Being a Mage in 5.16 is literally the worst feeling ever.

Ok, so first, I should say that I play mid mages and play and . For a while I could actually play very well with these 2 champs. I can handle the mechanics of Syndra and can deal with the immobility of both her and Veigar. I could usually get top or close to top damage every game and end up with a positive KDA with them. Then patch 5.16 rolls around. I suddenly see assassin mids drop out of existence. When I lock in Syndra or Veigar nobody goes to instalock and and . Immobile mages have all but dropped out of existence. Everytime I go to lock in my champs, all I see is mid, mid, and mid. The problem though, is I'm finding it harder for me to utilize my champs anymore. just doesn't seem to cut it. I find that my damage is slipping and my KDA has gone under ever since the patch came out. I don't think that I'm now failing at playing and , because just one patch ago I was handling them decently well. I'm just finding it harder and harder to deal considerable damage anymore.

I'll give you an example to maybe clear things up. So, as always, I call mid and lock in my favorite champ . The enemy team comp had: top , mid , jg , adc , and support . Now, the first unusual thing I noticed about this comp, is that the enemy team comp consisted entirely of the 'fighter' class. It seemed odd, but I decided to work around it by getting some extra pen. Then things went downhill.

Skarner decided to camp mid for the first 7 minutes into the game and babysit Cho. I knew his plan was to have cho get to 6 so he could start getting his stacks before I could all in. I sat under my tower and took Cs under I hit 6. By then, I was OOM (we can all agree mana costs are on the high side), so I went back to base. When I got back, Cho was missing so I warded the dragon-side bushes and began to CS in lane. Well......from the baron side bushes comes Skarner again for his 5th gank. I knock him back using Scatter the Weak, but he Flash Ults me into the bushes where Cho was hiding, where he silenced me into his ult.

My first death. Things just got worse. Cho was always missing and I knew I couldn't go out of lane without someone because if I set foot in Skarner's spires it would mean death. Going top is useless, because Garen was going full tank and bot Mordekaiser was ahead in CS. So I stayed in lane. Well anyway, when the laning phase was over, me and my top laner were defending the mid tower against Cho and Garen. Skarner suddenly flashes over the wall, ults me away from the tower and into Cho's hungry mouth.

We began to lose fights as the enemy team got tankier and tankier, while even though I was building damage, I did no damage to Garen or Skarner.

BEING AN IMMOBILE MAGE IS A DEATH WISH! Ever had a Garen with Dead Mans and Q come charging out of the side bushes with 470 ms and tank a turret while still ulting you for 700 true damage? Well, this is what I found out. PATCH 5.16 is just a big **** you to immobile mages, and non-tanky mages for that matter!

builds Rod of Ages and Deathcap, then full tank and can deal 800 true damage while being tanky as ****. can towerdive you and still absorb all your damage due to her shield and still get out. is a **** you! to basically anyone in the game. YOU WANT TO DUEL HIM? HES TANKY AND HAS THE ATTACK SPEED OF MASTER YI? YOU WANT TO PLAY IT SAFE? FLASH R's YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN TOWER. YOU WANT HIM TO NOT BE AT A 65% WIN RATE? TOO BAD. builds Dead Man Plate, Titanic Hydra and then full tank. Absorbs 3500 damage while charging in at around 500 ms, ults your carry for 800 true damage and essentially takes them out of the fight. Heals the damage dealt back up in 10 seconds with his passive. Let's just tank this turret with my FREAKIN DRAGON! Oh look, can't do anything to me cause I'm tanky as heck while being protected by a FREAKIN BARRIER THAT DOES 120 DAMAGE PER SECOND! A huge **** you to all immobile mages and duelists, she will 1v5 your entire team while soaking up over 3000 damage and get away safely. Will ALWAYS catch you if youre immobile due to her ms buff and will proceed to 100-0 you with 4 phantom hits. Presses R! PENTAKILL! You want to duel me? I'm tankier then the average jungler and still will pentakill your entire team. Builds Dead Mans Plate and Black Cleaver and proceeds to run at you full force and ult you for true damage. Insanely tanky, (is probably getting buffed).

Seriously, mage mains feel like trash right now. I can't even have fun playing my favorite champ anymore. Mages have disappeared. Full damage assassins have disappeared. Full armor tanks have disappeared.

EVERY SINGLE GAME..... SPAM SPAM SPAM......

GET THIS AWAY FROM ME! TANKS SHOULD NOT HAVE TOP DAMAGE ON THE TEAM!