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How to Kill Minions on League of Legends

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Let me explain how to kill minions on League of Legends effectively, as good farming makes a huge difference in your games.

The technique changes based on your role and champion type.

For carry champions, focus on last hitting. This means waiting until a minion has very low health before attacking it.

Avoid auto-attacking constantly, as this pushes the wave and makes you vulnerable to ganks. Watch your own minions' attacks to predict when enemy minions will get low enough to kill.

If you play support or tank roles, you should let your carry get the minion kills. Your job focuses on protecting allies and controlling the lane rather than farming.

Your gold comes from support items and assists instead.


Practice makes perfect with minion killing. You can use the Practice Tool to improve your timing.

Pick a champion like Ashe and aim for 80-90 minion kills by 10 minutes. This gives you a good benchmark for improvement.

Some champions have special abilities that help with farming. Mages can use spells to kill multiple minions at once.

AD carries rely more on basic attacks for precise last hits.

Also, learn your champion's attack animation to time your hits better.

In the mid and late game, look for large minion waves in side lanes. These give lots of gold and experience.

But remember to join your team for important fights and objectives. Good farming requires balance between getting gold and helping your team.


I recommend practicing with ranged champions first. They make it easier to learn timing because you can stay safer while farming.

Once you master farming on ranged champions, melee champions become easier to handle.

Remember, good minion killing takes time to learn.

Start in practice mode, then move to normal games. Keep track of your minion kills at 10 minutes to measure your progress.

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