This is obviously on old video, but I just want to say that "don't look at your own character" is straight up level one of high level fighting game knowledge, but this video is the first ever I've seen for this game in a sea of league educational content
coach you’re literally the best please never stop,, i started league during the start of quarantine and fell in love with the mid lane and i’m already Silver 1 a couple wins away from gold promos!
@Shirish Pokharel not really, but i dedicated a lot of time to the game and i also had a friend group who were already silver/gold level so i’d always be playing with their MMR, usually getting dumped on but i felt like i was getting better quick. one thing i do a lot is instead of tilting and blaming team mates i try to find what i could have done better, and try to learn from my mistakes
bro,getting to gold promos after playing this game for a few months is NOT an accomplishment.I know the last part of your comment was probably not meant to be a flex,but it does sound like one
@@konradgniaz3518 wasn’t trying to flex it’s just something that a lot of people don’t realize and i see it happen often. i know i’m still low elo and not a great player but i’m happy with how my climbing has gone so far as i was really hesitant to even start playing ranked in the first place. everyone goes at their own pace and that’s why i’m still trying to learn as much as i can from coach
@@jettdaddy69shorts38 ight,i can believe that ur intention was to express ur happiness because of how ur climb is going.Good luck on the rift and dont lose your learning mentality,many people that start off like this end up as hardstuck p4/d4 because they would get ego and stop learning off of their mistakes,blaming it on the coinflip,meta, or anything else.
@@konradgniaz3518 Considering most of the playerbase is Bronze/ Silver even after years of playing, getting gold relatively quickly is pretty good. It's at least a decent foundation to build off of if you want to climb. It shows you at least pick up some fundamentals relatively quickly.
It's so insane how incredibly well put together this video is. The structure, the quality of the information, the way you present it is absolutely world class. good job man One tip is to add a video in real time at 8:50 showing time allocation to map vs minions in addition to the slide screenshots of time
this video clarified everything, i was wondering how my map awareness improved so much. if one has solid jg tracking, warding, teammate/enemy awareness and objective awarness, one will just automatically look at the minimap more frequently.
Links to the videos he mentioned in the "What would I recommend" Section. (For those like me, too lazy to go find them) Micro & Tethering Video - th-cam.com/video/fs-x2xMWQXg/w-d-xo.html Jungle Tracking Fundementals Video - th-cam.com/video/IFvRFhfQcTU/w-d-xo.html Translating Leads - th-cam.com/video/TPHmAmdGGpg/w-d-xo.html
step 1 is SUCH A MOOD ive been saying this since i started taking league seriously. if you cant control your own champion/movement without looking you will never ever be able to look at the map or dodge skillshots or punish last hits or any of the other million things you need to be thinking about during a game. this is why ive always said that there is a minimum level of micro ability required to "unlock" the brain side of the game. im so glad you talked about this because i feel like this is a super common problem for the less mechanically gifted players like myself and ive literally never seen anyone talk about it in any sort of detail
@@CoachCurtis I've been trying to look away from my champion for some time now, & I just can't play. Can't see a thing, can't dodge anything, lol. Never have done it before, still reached Diamond+
I remember when I got my drivers license because it felt a little bit like looking out of the side mirrors. In a car you give a quick glance whenever nothing else is happening - this was actually something that really helped me.
Curtis- the time, effort and dedication you put into your videos is truly appreciated. Thankyou so much for all you do to help people improve. The best thing about all your content is, you don't just do it for clicks and likes. You can tell you truly enjoy doing it! Thanks again
my god your so clean at explaining these concepts .. if anything one can get from this valuable guide is the part when you said (you must see the value in looking at the minimap in order to be incentivized enough to actually do it) in my opinion that sums it all up .. thank you so much coach love u
I love the way this was set up and explained and i feel like this breakthrough is what most low elo are looking for anything higher is probably muscle memory like you had
Mate. Out of all the videos on TH-cam, I want you to know that videos like this exact one, are fantastic and completely on another level. Really really hitting the nail on the head with how you explain things. Please keep it up 👍
AHA! Mini-breaks! I admit I fall into the 3rd category of players who do not seek out mini-breaks in the lane. But, I plan to rewatch the JG tracking video and remind myself of the tremendous weight of information I can gain from the map, especially regarding JGs. I'm floored you could turn my request into a video with a one week turnaround time. I look forward to my next cycle of review games where I can hone in on identifying mini-breaks in the lane. Cheers!
