Now, if you are not familiar with this game and Moba-style games and you want to play League for the first time, you should know that it may be very difficult for newcomers. This tutorial will teach you everything you need to get started:

Game Map

The main map of the game is called Summoner’s Rift and it has three main lines and a forest. The blue team is at the bottom of the map and the red team is at the top of the map. Each has 5 players starting from the fountain. In the first 15 seconds of the game, members of both teams cannot leave the fountain, after the end of 15 seconds, everyone can freely start surfing around the map. After 1 minute, the minions start spawning and the game begins.

Nexus

Nexus is the most important goal of both teams. You can pursue other sub-goals, but to win you must destroy the Nexus. There are other targets on the way to the Nexus that you must destroy, such as towers and inhibitors. Two towers are located on the front of the Nexus and you cannot damage the Nexus until you destroy them.

Towers

Towers are a defense system that harms the opposing team. If the enemy is stronger than you, most of the time the towers will stop them from following you. In addition to defense, towers increase your visibility and expose enemies and invisible traps. The attack system of the towers is such that they can only attack one enemy at a time. Each enemy force that enters it first becomes the main target of the tower. If that target is killed or out of sight of the tower, it will find a new target. Since the purpose of these towers is defense, if the enemy force damages you under your team tower, the tower will focus on that enemy force. If a large number of enemy forces are in sight of the tower, the tower targets as follows:

Cannon Minions or Super Minions
Melee Minions
Caster Minions
Opponent team player

In Summoner’s Rift map each team has 11 towers, you have to destroy at least 5 towers to win. The layout of the towers on the map is as follows:

Three towers in Top Lane, Mid Lane, and Bot Lane
Two towers on the front of the Nexus

In each lane, the towers are divided into three groups:

Outer Turret: Located in the middle of the Lane.
Inner Turret: Located In front of the inner towers.
Inhibitor Turret: Located at the beginning of the Lane and takes care of the Inhibitor.

Features of towers

For example, you must first destroy the Outer Turret to reach the Inner Turret, then you must destroy the Inner Turret to reach the Inhibitor Turret, and finally destroying the Inhibitor Turret, you can destroy the Inhibitor of that Lane.

Towers have their own features which are as follows:

• In the first 5 minutes of the game, the Top and Mid Lane towers are equipped with Fortification, which reduces the damage to them by 50%.
• In the first 14 minutes of the game, all Outer Turrets are equipped with Turret Plating. Turret Plating divides the tower health bar into 5 sections. By destroying each bar you get gold. You also activate the Bulwark effect, which greatly increases the tower defense system for 20 seconds. The amount of this defense increases based on the number of players near the tower. If you destroy another bar in less than 20 seconds, the effects will accumulate and their time will be reset. If you cannot destroy the strips before 14 minutes, the Turret Plating will be destroyed and you can no longer get gold by destroying them.

• All turrets have Ohmwrecker capability, which allows their attacks to pass through the enemy armor and enemy forces can not escape the attacks of turrets unless they are Untargetable. Successful Turret attacks also cause 40% to 120% extra damage to players. By changing the target of the tower, this effect will not be removed from the players. But after 3 seconds, this effect will be reset again.

• All turrets have the Warden’s Eye feature, which allows enemies and invisible traps to be detected by entering the view of the towers.

• All turrets have Reinforced Armor capability, which makes them 66% less damaged if the Minion or Rift Herald is not close to them.

Minions

There are 4 types of Minion in the game:

• Melee Minions: They are the simplest type of Minions, they have a somewhat tank mode, and they must be close to the target to be able to damage it.

• Caster Minions: It is easier to kill this type of Minion. They can damage the target from a distance.

• Siege Minions: They have a tank mode and they can attack from a distance and do more damage, but their number is less than other Minions.

• Super Minions: They are the strongest and most tank type of Minions. In order to damage the target, they must be close to it. These types of minions do not normally spawn, but if you can destroy one of the inhibitors, this type of minion will start spawning in that lane instead of the Siege Minion until the inhibitor of that lane is repaired.

Minions are essential for the two basic principles of Farm and Trade.

Laning

In simple terms, Laning means playing against an opponent in one of the three available Lanes. Your goal in the Laning phase depends on the Champion you choose and the opponent’s Champions. From now on, LoL gets a little harder and you have to play a few hands to better understand.

