Is confusing to follow even when you know it, and he even missed talking about vision, like omg, the script this man had to make just for a 50 minute video. Insane, all my respect to this man
@@DavidRamirez-lq2co He specifically made it for people who haven't and don't want to play it, so I imagine he skips out on some really simple stuff you'd probably pick up if the person watching played.
@@pedropimenta896 Abandoned Hearstone. Equally as hard to understand, slightly less obnoxious to play since you don't depend on the support having a functioning brain to win the game.
As someone who played league too much, probably in the realm of above 5k hours, I took a shot for every cannon you missed and now I have liver poisoning
You don’t need to play adc, it’s generally agreed that that all the lanes have some sort of mastery to achieve and their own difficulties, and one tricking is arguably the most boring play style in the game because your playing 1 of probably 50 interesting characters in your role
As a retired LoL player who was dragged into dbd by his SO, i would say both games are equally shit to start, but in dbd you only get called slurs after the game, in LoL it can be before during and after!
4:56 this is such an amazing point to cover as one time my dad tried league in an attempt to get into my hobby and apparently it took him like 30 mins of playing to figure out the green bar was his health, bless him
a friend of mine loves arcane and tried to get me to play lol, it was like having someone explain a board game to you except youre in hell and the board game calls you slurs. i’ll stick to honkai star rail where the hardest thing is speed tuning and even then that feels like pure pain
@@mice7872 i have never not once used yukong for that exact reason despite being a launch player… not to mention that fishing for enough speed substats is hell, ive been trying to prefarm for 2.7 and i still can’t get to 160 ouch
@@coronadispine oh my god literally in the same boat rn too LMFAO the most inspiring 0 cycle run i’ve seen on here was a dr ratio one by eidehgaming.. looked so fun so i’ve been attempting to do the same
hi rowby. 6000+ hour league player here. just wanted to let you know your curse worked. watching someone play with locked cam for prolonged periods of time gives me motion sickness. love the video though
ive played for years with locked cam only and only play norms🫡 swear it was more but seemingly only 1k hours total? got into it start of 2021 and basically stopped 2024
Been playing since Season 2, this was GENUINELY such a good video it had just the right amount of modern brain rot yet nerdy fun humor to keep any modern day gamer entertained **especially** the kind of audience you were trying to reach as your target. Those who might not ever play League definitely know what it's all about now & that's amazing, bc your sincere, light hearted "tutorial explanation" here legit did more for laying down the building blocks/foundation of the game than the f*cking IN GAME tutorial itself does (granted the tutorial has been unchanged for like a decade so that's just Riot's fault) ANYWHO yea as the 1st video introducing me to your channel, this was hilarious & amazing well-done good sir, instant sub. o7
You know, with the inevitable influx of Arcane fans going to show some interest in the game, this will be a fun intro. As well as a small asterisks for them to know what they're getting themselves into.
I started playing the mobile version (Wild Rift) after Arcane season 1. Been a pretty good experience really. I went into settings and turned off chat, I don't play ranked, normal mode only, games last 15-20 minutes. Load of fun and aside from some annoying Inters I don't have anywhere near the awful experience people go on and on about with LoL PC.
@@ath3na_plays ive played the game for 7 years and lemme tell you my experience. It depends heavily on playing ranked and your mental tolerance. Once you got used to the toxicity most players have its pretty chill. Don't play ranked is the answer. Or play it but understand its inevitable to lose sometimes. Just take the defeats and not cry. But the worst thing is the addiction. The game is addictive and probably the reason why most people dont suggest it. Keep it in moderation
I've been playing League for abt 5 years and have 4,500~ hours. This video is one of the best explanations I've seen for people who are unfamiliar, and in a weird way it reinforces what I love about the game and helps me not get caught up in the tragedy of whatever transpires in an individual match; fantastic work :).
and that's how they get you.... you have one good experience and then it doesn't matter that 70% of your games are absolute shitshows, you want that sweet sweet Adrenalinerush from back then back!!!
One thing you also forgot is that they have multiple music albums released for free to also _sell us skins_ . Edit: Brand and Annie being a support character still hurts my soul. They were mid lane mages until the release schedule of new characters and reworked older characters increased the mobility in that lane so much that the relatively immobile mages had to find new homes.
yea arcane realy took steriotype goblin manic pixie girl and went ye we can make this a good story THEN WENT OVER THE GODAMN TOP WITH IT YEEES DEADLOCK DEADLOCK!
well thats the thing in the lore they always knew they wanted to do more with the character, they have been teasing her backstory with little drops here and there for YEARS. its gotta be one of the longest and yet well developed hype/tease period ever
yeah i was like...u can play brand in the support role, but he's not a support. Supports got done dirty this video. Where's Braum? Taric? Ivern? Sona? Leona? Renata?
