Riot Games Wild Rift will soon be launched for Android and iOS smartphones. It is the mobile version of the popular MOBA PC game, League of Legends. If you haven’t played the PC version before, but would like to start playing the game, you’re in the right place. We created these Wild Rift tips to help starting players know more about its gameplay.
This in-depth guide will teach you the ropes of Wild Rift and its core gameplay.
Learn the basics of the map.
Wild Rift features a map similar to League of Legends Summoner’s Rift on PC. It is made up of three areas: base, lanes, and jungle. There are also three lanes in the map called the top lane, mid lane (middle), and bot lane (bottom). In between the lanes lies the area called the jungle. On the other hand, the base is where your champions respawn and are where the Nexus lies.
Nexus is the primary objective of the game. The team can only win once the opponent’s Nexus is destroyed. There are also heavy fortification towers called turrets. They are located in each lane and in front of the Nexus. These turrets attack enemies on sight and help champions defend the Nexus.
Familiarize yourself with each lane role.
Choosing your lane will determine your role in the game, so you must learn and memorize each lane role on the map.
- Top Lane: Players who choose the top lane usually pick a tank or bruiser champion who can take damage and sustain the lane.
- Mid Lane: The mid lane is usually reserved for mage champions that deal with ability power.
- Bot Lane: The ADC champion and support champion are both found in the bot lane. The ADC or Attack Damage Carry champions have skill sets that excel in killing minions or executing major attacks in the late game. While Support champions help ADC to survive and carry in the early game. Their abilities also usually have decent crowd control to help them keep their teammates alive.
- Jungle: There is a specific role for players who move freely across the map. They are called the jungler. It is one of the trickiest roles since they do not have an assigned lane. To sustain this role, the player should pick a champion with excellent mobility to support various lanes across the map.
Master one hero per role.
Now that you are familiar with each lane role. It’s time for you to pick a champion for each one. Practice these champions until you get the hang of their skills and gameplay. By doing so, you can grow as a versatile player who can adjust their role depending on your teammate’s chosen roles. This can be helpful, especially during ranked games.
Below is a list of recommended Wild Rift champions that you can choose from. Each champion is categorized based on their role:
- Top Lane Champion: Garen, Fiora, Malphite, Nasus, Tryndamere
- Mid Lane: Ahri, Annie, Fizz, Lux, Orianna
- Bot Lane – ADC: Ashe, Graves, Jhin, Miss Fortune, Vayne
- Bot Lane – Support: Braum, Blitzcrank, Janna, Nami, Soraka
- Jungler: Jax, Master Yi, Olaf, Xin Zhao, Vi
Study each Summoner Spells.
Summoner Spells are assisting abilities that can help your champion’s gameplay. You can pick two Summoners Spells for each match.
Right now, there are 7 confirmed Summoner Spells for Wild Rift. These are the following:
- Barrier – gives your champion a barrier shield that can absorb damage for 2 seconds.
- Exhaust – slows targeted enemy champion and reduces the damage dealt.
- Flash – allows your champion to teleport into a short distance toward an aimed direction.
- Ghost – enables your champion to ignore unit collision and gain increased movement for 10 seconds.
- Heal – heals your champion and the most wounded ally near you.
- Ignite – enables you to ignite a target enemy champion that inflicts damage and reduces healing effects over 5 seconds.
- Smite – deals damage to target large or medium monsters. It can also be used on minions or pets. It is the most chosen summoner spell by Junglers.
Pick the right items.
Items can be purchased to make your champion stronger. It is crucial that you understand each item and when to build them so you can play your champions to the best of their ability. Familiarize yourself with how each item works and how it can fit into your build. Knowing which item to build can make a big difference in your match and can help you win the game. Remember that each item you choose depends on your champion, role, and play style.
Some of the confirmed items to be featured in Wild Rift includes the Blade of the Ruined King, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Runaan’s Hurricane, and Trinity Force.
Know your buffs.
The Wild Rift map is filled with neutral monsters that can give specific buffs to you and your team when killed. Here are some monsters you might find in the game:
- Baron Nashor – grants Hand of Nashor to all living allies for 180 seconds. It also gives a buff called Empowered Recall, an aura that can increase the power of nearby minions.
- Rift Herald – drops the Eye of the Herald, which grants your champion the ability to summon him to push a lane.
- Elemental Drakes – spawns four elemental drakes consequently every after 5 minutes. Each elemental drake gives a different type of buff.
Cloud Drake – grants ultimate cooldown reduction.
Infernal Drake – grants attack damage and ability power.
Mountain Drake – grants armor and magic resistance.
Ocean Drake – restores missing health for every 5 seconds.
- Elder Dragon – grants 120 seconds buff that increases all the other dragon’s buff by 50%. It also grants a burning effect on basic attacks.
- Blue Sentinel – drops the Crest of Insight, a buff that grants your champion with increased mana regeneration and cooldown reduction.
- Red Brambleback – drops the Crest of Cinders. This buff grants your champion health regeneration and grants your basic attacks with true damage over time.
Stick to your objectives.
When playing Wild Rift, always remember to focus on your objective, and that is to destroy your opponent’s Nexus. Most players think that Wild Rift, along with other MOBA games, focuses on the champion statistics or KDA (killing/death/assist) score. But that is not exactly the case. By the end of the game, it is not the team with the most number of kills that wins, but the team that can destroy their opponent’s Nexus. Always keep that in mind.
Communicate with your teammate.
As an arena battle game, you need a strategy to win. This is why communication is important in this game. Similar to its PC version, Wild Rift will have a ping system so you can quickly communicate with your team to what is going on within your game. Using this can help a lot in preventing deaths.
Be nice to your teammates and work together. Teamwork is critical in any MOBA game.
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Last but not least, don’t forget to enjoy the game. To know more about Wild Rift, you can visit its official page by clicking this link.
Check out this Wild Rift gameplay trailer from the developers: