Even when the best team in the league plays against the worst team in the league.

MunchCrunchLunch·Jul 24, 2016·2 votes·701 views

they go for the fucking top meta picks instead of being crowd pleasers for 1 game. I mean come the fuck on. I hate pro players. Why can't I see the dark side of the moon. more like in this case the dark 75% of the moon of the rest of the roster played in pro play? i know why but riot please fix this.

I mean Phoenix1 Picked rengar. and they played him as an assassin. hell fuck the crowd and even the announcers said it was one of the most fun games they have ever watched for obvious fucking reasons., the pick worked. and P1 is one of the worst team in the league compared to TSM.

you know it isn't even about riot its really about the mentality of the pro players. I don't feel like am watching a sport when I don't see anything different from team to team and player to player everything is the same

8 Comments

9kPluzZJul 24, 20163 votes

Rengar was more of a "ehh, we probably gonna lose anyway might as well pick my main and maybe catch em off guard" pick. NonMeta pick are almost always thrownout against stronger teams, in last ditch effort. Not really any reasons for dominant teams not to pick the best meta picks, consider they practice with them.

MunchCrunchLunchJul 24, 20161 votes

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Rengar was more of a "ehh, we probably gonna lose anyway might as well pick my main and maybe catch em off guard" pick. NonMeta pick are almost always thrownout against stronger teams, in last ditch effort. Not really any reasons for dominant teams not to pick the best meta picks, consider they practice with them.

what? first off. the fact that worse teams win with off meta picks shows that they are viable. most of the time however pro scene is fucking boring because players create their own meta. and pro players decided on the meta they have.

am trying to watch and enjoy not watch and be like "oh am having so much fun when i watch people picking the safest picks. lane swapping and ganking every lane 24/7"

I don't remember ever a team giving first blood in a 1v1 in pro play. you don't see any mechanical skill of any sort. all you see is who outnummbers the other faster.

XantakJul 24, 20161 votes

You must be new to watching games between pro leagues, or you only watch LCS matches.

For example, LGD plays champions that they want to play, laneswap how/when they want to(they don't play the traditional EU laneswap style like other teams do). Also, the laneswap is a perfectly viable strategy, with many variants to it. 10-20 minutes of standard laning and farming is far more boring to me.

MunchCrunchLunchJul 24, 20161 votes

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You must be new to watching games between pro leagues, or you only watch LCS matches.

For example, LGD plays champions that they want to play, laneswap how/when they want to(they don't play the traditional EU laneswap style like other teams do). Also, the laneswap is a perfectly viable strategy, with many variants to it. 10-20 minutes of standard laning and farming is far more boring to me.

i don't think you understand anything am saying.

I've looked at older pro play matches. hell. last year worlds. so many more champions were picked and played despite some similar picks to today being picked more often. however. NOW. its a lot fucking worse. from last year's worlds to the current pro scene half what used to be picked is now picked if not less.

Jungle. Elise Rek' sai gragas.

top. Gnar shen irelia.

mid. azir viktor (your standard waveclearing mid laner that is so fucking boring to watch farm for 20 minutes)

adc: at this point 90% of matches are sivir and ashe. the other 10 are ezreal and lucian.

support. braum alistar and a cpl others.

even if i missed half the viable current pro play roster thats like what. a quarter of the champion pool in league?

LstrikeJul 24, 20161 votes

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i don't think you understand anything am saying.

I've looked at older pro play matches. hell. last year worlds. so many more champions were picked and played despite some similar picks to today being picked more often. however. NOW. its a lot fucking worse. from last year's worlds to the current pro scene half what used to be picked is now picked if not less.

Jungle. Elise Rek' sai gragas.

top. Gnar shen irelia.

mid. azir viktor (your standard waveclearing mid laner that is so fucking boring to watch farm for 20 minutes)

adc: at this point 90% of matches are sivir and ashe. the other 10 are ezreal and lucian.

support. braum alistar and a cpl others.

even if i missed half the viable current pro play roster thats like what. a quarter of the champion pool in league?

What are you talking about? This happens everytime. There is always 3 champions in each role that will be played about 80% of the games.

Check this out http://lol.gamepedia.com/2015_World_Championship/Champion_Statistics http://lol.gamepedia.com/2016_NA_LCS/Summer_Split/Champion_Statistics

MunchCrunchLunchJul 24, 20161 votes

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What are you talking about? This happens everytime. There is always 3 champions in each role that will be played about 80% of the games.

Check this out http://lol.gamepedia.com/2015_World_Championship/Champion_Statistics http://lol.gamepedia.com/2016_NA_LCS/Summer_Split/Champion_Statistics

am also talking about picks that get played the other 20% of the time. currently its another 2-3 champions and not pocket picks.

also. what your showing me supports my point. in 2015 worlds picks start off in mid numbers and slowly go down

in 2016 summer lcs split picks start off high onto a VERY VERY sharp decline.

am not sure how that doesn't agree with what i said

Johr DinhJul 24, 20161 votes

Players try to find what works best in each patch, just based on strength of changes, what's consistent or reliable, etc. Most of the time tho (IMO anyways) every champion is pretty viable unless Riot has completely gutted it cuz they don't wanna see it anymore. These players plan specific strats against other teams tho, and can build very detailed comps unlike solo queue, so I don't see why everything can't be viable.

As far as Rengar tho, when it comes to invisible assassins the game really does change. You have to be aware and every bush could be death, pinks have to litter the map. TSM was caught off by it, and haven't practiced against it cuz I never see it online, but they're pro players and should be able to flip a switch based on how they need to play the game. (Which DL said they shoulda done after the game)

BigBellBruteJul 24, 20161 votes

Off meta picks weren't the reason TSM lost. They lost game three to Rek Sai, who is about as meta as it gets. Also, winning once with an off meta pick doesn't mean one can win consistently with it. And in fact, the guy that picked it said he wasn't going to pick it in game three because he felt TSM would adjust between games.