I literally have no idea how this game works, what I'm supposed to be doing, and when I'm supposed to be doing it.

League is all about layering and the number 1 thing you need to do right now and learn extensively is last hitting minions. Last hitting minions gives you gold that you use to buy items and killing minions in general is what gives you exp. It is more important than everything else in the early game and it's in the top 3 most important things mid to late game so make last hitting minions your number 1 focus.

At about 10-15 minutes where you've done nothing but stand in your lane hitting minions, a tower will go down and the mid game will start. At this point people are going to be walking everywhere and understand that they also have 0 idea what they're doing so you need to do these 3 things in the mid game: - continue last hitting minions - play SAFE. Don't push too far up the map and be very cautious of all fights. A general rule is that you can fight when your team has more players nearby than their team. - use kills or a numbers advantage to push your minions into their tower to take their towers down, eventually reaching inhibitors and then the nexus. If you don't have numbers advantage and try to push down their tower chances are 3+ people are going to fly at you and kill you which is why you need either kills or team mates.

In the late game (30+ mins) just stay with your team mates as a group and hope to win a team fight, this is not always the best advice but it will stop you from being inevitably caught out 1v3 or more.

These are really generic tips. The most important thing for you is to LAST HIT MINIONS and to play SAFE. You will watch how the game unfolds and learn as time goes on. In the meantime search videos on LoL basics, there are plenty out there.

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