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Guides, Tier Lists & Series

Fifteen years of League coverage, sorted into one place: the tools and rankings we keep current, the guides that stay true whatever Riot changed this week, and the archive we keep for history rather than for advice.

New to League Terms Glossary

Every callout your team is shouting, in plain English.

Just want the meta Solo Queue Tier List

What's strong this patch, ranked by role.

Wondering about your rank What Rank Is Actually Good?

Where you really sit. It's higher than you think.

Tools Updated Every Patch Guides & Fundamentals The Archive

Tools

Things to use rather than read. All three keep themselves current.

The Runeterra Lore MapNew

Every champion placed by region, with each connection the lore draws between them.

PBE Patch PreviewNew

Next patch's buffs and nerfs, read off the test server before they go live.

Updates every 30 minutes

Riot Dev Tracker

What Riot developers are saying right now, pulled in as they post it.

Live feed

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Updated Every Patch

Rankings, bans and changelogs, rebuilt as the game moves.

Solo Queue Tier List

Every champion ranked by role, rebuilt each patch.

Tier List Changelog

What moved, what didn't, and why, patch by patch.

Best Champion Bans

Who to ban, broken down by the rank you actually play at.

Patch Notes History

Every champion buff and nerf, going back years.

Patch Notes Rundown

Our plain-English summary of each new patch.

Strongest When Mastered

The champions worth putting real hours into.

Best First Picks

The safest champions to lock in first, role by role.

The Weekly Series

Counter Series

How to beat a specific champion, one matchup at a time.

Team Comp Tuesdays

Five-champion compositions built around one idea.

Weird Pick Wednesdays

Off-meta picks that genuinely work, with runes and builds.

Top Ten Thursdays

Ten-item lists on everything from ultimates to reworks.

Formerly OPNew

Champions who used to be terrifying, and what happened.

FOTM Reports

Whoever is quietly dominating solo queue right now.

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Guides & Fundamentals

The things worth learning once. These don't go stale when the patch notes drop.

How the Game Works

15 guides

Systems, rules and numbers. Read once, useful for as long as you play.

• Terms Glossary
• What Rank Is Actually Good?
• How Matchmaking Works
• Riot Vanguard Explained
• Swiftplay Explained
• Summoner's Rift Objectives
• Baron Nashor Guide
• Role Quests Explained
• Armor Pen, Magic Pen and Lethality
• Critical Strike Explained
• Is Cull Worth It?
• Advanced Champion Mechanics
• Fastest Way to Level 30
• How Long Can You AFK?
• When to Recall

Game Knowledge

12 guides

The small habits that separate two players sitting at the same rank.

• How to Lane Early Game
• Basic Laning Part 1: Last Hitting
• Basic Laning Part 2: Roaming
• Warding Over Ledges
• The Art of Warding Baron
• Sweeping Lens Usage
• Maximizing Turret Aggro Range
• Trinket Swaps
• The Execution Timer
• What Janna Can Blow Up
• Maximum Creep Score
• Smartcasting Usage

Mindset and Macro

6 guides

Older pieces on how to think about a game rather than how to play a lane.

• Objective Based Gaming
• Early Game Harassing
• Team Building 101
• Playing Similar Roles to Maximize Winning
• Solo Queue Explanations
• Zileas' Anti-Fun Patterns

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The Archive

Kept for history's sake. Fun to revisit, but don't take the numbers as current.

Show archived posts

• Jungle Timers (2011)
• TheOddOne Complains About Ezreal (2011)
• Saintvicious in Elo Hell (2012)
• League of Legends Memes Explained (2016)
• Twisted Treeline Tier List (game mode discontinued)

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