Learning how to change my play styles to match the builds was a big learning moment for me. It also allowed me to change my rune setups for myself and have a mental connection to how it should affect the way I play.

It always tilts me beyond belief when people, especially those who have been playing a while, still do not know the runes, do not know the items. They have a "program" that automatically makes the runes for them. Like, 30% of the game relies directly on your runes and itemization because it heavily affects your playstyle. Even worse, you have runes that you have no idea what they are or what they do and you cannot utilize them accordingly. It's even more insane when those kinds of players are the ones complaining about how they cannot climb, how it's always their team's fault, when they literally begin the games with a handicap and are not able to abuse 100% of their champion's kit. It's baffling to me that even after all these years and all these countless guides, people not only do not understand the importance of runes and items (and playstyle, of course), but also a lot of them don't even know what they do.

Great video. Thank you for articulating this, it has been a subconscious idea for me for a long time, but never thought about it in this specific way. Thanks again

Always a treat when Curtis comes out with a video, I think I've watched almost everything you've put over the past couple years! Cheers!

First time I was waking up to this concept was experimenting between summoner's aery and phase rush Orianna. Definitely takes just a bit of mental prep of how to play the lane/teamfights

It's like this for adc. People dont take cut down vs tank teams or green secondaries vs assassins.

I love this video’s concept about synergising the four areas and how they alter champion identity when you go for a completely different set up outside the norm. I found this video after having already changed the identities of a few champions into a play style I really enjoy. For example I changed Diana from her typical Conqueror + AP set up into Phase Rush + Critical/AS in the jungle. This turned her from the AP bruiser everyone knows her as, into a brutal crit assassin that takes pleasure in beating you down and knowing you can’t escape her grasp. I’ve dominated most of my matches with her in this new identity because no one knows how to handle it right. I’ve also changed the identity of Naafiri, the newest champion in league, into being a brutal powerhouse in most of the lanes. With three rune sets and 12 item builds to complement them, I’ve taken her from a feared mid laner/jungler, into even being a devastating kill lane/roaming support that can keep up in damage even into the late game. She loses none of her kill potential while her builds I’ve made grant her an astounding amount of utility so she remains useful even if she’s behind. One I found on accident, because I forgot to change my runes in champ select is Phase Rush Leona (I accidentally took my Diana runes and was dreading the match at first). This accident was a happy one, as I lost none of my ability to build her as a tank, but it also vastly opened up roam potential, allowing me to become River Leona, and my team snowballed incredibly hard with my increased map presence between levels 6-9(it also helps I have her at M7 and know her inner workings well enough to compensate for my lack of attention). These are but a few I’ve found that I wanted to share. To show that you’re 1,000% correct about synergy between runes, items, play style, and the odd occasion of summoner spells making the biggest difference of them all (and they are important. You don’t want to take Cleanse/TP as Leona unless you absolutely know how it’ll help your lane. But you can get away with taking exhaust or ignite alongside flash a lot easier since 99% matchups require one or the other.)

What you say seems obvious after listening but I really needed someone to lay it out like this, it was super helpful. Thanks Coach!

Really good advice. thanks for the video

I remember one of the 2-3 your videos that took me to D4 in season 9. It was a 2+h video about itemization. Would you please consider doing an itemization long and detailed video in these days? New items are kinda messy. The logic behind items before the mythic/legendary shit was pretty linear. There was a linear line of thought and being wrong was rare. I remember I could think at my build and suggesting items to my 4 teamm8s (in flexQ) in call in a bunch of seconds. Now I struggle doing that kind of stuff. It FEELS all meta-dependent. I mean, with human logic I wouldn't ever think about building Blade of the ruined king on Renekton. But it works. It works great. It works and you do it when you are updated and some korean dude tried it and it worked. I'm not saying that i'm the silver guy that does not know what to build. I'm saying that I have to double/triple check and checking at least 10 games of 3-4 master+ players on u.gg before being sure that there aren't more good choices.

Holy crap, my guy putting S teir videos out for free. I legit don't think about stuff as much as I used to, bringing me back down to earth mate.

This is something which I don't think about enough. Thanks Curtis

what i love about your videos is how dapatable to other lanes this is

this is why i, as a gold 4 player, feel like sticking to the same runes and generally same core items work better for climbing in low elo, since you have less variables to account for

Hey, so you stopped the viktor v syndra at a cliff hanger!!!? Love the content man, been learning a lot. I only play jayce, and he's one of those picks where you really need to know when to pick runes over others, especially matchup specific. Like for lane control early against an irelia for example, you need conq or first strike. If you go phase rush, she's going to dumpster you even with a massive slowpush. Anyway, loved the vid!

also would be really cool if you could do a video on off meta mids/builds that you think have potential

hey that's me on Viktor in the first clip haha, yeah i take d-ring pretty much every game nowadays as corrupting got nerfed and d-ring buffed, even in heavy trading matchups like this one. It feels better imo.