I don't remember a time where I found map awareness to be an issue for me. I don't even think I ever actively look at the map, I just seem to know what's happening on it constantly. If only any other part of league felt like that for me lol
That champion mastery concept of never looking at your own champion is similar to mastery in fighting games. Focusing on the opponent helps you to learn their patterns and space yourself as best as you can. Of course in League it comes with the added benefit of looking at the minimap. Excellent video Curtis!
So, after I last hit a minion, I usually try to hit the enemy when I don’t have to last hit, therefore, I don’t look at the minimap. When should I poke the enemy then?
What a great video, I've learned so much from this! A suggestion for a topic that I haven't seen covered on youtube yet: When and how to teleport as a midlaner. For example, when I see my botlane getting dove, how do I decided whether I should tp? Should I TP during the dive, or is it too late then? I find this incredibly difficult to decide and it's losing me tons of games.
I dont even know how to express my gratitude with words or if this is the right video to comment on but after watching alot of your content and learning more about league and applying the malding concept of 3 to 4 games with high concentration in each game i have made it to plat Thankyou so much
Amazing video, I love the miniature breaks concept. It really clarified exactly what you are doing in order to read the map well. I don’t know if it is kosher to mention other content creators here, but I had recently gotten much better at map awareness from watching xfsn saber coaching videos. He focuses on habit based learning and he often has to deal with map awareness issues with his clients. It helped me build habits to fix my map awareness, but this video you created kinda explains the nuts and bolts behind the habits.
If you need a video idea: maybe you could try explaining the champion identity of each midlane champ, bundled in groups of champs, something like roamheavy champs, long range mages etc.
Can you do a video on what to do if you get stomped in lane? Maybe analyze why we got stomped, but not only the why, but what YOU do when you are in those positions? Thanks! Love the videos, you are amazing my friend!
I noticed that one of the main reasons why I sometimes completely neglect the minimap is how much pressure enemy champs is doing. For example, when I play vs a Yasuo I have to super focus on not making mistakes because a simple mistake could mean half of my hp and heavy losing my lane, in that scenario my Minimap Awareness goes to hell. EDIT: Ok seems like he talks about it in 17:19
@Nathan Mott We’d kill for a video addressing how to identify the “miniature breaks” in a jungle clear. Things like moving between camps, after casting each ability, etc.
Really good vid, funny thing is I was actually thinking about how good it would be to find something about this , then this pops up :D , I'm not sure how well I am with this , gota jump into the game and try it out. Really constructiv and easy to understand , Thank you My biggest problem is that I feel totally lost once laning phase ends , I just don't understand when should I push , grupe with the team or go for objectives I know when can I get away with a roam , I even manage to fake them , but once the game passes the 15-20 min mark my performance falls apart and from there it's a coin flip
Curtis i swear you have the greatest upload timings idk how this happens. Almost every time i start to focus on an area to improve on you upload a video for it not long after, havent even watched the video but know its going to elo boost me from plat to challenger
Coach Curtis: Play very simple kit or simple identity champions when you're a beginner Me: 🙄starts playing Aphelios 1 month after starting league ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bruh same i was new to league and played teemo as my first champ but got bored of top and tried mid and went straight to playing zoe and me struggling to play her for weeks.
I stopped playing ranked games and for weeks I was only watching your videos and practising in normal games and smurfs. Like, I watched almost all of them. From hardstuck D4/0LP, to D2 in a few days. You are amazing coach. Thank you!
"Don't look at your character, focus on the other laner and the minions" Kinda hard to do when you main TF. I tend to spend a lot of time timing my W which requires me to look over my head or my ability hud.
i know its old comment but you can always time your W, the card rotation continues even when W is not rotating, so for example you can time when your cards are set up properly and just double W quickly, requires a lot of practice though
Awesome vid. I don’t usually comment on stuff but thought I’d show my appreciation. When you cover examples of vods you do, might be an idea to play the clip in full first, then pause and review and ask if we spotted the ‘solution’? Kinda like Dora the explorer xD feels a bit more engaging that way
What do you do if you want to play Draven? I feel like in this scenario, you for the most part have to look at your character, removing focus on the enemy's position, minion HP, and minimap
YTou atre God sent Curtis I really wanted a video like this...idk if u believe in God but I think he put this in your mind for my sake as my team participation and map awareness sucks
I've started roaming a lot more, and usually it turns out well because I assess how far aherad my laner is, where their jg is etc. But my laner always ends up getting 3 plates cuz my junglers in plat dont catch the wave. If i played a champ like talon it wouldnt be an issue but my control mage is pretty slow
Coach, thank you so much i learn a lot from you. But, there is something which is still confusing me, the recall timing. If you can, make a video about timing right the recalls.
