hey coach just wanna say that ur videos have completely changed my mindset when it comes to playing league. i am having a lot more fun playing the game while learning how to play properly. thanks coach

@CoachCurtis

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure mate

@JP-sl2cp

2 жыл бұрын

I vsed you in soloq Mr coach Curtis. Some solid advice here might try chally on mid lane now cheers bruv

@JEAFlashSword

2 жыл бұрын

i was about to say the same message nice to hear others people thinking the same way!

@chrishoover3395

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoachCurtis a

The biggest surge in my rank came from finding my core three and my main of that three to lean on. The game just suddenly felt different. I knew my limits and could use them to act on mistakes, press to create a lead, find the difference between compensation and good play. It cascaded from there. I feel super comfortable and in tune with what I am right now. I started to understand what I am to a team, where I need to be, what I need to accomplish to win. This lead to always thinking about what’s in my way and how I need to play to accomplish my role. I’m now thinking about how to win as I’m playing. It’s also allowed me to catch mistakes pre and post when they are counter to my champion, my role, and my strategy. So, hearing about this is really great because I truly believe that by finding who I loved and understood and choosing to push through the tough to find what it means to play the champions and how to use what I am to win this game has helped me win more frequently. I was stuck at a solid 50% but once I built this up, I had a rapid win rate of 89% knocking me up a few divisions which did slow down but to a steady 55% now. I’m very close to a new tier. I hope I can keep rolling forward to get there soon.

@CoachCurtis

2 жыл бұрын

That's bloody awesome dude, keep it up. You hit the nail on the head here.

@zat1245

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoachCurtis I do have a question, though. My comfort pick is Annie, I play her the most and she is my blind. I have no real troubles with it apart from, more recently having all AP topside. This often leads to itemization against me and majorly diminishes my feeling of impact. Normally, I’d just answer this with Talon, but I get outmatched a lot when going in blind and I’m not as confident in minimization as with Annie. Should I just risk either Annie or Talon despite either drawback or find an AD mid that can better cope with subpar matchups?

@lafleurstudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@zat1245 find a better ad mid. Or instead decide to give lane and roam. Is what I did. Was a Velkoz otp into plat. Then Vel, Renekton. Finally swapping Ren with Talon last year. Talons playstyle was so different. GOOD LUCK IN SDQ. Much love

@sfuikm

2 жыл бұрын

@@zat1245 Get void staff second item

@zat1245

2 жыл бұрын

@@sfuikm Void Staff isn’t that effective on Annie without more AP items. Doesn’t really help for the mid game.

That coaching clip is so insightful. Dam. Thanks again. MVP Coach Curtis.

The coaching example at the end was golden. I wasn't fully comprehending your point until I saw it. Excellent work! Would love to see you break down a diablov2 Aurelion Sol game in this manner.

"Just look at the Dada guys, just look at the goddamn Dada" Gnar mains: I totally understood that.

Thanks for this blessed video, I’ll continue to get my 2nd role

@darkhillduck7389

2 жыл бұрын

P1 here, i never get second role. Mid+support

@zat1245

2 жыл бұрын

Then try to include one or two champs that bend into a secondary role so you come out of the mid game with a champ that has a role in teams you are used to. An example is Ryze for top or Veigar for ADC. Support can also have an extra benefit of granting autofill protection if you choose that. Making your games at worst 50/50 in your role but choosing a mid support can make it feel like you’re always doing the same thing and it won’t feel like being stuck in a 2nd role.

I love this types of vids ❤ makes me focus on what i need to do

Tristana got an indirect nerf because Hail of Blades got nerfed, after that she left mid

@CoachCurtis

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh gotcha, forgot about that! Thanks man

@Samuel99939

2 жыл бұрын

she also got -2 base ad

@MinorZero

2 жыл бұрын

@@Samuel99939 That was earlier and that did not drive her away from midlane yet. The HOB nerf was when she left midlane although that nerf might have helped, she was still played mid after that one

@smolblueboy7487

2 жыл бұрын

I think she benefits more from PTA now right?

Solid stuff Curtis well done!

Thank you so much for this. Quite eye opening concepts

Really like this season patch break down, rlly cool to see the trasition over the year

THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION CURTIS I APPRECIATE YOU

Insanely good vid coach

This is so true...I need to stop overthinking my pool. Thanks!

New coach curtis vid = my day is better.

Hey coach i just wanted to say i really like your videos and I wanted to ask if you are ever gonna do a video on the three block way you play to clim in league. Keep the good videos up

wow i remembered when you have 22.5k subs you deserve this!

