Mechanics Guides

Each guide teaches one mechanic: what it is, the steps to do it, a video showing it in a game, the mistakes players make, and a drill to practise it. They are grouped by the roles they matter most for.

Looking for the longer reads on drafting, dodging and win rates? They are on the Guides page.

All roles

12 guides

• Animation Canceling

  Animation canceling means skipping the recovery of an auto-attack with a move order or a reset ability. Learn the timing, the inputs and the drills. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

• Baiting and Flash Tracking

  Track when the enemy uses Flash and other summoner spells, and bait them out with safe pressure so your real engage lands against no escape. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Camera Control and Minimap Habits

  Play with an unlocked camera, snap back to your champion with a hotkey and glance at the minimap every few seconds to see threats early. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Dodging and Sidestepping

  Learn to sidestep line skillshots, walk out of delayed ground zones and dash out of danger, all while staying in range to hit back. 7 steps drill video 5 min read

• Flash and Buffered Combos

  Use Flash to land or dodge abilities, and cast spells during a dash or cast time so your combo arrives before the enemy can react. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Mana and Cooldown Trading

  Trade when the enemy's key spell, shield or reload is down. Learn to bait it out, count its cooldown and strike in the short window it leaves. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Short Trading and Animation Canceling

  A short trade weaves autos between spells and resets, deals burst and leaves before the reply. Learn the sequence, the resets and the exit. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Skillshot Precision and Prediction

  Aim skillshots where the target will be, not where they stand: lead moving targets, use last-hit moments and aim delayed spells ahead of them. 7 steps drill video 5 min read

• Skillshot Threading

  Hold your key crowd control until the enemy has spent a dash, wall, shield or Flash, or catch them mid-dash, so your skillshot actually lands. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

• Spacing and Tethering

  Spacing means holding the edge of the enemy's threat range, tethering means matching their steps. Learn to bait cooldowns without being hit. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Tower Dive Execution

  A tower dive is a fight inside enemy turret range. Learn how turrets pick and keep targets, how their damage ramps, and how to manage aggro to win the kill. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

• Wave Freezing

  A wave freeze holds the minion line still near your turret by leaving enemy minions alive. Learn the setup, the count to keep and when to break it. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

Top, Mid & Bottom

3 guides

• Cheater Recalls

  A cheater recall crashes the early waves into the enemy turret so you can recall, buy a component and return to lane without losing minions. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Last-Hitting and Farming Under Tower

  Learn to land the killing blow on every minion, to count turret shots under tower, and to keep your last-hit timing correct as your items change. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Slow Pushing and Crash Timing

  A slow push stacks two or three waves into one big crash. Learn how to build it and time it to a recall, a dive or a Teleport. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

Top

1 guide

• Flanking and Teleport Placement

  Ward a hidden angle, then Teleport to it as a fight starts to land behind the enemy carries. Learn the ward spot, the timing and the risks. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

Top & Bottom

1 guide

• Bush Resetting

  Hit the enemy laner, then step into a lane bush so the minions lose you and stop hitting you. Learn the timing, the cue and the risks. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

Jungle

6 guides

• Camp Kite-Clearing

  Kite-clearing means stepping out of monster attacks between your hits while you drag the camp toward your next stop. Learn the timing and what your pet adds. 6 steps drill video 5 min read

• Camp Patience and Leashing

  Every jungle camp has a leash ring and a hidden patience meter. Learn what drains it, what a soft reset does and how to keep a camp from healing back up. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Counter-Gank Positioning

  A counter-gank is an ambush on the enemy ambush. Learn where to wait in fog or brush, what to watch for, and when to step in so the fight is yours. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Invade Dueling

  Invading puts you in the enemy jungle, where a 1v1 happens in tight corridors. Learn how camps, brush and walls change the fight and how to use them. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Jungle Tracking

  Jungle tracking is working out where the enemy jungler is from their start, camp timers, sightings and CS. Learn the clues to use and how to act on them. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Smite Timing and Comboing

  Smite is instant true damage on monsters. Pair it with a burst ability at the right moment to secure Dragon, Baron or Herald against a steal. 7 steps drill video 5 min read

Mid

1 guide

• Wave Shoving and Roam Timings

  Clear a wave fast with area spells, crash it into the enemy turret, then roam without losing farm. Learn the clear, the timing and the return. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

Mid & Bottom

1 guide

• Trading Parallelism

  Stay level with the enemy along a line parallel to the lane and poke whenever they commit to a last hit. Learn the positioning and the timing. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

Bottom

7 guides

• Attack Move

  Attack-move orders your champion to attack what is near a point instead of walking there. Learn the click, the cursor setting and the binds that stop misclicks. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Cleanse, QSS and Spell Shield Reactions

  Remove crowd control with Cleanse or Quicksilver, or block it first with a spell shield or reflect. Learn what each removes and when to press it. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Front-to-Back DPSing

  Front-to-back means hitting the closest enemy you can reach safely instead of walking to the backline. Learn how to choose targets and stay alive in fights. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Kiting and Orb Walking

  Kiting means moving between every auto-attack so you keep your distance while dealing damage. Learn the inputs, timing and drills. 7 steps drill video 5 min read

• Mouse Accuracy and Target Acquisition

  Landing right-clicks on the champion you meant, not a minion or the ground. Learn the settings and habits that stop misclicks in a crowded fight. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Spacing and Threat Range Identification

  Spacing means standing just outside every range the enemy can hit you from. Learn to read threat ranges and trade from the edge of yours. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Trading on Minion Last-Hits

  Hit the enemy ADC the instant they commit to a last-hit animation. Learn to spot the swing, punish it with one auto and step back safely. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

Support

6 guides

• Laning Bush Control

  Lane brush hides whoever stands inside it. Learn to hold it, ward it and use the fog to force the enemy bot lane into awkward positions. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Level 2 and Level 3 Spike Setup

  Reach level 2 and 3 before the enemy bot lane by managing how minions die. Learn the XP math and how to shape the first waves. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Peeling Mechanics

  Peeling means using knock-asides, knockbacks, slows and hard crowd control to stop assassins and bruisers from reaching your ADC. Learn the tools and timing. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Skillshot Body-Blocking

  A line skillshot hits the first target in its path. Learn to stand in front of your carry to take Ezreal Q, Caitlyn R, Jhin R and hooks, or to use Braum's shield. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Support Roam Timings

  Learn when a support can leave bot lane: push the wave first, recall, roam on foot to mid or the jungle, and get back before your ADC pays for it. 6 steps drill video 4 min read

• Vision Sweeping and Ward Placement

  Place wards from the edge of their range, sweep enemy vision with the Oracle Lens drone, and replace what you clear, without dying alone in the fog. 6 steps drill video 5 min read