February 2022 • Macworld 7320.time, moving them around the battle
zone or using various combat skills
and other abilities. However, your
other three Champions also have
‘passive’ abilities that they can
use automatically during each turn
while you’re controlling the main
‘active’ Champion. For instance, the
support character, Baz, can provide
a movement buff, while Energia casts
healing spells to aid the fighters.
That makes it easy to get started,
as you just have to concentrate on
moving one Champion in each turn,
but as you gain experience you’ll also
learn how to combine the active skills
of each Champion with the passive
skills of their team-mates. And, of
course, you also have to try and
anticipate the attacks of your online
opponents at the same time. There’s
plenty of help available, though, with
a tutorial that introduces the basics
for newcomers, and a practice mode
to help you get used to all the different
Champions and skills before going
online for the real PvP action.- League of Legends
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Gamers always have room for a great
real-time strategy title, and it’s time
to make room for League of Legends.
Identical to its Windows counterpart,
LoL for Mac divides its players into
two teams, each attacking the other’s
base and attempting to dismantle
their opponent’s tower defences and
win the round. You can choose from
more than 110 Champion templates
(characters), and customise their skill
set with points earned from matches.
Beyond nifty graphics and
sound, there’s a near-infinite