Aphromoo Teaches Support Map Control

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Aphromoo

Meet Your Coach: Aphromoo

Lesson 1

Aphromoo tells you about his journey of becoming an esports pro, including:

  • How he got introduced to League of Legends

  • The individual strengths that allowed him to stand out as a player

  • How he bounced back from some of the lowest points of his career

  • The importance of minimizing toxicity and being a motivator for his teammates

  • The importance of listening within a team and being openminded to other perspectives

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While your mechanical skills are certainly valuable, Aphromoo's introduction taught you the importance of being a positive personality and motivator for any team you're a part of. Follow in Aphromoo's footsteps and work on being that positive force for your ranked teammates while staying openminded and trying to diffuse toxicity.

Lessons

Meet Your Coach: Aphromoo
Lesson 1

Aphromoo tells you about his journey of becoming an esports pro, including:

  • How he got introduced to League of Legends

  • The individual strengths that allowed him to stand out as a player

  • How he bounced back from some of the lowest points of his career

  • The importance of minimizing toxicity and being a motivator for his teammates

  • The importance of listening within a team and being openminded to other perspectives

"The Facilitator"
Lesson 2

Aphromoo teaches you how to improve your chances of winning by being a facilitator, covering:

  • How to use your time most efficiently as a support

  • Different ways to get your team on the same page through communication

  • How properly managing your own lane's minion waves can help you impact the rest of the map

  • The importance of understanding the lane dynamics and matchups of the rest of the map

Team Synergy
Lesson 3

Aphromoo discusses synergy and how it affects team dynamics in all levels of play by exploring:

  • The importance of pattern recognition when it comes to different map states and movements

  • Communication with your lane partner and adjusting to their playstyle

  • The synergistic relationship between the support and jungle roles

  • Split-second decision making based on the goals and intentions of your teammates and their champions

Strong Side vs. Weak Side
Lesson 4

Aphromoo teaches you the concept of strong vs. weak side and how to apply it by offering you:

  • His take on recognizing your team's win conditions

  • Advice for losing as little as possible when playing weak side

  • Ways to snowball advantages when on strong side

  • Tips for better understanding your Jungler's intentions and knowing what to do when he’s not playing around you

Defensive Vision
Lesson 5

Aphromoo teaches you how to orient your vision when you're on the back foot by:

  • Helping you understand how your wave state affects you and your team's vision

  • Teaching you when and how to contest wards and vision

  • Giving his advice for how to play from behind and where to place your control wards

  • Offering you strategies that allow you to abuse vision control in key areas to set up your comeback

Aggressive Vision
Lesson 6

Aphromoo teaches you how snowball your advantages when playing from ahead by showing you:

  • How to ward for key areas that your team will later control

  • How to find good recall timers to refill your wards

  • Ways to contest and hold vision when your opponent fights for map control

  • The value in protecting your weak side while maintaining your presence on your strongside

Early Game Plan
Lesson 7

Aphromoo explains his thought process for early game planning by highlighting:

  • Ways to find advantages from L1

  • The importance of leashing your Jungler properly

  • How you can manage waves to intentionally create different scenarios for yourself

  • The importance of playing to your lane's win conditions

Mid & Late Game Macro
Lesson 8

Aphromoo explains important factors to consider during the mid/late game and touches on:

  • When the mid and late stages of the game start

  • What to do before and after taking a certain objective

  • How to properly measure your success as a support

  • The importance of contesting Mid lane and how to control it

  • Comeback mechanics and strategies for playing from behind

Climbing Ranked
Lesson 9

Aphromoo teaches you his thought process for climbing the ranked ladder by teaching you:

  • The importance of understanding your strengths and playing towards them

  • How to decide on your champion pool while adapting your pick depending on your team's composition

  • His thoughts on what differentiates players at different skill levels

  • Ways to better communicate, properly engage, and track the enemy jungler

Contesting Objectives
Lesson 10

Aphromoo helps you understand how to approach objective control by teaching you:

  • How to understand and apply the concept of tempo

  • How to know if you’re strong enough to fight

  • The factors that might lead you to give up an objective completely

  • The value in crossmapping and how it impacts your chances of winning

Teamfighting
Lesson 11

Aphromoo teaches you how to approach teamfighting as a support player, including:

  • How to space in teamfights and the importance of properly spacing around skill shots

  • How to understand the most effective position for your champion

  • Engaging and how to avoid getting engaged on

  • How to cut your losses and when to avoid teamfights entirely