Each match has two basic principles: Farming and Trading

• Trading: means to inflict damage and receive damage. When you trade with your opponent, you damage him with a Base Attack or one of your Champion’s special abilities.

When you hurt an Opponent’s player, the Minions around the opponent change their target and attack you. That’s why trading is not so simple and you have to pay attention to the opponent’s minions.

So try not to get involved with your opponent when he has more Minions than you because you will get more damage when fighting. Of course, over time, with experience, you can better decide when to get involved.

• Farming: You get Gold every time you kill someone (Minion, Monster, Opponent,…). Gold is a very important unit and will help you a lot in becoming a Champion. So you can earn more gold by killing your opponent’s Minions, and if you farm more than your opponent, you will become stronger than him faster (a word from a street master). Also, keep in mind that you will only receive Gold when you hit the final hit.

Jungle

The jungle is part of the Summoner’s Rift map that fills the space between the lanes. The Jungle is divided into four sections, two for the blue team and the other two for the red team, both of which have 6 unique monsters: Gromp, Blue Sentinel, Murk Wolfs, Raptors, Red Brambleback, Krugs.

There are a number of special monsters near the river and they are called Neutral Objective, these monsters are: The Dragons, Rift Herald, Baron

Dragons

There are 5 types of dragons. Each elemental dragon has its own special effects and features. The elemental dragon is spawned every 5 minutes after being killed. The first elemental dragon also spawns 5 minutes after the start of the game.

The elder dragon is the second most important jungle objective

Also keep in mind that the third element dragon that becomes Spawn changes the shape of the map. Whenever each team can kill 4 elemental dragons, the soul receives the most type of elemental dragon they have killed.

• Infernal Drake: Increases the power of abilities and the amount of damage from attacks. The fiery dragon spirit allows your attack to create a small explosion after every 3 seconds, with varying degrees of damage depending on your level.

• Mountain Drake: Increases armor and resistance to magic. The spirit of the mountain dragon allows gives you a shield when you are not harmed for 5 seconds, which remains until it is destroyed, the health of the shield depends on your level.

• Ocean Drake: Improves your lost health by a small amount per second. The spirit of the ocean dragon allows you to improve your health by successfully attacking the enemy for 3 seconds, although attacking the Minions fills less health.

• Elder Dragon: Whenever you damage the enemy, except for the damage you have done, the enemy gets damaged over time. Also, whenever you damage enemies whose health rate is less than 20%, you kill them on the spot! After killing the ancient dragon, all members of the team will receive 250 Gold. The one who hits the final blow will receive an additional 100 Gold.

Rift Herald

The Rift Herald is a tank monster that has a major weakness to make it easier to kill. There is a big eye behind him and when this eye is open and you attack him from behind, he gets a lot of damage. After killing the Rift Herald, you receive him as the Buff and it temporarily replaces your Trinket until you use it.

When you use this Buff, the Rift Herald spawns where you specify and acts like a tame animal and attacks enemies. When the Rift Herald approaches the enemy tower, it charges itself firmly hitting the Tower and doing a lot of damage to it.

The Rift Herald spawns 8 minutes after the start of the game and responds every 6 minutes after death. Also, 20 minutes after the start of the game, the Rift Herald replaces Baron.

• Baron

Baron is a very powerful monster that you need a lot of teammates to kill. After killing it, your power will increase temporarily.

Killing the Baron will greatly increase the damage and power of your attacks and the abilities of you and your teammates, and make the Minions around you stronger.

Baron spawns 20 minutes after the start of the game and respawns every 6 minutes after death. By killing it, all team members will receive 300 Gold.

Roles

There are 5 roles in the game in which each team member must choose a role. Each Role typically tends to have several different ranges of Champions, but you can definitely choose any Champion you like.

• Top Lane: Most tank champions and juggernauts are used.

• Jungle: Different champions can be picked for this role, but most Assassin and Tank champions are used.

• Mid Lane: For this role, only the Champass of Assassin, Spell Caster, and Utility classes are used.

• Bot Lane: For this role, only Marksman and Ranged Champions are used.

• Support: Like Top Lane, most tank champions and juggernauts are used for this role. The role of this role is to support Bot Lane Champions.