this game has a ping system, where you can place a marker for your team to see on the map. there's several types of markers, but the most frequently used is the marker for "enemy missing". this ping is made to alert you team that your lane opponent is missing, and is likely heading somewhere else on the map to wreck havoc. this is not all the enemy missing ping is used for however it's more commonly known as the "question mark ping", due to it being shaped like a question mark. if a teammate makes a bad play, another teammate is likely to be mad with them, because a death means that the enemy gets stronger. they will spam question mark pings as though to say "what the fuck was that?" there was also a brief time period where a ping known as the bait ping (originally made to signal a teammate to bait an opponent towards you) was used in a similar fashion, it's icon was a curved fishing hook, but if you put the center of the hook around a champions neck, it looked like they were hanging themselves with a noose. this ping was also known as the "kill yourself" ping. it was quickly changed after just a week or two in game, and then completely removed around 6 months later
I'm really glad you used some animations from LoR! That game is amazing. I'm especially happy that you know about Illaoi's level up animation, because it is PHENOMENAL.
@@DoctorTheo Oh I already have with some friends and it’s great, which is what made me wanna test some other MOBA’s. Though maybe LoL would be disappointing in comparison.
My guess is that it's a combination of: It's a meme. Spent so much time on the game they feel like quitting would make that time wasted. And probably the biggest reason: League has really high highs and really low lows. So you can love and chase the highs while still hating and dreading the lows.
@@LoveOlsson98 i agree for me its a mix of i played for so long i cant not see all the poor balance decisions(im a hater of new characters). but honestley if you play for like some dumb fun not trying to get super good or anything i think the game is fun
I get it and don’t at the same time. League is fun to play, it’s just that the people who play it can sometimes be subhuman filth. Slurs, inting, griefing etc
@heartless7494 yes, but still, it's kinda misinformation to say that they "all" have 3 abilities, which it is true most Champions do, not all do, and though most of these people probably aren't gonna play the game, it's still good to know some Champions do have more than 3
I walked into this video never wanting to play league. At the end of this video, I want to play it even less now, but now I feel it's because I understand what an immense shitshow it is
From one Teemo enthusiast ton another - my favorite build: Liandry's > Sorcerer's Shoes > Malignance > Shadowflame> Stormsurge > Rabadon's. Run Dark Harvest + any cooldown runes you can get. This is, I'm pretty sure, the most bang for your buck if you want to prioritize shroom efficiency. There are other builds which will technically give you more damage per shroom, but this is close behind those. And you get a new one every 11 seconds. Every game that I hit full build with this, I always get at least one free kill at some point because some poor fool walked over one while fleeing a teamfight. Not just limited to low HP targets either. I have seen a shroom at full build kill a full HP Lux. My crowning achievement is making the entire enemy team buy sweepers, and even then they couldn't fully stop the shenanigans because of how frequently I'd get a new shroom. 10/10. Highly recommend.
Not only is the video itself great, I absolutely love the part on Illaoi mentioning how her kit beutifully reflects her personality and belief. This is the first video of yours that I am watching, and I ALREADY LOVE YOUUUUUUUU ( in a normal way tho)
I played LoL from early 2012 to early 2014, and this video is giving me absolutely horrible flashbacks. Like some kind of deep, traumatic memory resurfacing.
I miss the original "Jerks Guide to" titles. Personally, I think "Jerks Guide to League of Legends" would have been a better title, but I'm excited to watch the video all the same! 🔥
I miss them too. I'm considering going back to it soon, but I already did "The Jerk's Guide To League Of Legends" in April so I thought I'd try a new title for this.
I remember a few years ago, I played League for a few months because my third cousin was into it. I think he was among the higher ranks with his friends iirc. Though it definitely wasn't a game I could fully commit to and have since stopped playing, I did enjoy the time I had with it. Morgana/Kayle were the two characters I played the most and boy did I have with them. Hopefully LoL can still be fun for the people that do play them.
Been playing since early season 4. This was a really cool video from a viewpoint of someone just starting. There were a lot of points where I was like "actually it does" like with the dragon not leveling comment, but then I think "To literally anyone starting you would not notice. That's fair"
describing support as the role for being a hater is so real. I live to be an annoyance to the enemy first and a help to my adc second. (tho i was very surprised that apparently people who write "glhf" are the most toxic? in my experience it's the people who mock the glhf who then end up spamming chat & pings by min 15 lmao)
I've been playing league for years now but even then this video was just so funny, definitely gonna watch your other stuff too because this commentary is incredible
As another Teemo fan... Solidarity, and a wonderful overview of this weird game, its often terrible community, and the deathgrip it maintains on me even when I don't play it.
