Hello!
I took a long break from league of legends around when Xayah and Rakhan were released. What have changed in the game and what is the meta right now? Im an adc main and would like to know how you play the game now. Please write in the comments what has changed!
Anastaecia1 votesIf you are hard core meta (which isn't needed in lower ELOs), you pretty much want a support that can heal/shield because of Ardent Censer. The item itself has had some changes over the past few months (but is pretty much the same as it has been). BUT with the ADC meta lately...specifically AS champs that can get even more out of Censer, it has become the latest must have item.
Janna was the main culprit (of its use) and they have tried nerfing her, but with Worlds going on, they don't want to change things too much and mess up the pro's current idea of what the meta is, SO she is still broken and picked/banned in every pro game and many higher solo Q games. And Lulu is being picked opposite her more often than not.
We have this new honor system. You start at level 2 and work to 5. it's slow, so don't wonder what takes so long. Once you get to 3, you get some load screen flair if you were honored in the last game. You can only honor 1 person now (3 new categories, which are aimed at player attitude (rather than skill, though most ppl still honor carries, etc)), and you can't honor the enemy team. You will get key frags through the honor system now, but no one really knows how it works. They randomly drop. You can also get Honor Capsules (chests) once you hit H3, and those also drop randomly.
The upcoming season will have a totally new mastery/rune system. I haven't looked into it much myself yet.
Couple new champs and reworks...the usual.
dominusx1 votesPick ADC rightclick your way to high diamond. Pick Support with shields/healing buy ardent heal your adc into challenger. Pick Tank do nothing and be your adcs bitch into master tier.
Cocho1 votes
start 
go get challenger
EkyonKun1 votesADC rushes 
if you have a healer or shielding support, no exceptions
is almost strong enough to be its own champion.
are all god-tier, or close to it.
rushes gunblade now. No exeptions.
is primarily a jungler now.
was introduced and buffed. Repeatedly
was introduced and buffed. Repeatedly.
just got reworked and will likely be buffed. Repeatedly.
can now 1-shot you for 2000 true damage while having over 10k HP.
Has a 50% reduced cooldown on his Q while in ult.
Gets 10% CDR for his W every 50 stacks of his passive.
got buffed enough to be meta again.
or are generally worthless if played against a meta comp that knows what they're doing.I think that's the big changes out of the way. If I remember any more I'll edit this later.