I have this habit of pressing tab and flipping through my f keys whenever I've started the animation to last hit a minion and just look at the map periodically. it's a really short period of time so should I try to assess the map while looking at tab or just ditch that altogether? Also just a funny side story. I was watching Bobqins stream and he was talking about how informational channels don't do well and me and quite a few people in his chat spammed COACH CURTIS and made him acknowledge you :D
It's a good habit to get into if you are able to actively process the information you are seeing, faker is very good at utilizing the f keys, but keep in mind it's not about it 'looking cool' , it's about what the information is informing you to do next Thanks brother
I wish, back in time we had these kind of infos. I needed to learn all this shit from korean players which were playing in my country at that time and met them in a picnic lol. 3 years from season 5 to 8, i was silver stuck with a fucking monster KDA (like 3.5-4 which is really high if you played at least more then 50 games with a champ) and was so frustrated that i deleted league. Then these Korean heroes started to coach me when we hang out. They showed me some games from Korea (which is the time when i learned there are different leagues, there is faker etc...) and improved me a lot mentally. And im not complainin, but i was expecting smt like "wow man you are good but you do this and this wrong" but instead of this i got more like "NO! NO! NO! DONT FIGHT THERE!!! OMG! YOU ARE SO BAD!!!!" and something similar to those lines every game i play :D Their methods are harsh but they dont do it to harm you, i mean you feel that its not personal and i wanted to improve. So i respected them and let them teach me the game. Then i started to play ranked again for season 9 and boom, i was gold. I had some problems with the Fucked up MMR so they suggested me to create a new account so i did. And after my 10 games i lost 6 of them, was complaining to myself by saying "im still shit, nothing has changed fuck my life" you know usual League critics :P I got placed to Gold 2, FUCKIN GOLD 2. Imagine being stuck for 2.5 years and suddenly got placed to gold 2 after losing most of the placement games... It felt amazing, i got hyped so much that i was playing 10-15 games every day. After that, won some games and again fucking plat for first time in my life. At that point i realised that the game is not about your talent. Seriously, you can argue all night about it, but if a fucking silver stuck for 2.5 years can go to plat that easily, then its just about the makro gaming, and of course your teammates. S10, i was finally Dia and after that point i got bored, every game started to be like a coinflip and i was actually done and satisfied. Now? Guys im fucking done with the league seriously, I dont think i can be challenger and also tbh idc or i dont want to be a challenger. I am playing at gold elo with my friends to have fun and troll picks time to time (twice in a month ot smt) and thats all. I think i dont enjoy the league anymore because its been 6 fucking years LMAO. Enough is enough. TL;DR If you want to climb, just go find some Koreans and let them teach you idk :D
What do you think about these things in terms of map awareness?: - How strong are you relative to the opponents? Ex: If I have a lead, I may or may not be ganked more going in to mid-game (especially with bounties). - The speed at which you can get ganked/collapsed on? - Abilities and summoners up available to you vs what they have? - Intuition and team positioning (If I push up with no pressure top/bot, then I'll probably get ganked) - Gankability of junglers and MIAs (with and WITHOUT pings) - If the enemies are on your side of the map, what does it mean for your team vs their team advantage? Ex: My bot is smashing theirs, my jg is in bot river, their jg is coming around top river for a gank. I would want to play around with them (if I can be safe) to hold them up there, or make sure I'm aware. There's also nothing like a predator hecarim flying from out of fog nowhere and catching you off guard 'cause you didn't know that was a possibility.
These are all very relevant to assessing the game state and understanding the likelihood of you actually getting ganked or not. Keep in mind though that the best laners while ahead actually WANT to attract attention from the enemy jg but avoid the gank to relieve pressure from side lanes, thats what faker mastered.
Hello! Thanks for the great content. I'm actually adc in br server, can you make a playlist with the best videos to whatch and apply in bot line? Thanks again.