As a sylas main can you elaborate on how to play first strike sylas different than conqueror sylas? thats the one thing that was sadly missing/outdated from your sylas guide

Great content I'm really getting into mid lane more with your videos, I'm recently switching from ADC to midlane, i currently play Irelia, are there any other champs who have similar identity to her ? I'm thinking about sylas maybe

Great video! any chance we can get a toplane foundamentals videos too?

Ily Curtis, I'm 26 myself and dont even really play league anymore but will always watch or listen to your new uploads because of how well you are able to communicate your ideas and lessons. cheers from Texas

It's the same as People playing MF support but it was only good vS zyra in pro play it frustrates me so much that they just copy stuff but don't know how to use it. Thank you for telling People this hopefully this wil fix some random Common picks in soloq

thank you

i guess one of the best example for your video is unsealed spellbook. whenever some otps for example take that mastery on their champ (with the knowledge how to use/abuse it) in master+ and the champ has a lowpickrate in generall you can see the copy mechanics from 3rd party programms like porofessor blitz etc. and you can see aswell that the copycats never even used neither did they understand the purpose of this rune. Another good example was the baus sion hype when he played in korea . everyone copied his lethality build without copying his playstyle. result was a wave of new sion player inting on every elo without the benefits.

Took me a while to adapt to first strike GP from grasp GP

complete masterclass of a video

Great video, as always. I hope this helps ppl a bit with understanding with setups. However i disagree with summs choosing. Imo if you're forcing early on with Aery and stuff, Ignite is way better cauz of pressure and ofc it just gives an edge on the lane. Ignite is the tool for 1s blood at 3rd minute mark, countless times i did that. TP is better for those pve match ups, in match ups, where i expect more farming rather than aggressive trading.

"I'm getting old" , was about to relate .. but you hurt me CC... aging is the opposite of broken by concept. real balance of experience trading for reflex . micro for macro

could you do another viktor guide/cassio/yone guide

"HONEY GET IN HERE... CURTIS UPLOADED A NEW VIDEO!!!!! GET THE FUCK IN HERE!"

that's right. that's why i am against these app rune and etc setup automatically for players. they don;t know how to play even with the auto setup runes. like liliah adc with cormet. LMAO. or the phase rush jungler nunu teammate that doesnt even gank a lane. the difference in runes setups and etc can be easily tried in normal games and i totally agree it's a game changer when even 1 of the small one is wrong you can see the difference.

Which rune keeps droolers from being on the team?

viktor vs syndra, if you want to heavy trade, why would you go cookies instead of 2nd wind? 2nd wind is sustain while cookies are just for your mana

27 is ancient?! 😭 I must be pre-big bang.

Scorch vs Syndra on Viktor? Like you lose the lane anyway unless you are better, in both cases gathering storm is better than scorch. On Viktor vs Yone, if Yone goes second wind d shield you cannot poke him out so just go gathering storm since if he doesn't go those 2 things you win anyway and if he does you can't win. Also phase rush has been forgotten on mages, aery can be used but it really doesn't do a lot of damage meanwhile phase rush can and will save and get you an extra auto or so. I love it vs things like Trundle you can just run away. Viktor vs Corki I think is good for first strike since if he goes defensive, you can't poke him out so just farm him and get your mythic faster to have a chance to break him but if he doesn't then you win anyway and with a fast mythic he can't walk up. If you build deathcap or infinity edge, you go gathering storm.

anciant with 27? so am I a dino with 38? :D :D

will you ever make adc content? or recommend any other adc education channels? your prolly the best youtube lol education channel

Hi Coach

Man I'm turning 35 on Friday, don't complain about your age, it makes me look like an eldery person xD

I like how 27 year old kid is telling us gaming boomers about who is ancient in gaming industry :D

This was 4 months ago so I probably won't get a response but can you help me explain tempo to someone?

the title and the video don't connect fast enough for me

It's not about how you "feel" playing the match-up. It's about what the champions want to accomplish in the game and what is the optimal way of getting to that point. It doesn't matter if you. Cookies are inexcusable if your champion relies on getting powerspike items. In that case, the most optimal path to those items is Future's market, because the powerspike you get from these "core/power" items is infinitely more valuable than the dept you go for those items and "cookeis-scorch feels nice".

Bro Doublelift is 30.

Okay obvi I'm here for learning League stuff and love your vids...but damn you're cute too haha. :p

The whole point at around 9:09 is very prevalent in EUW, everybody loves to copy Thebausffs, thinking inting on Sion is funny and acceptable, you hold Tab you see countless deaths yet 6 CS per minute, the player didn't watch content from the streamer they're jacking the ideas from, otherwise they would know that if you don't have 10-11 CS per minute, you are just fucking the game. Inting on Sion is very easy, playing inting Sion is surprisingly hard.

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Not watched video yet but remember to go gathering storm every game then the rest is kinda whatever best rune in the game infinite stats is op

Play style is a joke

When you realize league is dying😂

nothing is costing us lp more than the matchmaking system is rigged

Don't say that pls 🥲 27 is not THAT old... (crying internally because I too will turn 27 this year..👴)