Dear riot, balance is at a really really bad place right now

MasterVidallis·8/31/2015, 4:55:50 AM·71 votes·5,331 views

I've been playing this game for two years now, and in all that time I have to say, I have never seen this game so far out of balance. There have been times I had must bans in mind for all 3, others there were maybe 2 must bans. Right now, and this sentiment is shared by all my friends, this is the list of all champions we would have to ban to have a match that isn't horribly annoying to deal with:

And honestly, that list is conservative.

130 Comments

63536895_DEL8/31/2015, 12:59:32 PM9 votes

If riot would gut or remove sated devourer the list would get much smaller.

Slamurai Jack8/31/2015, 7:55:36 AM9 votes

I find it hilarious that the moment juggernaughts like Garen and Darius become viable, people rush to ban them. You guys asked for this: "Why play Garen when I can just play Sion or Maokai?" Well, now you have your answer. It's not OP, it's exactly how it should have been all along. Riot has been working hard over the last year to bring underpowered classes up to par with the rest of the cast and you guys have fought it every step of the way. "Tank junglers are worthless!" "Cinderhulk so broken!" "Auto reliant junglers suck!" "Sated Devourer is so broken!" "Bruisers without gap closers suck!" "OMG Garen and Darius so OP!"

disregardable8/31/2015, 5:24:48 AM6 votes

Irelia Darius Fizz are not permaban in either competitve or soloquee. Vayne XinZhao Annie are only problems in solo-queue. Kalista is only problematic in competitive.

Sakura Mirage8/31/2015, 5:02:26 AM5 votes

Btw xin zhao is pretty garbage

Feathermane8/31/2015, 4:00:44 PM5 votes

So, balance is bad because a lot of annoying champions are popular? How are the two even related?

High58/31/2015, 10:52:23 AM4 votes

Seems like champion diversity is pretty good and you just need to adapt. Don't ban champions, learn to play against them.

Purodyuusaa8/31/2015, 10:41:11 AM4 votes

It's not just balance. It's a lot of things. Champion kits are becoming a clusterf of mini games, champion breaking bugs go unnoticed when there's seemingly no excuse for it (See recently: Gangplank's double trip to disabled land), and let's not forget how just recently there wasn't literally a thing Riot could say without pissing off the vocal fan base. Pick something that's not meta and you get bitched at. Pick something that is and do poorly and you get bitched at. Try to help and you get bitched at. Be new to the game and you get bitched at.

It's a case of a company getting so full of themselves that they've forgotten their empire is built on the people that play their game. Their "we know better than you because we're the designers" crap certainly isn't going to kill League (can anything at this point?), but it will certainly lead to their eventual fall in popularity. History repeats. You need only look as recently to Starcraft; once the most popular game in all of S Korea and now just something the dead fan base desperately refuses to let go.

Chearcher8/31/2015, 4:14:11 PM3 votes

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Valenten8/31/2015, 12:11:31 PM2 votes

TBH this is a list of "I recieved changes so im being played a ton" and "the meta shifted just enough to make me stand out again" then "Im consistant because my kit allows me to be" The first quote applies to Darius, Garen, Morde, and Skarner clearly. the second is MAINLY referring to Vayne with MAYBE Irelia and fizz in there. The third is mainly dealing with Xin, Irelia, Annie, Fizz, and Kalista.

To the people saying Vayne is way to strong right now and "Well C9 player her and they destroyed TiP cause of her" most of the comps TIP played when C9 had Vayne were tanky as balls so of course she is going to rip through the she is a TANK KILLER her kit is literally designed to kill tanks.

The juggernauts are being watched for now for what adjustments will be needed as we see they hotfixed Darius and Skarner already. Those hotfixes might not have been what they needed or could have been to much in terms of Darius as ive seen him doing really well since his hotfix.

Xin, Irelia, Annie, and Fizz have always been good solid picks in Solo queue because they are easy to play most of the time and are easy to get a lead with because of their kit simplicity.

Kalista is there cause people like to hop around idk what to tell you there plus her rend is stupid strong at securing objectives.

seasonedfox8/31/2015, 9:26:24 PM2 votes

Balance is a fools master Zed

Nidalee SO NYAAA8/31/2015, 7:37:09 PM1 votes

Here is my list Annie Malphite Nautilus Those three I almost always try to ban

Rand0mH3r0X9/1/2015, 6:18:40 AM1 votes

Just stop crying. You've already made your point clear to Riot many times, you refuse to learn the game and play it accordingly so you need it so you win every game every time. Once people learn a champions weakness, they get buffed. Once champions weaknesses are forgotten, they get reworked. sometimes items counter champions, and this becomes bothersome. Either way, just stop crying.