Masteries

Yeah here is where your champion will really start to benefit, before you even get in the game. Masteries appear to give you very little boosts, but when used in conjunction with your runes, they may just be some of the strongest awesomeness in your arsenal. With three different categories to choose from

Attack

Defense

Utilities

Sometimes people will use all of one category, or all on just 2. but the fact of the matter is every champ has need for all 3. Is that to say you HAVE to be a well balanced Summoner? Not at all. I'm simply saying bear in mind that your champion might have more use for utilities than attack. This is a game of strategy and tactics. you cant just be awesome, you have got to be AWESOME. Pay attention to every detail, trade afromation with others, and discover new strategies and tactics based on your style of play. Yeah i said afro, what of it. Anyway, my point is don't stick with just one thing just because its worked before. The whole saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it" doesn't really apply to this game. If it did, this game wouldn't even exists. Its about constantly improving yourself to become the very BEST, like no one ever was, to kill them is your real test, to beat them is your cause, LOL! Yeah... i just made a Pokemon reference... so what.