I met literally three days ago, but already during this time I was able to fully appreciate all the advantages of this creation of one of the creators of Defense of the Ancients or Dota. LoL - conditionally free game, the client can be said from the official site, and she lives thanks to microtransactions. But this almost does not affect the balance. In addition, almost 80% of all content can be bought using Influence Points that we get for participating in battles. Before taking a closer look at LoL, here is a link to a client who wants to run together, write to the PM. The game itself weighs only about 600 MB + 400 MB of patches and runs even on old laptops.
After downloading the game and registering, you get to the main menu, from where you can start a battle, go through the store or go to our profile window and see a lot of interesting things. For example, you will be allowed to customize your character to suit your playstyle. First of all, you should pay attention to the tree of runes and talents. In the course of obtaining new levels, new slots will open for us where you can insert runes of various types and levels, as well as distribute talent points to the desired branches.
I would not say that this is a stupid clone of Dota, compared to Heroes of Newerth. Unlike its father, LoL possesses cartoon graphics, which, however, come in handy here and several new innovations. The design of the heroes is very cool and detailed. Most of all, this style reminds me of the new King's Bounty and emphasizes the fantasy direction of the game.
Let's talk about the profile window. The first place we go is the book of runes. There are three types of runes: Tier 1, 2 and 3. The higher the tier, the better the characteristics of each rune, but this will require a higher level. In addition, there are 4 more subtypes of runes that are responsible for certain directions in development. Each type of rune has its own slots that open as the levels increase.
Next, let's go to the talent menu. For each level we get one talent point, which we can distribute in any of the three branches - Offense \ Defense \ Utility. For each hero, you will have to adjust your build, but of course this will not affect your hero especially strongly. He will simply have a 7-8% higher critical hit rate and a lower ability cooldown.
Upon reaching a certain level, we will also discover new skills that can save or kill the victim at the most critical moment. At first, there are only six of the twelve, but only two are allowed into battle. For example, one skill allows you to teleport to nearby mobs, another to slow down the enemy or heal you and your allies.
The gameplay is quite similar to Dota, we have two bases that need to be destroyed and three paths along which our and enemy mobs run. Along these paths, there are 3 towers that shoot at you on close contact. The essence of the confrontation is to prevent the destruction of our towers and base. In addition, behind the third tower there is a special structure, the destruction of which will summon special champion mobs that cause serious damage and have a lot of hp.
The style of play can be anything. You can turn your character into a half-magician, a vampire-damage dealer, master the art of stealth to perfection, or take on all enemy damage, distracting enemy heroes. The maximum allowed battle size is 5 by 5.
There are also neutral monsters living in the forests, for the killing of which we get experience, gold and a buff for a certain time.
It is also worth talking about the in-game store. Unlike Dota, there are no particularly complicated recipes here, so you won't really need to memorize them. One or two items are enough to create something much more powerful for a higher price. And by the way, there is only one store here - now you don't need to run from one store to another, buying rare things. This greatly simplifies the game, making it more understandable for beginners.
In conclusion, I want to say that the developers have got a pretty good clone of Dota, with a couple of new features and new heroes. Download the client and I think you will not regret it. Thank you for the attention.
P.S. Video for those who still have doubts.
Assembling items
An important element gameplay on any character is the correct assembly of objects. The application, of course, cannot see all your enemies and say what exactly is worth buying, but it will tell you some basic things. For example, I play the character Sona, since this is a support and until I figured out how everything works here, I just support the team. So, you open the application, look for a character and click on its icon, you will immediately be shown a list of items that are recommended for the character to collect. There are also items here that are advised to buy at the beginning of the game, and there is also a skill leveling tree, so that you know which skills are better to pump out right away, and which ones later. And in general, it is written here which trowels to take, which runes and so on, you can study everything and play more correctly than you would just play at random.
Viewing news and broadcasts
A big advantage of the application is the news column, from where you can learn about some important events or promotions and a tab with streams. For example, the game periodically holds promotions for the purchase of characters at a discount, and you can receive news about this as quickly as possible. Further, you can simply pick up a smartphone and see which tournaments have passed, which are planned and on what date, you can open the tab with broadcasts of popular users and follow their game. In general, everything is up to your taste and skill.