Items

You have to spend the gold you earn, in the Fountain of each team, there is an Item Shop where you can buy different items. The items you have to buy depend on the Champion and the Role you play. Of course, to begin with, it is better to buy your own items offered by the store, but over time and with your own experience, you can identify the most appropriate items, their order, and composition.

The Final Word

League of Legends is a game full of points and to get better you have to keep playing and gain experience. Of course, these many tips and rules have made the game so enjoyable. The further you go in the game, you’ll start playing against harder opponents, LoL Smurfs, and real pros. Remember, the more points and rules appear based on your experience, and the game becomes equally better and more enjoyable.

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But the question remains: where do you start? Today, we’re walking you through everything you need to know about minting your first NFT and building your collection.

What is an NFT?

First let’s define what we’re talking about: An NFT (non-fungible token) is a digital token that exists on the blockchain in a format that makes it unique from other digital tokens. Each NFT is unique and completely different from any other token. Unlike most, each one has its own history, its own attributes, and its own relationships with other entities on their respective blockchains.

NFTs can be expressed as unique, non-copyable tokens that exist on Ethereum’s blockchain. This means that they are one of the first functional digital assets on it; they represent a particular unit of value and have their own source code that can be used to create new NFTs, trade them, and do other things with them.

NFTs can also exist outside of Ethereum and on other blockchains. You can read more about what that means in our original article which walks through the creation of an NFT on a Bitcoin-based blockchain.

What are the Benefits?

There are plenty of great benefits to creating and managing your personal collection of NFTs. First and foremost, we love seeing the ways people use their collections to support causes they believe in while earning crypto at the same time. Second, you can use them to create a gift that’s uniquely yours, which increases the likelihood that they’ll be used and appreciated. Finally, they are a great way to start earning crypto and fiat currency.

How to Mint Your First NFT

Now that you know what they are and why they’re great, let’s go over the steps of actually minting them. By now, you may be asking yourself what we mean by “minting” an NFT, and that’s a valid question. When creating an NFT, you’re basically creating an instance of a unique, non-copyable digital asset.

The process for creating these instances varies slightly depending on the resource you are using to mint, but the general process is simple:

Step 1: Decide on Your Concept

Before you start the process, you will need to think about what exactly your NFTs will be. Identifying your idea can be a challenging part of the process, but it’s worth taking the time to figure it out.

Your first step is to think about what you want to represent with your collection. Some people choose to represent their favorite sports team, while others are using their NFTs to support charities or causes they care about. Still, others use them as a form of self-expression or even just for fun. The options are unlimited and depend on how creative you want your collection to be.

Step 2: Pick a Platform

Be sure to make sure you use the proper platform for the steps ahead. If you’re using an Ethereum-based platform, like MetaMask, you will need to make sure your wallet address is compatible with the NFT platform of choice.

Step 3: Connect and Build a Communit

Before you start selling your NFTs, you want to immerse yourself in the community to gain traction. This way, when you offer your NFTs for sale, other users will recognize your attention to detail and the dedication you put into each token.

Once you’ve proven yourself in the community, it’s time for the hard work to begin.

Step 4: Create Your Artwor

Now that you’re established, it’s time to start getting creative. Whether you decide to hire someone to create the artwork for you, or you decide to do it yourself, make sure it’s a labor of love. NFT collectors value uniqueness so make sure you pour as much of yourself into it as possible.

Step 5: Mint It

Now that your artwork’s ready, it’s time to mint it on the platform of your choice. Each platform has a different process for minting NFTs so make sure you thoroughly research the requirements and fees associated with minting NFTs on the platform you choose.

The Takeaway

There are plenty of reasons to start creating your own NFTs, so get started today! Whether you decide to make unique tokens for your sports team, create artwork for an upcoming concert or rally, or just want to support a cause you believe in, it’s never too early (or too late) to start. Happy minting and we’ll see you in the next article.

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What is Smite?

Let’s start with the basics. Smite is a 5vs5 MOBA videogame developed by Hi-Rez Studio. You, as the player, get to pick one of over 100 gods as your own character for the match. Each of the gods has its own class and unique abilities. Even though this title features a lot of different game modes, the one that Smite is all about is conquest. However, conquest is really complex, almost impossible to understand for new players. So, we shall focus on the arena throughout this article.

