities and slowly regenerates after. It’s a way of forcing some champions to ration out use of their abilities or end up manaless without a way to use their abilities for a while.
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