When people bring up past seasons being better than the current.

AR URF·Jul 18, 2018·2 votes·876 views

I think what they're really trying to say is that back than, yes of course there were things that were broken, but there was also counter play to everything. Every class had relevance if I remember correctly. I wasn't around for season 5, but I heard that was the season where tanks were ridiculous. I tried a vs Game. I had like 300 armor and still got melted by his auto attacks because of true damage.

I think it's safe to say that the game was more about itemization then, than now. Now it just feels like champion kits and runes are what define games. Immobile champs can no longer hide under towers for safety because towers are weaker than wet toilet paper and a dive from will almost certainly mean death unless they're ridiculously behind.

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DuskDaUmbreonJul 18, 20183 votes

Pretty sure when people do that they just forget the broken shit in the past ones.

I mean, I had a guy tell me that this was the most "Abuse the meta" season so far, not even a full year after the Ardent Meta.

Quiet DudeJul 18, 20182 votes

My parents started playing the United States of America during the baby boomer meta, and they always go on and on how past seasons are better than the current patch. So I can see where those players are coming from when they pine about past seasons of league.

AnAggravatedPimpJul 18, 20181 votes

Being honest, when I hear people say past seasons were better I just assume they either didn't play in past seasons and just heard that they were better or that they mean they liked a past season where the meta favored their playstyle, e.g. a tank main in the tank meta.

Like seriously, in the tank meta towers weren't shit, you could hav a champ walk under tower, kill your ADC then walk away with 1/4 of their hp.

woodvsmurphJul 18, 20181 votes

It's also more about team comps overall and teamwork. I'm all for that, but not at the cost of individual skill which is currently kind of the case. League used to basically only have this via juggermaw comps and then adc's with ardent censer meta last year... but now it's trending more towards everyone picks to enable one or two damage champs to carry. Nobody else can kill anyone unless they're maybe 150hp/5%hp or less because they have no damage and the other guy probably just lifesteals or runs away no problem. I'm not saying poppy should 1v1 a vayne when they're both full hp, but it would be much more exciting if the game wasn't just... well our adc deals no damage because they massively lost lane and our mid is only good for killing squishies and they have a good frontline so... see you in 15 min when adc is relevant. Because even though our toplaner or jg is ahead by a meaningful margin, it only means they die slower... not that we can win a fight.

That's kinda how I feel pro play looks right now... depending on team comps of course. People aren't making the random amazing all-ins they used to to get a splitpush advantage and force the enemy to deal with them so their team can force baron. They aren't taking the risks because it's not nearly so worth it or easy to execute as it used to be. Not merely due to player skill improving, but rather because of a stupid over-emphasis on team. Can't fight this cuz we're down a player even if we are massively stronger. Have to concede giant wave because enemy jg showed up; no chance of 1v2 outplay or not worth even trying it. It makes for much less interesting games.

I agree champ kit and runes matter more than itemization too, although all 3 are somewhat important. I think what matters most of those 3 depends on the champ and team comps and can vary by champ.