Outcome
You are probably wondering why I am telling you everything. The fact is that the popularity of the game is growing and it is impossible not to notice it - quite a lot of users switch to this MOBA game and we also follow these trends. So there will be even more newcomers, which means I would like to do something to help those who do not have more experienced acquaintances, who could advise what and when to buy, what characters to take and what skills to upgrade. It's cool when there are such applications, plus there is absolutely no donation here, only advertising that does not interfere at all. Use it!
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Friends, it somehow happened that our site has a lot of articles and news about League of Legends, but actual there was no review of the game as such. The last time we examined the project in detail in the magazine was in 2013, and since then a lot of water has flowed under the bridge. So I sat down and wrote this article!
In the material, I deliberately avoid any comparisons with Dota 2, Heroes of the storm and other representatives of the genre, so as not to hurt anyone's feelings.
Alas, whatever I write about League of legends, it won't be enough anyway. A lot of time has passed since the release of the game, and it is difficult to assess the entire path it has traveled. Therefore, I'll just tell you what League of Legends is and how it works now on the Russian server, simplified and on the fingers - for those who are not at all familiar with the game or have not entered it for several years. Well, if you are a hard-core veteran - I don't know why you are reading this, let's better skate a match or two!
League of Legends from L to S
And what about the donation?
As soon as it comes to competition in the game, the question immediately arises: is it possible to donate and become cooler than everyone else without too much difficulty? The answer here is no! But there is a system with an in-game store and currency in League of Legends. All sorts of cosmetic changes are bought, as well as the heroes themselves.
Yes, you need to buy champions in League of Legends. More precisely, like this: once a week, a list of fourteen free characters is updated. You can play freely for them all seven days, but if you like someone, you want to continue fighting with them on the Fields of Justice, you will have to spend blue essence or Riot Points (in-game currency, bought for real money).
If you don't want to invest, it's not a problem. Essence is not that hard to earn: win, complete tasks like "Win one match in matchmaking" and loot chests.
By the way, shards of champion skins and an orange essence drop from the same chests, with which you can transform skin pieces into full-fledged character skins. In general, there is a special story with loot boxes in League of Legends. The science of chests and crafting - "Hextech Crafting" - deserves a separate article.
Let's go back to the RP currency for a moment. For it, you can buy everything in the store: icons for the profile, images of the champions themselves, emotions - emoticons used right during the game, and so on, so on.
Fanservice in the flesh
But for all the sophistication of its mechanics, the "League" would not have had so many fans, if not for the events, promotions and special events. They are awesome! For almost every world famous holiday ( New Year, February 14, April 1) characteristic features appear in the game: maps, modes, a chain of tasks, images of champions and much, much more. For example, one of my favorite time modes is W.R.F. (Ultra Destructive Format), which was introduced sometimes on April Fools' Day.
The same card, the same heroes, the same 5x5 format, only all the players receive the "Awesome buff of awesome awesomeness"! And its essence is as crazy as the name: everyone gets faster, stronger, skills recharge faster, and chaos is happening on the field and unrestrained fun reigns.
And this is far from the only one game event! On the fly, you can remember the winter ARAM map with the King of Poro, the sandy map of Shurima, creepy powerful bots for Halloween, and much more.
A little about poro!
In addition to the classic three-lane Summoner's Rift map, the game also features the Cursed Forest for 3x3 battles and the Howling Abyss. The last card with a special ARAM (All Random All Mid) mode was introduced later than others. In fact, it is just a snow-covered bridge with protective towers. The task in the round is the same: to get to the enemy base and destroy the main building. The difficulty is that at the beginning of the match, all players are given random champions.
From the very first day of the existence of the Howling Abyss, in addition to the blood-thirsty characters, fluffy white lumps with pink tongues - poro - appeared on the bridge. All sorts of animals are often found on the maps in the League of Legends: squirrels, frogs, butterflies. They are neither aggressive nor friendly, they are just part of the environment.
But the story is completely different! You can interact with them.
