League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena very much like Dota 2 that I reviewed previously.

As for the main premise of the game, you are striving to destroy a large building on the enemy’s base called the Nexus. Each session usually lasts 30-40 minutes. You can choose between a multitude of characters that all have different roles.

Once you’ve selected your character, there are five people on your team, and there are three potential routes to choose from to attack your enemy. The roles are as follows. A carry is a very strong character that can easily solo or take on multiple enemies at once in the late game if they are farmed well enough. A support is sometimes quite squishy (low health and armor) but can support the carry that will very greatly affect them later on in the game. A jungler farms the jungle camps in the beginning and once they see an ally needs assistance, they go and gank (sneak up on an enemy) with their allies and destroy towers. Without a jungler, the usual character line up is two top lane, two bottom lane and one mid lane.

Gaining experience and gold is imperative to winning this game because some items in the shop can really help you out. The sunfire cape is one of the best items because it allows you to cause more damage and destroy the Nexus faster.

One of the reasons why LoL is so famous is its eSports presence. Esports is a term used for video games played professionally in tournaments and championships.LCS is the biggest championship in North America whereas Worlds has the largest prize pool to date at $3 million dollars. Some of the best professional international teams to date are SK Telecom and Royal Club. As for North America, the best teams right now are Team Solomid (TSM), Cloud 9 (C9), and Counter-gaming Logic (CLG).

LoL is currently free to play and can be downloaded from leagueoflegends.com. Even though a lot of people already play it, it’s very important to recognize and represent the game even more because it is very fun, and you can even play with your friends.