Play jungle.

It’ll help you pay attention to the map while doing mindless stuff like that waiting at your tower or pathing to lane.

Just a few rounds to get the hang of it and build good habits.

Look at the map, know where the jungler started and his possible pathing. Put deep wards so you can spot them out early.

Best tip I got on that is from JollyJaegger.

Have a timer (there's a mp3 for that you can get on YouTube) that beeps every 5 or so second. Every time it beeps, look at your map and try to figure out where everyone is. After a while you will do it naturally.

Play a champ like Shen or tf that have kits that require macro

Theres a lot of time during laning phase when you dont need to look at where your cursor is. Even in teamfights or skirmishes you can look at the map while your basic attack is flying and youre kiting back.

The best tip so far though is this; change your map size to at least 200 or 250. This will look awkward at first but will 100% make your map awareness better.

This pc —>C:user —> league of legends folder —> config —> persistedsettings —> open with notebook —> ctrl+f —> type in ”mapscale” —> change value from 1.000 to 2.500 or 2.000

And no, its not bannable nor is it against the ToS in any way.

If I dont remember the route correctly (not on pc rn), just search that on youtube.

I played a lot of ranked team 3v3 before it was removed, and while flex 3s isn’t as good it is still a good way to learn because it’s a smaller, faster map with fighting all the time and no wards. You have to constantly be watching the map or you’re going to lose. I found that after getting to plat MMR my map awareness on SR was much better...

I always look at map when my auto attack goes of for a cs, turned into a good habit for me

Google a metronome that matches the frequency in which you want to look at your map.

For example, “6 beats per minute” would have you looking at the map once every 10 seconds.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMIZQcebfKI Every time you hear the beep just look at the minimap

Keep your sound on high so you hear pings. Don’t play with music. Try and get in the habit of pinging whenever you look and see the enemy jungler even when it’s obvious where he is. This gets you in the habit of looking at the map and when your team hears you pinging they’ll look as well

https://www.reddit.com/r/summonerschool/wiki/101#wiki_watching_the_map

I’ve heard pros say to make a conscious effort to look at the map after each time you last hit until it becomes habit

One of the things that helped me was playing support when passive heal/shield supports were top tier. Given you're not having to focus on csing looking around the map for ganks or roams that may be coming is easier. Do it for a while and it starts to become a habit. Even know if I start feeling like I'm not watching the map enough I'll play a few support games to get back in that mindset.

Have you tried to make your minimap obnoxiously huge? You should at least have it set to 1.5 to 2.0 for a time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4iwkf4/how_to_increase_minimap_size_beyond_100/

​

Another thing I advise is to start pinging players on the map. Anytime you see the enemy jungler on your minimap ping him. Anytime you see another champ not directly in their lane (mid heading to scuttle) ping it. If you get into the habit of pinging these things then by default you will be aware of them. The repeated conscious effort to notice them is going to help you a lot in your awareness of what's going on.

​

You can also spend some time noticing where minion waves are on the map. If top lane is pushed and the top laner is missing then he could be doing a whole lot of things, backing to base, rift herald, jg camps, scuttle, or even attempting a gank. It's easy to see your minion waves so notice where you position yourself when going for cs. If you are seeing the opponent start getting closer then pull back because its a signal to you that a jg gank could be coming.

What worked for me was making the map as small as possible for a few games then changing it to its max size. You only realize how much you need something until after it’s gone.

One thing I found to be helpful was playing around the enemy jungle. If you're constantly planning based on where they are, you'll naturally look at the map to get new information.

Increase the minimap size if you're on a high-resolution monitor will help. It takes practice to form a habit of looking at the minimap once in a while 10sec+-~. So IMO just practice and force yourself to look at the minimap.

Going to take a different approach and say try playing an RTS game like sc2. You can just play the campaign on hard and learn to multitask better imo.

Maybe find a program that beeps or makes a noise every 10-15 seconds to start and then look at the map. Your mind will get used to it and you'll do it without the beeping.

What worked for me was getting really good at lasthitting and increasing map size.

With the map taking up more space I naturally notice it more easily in the corner of my eye whenever there's movement on it and I switch between looking at the enemy laner and looking at the map every couple seconds because I can autopilot lasthitting

I found a metronome that I didn't find was annoying, makes a quiet popping sound every 3 seconds to remind me to check the minimap. I use it every once in a while

find a beep every 10 seconds video on youtube and when it beeps cycle through your f keys f1 f2 f3 f4. knowing what your teammates are up to can give you information that could lead to plays

Thank you for all the advice I will do my best to use your tips to improve my gameplay

Play a bunch of jungle games

I recommand coach curtis video about map awarness.

TLDR : You need to keep certain moment of the game for looking at the map. Exemple : after a trade you don't have to watch for pvp stuff, so you can keep your mind on minimap for like the next 6-10sec.

Doing some farming drill will also free your mind from this aspect of the game so you can focus on other aspects.

I think the general rule is to look at the map after every cs. When it come it’s teamfights, just make a habit of thinking “okay three of five people are here so who’s missing” or “they have a zed on their team so where will he try to flank.” It can be difficult and it might feel unsafe to be looking at map during a fight, but at least look at the map after an enemy has been killed to gauge where the rest of team is if you can’t see them on your cam. It’s just practice.

Might sound a little silly, but increase the size of your minimap. Keep looking at it. Practice with a timer in laning phase. Set it to maybe 5 seconds interval or so. Every time it beeps, you look at your minimap and/or your teammates and look at what is going on.

Go to practice tool, do a CS drill, you must watch map between every CS and ping something on it in lanes other than yours (enemy missing, danger, whatever) untill it becomes muscle memory for your eyes while of course not having lower cs than usual at 10 mins

I recommend Curtis's My No.1 Advice For Reducing Gank Deaths
https://youtu.be/6EWqSFnDsdg?si=1Ndd_8D-FzDG-qAE

Basically know what to look for first. Make a mental checklist.
Ex. you need to check if Pyke missing more often than Lulu. Respect lv3 Nunu more than lv3 Evelynn
+ the more you comfortable with your champ/the matchup the more you have time to look at your mental checklist. Know that and play accordingly. Ex. If you're not used to play as Jayce vs Akali you'll likely have less time to think about roaming support, ganking jungle, etc

Increase mini map scale!

Check the mini map after every cs. Use f1 - f5 to quickly jump into POV of team mates

Damn,true,I couldn’t have figured it out myself.😨

How does it work? Giving an advantage or thinking for the player is typically not riot-approved, and I’m assuming you’re using their api? Seems like this would be an easy way to get banned.

Metronom. Every 5 seconds, tics.

At each tics, check minimap.

Tadam !

Wish it could be possible to centre the minimap on the screen and make it transparent

Nah, I'd win

Checking the minimap is only a small fraction of League. Interpreting what you see on the map is way more important.

...i dont think you understand the point of it

I would never recommend playing with your sound off.

Sound can be an important indicator of certain things going on in the game. For instance, you might hear the shaco poof before you see it thus giving you the extra few milliseconds you need to react.

Look at the map as you attack to CS. That’s actually helpful.

There are some things that you need to hear. Im all about removing the music and unnecessary stuff but the game sounds are important.

Sion,Kled and Corki come to my mind at the moment. If you mute all sounds you will never see these 3 coming until its too late.

Everytime you CS a mob, glance at mini map. If someone is gone for 4+ CS you should probably start thinking about where they could have gotten since you last saw them.

Anytime a champion enters your sight from Fog of War check their mana.

Those 2 things alone helped my laning substantially as a jungle main.