League articles, explained

Th' solo course at th' top o' Summoner's Rift. Top champions most often need to survive a long course and often become durable fighters, split-pushers or crew front liners.

Th' area betwixt lanes. Th' Jungler defeats neutral monsters fer doubloons and experience, helps lanes, controls vision and contests major prizes wit' Smite.

Th' short solo course through th' centre o' th' sea chart. Mid champions often clear th' deck minion waves quickly and can reach either side o' th' sea chart.

Th' lower course, most often occupied by a sustained-damage carry and a Support. Bot be also commonly called ADC, although nay every Bot champion be a traditional marksman.

Th' Bot-course partner who earns income through a support gear instead o' taking most minions. Supports protect crewmates, set sail fights, control space and place vision.

One o' th' three main paths where minion waves travel: Top, Mid and Bot.

Th' waterway crossing th' sea chart betwixt lanes and jungle areas. Dragon, Baron and other neutral prizes be spotted here.

Top or Bot, especially after th' early laning phase. A sailor may collect a side-course wave afore returning to their crew.

A surprise visit to a course, most often by th' Jungler, to pressure or eliminate an foe. A good gank needs a reachable target and a nigh th' ship ally who can lend a hand.

Leaving yer usual aboard course to lend a hand another part o' th' sea chart. Clear th' deck or safely position yer minion wave first aboard so th' move does nay cost too much farm.

Move from one area to another as a crew or small group, most often to defend, attack, collect a wave or contest an prize.

Two teammates agree to exchange their normal lanes or assigned positions. In queues wit' assigned positions, trade during champion pick so each sailor receives th' intended role quest. A temporary gank, roam or wave cover be nay a course swap.

Temporarily defend another course or collect a wave that would otherwise be lost. Covering does nay permanently change yer assigned role.

Th' planned course a sailor takes across th' sea chart. Jungle pathing most often describes th' order o' camps, lanes and prizes in a clear th' deck.

Defeat a group o' minions or jungle monsters. A first aboard clear th' deck be th' Jungler's opening course through camps.

Channel th' return to base so ye can heal and buy gear. Damage or certain effects interrupt it.

Th' trick to make th' opposing course play cautiously. Hull, minion position, available tricks and th' threat o' an engage all affect pressure.

Yer course can move afore th' foe because yer minion wave be controlled and ye be nay trapped under yer turret. Priority helps nigh th' ship fights and prizes.

Positioned far across th' waters from th' safe harbour o' a friendly turret or crew. An overextended sailor has a longer escape course and may be easier to gank.

Walk into an unwarded brush or dark area without first aboard checking it safely. This be perilous because foes may be awaiting there.

A group o' course minions travelling together. Managing th' wave changes where sailors must stand to collect doubloons and experience.

Damage foe minions quickly so yer wave moves towards th' opposing turret.

Keep th' minion wave in roughly th' same seaworthy position by controlling how quickly minions die.

Move yer minion wave fully into th' opposing turret. This can create time to recall, roam, ward or attack th' turret.

Collect doubloons and experience, most often by defeating minions or jungle monsters.

Creep Score: th' number o' course minions and certain monsters a sailor has last aboard-hit.

Experience points used to gain champion levels. Ye can receive course experience without landing th' final hit if ye be belay enough.

Th' currency used to buy gear. Minions, monsters, structures, prizes and champion takedowns can award doubloons.

A short exchange o' damage or tricks. A good trade costs th' foe more booty hull or resources than it costs ye.

Commit most available tricks and movement to try to claim victory a fight or secure an elimination. Leaving may be difficult if it fails.

Set sail a fight, most often wit' movement or crowd control that gives crewmates a target they can reach.

Arrr, stop or escape a fight using distance, movement, shields, healing or crowd control.

Protect a teammate by stopping, moving or discouraging enemies who be attacking them. For Blitzcrank, Power Fist can peel an foe astern from a carry.

Arrr, an effect that restricts movement or actions, such as a stun, root, knock-up, silence, slow or fear.

