Sneaky Teaches ADC Strategy

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Sneaky

Meet Your Coach: Sneaky

Lesson 1

Learn more about Sneaky’s:

  • MOBA background and history of playing League since its beta release

  • Early days of playing with Cloud 9 and “living the esports dream”

  • Sneaky’s formative experiences as a pro player.

  • Journey of winning LCS 3 times and competing on the worlds stage 7 times

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Aimlabs Challenge

Everyone’s experience with esports is different. For the beginning of this course, take 10-15 minutes on your own or with a friend and reflect on your formative gaming experiences. What was your earliest memory of gaming? Fondest memory? Highs and lows?

Lessons

Meet  Your Coach: Sneaky
Lesson 1

Learn more about Sneaky’s:

  • MOBA background and history of playing League since its beta release

  • Early days of playing with Cloud 9 and “living the esports dream”

  • Sneaky’s formative experiences as a pro player.

  • Journey of winning LCS 3 times and competing on the worlds stage 7 times

In-Game Settings & Keybindings
Lesson 2

Sneaky delivers his thoughts on how to find the perfect in game settings including:

  • How adjusting certain settings can improve your ability to move and orbwalk

  • The importance and best practices of good camera control

  • Sneaky’s take on whether abilities should be normal casted or smart casted.

  • How adjusting certain keybinds and habits can help you communicate your intentions to teammates

Essential ADC Mechanics
Lesson 3

Sneaky breaks down essential in game mechanics that every ADC should know, including:

  • Orbwalking and how ADCs benefit from this technique

  • The importance of the “S” key - an often underutilized keybind in League of Legends that can improve your character control and movement

  • Where you should position your camera as an ADC

  • Sneaky’s tips for when you should throw skillshots and trade in lane

Laning Phase Strategy
Lesson 4

In this laning-focused segment, Sneaky teaches you:

  • How to define the laning phase and where it fits into the other stages of the game

  • How to classify and form a game plan for your bot-lane matchups

  • When you should adjust your approach to trading and what factors to consider when manipulating waves

  • How to determine the right recall timings for your champion

Strong Side vs. Weak Side
Lesson 5

Sneaky explains how the concept of strong side and weak side can better inform your decisions in game, including:

  • Why strong side and weak side occur and how to determine which side you’re on.

  • How to adjust your decision making pathways depending on which side of the map you’re on

  • Several examples of how to utilize strong side advantage to gain a personal and team advantage

  • Several examples of how playing weak side correctly can create very difficult decisions for the enemy team

Mid & Late Game Strategy
Lesson 6

Sneaky explains how he thinks the later stages of a game should be approached as a team, covering:

  • How to define the mid-late stages of the game and why they can feel chaotic

  • What your individual and team goals should be during this time

  • How to decide between moving towards fights or prioritizing farm

  • Some tips for how to approach common mid or late game scenarios including split push, siege, and baron.

  • In-depth breakdowns from Sneaky’s own pro matches

Team Synergy
Lesson 7

In this team-based section, Sneaky teaches the concept and importance of good synergy. He goes into:

  • The importance of being able to empathize with the other roles on your team

  • What team synergy is and how its developed

  • Common ways other roles interact with the ADC role to benefit both players

  • How to better facilitate team plays with your personal decisions

Teamfighting
Lesson 8

Sneaky teaches you the key principles he applies in teamfights to achieve success, answering the follow questions:

  • What is my primary goal as ADC in fights?

  • How do I decide where to position myself and when should I be following up on my teammates?

  • When should I hold my abilities or use them?

  • How can I prevent the fed champions on the enemy team from 1 shotting me?

Adaptation
Lesson 9

Sneaky teaches you his thought process on how to approach fundamental changes in League of Legends. He covers:

  • The benefits of understanding how other types of characters function

  • The lifecycle of patches and how a shifting meta forces adaptation

  • How you can use VODs from professional play to learn new strategies and evaluate your own gameplay.

Ranked Advice & Mentality
Lesson 10

Sneaky explains his mentality behind consistently climbing to the highest ranks, covering:

  • His recommended approach for diversifying your champion pool

  • How you can use information available to you in draft to form a game plan

  • The importance of playing with purpose and handling tilt

  • The differences between solo queue and competitive play