In ARAM, the champions have a poro snack in their inventory from the very beginning of the match. This cookie can be activated by going up to any of the furry ones. Then it will grow up a little, and you will be shown an animation of an inspired little animal, gushing with hearts for a couple of seconds. It would seem that it is just a funny feature of not the most serious regime. But it didn't end there!
Poros fell in love with players, and very soon they began to be included in in-game events, images of champions ("Sejuani riding poros") and animation, dedicated to the game... One of the support champions, the glorious strongman Braum, even became best friend and the protector of these bizarre beasts!
Do you love League o Legends the way nearly a hundred million players around the world love it?
Even if not, do not rush to close the review, perhaps you will find in it a couple of reasons to try and change your mind.
Video: trailer for the game League of Legends
It all started in 2009, when the world saw the newly-minted "copy of Dota", distinguished by bright graphics and anime style of character design.
Despite the displeased grumbling of critics, the game in record time became a fashionable esports discipline and almost overtook its predecessor in popularity.
Few people know, but these two MOBAs have never been competitors - they were developed by the same team for different needs of the players.
Take on the role of a mighty Summoner
In "League" the player does not act as a hero on the field, but is a powerful sorcerer-summoner, able not only to give orders to characters, but also to strengthen them with the help of runes, pump talent trees and use their own active skills to influence the course of the battle.
- To damage enemy hero or a whole area of creeps.
- Show part of the map to the team of allies.
- Heal a character and give him a small buff.
A huge number of runes, interesting skills for each hero, passive skills that can become active for a while - tactics and straightness of hands decide here, and much depends on the correct combination of the hero and skill.
Try out all of the hundreds of Champions available
Heroes are not initially available in full numbers, but every player has a chance to gradually test them all.
The fact is that a dozen of them become free every week, providing an opportunity to try out different roles, play styles and difficulty levels.
Upgrade your skills in each of the modes
In addition to the traditional carnage with minions, lines and towers, the "Dominion" mode is available, forcing players to capture control points, gradually destroying the enemy nexus.
This is undoubtedly one of the brightest representatives of the genre. We strongly recommend for your reference.
Not all of them become real hits. Since the emergence of the genre itself more than ten years ago, many experienced gamers have called only two franchises the real MOBA blockbusters: the progenitor of online arenas called DotA (and its remake, created in collaboration with cult company Valve), as well as the League of Legends project, about which there will be a speech in this article.
What is it?
League of Legends was born in the fall of 2009 thanks to the efforts of developers from the American company Riot Games. The game was distributed according to the “free-to-play” model and in many ways resembled its main competitor in the person of DotA, in the image and likeness of which it was created.
But just a few months after the release, the project gained such popularity that many creators could only dream of. The game currently has over seventy-five million registered users, of which almost half are online regularly.
Key features
Such a success of the project is connected not so much with the popularity of the genre itself, but with the original approach with which Riot Games approached the creation of their masterpiece. So in League review of Legends, you just need to list the most important features of the project:
Clone clone strife. American developers of League of Legends have managed to make a typical multiplayer arena, too similar to Dota. But at the same time, they provided their creation with an interesting plot and literally forced gamers to "change" from the boring modification of the third WarCraft to the fresh LoL.
Balance is the foundation of the gameplay. There is not a single random hero or artifact in the game from Riot Games. Each card is thought out in detail and literally brought to perfection. That is why LoL almost immediately after the release turned into a cyber discipline, which for three years was one of the main ones at the largest world tournament - WCG.
All for the benefit of the player. At the same time, the creators of the project have learned how to make good money on microtransactions. If millions of gamers dream of making their champion look unique (but at the same time appearance does not affect the balance in any way and does not affect the balance of power on the battlefield), why not offer him hundreds of original skins and clothing items?
Verdict
League of Legends is one of the most popular multiplayer games of the past five years. And every self-respecting gamer is simply obliged to try his hand at this project. After all, LoL literally from the first seconds fascinates with the visual component, atmosphere and thoughtful plot. And you start thinking about just a brilliantly balanced gameplay after a few fights.
Official video trailer for the game:
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