Drinking challenge: take a shot everytime Curtis says "inevitably" in this vid 🥴

Your videos are always good

Do you have a "Mid Archetype" video? I'd love to get a run-down of all the different types you could play in mid (mages, melee, assassins, etc) and what they should be doing. I think viewers get this with specific videos (as lux, you want to do X) but it would be nice to have a generic, "As an assassin, you are looking to transition your lead to another lane" or something.

@mateuspalma8077

2 жыл бұрын

in a lot of his champion guides, he talks about the champion identity. how u wanna play the lane phase and mid/late game. So, if u have a specific champion or pool in mind, just look the guides

@JLchevz

2 жыл бұрын

ok Carl Jung

@jdell64

2 жыл бұрын

@@mateuspalma8077 I guess I'm more just curious how many identities he would classify

@settdown7001

2 жыл бұрын

@@jdell64 i'm with ya, would be an amazing video

Ah yes a burger metaphor, finally something I can understand Just kidding, thanks for yet another high quality video, taking notes!

Great video

This is the exactly thing I needed for the last grind of the year. At this moment i'm 310lp master, trying to get at least to GM. This year was so overwhelming and the best part of the meta,for me, was the lich bane burst (viktor, tf abuser). God I loved it so much. Time to pull the lb/tf/ryze/yone fiesta and at least have fun with my favourite champions, and Vex coming soon ofc, rly loved her. Glad for the free and healthy content, thank you!

14:44 wow,now that i realise it was all from my spamming zed and orianna period

Hey Curtis, how does one figure out which mental blocks he has? I’ve been stuck in Plat mmr since Season I. there’s gotta be some resistance to change. Any advice is very much appreciated

A really loving video and finally Coach Curtis proving the META doesn't mean shit. My favourite part of the video was that how challenger players climb every season with the same champions, even tho some of them are pro players. As for role assessment I really don't understand it still even tho I have heard it so many times :D. Thanks for the video Coach!

u learned me so much ty

Hi coach. Whats your champion pool? And why u have those 2 or 3 extra picks? Thank u for the video, i want to return to league.

curtis will there be openings to the mla in different times of the day or it will stay at the same time of the day

I got my Platinum 3 back just recently and I know I'm gonna get demoted so I watched this video and realized that I actually did this in one game. I was playing Pantheon against GP and I died to him once, so I told myself to not interact with him because I couldn't kill him, I sidelaned until I got my Sterak's and as a result I won 8 games in a row going from P4 0 LP to P3 6 LP, IDK if this was luck but I definitely did use this strategy at satisfying my role in the game and I feel proud of myself. I just have to keep doing this. I also loved the video you're an amazing coach, also I hope my name looks familiar. :P

@suspendedfornoreason6117

2 жыл бұрын

@Blue Lime Hello friend. hehehe

idk my highs in league were very variable. season 5 i was peaking p1/d4 with riven / fiora etc. cant remember s6/7 but i remember that s8/s9 i was really into mid lane scaling champions that were not too bad early game was peaking again p1/d4 as kassadin/kayle/diana mid main than i got to S10 was shocked my main champs got butchered with nerfs on their base damages in the early game (kassadin/kayle/diana rework) so i moved to jungle and started playing khazix/jarvan/evelynn/shyvana (mostly copying whatever Agurin did) so reached P1/D4 again. This season is pretty much my lowest point idk what to play, idk what to main, it feels like my importance from game to game is very little, the fun i had is withering, losing the "control" aspect of the good old days when i was fed i was fed when i was behind i was behind, but nowadays even getting high kills it feels very little, maybe its just time to uninstall idk

@MicroCheese64

2 жыл бұрын

I played so many ranked games in s9 and s10, but s11 just sucks honestly. Idk if it's the players or the meta, but this season sucks to play imo. I say this even when all my mains are strong rn.

What mid laners do you think work well with farm heavy junglers like Shyvana and Kayn? More specifically, opinions on Vex, Akshan, and Taliyah with Shyv/Kayn JG

This will blow up

What do you do if your carries feed and you are on a non carry champion like an Ornn or Sejuani? And I am talking about hard feed like 4 deaths in 10 min and 30 cs down. I was playing off meta picks like AP bruiser sejuani mid. I was stomping my lane ending the game 12/6 and with a lot of assists too but I couldnt carry late game teamfights cause my carries were not fed. After I got my first kills I roamed a lot and got kills on the sidelanes but it was not enough. And this happens every time I dont pick a hyper carry champion. I used to one trick Kayle mid/top and I am still good at her but I am kinda bored of her atm. Any small tips?

hey Curtis since the rank 1 player in Korea is a Zoe player, how about a video on Zoe? I really like her play style since you can blind pick her and she has a lot of agency for a mage in the early game but you I really struggle to Analyse the rank 1 Korea player since Zoe is such a unique champ.

Coach Curtis' Qiyana guide single handily led to the nerf lmfao

One think i have to say is, sometimes is good to play against worst players, bcs you have more time to process whats hapening, and make more calculations on what is the better choice

Hey Curtis ! I'm getting into learning theory at the moment, I just found out about Andrew Huberman's podcast. He's a neuroscientist and teacher at Stanford. In this video -> watch?v=hx3U64IXFOY at 17:30 you can hear him talk about flow state, and he basically says it isn't a good state to learn things, it would actually be the opposite : to change your brain in such a way that repeated actions become "muscle memory", we need to make errors. I just thought you'd be interested, I need some time to dive further into this and try to verify it, but if it's true it clearly goes against some of the stuff you recommend doing to get better at league. I'll tell you if I find more about this, if you're interested. Also I guess that'd be difficult to do but a broken by concept episode with a guy like him would be awesome. Cheers and thanks for the video !

@noahclouse1830

2 жыл бұрын

on the podcast coach is on they've reference Huberman's podcast, namely the addiction episode with Anna Lembke.

sick vid

I'm curious if they get the hang of their own game again in season 12. Season 11's +/- on every role was worse than every season since 2. It was really like a brand new game, and an undercooked one in classic riot fashion. Let's see where 12 goes, these dragons look INSANE.

i had most success in league on mid by playing zyra and morgana. off meta picks. (about season 5-8). and i loved it. now none of them is playable on mid :( i mean of course u can try but u can actually feel how they just do not perform well (at current meta). btw - in between season 9 till this moment i did not play league.

When will they bring back twin shadows? :/

I'm a jg main trying to make the switch to mid. I like Ekko a lot and am familiar with him from playing jg. I want to have another champ or two in my pool. What would be two other champs that I could learn to master so I am not limited to only Ekko. Thanks for any recommendations

@xaniyat9491

2 жыл бұрын

Try to learn tryndemere if you want an easy one Or graves also works

Hey Curtis, have a question: i recently got a coach, and we will be going through an 8-week 'program' with one coaching session a week. Now, I'm currently D3, and he told me i shouldn't vod review, since i wouldn't really know what to look for. I really feel like this is wrong, and will send him a message regardless, but was just wondering what your point of view is on this? I play adc if that matters. Cheers!

@ChasingLoL

2 жыл бұрын

@Ocean Blues holy fuck, thank you :)

I moved away from midlane because I played alot of talon maybe to much. In ranked I would get fed and roam bot or top which ever needed more helped but no matter how much I help while still keeping ahead in lane rotating to help jungle in obj fights but no matter how much I used my lead i would still lose so I switched to jungle and started doing alot better with winning but ive always wondered if there's anything else i couldve done?

@kingzombie5756

2 жыл бұрын

Since I enjoy talon more then nocturne

Mind explaining why syndra is mechanically demanding? I've always been playing her and cass for 4 years and have never found syndra mechanically demanding. Or am I missing something

I love u curtis

what if my champion wants quick fights(assassin), is an AD champion, but for some reason doesn't have AD ratio physical damage spells(and therefor, no damage output)? can you guess which champ is it? hint: only one champ like that exists.

@ventu7907

2 жыл бұрын

Cant think about such a champion

Hey coach what do you think are the champions which require lowest clicking micro? I have rsi and I'll be getting a vertical mouse, I was thinking about getting ekko as xiao lao ban plays him very far back, although it would be nice if i could tether

@gersoneduardomendesdesousa2576

2 жыл бұрын

I think pantheon is the right pick for you

@HanyuuHOLO

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely Yuumi, but I guess you could kind of get away with basic attack oriented melee champs like Tryndamere, Yi, Jax, even a Volibear, since you can just right click onto someone and press your abilities.

@HanyuuHOLO

2 жыл бұрын

@Ocean Blues Dgmw, of course you do have to orb walk even when playing melee champs if you wanna play at a good level. I'm just taking in consideration the physical struggle OP mentioned. If he has a condition that doesn't let him move his mouse properly I believe he's aware he won't be able to have the best micro with any champion. I just think he may do better, or less bad, with that kind of basic attack oriented melee champs than with any other type of champ.

@HanyuuHOLO

2 жыл бұрын

@Ocean Blues As for Malph, it's reasonable. But being virtually unable to dodge skillshots could be overly problematic for Annie imo.

wahts the name of the ekko?

