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Everytime someone says "binary" on the boards I get cancer and I am running out of treament options

El Seibzehn··11 votes·1,236 views

Lee Sin is binary because either you land Q or you don't. Mordekaiser is binary because either you land Q3 or you don't. Either Annie lands a stunning Tibbers or she doesn't. Either Pantheon's full combo kills you or it doesn't. Either a Cassiopeia hits you with poison and Twin Fang's you to death or she doesn't. Either Zilean double bomb stuns you or he doesn't. Either Zed can return to ult shadow immediately avoiding counter play or he's binary. Either Akali is in range of her ult to kill you or she isn't. Either Leona lands Zenith Blade or she stands there. Either Talon can full combo kill you or he can't. Either Cho gath Ruptures you into insta death or you outplay him.

Blinds are binary, stuns are binary, suppresses are binary, and silences are binary.

Champions are either too simplistic or too overloaded.

It's like binary is the new trendy way to cry to Rito. Please stop using this word since you don't know what it means. Thank you and have a nice day.

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Deep Terror Nami20 votes

This game is so binary. You either win or you lose.

Hayaishi24 votes

When people say binary they mean that said champion is either demolishing teams and one shotting everyone or be useless this happens a lot with champions like Akali whose kits are linear and don't offer much counterplay.

It has nothing to do with whether or not Lee Sin hits Q because he hitting or missing his Q doesn't mean your team lost the game, unlike Akali who usually would get a single kill and start destroying everything. The difference between healthy champions and unhealthy ones is how "binary" they are.

Binary = oppressive.

Abyssphere2 votes

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When people say binary they mean that said champion is either demolishing teams and one shotting everyone or be useless this happens a lot with champions like Akali whose kits are linear and don't offer much counterplay.

It has nothing to do with whether or not Lee Sin hits Q because he hitting or missing his Q doesn't mean your team lost the game, unlike Akali who usually would get a single kill and start destroying everything. The difference between healthy champions and unhealthy ones is how "binary" they are.

Binary = oppressive.

I've seen a lot of people complain about how binary champions who rely on landing difficult skillshots are. Most common examples are Nidalee and Blitz from my experience. People aren't as reasonable as you think.

Hayaishi22 votes

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I've seen a lot of people complain about how binary champions who rely on landing difficult skillshots are. Most common examples are Nidalee and Blitz from my experience. People aren't as reasonable as you think.

Blitz is binary because he only does one thing and if he can't do that then there's not much else he can do.

Idk about Nid, she's many things but binary? idk.

DrNova3 votes

Cancer isn't funny

MisterHealYoGirl2 votes

I think that it's a legitimate consideration; a lot of assassins and burst mages are binary; either you have the power to brutally murder their carries or you have the power to hurt their carries before those carries annihilate you in a volcano of pure hatred.

Catastrop1 votes

That's how they work. Assassins are supposed to be binary because then you've got the counterplay of just killing them if they can't kill you. Same for Bursty Mages.

MisterHealYoGirl1 votes

I'm not saying that it's a problem, just that that's what the term means.

Axxlon2 votes

Actually, Pantheon, Akali and Talon are pretty binary as assassins. If Talon's burst doesnt kill you, he's automatically useless. If Pantheon's combo didn't kill you, he's useless. Akali at least has a liiiitle more leeway due to her stealth shroud, but otherwise, her auto-target R actually doesn't have much counterplay. You just have to be beefier than her damage. :\

You wanna talk about actually binary gameplay, though? Go Top Lane.

Whoever has better stats in Top Lane always wins.

DorkunedAuras1 votes

Top's getting better about that though. More outplay potential is showing up.

El Seibzehn1 votes

Talon has pretty strong aoe dmg and a lot of the time if you can't kill a target then you just don't go in first. You wait for someone else to initiate and then come in for clean up and use your wide aoe dmg to kill multiple people. Akali does need more counter play I agree. I think instead of lowering the range on her ult they should have changed it into a skill shot so that you can sidestep some of her burst. Pantheon has decent aoe dmg and a stun and he can be a bit hard to kill with his passive.

DokiDokiTodoroki1 votes

That's still a binary playstyle. Talon is made to assassinate someone with one combo, whether or not they started at half health or full. No. Please do not advocate for more skillshots. Akali, again minus the shroud, is one of the more binary champions. You either go in and smash buttons onto a squishy target until they die, or you do nothing. If you get behind in lane because you're melee with one ranged ability, your life sucks unless you pull off some good roams to pick up assists/kills. Pantheon is underpowered compared to a lot of popular picks right now, but aside from the ult his combo is almost exactly the same every time. Annie is actually very binary, because she's self explanatory and does one thing- stuns and bursts people. Her entire kit revolves around this theme. She doesn't really have any other options. Either you stun and kill a target in one spell rotation, or now it's very awkward for you because you have nothing left to do but run around and smash more buttons.

Kingopants2 votes

Actually I don't mind people crying binary as much as the retardedness that is complaining X champion has a weak early game. Fiora "Has a hard laning phase" Vayne "Difficult early game" Yasuo People even complain on the forums he has a weak early game 0_o

How about we don't balance champions around weak early games since comebacks are incredibly strong right now.

Ahura Mazda Pi1 votes

How can a comeback be strong ?

Weasel Kensei2 votes

I wish every time someone said "gives me cancer" or "gave me cancer" on these boards...they would actually get cancer, so sick of that as a catch phrase.

So here is hoping for crippling pelvic bone cancer or something for the sheeple stuck on that.

Inphernal1 votes

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Ginny1 votes

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY CONFORM GENDER TO SOMETHING SO BINARY?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!! /s

Lt Cuddles1 votes

Didn't we used to call it feast or famine? Isn't that rather normal for carry-champs?

Ralantha1 votes

Oh dear god. This is as bad as people who use literally all the time.

OP, I have a few chemo treatments coming up, I'll save some for you.

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