History
League of Legends History: From 2009 Launch to Today
How League of Legends grew from a 2009 free-to-play launch into a long-running MOBA, with its map overhauls, item systems, spin-offs and Arcane.
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Maps & Objectives
Vision and Warding in MOBAs: Why Map Information Wins Games
How fog of war, wards and true sight work in League of Legends and Dota 2, plus where and when to ward, how to deward and how vision wins objectives.
Roles & Strategy
What Does a Jungler Do? Jungling Explained
What junglers actually do: Smite and jungle pets in League, clear paths, ganks, objective control, tracking the enemy jungler and Dota's approach.
Beginner Guides
League of Legends for Beginners: The First Things to Learn
New to League of Legends? Learn what matters first: picking champions, abilities, summoner spells, farming, recalling, map awareness and objectives.
Maps & Objectives
Dragons and Baron Nashor in League of Legends: Epic Monsters Explained
How League's elemental drakes, Dragon Soul, Elder Dragon and Baron Nashor work as of 2026, what they give and why teams fight over them.
Heroes & Items
League of Legends Champion Classes Explained: Tanks, Mages, Marksmen and More
Riot's seven champion classes and their subclasses explained, with example champions, typical roles and how classes fit into a team composition.
History
From Aeon of Strife to Deadlock: A History of the MOBA Genre
How a StarCraft custom map grew into DotA, League of Legends, Dota 2, Smite, Heroes of the Storm, mobile MOBAs and Valve's Deadlock.
Maps & Objectives
Summoner’s Rift Map Guide: Lanes, Jungle, Turrets and Inhibitors
A tour of Summoner's Rift: the three lanes, river, jungle quadrants, turret tiers, plates, inhibitors and the Nexus, and why each structure matters.
Roles & Strategy
League of Legends Roles Explained: Top, Jungle, Mid, Bot and Support
What each of League's five positions does in the early, mid and late game, which champions usually fill them, and how the roles work together.
Beginner Guides
What Is a MOBA? A Beginner’s Guide to the Genre
What a MOBA is, where the name came from, how a match unfolds from laning to the final push, and how today's major MOBAs differ from each other.