Play bot games and unlock a easy champ that deals a lot of damage while being able to take punishment like Garen, it's a good way of learning the game imo.
I wouldn't recommend playing against bots for too long. A few games is good, so you can kind of figure out how the game mechanics work, but bots do not behave like humans. At all.
Also, I would suggest doing some reading before you start. Sites Like mobafire, solomid, or LoLpro have helpful guides that can either explain key mechanics of the game, or shed some light on individual champions.
You're going to be bad at first. So, accept that and play some PvP. The matchmaking tries to match you with people of similar skill level (it's debatable whether it does) so you shouldn't have too much of an issue with that.
I think for the most part the recommend champions are pretty good to start with. The only one I wouldn't recommend (off the top of my head, I don't have a full list of them sitting on front of me) would be Master Yi. His mechanics and playstyle are quite easy, but it is hard to do well on him once people figure out how to use cc. Though if you do learn how to play him well, you've learned positioning and timing pretty well.
I would say give the game a shot. Maybe it won't be your cup of tea, but I've found that most people enjoy it.
Just dont pay attention to huge D-bags in LoL(everyone who plays LoL)
People always give me crap when I play LoL, I'm terrible at it. but if you are just polite they are pretty forgiving.
I think some of you would be surprised at what intermediate bots will do since that AI change. Granted, they're still mostly predictable but still, some surprising stuff.
if u pick beginner when u make an account u will be matched up with players who have no idea what they are doing. really the best option if u have never played a game like LoL
ggg
LOL.. play one game of DOTA2 and one game of LOL .. then you will not have this fear :P
I started playing LoL a week ago, and i found it rather easy to play with following champions:
Teemo(AD build obviosly, just dont forget to use shrooms wisely)
Master Yi is easy to learn as well, but i found it's hard to play when youre facing an CC heavy team
Ashe not too hard, you probably going to be asked to solo mid alot, say politely that you never done so.
I can understand your apprehension, I've played over 1700 matches and still am nervous of trying ranked. If you have a good grasp of strategy and a good memory it isn't too bad when playing. If you come up against champs that you don't know their abilities, try looking them up during the loading screen. After a while you'll have everything memorized so you can know what to be wary of when playing against them. Looking up guide is an excellent idea but keep in mind that guides may NOT answer everything, the good guides will provide alternate builds and ways to modify your build depending on what type of team you're playing against(typical stuff like mercury treads against teams with lots of cc, ninja tabi against teams with lots of AD[attack damage] champs). I don't think you need to worry too much about matches while leveling. Ask questions, best place to ask is probably the forums because you're less likely to be given troll answers.
Start the game, go do the tutorial until you know what to do.
Play a couple of bot games, and then venture into a normal pub and just try your hardest.
You'll get the hang of it, and if people rage, put them on ignore, and keep trying.
I don't rage at people until they get to lv30 and either try to 'captain' the game, or talk trash and feed. (e.g. EVERY GAME)
DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT; GET TO LEVEL 30 FROM ONLY VS'ing AI(Bots), you will still suck, and I'll get annoyed. But so many people do it! AHAHHHHHHHHHHHH
We stopped searching for monsters under our beds when we realized that they were inside us.
Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?