Love your vids man, recently found this channel and it helps so much. Joined a team competing in an amateur leauge not long ago and I recommend ur content to all my teammates! I am currently working on my champ pool for soloq, it feels too big. I play Galio, Cassio, Ori, Sylas, Nocturne, Velkoz, Annie. Maybe getting rid of Cassio and Ori since I feel my elo (plat) and Meta is so chaos early/helping jungler early is so key. What do you think? Thanks again! Jake from Norway.
Hy there, indeed what you say fits very well into managing your time window to check for info, but what happens if you are ganged from behind or flanc behind the wall on your side of the lane?
it sounds like coach is saying you can dodge skill shots without seeing your champ, how would you know exactly where to go to dodge just from peripheral vision????
what about hitting tab for info when is that good to do and what type of info are you looking for when hitting tab and i like to know what you think of using F1-F5 to get info that looking at your map can't over looking at map odds you want to do the 2 but how to do that because you need to do 1 thing at time f keys give you hp of cs and how lane is pushing/ being played hp/mana of their laner and sometime you get sums/ults what can help you but map tells you if someone on a ward
just set an alert that reminds you to watch on minimap every time you hear the sound. After some days you are watching the map like business as usual. There is no magic behind it just psychology
Hey Curtis I absolutely love you videos and I’ve used them for midlaners I like playing casually to get a better understanding of midlaners I like to play but I mainly play adc and I was wondering, do you know a “coach curtis” for adcs? Most of the adc helps I can find are proguides bs. Thanks! Been watching since 20k and imma keep watching
like, subscribe finally, long overdue been awhile ive seen your content. Educational as fuk, Worth (gold nah) diamonds dude. fking legend!! ty and stay sexy!
Me: Saving a bunch of videos of coach Curtis and trying to finish them all
Coach Curtus: ayyyyyyy, how u doin? heres another one!
seriously. I dont know how this guy creates such good content at such a fast pace that i cant consume it fast enough to keep up!
Take your time man, no rush!
me saving them, too :D
just watch the ones your learning obj is on, if you dont it wont be helpful
This is obviously on old video, but I just want to say that "don't look at your own character" is straight up level one of high level fighting game knowledge, but this video is the first ever I've seen for this game in a sea of league educational content
coach you’re literally the best please never stop,, i started league during the start of quarantine and fell in love with the mid lane and i’m already Silver 1 a couple wins away from gold promos!
@Shirish Pokharel not really, but i dedicated a lot of time to the game and i also had a friend group who were already silver/gold level so i’d always be playing with their MMR, usually getting dumped on but i felt like i was getting better quick. one thing i do a lot is instead of tilting and blaming team mates i try to find what i could have done better, and try to learn from my mistakes
bro,getting to gold promos after playing this game for a few months is NOT an accomplishment.I know the last part of your comment was probably not meant to be a flex,but it does sound like one
@@konradgniaz3518 wasn’t trying to flex it’s just something that a lot of people don’t realize and i see it happen often. i know i’m still low elo and not a great player but i’m happy with how my climbing has gone so far as i was really hesitant to even start playing ranked in the first place. everyone goes at their own pace and that’s why i’m still trying to learn as much as i can from coach
@@jettdaddy69shorts38 ight,i can believe that ur intention was to express ur happiness because of how ur climb is going.Good luck on the rift and dont lose your learning mentality,many people that start off like this end up as hardstuck p4/d4 because they would get ego and stop learning off of their mistakes,blaming it on the coinflip,meta, or anything else.
@@konradgniaz3518 Considering most of the playerbase is Bronze/ Silver even after years of playing, getting gold relatively quickly is pretty good. It's at least a decent foundation to build off of if you want to climb. It shows you at least pick up some fundamentals relatively quickly.
Well, this is literally my biggest issue. Can't wait to tuck in to this video.
Hope it helps Anthony :)
It's so insane how incredibly well put together this video is. The structure, the quality of the information, the way you present it is absolutely world class. good job man
One tip is to add a video in real time at 8:50 showing time allocation to map vs minions in addition to the slide screenshots of time
Appreciate the feedback mate, glad I could help you out !
I have been playing for 5 years and I never realized how much time I spend staring at my charecter, especially when Im warming up
That’s cause u are nob
@@scrubnoob3798 TRUE
this video clarified everything, i was wondering how my map awareness improved so much.
if one has solid jg tracking, warding, teammate/enemy awareness and objective awarness, one will just automatically look at the minimap more frequently.
