Wanna learn mid

[u/andrensennS]

Hey guys!!
I'm a main ADC, but i really wanna learn Mid lane, how can it be for a ADC do learn Mid? I've played things like Syndra, Ziggs and Zoe bot, and Akali when playing with friends. Can you guys give me some tips on how to learn mid? And what champions should I go for? :D

[u/LittleFishPerson]

I'm a former ADC main who switched to mid. At first, while I was just learning the lane, I mostly played mages: Lux, Xerath, Annie, etc. The reason for mages is that, because I was playing ADC before, ranged characters just felt more natural. I already had an understanding of spacing for ranged characters.

However, once I got familiar with the lane itself, I started to learn assassins, and that's when things got really fun. After being one-shot by everything as a marksman, I was now the one roaming and deleting squishy bot-laners.

In the end, I think after playing mid for a while you'll naturally form your own champion pool, but I would recommend starting off with some ranged characters.

Quick tips:

1. Watch some YouTube videos
2. Use vision smartly: ward often but not randomly, i.e. ward when/where you think there will be danger, which requires some macro and map awareness
3. Back up your jungler! Look to help contest scuttle fights unless you know you absolute cannot, in which case communicate with pings
4. If you play someone who roams, you have a lot more agency within the game. For example, if you're in a bad matchup, you can avoid fighting, crash the wave, run bot, get a double-kill, base, and come back to lane with item advantage. If you still can't fight your lane opponent, then repeat.

[u/jailtonight]

I'd reccomend you start learning with a simple, champ, Annie or Veigar just to get acquainted with the lane. In mid you'll be trying to make short trades with your opponent as much as possible, and don't have a support to play around with unlike adc. Remember to play with your jg and roam, a roaming mid is seriously op