lil_mxmo Wrote: Can someone teach me how to play. I have a friend that plays but I assumed it was difficult and took a long time to learn!
It is not actually incredibly hard but depending on which types of games you are used to I can certainly see a bit of an adaptation taking place. I come from playing world of warcraft for a solid 6 years before jumping onto league so my gaming mentality was completely different. That is probably the very first thing to consider when picking up league, understand what you are jumping into.
League is a strategy game where you collaborate with others towards a given goal (similar to how you have a party in WOW and other MMORPGs to jump on an instance). The biggest difference here is that instead of fighting mobs that are programmed to do a certain task, you are fighting against others just like you that have the exact same goal.
Team synergy and communication in league is vital, without it, you wont get far. My best advise is to try jumping on bot games which will help you learn the game a bit more first, or if you have friends to play with, jump with them to get a feel of what PVP is like. There is no better method than actually challenging yourself to explore something new.