Links to the videos he mentioned in the "What would I recommend" Section. (For those like me, too lazy to go find them)
Micro & Tethering Video - th-cam.com/video/fs-x2xMWQXg/w-d-xo.html
Jungle Tracking Fundementals Video - th-cam.com/video/IFvRFhfQcTU/w-d-xo.html
Translating Leads - th-cam.com/video/TPHmAmdGGpg/w-d-xo.html
YES! I needed this, i always focus too much on the 1v1 on lane and forget about the map.
step 1 is SUCH A MOOD
ive been saying this since i started taking league seriously. if you cant control your own champion/movement without looking you will never ever be able to look at the map or dodge skillshots or punish last hits or any of the other million things you need to be thinking about during a game. this is why ive always said that there is a minimum level of micro ability required to "unlock" the brain side of the game.
im so glad you talked about this because i feel like this is a super common problem for the less mechanically gifted players like myself and ive literally never seen anyone talk about it in any sort of detail
I think it's important to bring it back to fundamentals, a lot of people take these skills for granted
@@CoachCurtis I've been trying to look away from my champion for some time now, & I just can't play. Can't see a thing, can't dodge anything, lol.
Never have done it before, still reached Diamond+
I remember when I got my drivers license because it felt a little bit like looking out of the side mirrors. In a car you give a quick glance whenever nothing else is happening - this was actually something that really helped me.
Super good analogy actually
Curtis- the time, effort and dedication you put into your videos is truly appreciated. Thankyou so much for all you do to help people improve. The best thing about all your content is, you don't just do it for clicks and likes. You can tell you truly enjoy doing it! Thanks again
This is something I've been actively trying to work on, so thanks for this video Curtis!
Thanks Coach Curtis your content cover every aspect of the game it's insane
No problem at all man
my god your so clean at explaining these concepts .. if anything one can get from this valuable guide is the part when you said (you must see the value in looking at the minimap in order to be incentivized enough to actually do it) in my opinion that sums it all up .. thank you so much coach love u
My pleasure mate
Awesome video man. You are really into it. Thank you. Loved this.
Wow another coach Curtis special helping me climb. You’re the best man.
This is my favorite video of yours, Super clear and to the point!
Playing Champs with globals (GP, Shen, TF, Galio, etc) and/or taking teleport helped me with map awareness.
I love the way this was set up and explained and i feel like this breakthrough is what most low elo are looking for anything higher is probably muscle memory like you had
Mate. Out of all the videos on TH-cam, I want you to know that videos like this exact one, are fantastic and completely on another level. Really really hitting the nail on the head with how you explain things. Please keep it up 👍
Me trying to learn midlane today: „Gosh my map awareness sucks“ 5h later Coach Curtis: „I got you“
Hopefully this puts you on the right path!
I literally said the same thing the same day
Man, this is >THE VIDEO< I've been waiting for the most. Thanks
This content is amazing. I don't think there is any other league channel that actually explains these kinds of things indepth.
AHA! Mini-breaks! I admit I fall into the 3rd category of players who do not seek out mini-breaks in the lane. But, I plan to rewatch the JG tracking video and remind myself of the tremendous weight of information I can gain from the map, especially regarding JGs. I'm floored you could turn my request into a video with a one week turnaround time. I look forward to my next cycle of review games where I can hone in on identifying mini-breaks in the lane. Cheers!
hey curtis, ive watched almost all of your midlane guides and i went from gold 4 to plat in a couple days. Love the videos man
My pleasure man
I don't remember a time where I found map awareness to be an issue for me. I don't even think I ever actively look at the map, I just seem to know what's happening on it constantly. If only any other part of league felt like that for me lol
Yeah I'm the same, probably because I'm in my first season of lol but I have played a lot of SC2 in the past.
That champion mastery concept of never looking at your own champion is similar to mastery in fighting games. Focusing on the opponent helps you to learn their patterns and space yourself as best as you can. Of course in League it comes with the added benefit of looking at the minimap. Excellent video Curtis!
Thanks so much man, that actually makes sense I never thought of it in regards to fighting games
You really know your shit, Curtis! Fantastic video as usual. Your videos are the sole reason that I still play league. You're a good teacher
People say Faker or Dopa is the goat, nah it's Curtis.
hahaha, gettin there slowly
oti agapas
Oh my gosh that Cassio emote at the end is amazing
Been a while but im back at the grind, thanks for the constant videos and useful videos once again. You deserve it!
