In the course of the final matches of the LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs, MeinMMO editor Nikolas Hernes was able to speak with 2 German professionals in League of Legends. He asked both how to actually get better at LoL.
What was this event like? From September 26, 2025, to September 28, 2025, the last games of the LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs took place in Madrid. During this time, I was able to speak with 2 German professionals:
- Once with Elias
Upset
Lipp. He is the ADC of Fnatic and was able to assert himself against Karmine Corp and the prodigy Caliste. However, against Movistar KOI, victory could not be achieved in the semifinals. - The other German professional is G2’s top laner, Sergen
BrokenBlade
Çelik, who showed a strong performance in the final and was able to win the LEC 2025 Summer Playoffs with his team without any problems.
We will publish the entire interviews with both players in the coming days and link them here.
We individually asked both players for 3 tips for beginners who want to climb in LoL. One of their tips is simple but incredibly important.
5 Tips to Get Better at LoL
What tips did the two professionals give? After the question, Upset first replied with: learn from your mistakes.
While this may sound quite obvious, in LoL it is worth rewatching old matches. This is quite easy to do through the launcher and your match history. There you can see if you could have acted better in a team fight.
As a second point, Upset mentioned farming. This is important for all roles, but especially the ADC benefits from items the most. A very good farm compared to the opponent can be more useful than just having a few more kills.
As the last point, Upset stated that one should not tilt
, meaning one should not get angry. BrokenBlade also mentioned this aspect as a point. He explained in the interview:
You need a strong mental. Buddha-mental. Top laners have it tough […] You need a good mental as a top laner, that will win you many games.
What exactly do both mean by that? It only concerns your mindset. No matter how you play and what happens in the game, you should try to keep calm and not tilt
even if your teammates are not exactly friendly. If you are angry or chat a lot, you also make more mistakes.
In addition, BrokenBlade gave 2 more tips for beginners. First, you should learn wave management. This is especially important on the top and mid lanes because you can control and manage the minion waves through techniques like freezing and slow-push. This way, you can ensure that your opponent loses gold.
Controlling the minion waves is somewhat more complex, as you want to keep a certain number of enemy minions alive depending on your strategy and only make the last hit to get the gold. You can find a detailed guide on this on Mobalytics. It explains how to optimally execute a freeze, so that the opponent automatically pushes into you. The slow-push, which is the slow preparation of a large wave, and the fast-push, which is the strong pushing onto the opponent, are also explained.
Secondly, BrokenBlade mentions jungle pathing
. He states that it is very, very important, because when you’re alone, you don’t get much help.
By this, BrokenBlade means that one should know the locations of their and the enemy jungler to avoid getting surprised, but also to know when they can expect help.
What are the professionals’ tips? So the tips can be summarized as follows:
- Learn from your mistakes, review what you did wrong.
- Learn to farm well, focus on that.
- Learn wave manipulation to control and defeat your opponents.
- Learn jungle pathing and try to always know where the enemy jungler is.
- Try to stay mentally calm. If you’re angry, you’ll make more mistakes.
As in every competitive game and sport, much is gained through one’s thoughts and composure. This is also true in LoL, especially when one has mastered the basic mechanics. Both players have made it to the Worlds, but the legendary T1 must prove itself again beforehand: Faker’s team fails in its own LoL league against a major rival, must really strive to get ready for the Worlds.
Secondly, BrokenBlade mentions jungle pathing
. He states that it is very, very important, because when you’re alone, you don’t get much help.
By this, BrokenBlade means that one should know the locations of their and the enemy jungler to avoid getting surprised, but also to know when they can expect help.
What are the professionals’ tips? So the tips can be summarized as follows:
- Learn from your mistakes, review what you did wrong.
- Learn to farm well, focus on that.
- Learn wave manipulation to control and defeat your opponents.
- Learn jungle pathing and try to always know where the enemy jungler is.
- Try to stay mentally calm. If you’re angry, you’ll make more mistakes.
As in every competitive game and sport, much is gained through one’s thoughts and composure. This is also true in LoL, especially when one has mastered the basic mechanics. Both players have made it to the Worlds, but the legendary T1 must prove itself again beforehand: Faker’s team fails in its own LoL league against a major rival, must really strive to get ready for the Worlds.