You know, I considered playing League because of Arcane. Played one match and was absolutely dumbfounded and lost. I was hopeful that with time I could figure it out but as a certified casual gamer, your video has taught me that I don't have time for this shit Thank you
I mean you can turn the chat off. You guys know its optional right? I got the game a few days ago and saw the option to turn it off and natural hit the turn off button. So if you don't want to be called slurs and play casually, it is very easy to do that
30:48 I FOUND THE FNAF JOKE! but seriously, ive been a league player since 2019 and this video is excellent i wouldnt even mind more videos about league on ur channel Rowby, keep up the awesome work
Rowby, even if this video does horribly, please don't let that discourage you from doing this variety stuff because god damn, this is one of your best videos.
I tried it once… for about eight minutes… I’ve been gaming since the first D&D and Rogue Trader. Video games since Donkey Kong. Now it’s Destiny, Space Marine, Street Fighter… LoL did nothing for me. It didn’t even make me mad, a poorly timed parry… that can make me mad. LoL just looked dumb. But I love Arcane. Now I have another 1/6 Jinx to finish painting.
@ I don’t understand the actual creation like what to put where how purchase order work all that stuff maybe if I go play the game a whole lot it’ll make sense but I haven’t played a whole lot so impass
illaoi looks incredibly fun to me and fits archetypically with other characters that i have enjoyed in other games (the most apt comparison for me is junker queen from ow who also heals with lifesteal and can scale the quantity of that healing with the number of enemies, making her effectively punish you for trying to fight her in small groups)
Thank you for this video. I've never touched League (MOBAs are really not my thing), but I've always been curious what it's actually like. Now I can be confident I haven't missed out by racking up 7000+ hours in FFXIV instead.
13:51 at the beginning? Yes. Later on? Vision, securing cannon minions (support item has an execute on minions when you have a blue orb around your character, up to 3, they recharge and go away when your support item gets to tier 3 (final) where you choose the form it takes, on tier 2+ you can use it to set wards (vision), which opens you up to getting an anti-ward on your slot usually occupied by a ward), some roaming (Bard wants to roam, and Pyke's job IS to roam, because his ult gives both an ally and him the gold for killing the enemy, and also other supports can roam too), and babysitting the adc.
I'm pretty sure you purposely didn't mention Soraka in healers and Shaco in champs that don't use flash just to mess with us. Great video!, I'm sharing it with my non-leaguebrainrotted friends.
I'm grateful I had a chromebook growing up I couldn't download it on when I learned about League because I already forgot everything I just learned from this video and doged an addiction
A video I continuously rechecked because I assumed it had to have over a million views; leading to me leaving this comment to express how appalled I am that it does not. Unbelievable work, good sir. Keep it up; and that’s from someone who DOES know the love of a shower, and thus has never fell to the sinful temptress that is League’s muck.
12:52 Slight correction here, depending on the character your abilities can do ability power or attack damage. Your basic attack (auto-attack) does AD exclusively although funky items can make it do some AP too.
its hilarious watching you have to explain to fps players what the equivalent of [thing] in a moba is. ive been trying to get into fps games but its so vomit-inducing to not understand a SINGLE thing on screen and have to power through it to learn anything. league beat my ass so bad to learn that i quit for a year before i got into it and actually understood what was happening. it's so miserable but the feeling of actually being good and shitting on new players is the crack that every league player smokes at one point in their career. unironically this video about league of legends helped me learn about fps games. god bless.
I've more than 3000 hour on this game and you've explained the game pretty well. I do play ADC as my main role and that role feels like a masochist thing, everybody can kill you in late game and Riot kinda hates you for choosing to play ADC lmao. And yeah, I do main Jinx and killing with the ultimate feels so rewarded.
I have participated in league really only through their characters and specifically how they create whole stories for skin lines and basically make like au versions of characters if anyone else is from the dark dark days of undertale au Christmas party like me. I find that pretty cool as an overwatch player where we're lucky to get a couple sentences and some voice lines.