So, after I last hit a minion, I usually try to hit the enemy when I don’t have to last hit, therefore, I don’t look at the minimap. When should I poke the enemy then?
I just DMed you on discord about this topic 7 hours ago and now I see this vid uploaded LOL like sitting inside my brain XD COACH CURTIS - THE BEST
Ok now i understand just how much stuff midlaners have to think about
As a jungler this is still super informative
What a great video, I've learned so much from this!
A suggestion for a topic that I haven't seen covered on youtube yet: When and how to teleport as a midlaner.
For example, when I see my botlane getting dove, how do I decided whether I should tp?
Should I TP during the dive, or is it too late then?
I find this incredibly difficult to decide and it's losing me tons of games.
I dont even know how to express my gratitude with words or if this is the right video to comment on but after watching alot of your content and learning more about league and applying the malding concept of 3 to 4 games with high concentration in each game i have made it to plat
Thankyou so much
No problem at all mate
Amazing video, I love the miniature breaks concept. It really clarified exactly what you are doing in order to read the map well. I don’t know if it is kosher to mention other content creators here, but I had recently gotten much better at map awareness from watching xfsn saber coaching videos. He focuses on habit based learning and he often has to deal with map awareness issues with his clients. It helped me build habits to fix my map awareness, but this video you created kinda explains the nuts and bolts behind the habits.
Yeah I think saber has some great content, I actually recommend it to AD's all the time :)
your content is just awesome, helped a lot and i'm sure i'll grind even better after this help, thanks coach!
motivation to study is a great analogy
If you need a video idea: maybe you could try explaining the champion identity of each midlane champ, bundled in groups of champs, something like roamheavy champs, long range mages etc.
13:10 NO WAY !!! I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR SO LONG AND DIDN'T KNOW THAT LOOOL!!!!
banger of a vid, and you have such a nice voice to listen to
Can you do a video on what to do if you get stomped in lane? Maybe analyze why we got stomped, but not only the why, but what YOU do when you are in those positions? Thanks! Love the videos, you are amazing my friend!
Noted down :) but I do have something similar th-cam.com/video/CsdzqccB_W8/w-d-xo.html
I love your channel and how you do these videos :)
Really good video i think i learned a whole lot hopefully it will help me with my map awareness
I noticed that one of the main reasons why I sometimes completely neglect the minimap is how much pressure enemy champs is doing.
For example, when I play vs a Yasuo I have to super focus on not making mistakes because a simple mistake could mean half of my hp and heavy losing my lane, in that scenario my Minimap Awareness goes to hell. EDIT: Ok seems like he talks about it in 17:19
Thx for the amazing video as always Coach!
@Nathan Mott We’d kill for a video addressing how to identify the “miniature breaks” in a jungle clear. Things like moving between camps, after casting each ability, etc.
I just told him after I saw this comment
The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination
I have ADHD and it's hard to have awareness when it uses a lot of brain power of mine. But this video helped me so much that I am on a winning streak!
Really good vid, funny thing is I was actually thinking about how good it would be to find something about this , then this pops up :D , I'm not sure how well I am with this , gota jump into the game and try it out. Really constructiv and easy to understand , Thank you
My biggest problem is that I feel totally lost once laning phase ends , I just don't understand when should I push , grupe with the team or go for objectives I know when can I get away with a roam , I even manage to fake them , but once the game passes the 15-20 min mark my performance falls apart and from there it's a coin flip
was waiting so long for this vid.
on my birthday no less lol.
Happy birthday :)
Curtis i swear you have the greatest upload timings idk how this happens. Almost every time i start to focus on an area to improve on you upload a video for it not long after, havent even watched the video but know its going to elo boost me from plat to challenger
I like the coaching very specific
This video is actually so good wtf
Man these videos are so good
Fantastic videos, much thanks!
Coach Curtis: Play very simple kit or simple identity champions when you're a beginner
Me: 🙄starts playing Aphelios 1 month after starting league ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bruh same i was new to league and played teemo as my first champ but got bored of top and tried mid and went straight to playing zoe and me struggling to play her for weeks.
I stopped playing ranked games and for weeks I was only watching your videos and practising in normal games and smurfs. Like, I watched almost all of them. From hardstuck D4/0LP, to D2 in a few days. You are amazing coach. Thank you!