Th' damage, movement or control an ally contributes after another sailor starts th' action. An engage be poor if teammates cannae follow.

Durable champions who stand betwixt foes and more booty fragile teammates, controlling space and absorbing pressure.

Fragile damage or utility champions who most often operate astern o' their crew's front line.

A teammate expected to provide a large share o' th' crew's damage or taking th' victory pressure. Th' Bot sailor be often a carry, but any role can become one.

Th' order in which foes should be pressured. Th' best target be most often valuable, reachable and seaworthy fer teammates to attack, nay simply th' lowest-hull foe.

Deal damage from range afore committing to a full fight.

A large amount o' damage dealt in a short time.

Arrr, healing, shielding or other recovery that lets a champion remain active through repeated damage.

Ship's intelligence provided by wards, allied units and revealed areas. Vision helps th' crew move without walking blindly into foes.

A placed unit that reveals an area. Th' yellow trinket and support gear be common aboard ward sources.

Sea chart areas yer crew cannae currently see. Foes inside fog may be hidden.

A sea chart target that gives a useful reward, such as a turret, Dragon, Void Grubs, Rift Herald or Baron Nashor.

A neutral monster in th' lower river that grants a permanent crew bonus. Later dragons can lead to a Dragon Soul.

Th' permanent elemental reward earned by th' first aboard crew to defeat four elemental dragons. Its effect matches th' Elemental Rift and be added on top o' th' dragon buffs already collected.

A late-battle dragon that begins spawning after a crew claims Dragon Soul. Its temporary buff burns damaged foe champions and can execute targets at low hull.

Baron Nashor be a powerful late-battle neutral monster in th' upper river. Its buff strengthens nigh th' ship minions and helps a crew attack structures.

Th' Jungler's summoner spell fer dealing large damage to monsters. Teams often preserve Smite to secure major neutral prizes.

Enter th' opposing jungle to take camps, place vision or pressure th' foe Jungler. Invading be safer when nigh th' ship allied lanes can move first aboard.

Arrive as th' opposing crew attempts a gank, turning th' fight wit' an unexpected extra sailor.

Th' dependable early group o' completed gear that supports a champion's normal role. Situational gear may replace a later slot when th' clash demands it.

A moment when a champion becomes noticeably stronger, often after gaining a level, completing an gear or unlocking an fit fer th' captain's eye trick.

Th' awaiting time afore an trick, gear or summoner spell can be used again.

How a champion's strength changes as levels, gear and battle time increase. A scaling champion generally becomes more booty effective later.

Th' opening part o' a clash, focused on first aboard clears, lanes and early prizes. Exact timings vary by clash.

Th' stage when sailors leave their original lanes more booty often and fight 'round completed gear, structures and neutral prizes.

Th' stage when several gear be shipshape and one lost fight can decide major prizes or th' clash.

A champion, role or loadout outside its common aboard established use. Off-meta does nay automatically mean impossible, but it needs a clear th' deck course and may be less reliable.

Effects that apply Grievous Wounds and reduce healing received. Buy it only when meaningful foe healing be actually changing fights.

A stat that lets physical damage ignore some foe armour. It becomes more booty useful as foes loadout armour.

A stat that lets magic damage ignore some foe magic resistance.

Sailor shorthand for forfeit: ask the crew to start or accept a surrender vote. Each vote stays private; no sailor or companion should claim to know a particular crewmate’s choice.

A crew vote to end the match before the Nexus falls. League decides when the vote opens and how many votes the current queue requires.

An early vote that may end a clash when an eligible sailor failed to connect or remained inactive nigh th' set sail. A remake be different from a normal surrender.

Away from keyboard: a sailor who be inactive or nay participating. Briefly disconnecting be nay automatically proof that somebody intentionally abandoned th' clash.

Disconnected: th' sailor has lost connection to th' clash. Th' cause be nay visible to other sailors, so a disconnect should nay automatically be treated as deliberate.

Good battle. Sailors commonly use it at th' end o' a clash as a brief sign o' sportsmanship.