The Basics of Arena

Arena is definitely the most beginner-friendly game mode out there on Smite. Each team of 5 gods starts on the opposite sides of a colosseum-like arena. They also start with 500 tickets. As you kill the enemy gods and their minions, their ticket number drops. The map is circular and has four pillars in the center. On the left and right sides of the pillars is a wall dividing the area with buffs. Buffs in the arena include mana, damage, and attack speed. Mana is typically taken by mages and attack speed by hunters. After a certain number of kills, a siege minion spawns. When they enter the enemy’s portal, the enemy loses a massive amount of tickets. So, you should try and stop your enemy’s siege minion and defend your own.

It is a simple game mode but there are some things that you should note. Going inside the enemy’s base is NOT a good idea as you will receive massive damage. For a beginner, assassins may not be the best choice as it is incredibly hard to single out a god due to the small map. Item builds should focus on damage and not sustainability, since it is always easy to return to your base where you receive mana and health. For a quick way back press B on your keyboard. (P.S. If an enemy attacks you, your return to the base will be canceled)

Smite and its gods

If we covered all of the gods even with one sentence this article would be massive, so we will try our best to give you a good foundation so you can explore each of the gods on your own. Currently, Smite has a roaster consisting of 120 gods, but that isn’t final. The developers work hard on the updates and bring in a new god every now and then. You can find gods from different cultures such as Mayan, Greek, Roman, Hindu, etc.

Along with gods who are individual, Smite has 5 different classes: Warrior, Guardian, Assasin, Mage, and Hunter. Even though each of the gods has its own abilities, understanding the different classes will give you a good foundation.

Warrior – close-range melee damage dealer. Depending on your item build and the god, a warrior can either have high damage and low defense or the other way around.

Guardian – as a guardian your role is to engage in fights first and protect your own teammates. Since you’re basically a tank, don’t be afraid to get in the action heads first. But, you must note that if you are alone, going into battle with 2+ enemies isn’t a good idea.

Assassin – fighting two gods on your own will result in your death since you are incredibly fragile. However, you also do deal a ton of damage. In the arena, you should try to single out enemies or run after them when they have low health. Like warriors, assassins are also close range.

Mage – they are long-range damage dealers, or sometimes healers. In arena, you should keep your distance from other gods and do as much damage as possible

Hunter – Similar to mages, the difference is that hunters have physical damage, while mages have magical.

Since there are a lot of gods, oftentimes, even if you played that god before, you will forget about their abilities. But don’t worry! Before the game actually starts you can always access the abilities and read through them to refresh your mind. To do that simply press K on your keyboard.

Items and item building

Items are an important part of Smite gameplay. As many beginners do, you can leave your item buying on automatic and the game does it for you. However, if you want that upper edge and customizable items for that exact match, you can turn it off and settings and buy your own gear. As you kill minions and gods, you will earn gold. With that gold in your base, you can buy yourself items (Keybind: I). For the best items, it is suggested you check out individual guides to gods.

On the bottom right you must have noticed two areas that are different from your abilities. The far-right one is for consumables, you can buy different potions in the same shop where you buy items. The one that’s left is for relics. In the beginning, there will be a shard there that you place on the ground and it will let you know when an enemy passes through the area it covers. It is extremely useful in other game modes but in arena? Not so much. The relics have their different abilities and it would be the best to read them in the shop.

Miscellaneous tips

Since you are a beginner, there probably will be matches where you will die a lot of times. The issue is that it can be reported as feeding. So, try to be conscious of your deaths. What should be common etiquette is not instant locking your gods. When you don’t lock your gods right away, you can see the whole assembly on the team and decide what is missing the most.  As you level up, your abilities level up with you. In the beginning, it is typical that players leave that on automatic, but you can turn it off along with automatic item buying.

On the main menu on the game on the left side, you will see different things such as the battle pass, the shop, and different events. Each of those is worth checking out as the battle pass and the events offer really good gifts. In the shop, you unlock new gods that you find interesting.  On the right side of the menu, you can see your quests along with other stuff.

Conclusion

Well, this should make you set to embark on your journey in Smite. Keep in mind that the game is really hard and all of this information is just the simplest basics. However, we promise as you keep on playing you will gain experience and knowledge quickly. Don’t be afraid to try different game modes and have fun!

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