Keep up the great work dude
17:00 and i was thinkinhg to myself that every other channel just got beaten to the ground
One of my biggest problems ever :) cant tell you how many times ive been flamed by my jungler duo for not looking at the goddamn map
"Don't look at your character, focus on the other laner and the minions" Kinda hard to do when you main TF. I tend to spend a lot of time timing my W which requires me to look over my head or my ability hud.
i know its old comment but you can always time your W, the card rotation continues even when W is not rotating, so for example you can time when your cards are set up properly and just double W quickly, requires a lot of practice though
OMG you heard me coach, Thank you so much!
Awesome vid. I don’t usually comment on stuff but thought I’d show my appreciation. When you cover examples of vods you do, might be an idea to play the clip in full first, then pause and review and ask if we spotted the ‘solution’? Kinda like Dora the explorer xD feels a bit more engaging that way
Interesting, I like this for sure, I'll note it down
What do you do if you want to play Draven? I feel like in this scenario, you for the most part have to look at your character, removing focus on the enemy's position, minion HP, and minimap
my friends always call me out for not looking at the map, hope this helps
YTou atre God sent Curtis I really wanted a video like this...idk if u believe in God but I think he put this in your mind for my sake as my team participation and map awareness sucks
Thank you for the videos ^^
I've started roaming a lot more, and usually it turns out well because I assess how far aherad my laner is, where their jg is etc. But my laner always ends up getting 3 plates cuz my junglers in plat dont catch the wave. If i played a champ like talon it wouldnt be an issue but my control mage is pretty slow
22 min video, thats about as far as my attention span goes, nice coach!
Thanks for tuning in Francine :)
2 minutes in and its hit home
Coach, thank you so much i learn a lot from you. But, there is something which is still confusing me, the recall timing. If you can, make a video about timing right the recalls.
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I have this habit of pressing tab and flipping through my f keys whenever I've started the animation to last hit a minion and just look at the map periodically. it's a really short period of time so should I try to assess the map while looking at tab or just ditch that altogether? Also just a funny side story. I was watching Bobqins stream and he was talking about how informational channels don't do well and me and quite a few people in his chat spammed COACH CURTIS and made him acknowledge you :D
It's a good habit to get into if you are able to actively process the information you are seeing, faker is very good at utilizing the f keys, but keep in mind it's not about it 'looking cool' , it's about what the information is informing you to do next
Thanks brother
WOO!!! Thx coach .
Love your content
I wish, back in time we had these kind of infos. I needed to learn all this shit from korean players which were playing in my country at that time and met them in a picnic lol. 3 years from season 5 to 8, i was silver stuck with a fucking monster KDA (like 3.5-4 which is really high if you played at least more then 50 games with a champ) and was so frustrated that i deleted league.
Then these Korean heroes started to coach me when we hang out. They showed me some games from Korea (which is the time when i learned there are different leagues, there is faker etc...) and improved me a lot mentally. And im not complainin, but i was expecting smt like "wow man you are good but you do this and this wrong" but instead of this i got more like "NO! NO! NO! DONT FIGHT THERE!!! OMG! YOU ARE SO BAD!!!!" and something similar to those lines every game i play :D Their methods are harsh but they dont do it to harm you, i mean you feel that its not personal and i wanted to improve. So i respected them and let them teach me the game.
Then i started to play ranked again for season 9 and boom, i was gold. I had some problems with the Fucked up MMR so they suggested me to create a new account so i did.
And after my 10 games i lost 6 of them, was complaining to myself by saying "im still shit, nothing has changed fuck my life" you know usual League critics :P I got placed to Gold 2, FUCKIN GOLD 2. Imagine being stuck for 2.5 years and suddenly got placed to gold 2 after losing most of the placement games... It felt amazing, i got hyped so much that i was playing 10-15 games every day. After that, won some games and again fucking plat for first time in my life.
At that point i realised that the game is not about your talent. Seriously, you can argue all night about it, but if a fucking silver stuck for 2.5 years can go to plat that easily, then its just about the makro gaming, and of course your teammates.
S10, i was finally Dia and after that point i got bored, every game started to be like a coinflip and i was actually done and satisfied. Now? Guys im fucking done with the league seriously, I dont think i can be challenger and also tbh idc or i dont want to be a challenger. I am playing at gold elo with my friends to have fun and troll picks time to time (twice in a month ot smt) and thats all. I think i dont enjoy the league anymore because its been 6 fucking years LMAO. Enough is enough.