In my former LoL friend group I was the ONLY one that would lock the camera onto my champion. Everyone else left it unlocked, and that was only revealed to me when I had to play for one of my friends (i had given up on the game at this point in time). Idk how ANYONE can play by moving the camera with the mouse cursor >_
As someone with well over 4k hours I could sit here all day and do the "nuh uh there are ..." Guy but I won't because you really covered most of League in 45 minutes. Which is funny because that's around the same time I can teach a newbie the fundamentals in about 2-3 not matches
14:30 WHAT ABOUT SONA 😭😭😭 (I haven't played league in years, she was already on shakey grounds when I mained her back back in like 2015 due to numerous nerfs, I highly doubt she's usable anymore but I loved playing her! She had speed buffs, healing, and her ult was a cc stun that was absolutely killer if timed correctly 😭)
Everything I’ve heard about LoLbefore this video can be summed up with “riot music made some great music, they have great artist, they made an entire tv series. Then they made a game to try to promote the other stuff and that doesn’t go well and now it’s a nonstop loop of toxicity”
for all the arcane fans trying the game, just play at your own pace and mute the toxic folks. you WILL lose a lot, but league is one of those games where theres so much nuance and depth to every facet of gameplay that its best to just learn through experience as long as you have some base knowledge
This video feels like the necronomicon, like I'm listening to information I've long known should've never been unearthed
Morellonomicon*
The nameless city
Is confusing to follow even when you know it, and he even missed talking about vision, like omg, the script this man had to make just for a 50 minute video. Insane, all my respect to this man
@@DavidRamirez-lq2co He specifically made it for people who haven't and don't want to play it, so I imagine he skips out on some really simple stuff you'd probably pick up if the person watching played.
I accidentally clicked on a League of Legends video. I’m devastated.
This is a tragedy for us both. Our souls are tainted...
You'll get use to it. :)
I’d say run for your life… but it’s already too late for you. Welcome.. to Summoner’s Rift.
I clicked on purpose
@@Rahhhhhh82 ew
I'm unemployed and I still don't have time for this shit.
How about the cooler, younger sibling, Legends of Runeterra?
@@pedropimenta896 Abandoned Hearstone.
Equally as hard to understand, slightly less obnoxious to play since you don't depend on the support having a functioning brain to win the game.
There's Arcane and 2XKO for non-LoL & LoL fans alike
lmao
Christ id kill for this to be a rpg at least then it'd be easier to know the story (besides the netflix prequel)
As someone who played league too much, probably in the realm of above 5k hours, I took a shot for every cannon you missed and now I have liver poisoning
5K? so like do you one trick or play adc or smth?
You don’t need to play adc, it’s generally agreed that that all the lanes have some sort of mastery to achieve and their own difficulties, and one tricking is arguably the most boring play style in the game because your playing 1 of probably 50 interesting characters in your role
@@thewillshaper2136God, I love locking in Katarina In every team comp, ignoring what could be useful for my team, and getting over 1 mil mastery.
I find the lack of kiting with kindred much worse.
I personally love the non dbd videos you've been doing, your commentary is the only reason I'd be watching a League of Legends video.
As a retired LoL player who was dragged into dbd by his SO, i would say both games are equally shit to start, but in dbd you only get called slurs after the game, in LoL it can be before during and after!
4:56 this is such an amazing point to cover as one time my dad tried league in an attempt to get into my hobby and apparently it took him like 30 mins of playing to figure out the green bar was his health, bless him
a friend of mine loves arcane and tried to get me to play lol, it was like having someone explain a board game to you except youre in hell and the board game calls you slurs. i’ll stick to honkai star rail where the hardest thing is speed tuning and even then that feels like pure pain
i play tft instead. only learning curve is the items, everything else is so self explanatory. and they have an arcane themed set coming up :)
@ that sounds good actually! i’ll check it out
speed tuning…. is a different monster of its own. and you’d think the more you know what you’re doing the easier it should become but no it gets worse
@@mice7872 i have never not once used yukong for that exact reason despite being a launch player… not to mention that fishing for enough speed substats is hell, ive been trying to prefarm for 2.7 and i still can’t get to 160 ouch
@@coronadispine oh my god literally in the same boat rn too LMFAO the most inspiring 0 cycle run i’ve seen on here was a dr ratio one by eidehgaming.. looked so fun so i’ve been attempting to do the same
hi rowby. 6000+ hour league player here. just wanted to let you know your curse worked. watching someone play with locked cam for prolonged periods of time gives me motion sickness.
love the video though
ive played for years with locked cam only and only play norms🫡 swear it was more but seemingly only 1k hours total? got into it start of 2021 and basically stopped 2024
13ish year veteran of the rift. The thing that got to me the most was the fact that his hud scale is so massive
@@whydidtheychangemynamei pray for you and op that you all escape league
@@whydidtheychangemynameget well soon
Played league since my main (Yuumi) came out. I'll leave it there
Been playing since Season 2, this was GENUINELY such a good video it had just the right amount of modern brain rot yet nerdy fun humor to keep any modern day gamer entertained **especially** the kind of audience you were trying to reach as your target. Those who might not ever play League definitely know what it's all about now & that's amazing, bc your sincere, light hearted "tutorial explanation" here legit did more for laying down the building blocks/foundation of the game than the f*cking IN GAME tutorial itself does (granted the tutorial has been unchanged for like a decade so that's just Riot's fault) ANYWHO yea as the 1st video introducing me to your channel, this was hilarious & amazing well-done good sir, instant sub. o7
30:48 Also found the fnaf jumpscare, beautiful was waiting for that all video, W
Get out while you still can, I beg of you
I mean, I didn't get it at all...