New Akali guide when ?

Hey maybe a bit of a crybaby question but I ended G2 last season. This season I climbed back up to G2 with a 63% winrate but my lp gains was only +16 -15, are there things other then winrate that matter to your mmr? I somehow always butcher mine and I don't know why I really want to reach plat

@johnsaxon5154

2 жыл бұрын

Riot thinks you belong in G2. They are throttling back your LP gains, which makes it very hard for you to climb. Consider making a new account to climb on.

@erock51

2 жыл бұрын

probably because with a 63% winrate you're climbing pretty fast so you need to put in more games at G2 to have your mmr "catch up"

Hey vsauce!! Curtis here.

If tier lists don't matter... then I will start my AP Twitch mid climb today with support secondary

@Coach Curtis ! Can you do a "Reference Point" series or something, so for each champion into various match-ups what we should aim to replicate in each game? Loving the videos! Do Zoe first if you can

Midlane espacially Mages and their Items became to weak because all other Lanes/non-AP Items got strong Buffs over the Years.

What's a true trick?

It's hard for me to say that Kassadin is in a good spot because Riot nerfed many of the systems used by Kass, for example, fleet footwork and seekers. But, you're the expert so i believe you xD good video

@dawidlol1337

2 жыл бұрын

Second wind dshield is more than enough sustain, also you forgot frozen heart exists

@thrashedboy4mylife

2 жыл бұрын

@@dawidlol1337 mb, i have rushed frozen shield some games but I dont like the lack of dmg, idk i think its situational, If you know you wind in 2 sequences of combos then frozen heart is good option if you need dmg to erase lets we say vayne, then dmg is better.

@dawidlol1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@thrashedboy4mylife Yeah sure it isn't the most damage but with R and seraphs scaling it's still a good chunk. Also vs Vayne frozen heart is good as it slows attack speed so less silver bolts procs, and it's not like Vayne does no physical

At 32:00 should he at least get lvl 6 before helping his team?

@michalszymanski5796

2 жыл бұрын

He can't do both in time, it's a hard choice to make. Level 6 won't make the difference they need because he is behind. The winning play there as Curtis said is support the win condition, the Jhin. You can see by the time he finishes the wave, the fight is already over.

@gabrielmrabat

2 жыл бұрын

@@michalszymanski5796 I thought maybe he could get lvl 6 after cleaning the mages, but I guess even this would spend a lot of time.Thanks bro!

Ah yes, the short-lived groomstaff meta. Meta (and the game in general) changes so fast that they feel old quickly.

@theunwanted37

2 жыл бұрын

Was very fun as an Ivern main.

Diana?

Corn is kinda good

Hey Coach, if you trim your beard more in a point, you'll look even better bro! Thanks for the videos as always!

I feel like akshan is very strong right now..

I feel like mid this season is less rewarding

@xaniyat9491

2 жыл бұрын

Well yes they nerfed early gold in mid lane cannons and alot of indirect nerfs to the lane earlier/pre season

beard lookin sexy curtis

I feel like my soloQ teams all work at that mcdonalds

Qiyana is no garbage, no matter how good the player is your combo can be screwed because of the GAME, her EQ mechanic now works based on sight/last position. If qiyana EQ’s someone in a bush, it will go to where she last saw them, I understand this, an autolock combo is kinda broken paired with her damage. The worst part of the nerf is the last position thing, it is still an autolock combo, her q will go despite where your cursor is, meaning, if you are against a Leblanc or a champ with mobility, they will ALWAYS dodge ur q, a flash, dash, leap etc will always counter qiyana now, so many already meta champs are now countering her HARD. Riot messed up by allowing qiyana to counter qiyana, qiyana is one of the most punishing champs, but now she punishes herself by the player not being able to play around autolock mechanic, good qiyana players already hover the cursor over the champ, but now their cursor means nothing. It’s so tilting, her jg is still good, it’s pretty strong imo, she has good clear, but it’s insane In the later game. Her mid lane is ruined now, I will never play her because no matter how I play with her, the game wants me to not combo

