Four Paths

                League of Legends have four different game modes you can play, each with its own unique way of playing the game and objective. With the four different game modes, each one contains its own map designed for its game play. Along with these four game modes, three of them gives you the choice to choose between playing against people or computers. As new players, I suggest you start off playing against computers as they are easier than real people. The four maps you can play in are called Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline,  The Crystal Scar, and The Howling Abyss.

Summoners Rift - Average Game Length - 30-45 minutes

                In Summoner's Rift, you are playing on a team of five people against another team of five people. There are three lanes in this map and some jungle camps. The usually set up for this map is one person goes top, one person goes middle, two people go bottom, and one person would go into the jungle. The main objective of this map is to clear towers, inhibitors, and finally, to kill the enemy's nexus. This map is the most commonly played and main map in League of Legends and also the League of Legends tournament games are played on Summoner's Rift. If you're not use to this map, there is a second option of playing against computers first. This would be great for new people who are not use to the map and want to get a good feel and experience of it.

Twisted Treeline - Average Game Length - 20-30 minutes

                Twisted Treeline is the only map in League of Legends where it is designed for three vs three. Because of the smaller amount of players on each team, the map is designed to be smaller than Summoner's Rift's map by quite a bit. The map only has two lanes and the jungle is in between the two lanes. Twisted Treeline is a great map to play when you're just starting out. Since its only 3v3, you get a much better feel at fighting enemy champions and just experience the game play. Also, if real life people are too hard, this map also has the option of playing against computers.

Dominion - Average Game Length - 15-25 minutes

                Dominion's game play is different than Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline, and Howling Abyss. In this map, there are five statues around the map and you have to "capture" the towers. In order to "capture" these towers around the map you or your ally team members have to stand on the towers. It takes about 10 seconds to capture a tower and enemy champions can stop you by attacking you. Once a tower is captured, it starts depleting points from your enemy's points bar. Each team will have 500 points to start and it decreases from there. This game is more like capture the flag, League of Legends style. This game is more chill than Summoner's Rift and Twistedtreeline. I suggest giving this map a try when you just want to have fun and  want to play some capture the flag. And if you're not too comfortable with this map or it's game play, playing against computers is available.

Howling Abyss - Average Game Time- ???

                In the Howling Abyss, it is a 5v5 map and it is a single lane in a small cramped map. The reason for the single lane is because in this map, your champions are chosen at random for you, your teammates, and the enemy. In every game you play in this map, the champion get choose will be a surprise for everyone. There are options to change your champions. Everyone gets two "rolls" which is going to random your champion again, you restore your "rolls" by playing more games in Howling Abyss. Unfortunately, in this map, you do not get the option of playing against computers. This is a great map to just have fun because the gold generating system is faster than the other maps, so you can become powerful quicker. This map is also great to practice your fighting skills in team battles.

               

                These are the four maps are the options you get to choose to play in. Two of the maps are more competitive and the other two are made for more fun purposes. The good thing about these maps is that they tell you what the average game time is, so if you don't have much time to play a game, you could always choose one of the lower average game time maps. If you just want to have fun, give Howling Abyss a try, it will be a fun experience.

 

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