You know, with the inevitable influx of Arcane fans going to show some interest in the game, this will be a fun intro. As well as a small asterisks for them to know what they're getting themselves into.
I started playing the mobile version (Wild Rift) after Arcane season 1. Been a pretty good experience really. I went into settings and turned off chat, I don't play ranked, normal mode only, games last 15-20 minutes. Load of fun and aside from some annoying Inters I don't have anywhere near the awful experience people go on and on about with LoL PC.
@sirbobulous yea I'm exactly the same with Wild Rift. I don't play ranked, just PvP or Aram, and it's just chill and a good time
@@bookwyrmking7613 great! Glad you're enjoying yourself too :)
I watched Arcane, wondered if I should play League and wanted to know why everyone told me DONT
@@ath3na_plays ive played the game for 7 years and lemme tell you my experience. It depends heavily on playing ranked and your mental tolerance. Once you got used to the toxicity most players have its pretty chill. Don't play ranked is the answer. Or play it but understand its inevitable to lose sometimes. Just take the defeats and not cry. But the worst thing is the addiction. The game is addictive and probably the reason why most people dont suggest it. Keep it in moderation
I've been playing League for abt 5 years and have 4,500~ hours. This video is one of the best explanations I've seen for people who are unfamiliar, and in a weird way it reinforces what I love about the game and helps me not get caught up in the tragedy of whatever transpires in an individual match; fantastic work :).
Rowby really said "Just one more hit" and relapsed into League
Yep, that is the cycle. Once you get so far in... can never escape the cycle T.T
First minute in and I see Obama with a Chaos Emerald, another certified Rowby classic
Arcane got me into league unfortunately. What really did me in was a 17-2 Lux game. Been chasing that high ever since.
and that's how they get you.... you have one good experience and then it doesn't matter that 70% of your games are absolute shitshows, you want that sweet sweet Adrenalinerush from back then back!!!
39:09 There's a third category, the people who already play but watch the video regardless
One thing you also forgot is that they have multiple music albums released for free to also _sell us skins_ .
Edit: Brand and Annie being a support character still hurts my soul. They were mid lane mages until the release schedule of new characters and reworked older characters increased the mobility in that lane so much that the relatively immobile mages had to find new homes.
Tbf annie still works mid, she's just hard
As an arcane fan who refuses to play league i both appreciate this video and find that it was 47 minutes of my life i will never get back
at least it's not thousands of hours
I love the little animations you do and sprinkle throughout your videos. The one with the two rowbys punching each other made me smile
yea arcane realy took
steriotype goblin manic pixie girl
and went ye we can make this a good story
THEN WENT OVER THE GODAMN TOP WITH IT
YEEES DEADLOCK DEADLOCK!
well thats the thing in the lore they always knew they wanted to do more with the character, they have been teasing her backstory with little drops here and there for YEARS. its gotta be one of the longest and yet well developed hype/tease period ever
then sell an overpriced skin
I hope those who have never played league of legends will be able to stay that way.
NO. WE NEED MORE SOULS. ONLY THEN WE WILL BE FREE.
yeah I'm definitely staying away, my brain can't handle this many things to keep track of all at once lol
This video intrigued me, i'm starting the download now!
@@lyvale Yes, yes do it. Ill give you this warning: once you get into it there is no going back :)
@@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1ly *Laughs in Thresh*
As a support main, I can agree. Nautilus players need to be put on a list.
Putting a naut player on a list just turns them into a pyke player.
@@LoveOlsson98 That's the plan. we pyke mains need more of us
14:30 "some of the supports heal"
Proceeds to not list Soraka or Sona :P
Loving this video!
yeah i was like...u can play brand in the support role, but he's not a support. Supports got done dirty this video. Where's Braum? Taric? Ivern? Sona? Leona? Renata?
this game has a ping system, where you can place a marker for your team to see on the map. there's several types of markers, but the most frequently used is the marker for "enemy missing". this ping is made to alert you team that your lane opponent is missing, and is likely heading somewhere else on the map to wreck havoc.
this is not all the enemy missing ping is used for however
it's more commonly known as the "question mark ping", due to it being shaped like a question mark. if a teammate makes a bad play, another teammate is likely to be mad with them, because a death means that the enemy gets stronger. they will spam question mark pings as though to say "what the fuck was that?"
there was also a brief time period where a ping known as the bait ping (originally made to signal a teammate to bait an opponent towards you) was used in a similar fashion, it's icon was a curved fishing hook, but if you put the center of the hook around a champions neck, it looked like they were hanging themselves with a noose. this ping was also known as the "kill yourself" ping. it was quickly changed after just a week or two in game, and then completely removed around 6 months later
I'm really glad you used some animations from LoR! That game is amazing. I'm especially happy that you know about Illaoi's level up animation, because it is PHENOMENAL.