My impression, and not only regarding mid lane, is that you either play like a bruiser or you don't win. You either abuse divine sunderer, shieldbow or goredrinker or you can't keep up. If you're an AP champion you better pray to god you can fit frozen heart in your build. Lucian mid? Tahm Kench top? Most lethality builds? Playmaker supports? That may win you early fights but that don't win you games. It is not uncommon to see 5 or 6 players going conqueror the same game. Sometimes more. Sure, a prowler's electrecute Qiyana will beat the conqueror/goredrinker Zed if the Qiyana is a better player, but on roughly even skill levels, the Zed has a much larger room for error than the Qiyana. Same for the Ziggs facing a Wit's End Kog'maw, an enchanter facing a playmaker support. It is not like I can't pick up Elise and win games with her. I can. But I can achieve the same or better results going any cookie cutter conqueror champion, do nothing but farm whenever my ult isn't avaliable, stack bruiser itens to my heart's content, outscale and just win. Closing out games, making proactive plays and taking risks don't feel rewarding enough. When was the last time any of you saw mobi boots outside a hook champion? Maybe that's just a jungle bias because we're stuck in a farm meta for a season and a half. Its not that I can't climb. I just feel like my climb has extra steps over the random Kayn taking conqueror, being immune to invades unless I bring conqueror of my own otherwise he has a 900 gold advantage by level 3, and then he outfarms me and outscales me so unless everything goes absolutely right for me on the gank department I'm automatically behind.

@jestflow

2 жыл бұрын

Not asking this to be rude, but what mmr do you play in?

2nd

I have to comment, im impulsive to do so. I have a demoted game so this will come to the negative way of thinking, "sorry" ahead. Well, this is the matter(problem) with the way of thinking... not everyone will think same as you and ultimately they couldnt care less. Now on the detail, on low-elo ranks people will highlight kda over good thinking. So is naturally that a support will take a kill or two to fake a good kda leaving the adc off the game. That could go to 0/7 toplanes trying to go back to the game in 1/7, that could go on jungle of utility taking kills when he/she shouldnt or the same mid person you coach thinking he want a "back to the game" and having j4 kills or ultimately what ends up failing that game (him letting the jungle die). Now, see this is a classic way on league of legends, everyone wants to be the carry or the protagonist and thats what "ultimately" ends up failling and on "defeat" every game. Sum: not everything goes as it should or as it planned or as its written.

@carlosemiralonso7997

2 жыл бұрын

@TAMPA_LAKERS_MADRID you having to use google to translate would be a problem in itself. Even if you said so to have a good mentality wich you dont. Im talking about what I have to deal with on my server. And ultimately the suggestion is to adapt every game cause you will not likely to have a perfect game. You need to learn reading comprehesion. Watch your lenguage!

zoe zoe zoe

the current meta is warped due to goredrinker/sunderer + steraks abusers

4th

5th

You can focus on the game/fundamentals a lot better when you aren't worrying about how to play your champ :) I will never understand why people first try champs in ranked but that's what happens when you are in bottom of the barrel gold lmao -__-

The question is in what ELO can you actually apply this? This might be useful at Diamond+ where people kind of know how to play the game and their champions, but what about lower than that? Someone who is 3/0 early might look like "the win condition" but they might also just completely throw it away, leaving you without the resources to become the win con and that guy throwing the win con you thought he'd be away. This is a very difficult topic...

the basic reality of why mid lane meta doesnt matter is because: Assassin/ Skirmishers being dominating over 5 seasons (3 years more) now, and will continue doing so, unless an actual serious meta shift pushed by Riot, none of these matters. Period

I am not gay but...

@marekcech02

2 жыл бұрын

this is such a highvalue vidoe thanks for that buy cull if last hit perfectly 450 g (to help me scale) or buy sword/refilable/control ward ---> then getting back in the lane with item advantage and probably wave on my side and against laner without potions/ lower mana and hp. With the wave on my side I am Irelia and i have so many options.... freeze, zone enemy, look for all in, w8 for jungler, push and go help jungler, get 4 stucks and just jump on enemy with Q) It feels really good and unstoppable.

First

@GY-bd9bo

2 жыл бұрын

i think you were actually first

If u check the data only from OTPs u will see that when meta favours their champions their lp gain increases considerably, so there is actually a small meta factor that helps u, stating that meta does not matter is not accurate. Now, I agree with u, being very good with 3/4 champs is a way better strategy for climbing, but meta cant be ignored 100% - even more when some champ is broken for a patch or two before getting massive nerfed. So, when meta favours some specific champion in your pool: just fking spam him every match. Meta is only very important for pro-players where the small tiny advantage makes a huge difference, contrary to soloQ where RNG is king.

@arduino8919

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean but what Curtis is trying to tell us average players is that we shouldn't obsess over meta but rather get good at our own champions

You could also argue that these high elo players play the same champions for multiple seasons because the same champions have always ended up being good as well.

Looks like you lost some weight or something. Happy for you.

Jhin mid 😌

These contents should not be free, it is illegal

Whilst all of what you say is true. League culture has become so bad that literally a third of my games there is 1 person who will stop trying.