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Gold wins games, and most of your gold comes from minions. Learn to last-hit cleanly and you out-scale opponents who fight all game.
A single wave of minions is worth roughly the same gold as a kill, and there are dozens of waves every game. A player who misses no minions can be hundreds of gold ahead of a flashy player who only chases kills — without ever fighting.
Last-hitting (often called 'CS', for creep score) is the single most reliable way to gain a gold lead. It does not depend on your opponent making mistakes; it only depends on your own mechanics.
Key takeaways
You only get gold for the killing blow on a minion, not for damaging it. The goal is to deal the final hit exactly when the minion's health reaches your attack damage.
Watch the minion's health bar, not your champion. As it drops into your attack's damage range, fire your auto-attack. Early on you will over-shoot or miss — that is normal. The fix is repetition.
Key takeaways
Open Practice Tool. Spawn no enemy champion. Try to hit 100 CS by 10 minutes without using any abilities — only auto-attacks. Repeat until you consistently miss fewer than 5.
Then do the same allowing abilities, but only to secure minions you would otherwise miss (like a cannon under tower). This builds the habit of using abilities efficiently for farm.
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