Rowby is the only person who can make me watch a 50 minute long video on league of legends, and even make me wanna try it.
Deadlock is basically LoL but better, so if you have the chance, play that instead
@@DoctorTheo Oh I already have with some friends and it’s great, which is what made me wanna test some other MOBA’s.
Though maybe LoL would be disappointing in comparison.
Dont
Don't
it's almost like you didn't understand the premise of this video, don't play league
honestly i don't get why everyone always say they hate playing league when they play it so much, i rly like league and i think it's fun.
COAL!!!
My guess is that it's a combination of:
It's a meme.
Spent so much time on the game they feel like quitting would make that time wasted.
And probably the biggest reason: League has really high highs and really low lows. So you can love and chase the highs while still hating and dreading the lows.
I play league off and on. Still really like playing the game but sometimes I just need to take a break for a couple of months.
@@LoveOlsson98 i agree for me its a mix of i played for so long i cant not see all the poor balance decisions(im a hater of new characters). but honestley if you play for like some dumb fun not trying to get super good or anything i think the game is fun
I get it and don’t at the same time. League is fun to play, it’s just that the people who play it can sometimes be subhuman filth. Slurs, inting, griefing etc
that netanyaho joke came out of left field
But God, do I f.kin agree
Got into it a few years back, i have never had a game so difficult to drop
23:01 as a someone who doesn't understand or play league I understood how much you hate the professor with that one line
As a league player this video was very entertaining. Hearing a player who hasnt played the game for over 10 years describe it has a special charm
“All champions have three basic abilities and an ultimate”
Oh you sweet summer child
No
aphelios: 👽
Hwei
Anyone with a form change
Recasts
Viego
Sylas
@@poisonedoak6563 Elise, Nidalee
did you forget that the video is for people who aren't going to play the game? it's a negligeable amount of champs, just forget it
@heartless7494 yes, but still, it's kinda misinformation to say that they "all" have 3 abilities, which it is true most Champions do, not all do, and though most of these people probably aren't gonna play the game, it's still good to know some Champions do have more than 3
I walked into this video never wanting to play league. At the end of this video, I want to play it even less now, but now I feel it's because I understand what an immense shitshow it is
From one Teemo enthusiast ton another - my favorite build: Liandry's > Sorcerer's Shoes > Malignance > Shadowflame> Stormsurge > Rabadon's. Run Dark Harvest + any cooldown runes you can get.
This is, I'm pretty sure, the most bang for your buck if you want to prioritize shroom efficiency. There are other builds which will technically give you more damage per shroom, but this is close behind those. And you get a new one every 11 seconds. Every game that I hit full build with this, I always get at least one free kill at some point because some poor fool walked over one while fleeing a teamfight. Not just limited to low HP targets either. I have seen a shroom at full build kill a full HP Lux. My crowning achievement is making the entire enemy team buy sweepers, and even then they couldn't fully stop the shenanigans because of how frequently I'd get a new shroom.
10/10. Highly recommend.
rowby you taught me to play the most frustraiting champions if i ever get forced to play league one day
Can assure you, multiple champs on-release were so much worse than anything you could possibly imagine
Not only is the video itself great, I absolutely love the part on Illaoi mentioning how her kit beutifully reflects her personality and belief. This is the first video of yours that I am watching, and I ALREADY LOVE YOUUUUUUUU ( in a normal way tho)
I played LoL from early 2012 to early 2014, and this video is giving me absolutely horrible flashbacks. Like some kind of deep, traumatic memory resurfacing.
My league phase was the worst phase of my life I’m so glad I got out of that hellscape
It's good you got out. The game is really addicting and not good for your mental
I really enjoy league it's fun and chill
Actually same, guess it also comes down to what your attitude towards the game is! @@kanjonojigoku8644
i'm not into league specifically but i'm into the game's genre, it makes for some good mental fortitude building (my actual addiction lies in genshin)
I miss the original "Jerks Guide to" titles.
Personally, I think "Jerks Guide to League of Legends" would have been a better title, but I'm excited to watch the video all the same! 🔥
I miss them too. I'm considering going back to it soon, but I already did "The Jerk's Guide To League Of Legends" in April so I thought I'd try a new title for this.
