The Little Things

When on the never ending quest to improve your gameplay you learn many things. Most of these tips that you pick up on are big things such as last hitting properly or making big plays. Some of the most overlooked tips that can improve your gameplay significantly, however, are very small things you may not think about.

Summoner Spells

These optional spells are there for you to make plays or aid you in the game. We all know that they are there for you to choose depending on what you think your team would benefit most from. A big thing that is over looked with these spells is how commonly they are wasted. This can set you back immensely because of the high cooldowns that Summoner Spells have.  This is where your first tip comes in, remain calm.

Think about the situation. If you are about to die and are Ignited, you should probably just let yourself die. There is no sense in wasting your Flash over a wall if the Ignite is just going to kill you when you jump over. On the other side of the situation, if you are about to kill someone and they have less than 100 health and are Ignited, don't Flash over the wall to try and secure the kill. Keep calm and think about the situation.

They were going to die anyways, why should you waste your Flash? No need for blowing Summoners if they dont give you an advantage in the situation, and sometimes the advantage can even be as small and just keeping your Summoners and using them at a later time.

 

Ultimates

Your Ultimate can be seen in the same manner as your Summoner Spells. The difference though is that depending on the champion, your Ultimate has a much lower cooldown than your Summoners.  For champions such as AD Carries you will want to use your Ultimate as often as possible if it can be used to push your opponent out of the lane, causing them to miss CS and experience.

These are more so used when in skirmishes over trying to get the last hit on the opponent. Now for champions with global ultimates it's a little different. For a champion like Karthus for example, you would have to weigh out if using your ultimate would either secure a kill or guarantee your teammates will get the kill or win a fight thanks to your significant damage. Thinking straight and clearly about the use of your Ultimates can help you not waste them and make sure they are up for your next teamfight so you have the upper hand.

I hope these two little tips and tricks help you out in the future and remember to stay calm and think carefully Summoners!

-Oshera