New Years Resolution: Smart Cast

Happy New Years everyone, I know it's been a couple days since my last post but due to the celebrations that go along with the occasion, most of my free time has been taken up by sippin champagne and fuckin with groupie hoes. I'm sure a few of you are wondering whether or not that's a joke or not but I'll leave the ambiguity intact. Anyways, moving on to today's post about Smart Cast. What is it? How do I use it? Why should I use it? 


What is it? Smart cast is an in-game feature that ultimately removes all targeting functionality from your skills. Don't freak out and think this means you can't aim any of your spells. It just means that when you press a skill that's a skill shot, or a skill that requires you to click on a target, instead of you having to click again to fire it, it automatically shoots the skill in the direction of where your cursor is hovering over.

How do I use it? Enabling smart cast is fairly simple. All you need to do is bring up your in-game menu, go to key bindings, and scroll down a bit until you find this section:

As you can see, my smart cast key bindings have already been changed to replace the default keys which are usually [Shift][Q], [Shift][W], [Shift][E], [Shift][R]. At first using smart cast is going to really mess with you, especially if you've been using regular style casting for the majority of your LoL experience. However, I promise that it's for the best in the long term.

Why should I use it? By removing the 2nd click necessary to cast target requiring spells such as Morgana's "Dark Binding" or Brand's "Conflagration", the time it take for you to chain actions becomes greatly reduced. This means you're playing the game faster than someone who isn't using smart cast. In clutch situations, every split second counts. Once you reach a level of skill that allows you to process these decisions as quickly as they come, you're going to need the reaction speed and execution speed that goes along with it.

I started using smart cast a couple weeks ago and I think finally I've gotten used to it. At the end of the day it really is preference and certain skills are just more user friendly if not smart casted. However, 9 times out of 10, smart cast will really improve the speed at which you play the game. I would most certainly recommend it to anyone trying to improve their play