@RowbyVids That's true, I had forgotten you already made a video with that title tbh lol 😅
@@RowbyVidsAt this point you can go back and change that title to say it's April Fools. Then swap this one to Jerk's Guide? I've seen it done plenty.
@@SleppyLeBo Based suggestion
Im actually so happy rowby made a real league video never thought he would
I remember a few years ago, I played League for a few months because my third cousin was into it. I think he was among the higher ranks with his friends iirc. Though it definitely wasn't a game I could fully commit to and have since stopped playing, I did enjoy the time I had with it. Morgana/Kayle were the two characters I played the most and boy did I have with them. Hopefully LoL can still be fun for the people that do play them.
Dunno if I'll play but you're entertaining man. Thanks.
Been playing since early season 4. This was a really cool video from a viewpoint of someone just starting. There were a lot of points where I was like "actually it does" like with the dragon not leveling comment, but then I think "To literally anyone starting you would not notice. That's fair"
"Extremely powerful turrets"
1400 armor Rammus: Wouldn't say so
describing support as the role for being a hater is so real. I live to be an annoyance to the enemy first and a help to my adc second.
(tho i was very surprised that apparently people who write "glhf" are the most toxic? in my experience it's the people who mock the glhf who then end up spamming chat & pings by min 15 lmao)
he's a dbd youtuber? ZAMN
(i actually didn't know that keep up the experimental videos i fw em)
this video is criminally underviewed. i hope it picks up more traction soon cuz this is GOLD😭
I've been playing league for years now but even then this video was just so funny, definitely gonna watch your other stuff too because this commentary is incredible
As another Teemo fan... Solidarity, and a wonderful overview of this weird game, its often terrible community, and the deathgrip it maintains on me even when I don't play it.
As someone who only played from before Season 1 till Season 5 (ARAM/Urf is all since then) I have to say, great video :D
My condolences for having you play this game, a piece of you will be missed
The only multiplayer game scarier than DBD.
One of the very rare videos I sat through while not adjusting the playback speed. Great video, man!
2:40 I think this is the most accurate and succinct description of League I have ever heard
Thank you for the documentary, I will now play runescape and wow now, truly innovations of the mordern era. If I'm lucky the releases wont be delayed.
You know, I considered playing League because of Arcane. Played one match and was absolutely dumbfounded and lost.
I was hopeful that with time I could figure it out but as a certified casual gamer, your video has taught me that I don't have time for this shit
Thank you
I mean you can turn the chat off. You guys know its optional right? I got the game a few days ago and saw the option to turn it off and natural hit the turn off button. So if you don't want to be called slurs and play casually, it is very easy to do that
1:04 Porter Robinson referenced my life is complete
Makes me wanna play league again on my account ..
30:48 I FOUND THE FNAF JOKE! but seriously, ive been a league player since 2019 and this video is excellent i wouldnt even mind more videos about league on ur channel Rowby, keep up the awesome work
finally, a video fitting to watch while i play league of legends for first time eva
did arcane make you play it???
@ yeahhha
Dude I LOVE everything about League of Legends!
Except for the game.
Rowby, even if this video does horribly, please don't let that discourage you from doing this variety stuff because god damn, this is one of your best videos.
I tried it once… for about eight minutes… I’ve been gaming since the first D&D and Rogue Trader. Video games since Donkey Kong.
Now it’s Destiny, Space Marine, Street Fighter… LoL did nothing for me. It didn’t even make me mad, a poorly timed parry… that can make me mad. LoL just looked dumb.
But I love Arcane. Now I have another 1/6 Jinx to finish painting.
This just sounds like an exponentially more complicated version of Smite conquest lol
9:00 i love how he says something and does the exact opposite (flash into the tower to finish him off)
As a toplane main this game either is the most euphoric experience ever or literal hell on earth
You know if I could just figure out how the hell to make custom loadouts I’d probably be addicted to this game
For runes or for items?
@ items
@@randorookie8587 it should be under collections and a tab that says items.
click the backpack in the client, then click "items," then you can make a custom item page that you can pull up in game to buy from
@ I don’t understand the actual creation like what to put where how purchase order work all that stuff maybe if I go play the game a whole lot it’ll make sense but I haven’t played a whole lot so impass
I'm glad that there are other games that are similar but simpler. Strategy can make or break
This was awesome and hilarious work!
illaoi looks incredibly fun to me and fits archetypically with other characters that i have enjoyed in other games (the most apt comparison for me is junker queen from ow who also heals with lifesteal and can scale the quantity of that healing with the number of enemies, making her effectively punish you for trying to fight her in small groups)
Thank you for this video. I've never touched League (MOBAs are really not my thing), but I've always been curious what it's actually like. Now I can be confident I haven't missed out by racking up 7000+ hours in FFXIV instead.
wow that sounded godawful. thank you
13:51 at the beginning? Yes. Later on? Vision, securing cannon minions (support item has an execute on minions when you have a blue orb around your character, up to 3, they recharge and go away when your support item gets to tier 3 (final) where you choose the form it takes, on tier 2+ you can use it to set wards (vision), which opens you up to getting an anti-ward on your slot usually occupied by a ward), some roaming (Bard wants to roam, and Pyke's job IS to roam, because his ult gives both an ally and him the gold for killing the enemy, and also other supports can roam too), and babysitting the adc.