TL;DR
If you want to climb, just go find some Koreans and let them teach you idk :D
Educational af 👍
OMG!!! YESSSS!!! FINALLYYY!!!!
What do you think about these things in terms of map awareness?:
- How strong are you relative to the opponents? Ex: If I have a lead, I may or may not be ganked more going in to mid-game (especially with bounties).
- The speed at which you can get ganked/collapsed on?
- Abilities and summoners up available to you vs what they have?
- Intuition and team positioning (If I push up with no pressure top/bot, then I'll probably get ganked)
- Gankability of junglers and MIAs (with and WITHOUT pings)
- If the enemies are on your side of the map, what does it mean for your team vs their team advantage? Ex: My bot is smashing theirs, my jg is in bot river, their jg is coming around top river for a gank. I would want to play around with them (if I can be safe) to hold them up there, or make sure I'm aware. There's also nothing like a predator hecarim flying from out of fog nowhere and catching you off guard 'cause you didn't know that was a possibility.
These are all very relevant to assessing the game state and understanding the likelihood of you actually getting ganked or not.
Keep in mind though that the best laners while ahead actually WANT to attract attention from the enemy jg but avoid the gank to relieve pressure from side lanes, thats what faker mastered.
I play with map only after my tower is gone. I wish we could put it on a second screen or make it bigger. :D
Better than pro guides
Curtis, which one is the micro video you mentioned? The advanced laning tips? Cheers, mate!
//edit: found it "Micro and Tethering"
Hello! Thanks for the great content.
I'm actually adc in br server, can you make a playlist with the best videos to whatch and apply in bot line?
Thanks again.
Ty bruv your vids are blessings and im not even religious
Love your vids man, recently found this channel and it helps so much. Joined a team competing in an amateur leauge not long ago and I recommend ur content to all my teammates! I am currently working on my champ pool for soloq, it feels too big. I play Galio, Cassio, Ori, Sylas, Nocturne, Velkoz, Annie. Maybe getting rid of Cassio and Ori since I feel my elo (plat) and Meta is so chaos early/helping jungler early is so key. What do you think? Thanks again! Jake from Norway.
Orianna/Cassio are good to have in a pool, I'd get rid of Annie and maybe Velkoz
@@CoachCurtis Alright, ty for reply !
Hy there, indeed what you say fits very well into managing your time window to check for info, but what happens if you are ganged from behind or flanc behind the wall on your side of the lane?
TLDR; every time you have nothing else to do on lane, look at the minimap. If you have things to do(CS, trade,...) don't look at the map.
it sounds like coach is saying you can dodge skill shots without seeing your champ, how would you know exactly where to go to dodge just from peripheral vision????
Life saver
what about awareness of enemies? i find I often take bad fights and end up dying bc I am not aware of this.
Dude... Just thanks c:
Curtis. Please. Have my children. ALL of them, you can have anything you want for me. My entire family. Thank you
Could you do a mid lane champion tier list?
I do have one in my discord
Would you say to try and check the minimap everytime you last hit a minion unless you are under pressure or have another minion to last hit?
what about hitting tab for info when is that good to do and what type of info are you looking for when hitting tab
and i like to know what you think of using F1-F5 to get info that looking at your map can't over looking at map odds you want to do the 2 but how to do that because you need to do 1 thing at time
f keys give you hp of cs and how lane is pushing/ being played hp/mana of their laner and sometime you get sums/ults what can help you
but map tells you if someone on a ward
just set an alert that reminds you to watch on minimap every time you hear the sound. After some days you are watching the map like business as usual.
There is no magic behind it just psychology
Is there an app for this?
Hey Curtis I absolutely love you videos and I’ve used them for midlaners I like playing casually to get a better understanding of midlaners I like to play but I mainly play adc and I was wondering, do you know a “coach curtis” for adcs? Most of the adc helps I can find are proguides bs. Thanks! Been watching since 20k and imma keep watching
like, subscribe finally, long overdue been awhile ive seen your content.
Educational as fuk, Worth (gold nah) diamonds dude. fking legend!! ty and stay sexy!
Are we gonna get more "Solo que tip of the day"? Or is it over?
I kind of evolved it to the soloq concepts series