LCS is turning pro's into one tricks.

Vailance·1/25/2017, 10:10:36 AM·5 votes·1,502 views

I've love watching LCS every year since season 2 and I play sporadically. But watching these games where every team is literally just a clone of one another is terrible. I still like watching the high level play, but FFS if I see the triple ban of Rengar/Cammile/LeBlanc again I may literally die. Why wasn't this addressed before the season broke? It was obvious it was gonna happen, it completely removes 3 bans from a team. It's neither fair nor is it fun to watch. So now that the ranting is over, seriously, why is this still going on? If they didn't know about it before the season start, they definitely know about it now. Why hasn't this been hot-fixed with a quickness that would give me whiplash? #20Bans

20 Comments

Michael Sykes1/25/2017, 4:06:42 PM2 votes

probably because Rengar and LeBlanc already have been nerfed/hotfixed. It only makes sense to wait a patch or two to see how the nerfs affects them. Obivously both are still on the stronger side (in higher elo). Which still does mean that more than 90% can deal with both champions according to their winrates, mostly because the players aren't good with them. Camille is a different issue because she is a new champ, but she is getting huge nerfs on the PBE.

GeminiRune1/25/2017, 6:26:48 PM2 votes

No matter how many bans get allocated, there will always be a rather static tier list that develops over time. With 7.1, the contested picks are just happening to be Rengar, Camille, and LeBlanc for the high impact purposes. Two of those three picks carried over from the 6.24 ban tier at the EU CS Qualifier which was still 6 bans at the time. This is nothing really new from competitive seasons in the past or even other games at that.

There's a difference between SoloQ and Pro play in that extent. SoloQ, there's no 5 players and a coach discussing with one another what they don't want to run themselves into and what they believe is the best composition for them to win. SoloQ, you can lose and not worry about your future playing on a stage for fans. SoloQ, you can break the meta all you would like to, as long as it has confident results to carry on.

It's not fair to you as the viewer because you want to see diversity in team compositions and styles every other game. Yet if you're a fan of a team and want that team to win, expecting them to play what you want them to (such as Huni playing Quinn) would be a risk the team has to be willing to take. Every region (especially China) has its teams with players who have unique picks that get worked around or banned out the following game should it be a real threat. The 10 ban system actually helps target that on top of the 6 priority bans that any pro should be used to. Yet viewers still find a reason to complain patch after patch. 6 bans, 10 bans, 20 bans, blind pick (remember OGN days), it's all going to be the same thing given time because that is how pro play is.

RivetAce1/28/2017, 10:09:27 PM2 votes

Don't look at the bans, look at the picks. There have been a lot more picks recently, especially in the jungle. However, I agree that more bans could help competitive play be even more diverse. But where do you stop?

69469238DEL11/25/2017, 11:25:38 AM1 votes

because QQ

III BAKURYU III 1/25/2017, 3:46:45 PM1 votes

It's like the pros know what's op and what's not op, shame SHAME on them for knowing.
It's like asking Stephen Curry to stop shooting from the 3pt line because he's becoming a 1 trick pony.