I'm pretty sure you purposely didn't mention Soraka in healers and Shaco in champs that don't use flash just to mess with us. Great video!, I'm sharing it with my non-leaguebrainrotted friends.
Ive already played this game, and I have to say you definitely got it correct. It's hard liquor to a crowd of beer guys.
I'm grateful I had a chromebook growing up I couldn't download it on when I learned about League because I already forgot everything I just learned from this video and doged an addiction
From someone who recently got into League. This video is perfect.
A video I continuously rechecked because I assumed it had to have over a million views; leading to me leaving this comment to express how appalled I am that it does not.
Unbelievable work, good sir. Keep it up; and that’s from someone who DOES know the love of a shower, and thus has never fell to the sinful temptress that is League’s muck.
Thank you!
As someone who only plays Smite, every detail in this video is very relatable.
12:52 Slight correction here, depending on the character your abilities can do ability power or attack damage. Your basic attack (auto-attack) does AD exclusively although funky items can make it do some AP too.
I can’t believe this comes out just after I start playing League
got back playing since 2021, the horrors of learning lol are never ending
its hilarious watching you have to explain to fps players what the equivalent of [thing] in a moba is. ive been trying to get into fps games but its so vomit-inducing to not understand a SINGLE thing on screen and have to power through it to learn anything. league beat my ass so bad to learn that i quit for a year before i got into it and actually understood what was happening. it's so miserable but the feeling of actually being good and shitting on new players is the crack that every league player smokes at one point in their career. unironically this video about league of legends helped me learn about fps games. god bless.
Some people say if u like arcane u may not like league but to me this is amazing
I've more than 3000 hour on this game and you've explained the game pretty well. I do play ADC as my main role and that role feels like a masochist thing, everybody can kill you in late game and Riot kinda hates you for choosing to play ADC lmao. And yeah, I do main Jinx and killing with the ultimate feels so rewarded.
I have participated in league really only through their characters and specifically how they create whole stories for skin lines and basically make like au versions of characters if anyone else is from the dark dark days of undertale au Christmas party like me. I find that pretty cool as an overwatch player where we're lucky to get a couple sentences and some voice lines.
Another 30+ minute video from Rowby? Christmas? So soon? Hell yeah
Watch him do a Deadlock video except its basically this video with slight differences
Very nice video, I hope you made some people change their mind before diving into the inescapable hellhole
In my former LoL friend group I was the ONLY one that would lock the camera onto my champion. Everyone else left it unlocked, and that was only revealed to me when I had to play for one of my friends (i had given up on the game at this point in time). Idk how ANYONE can play by moving the camera with the mouse cursor >_
It's so cool that they made arcane into a game, it was such a good show
As a newish league player (if you tell me 2021 was 3 years ago I will cry) I found this video very entertaining and aqurete
As someone with well over 4k hours I could sit here all day and do the "nuh uh there are ..." Guy but I won't because you really covered most of League in 45 minutes. Which is funny because that's around the same time I can teach a newbie the fundamentals in about 2-3 not matches
14:30 WHAT ABOUT SONA 😭😭😭
(I haven't played league in years, she was already on shakey grounds when I mained her back back in like 2015 due to numerous nerfs, I highly doubt she's usable anymore but I loved playing her! She had speed buffs, healing, and her ult was a cc stun that was absolutely killer if timed correctly 😭)
Everything I’ve heard about LoLbefore this video can be summed up with “riot music made some great music, they have great artist, they made an entire tv series. Then they made a game to try to promote the other stuff and that doesn’t go well and now it’s a nonstop loop of toxicity”
for all the arcane fans trying the game, just play at your own pace and mute the toxic folks. you WILL lose a lot, but league is one of those games where theres so much nuance and depth to every facet of gameplay that its best to just learn through experience as long as you have some base knowledge
4:30 never did never will.
You know, after playing this game for 10 years, I would have loved this video back in the day. I just got tossed in and told good luck
The most accurate summary of how to (please don’t, save yourself) get into league
21:59 that line goes hard.
This is like an essay about Moby Dick written by someone who doesn't know how to read. It's beautiful.