Challenger Guide to Improvement in League 

To recap: Apply a Mental Checklist in every game that you play to avoid autopilot 1)Identify Mid Matchup 2) Identify Jg Matchup 3) Jg Tracking basics ________________________ Fundamentals you can isolate and work on to improve your gameplay: Pre-Game (Before game starts) Master your champion by understanding 1) It’s identity + archetype 2) Rune Optimization 3) Itemization 4) Practicing your combos in practice tool ________________________ In-Game: Farming (More CS = More gold = More items) 1 Kill = 300G 1 Wave = 105G without cannon Every 6 CS you miss is a free lead over your opponent You can do this by going into practice tool for 5-10 minutes to ingrain healthy muscle memory Aim for at least 6 CS PM minimum __ Trading: 1) Positioning 2) Last Hit Windows 3) Cooldowns 4) Resource Management __ Warding: 1) Purpose 2) Timing 3) Placement 4) Denial __ JG Tracking (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-czEh90vIQOQv.html) __ Wave Management (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WJzoq7GP6IA.html) ___________ Pick an area that you feel weak in that's relevant to your champion, isolate that area specifically and actively work on applying the information you learn from readily available information. If you're unable to apply it, you do not understand it. Play 5, 15, 20 or however many games it takes until you're able to easily apply the information you learned and it becomes second nature to you Pick another area and repeat. If you are AFRAID to lose / or make mistakes while improving, you will not grow as fast as a player who is comfortable with losing. The only thing that matters is whether you're actively making an effort to get better by growing in each game you play.

People saying they just ranked up after watching this video which came out 10 minutes ago be like

6:39 - "I do not care how smart you think you are. You are going to pick one and I mean one: Not two, not three. One fucking thing to practice at a time... " Best quote I've heard from any educational League video

The fact that I'm reading Zianni's replies in his voice in my mind is so hilarious

Ugh, thank you so much for this. This video feels entirely essential for everyone. I consistently struggle in all these areas and am excited to keep this in my bookmarks for the days I feel disoriented and need a recap. I look forward to improving and hope to get some further personalized help with your coaching, but for now, a visual learner like me appreciates all your extensive educational League content.

That's actually very helpful! I've lost motivation to get better, im just rage-queueing and losing a lot of games lately due to lack of motivation. I'll try to follow the steps of this guide and i will update on my progress on stream. Thanks a lot for good quality content, keep it up!

Thanks for breaking it down clearly and consicely and realistically. Appreciate your vids. Been playing vex and having a lot of fun but now it's time to improve!

Thanks a lot, I went from Iron II to Iron I watching this!

I feel like these tips apply to real life situations too. This was actually helpful and motivating for me not just as a league player, but as a student trying to improve my grades. Well done man, I actually subbed because of this

Y’all betta listen to zianni this man knows what he’s talkin bouttttt

I really enjoyed the video. I knew things that I can work on and just decide to work on all of them at once, but never had thought of just doing one at a time. By the end of this seasons I plan on being in silver. With your videos and my lack of friends I think it’s doable by the end of the season.

Zianni has mastered the art of teaching while simultaneously flaming

Man the amount of people who need to watch this video is insane I always get frustrated when I lose too much with a champion even when there were afks, bad team comps or when it was just me who played poorly. Thank yooouuu

Honestly this whole video was motivational as fuck in my life! Weirdly felt this one

This is the 3rd video of yours I’ve watched; just subscribed! Great content - thanks!

Thanks for the checklist! It will really help a lot.

This is my first season of ranked. I switched to mid at the start of this season. Only played normals in top last year. I'm bronze 2 but I've focused my champ pool down to 3 champs (Orianna, Ahri, and Taliyah). Not the best pool since they're all ap but I hope to make gold this season. I butchered my MMR by not dodging and just trying other champs so it's a long process. Love the content

very helpful. I need to work on my cs skills and I often don't focus on it enough.

thanks zianni after watching this i ranked up from iron 1 to global elite

The silence is deafening.

excellent video, super useful information

I know you aren't a fan of junglers but as a jungle main I'll attempt to apply some of this on my climb to gold.

I love this video! Can you do an in-depth video for your checklist? Seems like you could easily spend 15 minutes on just the checklist some and various outcomes depending on the answer to some of those questions.

This is awesome, Sir! Would you be able to link some good resources to learn the fundamentals? I'm overwhelmed by choice xx

Good video :)

I enjoyed this vid as a current old school runescape player

Great Video going to be applying this to my gameplay asap

I'm a brand new player and my goal is to master the fundamentals. I suck at CSing, I suck at trading, I suck at macro, I suck at micro. My objective is to suck less at these things lol

my rank is Silver 4. My goal rank is Gold 4. Started Iron 4 and climbed a lot thanks to your videos as well as Ioki's (I play mid/supp)

This should be added onto the LoL client! Amazing ❤

thanks for the video bro

Thanks zianni just after this video I was able to take a fat W in the rift and got massive LP gains

I came looking for game skills and got a life skill.

this was really helpful. thank you! I want to get to bronze ^^

How to find this roadmap to isolate only one subject? I don't know what to focus now...

if i play ranked i will use your videos to get to mid diamond, your videos are so fucking good, thanks for all your hard work

Reminder that zianni with no vowels is znn

I am gold 3 and I want to be plat 5. Thank you for this motivational & educational video Zbear :D

Hi. I really appreciate this video. I'm currently d4 kinda hardstuck. I lost motivation and I'm playing bad. I'd like to get to master before season ends. I have less than 2 months. Do you guys think it's still possible??

Thanks for this video! Im silver 4 and wanna reach gold this season :)

nah, walking up the stairs requires 2 or 3 steps to climb, long legs and all

i want to get to gold but im stuck in silver 4 with 0 lp :(

I’m a silver 4 and my goal is gold 😭 I have my platonic harem powers though OwO

I dont play any of your champs but the bear + the voice + the info is just quality shit.

my gf says you're inspiring :3

You sound a bit like Vars.

Bronze 3. Goal: silver 4.

Veigar is a stupid champ that presses R and E, prove me wrong.

this season i have been following the theory "you can't lose LP if you don't play ranked" 🥲 but if i have fixed some issues, next season i might climb. thanks for the great videos and awesome streams!