The hardest part of LoL is....
Dealing with the toxic community. As a smite player coming to LoL, i played some games to level 30, went straight into ranked, and didn't have any problems winning (excluding one match, with a rage-quitting support leaving because of his ADC)... So basically, the only time I lost a placement match was when it was 4v5... so for me, the only hard part of LoL is finding teammates that aren't jerks and just quit... Does anyone else feel that between not having to aim autos, having few skill shot abilities, and clicking to aim that the only difficult part of this game is finding a team where one of your players isn't a complete jerk/troll? I think part of what keeps the trolls in this game is the fact that its so easy. If Riot put forth an effort to make the game more of a challenge to the player, thus requiring more focus by the individual, I feel like people would have less time to rage in chat, and ruin the game for others. Seriously, look at the chat logs in your games that get reported... most of the time people are being toxic because they're so busy focusing on their teammates play (because they don't have to focus on their own). I've rarely seen toxic behavior because of anything other than this.... Is it really that hard to see? The game is so easy that the experienced players can focus more on analyzing their teammates play than actually playing the game, and then they get mad when less experienced players mess up (part of learning) and then rage at them, which discourages others from playing the game entirely. Maybe the solution is to make the game a little more challenging to the individual, instead of silly things like getting rid of all chat, doing away with the tribunal, or hiring a team of university trained scientists. I'm sure game devs make better games than guys in lab coats anyway... maybe you should hire some more of those guys.