For the longest time, I've mained a champion and that champ wasn't absolute garbage

My main? . The champ that basically made me really enjoy this game years ago

I've played this game since mid season 3, and played Vi on a consistent basis since early season 4 (basically the time where I got some idea on how to play the game). I'm not a competitive player, and don't really focus on winrates, what's flavor of the month, or whatever. But for the past 5 years, I've never really felt that the champ that I liked playing was in a bad spot. Until now.

My champ feels like absolute garbage right now. I can't contest scuttle because every game, the enemy jungler picks and I can't depend on my mid/top to rotate on a consistent basis. On a champ that depends so heavily on all 3 skills to fight other champions, I feel like I'm forced to farm while these fotm junglers clear the jungle really quickly and without impunity and then proceed to gank all my lanes.

It doesn't even get better later on. Previously, I felt like I got a major powerspike when I completed or (or spirit of the elder lizard + brutalizer - I REALLY miss those days). But it doesn't even feel like that anymore. Heck, I feel like is just stronger at every single stage of the game now.

Late game, I suck because games usually devolve into 5v5s where I dive in but have no eject button or safety net and the (notice a pattern?) gets a triple kill because he somehow has 500 AD and a free crit from and melts through the frontline.

I miss those games where I'm allowed to double dip into damage and tankiness (like spirit of the elder lizard + brutalizer -> cleaver and randuins, old locket) and not go full damage pseudo assassin just because its kill or be killed now. I miss those games where runes/masteries/spirit stone, instead of smite, helped me clear the jungle. I miss those games where was a marksman taken bottom lane with no innate tankiness so I could lock him down and my teammates could kill him. I miss those games where mid laners didn't roam up constantly to contest my camps.

Gdi Riot. While I have enjoyed playing other champs (mostly on a smurf I created to play with my cousin), I do really miss playing and not feeling like I'm an anchor for my team.

Also, to my friends who've had their champs in the dumpster for long periods of time ( ) I feel some of your pain now. It's only been, what, 3 patches since I've felt this way? Hopefully this feeling doesn't last for long or I doubt I'll play this game on a regular basis.